The Legend of Shushan Xuanjian

Chapter 523
I watched Wu Gou, and patted the railings everywhere, no one would be there.

——"Water Dragon Song Deng Jiankang Pleasure Pavilion" Xin Qiji
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After Bai Fu and Tang Kui returned from Fang Shuliu's mansion, the Tang Sect and the Chuan Gang began to secretly investigate the situation of the Maitreya Sect.But the Maitreya religion is deeply hidden, and there will be no other gains for a while.

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During this period of time, the Tang army kicked off the battle, and news of success came frequently.

Guo Ziyi led an army across the Yellow River from Xingyuan, and attacked Huojia (now Huojia County, Henan Province) eastward. An Taiqing, the general guard of the Poyan Army, killed 4000 enemies and captured 500 people.An Taiqing retreated to Weizhou (now Weihui City, Henan Province), Guo Ziyi took advantage of the victory to pursue and marched to surround him.

On October [-], Guo Ziyi sent envoys to report the victory to the court.

Lu Jiong crossed the Yellow River from Yangwu (now Yuanyang County, Henan Province), and Ji Guangchen and Cui Guangyuan crossed the Yellow River from Suanzao (now Yanzhou City, northeast of Yuanyang County, Henan Province). join forces.

An Qingxu assembled all 7 troops in Yecheng to rescue Weizhou. The troops were divided into three groups.

Guo Ziyi sent 3000 sharp archers to hide in the walls of the camp and set up an ambush.

Not long after the battle with An Qingxu, Guo Ziyi pretended to be defeated.An Qingxu was overjoyed, and ordered the Yan army to pursue despite the dissuasion of the surrounding soldiers.

When Guo Ziyi led his troops back into the camp, the Yan army pursued them closely, and the ambush archer suddenly appeared at the top of the wall, and instantly the arrows poured down like a waterfall of rain.

The Yan army retreated in a hurry, the horns of the Tang army sounded together, and Guo Ziyi returned to the army to fight back, defeating the Yan army.

In this battle, Tang Jun captured An Qingxu's younger brother An Qinghe alive, beheaded him in front of the battle, and then defeated Weizhou.

An Qingxu fled all the way, and Guo Ziyi pursued him all the way to the vicinity of Yecheng.Xu Shuji, Dong Qin, Wang Sili and Xue Jianxun, the military envoy of Hedong, all led reinforcements to arrive one after another.

An Qingxu gathered the remnants and hurriedly counterattacked at Shousigang (southwest of AY City, Henan Province), but was defeated by Guo Ziyi again.The Tang army killed 3 rebels and captured 1000 people.

An Qingxu fled back to Yecheng in a hurry and defended firmly.Guo Ziyi and other Jiedu envoys led two 10,000+ Tang troops to surround Yecheng.

An Qingxu was at a loss and was in dire straits, so he had to send an envoy Xue Song to Fanyang to ask Shi Siming for help, and claimed that he would give up the puppet Yan Emperor.

Yecheng is Fan Yang's barrier. If Yecheng is lost, Fan Yang will directly face the Tang army's soldiers.After weighing the pros and cons, Shi Siming decided to rescue Yecheng.

Shi Siming personally led an army of 13 Fan Yang, went south to rescue Yecheng (now AY City, Henan Province), patrolled and observed, and did not go straight in.

Shi Siming ordered the vanguard general Li Guiren to lead 1 infantry and cavalry to Fuyang (now Ci County, Hebei).

Fuyang, where forward Li Guiren was stationed, was only sixty miles away from Yecheng, and he could reach the city of Yecheng in one day on foot.But Shi Siming ordered Li Guiren to only wave the flag and shout in solidarity with An Qingxu, and not to act rashly.

Shi Siming's attitude is obvious - the snipe and the clam are fighting to reap the benefits of the fisherman!

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Cui Guangyuan, the governor of Henan Province, conquered Weizhou (now Daming County, Hebei).On November [-], the imperial court appointed Xiao Hua, the former minister of the Ministry of War, as the defense envoy of Weizhou.

At this time, Shi Siming divided his troops into three groups: one from Xingzhou (now XT City, Hebei), Mingzhou (now Yongnian Town, southeast of Yongnian County, Hebei), one from Jizhou (now Jizhou District, HS City, Hebei), and Beizhou (now Hebei) Qinghe County), to rescue Weizhou together.

As soon as Shi Siming's army arrived, the pressure on Weizhou increased greatly.The military was tight, Guo Ziyi went to the evacuation, and suggested that Cui Guangyuan should replace Xiao Hua.

On December [-]th, Li Heng ordered Cui Guangyuan to serve as governor of Weizhou.

On December [-], Wei Huangshang, governor of Shengzhou, was appointed as the newly established Jiedushi of Zhejiang West Road (headquartered in Shengzhou, now NJ City, Jiangsu Province), with jurisdiction over ten states including Suzhou, Hangzhou, and Changzhou.

On December [-], Zhejiang East Road was newly established (headquartered in Yuezhou, now SX City, Zhejiang Province), with jurisdiction over eight states including Yuezhou, Quzhou, and Wenzhou.Appointed Minister of the Household Department, Li Yao, to concurrently serve as the Jiedu Envoy of Zhejiang Dongdao and Huainan Dao (headquartered in Yangzhou).

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The Tang army was victorious day by day, and news of the victory spread to Chang'an, and every household was decorated with lanterns and streamers, celebrating again and again.

On December 21, all civil and military officials presented Suzong with the honorary title: Qianyuan Dashengguangtian Wenwu Xiaogan Emperor.

The business of the well-known restaurants in Chang'an is also very good, and all the boxes have been booked three days in advance.The whole Chang'an is full of singing, dancing and singing every night.

In the evening, Bai Fu was imitating calligraphy in the backyard. Two brothers, Li Yan and Li Qiu, ran over and dragged Bai Fu out of the room without any explanation, and went straight to the restaurant "Changle Lou" in Pingkangfang.

This restaurant is owned by Prince Qing, and the two brothers Li Yan and Li Qiu have just renovated it.

When they arrived at the private room, Jia Chang, the leader of the Beihai Gang, and others had already been waiting for a long time. As soon as Bai Fu arrived, Jia Chang immediately ordered the banquet to be served.

Bai Fu frowned and said, "The rebellion has not yet been put down, and everyone is drinking so happily, is there something wrong?"

Li Qiu said with a smile: "Now that An Qingxu's situation is gone, the city is about to be broken, so let's have a small banquet for now. After An Qingxu is wiped out, let's drink for three days in a row, and we won't return until we're drunk."

Bai Fu said: "Although An Qingxu is vulnerable, Shi Siming's Fan Yang army is a division of tigers and wolves, so don't be careless."

Li Yan said with a smile: "As far as I know, Shi Siming went south just to make a formality. An Qingxu killed his father and the king, whether it is the rebel army or Fan Yang's army, the officers and soldiers have no intention of death.

To be honest, I am looking forward to Shi Siming sending troops to make trouble. This man is as ambitious as An Lushan.Today, General Ziyi, Pugu Huai'en and other famous generals are leading the army. The Tang army has excellent equipment, sufficient soldiers and food, and its strength crushes Fan Yang's army.

Shi Siming's battle with the Tang army is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg.

What's more, Shi Siming's nemesis, General Li Guangbi, has been watching him all the time, and he has long wanted to get rid of him and then quickly. "

After Li Yan finished speaking, he laughed loudly.After some high-spirited speeches, everyone took turns to toast again, and the guests and hostesses enjoyed each other.

All of a sudden, the street downstairs was full of gongs and drums, the sound of drums and music, and the sound of firecrackers, it was very lively.

Li Qiu called his assistant to ask, it turned out that today, more than a dozen children from aristocratic families have received honors from the Ministry of War and are about to go to the battlefield in Yecheng.

Tonight, these families jointly held a banquet to honor the children of the family.

Except for "Changle Building", all the three nearby restaurants were fully booked, decorated with lights and festive feasts.

Everyone came to the terrace and looked down. They saw more than a dozen children from aristocratic families dressed in military uniforms, wearing red and green, riding on the big Hualiu horses, like the champions of the new subjects, riding through the streets, showing off their might.

These people are complacent, arrogant, and pretentious.

Taking a closer look, everyone laughed, Li Qiu said with a smile: "Who am I? Isn't this the gang of dudes who were wiped out by the Fu Brothers?"

It turned out that this group of people were none other than the young masters of the Qiwang family with five surnames, including Zheng Lu from Xingyang, Cui Xunhe from Qinghe, Lu Zi from Fanyang, etc. they met during their outing in spring.

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It turned out that seeing that the Tang army was about to wipe out the rebels in minutes, and the puppet Yan was about to fall, the aristocratic families with five surnames and Qiwang were also moved.

During the Western Wei Dynasty, the Eight Great Pillars represented by Yuwentai, Duguxin, Li Hu, Hou Mo, Chenchong, etc. stood out by relying on their military forces and integrating the military talents of Hu and Han, and established the Guanlong military aristocratic group.The children of the nobles of Guanlong lived in the Western Wei, Northern Zhou, Sui, and Tang dynasties as prime ministers when they entered, and generals when they left.

The Shandong aristocratic family represented by the five surnames and Qiwang has lasted for hundreds of years.The past of disciples spread all over the court and the public, and were deeply rooted.Whether in the court or in the opposition, they all have a high reputation and great power.

The rebellion of An Lushan rekindled the flames of war in the world.

Although these famous families are still prominent and prosperous, but in the era of war, there is no military power, and all the glory and wealth are like clouds.

Several family patriarchs gathered at the same time and secretly discussed sending the family's children into the army.One is to mix military merits, so as to accumulate contacts and resumes for future generals and ministers; second, when the war is about to end, there is no need to worry about life when entering the army.Joining the army at this time can be said to be beneficial without regret.

It is absolutely impossible to put it in the era of Wu Zhao and Xuanzong this time.

Suzong Lingwu proclaimed himself emperor, and his position was wrong. In order to hide the mouths of the world, he needed the support of these great families with five surnames and seven wangs.

In addition, you can also take the opportunity to share the military expenses, food, supplies and other military supplies for the suppression of the rebels.

Su Zong thought about it again and again, and finally agreed to confer the fifth-rank military ranks on these children, such as general Dingyuan, general Ningyuan and other military officials.These children were ordered to serve in the frontline army stationed in Yecheng to encircle and suppress the rebels.

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Li Yan said indignantly: "I heard that on July 25th, when Shuofang Jiedu envoy General Guo Ziyi came to the capital for an audience, he suggested that His Majesty let Brother Fu join the Shuofang Army as a vanguard officer for destroying Yan.

Seeing that General Ziyi had returned without success, General Li Siye also played a petition to His Majesty, hoping that His Majesty would allow Brother Fu to return to the Anxi Army.

Unexpectedly, His Majesty was still noncommittal and left Brother Fu idle.

Leaving brother Fu, the number one pioneer of the Tang Dynasty, to be ignored, but let such a young man pretend to be the leader of the army, can such a court be saved? "

Li Qiu sneered and said: "I think the imperial court's idea of ​​killing two birds with one stone is good. Go ahead, let these gangsters treat war like a joke, and they'd better die on the battlefield!"

Jia Chang looked at Bai Fu, and said: "Young man Bai, you stick to Suiyang, you fought against Xiangji Temple bloodyly, you made such military achievements but were neglected, looking at this group of bastards, you are leading the rank for no merit, you can swallow this breath?"

Bai Fu looked as usual, picked up a piece of skin duck with chopsticks, dipped it in water, put it in his mouth, chewed it and muttered: "My lord, your duck is really good!

　Chutian is thousands of miles away and autumn is clear, and the water goes with the sky and the autumn is endless.Yuan Cen Yuanmu, offering sorrow and hate, hosta snail bun.At the sunset above the building, in the sound of Duanhong, a wanderer from the south of the Yangtze River.I looked at Wu Gou, and patted the railings everywhere, no one would be there.

　　Hugh said that the bass is worthy of the west wind, and Ji Ying has not returned?Ask Tian to ask her home, fearing that she should be ashamed, Liu Lang is talented.It's a pity that the fleeting years, sorrowful wind and rain, the tree is still like this!Who calls Qian, red scarf and green sleeves, tears of heroes!
　　——"Water Dragon Song Deng Jiankang Pleasure Pavilion" Xin Qiji
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