The Legend of Shushan Xuanjian

Chapter 820
If someone is thinking about Minggao, he will be troubled by the accumulation of snow.

The Honghe River is so terrified that it can't be passed by, and the ice dragon's scales can't be tolerated.

Miaoxian Mountain is extremely steep, and the sounds of nature are heard.

Frost cliffs are bright and bright, like long fans and seas surging waves of the dark sea.

——Excerpt from "Ming Gao Song Sending Cen Zhengjun" Li Bai

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After the Battle of Heyang in the second year of Qianyuan, Li Guangbi and Chen Bing had tens of thousands of troops and confronted Shi Siming in Luoyang.

This confrontation lasted for one year and four months.

From October of the second year of Qianyuan (AD 759) to February of the second year of Shangyuan (AD 761), Shi Siming led the army many times, trying to fight Li Guangbi decisively.But Shi Siming racked his brains and tried his best, but there was nothing he could do about Li Guangbi.

As early as the end of the second year of Qianyuan, Shi Siming sent General Li Guiren to lead [-] cavalry to attack Shanzhou (now SMX City, Henan Province) by surprise.But when Li Guiren traveled to Yuziban (south of SMX City), he was ambushed by Wei Boyu, the Jiedu envoy of the Shence Army stationed in Shanzhou.Wei Boyu joined hands with Li Zhongchen, the envoy of the Shence Army, and firmly guarded the area between Yongning (north of Luoning County, Henan Province) and Shazha (west of Luoning County), preventing Li Guiren from advancing westward.

In February of the first year of Shangyuan, Li Guangbi personally attacked Huaizhou on iron cavalry, trying to cut off the way for the rebels to return north.Shi Siming led an army to help, but was ambushed by Li Guangbi in Qinshui, and was beheaded by more than [-] levels.

In March, Li Guangbi defeated the rebel guard An Taiqing under the city of Huaizhou; in April, Li Guangbi defeated Shi Siming again, and beheaded more than [-] rebels; Tian Shengong's Pinglu army was defeated.

In the winter of the same year, Li Guangbi attacked Huaizhou again. After more than [-] days, he finally conquered Huaizhou and captured An Taiqing alive.

The fall of Huaizhou made Shi Siming's situation worse.

The road back to the north was cut off, and the situation of the war could not be reversed in a short period of time. The rebels were trapped and died in Luoyang, where there was no danger to defend.

This is exactly Li Guangbi's strategy. Instead of fighting a decisive battle with the powerful cavalry of the rebels in the wild, he must step by step, cut off the food road, and consume Shi Siming's life and death.

Looking at it, the rebels are about to be defeated.However, at the most critical moment, Li Guangbi's solid fortress was breached from the inside.

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In the court, Bai Fu and Lai Xuan criticized the court's system of supervising military envoys, especially denouncing eunuchs as supervising military envoys.

These accusations are not groundless.Li Guangbi's Mangshan defeat was at the hands of the eunuchs and military envoys.This person was the eunuch Yu Chaoen who was then the military envoy of Shanzhou.

In the last years of Tianbao, Yu Chaoen entered the palace cleanly and worked in the Xiaohuangmen.After the Anshi Rebellion, he fled with Tang Xuanzong and served Prince Li Heng. He was quite creditable.

Unlike Li Fuguo who served Suzong all the year round and competed for favor, Yu Chaoen chose another path to become the emperor's celebrity - supervising the army on behalf of the emperor and controlling the military power.

Yu Chaoen has been watching his words and demeanor all the year round, and he feels that Suzong's opponents, the generals of the Tang Army who hold military power, are extremely worried, and worry that they will become the second An Lushan.So, with clever words and tricks, he soon won the post of military supervisor.

In the first year of Qianyuan (758), Tang Jun and An Qingxu fought a decisive battle in Yecheng. Yu Chaoen served as the envoy of watching the military appearance, promulgating and disposing of it, and supervised hundreds of thousands of troops from the nine major envoys.Due to his blind command, the Tang army was defeated in the battle of Yecheng.Afterwards, Yu Chaoen blamed Guo Ziyi for the defeat of Yecheng.Suzong believed his slander, and soon transferred Guo Ziyi to the capital and dismissed Guo Ziyi from his post.

Bai Fu uncovered the secret on Wu Daozi's mural "87 Immortal Scrolls", and identified Yu Chaoen as An Lushan's secret agent lurking in Chang'an.But Suzong didn't know why, he didn't believe that Yu Chaoen was a spy, and he still regarded him highly.

Perhaps Suzong thought that because An Lushan held Yu Chaoen's handle, he had no choice but to be loyal to the puppet Yan.But when An Lushan died, Yu Chaoen was like a bereaved dog. It was the best choice to seek refuge with Emperor Suzong, but he dared not have second thoughts.

After all, for the emperor, it is better to use deeds than merit.

Bai Fu was puzzled by this.It can only be said that the treacherous and evil people must have some advantages, at least they have a better insight into human nature than ordinary people, and they are better at grasping the weaknesses of human nature.

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After coming to the Shuofang Army, the eunuch Yu Chaoen was jealous of Li Guangbi's military exploits, and kept slandering Li Guangbi's steady tactics at every step as a retreat.

After the Tang army captured Huaizhou, the eunuch Yu Chaoen believed that the rebel soldiers must be homesick when they went south to fight all the year round.

Yu Chaoen repeatedly said to Suzong: Tang Jun will surely win if they attack at this time.

Suzong was bewitched by him, so he ordered Li Guangbi to take the initiative to attack Luoyang.However, Li Guangbi held back his troops on the grounds that "thieves are sharp and cannot advance lightly".

Li Guangbi is an outstanding military general, and he is No. 1 in the imperial military circle. His opinion is very important.Suzong attached great importance to Li Guangbi's opinion, and since then put the counterattack on hold.

After several trials, Yu Chaoen found that Suzong was indifferent.If Li Guangbi cannot be brought down, Yu Chaoen will not be able to truly hold the military power of the Shuofang Army in his hands. Not only will he not be able to compete with Li Fuguo for favor, but he will also be unable to complete his special mission...

Yu Chaoen knew that it wasn't that Suzong didn't trust him, but that he didn't trust his military command ability.To convince Suzong, he must join forces with other heavyweight generals in the military.

Soon, Yu Chaoen found his ally—Li Guangbi's deputy, Tiele's famous general Pu Gu Huai'en.

The Pugu family is one of the nine surnames of Tie Le, the "Pugu tribe".In the 20th year of Zhenguan (646), Li Ji, a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, destroyed the Xueyantuo Khanate and swept the Mobei area.Tie Le's nine surnames led the tribe to descend to the Tang Dynasty.

Pugu Huai'en is the descendant of Pugu's leader, Puguge, who inherits the position of governor of Jinwei Prefecture.

In the middle period of Tianbao, Pugu Huai'en was promoted to the general of the left leading army, and then transferred to the Shuofang army, where Wang Zhongsi, An Sishun, and Guo Ziyi were the three major envoys.

Pugu Huai'en is resolute, reticent, brave and courageous, coupled with his status as the leader of Tie Le's Pugu tribe, he understands the feelings of the Hu and Fan, and has the ability to rule, so he is highly valued by Guo Ziyi.

After the An Lushan Rebellion, Pugu Huai'en followed Guo Ziyi and fought in the north and south. He was often a pioneer and won the three armies. The Shuofang Army successfully recovered the two capitals and made great contributions.

It stands to reason that such a famous general with great military exploits would never join forces with such a sinister and cunning eunuch like Yu Chaoen.Unpredictable providence just tied the fate of the two together.

It is a common problem of people to be proud of their talents.People with more ability tend to have more temper.This is also due to Tian's jealousy of Yingcai's character.

In this regard, Pugu Huai'en is particularly outstanding, taking credit for himself, and has just committed the crime.Like him, those powerful soldiers under his command, relying on Pugu Huai'en's connivance, regard military regulations and discipline as nothing.

Guo Ziyi is generous by nature and attaches great importance to Wynn. Every time he fights, he also relies on Pugu Wynn to complete the task. Therefore, he always tries his best to be tolerant towards Pugu Wynn and his arrogant soldiers, and always puts the overall situation first. Of.

However, when Li Guangbi succeeded Shuofang Jiedu envoy, the happy days of Pugu Huaien and others came to an end.

Li Guangbi was from Khitan, so he did not take special care of Hu generals.Li Guangbi has a strict temperament, rigorous military management, strict law-abiding, big and small incidents, all are punished according to law, and he doesn't show any kindness at all, forcing Pugu Huai'en to restrain his generals and behave like a man with his tail between his legs.Pugu Huai'en was afraid of Li Guangbi and hated him extremely.

Pugu Huai'en has always been conceited and ambitious. In the dead of night, he often thinks: "Even a military veteran like Guo Linggong has given himself enough face. How can a mere Li Guangbi drive himself like a shepherd dog. "

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In October of the second year of Qianyuan (AD 759), Li Guangbi and Shi Siming fought a decisive battle in Heyang City.

During the Battle of the North City of Heyang City, Pugu Huai'en and Pugu's father and son gradually retreated under the pressure of the rebels.

However, instead of sending Hao Tingyu, Lun Weizhen and other generals to meet him, Li Guangbi let Bai Fu take their heads instead.

Pu Gu Huai'en and his son saw a horse galloping out of the city, and came straight towards them with a knife in hand. It was Bai Fu who was ordered to come to enforce the law.Pugu Huai'en knew something was wrong, if he continued to retreat, he would be cut off by Bai Fu, so he hurriedly led his troops to re-enter the enemy's line, and escaped the catastrophe.

The incident of Li Guangbi's killing with a knife made Pugu Wynn's resentment towards Li Guangbi to the extreme. He felt that Li Guangbi had been looking for this kind of opportunity to use military law to kill himself reasonably.

If you can hide from the first day of junior high school but not the fifteenth day, if you want to avoid being plotted by Li Guangbi, the best way is to replace Li Guangbi!
In fact, ever since Li Guangbi was promoted to be the Jiedu Envoy of the Shuofang Army and the Deputy Marshal of the Tianxia Army, Pugu Huai'en, who was the number two figure in the Tang military circle, had already coveted the top spot in the imperial army.

As we all know, among the various armies of the Tang Army, the Shuofang Army has always been the most important main force in countering the rebellion by the court, and as the commander of the Shuofang Army, the three senior generals Guo Ziyi, Li Guangbi, and Pugu Huai'en are undoubtedly the king of the Tang Army in suppressing the rebellion. pillar.

Pugu Huai'en thought: "Since you, Li Guangbi, can replace Guo Linggong, why can't I, Pugu Huai'en, replace you?"

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As a military supervisor, he can talk to generals at all levels of the Shuofang Army at any time to understand the military situation.Pugu Huai'en's thoughts were quickly learned by Yu Chaoen, who was good at observing words and expressions.

With a common enemy, the two hit it off.

One is a celebrity in front of the emperor, and the other is a general who holds military power. Once they join forces, they will be able to deceive the holy hearing and interfere with the holy judgment.

The reason why traitors are called traitors is because they can use all means to achieve their goals, at all costs, and they don't have the worries of ordinary people sacrificing the interests of their family and country to be generous to themselves.

The reason why loyal ministers and good generals are not opponents of traitors is that the chips on the balance of good and evil are different.Lose your humanity and lose a lot; lose your bestiality and lose everything.

Facing such an enemy, Li Guangbi's defeat is only a matter of time.

　Notes:
　　Eunuchs are attached to the emperor, just like parasites are attached to their hosts.

　　The vast majority of parasites will not kill the host, because their survival depends on the nutrition of the host, but there are exceptions, such as iron nematodes, for their own reproduction, even if they kill the host.

　　Iron nematodes need to reproduce near water, so they release chemicals to manipulate the insect's brain, manipulate the host to find water, and force the host to jump into the water to end its life.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)