The Legend of Shushan Xuanjian

Chapter 821
Go out the east gate and don't care about returning.

Come to the door, feel sad.

There is no bucket of rice storage in the ounce, and there is no hanging clothes on the shelf.

Draw your sword and go to the east gate, the children and mothers in the house hold their clothes and cry:
"His family hopes to be rich and honored, and the concubine will share the food with the king.

The top uses Canglang Tian, ​​and the bottom should use this yellow mouth.Not today! "

"Hey! Okay! It's too late for me to go! It's hard to live with white hair these days."

——"Dongmen Xing" Anonymous [Two Han]

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Affected by Yu Chaoen's slander, Suzong was somewhat dissatisfied with Li Guangbi who did not obey the holy will and was passive in his defense. However, since Yu Chaoen did not understand military affairs, Suzong would rather choose to treat it with caution.

When Pu Gu Huai'en, the number two figure in the military circle of the Tang Dynasty, also strongly advocated attacking and fighting, Suzong was shaken, and the weight of the balance began to tilt.Suzong thought over and over again, and finally decided to adopt the advice of Yu Chaoen and Pugu Huai'en - take the initiative to attack.

Suzong immediately issued an edict to counterattack.

In late February, Emperor Suzong continued to send envoys to Heyang and ordered Li Guangbi to send troops.This situation is exactly the same as when Xuanzong repeatedly forced Ge Shuhan to fight during the Tongguan battle.

Faced with the emperor's twelve gold medals in a row, Li Guangbi had no choice but to do nothing. If he did not fight again, it would be a great crime of resisting the order.

In desperation, Li Guangbi had no choice but to order Li Baoyu, the Jiedu envoy of the Zhengchen war zone, to garrison Heyang, and then sent troops together with Pugu Huaien and Wei Boyu, the Jiedu envoy of the Shence Army, to attack Luoyang.As the military supervisor, Yu Chaoen followed Li Guangbi's Chinese army.

On February 23, the second year of Shangyuan, Shi Siming's long-awaited decisive battle finally arrived.

When the main force of the Tang army arrived at the foot of Mang Mountain outside Luoyang City, Shi Siming was already here waiting for work and ready for battle.

Li Guangbi ordered the army to build a formation according to the danger.

The proud and self-satisfied Pugu Huai'en boasted that his Fan Han soldiers were strong and strong, and he did not listen to Li Guangbi's order, and took the lead, leading the vanguard Chen Bing to line up on the plain of Yimapingchuan.

Li Guangbi was shocked, and hurriedly sent a messenger to warn Pugu Huai'en: "Depending on the danger, you can attack when you advance, and you can defend when you retreat; if you line up on the plain, if you lose, the whole army will be wiped out. Shi Siming is good at field battles, and must not be underestimated!" Then he ordered again and again. Pugu Wynn moved his troops to a dangerous place.With the support of Yu Chaoen, the supervisor of the army, Pugu Huai'en was confident and turned a deaf ear to Li Guangbi's general order.

Shi Siming had received information on the discord between Li Guangbi and General Pu Gu Huai'en.This situation once again confirmed the accuracy of this information.

Shi Siming watched the main force of the Tang army split into two groups, and the formation moved back and forth without stability, knowing that a fighter opportunity appeared.

Shi Siming squinted his wolf pupils, and said to the generals on the left and right: "The Tang army has just formed an array, and its foothold is not stable. It is time for a vigorous attack. Listen to my orders, all cavalry, prepare to charge!"

Shi Siming waved his hand and issued an order to attack violently.

Hearing the wolf's howl from the ox horn, the barbarian iron cavalry, who had long been unable to hold back, flooded over the position between the two armies like a flood that burst a bank.

One year and four months, Fan Yang Tieqikong had brute force, but he had almost no battles to fight. At most, he could only fight some siege battles that he was least good at and had huge casualties.

Fan Yang Tieqi held back his anger for a year and four months, and released it instantly, bursting out with amazing fighting power.

At the foot of Mt. Mang, there was originally an open farmland. After years of wars, the field has long been barren and turned into a barren grassland.This open terrain is most suitable for cavalry charges.

Fan Yang Tieqi came from the mountain with a tsunami, and the place where the horse's hoof stepped, the ground shook, and there was a dull rumbling sound, which could be sensed several miles away.

Facing the unstoppable Fan Yang iron cavalry with banners covering the sun, the Tang army who has not yet completed its formation is no match for it.

Pugu Huai'en's self-proclaimed invincible Fan Han forces were about to collapse at the first touch, and their positions were first washed away, and the arrogant soldiers under his command fled one after another.

The great defeat of the forward army seriously affected the morale of the Tang army.The disintegrated Fanhan soldiers were like a mudslide, impacting the Tang army's central army formation.

If it was an enemy army, the Tang army would have used the large bed crossbow provided by Bai Fu to suppress its charge, but facing its comrades-in-arms, the commanders of the Tang army from all walks of life could not do anything and shot him to death.

The battle opportunity was fleeting, and by the time the generals came to their senses, the disintegrated Tang army had smashed the Chinese army's defense line to pieces.

Li Guangbi defended the dangerous position, maintaining the most stable formation.But the defeat of the two armies and the rear army caused the Chinese army to immediately fall into the siege of the rebels.

Li Guangbi took the lead and commanded the soldiers to fight to the death, but the situation was gone. The island-like Chinese army finally failed to withstand the fierce offensive of the rebels and was quickly defeated.

The army was defeated like a mountain.As soon as Li Guangbi's commander-in-chief of the Chinese army fell, the Tang troops from all walks of life collapsed without a fight, and all turned around and fled.The Tang army collapsed across the board in an instant, and the soldiers scattered and fled for their lives.

"I worked hard for many days, but I didn't expect to get such a situation in the end!"

Watching the rebels rushing towards him, Li Guangbi let out a long sigh, drew out his sword, and was about to kill himself on the spot.The lieutenant of Li Guangbi's personal soldier snatched the general's long sword and shouted anxiously: "General, if you keep the green hills, you won't have to worry about firewood."

Li Guangbi was full of grief and indignation, and sighed: "I am afraid that the main force of Shuofang's army will be wiped out in this battle. I have no face left in this world."

The lieutenant of the personal soldier turned his eyes and said in a hurry: "Commander, even if the Shuofang army is wiped out, the Anbeiting cavalry is still there. When General Bai Fu comes from Jianghuaibei, we still have the strength to wipe out the rebels.

Guo Linggong has already been abandoned. If you die for the country again, General Bai will be unable to support himself, and the Tang Dynasty will really be over! "

Hearing Bai Fu's name, Li Guangbi's eyes lit up and he regained his senses instantly.

"The eunuchs harm people. If I lightly sacrifice myself, the next thing they will deal with is Brother Fu. No matter how humiliated I am, I have to live!"

Seeing that Li Guangbi had changed his mind, the soldiers hurriedly dragged Li Guangbi's horse to cover the general and retreat to the north.

In the Battle of Mangshan, Tang soldiers were beheaded thousands of times, and countless military weapons were discarded beside the road.

Shi Siming was relentless when he gained power, and concealed and killed him all the way.

Li Guangbi and Pugu Huai'en led the remnant generals across the Yellow River and fled all the way to Wenxi (now Wenxi County, Shanxi Province), where they escaped the rebels; Yu Chaoen and Wei Boyu fled back to Shanzhou; Seeing that the general situation was over, Li Baoyu of Yangyang had no choice but to abandon the city and leave.Heyang and Huaizhou fell one after another.

The strategic advantage that Li Guangbi gained by sticking to Heyang for more than a year disappeared overnight.

When the news reached Chang'an, the imperial court was terrified and decided to send reinforcements to Shanzhou quickly.

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The urgent military report about Mangshan's defeat was regarded as a solution to Li Chu's siege, otherwise he would not know how to deal with Bai Fu and Lai Zhen's censure in court.

After the court meeting, Li Chu asked his cronies to discuss privately who to send to reinforce Shanzhou to deal with Shi Siming.

Once Shanzhou is lost, the rebels will approach Tongguan, and Chang'an will be in danger!

Regardless of Li Chu's feelings, everyone said in unison: "In the current crisis, only Guo Linggong or General Bai can counter Shi Siming."

Li Chu lingered in the palace for a long time, he really couldn't understand Bai Fu's attitude of giving up to me, as if Datang had no other outstanding generals besides him.

But the reality in front of him is that all the generals of the Tang Dynasty were frightened by Fan Yang's iron cavalry, and no one dared to face Shi Siming's main force directly.

In the eyes of everyone, Bai Fu led the army not only victorious in every battle, but also required the least military supplies, food and pay, and the least casualties of soldiers.As long as there is no prejudice, everyone will think that Bai Fu is the most suitable candidate for the commander.

After thinking about it, Li Chu felt that the overall situation should be put first.After all, there were wars and wars everywhere, and it was Li Tang's royal family who suffered the most.

Let Bai get back on the horse first, and after the rebels are wiped out, we will settle today's affairs.

Li Chu thought to himself: "For the sake of the great cause, Liu Bang can tolerate Han Xin, Ying Bu and others who are self-proclaimed kings. Am I not as good as Liu Ji, the chief of the Surabaya Pavilion?

It is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, and the grievances with Bai Fu will last forever. "

Li Chu finally persuaded himself, and decided not to care about Bai Fu for the time being.But now that the quarrel with Bai Fu is so tense, how can they take advantage of the slope to get off the donkey and shake hands to make peace?

Li Chu asked someone to speak out, and Bai Fu threatened that if he did not kill the eunuchs Ai Dong and Xing Yanen who framed him and the generals in Anxi, he would never give up!

Thinking of Bai Fu's vengeance, Li Chu didn't know what to eat, and couldn't sleep at night!
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(End of this chapter)