Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 252

West of Chang'an, Qingqu.

Qingqu is less than fifty miles west of Baqiao in Chang'an City, Xijing.

Baqiao is the main road to and from Xijing. Officials and scholars who leave from Xijing will see off at Baqiao.

Guo Ziyi was looking at Baqiao from the high platform of the camp. When he came out of Xijing to serve as Shuofang Jiedushi, his friends from the court and China saw him off at Baqiao.

But now Guo Ziyi is going to lead the army to attack Baqiao. In addition to making Guo Ziyi feel that things are right and wrong, he can only feel the cruelty of war.

In order to prevent the Tang army from setting fire, the willow trees on both sides of the Baqiao have been cut down by the rebels. The originally spacious and prosperous Baqiao has no people passing through, only rebel soldiers in armor, nervously carrying supplies.

Less than fifty miles away from the gate of Xijing, Guo Ziyi slowed down the pace of attacking the city. On the one hand, he asked the soldiers to camp and rest by the Qingqu, and on the other hand, he urged the rear to bring up the grain and grass as soon as possible, as if preparing for a long-term battle.

Guo Ziyi understood that his soldiers mainly came from Longyou and Shuofang, and the summer in the northwest region was not as hot as Guanzhong. The soldiers fought repeatedly and did not adapt to the climate of Xijing at all.

This year's summer is even hotter than in previous years, and the scorching sun made the soldiers cry.

In Guo Ziyi's view, the city of Xijing was high and strong, the rebels occupied the two capitals, and also raided several Changping warehouses in Guanzhong, and accumulated a large amount of military food and materials in Xijing. It was not easy to conquer Xijing at once.

On the contrary, the rebel army is now in chaos, An Lushan was killed by his son, and now the counselor Yan Zhuang is in charge of Anlushan's army.

But Yan Zhuang was only An Lushan's adviser, and he didn't have enough prestige to overwhelm these arrogant soldiers.

The reason why the security thieves can work together is also because the Tang army is less than fifty miles away from Xijing.

It was also because of the pressure of the Tang Dynasty that there was no division within the An thief, so Guo Ziyi formulated a counter-insurgency strategy of "siege Xijing and wait for the thieves to chaos themselves".

In Guo Ziyi's view, as long as the Tang army does not show a strong desire to attack the city, the internal contradictions of the security bandits will be revealed.

An Qingxu's father-killing rebellion was obviously not reconciled to being a puppet.

An Shouzhong has been fighting with An Lushan, has military exploits and prestige, and is unwilling to serve under the command of An Qingxu, who killed his father.

The counselor Yan Zhuang controlled An Qingxu's commanding army, but he didn't have enough prestige in the army.

And Shi Siming, who was in a cooperative relationship with An Lushan, was now transferred back to Fang Jicheng, the queen of An Lushan. Knowing that An Qingxu killed his father and became self-reliant, how would Shi Siming face this successor of An Lushan?
As long as the Tang army's offensive slows down a little, then the internal contradictions of the security bandits will definitely erupt. At that time, when the security bandits civil strife, the recovery of Xijing will be a matter of course.

It can be said that Guo Ziyi's counter-insurgency plan has no military problems.

But the Grand Marshal of the World's Army and Horses, Prince Donggong, and Li Chu, King of Guangping, who were also in the barracks, didn't think so.

The army was stationed in Qingqu, but they did not attack Xijing for a long time. This has already aroused the dissatisfaction of the father.

Some people in the court even started to stir up trouble, saying that the reason why the Tang army was unwilling to attack Xijing was because Li Chu and Guo Ziyi wanted to support the bandits.

The imperial court scoured the country's supply army, and the Jianghuai area had just quelled the Yongwang Rebellion, so they transported supplies to Fengxiang Mansion non-stop.

The daily expenses of the 150,000 army are almost dragging down the Tang court, not to mention the deserted farmland caused by the soldiers going out to fight.

The emperor issued an edict every day to inquire about the progress of the army. Guo Ziyi, the deputy marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, even bypassed himself as the marshal and wrote to the emperor asking to besiege the rebels.

King Guangping naturally knew his father's reaction after receiving this memorial, and he could even imagine how his father would suspect him.

Now that the father has handed over half of the soldiers and horses to Guo Ziyi to lead, the emperor of Fengxiang Mansion must be uneasy, not to mention that there is a prince named Guangping King who supervises the army in the army.

What if these 150,000 troops attack Fengxiang Mansion?

If all the 150,000 troops belong to King Quang Binh, will the emperor also abdicate according to the tradition of the old Li family?

Li Fuguo, the most favored eunuch by the emperor's side, another eunuch sent by the emperor to supervise the army, had publicly quarreled with Guo Ziyi many times and asked him to send troops to attack Xijing immediately.

Regarding the differences in the army, Li Chu, the king of Guangping, was naturally aware of the differences. Although he did not deal with Li Fuguo, he was also urging Guo Ziyi to send troops as soon as possible to take Xijing as soon as possible.

The door of Guangping King Li Chu's tent was opened, and a white-faced and beardless eunuch walked in.

Li Chu immediately welcomed the eunuch in, and asked anxiously, "What did Shuai Guo say?"

The young eunuch said in a shrill voice: "Guo Shuai still refuses to march, saying that the summer heat is so hot that our soldiers are impatient with the heat, and I'm afraid it's not safe to attack Xijing by force, and we'll besiege the city until autumn before attacking."

Li Chu patted his chair and said: "It will be delayed until autumn? The emperor has issued three edicts in a row ordering him to march, why is he still resisting the edict? Is it possible that our 150,000 army in the Tang Dynasty is no match for a mere [-] rebels?" Army?"

The eunuch's name was Cheng Yuanzhen, and he was an eunuch in Li Chu's house. Because he was proficient in military affairs, he was reused by Li Chu and brought to the barracks.

Cheng Yuanzhen said: "Your Highness, if you delay sending troops, I'm afraid Your Majesty will become suspicious. Where is Queen Zhang?"

The empress Zhang mentioned by Cheng Yuanzhen was Zhang Liangdi who fled to Shuofang with the emperor.

When fleeing, Zhang Liangdi was pregnant, and she still had to sleep on the outermost side of the tent every day, alerting the emperor non-stop.

Three days after giving birth, Zhang Liangdi personally sewed clothes for the soldiers outside the camp.

Now that she gave birth to the prince, she was made a queen by the emperor, and now she is on the line with the number one eunuch Li Fuguo, which can be said to be extremely powerful.

Empress Zhang naturally wanted to make her son the crown prince, and there were naturally speculative ministers in the court who fell for her.

Li Chu has been extremely careful, but he is still being impeached by the courtiers, and the voice of changing the crown prince is getting louder and louder.

Cheng Yuanzhen said: "Your Highness, although Guo Shuai is the commander-in-chief of the three armies, you are the commander-in-chief of the world's soldiers and horses, and you can also control the army."

Li Chu was stunned for a moment, what his father likes to do most is to arrange two people who check and balance each other.

For example, Fang Guan was arranged to be the Jiedu envoy of Hexi, and his younger brother King Jianning was in charge of Longyou.

This time, I let myself, the general of the world's soldiers and horses, be the military supervisor, and let Guo Ziyi, the deputy marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, be the commander in chief.

Originally, Li Chu didn't want to deprive Guo Ziyi of his military power, after all, this Pingzhang military official can really fight!
But now, Li Chu urgently needs a sum of military merit, and regains Xijing as soon as possible to restore his weight in the heart of his father.

Li Chu gritted his teeth and said, "Take my marshal Tiger Talisman and go to Guo Shuai's account!"

(End of this chapter)