Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 537 The Defeat of Xiangzhou
During a Shangyuan Festival banquet, bursts of laughter came from the Tai Chi Palace.

This time at the royal family banquet, Prince Hong and King Qi were not at war. After taking the elixir, the emperor's physical weakness improved a lot, and he even drank a little wine as an exception.

Empress Zhang had just been canonized as a queen, and she quickly put on an air of being a mother to the world, and many princes and daughters also cooperated.

The only fly in the ointment is that the emperor occasionally felt cold, so he was unable to attend this night banquet.

Although the people in Chang'an did not see the palace lanterns in Huaelou, they also saw floats parading back and forth on Zhuque Street.

Although it is far inferior to the previous prosperity, it can still be regarded as a year.

Chang'an City was still immersed in the joyful atmosphere of the Chinese New Year. No one thought that in Xiangzhou, it was An Qingxu's side who launched the attack first.

This year is also the worst Shangyuan Festival that An Qingxu has ever experienced. In the countryside of Xiangzhou, he spent the festival alone in a thatched hut.

The Tang army has already begun to execute the fortified wall and clear the field near Anyang City, because most of the orders are carried out by the Tang army in Guanzhong and Northwest.

And Xiangzhou also contributed a lot of soldiers to the puppet Yan, and many soldiers of the puppet Yan were from Xiangzhou.

The officers and soldiers naturally had a blood feud with the puppet Yan army, and this hatred was also vented on the Tang army's people in Xiangzhou.

The troops carrying out the fortification of the wall and clearing the fields not only prohibited the common people from spring plowing, but also burned many common people's homes whose families had joined the army.

Even some local gentry in Xiangzhou were plundered by the Tang army for the crime of collaborating with the enemy.

For a while, flames erupted near Xiangzhou, and the wailing of the people was everywhere.

Li Guangbi, who is in Xiangzhou, has nothing to do about all this.

Although he is a famous general, the anger of the soldiers needs to be vented. If he is suppressed forcibly, one day it will explode in the barracks instead.

But this time it was the imperial court's order to fortify the wall and clear the country, and Li Guangbi could not disobey the imperial court's policy.

The Tang army who celebrated the New Year in Xiangzhou also wanted to end the civil war quickly and return home earlier. They hated the people in Xiangzhou who had informed the false Yan'an Qingxu, and wanted to kill them all.

Suddenly, the entire vicinity of Anyang City became a purgatory on earth, and An Qingxu was overjoyed when he got the news, and immediately ordered to gather people.

On the contrary, Cui Youqian was emboldened by Tang Jun. He said to An Qingxu, "Your Majesty, do you want to wait?"

An Qingxu said decisively: "The defeat of the Tang army is at this moment. If you don't send troops now, it will be too late if you wait any longer!"

After saying this, An Qingxu put on the golden armor himself, and walked out of the thatched hut where he was hiding.

After all, An Qingxu was young, he did not live a life of wantonness in the palace, and his body recovered quickly.

He was holding the spear in his hand. Back then, he also charged into battle under the command of his father An Lushan, killing the barbarians in the north to cry.

An Qingxu rode on his horse, ordered the soldiers to shout the slogan "The Tang army will slaughter all Xiangzhou", and began to march all the way to Anyang.

The people of Xiangzhou were already very disgusted with the Tang army. Since the Tang army stationed in Anyang, Xiangzhou has become a battlefield.

At the same time, the Tang army also needs a huge amount of military supplies, many of which must be supplied locally.

Xiangzhou has long been poor and white, and the people's resentment towards Tang Jun has reached the extreme.

And the rumors spread by An Qingxu are the same as those described by the people fleeing outside Anyang City. Now everyone in Xiangzhou is in danger.

Not every household has served as a soldier for the puppet Yan, but when Xiangzhou was under the control of Anlu Mountain, they all paid food for the puppet Yan.

If there is a real liquidation, no one in Xiangzhou can escape.

Following An Qingxu's army, some powerful local landlords in Xiangzhou also brought their own private soldiers to follow.

The rich and powerful families in a state are often of the same spirit, and the experiences of the big families near Anyang City have already been heard by these patriarchs.

Xiangzhou had originally opposed the Tang Dynasty, and now these big families have an additional reason to rebel.

When An Qingxu happened together, these families brought their own dry food to vote, and soon An Qingxu even assembled an army of [-].

Among these soldiers are the old puppet Yan tribe who fled from Gyeonggi to Xiangzhou, private soldiers from local powerful families in Xiangzhou, and personal guards brought back by An Qingxu and Cui Youqian themselves.

However, in terms of hatred for Tang Jun, all soldiers have the same goal.

An Qingxu was also very decisive. After gathering 5 troops, he claimed [-] people and directly attacked Anyang City.

This time it was beyond Li Guangbi's expectation. He thought An Qingxu was just a lost dog, but he turned out to be a downhill tiger.

Li Guangbi quickly asked his men to return to Anyang City to garrison, and then asked the court for help.

However, Li Guangbi's military envoy Wang Sili underestimated the enemy, thinking that An Qingxu was a mob, and led part of the Tang army to attack An Qingxu's army.

Unexpectedly, this time An Qingxu commanded bravely and calmly fought back. Tang Jun's long-term attack failed to achieve results.
An Qingxu took the lead and defeated the Tang army wearing golden armor. Wang Sili was terrified and didn't know how to deal with it.

The general saw that Tang Jun's defeat was inevitable, so he could only grab Wang Sili and flee back to Anyang City.

The Tang army lost 3000 people in this battle, but all of these 3000 people were elites brought by Li Guangbi.

Since then, the Tang army has declined greatly, and many newly recruited soldiers are terrified, thinking that the Yaoluo River in Anlu Mountain has returned.

An Qingxu's army besieged Anyang City, but Li Guangbi couldn't hold out.

Originally relying on the strength of Anyang City, it could be held for a long time.

However, An Qingxu sent people to spread rumors in the city that the Tang army was going to draw a man from the homes of the people in Anyang, and each family would take a man to die on the battlefield.

They also spread rumors that the Tang army was going to take away all the food from the people in Anyang City.

Li Guangbi ordered the soldiers to refute the rumors many times, but the anti-Tang army sentiment in Anyang City had reached the extreme, and even the soldiers who refuted the rumors had conflicts with the common people.

Li Guangbi was completely passive. Having experienced many battles, he knew that Anyang City would not last long in this state.

Although the Tang army belongs to the army, the number of people in Anyang is several times that of the Tang army.

However, with the Anlushan army besieging outside and the people's hearts in turmoil inside, this kind of city cannot be defended at all.

Just when Li Guangbi was about to break out of the siege, rumors appeared again in Anyang City, saying that Li Guangbi, Wang Sili, and other high-level officials of the Tang army had left the Tang army and fled Anyang!

At this time, even the soldiers at the bottom of the Tang army began to panic, and An Qingxu's troops outside the city shouted in unison: "Li Guangbi has fled! Open the city gate quickly!"

The shouts made Wang Sili, who was guilty in the barracks, rush to Li Guangbi's barracks.

Seeing Li Guangbi's pale face under the candlelight, Wang Sili knelt on the ground and said with tears: "Commander, it is Wang who is greedy for meritorious deeds and made the army fall into such a situation. Please behead Wang to calm the army's morale!"

Li Guangbi sighed and said: "This battle is Li's fault, it has nothing to do with you and others. I have underestimated An Qingxu. This person is able to kill his father and stand on his own. It is also a bit ruthless."

Seeing that Li Guangbi didn't intend to blame himself, Wang Sili quickly asked, "Shuai Li, what should we do?"

Li Guangbi was also decisive, he immediately said: "Gather the elite of the army and break through!"

Wang Sili was stunned for a moment and asked, "Is this Anyang City?"

"Anyang City can't be defended anymore, don't worry, I will plead guilty to the court, I will be responsible for losing Anyang City!"

After saying this, Li Guangbi immediately led his generals to gather the last batch of elites in the city, and then rushed out from the north gate where the siege was relatively weak with these elites before dawn.

When it was dawn, an officer in Anyang City killed Tang Jun who was guarding the city gate, and opened Anyang City to welcome An Qingxu into the city.

Li Guangbi, who had escaped from Anyang City, had only a hundred riders left by his side. He looked back at Anyang City, sighed deeply, and continued to lead his cronies back to Luoyang. He wanted to immediately tell the court about Anyang's defeat. .

Five days later, shortly after the Shangyuan Festival in the imperial court, the Political Affairs Hall received a military report from Guo Ziyi, the leader of the Eastern Route Army. Li Guangbi was defeated in Anyang, and the Tang army stationed in Anyang was defeated. hands.

Blessings never come, misfortunes never come singly. Guo Ziyi's vanguard army who attacked Xiangzhou from Luoyang also suffered a big defeat just after entering Xiangzhou. They were attacked by a partial division led by Cui Youqian and lost 2 horses.

Guo Ziyi's forward army was almost wiped out. Guo Ziyi could only retreat to the vicinity of Luoyang with the central army and rear army, changing from strategic offensive to strategic defensive, and defending Luoyang's safety first.

An Qingxu occupied almost all of Xiangzhou. Instead of attacking Luoyang directly, he began to annex Qizhou, Zizhou, Jeju and other states in the north of Henan Province near Xiangzhou. After Xiangzhou, the Tang army who quickly drove out these areas with a large army revived again in the northern part of Henan Province.

Just after the new year, they encountered such a setback, and the whole political affairs hall was in chaos.

Prime Minister Pei Mian was not good at military affairs, and Prime Minister Cui Yuan suggested: "In the current situation, we can only let Guo Shuai defend Luoyang first."

The prime ministers discussed for a long time, and there was only this result. They could only find the emperor with this opinion.

Hearing that the northern part of the Henan Province was defeated, the emperor was no longer in a good mood for celebrating the new year, and he also rarely lost his temper with the letters written by the prime ministers.

What is the strategy of guarding Luoyang?Could it be that the little thief An Qingxu was allowed to continue to harm Datang?

At this time, Prince Hong Wang Li Chu and Qi Wang Li Xi wrote a letter together, offering a strategy.

The two princes both believed that Shi Siming of Hedong is now attached to Datang, but he still has a rebellious heart. It is better to let Shi Siming beat An Qingxu, and let the two traitors bite the dog.

In addition, the imperial court is requested to dispatch the Longyou Army to enter the customs and return it to Guo Ziyi to attack An Qingxu in moderation!

(End of this chapter)