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Chapter 183 Who dares to fight with swords and horses, but I am General Zhang?

Above the curtain, a brief background introduction was given!

The Turks in the north have always been ready to move, trying to restore the hegemony and glory of their ancestors.

After the Turks were defeated, the Huihe appeared again to make up for the damage.

There is Khitan in the northeast seeking regional hegemony.

The Tibetan people on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau were also at their peak. They walked down the snow-capped mountains and actively explored the new world in Sichuan and Xinjiang.

In order to protect its territory, Datang had to maintain a huge standing army.

The collapsed government troops could no longer bring glory to the country, and could not even defend Chang'an.

As a result, the 200-year-old military system was completely abandoned, and the Tang Dynasty implemented a recruitment system.

There is a problem.

Under the government military system, soldiers need to prepare equipment themselves, and the state does not care.

But the recruitment system is different. The country needs to prepare swords, guns, horses, and food to arm the soldiers.

The poor financial revenue of the Tang Dynasty was simply not enough to maintain a huge standing army.

But it doesn’t matter. If you don’t give money, you can give policies.

During the Kaiyuan and Tianbao years, Li Longji successively established ten Jiedu envoys.

Every Jiedu envoy is equivalent to a military region commander, which is actually nothing unusual.

However, the imperial court did not have spare military expenditures, so it could only allow the Jiedushi to collect taxes within their jurisdiction.

In order to protect the military management and financial rights, the imperial court also gave local supervisory powers to Jiedushi.

Military power, financial power, and supervisory power were integrated into one body, and Jiedushi was already the emperor of the country.

The old order has collapsed, and Li Longji has no ability to establish a new order. He can only repair the damaged old order. Jiedushi is a big patch.

There are also many internal patches in Datang.

In order to get rid of hunger in Chang'an, water conservancy must be dredged again so that food from Jiangnan can be transported to Guanzhong. This bottomless pit requires countless money.

Although the emperor's personal army and the garrison in the Central Plains are not good at fighting, they are still a group of gold-eating beasts.

Li Longji and Yang Yuhuan have been spreading dog food for many years for free?

Coupled with the extravagant palace, corrupt court, and intoxicated society, there is always a musty smell floating in the flourishing age.

And what maintains all this is the shrinking tax base.

Why Li Linfu was able to hold power for 19 years and Yang Guozhong was able to climb to the high position of prime minister was not just a result of struggle and nepotism. There is only one reason:

They can squeeze money out of ordinary people.

Unlike other generals, An Lushan also has a high emotional intelligence.

Not only is he brave in battle, he is also very good at getting things done.

The military expenditures and spoils of war were often sent to the court. From the emperor and prime minister to the middle-level officials, they basically received the benefits of An Lushan.

With ability, high emotional intelligence, and policy dividends, An Lushan became a pig in the limelight.

By 755, An Lushan was already the military governor of Pinglu, Fanyang, and Hedong towns, responsible for all aspects of war in the northeastern part of the Tang Dynasty.

There were only ten Jiedushi in the Tang Dynasty.

In other words, An Lushan had one-third of the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty under his command.

The history is very clear at this point:

The state-owned land system collapsed, resulting in a permanently unhealthy national financial system and a decentralized military service system.

In order to deal with complex border wars, Li Longji had to give military, financial, and supervisory powers to Jiedushi, and cultivated a bunch of local emperors.

In order to save the financial crisis, the imperial court had to let Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong take sole power in order to concentrate on making money.

Li Longji's original intention was to play a seesaw, letting the prime minister and the military governor check and balance each other, while he acted as the referee from above.

But with this model, it's only a matter of time before it collapses.

Once a person tastes the sweet taste of power, it is difficult to let it go.

Li Linfu died early and had a good death, but Yang Guozhong was different.

He had only been prime minister for three years and urgently needed to establish achievements to prove himself. An Lushan was the biggest fat.

An Lushan sits in the northeast and has already trained his direct younger brothers.

Li Linfu's skill and experience were enough to make him moved and frightened, but who was Yang Guozhong? You want to use me as a stepping stone, see if I don't kill you first.

What was supposed to come, finally came.

Yuyang cockroaches came to the ground with agitation, and the neon clothes and feathers were frightened.

The Anshi Rebellion cut the Tang Dynasty into two parts.

The prosperous age of the Tang Dynasty, when people only dared to talk about revival, but not about transcendence, will always remain in the marks of history, becoming more and more dreamy.

The Tang Dynasty before Emperor Xuanzong and Li Longji deserved to be called the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty after Li Longji had only a country name but no national foundation.

Relying on the reputation of Taizong Li Shimin, he survived for more than a hundred years, and was finally swept into the dust of history, quietly.

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A powerful voice came from the sky! 【In the winter of the fourteenth year of Emperor Xuanzong's reign of Tianbao in the Tang Dynasty, the Anshi Rebellion broke out.

A few months later, An Lushan captured Luoyang, the eastern capital, and proclaimed himself emperor. The country was named "Dayan".

Since the Tang Dynasty had been in peace for a long time, Anlu Mountain had already rebelled with great momentum.

Therefore, the prefects and magistrates of some prefectures and counties were frightened by the momentum of the Yan army and were at a loss.

In the fifteenth year of Tianbao, the Yan army general Zhang Tongmei captured Song, Cao and other states. Yang Wanshi, the prefect of Qiao County, surrendered to the Yan army, and Zhenyuan County was located in Qiao County.

After Yang Wanshi surrendered to the enemy, he forced Zhang Xun to serve as Chang Shi and ordered him to go west to join the Yan army.

Zhang Xun was very angry when he learned about it. He led his officials and people to cry loudly in the temple of Emperor Xuanyuan of Zhenyuan, and then raised troops to fight against the Yan army. More than a thousand people responded. 】

At this time, Linghu Chao, the magistrate of Yongqiu County, had led the entire county to surrender to the Yan army.

The Yan army appointed Linghu Chao as general and led his troops eastward to aid Xiangyi.

Linghu Chao defeated the Huaiyang army in Xiangyi, captured more than a hundred officers and soldiers, and imprisoned them in Yongqiu, preparing to kill them.

Linghu Chao first went to see Li Tingwang, the general of the Yan army. Huaiyang soldiers and prisoners took the opportunity to kill the guards, and there was chaos in Yongqiu City.

Jia Bi, Zhang Xun and others were able to take advantage of the chaos and attack Yongqiu, but Linghu Chao abandoned the city and fled.

At the end of the sky, the scene of the Anshi rebels surrounding Yongqiu was played.

The Anshi rebels were like a rolling torrent rolling over the land of Hebei. With the power of Mount Tai, they marched into the fertile Henan and reached Yongqiu.

When Zhang patrolled Yongqiu, he only had 3,000 troops, while his opponent, Linghu Chao, had 15,000 troops.

Just after noon, when the rebels were sleepy, the gates of Qinghe City opened.

Zhang Xun personally led a group of troops out of the city, and they were the best troops in Yongqiu.

The deputy said:

"The thieves have 20,000 soldiers and horses, and our army only has a few thousand. We are outnumbered and outnumbered, and it is difficult to win!"

Zhang Xun scoffed!

This idea is also the idea of ​​many officials and generals in Yongqiu County.

But Zhang Xunli resisted all opinions.

The conclusion given by Zhang Xun also shocked everyone:

"If the rebels didn't recruit more people, and we went out to fight against the elite rebels, we would be defeated nine times out of ten.

But at this time, the rebels swarmed countless surrendering troops in a short period of time, and their number increased to tens of thousands.

The sudden increase in people not only did not make the rebels' fighting power stronger, but actually weakened it greatly. "

Zhang Xun went up, he went straight up!

Hey, are you coaxing the kids to play? Brother Xun, is this really appropriate for you?

The dogs shook their heads after hearing this!

Brother Xun, you are making us happy!

Everyone is opposed to this statement.

But Zhang Xunli defied all opinions and felt that his judgment was correct.

So he insisted on taking people out of the city.

How else to put it, there is a huge difference between knowing soldiers and not knowing them?

The combat effectiveness of the army can only be unleashed through mutual cooperation.

In the rebel camp, drums and shouts began to beat, dust billowed, and the sound was huge.

Some people on Zhang Xun's side looked timid, but Zhang Xun's flag was at the front. When people saw Zhang Xun's flag, they all had the courage to stand where they were.

When the rebels rushed over, the eight hundred cavalry hidden behind the army suddenly took a detour and dispatched.

These cavalry are all the cavalry in Zhang Xun's hands.

How could the rebels expect that a place like Yongqiu would be able to kill cavalry? What a ghost!

The main force was attacked by cavalry from the flanks, and the group of strong men who had been forcibly captured quickly collapsed.

As soon as the rebels collapsed, chaos broke out.

Zhang Xun stood on a high place, raised his arms and shouted:

"I will make great achievements now. The whole army will follow me to charge!"

Zhang Xun claimed to be the vanguard envoy of Wu Wang Li Zhi, the military envoy of Henan Province, and personally led his elite troops into the enemy's formation!

After fighting for an hour, Zhang Xun personally led 300 soldiers and went straight to the commander's flag. Linghu Chao was shocked and took the lead to escape, and the Yan army was directly defeated.

Under the command of Zhang Xun, he repelled many attacks by the Yan army, killing nearly 10,000 people in total, while the Tang army also suffered casualties of more than 1,000 people;

Faced with the resistance of the Tang army, Linghu Chao had no choice but to retreat.

When King Wu Li Zhi heard about it, he recommended Zhang Xun to the committee to inspect the affairs of the imperial court.

[Ever since, Linghu Chao ushered in his fateful enemy "Zhang Xun"]

The voice on the sky screen was like thunder, but Zhang Xun's toughness was refreshing. This Jinshi of the Tang Dynasty shocked everyone who watched the sky screen!

Depend on! Is this county magistrate too cruel?

Who dares to stand upright with a sword but me, General Zhang?

Brother Xun, don't kill, don't kill, my mother is afraid.

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(End of this chapter)