The six-dimensional pictures of emperors of all dynasties were exposed, and the ancestors panicked

Chapter 295: White-haired lonely city, how dare you forget the Tang Dynasty

[In the fourteenth year of Tianbao, the Anshi Rebellion broke out. ]

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All the emperors rolled their eyes.

As expected of you!

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[Tang Xuanzong fled Chang'an, Tang Suzong succeeded to the throne in Lingwu, and then continued to mobilize the northwest border troops to help the emperor and suppress the rebellion. ]

[The Anxi soldiers have long been fighting with the surrounding foreign forces for control of the Western Regions. They are fierce and brave, and have been transferred in large numbers.]

[The transfer of Anxi troops played an important role in quelling the Anshi Rebellion, but it greatly weakened the Tang Dynasty's power in the Western Regions.]

[In 763 AD, the first year of Guangde in the reign of Emperor Daizong of the Tang Dynasty, Tubo took the opportunity to launch a massive attack on Hexi, capturing Lan, Kuo, He, Du, Tao, Min, Qin, Cheng, Wei and other states, and occupying Hexi and Longyou.]

[In 764 AD, Pugu Huai'en was suspected and forced to rise up against the imperial court, leading troops from the Huihe, Tubo and Dangxiang tribes to march directly to Chang'an.]

[Hexi Jiedushi Yang Zhilie adopted the strategy of besieging Wei to save Zhao, and mobilized 5,000 elite troops from Dunhuang, Suzhou, Ganzhou, and Liangzhou to attack Lingwu, where Pugu Huai'en was stationed, forcing Pugu Huai'en to withdraw his troops to rescue.]

[As a result, Chang'an was saved, but after several days of hard fighting, the 5,000 elite soldiers were completely wiped out.]

【Then Tubo seized the opportunity and launched a massive attack on Hexi.】

[In October 765 AD, Yang Zhilie died in battle, and Hexi was almost completely occupied by Tubo. ]

[At that time, Shuofang Jiedushi and Zhongshu Ling Guo Ziyi wrote to Emperor Daizong of Tang, requesting the selection of capable generals to serve as governors of Anxi and Beiting. He recommended his nephew Guo Xin.]

[In 766 AD, shortly after Guo Xin arrived in Anxi, Tubo successively captured Ganzhou and Suzhou and occupied all of Hexi.]

[Yang Xiuming, who succeeded Yang Zhilie as the governor of Hexi, died in battle, the main force of the Tang army in Hexi was annihilated, and the traffic and contact between the Western Regions and the Tang court were completely cut off.]

[After two divisions of troops in Anxi, only 10,000 soldiers and horses were left in the four towns. ]

[Guo Xin led the Anxi Army of more than 10,000 people to guard the enclave of the Tang Dynasty and resist the powerful Tubo.]

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On the canopy.

The scene comes to a place where yellow sand is flying.

The city walls were stained with blood.

The white-haired soldiers with worn-out armor and blood-stained Mo Dao leaned against the parapet.

Avoiding the sandstorm coming from the wind, he held a ball of black, unclear food and ate it.

"You tell me... Is Chang'an farther away or is the sun farther away?"

A one-eyed old soldier looked at the Sanchen flag fluttering in the wind on the Que Tower.

He asked the old soldier who was half toothless and struggling to chew food beside him.

The old soldier glanced at him and said unhappily:

"You bastard! Of course the sun is far away!"

"Chang'an is only a few thousand miles away! Can you even reach the sun?!"

The veteran at the beginning took out the water bag and took a sip, then looked at the toothless veteran and sighed:

"Then why can't I see Chang'an when I look up?"

"Back then on Suzaku Street, there was a young lady who gave me a willow branch..."

The sky was suddenly filled with sand and dust, and the dust unique to the Western Regions hit the faces of the generals who had suddenly become quiet.

"Straight bitch!"

The half-toothed old soldier suddenly kicked the one-eyed old soldier.

"You've never been to school!"

"That shit you're talking about is an allusion to Emperor Ming of Jin! You old man, you're just pretending to be a big shot!"

The one-eyed old soldier didn't move at all, and changed the subject with a playful smile:

"Old Ding, I didn't expect you to have read something!"

The toothless Old Ding raised his head and was about to say something with a proud look on his face.

The gray beard suddenly flew up, followed by a burst of blood.

Everyone looked towards the place where the shocking change happened.

Toothless Lao Ding covered his neck as a sharp arrow pierced his neck.

The blood-stained arrow flashed red.

No panic, no howling.

Everyone just watched this scene calmly.

The one-eyed old soldier slowly put his hand on the toothless Old Ding who began to twitch.

"Let's go, let's go, there are still us."

"It's okay, we can hold on... Don't worry... Go ahead."

Old Ding looked straight at his comrade in front of him.

A strange smile formed from his mouth, which was covered with blood foam.

Finally, he raised his eyes to look at the Sanchen flag fluttering in the wind, motionless.

"Anxi Army!"

"Wan Sheng!"

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[There had been no communication between the Western Regions and Chang'an for fifteen years, and the Tang Dynasty had no idea of ​​their existence or failure.]

[It was not until 781 AD, the second year of Emperor Dezong's Jianzhong reign.] [The Western Regions garrison finally made contact with the Tang Dynasty, and Guo Xin sent an envoy from the Uighurs to Chang'an via a long detour.]

[When Emperor Dezong of Tang learned that the soldiers led by Guo Xin and Cao Lingzhong in the Western Regions were still fighting hard, he was deeply moved and all the civil and military officials in the court shed tears.]

[However, in addition to conferring the title of Wuwei County Prince on Guo Xin, he was also given the titles of Palace Attendant, Imperial Censor, Grand Protector of Anxi, and Observational Envoy of the Four Towns.]

[Cao Lingzhong was given the name "Li Yuanzhong", and was named the Prince of Ningsai, and concurrently served as the Protector General of Beiting and the Jiedushi of Yisi and Beiting. The officers and soldiers of the two towns were promoted seven levels in a row, and other empty titles and rewards were given to him.]

【Tang Dezong was also powerless and could not send any soldiers to support.】

[The fate of Anxi and Beiting can only be decided by Guo Xin and Cao Lingzhong themselves. ]

[They vigorously cultivated land, developed production, continued to use the Tang Dynasty era name, minted Tang Dynasty coins, and demonstrated Tang's sovereignty in the Western Regions.]

[They held on to the Western Regions with ten thousand soldiers, and used them to repel the Tubo who wanted to remove this thorn]

[They have always defended the borders of the Tang Dynasty and maintained the glory of the Tang Dynasty. ]

[Even if the Tang Dynasty has forgotten them, even if the people no longer remember them. ]

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Tang Dezong Period
Li Shi smiled bitterly. He really had no words to respond to Tianmu's words.

At that time, the feudal lords were being weakened, so there was no need to send troops.

Even if we have troops, we can’t send them there.

If the reduction of the feudal lords had been successful, there might have been some possibility of recovering the Western Regions.

But the attempt to reduce the power of the feudal lords failed...The ability to pacify the southwest was the result of collective efforts.

He wanted to ask the arrogant and domineering He Shuo vassal to rescue Anxi.

Not to mention that no one knew Anxi was still there, even if they knew, no one would go there.

No soldiers and no money.

In order to get money to support the Shen Ce Army, I even started robbing the common people!
The Tang Dynasty is now trying hard to maintain itself.

"I'm sorry...but there's really nothing I can do."

"I……"

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On the canopy.

The bright moon was blocked by dark clouds and the lake in the distance was frozen into a mirror.

Scattered torches illuminated the city of Kucha.

The old voice echoed through the walls.

"Enemy attack!"

Guo Xin, wearing heavy armor and with white hair and beard, leaned against the city wall.

Below the city, an endless army of one hundred thousand was watching covetously.

"Bang!"

Several veterans adjusted the winch crossbows in front of them, and the crossbow arrow pierced through a Hu cavalryman, nailing him and his horse to the ground.

The warhorse, which had not yet died, screamed miserably.

And in the distance, a long horn sounded from the Hu army.

The endless Hu army slowly marched forward.

At some point, snowflakes began to fall from the sky.

The snowflakes are getting denser and bigger.

The crossbow arrows are gone and the hot oil is exhausted.

Guo Xin, with white hair, wiped the Mo Dao in his hand and looked up at the sky.

"It should be nice weather tomorrow."

"Anxi Army!"

The scattered white-haired old soldier beside him replied with full energy:

"Have!"

Drawing out his Mo Dao, Guo Xin rushed towards the Hu soldiers who were climbing up the city wall.

"Follow me to kill the enemy!"

The white-haired soldiers drew their Mo Daos and charged towards the Tubo army.

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[In 798 AD, Tibetan Trisong Detsen ascended the throne.]

[Guo Xin, who was in his seventies, and his few thousand remaining soldiers faced the wise ruler who was in his thirties and his army of one hundred thousand fierce and wolves.]

[In 803 AD, the strategic city of Xizhou in the desert fell. ]

[On the vast territory of the Western Regions, only the lonely city of Qiuci still flies the Three Stars Flag that represents the Tang Dynasty.]

[In the same year, Tubo besieged Anxi. Guo Xin and Huihe joined forces from inside and outside and won a great victory. The Tubo "had corpses and were stinking and unbearable." ]

[In October 808 AD, during a night raid by Tubo, Anxi, which had been isolated in the western desert for years, was completely destroyed.]

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　You said, let the Han and Tang allied forces be formed.

　　With Li Shimin as the commander and Huo Qubing as the general, will it be possible to rescue Anxi?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)