Prosperous Tang Dynasty

Chapter 266

Tang Xuanzong didn't know how badly he played a good hand of chess. Originally, this rebellion had a chance to be put down soon, because many places had already begun to show signs of benefiting the Tang Dynasty.

To the south, An Lushan sent Wu Lingxun and the Khitan and Xi allied forces to march south. Although they defeated [-] Tang troops south of Yingchuan, they encountered fierce resistance from Lu Jiong, the governor of Shannan Road at the foot of Nanyang City.

Lu Jiong used to be a general under Ge Shuhan, the king of Xiping County, and made great contributions in the process of attacking Tubo with Ge Shuhan. After the rebellion of Anlu Mountain, he was promoted to Jiedushi of Shannan Road.

Lu Jiong is a rare fierce general. After the disastrous defeat of the 5 Tang army in the south of Yingchuan, Lu Jiong gathered the defeated army immediately, and with his own command, a total of [-] troops defended Nanyang.Let Wu Lingxun and other rebels smash their heads under Nanyang City, and it will be difficult to shake Nanyang City.

southeast.

After An Lushan proclaimed himself emperor, he also sent one of his generals, Yang Chaozong, to attack the southeast, hoping to take down the rich Huainan and even the richer Jiangnan.However, he also encountered fierce resistance in Suiyang from the Huainan military and civilians led by Zhang Xun, the deputy governor of Henan Province. He stopped at the foot of Suiyang City and could not take a step into Huainan.

north.

Yan Gaoqing, the prefect of Changshan who pretended to surrender to Anlushan, killed Li Qinzuo, Gao Miao and others who stayed behind in Changshan, and raised troops in Changshan to return to the Tang Dynasty.

Yan Gaoqing also issued an appeal to all states and counties in Hebei, calling on everyone to kill the anti-army generals who stayed behind in Anlu Mountain and rise up to fight Anlu Mountain together.Yan Gaoqing told people in various states and counties that the Khitan and Xi people were pacified by Li Fei. An Lushan stopped in Tongguan, Nanyang, Suiyang, and the imperial court recruited 30 troops in Guanzhong, etc. Anlushan will meet soon perish.

Before the Anlu Mountain rebellion, Hebei Province basically did not suffer many disasters. The common people and officials here were all loyal to the Tang Dynasty. Yan Gaoqing took the lead. In a short time, [-] prefectures in Hebei jointly raised troops. .

Yan Zhenqing of Pingyuan was Yan Gaoqing's cousin. As early as before An Lushan rebelled, Yan Gaoqing wrote to inform her cousin Yan Zhenqing that An Lushan wanted to rebel, and Yan Zhenqing made preparations in advance.

At that time, Yan Zhenqing was also the prefect of Pingyuan County, so he developed his strength in Pingyuan County early, recruited the local powerful families, and made preparations to fight against Anlu Mountain.

When Yan Gaoqing falsely surrendered to Anlu Mountain in Changshan, Yan Zhenqing also falsely surrendered to Anlu Mountain in Pingyuan and accepted the anti-army generals of Anlushan to be stationed. Yan Gaoqing in Changshan and Yan Zhenqing in Pingyuan are the main ones.

In just ten days after the rise of the army, the Hebei Rebel Army claimed to have 20 people, stirring up the whole Hebei.

In the direction of Jiuyuan, Shuofang Jiedu envoy Guo Ziyi took advantage of the uprising in Hebei provinces and led the Shuofang army to point directly at Hedong Road, one of Anlu Mountain's lairs.

Hebei and Hedong are both behind Anlu Mountain. If Hebei and Hedong are unstable, the morale of Anlu Mountain's army will also be unstable.

If you count the difficulty of advancing in Tongguan, Anlu Mountain at this time can be said to be facing enemies on many fronts.Moreover, ever since An Lushan heard that his eldest son, An Qingzong, had been beheaded, his mood became much more violent than before. Two bad leaders, when the rebel soldiers behind attacked the city and seized the territory, they didn't know how to restrain themselves. Rape and looting were common things.Even if Henan's economy and people's livelihood were almost destroyed due to the battle of Yang Guozhong and Nanzhao Kingdom, and the people were in hardship, the Anlushan rebels would not be popular here, let alone other places.

According to the development of this situation, Datang is likely to wipe out Anlu Mountain quickly.

However, at this time, Tang Xuanzong issued an imperial decree to kill two generals, Chang Qing and Gao Xianzhi, in Tongguan.

What a failure!
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Chang'an City, the uprising in Hebei provinces, Guo Ziyi's invasion of Hedong, and the strong resistance of Nanyang and Suiyang, etc., all kinds of benefits will not spread to Chang'an City for a while. Tang Xuanzong has just received Bian Lingcheng's reply at this time. He looked at Feng Changqing's note with a blank face.

The writing of Feng Changqing's suicide note is definitely quite touching.

Of course, Tang Xuanzong was not untouched after seeing it, and felt a little regretful in his heart.But he is the emperor after all, he killed everyone, and now he regrets not slapping himself in the face, so Tang Xuanzong didn't say anything.

The only thing that Tang Xuanzong has a headache now is which general to send to guard Tongguan instead of Gao Xianzhi!
After much deliberation, the only candidate Tang Xuanzong thought of was Ge Shuhan.

Tang Xuanzong felt that only Ge Shuhan could defeat An Lushan.

In terms of battle results, Ge Shuhan suffered heavy losses to the Tubo Kingdom, leaving thousands of miles behind.In recent years, Ge Shuhan has wiped out more than 30 Tubo troops, which is more than the Khitan and Xi allied forces wiped out by Anlu Mountain.

In terms of status, Ge Shuhan is the king of Xiping County, and An Lushan was also the king of Dongping County, and the two are not bad in all aspects.

However, Ge Shuhan now has the entire Tang Dynasty, and An Lushan is just a traitor.

Therefore, Tang Xuanzong had reason to firmly believe that as long as Ge Shuhan went out to fight, he would be able to triumph!
However, Ge Shuhan was seriously ill from a stroke before, and now he has only been recuperating for a few months, and he doesn't know how he is recovering at this moment, whether he can lead troops to go out.

Tang Xuanzong immediately asked Gao Lishi to visit on his behalf, and also asked about Ge Shuhan's tone by the way.

Ge Shuhan is the oldest among the four famous generals of Tang Tianbao, and he is almost 70 years old now, older than Tang Xuanzong.In addition, he had only had a severe stroke a while ago, so at this moment, Ge Shuhan was gray-haired and looked very old.

When Gao Lishi came to Ge Shuhan's residence, Ge Shuhan also heard the news that Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi would be bestowed to death.

Ge Shuhan cried bitterly, a little out of breath, and complained for Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing.

Gao Lishi was really afraid that Ge Shuhan would be overly sad, and if he accidentally had another stroke, he would make a big fuss, so he hurried to comfort him.

After calming down Ge Shuhan's emotions, Gao Lishi opened his mouth to test Ge Shuhan's tone.

"King of Xiping County, now the Tang Dynasty is at stake, only you are the most respected, and you will surely defeat the traitor An Lushan and return in triumph."

"Ge Shuhan is old and can hardly walk, what can he do!" Ge Shuhan also knew that Gao Lishi's purpose here was to persuade him to replace the dead Gao Xianzhi to guard Tongguan, but because Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi two He was still sad about the death of a person, a little reluctant.

After a long while, Ge Shuhan sighed, no matter how reluctant he was, he knew that after Tang Xuanzong bestowed death on Changqing and Gao Xianzhi, he was the only one who could be the commander of the army in Chang'an City.

In the end, brother Shuhan grew up reading Chinese books, and he was very loyal to the Tang Dynasty. It is hard to violate the emperor's order. Tang Xuanzong wanted him to go to war, and he could not refuse.

In the end, Ge Shuhan still had the important task of guarding Tongguan and facing the An Lushan rebels.
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(End of this chapter)