Prosperous Tang Dynasty

Chapter 267

On the 27th of the first lunar month, Ge Shuhan took another [-] soldiers drawn and recruited by the imperial court to go to Tongguan to take over the post of deputy marshal left by Gao Xianzhi after his death, and to resist the invasion of Tongguan by the Anlushan rebels.

On the other side, An Lushan was worried about the extremely unfavorable situation that he was surrounded by enemies.

There are 11 Tianwu troops stationed at Tongguan. Gao Xianzhi is not an ordinary person, and there is Feng Changqing as an assistant. Even if he sends a million soldiers to attack, he may not be able to win. Nanyang, Suiyang, etc. have encountered fierce resistance. , Difficult to advance, the rear of Hebei was on fire again, a total of fifteen states rebelled, An Lushan was shocked when he found out, and Hedong was threatened by Shuofang Jiedu envoy Guo Ziyi.

There are many disadvantages, this is simply a sign of his own defeat!How can you make An Lushan not panic.

Indeed, most of the generals of An Lushan's army are Hu people, but there are also some Han generals, and most of the soldiers are Han people. It is impossible for everyone to rebel with An Lushan wholeheartedly.

In the past, the momentum was overwhelming, and it was fine to advance smoothly. Now under such a multi-faceted situation, not to mention the several sides of the imperial court, there may be mutiny within himself.

However, at this time, news came that Tang Xuanzong bestowed Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing to death.

An Lushan was stunned, and then he looked up to the sky and laughed wildly!

"Hahahaha, Your Majesty, Lu Shan had already prepared for the worst, and if he couldn't do it, he would return to Fanyang Youzhou City, but you helped Lu Shan in this way. If Lu Shan still can't win your country, wouldn't it be a waste of money? Your 'help'?"

Not only did An Lushan regain his self-confidence by sweeping away his previous worries, but the news spread to all levels of the anti-military forces. Some anti-military generals who had been panicked and had already grown restless minds also re-established their rebellion.

The whole anti-army was in a state of decline a moment ago because of the obstacles in all directions, but at this moment it has regained its brilliance.

There is no way, the Tang court just beheaded Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing, two well-known generals for no reason, which not only chilled the hearts of the Tang soldiers, but also chilled the hearts of the anti-army generals.

It should be said that many people in the Tang court did not know the inside story of Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing's retreat to Tongguan, but everyone in the rebel army knew about it.

After all, just after Gao Xianzhi led the Tang army to retreat to Tongguan, one of their iron cavalry also killed Tongguan, only one step away from breaking Tongguan.If it wasn't for Gao Xianzhi's retreat, they would have already entered Guanzhong and wiped out Datang!

Let's talk about Feng Changqing.

They started a rebellion from Youzhou City and went southward. The whole journey was like a broken bamboo, and they hardly encountered any decent resistance. Only in Xingyang, Luoyang and Feng Changqing fought fiercely. Changqing also killed and wounded more than [-] of their elite soldiers, which was the biggest loss since they rebelled.

You must know that the soldiers under Feng Changqing's command are just newly recruited and untrained mobs, but they have achieved such results. At least many generals in the rebel army admire Feng Changqing very much.

It was like this that the two generals who were admired by the rebels, who could be called the patron saints of the Tang Dynasty, were killed by the Tang court itself for no reason!
No matter what the inside story is, it is enough to see the corruption of the Tang court. Even if they betrayed An Lushan and helped the Tang to destroy An Lushan, but the Tang Dynasty even killed the two generals Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing at will, let alone them These 'ever' rebels?
The anti-army had already shown signs of disintegration from within, but Tang Xuanzong's foul move helped An Lushan to reunite the anti-army from top to bottom.

An Lushan was invigorated, and the anti-army was resolute and radiant.

"Shi Siming, Cai Xide, each of you will lead [-] elite soldiers to the north, and together with Fan Yang and Pinglu's soldiers, we will pacify Hebei! My son Qingxu, you will lead an army of [-] troops to attack Tongguan while Tongguan has no generals——" An Lushan quickly made a series of deployments.

After conquering Luoyang, the eastern capital, and proclaiming the emperor in Luoyang, An Lushan recruited a large number of new soldiers. At this time, the rebels in the south of the Yellow River were no longer the 15 elite soldiers who had just come south from Youzhou City, but 20. If you add the newly recruited and trained soldiers in Fanyang, Pinglu, and Hedong in the past few months to the north of the Yellow River, the total number of rebels at this time should exceed 30.

Elite soldiers refer to those experienced veterans who first joined An Lushan from Youzhou City. Although Shi Siming and Cai Xide each only brought [-] elite soldiers to the north, in terms of combat effectiveness, there are more than [-] untrained soldiers. mob'.
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Anton Dufu Mansion, Liaoyang City.

Li Fei looked at the news that Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing were bestowed to death, and was silent, with deep sorrow on his face.

In the end, his pleas didn't help.

"Master Jiedushi, Gao Xianzhi, and Feng Changqing were given to death. It is a pity, but Shuofang Jiedushi Guo Ziyi sent troops from Jiuyuan to Hedong, and the fifteen prefectures of Hebei returned to the Tang Dynasty. Tongguan is the most powerful pass in the world. , a million troops are hard to defeat, Nanyang, Huainan, and the rebels are still at a standstill, the situation is still very favorable for Datang, the Anlushan rebels will be put down under the attack of many sides in a few days, why are you still so worried ?” Lu Xin asked.

Li Fei smiled wryly and shook his head. It was indeed a good situation at first, but with the deaths of Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing, Shi Siming and Cai Xide each led a group of anti-army elites to the north, the situation will soon reverse.Tongguan can indeed stop millions of soldiers, but the premise is that the Tang army will stick to Tongguan and can't get out.

"No matter how good a game of chess is, it depends on who is controlling it. Although the fifteen prefectures of Hebei are known as 20 'rebels', they are full of mobs. Can't stop!" Li Fei felt powerless, he felt that as long as the court in Chang'an City was controlled by Yang Guozhong's gang of incompetent people who only knew how to fight for power and profit, and Tang Xuanzong was still not sober in his fantasy of a prosperous age, history would really seem irreversible, and Tongguan would eventually It may also be unstoppable.

"It's not scary if the enemy is strong, but the pig-like teammates are the scariest thing." Li Fei smiled wryly.

"Does Master Jiedushi mean Prime Minister Yang Guozhong by the 'pig'?" Wu Sheng frowned.

"Yang Guozhong is just one of them. After the scourge of Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong being squeezed out successively, there are a few civil and military men in the current Manchu Dynasty who have real talents and practical learning, but they are all incompetent and corrupt folly, and—" the biggest pig 'It's our Majesty Tang Xuanzong.Li Fei felt helpless in his heart.

What Li Fei said was rather profound, and Lu Xin and the others still couldn't quite understand it at the moment.However, what Li Fei said was almost never wrong. Lu Xin and others did not doubt what Li Fei said, and they immediately became worried.

"How is the expansion of our soldiers?" Li Fei asked.

"Master Huijiedushi, basically the quota of [-] is almost full." Lu Xin replied.

"Then step up your training, maybe I'll need them soon." After the suppression of the Khitan and Xi tribes, the Anton Governor's Mansion has been suspended for almost two months. Li Fei has his own attachments in his heart. In any case, it was impossible to watch the tragic scene in Maweiyi as it happened in history, and he had already prepared for the worst.

Before taking the last step, Li Fei also wanted to make another effort. Although the hope was slim, he still hoped to prevent An Lushan's rebels from attacking Guanzhong, forcing Tang Xuanzong to flee with Yang Guifei.

Li Fei wrote another memorial, just hoping to persuade Tang Xuanzong not to let Ge Shuhan lead troops out of Tongguan to fight no matter what happened. etc.

Whether Tang Xuanzong would listen or not, Li Fei did not report any hope, this was just his last effort before he took the last step.
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(End of this chapter)