Prosperous Tang Dynasty

Chapter 276 Tang Xuanzong's Another Stinky Chess Move ([-])
Of course, Ge Shuhan couldn't be fooled, and he didn't take Cui Qianyou's trick to heart.

However, Ge Shuhan did not expect that it was impossible for him to believe and be fooled, but when the rumors spread to Chang'an City, some people believed that Tang Xuanzong was the most deadly one.

To say that it has been 44 years since Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty came to the throne in Jingyun three years ago. First, he was in the prosperous age of Kaiyuan, followed by the luxury and enjoyment of Tianbao. During Tang's peak and heyday, that was the time when he was most satisfied.

From the bottom of his heart, Tang Xuanzong always compared himself to Emperor Qin, Han Wu, and Emperor Taizong Li Shimin.

With such a mentality, it is needless to say that Tang Xuanzong was arrogant.

However, An Lushan rebelled, and the whole way from Youzhou City was like a broken bamboo. In just over a month, even Luoyang City, the eastern capital, was captured by him. !
What a blow!
Since hearing of the Anlushan rebellion, every advance of the Anlushan rebels was like inserting another knife into Tang Xuanzong's heart.

The rebel army crossed the Yellow River, lost Luoyang, the eastern capital, lost Shan County, and Lingbao, and the rebel army even killed Tongguan, the last line of defense in Chang'an City.

Chang'an City and the rebels are only separated by Tongguan!

Tang Xuanzong felt a deep sense of shame in his heart, and he felt that his dignity seemed to have been trampled into the mud.He is over 60 years old, and he may not be able to hold on one day. If the rebel army fails to wipe out by then, how will he face the ancestors of the Tang Dynasty.

More than anyone else, Tang Xuanzong hoped to wipe out the Anlushan rebels as soon as possible, end this war, and leave a little bit of dignity for himself.

He looked forward to every victory against the rebels, and looked forward to hearing about the defeat of the rebels.

The Anti-Army and Chang'an City in Guanzhong are only separated by Tongguan, which makes him feel unsafe and makes him sleep badly every day. If he can take the opportunity to recover Lingbao and Shan County, wouldn't it be impossible for the Anti-Army to be far away from Chang'an City in Guanzhong? Is it just a Tongguan, or a Lingbao hundreds of miles away, Shan County?

Although he hesitated for a while, Tang Xuanzong already preferred to let Ge Shuhan take the initiative to recover Lingbao and Shan County, push the rebels hundreds of miles away, and even take the opportunity to recover the eastern capital Luoyang, which would be even better.
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Just when the balance in Tang Xuanzong's heart gradually shifted to take the initiative, he was about to send someone to Tongguan to ask Ge Shuhan for advice.

Chang'an City, Qiqing Chamber of Commerce.

As early as when Li Fei went to Anton Duhufu to take office, the core of the Qiqing Chamber of Commerce slowly shifted to Jiangnan. The Qiqing Chamber of Commerce that is still in Chang'an City is just an empty shell. Xiao Ruoshui and Cao Xiaozhong can do it at any time Take the last batch of people and transfer them all away.

The reason why it has been kept until now is because of Li Fei's letter.

"Brother Li Fei is really good at predicting things. After such a long time, how could he have expected that one day the rebels would use a strategy to lure the enemy and lure old general Ge Shuhan to go out to fight. According to Li Fei My brother expected that Old General Ge Shuhan would definitely not be fooled, because he was afraid of the court and His Majesty—"

"Husband, don't talk too much. It's a matter of time to send someone to submit Lord Wu Guogong's letter." Xiao Ruoshui stopped Cao Xiaozhong's words.

"What the lady said is true." Cao Xiaozhong nodded. In fact, this letter from Li Fei had arrived in their hands two months ago, and what they were waiting for was now.

Immediately afterwards, Cao Xiaozhong and Xiao Ruoshui still sent the person named Wang An to send Li Fei's letter to the palace.

The Anton Protectorate under the control of Li Fei directly threatened Fan Yang and Ping Lu from the rear. In addition, the last time Li Fei sent the news of conquering the Khitan and Xi people, so he heard that it was Li Fei's letter, so he presented it to Tang Xuanzong without any hindrance. hand.

In order to convince Tang Xuanzong that he must not issue an order to force Ge Shuhan to take the initiative to go out to fight, Li Fei tried his best.

He didn't just beg Tang Xuanzong to stick to Tongguan, but first talked about the importance of Tongguan. If Tongguan is there, Chang'an City in Guanzhong will be as stable as Mount Tai, and Anlu Mountain is just a grasshopper after autumn. If Tongguan is lost, Chang'an City will not be safe, etc. Analyzing Tongguan is the key to winning the war. I hope Tang Xuanzong can firmly defend Tongguan. Send troops to attack Fanyang Youzhou City and Pinglu Road, and destroy Anlu Mountain's lair.

At that time, the Shuofang Army united with Guo Ziyi in Hedong and the Hebei Rebel Army will recover Hebei, and finally fight Anlu Mountain in Luoyang City, and Anlu Mountain will be destroyed.

Li Fei proposed a whole grand strategy, but he just hoped that Tang Xuanzong could let Ge Shuhan stick to Tongguan and cooperate with his strategy.Waiting for the moment when he captures Fan Yang and Ping Lu.As long as Tang Xuanzong agreed to his strategy, then the time to pass the news back and forth, plus the time for him to capture Fan Yang and Pinglu, would be at least three months later.

According to Li Fei's judgment, not to mention three months later, if An Lushan could not attack Tongguan and enter Guanzhong in one or two months, Anlushan would have no chance.

Li Fei's idea is very good, but it's a pity that Li Fei still didn't think about Tang Xuanzong's psychology at the moment.

After reading Li Fei's letter, Tang Xuanzong frowned, with deep dissatisfaction in his eyes.

Li Fei wanted to attack Fan Yang and Ping Lu from the rear, and he was in favor of it, but Li Feiyuan was in the Protectorate of Andong, so he always cared about the affairs of Chang'an City and Guanzhong, and always hindered his decision-making. The last time Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi The thing is, right now he was thinking about letting Ge Shuhan take the initiative to attack, and Li Fei's letter just happened to persuade him, what a nonsense!

Tang Xuanzong felt that Li Fei was messing around. He was the emperor in the imperial court, and there were hundreds of civil and military officials, and Li Fei was thousands of miles away in the bitter cold Andong Dufu. If he wanted to attack Fan Yang and Ping Lu, he would just attack. Of course I am happy if I win it, but if I can't win it, I will guard the Anton Governor's Mansion to contain some rebels. Why worry about the court's decision-making?Could it be that Li Fei is the only one who knows how to wipe out the Anlu Mountain rebels?He, the emperor, and all civil and military officials are trash?

Tang Xuanzong felt very uncomfortable, and he didn't intend to follow Li Fei's suggestion at all. Instead, he became more determined to ask Ge Shuhan to attack, take the opportunity to take Lingbao and Shanzhou City, and push the defense line hundreds of miles away.

While Tang Xuanzong reprimanded Li Fei and scolded Li Fei, he sent people to Tongguan to 'consult' Ge Shuhan about recovering Lingbao and Shanzhou.

He said he was asking Ge Shuhan for advice, but in fact Tang Xuanzong's balance had completely tilted at this time.

As in history, of course Ge Shuhan was determined to stick to Tongguan.

Tang Xuanzong was very disappointed, but not reconciled, and then asked Yang Guozhong for advice.

Yang Guozhong has been worrying about whether Brother Shuhan will come to kill him every day these days, and he can't sleep well. He suddenly heard Tang Xuanzong ask him if he should let Brother Shuhan take the initiative to go out to fight, and take the opportunity to recover Lingbao and Shanzhou Yang Guozhong was immediately pleasantly surprised.

Now he wished that Ge Shuhan would die, or be far away from Chang'an City.

Let Ge Shuhan take the initiative to go out of Tongguan to fight. Even if Ge Shuhan wins at that time, he will move the battle line to Shanzhou hundreds of miles away, instead of Tongguan, which is close enough to send someone to kill him at any time.And if Ge Shuhan was defeated, he would either be directly killed by the rebels on the battlefield, or be punished by His Majesty when he came back, and lose his position as marshal. No matter what the result was, Ge Shuhan would no longer be able to threaten his life.

As for the consequences of Ge Shuhan's disastrous defeat, it is not within the scope of Yang Guozhong's consideration. Anyway, Yang Guozhong firmly believes that the Tang Dynasty will be able to wipe out Anlu Mountain in the end. Before that, his life is more important than anything else. important.

For this reason, Yang Guozhong urged Tang Xuanzong to force Ge Shuhan to lead his army to go out to fight.

With Yang Guozhong's support, and Tang Xuanzong's original preference for Ge Shuhan to go out to recover Lingbao and Shanzhou, Tang Xuanzong no longer had any hesitation, and forced Ge Shuhan to lead his army to go out to fight.

Waves of envoys from Chang'an City to Tongguan urged Ge Shuhan to leave the pass to fight, just like hundreds of years later, Song Gaozong urged Yue Fei with twelve gold medals in succession.
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(End of this chapter)