Prosperous Tang Dynasty

Chapter 289 Ling Wu's Enthronement and Borrowing Soldiers
Li Fei took [-] cavalry, first sent Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei to Fengxiang Mansion, and then went south into Hanzhong.

Some people were transferred from Fengxiang and Hanzhong. Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei already had more than 3000 people around them. There should be no difficulty in entering Shu, so Li Fei planned to say goodbye to Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei.

"Your Majesty, while Wuguan is still in the imperial court's hands, I plan to lead Anton's cavalry out of Wuguan to break the siege of Nanyang first, and then Suiyang. At that time, Jiangling and Huainan, Jiangnan soldiers and horses can go north to attack Luoyang."

Tang Xuanzong nodded, agreeing with Li Fei's strategy.

In addition, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty named Li Fei the general of the auxiliary country, and gave Li Fei the right to control the soldiers and horses of Henan Province.

No matter what Tang Xuanzong thought about Li Fei and was dissatisfied with Li Fei, as long as Li Fei was still willing to help Tang Dynasty put down the rebellion, Tang Xuanzong would not hesitate to win Li Fei over and give Li Fei some benefits.

Of course, Tang Xuanzong was also guarding against Li Fei. The general of Fuguo seems to be honorable, but his position is nothing more than vain.It is also false to control the soldiers and horses of Henan Province. After all, the Jiedu Envoy of Henan Province has already died in battle. If Tang Xuanzong really trusted Li Fei, he should also be the Jiedu Envoy of Henan Province, not just be able to control Henan Province. soldiers and horses.

However, Li Fei didn't care about these, he could understand Tang Xuanzong's defense against him, let alone point it out.

After bidding farewell to Tang Xuanzong and his godmother Yang Guifei, Li Fei galloped eastward with [-] Anton cavalry.

In the 15th year of Tianbao, on July [-]th, Li Fei led Anton's iron cavalry to Wuguan. After preparing for a rest, he went east to relieve the siege of Nanyang.

At the same time, as the rebel soldiers approached the city of Chang'an, Jingzhaoyin Cui Guangyuan opened the gate of Chang'an and asked the rebels to surrender, and Chang'an officially fell.

After capturing Chang'an City, An Lushan ordered his general Sun Xiaozhe to sweep through Guanzhong.

As Chang'an City and Guanzhong were both captured by Anlu Mountain, and the prince and Tang Xuanzong fled, the already excellent situation deteriorated in an instant. The morale of the troops everywhere was turbulent, and the people were panic-stricken, full of pessimism about the future.

On the contrary, the morale of the anti-army was greatly boosted, and the Tang troops from all walks of life were defeated steadily.

It turned out that Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi had recovered Changshan, and they had invaded Hebei to beat Shi Siming. Cai Xide and his two were defeated badly, and went northward to besiege Boling, pointing directly at Fanyang Youzhou City, the old nest of Anlu Mountain.But at this time, Ge Shuhan suffered a disastrous defeat, Tongguan fell, Chang'an City and Guanzhong fell, and the news of the escape of the prince and Tang Xuanzong came, which caused Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi's troops to be in turmoil, and the morale of the soldiers was low. Repulsed, the loss was not small, and he had to retreat to Changshan as a last resort.Later, he was besieged by Shi Siming, Cai Xide, and Fan Yang Niu Tingjie in Changshan, and had to abandon Changshan and retreat to Hedong.

It is worth mentioning that it was Jia Xun who stayed behind in An Lushan Youzhou City in Fanyang, but Jia Xun was defeated by Li Fei, and more than [-] Youzhou troops were wiped out. When Yan Gaoqing revolted in Changshan, he planned to revolt in Youzhou, but unfortunately the news leaked out, the uprising failed and his family was killed by An Lushan's confidant Niu Tingjie, who reappointed Niu Tingjie to guard Fanyang Youzhou City.

After forcing Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi back, Shi Siming, Cai Xide, and Niu Tingjie swept Hebei in three ways, and defeated Yan Zhenqing's army in Weizhou. up.

When the situation in Hebei deteriorated sharply again, Prince Li Heng arrived in Lingwu on July [-].

Three days later, on July [-]th, with the support of the imperial army, Shuofang army, and the officials who followed him to the north, Li Heng set up a simple ceremony in Lingwu and proclaimed himself emperor. For the Supreme Emperor.

Li Heng proclaimed himself emperor in Lingwu, and raised the banner of suppressing the rebellion again. After the news spread, the morale of the various armies gradually stabilized again.

In the south, Tang Xuanzong had just entered the land of Shu when he heard the news that Prince Li Heng had ascended the throne in Lingwu.

Originally, Prince Li Heng ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor privately without Tang Xuanzong's permission, which was no different from treason.

After Tang Xuanzong remained silent for a long time, it seemed that he was really disheartened. He felt that it would be good for the prince to shoulder the important task of recovering Guanzhong, the two capitals, and destroying the rebels and restoring the Tang Dynasty.

Because, after Tang Xuanzong came out, not only did he not feel angry at all, but in front of everyone and the envoys sent by Li Heng from Lingwu, he seemed very happy and laughed and said: "The prince ascended the throne in accordance with the will of heaven and the people, what is my heart?" Consolation, there is nothing to worry about. From now on, I will be reformed and amnesty, and I will be called the Supreme Emperor. All important military and state affairs in the world will be reported to the new emperor for decision, and then submitted to me for understanding. After returning to Chang'an, I will retire to the palace and not participate in any state affairs."

In addition to such an announcement, Tang Xuanzong also asked his newly appointed prime minister Wei Jiansu and some officials such as Lin Siming to go to Lingwu to hand over the Chuanguo Yuxi to the prince, saying that he really let go of the emperor's rights and recognized the prince as the new prince. the status of emperor.

With Tang Xuanzong's attitude, the people of the world and the rehabilitating troops from all walks of life became more stable, and the core of all decision-making began to shift to Lingwu.

In order to regain Chang'an City and Guanzhong, the new emperor Li Heng issued an order to dispatch [-] troops from the four towns of Anxi, [-] troops from Longyou, and Guo Ziyi who was in Hedong brought the main force of the Shuofang army to gather in Lingwu. .

On July [-], An Lushan came to Chang'an City from Luoyang.

The first thing An Lushan did when he came to Chang'an City was to ask about the capture of Chang'an City and Guanzhong's "gain", that is, how much wealth and materials were seized.

Chang'an City was the core of the once prosperous Tang Dynasty, and Guanzhong was also the most affluent place in the world. Since such an important place has been captured, according to Anlu Mountain's thinking, the wealth and resources obtained should not be piled up into mountains. Look at those wealth materials.

It's a pity that An Lushan was disappointed, because there are too many dignitaries in Chang'an City, etc., and the relationship is very important. There was no order from An Lushan before, and the rebel generals who entered Chang'an City did not dare to loot wantonly, and the Chang'an City treasury, The treasures of the palace, etc., Tang Xuanzong took away everything that could be taken away, and those who could not be taken away, the fled court ladies and eunuchs, and even ordinary people also took away, so the rebels hardly got anything useful.

An Lushan was furious. He worked so hard to capture Chang'an City, but he got nothing, but he took advantage of a bunch of lowly grassroots people.

In order to 'get back' those lost treasures, An Lushan ordered the whole city to search for three days.

Those anti-army soldiers are not good people. Many of them are from Hu people. Facing the most prosperous and prosperous Chang'an city in the world, they have long coveted their mouths. With the order of Anlu Mountain, Who could bear it, and immediately hundreds of thousands of rebels searched Chang'an City and Chang'an City with a radius of hundreds of miles.

Not only the treasures that once belonged to the Tang government treasury and the palace were taken away, but also all the private property that originally belonged to the common people's homes were also taken away.And if you see beautiful women being taken away together, if you dare to resist, you will be killed immediately.

Not only ordinary people and merchants, but also those high-ranking officials and nobles who stayed in Chang'an City were not spared. They were all broken into by the rebel army and took away all the rich and beautiful women.

All of a sudden, the entire city of Chang'an was in chaos, people were crying for their fathers and mothers everywhere, people were killed and dead on the streets everywhere, the people lost everything, even their families were destroyed.

An Lushan also heard that many princes, grandsons, relatives and relatives of the emperor who had not had time to escape were arrested, among them was Princess Huo, the eldest daughter of Tang Ruizong Li Dan.

"My son Qingzong died so badly, I want everyone in the Li family to pay for their lives!" After all, he started out as a barbarian. Although he claimed to be the emperor of the Yan Kingdom, he should call himself 'Zhen', but from time to time, An Lushan's mouth still popped up. The word 'I' came out.

An Lushan remembered the death of his eldest son An Qingzong, so he ordered Princess Huo Guochang and the relatives of the emperor who had not escaped in time to be executed, and their hearts were dug out, and an altar was set up to pay homage to An Qingzong.

There were more than 100 people who were killed, including the princess, son-in-law, prince and grandson, princess, county master, etc.

He also captured some officials who used to fight against Yang Guozhong with him. An Lushan ordered that all these people use iron bars to pry open their skulls, and use their brains to smear the ground, which is disgusting and miserable.

The cruelty of Anlu Mountain made everyone in Chang'an City tremble with terror, from the former dignitaries to ordinary people. No one would miss the once prosperous and stable Tang dynasty.

After raging in Chang'an City and Guanzhong, An Lushan remembered that he should continue to attack the city and conquer the world.

Therefore, taking advantage of the newly enthroned Tang Suzong Li Heng transferred Guo Ziyi and most of the elite under Li Guangbi's command, and the east was empty, he ordered Cui Qianyou to lead an elite army across the north of the Yellow River to attack Hedong again.

The morale of the Tang Army in Hedong was low, and almost all the elite were transferred to Lingwu. Cui Qianyou quickly swept half of Hedong with great momentum, and even Taiyuan City was besieged.

In August, soldiers from the four towns of Anxi, Longyou, and Shuofang gathered in Lingwu. These are elite soldiers who have experienced hundreds of battles, but there are only more than 6 elite soldiers. The recruits, all together, are still less than [-].With this little force, it is absolutely impossible to defeat Anlu Mountain and regain Chang'an City, Guanzhong City, and even Luoyang City.

For this reason, Suzong Li Heng sent envoys to meet Huairen Khan of Huihe, hoping to borrow some fine horses from Huihe to counter the rebellion.

Huairen Khan of Huihe agreed to borrow troops to help Datang suppress the rebellion, but he asked Suzong Li Heng for benefits, and it was impossible for Huihe Baibai to help Datang fight.

Because he was eager to get Huihe's soldiers and horses, Suzong Li Heng was so cruel that he directly offered Huihe the humiliating condition of "on the day of conquering the city, the land, scholars and common people will return to Tang, and the gold, silk and children will all return to Huihe".

Of course, it is impossible for Suzong Li Heng to publicize such humiliating conditions and giving the people as property to the Huihe people. Except for a few people who know it, the news that spread is that Huihe is willing to borrow [-] cavalry to help the Tang Dynasty. Rebel.

There are 15 cavalry from Huihe, plus the elites gathered in Lingwu in Datang, nearly 4 elite troops, and more than 19 new troops were recruited, a total of 30 troops, known as [-].

It is also worth mentioning that Tubo did not know where they learned about the terms Suzong Li Heng offered to the Huihe people, and even took the initiative to send envoys to show that they were willing to borrow troops to help the Tang Dynasty suppress the rebellion, in order to recover Chang'an City and Guanzhong as soon as possible. To put down the rebellion, Suzong Li Heng also agreed to Tubo's initiative to borrow troops.

With the 50 Tubo troops also coming to Lingwu, there are more than [-] rehabilitating troops gathered in Pingwu, claiming to be [-], which can be described as strong and strong, and the situation seems to be optimistic again.
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