Prosperous Tang Dynasty

Chapter 307 Self-righteous defeat
"Hey, why did I find such a son-in-law? It's killing me!" Lin Siming is also a genius, how can he not see Suzong Li Heng's murderous intention towards him, how can he not know the reason.

Needless to say, if Li Fei lost a battle outside and was punished, his father-in-law would definitely be punished with a pretext. Dismissal was the lightest thing, and the most feared thing was to directly kill him.

Lin Siming and the Lin family are really tied to Li Fei's fate completely. When Li Fei is finished, they must be finished too.

At the beginning, Lin Siming only wanted to find a son-in-law who would carry on the family line. Who would have thought that Li Fei would become more and more detached, and when he went to Chang'an, he would fly into the sky, but the Lin family had become Li Fei's foil and had to tie up with Li Fei. together.

The more Lin Siming thought about it, the more miserable the expression on his face became, but he was helpless!
-
With the establishment of the new imperial court, elite troops from all walks of life gather in Lingwu, and everyone from Suzong Li Heng is gearing up to start the battle to recover Guanzhong and Chang'an City.

At this time, Li Fei broke the military order in Nanyang with more than [-] rebels, and the news that the siege of Nanyang was relieved finally reached Lingwu after twists and turns.

While greatly boosting the morale of the Lingwu Tang army, it also made Suzong Li Heng and Li Fuguo Yu Chaoen and others gnash their teeth. Although they hoped to hear the news of the failure of the rebellion, they extremely did not want to hear that it was Li Fei who broke the rebellion. military.

Suzong Li Heng couldn't wait any longer, and immediately ordered Prime Minister Fang Guan to start the battle to recover Guanzhong and Chang'an.

Immediately, the 23 Tang Fan coalition forces began to attack the rebels in Guanzhong and Chang'an City in three ways.

In this battle, Suzong Li Heng and the civil and military officials of the new Lingwu court were full of confidence, believing that their strength was far stronger than the rebels, and they would definitely be able to crush the rebels and regain Guanzhong and Chang'an City.

The ideal is beautiful, but the reality is cruel!

Guo Ziyi was supposed to be the best person to command the army, not to mention being a marshal of the army, he didn't even mix up with the leader of one of the three divisions, and was only used as an ordinary general.Instead, Fang Guan, a prime minister with little military experience, was used as the commander-in-chief of the army, and three people with no record of record were used as the commanders of the three-way army. If you think about it, you can see how the war will develop.

The North Route Army was led by Li Guangjin, the Central Route Army was led by Liu Guizhe, and the South Route Army was led by Yang Xiwen.

Since the main force of the anti-army was concentrated in Xianyang and Chang'an City, at the beginning, the progress of the three armies was very smooth.

First of all, the North Route Army and the Chinese Army soon joined forces at Chen Taoxie, which was only more than [-] miles away from Xianyang, and prepared to attack Xianyang.

However, before they could start attacking Xianyang, General An Shouzhong under An Lushan led a main force of the rebels to meet them, and the two armies fought in Chen Taoxie.

The two armies of the Tang army combined have nearly 15, while the anti-army Anshou Zhongbu has only 11. No matter how you look at it, the Tang army has the upper hand.

The two armies set up a battle. Prime Minister Fang Guan is just a scholar. This is his first time leading troops in battle. He has no experience in the battlefield, but he boasts that he has read several military books and knows all kinds of tactics in the military books. He had the ambition to wipe out the enemy's army of millions with a wave of his big hand, so he insisted on directing the battle himself.

Fang Guan didn't have his own tactic, so he directly borrowed from a tactic that the ancients had used in the military books he had read, which was to mix two thousand bullock carts with the army and use it to attack the anti-army battle formation.

He felt good about himself, and felt that with this tactic in the current situation, the enemy would have no way to deal with it and would undoubtedly be defeated.

Fang Guan not only used this tactic, but also used it generously, revealing his intentions to An Shouzhong in advance.

"Stupid, the Tang army will lose this battle!" An Shouzhong saw Fang Guan's arrangement through the telescope, instantly understood Fang Guan's intentions, and immediately sneered disdainfully.

An Shouzhong issued several orders in succession.

"Attack, annihilate the rebels!" Fang Guan was so excited that his old face was rosy and his blood was boiling. He felt that after this battle, he could regain Xianyang and point directly at Chang'an City.After regaining Chang'an City, he, Fang Guan, can boast that his ability to lead the army is no worse than that of Wei Qinghuo Qubing.

Two thousand bullock carts were mixed among the 10,000+ army, thinking that the An Shouzhong rebel army on the opposite side rushed to kill them.

Facing the menacing attack of the Tang army, An Shouzhong ordered hundreds of big drums to be carried out and placed in front of the formation.Hundreds of drums were beating at the same time, and An Shouzhong also ordered 11 anti-army soldiers to roar in unison.

The sound of the drums and the roar of the soldiers were so powerful that it seemed that even the earth trembled!

Not only were the faces of many Tang Army soldiers who were charging pale with fright, but the [-] ox carts among the Tang Army were even more frightened when they heard the sound. The Tang army was in chaos.

Because the wind at this time happened to be blowing in the direction of the Tang army, An Shouzhong ordered a cart of hay to be burned. The thick smoke instantly enveloped the chaotic Tang army, and the Tang army became even more chaotic in an instant. Hundreds of people were accidentally injured.

"Kill, defeat the Tang army!" An Shouzhong sneered and ordered the rebels to take the opportunity to launch a fierce attack.

The result is self-evident, the Tang army was defeated, corpses were all over the ground, and the soldiers fled westward frantically.The fastest escaped were Huihe cavalry, followed by Tubo soldiers. An Shouzhong also knew that Huihe and Tubo troops were here to fight against the wind, so he didn't deliberately pursue them. He only ordered to kill Tang soldiers as much as possible. The soldiers of the Tang army lost more than [-] soldiers, while the Uighur and Tubo soldiers lost less than [-].

A fiasco was like pouring a basin of cold water on Fang Guan, who was full of enthusiasm.

After suffering a disastrous defeat, Fang Guan should recognize himself and learn a lesson.However, Fang Guan was not convinced, and only blamed the wrong wind direction for the disastrous defeat. He still insisted on commanding the army, and after reuniting with the Southern Army with the defeated soldiers, plus the Huihe army and Tubo army who would also come over, there was another battle. Hundreds of thousands of troops fought against Anshouzhong's rebels again.

Fang Guan did not listen to the suggestions of Guo Ziyi, Pugu Huai'en and other experienced generals, and once again copied a tactic used by the ancients from the military book to line up troops, and forced himself to order this war. No retreat, decapitation of those who disobeyed the order, etc.

He thought that with such an order, the soldiers would fight desperately and dare not flee again.Unashamedly threatening to defeat the rebels this time, he still looks full of passion and ambition.

Don't you know how chilling it is to make such a self-righteous command blindly and play with the lives of soldiers.

Liu Guizhe, the leader of the Central Route Army, and Yang Xiwen, the leader of the South Route Army, were angry at Fang Guan's stupidity, and also angry at Suzong Li Heng for letting someone like Fang Guan be the commander of the army to command the battle. They felt that the new court was just as corrupt and incompetent as Xuanzong's old court. There is no possibility of annihilating the rebels, so they secretly have different intentions.

Obviously, it is impossible for a coach like a pig to win the war. After a big battle, Tang Jun undoubtedly suffered a big defeat again!
This time, not only nearly [-] soldiers were killed or injured, but Yang Xiwen and Liu Guizhe were also completely disappointed in Datang, and directly surrendered An Shouzhong with their subordinates.

Not counting the Uighur cavalry and the Tubo army, the 12 Tang army suffered a total of 8 casualties. In addition, Liu Guizhe and Yang Xiwen took more than [-] of them to surrender to the rebel army, and the Tang army lost more than [-] at once.

Not only were almost none of the recruits left, but the total of more than 4 combat elites drawn from the Four Towns of Anxi and Longyou were also completely lost. On the contrary, the elites of Shuofang led by Guo Ziyi had a good offensive and defensive retreat and were basically preserved.

After two consecutive defeats, Fang Guan finally recognized the reality, and in despair, he returned to Lingwu to plead guilty to Tang Xuanzong.

Datang's first battle to regain Guanzhong and Chang'an ended in such a tragic way.
-
(End of this chapter)