In May of the 12th year of Tianbao, Yang Guozhong recruited 10,000 soldiers in Chang'an and handed them over to his confidant general Du Ganyun. Du Ganyun immediately stationed in Huazhou to prevent Geshuhan from returning to Chang'an. However, only three days after Du Ganyun stationed his troops, he was deceived into Tongguan by Geshuhan on the grounds of discussing military affairs, and beheaded Du Ganyun's soldiers. Du Ganyun's soldiers were also taken into the bag by Geshuhan. This matter was spread to Chang'an. Yang Guozhong was extremely angry and immediately impeached Geshuhan to Li Longji, saying that he had a 300,000 army in his hand and did not advance. It was clearly a desire to rebel.

Ge Shuhan wrote a letter at the same time, saying that Cui Ganyou was lured with weak soldiers, but the elite soldiers were hidden behind him and could not be fooled. However, Yang Guozhong ridiculed him for holding a big hammer but was frightened by the child dancing wooden stick. There were 300,000 troops in his arms. Even if there were elite soldiers behind him, why fear?

Li Longji said that he ordered Ge Shuhan to come out of seclusion to fight. Bian Lingcheng's secret report also arrived, pointing out that Ge Shuhan secretly intervened in the army and rejected dissidents. At this time, Li Longji felt that Ge Shuhan had ambitions. He finally made up his mind to give five gold medals in a row and ordered him to come out of seclusion to respond to the enemy. If he dared to disobey his order, it would be obvious that Gao and Feng's two generals would end up.

"The imperial edict has arrived!"

More than a dozen eunuchs rushed into Geshuhan's camp, held a gold medal high, and shouted: "Geshuhan knelt down and listened to the holy metaphor!"

Geshuhan hurriedly ran over by a group of generals and knelt down and listened to the sage.

"I ordered Cheng Zhenyuan to be the military supervisor, and the governor Shuhan came out of the pass to defeat the enemy. If he could not take Luoyang within one month, he would be rectified on the spot!"

"My minister, obey the order!"

Geshuhan sighed, this was the fifth gold medal. If he resisted the order, he might have his head down.

"Master General, you can't send troops!" Wang Sili said anxiously: "Soldiers have not trained for many years, their military discipline is dispersed, and their combat strength is extremely weak. Without a year of training, how can they fight?"

Wei Boyu next to him also loudly advised: "Master, you really can't fight. Tongguan is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Ten thousand people can withstand the attack of hundreds of thousands of people. The road east of Tongguan is rugged and narrow, and it is impossible to set up a battlefield for hundreds of thousands of people to fight. Even if we have 300,000 people, when we really fight, it is no different from 30,000 people. How can we abandon our strengths and use our weaknesses?

The general here was trying hard to dissuade Geshuhan, but the eunuch Cheng Zhenyuan, who was in charge, sneered. He asked the emperor above to sword and said to Geshuhan: "Yang Xiangguo said that your general only has the general in his eyes, but there is no emperor. Our family did not believe it at first, but now he saw it as a truth. Your Majesty gave five gold medals in a row, and he had never seen it before. But General Geshu still resisted the order and was disrespectful. It turned out that he was self-respecting and was not afraid of holding on!"

He suddenly shouted loudly: "Your Majesty has an order. Ruo Ge Shuhan will not send troops within a quarter of an hour to receive the gold medal and will rectify the Dharma on the spot!"

"Your order is hard to disobey, so don't persuade me." Ge Shuhan turned around and shouted, "Beat the drum and beat the general!"

In early June of the 12th year of Tianbao, under the pressure of Li Longji, Geshuhan led nearly 300,000 troops to fight against Luoyang. Before leaving, his confidant Huo Bubo Guiren volunteered to defend Tongguan. Geshuhan left 20,000 troops to guard the pass, ordered General Wang Sili to lead 50,000 troops to be the front army, and ordered General Pang Zhong to lead 100,000 troops to be the rear army. He himself led more than 100,000 troops to kill towards Shanzhou.

During this period, the rebel general Cui Ganyou sent thousands of people to occupy the favorable terrain to intercept them, and they were all defeated by the Tang army one by one. The rebels suffered heavy casualties and were "beheaded five thousand people in succession!"

This was the first victory that Geshuhan sent to the court. Three days later, the Tang army captured the Tianbao Qucang and reported a heavy land, defeated the enemy general Tian Ganzhen, and obtained hundreds of thousands of stones of grain. An Lushan, Luoyang, also sent a letter of peace, expressing his willingness to withdraw from Luoyang and begging the officers and soldiers to give up a grace period. Geshuhan then destroyed the letter and killed the envoy, and ordered the army to advance to Shaanxi Province quickly. Since then, the Tang army is becoming more and more arrogant.

． At the same time when Geshuhan's army left Tongguan, more than 20,000 Anxi troops approached Fengxiang quietly. The night was dark, and most of the defenders on Fengxiang's city tower had fallen asleep, and only a few soldiers on duty were patrolling back and forth without any energy.

Fengxiang's defenders originally had more than 3,000 people. After Gao Xianzhi's defeat, most of the defenders were drawn to Tongguan to defend the enemy. Now there are only a few hundred defenders. They are just to check the pass and maintain local public security. The symbol is more than reality. This is no wonder that Fengxiang has encountered enemy situations in the century since the founding of the Tang Dynasty. The defenders have changed one after another, and they have been mediocre all their lives. No one has ever thought that one day the troops would come to the city.

However, the defenders today seemed to have discovered the situation. A cavalry of about 2,000 people guarded a carriage from afar, and the fire was shining like a giant red dragon. As they slowly approached, the soldiers on duty saw clearly that the Tang army was coming.

"The gate is open on the city, Your Highness Shou is going back to the capital!" The soldiers under the city shouted loudly near the city gate.

The officer guarding the city had already been woken up by the soldiers. While cursing, he rushed to the city tower. He heard that the person coming was King Shou, and his sleepiness suddenly woke up seven minutes. That's right! He still remembered that King Shou passed by here a few months ago and went to Longyou to take office. With the light of the fire under the city, he held the battlements and carefully identified the prince who had just got off the carriage. Several personal servants guarded the prince to approach the city gate. The officers on the city saw clearly that it was King Shou himself.

"Open the city gate!" He waved his hand without thinking, and the city gate rumbled wide. Two thousand cavalry began to enter the city, but at this moment, a soldier suddenly pointed ahead and shouted loudly: "General, look!"

Two miles away, a large black cloud was floating towards this side. The flag was also the Tang army. There were at least 20,000 people. The speed was getting faster and faster. They were getting closer and closer. There were cavalry and infantry. When they reached a mile, they suddenly stopped and lined up neatly, as if waiting for something.

Just as a group of defenders on the city were staring outside the city in a daze, more than a thousand Anxi troops had quietly entered the city, and the huge black crossbow pointed at their backs. ． ． ． ． ． ． After dawn, the Tang army outside the city disappeared, as if nothing had happened. There were still hundreds of people guarding the city, but there were two thousand more Anxi Tang army in the city. "Shou Wang Ranya, I need to rest in Fengxiang, and no one is seen. ’

On this day, Geshuhan's army gradually arrived at Xiyuan, Lingbao County, Shaanxi Province. On one side is a steep cliff and on the other side is the rushing Yellow River water. The terrain is dangerous, and this section is also the last barrier of Luoyang. After this section, the front is a plain area, which is very suitable for hundreds of thousands of troops to fight. A narrow corridor about one mile wide was filled with Tang troops coming from afar. They could not move forward. The front is An Lushan's main force, with about 10,000 people. Although the number is not large, the crowding and chaos is far superior to the Tang army. Ge Shu Han led 30,000 people to supervise the battle on Gaoqiu, while the military supervisor Cheng Zhenyuan was serene. The battle situation in the past ten days can be described as the four words "Autumn wind swept away the fallen leaves". It was a completely one-sided battle. It seemed that the emperor's idea was right. The Tang army's victory in Hedong and Hebei battlefields had caused An Lushan's army to be in chaos. Although he had resistance, his morale was obviously low and he collapsed in one battle. However, his own army won repeatedly, so he was highly motivated. Even Ge Shu Han couldn't help but feel a little proud.

"Master!" A horse ran from the foot of the mountain. Wei Boyu, the general of the central army. He had already seen something wrong with it. What beheaded five thousand, what defeated Tian Ganzhen, and what beg for peace in An Lushan was clearly a trick to lure the enemy one by one, but the capital was greater, so that the Tang army could not extricate themselves. An Lushan had been in Hebei for many years, and his army was famous for being strong, so it would be so weak that it could be bullied.

"Master, don't you think it's too easy for us to march?" Wei Boyu saw the underestimation of Ge Shuhan's eyes, and he urgently advised: "Master, I have been a general in Hedong for many years and have had a long time dealing with An Lushan. This person is rude on the surface, but he is extremely delicate in his heart. He is especially good at leading soldiers. Not only are the soldiers strong, but he is also full of talents. Tian Ganzhen is both civil and military, and will never be in such a bad situation. As for Cui Ganyou, he is also good at strategy. His defeat of Gao Xianzhi is an example. His subordinates will never believe that they will be so ordinary."

"Stop!" Cheng Zhenyuan, the military supervisor next to him shouted angrily. He raised the sword of the emperor above and threatened Wei Boyu and said, "You are a general in the army. Seeing that the war is about to come, you don't want to defeat the enemy, but you are here to shake the morale of the army. If you say one more thing, I will kill you on the horse."

"A general discusses military affairs, do you have room for a snatcher?" Wei Boyu was furious. He ignored him and continued to say to Geshuhan: "If the general doesn't believe it, then where did Cui Ganyou's Youzhou iron cavalry go? Why didn't they appear?"

Before Brother Shuhan could answer, Cheng Zhenyuan here was already so angry that his face turned pale. He pointed at Wei Boyu and shouted: "Come on! Arrest this person for me, and ask for a blow!"

Seeing that the situation was not good, Ge Shuhan glared at Wei Boyu and said sternly: "What I said is a military order, and there is no need to be disobedient at all. Why don't you go quickly!"

Seeing that Cheng Zhenyuan was about to kill him, Wei Boyu was so angry that he whipped the war horse hard and rushed down the mountain. However, his words made Ge Shuhan slightly awake. He pondered for a moment and ordered: "Don't be busy going out to fight, listen to my order."

"What? General Geshu, are you going to give up?" Cheng Zhenyuan next to him was extremely dissatisfied when he saw Brother Shu Han protecting Bo Yu. He smiled sinisterly and said, "General Geshu, don't look at me. The emperor ordered you to take Luoyang within one month. It has been ten days since you have not even arrived in Shanzhou. When your head falls, don't blame me for not reminding you."

"This..." Ge Shuhan hesitated again. The emperor issued a strict order and sent the military supervisor to hold the Emperor's Sword, which clearly wanted to kill him on the spot and did not give him a chance to return to Beijing to argue.

Helplessly, he had to order: "The front army attacked!"

Wang Sili's army, who had already been eager to try, received the order, and the 50,000 troops rushed straight towards An Lushan's army. Before the Tang army arrived, the rebels were in chaos. More than 10,000 people turned around and fled, throwing their armor, and they were extremely embarrassed.

Geshuhan was overjoyed and immediately ordered, "The whole army was taken to the ground and rushed into the plain in one go."

"Dong!Dong!Dong!" The dense attack drums sounded earth-shaking, and more than 200,000 Tang troops burst out with a shout, as if the earth was shaking, chasing them along the route of rebels' escape. Gradually, the road became narrower and narrower, and the Tang army was also thinning and longer. At this moment, Geshuhan suddenly heard a low shout, and the front suddenly became brighter. He saw that the flag suddenly floated on the mountain, hundreds of fireballs about thirty feet in diameter were ignited, like burning hills, slowly and fearfully rolling towards the Tang army on the road. Suddenly, there were crying and wailing. Countless soldiers burning and burning all over were running back. Some ran for more than ten steps and fell head-on, and some were pushed and fell into the Yellow River, while more Tang troops could not run back.

Ge Shuhan's scalp exploded. Now he finally realized that he had been trapped. Cheng Zhenyuan next to him was also shocked and his face was pale. A flurry flashed in his eyes. He stood there in a daze, and he had no choice but to do anything.

But at this moment, a fast horse came from behind, "Master! The big thing is not good!" The person who reported the news was full of horror. He almost rolled off the horse and said in a crying voice: "The rebel general Sun Xiaozhe led 5,000 people to take a small path to attack Tongguan. Huobo Guiren surrendered, Tongguan, Tongguan was lost!"

Ge Shuhan's eyes turned dark, and he shook his body and fainted on the ground. The soldiers on both sides rushed forward and finally woke him up. Ge Shuhan slowly woke up. Cheng Zhenyuan almost cried and shook his arm, "Master, think of a solution! If Tongguan is lost, Chang'an will be over."

"Transfer my order, the army immediately turned around and drove back to Tongguan within three days to retake it!"

At this time, Wang Sili's front army was already in a state of madness, with burnt corpses all over the ground, and the stench was so stink that the corpses even blocked the road, making the undead Tang army unable to retreat. The rolling wood and stones on the mountain fell like raindrops. Poor Tang army had no way to escape, and cried everywhere, jumped into the Yellow River one after another, and general Wang Sili had already been killed.

Despite this, the central army and the rear army ignored them and fled back as quickly as possible. The original rule of scouts first explored the way before going, and more than 200,000 Tang troops staged a farce of great defeat, but they did not know that An Lushan's most elite 30,000 Youzhou cavalry had detoured ahead of them, led by Cui Qianyou himself, quietly waiting for the arrival of the defeated Tang army.

In June of the 12th year of Tianbao, the Tang army left Tongguan and took the initiative to attack, but was hit by Cui Qianyou's plan to lure troops. He transferred 300,000 Tang troops from Tongguan. He also sent his subordinate Sun Xiaozhe to attack Tongguan. The fire in the inner circle made Guiren and surrendered, and Tongguan changed hands.

The Tang army had no intention of fighting, so they immediately retreated to Tongguan, but were ambushed by Cui Qianyou. The Tang army suffered heavy casualties. Finally, near the Tianbao Canal, nearly 200,000 Tang troops were defeated by 30,000 Youzhou Iron Cavalry. At this point, the 300,000 Tang troops were almost wiped out. The handsome guy Shu Han was captured. The army supervisor Cheng Zhenyuan was killed by the angry general Wei Boyu. In the end, Wei Boyu led 8,000 surviving Tang troops to cross the Yellow River and fled to Hedong.

Tongguan was lost, the Tang army was wiped out, and there was no more troops to resist in Guanzhong. In mid-June, Cui Qianyou personally led the army to Chang'an. Seeing the wind and clouds changing color, the Tang Dynasty was about to fall, but at this moment, a situation that no one could have imagined happened.

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