In the evening, Li Ye's army arrived in Shangluo County, and the county magistrate Zhang Bo brought Wang Shaoxuan to see Li Ye.
Li Ye comforted Zhang Bo a few words, saying that he was appointed county magistrate for a reason, and would not hold him accountable, and ordered him to continue to serve as Shangluo county magistrate. Zhang Bo then breathed a sigh of relief and left.
Li Ye then asked Wang Shaoxuan to sit down again and said with a smile: "Sir, don't worry, I'm just asking about some information and then let you go home."
"Your Highness, I would like to ask you a question. I know everything and will answer it!"
Seeing that Li Ye was neither humble nor arrogant, calm and unhurried, he actually admired him in his heart, so he smiled and asked: "How long have you been Yan Hanhai's staff?"
"Reporting to Your Highness, it has just been three months. I used to be Yan Zhuang's staff, sorting out various documents and files for him."
"I see!"
Li Ye nodded and asked again: "How many sons does Yan Zhuang have?"
"Two, the eldest son Yan Hanhai was born by his first wife, and the second son Yan Hanlin was born by his concubine. But Yan Hanlin is relatively stupid and can't study well. He switched to business. Business seems to be pretty good and he has made a lot of money. Of course he is also
A solemn face."
"Does Yan Zhuang prefer the eldest son or the second son?" Li Ye asked again with a smile.
"Of course he is the eldest son. He places all his expectations on the eldest son. The eldest son has served as a county magistrate in Youzhou for several years. An Lushan wanted to appoint him as the minister of household affairs, but Yan Zhuang objected. He said that the eldest son had not yet served.
He was a state official, so he appointed his son as the governor of Shangzhou, hoping to practice in Shangzhou for two or three years and then return to the court as a minister, so that he would be stable."
Li Ye nodded, thought for a while and asked, "What does An Lushan think of Yan Zhuang?"
"Of course I trust him very much. I have always regarded him and Gao Shang as my right-hand men."
"But as far as I know, Yan Zhuang has a deep resentment towards An Lushan?"
Wang Shaoxuan was startled, "How does Your Highness know?"
"Don't worry about how I know. I have my own channels. I'm just asking you if it's true?"
Wang Shao
He was killed by An Lushan, this is what he said personally."
"Are An Lushan's sons still fighting for the throne?"
Wang Shao
, An Lushan had no choice but to make An Qingxu the crown prince, but he really liked An Qinghe and kept him by his side. He supported An Qinghe with nobility and supported An Qingxu with solemnity. I feel that civil strife will happen sooner or later!"
Li Ye nodded, "Thank you very much. I may trouble you to send a letter to Yan Zhuang."
"The villain is very willing to serve His Highness. I only ask that Your Highness can reward the villain with a job in the future so that the villain can support his family."
Li Ye smiled slightly and said, "If you are unemployed in the future, you can come to Xiangyang to find me, and I will arrange an errand for you!"
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
An Shouli led seven thousand troops all the way north. At the third watch, they had left Shangluo County for eighty miles, and they could finally take a breath.
Neither lunch nor dinner was eaten. The soldiers were so hungry that their chests pressed against their backs. They were so sleepy that neither they nor their horses could move.
An Shouli looked around. There were mountains all around. They happened to be in a canyon. The canyon was very wide, about ten miles. A small river ran through the canyon. There were grasslands on both sides and a large area in the distance.
The forest stretches all the way to the mountain. The mountain is not steep, but very gentle. Luonan County is not far from here, just thirty miles to the east, just over the mountain.
He nodded, "Pass my order to all soldiers to rest by the river!"
After the order was issued, the soldiers ran towards the river. Suddenly, the riverside was filled with people and horses drinking water, and it was extremely lively.
Yan Hanhai stepped forward and asked: "General An, how far is it from Lantian Pass?"
"It's about fifty miles away!"
"Then why not work hard and enter Lantian Pass before dawn?"
An Shouli sighed, "I originally planned this too, but then I realized that this army is not the Youzhou Army. The Youzhou Army can march for three hundred miles without rest. This army is too far behind. Eight
Ten miles is already their limit."
Yan Hanhai said worriedly: "I just hope to report the news to Chang'an as soon as possible so that Chang'an can be prepared!"
An Shouli smiled slightly and said: "Don't worry, I have already sent someone to Lantian Pass to report the news on the way. Lantian Pass will report to Chang'an!"
"I can rest assured that!"
At this moment, someone suddenly shouted: "Look, there are enemy troops!"
An Shouli looked up and was shocked. He saw countless torches appearing three miles away to the north. They were cavalry, at least seven or eight thousand cavalry.
Yan Hanhai asked anxiously: "General An, they are coming from the north, could they be our people?"
"It doesn't look like it. If it were one of ours, someone would have informed me in advance!"
"General, there's one behind you too!"
An Shouli hurriedly turned around and saw countless torches appearing in the south, at least tens of thousands of people. This must be the pursuit of soldiers.
An Shouli complained secretly, nearly 20,000 cavalry surrounded them, they had no strength to fight at all, what should they do?
The cavalry from the north and south began to advance slowly, forming two semi-circular arc lines. Once they closed, they would completely surround them.
An Shouli knew in his heart that the opponent's purpose was to cause his army to break up and flee to the gaps on both sides. If he escaped, his army would be completely destroyed.
At this time, I heard someone shouting faintly on the other side, but I couldn’t hear clearly what they were shouting?
An Shouli urgently ordered his soldiers: "Go and see what they are shouting about?"
The soldiers rushed away, and An Shouli ordered the entire army to assemble. Suddenly, there was a commotion in the north, and countless of his soldiers were seen running towards the north.
An Shouli was shocked, what was going on?
At this time, countless cavalrymen of the Tang Army in the south were also shouting. This time An Shouli heard clearly, 'Those who surrender will not be killed, but will be released and returned to their hometowns!'
This move was very poisonous and completely hit the weak point of this army. All the troops in Shangzhou were the Tang troops who surrendered at Tongguan. They were simply reorganized and sent to various places as defenders. Shangzhou sent 12,000 people, including
Two thousand soldiers were the original Longyou Army soldiers who were relatively good at fighting and were used to guard Wuguan. The other 10,000 troops were civilians temporarily recruited by Chang'an. After a month of simple training, they went to the front line and became prisoners of war.
But even if the prisoners of war became the Yan army, they had not been trained. They were weak in all aspects, their military morale was unstable, and their morale was low. They wanted to escape when encountering a war. So they heard that if they surrendered without being killed, they could be released and go home. Many people shed tears.
I couldn't bear to shed my tears.
One person was the first to drop his weapon and run away, "I want to go home!"
"go home!"
One person took the lead in escaping, leading a large number of people around him. Hundreds of soldiers threw down their weapons and followed him to the north. Hundreds of people led thousands of people, and thousands of people led more soldiers, like dominoes collapsing.
Likewise, military morale completely collapsed.
"Don't run away! Come back here!"
A general shouted loudly, but no one paid attention to him. In the dark, countless soldiers fled north.
The general hurriedly rushed to An Shouli and said, "General, morale has completely collapsed. Let's retreat quickly!"
An Shouli saw that the morale of the south side had also collapsed, and only a few hundred cavalry were left to follow him.
He turned back and shouted to Yan Hanhai: "Mr. Yan, let's evacuate to the east. We can go over the mountains to Luonan County."
"let's go!"
An Shouli shouted and took the lead. Hundreds of cavalry rushed across the shallow river and ran towards the east mountain. Yan Hanhai hesitated for a moment and could only sigh and urged his horse to follow closely behind them.
