Chapter seven hundred and ninety-two fierce battle in Xiangzhou
Li Siye was in Luoyang, which was quite far away from Xiangzhou where the Nine-Road Jiedushi Army was located. Although the court had relaxed its vigilance against him, Cui Yuan and Su Zhen were both die-hard fans of Li Heng and had to be careful.
He secretly sent Kubani to Xiangzhou to contact Yan Xiaosi, who then secretly contacted Tian Zhen in the Anxi Army and Dai Wang in the Beiting Army. This did not mean that he could not trust Duan Xiushi and Feng Changqing, but they were
Being in a high position and being watched by others, there are too many things to consider and take care of. On the contrary, it is easier for the powerful people such as Tian Zhen and Dai Wang to act. Since you have to do something, you must adopt the safest plan.
The three of them came to Dai Wang's camp in the Beiting Army at night. This is the place least prone to changes. They sat across from each other in front of the table, and the uncertain oil lamps concealed the dark faces of the three of them. Under the lamp, they plotted.
Most of them are bloody and treacherous changes.
"This is the plan made by my lord. Now Hexi has lost cities and territory one after another under the encroaching attacks of Tubo. Only Liangzhou, Jiuquan, Zhangye and Dunhuang are still holding on. All of our troops in Hexi are descendants of Xiliang. The reason for such mutiny is
Found it. Now that the Hexi Army has left its hometown and been transferred to the eunuchs by the court, the three soldiers feel that they have no future, let alone the possibility of returning home. The eunuchs in charge of the army have no sympathy for the soldiers, and they have been fighting fiercely under the city for more than three months.
If any progress is made, the officers and soldiers of the Hexi Army hope that the lord will come back to take charge of the army."
"The most appropriate time is when Shi Siming leads his army to rescue Xiangzhou. Our Hexi military camp will quickly control Yu Chaoen and others, and then withdraw to the Weizhou border to the west of Xiangzhou. The lord will be waiting for us there. When the time comes, you
After hearing the news of our retreat, we immediately informed Duan Xiushi and Feng Changqing, and evacuated with them to the border of Weizhou."
Dai Wang and Tian Zhen took a deep breath at the same time. This kind of behavior was tantamount to betraying their teammates.
Yan Xiaosi glanced at the two of them and said: "Anyway, this is the master's plan. If there is anything wrong, you can ask the master yourself."
"I don't have any objections," Tian Zhen smacked her lips and said, "Feng Changqing still attaches great importance to the overall situation. I am afraid that something will happen to him when the time comes."
"There is nothing we can do about this kind of thing. My lord means that if this happens, we can only forcefully separate it."
Yan Xiaosi nodded heavily and said with firm eyes: "The battlefield situation is changing rapidly. I will choose the most suitable time, and I hope you will act accordingly."
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The siege at the foot of Xiangzhou City involved countless dirty thoughts and intrigues. Yu Chaoen regarded the Hexi Army as his own territory, and regarded this army with the strongest combat and comprehensive strength as the central army to sit behind. Shuofang
The comprehensive strength of the army ranked second, and Guo Ziyi's commanding ability was also very high. Yu Chaoen was afraid that he would accidentally capture the city, so he ordered him to lead Shuofang's army to dig canals to divert the Anyang River water into Yecheng, and then let Li Guangbi's Hedong Army
He assisted the attack from the side, but let the other Jiedu envoys besiege one gate each.
This obviously selfish way of allocating sieges flawlessly offended all the military governors, and none of them was resentful. The fifth military governor who attacked the city knew that Yu Chaoen was holding the Hexi Army temporarily stationary, and even
They were reluctant to hit the city with cannonballs. Wasn't it just waiting for both them and the rebels to get hurt? Who would be willing to work hard to attack the city now? The daily challenge turned into a perfunctory job.
Feng Changqing and Duan Xiushi were responsible for attacking the North Gate and the West Gate. They were well aware of the filth in the army, and even their generals were deeply wary of other friendly forces.
Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi were also dissatisfied with Yu Chaoen, but in order to take the overall situation into consideration, they could only obey Yu Chaoen's orders. This made the eunuch Yu Chaoen even more proud. There was no eunuch in history who led an army on an expedition. One of his generals was Sikong.
One belongs to Situ.
While An Shouzhong was struggling to defend the city, he quickly sent his general Xue Song to seek help from Shi Siming, who was far away in Fanyang, hoping that he could lead troops to assist.
As early as when An Qingxu killed his father An Lushan and retreated to Yecheng, Shi Siming, who was stationed in Fanyang, knew that An Qingxu would not succeed. Or maybe he was defeated twice at the hands of Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi, and later fought with An Qing.
There were some discords that made him decide to surrender to the imperial court. Hedong general Wu Chengen also urged him to surrender. In the end, Shi Siming handed in the letter of surrender and led all sixteen counties under his command to return to the Tang Dynasty. Li Heng named him the King of Guiyi County.
He also served as the envoy of Hebei Province.
Li Heng believed that Shi Siming's surrender was just a matter of expediency, and he would definitely rebel. He sent Wu Cheng'en to try to assassinate him, but Wu Cheng'en was killed after the incident was revealed. After the eastern capital Luoyang was recovered, Cui Qi and others were responsible for the liquidation.
In response to the incident, the surrendered officials Da Xixun and Chen Xilie were escorted to Chang'an for execution. Shi Siming informed the generals: "Chen Xilie and others were important officials of the imperial court. The emperor abandoned them and fled to Shu for refuge. Now that the country has been recovered, they will not be immune."
If you die, let alone those of us who followed An Lushan in rebellion!"
Six months after he occupied Hebei and surrendered, he once again raised the banner of rebellion. He had the capital. During the two years when An Lushan went south, he transferred a large amount of Chang'an and Luoyang's property to Fanyang through the canal, and also transferred Luoyang to Fanyang.
Hanjia Cang was almost emptied, and granaries were built in Youzhou and other places to stockpile nearly three million stones of grain and grass. Now that he has these things in his hands, he is confident even if he claims to be emperor.
When Shi Siming revolted, the nine armies of the imperial court were besieging Yecheng. An Qingxu sent people to ask for help, and he did not hesitate to give up the throne. It seemed that he was on the verge of destruction. Shi Siming knew very well the truth of the death of lips and teeth, and he
He sent someone to reply to An Qingxu and asked him to hold on, saying that he would definitely come to the rescue. He personally led an army of 60,000 to 70,000 people to go south to Luozhou, and then captured Weizhou occupied by Cui Guangyuan. After that, he stopped and sat on the mountain to watch the tiger fight with a wait-and-see attitude.
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In the later stages of the Battle of Yecheng, Shi Siming realized that the Tang army's military divisions were tired of old soldiers, so he sent a small group of cavalry to harass the Tang army's food routes, and ordered them to dress in Tang army uniforms and snatch each other's food and grass, which gradually widened the rift between the Tang army's military governors.
Li Guangbi suggested to Yu Chao'en that the city of Ye had reached the edge of destruction, and the city had reached the point where even the grass roots could not be eaten and people could eat each other. The only big problem now was Shi Siming, who occupied Weizhou and was eyeing him. Now he could send Hedong and Shuofang.
The second army went to Weizhou to intercept Shi Siming, so that he did not dare to rescue him.
But Yu Chaoen rejected Li Guangbi's proposal for unknown reasons. The Tang army had been besieging the city for three or four months, and its morale was exhausted.
The historical node has reached the most critical moment. If the Anshi Rebellion is a watershed in Chinese history, then the Battle of Xiangzhou is a watershed for the Anshi Rebellion. If the Tang army fails miserably in this battle, the military power accumulated by the Tang Dynasty will be completely lost, even in the future.
Within five or six years, they could not pose a threat to the Youyan army. The Tang court had no choice but to accept the existence of the Youyan vassal town.
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.
This battle was also a watershed for Li Siye. If he could use his prediction of the outcome of the battle to severely damage both sides in the Battle of Xiangzhou, he would be invincible in future wars.
This year the emperor changed the title of his reign, from Zhide to Qianyuan, which seems to be a few months later than in history.
Li Siye thought that the right time had come. On that day, he invited Cui Yuan and Henan Yin Suzhen to drink and eat hot pot at the temporary residence on the grounds of his birthday. He also invited singing and dancing prostitutes to perform dances in the courtyard. The three drank until evening, and Li Siye drank
He was very drunk and was helped by his wife to rest in the inner courtyard. The two guests were also drunk and confused. They each fell in love with two dancers, so they put their arms around their shoulders and got into the car to go home and make their own lives.
Li Siye, who was lying on the couch, suddenly opened his eyes and sat up. Cao Anding, who was returning, asked, "Are you sending the guests away?"
"Send it back."
"Let's go to the backyard."
Kubani led two thousand personal guards to prepare in the backyard. Cao Anding and Secretary Cen Shen followed behind him. His wife and two children were also standing in the courtyard.
He said to Kubani: "Tonight you lead two thousand people to escort my wife to Huazhou, and I will pick two hundred horses from them to go to Xiangzhou."
Li Siye waved to Li Xu who was standing next to his mother and said, "Li Xu, you go with me."
The Twelfth Mother stretched out her hand and grabbed her son's sleeve tightly, and said with reluctance: "Do you want him to go into danger with you? My son is still young and has no eyesight on the battlefield. How can you take care of him?"
You can live in it."
"It is precisely because of this that I want to take him there. Only in this way can I see the true face of this world, the source of killing, the truth of violence, intrigues and intrigues. These are things that can never be learned from books."
He told his subordinates: "Go and fetch Sanlang's horse."
No matter how difficult it was for the Twelve Mothers to leave, Li Siye still had the courage to take Li Xu with him and walked up the official road from the north gate of Luoyang City. The Twelve Mothers and their daughter Li Chongle walked out of the west gate under the escort of their personal guards.
Head west to Huazhou.
Li Siye took his son and twelve riders with him as he headed north to Huaizhou. At this time, the setting sun in the sky was like blood, bones were piled on both sides of the dirt road, and jackals and wild dogs were howling in the wilderness. He pointed at this apocalyptic scene and said to his son: "This is
It’s a fight between novices and novices. The Tang army is full of conflicts, the emperor and his ministers are suspicious of each other, the rebels are greedy for money, and father and son are killing each other. We have a lot to do."
"When a man is born in this troubled world, he should have the ambition to clean up the country and swallow up the world. Imagine that these 80 million people are the targets you want to save."