The festering of the battle situation in Luoyang made Xuanzong extremely anxious, why did the originally good situation become like this? Could it be that Wang Chengye is really incompetent, and this battle has to rely on Zhao Ziliang to fight? Without Zhao Ziliang, this battle can't be fought?

The government and the opposition were in a panic, and it was not until the twentieth day of the first lunar month that the rebels were blocked to the east of Hangu Pass, that the people of Guanzhong breathed a sigh of relief, and the emperor and courtiers also settled down a little. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Xuanzong and the ministers realized that they could not do nothing now, and they must find a way to turn the tide of the war, after a court meeting, Xuanzong issued several holy decrees in a row, respectively, to Chu Ge, Li Siye, Zhao Ting, Bai Xiaode, Li Sheng, Lu Jiong and other leading generals on the front line of Hangu Pass were rewarded, not only wantonly sealed officials, but also rewarded knighthoods and a lot of money, even Li Guangbi of Hedong, Guo Ziyi of Shuofang, Lai Yao of Huainan and others have added officials to the knighthood, hoping to let the soldiers use their lives and stabilize people's hearts.

However, there is no one in the government and the opposition who has a view of the overall strategic situation, and it is impossible to exercise unified command over all the Tang army forces, and now the Tang army in various places can only fight on their own, Xuanzong and the ministers of the imperial court do not understand military affairs, and they do not know much about the situation on the front line, and they are worried that arbitrarily interfering in the command of the generals and colonels of the front line will cause a more erosive situation, so they can only let the Tang army generals in various places command themselves.

On the twenty-fifth day of the first month, the rebels launched a large-scale offensive, the 100,000 troops of Cai Xide's department from Hebei and the 100,000 troops of Cui Qianyou's department from Xiangzhou to the north attacked Li Guangbi's department in Hedong in the north and south, although Li Guangbi has outstanding military talent, but the troops in his hands are good, only 30,000, and the rebels are not only numerous, the generals Cui Qianyou and Cai Xide are famous generals, and their military talents are not inferior to Li Guangbi. The hearts of the people in the world are still on the side of the Tang Dynasty, and the soldiers still have the heart to serve the Tang Dynasty.

After receiving Li Guangbi's urgent document, Xuanzong quickly issued an order to Li Huan, the envoy of Xingping Jiedu, Xu Shuji, the envoy of Huapu Jiedu, Dong Qin, and Ji Guangchen, the envoy of Pinglu soldiers and horses, and Ji Guangchen of Zheng Caijiedu, who led the troops to rush to Hedong to reinforce Li Guangbi, and at the same time issued an order to Guo Ziyi, the envoy of Shuofang Jiedu, so that he left a part of his troops to keep an eye on Gao Xiuyan, and personally led the army into Hedong to join Li Guangbi. A big war in Hebei and Hedong is about to begin.

On the second day of the second month of February, Wang Can immediately reported the changes in the battle situation to Zhao Ziliang after receiving the news.

After listening to Wang Can's report, Zhao Ziliang looked at the map hanging on the wall, pondered for a long time, and asked, "Wang Can, what do you think of the chances of the court winning this time?" ”

Wang Can has been by Zhao Ziliang's side for a long time, and he also knows a lot under the rendering of his ears and eyes, although he has not personally commanded the war, but the analysis of the battle situation is still very set, he thought about it and said: "The last general feels that it is a bit mysterious, the composition of the imperial army is too mixed, and there is no unified command in front, and there is no one with enough prestige to let the other section envoys obey the order, this fight, I am afraid that it will be a mess!" ”

Zhao Ziliang touched his chin and stared at the map and thought for a long time, and said to Wang Can: "Send a message to Zhang Shouyu and Xue Song in Mobei, let them increase their troops on the front line of the Great Wall from Shanhaiguan, stir up momentum, put pressure on Fan Yang, and force Cai Xide's troops to return to Fan Yang!" Give Lu Jiong and Wang Sili, who are stationed in Mengjin, let them cross the river to the north and go north, and let them join the king and let them enter Xiangzhou together! ”

Wang Can reminded: "Lord Wang, Zhang Shouyu and Xue Song should be fine, since the Lord Wang has spoken, they will definitely act according to the instructions of the Lord Wang, but Lu Jiong, Wang Sili and Wang are difficult to say, after all, the Lord is no longer in charge of counterinsurgency matters, and there is no military power, if they don't listen, won't the Lord Wang's face look bad?" There is also the possibility of being stabbed to Chang'an and being suspicious of the emperor! ”

Zhao Ziliang weighed it, "In this case, Lu Jiong, Wang Sili and Wang are rare, in fact, letting them go north to enter Xiangzhou may not necessarily change the situation, without a unified command, each department can only fight on its own, maybe this move will not only not solve the predicament of Hedong, but will also cause a worse situation, you go and pass the word to Zhang Shouyu and Xue Song, it is also good to cause some pressure on Fan Yang!" ”

"Okay!" Wang Can agreed, thought for a while and asked, "Lord Wang, shouldn't this chess piece in the cloud move?" Always let him nail there, Guo Ziyi can't play a role at all! ”

Zhao Ziliang shook his head and said, "It's not time yet!" ”

In May of the seventeenth year of Tianbao, Zhang Shouyu and Xue Songbu of Mobei increased the troops on the front line of the Great Wall, and captured several cities with lightning speed, and even Shi Siming's 20,000 horses in the horse ranch north of Fanyang were all robbed, Shi Siming was under unprecedented pressure, and sent people to quickly order Cai Xide to return to help, because Cai Xide took away a large number of cavalry, without cavalry, it was impossible to deal with the Mobei army.

At this time, Cai Xide was fighting with Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi, and the soldiers of the Yan army learned that the rear was attacked, the army was unstable, and the battle array was in chaos.

In this battle, Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi cooperated for the first time, killing thousands of rebels and carrying countless grains and grass. Cai Xide also had to lead his troops to return north.

The situation in the north has stabilized a little, but the central front is worrying.

Wang Can reported to Zhao Ziliang: "On the eighth day of the fifth month, the rebel general Cui Qianyou led his troops to attack Shangdang, and Fugu Huaien led his troops out of the city to meet the battle, the difference in strength between the two sides was huge, and 10,000 people under Fugu Huaien were besieged, and the Tang army was defeated. ”

"The king of Huaizhou is rare and the war of Neng Yuanhao is in a state of stalemate, Wang is rare to have few soldiers, and lacks cavalry, so he can only defend the city, Neng Yuanhao can not attack Huaizhou City for a long time, and the morale is also a little low."

On May 20, Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi captured Changshan and raised troops south. Xiangzhou An Qingxu felt threatened, and quickly ordered Cui Qianyou and Neng Yuanhao to return to Xiangzhou, Wang rarely took the opportunity to concentrate his forces to advance north, Lu Jiong and Wang Sili, who were stationed in Mengjin, also crossed the river to march to Xiangzhou, Xingping Jiedu made Li Huan, Huapu Jiedu made Xu Shuji, Pinglu soldiers and horses Dong Qin, Zheng Cai Jiedu made Ji Guangchen and others lead their troops to approach Xiangzhou from the west, and the Tang army Jiujiedu made a total of about 200,000 horses and horses to approach Xiangzhou, wanting to take An Qingxu in one fell swoop and completely solve the rebel leader."

After hearing this, Zhao Ziliang asked, "What's the movement of An Qingxu?" ”

Wang Can said: "An Qingming has asked Shi Siming for help, and sent someone to send the jade seal, saying that if Shi Siming is willing to lead the troops to relieve the siege, he can give up the throne, Shi Siming met with the messenger sent by An Qingxu, and saw the jade seal, overjoyed, has led the troops south on May 28, at this moment I am afraid that he is already in Xiangzhou!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "It seems that this war is about to break out, let's wait and see!" ”

Wang Can took out a few more letters and said, "Lord Wang, this is a letter sent from Beiting, one is written by Lord Liu Wei, and two are written by two ladies!" ”

"There you go!" Zhao Ziliang took the letter and sent Wang Can away.

Zhao Ziliang read the letter first, and the two wives, Chen Qingying and Nie Sanniang, both said in the letter that everything was fine at home, but the children missed his father very much. There is also the eldest son Zhao Lei already has a crush, is Liu Wei's youngest daughter, seventeen years old this year, knowledgeable, appearance and talent are more outstanding, and the eldest daughter Zhao Xue has also reached the age of leaving the cabinet, these two children have reached the year of marriage, but because his father is not at home, so he can't hold a marriage for them, I hope he will return early.

After reading these two family letters, Zhao Ziliang thought about it and wrote back to the two ladies separately, saying that his father was not there, and he could not delay the marriage of his children, let them make their own decisions, as long as the children themselves were willing, as long as they saw it themselves, don't regret it after marriage, let them choose a good day and send him a letter before marriage.

After writing two letters, Zhao Ziliang opened the letter written by Liu Wei again, the main content of the letter was to report that the Great Food Country had recently begun to be a little restless on the border, and sent small groups of cavalry to cross the border several times to plunder.

Zhao Ziliang replied to Liu Wei that he should give a tough response to the provocation of the Great Food Country, send additional troops to deploy, organize troops to encircle and suppress the small cavalry of the Great Food that crossed the border, and must not show weakness, and send an envoy to the Byzantine Empire to discuss with the Byzantine Emperor about jointly dealing with the Great Food Country.

The current caliph of the Great Food Eater is al-Mansur, who is the younger brother of the first Abbasid caliph Abbasid, and he is also a relatively promising monarch with considerable political skills. However, Mansour's main attention is not on the outside, but on the inside, and he hastily took over the Abbasid class, but the country is not calm, many opposition forces have become his enemies, and it will take a short time for him to sit on the throne of the caliphate and calm the opponents at home.

Therefore, Zhao Ziliang was not careful about Mansour's strength and energy to advance eastward at this time, and Zhao Ziliang's attitude towards the small actions of the Great Food Country on the border has always been to respond resolutely, cutting off its claws that reached in, and not allowing any big cannibals to enter the jurisdiction of the Taixi Protectorate to spread the teachings.

In July of the seventeenth year of Tianbao, an unprecedented battle broke out between the Tang army and the Yan army in Xiangzhou, and the total number of troops invested by both sides reached nearly 400,000.

From 8 July to 15 July, the two sides experienced more than a dozen battles with a scale of 30,000 or 40,000 men, all of which suffered heavy losses.

On July 18, the two sides fought a final decisive battle twenty miles south of Xiangzhou City, and the Tang army dispatched all the troops of the nine jiedu envoys, and An Qingxu and Shi Siming also dispatched the vast majority of the troops, with a total strength of 330,000 troops.

The outbreak of the war, the battle from early morning to dusk, finally because of the Tang Army's chaotic command, each of them has the heart to preserve their strength, the most important thing is that the weather changed suddenly at dusk that day, there was a violent tornado, the Tang Army was originally chaotic and did not dare, the military order was not unified, the tornado appeared to command, many people, weapons and banners were swept into the sky, the Tang Army was in chaos, they fled to the south, trampled on each other and killed countless people, the Yan Army also suffered a lot of losses, but due to the weather conditions and unable to pursue, they could only retreat to Xiangzhou. (To be continued.) )