The biggest difference between the Anshi Rebellion and the previous seven battles is that it was an internal rebellion initiated by a border general, rather than a duel between two major forces.

When it comes to this battle, we have to briefly talk about the Tang Dynasty's festival envoy system.

Tang Taizong and Tang Gaozong repeatedly expanded their territories, and successively pacified Liaodong, Eastern Turkic, Western Turkic, Tuyuhun and other regions, making the Tang Dynasty an empire with an extremely vast territory.

In order to strengthen the central government's control over the frontier, consolidate the border defense and manage the alien races, Tang Xuanzong set up ten military towns in the border areas in the tenth year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, which were managed by nine jiedu envoys and one economic envoy.

What is a festival envoy?

According to the "Forty Soldiers of the New Tang Dynasty Chronicles": "It has its land, its people, its soldiers, and its wealth." The festival degree makes it dominant on one side, and the tail is too big to fall, which has become a hidden worry for the Tang royal family.

Tang Xuanzong abolished the government military system, resulting in the country's military strength outside the heavy and internal light, at that time the border troops reached 500,000, the imperial court had less than 80,000 troops, the local Jiedu envoy has threatened the security of the imperial court, only An Lushan alone served as the Pinglu Jiedu envoy, Fanyang Jiedu envoy and Hedong Jiedu envoy, with 150,000 troops.

For the emperor, judging whether a courtier rebels or not is not whether the courtier has the intention to rebel, but whether he has the ability to rebel. There is no doubt that An Lushan has such ability.

There were ministers in the court who constantly played with Tang Xuanzong, saying that An Lushan might rebel, but Tang Xuanzong just didn't listen. The one with the most resolute attitude was the prime minister at that time, Yang Guozhong, the elder brother of Yang Guifei.

Yang Guozhong and An Lushan had a bad relationship, and they would not get along for a long time, but Tang Xuanzong did not interfere in this. An Lushan had long harbored different ambitions, and with heavy troops in his hands, he raised troops to rebel against the Tang Dynasty in the name of courting Yang.

Thus unveiled an eight-year-long rebellion, and by the time the war ended, there was no real winner.

Prime Minister Yang Guozhong was killed by angry soldiers in the "Ma Weiyi Mutiny", Yang Guifei was forced to commit suicide, Tang Xuanzong parted ways with the crown prince Li Heng, and was finally forced to "abdicate" and become the emperor.

The rebels didn't end well.

Ironically, the two rebel leaders did not die on the battlefield, but both died under the butcher's knife of their respective sons, An Lushan was killed by his son An Qingxu, and Shi Siming was also killed by his son Shi Chaoyi.

The fate of the individual is only secondary, and the more critical thing is that the Anshi Rebellion directly affected the fate of the Tang Dynasty in the future, and then indirectly affected the fate of the entire Chinese nation.

The Anshi Rebellion destroyed the ruling foundation of the Tang Empire, weakened the feudal centralization, created the necessary conditions for feudal secession, and made the Tang Dynasty flourish and decline, and since then it has been in a slump.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Huangchao Rebellion arose, the division of feudal towns intensified, and Chinese history ushered in another period of great division and chaos - five dynasties and ten kingdoms.

During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the dictatorship of the warriors usurped and the soldiers mutinied and supported the establishment one after another, and the Taizu Guo Wei of the Later Zhou Dynasty was like this, and Zhao Kuangyin, the Taizu of the Song Dynasty, also won the country through the "Chen Qiao Mutiny, the yellow robe".

In order to prevent the recurrence of such incidents, Zhao Kuangyin then implemented the policy of emphasizing literature over military force, advocating the literati to execute the army, strictly prohibiting military personnel from interfering in politics, and taking the opportunity of a glass of wine and reverberation, Xiao Yu generals resigned, which is known in history as "a cup of wine releases military power".

Although Zhao Kuangyin's policy of "strengthening the cadres and weakening the branches" and "emphasizing literature over military force" successfully weakened local power and prolonged the Song Dynasty's statehood, it caused the two Song dynasties to accumulate poverty and weakness, resulting in financial constraints, local devastation, and serious external troubles.

In the end of the two Song Dynasty, this situation has not changed much.

Since the Tang Dynasty, it has become a luxury for military generals to enter the prime minister, and it has become a tradition to control military generals with civilian officials.

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Shanhai City, Summer Palace.

As soon as the system announcement ended, the phoenix prisoner came to Shanhai City to discuss the battle with Ouyang Shuo.

At present, the [Shanhai Alliance] is the only two of them.

There were not a few Wenchen generals who were born in the Tang Dynasty in the Great Xia Dynasty, so no matter how Emperor Chen and others chosen, Ouyang Shuo would choose the Tang Dynasty camp.

If the [Yanhuang League] also chooses the Tang Dynasty camp, then there is almost no suspense in this battle.

It's just that with the arrogance of Di Chen and the others, I'm afraid that they still want to fight with Ouyang Shuo on the battle map. One of the reasons is that in the comparison of forces between the two sides, the [Yanhuang Alliance] has the absolute upper hand.

Although Ouyang Shuo is a prince, it is a pity that he can only lead 100,000 troops at most. Phoenix prisoner is a first-class duke, and he can lead 50,000 troops, which together is 150,000 coalition troops.

The six first-class dukes of the [Yanhuang League] can lead 300,000 troops, which is just twice as many as the [Shanhai Alliance]. The battle map army killed can be resurrected with campaign contribution points, and Emperor Chen and the others really have nothing to worry about.

In this regard, Ouyang Shuo is happy to see it.

"Wouldn't it be too boring to be kind?" Ouyang Shuo said to the phoenix.

Phoenix Prisoner nodded, she was also a belligerent.

Ouyang Shuo continued: "This battle is an excellent opportunity for Luofeng City to subdue the generals, you must take advantage of it. When Ouyang Shuo said this, he took the initiative to give up the dominance of the military generals of the Tang Dynasty camp.

There are three generals under the command of the phoenix, Ran Min, Wang Di and Zhou Bo, which is already good, but there is only one commander-level famous general missing, which is a pity.

Guo Ziyi, a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, is undoubtedly a qualified candidate.

The phoenix prisoner smiled brightly, "Then I'll be disrespectful." "Between the two, there is naturally no need to be polite.

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Kyoto Province, Handan City.

Emperor Chen and the others gathered together to discuss the battle.

"The old fox has already released his words, he wants to choose the Tang Dynasty camp, what do you think?" Di Chen asked.

Chun Shenjun sneered and said: "He will pick up the cheap and choose the Tang Dynasty camp in advance, isn't it clear that he wants to defeat us again?!" ”

"You can't say that." Wolf Warrior has a different opinion, "With Tang Xuanzong's stupidity, choosing the Tang Dynasty camp may not be able to please you." Besides, the Anshi Rebellion in history lasted for eight years, and no one knows to which point in time Gaia would deduce the battle, and there are very big variables. ”

"Not bad." Xiongba nodded, "With Gaia's temperament, we will never take sides, no matter which camp we choose, it is actually the same, the key depends on how we operate." ”

Seeing that everyone had expressed their opinions, Di Chen said with a smile: "What do you mean, fight again?!" ”

"Fight!" Xiongba's words are concise and to the point.

"It's just to do it, you can't be cowardly, I am always unconvinced if I don't win once." The slaughter army is lingering.

Chun Shenjun didn't object, and said with a smile: "It's okay, I've fought seven times, not bad this time." According to the family's experts who specialize in battle rules, the next few battles in China are likely to be single-faction battles, with guns unanimous to the outside world, and there are not many opportunities for us to wrestle with the old fox. ”

Emperor Chen said arrogantly: "Okay, then it's decided, go all out, and fight again." ”

Another confrontation between the [Yanhuang Alliance] and the [Shanhai Alliance] kicked off again.

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On January 15, the fifth year of Gaia, at nine o'clock in the morning, the system announcement sounded on time.

"System announcement: In 755 AD, Jiedu made An Lushan and Shi Siming raise troops to rebel against the Tang Dynasty in the name of 'crusading against Yang Guozhong', and were finally suppressed by the Tang Dynasty, and the eighth epic battle, the Anshi Rebellion, was officially opened!"

Check the conditions for participating in the battle, designate the participating troops, and choose a faction......

Of the 100,000 troops of the Great Xia Dynasty, Ouyang Shuo chose two mountain barbarian hoplite divisions of the First Legion of the Praetorian Guard, the Second Army of the Praetorian Guard, plus 3,000 Shenwu Guards, just to form a 100,000 army.

In view of the fact that there was no shortage of famous generals in the Tang Dynasty, in order to avoid being a big bully, Ouyang Shuo did not take Huo Quai's illness with him on this trip.

"System Prompt: Teleportation Begins!"

After a brief whirlwind, Ouyang Shuo and his party appeared on the battlefield.

"System prompt: Welcome players to come to Chang'an, the base camp of the Tang Dynasty camp without clothes."

"Chang'an?"

Ouyang Shuo was stunned, that is to say, Chang'an City had not been taken by the rebels at this time.

According to the historical process, Tang Xuanzong should not have fled to Shu with his ministers and concubines for refuge, and the famous Ma Weiyi Mutiny naturally has not yet happened.

"So has Tongguan already fallen?"

Ouyang Shuo is most concerned about this now, Tongguan is the last barrier of Chang'an, if it falls, then there is no point in staying in Chang'an.