On the ninth day of November in the 14th year of Tianbao, An Lushan, who was also the envoy of Fanyang, Pinglu and Hedong, mobilized his subordinate Tang soldiers and a total of 150,000 people from Tongluo, Xi, Khitan and Murowei, known as 200,000, to raise troops in Fanyang under the pretext of "worrying about the danger of the country" and crusading against Yang Guozhong in a secret edict.

An Lushan rode the iron court, and his subordinates rode elite smoke and dust for thousands of miles, and the sound of noise shook the ground.

The people have not seen war for several generations, and when they heard that Fan Yang had risen up, they were shocked from far and near. Hebei was under the jurisdiction of An Lushan, and the rebels soon took control of Hebei because the rebels opened their doors to meet the rebels, abandoned the city and fled, or were captured and killed by the rebels.

On November 15, Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty appointed Feng Changqing, the envoy of the Anxi Jiedu, to concurrently serve as the envoy of Fanyang and Pinglu Jiedu to defend Luoyang, and then appointed Li Wan, the king of Rong, as the marshal, and Gao Xianzhi, the general of the Right Jinwu, as the deputy marshal of the Eastern Expedition, and at the same time sent Bi Sichen to the eastern capital Luoyang to recruit troops for defense.

Most of the elite border troops of the Tang Dynasty have not yet rushed back, and Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi temporarily recruited troops in Chang'an and Luoyang, but they all got the children of the market, lacked combat experience, and had not been trained.

Despite the obstacles, An Lushan's army entered Luoyang on 12 December.

Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi, who retreated to Tongguan, took a defensive position and stuck to Tongguan. However, Tang Xuanzong listened to the false accusations of the eunuchs of the prison army, and beheaded Chang Qing and Gao Xianzhi for the crime of "losing discipline and losing the teacher".

On the first day of the first month of the fifteenth year of Tianbao, An Lushan called the Great Yan Emperor in Luoyang and changed his name to Yuan Shengwu.

After Tang Xuanzong killed Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi, he used the sick and dead Longyou Jiedu to make Ge Shuhan the deputy marshal of soldiers and horses, and ordered him to lead an army of 200,000 to guard Tongguan. The terrain of Tongguan is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, after Geshuhan entered Tongguan, immediately strengthened the city defense, deep ditch and high base, closed and defended.

In the first month of the fifteenth year of Tianbao, An Lushan ordered his son An Qingxu to lead his troops to attack Tongguan, but was repelled by Ge Shuhan, and the main force of the An army was blocked in Tongguan for several months and could not advance westward.

An Lushan saw that the strong attack could not work, so he ordered Cui Qianyou to camp the old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers in Shaanxi County, and conceal the elite troops, trying to induce Ge Shuhan to abandon the danger and go to war.

In May, Tang Xuanzong received the information that the rebel general Cui Qianyou had "less than 4,000 soldiers, all of them were weak and unprepared" in Shaanxi County, and sent Ling Ge Shuhan to send troops to recover Shaanluo.

Ge Shuhan immediately wrote to Xuanzong, "An Lushan has been accustomed to using troops for a long time, and now he will rebel, he will not be unprepared, he must use the weak soldiers to lure us, if he enters the army, it is just the right plan." Moreover, the rebels are on an expedition, and the benefits are fast. The officers and soldiers relied on the natural danger of Tongguan to resist them, and the advantage was to hold on. Moreover, the rebels are tyrannical and unreasonable, lose the hearts of the people, and are declining day by day, and soon there will be civil strife, and they can be captured without a fight if they attack again. ”

At the same time, Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi attacked the rebel general Shi Siming in Hebei and won several big victories, and the progress was very smooth. General Guo and Li also believed that Tongguan should only be held and should not be taken lightly, and advocated leading the Shuo army to the north to take Fanyang, overthrowing the rebels' lair, and promoting the internal collapse of the rebels.

However, Prime Minister Yang Guozhong suspected that Ge Shuhan intended to seek himself, so he said to Tang Xuanzong: "Ge Shuhan will miss the opportunity if he does not move." ”

Xuanzong believed slanderous rumors, ignored Guo and Li Zhi's schemes, and successively sent envoys to urge Brother Shuhan to fight.

Ge Shuhan was forced to be helpless and wept.

There is a lesson from the beheading of Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi, Ge Shuhan was forced to lead his troops out of the customs on the fourth day of the first month of June, and on the seventh day of the first month, he met Cui Qianyou's department in Lingbao Xiyuan.

Lingbao is backed by mountains in the south, the Yellow River in the north, and a narrow mountain road of 70 miles long in the middle. Cui Qianyou ambushed the elite soldiers on the southern mountain in advance, and led the troops to a decisive battle with the Tang army on the eighth day of the first month.

The Tang army led 50,000 elite soldiers led by Wang Sili and others, followed by 100,000 troops led by Pang Zhong and others, and another 30,000 people were sent to beat drums and assist on the high ground on the north bank of the Yellow River.

The two armies intersected, and the Tang army saw that the rebels were in disarray and wanted to flee, so they drove straight forward, but were lured into the pass. The rebels rose up in ambush and threw rolling wooden stones from the mountain, and the Tang soldiers crowded the pass, which was difficult to spread, and there were many dead and wounded.

Goshuhan hurriedly ordered the felt cart to charge in front of him, trying to open a path, but was blocked by the rebels with arson grass carts. The Tang army was dazzled by the smoke and could not see the target clearly, thinking that the rebels were in the thick smoke, so they fired crossbow arrows indiscriminately, and did not know the plan until the sunset.

At this time, Cui Qianyou ordered to ride with Luo Jingcai from the southern valley back to the back of the official army to kill, the Tang army was attacked before and after, chaotic, some abandoned their armor and fled into the valley, some were squeezed into the Yellow River and drowned, the cry of despair was shocking, a tragic situation.

Seeing the defeat of the former army, the Tang Hou army collapsed without a fight. The Tang army on the north bank of the Yellow River saw that the situation was unfavorable and also dispersed. Of the nearly 200,000 Tang troops, only more than 8,000 fled back to Tongguan.

On the ninth day of the first month, Cui Qianyou captured Tongguan.

Ge Shuhan was coerced by his subordinates to surrender to An Lushan.

Tang Xuanzong misjudged the situation, refused to adopt the policy of defending the dangerous points, persevering the enemy, and waiting for an opportunity to attack, and prematurely launched a counteroffensive, resulting in the loss of both men and land, and the counterinsurgency war took a sharp turn for the worse.

Cui Qianyou lured the Tang army to abandon the danger and go to war, and when the battle was due, he wanted to escape and lure the Tang army into the ambush area, thus achieving a great victory.

Knowing that Tongguan was lost, Chang'an was in chaos, and there were only one or two people in the upper dynasty among the hundred officials.

In the end, Tang Xuanzong fled from Yanqiumen with his concubine sisters, princes, imperial grandsons, princesses, concubines, Yang Guozhong, Wei Jiansu, Wei Fangjin, Chen Xuanli and close attendants, and fled to Shu under the escort of the Six Guards.

Then there was the Ma Weiyi mutiny.

The Battle of Tongguan was the most important turning point in the Anzhi Rebellion, and if Tongguan was there, Ouyang Shuo was more than ninety percent sure of winning the battle. If Tongguan is lost, then the fun will be great.

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Outside Chang'an City, Ouyang Shuo and the Phoenix Prisoner converged, and there were bursts of battle announcements in their ears.

"Battle Announcement: A total of eight lords participated in the Anshi Rebellion, with a total strength of 450,000. There were two lords in the Tang Dynasty camp, with a total strength of 150,000; There were six lords in the An Lushan camp, with a total strength of 300,000. ”

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"Battle Announcement: Because the Tang Dynasty camp is weaker than the An Lushan camp, according to the battle rules, the Tang Dynasty camp will automatically receive a 50% buff bonus to increase the defense of the troops."

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Because the strength of the Tang Dynasty camp is only half of that of An Lushan's camp, this buff bonus is very considerable.

"Battle announcement: According to the results of the title and merit value test, the Tang Dynasty camp is represented by the stranger who is said to be Wuyi, the prince. The representative of the An Lushan camp is Emperor Chen, a first-class marquis. ”

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Although he got the [Merit Charm], Di Chen should be a little short of the duke, but he didn't know if Di Chen could be promoted to the duke after the battle.

If that were the case, a second dynasty would soon be born in China.

Ouyang Shuo pressed his thoughts, first found the quartermaster to register as usual, and then asked about the current progress of the war, "Dare to ask the general, where are the rebels fighting now, and is Tongguan still there?" ”

"Qi Qi two adults, Tongguan has been lost a few days ago, Xijing is chaotic, and the two adults lead the army to help, it is the right time." The quartermaster's answer made Ouyang Shuo and the phoenix prisoner feel cold in their hearts.

The phoenix prisoner half-jokingly, half-seriously, said, "Oops, this time we are really going to lose to Emperor Chen." For the sake of safety, it is better to quickly lead the troops to flee into the mountains and survive until the end of the battle. ”

Hearing this, Ouyang Shuo hadn't said anything, and the quartermaster's expression had changed greatly.

Ouyang Shuo smiled slightly at the quartermaster and said, "The general doesn't need to worry, since I have come to help, I won't give up halfway, tell the palace for me, and this king will enter the palace to meet Your Majesty later." ”

"No!"

The quartermaster's face darkened slightly, and he turned to leave.

Seeing that the phoenix prisoner was puzzled, Ouyang Shuo said with a smile: "Let's go, go to the camp tent to discuss." ”

The timing of the battle deduced by Gaia was indeed somewhat unexpected by Ouyang Shuo. Yes, in history, after the fall of Chang'an, the Tang Dynasty finally put down the rebellion, but that was a few years later.

The biggest difference between the campaign map and history is the variable of the Inhuman Legion.

With the 300,000 Inhuman troops of the [Yanhuang Alliance], will the An Lushan camp be devoured by the envoys of all parts of the Tang Dynasty one by one as in history? Not necessarily.

Moreover, with Dichen and others, An Qingxu, the son of An Lushan, wanted to "kill his father", which led to the chaos of An Lushan's camp, and it would not happen on the battle map.

The entire war situation was extremely unfavorable to the Tang Dynasty camp.

Back at the camp, Ouyang Shuo said to the phoenix prisoner: "Gaia will not arrange a real dead end, it seems to be a dead end, it is just that we have not yet found the key to solving the dilemma." ”

"That being said, Tongguan has fallen, and the enemy army will soon come to Chang'an, so there is not much time left for us." Phoenix Prisoner is still not optimistic.

Ouyang Shuo smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, I'll go and see the legendary Tang Xuanzong Li Longji first, and then I will make a plan when I come back." ”

"That's all there is to it."

After the phoenix prisoner left, Ouyang Shuo said to Pang Tong, the accompanying military division: "Shiyuan, how to solve this game depends on your resourcefulness. ”

On this expedition, Ouyang Shuo did not bring the usual Jia Xu before, but brought Pang Tong, a "newcomer", naturally wanting to give Pang Tong a chance to display his talents, so that he could really gain a foothold in the Senior Cabinet.

For the way of employing people, Ouyang Shuo is already very profound.

"The king can rest assured, Weichen will not fail in his mission." Pang Tong is also arrogant, from Shu Han to Great Xia, and into the senior cabinet of strategists, he naturally wants to show it.

In the Senior Cabinet, except for Zhang Liang, Jia Xu, Fu Zhu and Chen Gong are all people of the same era as him.

Before Ouyang Shuo left, Pang Tong suddenly said: "After the king enters the palace and meets Xuanzong, he might as well take the time to meet the crown prince Li Xiang again." ”

Ouyang Shuo was stunned, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Pang Tong was able to say such a thing, which proved that during the three days of battle preparation, he had done a lot of homework on the battle of the Anshi Rebellion, and his loyalty was commendable, how could Ouyang Shuo not feel gratified.

"I don't know, can I see the legendary Yang Guifei this time?" Looking at the tall city walls of Chang'an City, Ouyang Shuo let out such a sigh.