Li Cao's words made Yan Zhenqing suddenly brightened.

"Well said!"

Yan Zhenqing immediately ordered Li Zejiao, the secretary of the army, and Fan Dongfu, the commander of Pingyuan County, to lead the army, together with 4,000 Qinghe soldiers and 1,000 Boping soldiers, and stationed in the southwest of Tangyi County.

Yuan Zhitai sent his generals Bai Sigong and others to lead more than 20,000 soldiers to meet the battle, and the soldiers of the three counties fought a bloody battle with the soldiers of Wei County for a day, and the soldiers of Wei County were defeated, killing more than 10,000 people, capturing more than 1,000 people, capturing 1,000 horses, and many other military supplies. Yuan Zhitai fled to Ji County, so the official army recovered Wei County, and the army was greatly strengthened.

At this time, Beihai Taishou Helan Jinming also raised troops to fight against the rebels, and Yan Zhenqing wrote a letter to summon him to join the army.

After receiving the letter, Helan Jinming immediately led 5,000 infantry and cavalry to cross the Yellow River, and Yan Zhenqing led his troops to greet him.

Helan Jinming led his troops to be stationed in the south of the plain city to recuperate his soldiers and horses, and Yan Zhenqing discussed with him when he encountered problems, so the military power gradually returned to Helan Jinming, but Yan Zhenqing did not have the slightest suspicion about Helan Jin. Yan Zhenqing also gave the credit for the battle of Tangyi to Helan Jinming, so Helan Jinming made a show to the court, arbitrarily increasing or subtracting facts.

Tang Xuanzong received Helan Jin's recital, and Da Yue issued an edict to seal Helan Jinming as Hebei's envoy, Li Zejiao and Fan Dongfu were slightly promoted, and the meritorious soldiers of Qinghe and Boping were not rewarded. Helan Jinming led his troops to attack Xindu County again, and he couldn't conquer it for a long time, so he persuaded Helan Jinming to recruit people who dared to die with heavy money, so he conquered Xindu.

Li Guangbi and Shi Siming held each other for more than 40 days, and Shi Siming cut off the road to Changshan to transport grain. The forage in Changshan City was exhausted, and the war horses had to eat grass mats. Li Guangbi sent 500 chariots to Shiyi to fetch grass, and the people who drove the chariots were all wearing armor, and sent 1,000 crossbowmen to escort them, and marched in a phalanx, and the rebels could not seize them. The rebel general Cai Xide led his troops to attack Shiyi, but was repulsed by Zhang Fengzhang.

Li Guangbi sent people to Guo Ziyi for help, Guo Ziyi led the troops out of the Jingcheng Pass, in the summer, April Renchen (the ninth day of the first month), to Changshan, and Li Guangbi joined forces, a total of more than 100,000 cavalry. On the first day (11th), Guo Ziyi, Li Guangbi and Shi Siming fought in the south of Jiumen County, and Shi Siming was defeated.

Zhonglang shot Hun (the son of Hun Shizhi) to death the rebel general Li Lijie. Shi Siming collected the remnants of the army and fled to Zhao County, and Cai Xide fled to Julu. Shi Siming fled from Zhao County to Boling, and at that time Boling had already surrendered to the official army, Shi Siming killed all the county officials.

The people of the Heshuo area, unable to endure the brutality of the rebels, rose up in revolt, and the resisting armies in each county and county gathered together, with as many as 20,000 men and as few as 10,000 men, fighting the rebels. As soon as Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi's army arrived, these troops automatically came to help in the war.

Gengzi (17th), attacked Zhao County, fought for a day, and the whole city surrendered. The officers and soldiers who entered the city looted on a large scale, and Li Guangbi sat on the city gate, collected all the looted goods, and returned them to the city's citizens, and the people were very happy. Guo Ziyi captured more than 4,000 people, released them, and killed Guo Xian, the Taishou appointed by An Lushan. Li Guangbi led his troops to surround Boling, and after ten days of attack, he did not conquer it, so he retreated and returned to Hengyang to replenish grain and grass.

Yang Guozhong asked Zhang Hao and Xiao Xin, who among the officials could lead the troops to rebel, and Zhang Hao and Xiao Xin recommended Zuo Zanshan Doctor Yongshou to 'come'.

On the afternoon of Bingwu (23rd), the imperial court appointed 'Lai' as the Taishou of Yingchuan. The rebels came to attack the city many times, and 'Lai' led the army to repel many times, and Tang Xuanzong learned that the news was sealed as the defense envoy of the county, and people called him "come to chew iron".

An Lushan asked the general of Pinglu Jiedu to make Lu Zhizhi booby-trap and kill Anton's deputy capital Huma Ling.

Liu Kenu, the envoy of Wuzhi, Dong Qin, the vanguard envoy, and Wang Xuanzhi, the general of Anton, murdered Lü Zhizhi and sent an envoy by sea to inform Yan Zhenqing, the Taishou of the Plains, and took the initiative to ask to capture Fan Yang to serve.

Yan Zhenqing sent Judge Jia Zai to transport a batch of food and clothes worn by the soldiers to help in the war. Yan Zhenqing only had one son named Yan Po, who was only in his teens at the time, so Yan Zhenqing gave him to Liu Kenu as a hostage. After the imperial court learned of this, it appointed Liu Kenu as the envoy of the Pinglu Festival, gave him the name of Zhengchen, appointed Wang Xuanzhi as the deputy protector of Andong, and Dong Qin as the envoy of the Pinglu soldiers.

Nanyang Jiedu made Lu Jiong set up a wooden fence on the south bank of the water, and An Lushan's generals Wu Ling and Bi Sichen led troops to attack.

In May Ding Si (the fourth day of the first month), Lu Jiong was defeated, retreated to Nanyang, and was surrounded by rebels. Taichangqing Zhang recommended that Li Ju, the king of Yiling, was brave and strategic, and Xuanzong recruited Li Yi, the king of Wu, as the servant, and appointed Li Ju, the king of Yu, as Chen Liu, the Taishou of Qiaojun, and the envoy of Henan Jiedu, and commanded He Luguang, the envoy of Lingnan Jiedu, Zhao Guozhen, the envoy of Qianzhong Jiedu, and Lu Jiong, the envoy of Nanyang Jiedu. Zhao Guozhen was originally a native of Ke.

Wuchen (15th), Li Ju led his troops from Lantian and marched to Nanyang. When the rebels learned of this, they broke the siege and left.

Ling Huchao led his troops to attack Yongqiu. Ling Hu Chao and Zhang Xun had a friendship, and the two greeted each other in the city as they usually met, and Ling Hu Chao took the opportunity to say to Zhang Xun: "Now that the general trend of the Tang Dynasty has gone, who are you still guarding the dangerous city for?"

Zhang Xun said: "You usually always talk about how loyal you are, but now this kind of rebellious behavior has a bit of loyalty!"

After hearing this, the fox tide retreated in shame.

Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi led the troops back to Changshan, Shi Siming collected tens of thousands of stragglers and then pursued, Guo Ziyi selected brave and good cavalry to challenge in turn, three days later, to Xingtang County, the rebels were unable to fight again due to fatigue, and then retreated.

Guo Ziyi took the opportunity to attack and defeated the rebels in Shahe County.

When Cai Xide arrived in Luoyang, An Lushan asked him to lead 20,000 infantry and cavalry to the north to approach Shi Siming, and sent more than 10,000 soldiers from Niu Tingfa Fan Yang and other counties to reinforce Shi Siming, with a total of more than 50,000 troops, of which the elite soldiers of Tongluo and Luoluohe accounted for one-fifth.

Guo Ziyi arrived in Hengyang, Shi Siming also led his troops to chase him, Guo Ziyi relied on the deep ditch and high fortress, waiting for work, the rebels came to attack and defended, and the troops were withdrawn to pursue, showing off their strength to the rebels with large soldiers during the day, and sending troops to attack the enemy camp at night, so that the rebels were not at peace.

This went on for several days, and Guo Ziyi consulted with Li Guangbi and said, "The rebels are tired and can fight." ”

On the 29th, the two armies fought at Jiashan, and the rebels were defeated, killing more than 40,000 people and capturing more than 1,000 people. Shi Siming fell from his horse, his hair in a disheveled bun, fled barefoot, and at night, returned to the barracks with a broken spear, and then fled to Boling.

Li Guangbi led his troops to tightly surround Boling, and the army was greatly strengthened. As a result, more than a dozen prefectures and counties in Hebei that were originally occupied by the rebels all killed the rebels' guards and surrendered to the imperial court. Fan Yang's return route was cut off again, and the rebels passed secretly on light horses, and in this way, most of them were captured by the officers and soldiers, and the rebel soldiers who were at home in Fan Yang were shaken in their hearts.

Shi Siming's defeat made An Lushan very frightened, and summoned Gao Shang and Yan Zhuang to scold: "For several years, you have persuaded me to rebel, thinking that I will definitely succeed." And now that the army has been blocked at Tongguan, it will not be able to break through for several months, the road back to the north has also been cut off, and the officials and troops have gathered in large numbers, and we only occupy a few prefectures and counties such as Bianzhou and Zhengzhou, how can we win? From now on, you will never come to see me again!"

Gao Shang and Yan Zhuang had never seen An Lushan so angry, and after hearing this, they were terrified, and they didn't dare to see An Lushan for many days.