Chapter 42 Seeking Full Merit
Li Guangbi's big gamble with his life was obviously right.
An Lushan is no longer as brave as he used to be, and now he can't even wear armor.
After becoming the emperor of the Great Yan Kingdom, An Lushan changed from the original strong fat to a real obesity.
This pitch-black and blind fire has the betrayal of Gao Tinghui and Yang Wuqin inside, and the strong attack of Li Guangbi outside.
Li Guangbi had 30,000 soldiers under his command, how did An Lushan know that the other party really killed only 5,000 soldiers?
The higher the status and power, the less courage you have, and this is not wrong at all.
An Lushan has not been on the front line for a long, long time, and even the battle of Nanyang is far behind.
Li Guangbi's night attack was the closest he was to the front line, and he listened to the shouts of killing close at hand.
An Lushan really couldn't muster up the courage to jump over, he was the emperor of the Great Yan Kingdom, and he couldn't take risks.
Without too much hesitation, An Lushan chose to retreat.
Under the escort of the Eight Thousand Falling River, An Lushan evacuated to the south.
An Lushan was the backbone of the emperor of Dayan, and his demoralization of the entire military camp was not high, and he fell in an instant.
After all the generals of the Yan army learned that An Lushan had retreated, they all chose to fight and retreat, and began to fight separately to protect the Qu troops under their command.
Large-scale casualties between the two armies often occur in pursuit battles.
The Yan army said that it was fighting and retreating, but this tactic of almost being beaten could not prevent Li Guangbi's attack at all.
As long as the enemy formation is dispersed, the remaining panicked Yan soldiers will be like fish on the knife board, and they will be slaughtered.
Li Guangbi is a vicious wolf staring at his prey, chasing after An Lushan in the direction of escape, hissing and biting.
The more this is the case, the more it gives An Lushan a sense of oppression, making him dare not turn back to fight.
It was not until dawn that Li Guangbi withdrew his troops.
An Lushan also found out that the Tang army that was chasing him all the way was actually only 5,000 people, and he was so angry that he almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood.
Just when he was about to turn around and fight again, he found that Li Guangbi had already begun to retreat.
They were defeated and fled overnight, and all the food and grass were pulled in the camp, and then re-marching to the Lu clan was tantamount to self-destruction.
Looking at the dejected soldiers beside him, An Lushan felt cold in his heart.
In this battle, Li Guangbi only dispatched 10,000 soldiers, even if Gao Tinghui and Yang Wuqin were added, there were only 15,000 soldiers.
At this point, under Li Guangbi's bold tactics, he brutally defeated 100,000 Yan troops, defeated more with less, and fought An Lushan with his head.
The 100,000 Yan troops were killed as high as 20,000, and 30,000 were surrendered......
An Lushan's Dayan army suffered more than half of the casualties overnight.
100,000 Yan troops, Li Guangbi will still be afraid of one or two.
Now the Yan army is only 50,000, and he integrated the soldiers of Gao Tinghui and Yang Wuqin, and recruited some strong Han Chinese from the surrendered soldiers on the spot, and the strength of the army increased to 40,000 instead of decreasing.
After a little preparation, Li Guangbi and Hongnong's 20,000 soldiers converged, and followed An Lushan's retreat.
They bypassed Funiu Mountain and entered the Yingchuan territory.
Gao Tinghui is a native of Yingchuan, who is extremely familiar with the terrain of this generation and acts as a guide.
"General, as long as we go north along this road, we will reach the foot of Bears Ears Mountain, and walk northeast along the foot of the mountain for a day, which is the Luqiao Station in the upper reaches of Luoshui, and we will walk along Luoshui, which will shorten the journey by two days than the normal official road. If nothing else, they will enter the territory of Luoyang before the thieves. ”
Li Guangbi's eyes flashed with a hint of brilliance: This greedy skill is enjoyed by himself.
They traveled north for half a day according to the route pointed out by Gao Tinghui, and suddenly Li Guangbi got unexpected news.
An Lushan did not intend to withdraw to Luoyang at all, but went directly to the east and went in the direction of Ruzhou.
"All stopped!"
Li Guangbi hurriedly took the map from his arms, studied it on horseback, his eyes fell on the direction of Ruzhou, he first frowned and groaned, and then suddenly said: "Miscalculated, the thief didn't mean to meet with Luoyang Shi Siming at all, he abandoned Shi Siming." planned to use Shi Siming to attract Guo Ziyi's troops in the north, and he took the opportunity to cross the Yellow River from the east back to the north. ”
Xin Jinggao said: "It's not that easy, there is also Ge Shuhan's Jiannan Army in the east, and Ge Shuhan is a veteran of the brilliant. ”
Li Guangbi said without hesitation: "But his strength is a little insufficient, and he divides the Jiannan Army into two divisions." One by water, the other by land. Now Geshu Jiedu only has 15,000 troops in his hands, and the remaining 15,000 are on the way. And An Lushan still has 50,000 people, and there are 8,000 Luluo River in his hands, General Geshu may not be an opponent. ”
Of course, he didn't have anything to say in his heart, this time he ventured to attack An Lushan, just to go for full success.
Regardless of the victory or defeat of Ge Shuhan and An Lushan, as long as Ge Shuhan is involved, this credit will score him one point.
Li Guangbi has not been generous enough to give up this heavenly skill.
"Chase!"
Li Guangbi closed the map and immediately ordered the three armies to change the route of the march.
An Lushan passed through Ruzhou, but did not stop in Ruzhou, but only emptied the money and grain warehouse in Ruzhou and continued to the east.
Not turning back to Luoyang was An Lushan's own idea.
In the face of this decadence, most of An Lushan's subordinates persuaded him to return to Luoyang and regroup.
However, in the battle of the Lu family, An Lushan's strength was greatly damaged, and it also sounded a wake-up call for the former hero.
An Lushan does not blindly believe in his prestige, he has 100,000 troops in hand, and there are still betrayals by Gao Tinghui and Yang Wuqin, and now the army has lost half, and his strength is not as good as before, even more so.
An Lushan has always regarded Shi Siming as the number one general under his command, but this general has certain ambitions and is no less powerful than he was back then.
Changing places, An Lushan secretly thought that if he was Shi Siming, in the face of this situation, he would not hesitate to surrender to the Tang Army, and then capture himself and dedicate himself to the imperial court to atone for his crimes.
Loyalty is based on certain interests.
Now that he is now, he can't give Shi Siming anything.
At this critical time, An Lushan decisively chose to give up Luoyang, let Shi Siming fend for himself, and took advantage of the fact that Ge Shuhan's Jiannan Army in the east did not meet before the division, and broke the siege and went north.
"Your Majesty, an enemy has appeared on our left flank!"
"Your Majesty, there is also an enemy on our right flank!"
An Lushan found that he had not yet entered the area that Geshuhan was responsible for, and had already been harassed by a small force.
"Bastard!"
An Lushan scolded, it was obvious that Ge Shuhan saw through his thoughts, and sent a small force to attack him and interfere with his marching speed.
An Lushan roared: "Don't pay attention! Go ahead and don't slow us down for the sake of this one hundred and eighty person! ”
On the hill not far away, Ge Shuhan looked at An Lushan's 50,000 army, and licked his tongue with some hunger and thirst.
"Jiedu, Li Guangbi seems to be rushing here, as if he wants to take credit from us."
Ge Shuhan couldn't help but frown.