In May of the twelfth year of Bao, Yang Guozhong recruited 10,000 troops in Chang'an and handed them over to his henchmen, Du Qianyun immediately stationed troops in Huazhou to prevent Ge Shuhan from returning to Chang'an, but Du Qianyun was stationed in Tongguan for only three days, and was deceived into Tongguan by Ge Shuhan on the grounds of discussing military affairs, and Du Qianyun's troops were also included in Ge Shuhan's pocket, and the matter was reported to Chang'an, Yang Guozhong was very angry, and immediately impeached Ge Shuhan to Li Longji, saying that he had 300,000 troops in his hands, and he regarded the enemy as weak and did not advance, which was clearly a rebellious heart.

Ge Shuhan wrote at the same time, pointing out that Cui Qianyou lured him with weak soldiers, but the elite soldiers were hidden behind and could not be fooled, but Yang Guozhong laughed at him for holding a sledgehammer but was frightened by the child dancing with a wooden stick, and the 300,000 army was in his hands.

Li Longji said that he ordered Brother Shuhan to go out to fight.

Bian Lingcheng's secret report also arrived, pointing out that Ge Shuhan secretly installed henchmen in the army and excluded dissidents, at this time, Li Longji felt that Ge Shuhan had hidden ambitions, and he finally made up his mind to win five gold medals in a row, and ordered him to go out to meet the enemy.

"The Divine Decree has arrived!"

More than a dozen eunuchs swaggered into the camp of Geshuhan, held a cup of gold medals high, and shouted: "Geshuhan kneels and listens to the holy parable!" ”

Surrounded by a group of generals, Ge Shuhan hurriedly ran over and knelt down to listen to the parable.

"Ordered Cheng Zhenyuan to be the supervising army, and the superintendent brother Shuhan went out to defeat the enemy, if he can't take Luoyang within a month, he will correct the law on the spot!"

"Minister, obey!"

Ge Shuhan sighed, this is already the fifth gold medal. If you resist and disobey the order, I am afraid that your head will fall to the ground.

"Commander, you can't send troops!" Wang Sili said urgently: "The sergeants have not practiced for many years, the military discipline is sloppy, and the combat strength is extremely weak. ”

Wei Boyu next to him also persuaded loudly: "Dashuai, you really can't fight, Tongguan is easy to defend and difficult to attack." 10,000 people can resist the attack of hundreds of thousands of people, and the road east of Tongguan is rugged and narrow, and it is impossible to put up a battlefield for hundreds of thousands of people to fight, even if we have 300,000 people, when we really fight, it is no different from 30,000 people, how can we abandon our own strengths and use our own shortcomings?

The generals here are desperately trying to dissuade Geshuhan. The eunuch Cheng Zhenyuan, who was the leader, sneered, and he invited the sword of the Son of Heaven above to say to Ge Shuhan: "Yang Xiangguo said that your generals only have a handsome in their eyes, and there is no emperor, our family originally didn't believe it, but now seeing is believing, Your Majesty has won five gold medals in a row, and there has never been one." But General Geshu is still disrespectful, it turns out that he is self-respecting and fearless! ”

He suddenly shouted: "Your Majesty has an order, if Brother Shuhan does not send troops within a quarter of an hour of receiving the gold medal, he will correct the law on the spot!" ”

"The king's order is difficult to disobey, so don't persuade you." Ge Shuhan turned around and yelled, "Beat the drums!" ”

At the beginning of June of the twelfth year of Tianbao, Ge Shuhan, under the persecution of Li Longji, led an army of nearly 300,000 to the east to conquer Luoyang. Before leaving, his henchmen took the initiative to ask Ying Yuan to guard the Tong Pass, and Ge Shuhan left 20,000 troops to guard the pass, and ordered the general Wang Sili to lead 50,000 troops as the front army, and ordered the general Pang Zhong to lead 100,000 troops as the rear army, and he himself led more than 100,000 troops to kill in the direction of Shaanxi.

Meantime. Cui Qianyou, the chief general of the rebel army, sent thousands of troops to occupy favorable terrain to intercept them. They were all broken by the Tang army one by one. The rebels suffered heavy casualties, "beheading 5,000 people one after another!" ”

This was the first report sent by Ge Shuhan to the imperial court. Three days later, the Tang army captured the Tianbao Qu Cang important land, defeated the enemy general Tian Qianzhen, obtained hundreds of thousands of stones, Luoyang An Lushan also sent a letter of peace, expressing his willingness to withdraw from Luoyang, begging for a grace period of time for the officers and soldiers, Ge Shuhan then destroyed the book and beheaded the envoys, and ordered the army to march to Shaanzhou quickly, since then the Tang army has been proud day by day.

At the same time when Geshuhan's army came out of Tongguan, more than 20,000 people of the Anxi army quietly approached Fengxiang, the night was dark, most of the defenders on the upper floor of Fengxiang City had fallen asleep, and only a few soldiers on duty were patrolling back and forth with concentration and concentration.

Fengxiang defenders originally had more than 3,000 people, after the defeat of Gao Xianzhi, most of the defenders were drawn to Tongguan to defend against the enemy, the current defenders are only a few hundred, just to check the passes, maintain local security, the symbol is greater than the reality, it is no wonder, since the founding of the Tang Dynasty for a hundred years, Fengxiang has never encountered the enemy, the defenders have changed one after another, and their lives have been dull and dull, no one has ever thought that one day they will come to the city.

However, today's defenders seem to have discovered the situation, a cavalry of about 2,000 people escorted a carriage from afar, hunting by firelight, like a red dragon, as they slowly approached, the soldiers on duty saw clearly, it was the Tang army.

"The city is open, His Royal Highness King Shou is going back to Beijing!" The soldiers of the city approached the gate and shouted.

The officer guarding the city had already been woken up by the soldiers, he scolded and scolded, and rushed to the top of the city tower, and when he heard that the person who came was King Shou, his sleepiness suddenly woke up seven points, that's right! He still remembered that King Shou passed by here a few months ago, went to Longyou to take up his post, by the light of the fire under the city, he held the battlements to carefully identify the prince who had just gotten off the carriage, and several personal attendants escorted the prince to approach the city gate, and the officers in the city saw clearly, it was King Shou himself.

"Open the gates!" Without thinking, he waved his hand, and the gates of the city rumbled open, and two thousand cavalry began to drive into the city, but at this moment, a soldier suddenly pointed ahead and exclaimed: "Look, general! ”

I saw that two miles away, a large black cloud was drifting towards this side, and the banner was also the Tang Army, not to mention more than 20,000 people, the speed was getting faster and faster, and they were getting closer and closer, there were cavalry and infantry, but when they reached a mile, they suddenly stopped, lined up neatly, as if waiting for something.

Just when a group of defenders on the city were staring at the outside of the city in a daze, more than a thousand Anxi troops had quietly entered the city, and the black giant crossbows were aimed at their backs.

After dawn, the Tang army outside the city disappeared, as if nothing had happened, and the city was still guarded by those few hundred people, but there were two more Anxi Tang troops in the city, "King Shou is sick and needs to recuperate in Fengxiang, and the variegated people are all gone."

On this day, Geshuhan's army gradually arrived in Xiyuan, Lingbao County, Shaanzhou, where there were steep mountain cliffs on one side. On the one hand, there is the rushing Yellow River water, the terrain is dangerous, this section is also the last barrier of Luoyang, after this section, the front is the plain area, which is very suitable for hundreds of thousands of troops to fight.

The narrow corridor about a mile wide was crowded with Tang troops from afar, and they could not advance, and in front of them was the main force of An Lushan Mountain, about 10,000 people. Although the number of people is small, the degree of crowding and chaos is far greater than that of the Tang army.

Ge Shuhan led 30,000 people to supervise the battle on the high hill, while the supervising army Cheng Zhenyuan was complacent on the side, and the battle situation of the past ten days can be described by the autumn wind sweeping the leaves. The Tang army has won great victories on the battlefields of Hedong and Hebei

The morale of the army was in turmoil, although there was resistance, but the morale was obviously low, and the battle was defeated, but the team was demoralized because of repeated victories, and even Ge Shuhan couldn't help but feel a little proud.

"Dashuai!" A horse galloped from the foot of the mountain. It is Wei Boyu, the general of the Chinese army, all the way east, he has seen that something is not good, what beheaded 5,000, what defeated Tian Qianzhen, what An Lushan begged for peace, it is clearly a plan to lure the enemy one by one, but the cost of going to the ground is greater, so that the Tang army swallowed the bait and could not extricate himself, An Lushan has been running Hebei for many years. His army is notoriously strong, and it would be so weak and deceitful.

"Dashuai, don't you think it's too easy for us to march?" Wei Boyu saw that Ge Shuhan was contemptuous of the enemy in his eyes, and he hurriedly persuaded: "Dashuai, I have been a general in Hedong for many years, and I have dealt with An Lushan for a long time, and this person is rude on the surface. But the heart is incomparably fine. In particular, there is a very good set of leading soldiers. Not only are the soldiers strong, but they are also full of talents. Tian Qianzhen is both civil and military, and he will never be so bad, as for Cui Qianyou, he is even better at strategy, his defeat of Gao Xianzhi is an example, and his subordinates will never believe that they will be so commonplace. ”

"Shut up!" Cheng Zhenyuan, the overseer next to him, shouted angrily, and he raised the sword of the Son of Heaven above to threaten Wei Boyu and said: "You are a general in the army, seeing that the big war is imminent, you don't want to break the enemy, but you shake the heart of the army here, if you say one more word, I will behead you under the horse." ”

"General, is there room for you as a eunuch to interject?" Wei Boyu was furious, he ignored it, and continued to say to Ge Shuhan: "If the big marshal doesn't believe it, then may I ask where Cui Qianyou's Youzhou Iron Cavalry has gone?" Why don't they show up? ”

Without waiting for Ge Shuhan to answer, Cheng Zhenyuan here was already so angry that his face turned pale, he pointed at Wei Boyu, and shouted: "Someone! Arrest this person for me, and cut him down! ”

Seeing that the situation was not good, Ge Shuhan glared at Wei Boyu with his eyes, and said sharply: "What I said is a military order, there is no room for disobedience, you don't want to go quickly!" ”

Wei Boyu saw that Cheng Zhenyuan was going to kill himself, so he was so angry that he whipped his war horse and galloped down the mountain, but his words made Ge Shuhan slightly sober, he pondered for a while, and ordered: "Don't be busy fighting, listen to my orders." ”

"What? General Geshu, are you going to retreat? Next to him, Cheng Zhenyuan saw that Ge Shuhan was guarding Boyu, and he was extremely dissatisfied, and he smiled and said: "General Geshu, don't look at it, the emperor ordered you to take Luoyang within a month, it's been ten days, but you haven't even arrived in Shaanzhou, and when your head hits the ground, don't blame me for not reminding you." ”

"This. Ge Shuhan hesitated again, the emperor issued a strict order, and sent the prison army with the sword of the Son of Heaven beside him, clearly to kill him on the spot, and not give him a chance to return to Beijing to defend himself.

In desperation, he had to order: "The front army is attacking!" ”

Wang Sili's army, which was already eager to try, as soon as he received the order, the 50,000 army rushed like a tide, and went straight to the An Lushan army to kill, and before the Tang army arrived, the rebels were in chaos, and more than 10,000 people turned around and fled, throwing away their armor and being extremely embarrassed.

Ge Shuhan was overjoyed and immediately ordered, "The whole army is on the line and rushes into the plain with all one blow." ”

"Boom! Boom! Boom! "The dense offensive drums sounded earth-shatteringly, and more than 200,000 Tang troops burst out with a shout, as if the earth shook the mountains, chasing along the route of the rebels' escape, gradually, the road became narrower and narrower, and the Tang army ranks were also getting thinner and longer, at this moment, Ge Shuhan suddenly heard a low shout, and the front suddenly brightened, and he saw it, and suddenly a big flag fluttered on the mountain, and hundreds of large fireballs with a diameter of about thirty zhang were ignited, like a burning hill, slowly and frighteningly rolling towards the Tang army on the road, and suddenly, there was a cry, Wailing erupted, countless burning soldiers were running backwards, some fell headlong after running a dozen steps, some were pushed and fell into the Yellow River, and more Tang troops did not run back.

Ge Shuhan's scalp exploded for a while, and now he finally realized that he had been tricked, and Cheng Zhenyuan next to him was also so shocked that his face turned pale, and a panic flashed in his eyes, standing there in a daze, there was nothing to be done.

But at this moment, a fast horse came from behind, "Dashuai! Big things are not good! The messenger's face was full of horror, he almost climbed off the horse, and said with a cry: "The rebel general Sun Xiaozhe led 5,000 men to attack Tongguan by taking the path, and surrendered to Guiren Pass, Tongguan and Tongguan were lost!" ”

Ge Shuhan's eyes were dark, his body shook, he fainted to the ground, the soldiers on both sides hugged him, and it was easy to wake him up, Ge Shuhan woke up slowly, Cheng Zhenyuan almost cried and shook his arm, "Dashuai, you quickly find a way!" Tongguan is lost, and Chang'an is finished. ”

"Pass my order, the army will immediately turn around, drive back to Tongguan within three days, and recapture it!"

At this time, Wang Sili's front army was already in a state of madness, the ground was full of charred corpses, the stench was stinking, the corpses even blocked the road, so that the undead Tang army could not withdraw, and the rolling logs and stones on the mountain fell like raindrops, poor Tang troops had no way to escape, crying all over the field, jumping into the Yellow River, and the general Wang Sili had already died.

Despite this, the Chinese army and the rear army did not care about them, and fled back as fast as possible, and the rules that the scouts explored the road first were not needed, and the more than 200,000 Tang troops staged a farce of a big rout, but they did not know that the most elite 30,000 Youzhou iron cavalry in An Lushan had already rounded back to their front, led by Cui Qianyou himself, quietly waiting for the arrival of the defeated Tang army.

In June of the twelfth year of Tianbao, the Tang army left Tongguan and took the initiative to attack, but fell into Cui Qianyou's lure strategy, transferred 300,000 Tang troops from Tongguan, and sent his subordinate Sun Xiaozhe to attack Tongguan.

The Tang army had no intention of fighting, and then retreated to Tongguan, but was ambushed by Cui Qianyou all the way, the Tang army suffered heavy casualties, and finally on the side of the Tianbao Canal, nearly 200,000 Tang troops were defeated by 30,000 Youzhou iron cavalry, so far, 300,000 Tang troops were almost wiped out, the commander Ge Shuhan was captured, and the prison army Cheng Zhenyuan was killed by the angry general Wei Boyu himself, and finally Wei Boyu led 8,000 surviving Tang troops to cross the Yellow River and fled to the east of the river.

Tongguan was lost, the Tang army was annihilated, there was no soldier to resist in Guanzhong, in mid-June, Cui Qianyou personally commanded the army to Chang'an, seeing that the wind and clouds changed color, and the mountains and rivers of the Tang Dynasty would fall, but at this moment, a situation that no one could have imagined happened.