Zhao Ziliang's re-taking of military power greatly boosted the morale of the Tang army, and even the Tang army generals and sergeants in Huainan, Huaixi, Hedong, Shuofang and other places were greatly encouraged, this is the role of a commander with high prestige and the trust of the army soldiers, in the solemn words of the prime minister of Yan State, Zhao Ziliang alone can reach 300,000 troops!

The return of Zhao Ziliang greatly boosted the morale of the Tang army and greatly encouraged it, but it greatly frightened the Yan army, and the front-line rebels bordering Hangu Pass began to fully shrink the defensive line, using the winter truce to strengthen the city walls, the fortifications of the pass, and reserve more supplies. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Xiangzhou.

An Qingxu, who learned that Zhao Ziliang had re-emerged from the mountain to take over the military power, immediately sent someone to find Yan Zhuang and asked, "Yan Xiang, aren't you looking for someone to kill Zhao Ziliang?" Why did he reappear at Hangu Pass and take over the military again? ”

Yan Zhuang arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, Wechen did find the best assassin to assassinate Zhao Ziliang, but Zhao Ziliang himself is strong in martial arts, and he has a large number of personal guards around him, it is difficult to succeed, Wechen sent several waves of people, either they were found out before they started the assassination, or they were killed on the spot during the assassination, and the old minister had no choice!" ”

An Qingxu said with a frightened face: "Now that Zhao Ziliang has taken over the military power again, the morale of the Tang army in various places has been greatly boosted, and the soldiers of our Yan army have been greatly shocked and their morale has plummeted, how should this be good?" ”

Yan Zhuang was also extremely worried, and after thinking for a long time, he had to say to An Qingxu: "Your Majesty, for today's plan, only three things can be carried out at the same time to deal with the attack of the Tang army: first, continue to find assassins to assassinate Zhao Ziliang; Second, use the trick to buy off the important ministers of the Chang'an court, especially those political enemies of Zhao Ziliang, and let them slander in front of Li Longji's old guy, if this strategy can be implemented successfully, we don't have to deal with Zhao Ziliang ourselves, and Chang'an will not let him go! Thirdly, rearmament for war! Now there are more than 400,000 troops on the front line of Luoyang, more than four times that of the Tang army, even if they can't defeat Zhao Ziliang's 110,000 horses in a frontal field battle, can't they still hold it? As long as we can hold the first line of Luoyang, our side and Shi Siming and Cai Xide will concentrate their forces to take Hedong and Huaizhou first, and then raise troops to the south to concentrate their forces against Zhao Ziliang after Dingding is in the north! ”

An Qingxu himself is cowardly by nature, and he was completely pushed to the throne by Yan Zhuang and others, and at this time he had no idea at all, Yan Zhuang said whatever he wanted, and immediately agreed: "Okay, Yan Xiang is my dependence, and he is the Optimus Prime of the Great Yan Kingdom, who else can I trust if I don't believe Yan Xiang?" In this case, Yan Xiang will go and arrange it! ”

Yan Zhuang smiled and arched his hand: "Obey the order, the old minister retires!" ”

An Qingxu and Yan Zhuang's plan is still good, using the superior forces of the first line of Luoyang to defend, blocking the attack of Zhao Ziliang's 110,000 elite soldiers, and then concentrating superior forces in the north to attack Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi, which are relatively weak in the Tang army, and then raising troops to the south after taking Hedong, and attacking Zhao Ziliang's troops with the Yan army on the first line of Luoyang, this deployment seems to be feasible from the overall strategic point of view, but it does not conform to the actual situation.

Why is it not true? The actual situation is that after Zhao Ziliang regained the military power, the morale of the Yan army in various places plummeted, especially in the first line of Luoyang, and now the Yan army on the first line of Luoyang is dominated by Gao Shang and Yin Ziqi, Gao Shang is the prime minister of Yan State, and there is a group of generals following him, such as An Taiqing, An Shouzhong, Tian Qianzhen, Niu Tingjie, Sun Xiaozhe and other generals, with 120,000 soldiers and horses, and Yin Ziqi has nearly 300,000 horses in his hands, although they are not all elite soldiers, but they are more powerful.

In terms of overall strength, the strength of the Yan army is much more than that of the Tang army, but the soldiers are not good and the generals are not brave, originally from the perspective of war, the attacking side should always be the side with the advantage of troops, unless the gap between the combat effectiveness of the two sides is too large, and the side with strong combat effectiveness has fewer troops, but can attack the side with more troops and weak combat effectiveness.

The Yan army could have used its absolute superiority in strength to attack the Tang army, but if it chose to defend, it gave up the initiative, and its morale was low.

An Qingxu and Yan Zhuang miscalculated the combat effectiveness and will to resist of their own army, and on the premise of not occupying the name of righteousness, how difficult it was to make the army desperately resist, no one could do this, even a commander like Zhao Ziliang could not do it. In addition, An Qingxu and Yan Zhuang also miscalculated the unity of the generals of the Yan Army on the front line in Luoyang, and now in this situation, the generals of the Yan Army all over the country have basically supported the army and respected themselves, the weaker the power of the Great Yan Dynasty, the more these generals who support the army and respect themselves consider themselves, because they all know that in this troubled era, only with soldiers in their hands can they be safe, wealthy, and live a good life, even if they want to surrender to the Tang Army, the more soldiers in their hands, the more capital they have to talk to the Tang Army about the conditions, no soldiers have no power and can only be slaughtered by others!

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Luoyang, the government office.

The hall was full of officials and generals, Gao Shang stayed in Luoyang as an appointment by An Qingxu, and was the prime minister, so he sat on the main seat as a matter of course, Yin Ziqi sat first under him, and others such as An Shouzhong, An Taiqing, Tian Qianzhen, Sun Xiaozhe, Niu Tingjie and others sat in order according to the size of the official position and the number of troops.

Gao Shang looked at the people: "Everyone, the emperor has sent a decree from Xiangzhou, let us defend the line of Luoyang, the emperor will concentrate forces with Shi Siming, Cai Xide and others to seize Hedong, and then raise troops to the south to attack Zhao Ziliang with us, take a look!" ”

Sun Xiaozhe sneered: "What a joke, now we have more than 400,000 troops on the front line of Luoyang, and Zhao Ziliang only has 110,000 troops in his hands, and the Tang army is now cowering on the front line of Hangu Pass, how can we let us defend it and wait for the Tang army to come out of the pass to fight us?" Why can't we take the initiative to attack the Tang Army? ”

Gao Shang said with a smile: "Since General Sun said so, why don't General Sun take the people of the headquarters to fight Hangu Pass?" ”

"Uh・・・・・・・" Sun Xiaozhe was embarrassed for a while, and scolded in his heart, what's the matter, you should be stupid, let me go to beat Zhao Ziliang alone, you people sit in the back and watch the excitement, Lao Tzu is not so stupid! Lao Tzu is just 20,000 people, what should I do if I run out?

Sun Xiaozhe didn't care about his face, and said directly: "Aren't we discussing what to do here?" I also said it casually, if Gao Xiang thinks what I said is wrong, just as I didn't say it! ”

"No, no, no!" Gao Shang waved his hand and said: "I didn't say that General Sun was wrong, what do you generals think of General Sun's suggestion?" Let's raise troops together to attack the Tang army on the front line of Hangu Pass? ”

After hearing this, Niu Tingjie hesitated and said: "This is not good, Your Majesty let us defend to the death, if we take the initiative to attack, not only will it go against Your Majesty's will, but it may also disrupt the overall strategy of Your Majesty and the imperial court, and it will not be good to cause serious consequences!" ”

Gao Shang looked at Yin Ziqi and asked, "General Yin, what do you see?" ”

Yin Ziqi's official position here is not the highest, An Taiqing, An Shouzhong and others are higher than him, but he has the most soldiers in his hands, and only he has the strongest record, and no one here dares to despise him.

Yin Ziqi is actually very sad, he is a very sober person, and he also has a lot of military talent, but he is also a very loyal person, he understands very well that Dayan is in a weak position now, although there are many troops, but they are all some rabble, the general trend of the world is not in Dayan, no matter how hard you try, it is just a flash in the pan.

The more than 400,000 troops look quite scary, but Yin Ziqi knows very well that as long as Zhao Ziliang's army comes out of Hangu Pass, the more than 400,000 troops will inevitably be wiped out, because the soldiers of the Yan army are naturally timid when they see the soldiers of the Tang Army, this is not a problem of combat strength, but a problem of people's will and the general trend!

The relationship between Tang Jun and Yan Jun is like the relationship between the fast catcher and the robber, how can the robber not be afraid when he sees the fast catch? How dare a robber fight with all his might? Unless you're sick soon!

The Tang army was originally just a group of sheep, while the Yan army was a group of wolves, but the Tang army had a character like Zhao Ziliang in command, so it immediately changed from a group of sheep to a group of lions.

The natural loyalty brought sorrow to Yin Ziqi, he was not wrong, the fault was that he was a subordinate of An Lushan! He must do everything in his power to shed the last drop of blood for the Ahn dynasty!

Yin Ziqi didn't have any joking expression at this time, he said seriously: "If you have to choose, I would rather take the initiative to attack, so that the initiative is at least in our hands, if you choose to defend passively, although we have a lot of troops, but we will definitely be eaten by the Tang Army one by one, you should all know very well that with our current situation, once we choose to divide the ground to defend, the soldiers will inevitably be discouraged, and no matter how strong the city is, there will be a time when it is breached, and we will not be able to replenish the troops according to the city. And the Tang army can besiege and attack the city outside the city, and it can also replenish troops at any time, and the advantage of troops is afraid that it will be lost soon! Just now, General Sun expressed his willingness to take the initiative to attack, count me in, is there anyone else who chooses to take the initiative to attack? ”

After Yin Ziqi finished speaking, he looked at An Taiqing, An Shouzhong, Niu Tingjie and others.

At this time, Gao Shang said: "I support General Yin's decision, if we take the initiative to attack, even if we can't defeat Hangu Pass, we can still choose to retreat and escape, but if we defend passively, once we are surrounded, and others do not come to the rescue, I am afraid that we will die!" General Niu, are you willing to be trapped and die in the city? ”

"This ・・・・・・" Niu Tingjie rolled his eyes and said, "I think about the same as General Yin, but isn't it against His Majesty's will to take the initiative to attack?" What if the court investigates it in the future? ”

Gao Shang glanced at An Shouzhong and An Taiqing and said: "As the so-called general is not subject to the order of the monarch outside, Your Majesty is in Xiangzhou, how can you know about the situation in Luoyang?" Even if you defend the city according to your will, can you really guarantee that you will be able to defend it? If you can't hold it, Your Majesty won't hold you accountable for losing your city and land in the future? ”

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Not only Niu Tingjie, but even An Shouzhong and An Taiqing and others began to waver, to be honest, they really didn't have the confidence to be able to hold it, if they could hold it, they wouldn't have withdrawn from Luoyang before, and they still have to wait until now?

After weighing it for a long time, Niu Tingjie finally gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I also agree to take the initiative to send troops to attack the Tang Army!" ”

After Niu Ting's steps, several other generals also expressed their support, and in the end, An Shouzhong and An Taiqing were isolated, the two glanced at each other, and had to agree to send troops together.

After everyone discussed and bargained, it was decided that Yin Ziqi would be the chief general of the army, An Shouzhong and An Taiqing would be the deputies, and the troops would be dispatched after the spring of next year. Gao Shang stayed in Luoyang City, and each department sent some troops, a total of 20,000 people were gathered by Gao Shang to stay in Luoyang City to strengthen the city fortifications. (To be continued.) )