The news of Hangu Pass's surrender without a fight soon swept the Central Plains, and An Qingxu in Bianzhou was shocked to fall to the ground after learning about it. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

After the fall of Hangu Pass, leading to Luoyang a horse Pingchuan, Luoyang is equal to no danger to defend, if the noble and Sun Xiaozhe who stayed in Luoyang can hold on, Luoyang Jiancheng can still hold for a period of time, but the stick will inevitably be surrounded, and it is still a dead end to hold until the end, and it is impossible to hold without the determination to fight to the end.

In view of this, the ministers and generals of Yan Zhuang Yanguo in Bianzhou immediately crossed the river with An Qingxu to the north and fled in the direction of Xiangzhou, and there were still 150,000 troops in Bianzhou, but when they arrived in Xiangzhou, only 70,000 or 80,000 remained, and the rest fled on the way, and even some generals fled with formed troops.

Hangu Pass is not very far from Mengjin and Ruzhou, and the news of the fall of Hangu Pass reached Mengjin Port and Ruzhou as soon as possible.

At this time, Lu Jiong was leading the Nanyang army to the north and approaching Ruzhou, and the Yan army generals stationed in Ruzhou, An Shouzhong and Tian Qianzhen and others were preparing to strengthen the city defense and strictly defend it, but after the news of the fall of Hangu Pass, An Shouzhong and Tian Qianzhen and others felt that the sky was about to fall, once Zhao Ziliang's main force of the Tang army besieged Luoyang and attacked Ruzhou in the south, Ruzhou would be attacked by the north and south, and even an iron bucket would be flattened.

For example, An Shouzhong and Tian Qianzhen, who caused trouble on the ants, quickly met in the Taishou Mansion in Ruzhou, and the two discussed for a long time, feeling that Ruzhou could not be defended, and if they wanted to defend it, they would die without a place to be buried, although An Shouzhong and Tian Qianzhen were loyal to An Lushan and his son, but at this time they couldn't care so much, and the two immediately decided to withdraw with their troops.

So where to retreat? Evacuate to Luoyang? An Shouzhong felt that it was not very safe, Hangu Pass was broken, and the Tang army could go straight to Luoyang, and at this time, leading the troops to Luoyang would inevitably be blocked by the Tang army in Luoyang City, and the two of them decided to retreat to Xingyang.

There is Bishui Pass in the northwest of Xingyang, with Bishui Pass can resist the Tang army for a period of time, An Shouzhong and Tian Qianzhen two people plan very well, immediately hit it off, the next day the two led troops to evacuate Ruzhou, marching to Xingyang, after the Yan army withdrew, Ruzhou became an empty city.

On the eighth day of the fifth month, the vanguard of the Nanyang army 2,000 cavalry stationed in Ruzhou, Ruzhou turned out to be an empty city The news made Lu Jiong and others very excited, which shows that the rebels have become frightened birds, and even have no confidence in defending the city, and the end of An Qingxu is not far away!

However, on the way to Luoyang, he heard a report from Tanma that the Tang army had marched from Hangu Pass to Luoyang, and the marching speed was extremely fast, and he must meet the Tang army commanded by Zhao Ziliang after learning that Hangu Pass was broken.

At this time, Luoyang was already panicked, and many soldiers of the Yan army who stayed in Luoyang fled, and the fleeing soldiers looted inside and outside the city.

The news of Zhao Ziliang's troops entering Luoyang had already spread, and although the remaining Gao Shang, An Taiqing, Sun Xiaozhe, Li Qincuo, Li Lijie and others arranged the city defense matters, the lower-level generals had no intention of resisting the Tang army, and the city defense was full of loopholes.

On the eighth day of the fifth month, it was nightfall.

Gao Shang sent someone to inform An Taiqing and others to discuss the defense of the city wall in Luoyang County, and An Taiqing and others rushed over quickly after receiving the notice, but at this time, the expressions of these people were no longer as calm as before, and they were all panicked and worried.

Gao Shan looked at a few people and said: "Generals, now the Tang army is already on the way to Luoyang, the situation is critical, but now the city defense is full of loopholes, the soldiers have fled and endangered the people in the city, there is no order in the city, Your Majesty entrusted Luoyang to me is to fully trust us, I am a civilian official, do not use military affairs, so this city defense matter still depends on the generals, I don't know what suggestions the generals have on how to strengthen the city defense?" ”

Several people looked at each other, and Sun Xiaozhe said to Gao Shang: "Gao Xiang, now that the Tang army is pressing the border, I heard that An Shouzhong and Tian Qianzhen, who are stationed in Ruzhou in the south, have led their troops to retreat to Xingyang, and Niu Tingjie, who is stationed in Mengjin, is also faster than a rabbit, and he also led his troops to Xingyang, Luoyang is now a lonely city!" As soon as the Tang Army Brigade arrives, Luoyang will inevitably be besieged on all sides, and we will die without a place to bury at that time! ”

Gao Shang's face was very bad, and he stared at Sun Xiaozhe and asked, "Then with General Sun's intentions, what should we do?" Open the city gate and surrender to the Tang army? ”

Sun Xiaozhe saw the murderous aura on his noble face, and immediately panicked, and hurriedly said: "No, no, no, Gao Xiang misunderstood what I meant, I, Sun Xiaozhe, have been appreciated and promoted by the emperor and His Majesty all my life, how can I betray Dayan and surrender to the Tang Army?" I mean Luoyang is no longer defensible, and it will inevitably burn the jade and stones, I suggest immediately retreating to Xingyang, Xingyang has the Bishui Pass as a barrier, and the Tang army is not easy to break, and when we get to Xingyang, we will find a way to counterattack the Tang army, and with the prestige of Gao Xiang, who dares not to listen to Gao Xiang in Xingyang? ”

After listening to Sun Xiaozhe's suggestion, Gao Shang did not respond, but looked at An Taiqing and asked, "General An, what do you mean?" ”

An Taiqing is the younger brother of An Lushan, and can be said to be the imperial relative of the Great Yan Dynasty, and the withdrawal from Luoyang is indeed suspected of fleeing without a fight, and he is really embarrassed to echo Sun Xiaozhe's suggestion, but let him stick to Luoyang, and he does not have the courage to face this mortal situation.

After hesitating for a moment, An Taiqing still said: "Since Your Majesty has appointed Gao Xiang to handle Luoyang affairs with full authority, I still listen to Gao Xiang, Gao Xiang said to stick to it, I will stick to it, Gao Xiang said to retreat from Xingyang, and I will follow it!" ”

This son of a shrewd listener! Gao Shang couldn't help but curse in his heart, looked at Li Qincao and Li Lijie again, and asked, "Two General Li, what do you think should be done?" ”

Li Qincuo and Li Lijie are military generals, and they have no culture and foresight, if the situation is complicated today, the two of them can't decide whether to continue to follow An Qingxu or surrender to the Tang Army, they want to surrender to the Tang Army, but they don't know what these people really think, worried that these people will attack them, the two glanced at each other, Li Qincao said: "We all listen to Gao Xiang!" ”

Gotcha, the ball was kicked back again, Gao Shang looked at the panicked and worried looks on the faces of several people, knowing that these people were already afraid of the upcoming brigade Tang Jun, he weighed it in his heart for a moment, and then asked everyone: "Your Majesty entrusted Luoyang to me, but now Luoyang has become like this, I feel guilty!" The soldiers have no intention of fighting, and they can't hold it anymore, plus the barrier in Luoyang has been broken, and there is no need to defend! Hey・・・・・ generals really listen to me? ”

The intention of these words was already obvious, and An Taiqing immediately said: "Of course, Gao Xiang is personally appointed by His Majesty to stay in Luoyang, and he is in the phase, who will I listen to if I don't listen to Gao Xiang?" If anyone opposes Gao Xiang's decision, I, An Taiqing, will never agree! ”

Several other people also hurriedly echoed: "Yes, we all listen to Gao Xiang!" ”

Gao Shang nodded and said: "Okay, I decided to withdraw to Xingyang immediately, at this time the Tang army is only afraid that it is not far from Luoyang, I am worried that the night is long and the dream is too much, we set off overnight, only bring gold and silver and some grain, and do not bring anything else, bring too much and go fast, and it is easy to be caught up by the Tang army, what do you think of the generals?" ”

Everyone hurriedly said: "Very good, just do it according to the will of the high minister!" ”

Gao Shang stood up and immediately said: "In this case, the generals go back to prepare, and we will meet at the East City Gate in two hours, and the generals must gather their troops and horses quickly, and they must not delay for too long!" ”

"Understood!"

It is not far from Hangu Pass on the east side of Xin'an Yi to Luoyang, if it is cavalry, if the marching speed is fast enough, it can be reached in one morning, but Zhao Ziliang did not order to quickly approach Luoyang, nor did he send cavalry vanguards, but slowly approached Luoyang with an army of more than 100,000 troops, the purpose is to cause psychological pressure on the rebels in Luoyang, forcing them to flee without a fight, so that the Tang army can capture Luoyang without blood, and many buildings in Luoyang can be saved from being destroyed.

"Report - Marshal Qiqi, the rebels guarding Luoyang have withdrawn to the direction of Xingyang, and Luoyang has become an empty city at this time!" Together, they galloped into the camp and reported to Zhao Ziliang.

The army was camping in the wilderness at this time, and after Zhao Ziliang heard the report of the detective horse, he immediately recruited Bai Xiaode and ordered him to let five thousand elite horsemen quickly enter Luoyang City to maintain order in the city and prevent the crumbs from taking advantage of the fire to rob. After receiving the order, Bai Xiaode immediately led his troops to march to Luoyang overnight.

If a town does not have the power to maintain order to deter, the evil forces hidden in the dark corners on weekdays will jump out to endanger the people and social order, Bai Xiaode led five thousand elite horsemen to Luoyang when it was late at night, and Gao Shang and others had just evacuated Luoyang with the Yan army for only one hour.

In this interval of one hour, there were a large number of ruffians in the city who took advantage of the fire to rob and loot, and the jailers in Luoyang Prison were already panicked, and there was no one to guard the prison, and some people even took advantage of the chaos to release the prisoners in the prison, and some death row prisoners were released in the city after being released, killing people and setting fires, robbing property, and raping women.

Fortunately, Bai Xiaode led the troops quickly, and a large force of cavalry entered the city, and killed the gangsters, ruffians and prisoners who burned and killed the captives, and after killing a group of people, these people began to flee and hide, but they were soon searched.

In the early morning of the ninth day of the fifth month, Luoyang City, which had been noisy all night, finally quieted down, and the sky was bright, but the streets in the city were empty except for the patrolling Tang cavalry, and the people in the city were all confined to their doors, lest the soldiers enter and do bad things.

In the morning, Zhao Ziliang's army arrived in Luoyang, settled in Luoyang County, set up the marshal's mansion here, and ordered a team of 10,000 infantry to be stationed, patrolled and maintained order in the city, and the other troops were all withdrawn to the east city gate to station, and at the same time sent people to the streets to beat gongs and drums, and post notices to reassure the people.

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