In this way, An Lushan led the army all the way west, and the cities that passed through on the way, except for a few who resisted vigorously, most of the cities opened their doors to welcome them into the city. Ranwen ???. ranen'net even some timid city lords fled in despair.

As a result, in less than ten days, An Lushan's territory had nearly doubled. With the continuous invasion of An Lushan's army, the spearhead of its attack was directed in the direction of Chang'an City. This also made many Tang generals who had planned to wait and see hurriedly jump out to stop An Lushan's continued action.

After all, now An Lushan's army has reached the Central Plains, and if he is allowed to continue attacking, I am afraid it will not take long to reach the foot of Chang'an City. Even if they can't beat An Lushan, they have to fight him. After all, now is the last chance to block An Lushan.

At the same time, the news of An Lushan's large-scale attack on the Central Plains finally reached the ears of Tang Xuanzong.

When Tang Xuanzong heard for the first time that An Lushan had reached the Central Plains, he still didn't believe it, thinking that it was a general who was exaggerating. However, before Tang Xuanzong could reply to the general, the letters submitted from all over the country were also in Tang Xuanzong's hands.

Under the repeated explanations of these many generals, Tang Xuanzong finally believed this fact with a shocked face.

When he came back to his senses from this astonishing fact, Tang Xuanzong was furious, he couldn't have imagined that one of the people he trusted the most would actually mutiny. After a short period of contemplation, Tang Xuanzong said with a gloomy face, "Someone! I want to appoint Lu Yi, the general of Zhenguo, who is also the envoy of Fan Yang and Pinglu Jiedu, and prepare to stop An Lushan's army from advancing westward! At the same time, let King Rong be the marshal, and Gao Xianzhi, the general of the right Jinwu, as the deputy marshal, and lead the army to the east to completely exterminate the traitor An Lushan! ”

When Tang Xuanzong's appointment was issued, Lu Yi, who had already set up a position to confront An Lushan. On the second day, two teams were sent to attack from the flank, apparently to test the situation of An Lushan's military camp.

For Lu Yi's attack, An Lushan's army was very tough, and directly sent a large army to counterattack. However, after driving back the two teams sent by Lu Yi, An Lushan's army did not catch up. And after this battle, Lu Yi also has a little understanding of An Lushan's fighting style.

At the same time, the Eastern Expeditionary Army led by King Rong and General Gao Xianzhi finally arrived in Taiyuan, and captured two large cities very strongly. As for the strong attack of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, An Lushan's army seemed to be no longer afraid of being beaten, and suddenly there was no movement.

However, although An Lushan has no signs of a major battle with the Eastern Expeditionary Army. However, he sent a large number of troops to garrison all the cities on the border, and it was obvious that he intended to adopt a defensive strategy.

Regarding An Lushan's actions, whether it was the two generals of the Eastern Expeditionary Army or Lu Yi, they were very puzzled. It is said that the army of An Lushan, at this time, is at its peak, and it should take the initiative to provoke a big war. However, now it is so weird, which makes them a little incomprehensible.

Although he couldn't understand it, Lu Yi and the Eastern Expeditionary Army took the initiative to attack. It's a pity that because An Lushan has too many troops in these cities, it is difficult for them to capture it in a short time.

In this way, the armies of both sides became stalemate.

However, this stalemate did not last long, and Lu Yi and the others understood why An Lushan suddenly fell silent before.

Their stalemate lasted for about five or six days, and then the Turkic armies in the north invaded without warning. Before the people could recover from the Turkic invasion. The Tibetan army in the west also launched a very fierce attack on several cities on the border of the Tang Dynasty.

Immediately afterwards, the Nanzhao Kingdom in the south also increased its harassment of the Tang border. Although it did not invade as vigorously as the Tibetans and Turks, the harassment of the Nanzhao army also restrained the Tang Dynasty army guarding the south.

The sudden attack of these three parties made Datang panic. Tang Xuanzong in the palace, after hearing the news, his face turned pale in an instant, and he knew very well in his heart that the previous Tang Dynasty already had many hidden dangers. Now there is a situation of internal and external troubles. This made Tang Xuanzong, who had no soldiers available, suddenly lose his mind in his heart.

After learning of Tang Xuanzong's panic, Yang Guozhong hurriedly suggested, "Your Majesty, now that there is a serious shortage of troops in the court, we should seize the time to collect soldiers from various cities, and at the same time urge the army of the Eastern Expedition to defeat An Lushan in a short period of time, and divide the troops to prevent the invasion of Tibet and the Turks."

Tang Xuanzong, who had already had no idea in his heart, hurriedly nodded after hearing Yang Guozhong's idea, and said, "Now I will give an order and let them hurry up and launch an attack." However, for the matter of conscription, the treasury is now empty, and it is difficult to recruit too many troops in a short period of time"

Hearing Tang Xuanzong's worries, he saw that the corners of Yang Guozhong's mouth raised slightly, and he arched his hand and said, "If Your Majesty can trust Weichen, you can hand over the conscription to Weichen."

Hearing that Yang Guozhong took the initiative to take over this matter, Tang Xuanzong thought for a while, then nodded and said, "Since the prime minister has such intentions, I will appoint you as the general of the defense of the country and recruit elite soldiers from all over the country!" ”

After receiving the holy decree of Tang Xuanzong, Yang Guozhong immediately retreated.

When Yang Guozhong walked out of the palace, the smile on the corner of his mouth became more obvious. He never thought that he had not been able to obtain a soldier in his previous efforts, but now because of the invasion of Tibet and the Turks, he actually obtained the right to conscript.

Don't look at this as just a holy decree, it didn't give him a soldier. However, as long as he has this holy decree, he Yang Guozhong can have an army openly. As for the grain, grass, and silver needed for conscription, Yang Guozhong was not worried.

Those big families who took refuge in him before, there were no others, and as for the silver taels and grain and grass, I am afraid they are very abundant. What's more, since their Yang family has risen to the present, they have also accumulated countless fortunes in the past year or so. This made An Lushan not too worried about the materials.

After returning to the Prime Minister's Mansion, Yang Guozhong immediately sent someone to inform the world of the content of the holy decree. And in the name of defending the imperial court and saving the Tang Dynasty, he officially began to recruit troops from all over the country.

During this time, the Tibetan army took the lead in capturing Lanzhou, Ganzhou and other places, and now its army is attacking Liangzhou. Once that area of Liangzhou was captured, the Tibetan army could join the Turkic army, and then unite with An Lushan's army to invade Chang'an City.

(To be continued.) )