After the capture of Puzhou, it is equivalent to blocking the passage to the north of Chang'an, which is still extremely important in terms of strategic significance. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoIt's a pity that the rebels in Chang'an City who couldn't lure them came out to the rescue. But this also shows from another side that the rebels' operational thinking is still very clear, and their purpose is very clear, that is, no matter what turns the world upside down, they just need to stick to Chang'an. They have turned a blind eye to the wanton military operations of the Shence Army in the two directions northwest of Chang'an for more than half a month, and have truly achieved the highest level of watching the enemy if they do not move, and if the enemy moves, I will not move.

Since the main force of the rebels did not move, Wang Yuan did not bother to fight with them. After discussing with Gao Xianzhi, Wang Yuan decided to lead 50,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Puzhou as a rear barrier, and let Gao Xianzhi lead 50,000 soldiers and horses to the north to attack Linzhou. Five days later, Gao Xianzhi occupied Linzhou without much effort. The 10,000 rebels defending the city fled westward in a hurry, and the passage to the surrendered cities in the north and Toyosu was completely opened. In the two border towns, the 20,000 remnants of Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi's soldiers were holding on there. They were cornered on the border, and it was time to rescue them.

On the tenth day of the seventh month, Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi in the area of Chengcheng and Fengzhou received the news that the imperial army had broken Linzhou. The two were overjoyed, and immediately led more than 20,000 remnants of the army from north to south, and successfully joined Gao Xianzhi's army at the foot of the Great Wall in Guannei Province.

Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi have persevered extremely hard in the past few months, and it can almost be said that they are exhausted. Since the fall of Chang'an City in the first month, Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi led less than 50,000 soldiers and horses to retreat to Shuofang. But soon after, the rebel army came to attack, and An Qingxu led 50,000 elite rebels to storm Shuofang, and Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi had to abandon Shuozhou and retreat all the way north. An Qingxu did not give up, and chased after them tightly, until he forced the two of them to the northernmost city of Shuofang and the small city of Fengzhou, the border town, to gain a firm foothold. The rebels did not attack further north, they only stationed their troops in Linzhou to recuperate, blocking the passage of the Shuofang army to the south. Because the rebels also knew that Fengzhou and the surrendered city could not be stationed for a long time, unless there was a supply of grain, grass and materials from the inland state capital. In addition, in order to attack Fengzhou and surrender the city, it was necessary to cross a large area of desert land north of the Great Wall, and the rebels were not willing to take this risk. All of them just tightened their pockets and wanted to trap Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi to death in the area of the surrendered city and Fengzhou.

In fact, the rebels' approach was very effective, and within a few months, the remnants of the Shuofang army were almost exhausted and on the verge of collapse. Before that, they were even ready to venture through the Turkic borders. But it was also an extremely dangerous move. Tens of thousands of Turkic cavalry had long been concerned about the war in the Tang Dynasty, and they patrolled behind the mountains north of the surrendered city. Once the Shuo army crossed the border, they would not hesitate to snipe.

At this critical moment, Gao Xianzhi's army captured Puzhou, and this news was undoubtedly a life-saving straw. The two of them, who were already very suspicious and panicked, sent several times to confirm the matter, and then led the army to leave the two barren small cities and go south with more than 20,000 remnants of the starry night. In the end, in Linzhou, they saw the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty who had been lost for a long time, and finally survived.

A few days later, Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi led more than 20,000 remnants of their army to Puzhou. Wang Yuan personally went out of the city to greet them. When Wang Yuan saw the appearance of Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi and their soldiers and horses. I can't help but be secretly frightened.

For more than half a year, Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi were trapped in the small border towns, worried about the rebel attack and the Turks in the north, which shows how much they have suffered. Especially Li Guangbi, who was originally a personable and handsome person, but now he has a stubbled beard and deep eye sockets, and his whole person is thin and out of shape, and his appearance is extremely decadent.

Guo Ziyi, Wang Yuan and him are actually old people. At the beginning, in order to save Liu Jun and his entourage outside the Boulder Pass, Wang Yuan went to Wang Zhonghe, who was then the envoy of the Hedong Jiedu, for help. On the way, it passed through Tiancheng Military Town on Hedong Road. At that time, this Guo Ziyi was a military envoy of Tiancheng, just a small military envoy. Later, Guo Ziyi also contributed to saving people, and Wang Yuan also dated him a few times. But because of the distance between the two places, the relationship is not good or bad, and there is no friendship, just the maintenance of the old relationship.

Although Guo Ziyi is also dark and thin, and the appearance of the person with thick eyebrows and square face when Wang Yuan saw him is almost different, Guo Ziyi's eyes are still bright and resolute and calm, and he is not as excited as Li Guangbi when he sees Wang Yuan. At that time, he was just a small military envoy in the military town, but now he is the military envoy of Hedong, and he will no longer be Wuxia Ameng.

The appearance of the soldiers and horses under the two of them was even more miserable, all of them had yellow faces and thin muscles, and their armor and clothes were tattered, just like a group of people called Hanako. Seeing this group of soldiers called Huazi standing in the open space in front of the city gate, the soldiers of the Shence Army above and below the city gate all watched silently, showing admiration.

"Two generals, all the soldiers, this has suffered a lot. These six or seven months of sticking to Shuofang can be called a miracle. Admire, admire, admire. Wang Yuan smiled and arched his hand.

Li Guangbi almost burst into tears, returned the salute, and sighed: "Marshal Wang, I finally saw you." Hey, the hardships are nothing, the key is the torment in our hearts, we feel that there is no way out, we all think we are going to die there. There is no contact with the imperial court, only knowing whether there is a response from the messenger sent by His Majesty in Shudi, which is the most tormenting. Finally, I didn't disgrace Your Majesty, and although the situation was difficult, we didn't flinch in the slightest. The rebels wanted to destroy our Shuofang army and occupy our Shuofang land, but they did not succeed completely. ”

Wang Yuan nodded and smiled: "That's true, it's hard." However, the imperial court has received your news, but the reply is afraid that it will be intercepted by the rebels. The last time I went back to Chengdu, His Majesty specially instructed me to come to relieve the siege of the two, but the handsome man was fortunate not to disgrace his life, the two were safe and sound, and the soldiers also escaped safely, which is my luck in the Tang Dynasty. ”

Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi thanked each other, Wang Yuan smiled and waved his hand, and ordered to welcome the Shuofang army into the city. The Shuofang soldiers slowly entered the city, Wang Yuan arranged for a special person to settle them, and specially arranged a place for Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi to live, and then ordered someone to properly settle the 20,000 remnants of the soldiers, and prepare new armor and weapons to re-equip. The main thing is to feed them and nourish their strength. At a glance, you can tell that they have been hungry for many days, otherwise how could they be like that.

That night, Wang Yuan set up a banquet to shock Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi. Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi bathed and washed and changed into new armor, and their hair and beard were also trimmed, and they finally regained some human appearance after that. When the two entered the banquet hall and saw the table full of wine, food and meat, although both of them were steady and reserved people, they couldn't help but have their eyes glowing and their throats rolling. The aroma of wine and food wafted in, and the stomachs of the two of them rumbled, and even everyone present heard it clearly.

Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi are both well-educated people, their stomachs are growling and their saliva can't be stopped, which makes them very embarrassed. However, Wang Yuan was obviously an interesting person, and he didn't engage in some red tape, so he immediately sat them down and said with a smile.

"Eat and eat, my rule here is to eat the food first, then talk. Come on, come on, everyone do it. ”

As soon as they heard that they could start eating, the two of them couldn't care about their image, so they were ready to eat. The bow is open left and right, the mouth is stuffed with meat, the cheeks are bulging, the corners of the mouth are still oily, and the throat is still humming.

Everyone at the banquet looked at the two of them speechlessly, and King Feng Li Heng smiled and said, "How many days have the two generals not eaten meat?" How did it become like this? ”

Li Guangbi, who was busy eating, stretched out four oily fingers.

"Four days? That's it? Li Heng was surprised.

"Lord, it's four months. The ancients didn't know the taste of meat in March, and they hadn't seen a single oil star for four months. Even so, there is not enough food to eat, and you have to resist the rebels to fight, you think, how difficult it must be. Come! Then serve three plates of roast lamb chops, and teach the two generals to eat enough today. Wang Yuan said in a deep voice.