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What Yang Xi didn't know was that when he commanded his men and horses to prepare for a sneak attack on Sun Xiaozhe's rebels, Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi's troops had also quickly attacked under Fanyang City. Because Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi's troops sent troops from Changshan and did not make a big move, the rebels did not know in advance, they were invincible all the way, and did not encounter any major resistance. After receiving Guo Ziyi's secret order, more than 20,000 people from Andong's Dadu Protectorate, also under the leadership of Dadu Protector King Xuanzhi, attacked Fanyang from the east.

There are more than 30,000 defenders in Fanyang City, and there are also many defenders in some nearby counties, but compared with the nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses under Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi and the 20,000 horses in Andong Daduhufu, they are at an absolute disadvantage in terms of troops. Most of the men and horses led by Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi were composed of the warlike Anxi army and Shuofang army, and their combat effectiveness was no worse than that of the rebels, and the situation was unfavorable to the rebels defending the city at the beginning of the war.

After Fan Yang's defenders knew that the Tang army had suddenly attacked Fan Yang, they immediately asked An Lushan in Luoyang for help. An Lushan was shocked when he heard this, and immediately led Shi Siming, Cai Xide, and Gao Xiuyanbu, who had already traveled to Changshan, to turn around, ask for help from Fan Yang, and find an opportunity to fight a decisive battle with Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi.

After Shi Siming, Cai Xide, and Gao Xiuyan received An Lushan's order, they were shocked and did not dare to have any delay, and immediately led the army eastward to rescue Fan Yang. Of the 180,000 horses, 100,000 were led by Shi Siming and Cai Xide, who rode forward lightly and threw all the baggage to the rear army Gao Xiuyanbu, just to ensure the speed of travel, so as not to lose the rescue of Fan Yang.

At this time, An Lushan was a bit like an ant on the hot nest, unable to sit still anymore, and was not interested in listening to songs and dancing there. Drunk and dreamed of dying, and successively convened his subordinate "important ministers" to discuss the military situation and discuss countermeasures.

After Shi Siming, Cai Xide, and Gao Xiuyan rescued Fan Yang, An Lushan still did not have a sense of security, he knew that the situation in the north was very unfavorable to the "Great Yan", and there were more and more forces to resist the "Great Yan" in various places, and Shi Siming and Cai Xide's troops after the division of troops may not be able to resist the attack of the Tang army, and he was also ready to transfer men and horses from Sun Xiaozhe's department in the west to strengthen the forces in the north.

According to his estimates. Yang Xi's troops of the Tang army would not take the initiative to attack Sun Xiaozhe, but held on to the "Dayan" army with tired tactics, Yang Xi just wanted to drag Sun Xiaozhe's troops and prevent him from worrying about boldly attacking Shaanxi County, and he did not expect to fight in Shaanxi County.

Yang Xi's strategy also exposed a "fatal" weakness of the Tang army, that is, in terms of active offensive ability and field combat ability below, it could not be compared with the "Great Yan" army, Yang Xi just wanted to exchange time for space, and held the "Great Yan" army with such tactics. In the confrontation, he slowly improved his combat power through training, and then looked for opportunities to fight against the "Dayan" army.

An Lushan and his subordinates all thought so, and the current Yang Xi did not have the courage to move his army and attack Sun Xiaozhe's troops and Luoyang.

This is also the main reason why An Lushan ordered Sun Xiaozhe to take the initiative to attack Shaanxi County desperately. He didn't want to give Yang Xi any more time, lest he train an army with outstanding combat power. But now the situation is different, since the Tang army in Shaanxi County did not dare to take the initiative to attack, An Lushan immediately made up his mind. stopped the plan to order Sun Xiaozhe to attack Shaanxi County, and prepared to send Yin Ziqi's troops north to support Shi Siming, Cai Xide, and Gao Xiuyan, so as not to lose Fan Yang. He also prepared to make the men and horses led by Sun Xiaozhe also retreat two hundred miles, stationed in the west of Luoyang, and take a defensive position on the whole line.

Who knows, after he discussed and worked out this arrangement with his ministers, the order had not yet been issued, but he received a military report that Sun Xiaozhe's department had suffered a devastating blow from the Tang army's Yang Xi department. Nearly 200,000 people were annihilated by Yang Xi's troops, and less than 50,000 were lucky enough to escape, which almost destroyed An Lushan's hopes and almost made him collapse. Only then did he understand that Yang Xi's tactics of delaying were not to train his subordinates, nor was he deliberately delaying time, everything Yang Xi did was to paralyze the opponent and make Sun Xiaozhe not to be on guard, and even sent an elite squad to attack and kill Sun Xiaozhe for a long time The act of sending scouts to kill Sun Xiaozhe was for this purpose, that is, to make Sun Xiaozhe slowly lose his vigilance, and then throw a punch violently to give Sun Xiaozhe a fatal blow. Sadly, Yang Xi's strategy was successful, and Sun Xiaozhe was hit so hard that even he himself died in the chaos.

An Lushan felt a great shame, he had never fought such a battle in his life, and he was furious.

Yan Zhuang, the "Zhongshu Shilang" who reported the military situation to him, was once again heavily blamed by him, and was beaten with a butt board, even An Qingxu's plea was useless, and the eunuch Li Zhu'er who served beside him was almost beaten to death with his buttocks, and two palace maids who had served were directly beaten to death by him with a cane, one of whom was pregnant. The "prince" An Qingxu, when he was comforting An Lushan, was also scolded fiercely and almost scolded with a cane. For a while, the people in Luoyang Palace were panicked, and no one knew who their "Great Yan Emperor" would punish next, and whether he would be the next unlucky person.

An Lushan's anger is nowhere to vent, and if anyone doesn't know how to annoy him, he is likely to end up in a different place.

And the bad news came again and again, and Fan Yang's military reports were sent again and again, saying that the Tang army had begun a large-scale siege of the city, and the soldiers defending the city had suffered heavy casualties, and they were almost unable to withstand it.

Now that the Tang Army has not completely cut off the post road from Fan Yang to Luoyang, the urgent Wen Army can still send it, and An Lushan also knows that if he can't receive Fan Yang's emergency documents, then everything may be over.

Although An Lushan's ambition has been worn out for more than a year after more than a year of being the emperor, he is still relatively sensitive to crises, and even in a violent situation, he knows to take urgent countermeasures. An Lushan believes that Yang Xi must have also received the news about the war situation in the north, and will definitely take countermeasures, if Yang Xi has a strategic mind, his troops will definitely take advantage of the great victory to attack Luoyang with the ass of the rout. If you don't take precautions, then Luoyang is likely to be in danger immediately.

An Lushan, who was anxious, also immediately summoned his "important ministers" to discuss countermeasures.

After smashing a piece of jade case on the main hall with a "bang", An Lushan roared angrily: "Sun Xiaozhe's 190,000 horses were wiped out by Yang Xi's troops in just one night, Tian Qianzhen and Yin Ziqi only led less than 30,000 remnants of the army to flee back, and the Dayan army has never suffered such a defeat since it started its army, and now even Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi are about to break through Fan Yang, you talk to me, how do I deal with it!"

His Royal Highness's ordinary "Great Yan" important ministers were all frightened, and they did not dare to stand up and express their opinions when An Lushan was angry.

Seeing that no one dared to stand up and answer his question, An Lushan's anger in his heart became even greater, and his eyes, which were not very good, swept over His Highness's ministers one by one. Although His Royal Highness's ministers knew that An Lushan might not be able to see who they were, when they felt An Lushan's eyes fall on them, they still felt a chill in their hearts, and they couldn't help but shrink their heads again.

"Where is the solemnity and nobility of the Chinese scholar?" An Lushan was frightened by the fear of the ministers, and suddenly shouted.

After the last beating, Yan Zhuang, whose butt was not all right, was taken aback, and hurriedly walked out of the train to answer the order, but because he walked too fast, he pulled the wound on his buttocks that had just healed again, and he almost cried out in pain. But he didn't dare to say anything, and still quickly walked up to the hall and prostrated himself in front of An Lushan. Gao Shang, who was also taken aback, also stepped forward like Yan Zhuang and knelt on the ground.

"Your Majesty, the minister is here!" The two important ministers of "Dayan" made trembling voices one after another.

"I ask you, what is the best way for me to deal with the current situation?"

Yan Zhuang and Gao Shang glanced at each other, but they didn't dare to say anything.

A few days ago, when Yan Zhuang reported the battle report to An Lushan, and proposed that Shi Siming should be ordered to divide his troops to return to Luoyang, he annoyed An Lushan, and was heavily blamed.

They were afraid that they would say the wrong thing, or that what they said was not in line with An Lushan's wishes, and they would be beaten again. No matter how beaten you are, it is possible that your life will not be guaranteed.

"Why don't you answer my question?" An Lushan's more and more annoyed voice came.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that now Luoyang is the foundation of my Dayan, and General Shi, General Cai and General Gao should be ordered to return to Luoyang," finally Gao Shang replied stubbornly, "Your Majesty is still in Luoyang, and the places where Luoyang is located are all rich places, as long as Luoyang is not lost, the Tang Army still can't help my Dayan." Therefore, the minister felt that he should concentrate most of his forces to ensure that Luoyang was not lost. ”

As soon as these words came out, he was afraid of annoying An Lushan, so he quickly explained: "Your Majesty, Fan Yang is also the foundation of my Dayan, and I can't afford to lose, but Fan Yang Jiancheng is very conducive to defense, and the minister thinks that he can order a general to lead a group of men and horses to reinforce Fan Yang, as long as the city is defended, the Tang army will not be able to break Fan Yang." But if the army is not ordered to return to Luoyang, the Tang army Yang Xi's troops are likely to besiege Luoyang immediately, and His Majesty's safety will ......"

"Bastard, a bunch of nonsense!" Before he could finish his noble words, he was rudely interrupted by An Lushan, "Gao Shilang, I see that you are old and confused, a bunch of nonsense, you suggest this, don't you want me to give up Fan Yang?" Fan Yang is the foundation of my family, even if I give up Luoyang, I will not give up Fan Yang. Come to someone, drag the noble out, and take the twenty boards seriously. If anyone dares to give up Fan Yang again, I will not forgive it!"

With An Lushan's shouting, a sergeant immediately rushed into the hall and dragged out the noble man who was desperately kowtowing and begging for mercy.

Immediately, outside the hall there was the sound of a board spanking, and the screams of Gao Shang's pain.

There was a dead silence in the hall! (To be continued......)