readx; Fucheng Pass is a pass built at the mouth of the valley, this pass is neither strong nor tall, it is not as majestic and dangerous as Niangzi Pass, the city wall is about three miles long, more like a city, the city wall is three zhang high, and there is no moat and suspension bridge, because it is located in the east of the river, no one has taken it as the consciousness of the danger of the enemy, after a hundred years, it has not been repaired, so that it appears very dilapidated, in the battle between the two armies, it is easy to be captured by the enemy. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Despite this, Fucheng Pass still has a great advantage, that is, it is close to Qinshui, the surging Qinshui flows close to the pass, so that the open space in front of the pass is very narrow, the enemy army can not open the battlefield, Li Siye has established two lines of defense for this, one is to deploy 6,000 troops on the bank of Qinshui for defense, if An Lushan's army breaks through the first line of defense, the 6,000 people can retreat to the pass to establish a second line of defense.

It was dusk, the remnant sun was like blood, a round of dark red sunset was about to set the horizon, the afterglow reflected the sky and the dilapidated city wall into purple red, Li Siye stood on the head of the city with his hands, staring at the opposite bank of Fenshui, on the opposite bank, Li Guiren's vanguard army could faintly have set up a large camp, as if it was a kind of mockery and provocation, the Anxi army was originally going to encircle and annihilate Li Guiren's army, but the situation took a sharp turn, the Anxi army not only succeeded, but was also forced to retreat to the west of Fenshui, which made Li Siye extremely angry in his heart.

Nan Jiyun's analysis is not wrong, Li Siye is naturally arrogant, from the very beginning, he did not put An Lushan's army in his eyes at all, if it wasn't for Li Qing'an's military order to arrive in time, he would have a decisive battle with Li Guiren after gathering the army, and wash away the shame of Wei Boyu's defeat.

But Li Siye is not an unwise and reckless person, when Wei Boyu told him that he was 10,000 against 10,000, defeated by the Tuluo River cavalry, Li Siye began to realize that the Yan army was not as vulnerable as he imagined, as the Yan army in Taiyuan Mansion continued to move south, Li Siye also knew that this would be a big battle, he finally suppressed the idea of sending troops to fight a decisive battle with Li Guiren's army, strictly guarded the city pass, and waited for reinforcements to arrive.

At this time, Wei Boyu slowly walked to Li Siye's side and asked in a low voice, "Is the deputy marshal unwilling?" ”

Wei Boyu is about thirty-six or seven years old, in Anxi for many years, the first is the deputy lieutenant of Modao, has participated in the battle of Talas, tired to the battle of the Tudu, for many years has been following Li Siye, and the general Tian Zhen together to become Li Siye's right-hand man, after Tian Zhen followed Li Qing'an to the east, he became Li Siye's confidant, he was just promoted to general at the beginning of this year, Li Siye is very important to him, this time to Hedong, Li Siye is the main general, he is the deputy general.

Wei Boyu saw that Li Siye was in a heavy mood, and he understood the loss in Li Siye's heart, this was a battle that Li Siye had been looking forward to for a long time, but in the end he still couldn't read and command.

Li Siye shook his head and said in a deep voice: "There is nothing unwilling, just a little afraid." ”

"Afraid? General, this was your chance to make a name for yourself in the First World War, but the general didn't get it, and I feel sorry for you. ”

"Boyu, you are very wrong!"

Li Siye turned his head and stared at him and said, "Do you think it's the general who won't give me this opportunity?" It's because you didn't see the great significance of this battle, this battle An Lushan has regarded it as a key battle to seize Hedong, and even Taiyuan has given up, 180,000 troops, An Lushan has made the biggest blood, even if the Anxi army is strong, it is difficult to defeat three times the enemy, if the Anxi army is defeated, not only will it lose Hedong, it will seriously affect the reputation of the general, but it will also reverse the entire battle situation, make the Northern Tang Dynasty passive, and even affect the general's position, I can't afford this responsibility! ”

Wei Boyu lowered his head in shame, "The general is far-sighted, and the humble is short-sighted. ”

Li Siye shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Actually, I was short-sighted at the beginning, I always thought that Li Guiren was greedy for merit, so I wanted to cut off his back road, and now I know that An Lushan was to destroy our Anxi army from the beginning, and the general could see the other party's intentions in Chang'an, and I was confused in it, and Li Guangbi's 70,000 reinforcements, he may not be willing to listen to my command, and the consequence of each being in his own position is to be broken by each one, so this battle is only commanded by the general to coordinate the various armies, can put us in an invincible position. ”

"So what do we do now?"

"There is only one thing we have to do now, guard the city pass and wait for the arrival of the general!"

Speaking of this, Li Siye pointed to Qin Shui in front of him with a horsewhip and smiled: "Go!" Let's go and see the defense of Qinshui. ”

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Pujin Ferry is located between Tongzhou in Gyeonggi Province and Puzhou in Hedong Province, is a famous ferry port in the middle reaches of the Yellow River, Li Longji visited the northern capital Taiyuan several times in the Kaiyuan period, all crossed the river from this ferry, tens of thousands of Yulin troops built a pontoon bridge overnight, so that Li Longji can cross the river on horseback.

Li Qing'an led 30,000 cavalry from Chang'an to gallop day and night, only two days and two nights, 30,000 troops rushed to Pujin Ferry, at this time, Wang Sili had led 20,000 Tongguan troops in advance to build a pontoon bridge to cross the river, which was to collect thousands of civilian boats, connected by iron chains, and built wooden planks between boats and boats.

30,000 cavalry rushed to the Pujin ferry, almost non-stop, directly from the pontoon bridge across the river, at this time, Wang Sili came to Li Qing'an, bowed down and said: "See the general!" ”

Li Qingan returned the salute and smiled: "Thank you General Wang for building the pontoon bridge, you have worked hard." ”

Wang Sili said sincerely: "It is the luck of the humble duty to be able to serve the general, if it is not for the responsibility of guarding Tongguan, the humble duty is willing to serve a small soldier under the command of the general, go out with the general, and make immortal achievements!" ”

Li Qing'an pondered for a while, and then said: "General Wang can defend Tongguan steadily, that is, to defend Guanzhong, maybe it is difficult for An Lushan to have the opportunity to attack Guanzhong, but it is possible for the Southern Tang Dynasty, I hope that General Wang can defend the city without slacking off, and send more scouts to Jingxiang to the south to understand the movements of the Southern Tang Army and grasp the initiative of intelligence, which is also the way to defend the city." ”

Wang Sili never thought that Shoutong Pass would actually send scouts south to Jingxiang, Li Qing'an's suggestion seemed to open a window for him, so that his thinking suddenly broadened, defending the city is not only to defend to the death, take the initiative to understand the dynamics of the enemy, this is the attack, but it is also the most clever defense of the city, he can't help but feel agitated, and he bowed deeply and said: "The general's teachings, humble duty to remember!" ”

"General Wang, please take care, I'm one step ahead."

Li Qingan arched his hand on the horse, turned the horse's head, and whipped the war horse, and the war horse galloped towards the ferry.

An hour later, all 30,000 cavalry crossed the Yellow River and entered the territory of Puzhou, where they rested for two hours on the east bank, and the army continued to gallop towards Jinju, hundreds of miles away.

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At the same time that Li Qing'an crossed the Yellow River, Li Huaixian's 80,000-strong army also arrived in Luzhou and joined Li Guiren's main force, but at this moment, something happened that no one expected.

As the so-called family has a scripture that is difficult to read, An Lushan's Yan army is the same as Li Qing'an's Anxi army, and there are many mountains, Shi Siming, Li Huaixian, Li Guiren, Tian Chengsi, Cai Xide, etc., are all generals who defend one side, they are not convinced by each other, Li Huaixian has gained the most benefits because of his long-term stationing in Youzhou, 40,000 Youzhou iron horses, he has only 30,000, but his contribution is not big, so other generals have been dissatisfied with him.

If divided by faction, Li Huaixian and Tian Chengsi are one faction, belonging to the local Han general faction, while Shi Siming, Li Guiren, and Cai Xide are another faction, belonging to the foreign Hu general faction.

This time, An Lushan ordered Li Huaixian's department and Cai Xide's department to jointly attack Hedong, considering that the two had different factions and were difficult to work together, and they were more worried about their conflicts, so they let the eldest son An Qingxu be the main general and let the two be deputy generals.

Although Li Huaixian's army of 80,000 arrived in Luzhou, he was stationed in the south of Tunliu County, about 40 miles away from Li Guiren's camp, and Li Guiren's army was different from the brutality, Li Huaixian's army was mostly Han army, and many of them were the former Fan Yang army, and the military discipline was slightly stricter, although there were also things to rob the people's property, but his army did not have the crime of slaughtering the city and large-scale robbery of silver women.

Li Huaixian also heard about a series of atrocities committed by Li Guiren's ministry in Luzhou, slaughtering more than 100,000 people, and the people of Luzhou were almost slaughtered by him.

Li Huaixian has a fellow villager named Zhou Xun, who is in the Li Guiren department, because he is a Han Chinese, he was excluded by the Hu people, and he was deeply dissatisfied with the massacre of Han people by Li Guiren's army, so he fled from Li Guiren's department and found Li Huaixian, Li Huaixian naturally took him in, but this Zhou Xun told Li Huaixian a news, Li Guiren defeated the Anxi army Wei Boyu not long ago, and won more than 2,000 war horses, these war horses are all excellent breeds of Dawan horses, and there are even dozens of big eating horses.

This made Li Huaixian very tempted, their war horses are all Turkic horses, the horse breed is short, although they can travel long distances, but as a cavalry the most needed impact and speed is insufficient, Li Huaixian also very much wants to get more than a dozen excellent Dawan war horses as stallions, it is best to get one or two big horses, for this reason, Li Huaixian sent someone to see Li Guiren with a generous gift of eight thousand yuan, hoping that he can see that it is all for the sake of the Yan army, to meet his own small request.

Unexpectedly, Li Huaixian's request made Li Guiren deeply jealous, originally there was a kind of competition between different factions, Li Huaixian has a sharp and elite Youzhou iron cavalry, Li Guiren also has an invincible cavalry in the world, each other is eager to poison each other's horses, how could Li Guiren give him excellent horse breeds to improve, and these war horses are also like a treasure to Li Guiren, he has sent most of the war horses back to the Xi tribe and the Khitan tribe, and the remaining hundreds of war horses have also been given to his own soldiers, Even if An Lushan ordered him to give it, he didn't have it.

Even if Li Guiren refused Li Huaixian's request, not only that, but also withheld the generous gift of 8,000 yuan sent by Li Huaixian, and asked Li Huaixian to hand over the defector team Zheng Zhou Xun to him for disposal, otherwise the 8,000 yuan would be used as compensation for Li Huaixian to take in the defectors.

Li Huaixian was furious when he heard this, and immediately retreated to the north of Licheng County, north of Luzhou, and swore a different path from Li Guiren's army, at this time, Cai Xide's 50,000 troops also arrived in Luzhou, but joined forces with Li Guiren's army, so that there was a division within the Yan army that An Lushan did not expect in advance, and Li Huaixian's department did not obey Li Guiren's dispatch and formed its own faction.

The 180,000 army was split into the 100,000 army of Li Quy Nin and Cai Xide, which was one faction, and Li Huaixian's 80,000 army was another, and the two factions were divided into two routes, north and south, and marched towards Jinju.

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(To be continued)