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The siege of Huzhou also ended with the Tang army's direct advance, which was besieged for a whole winter, the grain and grass were cut off, the Khitan army broke through dozens of times and failed miserably, tens of thousands of troops survived the cold winter by killing horses and digging ice fishing, despite this, there were still a large number of soldiers who died of disease and starvation, or were killed by the severe cold, and a large number of soldiers fled along the ice cover of the lake.

At the end of February, the ice and snow melted, the Tang army entered Huzhou City, without encountering any resistance, Huzhou City has been like a hell on earth, tens of thousands of war horses have been slaughtered, there is no forage, they can not survive the harsh winter, more than 60,000 Khitan soldiers, in the end there are less than 6,000 people left, only more than 40,000 people died in the breakthrough battle, died of disease, freezing, starvation and a large number of escapes, and finally destroyed the Khitan army, so that the Khitan coalition army of 150,000 troops invaded the Bohai State was finally annihilated.

Commander Li Huaijie killed himself in the final attack of the Tang army, Li Baozhen ordered his head to be cut off, ordered to be sent to Chang'an, the rest of the 5,800 remnants of the army, Li Baozhen could not bear to kill again, handed them over to the Bohai State as slaves, so far, the battle of the Bohai State was over.

At this time, the great prince of the Bohai State has given way to the third prince Da Yingjun, in the camp of the Tang Army, Li Baozhen, on behalf of the Tang Dynasty, formally signed a security agreement with the Bohai State, from the date of the agreement to take effect, the Bohai State gave up the army, only retained no more than 3,000 people of a royal forest army, the safety of the Bohai State by the Tang Army is fully responsible.

After the agreement was signed, Li Baozhen took office as the governor of Bohai and led an army of 30,000 troops to be stationed in the Bohai Kingdom, while Zhao Chongjie and Ge Shuyao each led an army of 30,000 and attacked Yingzhou with a thunderous momentum.

At the same time, Li Qing'an, the commander of the Tang Army, also issued an order for the Hebei War, Li Guangbi had gathered 100,000 troops in Xiangzhou, sent troops to Weizhou, Tian Chengsi formally surrendered, Li Guangbi's army immediately went north, and the troops pointed to Youzhou, and Li Siye of Hedong also led 70,000 troops to Jingcheng, entered Hengzhou, Hebei Province, and marched to Youzhou.

The situation in Hebei is changing rapidly, and it has reached the last moment of change.

Yingzhou, An Qingxu is like an ant on a hot pot, he has already received the news of the destruction of the Khitan, he knows that the Tang army will not go back by boat, the next step must be to attack Yingzhou, for this reason, An Qingxu began to recruit a large number of troops, but his recruitment encountered great obstacles.

His original demagogic excuse was to resist the invasion of the Khitan army, so the Han people in Yingzhou and Pingzhou signed up enthusiastically, but I don't know who revealed the news, and the news that the Khitan was destroyed by the Tang army has spread in Yingzhou and Pingzhou, which greatly affected An Qingxu's recruitment.

"The military advisor is here!"

The soldiers reported outside, and the footsteps sounded immediately, An Qingxu hurriedly opened the door as if he had found a rescuer, only to see Gao Shang walking in quickly from the outside.

"Sir, please help me!"

Gao Shang's mood didn't look very good, he walked into the room with a gloomy face, waved his hand, and asked the soldiers to go down, An Qingxu looked at Gao Shang with a worried mood, his lips moved, and finally asked, "Sir, what's wrong?" ”

Gao Shang sighed, "I just got the news that the 1,000 troops stationed in Xincheng County have changed banners and have been declared the defenders of the Tang Dynasty. ”

"What!"

An Qingxu was stunned, and he hurriedly asked: "Is it surrender or ......?"

Gao Shang shook his head, "It's not surrender, the Tang army hasn't arrived in Xincheng yet, it's because they got the news of the destruction of the Khitan, so they set up themselves and submitted to the Tang Dynasty." ”

Gao Shang glanced at him again, "Little Lord, do you know the consequences of this incident?" ”

An Qingxu sat down weakly, with deep fear in his eyes, how could he not know the consequences of this incident, more than eighty percent of his 30,000 troops were Han Chinese, and they joined the army enthusiastically to resist the Khitan, and now that the Khitan has been destroyed, can these Han people still work for him?

The Xincheng garrison is the best explanation, and their rebellion will inevitably affect more Han Chinese soldiers, and more people will submit to the Tang Dynasty.

"Sir, I always feel that someone is deliberately preaching."

An Qingxu's voice was very low, with a hint of deep unease, "We have been hiding the affairs of the Khitan people, but now almost everyone knows about it, why is this?" ”

"That's what I told you, there are spies in the Tang Army who are active around us, including the assassination of the prince, including the prince's Praetorian Guards attacking us, An Yong is really killing, these are all deliberately provoked, Li Li Qing'an's spies have never left our side."

Gao Shang stared at the young commander, he wanted him to understand the crisis of the situation, the Tang army of the Bohai State was about to go south, and Li Guangbi's army would soon be killed here, they were caught in the front and back, cornered, three days at most, only three days, the Tang army killed in Yingzhou, they would perish.

"Little prince, it's time to make a decision."

Gao Shang tried to lower his tone as much as possible, and told him in a soft tone, but his words were not soft, An Qingxu raised his head in amazement, "Sir..... What did you say? ”

"Little prince, we can't stay in Yingzhou anymore, do you understand what I mean?"

"But where else can we go except Yingzhou?" An Qingxu's mind was in chaos, he didn't understand the meaning of Gao Shang's words, he looked at Gao Shang pleadingly, he had no idea at all, where did Gao Shang tell him to go? Where is he going?

"Sir, you say, I listen to you."

"Good!" Gao Shang nodded, "While the army is still in command, we will abandon Yingju and march towards Silla, I got the news that the Tang army has not yet made a move against Silla, there are only more than 10,000 Silla troops in Silla, this is our only chance to survive, take Silla, occupy the port of Silla, even if the Tang army hits Silla, we can escape by boat." ”

"Let me think again..... Think again! ”

An Qingxu said to himself, let him give up Yingzhou, emotionally speaking, he couldn't accept it anyway, he held his head and squatted down in pain.

"Little Prince!"

Gao Shang shouted: "You can't be confused anymore, in fact, you don't have time, whether you can enter Silla or not is still a bet, but if you don't gamble, you will die in three days, but if you gamble, you still have a chance to live!" Otherwise, you will go and surrender to Shi Siming and see if he spares you? ”

An Qingxu trembled and surrendered Shi Siming, how could it be? At this moment, he finally sobered up, staying in Qingshan, not afraid of no firewood, he stood up and said slowly: "Okay!" We march into Silla. ”

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Unlike later generations, the border between the Tang Dynasty and Silla was not the Aplu River, but the Taedong River today, and An Kyungxu's army first had to cross the Liaodong Peninsula and then cross the Aplu River to the south before entering the final Silla.

Although An Qingxu led the army to set off at night, it still could not escape the eyes of the Tang army's scouts, and just as An Qingxu's army had just left Yingzhou, the Tang army scouts immediately rushed north to report this most important information to the Tang army.

At this time, Ge Shuyao's 30,000 troops had entered the north of Yingzhou, and after getting the news, they immediately turned to the southeast to pursue the retreating main force of the Yan army, and Zhao Chongjie's army entered Yingzhou from the east.

Two days later, An Qingxu's 30,000 troops arrived in Juluo to defend and capture, intercepted by Zhao Chongjie's department, the two sides fought a fierce encounter, the Yan army was defeated by the Tang army, and was forced to retreat to Liucheng, but at this time, Ge Shuyao's department blocked the retreat of the Yan army from behind, and the two Tang armies attacked back and forth, blocking the Yan army in a narrow valley west of the Ruluo guard, which was a possibility that Gao Shang was most worried about, and was attacked by the Tang army before and after, and the development of the situation was developing in the worst direction.

Night fell, the Yan army's camp was silent, after two days of marching and a fierce battle, the soldiers were exhausted, fell asleep, but not everyone can sleep, many people toss and turn, difficult to sleep, the left army general An Taiqing is one of them.

An Taiqing is An Qingxu's deputy general, and also the most important general of the Yan army, he has 11,000 troops under his command, although An Taiqing is also exhausted, but the worry about the situation and the nostalgia for his wife make it difficult for him to sleep for a long time, he sat in the camp in a daze, and there was a picture of a beauty in front of him, that was the portrait of his wife, her wife was called Qiu Niang, she was beautiful and peerless, known as the first beauty in Youzhou, and now she has been occupied by Shi Siming, and she can never return to his side.

In order to win him over, An Lushan's father and son promised successively that they would help him regain his wife, and he also believed it, and put all his hopes on their father and son, but now. His hope can only be to draw water with a bamboo basket. A void.

He has led the troops for many years, of course, he knows the current crisis, the two Tang armies will flank them in front and back, and they can be defeated in a battle, the Yan army has gone, and at the latest tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, it will be their entire annihilation.

An Taiqing's heart was full of sorrow, and he no longer had any hope of saving his wife.

At this moment, footsteps sounded outside the tent, "Who is it?" An Taiqing turned around and asked sharply.

"General An, it's me, I have something important to discuss with the general."

It was an unfamiliar voice, he was stopped by his own soldiers, An Taiqing hesitated, if it was usual, he would never meet strangers, but for some reason, he agreed today, and said: "Let him in!" ”

The curtain was lifted, and a thin soldier walked in, in the dim light, he saw that he had a baby face, with a confident smile on his face, An Taiqing looked at him deeply, he confirmed that this person was something he had never seen, at this time, he had a strange feeling in his heart, this soldier would bring him unusual news, maybe he could save him from a desperate situation.

"Who are you?" An Taiqing looked at him and said.

"In the next surname season, a single name wins."

The soldier was very confident, he sat down directly opposite An Taiqing, An Taiqing's face sank, and he was about to scold him, but Ji Sheng smiled slightly: "My other identity is the Duke of Boling County, the deputy envoy of Fan Yang Jiedu, and the champion general, I think this identity should be able to sit with you!" ”

An Taiqing stood up in fright, took a few steps back, pulled out his sword and pointed it at him, and shouted, "Someone!" ”

Ji Sheng shook his head slightly, "It seems that General An doesn't want to save his wife anymore." ”

These words hit An Taiqing's chest like a heavy hammer, and although his sword was not put down, it was already trembling slightly.

At this time, five or six pro-soldiers rushed in, and they rushed up to catch Ji Sheng, but An Taiqing waved his hand, "You go out, it's nothing." ”

The Qing soldiers went down on their legs, An Taiqing took back his sword, and looked at Ji Sheng in fear, the reason why Ji Sheng dared to come to An Taiqing was to seize his weakness, he saw that An Taiqing was already tempted, so he waved his hand, "General An, please sit down first!" ”

Waiting for An Taiqing to sit down slowly, Ji Sheng smiled and said, "I have the latest situation of General An's wife, is General An interested in hearing it?" ”

An Taiqing was stunned, his eyes poured with irrepressible sadness, why didn't he want to know, he dreamed of wanting to know, but his heart was in a mess at the moment, and the news didn't startle him, he asked in a low voice, "How is her?" ”

"My subordinates saw her yesterday morning, first of all, she is still alive, and secondly, she is having a bad time, her face is sad, I heard that she was rewarded by Shi Siming to the son of the former rebel general Bone Huaien, I have ordered my subordinates to rescue her, General An Taiqing, do you understand my sincerity?"

An Taiqing had another glimmer of hope in his heart, although this hope was also very slim, but this was the only hope for their husband and wife to reunite, he understood what Ji Sheng meant, so he nodded and sighed lowly.

Ji Sheng looked at him and said: "Actually, I don't have to come to you, now the Tang army is fighting before and after, I won't hide it from you, before dawn tomorrow morning, the Tang army will launch a general attack, your morale is low, and you will be defeated in a battle, for the Tang army, it is worthless whether you surrender or not, but I still take the risk to come to see you, you need to understand, why I came to you." ”

"I know!"

An Taiqing hugged his head and said: "You don't want me, but the 11,000 Han troops under me, they are all the Tang people of Yingzhou and Pingzhou, you can't bear to slaughter, so you want to protect them, so you found me." ”

"Hmm!" Ji Sheng smiled, "You're more sober than I thought, okay!" I'll give you half an hour to consider whether you surrender or not. ”

"It won't take half an hour!"

An Taiqing resolutely knelt down on one knee, hugged his fists and said: "I will reply to General Ji now, I surrender, I am willing to lead my troops to surrender to the Tang army, and I can say that Luo Zhiyu, the general of the rear army, will surrender with me." ”

"Good! Without further ado, please act now, I hope you will lead your troops out of the camp overnight!" ”

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At the beginning of March of the third year of Qingping, An Qingxu led the army to leave Yingzhou and went to Silla, trying to make a comeback in Dongshan in Silla, but at this time the 60,000 troops of the Tang army had entered Yingzhou by two routes, blocking An Qingxu's 30,000 troops near the Ruluo guard, and that night, An Taiqing, the general of the left army, connected with Luo Zhiyu, the general of the rear army, and the two led their troops to surrender to the Tang army overnight.

The surrender of the left army and the rear army caused great confusion in the Yan army, a large number of Han soldiers were unwilling to fight against the imperial court, and began to flee one after another, An Qingxu was difficult to prohibit, and by the time of the fourth watch, less than 3,000 people were left of more than 26,000 people.

Zhao Chongjie led the army to chase and caught up with An Qingxu on the bank of the Yalu River, the two armies fought on the riverside, Gao Shang was killed in the chaos, and An Qingxu was shot off his horse by Zhao Chongjie's arrow, and the rest of An Qingxu was killed.

At this point, the An Lushan line of the Anshi Rebellion officially perished.

However, after annihilating the remnants of Anqingxu's army, Zhao Chongjie's army did not return to Yingzhou, but led 30,000 people from his headquarters to cross the Yalu River and march towards Silla.

This was another task given to them by Li Qing'an, and like the Balhae State, the Tang army also included Silla in the scope of military protection.

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(To be continued)