—— In a river valley about fifty miles west of Luoyang City, the Tang army had just set up a large camp. In the largest tent in the camp, the commander Yang Xi had just summoned the main generals under his command to his tent to discuss the matter, preparing to announce the latest news to them and assign new tasks.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Ben Shuai has just received the latest news from Luoyang City, An Qingxu will assassinate An Lushan tonight, this news Ben Shuai has been confirmed, so the follow-up actions must be adjusted!" Yang Xihuan looked at the generals in the tent, and immediately issued a new order, "The situation is urgent, and the commander doesn't have much to say to you, now the order of the commander is officially issued, after the generals go back, they will immediately set up camp and quickly attack Luoyang, and they must take advantage of the opportunity of the rebellion within the rebels to attack the city in one fell swoop." No one shall be allowed to delay any time, otherwise military justice shall be committed. ”

"Respect the Marshal's Order!" The generals got up, answered in unison, and immediately left briskly to make preparations.

Because Yang Xi expected that the news coming out of Luoyang City would not be false, so while further confirming it, it also made his men and horses speed up their march. When they received the news from Luoyang City again, their location was only more than fifty miles away from Luoyang City.

When he arrived about 100 miles away from Luoyang City, Yang Xi received a report from the special task force that the rebels had tens of thousands of horses and horses, and they were arrayed in front of their march, preparing to meet the invading Tang army. But now Yang Xi has received the latest news that this person has lost a trace. Later, the news came back that the rebel team that had been detected in front did not come forward to block it, but retreated.

This further confirmed that the news of the imminent rebellion within the rebels was true, and the rebels who were originally preparing to meet the Tang army retreated to Luoyang in order to take advantage of the internal struggle and retreated. According to the information found in advance, this about 30,000 people belonged to Tian Qianzhen and Yin Ziqi, and based on the information before and after, Yang Xi further concluded that An Qingxu, who was supported by Tian Qianzhen and Yin Ziqi, was ready to control the situation in Luoyang after assassinating An Lushan, and Tian Qianzhen and Yin Ziqi retreated back to Luoyang, just in case. After confirming these news, Yang Xi did not have any delay, and immediately issued a new order, ordering the whole army to march overnight and prepare to attack Luoyang City.

After the order was given, Yang Xi raised his head to the sky and howled a few times, and he was very happy. God really favored him, and even created opportunities for him again and again. The rebels are fighting in the middle of now, whether it is An Lushansheng or An Qingxusheng, it is fatal for the rebels. Hundreds of thousands of officers and troops are immediately preparing to attack Luoyang, even if the winning side can immediately control the situation, its combat strength will definitely be greatly affected, and the difficulty of attacking Luoyang will be doubled. In such a situation, if you can't win the attack on Luoyang, you can simply hit your head and die.

It's just that Yang Xi can't understand it at all, how could An Qingxu choose to attack his father at this time and snatch power? How could there be people within the rebels who followed and didn't care about the threat of the Don Army pressed by the GIs? The internal battle should wait for the external threat to be eliminated before it is carried out, could it be that the way the ancient man considered the problem was completely different from that of him, the person who traveled through it?

"Does An Qingxu know that their momentum has been exhausted, and they want to kill An Lushan and then surrender, win the court's pardon, and continue to enjoy the glory and preciousness?" When Yang Xi stepped on the war horse and led his men and horses to rush forward overnight, he was still pondering this question: "Could it be that Tian Qianzhen or Yin Ziqi or some other heavyweight was successfully persuaded to surrender by the people sent by this son, and at this time gave An Qingxu a bad idea, and successfully persuaded An Qingxu to take action against An Lushan?" Alas, hopefully it's not a pie, it's pie in the sky!"

Now Yang Xi still has a very serious suspicion, there must be a demon when something goes wrong, there must be a reason why he hasn't figured it out yet, when attacking Luoyang, he must be careful, and there must be no happy and sad things. He had ordered Gao Shi to lead 20,000 men to follow behind the 130,000 men of his front army and Wang Sili's central army, keeping a distance of about five miles to deal with emergencies.

If there is an emergency during the siege, it will be too late to deal with it.

Yang Xi also reported to Li Jue, who led the rear army forward, and ordered his 30,000 troops to advance overnight, keeping up with them as quickly as possible, echoing with Gao Shi's troops, and supporting the former soldiers and horses he led. He also reported the news that his troops were preparing to attack the city overnight, asking them to also advance as quickly as possible and attack the city as soon as possible. Since God favors him, then he can't live up to God's favor and seize the opportunity. If this war can completely solve An Lushan's rebellion, that would be the best thing.

The direction of their attack was the north and west of Luoyang City, and from these two directions, they attacked the city closest to the imperial palace in Luoyang, and the direction pointed by the whole army when marching was the northwest of Luoyang City.

Near Luoyang, the official road is very well built, and it is a full moon night in these two days, and the speed of the army can be maintained very fast, and even the torches do not need to be hit.

After Pang Zhong received Yang Xi's order, he led the forward army of 20,000 people to the front of the team.

Thinking that he could get another huge military achievement, Pang Zhong felt a little overjoyed. Yang Xi really took care of him, and the campaign against Luoyang let him lead the front army as the main attack, although there was also Wang Sili's department marching side by side on another nearby official road, but Pang Zhong believed that the men and horses he led must be the fastest, and he was the first to attack Luoyang.

Since the rebels will start infighting at this time, there is no need to be polite, just reach out and pick up military merits.

What he is afraid of now is not a tough battle, but he is worried that the first merit will be snatched away by other generals, so he also ordered his sergeants to speed up the march, strive to reach Luoyang City as soon as possible, and take advantage of the chaos to launch an attack on Luoyang.

Just as Pang Zhong was leading the army to rush forward, the officers and men of the forward battalion encountered the members of the special task force who rushed back to report the situation.

Although the army advanced rapidly, the necessary vigilance was maintained, and the members of the Einsatzgruppen were almost surrounded by the sergeants of the forward battalion. Fortunately, the commander of the forward battalion knew the contact information of the special task force and them, and quickly figured out the situation, and immediately sent someone to escort the members of the special task force who came back to report the situation to Pang Zhong.

"Report to General Pang, our department has intercepted a few people sent by An Qingxu to contact us," a lieutenant of the special task force immediately reported the situation after saluting, and pointed to several sergeants behind him who were dressed differently from them: "General, this is the person sent by An Qingxu to contact our army, and they said that they must see Marshal Yang." ”

"The person sent by An Qingxu to contact?" Pang Zhong was taken aback when he heard this, and immediately looked up and down the sergeants who were escorted by members of the Special Task Force who were riding black horses and dressed in black.

Because they originally belonged to the Tang Army array, An Lushan did not change the military uniform after becoming emperor, and the rebel sergeant and the Tang Sergeant could not be judged from the appearance, Pang Zhong did not dare to immediately conclude that the sergeants who were escorted back by the members of the Special Task Force were people sent by An Qingxu.

Just as he was puzzled, one of the sergeants stepped forward and saluted Pang Zhong and said: "General, the younger one is the deputy general of His Royal Highness the Prince's personal guard, An Shouming, on the orders of His Royal Highness, asked to see Marshal Yang of your army, and asked the general to take us to meet the marshal, there is a very urgent matter to discuss with Marshal Yang." ”

Pang Zhong pondered for a while, and immediately made a decision, ordering his men and horses to continue to move forward, and he personally took these sergeants who were said to be people from An Qingxu's side to Yang Xi.

After hearing that Pang Zhong brought a few people from An Qingxu's side, Yang Xi was also taken aback.

After the sergeants were brought to Yang Xi, they reported their homes as they had just done in front of Pang Zhong, and after confirming Yang Xi's identity, they immediately handed over a handwritten letter written by An Qingxu to Yang Xi.

Yang Xi opened the letter and read it by the light of the torch. After reading the content of the letter, Yang Xi was a little surprised.

An Qingxu said in the letter that he knew that he was deeply guilty and should not confront the Tang court, and after careful consideration, he decided to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, break with his father An Lushan, and surrender to the Tang Dynasty. In order to atone for his sins, he decided to cooperate with the Tang army, and when the Tang army attacked Luoyang, he opened the gates north of Luoyang, let the Tang army enter the city, and eliminate those people who were unwilling to cooperate with the Tang army.

An Qingxu told Yang Xi in the letter that he was now at the north gate of Luoyang, Tian Qianzhen and Yin Ziqi and others would surrender to the Tang Dynasty with him, and when the Tang army arrived, they would attack the men and horses loyal to An Lushan.

An Qingxu also described in detail the situation in the north of Luoyang in the letter, and asked Yang Xi how to travel and how to contact, which was written in great detail.

After reading this letter, Yang Xi immediately judged that everything was different from what was recorded in the original history. The situation in Luoyang City did not develop as he expected, An Qingxu did not succeed in assassinating An Lushan, but after the assassination failed, he fled to several city gates north of Luoyang with his cronies, preparing to defend the city gates, confront An Lushan's men and horses, and prepare to meet the Tang army attacking the city. This must be the case, otherwise An Qingxu would not have sent someone out of the city to contact him, and prepared to join forces with him to eliminate An Lushan's men and horses.

"Could this be a trap?" After reading the letter, this thought instinctively popped up in Yang Xi's head.

If An Qingxu still succeeded in assassinating An Lushan and controlling the situation as recorded in history, and now such a statement is just a fraudulent surrender, in order to take advantage of the time when he led the army into the city, to strike such a blow in the back, then what should he do? (To be continued.) )