In the fourteenth year of Yuanhe, Tubo entered the Kou, Li Guangyan was awarded the envoy of the Suining Festival, responsible for the construction of Yanzhou City burned by Tubo, that year, Tubo attacked Jingzhou, Li Guangyan led his own soldiers to rescue, but the troops almost mutinied, the Suining army was unable to keep up with food and clothing, and could only eat a spoonful of old rice every day,

The soldiers were unwilling to work for the imperial court and refused to fight the Tibetan army. Li Guangyan quickly took control of the situation, he has always won the hearts of the army,

He patiently did everyone's ideological work and inspired everyone with loyalty, and finally won the understanding and recognition of the soldiers. The three armies were excited, set off happily, and repelled the Tubo army in one fell swoop with the momentum of Mount Tai.

Under the leadership of Li Guangyan, the Tang army fought bloodily, and Heyuan returned to the embrace of the Tang Dynasty. Leaning on the sky and cutting the clouds with a long sword, serving the country and seeing her husband".

Tang Muzong succeeded to the throne, crowned Li Guangyan with the Zhongshu Sect Pingzhangshi, and crowned one of Li Guangyan's sons as the fourth rank of the official officer.

During the reign of Tang Jingzong, worship Li Guangyan as Situ and Hedong Jiedu envoy, Tang Wenzong Baoli two years, 66-year-old Li Guangyan died, give Taiwei, the name of loyalty, Tang Wenzong read his hard work, but also to the Li family to give 2,000 horses, to show grace. Li Guangyan's elder brother Li Guangjin was sixty-five years old when he died, and he gave Shangshu a left servant.

"The rich and the rich cannot be lewd, the poor and the lowly cannot be moved, and the mighty cannot be bent" This is the spiritual personality respected by Confucius and Mencius, and many Han people regard it as a prop and ornament, and ridicule the vanity of this "inner saint and outer king" in their hearts.

Li Guangyan is sincerely practicing this high standard, sincerely taking it as the spiritual basis for his own life, he is the guardian of the way of Confucius and Mencius, and he has realized the ideal of "one family in the world" with practical actions.

He honored his parents, respected his brothers, fulfilled his duties, and treated his friends well, no wonder Ma Sui praised him for his great future and becoming a pillar of the country. Pei Du praised him for his loyalty and bravery, and he was a solid force that the imperial court could rely on.

Confucianism once said that everyone can be Yao Shun, and Li Guangyan is the Yao Shun of the Tang Empire. He is a man who stands tall in the Tang Empire.

Guo Ziyi

When it comes to Guo Ziyi, people often think of the play "Hitting the Golden Branch" and his loyalty and generosity to the Tang Empire, but few people notice that he is an affectionate and infatuated man. Emotionally, he has never really betrayed his wife Wang, and he has been with each other all his life.

Never give up, the two are a truly loving couple. Guo Ziyi had eight sons in his life, six of whom were born to Wang, and all eight daughters were Wang's daughters.

The depth of the relationship between the two can be inferred from the frequency and number of births alone, and it can be seen from the tombstone records of the Wang family that Guo Hua is the sister-in-law of Guo Ziyi and the Wang family. Later, she became the concubine of Princess Shengping, Guo Ying is Guo Ziyi's youngest son and the youngest son born to Wang.

When Wang died, Guo Ziyi was grief-stricken, couldn't restrain himself, stopped for nearly half a year, couldn't bear to bury his beloved wife, and finally had no choice, so he sent his beloved wife to the ground for peace, and asked the celebrity Yang Juan to write the inscription. Write affectionate memories for Wang's life.

The famous lady who was born in Taiyuan Wang has a husband like this, and her love is as deep as the sea, what a regret, she married a husband who stands up to the sky.

Guo Ziyi (697 – 781 AD) was a native of Zheng County, Huazhou (present-day Huaxian, Shaanxi). More than six feet long, according to the Tang ruler is more than 1.80 figure, he is burly and handsome, when he was a teenager, he passed the guò martial arts examination to become the chief of the left guard, and he was born in a family (his father Guo Jingzhi served as the assassin of five states), and the Tang Dynasty advocated military merit. Attaching importance to the martial arts system, Guo Ziyi naturally won the favor of the Taiyuan Wang,

The 15-year-old Miss Wang became Guo Ziyi's wife, although Guo Ziyi was only a potential stock at that time, but he had very outstanding qualifications.

The "Anshi Rebellion" broke out, bringing countless chaos and pain to ordinary people, and bringing Guo Ziyi the opportunity to travel thousands of miles and become famous in history.

In the fourteenth year of Tianbao (755 A.D.), the long-planned Fan Yang Jie Du made An Lushan rebel, "Yuyang Mo agitated the ground, and broke the neon clothes and feather dance", 150,000 rebels went south like a tide, and soon captured the eastern capital Luoyang, An Lushan proclaimed himself the Emperor of Dayan, and the court that had been peaceful for a long time fell into a panic. Guo Ziyi was ordered to be in danger,

He became the envoy of Shuofang (now southwest of Lingwu, Ningxia), and launched a hard battle with the well-trained rebels, successively recovering Yunzhong (now Datong, Shanxi) and Mayi (now northeast of Shuo County, Shanxi), and joined forces with Li Guangbi, the envoy of Hedong Jiedu, to recover the nine county towns of Changshan County, Yan zhòng threatened the return of the Anshi rebels,

Because the counties of Hebei are the necessary places for Luoyang and An Lushan's old nest Fanyang, An Lushan did not dare to slack off, and asked Shi Siming to take tens of thousands of horses to attack Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi. Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi's troops retreated to Changshan (now Zhending, Hebei),

Shi Siming's troops accompanied him like a shadow, Guo Ziyi's soldiers made a surprise move, sent five hundred cavalry, led the enemy to chase for three days and three nights, just when the enemy army was exhausted, the Tang army took advantage of the situation to attack, Shi Siming was defeated, and hurriedly begged for reinforcements from An Lushan, Shi Siming's strength soon increased to 50,000.

At this time, Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi's troops totaled 100,000 people, but Guo Ziyi was not in a hurry to fight, "the thief will defend when he comes, and the thief will chase when he goes, raise his soldiers during the day, and attack his curtain at night",

The 50,000 rebels were exhausted but unable to fight, and their morale was very low. Guo Ziyi saw that the time was ripe, and beheaded 40,000 people in Jiashan (now Dingxi, Hebei) with 100,000 to 50,000, and captured 5,000 people.

Jiashan victory, more than 10 counties in Hebei have killed the rebel guards, to meet the Wang Division, the rebel retreat has been cut off, the people's hearts are floating, the Tang general Ge Shuhan and stick to the Tongguan natural danger, closed doors, the rebels are in a dilemma, the shape shì is very beneficial to the imperial court.

At this critical moment, the elderly Tang Xuanzong insisted on going his own way and walked out of a faint trick that had been hated for eternity.

Originally, Guo Ziyi advocated sticking to Tongguan and avoiding the enemy's edge, and then Beitu Fanyang, but Tang Xuanzong forced Ge Shuhan to go out of Tongguan to meet the enemy, and the defenders of Tongguan were wiped out in a battle, and the rebels pointed to Chang'an, and Tang Xuanzong fled to Sichuan in panic. Chang'an and Luoyang have fallen into the hands of An Lushan, Datang is shaky, and the building will fall.

In July 756, the crown prince Li Heng ascended the throne in Lingwu, and was the emperor of Tang Suzong, and Xuanzong of Tang was appointed as the emperor. Guo Ziyi led 50,000 Shuo troops to escort him, "The sound of the army is vibrating, and the momentum of recovery." The people are hopeful".

In the second year of Tang Zhide (757 AD), An Lushan was killed by his son An Qingxu, Shi Siming did not listen to An Qingxu's dispatch, and the Anshi group split. The imperial court decided to launch a counterattack. The prince Li Jiao was appointed as the marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, and Guo Ziyi served as the deputy marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, and the heavy task of recovering the two capitals fell on Guo Ziyi.

The cavalry in the Anshi rebels was originally the elite of the Tang army, and they have always been unstoppable, and the 9,000 cavalry of the rebels lined up in the battle of Qingqu. Outflanked by both wings, the Tang army was defeated, and had to retreat to Wugong (now Wugong County, Shaanxi). Guo Ziyi saw the gap in strength between the two sides,

Strongly advocated borrowing troops from Hui Hui, Tang Suzong married his daughter Princess Ningguo to Hui Khan, 4,000 Hui cavalry rushed to Fengxiang to help fight, Tang army gathered 150,000 horses, under the full command of Guo Ziyi,

Guo Ziyi made an oath to Tang Suzong, "If you can't win this trip." The minister will apologize with death."

The Tang army marched to the west of Chang'an City, with Li Siye as the front army and Wang Sili as the rear army.

Guo Ziyi led the Chinese army and fought against the 100,000 rebels of An Shouzhong and Li Guiren. The war began, the Tang army was unfavorable at the beginning, and could not resist the offensive of the rebels.

Take off your armor and bare-cover. Wielding a knife to kill, he shouted loudly, "If we don't kill the enemy desperately today, we will be wiped out." The soldiers of the former army are invincible with broadswords in their hands,

The Don Army gradually gained the upper hand in the fighting. The rebels' frontal attack failed to work, and the rebel cavalry ambushed in the east of the formation took the opportunity to kill and attack the rear of the Tang army, and the Tang army's general Gu Huaien led 4,000 Hui cavalry to meet the head-on attack. The rebel cavalry suffered casualties,

Li Siye and the Hui cavalry charged ahead, and then detoured behind the enemy, the Chinese army under the leadership of Guo Ziyi bravely killed the enemy, the two sides fought from noon to night, the Tang army beheaded more than 60,000 people, and achieved an exciting victory. An Shouzhong and Li Guiren abandoned Chang'an and evacuated eastward.

An Qingxu again gathered 150,000 rebels and fought a fierce battle with the Tang army at Xindian (present-day west of Shaanxian County, Henan).

The rebels lined up in the mountains, occupying favorable terrain, the Tang army's frontal attack was not smooth, the Hui cavalry detoured back behind the enemy, annihilated all the rebel ambushes, and then attacked from the flank, Guo Ziyi led the Tang army to attack head-on, the rebels were defeated, and fled all the way east.

An Qingxu was frightened, only with more than 1,000 cavalry fled to Yecheng (now Anyang, Henan), the eastern capital Luoyang recovered, Tang Suzong to Guo Ziyi sincere thanks, "The rebuilding of the country is all your credit."

The two capitals were recovered, and Guo Ziyi was awarded the title of Situ and Dai Guogong for his merits, and he has been famous all over the world since then. Next, it is to reorganize the ranks and crusade against the rebels in Hebei.

In the first year of the Qianyuan Dynasty (758 AD), the Nine Roads Festival envoy sent an edict to crusade against An Qingxu, among which Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi were the most famous, Tang Suzong did not designate a marshal, and only the eunuch Yu Chaoen served as the envoy to watch the army and Xuan Xuan, responsible for coordinating the military members.

Guo Ziyi led his troops to cross the river from Xingyuan (now southeast of Ji County, Henan) and besieged Weizhou (now Ji County, Henan).

An Qingxu's troops were divided into three routes and sent 70,000 reinforcements. Guo Ziyi arranged 3,000 crossbowmen behind the earthen fortress, all of them with superb archery skills, Guo Ziyi told them, "I pretend to be defeated and retreat, the enemy army will definitely chase here, and then you will shoot the enemy with ten thousand arrows."

At the time of the battle, the Tang army retreated, the rebels really chased to the edge of the earthen fortress, the ambush arrows rained down, the rebels were frightened, the Tang army beheaded 40,000 levels, won hundreds of thousands of armor, the prestige was greatly boosted, An Qingxu retreated to Yecheng (now Anyang, Henan), and could not hold out.

Yecheng was surrounded by the Tang army, Guo Ziyi led Zhangshui to irrigate the city, Yecheng flooded Jinshan, the food in the city ran out, and he ate the bark of wild vegetables, and even a mouse could be sold for a sky-high price of 4000.

From winter to the spring of the following year, Yecheng had not yet been breached. In March, Shi Siming personally led 50,000 elite soldiers to challenge the Tang army, and in the fierce battle, suddenly the wind howled, flying sand and stones, the sky was dark, and it was impossible to see the southeast and northwest between the distance.

Both sides were in turmoil, the Tang army retreated to the south, the rebels fled north, and the weapons were thrown all over the mountains, Guo Ziyi led the Shuofang army to retreat to Heyang and demolished the bridge. In this battle, the Tang army lacked unified command and suffered heavy losses, and all Wang divisions had to withdraw to their own towns.

The defeat of Yecheng made the eunuch Yu Chaoen find an excuse and put the blame on Guo Ziyi.

Tang Suzong summoned Guo Ziyi back to the dynasty and asked Li Guangbi to command the Shuofang army in his place. The soldiers cried to keep Guo Ziyi, but Guo Ziyi did not dare to disobey the emperor's order and left abruptly.

In the second year of Shangyuan (761 AD), Li Guangbi was defeated at Pishan and Heyang was lost. In 762 A.D., the garrisons of Taiyuan and Yizhou (now Xinyi, Shanxi) killed the commander-in-chief, and the imperial court was deeply worried.

Guo Ziyi was reactivated by Tang Suzong and was crowned the king of Fenyang County, when Guo Ziyi was already sixty-six years old.

On the rebel side, Shi Siming killed An Qingxu and supported hundreds of thousands of troops to deal with the imperial court. Tang Suzong was seriously ill again, lying on top of the collapse, and the emperor told Guo Ziyi, "All the affairs of Hedong will be handed over to you."

When he arrived in Jiangzhou, Guo Ziyi killed Wang Yuanzhen and dozens of others according to military law, and the military rebellion quickly subsided.

Li Yu, the newly succeeded Tang Dynasty Sect, was bewitched by the eunuch Cheng Yuanzhen and suspected Guo Ziyi, Guo Ziyi handed over thousands of edicts praising him to Tang Dynasty Sect in order to show his heart, and Tang Dynasty Sect was deeply moved and expressed his shame to his courtiers.

In the second year of Baoying (763 AD), the Anshi Rebellion had just been pacified, Chang'an was empty, Tubo raised 200,000 troops, invaded Chang'an, Tang Dynasty Zong fled to Shaanzhou, Guo Ziyi, as the deputy marshal of Guannei, collected more than 4,000 scattered soldiers, beating drums and flags during the day, and torches everywhere at night,

Let the people tell the Tubo people, "Marshal Guo's army is coming from Shangzhou (from present-day Shangxian County, Shaanxi)", the Tubo people believed it and quickly withdrew from Chang'an, and Tang Dynasty Zong was welcomed back to the palace. He took Guo Ziyi's hand and was very grateful, "It's not too early to use Qing, so it's here."

In the second year of Guangde (764 AD), Fugu Huaien was dissatisfied with the court's reward, plundered the army, and led the Shuofang army against the imperial court. When Guo Ziyi arrived as the envoy of Shuo Fangjie, Shuo Fangbing left Fugu Huaien and returned to Guo Ziyi's account, and Fugu Huaien had to take 300 cronies and fled to Lingwu (now Lingwu, Ningxia) for refuge.

Because of his unwillingness, he recruited 100,000 horses and horses from Hui and Tubo to invade the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty sect sent Guo Ziyi to lead troops to resist.

In the first year of Yongtai (765 AD), Fugu Huaien attracted 300,000 horses and horses from Hui, Tubo, and Dangxiang to come violently.

As soon as Guo Ziyi led 10,000 Tang troops to Jingyang, they were surrounded by more than 100,000 horses and horses from Hui and Tubo, and the shape was extremely urgent. God bless the Tang Dynasty, at this critical moment, Fugu Huaien died of a violent illness, and the enemy camp was divided, Guo Ziyi knew that the opportunity could not be lost, and decided to ride alone to see the main general of Hui Yao, Ge Luo. (To be continued.) )