Datang Tianbao 14 years on the ninth day of November.

An Lushan, who was also the envoy of Fanyang, Pinglu and Hedong, united with the forces of the Luo, Xi, Khitan, Murowei, Turkic and other tribes to form an army of 150,000, known as 200,000, under the pretext of "worrying about the danger of the country" and crusading against Yang Guozhong under the emperor's secret edict, he raised troops in Fanyang and openly rebelled.

A huge crisis has befallen the prosperous Datang!

After Emperor Li Longji succeeded to the throne, he made great efforts to make the country prosperous, uprooted the addiction, reformed the administration of officials, appointed meritocrats, and carried out a series of reforms in politics, economy, people's livelihood, and military affairs. After more than 20 years of efforts by the Ming monarch and the virtuous ministers, all aspects have been greatly developed, the world is under great rule, and the Tang Dynasty has entered its heyday, which is the famous "prosperous era of the Kaiyuan Dynasty" in history! In a short period of time, the rebels took control of most of Hebei and a prefecture and county in Henan, and their troops were directed to Luoyang, Tokyo, and Chang'an, Xijing.

Emperor Li Longji was furious when he learned of An Lushan's rebellion on 14 November, and he immediately issued an edict to summon the army of King Qin, and ordered Anxi Jiedu to envoy Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi, the general of Youjinwu, to lead a large number of temporarily conscripted troops to go out of Tongguan to the east to prepare to block the advance of the rebels.

However, An Lushan's men and horses have been fighting on the border for a long time, have rich experience in actual combat, and their combat effectiveness can be regarded as one of the best among all the Tang Dynasty armies, and the soldiers and horses temporarily dispatched by the imperial court could not stop the rapid advance of the rebels, and Feng Changqing, who guarded Luoyang, was defeated one after another!

On December 13, Tokyo Luoyang fell!

After the rebels conquered Luoyang, they did not stay and continued to advance westward, aiming directly at Chang'an.

It's just that because the New Year is approaching and there is heavy snowfall, the pace of the rebels' attack has slowed down a bit.

After Feng Changqing was defeated from Luoyang, he retreated to Shaanxi Jun and joined forces with Gao Xianzhi. Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi knew that they could not defeat the rebels in a short time, so they had to take a defensive position, abandon Shaanxi County, and retreat to Tongguan. Tongguan is the gateway to defend Chang'an, if Tongguan is lost, Chang'an will not be protected.

However, Feng Changqing's series of defeats and the move of uniting Gao Xianzhi's army to retreat to Tongguan annoyed Emperor Li Longji, and under the strong request of Prime Minister Yang Guozhong and the eunuch Bian Lingcheng of the supervising army, "Changqing shook the people with thieves, and Xianzhi abandoned Shaanxi for hundreds of miles, and stole and reduced the food of the soldiers", the imperial court finally beheaded Changqing and Gao Xianzhi for the crime of "losing the teacher".

After the execution of Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi, the Tang Dynasty appointed Ge Shuhan, who was recuperating at home, as the commander of the army, and crowned him as the left servant of Shangshu and the Pingzhang of Tongzhongshu, and led the army to guard Tongguan.

On the first day of the first month of the fifteenth year of Tianbao, An Lushan was proclaimed emperor in Luoyang, and the country name was "Dayan", and the yuan was changed to "Shengwu".

On the eleventh day of the first month, An Lushan sent his son An Qingxu to lead an army to attack Tongguan.

Ge Shuhan led his army to repel the invading enemy after a hard battle, but did not take advantage of the victory to pursue the pass, but just defended the pass.

Subsequently, An Lushan sent Cui Qianyou to garrison Shaanxi, and Tian Qianzhen marched into the pass.

Cui Qianyou and Tian Qianzhen often sent troops to the city of Tongguan to harass or provoke, but Ge Shuhan ignored them, let alone went out to fight, but just defended according to the natural danger of Tongguan! When the rebels attacked, they gathered elite men and immediately killed the enemy; When the rebels don't attack, they will rest and concentrate on training the sergeants!

The rebels could not break through Tongguan, so Wangguan sighed and could only send a large army to camp dozens of miles outside Tongguan City to confront the Geshuhan army.

When the rebels captured Luoyang and marched to Chang'an, the actions of rebels in various places also rose one after another, causing great trouble to the rebels. The brothers Yan Gaoqing, the Taishou of Changshan County, and Yan Zhenqing, the Taishou of Pingyuan County, summoned the officials and people of the 17 counties of Hebei to fight against the rebels, forming a great momentum and cutting off the post road from Luoyang to Fanyang, which once shook the hearts of the soldiers in An Lushan's army.

Shuofang Jiedu made Guo Ziyi lead the army eastward, defeated An Lushan's general Gao Xiuyan, took advantage of the victory to capture the Jingbian army, and captured Mayi; Hedong Jiedu made Li Guangbi lead the army out and capture Changshan City. After winning a great victory, Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi joined forces.

The rebels' eastward advance was blocked by the righteous army led by Zhang Xun, the commander of Zhenyuan County, in Yongqiu, and was blocked in Nanyang by Lu Jiong, the envoy of Shannan Jiedu, in the south.

The rear was unstable, and Tongguan could not be captured for a long time, An Lushan was panicked all day long, and planned to give up Luoyang and retreat back to Fanyang's nest.

The entire strategic situation developed in favor of the Don Army.

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Tianbao fifteen years, the second day of June.

Xingqing Palace, in the Xingqing Palace, the emperor Li Longji, who had a happy face, sat on the throne and looked at His Royal Highness's ministers happily.

A series of good news came, which inspired people's hearts, and Li Longji, who had been frowning for more than half a year, finally put his mind at ease.

The situation developed in a very favorable direction for the imperial court, An Lushan was ready to withdraw his troops from Luoyang and retreat to Fanyang, and Li Longji, who had received these good news one after another, also convened a group of important ministers early the next morning to discuss countermeasures!

Li Longji, who has been in charge of Datang for more than 40 years, is over 70 years old this year, and he has been intoxicated with music creation and the so-called "love" between him and Yang Yuhuan for many years. Today he is in good spirits, but it is still difficult to hide the twilight on his face!

After seeing that the ministers to be summoned had arrived, Li Longji sat up straight, looked at His Royal Highness's ministers and asked: "Ladies and gentlemen, the brothers Yan Gaoqing and Yan Zhenqing cut off the contact between Luoyang and Fan Yang in Hebei, Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi have successively inflicted heavy losses on the thief army, and the rebel army led by the thief has the intention of retreating to Fan Yang.

The ministers in the palace, you look at me, I look at you, and then look at Yang Guozhong, the right minister of the head of the palace and the secretary of the Ministry of Culture (that is, the original ministry), no one dares to stand up and answer the emperor's inquiry at the first time.

When the rebels first rose, in the face of the rebels' offensive, the soldiers and horses of the imperial court were powerless to resist, Luoyang was lost in a few days, and the situation on the battlefields in other places was also critical. The officers and soldiers fought against the rebels, and there were few victories! Two months ago, under the emperor's anger, he even beheaded the generals Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi, who made people panic, the army's heart was unstable, and everyone was in danger! Now that I heard a lot of good news, the rebels led by An Lushan were preparing to retreat to Fanyang, and many ministers were a little overwhelmed, and they didn't know what to say about how to arrange the war next.

Now the power of the court falls on the head of Prime Minister Yang Guozhong, who is very trusted by Emperor Li Longji, and his proposals are rarely opposed, except for Yang Guozhong's discussion of An Lushan's rebellion. Yang Guozhong repeatedly said that An Lushan was going to rebel, Li Longji just didn't believe it, but now it has been proved that Yang Guozhong's prediction is correct.

Yang Guozhong was very satisfied with the ministers' "horse head is the only one", and after accepting the attention of the ministers, he stood up and made a salute: "Your Majesty, the momentum of the thief army has been exhausted, and it is not far from rout!" The war in the north was very beneficial to the imperial court, and the thieves were ready to give up even Luoyang, and they would definitely withdraw their troops from Tongguan in a few days. According to the minister's view, he should take advantage of the continuous victories in the north and the morale of the generals to destroy the rebels outside Tongguan City! There are 200,000 men and horses led by Ge Shuhan in Tongguan, which is far better than the thief army, if you take advantage of the thief army's defenselessness to cover up and kill, you will definitely be able to break the enemy!"

Seeing Yang Guozhong stand up and speak first, all the ministers breathed a sigh of relief, and Wei Jiansu, the secretary of the military department (military department), immediately stood up and agreed with Yang Guozhong's suggestion: "Your Majesty, the minister seconded the proposal, the momentum of the thief army has withered, and the thief army that attacked Tongguan is only tens of thousands, and I have nearly 200,000 men and horses guarding Tongguan, and I should rush out when the enemy's morale is frustrated, and the defeat can be reversed in one battle, and even the rebellion can be quelled!"

After Wei Jiansu expressed his position, several important ministers stood up and expressed the same opinion, but just when everyone thought that the opinions would soon be unified, Chen Xuanli, the general of Longwu, stood up and objected, "Your Majesty, the minister has objections!" Now the rebels in Luoyang and Tongguan are still very powerful, and the men and horses led by Marshal Geshu are all newly recruited sergeants, and they can barely cope with defending the city, but they can't go out of the city to attack the enemy! If the power of Tongguan is poured into battle, then Tongguan will have no soldiers to defend, if the thieves raid Tongguan, Tongguan will be lost; Tongguan is lost, Chang'an is in danger! The minister felt that he should defend according to the natural danger of Tongguan, and wait for the arrival of the army of the king of Qin in various places before going to war, instead of pouring troops and horses into Tongguan! If the battle is lost, Chang'an will be in danger!"

Seeing that someone stood up to disagree with him and had a gap with Ge Shuhan, he had a lot of unpleasant trouble with Ge Shuhan during this time, and Yang Guozhong, who had always wanted to kill people with a knife, was annoyed, and immediately stood up again and said: "Your Majesty, the minister opposes General Chen's intentions, and now you must not just defend without fighting!" The successive victories in the north, the morale of our army has risen greatly, and the thief army is panicked all day, and the minister feels that he should take advantage of the fact that my Tongguan army has the advantage in numbers, and the thief army is weak and exhausted, and he should take the opportunity to attack! Gather superior forces to attack, and you will definitely be able to achieve victory and save the situation! It is not necessary that the thieves will be defeated for a thousand miles! Not only can the danger of Chang'an be solved, but it is also possible that the rebellion will be put down immediately!"

"Your Majesty, the minister opposes Yang Xianggong's proposal!" Chen Xuanli immediately stood up again, and pleaded loudly with a panicked look, "Your Majesty, the soldiers and horses of Anxi and Longyou have not yet arrived near Chang'an, and they cannot fight against the thief army by relying on the newly recruited men and horses, and they will be defeated if they do not defend the city!" What we have to do now is to avoid the edge of the thief army, take advantage of the natural danger of Tongguan to defend it, wait for the division of the king of Qin from all over the country to rush over, and then fight a decisive battle with the thief army, this is the right way for Marshal Geshu to force Chen several times! Your Majesty, you must not lead Ge Shuhan to lead the army out of Tongguan to fight!"

"General Chen's words are wrong! If you let the thief army besiege Tongguan and do not attack, then the morale of my army will be lower, now the thief army only tens of thousands of horses arrived outside Tongguan City, it is very easy to break the enemy, if you wait for the thief army to arrive outside Tongguan City, then it will be even more difficult to break the enemy! General Chen has to say this kind of delay in military affairs again!" Saying that, Yang Guozhong saluted the emperor Li Longji, who had been sitting down and had not expressed his position: "Please also ask Your Majesty to make a decisive decision and immediately send Ge Shuhan to lead the army out of the city to meet the thief army, so as to quell the rebellion of the thief army as soon as possible!"

Seeing that Yang Guozhong was so arrogant and rude, Chen Xuanli had to retreat angrily and stop talking!

"Hmm! What Yang Aiqing said is very reasonable, I agreed!" Li Longji, who was on the throne, finally made up his mind, "Declare my will, immediately order Ge Shuhan, pour all his men and horses, go out of Tongguan to meet the thief army, be sure to wipe out the front of the thief army, recapture Shaanxi County, and capture Luoyang!"

After Li Longji announced the order, he stood up from his throne and prepared to leave, but Gao Lishi, a confidant who had been standing by his side, immediately followed.

The emperor departed after announcing the order, and the ministers dispersed with different moods.

But no one knew that what was decided at today's emergency court meeting would bring disaster to Datang!

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