After Cui Qianyou broke through Chang'an, he went north to attack Hedong, but was blocked by Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi's subordinates, and was defeated several times. Later, due to the loss of Chang'an, 100,000 garrisons were wiped out by Li Siye in Guanzhong, An Lushan urgently recalled him, led 70,000 troops to garrison Xin'an, and waited for the opportunity to recapture Shaanxi County to block the path from Guanzhong to Luoyang.

Tongguan and Shaanxi County were successively captured by the Tang army, and Luoyang was already a wide open door with no danger to defend. At this time, An Lushan refused to give up Luoyang, so he ordered Cui Qianyou to attack Shaanxi County, when his terrain was not dominant, attack was the best defense, and there was no problem with tactical decision-making. But the strategy has been wrong, this is just An Lushan's negative move, and he loses his mind because of anger, and this kind of thing happens at any time.

Li Siye ordered Zang Xiye and Feng Changqing to lead the army to Xindian, Guo Ziyi and Duan Xiushi were stationed in Mianchi, and the two sides supported each other to prepare for the attack on Luoyang.

An Lushan ordered the recruitment of strong men in the Luoyang area, captured many civilians and enlisted them, further diluting the Youyan soldiers in their hands, and greatly reducing their combat effectiveness.

There was also such a problem in the Tang army, in order to supply grain and grass to the Tang army stationed in Shaanxi County, the imperial court was close to Lingbao, Hongnong and Shaanxi County, but only acted as an auxiliary soldier to carry grain. Du Fu's "Stone Trench Officials" and "Tongguan Officials" in the Three Officials and Three Farewells took place in this area.

A war for power by the ruling class consumes the lives of millions of people. What is even more ironic in history is that those sinners who started wars rarely received due punishment except for war deaths, and two of the culprits were worshiped as saints by the Huhua Youyan soldiers after their deaths, which directly caused the birth of the erroneous values of advocating force and respecting military power and violence in local feudal towns after the Middle Tang Dynasty.

A few days before the two sides started the battle, in the middle of the night, the overseer Yu Chaoen walked into the military tent of Zang Xiye, the envoy of the Hexi Xingying Camp, and ordered someone to bring wine and mutton, with a look of desire on his face.

"Zang Zhongcheng, I am bored late at night, I have come to contact Zhongcheng for a relationship, and there is nothing to prepare, but His Majesty ordered me to bring the wine and lamb leg meat for the army."

Zang Xiye knew at a glance that this person was not good, he had always been upright, and he would never fight with these eunuchs: "The big war is coming, I just issued a military order the day before yesterday, and no alcohol is allowed in the army." Fish Warden, you and I should lead by example. ”

Yu Chaoen smiled stiffly: "Zang Zhongcheng is right, if it weren't for Zhongcheng's reminder, I'm afraid we would have committed a military order." He turned and instructed his followers: "Remove all the wine!" Replaced with a tea pot, I sat opposite Zhongcheng to drink tea and enjoy a delicious leg of mutton. ”

Zang Zhongcheng knelt down in front of the desk, tore off a piece of meat from the leg of mutton with his bare hands and stuffed it into his mouth, and said while chewing: "The Yujian Army has never had anything to do with us warriors, but when I suddenly visited today, there must be something. So you don't have to go around the bush and say yes. ”

"Heh, haha." Yu Chaoen laughed twice, and after the teapot came, he personally poured a cup for Zang Xiye, put his hands in front of Zang Xiye, and said in a careful tone: "I heard that the general's family is favored by the emperor, and it is a first-class military general's family, and he has nothing to say about his majesty's loyalty." Zhongcheng, don't lose your good family style. ”

Zang Xiye raised his head and glanced at him with contempt: "Our family has indeed been loyal for generations, but we have never put these two words on our lips, and the family style of our family is not something that anyone can judge casually." ”

Yu Chaoen was scolded twice in a row, and his face was already smiling like a spring breeze, and he approached Zang Xiye and whispered: "Zhongcheng Zhongyi, how can I not know, but you have been in the land of Xiliang for a long time, and you are under the control of the chief official above your head, have you forgotten it over time?" We, the subjects of the world, can only be loyal to one person, and that is His Majesty the Emperor, who sits in the Daming Palace. ”

"Who said I forgot? Forgot that I was able to follow Dr. Li from Hexi to Longyou Guanzhong? Forgot that we can fight for blood and armor on the Hosoyanagi Plain? However, in the name of loyalty, some people slandered the meritorious soldiers in front of His Majesty, and they were jealous and resentful. What use do you say these people have, in addition to shaking their lips and telling right and wrong, they have an inch of merit for social security? In my opinion, they should obediently shut up, serve tea and water, and do their duty to serve. Neither the mind nor the insight to stand up and make trouble? ”

Yu Chaoen gritted his teeth, his eyes were almost bursting with anger, he raised his hand and slapped it heavily on the desk, turned around and walked towards the outside of the big tent.

The moment he lifted the curtain and went out, he collided with the servant holding a plate of gold ingots, and the weight of gold smashed on his feet with a bang, so painful that he hurriedly picked up his boots, stretched out his hand and slapped the servant: "Bastard, don't you have long eyes when you walk!" What do you do with my gold and silver? ”

The servant hurriedly knelt on the ground and begged for mercy: "The little one doesn't walk long, and beg the general to spare the little one's life." This gold...... Didn't you ask the little one to send this gold to Zang Zhongcheng? ”

"it! Lao Tzu threw it into the Yellow River and bleached it, and he didn't give such a white-eyed dog! Isn't it fucking ignorant of lifting? Lao Tzu made you bear the great sin of cutting off your head! ”

The fish prison army walked away angrily, and Zang Xiye sat in the tent and snorted coldly, these few words were cool, but they also left a lot of worries for themselves.

Compared with him, the big tent of Feng Changqing in the camp of Anxi Xingjie seemed to be happy, and he sat and drank with Xing Yanen, the prison army, and talked happily. Tian Zhen, who was the deputy envoy of Jiedu, happened to pass by his big tent when he was patrolling the night, and when he saw the two people laughing and drinking happily, he was vigilant, but because there was a guard guard guard outside the big tent, he had no chance to eavesdrop, so he could only leave quickly with deeper suspicion.

Fortunately, this place is not far from Li Siye's big tent, Tian Zhen immediately ran over to tell Li Siye, and when she entered the tent, she found that Yan Xiaosi was also there.

Yan Xiaosi was happily reporting to Li Siye that Zang Xiye had taken Yu Chaoen away in a few words, but Li Siye shook his head again and again after hearing this: "I originally thought that Zang Xiye was a stable person and could handle this kind of thing a little more tactfully, but I didn't expect him to be so upright, so he would be tantamount to completely offending the eunuch." Zang Xiye's situation seems to be not good. ”

Li Siye ordered Zang Xiye to serve as the envoy of the Hexi Festival, of course, he also took a fancy to his family of military generals from the Zang family, from the beginning of the Sui Dynasty to the descendants of the Zang family all over the army today. But now that he and Yu Chaoen are so stiff, I am afraid that the eunuchs will not give up.

Tian Zhen entered the tent and said: "In my opinion, Zang Zhongcheng is right, these gelding dogs wandered in the army before the big war, when the two armies were facing each other, and their behavior did not care about the general situation, and they still did this, which is really shameful to be with them." ”

Li Siye glanced at him and asked, "What?" Feng Changqing also drove away the prison guard Xing Yanen? ”

"Well, on the contrary, the two of them hit it off at first sight in the tent, and they were drinking and talking. I have long felt that this Chang Qing is unwilling to be under the lord, but I didn't expect him to be able to accept even the branches thrown by the eunuchs, probably really thinking that with these eunuchs pulling the strings, he can really get the emperor's reuse. ”

Li Siye lowered his head and pondered for a while, waved his hand and said: "Talking about wine doesn't mean anything, Feng Changqing has been under my command for many years, and I can't measure whether he has ambition or not, but he won't choose it like this right now." ”

Tian Zhen naturally only believed what he saw, and said with his crossed hands: "The lord must not trust this person Feng Changqing, we might as well connect Zhao Chongxuan, Ma Phosphorus and the guards of the battalions of the Anxi Army in advance, these are your old subordinates, let's put him in the air first, and then talk about ......"

Before Tian Zhen's words fell, Feng Changqing's voice sounded outside the tent: "Taiwei, Feng Changqing asks to see." ”

Li Siye had a smile on his face, and Tian Zhen said in surprise: "Should I hide first?" ”

"What to hide, you must act openly, especially in the face of your own robed brothers in the army." Li Siye immediately instructed outside: "Come in." ”