After three years, he led the army east out of Tongguan again, and when the army silently crossed Tongguan and continued to march eastward, Guo Rong walked alone on the city pass of Tongguan.

Looking up at the sun in the south at noon, he gently exhaled a breath of turbidity, and unconsciously, Guo Rong clenched the big sword inlaid with dragon patterns in his hand.

Feeling the dragon pattern of the sword's scabbard and the unique feeling of the metal, looking down at the sword in his hand that was not in his plan at all, Guo Rong had a feeling of crying and laughing.

Since the first meeting, the relationship between Guo Rong and Emperor Li Yu has been relatively harmonious, and with the contact and understanding between the two sides, Guo Rong has become less and less concerned about etiquette in front of Li Xu.

After Guo Rong independently planned the last expedition for the first time and helped Li Yu complete the feat of attacking Yunzhou on a snowy night, Guo Rong once joked with Li Yu on the way north to Youzhou.

Guo Rong said that if one day he led the army alone, then before he traveled, he would definitely ask Emperor Li for a sword of Shang Fang.

At that time, Li Yu asked Guo Rong why, and Guo Rong replied with a sentence, he would not accept the order of the monarch outside.

Li Yu, who was in a good mood at that time, continued to ask, what Guo Rong was going to do with the Shang Fang sword he gave him, Guo Rong replied, behead corrupt officials, behead rebel ministers, patrol hunting on behalf of the sky, level the world, overcome thorns and thorns, and expand the territory.

Guo Rong was just joking when he said these words, but at that time, the Emperor Li Yu nodded seriously and agreed, saying that if Guo Rong went out as the commander one day, he would definitely give Guo Rong a hand, so that Guo Rong could better cut through obstacles for the Tang Dynasty and expand the territory.

And Guo Rong's joke was seriously recorded by Bai Juyi, who was a living housekeeper all the way, in the living notes of Emperor Li Chen.

Emperor Li Chan recorded it even more seriously.

Originally, Guo Rong thought that Shang Fang's sword was just a fiction in later generations and TV series, but to Guo Rong's surprise, Shang Fang's sword really existed, but Shang Fang's sword is not very accurate, and the more standard statement should be Shang Fang's sword, or Shang Fang's horse sword, which is actually the emperor's own royal sword.

In fact, before Ariake, when the emperor was happy, he would also give his sword to his courtiers in the interest of reward or favor, but the person who gave it would generally offer the sword instead of using it to cut people.

However, before the Ming Dynasty Shang Fang sword was proliferated, whether it was the Xia, Shang Zhou, Qin and Han dynasties or the Tang and Song dynasties of the pre-Qin Dynasty, there were items or ceremonial guards similar to the Shang Fang sword.

Before the Shang Fang sword was overflowing, this kind of thing representing the Son of Heaven was called Jie, or Jieyue, which was also called holding Jiejie or false Jieyue.

The conscience of heaven and earth, Guo Rong at least regarded Shang Fang's sword as a joke to make the emperor happy, otherwise he would not have asked for an edict similar to the order to kill Hu when he asked for his order to fight.

It's just that Guo Rong never dreamed that he had already led the army out to leave Chang'an, and the Emperor Taishang didn't know how to remember the joke he had made, and after the Chang'an city gate was opened, he sent Zhang Taicheng to really send Shang Fang's sword to him as soon as possible.

"Canglanglang~~~"

Guo Rong pulled out the Shang Fang sword given by the Emperor, under the warm sun, there were still bursts of cold light in the blade, thinking about the scene of Zhang Taicheng sending the sword and the words conveyed, Guo Rong was actually still a little trance-like now.

When the army left Chang'an for ten miles and was galloping eastward, a group of cavalry hurriedly galloped from the direction of Chang'an, and then galloped all the way to Guo Rong's face.

"Jang Tae-sung?"

Just when Guo Rong was curious about what Zhang Tai had become, Zhang Taicheng straightened his waist and shouted loudly on the side of the mighty eastward army.

"Spread the Emperor's message!"

"it."

Zhang Taicheng's cold words, Guo Rong's and other Changying Army and Zuo Wuwei Military Academy were caught off guard, so that Guo Rong's lying groove blurted out.

The entire counterinsurgency army numbered more than 30,000 people, more than 30,000 horses and livestock, and hundreds of accompanying wagons.

Looking at this team that couldn't be seen, after blurting out a "", Guo Rong scolded Zhang Taicheng in his heart for being an idiot, just a verbal message, can you die in a whisper......

Scolding is scolding, helplessness is helplessness, and the marching brigade of soldiers and horses with a length of several miles naturally cannot suddenly stop in the middle.

glared at Zhang Taicheng, in order to avoid this unexpected episode affecting the chaos of the march or the morning accident, Guo Rong immediately ordered the military academy to restrain the soldiers, and the army continued to move forward.

Originally, Zhang Taicheng was about to say something more, but when he saw Guo Rong's murderous eyes, he swallowed and finally didn't speak.

Seeing that under his swift order, the army continued to march eastward unaffected, Guo Rong breathed a sigh of relief, and then led a group of generals and colonels who followed him, clasped their fists and saluted, and accepted the order.

"The Emperor Taishang has an order, and after leaving Chang'an, all matters can be decided by himself and acted cheaply."

Whew, after Zhang Taicheng's voice came out, Guo Rong breathed a sigh of relief, this is obviously how the emperor can give himself a little more confidence.

Just when Guo Rong relaxed and felt that Zhang Taicheng would no longer be a demon, Zhang Taicheng suddenly lowered his voice.

"Your Majesty asked me to give this to you!"

didn't think too much about it, Guo Rong took over a long sword with a golden dragon pattern as a scabbard handed over by Zhang Taicheng, and before Guo Rong came back to his senses, Zhang Taicheng was full of anger again.

"Emperor Taishang's edict: Give Guo Rong a sword to patrol the sky, Guo Rong holds this sword, beheads the female gan on the top, beheads the rebel ministers, levels the world, overcomes thorns and thorns, and expands the territory!"

"The Emperor Taishang said: Qing will not live up to me, and I will not live up to Qing!"

After the edict was completed, Zhang Taicheng did not act as a demon again, but turned around and rode towards Chang'an City, leaving Guo Rong and a group of Changying Army, Zuowu Guards and Military Academy who were still in shock.

Zhang Taicheng's actions today can no longer be described as a simple abnormality, and Guo Rong knows that if there is anyone in Chang'an City who is most afraid of himself, then it must be Zhang Taicheng.

After all, in the past in the south square of Xingqing Palace, Guo Rong, who was not nameless, dared to beat Zhang Taicheng violently in front of tens of thousands of people, so Guo Rong knew that Zhang Taicheng would never dare to be a demon in front of him casually.

Zhang Taicheng didn't dare to be such a demon, so everything he did should be Li Yu's order!

At first, Guo Rong was very surprised why Li Yu was suddenly so demonic, but as the road progressed, with the follow-up news from Chang'an, Guo Rong finally understood Li Chen's intentions.

There is such a model in the Tang Dynasty, in which the general in the army hangs the envoy (Zhongshu Menxia Tongping Zhangshi) to lead the army with the head of the march or the head of the march or the head of the march to lead the entire aspect of the war, such as the war of annihilation.

For example, Li Jing in the past, Hou Junji and Su Dingfang after Li Jing, Pei Xingjian after Hou and Su, and even Wang Xiaojie after him.

And this kind of large-scale warfare, which is similar to the war of annihilation, is generally formally held or fake before the expedition to determine the authority of the commander.

It's just that this model all appeared before the Tianbao year, and during the Tianbao year, Xuanzong officially abolished the government soldiers for recruitment, and established the ten major festivals of Tianbao.

Since then, the Great Shogun's festival has become a history!

Guo Rong didn't understand the difference between this, until he saw what Han Yu pointed out in his letter, the reason why the generals who were ordered to lead the army after Tianbao did not need to hold the festival was because they themselves were the festival envoys of a certain town, or even several towns.

At the end of the letter, it seemed that Guo Rong would not understand the original meaning of the Emperor Li Chan, Han Yu wrote nakedly that Guo Rong was the first commander sent by the imperial court to march with the Forbidden Army/Guard General after the Tianbao Year!

Han Yu didn't write any more, but Guo Rong From that moment on, Guo Rong felt that the courage on his body was as heavy as a thousand pounds.

Although it encountered the Anshi Rebellion, it was also the era of the prosperous era of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, not only Gao Xianzhi, Feng Changqing, Ge Shuhan, Fugu Huaien, Ma Lu, Hun Xuan, Xin Yunjing and other famous generals, but also Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi, a pair of imperial pairs, and now......

Standing quietly on the towering and majestic Tongguan, looking back at Sanqin and looking at Heluo from afar, Guo Rong thought about the memory of Tongguan in the Anshi Rebellion half a century ago.

In the past, Hebei was eroded, and after Luoyang was lost, the world of Datang still did not collapse.

In the southern part of the entire front, Anxi Jiedu, who had neither strong troops nor strong reinforcements, made Feng Changqing, Gao Xianzhi, and Ge Shuhan take a defensive position, strengthen the city defense, and have deep ditches and high fortifications.

In the northern part of the entire front, Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi, a pair of imperial duo, took advantage of the opportunity that the main force of the Hebei rebels was pinned down under Tongguan, and the Shuofang army took Fanyang in the north and overthrew the rebels' lair.

Half a century ago, it was here, Tongguan, that a great war that almost decided the fate of the Tang Dynasty broke out here.

It was also here that the two former commanders of the Anxi Army died here under the slander of the eunuchs.

Still here, the prosperity of the Kaiyuan Dynasty has completely come to an end, and the Tang Dynasty, which has lost the heritage accumulated for more than a hundred years, has fallen from the altar.

Xuanzong, who had already fainted in his later years, first listened to the false accusations of the eunuchs of the prison army, and beheaded Chang Qing and Gao Xianzhi for the crime of "losing his teacher", and then under the bewitchment of Yang Guozhong, the female minister, he issued a holy decree to force Ge Shuhan to fight, which eventually caused the loss of both people and land, and made the counterinsurgency war take a sharp turn.

Fortunately, the number of Datang gas is not exhausted, the number of Chinese gas is not endless, fortunately, the loyal ministers of Datang have not been cut off, and fortunately, the Miao descendants of Huaxia have gone forward one after another.

In the eyes of others, there were many turning points in the Anshi Rebellion, such as the Battle of Tongguan, such as the Shuofang Army's attack on Fanyang, such as the Ma Weiyi Change, such as the Shuofang Army's support for the new emperor, but in Guo Rong's eyes, the real turning point of the Anshi Rebellion was not those, but the Battle of Suiyang, which was tragic to the limit.

At that time, the Tang Dynasty, the three towns of Hebei rebelled, Hedong completely fell, Tongguan was lost and Guanzhong fell, and the Hebei rebels were sweeping Henan Province and waiting for an opportunity to go south to the south of the Yangtze River.

At that time, although the battle situation was unfavorable, Suzong had succeeded to the throne, the main force of the Shuofang army was still there, and the most elite Tang army in Longyou, Anxi, and Beiting was still rushing back to the Central Plains from the border pass day and night.

If there is still a war force in terms of military strength, then economically, after losing Hebei, Hedong, Henan, and Guanzhong, the imperial court is only left with the tax support of the Yangtze River and Huai River basins.

Suiyang, located in the middle of the Bianhe section of the Grand Canal, is an important town in the Jianghuai River basin and the last important military town north of the Jianghuai River and Jiangnan to block the rebels.

In the first battle of Suiyang, Zhang Xun, the deputy envoy of Henan Jiedu, had no food and grass inside and no reinforcements outside, and with less than 7,000 soldiers and horses, he defended Suiyang for a full ten months, from 7,000 people to less than 400 people in the end.

With his own strength, he forcibly blocked the main force of hundreds of thousands of Anshi rebels in the north of Jianghuai and the Yangtze River, the important financial and tax areas of the Tang Dynasty, and turned the tide.

If Zhang Xun hadn't resisted in Suiyang for ten months at that time, and after losing the financial and tax support of the southeast, everything would have been out of control.

Although the current rebels of the three towns of Hebei have not directly raised a rebellion, and the current situation in Datang is not as dangerous as when the Anshi Rebellion was beaten to Tongguan in the past, but from the direction of the overall situation, the accumulation of contradictions after several decades, coupled with the conflict of foreign ideas, is now facing a more complex situation.

From Tongguan to Suiyang, from Suiyang to Zhang Xun, and then from Zhang Xun to the real financial and tax center of the Tang Dynasty, and then to the Anxi Army, the Beiting Army, and the Longyou Provincial Border Army were transferred back to the Central Plains......

History, War, Politics, Power Scheme...... It seems to be extremely complicated, but if you put it in the history of China for thousands of years, it is actually a story that has experienced countless reincarnations.

Alone, standing on the head of Tongguan, Guo Rong quietly reviewed the entire process of the Anshi Rebellion from the beginning to the pacification.

In a war of this scale, what is fought to the end is the comprehensive national strength, the strategic deployment, and the tactical details of each small battlefield.

To be able to resist the unprecedented scale of the Anshi Rebellion, in the final analysis, it is still relying on the prestige accumulated by Li Tang since the founding of the Tang Dynasty and the strong national strength accumulated by Zhenguan and Kaiyuan.

Tie the hard village, fight in a daze, the sun arch is endless, and the merit is not donated to the sea!

After determining his train of thought, Guo Rong felt that the courage on his shoulders seemed to be a little lighter, and just after determining his train of thought, Guo Rong's thoughts couldn't help but drift to Hebei Road.

At this moment, a rush of footsteps suddenly came into Guo Rong's ears from behind.

Guo Rong turned around, and saw Han Xiang and Zhi Muyu, two of his own guards, hurrying up to the top of Tongguan.

Looking at the hurried pace of the two and the somewhat uneasy expressions on their faces, Guo Rong's heart felt a deep sense of unease, I hope it wasn't the news from Hebei that he was worried about.

"What's wrong? Why do you two look like this?"

Guo Rong's words fell, Han Xiang and Zhi Muyu glanced at each other, and finally Han Xiang said slowly.

"General, this is the news I just received, General Li Yu has led the main force of the Hebei Army of 30,000 people to the north!"

"Boom!"

Guo Rong felt that what he was most worried about had happened.

"Why did Li Yu still go to the army, didn't I send him a letter asking him not to send troops easily in Hebei, why did he still send troops......

Facing Guo Rong's puzzled and dissatisfied inquiry, the two people in front of him were obviously unable to answer, and then Zhi Muyu handed the paper in his hand that was still sealed directly to Guo Rong.

"This is a letter from General Li Yu!"

hurriedly took the letter from Zhi Muyu's hand, and when he saw the first sentence in it, Guo Rong instantly became crying and laughing.

"Now that you have led the Changying Army to the expedition, I will rest assured, the overall situation of Hebei and Henan is directly handed over to you, except for Lubei, there are demagogic and ill-intentioned guys everywhere, but I can't do it casually, I always feel very aggrieved here in Hebei Province!"

Originally, Li Yu would honestly prepare for war under the rule of Hebei Jiedu Envoy, but knowing that he was coming, he gave Li Yu enough confidence, and this TM is really Li Yu's style.

Good guy, Guo Rong now regrets writing to Li Yu in the first place......