As soon as the Tang Dynasty received the letter of state from the special letter, he sneered in his heart, An Yulushan, a traitor, obviously wanted to reap the profits, but how to let him get his wish, and immediately ordered Shewa to bring 20,000 troops to meet with the letter and guard Yangping Pass.

You know, Yangping Pass is the barrier of Chang'an, once lost, Chang'an can be said to be attacked on all sides, just around the corner, he spent countless money, food, soldiers and horses to get today's situation, how can it be in vain?

After sending Sheva and other cadres away, the Tang Dynasty was a little more open-minded, knowing that as long as there were 30,000 troops, it could be said that it was as strong as an iron wall, and An Lushan falsely claimed that the army of 500,000 was actually only 200,000 people, so how could he capture Yangping in a hurry?

Immediately, the Tang Dynasty asked the clerk to write a reply to An Lushan, and the book said: The Tang Dynasty felt the kindness of Emperor Yan, but when the army was in chaos, the thieves and thieves were four made, and Yangping Pass was a dangerous place, once released, it was taken advantage of by others, and the disaster was far-reaching, so I asked Emperor Yan to take a break for a while, and I took Chang'an, purged the thief party, and then released it was not too late; And I will take Chang'an first, I will succeed, and An Nenggong will fail, Emperor Wangyan knows it.

Gao Yue took the letter back, and Pegasus returned to An Lushan's army and presented the letter of state.

An Lu was furious when he saw it, and scolded: "Arrogant children, you will die at the hands of this emperor!" ”

knew that the Tang Dynasty was never willing to share Chang'an with him, so he had to attack hard.

That night, An Lushan led five battalions of personal soldiers as the front and personally attacked Yangping.

With 200,000 troops, attacking the lonely city, Zhuan Xin suddenly fell into a desperate situation, and Hua Mingqing and Tian Chengsi personally supervised the battle to see how dangerous it was. Although Yangping Pass is difficult and dangerous, after all, the guard force is too weak, and the city is only broken overnight.

But at this time, a large army of Biao came rolling and killing, and the first general, armed with a thick-backed machete, was majestic, it was Sheva, who brought 20,000 troops back to help.

When the letter in the city saw it, he was overjoyed and put down the drawbridge to take it in.

An Lushan's subordinates stopped Sheva like Hu, and was hacked to death by him, and the army's heart was shaken.

An Lushan also said that the Tang Dynasty personally returned to help, hurriedly Mingjin collected the troops, and personally led the front to welcome Sheva, but when he arrived, the letter had already taken Shewa into the city.

When Tan heard that there were only 20,000 horses to come back to help, An Lushan laughed: "The arrogant boy of the Tang Dynasty, I didn't expect to send only such a few people back, I can break Yangping Pass in the next day, pass on my order, and attack the city with all my might!" ”

Originally, Yangping Pass was already very critical, after all, there was a huge difference in strength, but with the addition of Sheva, an army that could levy and manage the war, it immediately stabilized the morale of the army, relied on danger to defend, and immediately resisted the offensive of the An army.

After a night of fierce fighting, in the early morning of the next day, when Sheva was patrolling with a special letter and other generals, he saw countless enemy corpses scattered under Yangping Pass under the rising sun, and he couldn't help but sigh: "The Tang Dynasty said well, the time is not as good as the place!" An Lushan attacked me with hundreds of thousands of troops, if I hadn't had a strong city to defend, how could I be his opponent! ”

Letters and so on are deeply convinced.

But said that after the Tang Dynasty sent Sheva away, he discussed with Li Bai: "Big brother, the situation is critical now, our army only has more than 90,000 people, and it has been divided into two roads, Guo Ziyi is a good general of the Tang Dynasty, and now he is leading an army of 80,000 to help, don't let him stabilize the army's heart, otherwise, I'm afraid that Nayi will be broken." ”

Li Bai was stunned, looked at the Tang Dynasty, and said for a long time: "Brother Xian, at this time, don't you still ask Li Gesang to send troops to help?" ”

Indeed, Li Gesang is the king of Nanzhao, and his 100,000 strong soldiers can be dispatched, and they are displayed on the border of Shaanxi.

Tang Chao shook his head: "Big brother's words are bad, the soldiers are not many but the magic of use, in the past I was in Anxi, there were only tens of thousands of old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers under my command, and I could still sweep the west of Ping'an, today I led nearly 100,000 troops to the east, and I have not yet encountered real resistance, how to borrow troops." Now Chang'an has a three-way army, and if one more road is added, the situation will be even more difficult to control. ”

Li Bai's eyes shone with admiration: "Brother Xian, I know, are you unwilling to let Li Gesang of Nanzhao interfere in the original matter, so as to cause trouble?" ”

"Yes, although I am the successor of Nanzhao, but once I have the world, with the ability of Li Gesang and Wolf Zhengxuan, I should have the ability to compete with me for the world, so why bother to cause trouble and hurt myself."

"And what do you want to do now?" Li Bai's heart suddenly became nervous. He knew that Guo Ziyi brought the forbidden army of the imperial court this time, and it was the only army with combat effectiveness in the Tang Dynasty, and it was as much as 80,000, plus 30,000 or 40,000 people in Chang'an City, the strength was twice that of the Tang Dynasty's army, and it constituted an internal and external attack.

The Tang Dynasty said: "Soldiers, the way of deceit." If we wait for Guo Ziyi to calmly reorganize the 80,000 troops, and join forces with Li Longjili, and the horns will become successful, we will definitely be defeated, so our current task is to defeat Guo Ziyi's army along the road before it arrives, otherwise, the situation will be difficult. ”

Li Baiqi: "Virtuous brother Gao Ming, this is indeed the best strategy, why don't I cross the Yellow River and defeat Guo Ziyi?" ”

At that time, Guo Ziyi's army was rushing from Tongguan to Chang'an to rescue the driver, but because Guo Ziyi was suspicious and afraid of being ambushed by Shi Siming, he did not dare to cross the Yellow River from Zhengzhou, but crossed the Yellow River from Luoshui West in a roundabout way.

In this way, of course, it is safe, but it greatly delays the trip.

This is why An Lushan's strikers have arrived at Yangping Pass, and Guo Ziyi's rescuers have not yet arrived in Yangping.

Guo Ziyi was actually a very smart person, thinking of the prestige of the Tang Dynasty, he knew that his soldiers were all elite soldiers, so he reorganized the army on the road, cleaned up military discipline, killed a few undisciplined soldiers, and gradually trained into a force that could fight.

In fact, the 80,000 people he led, known as the forbidden army, were the elite of the Great Internal Army, but the actual combat effectiveness was not strong, and although the strength was slightly more than the army under the Tang Dynasty, it could not guarantee combat effectiveness.

He walked slowly all the way, and that's all he did.

At this time, in the military tent of the Tang Dynasty, Li Bai asked the Tang Dynasty to fight and defeat Guo Ziyi on the bank of the Yellow River.

Tang Chao shook his head: "Big brother, this battle is very important, the world is almost in control, but once defeated, it will be embattled, I should go in person, in my opinion, leave 30,000 infantry under your command, surround Chang'an, strengthen the wall, do not attack the city for the time being, I will take 30,000 troops, light cavalry to meet Guo Ziyi." ”

Li Bai's face turned a little pale: "Brother Xian, didn't I say you, these 30,000 cavalry, can you really defeat Guo Ziyi?" ”

Tang Chao nodded solemnly: "Not bad!" Soldiers have a saying since ancient times: soldiers are fine but not many. Although my strength is only half of Guo Ziyi's, most of the forbidden troops are unbattled soldiers, and Guo Ziyi's new army must have loopholes in integration, and Shi Siming is behind him, and I am in front of him, even though he has crossed the Yellow River, he is still in the situation of being attacked by the enemy on his back; Moreover, our army has been in battle many battles and is extremely brave, although Guo Ziyi has many troops, he may still be defeated. Defeat Guo Jun, I will return to Chang'an, when the time comes, Chang'an will definitely have no fighting spirit, and at that time, whether it is a strategy or a strong one, Chang'an is in control. ”

In these few words, Tang Chao said with confidence, highlighting strong self-confidence. When he was in a critical situation on all sides, he actually dared to divide his troops and attack Guo Ziyi with light horses.

One of the taboos of a soldier is that the strength is weak, and it is easy to be broken by the enemy.

"Okay, virtuous brother, you were able to shock Lingnan, sweep the Western Regions, and even more so in Jiannan, and you will definitely be able to defeat Guo Ziyi and take Chang'an.

Li Bai knew that Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi were both good generals of the Tang Dynasty and already had a prestige, but they were later squeezed out by the traitorous minister Li Linfu, so they were not used by the imperial court. But now, at this critical time, Li Longji can be regarded as knowledgeable, and he has enabled this capable person, and he dares to entrust him with important tasks. Therefore, Guo Ziyi should definitely not be underestimated, but the Tang Dynasty only attacked with half of the opponent's troops, and the number of victories and defeats is difficult to say.

Tang Chao nodded, drank with Li Bai in the army, ate two rhinos, three hundred catties of wine, and then, Tang Dynasty and Li Bai hugged and said goodbye.

Li Bai went to strengthen the defense of the village, but the Tang Dynasty here ordered 30,000 cavalry, brought good grain and grass, and attacked Hebei overnight.

At this time, Guo Ziyi's army had reached the north of the Yellow River, because he heard that Yangping Pass had been occupied by the Tang Dynasty, so he made a detour to Chang'an, wanting to meet Li Longji and stabilize the hearts of the people in Beijing.

Guo Ziyi knew in his heart that even if he could defeat the Tang Dynasty, he would have to pay a heavy price, and besides, the soldiers under his command would not fight, and before the armies of the Qinwang of all roads had not yet arrived, it was better to meet first and not fight with the Tang Dynasty.

At this time, the area along the Yellow River was already under the control of An Lushan's army, and there were several battles along the way, but they were all small-scale engagements, and it can be said that there was no resistance along the way.

Of course, he couldn't imagine that the Tang Dynasty was not in a hurry to capture Chang'an and seek shelter, but came from afar to attack him.

However, after all, he was also a battle-hardened person, and when he thought of the prestige of the Tang Dynasty, he knew that he could not be negligent in dealing with such an enemy. Therefore, although he thought that it was impossible for the Tang Dynasty to come thousands of miles to attack him, he still prepared for the worst, that is, to form his army into a long snake formation, one 10,000 teams and one 10,000 people in front of each other, and send his son Guo Ai as the vanguard.

His own martial arts are extremely strong, and he has reached the realm of transformation, and Guo Ai is also a master with deep dark strength, even if he is defeated, it will not affect the whole army, and with his military talent, he can change the formation when the time comes, and resist the surprise attack of the Tang Dynasty.

Of course, Tang Dynasty could not have imagined that he would meet the most difficult opponent in his life.