Outside the city, the barley in the mountains and valleys had been harvested.

The granaries of every household are already full of golden barley.

Almost all Tibetans in the entire Tibetan region are happy, because this year's Tibet is wetter and warmer than last year, the water and grass are more abundant, the cattle and sheep are fatter, and the barley yield is higher than last year.

There is no doubt that this year is another bumper year that is rare in 100 years.

[According to history, the climate of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau during the Tang Dynasty was humid and warm]

And this year, as last year, in addition to paying 20% of the tax, the rest of the harvest is their own.

The Tang government also clearly stipulated that as long as they were recruited into the army, even 20% of the tax could be exempted, which means that all the harvest was their own family.

This is simply a good thing that has never been better.

Therefore, the enthusiasm of Tibetans to apply for recruitment is very high.

Because of this, Li Siye had to raise the standard of conscription again and again, but even if the standard was raised to the extreme, there were still 200,000 Tibetans selected.

These 200,000 Tibetans are not only physically strong, but also good at riding and shooting.

Up to now, Li Siye has led the 200,000 people's army to train for more than a year, and the standard of training is also very high.

At this time, Li Siye was leading one of the civilian armies to train.

This civilian army consisted of 2,000 cavalry, each armed with three horses.

After completing the routine training of the transfer between the marches, Li Siye divided the two thousand cavalry into two groups, and led one with his son Li Zuoguo to start chasing and training, that is, one group to run, and the other group to chase behind them, the group that ran trained various tactics of retreat, and the group that pursued trained pursuit tactics.

When he was in full swing of practice, Lu Tianshi's voice suddenly came from the air.

"Li Siye, stop practicing." Lu Tianshi said, "Hurry up and gather the army and prepare to go to Chang'an." ”

Li Siye hurriedly stopped his horse, and sang with his crossed hands: "Lu Tianshi, did An Lushan really rebel?" ”

"Well, An Lushan is really the opposite." Lu Tianshi said, "And the rebels are very strong, the entire Hebei Province has fallen, if there is no miracle, the armies of Longyou Town, Hexi Town, and Shuofang Town alone will not be able to stop the rebels, and the new recruits recruited by Geshuhan from Chang'an and Luoyang will be even more useless." ”

Li Zuoguo said: "In other words, the counterinsurgency army is likely to suffer?" ”

"Be confident, get rid of the possibility." Lu Tianshi said, "The counterinsurgency army will definitely suffer a loss, and it will suffer a big loss, Ge Shuhan, don't talk about counterinsurgency, it would be good if he could hold Tongguan." ”

Li Zuoguo said: "Grandpa, then we have to send troops quickly." ”

"However......" Li Siye was puzzled, "it seems inappropriate to send troops without the edict of the saint." ”

"You don't have to worry about this, leave it to me." Lu Tianshi, "Just say that it is my decree, forgive Li Longji and don't dare to say anything, not to mention that he will have to thank me at that time." ”

"Then I will gather the army at once." After a pause, Li Siye then asked, "Lu Tianshi, now that Shannan Town has more than 200,000 militia troops in addition to 8,000 soldiers, how many troops should I lead to Chang'an?" ”

Lu Tianshi: "Eight thousand town soldiers should stay in Shannan Town, and you can bring 200,000 people's troops to go." ”

"Whoa!" Li Siye didn't say half a word of nonsense, and immediately sent fast horses to gather the Tubo people's army from all over the country.

It was enough to leave 8,000 town soldiers in Shannan, after all, there were no strong enemies around the Luo Dao.

……

The whole process of the counterinsurgency war is as it has been historically.

At the beginning, everyone in the army, including Li Longji, as well as the generals of the armed forces, such as Ge Shuhan, Guo Ziyi, and Li Guangbi, was optimistic about the prospects of counterinsurgency operations.

But as soon as he fought with the rebels, he was dumbfounded, and he was not an opponent at all.

The combat effectiveness of Hexi Town, Longyou Town, and Shuofang Town is actually similar to that of Anxi Town, and they can all be called first-class elites, which are not inferior to the three towns of Hedong, Fanyang and Lulong under An Lushan.

The problem is that in the past ten years, Hexi, Longyou and Shuofang Town have been fighting viciously with Tubo, and the vicious battles for many years have made the soldiers of the three towns physically and mentally exhausted, and the loss of veterans is also very serious, especially the battle of Shibao City, which has lost tens of thousands of elite veterans in the three towns of Heshuo and Longyou, and has not been able to recover for more than ten years since then.

On the other hand, the border army of the three towns under the command of An Lushan, although it has been fighting with Xi, Khitan and Murowei, but the scale is not large, and it has not hurt the muscles and bones, so An Lushan not only achieved the effect of training, but also subdued the barbarians such as Xi, Khitan and Murowei, and also recruited the barbarians to form a servant cavalry.

The river is the elite selected from the servant cavalry.

Under the rise of the other, the three towns of Longyou Heshuo are at a comprehensive disadvantage compared with the three towns of Fanyang and Pinglu in Hedong.

Reflected on the battlefield, that is, in a head-to-head confrontation, the main force of the rebels led by An Shouzhong and Li Guiren was like a bamboo, and it reached the outside of Luoyang in less than a month.

Ge Shuhan gathered 150,000 elite soldiers from the two towns of Longyou and Hexi, plus more than 100,000 new troops newly recruited from Chang'an and Luoyang, and fought a battle with the main force of the rebels outside Luoyang City, but suffered a crushing defeat, and the newly recruited new army of more than 100,000 collapsed, and the elite soldiers of Longyou and Hexi towns also suffered heavy losses, leaving less than 50,000 to retreat to Tongguan.

Due to the appearance of Lu Tianshi, Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing escaped.

On the contrary, Ge Shuhan went out in advance and became a big resentment, but fortunately, this time there was no Bian Lingcheng to supervise the army, and Li Longji would no longer remotely command and force Ge Shuhan out of the decisive battle.

So if nothing else, the rebels should not be able to enter Tongguan.

At least it is impossible to break Tongguan in a short period of time and appear in Chang'an.

However, Li Longji and the Manchu Dynasty ministers have been frightened to the point that they have no master.

Because of the strong combat effectiveness displayed by the rebels in this more than month of campaigning, Li Longji and the Manchu Dynasty ministers were extremely impressed.

The original thought that the people's aspirations did not exist at all.

The entire province of Hebei Province and even most of Henan Province have surrendered to the rebels.

Along the way, the assassins and county orders of the prefectures and counties either surrendered or abandoned the officials and fled, and only a very small number of officials and citizens rose up to fight, and then they were soon broken through the city by the rebels and beheaded.

It was originally thought that the rebels would collapse as soon as the imperial army arrived.

The combat effectiveness of the rebels was far stronger than imagined, and even the elites of Longyou and Hexi could not defeat them, and even Ge Shuhan, who was known for his ability to fight tough battles, was defeated by rebel generals such as An Shouzhong and Li Guiren.

All kinds of unfavorable news came one after another, and Chang'an City was shocked three times a day.

There was even gossip in the market that the saint planned to flee to Shuzhong to avoid trouble.

In fact, this is not gossip, Li Longji really asked Colliers to prepare in secret.

Of course, it was definitely not to prepare to escape, but only to say that he planned to go to Tongguan to drive in person, so he ordered Gao Lishi to take Jin Wuwei to prepare the saint's chariot and honor guard.

However, Li Longji's statement can be hidden from others, but it can't be hidden from Lu Tianshi at all.

Just as Li Longji was busy packing up, Lu Tianshi suddenly appeared in Xingqing Palace.

Lu Tianshi said: "The rebels haven't broken the Tong Pass yet, Li Longji, do you plan to slip away in advance?" ”

"Whoa." Li Longji sang with his hands and said, "Heavenly Master, I plan to go to Tongguan to supervise the battle in person. ”

"Come on, you will coax others with such words, and besides, you are a lot old and still go to Tongguan, isn't this just deliberately causing trouble for Ge Shuhan?"

Li Longji was silent, he also knew that he couldn't deceive Lu Tianshi.

Lu Tianshi is an immortal, how could he deceive an immortal?

Gao Lishi forked his hand and said: "Heavenly Master, the rebel army is strong, Tongguan may be breached at any time, once Tongguan is lost, Chang'an will no longer be in danger to defend, so in order not to increase the burden on Geshu Jie Shuai and the front-line soldiers, it is not a good strategy for the saint to go to Shuzhong for a period of time, or ......"

Or what, Colliers did not say.

Lu Tianshi also pretended not to hear, he just wanted to ask him to make a move.

It's not that he doesn't want to make a move, but his "mana" is limited.

"Now you know you're scared? Wasn't it pretty awesome before? Lu Tianshi said suddenly, "Didn't you swear before that the people's hearts are in Li Tang, and if the rebels rebel against them, they will become the target of the public, and as soon as the army of the imperial court arrives, the rebels in Fanyang, Hedong and Pinglu will collapse?" ”