The winter wind and snow were biting and painful, and the second lady staggered on the road, staggering, and drifting away.

At this moment, although Zhang Xun was frozen and shivered occasionally, he was still gritting his teeth and persevering, he was not ashamed to ask, and continued to ask Mo Sheng about the battle situation after the An Lushan rebels. Of course, I didn't know that someone would brave the cold wind to bring warm clothes to him.

"Mr. Mo, I have a question, after the Hebei counties were broken by the rebels, why didn't Shi Siming immediately lead the army back to Luoyang, didn't An Lushan want to capture Tongguan as soon as possible, didn't Mr. said before, An Lushan has decided to personally lead the army to Tongguan, but he was shackled by Yan Gaoqing, so he had to return to Luoyang. Why did it take more than six months to re-attack Tongguan. Although I am not good at using soldiers, I also know the truth of the speed of soldiers, how can a character like An Lushan be inferior to me? ”

Mo Sheng was not in a hurry, he knew that Zhang Xun had been sticking to Yongqiu, the news was inconvenient, and many war reports could only be known a few months after they happened, so he had to explain to Zhang Xun slowly.

"It's not that I don't want to, but I can't. An Lushan's thief dreamed of taking Tongguan immediately, and followed by a good attack on Chang'an, he also knew the truth of long nights and dreams, but although he made Shi Siming and others temporarily solve the Changshan Rebellion, he didn't expect a Raoyang City to appear halfway. ”

"Rao Yang? It's a small city, as far as I know, it's worse than Changshan County, how can it be possible to hold Shi Siming's tens of thousands of rebels? ”

"Raoyang is indeed a small city, the size of the city is not as good as Changshan, but Raoyang because of the special geographical location, coupled with Raoyang's Taishou Lu Quancheng, this person is very good at using soldiers, and for many years it has also been a rainy day, so a small Raoyang city is like a nail, which has been besieged by tens of thousands of Shi Siming for 29 days and cannot be broken, firmly rooted in the land of Hebei! In fact, having said that, it's not that Yan Gaoqing is not smart, it's more that Lu Quancheng is too lucky than Yan Gaoqing, although he is facing the same Shi Siming army, but Lu Quancheng first has Hejian Judicial Li Huan to lead 7,000 troops to help, and then Jingcheng Mayor Shi Li Wei sent his son Li Xi to lead 8,000 troops to help, although they were all defeated by Shi Siming, but this undoubtedly improved the momentum and determination of the soldiers defending the city of Raoyang, and also restrained part of Shi Siming's military strength, so that he could not go all out like attacking Changshan, and he had to always be on guard against someone stabbing him in the back. In addition to the help of these counties, there was an elite army of the imperial court to respond, if Yan Changshan had such help, victory or defeat would be another matter, which is a pity! ”

Zhang Xun is still humbly asking for advice, asking a few words from time to time, when he heard that the Raoyang army and people stubbornly resisted the rebels, the Tang Dynasty court also made up its mind to fight a decisive battle with An Lushan in Luoyang, Emperor Xuanzong thought that the recovery of the Eastern Capital was of great significance both politically and in the war situation, and more importantly, his heavenly face was almost unbearable. In order to recover Luoyang, Tokyo as soon as possible, he ordered Guo Ziyi, who was besieging Yunzhong County, to withdraw his troops, return to Shuofang's hometown, reintegrate more men and horses, and lead Shuofang's army to launch an all-out attack on Hebei, striving to eat Shi Siming's men and horses as soon as possible. Later, under the recommendation of Guo Ziyi, the emperor appointed an infamous general as the envoy of Hedong Jiedu, and led more than 10,000 soldiers and cavalry of the Han Dynasty and more than 3,000 archers from Taiyuan to send troops to Jingcheng Pass, pacify Hebei, and then enter Luoyang. I never thought that when this person was ordered to rush to Changshan, which had become purgatory, he would be able to recover Changshan County without a fight, and Shi Siming, who was still besieging Raoyang at that time, was also shocked after hearing the news, and he quickly withdrew from Raoyang County and relaunched an attack on Changshan County.

"Who is this general sent by the imperial court? can make the invincible Shi Siming suffer such a big loss! ”

"This person's surname is Li, and his name is Guangbi!"

"Li Guangbi? Lee Kwang-pil? The surname of the country, which prince or royal descendant? ”

"No, this person is a general. It is said that he was born in the Li family of Liucheng, Yingzhou, and is of the Khitan tribe. His father is the Khitan king Li Kailuo, Wu Zhou from the Khitan to descend, tired officials to Shuo Fang Jie Du deputy envoy, Feng Ji Guogong, Li Kailuo is famous for his courage and good fighting, at that time known as the first master of the Khitan, and later died in the war against the Turks, and was awarded the governor of Yingzhou, nicknamed "loyal martyr". Li Guangbi is the fourth son of the general Zuo Yulin. This son has been calm and strict since he was a child, good at riding and shooting, and likes to read the "Book of Han". Later, he relied on Zuyin, and when he was young, he joined the army, and let him serve as the general of Zuo Lang of the Zuo Wei family, which was originally just a quiet errand to appease, but he didn't want him to be a good martial artist, but he could govern the army very strictly, and he had a strategy. Tianbao five years, at that time was still in the middle of the day Shuofang Jiedu envoy Wang Zhonghei transferred to Hexi, Longyou Jiedu envoy, he was as wise as a torch, after the hand under this young capable brave and resourceful general is very liked, not because of his Fanbang background and despised it, taught him a lot of the art of war, and then even promoted Li Guangbi to the soldiers and horses, and served as the Chishui military envoy. Wang Zhongji valued him very much, even the courtesy received by the general's son and nephew could not be compared. Wang Zhongsi once said that he will win my soldiers one day, and he will also be bright. Soon after, Li Guangbi attacked his father, the Duke of Jijun. Later, because of the merits of defeating Tubo and Tuyuhun, he was promoted to General Yunlu. After the eighth year of Tianbao, after the then Shuofang Jiedu envoy An Sishun was on the table, that is, the non-blood cousin of An Lushan, who is now rebellious, Tang Xuanzong appointed Li Guangbi as the deputy envoy of Shuofang Jiedu, knowing the future, that is, the actual Shuofang Jiedu envoy. An Sishun has a vicious eye, he likes Li Guangbi's talent, and wants to marry his daughter to him, after Li Guangbi heard the news, he didn't know whether he was disgusted or frightened, so he resigned from the government under the pretext of illness and ran away. After Ge Shuhan, who was the envoy of Longyou Jiedu at that time, heard about this, he felt that it was a pity that he was such a young talent, and secondly, he also had the intention to expose An Sishun's shortcomings, so Ge Shuhan asked Emperor Xuanzong to recall Li Guangbi back to Chang'an, the capital division. Later, during the funeral for his father, Li Guangbi strictly obeyed the etiquette law, and the emperor also liked his virtue and let him serve as the leader of Zuo Qingdao and the protector of Anbei. Until now, An Lushan rebelled, and Li Guangbi was recommended by Guo Ziyi to become a real general who led the troops to fight again. Come to think of it, the successor of the generation of military god Wang Zhonghei must be the dragon and phoenix among the people, no, as soon as he appeared, as you said, it really made the famous Shi Siming suffer a big loss! ”

"It turned out to be the junior of the military god Wang Zhonghei, who was favored by General Wang Zhonghe, and he must have been thousands of times better than me, as soon as he came out of the division, he won a big victory, and he really deserved to be a famous family, and he was very general!"

Mo Sheng smiled slightly, a little noncommittal, and continued:

"Actually, Li Guangbi can take Changshan, it has nothing to do with himself!"

"Oh? Why is that? ”

Zhang Xun was inexplicably attracted by this sentence, just now he said how good this person is, this is a twist and turn, saying that he does not matter to retake Changshan, isn't it inconsistent. Mo Sheng didn't let Zhang Xun doubt for long, paused and continued:

In fact, at that time, Li Guangbi led his troops out of Jingcheng Pass to Changshan County, and it was only more than 20 days after Yan Gaoqing was captured in the first city of Changshan. On February 3, Li Guangbi's army had just arrived in Changshan, and there were more than 3,000 regiments in Changshan County to train troops. In this way, Li Guangbi was able to recapture Changshan without blood. Thinking about it, one is the people's heart or to the Tang Dynasty, Yan Gaoqing's loyalty and righteousness still exist, and the other is also the atrocities of the rebels, Taizong once said in the past, water can carry a boat and overturn a boat, and the people of Changshan who were forced into a desperate situation must also be bloody, and they do it from their hearts. Yan Gaoqing used his blood and life to plant a seed of revenge and perseverance in the hearts of Changshan people. Yan Gaoqing has a spirit in the sky, and he can be somewhat comforted. ”

Mo Sheng's explanation made Zhang Xun understand, and he was sad for a while Yan Gaoqing's tragedy, and then Mo Sheng continued to tell.

At that time, after Shi Siming took Changshan, he burned and looted, and handed over the messy Changshan County to his cousin Shi Siyi, thinking that Changshan people should be killed and afraid, he instructed Shi Siyi to guard the city carefully and not make any mistakes. I don't want Shi Siming to just leave with his front foot, Li Guangbi will be killed with his back foot, but I pity Shi Siyi for a short time, his butt was tied up by his subordinates before it was warmed, and he couldn't call the earth ineffective every day, so he could only be the general of the defeated army and let others slaughter him.

Li Guangbi, who rushed to the gate of Changshan City, rode on a horse, looked at Shi Siyi who was kneeling on the ground and said:

"You deserve to die for your crimes, but you have been in battle for a long time, and you can't help yourself, you see if my military horses can defeat that Shi Siming. Now I pity your talents, and I ask you to plan for me, and if your plan is desirable, I will not kill you. How? ”

Shi Siyi was originally a person who was greedy for life and afraid of death, and Shi Siming's use of him to garrison Changshan also had a deep meaning. Shi Siming is known for his ambitions, and his ambitions are not inferior to An Lushan. An Lushan rebelled, as the actual first commander, he controlled most of the rebels' military power, looking at the world, he was already a few opponents, and he was willing to attach himself to An Lushan at the moment, which was nothing more than a plan to borrow chickens and lay eggs. There is An Lushan as the head of the horse in front, Shi Siming has made some efforts by himself, if it really works, he will be Liu Bang, and then let An Lushan be Xiang Yu; If it doesn't work out and is suppressed by the Tang Dynasty, you can also excuse being coerced by An Lushan, spend some money to dredge it, and maybe you can save your life, so compared to An Lushan on the surface, Shi Siming who is hidden in the shadows is more terrifying.

With his life to win the world, Shi Siming is still willing to gamble.

So some time ago, An Lushan heard that Yan Gaoqing rebelled in Changshan, and the movement was very big, and when the starry night summoned him to suppress it, Shi Siming was actually very happy. Changshan is located in the throat of Hebei counties, and its strategic position is very important, and the actual control of Changshan is equivalent to controlling six or seven counties in the rear. This rebellion is tantamount to a God-given opportunity, God deliberately wants to send the lamb of Changshan to his arms, so Shi Siming fought Changshan extra hard, and after the capture, he slaughtered a lot, hoping to deter the rest of the counties, before leaving, he deliberately left his cousin Shi Siyi, he planned in his heart, his family is still more reliable, Changshan this territory, in the future, can only be surnamed Shi, not An.

But people are not as good as heaven, Shi Siming, who was victorious, was originally going to take the counties by the way, but he didn't want to be tripped in Raoyang, and he couldn't pull away for a while, just such a mistake, Chang Shan was stolen by Li Guangbi. Li Guangbi knew that he had hard goods in his hands, so Shi Siming was in a hurry, threw down Raoyang City, and rushed to Changshan County with his men and horses in the starry night, praying in his heart that the cousin could hold out for a few days, and then attack inside and outside, and see what else you Li Guangbi can do.

If Shi Siming, who was spewing fire and hurrying, knew that his most trusted brother had betrayed him, he didn't know if a mouthful of old blood would spurt out a few feet away.

didn't wait for Li Guangbi to really torture to extract a confession, Shi Siyi, who was greedy for life and afraid of death, made all the moves:

"Your army has come from afar, and the horses are tired, and they will not be able to resist the rebels. It is better to enter the city with a handsome army, prepare for the palace as early as possible, look at the situation first, and then send troops. Although the rebel Hu cavalry was elite, it was difficult to hold out for a long time, and when the battle situation was unfavorable, he was frustrated and left, and then tried to get it. Shi Siming is now in Raoyang, only two hundred miles away from here, I have sent the feather book last night, its vanguard will be there tomorrow morning, and there will be a large army behind it, you must pay attention. ”

Li Guangbi was very happy after hearing this, and immediately personally untied Shi Siyi, this is a great benefactor, and then Li Guangbi sent someone to take Shi Siyi down, take care of it first, not hurt his life, and finally led the army into the city. The anxious Shi Siming really arrived as promised, and the next morning, the vanguard army had arrived in Changshan, and Shi Siming led the army to follow, a total of more than 20,000 cavalry, and arrived at the foot of Changshan City.

On the other hand, on Li Guangbi's side, they got Shi Siyi's internal letter, acted according to the plan, and entered the army to wait for work, but they couldn't defend the city. Later, Li Guangbi ordered 5,000 infantry to fight from the east gate, and the rebels did not retreat from the gate, so Li Guangbi ordered 500 crossbowmen to shoot at the city. Then he sent out a thousand crossbowmen divided into four teams, and fired a continuous salvo, but the rebels could not resist and collected their troops in the north of the road. Li Guangbi sent another 5,000 troops to the spear city formation in the south of the Dao, and the Tuo River was in battle, the rebels fought with cavalry, Li Guangbi ordered the soldiers to shoot it, and most of the enemy cavalry were hit by arrows, and then retreated, waiting for the infantry to continue the attack. It just so happened that at this time, some people from the hot-blooded village came to inform, saying that the rebels had 5,000 people coming from Raoyang to help, day and night, and now they have arrived at the south of Jiumen and are resting. Li Guangbi knew that the opportunity would not be lost, so he immediately sent 2,000 cavalry each to attack secretly, and when he arrived at Fengbi, the 5,000 rebels were resting and cooking, and the Tang army was taken by surprise and attacked. The poor rebels, who had marched 1780 miles long distance, had just taken off their armor and had not eaten before they had eaten before they went from half-dead to dead, and the 5,000 rebels were completely annihilated. Shi Siming heard that the reinforcements were also annihilated, and knew that the general trend had gone, so he immediately retreated into the Nine Gates. At this time, seven of the nine counties of Changshan County were attached to the Tang army, leaving only Jiumen and Gaocheng to be occupied by the rebels. Li Guangbi then sent his general Zhang Fengzhang to lead 500 troops to destroy Shiyi, and the rest of the counties sent 300 people to guard it.

Shi Siming, who suffered the defeat, was greatly annoyed, he not only lost Changshan this time, but also folded tens of thousands of elites, it was not easy to explain to An Lushan at this time, let alone explain to himself. Li Guangbi and Shi Siming, these two people have heard of each other for a long time. Before An Lushan's rebellion, Gao Miao, a strategist around him, had analyzed all the generals and ministers of the Tang Dynasty at that time, and they were both subordinates of Wang Zhonghei, although Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi were not in high positions, they still had real skills, but An Lushan at that time did not value these two people. The Emperor Dayan, who thinks highly of himself, thinks that Guo Ziyi is from a martial arts background, and he is six years older than himself, and he is still half a bucket of water for most of his life, so he is not afraid. Although Li Guangbi is very valued by Wang Zhonghei, but those battles are all small scenes, Gao Miao proposed to let him use the official position of a Zuo Sima to buy Li Guangbi, but An Lushan still refused, he always felt panicked, in his opinion, Shi Siming can completely fight against Li Guangbi, this long-time friend's ability to fight is not inferior to anyone in the world. Shi Siming is the "first general in the world" in his mind. It's just that today, Shi Siming, who was defeated in Changshan, doesn't know if An Lushan will regret it, and regrets not listening to Gao Miao's persuasion.

After that, Shi Siming couldn't swallow this breath, so he bit Li Guangbi, surrounding Changshan, Raoyang, and Jiumen, you come and go, you attack and I defend, and I am very happy. The two armies held each other for more than 40 days, Shi Siming cut off the grain route in Changshan, and the city began to lack grain and grass, and the horses could not fight without fodder. Li Guangbi then sent 500 chariots to Shiyi to fetch forage, and the soldiers and soldiers of the chariots were all dressed in thick armor and heavily armoured, escorted by thousands of crossbowmen, and formed a phalanx to march quickly, and the rebels followed closely like wolves, but because the opponent's battle formation was firm, they wanted to take it but could not take it, and ran dozens of miles in vain.

The rebel general Cai Xide led his troops to attack Shiyi, and Zhang Fengzhang also repelled it without danger. At this time, Guo Ziyi had already selected elite soldiers from Shuofang to march into Daizhou, Li Guangbi got the information, so he sent his subordinate scouts, with handwritten letters, to meet Guo Ziyi for help, Guo Ziyi immediately decided to lead the troops out of the well to help Li Guangbi.

On April 9, Guo Ziyi's army arrived in Changshan, and after the two armies of Guo and Li converged, the Fan Han infantry cavalry totaled more than 100,000. On April 11, Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi, whose morale had been greatly increased, led the army to fight with the rebel general Shi Siming in the south of Jiumen City. Shi Siming Cai Xide was beaten to the ground, holding his head and running away, Shi Siming fled to Zhao County with the remnants of the army, Cai Xide fled to Julu, Shi Siming felt unsafe again, and fled from Zhao County to Boling. At that time, Boling County had been returned to the Tang Dynasty, Shi Siming couldn't beat the tiger, but he could bite the dead rabbit, and in desperation, he jumped over the wall in a hurry, killed the local county officials, and occupied the city to survive.

At that time, the people of Hebei suffered from the brutality of the rebels, and they were divided into battalions, and they were stationed to resist the enemy, with more than 20,000 people and fewer than 1,000 people. When Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi's army arrived, they revolted and responded. All of a sudden, the whole territory of Hebei was blooming everywhere, and the momentum was extremely huge. On April 17, Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi's army conquered Zhao County, and the Tang army killed Guo Xianxuan, the Taishou of An Lushan. Li Guangbi entered the siege of Boling, Shi Siming couldn't shrink out, using Wang Ba tactics, Li Guangbi attacked for ten days and still couldn't take it, so he had to lead the troops back to Hengyang first, Shi Siming was able to breathe and save his life.

"Hey, it's a pity, if I can take Shi Siming in Boling County in one fell swoop, it will be tantamount to cutting off An Lushan's strongest arm, if I was present at the time, I would definitely persuade General Li Guangbi to wipe out those rebellious ministers and thieves in one fell swoop, and put an end to future troubles. Cultivating virtue and eliminating evil will naturally not have the legacy of tiger raising in the future. ”

After Zhang Xun listened to the battle of Changshan between Li Guangbi and Shi Siming, and heard that Shi Siming had escaped a catastrophe, he was very sad to lose such a good opportunity to get rid of the thief. Mo Sheng doesn't think so, he may not be as good as Zhang Xun compared to governing the people, but when it comes to seizing land and defending the city, he doesn't need to be humble at all. One of the most remarkable skills of the Mo family is to defend the city, their clan has also analyzed the situation of Boling County at that time, taking into account all factors, although Li Guangbi withdrew his troops a little too early, but the overall strategy is still correct, the battle line around Changshan County is too long, the sergeants have begun to be tired, and the reserve food and grass have begun to run out, and An Lushan may send a large army to rescue at any time. The siege of the city is not better than the battle between the two armies, the city is one foot high, it is difficult to score, Li Guangbi is also a mortal, it is impossible to take the city quickly, and he cannot sacrifice so much combat effectiveness, now the army's soldiers, but one is not a few, and the death of one is distressed for a long time, so under the trade-off, Li Guangbi can only return to Changshan first, report to the court, and think about it in the long run. Feng Changqing's example is right in front of him, and these people can't remember to eat or fight!

Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi collected their troops and returned to Changshan, but Shi Siming was still unwilling, and collected scattered soldiers to follow closely, like a wolf, ready to take a few bites at any time. Guo Ziyi will do what he wants, and when those wolf dogs are tired, he suddenly turned his head and pounced, and defeated the rebels in Shahe again.

Cai Xide finally fled back to Luoyang after a lot of hardships, An Lushan was furious, he took the whip and whipped the lost dog for a long time, he could only grit his teeth and send 20,000 foot riders to reinforce Shi Siming, felt that it was inappropriate, and sent Niu Tingyu from his hometown Fanyang to send more than 10,000 troops to help Shi Siming, a total of more than 50,000 people, and Tongluo and the soldiers of the river accounted for one of the five, An Lushan personally wrote a secret order, cursing Shi Siming, saying that if he has another defeat, he will come to see him.

In the days that followed, Guo Ziyi went to Hengyang, Shi Siming also led his troops to Hengyang, like a ghost with a fart hanging boots, Guo Ziyi then ordered people to dig deep ditches and build high bases to block the enemy soldiers, the rebels came to attack and defend, and retreated to pursue, if you hit me, I would hide, and I would chase you when you went home, and sent troops to attack their camps many times in the night, so that the rebels could not rest. After a few days of fighting, Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi knew that the rebels were physically and mentally exhausted and could go into battle.

On May 29, General Guo Li personally led a large army to fight a decisive battle with the rebels at Jiashan, defeating the enemy army in a battle, killing more than 40,000 enemies and capturing more than 1,000 people. Shi Siming even threw away his armor, fell off his horse in fear, fled in a hurry with his hair exposed, and fled back to Boling City, Li Guangbi once again led his troops to besiege Boling City, and the Tang Army was loud, so more than ten counties in Hebei responded one after another, killing the rebel guards and returning to the imperial court. The rebel Fan Yang's return road was cut off, the people who came and went were all light horses sneaking by, and those who were unlucky were captured by the garrison of the Tang Dynasty, at this time, the rebel generals and soldiers who were still in Fan Yang were shaken by the hearts of the people, and An Lushan, who had not been the emperor for a few months, was even more anxious, and the fire was attacking, the poisonous sores attacked, and the eyes were good and bad, which made An Lushan's tyranny even heavier.

Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi made Luoyang's emperor An Lushan sleep, and also made Chang'an's emperor Li Longji overjoyed. An Lushan, who is poor and thinks about change, is thinking about how to turn the situation around all the time, and Li Longji, who is not thinking about danger in peace, is thinking about how to kill himself all the time.

Iniquity is forgivable, but self-inflicted iniquity cannot be lived!