Chapter 294 The Death of Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi (1)
"Before the anti-army arrived, he abandoned the city and fled. It was because there were always such weak and unfaithful people that the anti-army launched an army from Fanyang Youzhou City and killed the Yellow River in a short time!" Feng Changqing gritted his teeth and was powerless. He could not give up on Shanzhou City and chased the prefect of Shanzhou who had abandoned the city and fled.
Feng Changqing was powerless. If Hebei had not been defeated too quickly, he would have been defeated so miserably by the 60,000 soldiers he had recruited in the eastern capital Luoyang without any time to do any training.
Fortunately, I heard that the 110,000 Tianwu Army led by King Rong Li Wan and Gao Xianzhi had already left Tongguan and arrived in Shaanxi immediately. Feng Changqing waited patiently for the arrival of King Rong Li Wan and Gao Xianzhi.
Before Feng Changqing rose, he served under Gao Xianzhi's command. The two knew each other well and had a good relationship. The two of them cooperated with each other, and they might be able to defeat An Lushan in their strategy and command.
Soon, the Tianwu Army led by King Rong and Gao Xianzhi arrived in Shanzhou City, and Feng Changqing personally welcomed it.
"I finally hope you." Feng Changqing's old eyes were filled with tears. He had been fighting hard for many days since Xingyang, but he was defeated repeatedly. After retreating to Shanzhou, the prefect and officials ran away, leaving only one Shanzhou like an empty city. Feng Changqing was always worried about the anti-army coming, and he had only a few hundred remaining soldiers left to resist.
Gao Xianzhi got off the horse and came to Feng Changqing. Looking at Feng Changqing's decadent appearance, he was not as energetic as he was in the northwest back then.
"I lost, and I was defeated all the way from Xingyang, and the eastern capital Luoyang City was also lost." Feng Changqing looked bitter.
When Feng Changqing saw Gao Xianzhi, his old boss, he couldn't help but complain and reminisce about the past.
Just as Feng Changqing was about to discuss the war with Gao Xianzhi in detail, the military supervisor Bian Lingcheng was already dissatisfied.
"All the way is defeated? Your Majesty raised you waste, which led to the anti-army crossing the Yellow River and capturing the eastern capital Luoyang. Do you know that you are guilty!" Bian Lingcheng said, pointing at Feng Changqing with his finger, looking arrogant in questioning.
Feng Changqing frowned and asked.
"Who are you?"
"Your Majesty personally appointed only the military supervisor, to supervise you and others to eliminate the rebels!" Bian Lingcheng raised his head and raised his chest, as if he was so glorious.
Calling himself a "slave"? That's a eunuch!
"Since you are the supervisor appointed by Your Majesty, you should do your duty well, don't make yourself like the commander!" Feng Changqing said angrily. He hated such eunuch supervisors who didn't know anything, but always looked arrogant and self-righteous.
Gao Xianzhi also snorted coldly at Bian Lingcheng, but in fact he was already dissatisfied with Bian Lingcheng.
In addition to the fact that Bian Lingcheng always thought he was right along the way, Bian Lingcheng once asked him for bribes in private, hinting that as long as he gave enough bribes, he, as a military supervisor, would guarantee that he would not say a word in the future.
That really angered Gao Xianzhi.
Now is the day when the national crisis is in its prime. The troops fought to the death in order to quell the rebellion of the traitors! But a mere military supervisor actually sought bribes from him, the deputy marshal who actually commanded the battle at this time! How ridiculous!
Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi ignored Bian Lingcheng and entered the conference hall prepared by Feng Chang early in the morning.
Staring at the backs of Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi, Bian Lingcheng was so angry that his face was distorted.
Gao Xianzhi never gave him face along the way. Now, even Feng Changqing, a defeated general who lost the Eastern Capital Luoyang, dared to be rampant in front of him. If he loses his face, both of them deserve to die!
"Chang Qing fought with the enemy for several days, and the elite of the enemy's soldiers were not inferior to the Northwest Commander's soldiers, especially the enemy's Hu cavalry, which was even more tiger and wolf. Even the most elite iron cavalry in the Tang Dynasty might be one slight short of!" Feng Changqing described the elite of the rebel army under An Lushan.
The Hu people in the grassland are originally barbaric, and each of them is a natural cavalry soldier, extremely fierce. After joining An Lushan, they were armed by An Lushan with the full set of equipment of the Iron Cavalry of the Tang Dynasty. You can imagine how powerful his combat power is.
"The enemy is so strong?" Gao Xianzhi was shocked.
In this way, Feng Changqing's bitterness of repeated defeats is understandable. Even if he was the one who was Gao Xianzhi, he would definitely lose. After all, no matter how famous the general is, he must have a force that is not too disparate from the enemy, so that he can have a chance of winning. What's more, before An Lushan rebelled, he was also one of the famous generals of the Tang Dynasty, and his ability to command troops was no worse than Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing.
"According to my military supervisor, I have been defeated repeatedly and lost the Eastern Capital Luoyang. You are incompetent. Now, you are still here to deceive the public and shake the morale of the army. You deserve to die! The military supervisor should report to your Majesty and punish your crimes!" Bian Lingcheng jumped out and pointed at Feng Changqing's nose and cursed, whispering the waste, and deducted all the charges of defeating the Eastern Capital Luoyang on Feng Changqing's head.
"You are a eunuch, what do you know? I discussed with the marshal and deputy marshal. Both marshals have not spoken yet. When will it be your turn to speak?" Feng Changqing was also angry. He had been fighting bloody days and was defeated repeatedly for many days, and he felt very sad. He was scolded by someone like Bian Lingcheng who knew nothing, which directly aroused his anger.
"Be careful of your words in the military supervisor!" Gao Xianzhi also glared at Bian Lingcheng with dissatisfaction.
"You, you---" Bian Lingcheng was so angry that he felt that Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing were putting his face again, especially Feng Changqing, who insulted him one by one, was really a shame and humiliation.
"Okay! OK! I will see how you defeat the thief!" Bian Lingcheng left the conference hall angrily.
King Rong Li Wan looked at each other, but didn't know what to say.
"Uh, let's continue with the Deputy Marshal and Feng Jiedushi." King Rong Li Wan embarrassedly asked Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing to continue discussing.
Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing looked at each other, too lazy to pay attention to Bian Lingcheng, the eunuch, and continued to discuss.
"I don't know how the 110,000 Tianwu Army led by the Marshal and the Deputy Marshal were all composed this time?" This is the question that Feng Changqing was most concerned about. Although the number of the 110,000 troops has narrowed the gap with An Lushan's anti-army, everyone of An Lushan's anti-army is an elite force who has experienced many battles. If the Tianwu Army is not composed of elite troops, the gap in combat power is still very different.
"Most of them are newly recruited ordinary soldiers, about 10,000 are border troops drawn by Shuofang, Longyou and Hexi, and some are imperial guards guarding the palace." Gao Xianzhi replied.
"In this way, the gap with the enemy is still huge, and it is still difficult to be strong with the enemy!" Feng Changqing was very disappointed. The 110,000 Tianwu Army, only 10,000 were elite border troops, and the rest were untrained recruits and the "Master Soldiers" Imperial Guards. Feng Changqing had no hope at all.
After all, he saw the combat performance of the 60,000 soldiers he recruited in the area of Luoyang, the eastern capital, and did not think that the performance of recruiting new recruits in Guanzhong would be much better than that of the new recruits recruited in the area of Luoyang, the eastern capital.
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Chapter completed!