Emperor Xuanzong of Tang had no idea how bad he had played a good move. Originally, this rebellion had a chance to be pacified soon, because many places had begun to show signs of benefiting the Tang Dynasty.

To the south, An Lushan sent Wu Lingxun, Khitan and Xi clan coalition forces to fight south. Although he defeated 100,000 Tang troops south of Yingchuan, he encountered fierce resistance from the governor of Shannandao Lu Jing under the city of Nanyang.

Lu Jing was once a general under the command of Geshuhan, the king of Xiping County. He made great contributions in the process of following Geshuhan's attack on Tubo. After An Lushan rebelled, he was promoted to the governor of Shannandao.

Lu Jing was a rare general. After the 100,000 Tang army was defeated south of Yingchuan, Lu Jing immediately gathered the defeated army. With his own command, a total of 50,000 troops defended Nanyang to death. It was difficult to shake Nanyang City if Wu Lingxun and other rebels hit the city of Nanyang.

Southeast.

After An Lushan became emperor, he also sent a general under his command, Yang Chaozong, to attack the southeast, hoping to capture the wealthy Huainan and even the more prosperous Jiangnan. However, he also encountered fierce resistance from the Huainan military and civilians led by Zhang Xun, deputy governor of Henan Dao, in Suiyang, and stopped at the city of Suiyang and could not step into Huainan.

north.

Yan Gaoqing, the prefect of Changshan who pretended to surrender to An Lushan, killed Li Qinzhe, the general who stayed in Changshan, who was left by An Lushan, and Gao Miao and others, and raised an army in Changshan and returned to the Tang Dynasty.

Yan Gaoqing also issued a proclamation to all prefectures and counties in Hebei, calling on everyone to kill the rebel generals left by An Lushan to raise an army to fight against An Lushan. Yan Gaoqing told the people of each prefecture that the Khitan and Xi clan were pacified by Li Fei, and An Lushan stopped in Tongguan, Nanyang, Suiyang, and the imperial court summoned 300,000 troops in Guanzhong, etc., and An Lushan would soon be destroyed.

Before An Lushan rebelled, Hebei Road basically did not suffer much disaster. The people and officials here were all interested in the Tang Dynasty. With Yan Gaoqing taking the lead, fifteen states in Hebei launched a joint army.

Yan Zhenqing of Pingyuan is Yan Gaoqing's cousin. Before An Lushan rebelled, Yan Gaoqing wrote a letter to inform his cousin Yan Zhenqing that An Lushan wanted to rebel, so that Yan Zhenqing would prepare in advance.

At that time, Yan Zhenqing was also the prefect of Pingyuan County, so he developed his strength in Pingyuan County early, recruited local powerful families, and prepared to fight against An Lushan.

When Yan Gaoqing pretended to surrender to An Lushan in Changshan, Yan Zhenqing also pretended to surrender to An Lushan in Pingyuan and accepted the station of An Lushan's anti-army generals. Changshan's uprising and Pingyuan's uprising were carried out at the same time. The 15 prefectures in Hebei were also dominated by Changshan Yan Gaoqing and Pingyuan Yan Zhenqing.

In just ten days of the rebellion, the Hebei rebel army was known as 200,000, which made the entire Hebei turbulent.

In the Jiuyuan direction, the Shuofang Jiedushi Guo Ziyi took advantage of the uprising in various prefectures in Hebei and led the Shuofang army to directly point to Hedong Road, one of An Lushan's old nests.

Hebei and Hedong are all behind An Lushan. Hebei and Hedong are unstable, and An Lushan's military morale is not stable.

If it is difficult to advance in Tongguan, An Lushan at this time can be said to be attacked from many sides. Moreover, since An Lushan heard that his eldest son An Qingzong was killed, his mood was much more tyrannical than before. First, he killed more than 10,000 soldiers in Xiangzhou, and then captured Luoyang, and indulged soldiers to rape and loot, which led to two bad things. Later, when the anti-army soldiers conquered the city and occupied the land, they did not know how to restrain themselves. Escaping and looting were common. Even if Henan was almost destroyed due to the battle of Yang Guozhong in Nanzhao Kingdom, the economy and people were in trouble, and the people were in trouble, An Lushan's anti-army here would not be popular among the people, let alone other places.

According to this situation, the Tang Dynasty is likely to quickly wipe out An Lushan.

However, it was at this time that Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty issued an imperial edict to kill two generals Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi in Tongguan, which directly dispelled the morale of the Tongguan defenders and also affected the generals' enthusiasm for the Tang Dynasty in the future.

What a failure!

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Chang'an City, the uprisings in various prefectures in Hebei, Guo Ziyi's attack on Hedong, Nanyang and Suiyang's strong blockade, etc., all kinds of favorable benefits will not be spread to Chang'an City for a while. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang had just received a reply from Bian Lingcheng at this time and was reading the remains written by Feng Changqing without expression.

Feng Changqing's confession is absolutely touching.

Of course, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang didn't touch him at all, and he felt a little regretful. But after all, he was an emperor and everyone was killed. Isn't he regretting him in the face now? Therefore, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang did not express any expression.

The only thing that makes Emperor Xuanzong of Tang trouble now is that he sent to replace Gao Xianzhi to guard Tongguan!

After thinking about it, the only person that Emperor Xuanzong of Tang thought of was Geshuhan.

Emperor Xuanzong of Tang felt that only Geshuhan could defeat An Lushan.

In terms of record, Geshuhan suffered heavy losses in the Tubo country and left a thousand miles away. In recent years, Geshuhan annihilated Tubo countries, together with more than 300,000 troops, which was more than the Khitan and Xi coalition forces that An Lushan annihilated.

In terms of status, Geshuhan was the Prince of Xiping, and An Lushan was also the Prince of Dongping, and both of them were not bad in all aspects.

However, now Geshuhan has the entire Tang Dynasty, and An Lushan is just a rebel.

Therefore, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang had reason to believe that as long as Geshuhan went on the expedition, he would be able to return triumphantly!

However, Geshuhan had a serious stroke before, but now he has only been recuperating for a few months. He doesn’t know how he is recovering at this moment and whether he is able to lead his troops to fight.

Emperor Xuanzong of Tang immediately asked Gao Lishi to visit him on his behalf, and also asked Ge Shuhan's words by the way.

Geshuhan is the oldest among the four famous generals of Tianbao in the Tang Dynasty. He is almost seventy years old now, older than Emperor Xuanzong of Tang. In addition, he had a stroke only once a while ago, Geshuhan is gray and looks very old at this moment.

When Gao Lishi arrived at Geshuhan's mansion, Geshuhan heard that the two generals Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi were sentenced to death.

Ge Shuhan cried bitterly, and was a little out of breath, and he complained about Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing.

Gao Lishi was really afraid that Brother Shuhan would be too sad, so he would get a big blow if he accidentally had another stroke, so he quickly comforted him.

After calming down Geshuhan's emotions, Gao Lishi spoke up to test Geshuhan's words.

"The Prince of Xiping, the Tang Dynasty is now in danger. Only you are the most respected. If you go to war, you will be able to defeat the rebel An Lushan and return in triumphantly."

"Ge Shuhan is old and can't walk anymore. What's the point of being good at it?" Ge Shuhan also knew that Gao Lishi's purpose here was to persuade him to guard Tongguan instead of the dead Gao Xianzhi, but because of the deaths of Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi, he was still sad and a little reluctant.

After a while, Ge Shuhan sighed. No matter how reluctant he was, he knew that after Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was sentenced to death, Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi, he was the only one who could still bear the responsibility of commanding the army in Chang'an City.

After all, Geshu Han grew up studying Han Shu and was very loyal to the Tang Dynasty. It was hard to disobey the order of the emperor. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang wanted him to go to war, but he could not refuse.

In the end, Geshuhan continued to guard Tongguan and face An Lushan's anti-army task.

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Chapter completed!