Although Yan Gaoqing was killed, his strong performance also spread from Luoyang City.

All the people in the world mourn for it and even more opposed An Lushan.

However, in Chang'an City, Wang Chengye relied on his relationship with Yang Guozhong to steal the merits of Yan Gaoqing's leadership of more than a dozen Hebei prefectures, but also threw dirty water on Yan Gaoqing, blamed Yan Gaoqing for the loss of Changshan City and his disastrous defeat outside Changshan City.

Because of Wang Chengye's defilement and Yang Guozhong helped Wang Chengye, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was not aware of Yan Gaoqing's achievements. Not only did he not posthumously award Yan Gaoqing a gift, but he instead criticized Yan Gaoqing for being unfavorable to defend the city. He also promoted Wang Chengye's so-called "achievements" and appointed Wang Chengye as the Duke of Anyi County, commending Wang Chengye's "contributions" to the world.

As soon as the news came out, the world was in an uproar.

Some of those who cursed Yang Guozhong and Wang Chengye were even more disappointed with Emperor Xuanzong of Tang.

Since An Lushan rebelled, swept Hebei in a short time and captured Luoyang, the image of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was completely collapsed in the hearts of the people. Feng Changqing's death and Gao Xianzhi's unjust killing made the people extremely disappointed with Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, and this time the incident of Yan Gaoqing.

The people felt that Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was no longer the wise emperor of the Kaiyuan period, but more like a foolish monarch!

Many people can't understand why Emperor Xuanzong of Tang became like this.

The morale that had just been boosted was originally caused by Yan Gaoqing's fierce death, and the soldiers and civilians of Hebei were sad and mournful, and the morale had just been boosted. Another round of defeats against Shi Siming and Cai Xide's two anti-army defeats. In just a few days, several more prefectures and counties were captured by Shi Siming and Cai Xide.

"Wang Chengye's traitor, if it weren't for his selfish intentions, Changshan would not have fallen, my father would not have been captured, and the situation in Hebei would not have been so deteriorated. What's even more hateful is that after he stole the great achievements of my father's leadership of the uprising, he actually threw dirty things on my father. I must seek justice for my father!" Yan Gaoqing's second son Yan Quanming was ordered by Yan Gaoqing to ask for help from Wang Chengye, but was imprisoned by Wang Chengye. Taking advantage of Wang Chengye's defeat by Shi Siming, Yan Quanming escaped from Wang Chengye. He heard about his father's tragic death and the court's indiscriminate right and wrong. He was extremely angry. He ignored the fact that he was in an anti-military control area in all directions and decided to go to Beijing to argue for his father.

Pingyuan County, where Yan Zhenqing was located. Although the Tang Dynasty changed states to counties and counties to counties, there was actually not much difference. Some places that were not suitable for being called states are still called ‘counties’, and their administrative status has not changed at all. For example, Pingyuan County and Qinghe County are still called counties.

When Yan Zhenqing heard that Changshan City was broken, his cousin Yan Gaoqing was escorted to Luoyang City to kill, and the slander of his cousin Yan Gaoqing by the prime ministers Yang Guozhong and Wang Chengye in the court, Yan Zhenqing was very angry and wrote a memorial to make an appeal to his cousin.

In addition, because Changshan City was broken, the morale of the prefectures and counties in the Hebei Uprising was huge, so that Shi Siming and Cai Xide rebelled against the army, and with more than 10,000 troops, they continued to conquer cities and grow and grow.

Originally, fifteen states had escaped from the control of the anti-army and returned to the Tang Dynasty, but now ten states and cities were captured by the anti-army again. The rebels in the remaining states were also panicked and their morale was low.

As the real successor of the leader of the Hebei rebel army after Yan Gaoqing's death, Yan Zhenqing's top priority was how to revitalize morale and protect the remaining rebel army in Hebei so as to continue to fight against the anti-army and prevent the anti-army from occupying Hebei completely again.

Just when Yan Zhenqing was worried, the prefect of Qinghe County sent a young man named Li E to come.

Li E suggested to Yan Zhenqing that he could not trap Pingyuan County, otherwise it would be difficult to resist the attack of the anti-army. He would follow the footsteps of Changshan and other captured prefectures and counties. Therefore, when he led his army to attack west from Pingyuan County, joining Qinghe County and several other prefectures and counties that had not been captured by the anti-army, he captured Weizhou and Xiangzhou, and cut off the connection between An Lushan, Luoyang City south of the Yellow River and his old nest Fanyang Pinglu, the destruction of An Lushan is just around the corner.

This means that Yan Zhenqing will fight a mobile war and ultimately aim to capture Weizhou and Xiangzhou.

Yan Zhenqing pondered that if he wanted to capture Weizhou and Xiangzhou, he must rely on the wealthy Qinghe County and join forces with several other prefectures and counties that have not been captured by the anti-army. There will be about 100,000 troops, and perhaps it may not be possible to capture Weizhou and Xiangzhou.

In addition, Yan Zhenqing has also received news that the Shuofang Jiedushi Guo Ziyi led his army to attack from Jiuyuan County and had already attacked Hedong. If Guo Ziyi could recover Hedong and his side captured Weizhou and Xiangzhou, he could really divide the anti-army north and south.

Yan Zhenqing quickly made a decision not to trap Pingyuan County, but led about 12,000 troops under his command to attack westward.

However, just after passing Pingbo of Shangxian County, he was about to go north to Qinghe County, but suddenly encountered a 20,000 anti-army army that took the initiative to attack Pingbo from Weizhou and then attacked Qinghe and Pingyuan County.

The 20,000-strong anti-army army that took the initiative to attack from Weizhou City was commanded by an anti-army general named Yuan Zhitai.

Because Yan Zhenqing first discovered the traces of the enemy, it was not appropriate to withdraw to Pingbo County at this time. Yan Zhenqing made a quick decision and brought his more than 12,000 troops and more than 2,000 troops from Pingbo County, a total of 15,000 people were ambushed on the only way for the anti-army to go to Pingbo.

Although the 20,000 anti-army attacked from Weizhou City, although it seemed that there were quite a few people, there were only more than a thousand elite soldiers in a hundred battles, and more than 90% of the others were recruited for a short time. Moreover, Yuan Zhitai was not an anti-army general like Shi Siming and Cai Xide.

"Kill!" Yan Zhenqing's army suddenly attacked, and in an instant he divided Yuan Zhitai's 20,000 anti-army troops into two.

The anti-army army did not know how many troops Yan Zhenqing had, and was attacked suddenly, and they were in chaos for a while. Yan Zhenqing personally directed the army to take advantage of the situation to kill the chaotic anti-army.

The battle lasted for nearly two hours, and 20,000 anti-army troops were finally completely defeated. Yan Zhenqing's army chased and killed the defeated enemy. After the battle, he beheaded more than 11,000 anti-army troops and captured more than 1,000 prisoners. Some of them fled. Yuan Zhitai fled back to Weizhou with less than 3,000 remaining soldiers.

The opportunity must not be missed. Yan Zhenqing made a quick decision and contacted the army of Qinghe County to attack, with a total of more than 30,000 troops heading straight to Weizhou City.

After only half a day of siege, Weizhou City was in danger. Yuan Zhitai saw that Weizhou City could not be saved. For his life, he and the remaining anti-army gave up Weizhou City and fled to Jizhou. Yan Zhenqing successfully captured Weizhou City.

For a moment, Yan Zhenqing's reputation became prominent, and the morale of the rebels in various prefectures in Hebei also increased. All forces began to accept Yan Zhenqing's full-scale leadership. Shi Siming, who was originally unstoppable, and Cai Xide's anti-army gradually encountered increasingly fierce resistance, and Hebei's decline was gradually reversed.

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Chapter completed!