The news of the anti-army retreating from all over the country made An Qingxu very panicked. It was clear that it was because An Lushan suddenly died and the "Dayan" suddenly changed him to An Qingxu as his master, and his morale was unstable.

After discussing with Yan Zhuang, An Qingxu decided to grant high-ranking officials and generous salaries to all the generals of the rebel army, hoping to stabilize the morale of the army in this way and allow the rebel army generals to continue to serve the "Dayan".

An Qingxu and Yan Zhuang's actions stabilized the morale of some anti-army. At least the fronts of Yingchuan, Haozhou and other south of the Yellow River gradually stabilized. However, the Hedong battlefield could not hide its decline.

Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi are both rare generals. They have a very keen strategic vision and can seize all opportunities.

When Suzong ascended the throne in Lingwu, he transferred Guo Ziyi to return to Lingwu with the main force of the Shuofang Army, leaving only Li Guangbi and some not-so-eliminate second-line soldiers to guard in Hedong.

After Cui Ganyou captured Tongguan and Chang'an City, he crossed the Yellow River north to capture Hedong under the order of An Lushan. In addition, Shi Siming and Cai Xide also led his subordinates to participate. There were as many as tens of thousands of elite anti-army forces in Hedong.

With such a powerful anti-military force, Li Guangbi's alone army was naturally defeated. He was defeated step by step and could only barely defend the most important Taiyuan City. Hedong was soon almost captured by Cui Ganyou, Shi Siming, Cai Xide and other anti-military forces. Li Guangbi and more than 10,000 Tang troops were also besieged in Taiyuan City, in danger.

Thanks to Li Guangbi's command, more than 100,000 anti-army troops attacked Taiyuan for more than a month but failed to break through, but instead suffered many casualties.

Taiyuan City finally insisted on Guo Ziyi returning with the elite main force of the Shuofang Army. Cui Ganyou and Shi Siming led their troops to fight Guo Ziyi, leaving only Cai Xide to continue besieging Taiyuan City.

Li Guangbi took advantage of Cui Ganyou and Shi Siming's troops leaving and the strength of the anti-military army was greatly reduced, and he personally led the suicide squad to attack overnight, defeating Cai Xide's anti-military army and killing Cai Xide's anti-military army tens of thousands. Cai Xide and his remaining troops fled in a panic.

On the other hand, the elite troops of Guo Ziyi and Shuo's army repelled Cui Ganyou and Shi Siming's troops in Xinzhou and killed nearly 20,000 anti-army soldiers. When they learned that Li Guangbi defeated Cai Xide at the city of Taiyuan, they went south to Taiyuan to meet with Li Guangbi.

The anti-army suffered two consecutive defeats and their strength was greatly reduced. They were originally defeated by Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi, who were united in the same place, but soon another general of the anti-army, Tian Chengsi, led his troops to support, strengthening the strength of the anti-army.

Both sides are in the middle of the slightest pound. Whether it is Guo Ziyi, Li Guangbi in the Tang army, or Cui Ganyou, Cai Xide, Shi Siming, and Tian Chengsi in the hands of the anti-army, they are all rare generals, and neither side can do anything to each other.

For a period of time, Guo Ziyi, Li Guangbi and other elite Tang army soldiers fought fiercely in Hedong, with Cui Ganyou, Shi Siming, Cai Xide, Tian Chengsi and other elite anti-army soldiers fighting each other, and they were in a stalemate.

At this moment, An Lushan suddenly died, and news came that An Qingxu ascended the throne and became the new emperor of "Dayan".

For a moment, the anti-army was in an uproar and the morale of the army was in turmoil.

This is not all. Cui Ganyou, Cai Xide, Tian Chengsi, and Shi Siming are all powerful generals in the anti-military army. Usually, no one obeys each other. When An Lushan was still there, they could crush them to death. They dared not to obey any orders.

Because Cui Ganyou defeated Geshuhan and captured Tongguan and Chang'an City, his contribution was greater than that of any anti-military general, An Lushan attached great importance to Cui Ganyou, so the anti-military army was actually dominated by Cui Ganyou in the Hedong battlefield.

Shi Siming was very unsatisfied with Cui Ganyou. The two had conflicts before. Shi Siming had long had a strong dissatisfaction and depression about Cui Ganyou leading the battle in Hedong.

Hearing the news of An Lushan's death, he tolerated Cui Ganyou for another three days. After Cui Ganyou was domineering, Shi Siming broke out and almost drew his sword to face Cui Ganyou. Finally, he took about 40,000 elite anti-army under his command and left the Hedong battlefield and returned to Changshan, Hebei to raise his energy.

"Hahahaha, God helps the Tang Dynasty and defeats the army!" Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi were overjoyed to receive the news.

An Lushan's death, and the rebels against the army and internally quarrels, resulting in unstable morale and weakening of strength. If Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi cannot seize such a good opportunity, they will not be worthy of calling them famous generals.

"Kill--"

Immediately, under the command of Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi, the elite Tang army in the Shangdang area, comprehensively counterattacked Cui Ganyou, Cai Xide, Tian Chengsi and others against the army.

The two sides fought fiercely for most of the day, and the anti-army was defeated first. Cui Ganyou gathered the remaining troops to counterattack, but was defeated again!

In two battles, Cui Ganyou, Cai Xide, Tian Chengsi and other anti-army suffered heavy losses. The elite main force was dispersed, and seven or eight out of ten were killed or injured. They no longer had the strength to continue fighting with Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi. So the three of them fled from Hedong with some remaining soldiers.

Among them, Cai Xide fled to Yecheng, Tian Chengsi fled to Weizhou, and Cui Ganyou fled to Luoyang and went directly to Anqingxu because he had only a few hundred troops left in his headquarters and had no foundation in Hebei.

In the next few days, Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi swept across Hedong and restored Hedong for the second time.

When Hedong was restored, the morale of various Tang troops once again increased.

When the news came back to Lingwu, Emperor Suzong Li Heng was so excited that his face was full of light. He praised Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi's meritorious service, and appointed Guo Ziyi as the Minister of War, and the Minister of the Central Secretariat, as well as the Duke of the County, Li Guangbi as the governor of Hedong, and also as the Duke of the County.

However, Emperor Suzong Li Heng also knew that this is not the time to be complacent. Guanzhong Chang'an City and the eastern capital Luoyang have not yet recovered, and the anti-military forces are still huge.

According to the previous plan, Suzong Li Heng ordered Guo Ziyi to cross the Yellow River from Hedong, capture Shaanxi County and Lingbao, cut off the most direct connection between the Chang'an anti-army in Guanzhong and the Luoyang anti-army in the eastern capital, further attack the morale of the anti-army, and lay a solid foundation for the recovery of Chang'an City.

In early March, Guo Ziyi led his army across the Yellow River and captured Shanzhou overnight. The next day, he captured Lingbao and did not stop and rushed to the city of Tongguan.

The Tongguan rebel army could not have expected that Guo Ziyi would arrive at Tongguan so quickly. The morale of the army was unstable, and he was unable to defend himself. He was actually killed by the elite Tang army elites of Guo Ziyi and attacked the Tongguan city walls in the first wave of attacks. He quickly occupied the city walls, opened the gates of Tongguan from within, and captured Tongguan.

If we talk about the loss of Hedong, Shanzhou and Lingbao, it only caused a huge shock to the anti-army and showed a decline. Then the loss of Tongguan directly caused an uproar in the upper and lower levels of the anti-army, and suddenly became a little sad.

As the lifeblood of Chang'an City, once Tongguan is lost, the enemy will soon be under Chang'an City. If Chang'an City cannot be defended, the attack on the rebels will undoubtedly be huge.

At this moment, An Qingxu could only contact the Chang'an City anti-army through Wuguan and ordered the Chang'an City anti-army to defend Chang'an City to the death. At the same time, An Qingxu urgently sent an elite anti-army army to fight westward, intending to recover Shanzhou, Lingbao and Tongguan, and re-open the most direct connection with Chang'an City.

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Chapter completed!