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Chapter 382 The Second Battle to Recover Chang'an

Li Fei only focused on the full efforts of Andong and Pinglu outside Shanhaiguan, without any intention of engaging in the anti-army of Youzhou and Hebei. He was completely deaf of the outside world, because it only took three years or even two years to Li Fei to have confidence to more than double his strength. At that time, he would have ten percent of the confidence in the Tang Dynasty after the Anshi Rebellion.

Li Heng, the Emperor Suzong in Lingwu, did not know that Li Feiyang was disobedient and did not follow his imperial edict to attack Youzhou and Hebei with all his might. He was currently discussing with Guo Ziyi about sending troops to recover Chang'an City for the second time.

Soon, the plan was finalized.

Starting from May of the second year of Zhide, Suzong Li Heng mobilized the Tang, Huihe and Tubo coalition forces of a total of 200,000, and appointed the eldest son of the emperor, Li Yu as the Grand Marshal and Guo Ziyi as the deputy marshal. He jointly led the troops to start the second battle to recapture Chang'an City.

The Tang Dynasty had already experienced a failure to regain Chang'an. This second regaining Chang'an was related to the fate of the Tang Dynasty and must not fail like the last time.

Everyone in the world looked at Lingwu and the direction of Chang'an City.

Jiannan Road, the palace where Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and Concubine Yang were located.

The news came from the direction of Lingwu that Suzong Li Heng was preparing to recover Chang'an City for the second time, and Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was also a little excited and expectant. Chang'an City was lost in his hands. He hoped that he could see the day when Chang'an City could be recovered again in this life, otherwise he would not know how to face the ancestors of the Tang Dynasty after his death.

"The Supreme Emperor, Guo Ziyi is very capable of commanding troops. This time, he will be able to recover Chang'an City." Gao Lishi comforted Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and said.

"Yes, this time we will definitely be able to recover Chang'an City." Emperor Xuanzong sighed, with a hint of determination. He also knew that the Tang Dynasty could not be defeated again in the second battle to recover Chang'an City. Otherwise, the morale of the army that the Tang Dynasty had finally gathered would fall to the bottom again, and the morale of the army that the anti-army was shaken by An Lushan's death would also be stabilized again. At that time, I really don't know when the anti-army will be able to be wiped out and restore peace to the world.

Under the expectation of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, in late May, 200,000 Tangfan coalition forces divided into multiple groups and suddenly attacked the surrounding areas of Chang'an City at the same time, such as Fufeng, Wugong, Xianyang, Sanyuan and other cities.

Under the command of Guo Ziyi, the Tangfan coalition was highly morale, while the rebel army was less than 140,000. Under the command of An Shouzhong and Li Guiren, they also fought back and fought fiercely with Lian Lian, the Tangfan coalition.

Guo Ziyi is a rare general, but An Shouzhong, the anti-military army, is not a simple person. The first battle to recover Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty was defeated by him and suffered losses from more than 80,000 troops.

The counterattack of the anti-army commanded by An Shouzhong was quite fierce, but most of the 200,000 Tangfan coalition forces commanded by Guo Ziyi were elite soldiers trained from the Battle of Hedong. They had experienced many battles and had a comprehensive strength that was completely stronger than the number of anti-army less than 140,000. However, the anti-army was on the defensive and had the advantage of the geographical advantage. They could still have a tug-of-war with the Tangfan coalition forces for a while.

The two sides first fought fiercely in the Fufeng area, and the nine thousand anti-army cavalry were defeated by the Uighur cavalry. They were defeated first in the battle, and then the anti-army retreated to the Wugong and Xianyang areas.

After more than a month of war in Wugong and Xianyang.

Wugong is only more than 100 miles away from Chang'an City, and Xianyang is only more than 60 miles away from Chang'an City. Making achievements is right in front of you. The Tang army is full of morale and fighting bravely.

"Kill--" Tang soldiers attacked the city wall of Wugong County, and quickly occupied the city wall, opened the city gate, and rushed into the city.

To the south of Wugong, the Uighur cavalry also fought with an anti-army here.

Nomadic cavalry are always fierce. Moreover, for the promise of Suzong Li Heng, Chang'an City is near before us. It was once the most prosperous center of the Tang Dynasty. Some people who had come to Chang'an City at that time will never forget the prosperity of Chang'an City. As long as they enter Chang'an City, they can plunder all the property inside. The Uighur cavalry's eyes were green, and they charged forward without fear of death, and finally defeated the anti-army.

With Wugong County recovered by the Tang army, Xianyang could not hold on in time.

Three days later, Xianyang was also recovered by the Tang army, and the gate of Chang'an City was opened.

"Report—"

"Your Majesty, the army will capture Xianyang and immediately come to the city of Chang'an." The messenger kept sending good news.

"Okay, now there is hope of regaining Chang'an City, and the anti-army will be pacified soon." Suzong Li Heng was so excited that his face was red, as if he had seen Chang'an City recovered and he had returned to Chang'an City.

"Tell me my order to order King Guangping and Guo Ziyi to enter Chang'an!" Suzong Li Heng personally issued an order to advance to Chang'an City.

On August 1, 2018, the second year of Zhide of Emperor Suzong, after receiving the order of Emperor Suzong Li Heng, King Li Yu of Guangping and Guo Ziyi led the Tangfan coalition forces to continue advancing under Chang'an City.

An Shouzhong was obviously unwilling to let the Tangfan coalition advance to the city of Chang'an.

Taking advantage of the victory of the Tangfan coalition forces, they were careless and set up an ambush on a narrow road just fifteen miles away from Chang'an City and dug a large number of traps.

When the Tangfan coalition forces entered the ambush, An Shouzhong ordered all the elite anti-army troops to be launched and the infantry and cavalry attacked at the same time.

The Tangfan coalition was unable to defend, and the front army was killed by An Shouzhong and was in chaos. Many soldiers even stepped into the trap and were tied into blood by the bamboo sticks that were constantly under the trap. A large number of anti-army traps led the Tangfan coalition's front army to chaos again.

The Uighur cavalry wanted to support the front army and broke through the anti-army formation, but were also hindered by the trap, and the war horses could not escape the trap for the time being.

When the front army was ambushed and was killed and injured, it was extremely chaotic, Guo Ziyi could not advance recklessly, so he could only order his troops to retreat dozens of miles to reorganize the army. The anti-army defeated the attack of the Tangfan coalition for the first time, killing and killing nearly 20,000 Tangfan coalition forces in the front and back, which restored the morale of the anti-army a lot.

Although the Tangfan coalition suffered a setback and killed many people, its overall strength was far stronger than the anti-army. It quickly reorganized and advanced to Chang'an City again.

An Shouzhong wanted to ambush again, but Guo Ziyi had obviously learned the lesson and set up a trap to let An Shouzhong plunge in.

After a fierce battle, the anti-army army was defeated and countless casualties were injured. An Shouzhong had to retreat to Chang'an City with less than 40,000 remaining anti-army army.

The road leading to the Tangfan coalition forces under Chang'an was no longer obstructed.

On August 11, King Li Yu of Guangping and Guo Ziyi led the Tangfan coalition forces with nearly 140,000 left to advance to the city of Chang'an, which is less than ten miles away.

At this moment, everyone was excited, including Guo Ziyi himself. When he regained Chang'an City, Guo Ziyi would be famous in history. How could he not be excited at all?

However, when they really came to Chang'an City and saw the walls of Chang'an City, all of them changed their faces.

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