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Chapter 712: Lushan dies


Du Fu was about to agree, when Chu Ge asked: "Commander, if Laigui retreats to Huainan, then the Anlushan rebels can go directly to the southeast.

In this way, we will be able to defeat the Anlushan rebels on the southern front."

The encirclement on the battlefield has been broken.

When the time comes, Lai Yi's troops will not only be unable to join forces with Ma Shouye and Wei Wei's troops, but they will also be pursued by the Anlushan rebels."

Zhao Ziliang shook his head and said: "Lai Ai's army currently faces not many rebels, and the area he is defending is not a key place.

I want him to retreat, so the rebels will inevitably follow and lengthen the front.

But now Entering spring, the rebels' defense focus has completely shifted to On the Tongguan front line, there are not many troops left to besiege Nanyang, Ningling, Shangqiu and other areas.

In this way, as long as the Anlushan rebels pursue Lai Ai's army, our Nanyang defenders and the Shangqiu front line defenders can separate part of them.

The forces converged to cut off the rebels' return route, and at this time Lai Aida The army turned around and counterattacked.

The Anlushan rebels who were chasing the Qi army were bound to be defeated due to being attacked from both sides.

Our army took the opportunity to eat this rebel army.

Later, the Qi army turned around and headed south to Anlu to join the other two armies to attack.

Even if Li Lin's rebels don't pursue him, they will raise their troops to capture Lai.

The force left behind after the withdrawal of the army is empty.

In this way, the rebel forces are dispersed.

Now the general trend is ours.

We don't have to care about the gains and losses of one city or one place.

We disperse the enemy's forces and then eat them one by one.

Only in this way can we annihilate the enemy.

It is not worth the expense of the military’s manpower to fight against the rebels.”

The generals nodded one after another, and Du Fu immediately agreed, and walked aside to start writing the memorial.

The memorial was quickly written, and Du Fu took it to Zhao Ziliang to read.

Zhao Ziliang nodded and said, "Yes, Mr.

Du's literary talent is much better than mine, and his handwriting is also beautiful.

Just like this, I will send a fast horse to the court.

Come on, Bring me my seal."

Not long after the person who delivered the memorial left, Wang Can, who had just left, quickly returned to the commander's residence.

At this time, the generals and officials had not dispersed.

Wang Can strode in and reported: "Commander, An Lushan is dead. " The lobby of the Marshal's Mansion fell into silence.

Zhao Ziliang thought that his ears did not hear clearly: "What did you say that An Lushan is dead?"

Wang Can nodded and said: "Yes, he has been dead for twenty days.

On the fifth day of the first lunar month, An Lushan was receiving the worship of the courtiers to discuss state affairs.

A sore broke out in the middle of the meeting, and he left midway before the court meeting was completed.

That night, the prime minister Zhuang Yan led An Lushan's personal eunuch Li Zhuer and others to conspire to kill An Lushan.

It was the eunuch Li Zhuer who did the trick.

However, our insiders have received news that the real mastermind behind the scenes should be An Lushan's son King Jin.

An Qingxu" "Is the news true?

Why did it take twenty days for the news to come back?"

Wang Can said: "It should be true that after An Qingxu, Yan Zhuang, Li Zhuer and others killed An Lushan that night, they dug a deep hole under the bed, wrapped An Lushan's body in a blanket and buried it under the bed.

The funeral was not carried out secretly the next day.

Early in the morning, Yan Zhuang issued orders on behalf of Anlu Mountain and implemented martial law in Luoyang City.

Only entry and exit were allowed.

He also announced that Anlu Mountain was said to be located in Anqingxu and respectfully called Anlu Mountain.

The Supreme Emperor.

On the tenth day of the first lunar month, An Qingxu ascended the throne as emperor.

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It was not until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month that An Qingxu announced the death of An Lushan.

In order to prevent someone from rebelling in Luoyang City, An Qingxu increased martial law, knowing that the situation was like two days ago.

Martial law will be lifted only when stability is achieved, and only after careful work can we have the opportunity to send the news out.

Now the rebel generals from all over the country have expressed their allegiance to An Qingxu."

Zhao Ziliang looked at everyone, walked to the main seat and sat down, with the others standing on both sides.

Zhao Ziliang said: "Although An Lushan died, his power was inherited by An Qingxu.

The rebels showed no signs of chaos.

For us, we did not take advantage of An Lushan's death.

Send this news to Chang'an as well."

After Zhao Ziliang's two memorials were sent to Chang'an, Xuanzong first saw the news of Li Lin's rebellion.

He was furious on the spot, broke many things, and cursed Li Lin as an unfilial son.

At the same time, following Zhao Ziliang's suggestion, he issued an edict.

To Lai Yi, Ma Shouye, Wei Wei and others, all acted according to Zhao Ziliang's arrangements.

After the news of An Lushan's death reached Xuanzong's ears, Xuanzong shouted: "Good death, good death.

He should have died a long time ago.

It's a pity that he was not caught and executed in Lingchi."

In early February, the imperial edict was delivered to Lai Ai.

After receiving the edict, Lai Ai immediately led his troops to retreat south.

As expected, the Yan army fell into the trap.

Yan army general Ashina Chengqing led an army of 50,000 to pursue Lai Ai's tribe.

After receiving the order, Nanyang guard Lu Jiong immediately sent Wang Sili to lead 10,000 troops to march eastward, while the Wu kings stationed in Suiyang, Li Zhuan, Zhang Xun, Xu Yuan and others, pieced together 10,000 troops and handed them over to Nan Jiyun to lead the army.

Marching to the southwest, they joined forces with Wang Sili's troops in the Chenzhou area, cutting off the return path of Ashina Chengqing's 50,000-strong army.

At this time, Lai Ai's army stopped moving south and suddenly turned around to meet the enemy.

Ashina Chengqing set up his military formation and wanted to fight Lai Ai for victory.

However, his subordinates reported that his retreat was cut off by 20,000 Tang troops.

The Yan army immediately People were in panic.

Under the attack from the north and south by the Tang army, Ashina Chengqing was defeated.

The entire 50,000 Yan army was wiped out.

Ashina Chengqing was also defeated and captured.

After eliminating Ashina Chengqing's 50,000 troops, the pressure on the Tang army in Nanyang and Suiyang was greatly reduced.

The Tang army, led by Nan Jiyun and Wang Sili, went north to recapture Yingchuan and advance towards Zhengzhou.

The rebels had to attack Suiyang from the Strengthen the defense in the direction of Yingchuan with troops and horses.

On the tenth day of February, Lai Yi led his troops to continue southward.

On the 16th, the army met with Ma Shouye's 10,000 troops and Wei Wei's 5,000 troops in Anlu, and the three men swore to attack Yong Wang Li Lin.

Huayin, Marshal's Mansion.

Zhao Ziliang summoned the generals to discuss the matter and said: "Now the rebel Ashina Chengqing's fifty thousand troops have been wiped out, and he himself has been captured.

He is now being taken to Chang'an.

Yin Ziqi's two hundred thousand troops are attacking Suiyang.

There are King Wu, Zhang Xun, Xu Yuan and others are defending, and Suiyang should be able to hold on for the time being, but it’s time for us to use our muscles and muscles to reduce some pressure on Suiyang and Nanyang.

What’s the point of Wang rare?”

Wang Nan stood up and clasped his fists and said: "The end will be here."

Zhao Ziliang said: "I lent you 10,000 horses before and said I would pay you 20,000 back.

Now it's time to give you 20,000 horses and station them at Pujing Pass."

The king was rarely overjoyed: "The last general has received his order."

Zhao Ziliang looked at the other generals: "Give me the order, except for the Huayin defenders, all the remaining troops will march towards Tongguan and prepare to leave the pass to attack the rebels."

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The generals loudly promised: "obey the order" Zhao Ziliang asked the generals to prepare, leaving only Wang Can.

He said to Wang Can: "Before we go out to attack the rebels, we have to add some trouble to the rebels and keep you here.

I have something to tell you."

Wang Can cupped his fists and said, "Please give me your orders, Commander-in-Chief."

Zhao Ziliang took out a letter and said: "There is a letter here.

Send someone to take it and sneak into the rebel territory secretly.

Give it to Bi Sichen in person, and ask the person who brought the letter to tell Bi Sichen that Bi Sichen and I were sworn brothers back then.

Now I can't bear to see him fall into disrepute with the rebels and be left in disgrace Ten thousand years.

If he still has a heart of repentance and is willing to surrender to the imperial court, I can recommend him on his behalf.

As long as he kills Li Guiren, controls the rebels attacking Nanyang, and takes the banner of righteousness on the spot and surrenders to the imperial court, I will not only recommend him to The imperial court wrote a letter recommending that he be reinstated to his original position and that he would be promoted to a higher rank."

Wang Can took the letter and nodded: "Okay, the general will know what to do."

On February 12, a middle-aged scribe swaggered into Yan City, which was controlled by the Yan Army, and came to the residence of Yan Army General Bi Sichen.

Bi Sichen was originally an official.

After the An Lushan rebellion, he was sent to Luoyang by the emperor to recruit troops to defend against the enemy.

Unexpectedly, he was defeated by the rebels and became a prisoner of the rebels.

In order to survive, he had no choice but to surrender.

An Lushan was not too bad for Bi Sichen.

Trusting him, he served as deputy general to Tian Chengsi.

Tian Chengsi fell seriously ill at the end of last year and was transferred back to Luoyang for training.

However, his condition quickly worsened and he died soon after.

Tian Chengsi's position was also replaced by Li Guiren.

"General, there is a scribe outside the door asking to see the general."

A soldier reported to Bi Sichen.

Bi Sichen was stunned: "What does a scribe look like?"

The soldier described him as: "He is about forty years old, with a long beard, a thin face, thick eyebrows and big eyes."

Bi Sichen frowned and said, "Why don't I have any impression of this person?

Forget it, go and invite him in."

"promise" Soon, the soldiers led the scribe into the lobby.

After seeing Bi Sichen, the scribe saluted him and said, "Liu Qinghe, I'm here to pay my respects to General Bi."

Bi Sichen said strangely: "How come I don't know Mr.

Sir?

Why do you want to see me?"

Liu Qinghe said: "The general will know after reading this letter."

Bi Sichen took the envelope suspiciously, opened it and began to read the letter.

After reading it, he waved to the soldiers standing around: "Everyone, get out."

The soldiers left quickly, and Bi Sichen said to Liu Qinghe: "You are the person sent by Marshal Zhao."

"Yes" Bi Sichen asked: "Does Marshal Zhao have anything specific to say to you?"

"Yes" Liu Qinghe immediately conveyed Zhao Ziliang's original words to Bi Sichen.

After hearing this, Bi Sichen stood up and paced, and thought for a long time before saying to Liu Qinghe: "This matter is of great importance, and I need to think it over carefully.

How about this, please Mr.

Liu stay in my mansion for a few days, and I will wait for you."

I’ll tell you what you think after I make my decision.”

Liu Qinghe agreed: "Of course, it all depends on General Bi's willingness.

My commander cannot force him."

After Bi Sichen asked his servants to place Liu Qinghe in his residence, his mind started to move.

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Previously, he thought that An Lushan's army was coming fiercely and they were elite soldiers who had fought for a long time.

The imperial court had no troops in Guanzhong and other places and could not resist it.

The rebels attacked.

After analyzing the situation in order to survive, he chose to surrender to the rebels.

He also worked hard and gained An Lushan's trust.

However, since the Beiting Army returned to Guanzhong to quell the rebellion last year under the leadership of Zhao Ziliang, the situation has changed.

The Yan Army, which has always been invincible, was defeated by the imperial army one after another.

At the end of last year, even Tongguan was lost.

This time They also lost 50,000 troops.

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