The news that Hangu Pass surrendered without a fight soon swept across the Central Plains.
An Qingxu in Bianzhou was so shocked that he fell to the ground when he heard about it.
An Qingxu was a coward by nature.
At this time, he had no idea and relied solely on his dignity.
Wait for the trusted ministers and generals to maintain it.
After the fall of Hangu Pass, there is a smooth road leading to Luoyang.
Luoyang is almost unsafe to defend.
If Gao Shang, Sun Xiaozhe and others who stayed in Luoyang can hold on, the city of Luoyang can still be defended for a while, but it will inevitably be surrounded.
If you hold on until In the end, there is still a dead end, and it is impossible to hold on without the determination to fight to the end.
In view of this, the Yan Zhuang ministers and generals who were in Bianzhou immediately took An Qingxu across the river to the north and fled towards Xiangzhou.
When they were in Bianzhou, there were still 150,000 troops, but by the time they arrived in Xiangzhou, only 78,000 or 80,000 were left. , the rest fled on the way, and some generals even fled with their organized troops.
Hangu Pass is not very far from Mengjin and Ruzhou.
The news of the fall of Hangu Pass reached Mengjin Port and Ruzhou immediately.
He asked Dahao at Niutingjie of Mengjin Port and did not bother to continue to lead troops to defend Wang Rao in the north of the Yellow River.
The army, without waiting for orders from Luoyang, immediately withdrew 10,000 Yan troops towards Luoyang.
At this time, Lu Jiong was leading the Nanyang army to the north, approaching Ruzhou.
The Yan army generals An Shouzhong and Tian Qianzhen who were stationed in Ruzhou were preparing to strengthen the city defense and defend it to the death.
However, news of the fall of Hangu Pass spread.
After coming, stay safe Zhongwa Tian Qianzhen and others felt that the sky was about to fall.
Once the main force of Zhao Ziliang's Tang army besieged Luoyang and divided their forces to attack Ruzhou southward, Ruzhou would be attacked from the north and south, and even an iron barrel would be crushed flat. .
An Shouzhong and Tian Qianzhen, who were in trouble, quickly met in the Ruzhou prefecture.
The two discussed for a long time and felt that Ruzhou could not be defended.
If they defended it, they would die without a burial place.
An Shouzhong and Tian Qianzhen Although the two were loyal to An Lushan and his son, they didn't care so much at this time, and they immediately decided to lead their troops to withdraw.
So where should we retreat?
An Shouzhong felt that it was not very safe to retreat to Luoyang.
Hangu Pass was broken, and the Tang army could go straight to Luoyang.
At this time, if he led his troops to retreat to Luoyang, they would inevitably be blocked by the Tang army in Luoyang City.
After all, we decided to retreat to Xingyang.
There is Sishui Pass in the northwest of Xingyang, which can resist the Tang army for a period of time.
An Shouzhong and Tian Qianzhen planned well and hit it off immediately.
The next day they led their troops to evacuate Ruzhou and marched towards Xingyang.
After the withdrawal, Ruzhou became an empty city.
On the eighth day of May, two thousand cavalry in the vanguard of the Nanyang army entered Ruzhou.
The news that Ruzhou turned out to be an empty city greatly excited Lu Jiong and others.
This showed that the rebels had become frightened and had no confidence in defending the city.
An Qingxu's The end is not far away But it was said that Niu Tingjie, the general of the Yan Army who was stationed at Mengjin Port, quickly retreated to Luoyang with 10,000 troops after learning that Hangu Pass had been breached.
He was afraid that Zhao Ziliang would send people to block the way back.
However, he heard on the way to Luoyang that Come to Malaysia It was reported that the Tang army had marched from Hangu Pass to Luoyang.
The march was very fast.
They would definitely encounter the Tang army commanded by Zhao Ziliang when they went to Luoyang.
Niu Tingjie felt sad and did not dare to go further to Luoyang.
He immediately led his troops to retreat directly to Xingyang. .
At this time, people in Luoyang were in panic.
Many soldiers of the Yan army who stayed in Luoyang fled, and the fleeing soldiers looted and looted inside and outside the city.
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The news that Zhao Ziliang's troops had entered Luoyang had already spread.
Although Gao Shang, An Taiqing, Sun Xiaozhe, Li Qincuo, Li Lijie and others who stayed behind had arranged the city defense, the lower-level soldiers had no intention of resisting the Tang army.
The city defense was everywhere.
Loopholes are useless.
On the eighth day of May, night falls.
Gao Shang sent someone to notify An Taiqing and others to discuss the defense of the city wall at the Luoyang County Government Office.
An Taiqing and others rushed over quickly after receiving the notice, but at this time, the expressions of these people were no longer the same as before.
Calmly, they all looked panicked and worried.
Gao Shan looked at a few people and said: "Generals, now the Tang army is on the way to Luoyang.
The situation is critical, but now there are loopholes in the city defense.
The soldiers have escaped and harmed the people in the city.
There is no order in the city.
Your Majesty entrusts Luoyang to We have full trust in us.
I am a civilian official and do not engage in military affairs, so I have to rely more on the generals for the city defense.
I wonder if the generals have any suggestions on how to strengthen the city defense."
Several people looked at each other, and Sun Xiaozhe said to Gao Shang: "Gao Xiang, now the Tang army is pressing down on the border.
I heard that An Shouzhong and Tian Qianzhen who were stationed in Ruzhou in the south have led their troops to retreat to Xingyang, and they are stationed at Niutingjie in Mengjin.
He can run faster than a rabbit, and he also led troops to Xingyang.
Luoyang is now an isolated city.
Once the Tang army arrives, Luoyang will definitely be besieged from all sides, and we will die without a burial place."
Gao Shang had a very bad expression on his face and stared at Sun Xiaozhe and asked: "Then according to General Sun's wishes, how should we open the city gate to accept the surrender of the Tang army?"
When Sun Xiaozhe saw the murderous look on Gao Shang's face, he suddenly panicked and said hurriedly: "No, no, no, Prime Minister Gao has misunderstood me.
I, Sun Xiaozhe, have been appreciated and promoted by the late emperor and His Majesty all my life, how could I betray Dayan and surrender?"
Tang Jun, I mean Luoyang has It cannot be defended.
If we hold on, we will all be destroyed.
I suggest that we withdraw to Xingyang immediately.
Xingyang has Sishui Pass as a barrier, which is not easy for the Tang army to break.
We will find a way to counterattack the Tang army when we get to Xingyang.
And with the prestige of the high minister, who dares not to do this in Xingyang?
"Listen to the high minister" Gao Shang did not respond after listening to Sun Xiaozhe's suggestion.
Instead, he looked at An Taiqing and asked: "General An, what do you mean?"
An Taiqing is the younger brother of An Lushan, and can be said to be a relative of the emperor of the Yan Dynasty.
There is indeed a suspicion of fleeing without a fight in withdrawing from Luoyang.
He is really embarrassed to agree with Sun Xiaozhe's suggestion, but Let him stick to Luoyang.
Faced with this fatal situation, he does not have the courage to face it.
After hesitating for a while, An Taiqing still said: "Since Your Majesty has appointed Gao Xiang to handle Luoyang affairs with full authority, I still listen to Gao Xiang.
If Gao Xiang says to stick to it, I will stick to it.
If Gao Xiang says to withdraw troops from Xingyang, I will obey."
The bitch couldn't help but cursed at the shrewd Gao Shang, then looked at Li Qincuo and Li Lijie and asked: "Two generals Li, what do you think should be done?"
Li Qincuo and Li Lijie were military generals with little culture and foresight.
Now that the world was in a complicated situation, they were unsure whether to continue to follow An Qingxu or surrender to the Tang army.
They wanted to surrender to the Tang army, but they didn't know what these people were doing.
What they really thought was that they were worried that these people would attack them.
The two looked at each other and Li Qincoo said, "We all listen to the Prime Minister."
Well, the ball was kicked back again.
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Gao Shang looked at the frightened and worried expressions on the faces of several people.
Knowing that these people were already afraid of the upcoming Tang Army, he weighed it in his mind for a moment and then asked everyone: "Your Majesty Entrust Luoyang Come on, now that Luoyang is like this, I feel guilty.
The soldiers have no will to fight anymore, and they can't hold it any longer.
In addition, Luoyang's barrier has been broken down, and there is no need to defend anymore.
Hey everyone.
The general really listens to me."
The intention of these words was already obvious.
An Taiqing immediately said: "Of course, the Prime Minister was personally appointed by His Majesty to stay in Luoyang, and he is in the prime minister's position.
If I don't listen to the Prime Minister, I will listen to anyone else.
If anyone opposes the Prime Minister, I, An Taiqing, will never agree to the Prime Minister’s decision.”
Several other people quickly echoed: "Yes, we all listen to the Prime Minister."
Gao Shang nodded and said: "Well, I decided to evacuate to Xingyang immediately.
At this time, the Tang army is probably not far from Luoyang.
I am worried that the night will be long and we will have many dreams.
We set off overnight, taking only gold, silver, soft goods and some food, and nothing else.
If you have too many, you won’t be able to walk fast, and you will easily be overtaken by the Tang army.
What do you generals think?”
Everyone hurriedly said: "Very good, we will do it according to the wishes of the Prime Minister."
Gao Shang stood up and said immediately: "In that case, generals, go back and prepare.
We will meet at the east city gate in two hours.
Generals must gather their troops quickly and not delay for too long."
"clear" It is not far from Hangu Pass on the east side of Xin'an Yi to Luoyang.
If the cavalry marches fast enough, it can arrive in one morning.
However, Zhao Ziliang did not order a rapid approach to Luoyang, nor did he send a cavalry vanguard.
They slowly approached Luoyang with an army of hundreds of thousands.
The purpose was to put psychological pressure on the rebels in Luoyang and force them to flee without fighting.
In this way, the Tang army could capture Luoyang without a fight and save Luoyang.
Many buildings were not destroyed.
"Reporting to the commander, the rebels guarding Luoyang have withdrawn to the direction of Xingyang.
Luoyang has become an empty city at this time."
Together they galloped into the camp to report to Zhao Ziliang.
The army was camping in the wild at this time.
After Zhao Ziliang heard the report of the scouting horse, he immediately summoned Bai Xiaode and ordered his five thousand fine cavalry to quickly enter Luoyang City to maintain order in the city and prevent Peixiao from taking advantage of the situation.
After receiving the order, Bai Xiaode immediately led his troops to march to Luoyang overnight.
If a town does not have the power to maintain order to intimidate, evil forces that usually hide in dark corners will pop out to endanger the people and social order.
It was late at night when Bai Xiaode led five thousand elite cavalry to Luoyang.
Gao Shang and others had just led It only took an hour for the Yan army to evacuate Luoyang.
During this one-hour gap, a large number of gangsters took advantage of the situation in the city, burning, killing, and robbing.
The guards in Luoyang Prison were already in panic.
There was no one guarding the prison, and some even took advantage of the chaos to arrest the prisoners.
After being released, some prisoners on death row committed murders, set fires, robbed property, and raped women in the city.
Fortunately, Bai Xiaode led his troops and arrived quickly.
A large group of cavalry entered the city and killed the gangsters, gangsters and prisoners who were burning, killing and looting.
After killing a group of people, these people began to flee and hide, but they were quickly found out.
In the early morning of the ninth day of May, the city of Luoyang, which had been noisy all night, finally calmed down.
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It was getting bright, but the streets in the city were deserted except for the patrolling Tang Army cavalry.
The people in the city closed the doors of every house, lest the soldiers enter.
Do bad things.
In the morning, Commander Zhao Ziliang's army arrived in Luoyang and settled in Luoyang County Government.
The commander's mansion was also located here.
He ordered an infantry force of 10,000 to be deployed to garrison, patrol and maintain order in the city.
All other troops were withdrawn and stationed outside the east city gate.
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