This city was an important town in the northernmost territory of the Tang Dynasty. During the Warring States Period, it was the bridgehead against Donghu, which was the northern fortress of the Han territory.
After the management of the Qin and Han dynasties, the Tang Dynasty established a governor's office in Yingzhou to take charge of all the governor's offices in western Liaoning.
An Lushan was from Yingzhou, and Tang Dynasty general Li Guangbi, who was stationed in Xiangzhou and prevented An Qingxu from escaping back to Hedong, was also from Yingzhou.
Yingzhou was also the front camp position of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty during his three expeditions to Goguryeo. The Great Sui Dynasty established a granary in Yingzhou, which was an important town in western Liaoning.
However, in the turmoil at the end of the Sui Dynasty, Yingzhou was affected and the city of Yingzhou was burned down.
The new Yingzhou City was built in the third year of Kaiyuan. Xi Ren and the Khitan people asked for it to be included. At that time, the imperial censor Zhongcheng and the governor of Yingzhou, Song Qingli, thought that Yingzhou City could be restored and asked the court to conscript the Liaoxi labor service. It was completed in thirty days.
Complete the fortification.
After the city was built, Song Qingli led the people to reclaim farmland and recruited Hu merchants to open shops in the city. Yingzhou City gradually became an important town in the north again.
When Song Qingli was in Yingzhou, he was fair, upright and strict in his work. He treated Han and Hu people equally and was deeply loved by the people.
The people of Yingzhou still remember Song Qingli, so many people are not willing to follow An Lushan to rebel against the Tang Dynasty.
It's just that the current Yingzhou City's industries are in decline, and it has long lacked the prosperity of the past.
Because a large number of people are fighting in the Central Plains, Yingzhou City is in short supply of population.
There was another heavy snowfall last night. Except for the snow that was swept away from the gate of the Pinglu Jiedushi Mansion, all other roads in the city were blocked by snow.
Many houses were collapsed by the snow. Because the roads were not smooth, the rescuers had to step on the snow pits. The morning in Yingzhou City was chaotic.
Today's Pinglu Jiedushi is Xu Guidao. He was originally Liu Hou, the Pinglu Army's Jiedushi, and was the deputy of Jiedushi Liu Zhengchen.
During the Tianbao period, although Anlushan was the military governor of the three towns, the emperor appointed Liu Zhengchen, who was also from Pinglu and loyal to the Tang Dynasty, to lead the Pinglu army in order to contain Anlushan.
After raising the flag to rebel in Anlu Mountain, Liu Zhengchen did what the Tang court hoped and launched the Pinglu Army to attack Fan Yang's lair in Anlu Mountain.
Originally, Liu Zhengchen was progressing smoothly and was about to enter Fanyang. However, at the last moment, Liu Zhengchen was bribed by Xu Guidao, deputy envoy of Jiedushi, who had already been bribed by An Lushan, and bribed his confidant Wang Xuanzhi, the protector of Anton.
Killed with poisoned wine.
Originally, Xu Guidao promised Wang Xuanzhi that as long as he took action, he would be promoted to the post of military governor of the Pinglu Army. However, after taking control of the Pinglu Army, Xu Guidao changed his story.
He made his eldest son serve as the governor of Pinglu Army, and still made Wang Xuanzhi the protector of Anton.
Wang Xuanzhi, who had made great contributions when Xu Guidao came to power, was very dissatisfied. After Xu Guidao defected to Anlu Mountain, he completely obeyed the orders of the puppet Yan court and transported troops and supplies to the Central Plains. All of this made
The Pinglu Army, which was not wealthy to begin with, was even more embarrassed.
Pinglu Army soldiers with a history of rebellion fought the toughest battles every time and won the least military honors and trophies.
These were not problems when the puppet Yan army marched forward and occupied the two capitals.
But when the strategic stalemate occurred and the puppet Yan court squeezed Pinglu Town even more, the dissatisfaction of the middle- and lower-level officers intensified.
Especially this time, when Shi Siming used the order of the Prime Minister of the puppet Yan court to ask for 50,000 troops from Pinglu, it further aroused Pinglu's conflict with the puppet Yan.
During these days, Xu Guidao was also sitting on pins and needles.
The whole of western Liaoning has been depleted of ten rooms and nine empty houses, and all the young and strong people have been transferred to the front line.
After several battles in Xiangji Temple, Shaanxia, Suiyang, and Luoyang, not a single one of the puppet Yan troops fled back to Hedong.
Pinglu Town suffered heavy losses, almost losing its younger generation.
Shi Siming asked for soldiers again. Where could Pinglu get the 50,000 young men?
A few days ago, the governor of Andong, Wang Xuanzhi, and the general Hou Xiyi suggested that the Jiedushi government send people to search for the Hu tribes in the northern forests and induce these Hu tribes to join the army.
Hou Xiyi also said that in the forest north of Songmo, there was someone who claimed to be Khitan Khan Yuan Chai Qu Lie. If he could find Yuan Chai Qu Lie, the Khitans could be recruited to join the Puppet Yan.
Xu Guidao was extremely surprised when he heard the news, and Hou Xiyi and Wang Xuanzhi quickly took care of the matter.
However, both Hou Xiyi and Wang Xuanzhi said that their troops had all been transferred to the Central Plains and there was no manpower to do this.
Xu Guidao thought for a night, and finally divided 800 of the 1,000 personal guards responsible for guarding the Jiedushi Palace into the command of Hou Xiyi and Wang Xuanzhi, and asked them to go north to find the Khitan Khan's chariot Qulie.
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Hou Xiyi and Wang Xuanzhi took the order and left, but Xu Guidao felt even more uneasy.
These thousand elite tooth soldiers were supported by Xu Guidao's high salary after plundering Pinglu's money and food.
These tooth soldiers were very loyal to him and also guaranteed the safety of Xu Guidao's family.
If Shi Siming hadn't been so oppressive, he would have been reluctant to let these elite soldiers leave Yingzhou City.
Xu Guidao's son Xu Xianyi came to Jiedushi's house and asked to see his father.
Now Xu Xianyi is the military envoy of the Pinglu Army, and he is also the heir to the entire Pinglu Army.
However, Xu Xianyi was only in his twenties and had no experience in leading troops in war. He knew that Hou Xiyi and Wang Xuanzhi, his uncle's old rivals, were not convinced by him. In order to fight against these leaders of the Pinglu Army, Xu Xianyi came from Yingzhou
The city recruited some local ruffians to join the army and established a unit called Young Tiger Camp. They rode horses and galloped around Yingzhou City all day long, which made the people of Yingzhou extremely disgusted with Xu and his son.
Xu Guidao knew that his son was useless, but he had conspired to poison his superior, and he did not trust his subordinates even more.
The position of deputy commander could only be held by his own son, and Xu Guidao did not dare to hand it over to other generals.
When Xu Xianyi entered the door, he shouted: "Father, handsome! Why don't you let us in the Young Tiger Camp do the job of catching barbarians in the northern woods!"
Xu Guidao still knew about his son's ability. Shi Siming's official document was strictly worded, and he must hand over 50,000 soldiers to Taiyuan Mansion before spring.
The Young Tiger Camp created by Xu Xianyi can be used to bully and dominate the city in Yingzhou City on weekdays, but if it really marches and fights, it will probably collapse when it leaves the city.
Xu Guidao said: "The snowfield is dangerous in winter. You have no experience in marching, so you should stay in Yingzhou City."
Then Xu Guidao said: "How many people are there in your Young Tiger Camp?"
The Young Tiger Camp is Xu Xianyi's greatest achievement. He expressed his merit and said: "Father, Commander! My Young Tiger Camp has five hundred cavalry and infantry. Each of these thousand people is an elite! They are all loyal to our father and son!"
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Although he knew that the Young Tiger Camp was probably not a decoration, these thousand soldiers could still make Xu Guidao feel safe.
He said to his son: "It just so happens that the defense of the Jiedushi Mansion is empty now. You can transfer the young tiger camp to be responsible for guarding our Jiedushi Mansion."
This was the first time Xu Xianyi was assigned a formal task by his father. He stood up excitedly and rushed to the military camp outside the city.
On the other side, Hou Xiyi and Wang Xuanzhi took Xu Guidao's military order and transferred 800 people from the Yazhang guards guarding the Jiedushi Mansion. Then Wang Xuanzhi and Hou Xiyi immediately took the 800 people and went straight to
In the snow forest north of Yingzhou.
After bringing the troops out of the city, Wang Xuanzhi and Hou Xiyi used both kindness and power to quickly take control of the troops.
Stationed in a fortress north of Yingzhou, Wang Xuanzhi and Hou Xiyi conspired under the lamp.
Wang Xuanzhi first said angrily: "Back then, I poisoned the old commander and was stabbed in the bone by my brothers for a long time. But the thief Xu refused to give me a post as the military envoy, and let his idiot son be the post.
Back then, I broke an arrow and swore an oath. If I don’t avenge this revenge, I would be a shameless person!”
Hou Xiyi quickly comforted Wang Xuanzhi. He had not participated in the conspiracy of Xu Guidao and Wang Xunzhi, but he quickly supported Xu Guidao after he defected to the puppet Yan, stabilizing the morale of the Pinglu army, and was a major contributor to Xu Guidao's rise to power.
However, Xu Guidao was also stingy with rewards for Hou Xiyi. He is still a subordinate general to this day and has not even given him a miscellaneous general.
For this reason, Hou Xiyi was also angry. He and Wang Xuanzhi quickly formed a family of children, dormant while waiting for the opportunity.
Now is the best opportunity. The Pinglu army is empty and Xu Guidao is unpopular. Everyone in Pinglu has long been despised.
These one thousand elites were the last force to guard the Jiedu Envoy's Mansion. Originally, as long as they could stabilize these one thousand people, there was nothing Hou Xiyi and Wang Xuanzhi could do.
Unexpectedly, Shi Siming sent an assist and asked Pinglu for 50,000 soldiers.
This news was leaked by Hou Xiyi and Wang Xuanzhi in advance, and everyone in Yingzhou immediately began to flee.
Those with men in the family fled to the mountains and hid, leaving Xu Guidao unable to recruit troops.
Hou Xiyi also asked people to falsely claim that the Khitan Khan was wandering around the northern snowfields in a distant chariot, and then made a suggestion to Xu Guidao to lead troops to the northern snowfields to recruit barbarians.
Sure enough, Xu Guidao was seriously ill and sought medical treatment. He actually handed over the thousand elite guards guarding the Jiedu Envoy's Mansion to the two of them.
Hou Xiyi said: "I have sold my family property, exchanged it all for gold and silver and hid it in the warehouse of the Captor's Mansion. During these days, we used a lot of money to buy tooth soldiers and hold these eight hundred people in our hands."
Wang Xuanzhi said: "I will sneak back to Yingzhou City, wait for the news from Brother Hou, and immediately open the city gate. As long as we capture the Jiedushi Mansion, we will immediately kill the Xu family and his son!"
But Wang Xuanzhi said again: "But we really killed Xu Guidao, where is Taiyuan Mansion?"
Hou Xiyi said categorically: "Let's bring out Laojieshuai and issue a document to the Tang Dynasty court declaring that the situation is over!"
"As long as we can capture Pinglu, the Tang Dynasty will definitely use high-ranking officials and generous salaries to recruit us to surrender!"
Wang Xuanzhi immediately said: "Brother Hou thought carefully, so let's do it this way!"
At the same time, Fang Guoshou had quietly sneaked into Yingzhou City with a group of players.