There is a beautiful feast under the open curtain, and the Qiang Rong celebrate their hard work.
Drunk and golden armor dance, thunder stirs the mountains and rivers.
Adjusting the arrows and calling the eagle, they all heard the extraordinary ability.
The running fox will swarm the pheasant and sweep away the ancient hills.
——"Two Songs with Zhang Pushesai" Lu Lun (Tang Dynasty)
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Halfway up the mountainside of Xiaojian Mountain in Jiange, there is a pine forest, and there is a small temple in front of the pine forest. The bird path up the mountain is heavily guarded by Jiannan Army and Longwu Army respectively.
A scribe, wearing mango shoes and a bamboo staff, floated over. The guard drew his sword and scolded him.
When Chen Xuanli, the general of the Longwu Army, saw it, he rushed over and whipped the guard twice. Chen Xuanli bowed deeply to the scribe and saluted: "I didn't know that the master is here, please forgive me!"
The dashing scribe was none other than Taifu Xu, who had retired from old age and returned to his hometown and had lived in seclusion for several years. He quickly held Chen Xuanli in his arms and said with a smile: "The general has protected you for thousands of miles, and you have done a great job!"
Chen Xuanli looked back on the turmoil along the way and sighed deeply, feeling ashamed, and personally accompanied Taifu Xu up the mountain.
When he arrived at the small temple, accompanied by Gao Lishi, Xuanzong came out to greet him personally.
When Taifu Xu saw her, he had mixed feelings in his heart. They had not seen each other for a few years, and Xuanzong seemed to have aged more than twenty years and turned into an old man in his dying years. It can be seen that the death of the imperial concubine and the rebellion of An Lushan had a great impact on him.
Taifu Xu hurriedly stepped forward to salute and pay homage.
Xuanzong grabbed Taifu Xu's hand and said with a smile: "I feel relieved when I see Taifu."
After taking his seat, Xuanzong sighed and said: "Master, I regret not listening to you, and now I regret it. I know that I was wrong, so for the sake of our decades of friendship, please teach me!"
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When the Taifu saw this, he couldn't bear to sigh and couldn't bear to criticize. The Taifu said: "Now it seems that Anlu Mountain's military deployment is roughly as follows: First, protect Youzhou and Yingzhou base camp. Anlu Mountain will deploy a large army to defend the main passage of Taihang Mountain
, to prevent Shuofang’s army and Tang’s army from passing through Jingxing and attacking Youzhou from Taiyuan;
Second, because the front is too long, it is necessary to ensure the smooth flow of supplies for the army. The most important channel from Youzhou to Luoyang is the Anlushan Canal and Yongji Canal, with heavy troops stationed along it;
Third, destroy the military supplies of King Qin's army, especially those of Shuofang's army, so that its food and grass supplies cannot support the war consumption. Therefore, An Lushan mobilized the army to capture the Jianghuai River and cut off the main channel from the Huaihe River to the Yellow River Tongji Canal. At the same time,
March towards Xiangyang and block the secondary road of Chencang Road or Baoxie Road;
Fourth, the invasion was like fire, striking with lightning, occupying the two capitals, and disintegrating the command center of the Tang Dynasty.
However, because An Lushan's advance was too smooth, he rashly captured Luoyang and advanced to Chang'an before taking the Hedong Road.
This omission was the turning point of the strategy. Hedong Road was the chess piece that allowed Datang to break the game.
Since Hedong Road is located on a plateau, if Hedong Road is not taken first, even if Luoyang is captured, the Tang army can go south to attack the rebel flanks at any time as long as it controls Hedong Road."
When Taifu Xu said this, he sighed secretly. He was afraid that he would say some things that Xuanzong couldn't bear:
After the An Lushan rebellion, after the initial panic period, several generals of the Tang Army inadvertently cooperated to complete the Tang Army's military deployment:
To the southeast, the prefect Zhang Xun fought bloody battles, first defending Yongqiu and then retreating to Suiyang. Zhang Xun led the Tang army to fight unyieldingly and blocked the rebels' southward path, preventing the rebels from occupying the granaries of Jianghuai.
To the southwest, Lu Jiong, the prefect of Nanyang, set up defenses in Ye County, and later retreated to Nanyang to prevent the rebels from occupying the Nanxiang Pass.
The tenacious resistance of Zhang Xun and Lu Jiong prevented the war situation from deteriorating and bought time for the Tang army to counterattack.
Brothers Yan Gaoqing and Yan Zhenqing organized a rebel army in Hebei Province, declared their allegiance to the Tang Dynasty, and resisted An Lushan.
When Guo Ziyi defeated the rebels' strategic intentions from the heights of Shanxi, Hebei also resisted. The first to rise in Hebei were brothers Yan Gaoqing and Yan Zhenqing.
Yan Gaoqing, the governor of Changshan in Hebei Province, and Yan Zhenqing, the governor of Pingyuan Province, raised troops to serve the Tang Dynasty. Under Eryan's instigation, all counties in Hebei Province responded one after another. Among the 25 prefectures and counties, 17 counties returned to the Tang Dynasty. Yan Gaoqing was defeated and killed.
, Yan Zhenqing led the rebel army and continued to resist.
At this time, the "Nanyang-Xuchang-Suiyang" line was blocked by the Tang army, and the Anlushan rebels were unable to advance south.
Ge Shuhan was responsible for closing the gate of Tongguan to prevent the rebels from advancing westward.
Guo Ziyi sent Li Guangbi and Pugu Huai'en to occupy Mayi and Yanmen. Through this passage, Shuofang's army continuously entered Taiyuan Prefecture:
Li Guangbi left Jingxing from Taiyuan Prefecture, crossed the Taihang Mountains and entered Hebei Province. He defeated Shi Siming's army and directly threatened Youzhou, the hometown of Anlu Mountain.
Guo Ziyi gathered troops in Taiyuan Prefecture and occupied the rooftop area from Taiyuan Prefecture to the north bank of the Yellow River. He was ready to go south from Shangdang County to the Yellow River and attack Luoyang where Anlu Mountain is located to complete a fatal blow to the rebels.
At this time, the encirclement has been formed, which can be described as "closing the door and beating the dog": forcing Anlushan's rebels into a narrow plain passage, escaping all around, and blocking all roundabout roads. The reinforcements of the Tang Army took turns to attack, ambushing them day and night.
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An Lushan would become a rat in the bellows, exhausted under the attack of the Tang army, running around and disintegrating, until he was finally wiped out.
This is the first turning point since the Anlushan Rebellion. If this continues, the Anlushan Rebellion will be successfully wiped out in less than two years. The Tang Dynasty will not be damaged.
The situation was originally very good, but at the critical moment of "ending", due to Yang Guozhong's selfish desires and stupidity, he forced Ge Shuhan to fight, but An Lushan broke through Tongguan and broke through the "cage" of the Tang army's ambush from all sides. The war situation took a turn for the worse.
After the fall of Tongguan, Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi were forced to leave Hebei Province and retreated to Taiyuan Prefecture and Shuofang. Yan Zhenqing and others who led the resistance in Hebei Province were forced to move, leaving the entire Hebei Province to the rebels. An Lushan occupied Chang'an
Later, he gained control of the two capitals and destroyed the territory controlled by the Tang army to pieces.
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These words came to Xu Taifu's lips, but he did not say them out in the end. For the elderly Xuanzong, giving him confidence was more important than anything else.
Next, how to carry out military deployment, Xu Taifu said: "
At present, although the territory controlled by the Tang army is scattered, the Anlushan rebels are surrounded by a large-scale siege. The rebels cannot cross the Huaihe River in the south and cannot occupy Taiyuan in the north. Although they have occupied the capital, the Tang army is all outside Chang'an.
.What was left for the rebels was a long and narrow passage between Chang'an and Luoyang.
After An Lushan occupied Chang'an, he should have quickly pacified the pass fortresses surrounding Guanzhong and the southern part of Hedong Road. If he occupied
At the commanding heights of Taiyuan Prefecture, the Tang army would be in trouble.
However, An Lushan had no deployment in Guanzhong except to continue to send troops to Jianghuai and Jianghan. The rebels were entrenched in Chang'an and enjoyed wealth and prosperity.
Fufeng County to the west of Chang'an is still in the hands of the Tang Army. The Tang Army can use Fufeng and Chencang County to establish military supply channels.
At present, the grain from Jianghuai and Jianghan is gathered in the Jingxiang area, along the Hanjiang River to Hanzhong, and then from Hanzhong to the north across the Qinling Mountains, bypassing Chang'an, and reaching Chencang from the west. Then, it continues north and is sent to Shuofang via Guyuan.
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Hedong Road was the bridgehead for the Tang Dynasty's counterattack. After the fall of Tongguan, Shi Siming continued to launch attacks on Taiyuan Prefecture, but was repelled several times by Li Guangbi. By preserving Hedong Road, Shuofang's army could continue to leave Jingxing and attack Anlu Mountain's base camp.
Hebei Road.
In the south, Zhang Xun and Lu Jiong continued to resist, ensuring the safety of Jiangnan, ensuring the world's finances, taxes and food, and having the strength to confront the rebels for a long time.
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After the fall of Chang'an, Li Mi proposed a bold strategy: not to regain the two capitals for the time being, but to use the two capitals to bring down An Lushan, and then send surprise troops from the north to attack his home base and defeat him. This is Chinese history
One of the most imaginative strategies in history was not adopted by the emperor. Although the Tang army regained the two capitals, they were unable to completely defeat the rebels, resulting in longer-term destructive power.