In June of the 14th year of Tianbao in the Tang Dynasty (755), before the Yellow River entered the summer flood, Anlu Mountain finally received the long-awaited good news, and the Tang army finally launched a large-scale attack from Tongguan.
What made An Lushan even more overjoyed was that Li Longji actually went on the expedition himself.
After learning the news, An Lushan was so happy that he looked up to the sky and laughed. God bless Dayan.
At that moment, An Lushan mobilized all the main forces of the rebels and rushed to Shaanzhou in a mighty manner.
When they arrived near Xindian, Shaanzhou, the rebels and the Tang army met head-on. The forward troops of both sides fought a small-scale encounter, each suffered casualties, and then retreated to the camp.
After a short rest, the Tang army took the lead in attacking the rebels.
In order to win this decisive battle, the Tang army deployed its best troops. Eighty thousand Tang troops from Jiannan, Shannan, Longyou and Hexi were deployed in the center. On the left were 40,000 Uighur cavalry from afar, and on the right were Dangxiang and Mi Yao. Among the 30,000 infantry and cavalry of the Qiang, Qiang and other vassal states, the total number of troops participating in the war exceeded 150,000, and they were all combat soldiers.
Yes, these 150,000 men and horses are all soldiers.
However, the rebels on the opposite side of Anlu Mountain were more numerous and powerful.
In addition to the vassal soldiers from Fanyang, Pinglu and Hedong towns, there were also servant cavalry such as Khitan, Xi and Shiwei. In addition, there were rebels from various states who had gathered on the way south, totaling more than 200,000 people.
Moreover, the rebels lined up on the mountain and occupied the terrain advantage.
Before the war started, An Lushan offered to "have a chat" with Li Longji.
Li Longji also had this intention, so the two of them took the "imperial chariot" separately. Each of them only brought two personal followers, one was responsible for driving and the other was responsible for holding a yellow umbrella. After all, the sun in June was very poisonous.
During this meeting, Li Longji and An Lushan had their own plans.
Li Longji wanted to make one last effort to see if he could recruit An Lushan to surrender.
An Lushan wanted to make Li Longji angry to death, so that the Tang army would be weakened before the battle.
So after meeting, the two of them talked about their own things and couldn't even urinate into the same pot.
"An Lushan, I know that you are actually unwilling to rebel. You were worried that I would listen to Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong's greedy words and prevent you from entering the political hall, so you raised an army to clear the emperor's side, and then you were coerced by your soldiers to proclaim the emperor. That's right Right? I am not a petty person. As long as you can find your way back, I can let go of the past. Even if you once overstepped your bounds and proclaimed yourself emperor, I can still forgive you. This is your only chance."
"Li Longji, why don't you see Yang Taizhen? She didn't come with you?"
"An Lushan, don't talk nonsense with me. I'm talking to you about business."
"Li Longji, what I'm talking to you about is business. Do you know why I didn't establish a queen?"
"An Lushan, as long as you get off the car and surrender now, I can pretend that nothing happened."
"Li Longji, do you know how I felt when I met Yang Taizhen for the first time? My feeling is, you are such a thief, God is so blind to let an old coward like you sleep with Yang Taizhen."
"An Lushan, I don't want to talk to you today."
"Li Longji, actually I have wanted to sleep with Yang Taizhen for a long time."
In the end, it was Li Longji who broke through the defense first, because Yang Taizhen was his forbidden love.
"An Lushan, you Sogdian slave!" Li Longji said angrily, "Yang Taizhen is your adopted mother!"
"Hahaha, what's the problem with a stepmother? We Hu people never care about these red tapes." An Lushan laughed and said, "As long as it is not my aunt who gave birth to me, or my aunt's daughter, all women in the world Everyone can sleep with her! Yang Taizhen and I, An Lushan, must sleep with her, and I want her to be my queen and give birth to a bunch of princes for me..."
"Shut up, shut up with me!" Li Longji became even more furious, "You are not allowed to blaspheme Yang Taizhen!"
"Blasphemy?" An Lushan said suddenly, "How can this be blasphemy? You, an old pig, occupy a young woman like Yang Taizhen and let her stay alone in the sky every day. That is really blasphemy. I If you marry Yang Taizhen, you must sleep day and night and let her truly enjoy what a woman should enjoy. That would be really good for her..."
Li Longji had a weak spleen and easily got angry. When he heard An Lushan's lewd words and humiliated Yang Taizhen, he suddenly became furious. He yelled "Evil Thief" and then rolled his eyes and passed out.
Gao Lishi, who was holding a yellow umbrella next to him, quickly signaled the driver to turn around.
An Lushan did not chase, but shouted loudly at the Tang army's formation: "Li Longji has died, hahahaha, Li Longji has died, hahahahaha!"
Then, the rebels followed suit and shouted.
The morale of the Tang army on the opposite side suddenly declined at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Although the saint may not have died, more than 100,000 people witnessed An Lushan vomiting blood. Not to mention anything else, it was just the first confrontation between the coaches of the two sides, and Datang indeed lost.
Although news came out later, the saint was not seriously injured.
However, the morale of the Tang army never returned to its peak.
It stands to reason that this time is actually not suitable for a decisive battle.
The most rational choice is to retreat first and then fight the decisive battle with the rebels another day.
However, Li Longji decisively rejected this proposal. Firstly, because the Tang Dynasty's finances could no longer afford it. To maintain such a large army in combat, the daily money and food required was an extremely huge number. The second reason was that Li Longji was angry. He already hated An Lushan in his heart and vowed to take An Lushan's head today.
Guo Ziyi couldn't resist and ordered Pugu Huai'en to take the lead in attacking the rebels.
Li Longji was still a little self-aware. Although he chose to fight personally, he did not personally command the battle. Instead, he recalled Guo Ziyi from the Hebei front line to Chang'an.
As for Ge Shuhan, he was left in Tongguan by Li Longji.
They say they want to ensure a safe retreat, but in reality they are just disgusting.
I dislike Ge Shuhan for not making progress in the past half year or so.
Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing were still selectively ignored by Li Longji.
It seems that Gao and Feng are not among the famous generals of the Tang Dynasty.
To put it bluntly, Li Longji still felt uncomfortable with the existence of Tianshi Lu in his heart. Feng Changqing was obviously close to Tianshi Lu, and Gao Xianzhi had a close relationship with Feng Changqing, so Li Longji simply did not use these two people.
Li Longji was even considering seizing Li Siye's military power when Li Siye's army arrived in Chang'an.
Things like military power must be in your own hands before you can rest assured. Although Master Lu Tianshi is an immortal, immortals should not interfere too much in mortal affairs, and just stay aloof and give guidance.
After receiving Guo Ziyi's general order, Pugu Huai'en knew that he was outmatched, but he still led the forward infantry to attack the rebels, and even once broke into the rebels' forward line.
However, the good times did not last long. As the rebels on both wings rolled back into the center, Pugu Huai'en's forward infantry suddenly fell into a bitter battle.
Seeing this, Guo Ziyi immediately ordered the Uighur cavalry on the left and the vassal cavalry on the right to attack from both wings. At the same time, he personally led the elite cavalry of Longyou Heshuo San Town in the middle to launch a general attack on the rebels from the front.
The situation quickly evolved from a tentative attack to a final battle.
At this juncture, both sides are determined to fight to the death.
The martial virtues of the Tang Dynasty were really abundant, and the combat effectiveness of the Tang army was really strong.
Even though Li Longji vomited blood, which damaged the morale of the Tang army, and even though the Tang army was at a numerical disadvantage, they fought from the morning hour to the afternoon Shen hour, and there was still no winner for four hours.
Of course, the price paid by the Tang army and the rebels was also heavy. There were mountains of corpses and blood flowing in front of the two armies.
Then, just when the soldiers on both sides were exhausted, An Lushan launched his king piece - Yiluohe!
The so-called Yiluohe means "strong man" in Turkic language. The number is not large, but it is not small, about eight thousand riders! But they are all elites selected from the Hu people's servant cavalry such as Xi, Khitan, Shiwei, Mohe and so on.
Since the beginning of the war, the elite cavalry of the rebels have been hiding in the rear to recharge their batteries.
At the end of Shenshi, when the sun was already setting in the west, Yiluohe finally entered the battlefield.
The biggest impression given by An Lushan is that of rebellion, but in fact, this Sogdian Hu man can also be called a famous general of his generation.
The attack point An Lushan chose for Yiluohe was also very tricky. He wedged directly between the Tang Army's center and right wing. After quickly drilling through the Tang Army's formation, he never hesitated to fight, but went straight to Li Longji, who was supervising the battle in the rear formation.
Good guy, An Lushan wants to capture Li Longji alive.
When he saw this situation, Li Longji immediately panicked.
Gao Lishi immediately ordered Jinwu Guards to protect Li Longji and retreat.
As soon as the Jinwu Guards withdrew, the Tang army, which was fighting hard, collapsed.
