Chapter 264: Battle of Yecheng

The government army fought fiercely with the rebels in Hebei. The Anshi rebels suffered heavy casualties and suffered heavy losses and generals. When the Emperor An Qingxu of the Great Yan met Shi Siming and Yin Ziqi surrendered to the government army. The development of the war was very unfavorable for the Dayan Kingdom. In order to turn the defeat into victory, An Qingxu personally led 200,000 troops to the expedition and marched towards Yecheng, preparing to go north to help the rebels.

After learning about this military situation, the prince Li Heng ordered the launch of the Yecheng Battle, annihilated the main army of Anqingxu in one fell swoop and the rebels in one fell swoop. After hearing about this, the eunuch Li Fuguo, who was beside the prince, heard about this, he said to the prince: "Now, the Anshi rebels will be completely annihilated, but Guo Ziyi, Li Guangbi, Pugu Huai'en, Xue Family Army, Zhang Family Army, and the famous Tangshan Army. I heard that four hundred generals have gathered. Can they appear in the second Anshi rebels in the future.

It is hard to say. The great master is afraid that the crown prince will be unable to preserve the throne of the crown prince in the future. Once they rebel again, our prosperous Tang Dynasty will be over." Hearing Li Fuguo's words, Prince Li Heng felt that it made sense. He was afraid that there would be another rebel in the future, so he decided not to set up a marshal of the Central Army, dismissed Guo Ziyi's position as the Grand Marshal of the entire army, and let all the troops fight on their own, obey the command of the supervisor Yu Chaoen, and thus issued an order to march towards Yecheng.

After hearing about this, Li Mi, the counselor around Li Heng, strongly opposed it and said to the prince: "The big battle is imminent, and there is no commander of the central army. If the Anshi rebels seize the weakness and attack one point, they will be wasted. By then, the Anshi rebels will make a comeback and our great opportunity will be lost. I am afraid it will be even more difficult to fight back this situation. Please think twice." Li Heng did not adopt Li Mi's opinion in the future, and stubbornly issued an imperial edict. In this way, Guo Ziyi's army, Li Guangbi's army, Pugu Huai'en army, Bai Diwu Tianfeng army, Xue family army, and Hexi Jiedu Zhang Jingzhong led Zhang Haozhong, Zhang Qizhong and Zhang Ruizhong to Yecheng together, totaling 600,000* to launch a comprehensive encirclement and annihilation to Anqingxu's main army.

This time, An Qingxu mobilized half of the main forces of the official army. In order to annihilate all the official troops in one fell swoop, the demon beast king sent nearly 100,000 flying beast monsters, and the flying eagle beast king, to help An Qingxu. He prepared all the battle preparations in Yecheng, waiting for the official army to arrive and wiped them out in one fell swoop.

The army of the government troops headed south and headed straight to Yecheng. When Guo Ziyi saw that the government troops had no cooperation with each other and was very worried about whether this battle could be won, he summoned the commanders from all over the country to discuss a safe operation plan. As a result, the army supervisor Yu Chaoen came by Prince Li Heng and strongly opposed the matter, which left Guo Ziyi helpless and had to let fate. In this way, the government troops of all over the country rushed to Yecheng according to the agreed plan.

An Qingxu stood on the Yecheng city tower, looked up and looked around. When he saw the densely packed 600,000 official troops, he was extremely happy. He asked the Sea Eagle Beast King to mobilize 50,000 flying beast monsters to take the initiative to launch an attack before the official army was not yet stable, so as to show the military power of our Great Yan Kingdom. In this way, the strange beast king and An Qingxu were already grasshoppers on the same rope, and no one could escape. In order to defeat the main force of the official army, he had to fight to the death. The Sea Eagle Beast King was ordered by An Qingxu to order all his troops to kill the official army.

This time, the flying beast monsters came, causing the main forces of the government army to attack. For a moment, the troops were in a mess. The soldiers of the government army were trampled to death and injured countless people. These flying beast monsters were observed in the air and saw the fighter planes, they flew away. The resistance of the government army was disorganized and it was difficult to form a powerful counterattack against the flying beast monster. Fortunately, Lei Wanchun's three sons learned that An Qingxu had run to Yecheng, so they rushed over and rushed all the way. Seeing that the Sea Eagle Beast King was damaging the soldiers of the government army, they helped them in time, which made the government army safe and escaped. Pugu Huaien learned that they were descendants of the general Lei Wanchun, and without saying a word, they incorporated them into their own army to serve. In this way, Thunder came forward, Thunder was fired, and Thunder Jun joined the government army.

Because these three brothers have strong magical powers, they fought in the air and used the thousand-pound hammer in their hands to kill the Sea Eagle Beast King, which was injured. This battle could have been won, but it was only because the entire army had no commander, that the flying beast monster succeeded. This was just the beginning. The beast monster flew into the sky and went into battle at any time. If the official army could not obey the command of the unified order, it would also create more opportunities for the beast monster. The development of the war was extremely unfavorable for the official army. Guo Ziyi knew the problem here, so he drafted a memorial to ask Prince Li Heng to add the position of commander of the entire army. As a result, all of these memorials were intercepted by the eunuch Li Fuguo. Prince Li Heng had no idea about the problem here at all. He only knew how to read the war reports every day, hoping to quell the rebellion one day earlier and ascend the throne.

A tentative attack by the Sea Eagle Beast King caused a large number of casualties in the official army. An Qingxu stood on the city tower for a comprehensive investigation and surveillance. He came out with a weakness of an official army without unified command. So he had a plan. He turned the Sky Eagle Beast King into an official army soldiers. Under the cover of the night, he went to the official army camp to grab food and grass, thereby inciting a mutiny. This move was very cruel. These beast monsters pretending to be the official army snatched food everywhere, causing all the troops of the official army to suspicion and unable to work together to fight the enemy. Then An Qingxu asked Fei to fly

The Eagle Beast King personally led 50,000 flying beast monsters to attack Zhang Jingzhong's army. As a result, as soon as the battle started, the other officials ignored him and only wanted to protect themselves. Zhang Jingzhong and his brothers Zhang Haozhong, Zhang Xiaozhong, and Zhang Ruizhong fought to the death. After several battles, Zhang Xiaozhong and Zhang Haozhong died and sacrificed their lives for the country. The battle was about to be imminent. General Zhang Jingzhong lost two brothers again, and he was heartbroken. He vowed to kill Yecheng to avenge the two brothers. He and his brother Zhang Ruizhong's relative led 100,000 troops to launch a full-scale attack on Yecheng, and the battle was extremely tragic.

When Li Guangbi saw that no one in the government army could command the battle, he asked Guo Ziyi to come forward to take charge of the seal. As a result, Yu Chaoen was extremely opposed, claiming that Li Guangbi, you would not be able to rebel. Then he asked the young eunuch Cheng Yuanzhen to monitor Li Guangbi for me, and found that he had any evil intentions and immediately repay him. Li Guangbi's petitions were stopped by Yu Chaoen. Li Guangbi really wanted to kill Yu Chaoen, and Cheng Yuanzhen told all these situations to Yu Chaoen. The two of them had a grudge from then on. Faced with the battle in Yecheng, it was a great opportunity, and the morale of the officers and soldiers was depressed. Guo Ziyi saw that if this battle was not fought, all the officials and soldiers would probably have misunderstandings. Once they were used by the enemy, the consequences would be unimaginable. So he summoned the commanders of all the troops to act together, and launched a full-scale attack from the gates in the east, south, west, and north, to Yecheng at the same time. In this way, the battle of Yecheng started.

Because An Qingxu was helped by this flying beast monster, they came and went without a trace, which made the official army extremely unsuccessful attacks. Fortunately, there were many disciples from the immortals in the official army. With the help of the heavenly generals, Bai Ling and Xue Ling, they formed an army to fight against the attacks and sneak attacks of the flying beast monsters. This prevented the actions of the Sea Eagle Beast King, Flying Eagle Beast King, and Sky Eagle Beast King, and lost their troops. For a moment, An Qingxu faced the siege of hundreds of thousands of official troops, without any countermeasures and was in trouble. So he placed his hope on his former subordinate Shi Siming, hoping that he could join hands with the Fan Yang cavalry to help the world again, so he asked the Flying Eagle Beast King to send a letter to Shi Siming to express his heart.

Since Shi Siming was forced to surrender to Tang, he has been unhappy. Li Heng has installed many spies around him, which makes him extremely inconvenient to move. As the saying goes, his lips are dead and his teeth are cold. He knew that if An Qing continues to fail, Li Heng would not leave his own way. Seeing that the main forces of the official army are gathered in the Yecheng area, he finally decided to personally command 200,000 troops to help An Qingxu break through. In this way, the army set out from Fan Yang and marched towards Yecheng. The army rushed all the way to Weizhou City. Cui Guangyuan, the general of the official army guarding Weizhou City, was furious when he saw Shi Siming sent Tang again. The main force of the personal commander went out of the city to fight. As a result, he met Li Guiren. The two fought together for hundreds of rounds, and Cui Guangyuan was finally killed by Li Guiren. In this way, Shi Siming conquered Weizhou City in one fell swoop, and then watched the development trend of the two armies.

After the Weizhou City was captured by Shi Siming, it directly affected the operation of the official army's food and grass. When Li Guangbi saw that the fighter was unfavorable, he asked Yu Chaoen to take back the Weizhou City. As a result, Yu Chaoen did not understand military affairs at all and flatly refused. So Shi Siming cut off the official army's food and grass. At this time, Yecheng had been besieged for four months, and the soldiers were depressed and had no fighting spirit.

An Qingxu soon learned that Shi Siming had joined hands with him again, and was extremely happy, so he formulated a thorough strategy to break the enemy. He asked Shi Siming to attack him unpreparedly and launch a sneak attack behind the official army. Then, let the Sea Eagle Beast King, Flying Eagle Beast King, and Sky Eagle Beast King jointly use the magic trick to bring up a strong wind, making the enemy unable to open their eyes. The rebels seized the fighter plane and attacked the entire line and wiped out the official army in one fell swoop. After all the plans were made, Shi Siming took the initiative and launched a sneak attack behind the official army. Li Guangbi, Pugu Huai'en, Bai Di, and Wu Tianfeng's personal commander fought hard. As a result, the two sides fought hard and were indistinguishable and suffered heavy casualties. The northwest wind suddenly hangs in Yecheng, causing sand to fly all over the sky.

The soldiers couldn't open their eyes, and the horses were frightened. In the end, the soldiers of Guo Ziyi's corps began to be defeated. Then all the officials began to escape from the wind and defeated. For a moment, hundreds of thousands of troops were in chaos. At this time, the main force of the Flying Eagle Beast King, the Sky Eagle Beast King, and the Sea Eagle Beast King's personal commander chased Guo Ziyi's corps on the whole line. The two sides started a fierce battle. Just when General Guo was about to be captured by the Beast King, the famous Tangshan army arrived in time. Master Huaizhi helped the Tangshan army to subdue demons and eliminate demons, which delayed the trip. Xuantong Liuer, the Golden Wire King Monkey, the Golden Lion Dragon Monkey, and the Heavenly Dragon Monkey were all powerful, and they showed their abilities and fought to the death. In the end, General Guo Ziyi came down.

The Sky Eagle Beast King, the Sea Eagle Beast King, and the Flying Eagle Beast King were unwilling to fail. They used their abilities and fought to the death. They fought with these high disciples for hundreds of rounds. They were finally taken into the purple gold bottle by Master Huaizhi. They then helped General Guo Ziyi to continue to siege Yecheng. As a result, Shi Siming had already lifted the siege of Yecheng, allowing An Qingxu to escape and return to the eastern capital Luoyang. The once-in-a-lifetime great opportunity to annihilate the enemy was defeated because there was no commander of the entire army. Since then, the Crown Prince Li Heng reappointed Guo Ziyi as the Grand Marshal of the World and launched a comprehensive counterattack against the Anshi rebels until victory.

After Zhang Haozhong and Zhang Xiaozhong sacrificed their lives for the country, the Jade Emperor was grateful for their loyalty and fierceness, so he appointed Zhang Haozhong as the Saint Lord of the Nine Immortals and Zhang Xiaozhong as the Saint Lord of Yunxian. Their lives have ended, and they have attained enlightenment and become immortals, and have achieved the right result.
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