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Just during the time when Li Shimin was acting out his emperor's anger.

The new sky screen continues to play.

Because the Battle of Yecheng was just played, the new sky screen is also a related video.

[In 759 AD, the smoke of gunpowder cleared from the battlefield in Yecheng.]

[What was left behind was a wound that the empire could not heal.]

[The 200,000 elite Tang troops collapsed under the fierce attack of Shi Siming's 50,000 rebels and retreated hastily to the south of the Yellow River.]

【Someone needs to bear the consequences of this disastrous defeat that shocked the government and the opposition.】

[A secret report from the military supervisor, the eunuch Yu Chaoen, pushed the old general Guo Ziyi, who was not good at supervising the battle, off the altar.]

[At this time of turmoil, Emperor Suzong of Tang turned his attention to Li Guangbi, a famous Khitan general who had made many achievements in the Hedong battlefield. ]

[With an imperial edict, Li Guangbi was appointed as the governor of Hedong and concurrently commanded the Shuofang military garrison.]

【Become the last pillar of the empire. 】

[At this time, the Tang army suffered huge losses and urgently needed time to make corrections and reorganize. ]

[The defeat of Yecheng was like an avalanche. The elite troops under the command of the military governors of various towns were almost completely destroyed, the organization was in chaos, and morale was low. ]

【Li Guangbi was given the task in a time of crisis, with Luoyang as the hub and the battle-hardened armies of Shuofang, Hedong and Hexi as the backbone.】

[Gradually gathering the remnants of the defeated troops scattered in Henan. ]

[Under the favorable situation before Emperor Suzong, he was wary of the Jiedushi. 】

[But the situation was dire at the time, and the emperor put almost all his trust in him, handing over the important tasks of Youzhou Chief Clerk and Hebei Jiedushi to him one after another.]

[At this moment, the main remaining field force of the Tang Empire. ]

[All of them are in the hands of this Khitan commander.]

Outside the sky.

Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Heng Wen couldn't help but frown slightly when he saw this.

"The Tang Dynasty was a powerful dynasty in later generations."

"How could they actually hand over their main force to an alien?"

"Is this a sign that we haven't learned the lesson from our Great Jin?"

But after saying these two sentences, Huan Wen felt that what he said was wrong, and said with some entanglement:

"But maybe Li Guangbi is indeed a loyal minister?"

"In the past, Duan Pidi was besieged by Shi Hu and was at the end of his rope when his army was defeated. It was only natural for him to surrender to Shi Hu."

"But he angrily rebuked those who wanted to surrender, saying that even though I am a barbarian, I have never heard of capturing the emperor's envoy and sending him to surrender!"

"After being tied up and sent to Shi Hu, he was not afraid of Shi Hu at all."

"To a cruel man like Shi Hu, I said: I have received the favor of the Jin Dynasty for generations, and I am determined to destroy you. Now I am unfortunately captured by you, but I will not respect you."

"I can only say that although they are barbarians, there are also loyal and brave people among them."

"But that's not right... Liu Kun was killed by Duan Pidi, which shows that the barbarians are ungrateful, but..."

Huan Wen thought in confusion and continued to look at the sky:

[While I was still in shock, worse news came. ]

[Bianzhou, the eastern gateway of the Eastern Capital Luoyang, defected to Shi Siming under the leadership of the garrison commander Xu Shuji.]

[His surrender gave Shi Siming's rebels a great gift.]

[The fall of Bianzhou is like a sharp blow to the lifeline of the empire! ]

[The wealthy Jianghuai area, an important tax-collecting area, was targeted by the rebels. ]

[The lifeline of the Grand Canal of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, which connected the north and south of the empire, was cut off in the middle. ]

[The eastern barrier of Luoyang was instantly opened. ]

[Faced with the surging army of Shi Siming, Li Guangbi made a decision that shocked the court and the public - he took the initiative to abandon the Eastern Capital Luoyang.]

【Retreat, not flee.】

[This was a well-organized, ruthless and thorough campaign to clear the countryside.]

[Every grain of food, every piece of military equipment, and every household in the city were forcibly relocated.]

[When Shi Siming proudly stepped into this thousand-year-old imperial capital, he was greeted by only cold ruins.]

[Li Guangbi's retreat route was an exquisite strategic deception.]

[He pretended to retreat westwards to confuse Shi Siming's main force of pursuit.]

[The main force quietly crossed the Yellow River to the north. ]

[With lightning speed, he captured Heyang City, a fortress guarding the throat of the Yellow River. ] [This fortress, which was carefully reinforced by An Lushan, became Li Guangbi's new fulcrum. ]

[He divided his troops to defend Nancheng on the south bank of the Yellow River.]

[A sturdy floating bridge system was built on the turbulent Yellow River between the two cities, relying on the two sandbanks of Zhongyu and Linzhi. ]

【The two cities in the north and south are connected, so that they can support each other. 】

[At the same time, with Heyang as the guardian, a safe supply line leads directly to the rear of Tongguan. ]

……

Outside the sky.

Tang Dynasty.

When Li Shimin saw this, his eyes lit up!
"This strategic shift is so brilliant!"

"The hand of God!"

"The hand of God!"

As a top military strategist, Li Shimin was an expert and could see immediately that Li Guangbi was in an extremely disadvantageous situation.

Abandoning Luoyang, quietly crossing the Yellow River, and controlling Heyang were a series of strategic shifts that could play a huge role.

"It would have been difficult for Li Guangbi's tens of thousands of remaining soldiers to stop the rebels who were in high spirits."

"And now Li Guangbi has given way to the rebels."

"But it makes it difficult for the rebels to advance."

"Not only will the rebels be unable to move forward, but they will be forced to retreat and attack the fortress. We will turn the passive situation into the active one and change the strategic direction of the rebels!"

"All of this is the result of a wonderful transfer!"

Li Shimin was excited and continued to watch the sky curtain with great interest.

Tianmu also narrated:

[This series of smooth strategic shifts can be described as a masterstroke.]

[The limited 30,000 soldiers under Li Guangbi's command instantly became a poisonous thorn in Shi Siming's back.]

【Shi Siming felt like a thorn in his side.】

[Because Li Guangbi's army in Heyang is too deadly! ]

[The empty city of Luoyang cannot support the rebel army, and Bianzhou has limited food and grass. ]

【Li Guangbi, however, had the natural barrier of the Yellow River and a stable grain supply route behind him, making him invincible. 】

[He could go north to cut off the rebels' food supply route to Fanyang, go east downstream to attack the rebels' rear, and go south to threaten Luoyang at any time.]

[Shi Siming's main force gathered in Henan, for the first time, deeply felt the deadly chill of logistical severance.]

【Shi Siming was well aware of the danger of Heyang.】

[He also firmly believed that no one in the Tang Dynasty could be his opponent.]

[Gathering and gathering heavy troops, attacking from both the north and the south. ]

[He personally led 50,000 elite troops from Luoyang to Nancheng on the south bank of the Yellow River.]

[They also gathered hundreds of ships and prepared to use fire ships to burn the floating bridge that sustained the lives of the Tang army.]

[Another 30,000 strong troops were sent as a detachment to attack the core of Heyang City on the north bank. ]

[He also carefully dispatched light cavalry to guard the direction of Shan County, and to guard against the reinforcement of the Tang army at Tongguan.]

[The initial confrontation was a tentative attack and defense and persuasion to surrender.]

[Shi Siming even spent a month building a huge crescent-shaped earthen city on the south bank, preparing for a long-term siege.]

[The rebel cavalry galloped and grazed on the south bank, letting all the war horses show up, creating an image of a strong army with well-trained soldiers and sufficient food. ]

【Daily Hustle Challenge. 】

[Shi Siming, also known as General Liu Longxian, rode alone to the front of the Tang army to show off his might.]

【But the Tang general Bai Xiaode rode out on his horse and killed him immediately.】

[The rebels' morale was dampened.]

【Lee Kwang-pil also launched a counterattack. 】

[He ordered 500 lactating mares to be released on the north bank.]

[The neighing of a mare longing for her foal instantly penetrates the surface of the Yellow River.]

[More than a thousand strong war horses of the rebels on the other side of the river became agitated upon hearing the noise, desperately broke free from their restraints, crossed the river and ran towards the herd of mares, and all fell into the hands of the Tang army.]

[Shi Siming's carefully designed strategy to lure the enemy was used by Li Guangbi, resulting in the loss of more than a thousand precious war horses.] (End of this chapter)