Global Warring States: Get the Tang Taizong template at the beginning

Chapter 321: Famous General Guo Ziyi

"Ding, in the winter of 757 AD, Tang Suzong Li Heng ordered Prince Guangping, Grand Marshal Li Chu, and Deputy Marshal Guo Ziyi to lead Tibetan and Han soldiers to recapture Chang'an. The battle of Xiangji Temple is about to begin. Players are requested to help the Tang army defeat An Shouzhong, Li Guiren and other rebels within six hours."

Li Qian led 10,000 soldiers and appeared at the north of Xiangji Temple and received a system prompt.

It's so cold.

The Battle of Xiangji Temple took place in November, when the Guanzhong Plain was already very cold.

The Battle of Xiangji Temple took place in such severe cold weather.

The Tang army discovered Li Qian's troops and soon cavalry arrived.

The Tang cavalryman dismounted, his face still scarred by swords and knives, his eyes sharp, and he clasped his hands together: "Righteous man, the Prince of Guangping has summoned you to discuss matters."

It seemed that the Tang army automatically adapted to the presence of their group and did not feel awkward at all, as they were regarded as reinforcements.

Prince Guangping was the future Emperor Daizong of Tang, Li Yu. Li Yu recovered the two capitals and put down the An-Shi Rebellion. He was not a foolish ruler. However, Emperor Daizong also made mistakes. He appointed former generals of An and Shi to command Hebei. In addition, the country was not strong enough to quell the domineering vassal commanders, and the separatist pattern of vassal states became more and more serious.

Li Qian brought a group of generals to the temporary central camp of the Tang army.

A group of Tang army generals were discussing in the camp at this moment. When they saw Li Qian coming, they all looked over with eyes as sharp as eagles and full of murderous intent.

At this time, it had been nearly two years since the Anshi Rebellion broke out. The Tang army and the rebels had fought many times. It was not surprising that most of the Tang army generals were battle-hardened and had a murderous aura about them.

Whether it was the Tang army or the rebels, there were no mediocre people in the battle of Xiangji Temple. It was an epic battle between two almost evenly matched forces.

"Greetings to Prince Guangping."

Li Qian saw a man in his thirties standing among the Tang army generals. The Tang army generals were like stars surrounding the moon, and they soon realized that the man was Li Chu, the Prince of Guangping.

"Don't be polite, my righteous man. With your 10,000 elite soldiers, the imperial court must be confident of victory."

Li Chu was very satisfied with the 10,000 soldiers brought by Li Qian.

The combat power of the Anshi rebels increased dramatically under the difficult difficulty level, but the Tang army did not change. With their own strength, they were definitely no match for the Anshi rebels. The arrival of Li Qian gave the Tang army a sigh of relief.

"This is the deputy marshal of the army, Guo Ziyi, the Minister of War, the Prime Minister, and the governor of Shuofang, Longyou, and Hexi."

Prince Guangping introduced Li Qian to a Tang army general whose hair was almost half gray.

Li Qian looked at the military general who was already in his sixties. He did not expect that Guo Ziyi was already so old during the Anshi Rebellion.

Guo Ziyi was a famous general who helped restore the Tang Dynasty. Without Guo Ziyi, the Tang Dynasty’s reign would have been much shorter!

During the prosperous Tang Dynasty under Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Guo Ziyi was selected as a military candidate and successively served as the Chief Clerk of Guizhou Military Governor's Office, Deputy Protector General of Shanyu Protectorate, Envoy of Zhenwu Army, Deputy Protector General of Anxi, Deputy Protector General of Beiting, etc., almost all of which were important positions guarding the frontiers. Relying on his military exploits, he gradually became the Prefect of Jiuyuan County and the Right Wing Military Commander of Shuofang Jiedushi.

After the An-Shi Rebellion broke out, Guo Ziyi was appointed as the governor of Shuofang. He led his army to the defense of the emperor and defeated the rebels in Bingzhou. He and Li Guangbi defeated Shi Siming and recovered Chang'an and Luoyang. Later, Guo Ziyi lost his military power because he was responsible for the defeat in Xiangzhou. Later, Tang general Pu Gu Huai'en colluded with Tubo and Huihe to invade, and Chang'an fell. Guo Ziyi was re-employed to recover Chang'an.

When Guo Ziyi was in his seventies, he was still able to defeat the Tubo army in Lingzhou and capture and kill tens of thousands of people. This shows that Guo Ziyi's military talent was among the best even in the Tang Dynasty, which was full of famous generals.

Li Qian estimated that in "Global Warring States", Guo Ziyi was at least a first-class commander.

In the Battle of Xiangji Temple, the commander of the 150,000 Tang army was nominally Li Chu, the Prince of Guangping. In fact, Li Chu was only the Grand Marshal of the Army in name, similar to a military supervisor, who monitored many Tang army generals and prevented the credit from being taken away by the Tang army generals, which would have shocked the emperor. In fact, the commander of the Tang army should have been Guo Ziyi.

The Tang Dynasty both relied on and feared Guo Ziyi.

The Tang Dynasty needed Guo Ziyi to lead troops to defeat the rebels and Tubo, but was afraid that Guo Ziyi's achievements would be too great and would threaten the emperor, so Guo Ziyi often went on expeditions as a deputy marshal.

Guo Ziyi also served as the deputy governor of Anxi. So, can Guo Ziyi be considered a military general with an Anxi Army background?
Li Qian needs to recruit eight generals with Anxi Army background to rebuild the Anxi Protectorate. It would be great if he could recruit Guo Ziyi.

However, Guo Ziyi is a first-class commander, so it may not be easy to recruit him.

Guo Ziyi said to Li Qian: "To fight the rebels and recapture Chang'an, we need the help of heroes."

Li Qian replied: "I will do my best to suppress the rebels."

Since the soldiers who died in the epic battle copy can be resurrected, Li Qian will not hold back and will naturally fight with all his strength to help the Tang army win.

Prince Guangping Li Chu then introduced another Tang army general to Li Qian: "This is Wang Sili, the governor of Guannei."

In order to pass the Battle of Xiangji Temple, Li Qian made some preparations before entering the dungeon. He checked the information of the Tang army generals and Anshi rebel generals who participated in the Battle of Xiangji Temple in advance.

Wang Sili, like Gao Xianzhi, was a Goguryeo person. In the fifth year of Tianbao, he followed the governor Wang Zhongsi to Hexi and served as a yamen officer together with Geshu Han, participating in the capture of Shibao City.

Wang Sili had a good relationship with Geshu Han. During the An-Shi Rebellion, Geshu Han was the Marshal. He requested Wang Sili to be promoted to the rank of Kaifu Yitong Sansi, and concurrently the Minister of Rites and the General of the Cavalry of the Marshal's Office. After Geshu Han was executed, Wang Sili followed Guo Ziyi to participate in the battles to recover the two capitals and Xiangzhou, and made great military achievements. Unfortunately, Wang Sili died of illness before the An-Shi Rebellion was quelled.

He was also considered a veteran general of the Tang army.

If we can recruit Wang Sili in the future and let Wang Sili and Geshu Han fight together, it will also make up for the historical regrets.

Wang Sili nodded to Li Qian.

Judging from Wang Sili’s determined eyes, he is not someone who will retreat in the battle of Xiangji Temple.

"This is Pu Gu Huai'en, the left envoy of the Shuofang Army."

Prince Guangping Li Chu introduced another major general of the Tang army.

This is a brave general.

Pugu Huai'en was a member of the Tiele tribe and a famous general in the middle period of the Tang Dynasty. During the An-Shi Rebellion, Pugu Huai'en was often the vanguard of Guo Ziyi's army and was the bravest of the three armies. In the Battle of Xiangji Temple, Pugu Huai'en led the Huihe cavalry to attack the rebels and was very powerful.

In the first year of Emperor Daizong of Tang's Yongtai reign, Pugu Huai'en was framed by the eunuch Luo Fengxian. He rose up in rebellion, but was defeated by the Grand Commandant Guo Ziyi. He died of illness in Mingsha City, which was a sad and lamentable event.

"And this is Prince Yehu."

The next general introduced by Li Chu surprised Li Qian.

He was the eldest son and crown prince of Geluk Khan, the second ruler of the Uighur Khanate. The Tang Dynasty called him "Prince Yehu" and he was also Li Chu's sworn brother.

It was this man who led 4,000 Uighur cavalry to support the Tang army.

(End of this chapter)