The biggest difference between the Anshi Rebellion and the first seven battles is that it is an internal rebellion launched by border generals, rather than a showdown between the two major forces.

When talking about this war, we have to briefly talk about the system of the governors of the Tang Dynasty.

Emperor Taizong of Tang, Emperor Gaozong of Tang repeatedly expanded territory, and successively pacified Liaodong, Eastern Turks, Western Turks, Tuyuhun and other regions, making the Tang Dynasty an extremely vast empire.

In order to strengthen the central government's control over the border and consolidate the border defense and rule the foreign races, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang set up ten military towns in the border areas in the tenth year of Kaiyuan, which were managed by nine Jiedushi and one Marshal.

What is the governor?

According to the "New Book of Tang Dynasty 40th Army": "It has both its land, its people, its armor and its armor and its wealth." Therefore, the governor was dominant and could not lose his head, which became a hidden worry for the Tang royal family.

Emperor Xuanzong of Tang abolished the government military system, resulting in the national military strength being more important than the outside and less than the inside. At that time, the border troops reached 500,000, but the imperial court supported less than 80,000 troops. The local military governor had already threatened the security of the court. An Lushan alone served as the military governor of Pinglu, Fan Yang, and Hedong military governor, with 150,000 troops.

For the emperor, judging whether a minister rebelled is not whether the minister has the intention to rebel, but whether he has the ability to rebel. There is no doubt that An Lushan has such ability.

Ministers in the court kept submitting complaints to Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, saying that An Lushan might rebel, but Emperor Xuanzong of Tang just refused to listen. The one with the most determined attitude was the prime minister at that time, Yang Guozhong, the brother of Yang Guifei.

Yang Guozhong and An Lushan had a feud, and the generals and ministers had been incompatible for a long time, but Emperor Xuanzong of Tang did not interfere with this. An Lushan had a long ambition and had heavy troops in his hand, so he rebelled against the Tang Dynasty in the name of attacking Yang.

This led to the eight-year rebellion, and when the war ended, there was no real winner.

Prime Minister Yang Guozhong was killed by angry soldiers in the "Maweiyi Mutiny". Concubine Yang was forced to commit suicide. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and Prince Li Heng parted ways, and were eventually forced to "abdicate" and become the Supreme Emperor.

The rebels had no good ending.

It is ironic that the two rebel leaders did not die on the battlefield, but died under the butcher's knife of their respective sons. An Lushan was killed by his son An Qingxu, and Shi Siming was also killed by his son Shi Chaoyi.

The personal fate is only second, and more importantly, the Anshi Rebellion directly affected the subsequent fate of the Tang Dynasty, and then indirectly affected the fate of the entire Chinese nation.

The Anshi Rebellion destroyed the ruling foundation of the Tang Empire, weakened feudal centralization, created the necessary conditions for feudal separatism, and made the Tang Dynasty prosper and decline and never recovered from then on.

By the end of the Tang Dynasty, the separatist rule of the feudal states intensified, and another period of great division and great melee in Chinese history - the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.

During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, military officials usurped the dictatorship and murdered the soldiers and generals mutinized and supported each other. This happened to Guo Wei, the Emperor of Later Zhou, and Zhao Kuangyin, the Emperor of Song, also gained the country through the "Chenqiao Mutiny, with the yellow robe in his body."

In order to prevent such incidents from happening again, Zhao Kuangyin implemented a policy of emphasizing culture and neglecting military affairs, advocated the military of literati, strictly prohibited military personnel from interfering in politics, and took the opportunity of drinking and talking to each other, which is known in history as "release of military power with a glass of wine."

Although Zhao Kuangyin's "strong, weak branches" and "focus on culture and over military" policy successfully weakened local power and extended the Song Dynasty's national prosperity, it caused poverty and weakness in the Song Dynasty, resulting in financial difficulties, local declining, and severe external troubles.

In the end of the Song Dynasty, this situation has not changed much.

Since the Tang Dynasty, it has become a luxury for military generals to go to generals and to use civil servants to control military generals to become a tradition. Some people joke that the bloodline of the Han people was castrated and no longer has the heroic spirit of the Han and Tang dynasties.

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Mountain and sea city, summer palace.

As soon as the system announcement was over, Feng Qiuhuang came to Shanhai City to discuss the battle with Ouyang Shuo.

At present, there are only two of them left.

There were many civil and military officials and generals from the Tang Dynasty in the Great Xia Dynasty, so no matter how Di Chen and others chose, Ouyang Shuo would choose the Tang Dynasty camp.

If [Yanhuang Alliance] also chose the Tang Dynasty camp, then there would be little suspense in this battle.

However, with the arrogance of Di Chen and others, I am afraid I still want to fight Ouyang Shuo on the battle map. One of the reasons is that the two sides have the absolute advantage in terms of military strength comparison between the two sides.

Although Ouyang Shuo was the king's title, he had to lead up to 100,000 troops. Feng Prisoner Huang was the first-class duke, and could lead 50,000 troops, which would add up to 150,000 coalition forces.

[Yanhuang Alliance] The six first-class dukes can lead 300,000 troops, which is exactly twice that of the [Shanhai Alliance]. The battle map army can be resurrected by the battle contribution value, and Di Chen and others have nothing to worry about.

Ouyang Shuo was happy to see this.

"Wouldn't it be too boring if you are kind?" Ouyang Shuo said to Feng Qiuhuang.

Feng Qiuhuang nodded. She was also a warlike person.

Ouyang Shuo continued: "This battle is an excellent opportunity for Luofeng City to subdue military generals, you must seize it." Ouyang Shuo's words meant voluntarily giving up the dominance of subdue military generals in the Tang Dynasty camp.

Feng Prison Huang has three military generals under his command, Ran Min, Wang He and Zhou Bo, which is already good, but there is only one commander-level general missing, which is very regrettable.

Guo Ziyi, a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, was undoubtedly a qualified candidate.

Feng Qiuhuang smiled brightly, "Then I will be disrespectful." There is naturally no need to be polite between the two.

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Kyoto Province, Handan City.

Di Chen and others gathered together to discuss the battle.

"The old fox has already spoken and wants to choose the Tang Dynasty camp. What do you think?" Di Chen asked.

Chunshenjun sneered and said, "He can get a bargain and chose the Tang Dynasty camp in advance. Isn't it clear that he wants to defeat us again?!"

"You can't say that." War Wolf had different opinions. "With the stupidity of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, choosing the Tang Dynasty camp may not be able to get it. Besides, the Anshi Rebellion in history lasted for eight years, and no one knows where Gaia would deduce the battle. There are very big variables."

"No," Xiongba nodded, "With Gaia's character, she will never favor either side. No matter which camp she chooses, it's actually the same. The key is how we operate ourselves."

Seeing that everyone expressed their opinions, Di Chen smiled and said, "Everyone mean, let's fight again?"

"Fight!" Xiongba said concisely.

"Just do it, you can't be cowardly. If you don't win once, I'm always unwilling to accept it." Sha Pojun was worried.

Chunshenjun arrived without objection, and said with a smile: "Okay, I have fought seven times, not this time. According to experts who specialize in the family's battle rules, the next few battles in China are likely to be single-camp battles, with gunfires that are consistent, so we have few opportunities to fight the old fox."

Di Chen said boldly: "Okay, then that's the matter. Give all your strength and fight again."

Another confrontation between [Yanhuang League] and [Shanhai League] kicked off again.

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On January 15, Gaia's fifth year, at 9:00 a.m., the system announcement rang out on time.

"System announcement: In 755 AD, the Jiedushi An Lushan and Shi Siming raised their troops to rebel against the Tang Dynasty in the name of "strike Yang Guozhong". They were eventually suppressed by the Tang Dynasty. The eighth epic battle - the Anshi Rebellion, officially began!"

Test the conditions for participating in the war, designate the troops to participate in the war, and select the camp...

For the 100,000 army that the Great Xia Dynasty set out to fight, Ouyang Shuo chose the two mountain barbarian heavy infantry divisions of the First Corps of the Imperial Guards, the Second Corps of the Imperial Guards, and three thousand Shenwu Guards, which formed the 100,000 army.

Given that the Tang Dynasty did not lack famous generals, in order to avoid the guests bullying the master, Ouyang Shuo did not bring Huo Qubing with him during this trip.

"System prompt: Transmission starts!"

After a brief spontaneous turn, Ouyang Shuo and his party appeared on the battlefield.

"System prompt: Players are welcome to say that Wuyi has arrived at the headquarters of the Tang Dynasty camp - Chang'an."

"Chang'an?"

Ouyang Shuo was stunned, that is to say, Chang'an City had not been taken down by the rebels at this time.

According to the historical process, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang should have not taken his ministers and his concubines to escape to Shu for refuge, and the famous Mawei Post Mutiny naturally had not happened yet.

"So has Tongguan fallen?"
Chapter completed!