Time urges people to grow old. When she married Princess Gu'an from Chang'an, she was no longer young. However, she sat on the horse with a straight back with her back straight, and in the eyes of the soldiers on the left and right, how could she be so heroic? From the beginning of organizing the volunteer army to fight against Heluo, she tied up her hair on her hair and never showed her women's clothing. But it was this kind of cool image of a man in armor that had been praised by everyone in the army. Even the defeated generals who were brought to meet in Heluo who were initially criticized when they first learned that the main general was a woman, but now they are completely convinced.

I think this is probably the case with Princess Pingyang's Detachment of Women when the Tang Dynasty was founded.

Zhang Yao went to Tongguan to see Du Shiyi not coming back, but Princess Gu'an had no time to wait for Du Shiyi's reply. She had to fight this battle. After An Lushan occupied the entire Hebei with a strong momentum, he immediately swept across Lingchang County, Chenliu County, and Xingyang County in Henan. After taking Luoyang, only the prestige of Wu, King Li Zhi, the prestige of Dongping of Puzhou, recruited troops to fight the rebels, and she had the only partner she could choose. Although Li Zhi's resistance seemed to be loud and thunderous to her, she only aimed at her as a royal family and the prestige of the brother of King Xin'an, Li Wei, and she also needed her to restrain the attention of some of the rebels.

Just like this time, what she wanted was Li Zhi's attack on Lingchang County, Huazhou, a banner to boost the morale of the army, and that's all

The reason why she targeted Yongqiu County in Chenliu County, not Kaifeng was because Kaifeng was the prefecture of Chenliu County in Bianzhou, and it was just guarding the canals and official roads. Once attacked, it would definitely attract strong reactions from the rebels in Xingyang County, Zhengzhou. In contrast, if she only regained Yongqiu, the resistance she faced was much smaller. After more than a month of continuous war, the defeated troops initially absorbed and the volunteers recruited had been initially adjusted. In addition, after learning about the defense and garrison of the rebels in Yongqiu City, Huya had sent more than 20 soldiers to sneak into the city, and she was at least 80% sure.

"The Lord, I will keep my door closed in Yongqiu City."

Turning his head and looking at the veteran in old armor, Princess Gu'an sneered and said, "Since the rebels are the turtle, let's have them swear to fight first, let them wait for reinforcements."

"But the rebel messenger we let go before would definitely go to Kaifeng City for help. If the soldiers and horses in Kaifeng City really come to help, I am afraid we will be attacked from both sides. Please don't underestimate the enemy."

Seeing that most of the left and right military generals showed a deep expression, Princess Gu'an said meaningfully: "When Emperor Taizong was the King of Qin, he led a hundred thousand troops to besiege Luoyang. The purpose was not to attack Luoyang, but to attract others to help. In the end, Dou Jiande was caught. Now, although it has been hundreds of years since Emperor Taizong seized Luoyang, the eastern capital of the Tang Dynasty has also fallen into the hands of the rebels. What we are going to fight at the moment is not Luoyang, but a small Yongqiu. Could it be that you don't have that great courage?"

When they heard that Princess Gu'an actually moved out the example of Emperor Taizong Li Shimin besieging the city to attack aid, some of them understood, while others still looked worried. The veteran general who had just made a suggestion said cautiously: "The Lord's meaning is good, but the rebels are cruel, and our army has limited military strength. The tiger general who just divided the troops has only more than 500 people. He is not young anymore..."

"Soldiers are more important than elites, and they are not more important. They are not older, but they care whether they still have the desire to fight. You probably don't know who they are under Huya." Princess Gu'an just paused slightly and said word by word, "That is the old soldier in Yunzhou who once followed me to take charge of Princess Yunzhou's mansion. The elite soldier who was siege by the three Turkic tribes and tried to protect Yunzhou. After I was unwilling to sink, I entrusted to General Du of Anbei. Although the old soldier who was born in the stable, he was like an old horse, with ambitions for thousands of miles."

It was not until this moment that she truly revealed the truth about this group of old soldiers. Seeing that the generals and schoolmen were both surprised and excited, she smiled and said, "The main generals and deputy generals in Yongqiu City are in disagreement. When the banner is launched and the defenders in the city are swarming out, it is our time."

When An Lushan raised his army, he had 150,000 troops, claiming to be 200,000. His momentum was like a rainbow and he had almost no one to lose. However, he still left hundreds to thousands of people in the key passes of the official roads, such as Jingxing Pass. After entering Henan, more people stayed in various prefectures and counties, especially in Hebei, there were many chaos. After Cui Ganyou's army was defeated in Guanzhong, all the rebels defended the important places were brave generals. There were only a thousand defenders in Yongqiu City. Previously, they had gained a lot from looting the people, and each rebel soldier made a fortune. Therefore, suddenly, facing the siege of the soldiers and horses, two factions immediately formed in the army.

The chief general Xue Song meant that he would be strictly guarded by the city and wait for reinforcements, and expected that a group of mobs would not be able to forcibly attack the city. However, the deputy general Li You insisted that he should take advantage of the enemy's verbal battle and lead the elite out of the city to attack, and maybe he could capture the commander of the Volunteer Army Princess Gu'an in one fell swoop. In his opinion, how capable a woman can be, it was just that the entire army was led by the royal family. As long as she took the people, the troops would definitely disintegrate. In this way, this would be a great achievement. The two factions fought each other and were in a stalemate at the top of the city for a while.

Xue Song naturally felt very angry about such a rebellious deputy general who was unruly and uncontrollable. However, he was the grandson of Xue Rengui, the son of Xue Chuyu, and the serious loyal descendant. He had no psychological burden when he was conscripted by An Lushan to rebel. He only thought that if An Lushan could accomplish anything, he might be able to win a founding hero. But who would have thought that after An Lushan captured Luoyang, there would be fire on all sides. The worst thing was that An Lushan began to suspect his generals. Because his younger brother Xue Mao had been sent to Dubo to Dubo, he was rushed to guard Yongqiu from his original guard Chenliu County, and only had a thousand people under his command.

And he was also equipped with a deputy general named Assistant and secretly monitored. But the volunteer army did not fight anywhere else, but came to attack Yongqiu City.

On the top of the city, Xue Song saw his personal soldiers who had been with him for many years and the generals of the Xue family who had been following the Xue family since his grandfather. Thinking of Xue Mao, who had been hiding among the An Lushan's toothed soldiers, he felt a little breathless. The Xue family did not know what life and death were like. He could not breathe. The Xue family did not know anything else, but only knew how to fight. Could it be that he had recognized the wrong person? An Lushan was not a hero at all, but a fool?

Just when he was full of random thoughts and even the defense of Yongqiu City was a little uneasy, he suddenly heard Li You's signature loud voice: "Reinforcements are here, reinforcements are indeed here."

Most of the more than a thousand rebels were above the city wall. At this moment, they looked in the sound and saw that the flags waving in the distance were indeed their own banner. The city was filled with energy. Seeing that the soldiers besieged below were indeed disorganized, Li You laughed and said, "After all, they are women. They don't know how to march and fight. Do you have the courage to follow me out of the city and attack, capture the Gu'an princess alive and present it to Your Majesty?"

Before An Lushan could be called emperor, Li You had already spoken for His Majesty, and his intention to seek credit and favor was beyond words. Under his agitation, the volunteers under the city were obviously even more panicked, and responded to it. Before the order was made by the commander Xue Song, a large number of soldiers followed Li You to the city and shouted in a mess. Looking at this scene, Xue Song's face turned pale, and he held the chassis and looked at the so-called reinforcements rolling in smoke and dust, and he couldn't help but have a bit of ominous premonition.

Could it be those volunteers who used tricks to trick the soldiers and horses from the city out of the city? No, no, the rebels were well-trained after all, so they would lose to these mobs. It’s a pity that all the soldiers and horses he used to were taken away by Tian Chengsi, the chief general stationed in Chenliu County. Otherwise, he would not be so embarrassed and would be subject to a mere Li You.

When the city gate opened and a general screamed and took the lead, and appeared in sight with hundreds of cavalry, a smile finally appeared on Princess Gu'an's face. She bent her bow and arrow without hesitation, and suddenly pulled the dark bow that had followed her to fight in Heluo for several days, and an arrow broke through the air. Although she was no longer in her prime and had no power to shoot Semojie with one arrow, the arrow was shot towards the air. When the momentum was over, the lead at the tail of the arrow finally burned out. With a bang, a spark suddenly burst out in the air.

In a flash, the volunteer army, who had just been chaotic, quickly adjusted its formation. While the infantry raised their shields and broke forward, the archers behind them were immediately in their positions, while more cavalrymen surrounded Princess Gu'an to retreat to the side. Facing this scene, Li You, who was surprised and suspicious, immediately came to his senses and shouted loudly to the left and right: "How dare the fire of stars shine? They just wanted to protect the woman and escape. Men, speed me up and rush up."

Seeing that Li You did not retreat but advance, the cavalry team became faster and faster, and Princess Gu'an was relieved. This time, she nodded to a guard beside her. As the guard signaled another arrow to the sky, another ball of fire burst out. Then she saw that the flags suspected to be reinforcements in the distance suddenly disappeared, and then a large yellow flag fluttering in the wind was fired.

"It's the Tang army, not the reinforcements, I've been trapped."

Xue Song, who was watching the battle at the top of the city, was shocked and subconsciously shouted to the left and right: "Hurry up, Mingjin, let Li You come back quickly."

Xue Song himself knew that it was just futile. Li You, who was determined to make contributions, did not realize that the so-called reinforcements were fake, and it was even more impossible to listen to the signals on the city. Moreover, the momentum was too fast. Seeing that the volunteers outside the city were not far away, I was afraid that even if I knew that the reinforcements were fake, Li You would only want to break into the enemy's formation and catch the Princess Gu'an first.

Sure enough, after repeated sounds of gold on the top of the city, Li You and his soldiers all ignored them. Seeing that they were about to rush into the enemy formation, they heard a shrill neigh, followed by the horse neighing. After the horses were overturned, Li You, who was rushing in the front, still didn't understand what was going on after falling off the horse's back, but among the countless noisy sounds, he caught an unusually neat sound of horse hooves. Seeing that countless soldiers were falling off the horse around him, only a dozen riders rushed into the enemy formation, he reached out to grab the ground next to him, and saw that it was a caltrop that was about to take the horse, and his heart couldn't help but sink to the bottom of the valley.
Chapter completed!