Chapter 74 165 Guo Ziyi Riding Alone Back to Hehe

Guo Ziyi had a general named Pugu Huai'en under Guo Ziyi, who made military exploits in the Anshi Rebellion.He was dissatisfied with Tang Dynasty's treatment of him, launched a rebellion, and sent people to contact Huihe and Tubo, deceiving them that Guo Ziyi had been killed by eunuch Yu Chaoen, and asked them to unite against Tang Dynasty. In 765 AD, Pugu Huai'en led Huihe and Tubo hundreds of thousands of troops to attack Chang'an.Pugu Huai'en was halfway there and died of a sudden illness.The Huihe and Tubo armies continued to attack, but the Tang army could not resist. The Uighur and Tubo allied forces fought all the way to Jingyang (now Jingyang, Shaanxi), north of Chang'an, and Chang'an was also threatened.

Tang Daizong and the court were shocked.Eunuch Yu Chaoen persuaded Daizong to escape from Chang'an again.Due to the opposition of the minister, he did not escape.Everyone believed that Guo Ziyi was the only way to defeat Huihe and Tubo. At that time, Guo Ziyi was stationed in Jingyang, and he didn't have many troops.On the one hand, he ordered the soldiers to build fortifications and not to fight the enemy.On the one hand, spies were sent to scout the enemy's situation. According to the reconnaissance situation, although the Huihe and Tubo armies are coalition forces, they are also disunity.They were originally brought in by Pugu Wynn, and Pugu Wynn died.No one wants to listen to anyone's command, and the two forces cannot be pinched together.

Knowing this situation, Guo Ziyi decided to take the method of dividing the enemy.The generals of Huihe fought against the Anshi rebels with Guo Ziyi in the past, and they have an old relationship.Guo Ziyi decided to bring the Huihe generals over first. That night, Guo Ziyi sent his general Li Guangzan to secretly go to the camp of Huihe to meet the governor of Huihe, Yao Geluo. Li Guangzan said to Yaoge Luo: "Guo Linggong sent me to ask you, Huihe was originally friendly with the Tang Dynasty, why did you listen to the bad guys and attack us?" Yao Geluo said strangely: "Guo Linggong is still alive? I heard that Guo Linggong has been killed, don't lie."

Li Guangzan told Yao Ge Luo that Guo Linggong is now in Jingyang.But the Huihe generals didn't believe anything.They said: If Mr. Guo Ling is really here, then please invite him to meet him in person. Li Guangzan returned to Tangying and reported the doubts of the Huihe people to Guo Ziyi.Guo Ziyi said: "In this case, I will go for a walk by myself, maybe I can persuade Huihe to retreat." The generals all thought this was a good idea, but they thought it was too risky for the marshal to go to the enemy camp in person.Someone proposed to send 500 elite cavalry to go with Guo Ziyi, so that if the Huihe people made a move, they would be protected.

Guo Ziyi said: "No way! Bringing so many soldiers will cause bad things. I only need a few people to go with me." As he said that, he ordered the soldiers to lead him the horses. Guo Xi stepped forward to stop his horse and said: "Your old man is now the marshal of the country, how can you take risks at the mouth of the tiger like this?" Guo Ziyi said: "Now the enemy has many soldiers and we have few soldiers. If we really fight, not only our father and son's lives will be in danger, but the country will also suffer. If I go back, if I succeed in negotiating with them, it will be the country's luck; What's going on and what's going on, you're still here!"

As he spoke, he jumped onto the horse, raised his whip, and slapped Guo Xi's hand that stopped the horse. As soon as Guo Xi withdrew his hand, the horse let go and ran away. Guo Ziyi rode out of the city with a few accompanying soldiers and headed towards Huihe Camp.As the soldiers walked, they shouted: "Guo Linggong is here!" "Guo Linggong is here!" The Uighur soldiers saw a few people coming on horseback from a distance, and heard the soldiers shouting vaguely, and hurriedly reported to Yao Geluo. Yao Geluo and the Huihe generals were taken aback, and ordered the soldiers to spread out their positions, draw their bows and set up their arrows, and prepare for the battle.

Guo Ziyi brought the soldiers with him to the front of the formation. They took off their helmets and iron armor, threw their guns on the ground, tightened the reins of their horses, and slowly approached the Huihe camp. Yao Geluo and the generals stared at the person coming, and shouted in unison: "Ah, you are really an old man!" After saying that, they dismounted from their horses and surrounded Guo Ziyi and bowed down. Guo Ziyi jumped off the horse, went up to hold Yao Geluo's hand, and said to him kindly: "You Huihe people have made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty treated you well. Why did you help Pugu Huaien to start a rebellion? I I came here today to persuade you to rein in the precipice. I am here alone and I am ready to be killed by you, but my soldiers will fight you desperately."

Yaogeluo said sorry: "Don't say that, Mr. Ling. We were deceived by Pugu Huai'en, thinking that the emperor and Mr. Ling were dead, and there was no master in the Central Plains, so we followed him here. Now we know Mr. Ling is still alive. Now, how can we fight with you? Guo Ziyi said: "Tibetan and the Tang Dynasty are relatives, and now they want to invade us and plunder our people's property, which is really unreasonable! We are determined to fight back against them. If you can help us fight back against Tubo, it will be good for you too. " After listening to Guo Ziyi's words, Yao Geluo nodded and said, "We will definitely do our best for Ling Gong and make up for what we have done."

While Guo Ziyi and Yao Geluo were talking, the Huihe soldiers on both sides slowly surrounded them as they listened.Guo Ziyi's entourage became a little nervous when they saw the Huihe soldiers approaching, and they also moved to Guo Ziyi's side, trying to protect him. Guo Ziyi waved his hand, told his attendants to step aside, and then asked Yao Geluo to send someone to bring the wine.Yaoge Luo's left and right brought wine, and Guo Ziyi picked up a glass first, spilled the wine on the ground, and swore: "Long live the emperor of the Tang Dynasty! Long live the Huihe Khan! Long live the generals of the two armies! From now on, whoever violates the covenant will be punished with death." In battle!"

Yao Geluo also swore with Guo Ziyi and spilled wine.The two parties signed a covenant. The news of Guo Ziyi's solo visit to the Huihe camp spread to the Tubo camp. The Tubo generals were afraid that the Tang army and Huihe would join forces to attack them, so they withdrew with the army overnight.