In the spring of the second year of Zhide (757), the situation in the Tang Dynasty changed dramatically again!

Just like in history, An Lushan was killed by An Qingxu and Li Zhuer, and An Qingxu called himself emperor!

An Lushan was able to collect the elites of Hedong, Fanyang and Pinglu in his own hands and then go south to rebel. Naturally, his long-term prestige and good at controlling the enemy, which were obviously not available to An Qingxu.

In Fanyang, Shi Siming's prestige was second only to An Lushan. Once An Lushan died, the rebels were naturally divided into two stocks, one invested in An Qingxu, and the other invested in Shi Siming!

At this time, three armies of Shi Siming from Youzhou, Cui Ganyou from Hedong, and Gao Xiuyan from Datong were besieging Guo Ziyi and Taiyuan City guarded by Li Guangbi. After learning the news, they naturally retreated one after another.

Previously, after the defeat of the Suiye Army in Huaishuo, Li Siye, Li Sheng and An Chongzhang lost the Zhongshoucheng City. After Taiyuan rescued the siege, Li Heng was worried about Shuofang, fearing that the three of them would not give in to each other - Li Siye was a military governor, Li Sheng was a child of the royal family, and An Chongzhang was a veteran.

So, Guo Ziyi was re-transferred to Shuofang. At this time, Suha, who was left in Huaishuo Town, had already collected all the food and supplies from Zhongshoujiang City and moved all to Huaishuo Town.

Since Lingzhou was occupied by the saint, in order to appease the northern border, the emperor issued an imperial edict to transfer Guo Ziyi, who was best at uniting the generals, to Fengzhou, and moved the headquarters of the Shuofang Army to Zhongshoujiang City, which was obviously to carry the Ye Army.

However, after this, except for the Suha tribe, the Suha tribe continued to station in Huaishuo Town, the Ares tribe guarded Tanshihuaitai, Bogda Camp, Bogra Camp, and Chile Camp all went to Shanbei Quechang to Chicheng area!

Now it was not only Tang Ting, but also the rebel leader, but also hesitated to actually control Shi Siming in Youzhou!

Of course, the most hesitant person is Gao Xiuyan, the current governor of Yunzhou and the envoy of the Datong Army.

Gao Xiuyan is older than Guo Ziyi and is already 67 years old this year. He originally worked in Longyou and was under Geshuhan. His highest moment was naturally to recover the stone castle at any cost. After recovering the stone castle hanging high above the mountains with ten times the battle loss, Gao Xiuyan has definitely become an excellent footnote to "one general succeeds and thousands of bones are bleak."

At such an age as him, he could only appear under Geshuhan's command as a charger. It is conceivable that his real ability is not very good.

After the Battle of Shichengbao, Gao Xiuyan was named Heyuan Army Envoy and Deputy Envoy of Longyou Jiedu for his official duties. Of course, the position behind was just a false title, and he could control the Heyuan Army in the west of Shanzhou (Xining, Qinghai).

After An Lushan was promoted to the Jiedushi of the Three Towns, he immediately dug Gao Xiuyan to Hedong and guarded Datong as the deputy envoy of the Jiedushi and the envoy of the Datong Army. Later, Gao Xiuyan guarded Datong for a long time during the Anshi Rebellion. Under the attack of two famous generals Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi, he was obviously of some level.

He almost always stood on the side of the rebels during the entire rebellion. Obviously, An Lushan gave him far more treatment than the Tang Dynasty. Of course, Gao Xiuyan's actions were also related to his family in Hebei Road during the rebellion.

Yes, after An Lushan became emperor, Gao Xiuyan was named "Yunzhong County Prince" and regarded the entire Yunzhong County and the Shanyu Protectorate outside the Great Wall as his fief. Although most of the land in the world was in the hands of the Tang Dynasty, and the Shanyu Protectorate was also under the control of Guo Ziyi, he first drew a big cake to make the generals enjoy it. Obviously, a person with an elderly and average ability would follow An Lushan wholeheartedly.

After Gao Xiuyan returned to Datong, his subordinates were able to go out to fight in the field, and there was no problem in defending the tall and strong Datong City. According to the actions of the Tang Dynasty later, even if the rebellion was finally put down, he could still gain the position of a military governor in Datong.

But now, after Gao Xiuyan learned the news on the grassland, his mood became a little subtle.

Gao Xiuyan was able to carry Guo Ziyi with the strength of an army city, but Li Guangbi was not defeated. In addition to the Datong Army itself, due to the strong combat power of the deep border areas, due to the destruction of the Turkic Khanate, Yunzhong County placed a large number of Hu tribes related to it.

Although the Datong Army had only 10,000 infantry and cavalry on the surface, in fact, after An Lushan launched a rebellion, Gao Xiuyan immediately increased his military strength to 20,000, of which there were as many as 8,000 cavalry!

The eight thousand cavalry, except for the three thousand Tang troops, all came from the surrounding tribes. Due to the existence of a large number of herders, they can be continuously replenished.

Later, Gao Xiuyan surrendered to the Tang Dynasty with Shi Siming, and Tang Ting also named him the Prince of Bohai County, which was obviously afraid of his strength.

Yunzhou Governor's Office.

For Gao Xiuyan, who had been in the army for fifty years, he valued the position of governor of Yunzhou more. Therefore, after he moved from Heyuan Army to Datong, he worked in the governor's office for a long time. The military envoy's office was given to his most promising son, Gao Lin, the capital of the Datong Army.

Gao Xiuyan, who was 67 years old, was able to rely on half of Datong, with Hu herders everywhere, and half of the land was leaning on the border. He was a brave and warlike border township. During the Anshi Rebellion, he could not be the only one who had been a warrior for the rest of his life.

At this time, in Datong, there were only 3,000 Han farmers in a large county, but there were more than 20,000 herdsmen under his command. Such a place was in danger no matter how hard it was, but there was no major problem with Gao Xiuyan's guarding this place for several years. It was not because his ability was very strong.

It has something to do with one person.

Murong Fuyun.

Yes, this person's name is the same as someone from the Tuyuhun royal family in history. He is also a descendant of the Tuyuhun royal family who moved to the Tang Dynasty. A few years ago, the Mingjing, Mingfa, and Mingju Jinshi!

In theory, a talent like this should stay in Chang'an for training, but he took the initiative to come to Yunzhong County. He started as a military officer and served as a chief secretary, and now he is the judge of Yunzhong County!

He is 30 years old this year, the son-in-law of former Henan Yin and later Prime Minister Da Xixun. As mentioned earlier, before the fall of the Tuyuhun Kingdom, there were four major tribes, Murong, Helian, Bai, and Da Xi. As a descendant of the Murong royal family, he became Da Xixun's son-in-law. It would be impossible to say that there was no connection between the former Tuyuhun people.

Needless to say, the Ming Jing that he was referring to, the Ming Dharma really benefited him. Ming Jing. In fact, these two sects are far more suitable than Ming Jing. So since he came to Yunzhong County, he calmly wandered among the Han people as a descendant of the Xianbei people, and his prestige in the county is still above his previous governors.

After Gao Xiuyan rebelled with An Lushan, Murong Fuyun was ready to flee south for a while, but as his father-in-law Da Xixun surrendered to the rebels, he knew that he would not be able to clean up in his life anyway, so he simply took the initiative to surrender to Gao Xiuyan, which naturally made Gao Xiuyan overjoyed. After that, Murong Fuyun was almost responsible for all the government affairs.

Murong Fuyun was able to have some prestige in the ranch near the Datong Army, naturally not because he was from a Jinshi in the three subjects, but because he was the descendant of the Murong Tuyuhun royal family!

When Sun Xiurong first entered the Muslim tribe, he had broken through to the Tuoba tribe and Helian tribe south of Hetao, and killed Tuoba Chaoguang, the son of the Tuoba tribe's great chief, and Helian Wei, the chief of the Helian tribe.

Whether it is the Tuoba tribe or the Helian tribe, they are all very small tribes, how can they withstand such a blow?

At this time, they moved to Dangxiang Qiang near Hetao together, and there were many Tuyuhun tribes. The Tuoba tribe and Helian tribe did not show their superior appearance. After that, their tribe was constantly oppressed by other tribes, and finally the entire Tuoba tribe moved to Datong!

More than ten years later, the Tuoba tribe in Yunzhong has become a majority of Dingkou with more than 10,000 households, and naturally it has become the object of Gao Xiuyan's reliance.

Among them, Tuoba Chaoguang's son Tuoba Ganhui is now You Yi Envoy under Gao Xiuyan's command, and he is the number one general under his command. At the age of 20, he also has the title of "the courage of thousands of men who are inappropriate" in the Datong area.

Tuoba Chaoguang's cousin Tuoba Qimei became the chief of the entire Tuoba tribe.

Among the remaining tribes, there are the most Tuyuhun people, including the Helian tribe, the Daxi tribe and the Bai tribe, but the three tribes are not as many as the Tuoba tribes. So Murong Fuyun, who came from the Tuyuhun royal tribe, became the leader of the Tuyuhun tribes.

This is the main reason why Murong Fuyun has always been valued in Datong, no doubt.

If Gao Xiuyan wanted to balance the Dangxiang people and Tuyuhun people, he could only reuse Murong Fuyun.

Just after the Spring Festival, the 30-year-old Murong Fuyun walked absent-mindedly on the street leading to the governor's mansion. Some people were surrounded by him, all of whom were his servants, all of whom were picked out from the surrounding Tuyuhun tribes, or the tribes took the initiative to make the cleverest and brave children of the tribe come to surrender to his disciples.

Unlike ordinary Jinshi who wore long swords, Murong Fuyun had a horizontal sword hanging beside him, and a two-handed horizontal sword, which showed that he was not as simple as a judge from a literati.

Murong Fuyun has a slender figure and a thin face, with three short whiskers. He is still tall and agile when walking, but his sad face cannot be covered.

If there was no Anshi Rebellion, he would have disappeared into the vast crowd as an unknown ordinary civil servant in the Tang Dynasty, and would not even record historical books, but the current situation is different.

Later generations, Bai Yicheng of the Bai tribe and Helian Duo of the Helian tribe relied on Datong to fight with Li Keyong, a Shatuo man, for many years. It would take a hundred years later, but the current situation was different. Due to the sudden death of Tuoba Chaoguang and Helian Wei, a large number of Tuoba tribes and Helian tribe herders moved to Datong. The historical trajectory of Datong has long been beyond recognition.

The new Bai Yicheng and Helianduo may be released in advance.

This is exactly what Murong Fuyun is thinking about now.

"When the wind and clouds meet, what is this called "

Not long after, the governor's mansion arrived. Looking at the large plaque hanging on the black background and white characters at the gate of the mansion, Murong Fuyun couldn't help but murmur to himself.

In the governor's mansion, since the rebellion of An Lushan, in order to rely on the governor's mansion to control the entire city, Gao Xiuyan raised the courtyard wall in the middle of the governor's mansion to three floors. The two floors above are made of wooden buildings. Now it is the tallest building in the entire Datong City, and the top can give a glimpse of the entire city.

Just as Murong Fuyun walked towards the mansion, there were two people standing at the top, staring at Murong Fuyun.

The two of them were similar in shape, both dressed in military generals, but one seemed to be composed of tight muscles on his body, standing solemnly like a tall javelin, with a cold face and a deep chill.

There was a handsome face next to him, but his expression showed that he was probably a man who was plagued by wine and lust.

The upright man was named Tuoba Ganhui, who was the only son of Tuoba Chaoguang, the chief of the Dangxiang Qiang who was killed by Sun Xiurong. He is now Gao Xiuyan's envoy and the leader of his personal guard. Tuoba Ganhui is also Gao Xiuyan's son-in-law, so he is naturally the one who is the leader of his personal guard.

The man in his thirties next to him was the third son who was said to be the most promising of Gao Xiuyan's eight sons.
Chapter completed!