In the 14th year of Tianbao (65438+ February 755 AD 16), on Jiazi Day in November, An Lushan and Shi Siming launched the "An Shi Rebellion" and rebelled in the name of killing Yang. An Lushan United with the Turks to form a * * *150,000 soldiers, which is called an army of 200,000. Twenty-four counties in Hebei collapsed in the Tang Dynasty.
Tang Xuanzong, who was in Huaqing Palace in Lishan at that time, did not believe that An Lushan would defect. At first, he was dubious. It was not until Yan Zhenqing, the prefect of Pingyuan County, sent a general to see Xuanzong that Xuanzong suddenly realized. An Lushan's army soon occupied Luoyang. In the 15th year of Tianbao (AD 756), Luoyang was called "Great Emperor Yan" and Jianyuan Wu Sheng called himself "Emperor Wu Xiong".
Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty mistakenly beheaded two generals, Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi, because he was eager to relieve the danger of Chang 'an, which shocked Tang Jun. The rebels quickly approached Tongguan, and no one met him in the DPRK. Tang Xuanzong had to use Ge, an old general who retired to his hometown, to lead a temporary 200,000-strong army to the front to guard Tongguan.
The upright and brave Emperor Ge Shangyou said, "An Lushan is unpopular. As long as we stick to the city, contradictions and struggles will occur within the city. When their strength weakens, we will send troops to conquer and win. Send troops to ambush today. "
At that time, Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi, who were far away from Hebei, also wrote to the emperor: "Tongguan natural barrier is enough to hold and cannot be attacked. When reinforcements arrive, they can be broken in one fell swoop. " However, Yang was jealous of Ge Shuhan's weight and worried that it would be bad for him in the future. He repeatedly encouraged Tang Xuanzong to let Ge Shuhan send troops. After listening to Yang's words, he ordered Geshuhan to send troops one after another.
Geshuhan had to lead an army to go through customs to meet them, and was ambushed, and Tang Jun was defeated. Ge was arrested and killed by An Lushan because he refused to surrender to the rebels, and Tongguan fell.
In a critical situation, Emperor Xuanzong fled to Sichuan. On the way, the guards launched a mutiny, demanding that Tang Xuanzong immediately punish Yang He and apologize to the world. Tang Xuanzong had no choice but to kill Yang's brother and sister. Because Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty fled to Chengdu, the Prince ascended the throne for Tang Suzong in Lingwu.
Since the Yang brothers and sisters, who were regarded as a disaster, had been eliminated, and the Tang family had a new government to maintain the people's hearts, all localities rose up in succession to deal with the destruction of the rebels, especially Zhang Xun and others defended Suiyang, prevented the rebels from plundering the southeast, made the grain transportation smooth, and the rich were able to fully support Tang Jun in the north, laying an economic foundation for long-term confrontation with the rebels.
In the first month of the second year from Tang Suzong to Germany (AD 757), An Lushan was killed by his adopted son An Qingxu, and his power was greatly weakened.
Guo Ziyi and other reinforcements led by Dashi and Uighur seized the opportunity to counterattack and recapture Chang 'an and Luoyang. An Qingxu fled to Ye (now Anyang, Henan), where tens of thousands of people were owned by Shi Siming.
An Qingxu therefore wants to get rid of Shi Siming. When Shi Siming knew about it, he gave his eighty thousand troops in thirteen counties to Tang, who named Shi Siming the righteous king. But the Tang Dynasty still didn't trust Shi Siming and wanted to plan to destroy him. After Shi Siming knew it, he rebelled against the Tang Dynasty again and got back together with An Qingxu. In the second year of Gan Yuan (AD 759), after Shi Siming killed An Qingxu, he usurped the position of the geese.
In the second year of Shang Dynasty (76 1), Shi Siming defeated Li Guangbi and wanted to go west to Chang 'an. He was killed by his son Shi Chaoyi on the way. Its internal rebellion led to a great reduction in military strength, and it was defeated by Tang Jun. In October of the first year of Baoying (762), Tang Daizong succeeded to the throne and recovered Luoyang with the help of the Uighur army. After the defeat, Shi Chaoyi fled to Zhou Mo (now Renqiu North, Hebei Province).
In the second year of Baoying (763), Shi Li and Park Guhuai 'en recovered their lost land, and the rebels fled to Fanyang. Shi Chaoyi was forced by his subordinate Li Huaixian and committed suicide at the end of the road. The eight-year "An Shi Rebellion" has come to an end.