The war raged on for three months, and a letter from family worth ten thousand taels of gold reflected the brutality of the An-Shi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty. The author said that at that time, the war was raging, and a letter from family was worth ten thousand taels of gold. What was the situation like during the Anzaishi Rebellion at that time? An Lushan rebelled.
In the fourteenth year of Tianbao, An Lushan, together with Khitan and Shi Wei, and 200,000 people rebelled in Fan Yang. Since An Lushan's rebellion had already existed, he had already secretly trained his army, and his army was invincible wherever it went. As for the Tang Dynasty army, because the world was at peace at the time and had not fought for a long time, its combat effectiveness was obviously not good. At that time, in the prefectures and counties where An Lushan went, some officials fled after hearing the news, and some opened the city gates to welcome the rebels into the city. Individual resisters were also killed by An Lushan's army, so An Lushan soon Occupied Hebei.
The Tang Dynasty army fought with An Lushan army.
When someone reported the Anlushan rebellion to Tang Xuanzong at first, Tang Xuanzong didn't believe it and thought it was a rumor. He didn't believe it until later. Therefore, after discussion, Xi'an Jiedushi Changqing was sent to defend Luoyang, and then his son Li Wan was appointed as marshal and General Gao Xianzhi as deputy marshal to resist An Lushan's attack. However, due to various reasons, Luoyang was still lost. .
Chang'an fell and the emperor fled.
At that time, Li Longji was relatively dim in his later years. He listened to the villain’s slander, saying that two generals, Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing, were colluding with the enemy. Li Longji killed these two generals without verification. , causing the imperial court to lose two combat talents. After that, he sent the old Ge Shuhan to fight. Ge Shuhan adopted the correct defensive policy and did not take the initiative to attack. At this time, Li Longji listened to Yang Guozhong's instigation and ordered Ge Shuhan to take the initiative. Ge Shuhan knew that he must go into battle. Defeated, but the emperor's order could not be violated and he had to fight, only to be defeated.
Du Fu's poem "The war has been raging for three months, and a letter from home is worth ten thousand gold" was written in the context of this war.