Guo Ziyi, one of the most famous generals of the Middle Tang Dynasty, was the one who “rebuilt the royal Family” and saved the Tang Dynasty from the crisis and restored it. Guo Ziyi was the one who pacified the “An-Shi Rebellion”, the invasion of foreigners and the rebellion of domestic clans. The following is a famous battle about him, in which the victory has been determined by God.
Riding alone to the meeting and retreating the enemy with a smile
In 765 A.D., Guo Ziyi was almost old, but the Tang Dynasty was once again facing a crisis. The 300,000-strong army of the rebellious general Servgu Huai’en, in collusion with the Tubo Huihe, attacked the Central Plains in several ways, and even fell into the tank spring, the evil use, Fengxiang, and forced Chang’an. Once again, Guo Ziyi was ordered to go to the front line to respond to the enemy, but at this Time, the strength of Huihe army was five times that of Tang soldiers. At this time, Servant Huaien suddenly became violently ill and died, while Huihe and Tubo were in conflict again. Guo Ziyi thought that he could use this opportunity to win over the Huihe, so he sent someone to meet with Yakulo, the main general of the Huihe, and conveyed Guo Ziyi’s greetings. Yakulo had met Guo Ziyi during the “An-Shi Rebellion” when he sent troops to help recover the two capitals of the Tang Dynasty (Chang’an and Luoyang) and admired him. However, since Servant Huaien had claimed that General Guo was dead, Yakulo did not believe that Guo was still alive, so he asked his messenger to tell him to come and talk to Guo Ziyi in person.
When Guo Ziyi heard the news, he was about to go to Huihe camp alone, but the generals discouraged him, and his son, Guo En, pulled the reins of his horse and wouldn’t let him take the risk. Guo Ziyi said, “The situation is critical, if we fight, not only my father and son will be in danger, but also our country. After he finished his speech, he struck Guo En’s hand off with his horse whip, and then rushed out of the camp with only a few attendants.
When Guo Zi Yi arrived at Huihe’s camp, he told his followers to announce loudly, “Your Excellency Guo is here! The Huihe soldiers were ready to fight with their bows and arrows as if they were enemies. Guo Ziyi did not panic, removed his armor, put down his spear, and walked slowly to the camp gate. Guo Ziyi went forward and took the hand of Yagaluo, and then talked about the old times, then he said that Huihe had served the Tang Dynasty in the past, but now he came to attack the Tang Dynasty, so would he not give up his previous achievements? It is not worthwhile for you to follow him and forsake your previous achievements to form new grievances! I risked my Life to come here today, it is enough to reason with you, you can kill me, but my soldiers will fight with you to the death.
The Medicine Ge Luo heard the sweat, immediately said is fell for the servant Huaien, from now on do not want to fight with Guo old general. Guo Ziyi further said, “If Huihe is willing to help Tang repel Tufan, Tang is willing to transfer all the cattle and sheep taken by Tufan. So the two families made peace and vowed to fight against Tubo. Many chiefs were overjoyed and said, “We have two magicians with us, and they predicted that we would travel quite safely, not fight with the Tang army, and meet a lord and retreat, and now it is true.” Guo Ziyi offered three thousand colored silks, and the chief rewarded the two magicians.
When Tufan heard the news, he retreated overnight, and Guo Ziyi ordered his men to lead the elite horsemen to join hands with Huihe to pursue them, defeating them greatly, killing 50,000 enemies and taking 100,000 prisoners. From then on, Guo Ziyi’s single-horse ride to the meeting became a good story, which has been recited to this day.
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