Battle in the river

In July of the first year of Xingyuan, Tang Dezong, who fled because of the battle of Jingyuan, finally returned to the capital Chang 'an. The rebel Li Huaiguang apologized and was forgiven. The court sent a letter to Kong Chao's father and others to comfort him by throwing himself into the river. Because Kong Chao's father and others were killed rashly, Li Huaiguang ruled the army and rebelled against the court. Dezong appointed Zhong You as the deputy marshal of the River Festival, and led the troops to crusade against Huai Guang. After the Xiongnu reoccupied Tongzhou (Feng Yi, now Dali, Shaanxi), it was defeated by Li Huaiguang several times and could not move forward.

At that time, many courtiers suggested forgiving the crime of light, but Dezong banned it. He also ordered the deputy governors of Hedong, Ma Sui, Hunying, Luo Yuanguang,, and Tang. In order to divide these tens of thousands of troops in the middle of the river, when the loyalists distributed winter clothes, the court specially instructed that the soldiers belonging to Shuofang and the troops with light arms should be stored separately, and winter clothes and rewards should be distributed in time when the roads were slightly unblocked.

Ma Sui rode 30,000 troops to attack Jiangzhou (now Xinjiang, Shanxi Province), then divided his troops to capture Wenxi, Wanquan, Yuxiang, Yongle and Yi, beheaded more than 10,000 people in Taocheng (now northwest of Yongji, Shanxi Province), joined the Hunjun, and stormed Li Huaiguang's stronghold in the river. In April of the first year of Zhenyuan, Ma Sui and Hunhun defeated Li Huaiguang's army in the south of Changchun Palace (now Yongji, Shanxi) and dug trenches around Miyagi. The Ministry of Huaiguang went down to the Tang Dynasty one after another, and the court appointed Ma Sui and Hunhun as Zhao Fu ambassadors.

At this time, the neighboring state (Zhi Xinping, now Binxian County, Shaanxi Province) Han led the troops to instruct Hunhun, and * * * attacked Chaoyi (now Chaoyi Town, southeast of Dali County, Shaanxi Province). Li Huaiguang wanted Yan Yan to take part in the war, but his subordinates were unwilling to confront each other head-on, because the neighboring troops were their relatives. Yan Yan immediately led the troops back. Seeing that everyone was unwilling, Li Huaiguang pretended to submit to the Tang court, took the opportunity to collect looted property, prepared chariots and horses, and threatened to pay tribute to the court after the road was clear, which lasted for nearly a month.

At that time, after years of drought and locust plague, the officers and men ran out of supplies and food, and someone suggested pardoning Li Huaiguang. However, Li Sheng stated five reasons for opposing the rebellion to the end. He also asked the imperial court to send 20,000 troops to provide food for himself, so as to win the honor alone. On the first day of July, Ma Sui returned to Beijing from the front line, suggesting that all evils should be eliminated and that the officers and men should be given a month's food, so that the enemy could be annihilated. Dezong approved. On the second day of August, Dezong recalled all expenses unrelated to the war and fully supported the counter-insurgency.

After Ma Sui returned to the front camp, he immediately consulted with the generals to attack Changchun Palace, and personally went deep into Miyagi, appealing to Shoujiang Xu Tingguang to hold on and not attack. On the tenth day, Ma Sui, Hunjian and Han three main forces approached the fortress in the river (located in the west of Hexi County in the river), and the governor Wei Si led 700 people to surrender. That night, Li Huaiguang lit a torch to contact, but the troops did not respond. Ma Sui personally went to Changchun Palace to have Shoujiang Xu Tingguang.

Ma Sui led the army to Hexi (now Heyang East, Shaanxi Province), and the sergeant in the river panicked, and Huai Guang could not control the situation and hanged himself. Shuo Fang cut off the heads of Niu Mingjun and Li Huaiguang and surrendered out of the city. At this time, there were 65,438+6,000 soldiers in the river. Ma Sui killed seven principals, including Yan Yan, and the rest were innocent, so the rebellion was put down.