Chen Xuanliang

  • The Tragedy at Mawei and the Fracture of the Tang

    The Collapse at Tong Pass and the Flight Following the disastrous order to attack, General Geshu Han led the Tang army out of Tong Pass, only to fall into a rebel ambush at Lingbao. The Tang forces were decimated; of the 200,000 soldiers, fewer than 8,000 survived. Geshu Han was betrayed by his own…