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Timeline of the An Lushan Rebellion

Assassin's Creed: Dynasty

755

November 9:

• An Lushan proclaims his rebellion from Fanyang and founds the Yeluohe.

November 15:

• News of An Lushan's Rebellion reaches Chang'an.

November 19:

• An Lushan ravages Hebei with his army. He destroys Julu, captures Taiyuan and its vice regent Yang Guanghui, whom he executes before the gates of Changshan to intimidate its grand protector Yan Gaoqing. To keep surveillance over Changshan, he has Gao Miao and Li Qincou occupy Tumen Pass.
• Yan Gaoqing sends his son Yan Jiming and his caretaker Chen Wu on a mission to rally the support of Hebei's grand protectors for a counter-rebellion

November 21:

• Emperor Xuanzong creates the 50,000-strong Army of Heavenly Warriors and appoints Gao Xianzhi as commander to fight the An Lushan Rebellion.

December 2:

• An Lushan crosses the Yellow River.
• Li E and Yan Jiming goes to Julu and lights its beacon, inspiring the first wave of hope across Hebei.

December 5:

• Chenliu falls to An Lushan.

December 8:

• Xingyang falls to An Lushan.

December 12:

• Luoyang falls to An Lushan.

December 13:

• The Army of Heavenly Warriors is routed at Shanzhou and retreats in a panic to Tong Pass. Yeluohe forces are momentarily beaten back at Tong Pass. Gao Xianzhi refuses army supervisor Bian Lingcheng's demands for an immediate counter-attack.

December 21:

• Having received news that He Qiannian is on his way to reinforce Tumen Pass, Yan Gaoqing briefs Li E, Yan Jiming, and He Hong'er on the plan that very night to assassinate Gao Miao, Li Qincou, and He Qiannian to take Tumen Pass. They send a message to Gao Xianzhi informing him of their plan to link loyalists in Hebei with Tang forces at Tong Pass. Xianzhi dispatches Wang Chengye to lead the troops that will rendezvous with Li E at Taiyuan, unaware that Chengye is in league with the Golden Turtles.

December 22:

• Li E assassinates Gao Miao and Li Qincou at Tumen Pass, and the Changshan militia ambushes and kills He Qiannian.

December 28:

• Bian Lingcheng returns to Tong Pass and executes Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing as part of a Golden Turtles scheme to ensure only that no one but them will have the prestige of defeating An Lushan.
• By this point, Wang Chengye had captured Li E in Taiyuan and had imprisoned him inside the Mengshan Giant Buddha.

756

January:

• An Lushan declares himself Emperor of the Yan in Luoyang.
• Shi Siming attacks Changshan.

January 8:

• Without reinforcements from Tong Pass, Changshan's defences collapse. Both Yan Gaoqing and Yan Jiming are captured.