Shi Siming's 40,000 rebels did not take much effort to capture Xiazhou City and Shuofang City.

The Shuofang defenders were defeated and retreated to Lingzhou.

In fact, this is not to say that the Tang army is incompetent, the reason why Shi Siming drove straight into the realm of no one is that most of Longshuo's troops were taken away by Zhang Xuān to quell the rebellion of King Qin, and there were few military horses left in various states, and most of them were old and weak soldiers, and their combat effectiveness was seriously insufficient. [..]

Shi Siming occupied Xiazhou and was preparing to take a break in Xiazhou and then attack Lingzhou according to An Lushan's order, when he suddenly received an urgent military report: First, Li Heng, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, once again led his ministers to flee Lingzhou and return to Chang'an. Of course, it is still under the banner of resisting the An Lushan rebels: second, the Hui Khan Guli Pei Luo personally led 50,000 Hui army horses, guarding the periphery of Lingzhou, and put on a posture of advancing and retreating with Zhang Xun of Lingzhou to resist Shi Siming's army and horses.

"The Emperor ran away again?" The corners of Shi Siming's mouth were dry, and he couldn't help laughing, looked around at the generals and laughed wildly, "Everyone, this Tang Emperor really can't bear a little wind and waves, Tongguan has not been lost, so he gave up Chang'an and fled to Lingzhou: and this time, we are still in Xiazhou, and he actually ran away again with such a timid person as a mouse to be the emperor, how can he not make the world laugh!" ”

Shi Siming's generals also laughed wildly, and their words ridiculed Li Heng and the current Tang Dynasty Central Court.

An emperor like this and a court like this, if they don't perish, then heaven really won't have long eyes.

"However, although the emperor ran away, this time the soldiers of the people of Lingzhou also gathered 20,000 soldiers and horses under Zhang Xun, so it seems that Lingzhou is also a hard bone that is difficult to gnaw." Shi Siming waved his hand, "Tubo can't count on it, with Stanley's current strength, if he can recover Tuyuhun's hometown, even if he does his best, if he wants to attack Longshuo, he will be defeated by Yang Lian." ”

"Passing on the military order of this marshal, our army will temporarily reside in Xiazhou to rest and wait for the edict of His Majesty Emperor Dayan in Luoyang." Shi Siming Huo Ran got up, his voice cold and deep.

He is an ambitious person, and the 40,000 people under his command are all his descendants, and it is unlikely that he will consume his strength for An Lushan and Zhang Xun and the Hui people in Lingzhou.

Although Shi Siming's military horse Tingxiazhou did not continue to attack Lingzhou, Li Heng still led the Manchu civil and military ministers to retreat to Chang'an quickly under the escort of Li Guangbi's less than 20,000 military horses.

threw a mess to Zhang Xun. And the Qinghai and Shaliu River, the burden of resisting the Tubo people also fell on Yang Lian.

Li Heng fled to Chang'an without mentioning.

And Zhang Xuān's army guarded Tongguan, and there was not much movement, and the An Lushan rebels retreated in various parts of Henan, and did not send troops to attack Tongguan← the situation in the world, and was temporarily in a strange atmosphere of dead silence.

However, behind the calm shown, there are many crises and murderous spirits.

Luoyang.

The original palace of the Eastern Capital of the Tang Dynasty was occupied by An Lushan and became the territory of the newly enthroned Emperor Dayan.

In the morning, the originally clear blue sky suddenly became hazy, and a cold northwest wind blew. The temperature in Luoyang plummeted by four or five degrees in almost an hour, and the air turned into ice.

An Lushan stood in the dormitory and was furious, kicking away a beautiful and enchanting palace maid.

The young palace maid screamed and rolled on the ground, and An Lushan roared, "Shut up!" Drag me out of the run, cane to death, cane to death! ”

An Lushan's expression was terrifying, and his bloated figure trembled slightly.

The unfortunate maid was immediately dragged out by the wolf-like soldiers, and was killed with a few sticks. Until she took her last breath, she didn't figure out what mistake she had made that angered An Lushan.

Today's An Lushan is moody, and it has reached an extremely terrifying level.

An Lushan has been suffering from eye disease, since the beginning of the army, his eyesight has gradually deteriorated, and now he is almost blind in both eyes, he can't see any object clearly‖ and he suffers from gangrene, and he becomes extremely irritable, and he is at fault with the slightest disappointment and scolding≡, so he kills and kills with a cane.

He was called the emperor, often lived in the deep palace, and his generals rarely met him to discuss matters, and they all conveyed through Xiangguo Yan Zhuang that although Zhuang was favored and trusted, he was also whipped by An Lushan from time to time.

The eunuch Li Zhu'er often dressed and untied An Lushan, and served left and right, but because of this, he was beaten the most and had a lot of resentment.

Li Zhu'er saw that An Lushan was crazy again, and hid aside in fear, not daring to make a sound. Fortunately, An Lushan's eyesight is not very good now, and he can't see Li Zhu'er's existence at all.

An Lushan was furious and walked around the dormitory, when suddenly he stopped and shouted, "Li Zhu'er!" ”

Li Zhu'er was a ji, and quickly knelt on the ground with a puff, and said in a trembling voice, "Your Majesty, the little one is here!" ”

"Send Concubine Duan and Qing'en to me." An Lushan didn't feel embarrassed for Li Zhu'er this time, and said loudly.

"Yes, little one." Li Zhu'er didn't dare to slack off, and immediately got up and went out of the palace to call An Lushan's favored Concubine Duan and Concubine Duan's son An Qingen, who was only eight years old this year.

Li Zhu'er shrunk his neck and walked out of An Lushan's dormitory, and was about to run towards Concubine Duan's palace, but was stopped by Yan Zhuang and An Qingxu who were standing outside the palace.

Li Zhu'er saw that it was Yan Zhuang and An Qingxu, so he breathed a sigh of relief, bowed down and bowed, "The little one has seen His Highness and Yan Junshi." ”

Yan Zhuang was silent, while An Qingxu frowned and said, "Li Zhu'er, can Your Majesty be in the palace?"

You're in a hurry to come out now, where are you going? ”

"If you go back to Your Highness, Your Majesty will let the little one go to find Concubine Duan and the little prince to come over" Li Zhu'er secretly glanced at An Qingxu.

Although An Qingxu now controls considerable power in the Great Yan Kingdom, judging from the current situation, An Lushan actually wants to pass the throne to his youngest son An Qingen, and An Qingxu has nothing to do.

Looking at the back of Li Zhu'er leaving in a hurry, An Qingxu turned his head and stared deeply at Yan Zhuang, bowed his hand, and said in a low voice, "Master Yan, it seems that Your Majesty is determined to pass the throne to An Qingen's yellow 'Mao' son." ”

Yan Zhuang sighed lightly, "Your Majesty's mood is becoming more and more unstable, tyrannical, if Your Majesty must pass on the throne of the little prince, I am afraid that His Royal Highness's position as the prince will not be able to be kept." ”

An Qingxu stomped his feet suddenly, his face sank like water, he clenched his hand and turned his head suddenly, "Yan Junshi, now, this king can't sit still." Since the father is ruthless, then don't blame the king for being unrighteous ∠ military advisor, this king decided to do it tonight, what do you think? ”

Yan Zhuang had long been fed up with An Lushan's tyranny and had a different heart. Moreover, in his opinion, if An Lushan continues like this, the Dayan Dynasty will come to naught sooner or later. Since An Lushan is like this bear, it is better to support An Qingxu to take the position.

Yan Zhuang smiled lightly: "The minister should die for His Highness!" ”

An Qingxu was overjoyed and high-fived Yan Zhuang.

At night, the north wind howls and sweeps through the deep palace.

The guards of An Lushan's dormitory saw more than a hundred black shadows suddenly appear in front of the palace gate, and were about to shout, and when they saw An Qingxu, Yan Zhuang and Li Zhu'er striding over, none of them dared to shout anymore.

Yan Zhuang is the prime minister of the Great Yan State, also known as the military division, and is one of the top ministers under An Lushan. And An Qingxu is the son of An Lushan, and he has always been in power in the Great Yan Army. As for Li Zhu'er, it was the three ministers ♀ around An Lushan who came, and it was difficult for the guards to resist.

The three of them entered the dormitory and dismissed all the guards.

Yan Zhuang and An Qingxu stood side by side at the door of the dormitory, and glanced at Li Zhu'er together.

Li Zhu'er was holding a steel knife in his hand, and he was really afraid and hesitant in his heart.

He was coerced by An Qingxu and Yan Zhuang to attack and kill An Lushan, although he had a grudge against An Lushan, but under An Lushan's prestige, he was somewhat panicked.

Seeing that Li Zhu'er was a little hesitant, An Qingxu snorted lightly, "Li Zhu'er, after the matter is completed, this king will make you the Marquis of Ten Thousand Households, and he will never break his word." ”

Li Zhu'er gritted his teeth and walked in with a bright steel knife.

An Lushan slept like a dead pig on the chuáng couch, and made a deafening sound of sound sleeping.

Li Zhu'er held the steel knife high and looked at An Lushan viciously, remembering An Lushan's scolding and scolding of him at every turn, and thinking of An Qingxu's promise to Wanhuhou, he secretly gritted his teeth and lowered his heart, closed his eyes and struggled to swing the steel knife in his hand towards An Lushan.

A knife went down, hitting An Lushan's fat abdomen.

Blood flowed sideways, An Lushan woke up in pain and screamed miserably.

An Qingxu and Yan Zhuang outside the tent immediately rushed in, one pressed An Lushan's double tui, and the other probe covered An Lushan's mouth.

An Lushan struggled violently, and the steel knife in Li Zhu'er's hand fell like a storm, An Lushan's fat pig-like waist twitched, and he quickly swallowed his breath, and the chuáng couch was full of blood.

A generation of heroes An Lushan died in the hands of his son and the internal prison around him, and the miserable end can be regarded as speechless and choking. As soon as An Lushan died, An Qingxu led his cronies to protect the entire palace and then took control of Luoyang City.

Early in the morning of the second day, that is, on the fifth day of the first month of the second year of Zhide.

Yan Zhuang and An Qingxu summoned An Lushan's courtiers and generals, announced that An Lushan was critically ill‖ and when An Lushan issued an edict, An Qingxu was appointed as the crown prince, and all major military affairs were dealt with by the prince.

An Qingxu did not immediately proclaim himself emperor, but blocked the news and ordered the Great Yan army and horses as the prince of the prison country. On the third day, An Qingxu established himself as the emperor, and the year name was at the beginning.

But there is no impermeable wall in things, and An Qingxu's murder of his father and usurpation of the throne is not a very confidential matter. It didn't take long for the news to spread.

When the news reached Tongguan, Zhang Xuān's prophecy became a prophecy, and the officers and men of the three armies were all respectful.

January 19 of the second year of Zhide.

Zhang Xuān gathered all the generals and ascended to the court.

The generals solemnly lined up on both sides, and when they saw Zhang Xuān striding in majesticly in armor, they all bowed down together and shouted loudly, "Meet the handsome!" ”

Zhang Xuān sat behind the handsome case, looked around at the generals, and smiled indifferently, "Generals, please take a seat." ”！。