On February 20 of the 14th year of Tianbao, Fanyang, Lulong, and Hedong sent An Lushan to send the deputy general He Qianqian into the court to ask 32 generals to replace the Han generals. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Song Shu was sent to the central government, first by the acting prime minister Wei Jiansu in charge of the affairs of the province to see, Wei Jiansu was recommended by Yang Guozhong, is Yang Guozhong's person, Yang Guozhong because of the opposition to Li Linfu's policy of reusing generals in his reign so he has a disagreement with An Lushan, the two have become more and more contradictory in recent years, Yang Guozhong repeatedly in front of Xuanzong to control the right to An Lushan, but Xuanzong has long trusted An Lushan and did not adopt Yang Guozhong's suggestion.

Yang Guozhong's various measures against An Lushan in the DPRK made An Lushan feel very dangerous, in order to protect himself, An Lushan began to secretly accumulate military strength, on the one hand, he raised more than 30,000 military horses, on the other hand, he replaced many generals in the army with his own cronies, after all, the power of the Jiedu envoy is limited, unless the ability is very strong to make others bow down, it is impossible to cover the sky with one hand, so some generals in key positions cannot be replaced at will, So, An Lushan, at the suggestion of his staff, asked the deputy general He Qianqian to play, and asked 32 generals to replace the Han generals.

Wei Jiansu didn't dare to slack off after seeing An Lushan's performance, An Lushan was Yang Guozhong's sworn enemy, and this kind of thing had to be reported to Yang Guozhong immediately, so he immediately went to Yang Guozhong's mansion.

In the two years after Li Linfu's death, the prince originally thought that he could breathe a sigh of relief, but without Li Linfu, with the status of the prince, who else in the court would dare to oppose him? But what the crown prince Li Heng didn't expect was that there was another Yang Guozhong, Yang Guozhong was still Yang Guifei's cousin, plus the support of Emperor Xuanzong, Yang Guozhong quickly took over the power of the court left by Li Linfu after his death, and the crown prince Li Heng was unwilling to be restrained and fought with Yang Guozhong.

Although Yang Guozhong was quite worried about the competition with the crown prince Li Heng these days, when he heard the report from Menzi that Wei Jiansu asked to see him, he immediately sent someone to invite Wei Jiansu into the mansion.

"I've seen Yang Xiang!" Wei Jiansu bowed and bowed.

Yang Guozhong raised his hand: "No courtesy, sit!" ”

"Xie Yangxiang!"

After the tea was served, Yang Guozhong waved his hand to let the people leave, and asked, "I don't know what is the important matter for Duke Wei to come to the mansion so late?" ”

Wei Jiansu took out An Lushan's recital and handed it over and said, "Yang Xiang, look at this!" ”

Yang Guozhong suspiciously took the song and opened it and looked at it, and after reading it, he got up and said angrily: "This An barbarian is really not popular enough to swallow elephants, and he actually wants to replace the Han general with thirty-two generals, if he really lets him succeed, won't Fan Yang, Lu Long and the three towns of Hedong be covered by him with one hand?" ”

Wei Jiansu echoed: "What Yang Xiang said is very true, with An Lushan's behavior, the heart of disobedience is obvious!" Once he succeeds, I'm afraid he will turn around soon! ”

Yang Guozhong glanced up at Wei Jiansu and asked, "What are Wei Gong's plans?" ”

Wei Jiansu said: "I want to enter the palace to face the saint Chen Gu An Lushan is reversed, and Yang Xiang can go with me?" ”

Yang Guozhong was worried that no one would go to the emperor to take the lead, this Wei Jiansu really knew his intentions, so he immediately agreed: "Okay, I'll go with you!" ”

So the two came to Huaqing Palace together to see Xuanzong, and Wei Jiansu played: "Qiqi Shengshang, An Lushan sent another song to ask the court to replace the thirty-two Han generals in the three towns of Fanyang, Hedong and Lulong with generals!" ”

Xuanzong waved his hand and said indifferently: "He wants to replace the Han general with Fanjiang, it's nothing, just agree!" ”

Wei Jiansu hurriedly said: "Holy Lord, this matter must not be allowed!" These thirty-two Han generals must be an important key position that he cannot replace, if he is replaced by all of them, then how can the imperial court control the three towns of Hedong, Fanyang and Lulong? An Lushan's move is simply a rebellion, please think twice! ”

Xuanzong was anxious to go against Yang Yuhuan's poetry, where was he still in the mood to pay attention to Wei Jiansu and Yang Guozhong, he waved his hand impatiently and said to Yang Guozhong and Wei Jiansu: "Yang Qing, Wei Qing, you have long said that An Lushan is going to rebel, how many years have you been, why haven't you seen An Lushan rebel?" Don't listen to the gossip in the market and get nervous! Alright, let's do it, and wait for you to step down! ”

Yang Guozhong and Wei Jiansu had no choice but to withdraw from Huaqing Palace.

After a period of time, Yang Guozhong was still not worried about An Lushan, and he and Wei Jiansu went to the palace to see Xuanzong, and said: "The minister has a plan to eliminate An Lushan's counterconspiracy." If An Lushan is the Pingzhang affair and summons him to the court, Jia Xun is the envoy of the Fanyang Festival, Lu Zhizhi is the envoy of the Pinglu Festival, and Yang Guangxiang is the envoy of the Hedong Festival, then the power of An Lushan will naturally be reduced! ”

Xuanzong has always been a suspicious person by nature, and seeing that Yang Guozhong and Wei Jiansu were so defensive of An Lushan, it was not good to protect him too much, so he adopted the advice of the two.

After Yang Guozhong and Wei Jiansu left, Zhao Hanlin had drafted the edict and asked Xuanzong to use the seal, Xuanzong wanted to test An Lushan's loyalty, but he was worried that this move would hurt An Lushan's heart, he still trusted An Lushan from the heart, so he left the drafted edict in the middle and did not send it, but sent the eunuch Fu Xuanlin to Fanyang to reward An Lushan with the treasures in the palace, and took the opportunity to observe his situation. Fu Xuanlin was bribed by An Lushan, and after returning to Xuanzong, he said that An Lushan was loyal to the country and had no dissent. Xuanzong then summoned Yang Guozhong and others and said: "I treat An Lushan with my heart, and he will have no different ambitions." The Murwei and the Qiang in the northeast are powerful, and they must be suppressed by An Lushan. I will take it seriously, so don't worry."

Yang Guozhong and Wei Jiansu were helpless, only sighed that their luck was not good, and they did not succeed one after another.

In June, An Lushan's eldest son An Qingzong and the lord of Rongyi stayed in the capital Chang'an because of a marriage contract, and Yang Guozhong and Wei Jiansu made a statement to Xuanzong to recruit An Lushan to enter Beijing on the grounds of marrying An Qingzong and the lord of Rongyi, but An Lushan had already been forced by Yang Guozhong to rebel at this time.

In order to dispel Xuanzong's suspicions, An Lushan sent 3,000 good horses in July, each with two grooms, and sent 22 generals to escort him. Henan Yin Da Xi Xun suspected that there was a mistake, so he asked An Lushan to move the horse to the winter, and the court provided the horseman himself, so as not to bother An Lushan to send people. So Xuanzong woke up and began to suspect that An Lushan had a rebellion. It just so happened that Fu Xuanlin was bribed by An Lushan, and Xuanzong was furious when he heard the thunder and ordered him to be killed. He also sent the envoy Feng Shenwei to Fan Yang to say to An Lushan: "I have built a new warm soup in the Huaqing Palace, and Qing can enter the court in October", Feng Shenwei went to Fan Yang to read the edict to An Lushan, An Lushan did not get up in bed, nor did he bow down, but just asked Xuanzong if he was okay. He also said: "It's okay if the horse doesn't offer, and I will be the master of Beijing in October." After speaking, he ordered Feng Shenwei to be placed in the hall building, and then sent Feng Shenwei back to the court, and there was no list. At this time, An Lushan relied on his strong army and had resolutely rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, although Xuanzong wanted to collect his military power, but Lushan was already full of wings and difficult to subdue, but he firmly believed that An Lushan should not have the heart of open rebellion at this time, so he decided to slowly look for opportunities.

An Lushan concurrently served as the envoy of the Three Towns Festival, and he had already planned a rebellion against the Tang Dynasty, but because Xuanzong treated him kindly, he wanted to wait for Xuanzong to make a rebellion after his death. Yang Guozhong and An Lushan had a bad relationship, and repeatedly said in front of Xuanzong that Lushan was anti-minded, Xuanzong did not listen, Yang Guozhong was provoked by the incident, and wanted An Lushan to quickly rebel to win the trust of Xuanzong, and An Lushan decided to rebel quickly.

From August of the 14th year of Tianbao, An Lushan began to repeatedly feast on soldiers, soldiers and horses, and prepare to raise troops. He conspired with Cheng Yanzhuang, the servant of the Confucian official, the secretary of the Tuntian, the noble man of Tuntian, and the general Ashina Chengqing, and the rest of the generals did not know. At this time, an official returned from Beijing, An Lushan pretended to have a holy decree from Chang'an, and summoned his subordinates to show him: "There is a secret decree of the emperor, ordering me to command troops to enter the court to crusade against Yang Guozhong, please follow me immediately!" ”

Although the generals were stunned, no one dared to speak out.

On the ninth day of the first day of November, the troops of An Lushan Development Station and Tongluo, Murowei, and Qianjing, totaling 150,000 people, numbered 200,000, raised troops from Fanyang (now Beijing). He also ordered Jia Xun, the deputy envoy of Fanyang Jiedu, to guard Fanyang, and Lu Zhizhi, the deputy envoy of Pinglu (now Chaoyang, Liaoning), to guard Pinglu, and not to guard Gao Xiuyan to guard Datong, Zhang Shouyu to guard Mobei, and the rest of the generals were all handsome soldiers at night.

On the tenth day of November, An Lushan went out of the south of Jicheng, and the military parade swore to the public, in the name of courting Yang Guozhong, Zhang Bang was in the army, and the list said: "Those who dare to disagree and stir up the army's heart to disobey the order will be killed by the three tribes", and then led the troops to the south. An Lushan rode the iron court, rode the elite, the smoke and dust were billowing, and the noise shook the ground. At that time, the world had been peaceful for a long time, and the people had not heard of the war for generations, and they were shocked when they heard that Fan Yang had risen up. The Hebei region is under the jurisdiction of Lushan, and the rebels pass through the prefectures and counties, and the wind collapses, and they obey the order or open the door to meet the enemy, or abandon the city and flee, or are captured and killed by the rebels, and there is no one who dares to resist. Before the army, Lushan first sent the generals He Qianqian and Gao Miao to lead 20 Xi cavalry, pretending to be a shooter, and rode a stagecoach to Taiyuan. On the tenth day of November, Yang Guangxiang, the deputy of Taiyuan, went out to meet him and was robbed.

After An Lushan raised troops, Taiyuan and Dongshou sent 800 li to report to Chang'an that An Lushan had rebelled, and Xuanzong thought that the people who hated An Lushan were deceiving, and did not believe that An Lushan would rebel.

On November 15, when the news of An Lushan's rebellion was confirmed, Emperor Xuanzong was so shocked that he fell from the dragon chair and broke out in a cold sweat, and immediately summoned the minister of Chinese Wu to discuss countermeasures.

After the court meeting, Xuanzong ordered Bi Sichen to go to the eastern capital Luoyang, and sent Cheng Qianli, the general of Jin Wuwei, to Hedong, recruiting tens of thousands of troops each, and training with the regiment to resist the rebels.

On November 16, it coincided with the deputy capital of Anxi, the four towns of the festival envoy Feng Changqing into the pilgrimage to see, Xuanzong was worried that the unscrupulous general in the court was available, and when he saw Feng Changqing, he asked for advice on countermeasures against the rebellion, Feng Changqing was very satisfied with the performance, so he ordered Feng Changqing to be the envoy of Fan Yang and Pinglu Jiedu. Chang Qing took a stagecoach to Tokyo to recruit troops on the same day, and within a few days he recruited 60,000 people. Then the bridge of Heyang (now Yuxian County, Henan) was broken to prepare for the guard.

On November 21, Xuanzong ordered to kill An Lushan's eldest son, An Qingzong, gave death to the lord of Rongyi, and adjusted Shuo Fang Jie Du to make An Sishun enter the court as the head of the household, An Sishun is An Lushan's brother, after An Lushan rebelled, Xuanzong no longer trusted An Sishun, and ordered Shuo Fang's right wing soldiers and horses, Jiuyuan Taishou Guo Ziyi to take over as Shuo Fang's Jiedu envoy and set up a defense envoy in the rebel key places in the counties.

On the 22nd, Gao Xianzhi, the general of the Right Jin Wuwei, returned to Chang'an from Hexi, and Xuanzong then ordered Li Wan, the king of Rong, to be the generalissimo of the soldiers and horses, and Gao Xianzhi to be the deputy marshal, and to lead the armies of the Beijing Division to the east.

The soldiers led by Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi were either recruited market vendors and scoundrels, or the Sixteen Guards and horses who had no combat power for many years without war, and they were no match for the army of the border towns under An Lushan.

On the seventh day of the first month of December, Xuanzong ordered the soldiers and horses of the world to enter King Qin, so that the soldiers and horses of Longyou, Hexi, Shuofang, Anxi, Beiting and other towns except for the cities and castles were left behind, and the rest were sent to Chang'an by the commander of the Jiedu to participate in the counterinsurgency.

On the ninth day of December, Feng Changqing was stationed in the military prison to resist the rebels. The rebels charged the battle with cavalry, the Tang army was defeated, Feng Changqing collected the remnants, fought with the rebels again, and was defeated, and retreated to Shaanxi County, Gao Xianzhi led the army to come, Gao Xianzhi listened to Feng Changqing's description of the rebels' combat strength, and then led the troops to retreat to Tongguan.

After Gao Xianzhi led the army to the east, the supervising army Bian Lingcheng interfered in military affairs many times, Gao Xianzhi did not follow his wishes, Bian Lingcheng had long held a grudge, and entered the court to see the emperor falsely accusing Feng Changqing of being incapable of shaking the army's heart, Gao Xianzhi abandoned the land of Shaanxi County for hundreds of miles, and stole and reduced the soldiers' salaries and rewards.

Xuanzong was furious and ordered Chang Qing and Gao Xianzhi to be beheaded, but it is a pity that the two peerless generals died in the hands of eunuchs.

After the death of Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing, there was no commander in the Tongguan army, and Xuanzong had to urgently recruit Ge Shuhan, who had a conflict with An Lushan but was sick in bed, to serve as the deputy marshal of the soldiers and horses to go to Tongguan to command the enemy. (To be continued.) )