Yan Zhuang looked at An Lushan quietly, and he was a little surprised by An Lushan's words. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info An Lushan linked the illness with the enthronement, and said that it was a matter of heaven's curse, although it seemed absurd, but it was also a little suspicious. In recent years, the theory of karma of ghosts, gods, Buddhism and Taoism has been very popular, and Yan Zhuang is also a person who grew up in such an atmosphere, so he naturally does not completely disbelieve this statement. And if it is true that An Lushan suffered from eye disease and poisonous sores on his stomach from the day he ascended the throne, this is an incomprehensible coincidence. And this poisonous sore has not been cured for a long time, which is even more strange.

However, even if Yan Zhuang believed it in his heart, he couldn't say that in his mouth. If you want to admit that this is a curse, wouldn't you tell An Lushan to your face that he is not suitable to be the emperor? With An Lushan's temper, he was afraid that he would be beaten to the ground immediately. I have been following An Lushan for too long, and I know him too well. An Lushan wants to be the emperor and is about to go crazy, otherwise how could he take the risk of rebellion. If he is condemned by God, he can just say it himself, and if anyone agrees with it, he will kill himself.

"Your Majesty, don't think so. That's just a coincidence. How could Your Majesty believe this? It's just a sickness. Everybody gets sick, it's commonplace. Yan said solemnly.

"Not a coincidence, definitely not a coincidence. I know, I know. An Lushan smacked his lips and shook his head: "I am less than fifty years old, and my body is as strong as a wild wolf." In the past, the army marched and fought in the war, and the food and drink were dewed, and how much they suffered, but I didn't let go of a single fart. You should remember that year when we fought with the Xi people, I was shot by the Xi people in the back with an arrow that went straight to the chest and abdomen. That time someone else would have died a long time ago, but I still survived, and I was able to ride a horse to meet the enemy in just two months, which shows how strong I am. But now, I just gave birth to these malignant tumors and sores, but how can I linger for more than a month and not get better, but ...... On the contrary, it is becoming more and more vicious. Have you ever seen maggots on the sores and maggots on the living people? Heaven must be punishing me. Heaven has done something I shouldn't have done, so God wants to punish me. Heaven wants to take my life, it must be like this. ”

Yan Zhuang didn't know how to answer, and only after a while did he say: "Your Majesty, you are the true son of the dragon, and the matter of ascending the throne is the hope of all the people, and God will not punish you for this." Your Majesty, don't think about it, Your Majesty is like this, how can hundreds of officials and people live in peace? ”

"Then you tell me, why can't I cure this poisonous sore? How can this be explained? An Lushan sighed.

"This ...... But the minister did not know. Maybe it's the medicine that's wrong. The people who were invited were quacks. Rong Chen went to Chang'an, or went to Zhongnan Mountain to find a famous doctor, and he could always be cured. ”

An Lushan shook his head and said, "Yan Zhuang, I have said so much, why don't you understand?" This disease may not be curable by human medicine. Even if it can be cured, I'm afraid that it needs to be calmed down. Are all the dozens of people who treated me straw bales? That's because they don't know where to start. I felt that some other means were needed to cure my illness. Otherwise, I will be doomed. ”

Yan Zhuang hurriedly said: "Forgive the minister for being stupid, I don't know what the other means of His Majesty are talking about?" ”

An Lushan said: "God punishes me because I am arrogating the emperor, so there is only one way, and that is to conform to God's wishes." As the saying goes, if you have a heart disease, you need a heart medicine, and God thinks that I should not be this emperor, and I should not be the emperor, if I can calm the wrath of God, my illness may also be cured. ”

Yan Zhuang was stunned and said, "Your Majesty means ...... Do you want to abdicate? ”

An Lushan smacked his lips and said: "It can't be said to be abdication, what I mean is ...... I immediately canonized the crown prince, and I passed the throne of the Great Yan Kingdom to him, and asked him to be the emperor of the Great Yan Kingdom, and then I went to be the emperor of the Taishang Kingdom. God won't be staring at me anymore. I should be the emperor, which is not against God's idea. ”

"Establish the crown prince to pass on the throne?" Yan Zhuang finally understood what An Lushan had called him to discuss. It turned out that it went around and around, and the matter went around to discuss the establishment of the prince. An Lushan may have really worried that he had committed a curse, so he adopted this roundabout way to lift this curse of God. I don't know if he came up with this matter himself, or if it was a ghost idea given to him by a minister. Eighty percent is that Zhang Tianshi. The bull-nosed old man who likes to talk nonsense has recently been favored, and he is proud of the spring breeze in the palace. It is said that a lot of bad ideas have been made, and many concubines and maids in the palace have been killed.

"Yan Zhuang, what do you think of this idea? I feel that I have to obey the will of God. Otherwise, I ...... It's possible that I'll die soon. The pain in my eyes and the sore in my stomach also hurt me all night. I'm uncomfortable, I'm miserable, if I go on like this, will I have to be eaten alive by maggots? ”

Yan Zhuang sighed, and listened carefully, An Lushan didn't seem to be testing himself, not like he was telling a lie. An Lushan is now in a hurry to go to the doctor, and he will try any way to save his life, which is probably also his way in a hurry. Otherwise, with An Lushan's desire for the position of emperor, he would not give up this position to others when he died. The method of establishing the crown prince to inherit the throne, if it can not only solve the ghost in his heart, but also firmly grasp the power, of course he will do it. It's just that An Lushan's move to establish the crown prince is very particular in Yan Zhuang's opinion, and Yan Zhuang decided to continue to probe, continue to go deep into An Lushan's heart, and figure out what he thinks in his heart.

"Your Majesty, the minister doesn't dare to say anything, but if it is really because of the anger of heaven caused by His Majesty's accession to the throne, if this method can really save His Majesty's life, he might as well do it. So, the minister dared to ask His Majesty, which prince does His Majesty intend to appoint as the crown prince in His Majesty's heart? Yan asked in a deep voice.

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In the early morning of 21 July, Wang Yuan led 3,000 cavalry to the hilly area west of the Taihang Mountains, 180 miles east of Luzhou. In the morning sun, the majestic Taihang Mountain lies in the east dozens of miles away from north to south. Looking from afar, the peaks of Taihangsheng are continuous, the mountains are stacked on top of each other, the clouds and mist are shrouded between the peaks, the trees are lush and luxuriant, like a huge barrier in front of you, blocking the road to the east, making people look up to the mountains, and have a sense of awe, and do not know how to face it.

Although this mountain is continuous and majestic, it is tall and magnificent. But Wang Yuan's soldiers and horses had already seen too much of the steep terrain. The Bashan and Qinling Mountains, as well as the 100,000 mountains in Lingnan and even the snow-capped mountains of Tibet, have all been crossed and frequented by the Shence Army. Therefore, although he was in awe of the Taihang Mountain in front of him, he was not completely at a loss.

Wang Yuan summoned Zhao Qing, Tan Ping, and Li Heng, who was tired from a night's march, to discuss the itinerary together. Li Heng looked at the foot of the Taihang Mountain in front of him, which was like a giant python.

"Marshal Wang, how did this mountain get over? Are we really going to climb this mountain directly? Can you find a way to take a detour? Li Heng said.

Wang Yuan smiled and said: "Lord Feng, it's not impossible to take a detour, but this Taihang stretches for eight hundred miles, with Taiyuan Mansion in the north and Zhengzhou and Bianzhou in the south. Not to mention that the detour takes too much time, the detour to the south and north will inevitably be discovered by the rebels in these three large state capitals. So a detour is not feasible and too dangerous. ”

Li Heng smacked his lips and said: "That's tricky, this Taihang Mountain is high and densely forested, and it must be very difficult to climb on foot." Besides, how do war horses climb mountains? How do I carry the supplies? Isn't it possible to lose horses and supplies? ”

Wang Yuan shook his head and said: "Of course, we can't throw away all the horses and supplies, if we lose these, how can we rush after crossing the mountain?" How do you still fight when you arrive in Plains City? And it is definitely not possible to climb directly over the mountain. Although Taihang Mountain is not very steep and precipitous, it also has a high mountain and dense forests, and it is impossible to pass on foot at all. The only way to do this is through the official road in the Grand Canyon. ”

"Marshal, if you pass directly through the official road, wouldn't that greatly increase the danger of being discovered by the rebels? As far as the humble officials know, there is only one official road in the canyon in the Taihang Mountain, and there are steep passes in the official road of the canyon. This place has long been occupied by the rebels, and there must be rebels stationed in the passes on the official road. What should we do in the face of the barrier? Zhao Qing said in a deep voice.

Wang Yuan said slowly: "I know it's difficult, but now there is no other way. You can't take a detour, you can't climb the mountain, you can only pass through that canyon official road. The official road in the Taihang Grand Canyon is on the Huguan Pass, which is a well-known dangerous fortress in the world, directly cutting off the road connecting the east and west of the canyon, and if you want to pass through the official road from the canyon, you must pass through the narrow road under the Huguan Pass. This pass is built in a steep place, easy to defend and difficult to attack. But now, we can only face them face to face. I think that although Huguan Pass is steep, the rebels should not have many troops, and we may be able to deal with it. ”

Tan Ping nodded and said: "What the marshal said is right, a large number of soldiers and horses of the rebel army are in the area of Luoyang and Chang'an. The inland state capital is only garrisoned by more than 10,000 soldiers and horses. Like the Huguan Pass in the mountains, more than 1,000 people were killed. With the 3,000 soldiers and horses of my personal guard battalion, it is better to directly capture Huguan and pass, which will save trouble. ”

Li Heng was stunned and said, "You guys actually want to attack the pot pass, I heard it right." Marshal Wang, you also said that there is Taiyuan on the top and Zhengzhou and Bianzhou on the bottom. If it is unfavorable to attack the pass, and the news is learned by these state capitals, if they send troops to attack, we will not be able to advance or retreat, and we will have to be trapped and die here. ”

Wang Yuan smiled and said, "Lord Feng, don't worry. The pot is locked in the Taihang Mountain Canyon, and even if its whereabouts are discovered, the news will not be able to spread for a while. Even if it spreads, the rebels in Taiyuan and Zhengzhou will not be able to catch up for a while. As long as they crossed the canyon to the east of Taihang before they arrived, they would be out of reach. ”

Li Heng said: "Not to mention whether they will be able to capture Huguan smoothly, even if they are captured and the news leaks out, won't they mobilize the rebels in Shandong to intercept us at the mountain pass?" ”

Wang Yuan laughed and said: "Lord Feng, if you think about the worst in everything, then it is better to hide at home and sleep, and you don't have to come out to fight." If you want to learn from Emperor Taizong, you have to be bolder. When Taizong ascended the throne, the Turkic army came to attack. Taizong single-handedly stood on the Weishui Bridge, faced with 100,000 Turkic troops without changing his face, and finally made an alliance with Weishui and retreated 100,000 enemy soldiers. Lord Feng, you don't have this guts. ”

Li Heng was stunned and straightened his chest and said: "Who said I didn't have it, just do it, I'm not afraid." I just hope there is a way out. ”

Wang Yuan smiled and said: "There is no perfect solution in the world, sometimes the stupidest way is the best way." After saying that, he ordered in a deep voice: "Zhao Qing Tan Ping, pass the order, and order the brothers to speed up, and they need to arrive in the canyon before noon." ”

Li Heng hurriedly said: "Marshal Wang, it's broad daylight, and I've been on the road all night, shouldn't I find a place to rest?" ”

Wang Yuan smiled and said: "There is no rest, it is better to rest here than to go into the canyon to rest, does the prince want to enter the mountain in the middle of the night?" If you're not careful, you're going to fall into a deep ravine. ”

In Li Hui's surprise, Zhao Qing and Tan Ping had already passed the order, and the three thousand cavalry rushed out of the hills and mountains without hesitation, galloping towards the foot of Taihang Mountain along the undulating slopes of barren grass and ravines.