readx; Yingzhou, Hebei Province, just entered November, Bohai and its nearby states and counties were hit by a snowstorm again, this is the fourth blizzard since the early winter today, Yingzhou also snowed heavily, both the city and the countryside were covered by thick snow, and the world became a snow-covered world. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

There are few pedestrians on the streets of Liucheng County, and the severe cold weather makes most people reluctant to go out, but hide at home and lie on the kang, and only some people who are trying to make a living are forced to go out to find work.

There are also some job opportunities because of the snow, such as shoveling snow and selling charcoal, a little more than a month, there are four heavy snowfalls, which is very rare in previous years, the snow is too thick, many old houses are overwhelmed and collapsed, but the thick snow on the roof, it is difficult to shovel it by one person, those who have children and nephews can ask their families to help, if it is a sparsely populated family, then they can only pay to hire someone to shovel snow.

After the winter, there is an active snow shoveling worker in Liucheng County, all of whom are young men with great health, and the fees are also very fair, and they will volunteer to do some things for the owner, which is deeply welcomed by the people of Liucheng.

Needless to say, this snow shoveling laborer is the scout team led by Ji Sheng, they have been in Yingzhou and Pingzhou for nearly a month, their base is located in a manor on the border of Yingzhou and Pingzhou, which is the ancestral home of the soldier Wailang Jinzhu, where the horses are stored.

Ji Sheng brought a total of sixty scouts this time, of which he led thirty people to operate in Yingzhou and Pingzhou, while the deputy lieutenant Qi Yan led another thirty people to Youzhou to spy on Shi Siming.

If it was in the past, Ji Sheng would never let the brothers collectively operate in the core city of An Lushan, but he has now discovered that An Lushan's intelligence network has actually disappeared, and he has not evacuated Youzhou in time, and as a result, he was wiped out by Shi Siming, and the intelligence director Gao Shang was also removed, and after Zhang Tongru took over, the new intelligence network has not yet been established.

In addition, An Lushan seems to be no longer interested in Li Qing'an, he only guards against Shi Siming, and the patrol soldiers in the city only check the Turks, and basically ignore the Han people, which is a clear sign of An Lushan's decline, and he is no longer able to confront Li Qing'an.

Because of this, Ji Sheng took the brothers to appear openly in the city, in fact, Ji Sheng himself was not much interested in An Lushan, he came to Yingzhou to be ordered to establish an intelligence transfer station, Li Baozhen would transfer the battle situation of the Bohai Kingdom to him, and he would forward it to Xiangzhou, and finally to Chang'an.

At this time, a small black dot hovered over Liucheng County, a falcon, coming from the icy north, braving the bitter cold to find its target, it was a messenger, and only after completing the work, could it be rewarded with a full meal.

After circling in the air a few times, the falcon gradually landed in a private house near the south city gate, which was Ji Sheng's temporary foothold in the city, the falcon landed on a wooden frame, and looked around with sharp eyes, its owner was already waiting here, caressing its neck hair, taking the letter box from its leg, and bringing it into the house, taking a few large pieces of fresh meat and putting it beside it, it could not eat outside, otherwise the meat would soon freeze into ice.

The scout took the letter and hurriedly walked to the house, the room was steaming, more than a dozen scouts were sitting around the two charcoal braziers, talking and laughing in a low voice, Ji Sheng was sitting cross-legged on the fire kang, with a wooden board on his leg, he was using the Turkic code to write a letter to Li Qing'an, reporting the recent situation of An Lushan.

The entire strength of Yingzhou is less than 6,000 people, and the newly recruited 30,000 people were taken to Pingzhou by An Qingxu, which is basically not under the control of An Lushan, in fact, their father and son have separated, most of An Lushan's money and grain are in Pingzhou, and An Qingxu got it, and another son An Qinghe took 70,000 troops to the north, united with the Khitan to attack the Bohai State, the army has been trapped in the Khuhan Sea, and An Lushan, who once had an army of 500,000, has become a poor and dilapidated settlement.

The door opened, a gust of cold wind rushed into the house, and the scouts laughed and scolded: "Lu Laoqi, can't you enter the door faster?" All the heat that has been accumulating so easily has been let go by you. ”

"I'll send a letter to the boss! But business, you guys, just enjoy it and don't go to work? ”

The scout stepped forward with a smile and handed the letter to Ji Sheng, "Head, the latest information sent by Bohai!" ”

Ji Sheng took the letter, opened it and looked at it, he suddenly laughed and said: "I really guessed it, An Lushan's son was killed, and the Yan army was annexed by the Khitans." ”

"Then An Lushan has really become a poor ghost!"

The scouts all laughed, there were only more than five thousand troops left, what kind of climate could he become?

"Head! What's going on on the Bohai Sea? One of the scouts asked.

"Hmmm! Then I'll tell you about it! ”

Ji Sheng put down his pen and smiled at everyone: "The letter said that the Khitans broke through dozens of times in a row, and the strong bows and crossbows of the Tang army were repulsed, and there were heavy casualties, and now there are less than 40,000 people left, and they are besieged by the Tang army in Huzhou City......"

Ji Sheng's words were not finished, and they caused the scouts to exclaim, "Dozens of breakthroughs, what are they anxious about?" ”

"They can't help but hurry!" Ji Sheng said with a smile: "Their food is cut off, and they all rely on killing horses, but after the horses are killed, how can they get out of the Bohai Kingdom?" The Khitans have become foot soldiers, what will they do to fight the Tang army after the beginning of spring! ”

"Head, the food is cut off, and the horse feed should be gone! Will their horses survive? ”

"It is estimated that it is very miserable now, this Khitan army is finished, if they are annihilated, the Khitan will be finished."

There was a hint of regret in Ji Sheng's tone, he didn't make it to this feast, at this time he also finished writing the letter, folded the letter carefully, put it together with the information of Bohai, handed it to the sender, and instructed him: "The letter will be sent to Xiangzhou immediately!" ”

The sender took the letter and went out, Ji Sheng jumped off the kang and smiled at everyone, "Let's go!" Go out and inquire about the news. ”

The scouts got up and went out with shovels in hand.

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An Lushan's Yanwang Mansion was also covered by heavy snow, hundreds of soldiers were busy clearing snow and clearing the road under the command of the three Tai Bao Yongzhen, and the twelve Taibao of An Lushan are now only three, namely the three Tai Bao Yongzhen, the five Tai Bao Deed and the Eight Tai Bao Yuanguo, the remaining nine Tai Bao were all killed one after another, and the remaining three Tai Bao were in charge of the last 5,600 guards of An Lushan, of which the third Tai Bao Yongzhen was the most important, and he was in charge of the three thousand Janissaries who protected An Lushan.

"Three generals, the marshal will let you in!" A soldier ran to the door and shouted to Yasu.

An Yongzhen turned around and went into the house, he walked quickly to the courtyard where An Lushan lived, and heard An Lushan's scolding, "Get out of here!" Tell the beast that I'm not dead yet, I'll give everyone to me, but it's not his turn, let him die that heart! ”

I saw the noble head rat running out of the house, almost colliding with An Yongzhen, An Yongzhen hurriedly supported him, "Sir, it doesn't matter!" ”

Gao Shang sighed in a low voice, "Annihilation is in charge, can An be undefeated?" ”

He shook his head and left quickly, An Yongzhen didn't understand the noble meaning, at this time, he only heard Zhang Tongru persuade in the house: "Lord Wang, you should kill him, without him, An Qingxu can't jump up, everything is instigated by him from behind." ”

An Lushan didn't say anything, Zhang Tongru said again: "Father and son are originally surnamed Tian, I believe that the little prince would not have thought about it, it is because of this person's instigation that the relationship between father and son of the prince was destroyed, if such a person is not killed, there will be trouble, prince, make up your mind!" ”

An Yongzhen was shocked when he heard this, just as a soldier came over, he hurriedly grabbed him and said in a low voice: "Go and tell Mr. Gao to flee quickly, otherwise you will have to worry about your life!" ”

The soldier turned around and ran away, An Yongzhen and all An Lushan's personal soldiers, all hated Zhang Tongru, but An Lushan obeyed him, An Lushan's surrounding people were against sending troops north, An Lushan was instigated by Zhang Tongru, insisted on going his own way, many people heard that the Yan army had been wiped out, but Zhang Tongru told An Lushan that the Yan army had marched into Silla, which made the soldiers angry and helpless, no one dared to tell An Lushan the truth, once he said it, he would inevitably be killed by Zhang Tongru.

Now many people have a feeling that An Lushan is not only blind in his eyes, but also confused in his mind, and has basically become Zhang Tongru's puppet.

Sure enough, I only heard An Lushan shouting in the house: "Pass my order, order An Yongzhen to immediately catch up with Gao Shang and kill him, if you let Gao Shang go, let him come to see me." ”

The soldiers ran out of the house and happened to meet An Yongzhen, "Three generals, the marshal ordered you to catch up with Gao Shang immediately and behead him, and the three generals should hear the words later!" ”

An Yongzhen smiled bitterly, shook his head helplessly, and had to turn around and run.

In a moment, the three hundred iron horsemen chased in the direction of the south city like the wind, and if Gao Shang wanted to escape, he could only go out of the city through the south gate.

A narrow road has been shoveled out of the street of the city gate, but outside the city is cold and snowy, there is no way at all, only to walk carefully on the ice and snow, An Yongzhen saw the noble carriage at a glance, the carriage stopped there, several attendants are supporting Gao Shang standing next to the carriage, looking at him as if he is waiting for An Yongzhen to come.

Three hundred cavalry urged the horses to chase after them, and in a moment surrounded Gao Shang, Gao Shang smiled slightly, and said to An Yongzhen: "If I guess correctly, it was Zhang Tongru who instigated the prince to let you kill me!" ”

"Mr. Dazhi, I guessed a little bit, it was indeed Zhang Yi's instigation."

An Yongzhen sighed and said: "The person I actually want to kill is Zhang Tongru, not Mr., but the prince gave a death order, I don't kill Mr., let me raise my head to see, sir, I'm sorry, I really have no way out!" ”

"What about the little prince? Isn't the little prince the road? ”

Gao Shang was actually waiting for him, he knew that Zhang Tongru would not let him go, so An Lushan would inevitably order An Yongzhen to kill him, he pointed ahead, "The little prince is now stationed in a large army ten miles away, why don't the three generals go to the little prince?" ”

"Is the little prince here?" An Yong was really a little surprised, the little prince's army had already arrived ten miles away, why didn't he have any news at all, but there were nearly 2,000 garrisons from Lao Ba'an Yuanguo in front of him!

Gao Shang smiled, "General An Yuanguo has taken refuge in the little prince, and General An Qi, he also expressed his willingness to serve the little prince, now there is only the army of the three generals left, the three generals, you and I both know that the Yan army that marched into the Bohai Kingdom has been wiped out, and the death of the Yan army is just around the corner, why are you still obsessed with it, and finally kill the prince?" ”

"Sir, you're serious! Why is it called killing the prince? ”

"The prince has been controlled by Zhang Tongru, and now the army is in the hands of the little prince, and he still has to confront the little prince, the three generals think about it, if it was in the past, would he be like this?"

An Yongzhen thought about it for a while, it is indeed the case, if it was in the past, the prince would definitely push the boat down the river and hand over the military power to the little prince, and he would not be embarrassed by the fait accompli, but now he is dead or alive, then the result must be that father and son cannibalism, there must be the influence of Zhang Tongru, it is obvious that the prince is not only blind in his eyes, but also blind in his heart.

In fact, An Lushan was not completely bewitched by Zhang Tongru so seriously, many times he still made his own decisions, such as sending troops north to unite with the Khitan, which had nothing to do with Zhang Tongru at all, and it was completely An Lushan's own decision.

But for An Lushan's mistakes, the soldiers were unwilling to admit that An Lushan was confused, but put the blame on Zhang Tongru, believing that An Lushan was bewitched by Zhang Tongru, and An Yongzhen also had such prejudices, so Gao Shang would use An Yongzhen's hatred of Zhang Tongru and his mentality of wanting to save An Lushan to persuade him.

This persuasion was very effective, and Ernst & Young was really moved.

Gao Shang saw that his heart was moved, so he persuaded him again: "If the general can take refuge in the little prince, then the prince will have nothing to rely on to confront the little prince, in that way, he will soften, give up mundane affairs, and recuperate well, and more importantly, their father and son will not kill each other, the third general, the prince can't see the situation in front of him clearly, let's help him, isn't it good?" ”

"This ....."

An Yong was really tempted, and what Gao Shang said was very reasonable, just like a person who goes crazy and slashes and kills indiscriminately with a knife, at this time, if he takes his knife down and locks him up again, the crazy person has no weapons and freedom, and he will gradually calm down.

Now An Lushan is this problem, he was bewitched by Zhang Tongru, he has lost his mind, if he does not have the army in his hands, then all the crises in front of him will be eliminated, and the transfer of military power to the little prince is actually helping the marshal.

Thinking of this, he nodded, "Let me think about this matter again, and I will reply to Mr. as soon as possible." ”

"Good! I look forward to good news from the general. ”

An Yongzhen turned his horse's head and headed towards the city, and one of his subordinates asked in a low voice, "How can the general explain to the prince?" ”

"Let's just say that if I didn't catch up, the prince won't really kill me."

The cavalry gradually moved away, Gao Shang looked at their backs, and couldn't help but smile a little proudly, even if An Lushan refused, he could still eat the last five thousand elite soldiers, he already had a plan, just tonight.

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Although it was icy and snowy, and the road was difficult, an army of more than 10,000 people drove by the White Wolf River about ten miles south of Liucheng County, and they were stationed, and it was An Qingxu who led this army, and he also received news from one of his subordinates from the Bohai Sea, An Qinghe was killed, and the last 20,000 Yan troops were annexed by the Khitan.

This news means that there are only 36,000 people left in the Yan army, of which more than 5,600 are stationed in Liucheng County, which is the direct guard of An Lushan, and it is also the most elite cavalry in the Yan army, and An Qingxu only has 30,000 recruits in his hands, of course he wants to take the last 5,000 elites into his own hands.

In the tent, An Qingxu was anxiously pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back, he was waiting for noble news, Gao Shang had already entered the city to see An Lushan, he hoped that Gao Gao could make a profit in this trip.

"Mr. Gao is back!"

Suddenly there was a report from the soldiers outside the tent, An Qingxu was in good spirits and hurriedly greeted him.

"How, sir? Did my father agree? ”

"Half good, half bad."

Gao Shang walked into the tent and sat down, he took the hot tea handed by his own soldiers, took a sip happily, and expelled the cold in his body, before he smiled at An Qingxu, who was looking at him: "Does the little prince want to hear the good news first, or the bad news?" ”

"Sir, let's talk the bad news first."

"Hmmm! The prince did not hesitate to refuse the little prince's suggestion, and resolutely refused to transfer the military power to the little prince, saying that it was okay to anyone, but not to the little prince, this was his original words, and later sent someone to hunt me down. ”

An Qingxu's eyes showed a hint of disappointment, his father was so stubborn, it was the general trend for him to take charge of the military, in order not to turn his face between father and son, he sent Gao Shang to persuade his father, but he still refused to agree, and he didn't give it to anyone, An Qingxu's heart was stabbed, he couldn't help clenching his fists, and secretly gritted his teeth and said: "Father, don't force me, force me, I don't recognize the relationship between father and son!" ”

"Don't you want to hear the good news?" Gao Shang reminded with a slight smile.

An Qingxu reacted suddenly, and he hurriedly said, "Sir, please say, I almost forgot." ”

"The good news is that An Yongzhen has expressed his stance and is willing to consider taking refuge in the little prince."

Gao Shang told An Yongzhen a lie just now, in fact, the other two Taibao did not take refuge in An Qingxu, they have not yet contacted, An Yuanguo's garrison is in the south, but when they came over, they bypassed An Yuanguo's military camp, An Yongzhen didn't expect this to be fake news, and he fell for Noble.

An Qingxu was overjoyed, An Yong was really in charge of the 3,000 army, which was his father's Praetorian Guard, if he was willing to take refuge in himself, it would be a big deal, to be honest, his father's last battle of more than 5,000 elites was very strong, and he was not sure to take it by force.

"It was a windfall."

Gao Shang told him in detail about the process of persuading An Yongzhen, and finally said: "This matter cannot be delayed, once he confronts An Qi, he will find out that I am lying, so as to doubt His Highness's sincerity, we will act tonight, receive An Yongzhen's 3,000 troops, and control the prince!" ”

An Qingxu nodded silently, he was also impatient.

"We'll move after dark, and my men happen to be on duty at the South Gate tonight."

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It was dark early in November, there was no sun, the sky was overcast, night fell, the night was very dark, and it was difficult to see the situation clearly from dozens of steps away, under the cover of night, An Qingxu's 10,000 troops set off in the severe cold, they walked very slowly, and the cold and freezing seriously affected their marching speed.

It wasn't until Hai that they walked to the south gate of Liucheng County, in the dark, someone went to call the door, the guard on duty at the south gate tonight is called Cheng Xin, is a Lang general, is a general under the Wutai security deed, this person has been bought by An Qingxu with a lot of money, An Qingxu led the army to Yingzhou, just to enter the city to seize power through his internal killing.

Tonight it was his turn to lead two hundred people to guard the south gate, he had already received An Qingxu's agreement during the day, Cheng Xin stood at the head of the city, and saw that An Qingxu's army outside the city was really coming, so he immediately ordered: "Open the door!" ”

The city gate slowly opened, An Qingxu's army began to enter the city, Cheng Xin ran down the city and knelt down on one knee to salute, "The last general will see the little prince!" ”

An Qingxu nodded with a smile and asked again, "Is Anqi coming to patrol tonight?" ”

"No, I just heard that the fifth general seems to be sick."

An Qingxu almost laughed out loud, God really helped him! Two Taibao, one wants to surrender, and the other is sick, so what suspense is there tonight?

"Good! Pass my order and march directly to the Yanwang Mansion. ”

In the darkness, an army of 10,000 marched towards the Yanwang Mansion.......

An Qingxu's army entered the city at night, alarming Ji Sheng and others who lived next to the city gate, they looked out through the courtyard wall, Ji Sheng's brows were furrowed, he recognized that this was An Qingxu's army, and he also knew that An Qingxu swallowed 30,000 new troops, and the contradiction with An Lushan was very deep, could it be that their father and son reconciled? But if it is a settlement, is it necessary to go into the city at night? Don't dare to light a torch yet, sneaky.

Ji Sheng's intuition is that An Qingxu is going to seize power at night.

"General, do you want us to fish in troubled waters?"

A brother beside him quietly suggested, Ji Sheng thought about it, the situation is still unknown, and he doesn't know what fish he can touch, but this is indeed a good opportunity, maybe he can provoke a fight between the two sides, and his heart is also warm, if there is a chance, he will never let it go.

With a single move, he called all ten brothers from the first team to his side.

"Let's go our separate ways, Luo Si, you take seven brothers to look for an opportunity to set fire to the vicinity of Yan Wang's Mansion, don't be reluctant, don't be discovered, the other two follow me, let's put on Yan Army armor and blend in."

The movements of the ten scouts were very fast, Ji Sheng took the two brothers to put on the armor of the Yan army and quickly blended into the ranks of the Yan army, this is the new army of the Yan army, most of them are Han Chinese, and no one in the dark will notice that there are three more people around them.

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In the palace of the king of Yan, 10,000 troops surrounded the palace, and there were only 500 soldiers on duty in the palace, and the rest of the army was stationed in a barracks in the west of the palace.

Although An Qingxu's army had surrounded the Yanwang Mansion, the barracks were still quiet, and no army came out to protect An Lushan.

The main general An Yongzhen has decided to take refuge in the little prince, he has already received a handwritten letter from An Qingxu, they are just admonishing the prince, absolutely guarantee the personal safety of the prince, and after getting this guarantee, An Yongzhen ordered the army not to move recklessly and stay in the barracks.

In front of the gate of the Yan Wangfu, hundreds of guards and soldiers blocked in front of the gate, vigilantly looking at the little prince riding on the horse opposite, although this is the little prince, but 10,000 troops surrounded the palace, making them very worried.

"The prince is here!"

Someone shouted, the soldiers dodged away, only to see a few guards carrying An Lushan's couch out of the house, followed by Zhang Tongru, he looked very nervous, he was afraid that An Qingxu's army would enter the house, so he persuaded An Lushan to come out to teach the rebels, under his instigation and concealment, An Lushan lost his temper and came out in person.

"Where's the rebel?"

As soon as An Lushan came out, he shouted loudly, he couldn't see the situation outside, and Zhang Tongru told him that An Qingxu only brought five hundred armor soldiers into the city.

But An Lushan immediately felt that something was wrong, it wasn't like there were only five hundred people, and he also began to beat drums in his heart, so he turned around and asked Zhang Tongru, "How many people are outside?" ”

Surrounded by personal guards, Zhang Tongru didn't dare to lie to his face, so he said: "I don't know, there seem to be a lot of people outside, I don't know which ones are the people of the little prince and which ones are the people of the three generals."

"Father!"

An Qingxu, who was riding on the horse, spoke, he was very close to An Lushan, only more than twenty steps away, "I am here to invite my father to go to Pingzhou to recuperate, this is not only my meaning, but also the wish of all the soldiers of the Yan Army, An Yongzhen, An Qi, An Yuanguo, the three of them all agreed, please father clean up, let me go!" ”

An Lushan was stunned for a moment, and then he was furious, and dared to surrender, "Where is An Yongzhen?" Let him come to me! ”

A personal guard reported: "Lord Wang, the three generals are still in the barracks and have not come." ”

"What?" An Lushan realized that something was wrong, and he hurriedly asked, "How many people did the rebel son bring?" ”

"Back to the prince, at least 10,000 people have surrounded the palace."

An Lushan was taken aback, 10,000 people, isn't that the general trend gone, the anger in his heart was suddenly extinguished, and his first reaction was how to save his surname, and he was a little scared in his heart.

Ji Sheng was standing in the second row, there was a gap in front of him, and the position he chose could clearly see An Lushan, An Lushan was surrounded by guards with shields, but the neck was exposed.

Ji Sheng didn't aim with a crossbow, which would have been discovered by the people around him, but he also had another secret weapon, which was a miniature hand crossbow, which was covered by his cloak.

This kind of hand crossbow was used by Li Qing'an in the Mingde Gate Cave in Chang'an, shot into the anus of the horse, and taught the arrogant Yang family a hard lesson, and later improved several times, made of fine iron, and became a powerful secret assassination weapon, the three-inch long small arrow can shoot fifty steps, and the effective killing distance is thirty steps, not because the arrow kills, but the arrow is coated with poison.

At this time, he was about twenty-five steps away from An Lushan in a straight line, and he could use a hand crossbow, and he was ready and waiting for an opportunity.

At this time, he suddenly found that there was a fire in the sky above the East Palace, his men succeeded, and when the opportunity came, he immediately gave a look to the two men next to him who were covering him, and one of his subordinates immediately pointed to the east of the palace and shouted, "Look, everyone! The palace was on fire. ”

Everyone looked to the east, only to see the sky above the East Palace, just at the moment when everyone's attention was diverted, Ji Sheng made a move, and suddenly shot a crossbow arrow from the darkness of the team, the crossbow arrow was very short, the arrow was so fast that people couldn't see it clearly, only to see a little green light flashing, 'Poof! With a bang, the arrow shot into An Lushan's fat neck.

An Lushan screamed, struggling desperately, his fat body rolled off the couch like a big ball of meat, rolled down the steps, and fell on the snow, he desperately grabbed the snow with both hands, in great pain, suddenly he kicked his legs, and the snow in his hands slowly loosened.

There was silence outside the palace, everyone was stunned, and looked at An Lushan who was gradually stiffening in a daze, no one dared to step forward to investigate, the situation in front of them came too suddenly.

A generation of heroes An Lushan died, and his death was unknown, but everyone believed that he died at the hands of his son An Qingxu.

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(To be continued)