Chang'an City has almost become hell these days.

After An Lushan took over the power, the Hu soldiers under him became more and more domineering, and no one could restrain them, they committed adultery and plunder, and the official institutions in Chang'an City, whether it was Jingzhaoyin or Chang'an and Wannian County, were all pretending to be deaf and dumb.

Not only pretended to be deaf and dumb, but in order to gather the 100,000 young men and women that An Lushan wanted in a short period of time, the two counties even helped to abuse them. Because of the shortage of errand soldiers, the two counties even chose to serve as errand soldiers, searching for young men and women from house to house every day, and the slightest obstruction was a severe beating. There are also those who want to escape, but now that the four gates of Chang'an are tight, and the idlers can't get out of the city at all, the rich and noble families can't bear to be bullied, and they have to send huge bribes to the sergeants guarding the city gates, so that they can escape by night.

An Lushan, the initiator of all this, looked coldly at the more than 100 people kneeling in front of him at this moment.

The common feature of the more than 100 people kneeling in front of him is that they are surnamed Li, they are from the Tang clan, and most of them are Li Heng's brothers, nephews or cousins.

"King Yan, the auspicious time has come."

Yan Zhuang came to An Lushan's side and whispered, An Lushan nodded slowly, and then laughed fiercely.

His face was still bandaged with gauze, and this smile made his face hurt terribly. The pain reminded him of hatred, which in turn made him want revenge.

"Ready!" He ordered.

Behind each kneeling nephew of the Li family, someone raised a knife, and when he saw that the knife was about to fall, he heard the sound of horses' hooves in a hurry.

Cheng Yuanzhen's face was more ugly than bitter melon, he really didn't want to come to do this, but he had to come.

"Keep people under the knife!" Seeing the kneeling person and the knife raised in the distance, Cheng Yuanzhen was shocked and shouted.

"Chop!" An Lushan said expressionlessly.

More than 100 knives were cut down, these steel knives from Liaodong were all extremely sharp, and after the knife fell, more than 100 human heads rolled on the ground at the foot of An Lu Mountain, and the blood stained the ground red in a blink of an eye.

When Cheng Yuanzhen saw this, he was so frightened that he turned his horse's head and was about to leave, but was stopped by a soldier.

Before he could figure out what was going on, he was ripped off his horse and brought to An Lushan.

"Come if you want, go if you want, don't you treat my military discipline as nothing?" An Lushan said with a gloomy face: "Galloping in the army, making loud noises, and interfering with our army's sacrificial flag...... Cheng Yuanzhen, you are so bold! ”

Cheng Yuanzhen's soul is not possessed, he knows very well that because An Qingzong still did not survive and died on the fifth day of the first month, An Lushan's temper during this period was very irritable. Even if Li Hengjin named him the King of Yan, he didn't seem happy, but acted even more carelessly.

"King Yan, if the slave and maid are not willing, it is really a holy order that is difficult to refuse......" Hearing that An Lushan seemed to want to settle accounts with himself, and then saw the blood on the ground, Cheng Yuanzhen knelt on the ground without hesitation, claiming to have become a "slave maid", and even pushed the matter on Li Heng: "Your Majesty heard that King Yan had arrested most of the clan, so he sent the slave and maid to ask why, the matter is urgent...... The slave and maid know that they are wrong, and the slave and the maid know that they are wrong, please ask King Yan to spare the slave and maid for the sake of the slave and maid who have always been obedient to King Yan...... Liu Gong, we have been friends for many years, you want to intercede for me......"

Liu Luogu, who was following An Lushan, glanced at him, but he didn't say a word, and smiled bitterly in his heart.

He wanted to intercede for Cheng Yuanzhen, he had been operating in Chang'an all these years, and Cheng Yuanzhen was able to catch the dark line of the prince. But these days, An Lushan has a short temper, Liu Luogu and others have been punished several times, and even Yan Zhuang, who An Lushan relies on the most, has also been whipped, where does Liu Luogu dare to speak out to persuade him!

The only one who can persuade An Lushan is probably only Ji Wen.

An Lushan glanced at Liu Luogu, and saw that Liu Luogu didn't dare to speak at all, but he was very satisfied. He was moody now, and he was thinking about killing Cheng Yuanzhen just now, but now when he changed his mind, he laughed.

"Since it is a holy order, I don't blame you, you report back to Your Majesty, I am about to go on an expedition and fight to the death with Ye Chang, so I want to kill some rebellious sacrificial flags of thieves outside the country. These relatives of his, all thinking about rebellion, thinking about the position under his ass, since this is the case, it is better to kill it! ”

Although Cheng Yuanzhen knew that this was An Lushan's domineering move, he dared to say half a word, but he retreated, and did not dare to get on the horse again, so he led the horse and trotted for half a mile, only then he wiped his sweat, climbed on the horse's fart with great effort, and raised his whip to report to Li Heng.

An Lushan ignored him anymore, raised his horsewhip, and was about to give an order, when he suddenly frowned, because he saw another horse galloping over, just staggering with Cheng Yuanzhen. An Lushan's face was uncontrollably murderous, and he said sharply: "It seems that there are really a lot of people who are dying today......

"King Yan, that's the person sent by Cui Qianyou, I think it's here to report the military situation!" Liu Luogu saw that the figure was vaguely recognized, and after thinking about it, he said to An Lushan.

When An Lushan heard this, he restrained his anger slightly.

"King Yan, big joy, King Yan, big joy!" The man jumped off the horse from a distance, trotted to An Lushan and knelt down, An Lushan heard "great joy", his heart moved, and he said eagerly: "Defeated Ye Chang?" ”

The envoy was slightly stunned, and then lowered his head and said: "It's not about this, I received a message from the Emperor Taishang." ”

"It's not that you defeated Ye Chang, where did the joy come from!" An Lushan's face suddenly sank: "You are lying about the military situation!" ”

"King Yan, there is infighting on the side of the Emperor Taishang, the soldiers mutinied, and Yang Guozhong was killed, and the Emperor Taishang issued a decree to the world, and Yang Guozhong was a traitor!"

"Yang Guozhong is dead?" An Lushan was stunned: "Is he really dead?" ”

"It's dead!"

"What the hell is this good news? Originally, there was a Yang Guozhong who restrained Ye Chang and made Ye Chang restrain his hands and feet, but now that there is no such guy, can't Ye Chang let go of his hands and feet to do things? An Lushan was not happy at all, he kicked over the messenger: "This must be Ye Chang's trick, and Ye Chang must be behind those mutinous forbidden troops...... He was originally the same person as me! ”

The messenger didn't expect that he would deliver the good news but was kicked, and he was really aggrieved in his heart, but seeing that An Lushan was like a madman, he didn't dare to refute, so he could only secretly admit that he was unlucky in his heart.

"Solemn, solemn!" After kicking the messenger, An Lushan was still angry, and shouted backwards.

Yan Zhuang walked out with a bitter face, bent down and saluted: "What does King Yan command?" ”

"Tell me, what should we do now?" An Lushan's broom eyebrows were almost squeezed together: "If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have come to this point, I would have pasted my sister-in-law for nothing, and I would have a rebellious reputation, if I can't come up with a countermeasure, I myself will die without a place to be buried!" But don't be happy when you wait, I will kill you before I die! ”

Hearing him say this, Yan Zhuang's heart jumped suddenly, and he sighed secretly.

He can't help but regret it now, he felt that An Lushan was ambitious, and he was a Hu person, easy to manipulate, so he went to vote, and he has been giving advice to An Lushan all these years, and An Lushan was able to gain Li Longji's great trust, which was inseparable from the efforts of their staff and strategists.

But now it seems that An Lushan is really not a person who can share wealth and wealth.

"It's really not good news." Thinking about other thoughts in his heart, Yan Zhuang followed An Lushan's words and said: "Without Yang Guozhong's containment, the old emperor will give Ye Chang more power...... You say, what's the news over there? ”

"Yang Guozhong is dead, Wei Jiansu is the prime minister, Yongwang is the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, Ye Chang and Ge Shuhan are the deputy marshals......"

"Okay, okay, that's the good news!" Yan solemnly applauded.

An Lushan stared at him with frog eyes, Yan Zhuang didn't dare to sell Guanzi, and explained: "Although Ye Chang has become the deputy marshal of soldiers and horses, he has Wei Jiansu, Yang Guozhong's remnants, and Ge Shuhan next to him, he must not abuse his power, and his troops will still be insufficient." Moreover, since the old emperor took King Yong as the generalissimo of soldiers and horses, he probably wanted to flee away and let King Yong stay to confront the king. King Yong grew up in the palace and was born among women, and Ann is the king's opponent! ”

"Ye Chang, Ye Chang, Ye Chang!" An Lushan roared: "Ge Shuhan is a fart, and King Yong is not even a fart!" But what about Ye Chang, as long as he is given military power, as long as he has half of our troops in his hands, he is a difficult bone to gnaw! ”

"The king is wise, so we can't give the old emperor a chance to regret it again, we must defeat Ye Chang before the old emperor realizes that King Yong and Ge Shuhan are not the king's opponents and pay the military power to Ye Chang! At least knock out Ye Chang's undefeated name! The king's expedition this time is imperative, and I think this is also the destiny of the king, so the king can prepare before this happens. ”

"Mandate of Heaven......" An Lushan heard this word and sneered. However, Yan Zhuang's words helped him make up his mind, he turned to Ji Wen, who had been silent, and arched his hand: "Ji Gong is a great talent, a thousand times better than Yang Guozhong, and the affairs in Chang'an City depend on Ji Gong." I left behind 20,000 soldiers, and if necessary, I will kill them, and do not follow the situation. ”

"Somebody." Ji Wen returned the salute solemnly: "The king's banner is victorious, and the horse is successful!" ”

An Lushan nodded, and then ordered the whole army to march.

Now it is actually his Chinese army that is being pulled out, and the 100,000 young men who were forcibly captured by the two counties of Chang'an and Wannian have long been driven out of Chang'an City and are marching towards Xianyang. Coupled with the 50,000 Chinese army in An Lushan's hands, a full 150,000 army, in An Lushan's opinion, there should be no problem with this force, even if Ge Shuhan arrived in time to fully support Ye Chang, he could still occupy an absolute advantage.

In fact, it is impossible for Ge Shuhan to arrive in time, as long as he defeats Ye Chang first, so that he has no possibility to be in charge of the overall situation, the next thing will be easy to do, An Lushan can completely seize Hanzhong, cut off Ge Shuhan's source of food, and fight a war of attrition with Ge Shuhan. At the same time, he sent an envoy to the dog Rong, saying that the dog Rong would attack Ge Shuhan. In this way, the long will be three years, and the short will be one year, and Geshuhan will perish!

The key now is to defeat Ye Chang, not only for revenge, but also to open the door to Hanzhong to the west.

More than 100,000 people went on the expedition, which was naturally huge, not only the people in Chang'an City knew the way, but even Li Longji, who left Ma Weiyi and continued westward, also quickly got the news.

"How should Ye Changdang deal with it?"

After Ma Wei's change, Li Longji let out a cry of relief, and Yang Yuhuan was dragged away in front of him, tearing off the last fig leaf of the Supreme Son of Heaven. He is no longer the ambitious emperor, but just an old man who doesn't want to die. With this awareness, his attitude towards Ye Chang is also different, most of his suspicions and precautions in the past have been put down by him, and now he is only worried.

"An army of 150,000, known as 300,000, Ye Chang is now recruiting people from all over the world, and he is only 3,000 people in his hands." Wei Jiansu sighed similarly beside him.

He picked up a slaughter, but everyone knew that he was only a transitional candidate, and he would be replaced as soon as Li Longji escaped to safety. The reason is only because he is Yang Guozhong's party - this is difficult for him to argue, he is indeed appreciated by Yang Guozhong and has been repeatedly promoted, and in the past few years when Yang Guozhong has been the prime minister, he has also resigned himself to all kinds of illegal acts of the Yang family, and there is no struggle.

Even so, he hopes to be able to do something during his short tenure, even if only to be able to get over the credit when the final reckoning comes.

"According to Qing, how should Ye Changdang respond?"

"There are no soldiers and no generals, even if there is a magic weapon like a grenade, but when it is finally exhausted, An Rebellion recruits Chang'an Qingzhuang to go on the expedition, the purpose is to consume Ye Gong's grenade...... Its plan is very poisonous, and there is really nothing to be done. Wei Jiansu hung his head and said: "The minister is incompetent......"

"Don't say you, there is no way to change anyone......" Li Longji sighed: "There are no workshops to the west of Chang'an, and Ye Chang can't pull out tens of thousands of workers to ...... like in Luoyang."

"What if Geshuhan can arrive in time?"

"Ge Shuhan has only gotten the news now, he has gathered his troops and prepared for it, and he will not be able to arrive at all without more than ten days."

Only after letting go can we look at the problem calmly, and Li Longji's judgment of the situation at this moment is still relatively accurate.

"What then?" Wei Jiansu said with a worried face.

If Ye Chang can't stop An Lushan, then An Lushan's Hu cavalry will come quickly, and Li Longji wants to escape to Shudi, but he is afraid that there will be twists and turns.

"Send someone to Ye Chang and make him ...... Prioritizing self-preservation doesn't have to be too reluctant. Li Longji was silent for a while, and then smiled bitterly: "But he must be immortal, others don't listen to me in order to seize power, but he doesn't listen to me in order to save me...... I'm old, I'm old......"

Next to him, Chen Xuanli and Gao Lishi glanced at each other, Gao Lishi was okay, but Chen Xuanli's eyes were extremely gloomy.

"If I am young, I will let Ye Chang do it and see what kind of surprise he can give me...... When I'm old, I won't be able to distinguish between loyalty and treachery, as for now! ”

Li Longji muttered, with a deep meaning hidden in his words. What he said was to Wei Jiansu, and Wei Jiansu was also embarrassed. Yang Guozhong's experience is not far away, at this time, where does he dare to offend Gao Lishi and Chen Xuanli?

"The minister will send someone to deliver a letter to Ye Gong." Finding an excuse, Wei Jiansu left Li Longji's side.

However, after only a moment of leaving the city, he turned back with a happy face: "The guards sent by Ge Shuhan have arrived, Your Majesty, you are very happy!" ”

"The people of Goshuhan...... That's it? Li Longji's brows jumped again.