82, Lone Loyal to the country Yan Zhenqing

"Yes, the several city gates that the Shi Jiajun is holding are also building fortifications, and An Qingxu has been urging him very much these days, and he has to be supervised by his father himself, and I am afraid that he will not be able to come back until later. ”

"So that's the case, hey, Brother Siming has made great contributions to An Lushan, but he still has to do these heavy jobs himself, it's really-"

"These are not what the emperor meant, it's just An Qingxu doing trouble," Shi Chaoyi smiled helplessly, "Oh, why did Uncle Xiao come here this night? Are you used to walking at night?" ”

"Haha, I'm joking with your Uncle Xiao again, I heard that An Lushan's old boy hasn't been doing well recently, so I went to the palace to take a look first. ”

Shi Chaoyi was not surprised at all, and poured a glass of warm wine for Xiao Yan'er.

"Your Majesty—how is he now?" Shi Chaoyi's tone was full of worry.

"Well, I don't think he's very conscious, he seems to be really crazy, and his eyes don't seem to be very good. ”

"Oh, so didn't Uncle Xiao come to visit the emperor?"

"But I looked outside the main hall, and I saw that he had not called everyone to discuss the matter, but he was still in the main hall, drinking and having fun alone, and it was really crazy. ”

"It's crazy, it's really a bit cruel, although the emperor is a little obese, but in the past, whether it is martial arts or brains, he was a first-class hero, hey, but the emperor has indeed not returned to the palace for a long time," Shi Chaoyi paused, shook his head helplessly and smiled: "Hehe, probably because of greed for the throne in the Golden Palace." ”

"Hahahaha, at such a young age, your insight is impressive. ”

"Uncle Xiao has won the award, otherwise, my nephew will order someone to inform my father?

"No need, I have a few words to explain to you, Uncle Xiao will leave, I have other things to do, I can't delay in Luoyang for too long. ”

"......" Shi Chaoyi looked at Xiao Yan'er respectfully, waiting for him to continue.

"I also went to An Qingxu just now. ”

“......”

"What does he seem to be secretly planning?"

"Well, recently there was a Fuso named Sanada Jinggang and a tantric monk from the Great Snow Mountain, they have been secretly planning this, it should be related to the Luoyang City Defense that my father went to supervise the construction, right?"

"It's not like that's what they're talking about. ”

"Haha, isn't it Uncle Xiao eavesdropping on them in the dark again?"

"Yes, we don't want to cooperate directly with An Qingxu. ”

"Uncle Xiao is a good method, An Qingxu has been mysterious recently, and his father also sent assassins to find out the truth, but he never thought that the Peacock King was too powerful, and he actually opened a big enchantment, and at this moment in the mansion, he couldn't even enter his courtyard, and he almost exposed his identity. ”

"Hahahaha, I know that Peacock Dharma King, his Dharma cultivation is among the best in the world, but your Uncle Xiao is not afraid of any enchantments. ”

"I see, what did Uncle Xiao hear them talking about?"

As if talking about An Lushan, An Qingxu lost his temper, the cup and saucer table case was shattered, and he was always resentful and scolded what fox spirit, scolding An Lushan for being mean and unkind to him. ”

"Well, that's it, it's normal. ”

"What? aren't you surprised?"

"Surprised by what? Is it to the emperor, or to An Qingxu?"

"An Lushan, and An Qingxu. ”

"Hey, Uncle Xiao doesn't know, the emperor's temperament has changed greatly in the past few months, and he often humiliates and whips everyone, and he can't handle the government normally, and now the affairs of the court are handled by King An Qingxu of Jin, and only he and a few people close to him dare to enter the hall and discuss something with the emperor, but even An Qingxu is often beaten and scolded, and it is normal for him to have resentment in his heart. ”

Xiao Yan'er waited patiently for Shi Chaoyi to finish speaking, and he was very surprised why An Lushan became what he is today.

I never imagined that he would become like this, when he was sympathetic to his subordinates and valued wealth and righteousness, and was deeply loved by the soldiers, today he ended up in a lonely situation. ”

"Well, who says it's not, my father and I don't want to face today. ”

"This, if you don't want to face it, you have to face it, I think his time is running out, your father and he, have you ever thought about it, once An Lushan is dead, how should your historian gain a foothold?"

Hearing this, Shi Chaoyi's heart couldn't help but rise a trace of vigilance.

This Xiao Yan'er and his father, as well as the Great Yan Emperor An Lushan, have been friends for more than ten years, but his father often reminds himself to be careful of Xiao Yan'er and his friends.

Father's words only stopped there, no matter how much Shi Chaoyi asked, Shi Siming didn't say anything.

"What does Uncle Xiao mean?"

"Your father is not only An Lushan's old subordinate, but also a brother with decades of friendship, in An Qingxu's eyes, your father has always been An Lushan's person, a son of heaven and a courtier. ”

"These, my father has also thought about it, An Qingxu has also changed these days, and I and I are not like brothers and sisters in the past, and I feel always more vigilant and vigilant. ”

"That's it, although Luoyang City is surrounded by ** at the moment, there will always be a turnaround, more than half of the rivers and mountains of this Great Yan Kingdom were fought down by your father and son, why do you have to bend your knees." ”

"This-such an idea, my father hasn't mentioned it to me yet, Uncle Xiao ventured here late at night, just to remind me of this matter?"

"Uh-just stop by to take a look, Luoyang has been besieged for a long time and has not seen a turnaround, I wanted to go to see An Lushan's side, is there anything that can help, look at him like that, hey, forget it, I just want to stop by to see your father, haha, I didn't expect your father to be there." ”

"Uncle Xiao, didn't you think about helping An Qingxu?"

"Hahahaha, this person's temperament, you grew up with him, you should know a little. We don't want to waste money and resources. ”

“......”

"Among you in these later lives, Uncle Xiao is most optimistic about you, you have a generous heart and are deeply supported by your subordinates, which is much stronger than your father, Brother Siming governs the army strictly, and there are many complaints among his subordinates, the war is going well, but the war is unpredictable, in case, Uncle Xiao is saying that if your father decides to stand on his own feet one day, you must help him well in this regard, and you must not let him come by temperament. ”

Shi Chaoyi raised his glass and smiled, about his father's evaluation, Xiao Yan'er's words were already polite, over the years, he has followed his father's side, and there are many people who are beheaded by his father because of violating military discipline, and his father is a person who is not affectionate at all.

"Yes, okay. Uncle Xiao's words, when his father comes back, his nephew will definitely discuss it with his father. ”

Chang'an's official document was also sent overnight, and it reached Guo Ziyi and Li Mi at night the next day.

Everything seems to be going very smoothly, and the court's attitude towards Shi Siming is also very generous in the eyes of Guo Ziyi and Li Mi, after all, he is a criminal minister who surrendered at the end of the road, and being able to be named the king of Guiyi really shows the emperor's grace.

In addition to promoting negotiations with Shi Siming and planning a specific strategy to break the city, the most critical part at the moment is to dispatch people to destroy the Black Dragon Reverse Vein and rescue Shi Siming's family.

In case of changes in Luoyang City, the magpie temporarily returned to Luoyang Zhangfu as an internal response.

Dugu Huan's Jing Channel Family Xuan Gong happened to be the best candidate to go to eliminate the Black Dragon Reverse Vein, and as for the required generals, he arranged to transfer a thousand cavalry in Pingyuan County for Dugu Huan to drive.

Pingyuan County is connected to Fanyang in the north, together with the east, west, north and south, and is in the center of this great war, and it is very appropriate to draw troops and horses there.

As for the return of the Hui soldiers and horses, Guo Ziyi and Li Mi also felt that the Luoyang fighter was like this, and it was good to return to it, after all, the stability of the Hui clan was also very important to the national fortune of the Tang Dynasty.

The Hui prince Gu Zhuo special service, the adviser Emperor De, knew that there was a rebellion in the territory of the Hui, he was very surprised, although he was worried about the situation in the tribe, but he also hoped to contribute to the attack on Luoyang, because the Hui Dynasty has been favored and helped by His Majesty the Tang Emperor for generations, and when the emperor needs the loyalty of soldiers, the Hui people should not retreat.

Guo Ziyi and Li Mi repeatedly persuaded them to understand that the stability of the Hui Yi was equally important to the Tang Dynasty, and once the city of Luoyang was broken, they would send troops and horses as usual to help the Hui put down the rebellion.

In the end, Gu Zhuo accepted Chang'an's arrangement, and personally wrote a sincere and sincere letter, asking Guo Ziyi to deliver it to Chang'an on his behalf, expressing his loyalty and apology to Emperor Suzong.

Appointed, Dugu Huan took Guo Ziyi's handwritten letter and military talismans, and secretly set off on the same day, and arrived in Pingyuan County early in the morning of the third day.

At present, it is Yan Zhenqing, the Taishou of Pingyuan, who is leading the military and civilians to guard Pingyuan County.

Yan Zhenqing was a Confucian scholar, in the twenty-second year of Kaiyuan, that is, when he was twenty-five years old, he ascended to the rank of Jinshi, and later served as the supervisor of the imperial history and the imperial history in the palace.

Yan Zhenqing is very Confucian and upright among officials.

During the Tianbao period, Yang Guozhong's party power rose, Yan Zhenqing began to be excluded, and in the twelfth year of Tianbao, Yan Zhenqing was transferred to the plain guard.

Although he was excluded and criticized by the powerful people in the DPRK and China, Yan Zhenqing still adhered to the Confucian idea of loyalty to the monarch and love the people, and worked hard in Pingyuan County, so that the local people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the politics were clear.

As a Confucian, and a great Confucian who is proficient in poetry and calligraphy, he also founded Yan Ti Kaishu, which has been passed down to future generations, and Yan Zhenqing also showed outstanding political talent.

Pingyuan County belongs to the jurisdiction of An Lushan, in the winter of the fourteenth year of Tianbao, An Lushan rebelled, at the beginning of Yan Zhenqing's appointment as Pingyuan Taishou, he had a keen political sense, and he noticed the signs of An Lushan's rebellion.

It's just that Pingyuan County only has 3,000 Jingsai soldiers, that is, guerrilla cavalry, if An Lushan really rebels, this amount of troops will not be able to stop the impact of more than 100,000 troops.

In the summer of the same year when An Lushan launched a rebellion, Yan Zhenqing pretended to be worried about the collapse of the city under the pretext of continuous rain, and widely recruited strong men to reserve grain and grass, on the one hand, he increased the height and strengthened the city wall, and on the other hand, he was incorporated into soldiers to strengthen training, and a total of more than 10,000 troops were added.

And Yan Zhenqing himself feasted and drank with guests and friends every day, singing poems and paintings, which made An Lushan relax his vigilance.

In December of the same year, An Lushan launched a mutiny, and the twenty-four counties of Hebei, except for Yan Zhenqing's Pingyuan County, were all occupied by the rebels.

When the news of the fall of Hebei reached Chang'an, Emperor Xuanzong lamented greatly, and couldn't help but feel that there was no loyal minister in the twenty-four counties.

It wasn't until Yan Zhenqing sent a soldier to join Li Ping, arrived in Chang'an quickly, and reported the situation of Pingyuan County and the anti-thieves, that Emperor Xuanzong felt a little relieved.

It can be said that in the early days of An Lushan's overwhelming rebellion, Yan Zhenqing's loyalty and courage greatly encouraged the confidence and ambition of Chang'an and even the Tang Dynasty.