In the mansion of Fan Yang Jiedu, the newspaper sent by Liu Luogu of the Jinju Academy was submitted to An Lushan's desk. The obese Doctor An put on his boots under the service of the eunuch Li Zhu'er, and only wore a medium single on his body, bypassed the screen and came to the case, pinched the Di Bao in his hand, and asked Yan Zhuang, Gao Shang and An Qingxu below: "Have you read the contents of the Di Bao?" There was something terrible that disturbed me from taking a nap. ”

"My lord, the eldest prince went to Beijing to see him, and was forcibly left by Yang Guozhong in the name of giving marriage, named the servant of the official inspection school, and married the daughter of the clan Rongyi County Lord, but he was actually a hostage. In addition, Liu Luogu was worried about being harmed by Yang Guozhong, so he asked the lord for instructions and wanted to withdraw into the concert hall and return to Fanyang. ”

An Fatzi scolded angrily: "Ge his mother's fear of death, Lao Tzu's son is still in Chang'an, what is he afraid of?" Write to him and tell him not to come back!"

"Whoa."

Gao Shang and cautiously advised: "In addition, Li Siye's eldest son was also forcibly left in Chang'an in the name of marriage. ”

An Lushan twisted his beard and pondered: "In this way, the people who worked the street are now also suffering from the same disease as me?"

Gao Shang happily crossed his hands and praised: "Since this is the case, I am here to congratulate the lord." ”

Fat An's eyes widened: "What is there to congratulate?"

"Hey, the lord didn't notice, Yang Guozhong offended the lord in the northeast, and offended Li Siye in the northwest, and now the Jiannan soldiers have been defeated by the Nanzhao several times, and the strength has long been gone, and the only two who obey his orders are only Ge Shuhan of Longyou and An Sishun of Shuofang. In this way, the situation is more favorable to the lord. ”

An Lushan raised his head and pretended to sigh melancholy: "An someone's biggest hope is to be able to hold on to the acre of three points of land in Yanyun Liaodong, and the descendants can be blessed and extended, and it is best to be hereditary, now it is fifty and three, and this old bone can be tossed for a few more years?"

Yan Zhuang stepped forward and persuaded him: "The lord wants to be comfortable, I'm afraid that some people in the court will not want to make you comfortable, Yang Guozhong is aggressive, and the emperor is old and faint, and he listens to and believes partially, if the lord can't always be vigilant, he will inevitably suffer, if he waits until the situation is critical?" It must be countered in advance. ”

"Huh, hehe?" An Lushan laughed three times, waved his hand to the two of them and said, "You guys should retreat first." ”

The two of them crossed hands and retreated? Only An Qingxu was left standing in the hall? He looked back at the figures of the two military advisors leaving, stepped forward and said to his father, "Grandpa? These two people are always around you to bewitch and rebel, what kind of heart are they at ease?"

Li Zhu'er quietly draped his fur fur on An Lushan's body? lowered his eyebrows and glanced at An Qingxu.

An Lushan rubbed the eye droppings in the corners of his eyes? Bounced it out with his little fingernails, and snorted and laughed: "What else can I settle down, of course, it is to go further and become an official." Since Li Linfu came to power? How many talented people stop at the government and the opposition? He and he are among the thousands of people. If they only follow Jiedu to envoy An Lushan, then they can only be a marching secretary and a jiedu judge for the rest of their lives. But if your grandfather and I become emperors, they will be the founding heroes, and they can naturally be extremely popular ministers and worship each other. ”

"So? You and my father and son's heads can't be confused, rebellion is a great crime to exterminate the Nine Clans? Who would dare to do it without complete certainty? Don't look at these military advisors, the generals are trying their best to instigate them every day? But when you really take that step, there's no turning back. ”

He pointed out the window and smiled, "We have no way back?" But these people have. Can they surrender to the imperial court if they lose the battle? You can demote a general to an official. But our father and son cannot surrender? That's why we have to think carefully. I envy Li Siye very much now, he is younger than me, and he can have more time to plan for a way out. I'm afraid that my time is running out, and the court will inevitably liquidate you after a hundred years, so what should you do when the time comes? ”

An Qingxu lowered his head and thought about it, but he couldn't think of any good way out, so he had to rub his hands dryly.

The guards walked in from outside the lobby door, knelt down on one knee and crossed their hands and said, "King Qiyu, General An Shouzhong has returned from Hexi." ”

An Lushan's eyes widened, and he said with a perked spirit: "Quickly call him in." ”

I saw a man dressed in a Sogdian collared robe stepping into the threshold, wearing the pointed felt hat often worn by the merchants on his head, and stepped forward and said: "Father-in-law, since the autumn and winter of last year, I have ordered several caravans to pretend to be several caravans around me, and go to Hexi, Beiting, and Anxi to secretly investigate. As a result, I don't know it, and I was shocked when I probed, and guess what?"

An Lushan shook his fur fur and returned to the case, and patted the case heavily: "Hugh wants to show off his tongue here with me, come quickly." ”

"Well, from last year to the present day, the Eighth Army of Hexi, the Third Army of Beiting and the Four Towns of Anxi have all recruited and expanded, and it is estimated that the number of people under Hexi has reached 80,000, and the strength of the Beiting Army has also expanded to 27,000 since the remnants of Absi were collected. After the four towns of Anxi obtained a large number of large food war horses, they also recruited a large number of horsemen from the Turgish and Qarluq tribesmen, and the total strength was probably nearly 30,000 people. This is not counting the two armies of Yonghui and Longshuo in Hezhong and Tocharo, the Guiren army of Xiaobolu, and the garrison led by Zhao Congfang in North India. ”

An Lushan felt his scalp tingle when he heard so many military towns, waved his hand and said, "You just say how many people and how many horses he has!" Why be so noisy. ”

"Well, it is estimated that the total number of troops under Li Siye's command should exceed 180,000, and the number of war horses should be 60,000 or 70,000 or more?"

"Say what?" An Lushan slapped the case heavily and said angrily: "I sent you so many scouts to work in detail, and in the end, you gave Lao Tzu an estimate?" Are you a mess?"

An Shouzhong knelt on the ground in horror, and defended with a sad face: "Shouzhong deserves to die, and he can't do everything his righteous father explained." But the land occupied by Li Siye in the Western Regions of Longyou is vast and sparsely populated, and the east-west span is as long as 10,000 miles, and it is really hard for the meticulous workers to go back and forth. In addition, Longyou's soldiers are well guarded, so they can only inquire from the outside, and they can't get close to peep. The above reports are only the strength of the cities and military towns, such as the garrison of Longyou and the beacon fort like a starry place, I am afraid that it will not be possible to find out clearly even if there is another year. ”

An Lushan's anger gradually weakened, and he asked An Shouzhong in a low voice while holding his throat: "Then according to what you see, the three towns of Hebei that are my father and the three towns of Longyou of his Li Siye, which one has more troops, which one is stronger and which is weaker?" You tell the truth, don't bend your way to welcome it!"

"Huh," An Shouzhong looked up at An Qingxu beside him, and then cautiously looked up at An Lushan, and said hesitantly: "If it is judged by the strength alone, the three towns of Hebei that are naturally the father-in-law are better, but if it is judged by iron cavalry, the cavalry of the Chishui Army in Liangzhou is sixty percent, the Han Navy in Tingzhou is all iron cavalry, and the four towns of Anxi are fifty percent of iron cavalry. Li Siye has been operating in the Anxi Courtyard for a long time, and all units in the army have camels and horses, and their logistical transportation capacity is super strong, and they can fight after traveling hundreds of miles over long distances, and our army is not comparable with it. ”

Seeing that An Lushan's face was getting darker and darker, An Shouzhong hurriedly changed his words: "However, Li Siye occupies a wide area and controls thousands of miles of territory, even if all the regions in the Tang Dynasty are in charge combined, they are less than half of him. In case of changes in the Central Plains in the future, he needs to send troops to stay behind, and India, Big and Small Bolu, Hezhong, and Tocharian soldiers and horses cannot be mobilized, and he can eventually lead an army into the Central Plains with a maximum of 80,000 or 90,000 troops, while his father can mobilize 150,000 soldiers and horses. Which is stronger or weaker, my father will know as soon as he calculates. ”

An Lushan supported his chin with his elbows, raised his head and thought wildly: "But his ability to command battles is far better than mine, does he have a different heart like me when he recruits soldiers and horses on such a large scale?" If he can raise troops to rebel, then wouldn't I be a praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches behind, sitting back and enjoying the success?"