An Lushan nodded solemnly and asked, "What is Mr. Gao's good plan, dare to teach me." ”

Gao Shang stretched out his finger and stirred in the air: "Muddy the water in Chang'an, secretly send spies to pretend to be traders from Hexi, and spread the news in Chang'an, saying that the lord and Li Siye agreed to rebel and divide the land of the Tang Dynasty equally." ”

"Alas," An Lushan waved his hand: "Your strategy doesn't work, the emperor still trusts Li Siye quite a lot, Liu Luogu spread such rumors in Chang'an before, but it didn't achieve any effect." ”

"Naturally, it didn't work before, but once the doctor got into trouble, the emperor's so-called trust would no longer exist. As the saying goes, once he was bitten by a snake, he was afraid of grass ropes for ten years, but whenever the emperor lost trust in the generals, he would not believe anyone, let alone Li Siye, who had 180,000 troops. ”

An Lushan narrowed his eyes, paced back and forth in the study, turned around and pointed at Gao Shang and asked, "Go on." ”

"Once the doctor got into trouble, the army went south to take Luoyang, the eastern capital, and entered Tongguan in the west. The emperor would not dare to hand over his back to Li Siye, let alone let him lead his troops through Guanlongdao to cross the Yellow River through Lanzhou and enter Guanzhong, and even needed to use the Longyou Dao army to guard the Yellow River to guard against Li Siye. This strategy was enough to contain the two armies of Hexi and Longyou. ”

"The Gyeonggi troops guarding Guanzhong are the children of the good family in Guanzhong, and they have never participated in the battle, so they can never be our opponents. The lord will be able to break through the pass and enter. At that time, the emperor could only be forced to let Li Siye enter Lanzhou, and he himself fled to Shuzhong. The lord secretly contacted the Tubo army to attack Hexi in advance and contain a part of the Hexi army, and Li Siye needed to leave a large number of troops to defend Hexi. We will take the lead in Guanzhong, win more than few, and meet Li Siye with ease and waiting, and we will definitely be able to defeat him in one fell swoop. ”

An Lushan lowered his head and pondered, and said: "Li Siye has always been ambitious, and he must want to seek great things when he is fighting in Hexi. If I raise troops first to take Guanzhong, even if there is a Tubo army in Hexi, and there are two armies under his command, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry of the Chishui Army and the Anxi Beiting Army, how can our army win? ”

Gao Shang hurriedly cheered An Lushan and said: "The lord can rest assured, we have two benefits compared with Li Siye, and Li Siye has two harms." Once our army occupies Luoyang, it will control Hanjiacang and have 10,000 stones of grain? And Guanzhong Hexi is short of food? The enemy will not dare to last with our army, and this will be beneficial and harmful. Our army is working together? No worries? And Li Siye will inevitably be restrained and suspicious by the imperial court, which is both beneficial and harmful. Does our army have these two benefits? and concentrated superior forces, so why not worry about Li Siye. ”

An Lushan is happy? Holding the noble shoulder, he smiled and said, "There is a military advisor to analyze the pros and cons for me? A certain worry-free, from today onwards, the warehouse will be opened with great fanfare to reward the soldiers. Prepare grain and grass for the south, and strengthen training for all armies. ”

He lowered his voice again and commanded Gao Shang: "You go and invite the servant Cheng solemnly, as well as Wu'er Qingxu and Ashina Chengqing?" Call them all together? Let's take a closer look. ”

"Whoa."

An Lushan and the two military advisors, as well as the second sons Qingxu and Chengqing, entered the secret room, and under the light, his eyes were completely different from usual, only coldness and Sen Ran remained, and said to the four people around him: "Yang Guozhong has repeatedly used the name of His Majesty to deal with this king? Now I have 200,000 soldiers and horses in my hands? The uprising was timely. Today you are all my confidants, please choose a good time for me? Find a valid reason to raise troops and go south. ”

Gao Shang took out the back picture of Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng from his arms, and said in a low voice: "According to the picture? Is the 9th day of November a good time to start an incident? What if the lord can do it on the same day? We will be able to gather the benefits of the time, and great things will be accomplished! ”

Yan Zhuang leaned in front of the lamp and whispered: "Since Yang Guozhong became prime minister, he has been autocratic and misguided the country, causing chaos in the government, and he has been defeated twice in the crusade against Nanzhao. And the Yang family also took advantage of the weight of his relatives, extravagantly corrupted, disregarded the livelihood of the crops, and concealed the disaster in Guanzhong and did not report it. He tried to harm the doctor again and again, and if he didn't get rid of it, heaven and people would be angry. The lord can use the name of punishing Yang Guozhong and Qingjun to raise a large army to go south! ”

An Qingxu and Ashina Chengqing also stepped forward and said, "Grandpa, my son is willing to work together with his father to conspire with great things." ”

"Lord, I am the same, conspiring for great things!"

An Lushan propped his hands on the desk, his eyes swelled with ambition and lust, and he said to the four people around him: "This matter must not be spread for the time being, let alone be exposed." ”

The four of them crossed their hands at the same time and said, "Oh." ”

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The fifth day of the eighth month of the 14th year of Tianbao is the birthday of the Tang Emperor Li Longji.

The emperor was happier than in previous years, and decreed that from this day Chang'an would lift the curfew, and until the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15, during the double festival, the people could carnival all night in the streets, and the Ministry of Industry and the Shaofu Supervisor hung up long lanterns on the main streets of Chang'an to celebrate the birthday of His Majesty the Emperor.

When night fell, the people who had had dinner took to the streets, each carrying a paper lamp, to Xingqing Palace Square to pray for the emperor's birthday.

At this moment, Chang'an has become a city that never sleeps, the lampposts on both sides of the square wall are lined up, the colorful lanterns are hung on the towers of the city gates, the red lights are swaying under the eaves corner of the top of the mountain, and the wind chimes are murmuring. Thousands of Kong Ming lanterns float from the courtyards of homes, adding even more sparkle to the long starry night.

Zhao Lu, a bad person in Wannian County, Chang'an City, stood under the door of Tonghua Fangfang, chewing mint leaves in his mouth, looking up at the lantern on the door, his eyes gradually becoming confused.

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On the upper floor of the Taihe Gate of Daming Palace, Zhang Xiaojing, the marquis of the Longwu Army, was wearing a fine-scale iron armor and a strong iron pill helmet standing at the entrance of the female wall, he took out the military pot from his waist, raised his head and poured a sip of wine, looking at the Kong Ming lantern floating in the night sky, and sighed inexplicably with compassion: "Brothers, how many years can we see such a scene?" ”

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At the door of the Miji Commercial Bank in Xishi, Mi Chagan, a wealthy man from Chang'an wearing a dark green patterned robe and a fox fur on his shoulders, stood in front of Xi Che, and behind him were five or six servants carrying boxes. The chest contained coins and silk. He was going to Jinchangfang Ci'en Temple tonight to give money to him.

The night breeze was blowing, but Michagan looked at the west of the river, and muttered: "Pepper's business has reached the most glorious stage, why do you want me to withdraw, my four Miji shops, and more than a dozen Huating mansions, aren't they just abandoned in vain?" ”

The shopkeeper stepped forward and whispered: "Owner, the store has been cleaned up in advance, I have given the guys a holiday to let them watch the lights, and I will guard the store tonight." ”

"Thank you for your hard work, Lao Zhou, starting tomorrow, I will exchange the money in the money cellars of the four shops into convenient ripe brocade silk and gold, and send them to Liangzhou, Hexi in batches."

"Whoa." Shopkeeper Zhou did not understand the owner's decision, but he did not ask any questions and carried out the owner's orders unconditionally.

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Under the arch bridge leading to the Yong'an Canal in the Xishi Liberation Pond, a couple of men and women walked to the edge of the canal on the stone slabs, lit the candles in the paper boats in their hands, and gently placed them on the water, and thousands of lantern boats floated downstream along the sparkling water. The white-haired old woman folded a purple lotus, the candle flame fluttered at the lamp, she closed her eyes and folded her hands, and silently recited the scriptures in her mouth. The stars floated in the canal, and the drunks sat in the pleasure boats, and their eyes were hazy, not knowing whether the stars in the sky were rivers or the stars in the rivers were in the sky.

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In the alley of Xinchangfang, a husband and wife walked out of the courtyard gate, followed by two eight or nine-year-old children carrying four lanterns. The MILF woman turned seductively and looked at the mottled and old walls of the neighbor's yard, and turned away faintly.

The man was half angry and half embarrassed and joked: "I still think about the owner of the courtyard, he is now the feudal official of the three towns of Jiedu, and he wants to have this kind of dream again." ”

The lady pursed her lips and rolled her eyes and said, "The old lady didn't do anything, can't you think about it?" ”

The two children chased back and forth with the lights in their hands jumping back and forth.

The lady's family walked out of Xinchang Square and merged into the flow of people in front of Xingqing Palace Square. Men wearing hats, women with hair buns, each carrying paper lamps in their hands, gradually converged from various squares to the main street, and finally came to Xingqinggong Square.

The bell and drum towers on both sides of the calyx tower sounded the dull drums of Qingyue, and the emperor wearing a crown walked forward slowly, followed by the ministers to the Yuntai corridor, and looked down at the bustling crowd on the ground. The lanterns in the hands of the people are intertwined, like dense stars in the depths of the starry sky.

Li Longji also took a lamp from Gao Lishi's hand, held it in his hand and waved it gently towards the people below.

The people of Chang'an immediately cheered, held the paper lamp in their hands in the air, looked up excitedly with crystal eyes, and shouted in their mouths: "My emperor has no borders!" ”

"Long live my emperor!"

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