In front of the Ningbi Pond in the Forbidden Garden of Luoyang, An Lushan sat on the top of the palace wearing a yellow robe. Due to the hot weather, he simply took off the crown and threw it aside on the desk, and lifted the middle single in the yellow robe, exposing his fat belly.

He picked up the wine lord and faced the ministers, and said loudly with a smile: "Now I have taken Luoyang Chang'an, although there are remnants of the imperial court in Hebei and Henan who are stubbornly resisting, but the soldiers under his command have used their lives, Shi Shugan has gradually pacified Hebei, Li Tingwang and Linghu Chao are attacking Yongqiu, Henan, Wu Lingxun has broken Lu Jiong in Nanyang, and after the north is pacified, I will personally lead the army south to dominate the world!" ”

The ministers and generals sitting on the left and right below also raised their wine cups, raised their hands and said loudly: "Congratulations to Emperor Shengwu, may Your Majesty rule the world for thousands of generations." ”

"Okay, okay, haha." While An Lushan laughed loudly, he looked at the many courtiers below, some of whom were really happy, such as the solemn and noble two strategists who were afraid that the world would not be chaotic; There are also people who force their faces to laugh, such as the former prime minister Chen Xilie, the former Henan Yin Da Xi Xun and other ministers; There are also literati and celebrities who can't smile at all with a bitter face, such as Wang Wei, who was captured to Chang'an.

An Lushan put down the wine lord and glanced at these people coldly, who is putting a stinky face here, if it weren't for the solemn and solemn let me treat you scholars leniently, saying that in this way I can sit firmly in the country, and I would have sawed you one by one with a big saw.

He cocked his beard and said with a smile: "Today's banquet should be accompanied by singing and dancing." Fortunately, we invited the music and dance of the pear orchard that the Tang King once vigorously cultivated from Chang'an. Let the standing dancers dance for you, and the sitting musicians play for you. ”

He waited for half a cup of tea, but he didn't see the dancing women coming up, and he couldn't help but pat the desk and shout angrily: "What about people." Don't hurry up and bet on it! ”

An Lushan said that he missed his mouth for a while, but he couldn't care about it, because these dancing dancers below were indeed brought to the stage with knives. An Lushan's guards pulled out half of the horizontal knife from their waists, stood behind the platform and threatened them: "Jump! ”

The dancers began to dance stiffly, waving their long sleeves, but their faces were full of tears, which made people feel sad to see. Many former ministers and literati couldn't bear to look at it, for fear that tears would come out of their eyes, and they were secretly worried that these beauties would be annoyed by An Lushan and killed.

Fortunately, An Lushan has had a little problem with his eyesight recently, and he didn't see the tears on the faces of these women, he shook his head and looked forward to the sound of the pipa in the music, which was really energetic.

But among the people here, there is An Lushan's sworn henchman, who is also a talent who is proficient in music and music and likes singing and dancing, and he said angrily at this moment: "Today is the birthday of Emperor Shengwu, but you people are crying here, who are you mourning?" ”

When An Lushan heard this, he beckoned to these dancers: "Come close to me!" And musicians! Come on to me! ”

They walked up the steps with their heads bowed, and they were only a little more than a zhang away from An Lushan. An Lushan stood up with his hands on the desk, leaned over and looked forward, only to see that all the Maiko had tears on their faces, including these musicians, and one of them was holding a pipa, staring at him with eyes like an enemy, and his expression seemed to be eager to bite off a piece of meat from his stomach.

An Lushan patiently persuaded him: "Go down, continue to dance, don't let me see another tear, everyone must have a smile on his face, but if there is a tear that does not smile, I will have someone cut off his head." ”

Pipa musician Lei Haiqing suddenly rushed forward, waved the pipa and smashed it on the top of An Lushan's head, An was fat and flexible, and quickly dodged to the side, the pipa fell to pieces, but failed to hurt An Lushan in the slightest.

The two pro-soldiers stepped forward and pressed Lei Haiqing's arm with both hands, but he stood upright and did not kneel, and opened his mouth to scold: "Lushan anti-thief!" Thou hast betrayed the Lord and forsaken thy grace, and thou hast caused chaos in the world, and you will eventually go to hell and suffer from ten thousand years of swords, saws and axes, and when thou die, the people of the world will also eat thy flesh raw! ”

An Lushan trembled with anger, and said angrily: "Cut off his mouth for me!" ”

The executioner was executed in his hands, and Lei Haiqing was covered in blood with two knives, his teeth burst out, and he still cursed after screaming.

At this time, someone happened to come to report the battle situation in Chang'an: "Report! Chang'an comes to report! ”

An Lushan said angrily: "Read! ”

"Your Majesty, Xijing stayed behind Zhang Tongru to report, Li Siye led his troops south to the east, Fufeng County was lost, Dasanguan was lost, and a few days ago An Shouzhong and Li Guiren were personally led by 60,000 troops to the conquest, and were repelled by Li Siye and the main force of the Hexi Army, and more than 20,000 soldiers were injured."

An Lushan couldn't help but be annoyed again, was this repulsed? They were defeated, and a third of the 60,000 people did not return!

Lei Haiqing, who had no lips, scolded loudly beside him: "Thief, haha, your treason will definitely fail miserably, and then it will be when you will be cut by a thousand knives!" ”

An Lushan was furious, and said in a cold voice with a hideous face: "Didn't you keep saying that I would go to hell and be cut by a thousand knives!" Today, I will let you taste the taste of being Ling Chi first, and someone will tie him up in front of the Opera Horse Hall for me, and Ling Chi will be executed! Also, send me all these musicians and maiko to watch the execution! Set an example! ”

At this time, suddenly a thunder sounded in the sky, and the sky, which was still clear, suddenly became cloudy, and raindrops the size of beans crackled in front of Ningbi Pond.

An Lushan was taken aback by this weather anomaly, but he didn't change his mind, and still shouted angrily: "Pull it down, execute!" ”

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The city head of Yongqiu County, east of Luoyang, was stained with blood, the towers were broken, and beneath the low city walls were piles of corpses. Zhenyuan County ordered Zhang Xun to stand at the head of the city in iron armor, surrounded by his subordinate generals Nanba and Lei Wanchun. They fired downward with crossbows in hand, and the rebels who climbed on the siege ladder rolled down with bloody eyes.

"Nanba, lead people to guard the horse's face on the left side of the city!"

"Whoa."

Nan Jiyun personally twisted the roller, lifted a barbed wood with a rope, and waited until another string of enemies rushed up the siege ladder and brandished swords and guns, and suddenly released the roller so that the wood rolled down from the city wall, and the rebels who climbed the ladder rolled down one after another.

The rebel general Ling Fox ordered in a rage: "Give it to me!" Those who can get Zhang Xun's head will be rewarded with 100 gold! ”

"Kill!" The thieves charged at the top of the city with their swords raised.

Suddenly, rolling dark clouds came from the west, low as black clouds, and sometimes thunder and lightning swam and flickered in them like beetles, and in the blink of an eye the rain poured down, drenching all the soldiers above and below the city.

Ling Huchao urged the horse to come to the rebel general Li Huaixian, raised his chin and crossed his hands and said: "Envoy Li, for some reason, it suddenly rained heavily, and the sergeant's clothes and armor are wet and heavy and difficult to climb, why don't you temporarily withdraw the troops and fight again tomorrow?" ”

Li Huaixian replied very neatly: "Collect the troops!" ”

Zhang Xun and the other three were still standing on the top of the city, the rain flowing down their pockets, and on their faces like tears. Lei Wanchun stared blankly at the direction of Luoyang in the west, and asked himself, "What happened in Luoyang?" ”

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In February of that year, the rebels brought four prisoner carts to the streets of Luoyang City, and the flails in the cars were unkempt, and the scars all over their bodies were scabbed, and they looked in extremely miserable condition. The people looked at the people locked in the prison cart, and could not help but stand at the door of the wall to secretly wipe away their tears, a bold beggar chased after the young son who held the cake to the prisoner car, and the escorted executioner waved the whip and knocked him to the ground.

The soldiers trampled over the Hu cake one by one and walked along Dingdingmen Avenue in the direction of Tianjin Bridge.

An Lushan was dressed in a yellow robe and sat in front of the end gate of the palace city at the head of the Zodiac Bridge, the Hu bed under him could not withstand the pressure of his weight and creaked, the eunuch Li Zhu'er personally supported the canopy, and the two palace ladies used pheasant tail barriers to block behind him.

The four prisoner vans crossed the bridge and stopped, lined up in turn. The executioners opened the prisoner cart carrying Yan Gaoqing and dragged him out of the cart.

Yan Gaoqing first stood upright, and the executioner knocked him to the ground with a big stick from behind. An Lushan straightened his waist, looked down at Yan Gaoqing, who was covered in scars, and sneered: "My Judge Yan, let's meet again." ”

Yan Gaoqing twisted his face to the side, and there was only stoicism and unyielding on his face.

"Yan Xu, at the beginning, I thought that you were talented and learned, and invited you from Fan Yanghu Cao to be the judge of the festival, and let you succeed Guanglu and Taichang Ercheng, and also used you to act as Changshan Taishou, what did I do to you, but let you betray me?"

Yan Gaoqing replied with contempt: "My fifth ancestor of the Yan family, Yan Shigu is a minister during the Wude Zhenguan period, my grandfather is the Huazhou Thorn History, and my father is the Haozhou Thorn History, who has been favored by the Tang Emperor for generations, and will always abide by loyalty, even if you have to ask the acting officer, should you still rebel?" Besides, you were originally a Sogdian slave shepherd in Yingzhou, and because you stole the emperor's favor, you have today, what did the Son of Heaven fail you and you rebelled against the court? ”