More than 40 miles east of Yanshi County, Gong County.

An Lushan marched to this point, and ordered the vanguard soldiers and horses to attack Luoyang first, but he stopped and temporarily lived in Gongxian County to rest.

He occupied the Gong County Government Office to house his fat body, and let the fat on his stomach hang on the couch, and his temper exploded like a torrent.

"Smack!"

With a sound, the whip slammed into Li Zhu'er's back with the sound of breaking wind, tearing his clothes and revealing a bloody mark.

"Did you know I couldn't sleep lately?!"

An Lushan scolded loudly, his eyes were red, and he was furious.

Li Zhu'er leaned on the ground and trembled, he knew that the reason why An Lushan couldn't sleep well was because of fear and regret, but he didn't dare to answer, this answer would kill him.

A smell of noise permeated from his crotch, since he was castrated, Li Zhu'er couldn't control his urine, and the situation was even more serious under this whipping, and soon his crotch was soaked, and in the "snapping" whipping sound, the extremely subtle "ticking" sound was even more humiliating to him. He kept his head down, as if he wouldn't make a sound until he was killed.

Finally, Yan Zhuang and Zhang Tongru came, An Lushan stopped the whip, turned around and scolded.

"You plugged skins, listen to your birds, I'm going to die, die! At that time, the officers and soldiers cut my belly, took my anointing oil and lit a lamp, and illuminated your mother's **"

The more he scolded, the more unbearable words he had, and An Lushan was still angry, so he simply changed to Sogdian and scolded fiercely.

Zhang Tongru was scolded so ashamed that he saluted and said: "Don't worry about the prince......

With a "bang", An Lushan smashed a favorite jade carving of the county magistrate of Nagong County on Zhang Tongru, fell to the ground, and shattered to the ground.

He also vented his anger, and collapsed there on his stomach, crying out sadly: "It's over! If you can't win, I'm a good king of Dongping County, and I've become a rebel. ”

"The situation is very good, why did the prince of the government say this?!" Yan Zhuang said loudly, "If it is because Xue Bai occupies several small cities in Hebei......

"Small town?" An Lushan scolded: "Nineteen counties of the twenty-four counties have now rebelled, and you said a few small cities." With just these two pieces of mouth, you want to into the sky? ”

"Although Xue Bai is powerful, he is just famous, the elite soldiers of Hebei have long been drawn by the king, and his few soldiers and horses are just a rabble, not to mention that the counties have their own thoughts. There is no need to wait for the soldiers to know the news and shake the morale of the army, General Shi must have recovered Hebei and captured Xue Bai, doesn't the prince believe him? ”

An Lushan touched his smooth belly, rolled left and right on the couch, annoyed, and shouted: "You said it well, now the sage sent Gao Xianzhi to Luoyang City to hold on, he is a famous general who destroyed the little Bolu Kingdom, and recruited 80,000 soldiers and horses in just a few days, Luoyang is definitely not easy to fight, he is the same as Xue Bai, as long as the city is closed and does not come out, hold on for a month, we run out of grain and grass, and I will be lit with oil lamps!" ”

"Listen to me, how many of the small people in the eastern capital have fought? I'm afraid that I haven't even seen blood, such a rabble of 80,000 people......"

An Lushan's leg hurt badly, and he screamed and interrupted their nonsense, saying that once he couldn't capture Luoyang, he would simply plunder, kill back Fanyang, split the earth, seal the king, and divide one side.

The closer he got to Luoyang, the more he had a bad premonition, feeling that there was danger lurking ahead. This is out of the constant awe and fear of the saints, as if a small animal smells the scent left by the beast and does not dare to enter the territory of the beast easily.

He was fat, but he was extremely sharp, and this intuition had saved his life countless times.

However, Yan Zhuang and Zhang Tongru never supported the return of Fanyang, and their rebellion was out of the ambition of "governing the country and leveling the world", and they were persuaded bitterly.

"Ten days, as long as ten days, as long as the prince of the mansion waits patiently for ten days, the eastern capital will belong to the monarch of the mansion."

"You're used to playing tricks, ten days and ten days."

Yan Zhuang knelt on the ground and said: "Chang'an and Luoyang have been soaked in the drunken dream of the faint monarch, and the prince of the mansion raised 200,000 border troops to kill, capture Chang'an, and take the throne, it is easy." Within ten days, if you can't break the Eastern Capital, please kill me! ”

"Really?" An Lushan was suspicious, and he was not very confident.

Zhang Tongru said: "At that time, everything in the faint monarch will belong to the monarch, please think about the delicate Yang Guifei." ”

"Huh?"

An Lushan was happy and promised to wait for another ten days. But when they withdrew, he was still uneasy.

After a while, An Qingxu also arrived. Seeing his son, An Lushan's face turned gloomy, and he ordered someone to hand a letter to An Qingxu.

It was a letter written by Dugu Wenshu to Zhang Xiancheng.

Zhang Xiancheng is the son of Zhang Shouqi, and Zhang Shouqi is An Lushan's old boss and father-in-law, which shows Zhang Xiancheng's status in the rebels.

The content of the letter is that Dugu asked the vulgar to persuade Zhang Xiancheng to return to the imperial court, and most of them were clichés. But there is a sentence in it that says that there are people close to An Lushan who have agreed to kill An Lushan to quell the rebellion.

Seeing this, An Qingxu's pupils were shocked, and he raised his head in fright, and said, "Grandpa, I ......"

An Lushan squinted a pair of small eyes, staring closely at his son's expression.

Every time he went to Chang'an, he would dance in front of the saint to eliminate the saint's vigilance, which made him suspicious. He is a master at hiding his heart, and he is also the most suspicious and suspicious.

"Who do you think it will be?" He asked.

An Qingxu was frightened and said, "Grandpa's side...... They are all trustworthy people, and I'm afraid it's their countermeasure! ”

At this time, An Lushan's face revealed the majesty of a saint.

"It must be Xue Bai's trick, he is so against Dugu Wenshu and Li Shiyu." An Qingxu swallowed his saliva and added: "If Grandpa believes him, he will really be tricked." ”

At the mention of Xue Bai, An Lushan's uneasiness in his heart became even stronger, so he asked, "Yanshi County has taken it?" ”

"Yes, it's taken."

"Is there anything unusual?"

An Qingxu hesitated for a while and said, "It's nothing abnormal, it's just ...... When the officials and people in the city heard the news, they all fled. ”

"Escaped? Where can you escape? ”

"There are people who have fled to various places, Luoyang, Nanyang, and some people have fled to Shouyang Mountain." An Qingxu said: "Grandpa asks like this, is it because he is noble? He cares a lot about Yanshi County. ”

An Lushan waved his fat hand and waved An Qingxu away, wanting to stay alone for a while.

He didn't tell anyone what he was thinking.

It happened the other day... A trivial matter, that was after the rebels captured Xingyang, Xingyang Taishou Cui Wuxu killed himself in the battle of breaking the city, but before the war, he also sent a team of soldiers and horses to guard the Bishui Pass, led by the general Li Fei Shouyu. The rebels continued to break through the Bishui Pass and entered the Poppy Valley, but Lifei Shouyu was still leading the remnants to resist, and his people were indeed rare brave, and their archery skills were superb, and they killed hundreds of rebels after the loss of the city.

At that time, An Lushan's chariot had not yet entered the Pooppy Valley, and was watching the terrain, when suddenly there was a "whoosh" sound, and the sharp arrow was nailed to his chariot, and the arrow shook and buzzed. He was immediately furious and ordered that Lifei Shouyu must be captured and cut by a thousand knives, but as a result, Lifei Shouyu committed suicide by throwing himself into the Yellow River.

This battle seemed to be smooth, but it buried a lot of shadows in An Lushan's heart, and he didn't even dare to pass through the Poppy Valley, but made a detour to the south.

Coupled with Zhang Xiancheng's letter and Gao Shang's concern for Yanshi County, he was a little worried that Yanshi County and Shouyang Mountain would be the next poppy valley, which led to today's events.

"Don't be afraid." An Lushan muttered to himself and comforted himself, "Little uncle, I guessed everything you were thinking, don't be afraid, I'll just go around." ”

After that, he twisted his body uneasily, and asked in a puzzled tone, "But saint, what are you thinking, Hu Er has attacked Luoyang." ”

~~

Chang'an, Xingqing Palace.

Yang Guozhong walked into the main hall of the diligent government building in fear, felt the solemn atmosphere in it, and saluted cautiously, not daring to look at Li Longji's majestic face.

News of the An Lushan rebellion reached Chang'an on the seventh or eighth day after the rebellion, exactly a month later.

Within a month, Li Longji first disbelieved it, thinking that people who hated An Lushan, such as Yang Guozhong, were making up lies. When the fact of the rebellion was finally convinced, he was furious, and no one in the palace had ever seen such a terrible anger as the saint.

Yang Guozhong knew that he had forced An Lushan to rebel, and he was the first target of the rebel Qingjun's slogan, so he was always worried that the saint's anger would pour out on him.

"I want to go to Luoyang to see Hu Erti's 200,000 troops coming, dare to kill me, or kneel in front of me and beg me for mercy!"

When she was young, she raised her sword to kill Empress Wei and Princess Taiping's wise and martial posture reappeared, like the light at dusk shining on the mirror, as gorgeous as the morning sun.

At that time, Yang Guozhong was in awe of the domineering spirit of the Son of Heaven, and he didn't know what to say, but he waited and waited, but he didn't get further instructions from the sage.

And time passed day by day, and the news of the rainfall in the counties of Hebei came like snowflakes. Finally, Yang Guozhong came to his senses and handed a message to the palace, that night, Yang Yuhuan knelt in front of the sage, tears rained down, begging him not to drive the expedition in person, saying that a miscellaneous rebellion, how could the sage fight in person?

The most touching sentence is "How can San Lang be willing to risk the arrow stone in person, so that the concubines are worried and restless?" ”

The saint lifted her up and sighed, "I was stumped by the tenderness of Taizhen. ”

As a result, the proposal of the royal driver's personal conquest was abolished.

Many officials in the DPRK and China secretly scolded Yang Guozhong and Yang Yuhuan for this, and Yang Guozhong felt deeply wronged, in fact, he was stunned when he rebelled, how could he have any ideas.

Soon, the sage appointed Gao Xianzhi, who happened to be in Chang'an, as the envoy of Fan Yang and Pinglu Jiedu, and sent troops to quell the rebellion.

This appointment was mentioned to Li Linfu by Xue Bai a few years ago, and with Yang Guozhong a year or two ago, and now it has finally been reached.

It's a pity that it's too late.

At this moment, Yang Guozhong stood on the main hall and recalled the situation when Xue Bai persuaded him in the past, regretting it, lest the saint accuse him of being incompetent.

"Wang Chengye's twists and turns, what do you think?" Li Longji suddenly asked.

Yang Guozhong was stunned, surprised that the saint's tone was so calm. An Lushan is about to attack Luoyang, and the saint doesn't seem to be panicking? Not as angry as a while ago?

He didn't know why, so he quickly glanced up and stole a look, but couldn't see anything. Only then did he return to Wang Chengye's recital, remembering that it was for Xue Bai, Yuan Luqian, Li Guangbi, Wang Rare, Li Sheng, Dugu Wenshu, Li Shiyu and others, and the heads of Li Qincuo and Gao Miao were also sent, which greatly inspired the hearts of the courtiers.

"Back to the saints, it can be seen that the counties of Hebei are dedicated to the saints."

First, he said a few words, but Yang Guozhong couldn't say anything more reasonable, and still said the strategy stated in Xue Bai's letter to him.

"Although An Lushan killed Luoyang, where he passed, the soldiers burned, killed and plundered, and the officials and the people resented it. Now Wang Chengye, Li Guangbi, Xue Bai and others are cemented, guarding Changshan, and spreading the news to the Hebei counties, and the rebels will be in turmoil sooner or later, and they will return to the division in a panic. According to what the ministers saw, as Wang Chengye said, any prince will stick to Luoyang in order to conquer the marshal, and within ten months, the rebellion can be determined. ”

Yang Guozhong very much did not want Gao Xianzhi to make meritorious contributions, and he hated to replace his position with his henchmen, but it was a pity that Gao Xianzhi sacrificed prisoners several times, and he was very popular with the saints, so he had to make meritorious contributions according to Xue Bai's plan first. Fortunately, Wang Chengye was recommended, and this strategy was also offered by him, and once the rebellion was quelled, he was the first to act.

To tell the truth, after offering advice, even he could feel Xue Bai's painstaking efforts, and he had distributed all the credits in all aspects, creating a fairly favorable counterinsurgency situation.

However, Li Longji spoke again, but it was beyond his meaning.

"I'm not asking you about this, can you see that Wang Chengye is wrong?"

Yang Guozhong was surprised, and saw that a eunuch handed over the fold again, and hurriedly took it and looked at it carefully. I just looked horizontally and vertically, and I didn't realize that there was anything wrong.

"The minister is dull, please forgive the saint."

"Hu'er's rebellion has only been a month now, and in a moment, all the twenty-four counties of Hebei have surrendered, and there is no loyal minister, and in a moment, as soon as Xue Bai spreads, Hebei will be attached to the imperial court again, why not?"

"This ......"

Yang Guozhong couldn't answer, he didn't know about these things.

Li Longji's eyes flashed with suspicion, and he asked, "If you want any prince to be the marshal of the thief, who do you think is suitable?" ”

"It should be...... Prince? ”

"Why?"

"The crown prince has the highest status, and the East Palace is newly established, it is time for the prince to experience, if the rest of the princes are in charge, I am afraid that it will be unbalanced."

"Who told you?"

"No one has ever told the minister, it is the minister'......"

Yang Guozhong originally wanted to say "what he thought", but halfway through the conversation, he stopped talking.

Li Longji didn't ask, he was silent.

The atmosphere became more and more depressing.

At this time, Yang Guozhong found that there were few attendants in the hall, not even Gao Lishi. Then, what is being discussed today is not heard by others. At this moment, he suddenly realized that he had vaguely captured the mind of the saint.

"Look, there's something wrong. An Lushan is only according to the soldiers and horses of the two towns, and the strength is far inferior to Wang Shi, according to common sense, the officials of the counties in Hebei should not dare to rebel, why did the rebels kill the Yellow River and then rejoin the situation? It's like, deliberately put An Lushan to Luoyang? ”

With a tentative expression, Yang Guozhong glanced over again, and found that the saint's head hidden in the darkness was obviously lightly nodded.

It seems that this time it comes to the real doubts of the saints.

"Hebei is looking at the wind and falling, Henan is about to collapse at the touch of a button, Hedong only relies on Taiyuan to hold on, the rebels have been raising troops for less than a month, and they have directly attacked the eastern capital, the local officers and soldiers are so embarrassed, the minister has to wonder......"

Yang Guozhong guessed this place according to the holy will, and suddenly his heart moved, thinking of something, and he was so frightened that he didn't dare to say it.

"Wonder about what?" Li Longji asked.

"The battle is like this, the minister is thinking, maybe, will it be ......" Yang Guozhong hesitated: "Is there anyone using An Lushan to force the palace in the name of 'Qingjun's side'?" Are there some people who are secretly intersecting? ”

Two words that are incredibly familiar.

These two words seem to be the root of all changes in the Tianbao period, and every time something happens, Li Longji can always find the answer from these two words.

"Cross-construction?" Slowly and deeply, he asked, "What is the cross-construction?" ”

"Cross-tectonic ...... East Palace? ”

It seems that this is not the twelfth year of Tianbao, everyone has returned to the fifth year of Tianbao, Yang Guozhong blurted out four words, forgot about the rebels who were close at hand, and found his true duty as the prime minister.

He examined Wang Chengye's twists and turns again, saw some reluctance between the lines, and found some ambiguous hints.

"The minister is guilty." Yang Guozhong knelt on the ground and said, "The minister recently heard about a secret matter, because it is too ridiculous, the minister is still verifying, and he has not reported it to the saint." ”

"Say."

"Dare to ask the saint to summon a witness, Yang Guanghui."

"Yang Guanghui? He's not dead? ”

"Back to the sage's words, Li Xian had ulterior motives and detained him privately......"

Returning to the familiar power struggle, Yang Guozhong has become confident.

He had long wondered, how could An Lushan, such an obsessive and incompetent waste, be unstoppably killed in the Eastern Capital?

Others always say that it is the saint who neglected the government, looted the people's wealth, and spent money like dirt, so that the gang of traitors was in power, the state affairs were in trouble, and the government was corrupted, so that An Lushan had an opportunity to take advantage of...... Fart!

The philistines are shallow and can't see that behind this is actually someone deliberately manipulating.

This time, Yang Guozhong is indeed no longer fooled by Xue Bai, and he wants to follow the holy will and expose all this. Let the world see what kind of conspiracy is hidden behind An Lushan's "Qingjun side".

"Minister Yang Guanghui, meet the saint, the minister is wronged!"

As Yang Guanghui went to the Qinzheng Building to pay his respects, one by one his names were revealed.

Just like Li Linfu handled the Wei Jian case and Du Youlin's case, there will inevitably be no fewer people who will cross the East Palace, Wang Zhongsi, Li Xian, Li Guangbi, Wang Rare, Yuan Luqian, Gao Xianzhi...... Even Colliers and Li Qi were involved.

Only by connecting these important figures can all the problems suddenly become clear.

Why did An Lushan, who is clearly trustworthy, rebel? These people force it.

A wise saint who has been martial all his life will never be wrong, everything has a reason.

"Your Majesty! These are all things that the minister saw with his own eyes in Shiling Pass! ”

The more Yang Guanghui spoke, the more he could feel that the saint agreed with his words, so he followed the holy will and spoke more and more energetically.

"There is another thing, the minister dares to confirm that the reason why Xue Bai is so reckless is because he is the orphan of the Sanshu case and the son of the deposed prince Ying......"

"Boom!"

Li Longji suddenly pushed down the imperial case in front of him, and he didn't know whether it was out of anger or shock.

The cup and plate fell to the ground, and after the clanging sound, the hall was quiet, and Yang Guanghui knew that his mouth was fast, and he was so frightened that he didn't even dare to breathe.

Li Longji still maintained the movement of stretching out his hand, but there was only one thought in his mind.

"Impossible!"

No way, he saw the child's body with his own eyes. Later, Rongwang Li Wan gave birth to another child, and he gave the name of "Li Qian" to the newborn child, and this matter passed like this, and he never thought about it again for more than ten years.

fake, or Xue Bai is impersonating, or Yang Guanghui is confused and admits his mistake.

But how can Colliers also participate? Could it be that Colliers also admitted that he was wrong?

Li Longji tried to remember, and was suddenly surprised to find that he didn't remember, he didn't remember what the grandson he saw before seeing the corpse looked like, he only remembered that the child was a little unpleasant, with his head down, speaking softly, not bold and lively enough.

Can you grow like Xue Bai later?

Speaking of which, who is Xue Bai's talent inherited?

Li Longji suddenly felt a piercing sense of crisis, thinking of the one in ten thousand possibility, what Yang Guanghui said was true, and what kind of hatred did Xue Bai come to him with.

And all along, he didn't even see the slightest hatred...... This is the most terrible of all.

"You."

Yang Guozhong hesitated for a moment before he realized that the sage was calling himself, and hurriedly said, "The minister is here." ”

"You go and ask Li Heng, why did you bury Xue Bai alive?"

"Minister...... Compliance. ”

"That's it." The next moment, Li Longji waved his hand lightly and said, "Yang Guanghui is confused, but I won't listen to such ridiculous remarks. ”

Having said that, he has realized that behind An Lushan's rebellion is probably a forced palace against him.

The real crisis is not directed at Luoyang's soldiers, a miscellaneous beard with dirty blood should not threaten a noble and peerless son of heaven like him, the threat comes from his bloodline, and only those who inherit his noble bloodline can hurt him.

~~

The eastern capital is Luoyang.

This city is located in the north and south of Luoshui, and has an extremely magnificent atmosphere.

It is richer than Chang'an, and Jianghuai's grain and dazzling goods are first transported to Luoyang before they are dispersed to Chang'an or other places.

For the officials and people of Luoyang City, the war was sudden.

It seems that not long ago, they had enjoyed the peony flowers blooming all over the city and indulged in the wonderful life of the prosperous era. The next moment, it was clear that there were still thousands of sails coming from Luoshui, and the sound of the rebels' iron hooves was already near.

Fortunately, Gao Xianzhi, a famous general of a generation, had rushed to Luoyang City before the rebels approached the city.

He came almost alone, and on the day he received his appointment, he rode his horse and galloped straight to Luoyang, and when he arrived, the horse fell to the ground and foamed at the mouth, and the cassage cloth under his crotch was completely worn out, and the blood flowed profusely.

Gao Xianzhi was a strong, ruthless person who began to recruit regardless of it.

From coming alone to collecting an army of 80,000, it only took him a few days. This is an almost impossible thing, but he has the determination to overcome all difficulties, and dares to put the knife on the neck of every noble in Luoyang City, no matter what kind of merits the other party ancestors have made, whether his surname is Li or Wu, Wang or Cui, as long as there are servants in the family, he will take them all.

The rangers in the city, the peasant households on the outskirts of the city, and all the men between the ages of fourteen and forty, who had the strength to carry a sword, were directly incorporated into the army by him.

He knew that such an army was a rabble, incapacitated. But even if he forced their bodies to stop the rebels' cavalry, he had to slow down the rebels' offensive, believing that with his life he could sharpen an army worthy of a battle.

As long as it can be held for 20 days, there will inevitably be a border army from Longyou to come to support. Coupled with the chaos in the counties of Hebei, the situation will be different.

However, before Gao Xianzhi could prepare, the rebel vanguard had already arrived at the Kwai Garden outside Luoyang City. He is not a person who sits idly by, and immediately decided to personally lead the troops to meet Tian Chenghe.

When this great battle was about to start, there were soldiers in a hurry.

"General, someone asked to see him, and he sent this."

Gao Xianzhi squinted, and the first thing he saw was a clairvoyant mirror......

(End of chapter)