Last time, he said that An Lushan was loyal on the surface, but in fact he had already rebelled and secretly prepared to rebel, he saw that although the Tang Dynasty was strong, but the officialdom was full of smoke and miasma, and it was already corrupt, so the idea of rebellion was even more firm.

Rebellion is a technical job, once the army rebels, there is no turning back, either succeed or kill the head, there is no other choice, so you need to think long-term and plan well.

An Lushan built Xiongwu City in the north of Fanyang Prefecture, which seemed to be a defense against invasion on the surface, but in fact he used it to store weapons and grain for the deployment of defending Fanyang, with 15,000 war horses and cattle and sheep equivalent to this number.

At this time, he concurrently served as the envoy of the three major military regions of Pinglu, Fanyang, and Hedong, and An Lushan was in charge of three of the top ten military regions of the Tang Dynasty, and he planned to pull Shi Siming's troops to rebel together, so that in terms of strength alone, An Lushan did not suffer a loss, and even had an advantage, of course, he also considered that it was not enough to rely on more people to fight, and there must be military generals to lead and Wenchen to strategize.

So he put Zhang Tongru, Li Tingjian, Ping Yan, Li Shiyu, and Dugu Wenshu Luo Zhi as his staff, and let Gao Shang preside over the secretary work, Liu Luogu stayed in Chang'an as an intelligence officer, An Shouzhong, Li Guiren, Cai Xide, Niu Tingyu, Xiang Runke, Cui Qianyou, Yin Ziqi, He Qianqian, Wu Lingxun, Neng Yuanhao, Tian Chengsi, and Tian Qianzhen were all generals he selected from the army.

In this way, after two years of careful preparation, An Lushan felt that he was almost there, and he felt that there was still one thing left to do.

What is it? It is to confuse the opponent, so that the rebellion can be taken by surprise. Who is the opponent, of course, it is Tang Xuanzong and the imperial court.

The more An Lushan wanted to rebel, the more he couldn't make Xuanzong feel that he wanted to rebel, and the more likely it was to succeed.

An Lushan spent a year to confuse Xuanzong, he first took the initiative to attack, personally commanded an army of 150,000, to crusade against the enemies of the Tang Dynasty, the Khitan and Xi.

The two sides fought fiercely for several days, and finally broke Xi and Khitan, and captured Li Riyue, the king of Xi. Xuanzong was overjoyed when he heard this, which made him trust and rely on An Lushan more and more.

But Xuanzong couldn't help but remind him that An Lushan had too many troops and how much power he had, and sooner or later he would support his troops and fight against the imperial court.

Xuanzong also felt justified after hearing this, he sent the lieutenant official Fu Bao Lin to reconnoiter to see if An Lushan had any intention of rebellion, Bao Lin accepted An Lushan's bribe, and when he came back, he said that An Lushan was loyal.

Yang Guozhong said to Tang Xuanzong again: "Call him to Beijing, he will definitely not come." Xuanzong then ordered An Lushan to be summoned, and after An Lushan received the letter, he immediately set off from the station on the northern border, only a few guards, and rode fast horses day and night to the capital Chang'an.

As soon as he arrived in Chang'an, he went to Huaqing Palace to meet Tang Xuanzong, and took the opportunity to cry and said: "I am a Hu person, I don't know Chinese characters, and the emperor promoted me beyond the ranks, which caused others to be jealous, so that Yang Guozhong wanted to kill me." After hearing this, Tang Xuanzong became more intimate and generous to him, and after that, as long as someone said that An Lushan was going to rebel, Tang Xuanzong would definitely be furious and tie him up and send him to An Lushan.

An Lushan felt that the time was almost up, and in November of the 14th year of Tianbao (755), An Lushan rebelled from Fanyang, falsely claiming that he would lead the troops to defeat the disobedient courtier Yang Guozhong in accordance with Tang Xuan's intentions.

He led 150,000 cavalry and infantry of all tribes, marched in the middle of the night, ate at dawn, and marched sixty miles in a day.

It was decided that noble and solemn would be the masterminds, and Sun Xiaozhe, Gao Miao, and He Qianqian would be the backbone. The days of peace in the world have been long, people don't understand that war is around them, and when they heard the outbreak of the An Lushan rebellion, the court was in an uproar, and the officials were in turmoil and fear.

The palace guards were all made up of market vendors, and they were not equipped to fight at all, so they had to open the royal storehouse and take out the silk and satin gold and silver treasures to recruit soldiers.

Fighting a war is a matter that makes soldiers entangled in their hearts, except for the kind of natural militants, generally speaking, they don't want to fight, who doesn't want the world to be peaceful, but when the world is too peaceful, the soldiers will be useless.

True warriors are born for the battlefield, they have the blood of battle in their veins, and they are eager to fight bravely to kill the enemy and make meritorious achievements, and even leave a name in history.

Therefore, An Lushan rebelled, he knew that he couldn't be a teacher, and he had to find a suitable reason for the rebellion, Xuanzong was so good to him, he wanted officials to officials, money to money, soldiers to soldiers, and there was no suitable reason to say that he couldn't say anything on face, so he claimed that he wanted to get rid of the traitor Yang Guozhong for the country and the people, and replace Xuanzong Qingjun.

At this time, Tang Xuanzong really wanted to cry without tears, for so many years, since the prime minister Zhang Jiuling, there have been people who have constantly reminded him that An Lushan's rebellion is a matter of time, but he has never believed it, and he also killed the people who reminded him, or sent them to An Lushan for disposal;

When Xuanzong knew the exact news of An Lushan's rebellion, he naturally regretted his mistake and was resentful. At the same time, Xuanzong also knew in his heart that after so many years of peace and tranquility in the world, there were no soldiers available in the interior, and all the troops that could fight were deployed on the border to defend the Turks in the north, the Khitan and Xi in the northeast, and the Tubo in the west, and more than half of these troops were under the command of An Lushan and Shi Siming.

Because they fought against the Khitan and Xi all the year round, their combat effectiveness was very strong, and they belonged to the elite troops of the Tang Army.

An Lushan's orders were strict, and there was a group of soldiers who fought to the death, no one was not a hundred, and the imperial army would inevitably be defeated.

But no one is willing to admit defeat in betting, not to mention Tang Xuanzong, who founded the Kaiyuan Dynasty and thinks he is extremely smart, of course he is not willing to watch his country give up to others, at this moment he is like a gambler who bets on the wrong treasure, he wants to desperately make up for his mistakes and make the last fight to turn the tables.