Chapter 40: The Arrow is on the String
An Lushan galloped westward and ran for more than ten miles in one breath. Looking back at the lack of signs of pursuing soldiers behind him, he breathed a sigh of relief and cursed all over his mouth full of swear words.
Continue north and travel ten miles more, An Lushan and Thunder Valley converge.
"The son of the eagle was unexpectedly a loyal dog, which is really abominable!"
Before Shuyugu could ask, An Lushan couldn't help but curse.
In An Lushan's young heart, An Sishun's father An Bozhu is a hero, a high eagle.
Therefore, in his heart, he hoped that An Sishun could go to great things with him, but the result disappointed him.
How alert was that when An Lushan had already guessed the result, he said, "Abus has failed to lobby. He dared not betray the court, for fear of being settled by Pei afterwards."
An Lushan's face suddenly changed. He pulled out his sword and waved it in the air, as if he had cut Pei Yidao into two pieces, and said sternly: "Damn bastard, it's him again. I've been bad for me again and again. It's better not to fall into my hands. I want him to know what it feels like to be a human being..."
An Lushan is greedy and will never be content with the status quo. The more he gets, the greater his ambitions will be.
His plan for many years, his rebelliousness has long been revealed.
But he knew very well that the power of the Tang Dynasty was still there, and even without Pei, he still had a force that cannot be ignored.
An Lushan was not in a hurry for a moment. He could wait until the court lost more and more people's hearts and wait until everything was ready.
However, when they were dealing with the Censor, they found that there was still a secret force investigating them, and even found Xiongwu City.
On the surface, Xiongwu City is a defense against invasion, but in fact it is a storage of weapons and food, as the base camp for the uprising.
In other words, their anti-intentions are about to be exposed.
Faced with this situation, An Lushan had no choice but to take all his own bets and personally seek An Sishun's intention to win over the brother to start a fight.
An Sishun had 64,700 Shuofang Army in his hands. If he won over the Shuofang Army, his chances of success would be greatly increased.
Shinyugu also planned to use his prestige in the Turks to try to convince Abus to join An Lushan's rebellious army.
Abus gathered in the south of the desert, and there were 100,000 tribes, and forced the troops to increase their troops. Everyone was able to raise all 50,000 or 60,000 troops.
An Lushan had already gathered a considerable force in his hands. If he added 100,000 more troops, he had absolute confidence to defeat the flashy Tang Dynasty in one fell swoop.
But I didn't want to hit the wall one after another, and I suppressed my anger in my heart and had nowhere to vent.
Shiyugu also used to An Lushan's moody temperament, ignored his madness and said, "The arrow must be fired on the string, so that people from Chang'an can take action. According to the current situation, we still have a chance of winning..."
An Lushan had a blue face and gave the guard beside him a wink and asked him to inform him.
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However, An Sishun returned to Shuofang and ordered his soldiers to prepare for war. He wrote a memorial to express his rebellion in Northeast China. He also invited him to the court to show the seriousness of the situation.
An Sishun did not have the power to go directly to Tianting, and the letters were passed to Chang'an, and naturally to Zhang Jiuling, the Shangshu Province.
Zhang Jiuling did not dare to be careless and immediately notified the five prime ministers Li, Wang, Du Xian, Yuan Qianyao and Li Yuan.
The gathering of the five phases caused an uproar.
With Zhang Shou's entry into the North Korea, the civil and military officials in Chang'an believed that the situation in the Northeast had temporarily stabilized and could wait for the war in the West to end with confidence.
An Sishun's letters gave them a blow.
Li, Wang, Du Xian, Yuan Gan Yao and Li Yuan went to Xingqing Palace to ask for Li Yan.
Li Yan met five people in Xingqing Hall. In addition to the five of them, there was also one more Ji Wen in the hall.
Seeing Ji Wen, Li, Wang, Du Xian, Yuan Gan Yao, and Li Yuan couldn't help but frown.
All five of them were extremely disgusted with Ji Wen.
Ji Wen was from Henan, Luozhou, so Prime Minister Xu's son, and his mother was the great-granddaughter of King Yici of Baekje. He had a sister, who was the beloved concubine of the current emperor Li Yan.
Li Yan didn't like the queen and favored Concubine Ji alone. It is well known that he even made the deposed queen meaning that Pei suppressed her.
However, as he became more and more dissatisfied with Queen Wei, Li Yan's favor for Concubine Ji became more and more powerful, and he promoted Ji Wen many times.
Han Xiu caused the disaster to his relatives, and he said it out loud, but it was useless. The bull's temper became stronger and he fought with Li Yan to death.
Since ancient times, civil officials have not been afraid of death, and there are many people who dare to fight against the emperor.
Han Xiu was the imperial teacher arranged by Pei for Li Yan, and he was also highly respected. Li Yan was indecisive and forced to make a dilemma.
But later, for some reason, Li Yan suddenly became tough and directly imprisoned Han Xiu.
After all, Li Yan is the emperor. Zhang Jiuling, Song, Yuan Gan Yao, who originally supported Han Xiu, could only choose to take a step back, rescue Han Xiu, and recognize Ji Wen's existence.
Ji Wen, who had no interference, was promoted by Li Yan's trust and became the Chief Censor of the Censor.
Ji Wen is a weird person, but he did a good job in the Censorate. He was just ruthless and had a feeling of being a Junchen back then.
"Your Majesty, I have an emergency report, so please ask Ji Zhongcheng to avoid it."
As the Minister of Responsible, Li still has some confidence in speaking.
Li Yan hesitated for a moment, looked at Ji Wen, and saw that his brother-in-law looked unwilling, and thought of Li Heng's words, "As an emperor, you should have your own majesty and obey your subordinates' words. What is the difference between it and a puppet?"
Li is not Pei after all. Li Yan obeys Pei Yan, but lacks that sense of intimacy and awe of Li.
After thinking about it, Li Yan said in a deep voice: "It's okay, they are all their own people. If you have any problems, just say it."
Li had no choice but to hand An Sishun's memorial to Li Yan.
Li Yan originally wanted to pretend to be a kingly demeanor. When he saw that Zhang Kang from Northeast China was about to rebel, his heart trembled in his heart and showed fear. He couldn't even grasp the memorial in his hand. He fell to the ground and exclaimed: "What should I do if Zhang Kang wants to rebel?"
Ji Wen raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this. There were few people in the court who welcomed him when he appeared. Only Zhang Kang sent someone to give him a gift and made friends with him with all his heart. He didn't believe that Zhang Kang would rebel? He said at this moment: "Is there any falsehood? As far as I know, Zhang Kang was loyal to the court and made great contributions to our Tang Dynasty. How could he rebel?"
Li Yan also suppressed his fear and said, "These are all the words of An Sishun. He has no evidence. He can't conclude that Zhang Kang's rebellion only depends on one-sided words. Perhaps it is not necessarily because of his colleagues' attacks on each other..."
Li said in a deep voice: "It is better to believe that there is something than to believe that there is nothing. I think it is better to be prepared to deal with it. In addition, I summon An Sishun to Chang'an and listen to his statements personally. The court should also take good measures to avoid the facts."
The king and Du Xian said together: "I will discuss it!"
Yuan Gan Yao and Li Yuan also recognized Li's response.
Chapter completed!