Prosperous Tang Dynasty

Chapter 136
Relying on his continuous battles against the Xi and Khitan tribes, An Lushan has now become the Jiedushi of Pinglu and Fanyang, and has great power.

At the beginning, An Lushan was only Fan Yang's envoy, and the Xi and Khitan tribes had limited power, so they were far from daring to go against Datang.

However, as Fan Yang's Jiedu envoy, An Lushan was only surrounded by the Xi and Khitan tribes. If he didn't attack the Xi and Khitan tribes, how could he win the military exploits to please Tang Xuanzong, and how could he rise to the top.

In order to persecute the Xi and Khitan tribes, An Lushan instructed his generals to insult the leaders of the Xi and Khitan tribes. At the same time, he sent his confidantes into the territory of the Xi tribe, massacred the old and young of the Xi tribe, and implicitly put the blame on the court. Shengsheng forced the leader of the Xi clan to rebel.

When the Xi clan rebelled, An Lushan led his army to fight against the Xi clan.

The power of the Xi clan is smaller than that of the Khitan clan, and it is even more incomparable with the Tang Dynasty. Although An Lushan only led Fan Yang's troops to attack the Xi clan, he had the entire Tang Dynasty behind him, and his power was also stronger than that of the Xi clan.

An Lushan defeated the Xi clan steadily, and the achievements of the battle were passed on to Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty one by one.

An Lushan is very treacherous, he controls the timing of the victory, a small victory every half a month, but a big victory every month.In this way, Tang Xuanzong often heard that An Lushan had won battles, as if An Lushan had won many more battles than Gao Xianzhi and Ge Shuhan combined.

Tang Xuanzong was a man of great success, and An Lushan often won battles. Tang Xuanzong naturally became more and more impressed with Anlushan, and valued and trusted him more and more.

An Lushan's ambitions are so great, how could it be possible for just a Fan Yang Jiedu envoy to satisfy his appetite.

In order to obtain greater rights, An Lushan continued to expand the scale of the war, bringing the Khitan people into the war, attacking the Xi and Khitan at the same time, and uniting the Xi and Khitan.

The single power of the Xi and Khitan tribes may be limited, but when the two tribes are added together, the power will be great, with nearly 20 troops.

The combination of the two tribes, such a powerful strength is certainly not something that Fan Yang can resist. In order to resist the alliance between the Xi and Khitan tribes, Tang Xuanzong could only give An Lushan greater rights, so An Lushan led Fan Yang to Jiedu At the same time as the envoy, he also served as the envoy of Pinglu Jiedu.

In this way, An Lushan led Youzhou, Hebei, and most of the land in Qi, and his power more than doubled. He was able to fight against the Xi and Khitan tribes evenly, and continuously defeated the combined forces of the Xi and Khitan tribes.

The Xi and Khitan tribes are limited in strength, so how can they withstand the continuous blows of An Lushan.

Anlu Mountain is backed by the entire Tang Dynasty, and there is a steady stream of soldiers, food, grass and equipment, while the population of the Xi and Khitan tribes is limited. If the war continues for years, the loss of population is too great.

After fighting with Anlu Mountain for more than a year, the Xi and Khitan tribes compromised and bowed their heads to the Tang Dynasty for peace and a truce.

Xi and Khitan want a truce?How can this be!If the Xi clan and the Khitan clan submit to a truce, then what excuse does An Lushan have to serve as the governor of Fan Yang and Pinglu, and how can he continue to gain military exploits to please Tang Xuanzong?
Of course, it is impossible for An Lushan to agree to the peace of the two tribes, but An Lushan is insidious. The Xi tribe and the Khitan tribe sued for peace. An Lushan agreed on the surface, but he did not tell the Chang'an city court the news behind his back. Burn a more prosperous fire, a fire that can't be quenched.

Because they pretended to accept the peace proposal of the Xi and Khitan tribes, An Lushan and the two tribes stopped fighting temporarily. In order to show their submission, the two tribes gave Anlushan a large number of war horses, cattle and sheep, and wanted Anlushan to send them to Chang'an City. To show the respect of the two clans to Tang Xuanzong.

It's a pity that An Lushan didn't intend to let Tang Xuanzong know the news of the two clans' peace, and withheld all the horses, cattle and sheep dedicated by the two clans to strengthen his own strength.

The two clans didn't know An Lushan's malice, and thought that Datang had accepted the two clans' peace proposal, and they could recuperate, so they relaxed their vigilance.

An Lushan lured the Xi people and the Khitan people to hold a banquet for them, and invited people from the two groups to drink and eat meat. In fact, the wine was mixed with drug ingredients, and the people who came to drink were fascinated.

An Lushan beheaded all the fascinated Xi people and Khitan people, and sent their heads to Chang'an City to lie about their military exploits. There were at least two to 3000 people at a time, which was considered a small victory.

Anlu Mountain entrapped four groups of Xi and Khitan people in total, beheading more than ten thousand heads.

Sending so many heads to Chang'an City to report their victories means that An Lushan "won four consecutive" victories" without a single soldier.

An Lushan was happy here, but the Xi and Khitan tribes suffered heavy losses, because most of the people who were lured into drinking and killed were young and strong, and these were the elite soldiers of the two tribes who were killed in vain.

"Too much deceit!" The leaders of the two clans were so angry that they wanted to go crazy.

Although An Lushan was ruthless and shameless in defrauding the two tribes, he didn't want to bear the vicious reputation. He had other plans, so he tried every means to pin the blame on the Tang court, making the two tribes mistakenly believe that The Tang court ordered this to be done. Datang wanted to completely destroy the two clans, and did not accept the two clans' request for peace.

Genocide!Datang is so ruthless, how can he bear it?Even if he tried his best, he couldn't make Datang get what he wanted.

Unsurprisingly, the leaders of the two clans led the two clans to raise troops again, and it was the kind of unstoppable, frantic all-round attack on the border with Datang.

This is exactly what An Lushan wants. Fighting against the two tribes will give him an excuse to continue to ask the Tang court for power, food and pay for soldiers, and continue to grow his power.

To say that An Lushan is not extremely smart, there are times when he shoots himself in the foot.

The leaders of the two clans attacked Datang like crazy, because of the blood feud created by An Lushan, the soldiers of the two clans were so angry that they were not afraid of death, and their morale was strong.

At the end of the tenth year of Tianbao, An Lushan's [-] soldiers were pinched by the Xi and Khitan coalition forces in the territory of the Xi tribe. The soldiers of the two coalition forces feared death in anger. An Lushan fled with dozens of people.

Such a disastrous defeat cannot be concealed at all, and the news quickly spread to Chang'an City.

Originally, An Lushan should be dismissed, but An Lushan sent a large amount of gold and silver to Chang'an City in advance, and bought some officials to help him say good things, saying that victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs. An Lushan used to send good news. This time, it was only a defeat, which does not mean that An Lushan has no credit, and An Lushan should be allowed to take the blame and make meritorious service.

Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty valued An Lushan very much, and someone spoke for An Lushan, so he was exonerated from the guilt of Anlushan's defeat, and ordered him to fight again with the whole army, and must defeat the Xi and Khitan tribes.

A disastrous defeat almost wiped out An Lushan's previous years of hard work. An Lushan hated him so much that he reorganized his army to fight again.

Supported by the populous towns of Fanyang and Pinglu, An Lushan quickly regained its vitality and led more than [-] Tang troops to continue fighting against the Xi and Khitan tribes.

The Great Tang fought on all sides. Although the soldiers were strong and powerful, the blood accumulated in the prosperous age was flowing every moment. It is said that if you forget the battle, you will be in danger.
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