Prosperous Tang Dynasty

Chapter 243 Countermeasures against the enemy
At the same time Tang Xuanzong learned of the An Lushan rebellion, Yang Guozhong, as the prime minister, also learned the news.

Tang Xuanzong summoned all officials.

Hundreds of officials gathered in front of the palace gate, waiting for Prime Minister Yang Guozhong to lead them into the palace gate and Hanyuan Hall.

When all the officials were waiting for Yang Guozhong's arrival, they were all discussing what happened. Tang Xuanzong suddenly summoned all the officials to discuss the matter.

Some of them had a better relationship with Yang Guozhong. When they saw Yang Guozhong coming, they asked Yang Guozhong.

"Anlu Mountain is reversed!" Yang Guozhong didn't hide anything, frowned, and said with a gloomy expression.

Yang Guozhong's gloominess was not due to An Lushan's rebellion, but because An Lushan rebelled in the name of Yang Guozhong, who was on the side of the Qing emperor and killed him.An Lushan is pushing him to the point of the knife, how can he look good.

In other words, Yang Guozhong didn't figure it out, he thought he didn't offend An Lushan, even if he had plotted against An Lushan secretly, according to Lu Shena, it was impossible for him to know.Why did An Lushan rebel in the name of Yang Guozhong who was killed by the Qing emperor?

hateful!Yang Guozhong has secretly scolded the eighteen generations of An Lushan's ancestors for countless times.

Although because of Li Fei's relationship, Yang Guozhong and An Lushan are not in the same situation as they were in history.However, Yang Guozhong deceived Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty and brought disaster to the world, causing a large number of people to be displaced, especially in Jiannan, Shannan, and Henan. Because Yang Guozhong spent too much on the war against Nanzhao, the economy and people's livelihood were completely destroyed, and the people hated Yang Guozhong.

There must always be a plausible excuse for rebellion. Even if Yang Guozhong has no An Lushan at all, An Lushan still disdains Yang Guozhong. Why can't he use Yang Guozhong as an excuse?

When he first decided to raise troops, An Lushan discussed with his advisers and generals, and the advisers headed by Yan Zhuang all agreed that it was best to use Yang Guozhong as an excuse.First, the people hated Yang Guozhong enough, and Yang Guozhong's status was high enough, Tang Xuanzong could not kill Yang Guozhong directly, cutting off their excuse for rebellion.

"The king of Dongping County has turned against him!" An official exclaimed.

"What, Anlu Mountain is reversed." In an instant, all the civil and military officials gathered in front of the palace knew about it, which immediately aroused even bigger discussions.

Everyone was shocked, and they never thought that it was An Lushan's rebellion.

Feng Changqing also heard it, and his face turned livid immediately. He was shocked, and more angry, An Lushan really turned his back!At the same time, Feng Changqing also sighed in his heart, it's a pity that His Majesty didn't listen to his and Ge Shuhan's persuasion at the beginning, and didn't take precautions in time. I'm afraid Anlu Mountain has already driven straight in, and no one can stop him north of the Yellow River.

As expected of a famous general, Feng Changqing had a very high strategic vision. He only knew that Anlu Mountain had fallen, and he could guess the situation north of the Yellow River without listening to the follow-up news.

Entering the Hanyuan Hall, Tang Xuanzong was already sitting on the dragon chair above with a livid face.

After all the officials met, Gao Lishi truly announced the news of An Lushan's rebellion.

Although the officials had already known about it from Yang Guozhong, they were shocked again when they heard Gao Lishi's confirmation and saw Tang Xuanzong's angry and gloomy face.

"Rebel! Rebel!" An official immediately shouted in grief.

"The imperial court treated An Lushan well, let him lead the three kingdoms, and named him the king of Dongping County, but the Anlushan rebels even betrayed Tang in the end!"

"That's right, these rebels should pull their tendons and peel off their skins, so as to imprison their nine clans——"

Baiguan didn't say a strategy to defend against the enemy, but they were all kinds of insults to An Lushan.And the scolding became more and more vicious, as if it was very relieved, but none of the words were really useful.

Looking at the various civil and military officials below, Tang Xuanzong's face became more and more livid. At this time, he suddenly felt that the officials did not have any useful talents.

In addition to being angry at An Lushan's rebellion, Tang Xuanzong was also a little panicked, and there was a sense of urgency. After all, Anlu Mountain was constantly heading south, and the goal was obviously Chang'an City. Emperor Tang, and become emperor himself.

Yang Guozhong has been paying attention to Tang Xuanzong's face, knowing that he can't keep silent.

The An Lushan guy rebelled in the name of killing Yang Guozhong from the side of the Qing emperor. Once the court rehabilitates him, Yang Guozhong is likely to be pushed out to sacrifice, so An Lushan must be exterminated no matter what.

Yang Guozhong laughed out loud with disdain.

"Why are you laughing?" Tang Xuanzong asked Yang Guozhong.

"Your Majesty, I laughed at An Lushan as a fool, and overestimated himself!" Yang Guozhong continued with disdain: "In the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the national power was strong, and the Quartet surrendered. Although An Lushan had an army of 20, the Tang Dynasty did not say hundreds of thousands. The frontier army, if recruited casually, can get another million soldiers, several times ten times that of Anlu Mountain, can't they defeat Anlu Mountain? Besides, it must be An Lushan who wants to rebel, and the ordinary soldiers under his command They don’t even want to rebel, under such circumstances, An Lushan can’t even cross the Yellow River, not to mention threatening Chang’an City, Datang can completely wipe out the rebels from Anlu Mountain north of the Yellow River, and take their heads!”

Yang Guozhong's disdain for An Lushan and his impassioned remarks were not very useful, but Tang Xuanzong felt very comfortable listening to them.

"That's right, in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the national power was strong, and An Lushan was a traitor. I treated him well, but he foolishly betrayed me!" Inspired by Yang Guozhong's remarks, Tang Xuanzong also felt that An Lushan was just stupid, There was no possibility of success at all, and my heart, which was a little flustered and anxious, gradually calmed down.

Feng Changqing was also among the officials, and he was very disappointed at this time.

The reason why I didn't speak just now is that I wanted to see if the officials and Prime Minister Yang Guozhong had any strategies to defend against the enemy. Unfortunately, he was disappointed. No matter what other officials or Prime Minister Yang Guozhong said, none of them were useful. The enemy's strategy, as well as Tang Xuanzong's attitude, also made him a little disappointed.

Feng Changqing sighed inwardly, and walked out.

"Your Majesty, my minister Feng Changqing believes that the rebel Anlu Mountain is powerful, with 20 elite soldiers under his command, and the total number of soldiers on the front lines of the imperial court in the eastern capital Luoyang, Tongguan, and Chang'an City will be less than [-]. It may be difficult to resist the rebels. The rebels should immediately open the treasury, take out gold, silver, cloth, armor and weapons, and recruit brave and skilled soldiers to strengthen the court's strength and resist the traitor An Lushan. I invite you to go to Luoyang, the eastern capital, to preside over the recruitment of soldiers there. .”

Feng Changqing felt that there was really no one he could trust in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, so he invited himself to Luoyang, the eastern capital, to preside over it.

Tang Xuanzong was also very happy about Feng Changqing's invitation to go to Luoyang, the eastern capital, to preside over the recruitment of soldiers to fight against Anlu Mountain, and immediately nodded in agreement.

"In this way, I canonize you as Fan Yang, Pinlu Jiedu envoy, and you will recruit soldiers in Luoyang, the eastern capital, to defeat the rebels. I will wait for the news of your victory in Chang'an City."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, I entrust Chang Qing to obey the order!"
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(End of this chapter)