Tiantang

Chapter 376 The Death of An Lushan

Chapter 384 Death of An Lushan
Shi Siming's [-] rebels captured Xiazhou City and Shuofang City without much effort.The defenders of Shuofang were defeated and retreated to Lingzhou.

In fact, this is not to say that the Tang army is incompetent. The reason why Shi Siming drove straight in, as if entering a land without people, is that most of the troops in Longshuo were taken away by Zhang Xuan to suppress the rebellion of King Qin, and there were very few troops in the states. , and most of them are old, weak and disabled soldiers, and their combat effectiveness is seriously insufficient.

Shi Siming occupied Xiazhou and was preparing to take a rest in Xiazhou and then attack Lingzhou according to An Lushan's order. He suddenly received an emergency military report: First, Emperor Li Heng of the Tang Dynasty led his ministers and guards to escape from Lingzhou again, and returned to Lingzhou. Chang'an.Of course, it is still under the banner of resisting the Anlushan rebels; secondly, Huihe Khan Guli Pei Luo personally led the Huihe army with [-] horses, guarding the outer line of Lingzhou, and put on a joint advance and retreat with Zhang Xun of Lingzhou to resist. The posture of Shi Siming's army horse.

"The emperor ran away again?" Shi Siming couldn't help laughing out of the corner of his mouth. He looked around the generals and laughed wildly. Lingzhou came; and this time, I was still waiting in Xiazhou, and he ran away again... How can such a cowardly person be the emperor, how can he not make the world laugh at him!"

All the generals under Shi Siming also laughed wildly, and their words were full of ridicule towards Li Heng and this year's central court of the Tang Dynasty.

If an emperor like this and a court like this don't perish, then God really doesn't have eyes.

"However, even though the emperor ran away, this time the He people poured out their troops to help Lingzhou, and Zhang Xun's subordinates also gathered [-] soldiers and horses. From this point of view, Lingzhou can be regarded as a tough bone." Shi Siming waved his hand "There is no hope for the Tubo side. With Stanley's current strength, it would be considered an effort to recover Tuyuhun's old place. If he wants to invade Longshuo, he will be defeated by Yang Lian."

"Pass down the commander's military order. Our army will temporarily stay in Xiazhou to rest and wait for the order of His Majesty the Emperor Dayan of Luoyang before making a decision." Shi Siming stood up abruptly, his voice cold and gloomy.

He is an ambitious person, and the 4 people under his command are all his direct descendants. It is unlikely that he will die for Zhang Xun and Huihe people in Anlu Mountain and Lingzhou, and consume his own strength.

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Although Shi Siming's army stopped in Xiazhou and did not continue to attack Lingzhou, Li Heng still led the Manchu civil and military ministers and retreated quickly to Chang'an under the protection of Li Guangbi's less than [-] army horses.

Throw a mess to Zhang Xun.As for Qinghai and Shaliuhe, the burden of resisting the Tibetans fell on Yang Lian.

Li Heng fled to Chang'an without mentioning it.

While Zhang Xuan's army guarded Tongguan, there was not much movement, and the Anlushan rebels retreated in various parts of Henan, and did not send troops to attack Tongguan.The entire world situation is temporarily in a strange atmosphere of dead silence.

However, behind the apparent calm, there are many crises and murderous intent.

Luoyang.

The original imperial palace of the eastern capital of the Tang Dynasty was occupied by Anlu Mountain and became the site of the newly enthroned Emperor Dayan.

In the morning, the originally clear blue sky was suddenly covered with haze, and a biting northwest wind blew.The temperature in Luoyang almost dropped by four or five degrees in just one hour, and the breath turned to ice.

An Lushan stood in the bedroom and went into a rage, kicking a beautiful and enchanting maid flying away.

The young maid screamed and rolled on the ground, An Lushan roared, "Shut up! Drag me out, I'll die with the stick, die with the stick!"

An Lushan's expression was very ferocious, and his bloated body trembled slightly.

The unfortunate court lady was immediately dragged out by the wolf-like soldiers and beaten to death with a few sticks.Until she took her last breath, she didn't figure out what mistake she made to offend An Lushan.

Today's An Lushan is moody and has reached an extremely terrifying level.

An Lushan suffered from eye diseases, and his eyesight has gradually decreased since he joined the army. So far, he is almost blind and can't see anything clearly.At the same time, he suffered from gangrene, and his temper became extremely irritable. He was slightly unsatisfactory to the left and right attendants, and he would beat or scold him.If there is a slight mistake, they will be killed and killed with sticks.

After he proclaimed himself emperor, he often lived in the deep palace, and his generals rarely met him to discuss matters, and they all conveyed them through Xiangguo Yanzhuang.Although Yan Zhuang is favored and trusted, he is whipped by An Lushan from time to time.

Eunuch Li Zhu'er often dressed and undressed An Lushan and served around him, but because of this, he was beaten the most and had a lot of resentment.

Seeing that An Lushan had gone mad again, Li Zhuer hid aside in fear, not daring to speak out.Fortunately, An Lushan's eyesight is not very good now, and he can't see Li Zhuer at all.

An Lushan was furious, walking back and forth in the bedroom, suddenly he stopped and shouted, "Li Zhuer!"

Li Zhuer was so excited that he knelt down on the ground with a thud, and said in a trembling voice, "Your Majesty, the little one is here!"

"Send Concubine Duan and Qing'en to me." An Lushan said loudly this time without embarrassing Li Zhu'er.

"Yes, I obey the order." Li Zhu'er didn't dare to neglect, and immediately got up and went out of the palace to call Concubine Duan, who was favored by Anlu Mountain, and Concubine Duan's son, An Qing'en, who was only eight years old this year.

Li Zhu'er shrank his neck out of An Lushan's bedroom, and was about to run to Concubine Duan's palace, but was stopped by Yan Zhuang and An Qingxu standing outside the palace.

Seeing that it was Yan Zhuang and An Qingxu, Li Zhuer heaved a sigh of relief and bowed down, "I have seen His Highness and Army Master Yan."

Yan Zhuang remained silent, while An Qingxu frowned and said, "Li Zhuer, is Your Majesty in the palace? You are hurrying out now, where are you going?"

"If you go back to His Highness, His Majesty will ask the younger one to find Concubine Duan and the little prince over here..." Li Zhuer secretly glanced at An Qingxu.

Although An Qingxu currently controls a considerable amount of power in the Great Yan Kingdom, judging from the current situation, An Lushan actually wanted to pass the throne to his youngest son, An Qingen, so there was nothing wrong with An Qingxu.

Looking at the back of Li Zhu'er leaving in a hurry, An Qingxu turned his head to stare deeply at Yan Zhuang, bowed his hands, and said in a low voice, "Mr. Yan, it seems that His Majesty is determined to pass the throne to An Qingen, that yellow man." Mao Ruzi."

Yan Zhuang sighed softly, "Your Majesty's mood is getting more and more unstable, and he is extremely tyrannical. If His Majesty insists on passing on the little prince, I'm afraid His Highness will lose his position as the heir apparent."

An Qingxu stomped his feet suddenly, his face was gloomy, and he gritted his teeth and turned his head suddenly, "Mr. Yan, this king can't sit still. Since the father is ruthless, don't blame this king for being unrighteous. Mr. Yan, this king Decided to do it tonight, what do you think?"

Yan Zhuang had had enough of An Lushan's tyranny for a long time, and had a different heart.Moreover, in his opinion, if Anlu Mountain continues like this, the Dayan Dynasty will come to naught sooner or later.Now that An Lushan is like this, it's better to support An Qingxu to the top.

Yan Zhuang smiled softly, "I will die for Your Highness!"

An Qingxu was overjoyed and gave Yan Zhuang a high five.

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At night, the north wind howled, sweeping through the deep palace.

The guards of An Lushan's bedroom saw more than a hundred black figures suddenly appearing in front of the palace gate, and were about to shout, when they saw An Qingxu, Yan Zhuang, and Li Zhu'er striding forward, none of them dared to shout anymore.

Yan Zhuang is the Prime Minister of the Great Yan Kingdom, also known as the military adviser, and is one of the most powerful ministers below Anlu Mountain.And An Qingxu is the son of An Lushan, and has always been in power in the Dayan Army.As for Li Zhu'er, he was a courtier next to An Lushan.When the three of them came, the guards could hardly resist them.

The three of them entered the bedroom and dismissed all the guards.

Yan Zhuang and An Qingxu stood side by side at the door of the dormitory, and they both winked at Li Zhu'er.

Li Zhu'er held a steel knife in his hand, and he was really afraid and hesitant in his heart.

He was coerced by An Qingxu and Yan Zhuang to attack and kill An Lushan. Although he harbored resentment towards An Lushan, under the prestige of Anlushan, he was somewhat panicked.

Seeing that Li Zhuer hesitated, An Qingxu snorted softly, "Li Zhuer, after the matter is completed, this king will make you Marquis of Ten Thousand Households, and I will never break my promise."

Li Zhu'er gritted his teeth, and walked in with a shining steel knife.

An Lushan slept like a dead pig on the bed, and made deafening sound of sleeping.

Li Zhu'er held up the steel knife and looked at An Lushan viciously, thinking of An Lushan's frequent beatings, scolding, sticks and reprimands, and also the promise of An Qingxu's Wanhuhou, secretly gritted his teeth, closed his eyes and struggled to hold his hand The steel knife in the slashed towards Anlu Mountain.

The knife went down and hit An Lushan's fat belly.

Blood flowed horizontally, An Lushan woke up in pain and screamed.

An Qingxu and Yan Zhuang who were outside the tent immediately rushed in, one held An Lushan's legs, and the other covered An Lushan's mouth tightly.

An Lushan struggled violently, while the steel knife in Li Zhuer's hand fell like a storm. An Lushan's waist like a fat pig twitched, and he swallowed his breath quickly, and the bed was covered with blood.

An Lushan, a hero of a generation, died in the hands of his son and the eunuch beside him. His tragic end was beyond words.As soon as An Lushan died, An Qingxu led his cronies and guards to control the entire palace, and immediately took control of Luoyang City.

The next morning was the fifth day of January in the second year of Zhide.

Yan Zhuang and An Qingxu summoned An Lushan's courtiers and generals to announce that An Lushan was critically ill.At the same time, under the edict of An Lushan, An Qingxu was established as the prince, and all military and state affairs were handled by the prince.

An Qingxu did not proclaim himself emperor immediately, but blocked the news, and ordered Dayan's army and horses as the prince of Jian Guo.On the third day, An Qingxu proclaimed himself emperor, with the reign title Zaichu.

But there is no impenetrable wall in the matter, and An Qingxu's murder of his father and usurpation of the throne is not a secret.It didn't take long for the news to spread.

When the news reached Tongguan, Zhang Xuan's prophecy came true, and all the soldiers of the three armies admired him.

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January nineteenth of the second year of Zhide.

Zhang Xuan gathered all the generals and was promoted to the hall.

All the generals lined up on both sides solemnly, and when they saw Zhang Xuan striding forward in awe-inspiring armor, they all bowed down together and shouted loudly, "Greetings, Commander!"

Zhang Xuan sat behind the handsome table, looked around at the generals, and said with a calm smile, "You generals, please sit down."

(End of this chapter)