Prosperous Tang Dynasty

Chapter 237 The Anshi Rebellion Begins ([-])

Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty was very confident that the Tubo Kingdom had been fighting for hegemony with the Tang Dynasty for a hundred years, and even the Arab Empire was unwilling to respond to the Tubo Kingdom’s military force. Large areas that were originally controlled by the Tubo Kingdom have made no less achievements than Anlu Mountain in pacifying the Xi and Khitan tribes.An Lushan was already the king of Dongping County, and Ge Shuhan was canonized as the king of Xiping County. Obviously Tang Xuanzong had his own considerations.

Tang Xuanzong's self-confidence is based on his deep palace enjoyment for more than ten years. His Tang Dynasty was still the incomparably prosperous Tang Dynasty in the Kaiyuan period, based on the superficial prosperity he saw.

However, it seems that Datang is still powerful in military power, but they don't know how much national power was wasted in Datang in exchange for weak military power. Anyone who can see through will not take Datang's so-called strength in their eyes .

An Lushan is one of the people who can see through.

As a general who fought for the Tang Dynasty for more than ten years, An Lushan knew very well the truth of killing one thousand enemies and self-defeating eight hundred.In addition, An Lushan had his own eyeliner in the court bribery, and he knew how ridiculous the so-called "victory" of the Nanzhao War was, and An Lushan also saw Tang Xuanzong's ignorance in his eyes. You know, the emperor who is greedy for pleasure has nothing to fear.His respect for Tang Xuanzong is only limited to the fact that Tang Xuanzong has trusted him too much in the past ten years.

An Lushan knew that in the first battle of the Nanzhao Kingdom, the Tang Dynasty lost more than 20 soldiers, and the three provinces of Jiannan, Shannan, and Henan were tossed to the point of being abolished.

Jiangnan, Huainan, Guanzhong and other places are rich and prosperous, but they have been in peace for a long time, and there are not many elite soldiers.

The four towns of Anxi in the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty counted as one, and the Longyou Army under Ge Shuhan's command counted as one.

However, the four towns of Anxi in the Western Regions only had [-] soldiers, and Longyou and Ge Shuhan originally had tens of thousands of elite soldiers. There are only [-] to [-] soldiers.

The four towns of Anxi in the Western Regions plus Longyou, the total is only [-] to [-] elite soldiers.

Oh, right!If it is counted as elite soldiers, the [-] Andong Army under the command of Li Fei, the Protectorate of Anton, may also be counted as one!
"Hmph! Li Fei may be a little tiger cub that I hate, but I am a real tiger. Once I raise an army, Li Fei, a little tiger cub that hasn't grown up, I can change hands and tear it apart!" Fly, Anlu Mountain is full of evil spirits!

An Lushan was not worried at all. Even with the addition of Li Fei's Anton Army, Datang's elite soldiers were only in the early 20s, while An Lushan had [-] elite soldiers under his command, already surpassing Datang.

Seeing clearly that his strength is far superior to that of Tang Dynasty, how could An Lushan have the slightest fear as Tang Xuanzong imagined?
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An Qingzong soon arrived in Chang'an City.

Tang Xuanzong was very disappointed that An Lushan did not come with him.But knowing that An Lushan promised to come to attend the wedding ceremony of his son An Qingzong and Princess Rongyi, Tang Xuanzong was relieved a lot.

The wedding of An Qingzong and Princess Rongyi was scheduled for one month later.

As the wedding date approached, An Lushan did not depart from Youzhou City for a long time, which made Tang Xuanzong full of disappointment.

For this reason, Tang Xuanzong personally wrote an edict and sent it to Youzhou City, urging An Lushan to come to Chang'an City as soon as possible to attend the wedding of his son An Qingzong and Princess Rongyi.In order to reassure An Lushan, the tone used in Tang Xuanzong's edict can be as mild as possible, just like a father's greetings to his son.

After receiving the imperial edict written by Tang Xuanzong, An Lushan naturally promised that he would go to Chang'an City to make Tang Xuanzong happy first.Time passed bit by bit in Tang Xuanzong's full expectation.

In Tang Xuanzong's anticipation, the wedding of Anqingzong and Princess Rongyi was approaching soon, and An Lushan finally set off from Youzhou.

Tang Xuanzong was eager to see through, and Anlu Mountain was not like the last time. Before leaving the border of Youzhou, he went back "ill".

This time, An Lushan had almost reached the Yellow River. If the time was estimated, An Lushan should be able to reach Chang'an City three days before An Qingzong and Princess Rongyi got married.

However, just after arriving at the Yellow River, Anlu Mountain was "sick" by the cool wind of the Yellow River.

Because of his 'illness' too serious, he lived by the Yellow River for two days and was unable to cross the river by boat, so An Lushan returned to Youzhou 'helplessly'.

An Lushan's series of excuses is more clever than the last time he 'returned ill' before leaving the border of Youzhou, but it is also very frustrating.

All in all, An Lushan still did not come to Chang'an City this time as Tang Xuanzong expected.

"Did you go back to Youzhou again?" Upon receiving the news that An Lushan had returned to Youzhou again, Tang Xuanzong couldn't help but slightly distorted his face and turned black, as if boundless anger was suffocating in his heart.

The civil and military officials are only fools, and no one is a fool. Everyone can see Tang Xuanzong's pent-up anger, but no one dares to say a word, because he is afraid that Tang Xuanzong will vent his anger on them as soon as he opens his mouth. Even Yang Guozhong They didn't dare to say anything.

An Lushan failed to come to Chang'an City, but the wedding of An Qingzong and Princess Rongyi was also coming, so it had to be held.

Tang Xuanzong once promised that he would personally preside over the wedding between Anqingzong and Rongyi County Master. In order to show that he always trusted Anlu Mountain, Tang Xuanzong still presided over the wedding between Anqingzong and Rongyi County Master as promised, but the whole process was full of embarrassment. The smiles on her face are fake, even deep and permeable.

Yang Guozhong and Baiguan didn't dare to say anything, Tang Xuanzong was holding back his anger, everyone could see it, but not everyone dared to react.

At least the newly-appointed Prince Shuhan of Xiping County burst out his anger after learning the whole story about An Lushan!
"Hehe, there is no such thing as a coincidence in the world when you are sick!" Ge Shuhan sneered, he didn't believe that An Lushan was sick at all.Furthermore, both he and An Lushan are subjects of His Majesty, if the king wants his ministers to die, the ministers will have to die!Even if he is really sick, can he refuse His Majesty's summons?And he used this excuse several times in a row, not even coming to his son's marriage with Princess Rongyi.

In order to prove that his conjecture was correct, Ge Shuhan still questioned the two imperial physicians who had gone to Youzhou City to see a doctor for An Lushan.

Under Ge Shuhan's severe questioning, the two imperial physicians finally told the truth.When they went to see An Lushan for medical treatment, they never saw An Lushan himself. They were diagnosed by the hand of "An Lushan" stretched out from the curtain, and they were not sure that the "patient" was An Lushan himself. .

"Sure enough, as I guessed, Anlushan must have ambitions!" Upon hearing this, Ge Shuhan immediately decided that the so-called 'patient' was not Anlushan, that Anlushan was pretending to be sick, and that Anlushan had ambitions!

With anger, Ge Shuhan went directly to the palace to find Tang Xuanzong.
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