On February 20th of the 14th year of Tianbao, An Lushan, the military governor of Fanyang, Lulong and Hedong towns, sent deputy general He Qianqian to the court to request thirty-two Fan generals to replace the Han generals.
When the memorial was sent to the court, it was first seen by Wei Jiansu, the prime minister in charge of the affairs of the province.
Wei Jiansu was recommended by Yang Guozhong and was Yang Guozhong's person.
Yang Guozhong opposed Li Linfu's policy of re-employing Fan generals when he was in power, so he had an affair with Anlu.
There was a rift between the two, and in recent years the conflict between the two had deepened.
Yang Guozhong repeatedly proposed in front of Xuanzong to control An Lushan's rights, but Xuanzong had long trusted An Lushan and did not adopt Yang Guozhong's suggestions.
Yang Guozhong's various measures against Anlushan in the court made Anlushan feel very dangerous.
In order to protect himself, Anlushan began to secretly accumulate military power.
On the one hand, he accumulated more than 30,000 army horses, and on the other hand, he had many generals.
The generals are replaced by their own cronies, and the rights of Jiedushi After all, there are limitations.
Unless you are very capable and can make others obey, it is impossible to cover the sky with one hand.
Therefore, some generals in key positions cannot be replaced at will.
So An Lushan, at the suggestion of his staff, asked his deputy He Qianqian to submit a petition to the three generals.
Twelve men replaced the Han generals.
Wei Jiansu did not dare to neglect after seeing An Lushan's memorial.
An Lushan was Yang Guozhong's mortal enemy.
This kind of thing must be reported to Yang Guozhong immediately, so he immediately went to Yang Guozhong's residence.
In the two years after Li Linfu's death, the prince originally thought he could breathe a sigh of relief.
Without Li Linfu, with the status of the prince, who else in the court would dare to oppose him.
But what the prince Li Heng did not expect was that another Yang Guozhong would arise. , Yang Guozhong was also the cousin of Concubine Yang, and with the support of Emperor Xuanzong, Yang Guozhong quickly took over the power of the court left by Li Linfu after his death.
Prince Li Heng was unwilling to be restrained and fought fiercely with Yang Guozhong.
Although Yang Guozhong was quite troubled by the rivalry with Prince Li Heng these days, when he heard the report from his disciples that Wei Jiansu asked for an audience, he immediately sent someone to invite Wei Jiansu into the mansion.
"I've met Yang Xiang" Wei Jiansu bowed with his hands in hand.
Yang Guozhong raised his hand: "Without courtesy, sit down."
"Thank you, Prime Minister Yang" After the tea was served, Yang Guozhong waved his servants to leave and asked, "I wonder why Mr.
Wei came to my mansion so late to do something important?"
Wei Jiansu took out An Lushan's memorandum and handed it over and said, "Mr.
Yang, take a look at this."
Yang Guozhong took the memorial and opened it suspiciously.
After reading it, he stood up and said angrily: "This An Manzi is so heartless that he actually wants to replace the Han generals with thirty-second generals.
It's true."
If he succeeds, Fanyang, Lulong and the three towns of Hedong will be covered by him."
Wei Jiansu agreed: "What Prime Minister Yang said is true.
With An Lushan's actions, his disobedience is obvious.
Once he succeeds, I'm afraid he will rebel immediately."
Yang Guozhong raised his head, glanced at Wei Jiansu, and asked, "What are Mr.
Wei's plans?"
Wei Jiansu said: "I want to go to the palace to see the Holy Master Chen Ju An Lushan.
Mr.
Yang can come with me."
Yang Guozhong was worried that no one would go to the emperor to take the lead.
As expected, Wei Jiansu knew his intentions, so he immediately agreed: "Okay, I will go with you."
So the two of them came to Huaqing Palace to see Xuanzong.
Wei Jiansu reported: "To report to the Holy Emperor, An Lushan sent another memorandum asking the court to replace the thirty-two Han generals in Fanyang, Hedong and Lulong towns with Fan generals."
Xuanzong waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "He wants to replace the Han generals with Fan generals.
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That doesn't matter.
Just agree."
Wei Jiansu said anxiously: "Your Majesty, this must not be done.
These thirty-two Han generals must be important and key positions that he cannot decide to replace.
If he replaces them all with Ban generals, how can the imperial court control Hedong, Hedong, and Han generals?"
Fanyang and Lulong Town, An Lushan’s move is simply a rebellious intention, your Majesty, please think twice.”
Xuanzong was anxious to go and recite poems against Yang Yuhuan, so he had no mood to pay attention to Wei Jiansu and Yang Guozhong.
He waved his hands impatiently to Yang Guozhong and Wei Jiansu and said: "Yang Qing, Wei Qing, you have said goodbye a long time ago."
Lushan wants to rebel.
How come it has been so many years and An Lushan hasn’t rebelled?
Don’t just listen to the rumors in the market and just be nervous.
Let’s handle this matter like this.
You can stand down later.”
Yang Guozhong and Wei Jiansu had no choice but to withdraw from Huaqing Palace sadly.
After a while, Yang Guozhong was still worried about Anlu Mountain.
He and Wei Jiansu went to the palace to see Xuanzong and said, "I have a plan to eliminate Anlu Mountain's rebellion.
If Anlu Mountain is regarded as a peaceful matter, Summon him into the court, appoint Jia Xun as the military envoy of Fanyang, Lu Zhijie as the military governor of Pinglu, and Yang Guangxiang as the military governor of Hedong, and the power of Anlu Mountain will naturally be reduced."
Xuanzong was always a suspicious person by nature.
Seeing that Yang Guozhong and Wei Jiansu were so guarded against An Lushan, he could not protect him too much, so he adopted their suggestions.
After Yang Guozhong and Wei Jiansu left, Hanlin had already drafted the edict and asked Xuanzong to use his seal.
Xuanzong wanted to test Anlushan's loyalty, but he was also worried that this would hurt Anlushan's heart.
From the bottom of his heart, he He still trusted Anlu Mountain, so he kept the drafted edict without publishing it, but sent the envoy eunuch Fu Zhuulin to Fan Yang to bring the treasures from the palace to reward Anlu Mountain and take the opportunity to observe its situation.
Because Fu Zhulin was bribed by An Lushan, she told Xuanzong after she came back that An Lushan was loyal to the country and had no objections.
Xuanzong then summoned Yang Guozhong and others and said: "I treat Anlushan with all my heart, and he will have no different aspirations.
Shiwei and Jiemo in the northeast are powerful and must be stopped by Anlushan Town.
I will take it seriously, so don't worry." .
Yang Guozhong and Wei Jiansu had no choice but to lament their bad luck, as they failed one after another.
In June, An Lushan's eldest son An Qingzong and Princess Rongyi stayed in the capital Chang'an because of their engagement.
Yang Guozhong and Wei Jiansu proposed to Xuanzong to recruit An Lushan to the capital on the pretext of granting a marriage to An Qingzong and Princess Rongyi. , but An Lushan had long been forced to rebel by Yang Guozhong and was determined to rebel, so he refused to go to court because of his illness.
In order to dispel Xuanzong's suspicion, An Lushan sent someone to offer 3,000 good horses to the emperor in July, each with two grooms, and sent 22 Tibetan generals to escort them.
Xi Xun of Yin Da in Henan suspected that there was something wrong, so he asked An Lushan to move the horses to winter.
The court would provide its own horsemen and would not bother An Lushan to send anyone.
Then Xuanzong came to his senses and began to suspect that An Lushan was rebellious.
It happened that the envoy Fu Zhulin had been bribed by An Lushan and it was revealed.
Xuanzong was furious when he heard about it and ordered to kill her.
He also sent the envoy Feng Shenwei to Fanyang to read the edict to Anlushan, saying: "I will build a new hot spring bath for you in Huaqing Palace.
You can enter the court in October."
Feng Shenwei went to Fanyang to read the edict to Anlushan, and Anlushan He didn't get up from the bed, nor did he kneel down.
He just asked Xuanzong if he was okay.
He also said: "It doesn't matter if you don't present the horse, he will enter the capital in October."
After saying this, he even ordered Feng Shenwei to be placed in the residence and not see each other again, and then sent Feng Shenwei back to the court, but there was no mention of it.
At this time, An Lushan relied on his own strong troops and had resolutely rebelled against the Tang Dynasty.
Although Xuanzong wanted to take back his military power, Lushan had already grown his wings and was difficult to subdue.
However, he firmly believed that An Lushan had no intention of overt rebellion at this time, so he decided to slow down Look for opportunities slowly.
An Lushan served as the military governor of the three towns and had long planned a rebellion against the Tang Dynasty.
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However, because Xuanzong treated him kindly, he wanted to wait until Xuanzong's death to cause rebellion.
Yang Guozhong was at odds with An Lushan.
He repeatedly told Xuanzong that Lushan was rebellious, but Xuanzong refused to listen.
Yang Guozhong provoked him with his actions and wanted An Lushan to rebel quickly to gain Xuanzong's trust.
An Lushan then decided to rebel quickly.
From August of the 14th year of Tianbao, Anlu Mountain began to recruit soldiers and prepare troops to raise troops.
He conspired with Kong Mu's official servant Cheng Yanzhuang, the secretary in charge of Tuntian Yuanwai Lang Gaoshang, the general Ashina Chengqing and others, but the other generals were unaware of it.
At this time, an official returned from the capital.
An Lushan pretended that there was an imperial edict coming from Chang'an, and summoned his generals to tell him: "There is a secret edict from the emperor, ordering my troops to enter the court to attack Yang Guozhong.
Please follow me immediately."
"Advance troops" Although the generals were shocked, no one dared to say anything.
On the 9th day of the 11th month, there were 150,000 soldiers from the Anlu Mountain Headquarters, Tongluo, Shiwei, and Jiemo, numbered 200,000.
They guarded Pinglu from Fanyang Jiedushi Deputy Envoy Lu Zhijiao, and Gao Xiu.
Yan guarded Datong, Zhang Shouyu guarded Mobei, and the other generals all sent troops at night.
On the tenth day of the eleventh month, Anlu Mountain came out of the south of Jicheng City and held a military parade to swear an oath to the public.
In the name of challenging Yang Guozhong, a list was posted in the army.
The article on the list said: "Those who dare to dissent and stir up military morale to disobey orders will be killed."
Then he unified the army.
Go south.
An Lushan rode on iron chariots, with elite troops riding on foot.
Smoke and dust billowed, and the noise shook the ground.
At that time, the world had been at peace for a long time, and the people had not heard of war for generations.
When they heard that Fan Yang was rising, they were shocked far and wide.
The Hebei area was all under the jurisdiction of Lushan.
The prefectures and counties where the rebels passed through were disintegrated.
Those who kept the order either opened the door to meet the enemy, abandoned the city and fled, or were captured and killed by the rebels.
No one dared to resist.
Before raising troops, Lushan first sent generals He Qianqian and Gao Miao to lead twenty Xiqi, pretending to be sacrificial archery experts, and rode a post horse to Taiyuan.
On the tenth day of November, Yang Guangxiang, deputy left-behind officer in Taiyuan, went out to meet him but was robbed and taken away.
After Anlushan raised his troops, Taiyuan and Dongshoujiangcheng sent eight hundred miles to report to Chang'an that Anlushan had rebelled.
Xuanzong thought it was a lie by people who hated Anlushan and did not believe that Anlushan would rebel.
On November 15th, the news of An Lushan's rebellion was confirmed.
Xuanzong was so shocked that he fell from the dragon throne and broke into a cold sweat.
He immediately summoned the civil and military ministers of the DPRK and China to discuss countermeasures.
After the court meeting, Xuanzong ordered Bi Sichen to go to Luoyang, the eastern capital, and Jinwu Guard General Cheng Qianli to Hedong, each recruiting tens of thousands of troops to train with the regiments to resist the rebels.
On November 16, it happened that Feng Changqing, the deputy governor of Anxi and the military governor of the four towns, came to the court to see him.
Xuanzong was worried about the unscrupulous generals in the court.
When he saw Feng Changqing, he asked for advice on counter-rebellion countermeasures.
Feng Changqing responded Xuanzong was very satisfied with the memorial, so he issued an edict to appoint Chang Qing as the military governor of Fan Yang and Pinglu.
Chang Qing took a post to Tokyo that day to recruit troops, and within a few days he had recruited 60,000 soldiers.
Then cut off the Heyang Bridge to prepare for defense.
On November 21, Xuanzong ordered the death of An Lushan's eldest son, An Qingzong, and the death of Princess Rongyi.
He transferred Shuofang Jiedu envoy An Sishun to the dynasty as the Minister of Hubu.
An Sishun was an Anlushan clan member.
Brother, after An Lushan rebelled, Xuanzong no longer trusted An Sishun, and ordered Guo Ziyi, the military envoy to the right wing of Shuofang and the prefect of Jiuyuan, to take over as the military envoy of Shuofang and set up defensive envoys in various counties where the rebels were strongholds.
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On the 22nd, General Gao Xianzhi of Youjin Wuwei returned to Chang'an from Hexi.
Xuanzong ordered Rong Wang Li Wan to be the general marshal of the army and Gao Xianzhi as deputy marshal to lead the armies of the capital in the eastward expedition.
In fact, Rong Wang Li Wan was just a name.
The real leader of the army was Gao Xianzhi.
The soldiers led by Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi were either rogue merchants recruited from the market or soldiers of the Sixteenth Guards who had not fought for many years and had no combat power.
They were no match for An Lushan's army in the border towns.
On the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, Xuanzong ordered the troops and horses from all over the world to go to Beijing to serve the king, and asked the troops and horses from Longyou, Hexi, Shuofang, Anxi, Beiting and other towns to stay in the city and castle, and the rest were sent to Chang'an by the commander-in-chief of Jiedushi to participate in countering the rebellion. matters.
On the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, Changqing was granted the title of garrison in Bingwulao to resist the rebels.
The rebels charged with cavalry and the Tang army was defeated.
Feng Changqing gathered the remaining soldiers and fought with the rebels again.
They were defeated again and retreated to Shaanxi County.
Gao Xianzhi came with the army.
Gao Xianzhi heard Feng Changqing's opinion of the rebels' fighting strength.
Description, then led the troops to retreat to Tongguan.
After Gao Xianzhi led the army to the Eastern Expedition, the military supervisor Bian Lingcheng interfered in military affairs many times.
Gao Xianzhi refused to comply with his wishes.
Bian Lingcheng had long held a grudge.
He went to the court to see the emperor and falsely accused Feng Changqing, but was unable to shake the morale of the army.
Gao Xianzhi abandoned hundreds of people in Shaanxi County.
Here, he also stole and reduced the soldiers' food, pay and rewards.
Xuanzong was furious and ordered Chang Qing and Gao Xianzhi to be executed.
It was a pity that two famous generals died at the hands of eunuchs.
After the deaths of Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing, the Tongguan army was left without a commander.
Xuanzong had to urgently recruit Ge Shuhan, the military governor of Hexi and Longyou who had conflicts with An Lushan but was bedridden, and worshiped him as deputy marshal of soldiers and horses and went to Tongguan.
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