Wugong County is located between Gyeonggi Province and Qizhou, Guannai Province, and Mawei Station is not far away. It is the 19th day of the first lunar month. The Lantern Festival has just passed on the 15th day of the first lunar month. In this peaceful year, every household is preparing Lantern Festival lanterns. Even poor families always have to prepare two candle ends and a piece of paper. Mud lantern. The dragon and lion dance teams should also be active since the 13th day of the first lunar month. As soon as night comes, they will go door to door and ask for some scattered cakes. If they can get a few coins, that would be even better. And this festive carnival atmosphere can last until the end of the first year, making everyone feel happy. But this year, Wugong County is lifeless, without any movement. When Li Longji passed through Wugong County, he had just experienced the Maweipo Incident. He had no intention of restraining his soldiers, so the forbidden troops were very rampant in the county. However, the Forbidden Army is still the Forbidden Army after all, and there is always a bottom line in what they do. They just plundered some things and requisitioned some manpower, and did not hurt anyone. When Ye Chang passed through Wugong County, Qiu did not commit any crime. He also took the time to register the people who had been plundered by the Imperial Army, and gave them a note signed with Ye Chang's name, promising to compensate them three times the original price after they were beaten back. "But when Cui Qianyou's army passed by, the people in the county who did not escape suffered a disaster. Less than half of their houses were burned down, and almost all their belongings were looted. "And now, in the entire Wugong County, no one can even breathe. They were either killed or escaped." An Lushan didn't care about this. He grinned with a cruel smile on his face. "Ye Chang would never have imagined that the tracks he built could actually be used to transport an army of more than 100,000 troops. In the past, it would take more than ten days to think about martial arts. Even the forwards had arrived at martial arts, and the rear troops had not yet left. Chang'an, but now that there is a track, it only took me four days to get here." "Your Majesty has great skills, how can Ye Chang compare?" Yan Zhuang stroked his beard and said flatteringly: "Ye Chang can only give The Li family worked hard and were almost exhausted but still suffered from suspicion. However, the Li family wanted to give the world to the king. This is a high-level judgment" "Ba" An Lushan still listened to Yan Zhuang's words with a smile at first. But after he finished speaking, he was whipped hard by An Lushan: "Aside from flattery, can't you come up with some useful strategies? Is this why I keep you by my side? Are you better than me?" How can he hold the position of prime minister if he is too far away from being noble? "This whip was not a joke, but it was slapped on Yan Zhuang's neck. There was a bruised blood mark on his neck, which made him grin and scream. He couldn't stop breathing. However, he did not dare to show any displeasure, so he could only lower his head and say repeatedly: "Yes, yes, it's my fault" Because he lowered his head, An Lushan couldn't see the ruthless look in his eyes. "Li Zhu'er, Li Zhu'er, what are you doing, you castrate?" After whipping Yan Zhuang, An Lushan shouted again, and then he saw a man rolling over and kneeling on An Lu's side. In front of the mountain: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the villain is right next to you" "Bah, are you scolding me for bad eyesight?" An Lushan kicked him over with a murderous look on his face: "Zhu'er, you are so brave now. "It's too big." "Don't dare, don't dare, you are talking nonsense." Li Zhuer slapped his face hard and burst into tears. When Yan Zhuang next to him saw this situation, he couldn't help but feel sad that the rabbit was dead and the fox was dead. Ever since An Qingzong died and An Lushan himself was injured, An Lushan's temper has been very bad. Not to mention whipping and kicking, he has even killed countless people in anger. He killed three of the personal guards around him. Li Zhuer had been serving him since he was a child, and was later castrated to become his bodyguard. However, An Lushan continued to fight and kill without mercy. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Continuing on like this are not an option. Yan Zhuang felt very uneasy when he thought that he was planning to master the plan, but now he often got strands of hair. An Lushan was full of anger and only wanted to vent his anger by killing people. Li Zhuer's begging for mercy did not make his anger disappear. "Your Majesty, someone is here. It seemsit's a messenger sent back by Cui Qianyou." Seeing that An Lushan really wanted to kill Li Zhuer and no one around him dared to intercede for Li Zhuer, Yan Zhuang said. "He was just a favor. He didn't think An Lushan wanted to kill Li Zhuer, but he was just angry. In fact, An Lushan trusted Li Zhuer more than anyone else. Yan Zhuang even heard that during this period, An Lushan needed Li Zhuer to serve him when he slept at night. If it had been anyone else, An Lushan would not have been able to sleep well. His words really diverted An Lushan's attention. An Lushan looked around and saw several horses galloping over from the west. When he got in front of him, the messenger jumped off and knelt down in the distance and cried: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, something bad is going on. The traitor Ye Chang has gathered hundreds of thousands of troops from nowhere. General Cui is surrounded and is fighting hard. Please go to the rescue quickly." "What?" An Lushan grinned, The anger turned into consternation. ???????????????????????????????? Someone else suddenly summoned hundreds of thousands of troops, An Lushan undoubtedly wanted to deceive him, but Ye Chang If Li Linfu frightened An Lushan, then YeThis left An Lushan with no way of judging. This person's intelligence, ability and military strategy are really beyond his ability to guess. Perhaps it was for this reason that when Li Heng extended a hand of cooperation to him through Ji Wen, he immediately agreed. Ye Chang was rarely separated from the army. For An Lushan, this was the best opportunity, and it might even be the only opportunity. But he still underestimated Ye Chang. The emergence of gunpowder weapons such as grenades made his arrest of Ye Chang in vain. Even Li Longji and others successfully escaped from Chang'an City. But this time, the news brought by Cui Qianyou's messenger made all his plans fail. "Hundreds of thousandshow could there be hundreds of thousands?" After a long pause, An Lushan came back to his senses and said angrily: "Cui Qianyou must be lying to me. How could Ye Chang have hundreds of thousands of people? He Adding them all up, even including Ge Shuhan's manpower, there are only a few thousand people" "I dare not deceive the king. The villain was ordered to ask for help from the battlefield. From what the villain has seen, Ye Chang's The troop strength is indeed over a hundred thousand." The envoy heard that the situation was not good and hurriedly defended. An Lushan drew his sword and put his head to chop. The envoy dodged, but only half way, and was struck from the shoulder to the chest. An Lushan's waist knife was bought by him from Liaodong at a high price. The fine steel was made and sharpened by famous craftsmen and was worth more than 300 guan. It was also an important export material of Liaodong secretly and was even sold to Japan and other countries. There were still blood stains on his face. The envoy's body fell down. An Lushan turned to his companions and said sternly: "What on earth did Cui Qianyou do? Why did he lie about the military situation? Could it be that he and Ye Chang secretly colluded? " The two companions were so frightened that their faces turned pale, and they knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly. When An Lushan asked him, they did not dare not answer: "Your Majesty, General Cui did not lie. When we came, he was really surrounded by Ye Chang He originally planned to use the people to consume Ye Chang's firearms, but before approaching the city, Ye Chang's ambushes were everywhere" Cui Qianyou's original plan was to exaggerate Ye Chang's military strength as much as possible. Now that the main envoy has been killed, the envoy's The two companions were frightened to death. After hearing this, An Lushan realized that he had killed the wrong person, but Ye Chang's troops had greatly increased. , not under him, this is an indisputable fact. Even if he has twice the strength of Ye Chang, he dare not underestimate it. What's more, the strength of both sides is equal, and it is very likely that his strength is not as good as Ye Chang. "Those common people turned against Ye Chang? It's really hateful. Come and kill a hundred people to relieve the anger in my heart," An Lushan ordered. Since he had given the order, how could his subordinates dare not not carry it out? Many people even breathed a sigh of relief. Now that I have killed someone to vent my anger, at least I won¡¯t kill my subordinates indiscriminately today. ¡°Tell me, how should we respond now? "After An Lushan gave the order, he looked around at his subordinates and then asked. "Everyone was as silent as a cicada, no one dared to say a word. "When it comes to leading troops to fight, the person An Lushan relies on the most is Shi Siming. If Shi Siming is not around, then Cui Qianyou and others. Now that Cui Qianyou is surrounded, what can they do? "Yan Zhuang, tell me first. You have always boasted about your wisdom. Tell me what you have planned." He coughed twice, and then said: "Cui Qianyou is King Yan's favorite general, and his subordinates are also King Yan's elite, so they must be saved. "This is nonsense. The key is how to save. An Lushan's eyes flashed coldly: "How to save, you tell me." "The king should send a brave general and lead the elite troops to set off immediately to rescue. " This is nonsense again, but Yan Zhuang really can't think of anything better to do besides talking nonsense at this time. An Lushan's eyes stopped on him for a while, and Yan Zhuang's feet were already trembling. , in the cold air of the first month, the clothes he wore were soaked with sweat. After a while, An Lushan looked to his side again: "My son, tell me what to do. These inheritances will all belong to your brothers from now on. This time, the person he named was his second son, An Qingxu. An Lushan had many heirs, but only a few loved ones. The eldest son Qingzong was hit by Ye Chang with a fire blunderbuss. He wailed in pain and struggled for several days before he died. He originally had high hopes for this eldest son and regarded him as his heir, but now he can only push his second son An Qingxu out. An Qingxu was more cowardly than An Qingzong. Although he was proficient in bow and horse, he was introverted and could not help but stutter when he spoke. Hearing his father's question, An Qingxu wanted to speak nicely and show off to the soldiers. But when he opened his mouth, he felt nervous. He was vague for a long time, and then he said in a loud voice: "This mattermay be true, maybe false, maybe it is up to the father to decide" His response made An Lushan furious: " This son is stupid and stubborn, not as good as his brother. Why is it not you who was harmed by Ye Chang, but your brother?" An Qingxu was originally introverted and clumsy. When he was said like this, he was even more shameless and could not hold his face up. stand up. But he was very anxious in his heart.??, my family knew their own affairs. When Anqingzong was there, An Lushan actually favored him very much. But with the death of Anqingzong, An Lushan's temper became worse and worse, and his treatment of him became more and more cruel. The preference is now all transferred to his half-brother An Qingen. An Lushan didn't care so much. He said sternly: "Cui Qianyou is my favorite general and must be saved. Even if Ye Chang has Taoism and immortal magic, he can't bring out hundreds of thousands of troops. This must be because he pretends to be a common people." The sergeant is bluffing. I have 200,000 troops. It is easy to defeat him. Someone comes and orders the whole army to march overnight. Zhang Zhongzhi, you lead 10,000 troops and horses to go ahead and meet Cui Qianyou. Don't make any mistakes." He realized that these subordinates of his None of them were reliable, so Yu Jian no longer asked for advice, but decided on his own. In his anger, he came to the essence of the matter. It is indeed impossible for Ye Chang to have so many elite soldiers. Although the momentum is great, the reality must be empty. However, An Lushan has this kind of awareness, but his subordinates may not have it. Although Zhang Zhongzhi, who was named, left in response, as soon as he left An Lushan's sight, he stamped his feet vigorously: "It's bad this time." He was one of An Lushan's confidants who had been inserted into the Forbidden Army. In this coup, An Lushan He was indispensable for the people from Lushan being able to sneak into Xingqing Palace. Because he was good at shooting and brave, after making such achievements, he was highly appreciated by An Lushan and was kept by An Lushan's side as a general. An Lushan once said that Ye Chang has Nan Ba, and he has Zhang Zhongzhi, which shows his expectations for him. But just because he participated in the coup on the first day of the first lunar month, saw the momentum of grenades with his own eyes, and saw Ye Chang carving a way out under almost hopeless circumstances, Zhang Zhongzhi's awe for Ye Chang was far greater than that of ordinary "General" The king's appointment will be of great use, so why should the general be so worried?" said a person next to him. "Wang Wujun, are you really stupid or pretending to be stupid? When you are of great use in the future, you will be in danger of killing people." Zhang Zhongzhi glared at the speaker: "Didn't you see the situation just now? After learning that Ye Chang had With soldiers and horses, the king asked for advice, but no one could answer." Wang Wujun smiled. He was a Khitan, but he had been with him since his father, and he was also famous for riding and shooting. "Why are you laughing?" Zhang Zhongzhi was busy with his mission at this time. Seeing his disapproval, he couldn't help but scolded: "Do you have a plan to defeat Ye Chang? If you do, tell me quickly. No. Come with me to die." "Didn't King Cai just say that Ye Chang is bluffing? If he really has any magic skills, there is no need to go to such trouble. He will send a god to take our lives at night, and an army of 100,000 will be natural. Defeated without a fight. Since he does not have the magical ability to sow the beans into an army, the current strength of the army can only be faked by the common people. Relying on the temporary large number of people, it will not be a problem to surround Cui Qianyou, but if he really fights with our elite army Fighting may not be our opponent. As he said this, he looked at Wang Wujun's expression carefully, but found that Wang Wu snorted at what he said to him. "What you said, do you think only you and the king understand it?" If someone else were the opponent, this would be a good guess, but who was on the opposite side? It was Ye Chang, not to mention that man. The two armies were fighting, and when the battle was critical, he made a surprise attack with a grenade. Who could take it? It is the king's wishful thinking to use the common people to consume his grenades, that is, he can try it when he is short of troops. Look, does the king still mention this issue now? " "General, do you think our army will be defeated in this battle?" "That's natural As long as Ye Chang has 30,000 soldiers, he has never been defeated," Zhang Zhongzhi said with a hint of fear.