"The method is not difficult, I'm just worried that your Majesty won't accept it,"

"No problem, please tell me how to do it."

"Wei Chen thinks that if you have no joke, the words you say will count, let alone the imperial edict that has been issued."

"Yes, what should I do?" An Lushan began to touch his head, which was like a winter melon.

"Your Majesty, don't be anxious. Didn't the minister say that there is a way?"

"Speak quickly, speak quickly,"

"Wei Chen thought that since the imperial edict has been issued, it is better to ignore the mistake and ignore the situation of the three-day order. Instead, he fabricated an edict and said that the emperor of the new Tang Dynasty, Tang Chao, suddenly crossed the Yellow River eastward. Your Majesty, you have to go back to Luoyang to set up defenses in person. In this way, you will not only relieve your Majesty's worries, but also deal with the generals you don't like, and at the same time reduce Luoyang's threat to Chang'an. Kill three birds with one stone, why not? ,"

"Wait a minute, I understand what you said about asking other generals to take the blame for not being able to defeat Tongguan for me; at the same time, I understand how to strengthen Luoyang's defense to resist the Tang Dynasty's eastward advance. I have been guarding against this boy; But I don’t understand how to deal with a general I don’t like,”

Noble Shang smiled: "Your Majesty, don't worry, Rong Chen will explain it to you. Think about it, two hundred thousand well-equipped troops, who have followed Shi Siming and the Turks, Tianzhu, Tuji, and horse thieves who have been fighting for many years, actually surrounded Tongguan for four years. What’s the reason why we haven’t been able to break through on the 16th?”

"This... Shi Siming has been with me for many years and is my most capable general. If I doubt him, everything will be over. I'm warning you, don't stir up trouble in front of me. Who is a loyal minister and who is a treacherous minister? I compare Everyone knows,"

When Yan Zhuang saw it, he quickly smoothed things over: "Your Majesty, please calm down. Gao Shang does not mean that General Shi is disloyal to you, but that General Shi has fought his way here and conquered countless prefectures and counties. There are so many beautiful women. This, so There are so many good things, who doesn’t want to have some fun, so it’s not that we didn’t try our best when we attacked Tongguan, but... we didn’t try our best a bit, right, brother Gao,"

"That's right, that's what I meant. I never said that General Shi was disloyal to His Majesty,"

"Damn, they're just trash. That's why I wanted to kill someone, but you stopped me." An Lushan began to drink wine, pouring a papaya worth of wine into his stomach, his eyes flickering and his face fierce. The light shines through.

"Damn it, Shi Siming is a bitch. He only leads his soldiers to eat, drink and have fun all day long. He doesn't take my world seriously at all. It seems that he doesn't know that I can't eat and sleep well. There is Tang Dynasty in the north. There is Li Longji in the north and the west. They all want to eat my flesh and sleep on my skin, but he comes here for me. Good, good, very good."

An Lushan laughed again and drank the other papaya's wine in one gulp, with a proud look on his face: "Come on, let me toast you, counselor, yes, I have always underestimated you before, but now it seems , but it is very useful. The method you taught me is so damn exciting like that bitch Yang Guifei. Tonight you will forge a document for me and say it was given to you by the Tang Dynasty. Fight with me on the edge of the Yellow River. When the time comes, when I gather the generals tomorrow morning, I can announce it. I will then say that I must return to Luoyang to set up defenses. The matter of attacking Tongguan here will be left to Shi Siming. , once he failed to complete the task, I just chopped off his head. If you don't tell me, I have forgotten. This guy looks very honest on the surface, but in fact he is very cunning. It turns out that you helped him come up with those schemes, but he is still there. I said in front of me that I figured it out by myself. Huh, I have known him for decades. I don’t know what he is capable of. Why do I think he suddenly became smart? It turns out that he is unfaithful to me. Man, I will not let him live in this world,"

Gao Shang and Yan Zhuang were shocked when they heard this. His grandma, this guy is doing this to his most trusted subordinates, not to mention himself and others. It seems that Gao Shang's strategy is right. No matter what, he will still do it in the future. It's better to stay away from this tyrant.

…

In fact, both Gao Shang and Yan Zhuang's fathers were once killed by Li Longji because they supported Empress Wei. The two of them fled to Fulin (Rome) through all kinds of hardships, and spent decades studying poetry and books. They returned to the north when they were fifty years old, organized forces, and wanted to assassinate Li Longji. But unfortunately, they never met a master like Li Bai, and their martial arts were not very good. Several assassinations failed. In the hands of Chao En, although they found Li Longji for the last time, they had a fight and found out whether these two were Li Longji's opponents or whether Li Longji asked for the reason and let them go, but it was obviously impossible for them to remember Li Longji. Longji was in love, so he took refuge in Anlushan. Through the introduction of Shi Siming and others, he became Anlushan's counselor. With the talents of these two people, it was natural that Anlushan would rebel sooner or later.

But An Lushan's behavior today made Gao Shang and Yan Zhuang feel very upset.

I have made great contributions to him, but I just came out to give him advice. I didn't expect that his life would be destroyed immediately. With such a cruel person by his side all day long, the danger can be imagined.

Gao Shang's small provocation immediately made the stupid An Lushan suspicious of Shi Siming. As expected, he followed his own plan and created a huge problem for Shi Siming.

If he wins, Shi Siming's status in Anjun will undoubtedly skyrocket. At the same time, he will hold a grudge against An Lushan, blaming him for not caring about his life and death; if he loses, people like Shi Siming will be easily captured, and they will inevitably take him with him when the time comes. The troops under his command defected to the Tang Dynasty.

In fact, Gao Shang and Yan Zhuang had already quietly accepted Li Bai's generous gift, leaving a way out for the future.

When the Tang Dynasty became emperor in Anlu Mountain, it had already sent Sheva and Li Bai to Luoyang for activities, bringing with them a large amount of gold and silver treasures. The people they wanted to make friends with were people like Gao Shang, Yan Zhuang and An like Tian Chengsi. Military generals; of course, the people the Tang Dynasty wanted to make friends with and win over were not limited to An Lushan, but also Li Longji and Li Heng.

Originally, with their status in the An army and the contributions they had made for An Lushan over the years, the possibility of rebellion was extremely low. After all, An Lushan had become emperor now. As long as he assisted him in conquering the country, , it is possible for them to be the founding heroes of the country, to be granted the title of marquis and to be the Prime Minister, so how could they have second thoughts? However, just because of this incident of almost losing their heads, they had different intentions.

…

The next morning.

The sky was thick with fog, but the drums of the An army were beating loudly. An Lushan summoned all the generals to assemble in the Chinese army tent.

"Long live my emperor, long live the emperor,"

After kneeling down to worship Shan Hu, this extremely fat man immediately stood up, his eyes filled with murderous intent, and you could hear a needle drop in the tent.

An Lushan’s “Prince” An Shouzhong began to read out the edict:

In accordance with the destiny of Heaven, the Emperor of Dayan issued an edict: Shi Siming will lead the army to capture Tongguan within three days. If they fail to win, all officers above the general level will be beheaded. I admire this.

The place where the inscription is written below is stamped with the jade seal of Anlu Mountain.

When Shi Siming heard this, he became angry and furious, but he did not dare to say no. Instead, he took the edict very respectfully: Mom, this is not what the head on my neck is.

"Your Majesty, I have something to report to you."

"Accurate performance,"

"The talents of a humble minister are mediocre. I spent more than forty days in Tongguan, but I was unable to attack it. Now that the emperor is here in person, I can supervise the attack and improve morale. I am truly worthy of holding this position of general."

"You don't need to be ashamed. What are you ashamed of? You only need to lead your men to drink, eat meat, and play with women in the tent every day. What are you ashamed of? Answer me, do you have any of these things?"

thump.

Shi Siming knelt down in fear. I don't know which talkative guy actually reported all these things. Isn't this going to cost me my life?

"Your Majesty, please spare your life," he had no choice but to confess.

An Lushan opened his eyes wide and stared at Shi Siming's head: "Idiot, did I say I wanted to kill your head? No, I just asked you to command the army of two hundred thousand people. I want to see if you can I want to see your ability to defeat Gao Xianzhi a while ago, and your bravery in killing the horse thief Huang Haotian. Do you understand?"

"Understood," Shi Siming kept kowtowing.

"As long as you understand, let me ask you now, are you willing to be the commander of the attack on Tongguan?"

"Reporting to the emperor, if you give me ten days, I will definitely capture Tongguan, but...but the emperor said three days, this...how is this possible?"

His last words were just short of saying, "You are killing someone with a borrowed knife."

"Okay, okay," An Lushan said three good words in a row, and finally smiled, "Brother, we have been friends for decades. Although I don't like you to be free and casual and not serious about attacking the city, but I won't I want to kill you because you are my sworn brother. We share blessings and share hardships. However, these generals under you are all your friends. If you cannot attack Tongguan within three days, I will kill you in front of you. In front of you, I will kill all these nearly a hundred people, it’s up to you,”

After finishing speaking, An Lushan winked, and Gao Shang and Yan Zhuang stood up and showed the documents in their hands to all the soldiers. It turned out to be an edict from the new Tang Dynasty Emperor Tang Dynasty.

The book says: There are no two days in the sky, and the people have no two masters. Your Excellency An Lushan, you pretend to be emperor, which makes me deeply dissatisfied. Since you cannot decide the ownership of the world with words, I will lead my elite troops to fight with you. You will hunt in the Yellow River. Fortunately, you have made preparations in Luoyang early. Otherwise, when the army arrives, everyone will be burned.

The signature below is the new Emperor of the Tang Dynasty: Tang Dynasty.

After the edict was read, everyone was shocked.

An Lushan faced Shi Siming: "Now you know why I can't personally supervise the battle at Tongguan. It's because of the Tang Dynasty, this young boy."

"Back to the emperor, I understand," Shi Siming's heart was bleeding. You think I am a fool. I don't even understand your plan to escape from the golden cicada's shell.
Chapter completed!