An Lushan and Shi Siming endings are very similar. Both of them were killed by their own biological sons.
An Lushan is obese and has a lot of poisonous sores on his body. After the rebellion, An Lushan's eyesight became worse and worse, and later he became blind and could not see anything.
An Lushan's temper became more and more irritable, and he would always use a whip stick to beat the people around him. Yan Zhuang is An Lushan's planner and often gives advice for An Lushan. Such a counselor was also beaten by An Lushan.严庄敢怒不敢言，只能暂时隐忍。
Li Zhuer is an eunuch around An Lushan. He serves as An Lushan's eunuch and serves An Lushan's daily life. Whenever An Lushan encountered something unpleasant, he beat Li Zhu'er and beat him to his body and did not treat Li Zhu'er as a human being.
An Qingxu is An Lushan's second son. Since An Lushan's eldest son Anqingzong has been executed by Dang Xuanzong , then in the order of inheritance, An Lushan should pass the throne of the pseudo-Yan Kingdom to An Qingxu. However, in his later years, An Lushan liked his youngest son An Qingen very much and wanted An Qingen to inherit the throne. After An Qingxu found out, he resented An Lushan very much.
Yan Zhuang found An Qingxu and suggested that An Qingxu should first take action, get rid of An Lushan, and then ascend to the throne and become emperor. After An Qingxu thought about it, he thought Yan Zhuang’s words made sense, and the two hit it off and prepared to take action.
Yan Zhuang found Li Zhuer again and told him his plan, wanting Li Zhuer to be an insider and get rid of An Lushan together, Li Zhuer agreed.
One night, An Qingxu came outside An Lushan's tent and asked the guards to leave. He guarded himself outside the tent. Yan Zhuang and Li Zhuer came to An Lushan's couch with weapons in hand. Li Zhuer stabbed An Lushan in the abdomen with a knife. When An Lushan knew that the assassin was coming, he hurriedly reached out to get the sword hanging on the wall, but found that the sword was not on the wall.
An Lushan endured the severe pain, shook the curtain and shouted loudly, "The assassin who came is my family thief!"
After saying that, An Lushan died of anger. An Qingxu dug a hole under the couch, wrapped An Lushan's body with a blanket, and buried it on the spot. Yan Zhuang announced to the public that An Lushan had passed away and issued a last edict during his lifetime, which was rumored to be located in Anqingxu, King of Jin.
An Qingxu killed his father and usurped the throne, becoming the second emperor of the pseudo-Yan Kingdom. An Qingxu's actions aroused the dissatisfaction of Shi Siming, the governor of Fan Yang. An Qingxu was too experienced and could not suppress Shi Siming at all. The king and his ministers were suspicious of each other and wanted to get rid of each other.
An Qingxu was not in a good fight with the Tang army, so he could only withdraw from Luoyang and retreat to Yecheng (now Anyang, Henan).
In September 758, famous Tang army generals Guo Ziyi , Li Guangbi and others led an army of 200,000 to attack An Qingxu. An Qingxu could not resist and could only defend Yecheng to the death.
At this time, Shi Siming was strong and strong. An Qingxu sent someone to Fan Yang to ask Shi Siming for help, saying that as long as Shi Siming could repel the Tang army, he was willing to give the throne to Shi Siming.
Shi Siming led his army south to lure An Qingxu out of the city to meet, and took the opportunity to capture An Qingxu. Shi Siming scolded An Qingxu: "As a son of man, you dare to kill your father and seize the throne. You are so rebellious and are unwilling tolerated by heaven and earth. Today I will get rid of you, the traitor, for the Supreme Emperor!"
An Qingxu kept begging for mercy, but was still executed by Shi Siming. Shi Siming annexed An Qingxu's troops, led his army to fight against the Tang army, and defeated the Tang army.
In 761 AD, Shi Siming led his army to attack Shanzhou , but was defeated by the Tang army and had to retreat to Yongning. Shi Siming ordered his son Shi Chaoyi to lead his soldiers to build a triangular city to store grain and build a good city within one month.
Shi Chaoyi led the soldiers to step up the construction of the city. One month has arrived, and the city has basically been built, but there is no time to apply mud on the exterior wall.
Shi Siming was furious when he saw this. He called Shi Chaoyi, Luo Yue and other generals in front of him, trying to kill these people. Shi Chaoyi was frightened. He knew that his father was cruel and ruthless and would not care about the relationship between father and son.
Shi Chaoyi knelt down and begged, saying, "The soldiers are so tired. Let's take a break and then take a break."
Shi Siming rebuked, "Do you dare to disobey my orders because you love your subordinates?"
Shi Siming immediately ordered the soldiers to apply mud, and he watched under the city. The mud was applied, and Shi Siming calmed down. Before leaving, he said to Shi Chaoyi, "I will kill you when I conquer Shanzhou!"
Shi Chaoyi was very scared. He knew that Shi Siming was not joking. Luo Yue was worried that he would be killed, so he found Shi Chaoyi and advised Shi Chaoyi to take action to get rid of Shi Siming first. Shi Chaoyi hesitated in his heart and dared not agree. Luo Yue said that if Shi Chaoyi did not agree, he would lead his troops to surrender to the Tang Dynasty. When Shi Chaoyi heard this, he agreed.
Shi Siming had a strange dream in the middle of the night and was awakened. There were a few actors around him, and he was always there.
Shi Siming said to the actor: "I had a dream. A group of deer was drinking water in the river. Suddenly, the river water was dry and the deer died." After
, Shi Siming got up to go to the toilet. Several actors whispered, and one of them said, "The deer is the fortune, the water is the fate, Shi Siming has lived to the end." Before he finished speaking, Luo Yue led his people in and asked Shi Siming where he was. The actor pointed to the toilet.
Shi Siming found that the situation was not good, so he hurriedly climbed over the wall, jumped outside, and ran on a horse. The pursuer pulled his bow and shot him in the arm. Shi Siming fell off the horse and was captured alive.
Shi Siming asked who caused the rebellion, and the soldiers said it was Shi Chaoyi. Shi Siming said in a pleading tone: "What I said in the morning is a joke. Don't kill me now. It's not too late to get rid of me after conquering Chang'an ."
The soldiers tied Shi Siming up and locked up in Liuquanyi. Seeing Luo Yue coming back, Shi Chaoyi hurriedly asked, "Did you disturb the saint (Shi Siming)? Are the saints injured?"
Luo Yue and other generals replied no.
Luo Yue was worried that Shi Chaoyi would change his mind, so he brought people to Liuquanyi, took the lead and hanged Shi Siming with a rope. In 763 AD, Shi Chaoyi was defeated one after another, and was desperate and forced to commit suicide. At this point, the eight-year Anshi Rebellion ended.
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