After Li Linfu's death, An Lushan began to become anxious. He had a premonition that The sky of the Tang Dynasty is about to change.
Sure enough, after the successor Prime Minister Yang Guozhong came to power, he began to target him everywhere, and repeatedly made slander in front of Tang Xuanzong , saying that An Lushan would definitely rebel and must be guarded in advance.
Yang Guozhong couldn't stand An Lushan, and this matter could be traced back to Li Linfu .
Li Linfu was the prime minister who reigned for the longest time during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang. He monopolized the power and ruled out dissidents. He served Emperor Xuanzong of Tang comfortably. He was talking about this person. However, he did two stupid things and planted a thunder for the Tang Dynasty.
The first thing is to interfere with the issue of the prince’s candidate.
Li Longji's first prince was Li Ying's . Unfortunately, his mother's status was too low and she died prematurely. So someone stared at the throne of the prince under his butt. This person was Wu Huifei .
Wu Huifei is the granddaughter of Wu Zetian . She grew up in the palace and is deeply loved by Wu Zetian. Since Li Longji's original wife, Queen Wang, died, was demoted and consorted, Concubine Wu Hui has become the master of the harem. In order to find a good future for his son, he falsely accused the prince of rebelling.
So, there was Li Longji "killing three sons in one day" , one of which was crown prince Li Ying.
However, before Wu Huifei could push her son to the position of the prince, she died. However, his old partner Li Linfu did not disappoint him and made a warning in front of the emperor, establishing Wu Huifei's son, and Li Guan, the king of Shou, as the crown prince.
Originally, Li Linfu thought that Wu Huifei was Li Longji's favorite person, and it should be the most suitable to establish his son. Unexpectedly, the flattery of was not good, and he slapped the horse's legs .
This Li Feng, is no one else, but the ex-husband of Yang Yuhuan . She was a wife for Li Feng for 5 years, and did not give birth to a man or a woman. In the end, Li Longji took a fancy to him and took it to the palace. The incident is called "swepting the ashes" among the people.
After Tang Xuanzong's face, he also knew what "shameless" means. If he made Li Guan the crown prince, how could he get along with Yang Yuhuan in the future? After his death, will Li Guan learn from his grandfather, take over his stepmother, and then marry Yang Yuhuan back?
What's more, Concubine Wu Hui had passed away at this time, and the woman he loves most now is Yang Guifei . Therefore, he denied Li Linfu's suggestion and made Li Heng the crown prince.
However, Li Linfu did not give up and relied on his identity as prime minister to oppose the prince everywhere. An Lushan, as Li Linfu's best friend, has participated in this kind of thing a lot, so his relationship with the prince is not better.
The second thing is to promote the general An Lushan
After experiencing Northern and Northern Dynasties, there were many Hu generals in the Tang Dynasty. These so-called "Hu people" mainly refer to the nomadic peoples in the north and people from the Western Regions countries.
At that time, the Tang Dynasty had a vast territory. In order to effectively manage these places, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang established ten vassal states across the country to suppress and prevent border troubles. Li Linfu proposed to reuse the Hu generals as the governors of the vassal states, but they were not allowed to enter the court and become prime ministers.
Li Linfu's reason was that these Hu people had no foundation in the Tang Dynasty and were not easy to form factions. It was the best arrangement to let them go to the bitter and cold border areas and protect the Tang Dynasty's house. An Lushan, a Hu man, was promoted by Li Linfu. He was also a member of Fanyang, Pinglu , and the governor of the three towns in Hedong.
However, Li Linfu never expected that the later vassal states had more and more power. Although they could not control the power of the court, they had troops outside and gradually became a threat to the court.
When Li Linfu was in power, he offended many people, including Yang Yuhuan's brother Yang Guozhong. Therefore, after Yang Guozhong came to power, the first thing he did was to liquidate Li Linfu's remnants, An Lushan, who was Li Linfu's largest remnants.
At that time, An Lushan was a celebrity around Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and Yang Guifei's godson. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was ten thousand assured of him. Yang Guozhong said in his ear that An Lushan wanted to rebel many times, but he didn't take it seriously. Later, Yang Guozhong became anxious and said to Emperor Xuanzong of Tang: "Your Majesty, don't believe it. If you summon him to Beijing now, he will definitely not dare to come."
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was also anxious: "Brother-in-law, if An Lushan comes, you will shut up in the future." Yang Guozhong slapped his chest and said, "Trade!".
In 754 AD, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang issued an edict asking An Lushan to come to Beijing to report on his work. An Lushan actually knew about the news of
in advance, and he also knew that this report was directed by Yang Guozhong. If he didn't go, Yang Guozhong would win, which would confirm his crime of rebellion.
An Lushan had no intention of rebellion. He held the soldiers of the three towns and was a celebrity around the emperor, Yang Guifei's godson, This identity, this status, this comfortable life, isn't it good to live? Why do you have to treason with your head and eat hot pot with your head? Is he unhappy?
In order to shut up Yang Guozhong and to dispel the emperor's concerns, An Lushan went to Chang'an City to report to the emperor with a gift.
When he arrived in front of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, An Lushan couldn't help but feel sore and wiped his tears: "Your Majesty, I am wronged. I am a Hu man who is helpless in the Tang Dynasty. I can only work for the emperor loyally. Just this, there are still people who say bad things about me behind my back. I am innocent."
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang smiled like a kind father: "Xiao An, don't be excited. I understand your situation. Don't worry, I will not let a bad person go, nor will I wrongly accuse a good person. If you go back and do it well, the Tang Dynasty needs your loyalty."
In order to comfort Lushan's wounded heart, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang specially rewarded him with a new official position, Shangshu Zuo Pushe . This position is equivalent to being the prime minister, but An Lushan looked down on him, so he took two other positions, , and Longyou group herders .
Don’t underestimate these two positions. is in charge of the scheduling of chariots and horses in the court, is in charge of the Longyou herds is in charge of the ranch of the Tang Dynasty. It is equivalent to the one-stop industrial chain , from production, processing to final use of the market, all of which are controlled by An Lushan.
The ancient war horses were important combat materials. Whoever mastered the war horses would master the greatest mobility and flexibility on the battlefield.
As expected, An Lushan selected thousands of good horses from Longxi and brought them back to Fanyang.
After returning to Fanyang, An Lushan did not let go of his vigilance. He knew that as long as Yang Guozhong was in power for one day, he would be unable to live in peace for one day, so he began to actively prepare.
First of all, he began to sort out of his generals, and he was not his confidant and transferred them all away. In addition, he drafted a list for Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, replaced a large number of Han generals, and appointed a group of new foreign generals. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang had no doubt at all and waved his hand: "It's accurate."
Secondly, he built a "Xiongwu City" in the north of Fanyang City, nominally to prevent the north from Khitans and Shiwei people, but in fact, this is an large warehouse in An Lushan, which contains a lot of food and weapons, as well as 15,000 war horses.
Fanyang, in today's southern Beijing, Zhuozhou in the northern part of Baoding, Xiongwu City is today's Xuanhua District in Zhangjiakou. Why choose to build a city here?
Because it is located north of the Yanshan Mountains, it is not easy to attract people's attention. Moreover, it is close to Inner Mongolia for a generation, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is necessary for the border. More importantly, An Lushan has bribed a large number of Khitans and Shiwei people and placed them here so that they can be called at any time.
Yang Guozhong's side, he did shut up. He stopped talking in front of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, but changed to "take action directly".He sent someone to copy An Lushan’s mansion in Chang'an , and arrested all An Lushan’s relatives and tribe members in Chang'an.
His purpose is to force An Lushan to take action!
Now, the uncle can tolerate it, but the aunt can’t. In 755 AD, An Lushan raised an army in Fanyang, but he did not want to rebel, but declared: "Closing the secret edict to attack Yang Guozhong."
An Lushan led 200,000 troops to go south, cross the Yellow River, and then headed westward. His plan is to first occupy Luoyang , and then attack Chang'an.
When the expedited document like snow flakes was delivered to Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, his first reaction was: "How is An Lushan rebelling? When will you frame Xiao Anzi?"
However, not long after, the cruel facts proved the truth. An Lushan did rebellion and almost fought to Luoyang City . Emperor Xuanzong of Tang had to face a problem, who would send to lead troops to quell the rebellion.
At that time, all the troops of the Tang Dynasty were scattered in the vassal states, and there were no generals in the court who could lead troops to fight. At this time, only Anxi Jiedushi Feng Changqing , who was sent to the front line by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang.
Although Feng Changqing was a military governor, he was not in charge of his own soldiers, but in some personal soldiers of the imperial court in Chang'an City. These people have not fought for many years, their skills have been abandoned, and their quality is extremely poor. The old ones are old and the disabled, and they have no combat power at all.
Therefore, Feng Changqing came back after taking a "lose battle" to the front line.
Just as Feng Changqing left, An Lushan occupied Luoyang City. This is the Dongdu of the Tang Dynasty, the capital of the Wu Zetian era, the majestic palace and the gorgeous inner court, which made An Lushan sigh: "My uncle, it's better to be the emperor, I'm happy to be an emperor, I'm also happy."
In 756 AD, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, An Lushan proclaimed himself emperor in Luoyang and his country was named "Yan".
After Feng Changqing ran back to Chang'an, he was demoted to a commoner by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and sent him to Gao Xianzhi to work as a coolie. As a result, Feng Changqing got there and was frightened by his foolings. He retreated from Shanzhou overnight to west of Tongguan . Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was furious and ordered the killing of these two cowards who escaped in the battle.
When the news of An Lushan's claim to be emperor reached Chang'an City, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang angrily threw the lychee in his hand to the ground: "This little bastard, I want to go to kill him with my own hands." However, he was just talking about it. He was in his 70s and was not the young age.
At the suggestion of Yang Guozhong, veteran Geshuhan was activated and sent to the front line of Tongguan.
I have to say that the veteran is stable. Like the Lianpo back then, after he arrived in Lintong, he did not attack easily, but defended Tongguan. This is the most solid eastern gate in Chang'an, facing the Yellow River in the north and the Qinling in the south. It is surrounded by mountains, ravines and ravines, and the geographical terrain is extremely superior.
Therefore, An Lushan and Geshuhan have been in Tongguan for a few months, but have never been able to make a breakthrough.
At this time, An Lushan's backyard caught fire. He led the army south, and some officials in Hebei began to rise up and resist, and re-established the Tang Dynasty. Among them, the best performer was Pingyuan Prefect Yan Zhenqing . You read that right, is the calligrapher Yan Zhenqing, a veteran of the four dynasties of the Tang Dynasty. Writing is just a hobby, and killing enemies is his main business.
Yan Zhenqing once became the commander of Hebei's "Fight against An Lushan Alliance", and his men gathered 200,000 troops. In order to solve the problem of the base camp, An Lushan sent his younger brother, Shi Siming , to calm down.
However, Shi Siming's life was not good. He encountered a tough guy in Hebei. This tough guy was not Yan Zhenqing, but Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi .
An Lushan has been struggling for more than half a year. The Tang Dynasty court has returned from the beginning and has begun to mobilize troops and generals. After all, the transportation conditions in that era were poor, and the vassal states were far away from Chang'an, so it took time to mobilize troops.
At this time, Shuofang Jiedushi Guo Ziyi was ordered to participate in the quelling rebellion. He took his deputy Li Guangbi from Lingwu, walked the northern line, crossed Hedong, crossed Taihang Mountain , rushed straight to An Lushan base camp, and reunited with Yan Zhenqing. This is the first regular vassal state army sent by the court since the Anshi Rebellion. It has excellent combat effectiveness and has made Shi Siming cry and cry for his parents.
The base camp was packed with dumplings, and Tongguan could not be captured for a long time, and An Lushan was in a dilemma of being attacked from both sides. At this time, Yang Guozhong gave a "god assist".
Yang Guozhong is a man who doesn't go to war, but he is particularly "knocky". Seeing that Brother Shuhan has been guarding Tongguan, he did not take the initiative to attack, and he fanned the flames in the ears of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was also a little anxious and asked Yang Guozhong to pass the order and order Ge Shuhan to take the initiative.
Speaking of this, how come it looks more and more like Changping Battle . Veteran Lian Po couldn't stand it, and the Qin army had no choice but to do anything. As a result, Zhao Kuo came and took the initiative to attack, but was swallowed by Bai Qi in one bite.
History is surprisingly similar. Geshuhan actually doesn't want to take the initiative. Northern War is going smoothly, and An Lushan's lair is almost taken away. If Guo Ziyi's army can move south smoothly, then An Lushan will be closed and beaten up, and there is no need to attack at all.
However, the emperor's order was difficult to violate, so Geshuhan had to lead people to attack. As expected, she was caught and beaten up by An Lushan. Tongguan was lost, and Geshuhan was tied up by his subordinates and sent to Chang'an.
Tongguan is lost, is Chang'an City still far away?
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang used his heels to think about it and knew what the result would be. Therefore, he took Yang Guifei, Yang Guozhong and other groups of royal relatives to escape from Chang'an City and ran towards Sichuan. Now, the people in Chang'an have suffered.
In 756 AD, An Lushan captured Chang'an City, looted and poisoned the people, and turned Chang'an City into a sea of fire.
When Emperor Xuanzong of Tang ran to Mawei Post , a mutiny occurred in the personal army around him. It was difficult not to mutiny at that time. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang sneaked out, and even the ministers didn't know that they went to court that morning, but they didn't see the emperor. The palace was in a mess, and only then did they realize that the emperor had "absent from work".
These personal soldiers were also taken away by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang overnight. They also have family members. These families are all in Chang'an City and are suffering. Who has the heart to defend the emperor?
The leader of the personal army Chen Xuanli believes that all this was caused by Yang Guozhong, and sent someone to shoot him. After killing Yang Guozhong, he was worried that Yang Guifei would settle the score with him afterwards, so he forced Emperor Xuanzong of Tang to kill Yang Guifei . Then, they protected Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and continued to walk towards Sichuan.
At this time, the prince Li Heng was unwilling to follow Emperor Xuanzong of Tang. With the support of a group of confidants, he went north to Lingwu and proclaimed himself emperor there. He respected Emperor Xuanzong of Tang as the Supreme Emperor , which was equivalent to compulsively seizing Emperor Xuanzong of Tang. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was old and had no fighting spirit. He agreed to this fact and sent the treasure seal and the golden book to Li Heng.
At this point, Emperor Suzong of Tang Dynasty Li Heng took over the baton and became the commander-in-chief of suppressing the rebellion.
Li Heng should be glad that An Lushan's rebellion was only in the north, and the entire southern region was safe and sound. The people still went out to buy vegetables in the morning and went home to hold their grandsons at night. Therefore, the taxes and money and food in the south were sent to the north, supporting Li Heng's quelling rebellion.
The person in charge of this work is called 号号号号号号 , a senior "financial and taxation expert". Li Heng appointed him as the supervisory censor and Jianghuai Renyuan, who is fully responsible for the finance and taxation of the entire 号号号 .
Li Heng was in charge of Lingwu, and his work was helpless. The situation in Hebei changed. Shi Siming successfully counterattacked Guo Ziyi. Guo Ziyi, Yan Zhenqing and others returned to Lingwu, leaving Li Guangbi to defend in Hedong. The Yongwang in the south rebelled, and power struggles occurred within the Tang Dynasty.
Li Bai , at this time, he became the secretary of King Yong, and was later implicated in the exile. On the way, he encountered a general amnesty in the world, regained his freedom, and was in a good mood. He wrote " Early Release Baidicheng ".
Just when the morale of the Tang Dynasty was depressed, good news came, and An Lushan was dead.
An Lushan is a big fat man, weighing 330 pounds. The flesh on the belly can flow to the knees, which is probably fatter than the Deyun Club 's Sun Yue . There is a little eunuch named Li Zhuer next to him who serves him to wear clothes and shoes every day.
This person becomes prone to illness when he becomes fat. After An Lushan returned to Luoyang, he suddenly became blind. He had a bad temper, but now he became even more irritable. He always beat Li Zhu'er, even his son An Qingxu .
An Lushan doesn't like An Qingxu. He likes his eldest son. Therefore, An Qingxu conspired with Li Zhuer and took advantage of An Lushan's sleep and killed him.
Li Heng heard that An Lushan was dead and was energetic. He learned from his previous experience and lessons, sent people to the Uighurs to borrow cavalry, and promised them to regain Chang'an and Luoyang, and let them divide the gold and silver treasures in the city.
Guo Ziyi led the Tang army and the Uighur coalition forces to attack Chang'an. After a bloody battle, he finally recovered Chang'an, and then rushed his troops eastward to recover Luoyang.
At this point, the two capitals of the Tang Dynasty were regained.
However, the people of and were affected because Li Heng agreed to the Uighurs, the gold and silver treasures in the city, and let them divide them. Li Heng could only watch the Uighurs army plundering the city, and even some Tang troops secretly participated.
lost Luoyang, and An Qingxu could only return to Fanyang. However, Fan Yang was already under control by Shi Siming, and he was unwilling to let An Qingxu take over his territory. thought of a way to surrender.
He expressed his intention to surrender to Li Heng. Li Heng was very happy and named Shi Siming the "King of Guiyi" and the governor of Fan Yang. Shi Siming's surrender played a demonstration role, and many people around An Qingxu also began to surrender to the Tang army.
Shi Siming saw that An Qingxu became a lonely man and rebelled again because he was originally a fraudulent surrender, with the purpose of weakening An Qingxu's power.
Li Heng heard that Shi Siming rebelled again and no longer had any hope for the rebels, so he decided to annihilate the rebels in one go. He appointed Guo Ziyi as the Grand Marshal and first attacked An Qingxu, who was relatively weak.
Taking advantage of the chaos, Shi Siming sent troops from the north to attack An Qingxu, and An Qingxu was killed in the chaos. Due to internal struggles in the Tang Dynasty, the eunuchs Yu Chaoen and the generals competed for power, and were bitten by Shi Siming Fan.
After returning to Fanyang, Shi Siming succeeded to the throne as "Emperor of Dayan".
Since then, the Tang Dynasty and Shi Siming have been in war for many years, and have fought many bloody battles, but have never been able to eliminate Shi Siming.
In 762 AD, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang died. A month later, his son, Emperor Suzong of Tang, Li Heng, died. The two men and women did not see the end of the Anshi Rebellion until they died.
After the death of Emperor Suzong of Tang, his son Li Yu succeeded to the throne, and he was Emperor Daizong of Tang.
Shi Siming's side was killed by his son Shi Chaoyi without jumping around for a few days. Three consecutive one clicks, and finally Shi Chaoyi picked peaches. After Li Yu ascended the throne, he appointed Pugu Huaien as the general, led the Uighurs and the Tang Dynasty coalition forces to fight Shi Chaoyi in Mangshan. Shi Chaoyi was defeated and fled back to Fanyang.
It’s a pity that Fan Yang couldn’t go back, and his generals betrayed. Li Huaixian defected to the Tang Dynasty and refused to open the city gate for him. Shi Chaoyi, who was desperate, committed suicide. Li Huaixian picked up a bargain and sent Shi Chaoyi’s head to Chang'an, and received the reward.
At this point, the Anshi Rebellion that lasted for eight years was finally over.
The Anshi Rebellion ended, but his poison was not completely eradicated. Li Yu was ruthless and did not thoroughly cleanse the rebels. All rebels who surrendered to the Tang Dynasty were treated preferentially and even continued to serve as the governor of one side.
For example, Li Baochen , Li Huaixian, Xue Song , Tian Chengsi and others. These people occupied Heshuo , and were close to the Tang Dynasty court. They eventually rebelled again, triggering the " Rebellion between the two emperors and four kings" during the Tang Dynasty Dezong period .
or even the terminator of the Tang Dynasty, Zhu Wen , is also the governor of the Xuanwu Army, .
Although the Anshi Rebellion lasted only 8 years, his attack on the Tang Dynasty was devastating. Although there were several revival moments in the later Tang Dynasty, it was difficult to return to its original prosperous era.
After the Anshi Rebellion, there was no more Tang Dynasty!
