"His Majesty."

Gao Lishi saluted respectfully and said, "The inspector and supervisor sent a secret report, and the governor of Pinglu Jielu, An Lushan, has secretly left the city."

Wang Xiao did not have any extreme emotions about this.

He raised his hand and clenched his ears, "It seems that he has chosen his own path."

For a man like An Lushan, he actually has no choice.

Being a rice insect that is eating and waiting to die in Chang'an City is something An Lushan who has called the wind and rain on the grassland before, and has made thousands of people follow him with a sound of a cry of surprise.

An Lushan, who was used to enjoying the taste of power, would rather die than be trapped in Chang'an City to be a timid person.

So, his final choice is not surprising.

"Go and call Guo Ziyi over."

After sending Gao Lishi away, Wang Xiao stood up and went to the Youzhou map to check carefully.

With his rich experience, he naturally knew An Lushan’s next plan.

The first step must be to take advantage of the opportunity of the military governor of Fanyang (Youzhou) Guo Ziyi in Chang'an City to send troops to raid Fanyang.

Strategically speaking, this is the way to go south to open up the road to the Central Plains.

Tactically speaking, the countless money, food and supplies stored in Fanyang was an irresistible temptation by An Lushan's army.

Moreover, Fanyang has a large population, and An Lushan can quickly pull up the army after he takes over.

No matter which era it is, it is a famous saying.

He finally forced An Lushan to rebel, so of course he could not be satisfied with his satisfaction.

So after Guo Ziyi hurried to the palace, Wang Xiao's first sentence was, "An Lushan wants to rebel, you can go back to Fanyang to prepare for defense immediately."

Guo Ziyi was not too surprised. After all, Pinglu is north of Fan Yang, and he had long heard of An Lushan's character.

"I accept the order."

Guo Ziyi responded first, and then asked, "How to secretly return to Fanyang?"

"In the past two days, you will first attend banquets from various governments, and then find a reason to feel uncomfortable for a few days to rest. You will rush to Fanyang without stopping and give An Lushan a headache."

Wang Xiao instructed him, "Your bottom line is to block the Great Wall Pass and not let An Lushan's rebels go south to harm the people. If you do it, you will be the first contribution."

After Guo Ziyi left, Wang Xiao studied the map for a while, and then gradually summoned Gao Xianzhi, Feng Changqing, Wang Zhongsi, Li Siye and others.

In addition to conveying the matter about An Lushan's upcoming rebellion, these famous generals also assigned tasks.

When they were notified to come back to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival together, there was a secret order to arrange elite troops to follow them.

Now, the elite soldiers from Anxi Beiting and other military towns have also entered Longyou.

The number of elite soldiers drawn by these towns is not large, and the total number of them is estimated to be less than 20,000.

But these are elite veterans who have been fighting for many years in the true sense and have experienced many battles.

With them as the core and equipped with a strategic mobile reserve team stationed around Chang'an City for many years, it was not difficult to destroy An Lushan.

If there are any shortcomings, there are only the soldiers stationed in Chang'an. Although they are not short of training and equipment, they have no practical experience.

This time, the destruction of An Lushan and swept the grasslands with the momentum was the most critical battle of the Tang Dynasty in Wang Xiao's mind.

So he made up his mind to lead his troops to the expedition himself.

More than half a month later, news of An Lushan raising the anti-flag in Pinglu Town came, and there was an uproar in Chang'an City.

The Tang Dynasty has not had a rebellion of this scale for many years.

The last time I had to trace back to Li Jingye who sent the whole family into the iron tomb.

Ordinary people do not understand the twists and turns, and only think that An Lushan, as a miscellaneous Hu, has become a rebellion that the high-ranking officials of the Jiedu governor, is simply bored to live.

After all, in the eyes of ordinary people, the Tang Dynasty is now strong and its territory spans tens of thousands of miles. Many alien kingdoms surrender under the Iron Cavalry of the Tang Dynasty, and An Lushan is nothing.

And in the court, everyone's first thought was that it was all the emperor and the prime minister.

Because of Wang Xiao's continuous promotion and Zhang Jiuling's constant acquiescence, An Lushan gradually became bigger and his ambition was finally revealed.

You should know that the Tang Dynasty had many military towns on the border, but basically they were only tens of thousands of people.

However, An Lushan was able to raise an army of more than 200,000, because Wang Xiao and Zhang Jiuling agreed with all their requests for An Lushan.

The military pay, food and grass are distributed over the specifications, and what is raised is a huge monster.

Now the monsters are beginning to retaliate against the Tang Dynasty, of course they are going to be indulged by the good emperor and the prime minister.

Fortunately, Wang Xiao’s prestige is high enough that everyone dares to keep such words in their hearts, and no one dares to say them.

Two or three hundred thousand string control men were the troops that could only be obtained during the heyday of the Huns and Turks.

Moreover, they are well-trained and well-equipped, and their combat capabilities are even higher than those of the Huns and Turks.

Therefore, the people in the court where An Lushan is confident are far more worried than ordinary people.

Fortunately, Wang Xiao reacted very quickly. Almost the day after the news came, Wang Xiao held a grand court meeting and announced on the spot that he would lead the imperial army in person.

It was very natural that many ministers came forward to dissuade them for various reasons.

In ancient times, war was originally the most important task of the king of the country. Therefore, it was taken for granted by the emperor in person in ancient times.

But since the Confucian school gained the right to speak, all kinds of reasons have come out and tried every means to obstruct it.

As for the reason, in addition to showing loyalty, it is more important to cut off the emperor's direct contact with the military.

It is not nonsense to be irreconcilable between civil and military officials. In order to suppress bloody nature, these corrupt scholars can be said to be doing everything they can.

The emperor personally led the army to fight, which means that he established a direct connection with the army and all resources must be turned to the army.

There are only so many benefits, and the army has taken them away, so what else do they eat and get.

So if the emperor can be divided from the army, then the imperial power can be restricted upward and the military power can be attacked downward.

With so many benefits, the Confucians must oppose it in a righteous and crazily.

"All those who opposed my commander-in-chief just now came out to stand here."

In Hanyuan Palace, Wang Xiao pointed at the open space on one side and said, "Hurry up!"

With the accumulation of power, the ministers who had previously used various reasons to dissuade Wang Xiao stood up with trepidation.

"I'll ask you, where are you ministers?"

"We are ministers of the Tang Dynasty and ministers of Your Majesty."

"Okay, then I'll ask you one more question. Now An Lushan rebelled and attacked Fan Yang, and the Tang Dynasty was in danger. Are you willing to sacrifice yourself for the Tang Dynasty?"

Still responding in a uniform manner, "I am willing."

Wang Xiao simply stood up and said, "Now I want to resolve the crisis for the Tang Dynasty. Are you willing to go with me?"

Now the ministers were silent.

If you are blind and spearless on the battlefield, if you are not on the battlefield, your power, wealth, beautiful wife and other things will be passed by.

"Hmph."

Wang Xiao sneered more than just "I dare not go, and I won't let me go. What do you want? Can you recite your scriptures in this Chang'an City be able to recite all An Lushan's rebels to death? A bunch of waste!"

He shook his cuffs hard and turned away. "These people who stood up all went to war with the army! Anyone who did not follow will be treated as a thief!"

A few days later, before the army was rectified, many ministers who were named with them wrote letters saying that they were not well and could not follow the army.

Wang Xiao's response to this was very simple. He responded to all the letters. Then he sent a copy of the imperial edict printed by Zhang Jiuling back. "Since you are not healthy, then go back to your hometown to take good care of yourself. The work in the court cannot be stopped, you have his own position.

People come to replace them.”

As soon as such an imperial edict was released, all of these people were numb.

Isn’t I studying hard for so many years just to make a name for now and live a good life with my family and a glorious family?

After an imperial edict came out, all the efforts over the years were gone. Who could bear it?

Before he could get sick, he hurried over to follow the army.

Those who were sent back to their hometowns were moving around to get an opportunity.

But, they have no chance now.

Wang Xiao didn't dispatch many troops.

About 100,000 troops were drawn out of the sixteen guards stationed around Chang'an City.

In addition, the 20,000 elite soldiers were drawn by the towns in the Western Regions, which is 120,000.

Because they were marching in the country, there were not many civilians accompanying the army, and the total amount was less than 200,000.

Their destination is to go directly to Hedong Town.

The current governor of Hedong Town is Wang Zhongsi, and he still has 63,000 troops.

After joining with the reinforcements in Chang'an City, there is a terrible torrent. You can attack from Hedong and directly capture An Lushan's retreat.

Of course, the premise is that Guo Ziyi, who is stationed in Fanyang, can withstand An Lushan's fierce attack.
To be continued...