Chapter 587 Lushan’s hidden worries

At the first update, it should be that everything is silent. People sleep soundly in their dreams. But at this time, an atmosphere of panic began to cover the sky above Yi County. The lights of every household were lit. The window paper reflected the panic figures, and a vast crowd of escapees began to appear in the streets and alleys. They carried large bags and small bags, dragged their children with their children. Many people carried their elderly parents and followed the carriages of wealthy families, stumbled out of the city. From time to time, the cry of children and the screams of women came from the crowd.

The men sighed, carrying the heaviest burden on themselves, and fled out of the city with difficulty with their family. The news that An Lushan's army was about to arrive had spread throughout every corner of Yi County. Another news that also spread throughout the streets and alleys was that An Lushan's army was all Human army. They did not bring military rations and fed for women and children. It was these creepy news that made the entire Yi County fall into unprecedented fear. Both the wealthy families and ordinary civilians fled in panic.

On the city tower of Yi County, more than a dozen prefectures and county officials were silently watching the escape tide. After the prefect of Yizhou was killed, it was the highest official of Yizhou. However, Yizhou's chief Yuan Qun led an immigrant to Hedong a few months ago and has not returned yet. The important task of Yizhou's decision-making fell on Sima Jiang Xiaotong. After all, Jiang Xiaotong was a soldier and was determined to deal with things. He mobilized the people to escape in just half an hour, but he did not fully consider some details.

Where should these refugees escape? He and Ma Jun meant that the people fled to Dingzhou first, then led the people of Dingzhou to escape to Hengzhou together, and finally entered Hedong from Jingxing. But now it seems that their ideas are not realistic. It is at least three or four hundred miles from Yizhou to Hengzhou. According to their current escape speed, it is impossible to arrive in less than seven or eight days. At that time, An Lushan's cavalry had already caught up, and hundreds of thousands of people gathered together, which is more conducive to the killing and plunder of An Lushan's army.

Jiang Xiaotong watched tens of thousands of people escape from the county town, forming a huge long dragon on the official road, supporting the elderly and young, slowly staggering to the west. His eyes were full of worry. What should he do if he could not walk fifty miles a day and a night?

At this time, an official walked up quickly and said, "Sima Jiang, people will have big problems when they escape like this. They should immediately turn around and escape into the mountains to take refuge."

A sentence reminded Jiang Xiaotong, yes! He should have escaped into the mountains. Why didn’t he expect that he immediately ordered the yamen runners without thinking: “Take the villagers into the mountains, go quickly!”

Dozens of yamen run away on horseback, shouting loudly, driving the people around, and most people are unwilling to enter the mountain, but the yamen runs for an hour. Many people wake up and change their way to Wuhui Mountain in the northwest. The number of people is increasing, from hundreds to thousands, and then tens of thousands of people, and everyone has a herd mentality. Moreover, everyone is anxious now, and there are no other way to their own thinking. As long as there are many people, they will run wherever they are. Soon, more than half of the people fleeing in the mountain have fled, but there are still many wealthy families who flee in horse and carriages who are not willing to enter the mountain. They have carriages, and the speed of escape is much faster. Moreover, it is difficult to travel on the road to the mountain. Could it be that they lose their carriages and walk with these untouchables?

Therefore, all the carriages did not turn around and still ran west quickly along the official road. Jiang Xiaotong shook his head. It would be better for these people who were dying and unrepentant. Let them attract An Lushan’s cavalry!

He turned around and said to the official who gave him the advice: "Thank you for the proposal of Zhang County Magistrate Zhang. Although Yi County is empty, Qiu County is still confused. It is better for me to divide the troops with Zhang County Magistrate Zhang and I will go to Dingzhou to report the news. Zhang County Magistrate goes to Qiu County. How about Zhang County Magistrate Zhang?

The Zhang County Magistrate is about in his early forties, with a medium figure, three long beards under his jaw, and a clear and elegant appearance. He stroked his beard and smiled, "Since Jiang Sima looks down on me, Zhang Xun, what else can I say?"

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On the eve of the rebellion in Youzhou City, An Lushan's Yan Wang Mansion, An Lushan, the middle-Tang hero, couldn't fall asleep for a long time. He was still wearing a golden armor and paced back and forth in the palace hall with his hands behind his back. His eyes were anxiously looking at the dark night sky from time to time. He was a little impatient. The expectations of more than ten years were finally realized at dawn. From then on, he would embark on the journey of conquering the ten thousand miles of the Tang Dynasty. An Lushan's heart was full of expectations. He imagined the moment he stepped onto the Hanyuan Palace in a dragon robe, embracing the Tang Dynasty with a smile, and Yang Guifei with a peerless appearance. He dreamed that he was bathing in Huaqing Pool with her. Even An Lushan himself didn't know how much of his rebellious intention that had accumulated for more than ten years was for Yang Guifei?

"Master, Mr. Gao is here."

"Master, Mr. Gao is here..."

Li Zhu'er, the personal captain, called out twice behind her before waking An Lushan from her beautiful dream, 'Oh! Let him come in."

An Lushan calmed down for a moment. For some reason, he suddenly remembered Li Qing'an. The person who blocked his emperor's path like a mountain. Can he defeat this strongest opponent in his life? An Lushan's heart filled with desire for power suddenly became cold and heavy. The noble visit brought him back to reality. Yang Guifei was still in Li Qing'an's hands. If she wanted to take her back, she had to kill Li Qing'an first.

An Lushan sighed, his expectation for dawn disappeared, and he sat down tiredly. Now he suddenly wanted to have a good sleep and continue his dream just now.

Mei Meng has no chance to do it. It is now the fourth day of the year. It won’t be long before dawn. Gao Shang hurried in and bowed to An Lushan and said, “I have urgent information to report to the general!”

Gao Shang was in charge of An Lushan's intelligence system. Seeing him looking hurried, An Lushan immediately realized something was wrong, "Tell me quickly, what happened?"

"I don't know who revealed the news. I just got the information and the people of Yizhou are retreating..."

"Damn it!"

An Lushan cursed quietly. He was not worried about the people escaping, but was worried about the news being passed to Chang'an. He suddenly turned around and glared and said, "How come you don't know? I don't allow anyone to leave Youzhou City. Who left Youzhou without authorization."

"Master, now is not the time to pursue this."

"Fuck! There are internal thieves in the army. Can this battle be fought? Tell me quickly, who is it?"

Gao Shang was secretly happy. If he really didn't want to pursue the matter, he would just not report it. He just wanted to pursue this person. Ma Jun had already run away and he couldn't pursue it. But Ma Jun's boss, the marching Sima Zhao Huanzhi, has always been a thorn in his side. Now that the opportunity has come, how can he let it go?

"Report to the Grand Marshal, it is Ma Jun, the military farming branch."

"It turned out to be him. It seems that Yan Zhuang and him came through privately."

An Lushan immediately ordered without any ambiguity: "All the officers and soldiers on duty who let Ma Jun escape were beheaded and displayed in public!"

After pausing, he ordered: "Sima Zhao Huan, the marching Sima, was not strict in his command, removed his official position and beat a hundred military sticks to warn him."

An Lushan's personal soldiers were out and Gao Shang said again: "I wonder what the general wants to deal with these Hebei prefectures and counties?"

It was not until this time that An Lushan thought of the prefectures and counties in Hebei. He had never taken these prefectures and counties to heart before. The army passed by, surrendered, and resisted the massacre of the city. There was nothing to say. What he wanted was not Hebei, but the world. The prefectures and counties in Hebei had no armor or generals. They were all people with a group of people with cash and food bags, like sheep.

He waved his hand and said, "I am a knife and a man-made fish. What can I say? Isn't the soldiers looking forward to this day? Don't you advise me to love and protect the people. I understand all this, but it is more important to ask soldiers to work for me."

Gao Shang wanted to persuade him to restrain military discipline, but An Lushan said so firmly that he had to remain silent. He knew that An Lushan was telling the truth. At least half of his 500,000 troops were Hu Bing who depended on him for the sake of making money and looting. An Lushan knew more than anyone else what Hu Bing wanted.

"But..." He wanted to say that no one had grown military rations, but in the end he could not say a word. There was no food in Hebei Road, there was no food in Hedong, there was no Hedong, and there was no Henan, and there was no such thing as Guanzhong. Gao Shang couldn't help but sigh softly. He knew An Lushan so well, and in his eyes, the Han people were like pigs and dogs.

At this time, An Lushan changed the topic, "Cai Xide found me in the morning. He wanted to go to Xiangzhou and let Shi Siming go to occupy Jingxing. What do you think?"

Gao Shang certainly knew that An Lushan was not asking about his combat capabilities? But why Cai Xide volunteered? He sighed and said, "It only means that General Cai has not had enough vision and did not see the profound meaning of the general's deployment."

"Hmph! It's not that he has no vision, but that Shi Siming is too smart and actually sees through my strategy. It's fine to see through it, but he still has to disobey this person. I find that I can't control him anymore."

An Lushan's tone had already revealed a strong murderous intent. In fact, he wanted to kill Shi Siming not because of this, but when Shi Siming went to recruit soldiers to the Turkic tribe, the Turks actually called him the second saint and called himself the Great Sage. More importantly, Shi Siming actually accepted it happily and was on an equal footing with him. He was really tired of living.

When the gunpowder field exploded, An Lushan wanted to take the opportunity to kill him, but he was worried that the 80,000 subordinates under Shi Siming would cause trouble, so he endured it, but this matter was like a thorn stuck in An Lushan's heart. If Shi Siming had a little action, An Lushan would be in pain and blood.

Gao Shang had a good personal relationship with Shi Siming. He felt the murderous intent in An Lushan's heart and was shocked. He quickly explained: "I think Shi Siming's intention to change the slot is not a deep meaning, but he has been killed by Li Qing'an. The general is not necessarily a bad thing to change it."

"Is that true?" An Lushan glanced at Gao Shang, and saw through his heart to protect Shi Siming.

"Master..."

Gao Shang wanted to say something else, but An Lushan waved his hand and interrupted the conversation, "You don't need to explain anything anymore. In the war, I won't hurt myself. Yes, Shi Siming and Cai Xide can switch tasks."
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