Henan was in chaos again, and news of An Qingxu's comeback spread to Taiyuan Prefecture.
Shi Siming, who was sunbathing in the yard, received the news almost at the same time as the Emperor of Tang Dynasty.
Shi Siming, who had his eyes closed to rest, heard the report from his subordinates and jumped up from the recliner.
Seeing the detailed defeat, Shi Siming was as dumbfounded as the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
No one expected that An Qingxu, who was considered a lost dog, would cause such a big battle in the blink of an eye.
Soon Shi Siming's youngest son, Shi Chaoqing, strode into the yard and said to Shi Siming:
"Father! An Qingxu is making trouble again. What should we do?"
Shi Siming's surrender to the Tang Dynasty, Shi Chaoqing and other young factions were dissatisfied.
In their view, the Li and Tang royal family, which had even lost their ancestral mausoleums and Chang'an and Luoyang, were just useless snacks.
If An Qingxu, an incompetent man who killed his father and usurped the throne, was afraid of Shi Siming's prestige and transferred Shi Siming back to Hedong, the Tang Dynasty would have been defeated long ago.
His father surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and the Shi family and his son only received two military governorships. In the eyes of young men like Shi Chaoqing, Shi Siming was too cowardly.
As soon as An Qingxu started making trouble, Shi Chaoqing got the news and immediately came to Shi Siming, hoping that Shi Siming would also raise troops to respond to An Qingxu and send troops south to attack the two capitals of the Tang Dynasty again!
Shi Siming raised his hand and said, "I know what you are going to say, but now is not the time."
Shi Chaoqing couldn't help but said: "Commander Father! Isn't now the best time? Taking advantage of the empty defense of Luoyang in the Tang Dynasty, we will go south with An Qingxu's army and capture Luoyang again!"
Shi Siming said: "No, we have just surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. Now the people in Hedong are not unified. It is not the time to raise troops!"
"Then when is the time to raise troops?"
Shi Siming had a smile like an old fox on his face. He looked at his frivolous little son and thought of trying to enlighten him, so he said:
"Wait until two o'clock."
"An Qingxu hastily raised troops. The winter has just ended, and Xiangzhou has not yet plowed in the spring. Even if it is plowed in the spring, the grain cannot be harvested now. The Yan army must be short of food."
"An Qingxu will definitely ask his father for food. It is best to give him some food first and let him and the Tang army consume it."
"Secondly, the Tang Dynasty court will definitely have to deal with An Qingxu's rebellion. As long as the Tang Dynasty court orders the Hedong Army to be dispatched to quell the rebellion, then we can incite military morale and go south again!"
Shi Chaoqing now understood what his father meant.
Hedong Siming and Shi Siming accepted Datang's offer because the Hedong army did not want to continue fighting endlessly.
An Lushan's rebellion took away all the young elites of the three towns in Hedong, and also drained the wealth of the three towns in Hedong.
Shi Siming was able to secure his position as Taiyuan Jiedushi because he complied with the morale of the military and the people.
If there is another rebellion at this time, not only the people in Hedong will not support him, but even the army in Taiyuan may not support him.
But when the Tang Dynasty ordered the Hedong Army to suppress the rebellion, the situation was different.
Anyway, if we are going to fight, it is better to rebel again than to be used as a weapon by the Tang Dynasty court!
Shi Chaoqing once again lamented that Jiang was still too old. Since his father did not want to be Datang's dog, Shi Chaoqing was relieved.
Seeing his youngest son leaving the yard, Shi Siming sighed.
This younger son is actually inferior to his eldest son Shi Chaoyi in terms of character and talent.
But old age favors younger sons, and sometimes the ignorance of the younger son does not make Shi Siming feel threatened.
On the contrary, every time Shi Siming saw his eldest son who was in the prime of life, he would always feel an inexplicable anger.
As Shi Siming expected, the Tang court was also quarreling over the East Palace and King Qi's counterinsurgency strategy.
Prime Minister Cui Yuan, who acted as an envoy to persuade Shi Siming to surrender, wrote a fierce letter, believing that Shi Siming had just surrendered and now asking Hedong to quell An Qingxu's rebellion was tantamount to forcing Shi Siming to rebel again.
Obviously, Cui Yuan, who had the credit for persuading Shi Siming to surrender, was politically tied to Shi Siming.
If Shi Siming rebels again, it will be a devastating blow to Cui Yuan's political life, and he will have to resign.
In the entire Tang Dynasty, the prime minister was the one who least expected Shi Siming to rebel.
Cui Yuan knew very well that Hedong did not really surrender to the Tang Dynasty, but had to surrender due to circumstances.
Now that the Tang Dynasty court ordered Hedong to attack An Qingxu, isn't this treating others as fools?
With such an obvious attempt to drive away the wolf and devour the tiger, can Shi Siming, an old fox, take the bait?
Prime Minister Pei Mian strongly opposed the mobilization of the Longyou Army to enter the Pass. He wrote a letter saying that the Tubo attack on Xichuan was coming fiercely, and Longyou in the east of Hedong might also be attacked. The Longyou army should not be mobilized to enter the Pass at this time.
Two suggestions are arranged and combined to produce four results.
These four plans kept arguing in the emperor's ears, and Li Heng looked upset.
I am also an emperor, why is it so difficult for me?
After finally fighting back to Chang'an, the New Year has just passed. How come the front line has ruined the city like this?
I remember that when his father became emperor, An Lushan would do a bare-chested Hu dance to entertain his father.
This emperor is really more annoying than the emperor!
But if the court continues to be so noisy, I'm afraid it won't even be able to maintain its daily work.
The emperor had no choice but to personally issue an order to end the great debate in the court.
Now that Longyou has entered the pass, water far away cannot quench the thirst nearby. The emperor ordered the King of Yue to reorganize the army in Longyou and obey the court's orders at any time.
Then he ordered to implement the recruitment policy of one soldier out of three in Guanzhong. At the same time, Luoyang Duji, Huaibei and other places also recruited soldiers and sent them to Guo Ziyi and Zhang Xun to defend Luoyang City.
The emperor issued an order to pardon Li Guangbi, the leader of Xiangzhou's defeat, and ordered him to lead his troops to perform meritorious service again.
As for Shi Siming, the emperor still issued an order for Hedong to send troops to attack the An thieves and help the Tang army put down the rebellion.
After receiving the imperial edict, Prime Minister Cui Yuan immediately asked the court to resign.
The emperor followed the formality and visited Cui Yuan three times in a row, and then ordered Cui Yuan to serve as the economic and strategic observer of the Lingnan East Road.
The political hall once again lost a prime minister, and many officials became excited.
Since Wei Jiansu resigned as prime minister, Cui Yuan also followed suit.
There were only five prime ministers left in the Political Hall, and many people saw the vacant seats in the Political Hall.
Guo Ziyi's subsequent performance finally did not disappoint the Tang Dynasty. He established a defense line in Heyin and blocked the first wave of attacks from the puppet Yan pioneer Cui Youqian.
The puppet Yan army was frustrated in their attack on Luoyang, so they could only form a stronghold opposite Heyin for a confrontation.
The problem of insufficient food reserves in An Qingxu's hands also began to be exposed.
An Qingxu had to suspend military operations and began to ask for food from Hedong.
After being severely beaten by reality, An Qingxu is obviously much more down-to-earth than before.
An Qingxu's letter to Shi Siming was very senior, using the tone of a nephew to request Shi Siming's assistance in military rations. An Qingxu even pragmatically proposed to cede Anyang City, the gateway to Henan Province, to Shi Siming in exchange for a batch of military horses.
After An Qingxu's envoy arrived in Taiyuan, Shi Chaoqing immediately took the envoy to see Shi Siming.
Shi Siming tried his best to appease the envoy. After the envoy was arranged to rest in the rear, Shi Siming said:
"Commander Father! Since An Qingxu is willing to trade Anyang City for food and war horses, we can exchange them for him!"
Shi Siming shook his head and said: "I didn't expect that this kid An Qingxu would grow so much. It's a pity that you, such an idiot, still haven't made any progress. As expected, only adversity can sharpen a person."
Shi Chaoqing suppressed his blush. Before An Lushan raised troops, he often compared himself with An Qingxu.
They were both sons without inheritance rights, but Shi Chaoqing was more favored than An Qingxu. At that time, they were both dandy sons who carried cages and walked birds in Hedong.
However, after the An Lushan rebellion swept through Guanzhong, An Qingzong, the heir to the An family, was killed, and An Qingxu became the crown prince of the Yan Dynasty.
Immediately after An Lushan died suddenly and An Qingxu ascended the throne as emperor, Shi Chaoqing's psychology was quite uncomfortable at that time.
The person who had first met him suddenly turned into an emperor, establishing himself as the monarch of his father and brother.
Later, An Qingxu lost two capitals and fled to Xiangzhou. Shi Chaoqing was still inexplicably happy.
But when his father praised An Qingxu personally, Shi Chaoqing was even more unconvinced. He asked, "What's so great about An Qingxu? My father is too flattering to him."
Shi Siming smiled and said: "Using the city of Anyang to drag me, Shi Siming, into the attack on the Tang Dynasty, this was a good plan by An Qingxu."
"Since An Qingxu has bad intentions, we might as well kill the envoy and send it to the Tang Dynasty!"
Shi Siming smiled helplessly. Shi Chaoqing seemed to see the ridicule in his father's smile. He quickly said: "Then we give An Qingxu food and march into Anyang City?"
Shi Siming still shook his head, and Shi Chaoqing said anxiously: "This won't work, that won't work either, what on earth does the father want!"
Shi Siming said: "You ask someone to reply to the envoy. Food can be transported to Hedong, and war horses are also lacking in Hedong. There is really no way to support Your Majesty."
"Your Majesty captured Anyang City. Siming doesn't dare to take it, so please keep it."
Shi Chaoqing looked at his father in surprise: "Father, didn't you give the wrong order? We want to give An Qingxu food, but we don't want Anyang City?"
Shi Siming looked at his son and explained: "Giving food to An Qingxu is for him to survive in Xiangzhou."
"The reason for not marching into Anyang City is to not take the initiative to get involved in the war."
"When An Qingxu and the Tang army are almost exhausted, our army will enter the battlefield again, and then we will be able to decide the outcome in one battle!"
After listening to Shi Siming's words, Shi Chaoqing lowered his head in shame. Sure enough, he was still far behind his handsome father!
Just when the entire Tang Dynasty was attracted to Henan Road, Yuchixin, disguised as a businessman, came to Yuguan.