Fan Yangjie Mansion.

Shi Siming knelt down on one knee in front of Anlu Mountain and put his right hand on his chest, performing Turkic etiquette.

Shi Siming was a Turk, and interestingly, An Lushan was a Sogdian, born in the Kang state among the nine surnames of Zhaowu.

Gu Qing, who is far away in Anxi, should really take out Kang Dingshuang, the prince of Kangguo, and give them a beating, and ask them what happened to Kangguo.

An Lushan looked at him kindly, his eyes full of appreciation, and he personally stepped forward and bent down with difficulty to help Shi Siming up.

"You and I are like brothers, why do we need to perform this ceremony? Siming is blind." An Lushan said with a smile.

Shi Siming still lowered his head and said: "Commander Jie has shown me the kindness of knowing and meeting my general. When the general sees him, he is like meeting his parents. How can he not worship him?"

An Lushan laughed happily.

Life is full of all kinds of strange circles. When An Lushan was in Chang'an, he claimed to be Li Longji's adopted son and respected Concubine Yang as his mother. His flattery was disgusting and flattering. However, when he was in Fan Yang, Shi Siming also considered himself his

The adopted son made An Lushan a son and at the same time felt the joy of being a father. The three generations lived under the same roof and enjoyed the family relationship.

An Lushan smiled happily, obviously enjoying the joy of being a father.

However, there was no smile in his eyes.

Shi Siming's flattery routine was leftover from his time in Chang'an. Such explicit flattery was really hard to resonate with him. He only felt it was hypocritical, because he was also hypocritical.

After asking Shi Siming to sit down, An Lushan's smile gradually faded and he said in a deep voice: "How are the Pinglu Army prepared?"

"Commander Jie, the 45,000 soldiers and horses of the Pinglu Army have been reorganized. The Han generals have been gradually eliminated by the generals, leaving only a few Han people who are willing to serve for Commander Jie."

An Lushan nodded with satisfaction: "The Han people cannot be trusted, and we should be careful with the few remaining Han generals. The Han people are the most insidious. They do one thing on the surface but another secretly. They say they are loyal, but then turn around and show their loyalty to others."

When reporting to the imperial court, we foreigners are the most upright and never hypocritical."

Shi Siming lowered his head and said: "Commander Jieh is right. After the last general returns to Pinglu, he will also replace the few remaining Han generals."

An Lushan asked again: "How are the provisions, horses, and weapons prepared?"

"There are nearly 30,000 war horses? Weapons are all allocated by the imperial court over the years. There is still a surplus, but only grain and grass... are not enough? Will we try our best to raise grain? Now we have only raised 100,000 dan, which is only enough for the Pinglu Army for more than half a year.

?If the war does not go smoothly, there may be a risk of food shortage in the later period."

An Lushan frowned: "As early as two years ago, I secretly ordered your military envoys in each town to secretly raise food? Why haven't you raised enough to this day?" Fastest update on PC::/

Shi Siming was stunned and said hurriedly: "Commander Ji Mingjian, it is really because the grain harvesting is too eye-catching. The imperial court has deployed many informants to our three major military towns in the past year. The general is worried that the grain raising will be too ostentatious. Everything can only be kept secret."

To proceed? Therefore, we have raised very little food and grass.”

An Lushan said with a gloomy face: "The food storage is not enough. You must speed up the food storage after returning to Pinglu. This battle is dangerous and may take a long time. If there is not enough food and grass, the morale of the army will be chaotic, and the chance of winning will be lower."

Shi Siming stood up and saluted and said, "Yes? The general will step up preparations immediately."

After a pause, Shi Siming continued: "In the future, General Fan Yang introduced me to a big businessman. He has a large amount of grain and grass in his hands. There will be a bumper harvest in Henan Road and Huainan Road this autumn. He is purchasing a large amount of wheat from the two places.

?It is said that I have a lot of it in my hands."

An Lushan said with great interest: "Big businessman? Are you in Fanyang City?"

"Yes, he can't be called a big businessman. He is actually the only son of a big businessman. He went out to practice under his father's order. He inherited his father's business and started doing business after he left home."

An Lushan asked doubtfully: "Who is he? Can he be trusted?"

Shi Siming hesitated for a moment and said: "He is from Yizhou. His family does a lot of business and has a wide circle of friends. He has been in Fanyang for a few months, and many of his subordinates have become friends with him. He looks carefree and does not stick to trivial matters. , he spends money quite generously, like a playboy from a businessman's family, but he is quite shrewd when it comes to business, and he is very careful about spending money, so I will think that this person should be trustworthy."

An Lushan hummed and said: "It's better to be cautious. Send someone to Yizhou to inquire about his family's origins to see if it is consistent with what he said. In addition, test his identity to rule out that he is an informant of the imperial court. Possibly. Also, don’t trust him too much when buying grain and grass from him. Try to buy a small part first to check the quality, and if there is no problem, buy a large amount.”

Shi Siming smiled and said: "The general did the same thing. The first batch only bought five thousand stones from him. If the handover can go smoothly, the general will buy a lot more."

An Lushan nodded, but then his expression became more gloomy, and he said coldly: "The spy from Chang'an came to report that the treacherous Prime Minister Yang Guozhong gathered many courtiers to jointly submit a letter asking the emperor to reduce the military power of Jiedushi. Among them, my three towns were more This was the focus of their attack. Yang Guozhong asked Your Majesty to separate the three towns into one and appoint a general. His original intention was to say that I was obese and had more and more illnesses, and that I might not be able to bear the military and political burden of the three towns. In fact, Yang Guozhong clearly wanted to reduce my military power. "

Shi Siming was startled and said hurriedly: "Commander, Yang Guozhong is quite favored by your majesty. He and the courtiers jointly signed the letter. The possibility of your majesty agreeing is very high..."

An Lushan said with a sullen face: "Why do you think Yang Guozhong suddenly targeted me? They said it was a joint petition, but in fact it was clearly His Majesty's intention. Yang Guozhong was just catering to the Holy Will. The person who really doubted me was not Yang Guozhong, but the Emperor! "

Shi Siming asked in shock: "Could it be that His Majesty knows that we are about to start an uprising?"

An Lushan slowly shook his head: "Probably not, but he must have suspicions. Two years ago, there was an anonymous letter in Chang'an, which framed me a lot. Later, His Majesty personally came forward to suppress it, saying that the letter was maliciously framed, but in His Majesty's heart I'm afraid there are suspicions. Even if there is no evidence, it is a fact that I hold 150,000 troops and horses in the three towns. Your Majesty is already feeling uneasy about the excessive military power I hold."

Then An Lushan sneered a few more times and said: "There is another matter. Last year, His Majesty secretly sent Cu Lin, the Vice-President of the Central Military Commission, to visit the three towns secretly. I learned about it and bribed him with a lot of money. But this summer from Chang'an News came from the city that the lieutenant named Fu Chulin has been secretly executed by His Majesty."

Shi Siming said in panic: "Could it be that His Majesty has already..."

An Lushan hummed and said: "Your Majesty has more or less doubts about me and thinks that I might rebel, otherwise he would not send people to secretly investigate. But when Fu Chulin reported me to Chang'an, he described me as too loyal. Your Majesty On the contrary, he is even more suspicious of me. The killing of Fu Chulin with a stick fully shows that he does not believe in Fu Chulin, nor does he believe in Fu Chulin's memorial. On the contrary, he thinks that I am not as loyal as the memorial says..."

Shi Siming hesitated and said: "If Chang'an is already prepared..."

An Lushan interrupted him and said: "Chang'an has already made preparations. His Majesty established a new governor's office between Xingzhou, Jinzhou and Qingzhou last year and appointed An Chongzhang as the governor. Why do you think your majesty is like this?

"

Shi Siming was also the general of the three states, and he still had basic military qualities. He blinked a few times and immediately sketched the topographic map of the three states in his mind.

Then Shi Siming suddenly said: "If we march into Chang'an, these three states are the only way for our rebel army to pass. The emperor set up a governor's palace between these three states to guard against us."

An Lushan sneered again and said: "Who do you think your Majesty appointed as the Governor of the Governor's Mansion? It is An Chongzhang, the former governor of Zhengzhou after the founding general. He is the best at using troops to defend. Your Majesty's purpose in appointing this person as the Governor is...

The word "defense" is used. From the establishment of the Governor's Mansion to the appointment of generals who are good at defense, every effort has been made against our three towns in Fanyang."

Shi Siming said solemnly: "Commander Jie, since the emperor is already suspicious, we must start an attack immediately. Don't wait for the court to make more preparations and hinder our great cause of overthrowing the Tang Dynasty. Otherwise, things may change."

An Lushan nodded and said: "There is indeed going to be an uprising. I'm afraid the date will be moved forward. If we delay it any longer, our chances of winning will be even lower. Siming, you will return to Pinglu tomorrow and step up preparations for food and grass. After Pinglu's food and grass are ready,

Let’s start a fight!”

An Lushan's swollen old face showed a ferocious look, and he gritted his teeth and said: "The fate of the Tang Dynasty has come to an end, and it is my turn to be the emperor. When I break into Chang'an City, the first thing I do is kidnap Yang

Yuhuan, it’s a pity that such a peerless beauty should serve such an old and feeble king!”

…………

Shi Siming returned to Pinglu City, and Feng Yu went with him.

In Shi Siming's eyes, Feng Yu is a rich second generation who spends generously and has some business acumen. It would be inaccurate to say that he is a playboy. After all, he is still somewhat shrewd when negotiating business. To say that he is Zicheng

The father's legacy is not accurate either. He has a common problem that all young people have, which is that he is young and energetic.

If a second-generation rich man is young and vigorous, he will inevitably be domineering. Feng Yu is a very domineering person. Shi Siming has not known him for a long time, but he has seen Feng Yu because the shop assistant accidentally spilled soup on his clothes.

, and beat the guy half to death.

He also saw with his own eyes that Feng Yu put his arms around a woman's waist in a brothel and humped her chest hard like a pig holding cabbage.

Having seen Feng Yu's domineering and shrewd appearance, Shi Siming actually trusted Feng Yu quite a bit.

If a person behaves flawlessly and cannot find anything wrong with him, he should be particularly wary of this person, because being too perfect means danger, especially in high-risk professions like An Lushan and Shi Siming, whose mission is to rebel.

Be wary of perfect people.

Feng Yu is not perfect, and even judging from his words and deeds, he has more shortcomings than advantages. However, Feng Yu, who is so imperfect, is perfect in Shi Siming's eyes. Shi Siming has gradually trusted him. He feels that Feng Yu is

A living person, living a very real life.

Such a person does not look like a spy sent by the imperial court.

Following Shi Siming's personal guard cavalry, Feng Yu rode into Pinglu City, looking around curiously along the way, as if everything was strange.

Shi Siming saw his appearance and chuckled: "Brother Feng has never been to Pinglu?"

Feng Yu hummed and said with a smile: "General Shi, don't blame me for being harsh. I heard that Pinglu City is quite dilapidated, and I don't like it. The city I like to go to must have at least one brothel in it, and there must be beautiful girls in the brothel.

Woman, a beautiful woman must be obedient. If I throw money at her, she will lie down. If I throw money at her again, she will spread her legs..."
Chapter completed!