Vol 2 Chapter 2833: Anshi Ambition, Yingchuan Uprising

Chapter 2833 Anshi Ambition, Yingchuan Uprising

Chapter 2829: Anshi Ambition, Yingchuan Uprising

In the battle at Yuhuangding, the Demon Sect lost nearly 9,500 people, including 70% to 80% of the top brass. In addition to the familiar strong men, there were naturally many important figures among them.

For example, An Lushan's adoptive father An Yanyan, uncle An Bozhu, mother Astez, and adoptive father Zhang Shougui.

In the Battle of Yuhuangding, they were just inconspicuous pawns, but they were also middle and high-level people in the Demon Sect, and they were all crucial people to An Lushan.

In addition, Shi Siming's son Shi Chaoyi, Zhang Er's father Zhang Boliao, Tian Rong's brother Tian Dan, Wei Jiu's brother Wei Jia, and Han Wangxin's grandfather Han Cang and many other talents also died in the Jade Emperor. In the battle for the top.

These people may not be very strong, nor do they have a high status in the Demon Sect, but they all have an irreplaceable and important position in the eyes of their relatives. Their tragic deaths will naturally make those who are still alive hate Da Qin deeply.

In addition, although most of the top leaders of the Demon Sect were wiped out at once, the forces in the Central Plains still exist.

 Hence, the current Demon Sect is actually in a power vacuum and leaderless.

If you want the behemoth of the Demon Sect to continue to operate, you must elect a new leadership team.

With their status as Brahma and Vishnu, they are naturally qualified to lead the Demon Sect, but they managed to escape, and obviously they no longer dare to stand out and be the leader.

Therefore, the new leadership of the Demon Sect will only be born among the most powerful people, and the most powerful ones at present are undoubtedly the rebel leaders such as An Lushan and Shi Siming.

At the same time, most of the new high-level officials of the Demon Sect had relatives who died on the Jade Emperor Peak, and they all had a blood feud with Great Qin because of this, so they must all be staunch anti-Qin faction.

It is precisely because of this that the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming changed their strategies at the same time, from the original penetration and erosion to the current co-optation and cooperation.

Although penetrating and corroding the Demon Gate can directly strengthen itself, the effect is too slow, and it is easy to leave hidden dangers and suffer backlash.

On the other hand, the efforts to win over cooperation allowed the remaining forces of the Demon Sect to voluntarily resist Qin. Although they could not grow rapidly in the short term, they could gradually drain the last drop of blood from the Demon Sect during the process of cooperation.

 As far as the current overall situation of resisting Qin is concerned, it is obvious that the latter is stronger than the former. Not only does it achieve faster results, but it also has fewer hidden dangers. It is the only choice for the wise.

As a disciple of Zizaitian and one of the leaders of the most powerful rebel army in the Demon Sect, An Lushan will naturally receive the attention of the Wei, Song and Ming Dynasties.

 But the first one to find Anlu Mountain was not Mu Ying who arrived first, but Xia Houxuan who arrived later.

Xia Houxuan was certainly not stupid. An Lushan had just lost his parents and was heartbroken. It was obviously not appropriate to mention job-hopping at this time.

 But if he didn't mention it first, and if Mu Ying got there first, it would be disadvantageous for the Wei State. After all, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Ming State had a thicker thigh than the Wei State.

Although the Wei State urgently expanded its army with the support of the Demon Sect, after all, the time for forming the army was still short, and it was difficult to form combat power for the time being, and it would not be able to help the Wei army on the western front in the short term.

 However, under the fierce attack of the Qin army, the direction of Wei Guodong County was in a hurry and there was an urgent need for reinforcements to support, so he decided to attack the Anlushan Rebel Army.

Xia Houxuan knew that An Lushan was not easy to fool, so he could only start from the overall situation of resisting Qin, telling the other party that once Wei's western front could not hold out, the entire Central Plains occupation would fall into a situation of being passively beaten, hoping that this could be used to persuade An Lu to move. Lushan.

At this point, An Lushan nodded in agreement on the surface, but in his heart he was already cursing.

The arrogant Cao Wei wants to drag me to be cannon fodder, even if he doesn't give me an official position in the territory, he doesn't even mention money, food and equipment. Do you really think that An Lushan will take care of the overall situation?

Xia Houxuan was overjoyed to see that An Lushan understood the general situation so well. However, when he mentioned going to the front line to fight, An Lushan refused with various excuses. He had no choice but to go back to discuss countermeasures with his men.

In fact, if Xia Houxuan directly proposed benefits, An Lushan would still talk to him, but when he comes up, he uses the overall situation to tie him up, so it is strange that An Lushan can pay attention to him.

It is true that An Lushan hated Qin, but he was not stupid enough to give selflessly and be used by Cao Wei in vain. After all, Cao Wei was not the only choice to resist Qin. Zhu Ming and Zhao Song were obviously better choices.

Looking at Xia Houxuan's leaving back, An Lushan's eyes flashed coldly. He knew that the Demon Sect would be controlled by the Three Kingdoms from now on, but Cao Wei was by no means the Demon Sect's first choice.

 So, he must find a way to integrate into the Three Kingdoms Alliance while retaining a certain degree of autonomy so that he is not controlled by others and may be able to gain some benefits from it.

"The princes and generals Ning Ning has a good reputation, Cao Cao is an eunuch, Zhu Di is no more than a traitor, and Zhao Kuangyin is a master-devouring slave. They can sit on this throne, why can't I, An Lushan, sit on it?"

An Lushan whispered to himself, his eyes ignited with the flame of ambition, which even diluted the overwhelming hatred in his heart.

 Obviously, the death of Zi Zaitian and other high-level members of the Demon Sect, as well as his father's adoptive father and other relatives, made An Lushan hate Da Qin deeply, but it also ignited the ambition in his heart.

The heart is like a galloping horse on the plains, easy to let go but hard to take back.

Before, with the pressure of Zi Zaitian, Ye Dingzhi, Zhang Shougui and others, An Lushan did not dare to express his ambitions even if he was ambitious, so he could only act as an ordinary disciple.

But it’s different now. The senior members of the Demon Sect were blocked by hundreds of families. Among the senior members of the Demon Sect who escaped, An Lushan’s level was already the highest, not to mention that he still had his disciple Zizaitian. This level of identity exists, and this naturally provides great convenience for him to hold power.

Of course, An Lushan also knew that it was impossible to completely assume power like his master. Doing so would only accelerate the split of the Demon Sect, and all he could be was the leader of everyone, trying to unite the Demon Sect without directly dividing it. .

The leader is just a mouthpiece, a product of compromise of interests, and naturally cannot be compared with the ancestors of the Demon Sect.

But even so, Anlushan still has a lot of competition. Although most of them do not pose a threat to him, Ye Dingzhi, Yuan Jiuling, Chongjiu, and Shi Siming can still threaten Anlushan. .

Logically speaking, among these four people, Ye Dingzhi and Yuan Jiuling should be the greatest threat to Anlu Mountain.

 Ye Dingzhi is the grandson of Ming He, who has been in power longer than Zi Zaitian, and Yuan Jiuling is the last great master of the Demon Sect, but in fact, these two pose the least threat to An Lushan.

 Ye Dingzhi has always been a dove faction and has a weak attitude towards Qin. But now the hatred between the Demon Sect and Da Qin is as deep as the sea. Naturally, this hatred will not be resolved so quickly, and some of it will even be transferred and angered to Ye Ding.

 For the current Momen, anti-Qin is political correctness. Naturally, it is impossible to let Ye Dingzhi, a dove leader, be the leader.

As for Yuan Jiuling, although he is the last great master of the Demon Sect, he is a martial arts idiot with a relatively simple mind. He is neither willing nor able to cope with such a complicated situation now, and everyone in the Demon Sect will not treat Yuan Jiuling. Jiu Ling is relieved. Therefore, it is Chongjiu and Shi Siming who pose a greater threat to An Lushan, and of these two, Chongjiu is the greater one.

Zhongjiu's personal strength is strong, and the forces under his command are not weak. He is also close to the Song Dynasty and the Shangqing Outer Sect. Therefore, in the hearts of everyone in the Demon Sect, his priority is higher than Anlu Mountain.

An Lushan naturally knew this, and it was difficult for him to win against Chongjiu on his own, so he was prepared to give up some of his interests to gain the support of some allies, and the first person he had to win over was naturally his junior brother, Shi Siming.

 As one of the protagonists who started the Anshi Rebellion and Li Guangbi’s lifelong enemy, Shi Siming was obviously not that simple.

During the An-Shi Rebellion, Shi Siming first appeared as a subordinate of An Lushan. Later, An Lushan's son An Qingxu killed his father and proclaimed himself emperor. Shi Siming only began to rise after An Lushan's death.

In the Battle of Yecheng, Shi Siming united with An Qingxu and defeated hundreds of thousands of Tang troops from the nine towns. Later, he launched a coup to kill An Qingxu and proclaimed himself emperor after integrating his troops.

 In the end, Shi Siming met the same fate as An Lushan and was killed by his son Shi Chaoyi in a rebellion.

With the deaths of An Lushan and Shi Siming, the Anshi Rebellion also began to come to an end. However, because of this catastrophe, the Tang Dynasty also entered the era of feudal separatism.

In addition, a large number of battles broke out during the Anshi Rebellion, such as the Battle of Suiyang, the Battle of Lingbao, the Battle of Tongguan, the Battle of Hedong, the Battle of Yecheng, etc. Naturally, a large number of generals emerged, such as Guo Ziyi , Li Guangbi, Zhang Xun, Cui Qianyou, Pugu Huaien and so on.

 An Lushan and Shi Siming were both killed by their sons. An Qingxu is still alive and well, but Shi Chaoyi died in the Battle of Yuhuangding.

Naturally, Shi Siming didn't know that in a certain timeline, his beloved son Shi Chaoyi would commit such a treasonous act as patricide, and that Da Qin and Baijia would avenge him in a sense, but he was still hurt because of Shi Chaoyi's death. He hated Da Qin deeply.

Although the strength of Shi Siming's command is not as good as that of An Lushan, it is much stronger than other rebels. Not only does it have nearly 9,000 troops, but also Cui Qianyou, Tian Chengsi, Sun Xiaozhe, Linghu Chao, Yin Ziqi, Li Tingwang and many other generals under his command. .

Shi Siming, a self-reliant person like Shi Siming, is naturally ambitious. However, he knows that he is inferior to An Lushan and Chongjiu in all aspects, so he rationally resists the desire to compete.

Faced with his senior brother An Lushan's attempts to win over him, Shi Siming decisively chose to join forces with him, because only by suppressing Chongjiu first could the two of them get the biggest share of the fruits. An Lushan had the most to eat, and he would definitely not be able to follow behind. Will be hungry.

 Shi Siming's intelligence and knowledge of current affairs naturally made An Lushan overjoyed. After the two families joined forces, they also widened the gap with Chongjiu, and a large number of rebel commanders also took the initiative to move closer.

 Two days later, Anlushan Shi Siming issued a joint statement, inviting the commanders of the 16th Route Rebel Army such as Zhang Er, Yuan Jiuling, Chongjiu, and Han Shantong to send envoys to Mount Tai to discuss important matters together.

In this way, the Demon Sect showed that the previous faction was harmonious, but due to power issues, the secret game was extremely fierce.

At the same time, Ying Hao has successfully returned to Yingchuan under the protection of the guards.

As a result, as soon as he returned to Yingchuan, Ying Hao received news about the occupied areas such as Yingchuan and Dongjun, and a large number of rebels appeared at the same time.

 Guo Jia had reported to Ying Hao before that there were thirteen powerful families and three sects in Yingchuan alone, and they had a close relationship with the Demon Sect.

At that time, Ying Hao wanted to solve the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains first and then attack the Demon Sect, so he let go of the Demon Sect forces in the occupied areas to avoid disturbing the situation.

But now the Great Qin has completely broken up with the Demon Sect. Although the Demon Sect forces in the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains are frightened, they have not yet had direct contact with the Qin army. Instead, it is the Demon Sect forces in the area occupied by the Qin army. Hundreds of thousands of Qin soldiers can Right under their noses, they were trembling almost every day for fear that the Qin army would come to kill them.

For the demonic forces behind them, the Qin army naturally chose to appease them. As long as they laid down their weapons and surrendered, they would forget about it. This also made many people choose to surrender.

However, there are also some people who have committed too many sins and are worried that even if they surrender, they will not end well and will be liquidated soon, so they dare not surrender.

At this moment, both Momen and Cao Wei sent envoys, and under the deception of these envoys, these people not only believed it, but also chose to rise up, rebelled under the noses of the Qin army, and launched an attack There is no way, the banner of punishing the Qin Dynasty.

There are many White Lotus sect believers in Yingchuan County, but the common people at the bottom have little ability to judge. Under the deception of the White Lotus sect disciples, many people have joined them. Coupled with the forced coercion of ordinary reports, the number of rebels has increased. skyrocketed in the short term.

The forces of the Yingchuan Demon Sect were split, and nearly half of them chose to revolt. This frightened most of the people who surrendered. They were worried that the Qin Dynasty would doubt them, so they wished that the rebels would be wiped out by the Qin army as soon as possible. Many people even took the initiative He proposed to suppress the rebels to prove his innocence.

Guo Jia naturally had no reason to refuse such a request, so he ordered Huang Xu and Ma Dai to lead an army of two thousand, as well as those surrendered Demon Sect forces to suppress the rebels.

What Guo Jia didn't expect was that there were capable people among the Yingchuan rebels. Before Huang Xu and Ma Dai arrived at the battlefield, the surrendered Demon Sect forces were defeated by the rebels, and the rebels' strength further increased.

Later, Huang Xu and Ma Dai led their troops to fight with them. Although they fought and captured nearly 10,000 rebels in consecutive battles, they only had 2,000 troops in their hands, and it was difficult to wipe out 30,000 to 40,000 rebels in a short time. He chose to withdraw his troops before he could.

In this way, the Qin army's first operation to suppress the rebel army not only failed, but also strengthened the power of the rebel army.

 When the surrendered Demon Sect forces were defeated, the rebels felt that the Qin army was nothing more than this, and even wanted to attack the county.

However, under the attack of Huang Xu and Ma Dai's two thousand troops, the forces of the Yingchuan Rebel Army were also severely damaged, and they all retreated, no longer daring to dream.

After all, Ma Dai and Huang Xu only had 2,000 men, and they had already defeated 30,000 to 40,000 of them and could not find the north, while there were more than 100,000 Qin troops in Yingchuan as a whole.

At this time, the leaders of the Yingchuan Rebel Army felt regretful and realized that they had been deceived by Cao Wei, but it was obviously too late.

Not only did they openly rebel against the Qin, but they also used the sensitive slogan of "attack the unjust and punish the Qin." Their people may survive if they surrender, but as the leader, his mother will definitely die at any time.

Now these rebels in Yingchuan have lost the glory they had during the rebellion. Instead, they only want to escape from Yingchuan. However, there are Qin troops stationed in the southeast, northwest, and no matter which direction they run, they will collide with the Qin army head-on.

They definitely can't fight, and they can't run away, so the Yingchuan rebels can only keep a low profile and try their best to prevent the Qin army from noticing them, thus hoping that the battle between Qin and Wei will turn around and the Qin army's arrangement in Yingchuan will be better. If a gap appears, he will be able to escape from the prison of Yingchuan.

These people didn't even need to think about it. They even raised the banner of "attack the unjust and punish the Qin Dynasty". How could the Qin army not notice them?

No matter how low-key they are, even if there is no threat, the Qin army cannot leave them alone.

The second encirclement and suppression campaign against the Yingchuan Rebel Army also started after Ying Hao returned.

 (End of this chapter)