Luoyang, Mingtang.

Luoyang City in the Sui and Tang Dynasties was built in the first year of Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty. As an emperor with mixed praise in history, Yang Guang's foresight is worthy of praise. He was too fond of praise and ambitious, and turned himself into a tyrant and a traitor.

Many of his layouts have extraordinary strategic vision.

Luoyang City was one of the first of them. When Chang'an was developing into the bottle top, the Luoyang City was newly built and the two capitals system was implemented. Chang'an and Luoyang echoed each other, not only suppressing the Guanlong nobles, but also maximizing the economy of Chang'an and Luoyang.

The subsequent emperors, whether they were Li Shimin, Li Zhi, Wu Zetian or Li Longji, attached great importance to Luoyang.

The overall layout of Luoyang City is designed according to the concept of "harmony between man and nature". The imperial city surrounds the palace city from three sides of the east, south and west. The tall buildings on the north and south axis are all called "tian". The entire axis can be said to be one word of heaven. Especially after Wu Zetian's construction of Luoyang City, the tradition of the main hall on the central axis of the Ziwei Palace in Luoyang was changed to a single-story tradition, making the three-dimensional outline and style of the Luoyang Palace palace more magnificent.

When An Lushan changed his name to Emperor, he naturally took Mingtang for himself.

However, this fat man was not very happy. Instead, he frowned all day long, his temper became more and more popular, and he did not feel like he was an emperor at all.

Because of the increasingly unfavorable situation, An Lushan felt very uncomfortable because he was forced to become emperor and used various rewards from high officials and generous salaries to stabilize the morale of the army.

Moreover, because of being too obese, An Lushan had a big sore on his back, which was unbearable for pain and could not sit and lie down. Even when he was sleeping, he could only sleep on his stomach, which was difficult to sleep and eat.

Especially when he saw the news of Shi Siming's increase in troops and asking for help, he was so angry that he cursed: "Reinforcements, go to the reinforcements, 50,000 people, but he can't defeat two thousand. He is still in the mood to ask for reinforcements, why don't you find a piece of tofu to kill me? The waste is so angry that I'm so angry. What are you saying before going to war? Just Hedong, the army will crush you and easily seize it. What's the result? It's embarrassing, it's so embarrassing."

He vented his swearing for a while, until the sores behind him were involved, and then he felt so painful. He came back to his senses for a while and said with a bit of resentment: "Go to Jiang Yugu, Yan Zhuang, Gao Shang."

An Lushan temporarily stabilized the morale of the army by proclaiming emperor and rewarding the ministers.

As the three strategists who were led by An Lushan as their arm, they naturally received rewards.

Wuyugu was the crown prince's grand tutor, Yan Zhuang, Gao Shang and the prime minister.

"This is from Shi Siming. Look. I think Hedong can't be defeated anymore. Guo Ziyi has something to do. When these two wastes are twenty times more powerful than him, they are not his opponents. Now Guo Ziyi is named Hedong Jiedushi, and has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. He throws their lives in Hedong, and Hedong can't be taken down."

Shinyugu handed the letter of help to Yan Zhuang and said, "When the Duan is constantly suffering from chaos, it is imperative to take Hedong before Pei Min's future; it is no longer important to take Hedong or not. Instead of sending troops, it is better to withdraw the army and strengthen our control over the Central Plains."

Yan Zhuang did not read the letter and handed it to Gao Shang directly and said, "But if Shi Siming is withdrawn and Guo Ziyi takes Hebei directly, so what? Hebei is now our economic lifeline and our retreat. If Hebei is lost, we will become a turtle in the jar."

Shinyugu coughed twice and said in a smooth tone: "Mr. Yan, haven't you seen Pei Min's intention yet? Pei Min is best at strategic layout, and every action has a purpose. He keeps his troops in motion, just to trap us in the Central Plains. Didn't the three of us discuss who Pei Min is waiting for before?"

Speaking of this, he smiled bitterly: "Pei Min doesn't have many soldiers available now, and it's a blessing that he arranged for Wang Zhongsi to attack Arabia. Otherwise, with the Hexi and Longyou army, we would have become ghosts under the sword."

"He doesn't have many soldiers now. Not only do he have to deal with us, but he also has to guard against Li Heng. It is inevitable to be misleading. In this case, calling foreign aid is the only way, and Brother Shuhan from Jiannan Army is undoubtedly the best choice."

Gao Shang was responsible for intelligence work and answered: "Brother Shuhan was promoted by Pei Min. Li Heng had been afraid of it for a long time and specially arranged for Huangfu Weiming to seize his military power."

"It's useless!" said Shi Yugu: "Ge Shuhan is both civil and military, and has been in charge of Sichuan and Shu for ten years. What will Huangfu Weiming fight him? It won't take long before Ge Shuhan will appear in Xiangfan area and become a sharp knife inserted into the Central Plains. We will be in danger at that time..."

An Lushan was upset and said, "What should I do? I'll just run away? With that bastard in Chang'an, I'm not at all at ease in Luoyang. I'm afraid that when I wake up, my head will not belong to me. It's just..."

Before he could respond, he frowned and said, "This is not enough to run. Chang'an and Luoyang are so close. They go down the Yellow River and can reach it in less than a day. I can guarantee that once we retreat here, the bastard will definitely catch up with you like a cat that smells fishy."

Gao Shang shook his head and said, "Run now, that is to cut off all the chances of winning for us, and then let yourself live a little longer."

An Lushan said: "In this case, unless we can take over the Jianghuai River in a short time and cut off the economic lifeline of the Tang Dynasty, we will die faster. Is this to choose between dying early or dying late?"

Yan Zhuang, who had not spoken out at this time, narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Actually, your Majesty doesn't have to be so pessimistic. You have all ignored one thing. Pei Min now has a fatal weakness, and I don't know if they have found it."

An Lushan looked at Yan Zhuang with expectation.

Yan Zhuang said mysteriously: "There is shortage of food in Guanzhong!"

An Lushan said in shock: "No, right? I remember they transferred a large amount of food from Longyou, which was enough for his troops to eat for several years."

Yan Zhuang smiled and said, "This is the obstacle. Your Majesty ignored one thing. The food is not just the army, but the people of Chang'an have to eat. That is a million people. Even if you eliminate the wealthy and wealthy people who save rice and grain at home, there are still tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands. How many times will there be? Huainan and Jiangnan are the granary of Guanzhong. We have no intention of cutting off their canal grain route. They cannot transport the food to Sichuan and Shu Road and enter the Pass. There is only one choice, use the Xiangfan waterway to transport the food from Wuguan to Guanzhong."

An Lushan suddenly said: "As long as we cut off this grain road, Guanzhong will be in chaos."

"Nanyang!" Shiyugu was excited: "Your Majesty, please send troops to Nanyang immediately! As long as we can capture Nanyang, the initiative is in our hands..."
Chapter completed!