An Chongrong was indeed ready to rebel. Zhang Zhao closed the letter and sighed.
An Chongrong said in the letter that he had made an agreement with Bai Chengfu, the leader of Tuyuhun.
The Tuyuhun people in Daibei, Huang Dangxiang, Turks, Shatuo and others will all support him.
There will be 20,000 fine cavalry, plus An Chongrong's own Chengde army of 20,000 people, and they will attack Yedu from Dingzhou.
At the same time, An Chongrong also contacted An Congjin, the governor of Shannan East Road, who had always been Shi Jingtang's confidant.
Shi Jingtang has been preparing to rebel since he came to power. He has been preparing for many years in Xiangzhou, that is, Xiangyang. When An Chongrong raises his troops, An Congjin will also raise his troops, attacking from the south and the north.
In An Chongrong's imagination, both of them were born in Daibei Wuxun, and they were both experienced generals.
Shi Jingtang was not in the right position to begin with. As long as they joined forces, the others would wait and see. However, Shi Jingtang only had 60,000 to 70,000 men and could not stop the attack from the north and south at all.
What's more, he also wrote letters to Zhang Zhao and Yang Guangyuan respectively.
At this time, Yang Guangyuan was in Qingzhou, Shandong, and the envoy of Pinglu Festival. He was extremely domineering and even asked a fortune teller to read his fortune to see if he had the appearance of an emperor. He was ready to rebel for a day or two.
What if An Chongrong and An Cong raised troops from the north and south at the same time, Zhang Zhao from Hexi led his troops into Guanzhong, and Yang Guangyuan raised troops from Qingzhou to attack Tokyo.
While the north and south were attacking, there was also an east and west attack. Even if Shi Jingtang had three heads and six arms, he would be dead.
After the completion, An Chongrong occupied Hebei, Yang Guangyuan occupied the east of Kaifeng, Tokyo, An Congjin occupied the hinterland of Luoyang, Guanzhong belonged to Zhang Zhao, and the four families divided the Central Plains.
The plan was really good, and the cake drawing was okay, but Zhang Zhao let out a long sigh.
The plan is good, but someone still needs to execute it! An Chongrong and An Congjin were actually reckless warriors. Historically, they were rarely executed. For example, An Chongrong's powerful backer, Bai Chengfu, the leader of Tuyuhun in Daibei, was Daibei. Specifically, he is the leader of the Tyuhun people at the junction of Shanxi and Shaanxi.
At this time, the Tuyuhun people were very powerful in this area, with hundreds of thousands of people scattered here and there.
Bai Chengfu was greedy for money and was moved by An Chongrong's promise. In addition, the Tuyuhun and Turkic tribes who were nomadic outside Daibei were oppressed by the Khitans, and Yelu Deguang imposed heavy taxes on them.
Therefore, the non-Khitan tribes in Daibei very much hope that An Chongrong, a commander who is firmly opposed to the Khitan, will protect them.
But just because he was greedy for money and profit, and his original intention was to get rid of the oppression of the Khitans, Bai Chengfu was not really willing to go to war with Shi Jingtang.
Moreover, it was not only An Chongrong who could influence Bai Chengfu, but also Liu Zhiyuan, the Hedong Jiedu envoy stationed in Taiyuan, who could also influence Bai Chengfu.
Historically, An Chongrong thought that Bai Chengfu would definitely raise troops to follow him, but in the end, Liu Zhiyuan pulled the plug.
It turned out that just five days before Bai Chengfu prepared the cavalry, Liu Zhiyuan sent his confidant Guo Wei to Daibei with gold, silver and cloth to comfort Bai Chengfu.
What level is An Chongrong at? What level is Guo Wei? Even ten An Chongrongs could not match Guo Wei, so Bai Chengfu immediately decided to join Liu Zhiyuan.
Since then, Bai Chengfu's Tuyuhun people have been hanging out with Liu Zhiyuan. By the Northern Han Dynasty, they were all the confidants and pillars of the Liu family. An Chongrong's biggest reliance was gone.
An Congjin in the south was even more stretched. The tens of thousands of cavalry from Xiangzhou could not defeat even the thousands of soldiers of the Wei Sheng Army Jiedushi.
Finally, Shi Jingtang ordered Gao Xingzhou to join forces with Gao Congjie, King of Jingnan, and Ma Xifan, King of Chu, and they besieged and died.
As for Yang Guangyuan, it's even more damn funny. This guy was ready to mount an army, but he was completely discouraged by someone's words.
It turned out that Yang Guangyuan was suffering from dysentery, and his wife had some problems with her legs and feet. People at the time mocked and said, "How can there be a bald emperor and a lame queen?"
In one sentence, Yang Guangyuan's deepest inferiority complex was deeply touched, and he stopped raising troops!
After recalling the rebellious deeds of these living treasures, Zhang Zhao was speechless for a long time.
Although An Chongrong deeply hated Shi Jingtang for betraying his country and seeking glory, he was determined to take back Yan Yun, which was invaded by the Khitan.
But he is essentially a military leader and knows nothing about politics. He cannot handle such complex activities as the rebellion, which requires taking care of all forces.
An Congjin was even more ambitious and prepared for six or seven years, but the noise he made was not as big as Zhang Congbin's impromptu plan.
Yang Guangyuan is even more difficult to achieve.
The only thing Zhang Zhao saw from An Chongrong's rebellion was that the emperor's righteousness was really useful!
Even in the Five Dynasties, even a son-emperor like Shi Jingtang could still get most people in the world to support him. He did not choose to rebel with An Chongrong. Lords like Gao Congjie and Ma Xifan could also obey the instructions.
Zhang Zhao now has the righteousness of returning to the country, so he might as well give it a try if he wants to start something, but if An Chongrong is such a joke, then he won't participate.
However, we can take this opportunity to deal with the Li family of the troubled army first.
"Get up immediately and go to Tokyo quickly. First, take Pei Yuan's family to Liangzhou, and then pay close attention to Liu Zhiyuan's movements. If Shi Jingtang releases Liu Zhiyuan back to Taiyuan, he will come immediately to report back!"
Zhang Zhao thought for a while and then began to give Zhang Liecheng instructions. The biggest beneficiary of An Chongrong's rebellion was Liu Zhiyuan. He was originally suspected by Shi Jingtang and took advantage of the situation to return to Taiyuan.
But after Zhang Zhao came, many situations have changed. Shi Jingtang's strength has actually increased. If he doesn't let Liu Zhiyuan go back to Taiyuan, he might be able to get something done.
Therefore, Zhang Zhao did not refuse, but once again summoned An Chongrong's fake son to express his dissatisfaction with Shi Jingtang's father's work in the Khitan. Although he did not say that he would definitely start an army, his approval was obvious.
But turning around, Zhang Zhao sent another secret envoy to Yuanzhou to inform Liu Zaisheng, the governor of Yuanzhou, and asked him to increase his efforts to infiltrate the Qingzhou party and provoke a conflict between the Yi family and the Li family.
If Shi Jingtang did not let Liu Zhiyuan go to Taiyuan and Bai Chengfu followed An Chongrong to raise troops, the timeline would have been changed.
Zhang Zhao simply sent troops eastward to Qinzhou and Yuanzhou. Once Shi Jingtang was defeated in Yedu, he immediately sent troops to control Guanzhong.
If Shi Jingtang lets Liu Zhiyuan go to Taiyuan and An Chongrong and others are quickly put down, he will start a fight with the Li family of the disaster army. When Shi Jingtang takes care of An Chongrong, he will almost take care of Li Yiyin.
. . . .
In Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo, Shi Jingtang was not bent on solving An Chongrong as Zhang Zhao thought.
In fact, Shi Jingtang was still a little moved by what An Chongrong said in his memorial.
Although An Chongrong scolded his father for being a Khitan, which was a shame to the Jin Dynasty for all generations, this petition did not say that he wanted to rebel. What An Chongrong had always expressed was that he wanted to fight against the Khitan on Shi Jingtang's behalf.
At this time, Zhao Chong, deputy envoy of Shuozhou Jiedu, who happened to be ceded, raised troops to expel the Khitan troops. In addition, Yelu Deguang had always been contemptuous of Shi Jingtang and even asked him to hand over An Chongrong to the Khitan, which made Shi Jingtang feel particularly angry.
The son emperor was not without temper. In Shi Jingtang's understanding, his father's service to the Khitan was just to imitate the Yue King Gou Jian, and he was not really willing to be the son emperor.
Therefore, although Shi Jingtang was worried that An Chongrong wanted to separate Hebei in the name of resisting the Khitan, deep down he still wanted to give it a try.
Even if he failed, it would be good to let An Chongrong combat the arrogance of the Khitans.
But at this moment, Sang Weihan, who was far away in Yanzhou, also arrived at night.
At the beginning of this year, Sang Weihan was sent out as the military governor of Yanzhou Taining Army.
It's a good thing to let others go outside. You can occupy one side and become the local tyrant, but Sang Weihan can't.
As a literati, he couldn't handle the local tooth soldiers at all. He was said to be a Jiedushi envoy, which was almost like being under house arrest.
The reason why Sang Weihan was released was that he and Yang Guangyuan had too much conflict. Shi Jingtang was afraid of offending Yang Guangyuan, so he chose to release Sang Weihan.
But in fact it was not, because Yang Guangyuan later went to Qingzhou to serve as Pinglu Jiedushi, but Sang Weihan was not recalled. The reason for avoiding Yang Guangyuan was not valid.
This was actually Shi Jingtang's intention to alienate Sang Weihan. His father's affairs with the Khitan and his betrayal of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures were all Sang Weihan's ideas for Shi Jingtang. At that time, Shi Jingtang was very willing to save his life.
But now that the position under the buttocks is somewhat secure, Shi Jingtang also felt in his heart that he had given too much to the Khitan, which made him despised by everyone now.
As a lackey, Sang Weihan was despised by everyone even Shi Jingtang, and he was not much better.
Therefore, when Shi Jingtang looked at Sang Weihan, he felt that he was covered in feces and urine but disliked the smell of others.
So he simply kicked Sang Weihan out of the court to prevent others from scolding Sang Weihan and implicating Shi Jingtang.
This was the change in Shi Jingtang's psychological process. He wanted to reverse his image by cutting off Sang Weihan and expressing a tough attitude towards the Khitan.
However, after patiently looking at Sang Weihan's closeness for a while, Shi Jingtang's restless heart calmed down.
Because Sang Weihan could clearly see things more clearly than Shi Jingtang.
Sang Weihan first analyzed the Khitan's national strength and believed that the Khitan was powerful and must not be attempted now.
Now we should consolidate our base and train our troops to wait for the right time, and use the example of Han Emperor Gaozu and the White Horse Alliance of pro-Xiongnu and Tang Taizong to persuade Shi Jingtang to be patient.
Then he pointed out that An Chongrong claimed to be fighting against the Khitan, but in fact he was robbing the great righteousness and separatizing the regime.
No matter whether An Chongrong succeeds or not, he will not bring any benefits to Shi Jingtang.
If they fail, the Khitans will definitely raise troops to hold him accountable. If they succeed, An Chongrong will claim his own credit, and even counter-attack Shi Jingtang with righteousness in mind.
Moreover, if Shi Jingtang acquiesced in An Chongrong's troubles, his relationship with the Khitan would be at odds.
Then other interested people will embrace the Khitan's thigh. When the time comes, others will follow his example and come to Taiyuan to raise troops. Shi Jingtang may not be able to defend Tokyo.
Therefore, Shi Jingtang must conquer An Chongrong, hug the Khitan's thighs tighter, and let other vassals die of their desire to imitate him.
All in all, since you have become a dog, you must be the most doggy dog from beginning to end, so that others cannot be treated like dogs.
Shi Jingtang stood up suddenly. Feeling depressed, he violently swept the jade paperweight on the desk to the ground.
"Gao Xingzhou was deployed in front of the army in the south, and he led Jiao Jixun, Guo Jinhai and other generals to guard against An Congjin.
It was reported to Du Chongwei that he would inspect the Holy Army and the National Protector Army and follow him to conquer Yedu in person. "
Shi Jingtang quickly gave orders to Zhongshu's assistant minister He Ning, and then his face darkened.
"Let Liu Zhiyuan return to Taiyuan and serve as the governor of Hedong and stay in Beijing (Taiyuan). He will immediately recruit the Tuyuhun tribe in the north to prevent them from being used by An Chongrong."
