Li Siye also thought about getting rid of Yang Guozhong in advance, but after careful consideration, he finally rejected this idea. It was already a given that An Lushan intended to rebel, and even if Yang Guozhong died suddenly, it would not change the result. Besides, it is impossible to do such a thing
He may not leave any clues, but if he fails to frame the blame but exposes himself, he will not only be on the opposite side of the court, but also allow An Lushan of Youyan to find an opportunity.
Yang Guozhong sent people to monitor Hexi Jinzouyuan, and Cao Anding could no longer move freely. Originally, he was going to secretly purchase 200 sets of general armor and 3,000 sets of infantry armor from the Beidu Ordnance Supervisor under the Shaofu Supervisor within this year.
A large part of the armor is traded in the form of daily wear and tear, and there are elements of favoritism and fraud in the legal official documents. The other part is completely bought and sold secretly through gray channels.
Nowadays, only Li Siye has the ability to spend a lot of money to buy these things. He originally planned to complete two things within this year. The first is to integrate the existing cavalry of various armies in Hexi, and then from the Longyou stable animal husbandry department and Huihe etc.
He purchased horses from the northern ethnic minorities, trained soldiers to increase the number of soldiers, and formed a cavalry force of 30,000 people. The third step was to recruit and expand more than 5,000 people to form an artillery battalion. By then, the total strength of Hexi's troops would reach 90,000, and he would have more
The great confidence defeated An Lushan in one fell swoop in the next war.
But the expansion of troops must have the most basic protection. No matter Hexi, Anxi, Beiting or Tocharo in the river, even the troops stationed in India have a certain number of troops in the DPRK. If he wants to expand the army quietly, he will naturally not be able to get around it.
Armor. Now that Cao Anding has difficulty moving, his secret purchase of armor from Chang'an is cut off.
Li Siye also planned to establish a Jiafang Department in Hexi. However, armor making is different from making ordinary knives. It even requires more technical talents than bow making and spear making. How to make armor pieces of equal size and how to punch holes in the armor pieces requires technical content.
It's not ordinary high, and it can't be made by just finding a blacksmith.
There are a large number of armor-making masters under the Ordnance Supervisor of the imperial court's Shaofu Supervisor. Their ancestors have been doing this for generations, enjoying the status of specialized craftsmen and receiving salary from the imperial court. Not only is this an iron rice bowl, but no headhunter dares to recruit from here.
People. Japan even sent envoys from the Tang Dynasty to Chang'an several times, hoping to send people to be apprentices in the Ordnance Supervision Office, but they were rejected. They only got a few armor samples and brought them to Japan.
Armor is a weapon tightly controlled by the imperial court. The control is much stricter than that of bows and crossbows. Hiding armor in private is equivalent to conspiring to rebel. Zhou Yafu built 500 armors to be buried with him, but Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty considered them to be treason. Only Mo could enjoy the same treatment as armors.
A knife is such a great killing weapon.
At this juncture, Li Siye not only did not want to be suspected by the court, but also wanted to assemble a batch of strong and durable armor for the expansion of the army, which really made him scratch his scalp.
He suddenly thought of the cotton armor that emerged in the Ming Dynasty? Lined with iron sheets and covered with cotton felt? The protection against firearms is better than iron armor, and the protection against cold weapons is better than leather armor? It can keep warm and is not limited by body shape. For
Nowadays, is it a substitute between iron armor and leather armor? It is enough for infantry and artillery battalions. And if the artillery explodes one day, cotton armor also has a good protective effect against fragments.
Nowadays, there are a large area of cotton fields in Anxi military settlements, and they may also be accumulated in the warehouses of various towns. People in the Hezhong area like to use cotton and animal skins to weave carpets? These can be requisitioned in large quantities. And it is March now.
Even the expansion of cotton planting is not in time.
Moreover, there are old account books and discarded papers accumulated all over Anxi, Beiting, Hebei Province. You can also order people to collect them and make them into paper armor, which is not even less strong than iron armor.
Is this his last effort to expand the army in the special year of Tianbao's 14th year? Originally, he planned to farm in Hexi? And to operate India into a grain and cotton production base to supply Anxi, Beiting, Hexi.
Completely cut off Longyou's rigid demand for supplies from the Central Plains. But now everything must be compromised for the upcoming war.
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The emperor belatedly realized that Yang Guozhong's behavior was too dangerous and was undoubtedly forcing An Lushan to react quickly. He immediately called Yang Guozhong to the imperial court and reprimanded him, asking him to stop all kinds of actions against An Lushan?
The soldiers of the Jingzhao Mansion who occupied An Lushan's residence were withdrawn, and An's guests who were originally imprisoned in the prison were also released. Oh? They have already been killed, so that can only be like this.
Although Yang Guozhong was stupid, he was loyal enough. The old emperor only had this little requirement for his ministers.
His favor for the Yang family continues unabated. Does he treat Yang Yuhuan as a real husband and wife? He also treats her natal family as a real relative of the country. Is there any immediate relative of the Yang family who is lower than a third-rank official? Yang Guozhong has become a
Living Sikong. The three ladies of the Yang family were rewarded with millions of money each year. Every time the emperor went on a hunting trip, the Yang family's team was the most prosperous. The Yang brothers and sisters went on a trip on Yuan Dynasty night, and the evil servants of the Yang family were able to wield whips.
The princess was frightened and fell off her horse, and the emperor's response was only to give fifty blows to each of them.
Even though the Tang Dynasty was in crisis, he still held the Yang family in his hands as a treasure. The Yang family of Hongnong had never received such attention and favor in the hundreds of years of Li Tang.
Li Longji began to wipe Yang Guozhong's butt, and wrote a letter of relief to An Lushan himself. In the letter, he said that he decided to marry Anqingzong and Princess Rongyi in June, and invited his father-in-law to Chang'an to watch the ceremony.
And look at the daughter-in-law.
But An Lushan was already nervous at this time, and he would not go if invited by any excuse. To deal with these summons from the emperor, there was no need to ask, because asking would mean he was seriously ill.
Maybe An Lushan did get seriously ill later because he kept cursing himself for getting sick, so God really fulfilled his wish.
In July, An Lushan reported to the emperor that he wanted to donate more than 3,000 horses to Chang'an. Each horse he sent had two soldiers as handlers, and more than 20 generals commanded the escort. Three
There were more than 6,000 people participating in the escort of thousands of horses. After these people escorted the horses into Guanzhong, would they be placed by An Lushan as insiders to respond to the rebellion?
Henan Yin Da Xi Xun noticed that An Lushan had ulterior motives for his actions, so he petitioned the emperor to move An Lushan's horse presentation to winter, and asked the court to send his own husband instead of bothering An Lushan to send someone.
The emperor also realized that An Lushan was behaving strangely, and finally began to suspect that he was rebellious. However, at this time, An Lushan was already in dire straits. The cheapest and most economical way to deal with it was to lure him to Beijing, but this was so difficult.
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In August, Li Longji sent envoy Feng Shenwei to Fanyang Youzhou to express his condolences, and wrote in the edict: I have built a new hot spring bath in Huaqing Palace for you, and you can come to the court in October to accompany you."
After Feng Shenwei arrived in Youzhou, he read out the imperial edict in front of An Lushan's bed. An Lushan pretended to be sick with a wet towel on his forehead. He neither got up nor worshiped. He just asked whether the emperor was well, and said: "No, Ma
Forget it and ask the Holy Envoy to go back and tell His Majesty that Lushan will definitely go to the capital to accompany Your Majesty in October after he recovers his health."
"Come here, take the Holy Envoy back to the post house. Tomorrow Yanzhuang will personally send the Holy Envoy off Youzhou and return to the DPRK on my behalf."
As soon as Feng Shenwei left, An Lushan immediately took off the towel on his forehead and jumped out of bed, his face glowing red. He said to Gao Shang, who was standing aside with his hands folded: "The saint frequently sends envoys to invite me to the court. It seems that he has taken a liking to me."
Suspicious, I seem to have no choice. It’s just that Li Siye is on the right side of Longlong, which always keeps me like a awn on my back and a fishnet in my throat. I have tens of thousands of Youyan cavalry, heading straight down to the Central Plains, and no one can stop me when I enter the pass. But Xiliang,
There are powerful light cavalry in Anxi and Beiting. Once he is ordered by the emperor to enter Guanzhong to quell the rebellion, how can our army control him?"
Gao Shang held the feather fan in front of his chest and said confidently: "I have already thought of a plan for my lord, which is enough to eliminate the threat of Li Siye in Xiliang."