The "Yingzhou Rebellion" made the Khitan a hero of the Tang Dynasty and prompted the Li Tang royal family to regain the imperial power. However, the Khitans brought more than one surprise to the Tang Dynasty. More than 80 years later, the Khitans gave the Tang Dynasty a unique gift - the "Anshi Rebellion".

An Lushan, the protagonist of the "Anshi Rebellion", was originally just a gangster who was wandering on the streets. He was idle all day long, doing nothing, and even his livelihood was not guaranteed. If it weren't for the Khitans, he would have been so confused that he would not be able to rise to the top, call the wind and rain, and even leave a famous name in history.

At that time, civil strife occurred within the Khitan tribe, and Ketuyu killed Khan Li Shaogu, and made Yao Nianqu Li the Khan, wanting to take the Khitan tribe to join the Turks. Li Shaogu's wife Princess Donghua fled back to the Tang Dynasty in a hurry, reported Ketuyu's rebellion to the court, and cried and asked Emperor Xuanzong of Tang to avenge her.

Emperor Xuanzong of Tang had long been unable to bear Ke Tuyu, and took this opportunity to decide to teach him a lesson, so he immediately sent troops to attack the Khitan. However, the people were not as good as the heavenly consent, but the Tang army was defeated. In the end, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang sent the general Zhang Shougui as the chief minister of Youzhou to attack Ke Tuyu.

Zhang Shougui was very clear about the principle of "knowing the enemy and knowing oneself, and never winning a hundred battles". He believed that the previous generals were defeated in a row, not because they were not able to lead troops to fight, but because they had no idea about the situation within the Khitan. So as soon as they arrived at the military camp, Zhang Shougui immediately convened a meeting of the generals and asked them to urgently recruit locals from Youzhou who were familiar with the situation in the Khitan to join the army.

For a time, the city of Youzhou was crowded with people, and many people came here to see them. Some wanted to take the opportunity to exchange for a few taels of silver, and some wanted to take this opportunity to show their ambitions. If they accidentally rose from now on, wouldn’t it be more beautiful? An Lushan’s family has long been out of stock. In order to make money, he also came to join in the fun, and fortunately he was chosen.

An Lushan, who had just entered the army, had no recommendations, no high education, and no military talent, so he could only be a small general (a kind of low-level military officer). However, he was brave and good at fighting, shrewd and cunning, and soon showed outstanding military talents. He made many outstanding achievements, and was appreciated by Zhang Shougui, who adopted him as his adopted son.

But even if such a small general in a remote area has extraordinary achievements and extraordinary courage, he may have to live under the halo of his adoptive father Zhang Shougui for the rest of his life and will not have much development. At this moment, the Khitans created the second chance in his life for An Lushan.

In a battle, An Lushan relied on his extraordinary courage and was able to act as one hundred, without following others' advice, and advanced rashly. As a result, he was ambushed by the Khitans and wiped out the entire army. Only An Lushan survived from death and fled back to Youzhou.

Zhang Shougui was furious and immediately ordered An Lushan to be executed according to law. Before the execution, An Lushan shouted: "A man, who doesn't want to destroy the Xiren and the Khitan? Why do you want to kill me!"

At this time, Zhang Shougui's anger had disappeared. As soon as he calmed down, he regretted it. It was certainly wrong for An Lushan to advance rashly this time, resulting in the annihilation of the entire army, but he was indeed a general, and no one was perfect. It was a pity to kill a good general at one time. But as the chief minister of Youzhou, he had already spoken, how could he take it back for no reason?

Zhang Shougui racked his brains and finally came up with a way of having the best of both worlds: to send An Lushan to Chang'an and let the emperor deal with it. Naturally, he worked hard to help An Lushan speak nice things in the report.

After seeing Zhang Shougui's presentation, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang felt that An Lushan was a rare talent, so he ordered the pardon of An Lushan, but he was removed from his official position and asked him to be an ordinary soldier in front of the army and make meritorious service on his behalf.

In this way, the Khitans created an opportunity for An Lushan to be blessed in disguise, allowing him to show his face in front of the emperor, and became a well-known figure in the court and the country.

After An Lushan returned to Youzhou, Zhang Shougui favored him more and continued to create opportunities for him to make meritorious contributions. He even handed over the task of receiving all aspects of the people sent by the court to Youzhou to An Lushan.

An Lushan was sleek by nature, good at trying to figure out the wishes, and knew how to flatter and flatter, and deliberately please and flatter, the officials sent by the court were so excited by him that they would return to Chang'an happily with big bags of gifts. This move really worked. Not long after, An Lushan won a lot of praise in the court.

"He eats people with a weak mouth, but his hands are short." After those officials who have enjoyed An Lushan's flattery and flattery, they kept praising An Lushan in front of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, saying that he was outstanding and extraordinary. He was a rare talent. He also felt sorry for his ability to be a small soldier. The implication was that he naturally hoped that the court would use him more.

Emperor Xuanzong of Tang had a preconceived impression of An Lushan, and heard so many ministers who had returned from Youzhou praised him in unison, so he followed the flow and began to promote An Lushan step by step. So, An Lushan, who made his fortune through the Khitan, began to rise to prominence and eventually became the governor of Pinglu.

At this time, Kuru Yu was already dead. Zuwu Khan was a pacifist. He led the Khitan tribes to surrender to the Tang Dynasty again and expressed his willingness to reconcile the old friendship with the Tang Dynasty and forever. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was naturally very happy. Not only did he give Zuwu Khan the Chinese name Li Huaixiu, he asked him to be the governor of Songmo Prefecture, but he also named him King Chongshun and married him a princess.

Khan had lived a life of fear and fear. He had long thought about a few years of peace. The response of the Tang Dynasty made him so grateful. As soon as he got home, he worked hard to develop with his tribe members and temporarily threw the war out.

This made An Lushan very anxious. If the Khitan did not cause trouble, he would have no place to use his skills, and naturally he would not be able to continue to be promoted and make money. However, the Khitans lived a prosperous life and refused to invade the country. An Lushan could not write a letter to Khan Zuwu, let him rebel?

Of course, this did not stump An Lushan. He thought for a long time and decided to artificially arouse the Khitan's dissatisfaction with the Tang Dynasty. This move really worked. After he continued to send troops to invade the Khitan, the Khitans trusted the King of Tang less and less, and became more dissatisfied with the King of Tang. From the beginning, sending people to make peace, it gradually turned into leading troops to fight back.

An Lushan was overjoyed. Seeing that the war between the Khitan and the Tang Dynasty was ready, he was ruthless and decided to give another ruthless medicine.

On that day, An Lushan set up a Hongmen Banquet in his mansion, and invited the leaders and soldiers of the Khitan, Xi tribe and other tribes near Pinglu to attend the banquet. At the banquet, he drunk the leaders and soldiers with medicinal wine, killed them all, cut off the leader's head, and sent people to the court to report their merits.

The court was thrilled by An Lushan's contribution this time, and Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was even more ecstatic. He felt that he had not read the wrong person. Not only did he reward An Lushan, but he also called him the "Anbian Great Wall" he relied on. While modestly accepting Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, An Lushan took the opportunity to ask for military pay and food to expand his strength. At this time, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was very happy and naturally all his requests were approved.

But the Khitans stopped doing it. They could not continue to endure the endless invasion of the Tang Dynasty. So, the Khan and Niri killed the princess of the Tang Dynasty, launched a rebellion, and joined the Uighurs.

When An Lushan saw that the situation was wrong, and the Khitan did not play with him, how could he rely on for political interests? If it was not done well, the emperor felt that the border was stable and he had no use value, so he would cook it. Then, An Lushan worked hard for most of his life, racked his brains to flatter and clever words, and tried his best to conspire and plot against open plots. Wouldn't it be a waste of money?

The more An Lushan thought about it, the more wrong it became. Especially when Khitan looked at him, he was too lazy to pay attention to him. He knew that his good days were coming to an end, and he was confused. But he was not discouraged. One day, after a flash of inspiration, An Lushan decided to take action first. So An Lushan raised an army in Fanyang, launched a rebellion, and attacked Luoyang. The "Anshi Rebellion" began from then on.

This was unexpected by the Khitans. They could not have imagined that they had made An Lushan, but they pushed the Tang Dynasty from prosperity to decline.

(The Khan of Wu was not a "pro-Tang faction" at the beginning, but was devoted to the Turks, so after he came to power, he immediately took the Khitans to join the Turks.

However, at this time, the Uighur people on the Eurasian grasslands were growing. Not long after, the Uighur people destroyed the Turks and established the Uighur Khan. When the Khan saw that even the Turks had been destroyed, he was frightened and hurriedly joined the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty did not pursue his previous mistakes, but instead appointed him as the governor of Songmo Prefecture, King Chongshun, and married Princess Jingle to him.

Afterwards, Zuwu Khan wanted his wife to live a peaceful life and at the same time worked hard to develop and strengthen his nation, but he did not expect that An Lushan would emerge from the way and force him to rebel against Tang again.)

The grassland is a cradle for creating heroes. However, in the past few hundred years, the Khitan tribe has never given birth to a real hero, a hero who can lead the Khitan to glory. Therefore, a hero who changed history and changed the status quo of the Khitan tribe came into being, and he was Yelu Abaoji. With his efforts, a Khitan Empire that lasted for more than two hundred years was born! With the efforts of generations, this grassland empire quickly grew stronger and made the southern regime bow down to his posts, becoming a new star rising on the grassland!

One day in 872 AD, in a tent of the Yelu family of the Diela tribe of the Khitan tribe, the scent was full of rays and the fragrance was pleasant. The women and nanny around were busy serving the pregnant woman who was about to give birth. Suddenly, a loud cry came, and then the head of the Yelu family brought out a baby like a three-year-old child. This was Yelu Abaoji who later led the Khitan to grow stronger.

Seeing such a strange phenomenon, I remembered that my wife had a dream of falling into her arms when she was pregnant. A Baoji's grandmother was really happy and hated. She knew that there were auspicious signs at birth, which meant that this child was not ordinary and would definitely achieve great success when she grew up. However, considering the situation at that time, she couldn't help but feel infinite worries again.

At that time, the power struggle was extremely fierce within the Khitan tribe. A Baoji's grandfather, father and uncle were all involved. The entire family was shrouded in tension and worry every day, and they were cautious all the time, walking on thin ice.

A Baoji was so unique in his birth, and he would inevitably make his opponent treat him as a potential competitor. When he had no ability to protect himself, he would take action first and eliminate him to prevent future troubles. After some careful consideration, A Baoji's grandmother decided to take A Baoji with her side, blackened his face, and hid it in a nearby felt tent.

Grandma's prediction was indeed correct. A Baoji showed extraordinary abilities since he was born. He would climb within a few days of his birth and walk for three months. After he could speak, A Baoji unexpectedly claimed that he was protected by gods and people, and even often guessed what had not happened.

Although Abaoji was just a child at this time, his thoughts and opinions were already affairs within the clan. Even his uncle, who served as the Khitan Yilijin, often asked him to discuss important matters and seek his opinions.

When Abao grew up, he was even more extraordinary: he was nine feet tall, with a sharp top and a torch, and could pull a large bow of 150 kilograms, and was smart and brave, able to ride and shoot, and was deeply supported and trusted by his tribe members. Seeing that Abaoji was so brave and good at fighting, he was a rare talent, he transferred him to his side and served as his personal guard captain - Tama Shengshali.

Although Tamasari was just a small official, Abaoji did a great job and fully demonstrated his outstanding military talent during this period. He led his troops to serve several tribes such as Erhuangshi Wei and Wugu tribes, which won praise from the tribe members.

In a blink of an eye, Abaoji was already thirty years old. With his extraordinary talent and military achievements, Abaoji was elected as Yilijin of the Diela tribe and controlled the military power of the tribe. At this time, Abaoji, who was in full swing, had to do the first thing he had to do was to make achievements and lead his tribe members to open up a wider sky.

He continued to lead troops to fight everywhere, successively conquered the tribes of Wei and Xi, and went south to attack the Han settlements, capturing some Han people and a large amount of food, livestock, etc. The rich spoils brought by the victory not only prompted the rapid improvement of the economic and combat strength of the Diela tribe, but also established more prestige for Abaoji.

Later, Abaoji inherited his uncle's position as he wished and held the military and political power of the tribal alliance alone. At this time, although Abaoji was not a Khan, for the grassland nations that rely on military conquest, mastering military and political power was equivalent to mastering the entire Khitan alliance. It can be said that at this time, Abaoji was already the actual boss of the Khitan.

As expected, Abaoji did not disappoint his tribe. After becoming Yu Yue, he continued to lead troops to attack the surrounding tribes and began to develop his power to the south. Not only did he obtain rich spoils, but he also greatly improved the strength and prestige of the Khitan people.

The Khitans who long for strength were deeply aware of a serious problem: if they want to become the overlord of the grassland, they must have a strong leader like Abaoji.
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