What Lu Qi saw were two sloppy and embarrassed people, one of whom claimed to be Ding Xiaoli, and the other claimed to be Cai Wenjing, the commander of Shi Chaoyi's rear army. Ding Xiaoli is not named in Hedong, but Cai Wenjing knows it. There is also a tied up behind them, the so-called Shi Chaoyi.

At this time, the three of them had long lost the momentum that the pseudo-Yan high-ranking officials should have, and Lu Qi immediately ordered someone to find the pseudo-Yan descendant for identification, and sure enough, they recognized Shi Chaoyi.

This was an unexpected joy for Lu Qi, so he immediately changed his attitude towards Ding Xiaoli and Cai Wenjing, although he hated this kind of person who betrayed the Lord and sought glory, but for the sake of the overall situation, he still had to make excuses.

"Lu has been famous for a long time to General Cai, and today he will abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and the court will definitely not treat you badly!"

Cai Wenjing and Ding Xiaoli originally had 8,000 elite henchmen to rely on to defect to the Tang Dynasty, but they were bitten three times in a row by the pursuers sent by Shi Siming last night, and they were finally torn apart, and it was already rare to be able to escape with their bodies alone.

Now, there is no choice, I can only hope that Lu Qi can treat them well, if Lu Qi is murderous now, they will only have to be slaughtered.

Ding Xiaoli is a very discerning person, and he immediately saw that Lu Qi's words were insincere, but he still had his own usefulness, so he said with a blank eye:

"The villain is familiar with the situation of the pseudo-Yan, and he can live in the festival and take Fan Yang lightly!"

Hearing this, Lu Qi snorted and laughed.

"Why can you help me take Fan Yang lightly?"

Ding Xiaoli was a little faint in laughter, because he obviously tasted the undisguised mockery in Lu Qi's smile.

"Shi Chaoyi used to be the pseudo-prince of Yan, and the villain was once trusted by the pseudo-prince, so he was fortunate to participate in the military aircraft, and many of the inside information was known to the villain, or he could provide assistance for the festival!"

After his heart was weak, Ding Xiaoli was no longer so confident.

Lu Qi suddenly asked:

"Yuan Tucheng's plan to starve Shi Siming to death, could it be from the hands of Jun?"

When it came to the regrettable incident in Yuantu Township, Ding Xiaoli sighed again and again, if Shi Chaoyi was willing to listen to the advice and saw that Shi Siming was dead, why would they have today's defeat? I am afraid that Fan Yang City has been defeated, and Shi Chaoyi has ascended the throne and succeeded to the throne as he wishes, and they are all extremely ministers.

Now it's good, life and death are unpredictable, and it has become fish on people's chopping boards.

"Alas, if Shi Chaoyi listened to me, why did he end up in such a field?"

Lu Qi laughed and said:

"In this way, Jun is indeed indispensable!"

People like Ding Xiaoli, the thief of Yan, are objectively the "heroes" of the Tang Dynasty. In Lu Qi's opinion, any strategy to starve Shi Siming to death is all nonsense, after being caught, he slaughtered it cleanly with a knife, and what does he care about the reputation that stinks anymore?

Ding Xiaoli was embarrassed by laughter, and Shi Chaoyi, who was tied up like a zongzi, struggled desperately, but he stuffed something in his mouth, and he couldn't vent his anger, only a pair of red eyes like fire. Compared with the impetuousness of these two people, only Cai Wenjing stood aside and did not speak.

Lu Qi asked again

"Do you know who is guarding the city in Fanyang City?"

"Who?"

Ding Xiaoli was a little confused about this question.

Lu Qi said bluntly:

"Feng Changqing, have you heard of it?"

"Feng, Feng Changqing?"

After a long time, Ding Xiaoli said the second half of the sentence with difficulty.

"When, when did he vote for Pseudo-Yan?"

The general on Lu Qi's side reprimanded:

"Doctor Feng is full of Dan, how could he vote for your group of rebels? Let's put it bluntly, your destruction is now on!"

Ding Xiaoli muttered:

"No wonder, no wonder ......"

The method of defending the city of Fanyang's defenders is indeed strange, but how did Feng Changqing walk with Shi Chaoqing and them? Could it be that Shi Chaoqing also voted for the Tang Dynasty?

This idea was denied by him as soon as it came out, it is impossible, Shi Chaoqing is very loyal to his father Shi Siming, it should not be so.

After a brief exchange, Lu Qi ordered someone to take care of Shi, Cai, and Ding, while the army continued to advance.

The distance of more than ten miles is not far away, but it is near, and the march of tens of thousands of people will take at least a day and a half. He only hopes that there will be no accidents, after all, Shi Siming is different from people like Shi Chaoyi, he has been able to run Hebei with An Lushan for nearly ten years, and it is definitely not in vain.

At this time, the city of Fanyang had been killed in the dark, and the city wall had become a Shura field, and people died without blinking an eye, and the morale of the besieging rebels was as high as chicken blood, and the defenders were gradually a little overwhelmed.

After Shi Siming's banner was raised, it was indeed touching and shocking to the defenders, although the news of Shi Chaoqing's ascension to the throne had already been notified to all ministries in advance, it still had a considerable impact on the army's heart.

Knowing that it was the most critical moment of life and death, Feng Changqing ignored his illness and fragmentation, brandished a horizontal knife and rushed left and right in front of the enemy soldiers, and no one could stop him wherever he went.

Qiu Bai forcefully pulled out the horizontal knife that stabbed into the abdomen of an enemy soldier, and the blood gradually covered his body, his armor had long been soaked with the blood of the enemy soldier. But the enemy soldiers are like locusts, and they can't be killed by any means. He killed for the first time until his wrists were sore, and he glanced outside the city, where the enemy soldiers were still like ants, stepping on the pressure of corpses and constantly pouring up the walls. A sense of powerlessness rose in my heart.

He secretly screamed in his heart: Handsome, handsome, why haven't you come yet?

The battle on the city wall alarmed the Great Yan monarchs and ministers in the palace, and Yuan Fu, as the elder of the three dynasties, finally got his wish and became the head of the prime minister.

Shi Chaoqing could hear the sound of war drums sometimes loud and sometimes small, sometimes dense and sometimes sparse, so he wanted to ask, but he glanced at the people beside him, Zhang Yan and other officials and cronies of the royal palace were not there, so he could only ask Yuan Fu:

"Does Prime Minister Yuan know what the situation is outside the city?"

To tell the truth, Yuan Fu didn't know anything about the battle situation, especially the killing last night, his name was not on that list, and he was still very scared, how could he dare to negotiate with those fierce and vicious prison guards? However, even Shi Chaoqing didn't know what the prison guards were doing, which was a bit strange.

After a long time, Yuan Fucai asked tremblingly:

"Your Majesty, don't you know the situation of the guard?"

Shi Chaoqing learned about the movements of the prison guard rate through Zhang Yan's report, and now that Zhang Yan is not there, his eyes are black.

"I, I also have to wait until Mr. Zhang comes, ask about it, and then think about it......"

The courtiers dispersed, and only a few "important ministers" such as Yuan Fu remained, but these important ministers were just like goods in the past, and now that Shi Chaoqing has ascended the throne, they are still like goods, and if they want to hold more power, they can only closely follow the emperor.

Shi Siming didn't trust them, so he just gave high-ranking officials generous favors, but fortunately he didn't kill them. Shi Chaoqing didn't seem to trust them very much, but Yuan Fu and the others still felt that they could fight for it.

"Your Majesty, the troops at the rate of the prison guards should continue to be expanded to enrich the city defenses, so that the imperial court can rest assured!"

The expansion of the army, Shi Chaoqing felt that it was a top priority, so he said:

"What Yuan Qing suggested is that I also feel that the troops are stretched, so when Mr. Zhang comes, I will discuss with him!"

As he spoke, Shi Chaoqing looked at the door of the hall, his expression a little anxious.

"Why hasn't Mr. Zhang arrived yet?"

He didn't know that Zhang Yan was raising troops at this time to plug the growing manpower holes in the city wall.

Yuan Fu Zedao:

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that Chen Jiang, the general of the Right Weiwei, can be responsible for recruitment!"

"Chen Jiang?"

Shi Chaoqing was a little surprised, Chen Jiang is already sixty-eight this year, he is very old, can he still have energy? He felt that only the officials of the Acting Prince's Mansion were the most relieved. In fact, Yuan Fu had other ideas, if Chen Jiang could be mixed into the prison guards, as long as they had the power of the army, they would have a certain say in the courtiers, who were only responsible for the decorations.

It's just a pity that these ideas are wishful thinking, and they don't have much time left.

The military newspaper finally broke the various big dreams of this small court.

"Report! The army outside the city is attacking the city fiercely, and it will be impossible to hold it at the sight!"

"What, can't you hold it?"

Shi Chaoqing was shocked, this, how is this possible?

"Isn't Shi Chaoyi defeated?"

"Outside the city, the banner of the army outside the city is, it is the Emperor Taishang......"

"Who?"

"Emperor Taishang!"

After receiving an affirmative answer, Shi Chaoqing was dumbfounded, he didn't even believe that it was true, and thought that the military general who reported the news had deceived him.

However, Yuan Fu and the others were not fools, and they felt that how could someone deliberately fabricate such a thing? It was suggested that Shi Chaoqing send an envoy to inquire about the specific reason.

About half an hour later, the messenger sent out ran back in a panic. He could not go up to the city, because it was filled with the dead, except for the living. Almost all of his troops were transferred to the city, and he could reach the entrance of the city wall without hindrance.

All this is enough to explain that the situation on the city wall has really reached a point where it can no longer be critical.

"Your Majesty, the city wall, the city wall is indeed going to be breached!"

"This, how is this possible? Mr. Zhang clearly told me that he could guard it like an iron bucket!"

Or Yuan Fu is more calm and pays attention to the key points of the problem.

"Can you see the Qi Banner? Is it the Emperor Taishang?"

"The walls are full of dead people, the passage has been blocked, no, not able to get up......"

If it is the Emperor Taishang who is attacking the city, the problem will be troublesome, once the city is broken, none of them who support the new monarch will survive, and the destruction of the clan is a foreseeable end. Of course, there is also a possibility that it was the Tang soldiers who attacked the city.

Once they can't resist, they can also choose to surrender, and the Tang Dynasty treats the surrendered generals preferentially, at least they will not be wiped out.

It's just that how to choose, at least there must be a premise, that is, you must figure out who is besieging the city.

In the end, this arduous task fell on the head of Yuan Fu under the unanimous recommendation of all the officials, and he took a dozen retinues and went straight to the city wall where the battle was most tragic after leaving the palace.