At this time, Qi Bihe remembered Qin Jin's original methods, and couldn't help but secretly admire, it was still Qin Changshi, and he had already calculated these things in the hearts of the people.

"How many of you are planning to join the army? How many people are there inside and outside the city?"

"Back to the general's words, the city has been slaughtered repeatedly, and there are not many people left, but there are still many people left in the countryside outside the city, but they have to be robbed and looted by the thieves day and night, and they are all terrified to live their days. ”

After encountering the sudden incident of the good family in the city blocking the road and joining the army, even if he had an idea, he decided to add another stroke to Qin Changshi's plan. No matter what the outcome is, this is always a strategy that Qin Changshi has repeatedly emphasized, and it should not be a big mistake.

In fact, most of these people who blocked the road and joined the army were the children of wealthy families in Kip Stone City, who were reluctant to flee because they had a huge family property in the place, but they did not expect to lose their wealth and finally lose all the property they wanted to keep at all costs.

In desperation, the hatred born in the heart can drive people to do anything, such as this middle-aged man who is the leader, he is also a child of a rich and noble family, but now there are only three or two dilapidated houses left in the house, and two and a half bags of surplus grain. The rest of the property deeds were either stolen or burned to the ground. Now, apart from these two and a half bags of corn, there is only one life left that can be sold. However, in the troubled times, human life is the least valuable, not even as much as the two and a half bags of corn in his hand.

Unexpectedly, this seemingly rough Tang military captain actually agreed to their request and allowed them to be incorporated into the Tang Army.

None of these surviving children in the city are not ruined, and they all carry the hatred that they can't get rid of for several lifetimes, joining the Tang Army and going into battle to kill all the rebels is the only reason why they are still alive. They jumped and cheered, cheering until tears flowed from their eyes, and cheered until they wept bitterly.

In this situation, those who see it are really sad, and those who hear it are crying. All the united soldiers couldn't help but remember the good history of Qin when they thought of their hometown, if Xin'an didn't have Qin Jin's strength to take care of it, at this time, he was afraid that he would be the same as these poor people in front of him.

On the post road to the east of Kip Stone City, two ragged men stumbled and ran forward. The burly and fat man fell several times and got up several times, but when he fell again, he collapsed on the snow like a puddle of rotten flesh, and his mouth sizzled in despair.

"I can't walk, I really can't walk, so let Tang Jun arrest us all, it's better than being sin and frozen in this ice and snow!"

This burly and fat Hu man is An Qingxu, the second son of An Lushan, he and Sun Xiaozhe escaped from Kip Stone City last night, but the entourage around them has been completely lost.

And because of the suddenness of leaving, An Qingxu only had a silk middle coat on his body, covered with a collared linen gown, and now it was the cold winter of the ninth month, he had long been numb from the cold, and life was better than death.

Thinking of the younger brothers who were still enjoying the fine clothes and jade food in Luoyang City, they regretted taking the errand of inspecting the western counties, and the fire of jealousy was burning with fear, especially the half-brother An Qingen, who was less than sixteen years old, if he died here, An Lushan would have loved him, and everything that should have belonged to him would have to be returned to others.

An Qingxu couldn't help but feel sad and cried loudly.

Sun Xiaozhe hated iron and said with hatred: "If you really give up on yourself like this, all the prosperity of purple drunk gold fans in Luoyang City will belong to others!"

The wind whirred, and the ice and snow slag that blew up hit his face like a knife, An Qingxu suddenly stopped crying, and said viciously: "Yes, that's right." If I die here, everything that should belong to me will be cheapened for nothing, that little cub! I can't die, I can't die!"

Then, like a frightened wolf dog, An Qingxu jumped up from the snow and roared excitedly and hysterically: "Go, go! Even if you climb, you have to climb back to the pond!"

There are tens of thousands of foot soldiers left by Cui Qianyou, and he only needs 20,000 foot soldiers to easily step on the Kip Stone, and then be ashamed.

An Qingxu's sudden reaction surprised Sun Xiaozhe, and he didn't expect that this guy still had a bit of blood and bravery, but it was not completely incorrigible.

When the sky was dark, the two of them finally saw the Yan Army banner fluttering on the head of Michi City. It's just that this virtue has been seen by the soldiers in the city, what face is left? Thinking of this, An Qingxu flinched.

Sun Xiaozhe was like an elder who coaxed a child, and persuaded: "If you lose, you will be defeated, what you are most afraid of is that you can't face up to where you are defeated, what is a little face compared to it?"

This was not only said to An Qingxu, but also to himself. Sun Xiaozhe's fiasco in Xin'an, the first defeat of the Yan army in the south, An Lushan was extremely angry, and even wanted to execute him for this, if it weren't for An Qingxu's exit to intercede, I am afraid that his bones would have become feces excreted from the belly of wild dogs.

When they arrived at Michi, the city guards heard that An Qingxu and Sun Xiaozhe had fled back alone in front, and they all turned pale to the ground. They are not afraid of the Tang Army, what they are really afraid of is their own robes. It is said that An Qingxu has always been brutal, and it is common for him to kill people at every turn, but now that this person is so frightened on the ground of his house, how can he not take the opportunity to kill people? Not to mention that they have something more to worry about.

And this more worrying matter, Sun Xiaozhe has long been aware of it, and the news of the loss of contact with Cui Qianyou must have been known to the generals of Michi, but they have not said it for a long time, and what they have in their hearts is naturally self-evident.

If he had been in Anqingxu a day earlier and had not suffered a fiasco, Sun Xiaozhe would have suggested that he rectify it in order to deal a blow to Cui Qianyou's growing prestige in the army. However, the situation is very different now, and as a general of a defeated army, how much confidence can he have to rectify others? Not only can he not rectify it, but even the news that Kip Shi has been lost must be kept strictly secret, and as for whether the generals of Michi guess or not, and whether they believe it or not, it is another matter.

What's more, the turnaround battle of the two people will depend on these defenders of Michi, who are against the eastern capital Luoyang.

At present, there are three town generals with the highest status in Michi, and they are all Cui Qianyou's cronies, but just like the hound that has lost its owner, all the prestige and confidence of the past are gone. In front of An Qingxu and Sun Xiaozhe, they were unusually obedient and cooperative. Even in the face of An and Sun, who fled back in embarrassment, they also did not dare to have the slightest confrontation.

This made Sun Xiaozhe sigh greatly, Cui Qianyou took all the people with strong temperaments out to fight, and all those who stayed were gentle and smooth people, if there were one or two thorns in them, they would really be helpless!

However, An Qingxu had long been dissatisfied with Cui Qianyou, and this time when he learned the accurate information that Cui Qianyou might be defeated, he wanted to fall into the well and trample him to death, but he couldn't turn over when he stepped on it.

Sun Xiaozhe had to be kind again.

"Don't fall into the well for Cui Qianyou!"

"How can it be? This guy has been in the limelight in front of his father, and now there is no news for nearly ten days, if it is not an accident, what explanation can there be? I can take this opportunity to step on this guy and not turn over!"

An Qingxu didn't understand his hatred while speaking, and he still stomped on the floor under his feet.

"Doesn't Your Highness want to take revenge for the humiliation of Kip Stone?"

Sun Xiaozhe's words made An Qingxu feel uplifted, you must know that in this era, the word "Your Highness" is not used by any prince, only the prince can be called His Royal Highness. Sun Xiaozhe called it so at this time, which made him feel itchy immediately, and suddenly sobered up again.

"That's right, the defenders of Michi are all Cui Qianyou's old troops, if we fall into the well at this time, how can these people be willing to obey the drive?"

Sun Xiaozhe shook his head, what he planned was by no means so simple. At the same time, I am also glad that An Qingxu is not a stubborn donkey who does not eat oil and salt, but fortunately, there are still things that can attract him upward.

"Your Highness is wise!" he bit these two words very hard, and An Qingxu listened to them very much.

An Qingxu waved his hand embarrassedly and said: "Wisdom is not in me, it all depends on the general's strategy!"

For a while, Sun Xiaozhe was also confused, and he really couldn't figure out whether An Qingxu was a cruel and moody fool by nature, or a corporal Lixian, a male lord with the amount of useful people. In An Qingxu's body, these two contradictions always flash all the time, which is really elusive.

In his plan, instead of falling into the trap on Cui Qianyou, he had to preach that he had already made contact with Cui Qianyou, and that he had to send troops to cooperate at this time, and he would be able to succeed in a battle if he thought about it. Therefore, in the negotiations with the three generals of Michi, Sun Xiaozhe had many hints, making them feel that if they sent troops this time, it would undoubtedly be a relief for Cui Qianyou.

After listening to Sun Xiaozhe's overall plan, An Qingxu applauded.

"The general is so cunning, it's like borrowing someone's chicken to lay our own eggs!"

Sun Xiaozhe nodded happily and said, "That's right!"

However, the three town generals of Mianchi were still quite suspicious, because Cui Qianyou had strictly ordered them to defend Mianchi before leaving Mianchi, and they were not allowed to move troops without orders.

But Sun Xiaozhe used An Qingxu to inspect the counties and counties in An Lushan as an excuse, and it is not too much to call him a messenger of the Son of Heaven, not to mention a few generals in the towns and districts, even if Cui Qianyou himself is here, he will also gladly accept the order!

Under the combination of soft and hard, the three town generals finally nodded and agreed, and they could send 20,000 troops, and send one town general to accompany the army and attack westward.

An Qingxu immediately ordered Sun Xiaozhe to be the main general of the army as a messenger and marched into Kipshi!

With Sun Xiaozhe's suggestion, An Qingxu was just frightened and should not be in danger again, but An Qingxu was eager for revenge, if he couldn't witness the revenge with his own eyes, he would finally feel that it was a big regret in life, so he still insisted on following him.

Seeing the back of the 20,000-strong army marching westward, the two town generals shook their heads and discussed.

"An Qingxu and that woman are so scheming, do you think that our brothers can't see that Kip Stone has been lost, and they borrowed troops just to wash away their shame. ”

Another person sighed: "The doctor is about to establish a country and become the emperor, An Qingxu may be the prince, the future emperor, where do we offend?"

"Bird! With the virtue of this pig's brain and bear body, can you be our Emperor Dayan?"

The two of them tacitly did not talk about Cui Qianyou, everyone knew that with Cui Qianyou's character, if it wasn't for an accident, it would not have been any contact with Michi, but in fact, they all had the worst plan in their hearts.

Michi to Kip Stone can be sent from morning to night, An Qingxu and Sun Xiaozhe led 20,000 troops with great ambition to approach Kip Stone. He was completely sure of this victory, and a large part of it was due to the news he received from the captain brigade commander of Kipshi.

First of all, the Tang Army's Gao Xianzhi Division seems to have a movement to cross the river north, so the people who attacked Kipshi may be a partial division, and the number should not be more than 10,000. What's more, the Yan army has always been brave, even if the Tang army sends 100,000 people and has 20,000 armor soldiers on the side, why be afraid?

An Qingxu has already planned, once the Tang army occupying Kipshi is defeated, how to punish these people, whether it is a large dismantling of eight pieces or five horses, in short, these people will regret coming out of the mother's womb.

Then he sneezed a lot, and after a day and night of freezing and snot, he was fortunate not to have a fever.

Compared with An Qingxu's blind optimism, Sun Xiaozhe is more of an analysis of the current situation, from Shaanxi County to Luoyang, there is no danger to defend along the way, and it is very unwise for the Tang army to attack the city under the absolute disadvantage, so it is asserted that the raid on Kip Stone is just a strategic tentative. Even if the first battle is successful, it will not send a large army to fight with the Yan army here.

Intuition told Sun Xiaozhe that not only would the Tang army not fight the Yan army in Kipshi, but not even in Shaanzhou, from here to Pingchuan, Shaanxi County, how could the Tang army, which had low combat effectiveness, compare with their long-standing border army?

In the evening, 20,000 troops entered the outskirts of Kipshi, but from a distance, they saw that the city was dark, and thick smoke coiled over it for a long time. Sun Xiaozhe immediately changed color, and lost his voice:

"Not good!"

An Qingxu couldn't react badly in the excitement, so he subconsciously asked: "What's not good?"

Sun Xiaozhe gritted his teeth and said, "The Tang army burned the city!"

This made An Qingxu think of Xin'an City, which was burned and withdrawn after the Tang army defeated Sun Xiaozhe's army, leaving only a piece of scorched earth for the Yan army. Could it be that Kip Stone has also become this virtue?

The army drove to the foot of Kip Stone City, Sun Xiaozhe's conjecture was indeed confirmed, and the Tang army burned down Kip Stone City, swept away all the people and goods in the city, and fled without a trace.

In the face of the lost and regained "Kip Stone City" An Qingxu had a great feeling of punching the air, and he was unspeakably uncomfortable with his flash, this is a big revenge, is it a shame before the snow?

No, of course not!

After entering the city, there were ruins everywhere, and even the fire in some places had not been extinguished, Sun Xiaozhe and An Qingxu immediately withdrew, and there were no people living in the city, and the night was gradually falling, so they could only camp outside the city.

After a night of depression, An Qingxu found Sun Xiaozhe and announced his decision.

"The army marched westward and attacked Shaanxi County, where there is Taiyuan Cang, even if it is difficult to conquer the city in a battle, Taiyuan Cang will be burned with a fire!

Sun Xiaozhe couldn't help but secretly sigh An Qingxu's irritability, and in a fit of anger, he wanted to burn the countless grains in Taiyuan Cang. As we all know, the Taiyuan warehouse in Shaanxi County is the granary of the Tang Dynasty second only to Luoyang Hanjiacang, responsible for the grain transfer between Gyeonggi Province and Hedong Dugi Province.

But this time, Sun Xiaozhe did not object, the two armies could not tolerate the kindness of women, burned food and starved the Tang army to death, and the Yan army died less. Once the army is out, it can't be returned empty-handed, and it must be explained before it can be stopped, otherwise it will be difficult for An Qingxu and himself to pass in front of An Lushan.

Early the next morning, after burying the pot and cooking, the army set off one after another. After passing Kipshi, Sun Xiaozhe was much more cautious with his troops than when he came from Michi, after all, after passing Kipshi was the hinterland of Shaanxi County, and he might face the threat of the Tang army at any time.

Unexpectedly, all the way out of the dozens of miles, there was not even a shadow of half of the Tang army, and after passing the Kip Stone, the closer to Shaanzhou City, the heavier the scorched smell in the air.

An Qingxu immediately looked southwest, but saw that in the distance in the sky, clouds of thick smoke and dark clouds rolled towards the ground, and scolded in surprise and inexplicably:

"What the fuck is this?"

Sun Xiaozhe thought about it for a while and figured it out, "It should be the Kunshan Fire!"

Several captains of Kipshi once said that the Tang army set a fire in Kunshan Mountain, which could be seen from the head of Kipshi City a few days ago. At first, Sun Xiaozhe thought they were lying, but now it seems that what they said is true.

I didn't expect the fire in Kunshan to be so big and so terrifying. Thinking of this, Sun Xiaozhe's heart suddenly moved. It is said that Cui Qianyou has not contacted the defenders of Michi for ten days, and it is very likely that he was trapped in the mountains by the fire. However, when the mountain fire burned, all the plants, trees, birds and beasts were turned into charcoal and ashes, not to mention the people in the flesh?

After this idea suddenly jumped out, Sun Xiaozhe was both shocked and faintly excited.

Frightened, the tens of thousands of troops led by Cui Qianyou are likely to have been turned into charcoal in this mountain fire, and he is excited that he has a strong competitor in the Yan army, and An Qingxu must be optimistic about it.

At this time, An Qingxu's face was already very ugly, and as the army advanced, he could clearly see the scorched black patches in the distant mountains, which must have been scorched earth left after the fire.

The farther west he went, the narrower the open area became, and to the south there were already dense mountains, and he began to worry about whether the fire would reach his feet.

Sun Xiaozhe couldn't help laughing after hearing An Qingxu's worries, saying that An Qingxu was worrying about the sky.

"It's winter, the northwest wind is blowing, and the fire will go southeast by the wind, how can it burn under our feet?"

An Qingxu nodded in disbelief and continued to go west with the army, but there was still an indescribable sense of foreboding in his heart.

"Report!"

Riding and probing horses, there is not a single soldier of the Tang Army outside the city of Shaanzhou, and even the city gates are wide open.

This news surprised An Qingxu, "That's right, are there people inside and outside the city?"

Tanma replied: "There is rare woodland outside the city, the terrain is clear at a glance, there is indeed not a single soldier of the Tang Army, but I don't know the depth in the city, so I didn't dare to enter!"

The Tang army has opened the city gates, why don't you go in? I will order you now to be the first to enter the city, otherwise you will come back with your head up!"

An Qingxu scolded the Tanma with a slashing head and a face, and then ordered the army to be ready to fight at any time, after all, he was still afraid of a city that was open to all sides, after all, the Tang army had played tricks before, what if this was another trick to lure the enemy?

Sun Xiaozhe also agreed with An Qingxu's method, be careful and make no big mistakes, first send a small group of men and horses to try to enter the city, and then calmly enter the city after confirming that there is indeed no Tang army.

After about half an hour, there were reports from the horses: "There are no ambushes in the city, and the horses have even penetrated into the county guard in the city!"

An Qingxu was overjoyed when he heard this, "The Tang army was finally afraid of the power of the Yan soldiers and the tiger, and fled with his tail between his legs!" Then he seemed to remember something very important, patted his head and asked: "What about Taiyuan Cang, Taiyuan Cang is still there?"

"I didn't see Taiyuan Cang, only two miles west of the city, there is a big ruined wall!"

An Qingxu slapped his thigh again and again, and said straight, but it was a pity that he was still a step too late after all! This fire is set by him, and then there is the pleasure of revenge. Immediately, he waved his hand again:

"The army is in the city!"

"Wait!"

Sun Xiaozhe always felt that something was wrong, the Tang army had enough time to burn down Kipshi County and take away the people, why did he run out of time in Shaanzhou, leaving an intact empty city and leaving in a hurry?

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