Thinking of all this, Qiu Bai did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly sent someone to invite Zhang Yan to discuss the distribution of the prison guards.

Zhang Yan just went to visit Shi Chaoqing, the prison country, maybe because of the wind and cold, this seemingly tough prison country actually fell ill, it can really be said that the leaky house happened to rain overnight, but even so he did not have the slightest sense of disaster, and always thought that Zhang Yan and Qiu Bai were the ones who could be entrusted with the big responsibility, and believed that his father Shi Siming would return to Fanyang with the soldiers to relieve the siege.

After leaving the Dai Wangfu, Zhang Yan tried to assume that he and Shi Chao were on the road, but found that he had no better way, the time and place were not on his side, and there was almost nothing to do. Of course, in the current situation, the only most appropriate way is to reactivate Cao Dun. However, Shi Chaoqing obviously has a deep affection for Cao Dun, and even if Cao Dun repeatedly expresses his intentions, it is difficult to gain Shi Chaoqing's trust.

In fact, Shi Chaoqing has reached a dead end, and the only way he can count on to survive is for his father Shi Siming to lead the army to break the siege. And Shi Chaoqing was full of infinite confidence in Shi Siming, and he never even assumed that he had any accidents, so it makes sense to explain Shi Chaoqing's worry-free appearance.

"Brother Zhang, today's traitors are attacking the city with elites, and many city walls have been warned, and they have been rushed up the city walls several times, it's time to discuss specific countermeasures!"

Zhang Yan was taken aback.

"The traitor has lost his patience?"

This is a lot earlier than he expected, but thinking about it, Shi Chaoyi's delay in the city for ten days is not a short time, and anyone has to be anxious, but this is not a matter that he is urgently concerned about now, the point is when will the soldiers and horses in Hedong arrive?

However, in front of the crowd on the city wall, Zhang Yan knew that he couldn't ask such an obvious question, so he went to the enemy tower with him to avoid many eyes and ears.

There was no sunlight in the arrow tower, and even in late spring, it was quite cold, and Qiu Bai and Zhang Yan both shivered in unison.

"When will the soldiers and horses from Hedong arrive?"

Almost everyone asked this question as soon as they saw Qiu Bai, and Zhang Yan was no exception. He was originally Shi Chaoqing's acting official of the royal palace, and now he has made up his mind Anyway, after the Tang Dynasty, he will plan to bring a great merit into the Tang Dynasty, otherwise wouldn't it be despised?

He didn't wait for Qiu Bai to answer, and said to himself:

"The soldiers and horses outside the city have been eaten away by Shi Chaoyi little by little, these days the ants are attacking the city, I am afraid that many of them are the soldiers of the thieves, if he continues to fill the city with the ants to occupy the city, in order to consume and damage the morale of the soldiers in the city, then their goal is believed to be achieved soon!"

In this regard, Zhang Yan is worried, after all, the soldiers and horses led by Shi Chaoyi are all elites who want to counterattack Henan, except for Shi Siming's Praetorian Guard, no one can surpass him in strength, and now there is a group of rabble in the city to contend with, how sure can he be?

It's a headache to think about.

"Let's be honest with Brother Zhang, now I'm like everyone else, cut off from the outside world, and I am also looking forward to the soldiers and horses in Hedong coming over day and night, but the reason why I haven't come so far is that Lu Jiedu has his plan......"

After a pause, Qiu Bai felt that it might be difficult to convince Zhang Yan by saying this, so he added:

"Lu Jiedu has always believed in his words and acted fruitfully, and when he said that he would send troops, he would definitely seize the best opportunity to deal a fatal blow to the historical thief rebels!

Zhang Yan did not dwell too much on the question of when Luqi's Hedong County would arrive in Fanyang, in his opinion, the Tang Dynasty wanted to recover Hebei, and it was imperative to send troops, and the only uncertainty was when it would arrive in Fanyang.

Qiu Bai says:

"I guess there's something going on outside that we don't know about!"

……

In Jingcheng, a Tang army was stationed in the valley at the junction of Hebei and Hedong, and this situation lasted for at least two or three days. Du Fu, who was the governor of Hedong, was also in the army, and he was specially responsible for supervising the grain road for Lu Qi this time, and personally went to Jingcheng to see him off.

However, Lu Qi's army had been delayed in Jingcheng for several days and had not entered Hebei for a long time, which made Du Fu a little strange.

"Why did Lu Jiedu stop his troops in Jingcheng? Hebei is a thief infighting, at this time it is a great opportunity to wave his army to the north and take Fan Yang directly...... Wouldn't it be a pity?"

Lu Qi had long expected that Du Fu would ask such a question, so he calmly replied:

"Three days ago, the horse rangers reported that Shi Siming's forbidden army guards had returned to Zhending from the direction of Raozhou, and there was a tendency to go north, so Du Fujun speculated, what did they want?"

Du Fu was also surprised, he hadn't heard of this situation yet, and now he thought that it must be Shi Chaoyi's failure to control this Shi Siming's Praetorian Guard, which caused chaos, but he immediately denied this idea, raised his head and stared at Lu Qi, and said in a lost voice:

"Could it be that someone has replaced Shi Siming?

Lu Qi nodded and shook his head again.

"There is indeed someone who controls this army and horses, and it is likely to be Shi Siming himself!"

"Isn't Shi Siming trapped to death?"

In the face of Du Fu's questions, Lu Qi also had a stomach problem.

"Shi Chaoyi doesn't know what kind of wind he smoking, if Shi Siming had been killed with one knife, there wouldn't be so much uncertainty now!"

Du Fu said:

"The son kills the father, after all, he can't bear it, and it's not strange that he hesitates!"

Lu Qi sneered:

"Shi Chaoyi and An Qingxu are both the same raccoon dogs, ruthless and unrighteous beasts and bandits, he refuses to kill Shi Siming happily, he must have other ideas, but now no matter what he thinks in his heart, he is in big trouble!"

Du Fu suddenly realized in his heart, if Shi Siming regained control of his guards, driven by anger, punishing this son who wanted to kill him alive would become the first priority!

"So, Lu Jie Dudu's soldiers must be waiting for the Shi family's father and son to be defeated?"

Lu Qi nodded solemnly.

"It's just that Qiu Bai and the others are going to suffer, I don't know if I can hold on until the day when the thief is broken!"

Thinking of this, a dark cloud floated in Du Fu's heart, but after all, he was not sure if Lu Qi's heart was so dark, because there was another reason behind this that everyone knew and couldn't say, that is, Feng Changqing was also in Fanyang City at this time.

However, Lu Qi's reason is very open, so that Du Fu has no reason to overturn. In the past few years, he really couldn't figure out why none of the officials in the imperial court were willing to get close to this famous general of the generation who had been exiled in Saibei? It was impossible to do even a small favor within his ability, and they all hid far away to protect themselves.

Only Du Fu, after the governor of Hedong with the festival, has made the greatest support with the Feng Changqing Department in terms of materials and intelligence, and although Lu Qi does not think so, he has not clearly expressed his opposition.

Putting aside these factors that cannot be put on the table behind them, in the end, the only thing that can make him feel that this court is different from the previous reign of Emperor Xuanzong is Qin Jin.

Dare to do and dare to be, not afraid of power, successively overthrew Yang Guozhong and other traitorous ministers, and finally even if he ended up with a derogatory end, he still did not give up the world. It was from then on that Du Fu made up his mind to assist this person to achieve a great cause that would never be born in the world!

However, from the current point of view, this great undertaking is far away, and even if it is restored to the old appearance of Emperor Xuanzong, it is very difficult.

Lu Qi's gaze looked to the west, as if his mind was not in Hebei, east of Jingcheng.

"Du Fujun has heard that Hexi, there is a big mess!"

The military affairs in Hexi have always been blocked by the imperial court, but people in the inner circle of the Shenwu Army, such as Lu Qi and Du Fu, still know the truth one after another. Hexi's problems are far more serious than they seem.

"I've heard of one or two, the center of gravity of the imperial court is now in Hebei, and Hexi is probably planning to cut meat temporarily!"

Lu Qi nodded in agreement.

"What Fu Jun said is exactly what Lu thinks, this scourge of swordsmen, I don't know what year and month it is!"

This kind of words came out of the mouth of Lu Qi, who had always been belligerent, which surprised Du Fu very much, but then he understood that he had something to say after his words. Sure enough, I only heard Lu Qi say again:

"Did Fujun think that after pacifying Hebei, what measures would the imperial court take?"

Du Fu didn't want to discuss this matter at the moment, so he said:

"These things, let's wait until the imperial court completely pacifies Hebei, Du is not in the center, so it is naturally difficult to guess the thoughts of the prime ministers!"

Lu Qi smiled hehehe.

"Didn't Du Fujun think that one day he would become the head of the political hall?"

……

Shi Siming tightened the scarf on his forehead, and under the scarf was the shame that he could not speak to others in his life. A short and stocky soldier came to his side and whispered:

"That person has been disposed of, Your Majesty, do you want to go and see?"

"Let's go, let's see how this ramming goes!"

At this time, Shi Siming was no longer the embarrassed person who fled and prayed for mercy in order to survive, and returned to the military camp that originally belonged to him, and the prestige accumulated over the years suddenly returned to him.

Under the guidance of the soldiers, Shi Siming came to a military tent only one person high, in which a thigh-thick wooden stake was buried, and on the stake was tied a five-short soldier with his upper body exposed.

I saw that the soldier's mouth and nose were overflowing with blood, and he screamed in pain, like a pig and sheep waiting to be slaughtered with his mouth covered. After the military man saw Shi Siming, he was obviously extremely frightened, like crying and howling. If you look closely, the soldier's open mouth is actually a tongue that has been ripped out alive, and the blood overflowing between the mouth and nose is pouring out from the wound.

"Don't worry, I won't kill you, and I can be regarded as my friend in distress!"

Shi Siming sneered, and aggravated his tone on the word tribulation, this military man who had his tongue gouged out was the guy who had beaten him in the past!