Li An and Li Fei Shouyu glanced at each other, smiled indifferently at the corner of their mouths, and looked at Zhang Qiqiu: "The general misunderstood, although we are wearing the battle flag of the word 'king', we are not soldiers under Wang Jieshuai, we are just ordinary people of the Tang Dynasty." ”

As soon as Li An said this, Zhang Qiqiu was suddenly stunned in surprise, and Zhang Guangsheng behind him immediately heard Li An's voice and looked up at them.

"It turned out to be you." Zhang Guangsheng was surprised to find that these warriors in red robes were the people who saved him before.

Zhang Qiqiu looked back at Zhang Guangsheng and asked, "What's the matter?" You know them. ”

Zhang Guangsheng naturally had no need to hide it, and told Zhang Qiqiu about being chased by the Fan army and being rescued by Li An and his party halfway.

When Zhang Qiqiu heard this, he let out a big sigh, looked up at the billowing smoke in the distance, and suddenly realized.

"Such a big smoke, but I can't hear the sound of horses' hooves, Shaolang is using a suspicious strategy."

At this moment, the environment was extremely quiet, and if there were really a large number of cavalry a few miles away, it would be impossible not to hear the slightest sound.

Li An smiled indifferently at the corner of his mouth, and said softly: "It's a clumsy plan, so that the general can see it." ”

"Where, where, if it weren't for Shaolang's 'clumsy plan' for me Zhang Qiqiu, I would have been in a different place, Shaolang's merits, I would have reported to the imperial court, and when the time came, the reward would definitely be indispensable." Zhang Qiqiu is obviously quite grateful to Ang Li.

Li An smiled lightly and said: "The general is falsely praised, Zai Xia doesn't care about rewards, as long as he can drive the Fan army away and let the people live a stable life, he will rest assured." ”

"I can't imagine that Shaolang still has such feelings of worrying about the country and the people, and he will be a pillar of the court in the future." Zhang Qiqiu praised Li An for a few words, suddenly gloomy, and said softly: "At present, the main force of our army has been dispersed, and Shaolang's suspicious plan will be discovered by the Fan army sooner or later, and when the time comes, Anbian City is afraid that it will be difficult to defend." ”

At present, there are only 500 soldiers under Guo Ziyi's command in Anbian City, how can such a small number of soldiers and horses resist the repeated attacks of tens of thousands of troops and horses of the Tibetan army, Zhang Qiqiu thinks that losing the city is almost inevitable.

Li An could see that Zhang Qiqiu had plans to give up Anbian City in his heart, but after all, Anbian City was the garrison of the Hengye Army and the city under his rule, if he really gave up, it would be difficult for him to explain to the imperial court, so he was still quite hesitant in his heart.

"The general thinks that Anbian City is difficult to hold, but he thinks that as long as the whole city is united, it can hold on for a period of time, and when the reinforcements arrive, the Fan army will naturally retreat."

Li An didn't know much about the situation on both sides, but he knew that the Fan army was not good at attacking cities, while Anbian City was a strong city that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, as long as he relied on the city to hold on, he might not be able to block the attack of the Fan army.

A wry smile appeared at the corner of Zhang Qiqiu's mouth: "Shaolang is really a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers!" There are only 500 soldiers in the city, and there are only more than 10,000 military families and civilians combined, but the Fan army has tens of thousands, and the disparity in strength is too great. ”

Hearing this, Li An fell into deep thought, the specific situation of the two sides, he really didn't know too much, since the strength of the two sides is so disparity, and the reinforcements are far away, it is indeed a little difficult to hold on to Anbian City, but if you give up Anbian City, it is a sign of weakness, and it is difficult to guarantee that the Fan army will not underestimate the Tang Army, so as to attack more cities and make more Tang people suffer.

"General, the eldest husband Ma Ge shrouded, fortunately, even if the strength is very different, you can't easily show weakness to the Tibetan army, Anbian City is the only way for the Tibetan army to go south, if you give up easily, the morale of the Tibetan army will be greatly boosted, in this way, the southern Lingqiu, Fanzhi may be broken by the Tibetan army, when the time comes, Hedong will lose a large number of cities, Your Majesty will be extremely angry, and the general ......"

Li An analyzed it very well, and reminded Zhang Qiqiu in his words that if he easily gave up Anbian City and let the situation in Hedong get out of control, Emperor Lao Tzu was very likely to kill him to thank the world.

Zhang Qiqiu had to admit that the hairy boy in front of him was very powerful, not only extremely strong in martial arts, but also clear thinking and extraordinary knowledge, he was a rare talent, and he was also determined at this moment to go all out to hold Anbian City, and continue to send scouts to ask Wang Zhongsi for help.

"Ben will decide to stick to Anbian City to the death, and Shaolang is willing to help me." Zhang Qiqiu's eyes were full of anticipation.

Li An, Li Fei Shouyu and the others glanced at each other, clenched their fists and said, "I am willing to listen to the general's orders." ”

In fact, Li An and his entourage had already discussed, to make some meritorious deeds, and then go to Wang Zhonghei, when they saw the soldiers of the Fan army digging the grave, they guessed that the conspiracy of the Fan army was to lure the main force of the Hengye army to attack, and soon, the main force of the Hengye army rushed out of Anbian City, confirming Li An's guess.

And as a common man, he is soft-spoken, and he is not qualified to stop the actions of the Hengye Army at all, so he is powerless to prevent the Hengye Army from falling into a heavy siege, and in a hurry, Li An came up with a suspicious plan and prepared to scare the Fan Army in order to save the main force of the Hengye Army that was besieged.

Unexpectedly, things progressed too fast, and by the time Li An and his party were all ready, the main force of the Hengye Army had completely collapsed, and in the end only more than ten people of Zhang Qiqiu were saved.

As early as a day ago, he had sent people to reconnoiter the terrain of Anbian City, this inconspicuous city can be described as easy to defend and difficult to attack, the north and west are surrounded by the Lulu River, the east terrain is narrow, a large number of people and horses are difficult to gather, only the south terrain is open, which is conducive to the assembly of large corps, but the terrain in the south is sloping, and the continuous two-mile road is inclined more than 30 degrees, the Fan army must feint, and the original choice to build a city in this terrain is to defend against the enemy's attack.

Li An and his entourage were less than fifty people, and followed Zhang Qiqiu into Anbian City, and as soon as they entered the city, they saw that the Guo Ziyi regiment left behind was going all out to prepare materials for defending the city, and even the people in the city were mobilized.

Watching the soldiers and civilians in the city carry the materials for defending the city in an orderly manner, Li An felt that the officials in charge of coordination were very capable, and they could actually let everyone perform their duties without causing chaos and nesting in the slightest.

Zhang Qiqiu nodded with great satisfaction, and the haze of defeat was temporarily alleviated.

"General."

Guo Ziyi saw Zhang Qiqiu returning to Anbian City, and hurriedly ran over.

Zhang Qiqiu looked at Guo Ziyi with a look of remorse: "The general regrets not listening to General Guo's advice, the main army has been lost, and the next battle to defend the city will all depend on General Guo." ”

Although Guo Ziyi had already guessed the result, when Zhang Qiqiu said this, he was still extremely shocked and a little sad.

"The last general will definitely defend the city with all his might, so as not to let the plot of the Tibetan army succeed."

Zhang Qiqiu nodded and introduced softly: "General Guo, I will be able to come back alive today, thanks to Li Shaolang and his party, Li Shaolang and his companions are both strong in martial arts, and they can help you." ”

After speaking, he looked at Li An: "Li Shaolang, this is General Guo Ziyi, the general has handed over the task of defending the city to him, and you and your companions must obey General Guo's dispatch." ”

Guo Ziyi nodded and signaled to Li An and the others, while Li An and the others bent down and saluted, and said that they would obey Guo Ziyi's orders.

Li An didn't expect that the subordinate general under Zhang Qiqiu was actually Guo Ziyi, this Guo Linggong's fame in history is really too great, the number one hero who pacified the Anshi Rebellion, the famous Chinese general who has been passed down through the ages, and the hero who turned the tide.

It's just that Guo Ziyi is still a small officer at this time, and he has not yet encountered the opportunity to show his strength, and Li An feels that he can listen to the tune under Guo Ziyi, which is much more face-saving and reliable than obeying Zhang Qiqiu, he believes that with Guo Ziyi sitting in Anbian City, plus his help, there is no big problem in holding Anbian City for half a month, and the surrounding reinforcements will definitely come over at that time.

Guo Ziyi didn't look at Li An and the others at first, thinking that they were just some big children who didn't have the same hair, but when he heard that Li An used a suspicious tactic to scare off more than 10,000 elite cavalry of the Tibetan army, he was completely shocked and admired and appreciated Li An.

There were topographic maps of Anbian City on several cases, Guo Ziyi looked at Li An and asked, "Li Shaolang, how do you think the Fan army will attack the city?" ”

Li An was also not polite, pointing to the topographic map, and analyzed: "The north and west are the Lu water, the Tibetan army cannot fly across, and the terrain in the east is narrow, which is not conducive to large-scale attacks, and the Tibetan army can only attack from the south, but it may also send a small force of soldiers and horses to attack from the east." ”

Guo Ziyi smiled indifferently and continued to ask: "Then in Li Shaolang's opinion, how should our army defend?" ”

"Concentrate the main force to defend the south gate, deploy a small number of men and horses in the rest of the directions, and in addition, reserve an emergency force in the city to reinforce all parties at any time."

Guo Ziyi's face was full of appreciation, and he took out another topographic map from his arms, on which the deployment of soldiers and horses was clearly written, among them, three hundred soldiers were deployed in the direction of the south gate, thirty soldiers were deployed in the rest of the gates, and the remaining more than one hundred soldiers stayed in the city, ready to reinforce all parties at any time.

Of course, there is nothing brilliant about this kind of deployment, as long as a general is in his right mind, he will deploy corresponding troops according to the importance of the defensive task, and set aside a part of the reserve force.

But after all, Li An is only a young man and has never joined the army, so he can actually think of reserving reserves, which is commendable in Guo Ziyi's opinion.

"General Guo, the pressure on the front is the greatest, let's deploy it on the front!"

When Guo Ziyi deployed the defense, Li An's troops had not yet entered the city, so there was no trace of Li An and his party on the topographic map.

"Li Shaolang, there are thousands of fleeing people in the city, it can be described as a mixture, have you considered this problem?" Guo Ziyi smiled indifferently and slowly looked sideways at Li An.