**In the camp, Li Mao was sleeping soundly in the warm tent, and suddenly he was awakened by a noisy and noisy sound, Li Mao got up with a bone, and saw the torch shining in the pupils of the figure outside the tent, Li Mao was startled, and called the inner servant.

"Li Jinzhong, Li Jinzhong, what happened? Check it out. ”

Li Jinzhong is Li Mao's personal attendant, and when he heard the rumors, he ran out of the tent to inquire in disheveled clothes, and rushed back soon after, taking a breath and reporting: "Your Majesty, I heard that he caught a rebel spy in Chang'an City, and Li Guangbi is leading people to interrogate, so there is some trouble. ”

"Oh." Li Mao breathed a sigh of relief, this was not a big deal. Li Mao went back into the quilt and planned to continue sleeping, but he didn't bother to ask about such things. But soon, there was another voice outside the tent, and Li Mao heard it clearly, it was Li Guangbi's voice.

"Li Neishi, go and report to Your Majesty, and say that the minister has something important to ask to see."

Li Jinzhong's voice came: "Li Dashuai, what are you asking to see in the middle of the night?" Your Majesty was woken up by you just now. ”

"What nonsense. Go and report it, I said I have something important to see. Li Guangbi shouted.

Li Mao got up with a bone, and when Li Jinzhong had just turned around and finished reporting, he had already dressed up and walked out of the inner tent to the outer tent. The big tent was brightly lit, and Li Guangbi went to stand in the tent in full armor, and dozens of guards beside him stood there with four people tied up with flowers. Seeing Li Mao come out, Li Guangbi and all the guards hurriedly knelt down and saluted.

Li Mao rubbed her eyes and said, "What's the matter?" Li Guangbi, what happened? ”

Li Guangbi said in a deep voice: "My soldiers on duty have caught four rebels who stole out of the city from Yong'an Canal. Please allow Cheng to congratulate His Majesty first. ”

"Daoxi? What's the joy? Li Mao was puzzled.

"Give General Tian their unties. General Tian, tell my Majesty the Tang Emperor yourself. Li Guangbi smiled.

The soldiers quickly untied the four rebels, and the four immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Li Mao. One of the black-faced, wide-mouthed, tall rebels said in a deep voice: "Sinner Tian Chenghei knocks on His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. ”

"What's going on?" Li Mao still didn't figure it out.

Tian Chengsi immediately began to explain his intentions, and talked endlessly about tea kung fu, and the look on Li Mao's face changed from surprise to surprise, and the excitement was difficult to suppress.

"Quick, someone will give you tea. General Tian is here for this, and I want to listen to you carefully. Li Mao shouted.

"Your Majesty, the criminal minister does not dare to sit down, and the time of the criminal minister is limited, and he must rush back before dawn, otherwise Shi Siming will know about it, and the matter will be revealed. The guilty minister only hopes that His Majesty the Emperor can give an answer, whether His Majesty the Emperor and Marshal Li Guangbi can agree to the conditions that the criminal minister has just put forward. If these conditions are accepted, the offender can go back and tell the people, and tomorrow the plan will be carried out. Tian Chengsi swallowed and foamed.

Li Mao glanced at Li Guangbi, Li Guangbi understood, and the two walked to the inner tent. Li Mao said in a low voice, "What do you think?" ”

Li Guangbi smiled and said, "Your Majesty, isn't this what we hoped for from the beginning?" If it can be done, Chang'an will be in hand, and we can get 40,000 or 50,000 rebels to surrender for nothing, and the strength of our army will be greatly increased. ”

"Hmm...... I'm afraid of fraud. If they were to be pitted once and lose some soldiers and horses, wouldn't it be hopeless to siege the city? Li Mao said.

Li Guangbi smiled and said: "Your Majesty is too worried, there are no flaws and loopholes in what Tian Chenghei said, and he can't make up such a perfect reason." According to him, the city is now running out of food, and the people are rioting, don't we get the news of both things? During the day, the city was in chaos, and the lookout post said that there seemed to be many fights in the city, so what was it if it wasn't a civil uprising? Also, yesterday, the cavalry blocking the grain route in the southeast defeated the 3,000 rebels who secretly went out of the city, isn't that the soldiers and horses that Tian Chengsi said were going to transport grain? These two things are correct, which shows that what Tian Chengsi said is true. It can be seen that the city is now in danger, Shi Siming is still obsessed, and his people naturally refuse to wait for death. We originally wanted to crown him as the king of Pingyang, let him guard the northeast, and replace An Lushan's original position, but now it's not the same for his son? ”

Li Mao groaned: "You are very right, since this is the case, we will agree to him, and cooperate with the action according to the plan he said." It's just that I just ordered Wang Yuan's soldiers and horses to come yesterday, do I want to issue an order for Wang Yuan's soldiers and horses to stop coming? ”

Li Guangbi thought for a while and said: "That's not necessary, we also need to rest and recuperate to take Chang'an, so His Majesty simply ordered Wang Yuan's soldiers and horses to attack Tongguan." Let him gnaw the hard bones of Tongguan, and then the ministers will finish their rest, and then lead the army to capture Luoyang, and let Wang Yuan and them clean up the surrounding small cities. In short, the great merit cannot be touched by him, so that the people of the world know that without him Wang Yuan, His Majesty can also quell the rebellion. Let everyone in the world understand that counterinsurgency is not something that only he Wang Yuan can do, and his delay is only another attempt. ”

Li Mao nodded and said, "Okay, let's do it." After beating Tongguan, let him withdraw to Jinzhou to stand by, and his soldiers and horses were not allowed to step into the territory of Chang'an. Hey, I'm now starting to worry about how to deal with the more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in this guy's hands, I want to take away his military power, and I'm afraid that he will rebel. ”

Li Guangbi stroked his beard and said: "Don't be in a hurry, the most important thing at the moment is to quell the rebellion step by step and stabilize Your Majesty's throne." When the world is stable, it's not too late to go back and clean him up. ”

……

The cold mist in the early morning had not yet dissipated, Shi Siming had already gotten up early, washed up, and put on his armor under the service of the guards. Shi Siming knew. Today is a critical day, if there is still no siege action today, if Wang Yuan's soldiers and horses have not appeared outside the west city of Chang'an, then his prediction yesterday is the truth, Li Mao can not mobilize Wang Yuan's soldiers and horses, and ** is not able to launch a siege operation again.

However, Shi Siming had just finished draped and had not had time to eat a hot breakfast when the bad news reached the imperial city. The head of the city, the guard Pegasus, came to report that the ** battalion was reorganizing the soldiers and horses to prepare for the siege.

Shi Siming was very surprised, and after repeatedly confirming the news that Wang Yuan's soldiers and horses did not appear in the left side of the capital, Shi Siming thought that the action of ** was the last attempt. That is to say, as long as you resist this attack, you will retreat.

Shi Siming immediately got on his horse and rushed to the Fanglin Gate Tower with his personal guards. In the chaos of orders and noise, Shi Siming climbed the city wall. To his surprise, his generals had all finished their drapes and were waiting for him on the city wall. Among them, there were Shi Chaoyi, who was beaten by himself yesterday, and Tian Chenghei, Luo Yue, Cao Ji and others who were hit by the board the day before yesterday.

"See Marshal Shi." All the generals bowed their hands in unison.

Shi Siming nodded slightly, casting an approving look. In his opinion, even if he is very harsh on his generals, they will still understand their hard work. They knew they were defending the city, not a personal vendetta.

Shi Siming slowly walked in front of Shi Chaoyi, Shi Chaoyi's face was pale, and his eyes wandered a little, but Shi Siming didn't think much about it, and said with a smile: "Chaoyi, can your body still stand up?" ”

Shi Chaoyi glanced at Tian Chenghei and said in a low voice: "Father is handsome, my son can stand it." ”

Shi Siming patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Don't blame my father for being ruthless, at this time, you are my son, I am not strict with you, how can I serve the public?" ”

Shi Chaoyi bit his lower lip and whispered, "The child understands. ”

Shi Siming looked at Shi Chaoyi's appearance and felt that he was a little different from usual, but when he thought about it, he was afraid that it was caused by the injuries on his body and the timidity of participating in the defense of the city for the first time, so he didn't think deeply. Shi Siming slowly walked in front of Tian Chengsi again, and said in a deep voice: "Tian Chengsi, Ben Shuai didn't mistake you, you still came." ”

Tian Chengsi shouted in a deep voice: "How can the lowly post be absent from any battle, the lowly post will definitely be there." ”

"Good! This sounds uplifting. Tian Chengsi, Ben Shuai was indeed a little impatient before, I hope you don't care about this. ”

"Where does the marshal say, the marshal treats me like a father and son, and I wait for the marshal to take care of me, so I can be resentful because of the marshal's punishment." Tian Chengsi said loudly.

"Good, you're all good." Shi Siming smiled, turned around and observed for a while at the ** who was surging under the city and was about to organize the siege of the city, turned back to the soldiers and shouted: "You guys are very good, today's battle is a battle related to victory or defeat, but if you can successfully defend the city today, ** will not be able to fight again." So today we have to work together to beat them down, so that ** know, Chang'an City is in our hands, even the emperor Lao Tzu don't want to take it back. After the victory of this battle, the commander will ask the court for merit and reward on your behalf. In today's battle, everyone needs to fight to the death, and there must be no retreat. Those who die will be rewarded, and those who shrink, the commander will lead the guards to supervise the battle and enforce the law, and kill them on the spot. Do you understand? ”

The rebel soldiers at the head of the city shouted in unison: "Understood. ”

"Okay, each in his own right, ready to fight." Shi Siming shouted.

All the generals bowed their hands in unison, and then quickly dispersed, each returning to the direction of the city wall they were guarding to arrange to defend the city, and the city head was suddenly in chaos.

Shi Siming came to Tian Chengsi and said: "Tian Chengsi, today's battle must be extremely fierce, you and Cao Ji Luo Yue Chaoyi are all injured, can you eat it?" If you feel that you can't bear it, you can go to Guanghuamen and Jingyao Gate to defend the city, and here Benshuai personally commands. ”

Tian Chengsi shook his head and said, "Marshal, we won't leave, we will defend the city here." Where the marshal is, there we are. We will swear to the death to protect the safety of the marshal. ”

Shi Siming said with a smile: "It's not to protect me, but to protect the city." Since you are so brave, then you are still here to resist the enemy with Ben Shuai. But Ben Shuai can't rub the sand under his nose, and he can't take care of the injuries on your body when he fights, and if he moves slowly, he will still scold and scold. ”

Tian Chengsi smiled and said, "It's okay, the marshal doesn't have to scruples." ”

The defenders at the head of the city are busy preparing for things, and the ** under the city is also rapidly preparing for the siege. **Almost the whole army was dispatched, except for the personal guards and horses who left 3,000 people to protect Li Mao, the remaining 60,000 soldiers and horses and more than 10,000 soldiers and horses who were slightly injured but could still participate in the battle were dispatched to form a dense siege posture in front of the battalion. Li Mao and Li Guangbi have made two preparations, even if the situation does not go according to what Tian Chengji said last night, this siege battle will go according to plan. Today, we must do whatever it takes to deliver the final blow to the rebels.

After the hour, the trumpet beat the drum and shook the sky, and the siege battle of ** officially began. This time, the ** did not use the catapult bombardment, but directly began the charge on the city wall. Tens of thousands of cavalry rushed to within a hundred paces of the city wall at great speed, and then frantically rushed across the moat with their shields on their shoulders and rushed to the bottom of the city. None of the before. play, the siege hand-to-hand combat officially began.

The defenders of the city and the besieging soldiers and horses under the city instantly entered the state of battle, and began a brutal hand-to-hand encounter. In a short period of time, the two sides produced a large number of casualties.

At the head of the city, Shi Siming walked around the city wall with more than 100 personal guards, and the blades in their hands were not used to deal with the siege soldiers and horses, but to deal with the defenders who were shrinking and did not dare to fight hard. Shi Siming shouted hoarsely, walked back and forth among the arrows and swords, and killed five or six cowardly soldiers with his own hands.

Under this kind of strong supervision, the rebels defending the city played a huge potential, they pressed the siege soldiers and horses under the city wall, and half an hour passed, but they didn't touch the broken bricks at the head of Chang'an.

After repelling ** in the gap between the surging attacks on the east side of the Hong Lim Gate, Shi Siming felt a dry mouth and sweat on his body. I sighed in my heart that after all, age is not forgiving, and when I was young and strong, I can fight for several hours in a row and not feel tired.

"Marshal, let's have a drink." Tian Chengsi, who was standing next to the battlements, waved at Shi Siming with a water bladder. Although Shi Siming didn't understand why Tian Chengsi still had a water bladder on his body when he was fighting, he was very relieved to see Tian Chengsi's bravery when he defended the city just now, and he didn't doubt him, so he walked over quickly.

"Commander, take a breath from saliva, there are still fights in today's battle, and you need to save your strength. If the commander is tired, it will greatly damage morale. Tian Chengsi bared his teeth and smiled, Shi Siming felt that his smile was a little reluctant, as if he was hiding something. But he nodded without doubt and picked up the water bladder.

The water in the water bladder was cool and delicious, and a cold breath of ice made Shi Siming's hot body calm. However, at this moment, he suddenly felt that there seemed to be a tingling pain in the coldness of his throat. He lowered his head in shock, the side of his throat tingled, and the next moment Tian Chenghe's hoarse voice sounded in his ears.

"Marshal Shi, please don't act rashly. Otherwise, don't blame me for piercing my throat. ”

Shi Siming was shocked, and saw the situation in front of him clearly, a dagger was on his throat, and the person holding the dagger was Tian Chenghe.

"Tian Chenghei, what are you doing? Dog thief, you are so bold. Shi Siming said angrily.

"Marshal Shi, please immediately order the whole army to stop defending the city and surrender the city immediately." Tian Chengsi said coldly.

"Dog thief, it turns out that you are a spy of **." Shi Siming scolded angrily.

"Marshal, I'm not a spy, I'm just thinking about my brothers. You have already lost the lives of tens of thousands of brothers by going your own way, and I am thinking about the remaining tens of thousands of brothers. The conditions given by the Tang people are so generous, but you insist on refusing, you have to work hard for An Qingxu. An Qingxu treats you as an enemy, but you still have to work for him, I really don't know what you think. Tian Chengsi sneered.

"Dog thief, I want you to ask about this handsome. Why are you still stunned, and you still don't come to chop up this dog thief for me? Shi Siming ignored the sharp blade in his throat, and shouted sharply at the surrounding guards and several generals: "He doesn't dare to kill me, if he kills me, you will break him into thousands of pieces." ”

A cadre of guards who were standing on the side slowly approached when they heard this, and Cao Ji, Luo Yue and others on the side also seemed to approach with swords. Suddenly, the sword flashed, and several close guards were in different places, and the blood on the blades in the hands of Cao Ji and Luo Yue was like blood, and it was the two of them who suddenly shot out and killed the approaching guards.

"So you ...... You are complicit. You dog thieves. Shi Siming said angrily.

"Marshal, those who know the times are Junjie, you are so obsessed, don't you just want to occupy Chang'an City and not leave? In order to be able to sit on that throne secretly, are you willing to bury more than 100,000 of our brothers for you? You are very selfish, sleeping in the palace every day, holding the concubines and palace maids in the palace to be happy, and we will be scolded by you for grabbing one or two women in the city. We are working for you, what did you do to us? The skin that was beaten by you opened the flesh. You didn't let go of your own son, and almost beat him to death. Do you think everyone is still convinced of you? I've been disappointed in you for a long time. Under such circumstances, you are still unwilling to surrender the city, which shows that you do not take the lives of our people seriously. So that's all we have to do. Luo Yue gritted her teeth and smiled.

"A bunch of dog thieves, how dare you do this." Shi Siming scolded angrily.

"Don't scold, we are dog thieves, what is your own son?" Tian Chengsi said with a smile.

"You mean...... Do you also have a part in this matter? Chaoyi ...... Chaoyi, you rebel, get out of here. Shi Siming scolded.

Shi Chaoyi walked out of the group of soldiers behind Cao Ji with a pale face, not daring to look directly into Shi Siming's eyes.

"Father, those who know the times are handsome."

"Bah, you rebel, you dare to calculate your father."

"Father! I am also for the good of our historians, and our historians ......"

"Shut up, you rebel, follow outsiders to calculate me, you brute, I knew that today, you should have drowned you in a urine bucket when you were born." Shi Siming scolded angrily.

"Father, you should do this, otherwise I wouldn't have almost been beaten to death by you yesterday. Or die in this tower today