Shi Siming was taken aback and shouted, "Wang Yuan, do you still talk about the ceremony before the two armies?" ”

Wang Yuan hurriedly asked Li Xin'er to snatch Ah Luo's bow and arrow, and Li Xin'er comforted in a low voice: "Don't be angry with this kind of person, where are you a barbarian?" Except for the dark skin, I see that you are no different from a woman in the Central Plains. ”

Wang Yuan and all the women couldn't cry or laugh, how could they be so comforting?

"It's okay, it's okay, it's just a fire. Marshal Shi, let me correct you, the soldiers and horses under your command used to be my Tang Dynasty's soldiers and horses, but now they are rebels. As for whether it's elite or not, you have to try it. Based on last night's performance and the night before, I can't see Erl. It's not as good as you can boast about. ”

Shi Siming frowned and said: "Wang Yuan, I advise you, young people still have to take a long-term view and think about their own future. Li Longji's favor and trust in the ministers have long lost the hearts of the people, and the current trend is the time to change the dynasty, you should follow the will of heaven, and what are the benefits of working for Li Longji? ”

Wang Yuan laughed and said, "After making trouble for a long time, you are here to persuade me to surrender." ”

Shi Siming said: "I saw you young and talented, and I cherished your talent before I told you the truth." An Shuai is now employing people, I can introduce you for you. In time, you will be valued by An Shuai, and you will be in the future and will be in the picture, and you will be famous in history. ”

Wang Yuan laughed and said, "Is it famous in history?" Are you sure it's not a stench for 10,000 years? Is it valued by An Lushan? I'm not unusual. An Lushan also wants to be the emperor? It's a big joke, and he doesn't pee on himself. You say that Your Majesty has lost the hearts of the people today, will An Lushan win the hearts of the people? If you win the hearts and minds of the people, why are millions of refugees fleeing their homes? Why do I hear the news that you are killing people and disregarding people's lives? ”

Shi Siming frowned and said: "Wang Yuan, you have to think twice, don't be stubborn and hurt yourself." ”

Wang Yuan smiled and said, "Of course I have to think about it seriously, don't ...... In this way, I don't accept An Lushan, but I obey you Shi Siming. If you, Shi Siming, ascend the throne and become the emperor, I can consider following you. ”

Shi Siming was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "What nonsense? How can I be the emperor? ”

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "If you don't have this heart, forget it, An Lushan, I won't take care of him, one day your Marshal Shi will pull troops alone, let's discuss this matter again." ”

Shi Siming was speechless, this Wang Yuan's seemingly joking words actually poked at the secret place in his heart, how could Shi Siming not have the heart to go it alone, and follow An Lushan, a moody guy, to fight hard, Shi Siming was already annoyed. In the middle of the night, some thoughts always echoed in his mind, and he was suddenly ordered by Wang Yuan in the public, and his expression was very flustered.

However, he quickly calmed down, frowned, and said: "Wang Yuan, don't say these useless words, I will advise you one last time, good birds choose trees to perch, and those who know the times are handsome, don't be confused." Once I start to attack the city, if you want to surrender again, I am afraid that you will not have a chance. ”

Wang Yuan smiled and said, "Marshal Shi, don't brag. What do you attack? With the flesh and blood of your soldiers? I've got a million crossbows, and I've got them all for you. ”

Shi Siming sneered: "Do you think you can rest easy by destroying my siege equipment? The craftsmen of our army can rebuild thousands of catapults in a few days, and it is nothing more than a delay of a few days, and then they will set foot in the city of Pingtongzhou. ”

Wang Yuan yawned and said: "Marshal Shi, let's not quarrel here, I thought you were going to attack the city, but now it seems that you are just here to play tricks." I set fire to your camp and made a lot of trouble all night, and I am still a little sleepy, and I believe you have not slept well. Since you don't plan to attack the city, I think we'll disperse. I want to go back and catch up on sleep. When your catapult is ready to attack the city, let's have another big battle to see the real chapter. I won't bother you these days, and you won't bother me, let's live a few days of peace, what do you think? ”

Shi Siming was so angry that just as he was about to speak, Wang Yuan at the head of the city had already waved his hand and disappeared with a trace. Shi Siming had no choice but to turn his horse back. I wanted to immediately order the siege of the city, and catch this lazy boy to clean up and get angry, but finally reason prevailed over impulse. Without the assistance of siege equipment, the siege is not happy, so it is better to endure it for the time being.

For several days, the rebels cut down a large number of trees and built catapults in front of the camp, and the progress was considerable. Shi Siming is a veteran of leading the army, and he has many craftsmen in his barracks at any time, just in case of emergency. With the assistance of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, seven hundred catapults were rebuilt three days later. Although the improvised catapults cannot be compared with the regular catapults, Shi Siming only needs them to be able to look at the city and throw stones, as for the crooked shape, the awkward style does not need to be considered.

In the past three days, Wang Yuan has indeed kept his promise and has not come to harass again. There is nothing to do inside and outside the city. And more importantly, Wang Yuan didn't have any intention of transferring troops to come. In the past few days, none of the soldiers and horses have arrived in Tongzhou, which is very confusing.

Shi Siming was very puzzled in his heart, did Wang Yuan really think that with the 60,000 ** in the city, he could resist his attack? Or is this kid playing some kind of ghost hall again? In short, this gratifying thing makes people suspicious.

On the evening of 18 April, after all the preparations for the siege had been made, Shi Siming held a pre-war military meeting in the big tent of the Chinese army, laid out the siege strategy, and prepared to launch a fierce attack the next morning, striving to take Tongzhou in one day and solve the matter that had been delayed for several days.

Just as Shi Siming was busy dispatching troops, an urgent letter arrived at the rebel army camp from hundreds of miles away. The soldier delivering the letter was so tired that he couldn't walk, and after dismounting, he couldn't stand on his legs, and was dragged into the tent of the Chinese army by his personal guards.

"Shi ...... Marshal Shi...... General Yin is in a hurry. The soldier who delivered the letter said this, and fell to the ground and fainted.

Shi Siming hurriedly ordered someone to carry him to treatment, and at the same time took out the letter from the soldier who delivered the letter and looked at it. The letter was indeed written by Yin Ziqi, who led 60,000 soldiers and horses to drive more than 100,000 people disguised as 200,000 troops to approach Gyeongju and move the tiger away from the mountain. Although it didn't work out, Shi Siming wasn't worried. Because the main force of ** is in Tongzhou, Longyou Dao** is only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, Yin Ziqi is comparable in strength, there should be no problem.

However, when Shi Siming opened the letter and looked at it a few times, his face suddenly changed greatly. It was a letter for help, seven days ago, the ** of Longyou Road took the initiative to attack Bizhou, where Yin Ziqi was stationed, and in just one night, Bizhou was broken, and Yin Ziqi only broke through with more than 10,000 soldiers and horses and successfully fled to Chang'an. And more than 50,000 soldiers and horses are heading towards the Chang'an forbidden army, and it is estimated that it will arrive in Chang'an in five or six days. There were less than 30,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Chang'an City, and Yin Ziqi knew that it was difficult to defend it, so he urgently asked Shi Siming to return to the army to rescue Chang'an.

Shi Siming is going crazy, how did Yin Ziqi lose? Although his 200,000 soldiers and horses are false, but he has 60,000 elite soldiers in his hands, how can he not even hold Pizhou? Broken overnight? How did this idiot lead the troops?

Pizhou is only 400 miles away from Chang'an, ** can approach Chang'an in a few days after taking Pizhou, Chang'an is now in the emptiness, isn't it extremely dangerous? Chang'an can't be lost, if you lose Chang'an, your back road will be cut off, and An Shuai will be like thunder, and he will punish himself severely, how can this be good? When he was trying his best to catch Xuanzong, why did he have such a?

All the generals in the tent looked at each other in shock when they heard the news, and they were all shocked by this sudden bad news.

Shi Siming was so angry that he ordered the half-dead messenger soldier to be carried back to the tent, regardless of whether he was dead or alive, grabbing his neck and asking how ** captured the city of Pizhou. The soldier gasped and told what had happened.

It turned out that Yin Ziqi was originally a soldier on the outskirts of Qingzhou to show off his might, but he soon found out that ** had seen through their plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, so for the sake of safety, Yin Ziqi decided to retreat to Pizhou just in case. Soon after, 60,000 ** of Longyou Dao gathered and took the initiative to attack the city of Dao Pizhou. Yin Ziqi was not worried about this, because there were only 60,000 soldiers and horses in **, and Yin Ziqi's subordinates had 60,000 regular soldiers and horses in addition to more than 100,000 fake soldiers and horses. 60,000 against 60,000, it is another battle to defend the city, Yin Ziqi has no reason to worry.

However, the development of the war caught him off guard. ** It seems that the consequences were not considered at all, and on the night of arriving at the city of Pizhou, the siege began. ** Bombarded the castle tower with Shenwei cannons, and it took only one hour for the city gate to collapse. At this time, Yin Ziqi was not panicked, even if it was hand-to-hand street fighting, his soldiers and horses would not lose. However, at this time, something unexpected happened, the soldiers and horses pretended to be more than 100,000 captured people suddenly turned against Yin Ziqi when they were forced to plug the gap at the collapsed city gate. I thought that the more than 100,000 people who had no combat effectiveness at all once they defected, but they were all as fierce as tigers and wolves, Yin Ziqi's soldiers and horses couldn't resist their joint attack with **, and finally the city gate and city walls were all lost.

Yin Ziqi knew that he had no power to return to the sky, so he fled from the south gate with 10,000 soldiers and horses and fled to Chang'an. On the way, he learned the news that ** took Pizhou and went straight to Chang'an without stopping, and this letter was written by him on the way to Chang'an, and ordered his two guards to rush through Shu Road to ask Shi Siming for help. Two guards came all the way, one of them fell down the valley because he was too tired to cross the plank road and died, and this one survived to the bottom of Tongzhou City.

After recounting the whole process in one breath, the guard who delivered the letter could no longer support it and fainted again. Shi Siming waved his hand with a blushing face and ordered someone to carry him out, and looked back at the generals in the tent. Everyone stared at each other and was silent.