Shi Siming hurried to the outside of the front camp in a hurry, and the messy scene in front of him made him cold. While walking quickly on the smoke-filled field, Shi Siming's mouth kept insulting the dirtiest words, and he didn't know who he was scolding.

Gao Xiuyan followed behind Shi Siming, he didn't know how to comfort him, until Shi Siming stood next to a pile of burning catapults and stopped, Gao Xiuyan leaned up and coughed and whispered: "Marshal Shi ......"

"Shut up!" Shi Siming broke out all of a sudden, turned his face, and his face was full of anger and gloom: "Gao Xiuyan, are you guarding the siege equipment for Ben Shuai like this?" Under the noses of the 50,000 troops in your front battalion, let Wang Yuan's soldiers and horses calmly deploy Shenwei artillery in front of the battle to blow up all the siege equipment of our army, do you still have the face to speak? ”

Gao Xiuyan frowned, smacked his lips and said, "Marshal Shi, who would have thought that they would be so bold. I really didn't expect that I would dare to do it just a few hundred paces away. ”

"Gao Xiuyan, it's good that you know that it is your dereliction of duty, don't blame me for not thinking about friendship, military law is like a mountain, how can you be punished in order to understand military discipline. Say, "What sin are you to blame?" ”

Gao Xiuyan was stunned and said in a deep voice: "Marshal Shi, it's unfair for you to say that." Is it my fault? I'm not at fault. ”

"What? It is unreasonable for you to dare to say that you are not at fault. Shi Siming jumped like thunder and roared loudly.

Gao Xiuyan said lightly: "Marshal Shi, even when this matter comes to An Shuai, I will not admit that it is my dereliction of duty." I'm leading the forward army, not the logistics troops. My 50,000-strong army was desperate for siege, not here to guard catapults and siege equipment. This is not my scope of responsibility, Marshal Shi, you use this matter to punish me, I'm afraid it's unfair. ”

"Shut up, it was not your fault that the siege equipment was sneak attacked by ** right under your nose? You're quite good at quibbling. Shi Siming shouted angrily.

Gao Xiuyan sneered: "Marshal Shi, I don't have a quibble. If you are held accountable for this matter, Marshal Shi, you are the culprit. Whose army put these catapults and siege engines outside the camp before the siege? If it weren't for the fact that he wanted to show off his might to Wang Yuan, if he had to put these weapons in front of the camp to scare them, and honestly put them in the back camp to guard them heavily, how could such a thing happen? You made your own mistakes, and now you blame me. Marshal Shi, if you think my words are wrong, let's go back to Luoyang together and let An Shuai comment on the reasoning to see who made the mistake first. ”

"You ......" Shi Siming trembled angrily, but he understood that what Gao Xiuyan said made sense, if he hadn't scaremongered his opponent in order to show off his martial arts, how could there be such a result now. And he never expected that Wang Yuan would be so bold as to attack the rear camp at night, and destroy his siege equipment after finding an opportunity, which even Shi Siming didn't even consider at all. This Wang Yuan simply ate the gall of a bear's heart and a leopard, and he dared to jump away like this when his troops were so inferior, and he actually let him succeed, which is the most infuriating.

"Marshal Shi, the matter has come to this point, we don't have to accuse each other, it's just that Wang Yuan is too cunning, none of us thought that he would dare to attack so blatantly, right? I've heard that he led people to make some noise in the rear camp, just to force the attention of our front army to divert attention, so that he could take advantage of this opportunity to set up his Shenwei cannon in front of our camp gate. I have to say that this kid is very timid. But this does not fundamentally change the overall situation, although they destroyed most of our siege equipment, but Tongzhou City is not yet unfortunate. Gao Xiuyan said in a low voice.

"You said lightly, now there are less than two hundred catapults left, less than fifty bed crossbows left, and few ladder trucks left, how to attack the city tomorrow? Hard work? Can you and I afford that price? Shi Siming frowned and reprimanded.

"Generalissimo, the catapult can be repaired, and the mountains and forests behind are full of trees, so let's spend a few days building a few hundred more ones. Anyway, we have a lot of food and grass, so it doesn't matter how many days it takes. Even if all the soldiers and horses of other state capitals come to support in a few days, their troops are afraid that they will be more than 100,000, and we still have superior troops. It didn't hurt to spend a few days, it was best if all his soldiers and horses were assembled, and we would solve Wang Yuan's Shence army here in one fell swoop, and then we would march all the way without hindrance. "Gao Xiuyan Road.

"Well, it seems that this is the only way to go. Without siege engines, it is impossible to storm a city. It seems that the only way to repair the damaged equipment immediately is to build a simple catapult. From tomorrow onwards, you will be responsible for deploying troops and horses to build catapults, and I will be responsible for this matter. I have to build 500 catapults in three days, or I won't agree. ”

Shi Siming brushed his sleeves away. Gao Xiuyan stood in place and spat at Shi Siming's back, and scolded in a low voice: "You old dog always refuses to let me go, and you actually want me to do the things of building equipment." That's it, if you don't give this old dog some face, you're afraid you'll keep staring at Lao Tzu and biting. It's not a difficult thing to make. ”

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On a sunny morning, the blue sky and white clouds were breezy. The atmosphere in front of the two armies in Tongzhou City was tense. After dawn, Shi Siming led tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to line up outside the city, posing as if he was about to attack the city. And Wang Yuan was finally seen by Shi Siming for the first time, and he appeared on the city tower.

Wang Yuan's golden armor shone golden in the sunlight, looking extremely exaggerated. Lined up beside him were the female generals of the Wang family who were fully armed. They are wearing tight-fitting chain armor one by one, which sets off their delicate and concave figures, and they look capable and neat. The battle exploits made last night, it is natural for them to go to the city to participate in the battle today. The generals in the army were very impressed by last night's action, and they also had a new understanding of Marshal Wang's behavior of bringing his wife and concubine to the battle. It turned out that Marshal Wang was not to let his wives and concubines spend boring time in the army with the army, but Marshal Wang's wives and concubines were all ruthless characters, and they actually rushed into the enemy camp with Marshal Wang last night and set fire, all of them were dominatrix.

Under Wang Yuan's smiling eyes, under the banner of the rebels hunting under the city, a horse galloped out and went straight to the city. The soldiers at the head of the city immediately bent their bows and arrows to prepare, Wang Yuan waved his hand and said: "Don't release the arrows, this is the soldier who passed the word, don't you understand the rules in front of the two armies?" There's always a few to say before the big war. ”

Everyone was speechless, but although the handsome's words were rude, they were also true.

"My generalissimo Longwei Shi Siming asked Wang Jiedu to speak before the battle." The rebel soldier who had delivered the message ran to the city and shouted at the top of his voice.

Wang Yuan nodded slightly, and Tan Ping shouted loudly to the city: "Wang Yuan, the generalissimo of my family's soldiers and horses, allowed the traitor Shi Siming to come forward and speak. ”

Wang Yuan was happy in his heart, the two armies were reluctant to forgive each other in front of the formation, and they always wanted to overpower their opponents. The other party belittled his position and only called himself a festival envoy, while Tan Ping directly called Shi Siming a traitor.

The soldiers under the city turned their horses to reply, and probably didn't dare to mention the word traitor to Shi Siming. Not long after, Shi Siming rode out and slowly came to within a hundred steps of the city with hundreds of guards holding large shields. This guy is very cautious, and he is afraid that the head of the city will release arrows, so he is obviously quite wary with a shield guard.

"Which one is Wang Yuan? I, Shi Siming. Shi Siming raised his head and shouted loudly towards the city.

"Marshal Shi, below is Wang Yuan, I have admired him for a long time." Wang Yuan smiled with a smile, and the golden armor on his body was about to dazzle Shi Siming's eyes.

"You are Wang Yuan? Sure enough, it's a young man. Courteous. Shi Siming bowed slightly.

"I hope I didn't disappoint Marshal Shi. Under the young, there is an offense and hope for Haihan. Wang Yuan said with a smile.

Shi Siming gritted his teeth angrily, Wang Yuan's words were tingling, the two met for the first time, what was the offense there? Wasn't it the night before yesterday and last night? Wang Yuan was deliberately angry with himself.

"Young people, a small gain or loss is not worthy of pride and complacency. Things in this world are more complicated than you think. If we talk about temporary gains and losses, it is too short-sighted. Shi Siming replied.

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "It is very true that An Lushan gained power for a while and occupied Luoyang and Chang'an, which is not long-term." Did Marshal Shi want to express this? ”

"Hahaha." The generals around Wang Yuan laughed, this counterattack was powerful, and sure enough, Marshal Wang's words were the same as his leader's ability to fight, and they were so sharp that people couldn't breathe.

"Hmph, Ben Shuai doesn't have a verbal dispute with you. I, Shi Siming, believe in speaking with strength, not with clever words. Can't you see the trend today? If I were you, I wouldn't be so calm, it's time to think about the way back. Shi Siming rebuked angrily.

Wang Yuan smiled: "Forgive me for being stupid, please Marshal Shi tell me, what should be the situation today?" How do I think about the way forward? ”

"We don't have to play dumb riddles, my 150,000 army is about to attack the city, your Tongzhou City defense is weak, and your soldiers and horses are probably only 60,000 or 70,000, who will win this battle?"

"Is that a problem? It's not easy to answer. If I say I have the heart to win, you will be disdainful. But I'm not happy if you say you're going to win. There is no rule to follow in such things as fighting, I can only say that let's wait and see, who wins and who loses, and the results will be self-evident. ”

Shi Siming smiled and said, "See? You look like you're full of confidence. I know that you have not been defeated so far. But you don't want to know whose enemy you are facing today. My soldiers and horses are all soldiers from the northeast border towns, all of them are experienced elites, do you still think they are the Nanzhao barbarians and Tubo fish belly you once dealt with? ”

When Ah Luo heard the words Nanzhao barbarian, he was immediately furious. Reach out and take the bow and arrow from your back, bend your bow and shoot it with an arrow. The guards beside Shi Siming saw it really and stretched out their shields to file, but when they heard the sound of 'Du', the arrows were nailed to the big shield, which was the position of Shi Siming's door.