Seven or eight ladders were close together, and the dozens of Uighur soldiers who climbed to the top cooperated with each other with hooks and ropes, and in an instant, they could capture dozens of rebel soldiers defending above, forming a short defensive vacuum. The next moment, the grappling hook grabbed the edge of the battlement, and dozens of Uighur soldiers climbed a short distance of five or six feet like apes and climbed to the top of the city. It was a delicate fit, and a small grappling hook solved the problem of the enemy's defense and the inability to reach the top of the city.

The grappling hooks of the Uighurs caused a great psychological shock to the soldiers defending the city. Before, they had thrown down the rocks with impunity, but now, after they saw their companions being torn off the walls alive and thrown off the city, they no longer dared to have no scruples. Be careful near the edge of the city wall, for fear of failure. Under the influence of the other, the pressure on the siege soldiers and horses decreased sharply. Countless soldiers defending the city were torn off the city wall, and a large number of Hui soldiers took the lead in attacking the city, and the grappling hooks left on the city wall were also giving the helpless ** soldiers the help to climb the city wall. In just one meal, the besieging side broke through dozens of city walls and went up thousands of besieging soldiers.

Seeing this, Shi Siming gritted his teeth angrily and scolded, and personally led the guards to rush up the city wall regardless of the obstacles, fighting with a small group of attacking soldiers, and ordered loudly: "Decree Tian Chenghei, if he can't clear the attacking enemy troops today and keep the city wall safe, I will do military justice." ”

Tian Chengsi was helpless, this time the defense of the city was personally commanded by Shi Siming, and he was just a deputy, but now he has to bear it himself if something happens, and he really can't argue. However, the current situation is indeed dangerous, and if we cannot quickly kill all the enemy troops who have attacked, we will give more enemy troops a chance to enter the city. So he had no time to argue, and gave a loud order, personally leading people to strangle the attacking enemy troops.

The two sides fought like a tug of war at the head of the city, and in the face of the besieging enemy troops who swarmed the city, Tian Chengji had to order the use of the reserve troops and horses under the city. 10,000 fresh troops were mobilized to the city to strangle the enemy troops who attacked the city walls. The rest of the defenders also had to desperately defend the city after Tian Chengsi slashed and killed a dozen of the soldiers who were cowering with his sword. Finally, after nearly an hour of fighting, the enemy army at the head of the city was cleaned up, which was able to block the enemy's steady stream of troops going up to the city.

When Shi Siming was about to give the order to defend with all his strength, and he couldn't take it lightly, he listened to the sound of gongs under the city, resounding throughout the battlefield. With the sound of the gong, the enemy troops besieging the city retreated like a tidal wave, and soon after all withdrew from the battlefield and returned to the enemy camp. **The first siege of the city by the Uighur coalition finally came to an end after two hours of fierce fighting.

Shi Siming led the generals to gasp and look at the enemy soldiers and horses pouring back like a tide, and they also breathed a sigh of relief. Shi Siming only realized at this time that he was in a cold sweat. It stands to reason that there should be a hot sweat, after all, he has personally fought with the enemy for a long time, but it is a cold sweat. Shi Siming knew that this was because the city was almost breached. **The siege force is so strong, if you continue to attack, I don't know what will happen, and I am a little afraid to think about it. Turning his head to look at the generals, Shi Siming knew that they also felt the same way, and secretly called it a fluke in his heart.

"Tian Chenghei, come here." Shi Siming shouted in a deep voice.

Tian Chengsi walked quickly covered in blood, clenched his fists and said in a deep voice: "Marshal Shi, what are your orders?" ”

Shi Siming's face sank like water and said: "Are you guilty?" How was this battle fought? The 50,000 defenders at the head of the city were actually broken through the city wall in an hour. Don't you boast that 30,000 soldiers and horses can hold a wall and a 100,000 army? The enemy army has less than 70,000 or 80,000 siege soldiers, so you can explain this to me. ”

Tian Chengsi frowned and said, "Marshal Shi, I have done my best to do my best. At that time, the siege methods of the people were extremely strange, and the soldiers were caught off guard and feared the enemy, so they fell in love with them. ”

"Shut up, the cowardice of the soldiers is the fault of the generals, and this is the consequence of your lax management of the army on weekdays. Eat and drink all day long, sit back and relax, and don't do business. I see that you are fierce in the belly of a woman, but when you come to the battlefield, you do not look like a man. Shi Siming scolded angrily.

Tian Chengsi was extremely angry in his heart, and said with a stiff neck: "Marshal Shi, this time the defense of the city is under your full command, what does it have to do with your humble position?" Soldier training is not my business alone, so why is it all to blame? If it weren't for the bloody battle in the end, the city would have been broken today, and Marshal Shi would have reprimanded him for his humble duties without praising them, and he would not accept them. ”

Shi Siming said angrily: "You dare to talk back to Ben Shuai? Come, drag it down and take the forty military sticks. Don't think that you can be so disrespectful to me because you are old in the army. If Chang'an is broken, we will all die, and whoever dares not do their best will be punished by military law. ”

Several guards stepped forward and grabbed Tian Chenghe's arm and dragged him down, and the generals on the side hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him. Shi Chaoyi said in a low voice: "Father, General Tian fought bravely, look at the many injuries he has all over his body, he has done his best." You can't blame him entirely. Besides, there is still a vicious battle to be fought in the future, and if the forty army sticks go down, how can General Tian lead the army to fight? ”

Shi Siming squinted at Shi Chaoyi and scolded: "You still have the face to speak?" I haven't settled accounts with you yet. I want you to immediately lead the army to open up the grain road, have you done it? Look at you like this, you don't even have a single blood spot on your body after a battle, you call it a war? I was angry when I looked at you, I, Shi Siming, was famous, how could I give birth to such an incompetent person as you. ”

Shi Chaoyi muttered: "It's not still your kind to nest again." ”

Shi Siming heard it sincerely, shook his hand and slapped him over and scolded: "Get out of the city, if the food matter is not resolved, I will kill you with my own hands." Chang'an City is more important than you, if anyone dares to slack off in defending the city, don't say that you are a bad son, I will also kill him. ”

Shi Chaoyi was slapped by this slap, he just received a slap yesterday, the swelling on his face has not disappeared, and a few loose teeth have not grown and stabilized, this slap down, his face is even more bruised, and two teeth have fallen out, mixed with blood and spit out. Shi Siming covered his mouth and screamed, tears coming down.

Shi Siming didn't look at him, pointed at Tian Chengsi and the generals and shouted: "Today's forty military sticks will be written down for the time being." The next time there is a bad pool in defending the city, I will slaughter the people who can't help with my own hands. I said, we are all good brothers when there is nothing to do on weekdays, but Chang'an City is our life, if you don't defend the city with all your might, you are seeking my life, how can I be polite to you. Come and clean up the battlefield, rotate the troops and horses, prepare supplies, and prepare for the enemy's re-attack. ”

Shi Siming went down to the city angrily, leaving Tian Chengsi and the generals standing there gritting their teeth. Tian Chengsi suppressed his anger and stepped forward to help Shi Chaoyi, who was still lying on the ground mourning, to comfort him. He was given a hand down to the city. Only then did he turn around and arrange the next round of defending the city.

**'s second round of attack did not come, the afternoon sun shone on the battlefield, the battlefield was a mess, and countless corpses fell to the ground in all directions. The plasma stained the ground in patches of purple-black and red. The cold wind blew, the blood congealed into thin ice, and the dead bodies were quickly frozen hard.

On the battlefield, thousands of ** soldiers carried corpses under the city. Hundreds of ox carts carried corpses stacked on top of each other, the heavy corpses crushed the wheels of the cart with a monotonous and harsh grinding sound, and the oxen pulling the cart stretched their necks and moved their hooves desperately, pulling the cartloads of soulless corpses to a large dirt pit in the distance and dumping them like garbage. Although the sun was shining, the battlefield was ghostly and cold.

At the end of the afternoon, more than a dozen ** soldiers with bright armor galloped out of the ** camp and arrived at the foot of Chang'an City. The defenders at the head of the city immediately stood by in battle. Although there were only a dozen cavalrymen, they approached and watched, unlike the enemy troops who cleaned up the battlefield. Veterans who clean up the battlefield, the defenders at the head of the city can even tolerate that they will not shoot arrows within a hundred steps of arriving at the city, but these dozen or so soldiers are obviously ** combat soldiers, so it is different.

"Don't let go of arrows at the head of the city, I am on the order of His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty to convey the holy decree to Shi Siming. Please allow me to come close to the announcement. One of the cavalry under the city shouted.

"Decree?" The defenders at the head of the city were very puzzled, and hurriedly ordered people to invite Tian Chenghe, who was resting in the city tower, and several generals. Tian Chengsi was drinking tea and complaining with several generals in a stone room on the upper floor of the city. I was also very puzzled when I heard this.

"Decree? What is the purpose? The Tang Emperor is not our Emperor Dayan, why did he come to Marshal Shi to announce the decree? Tian Chengsi frowned.

"yes, what the hell." The generals were also puzzled.

"Anyway, let's hear what they have to say. Let's take a look. Tian Chengsi stood up, put on his armor, and led everyone to the city wall.

"I, General Dayan Guotian Chenghei, am here, and I will allow you to come close and speak." The rebel defenders shouted.

A dozen cavalry under the city slowly approached the field and stationed their horses on the other side of the moat. The leading cavalry raised his head and shouted to the head of the city: "Which one is Tian Chenghei?" ”

Tian Chengsi stood at the head of the city with his waist crossed, waved his hand and said, "Your grandfather Tian is here." ”

The cavalryman didn't pay attention to his rude words, and shouted to himself: "General Tian, my Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty has a holy decree to proclaim, please General Tian report to Shi Siming and allow us to enter the city to announce the decree." ”

Tian Chengsi frowned and shouted: "Your Majesty the Emperor is not my Majesty of the Great Yan Kingdom, which sect is coming to announce the decree?" It's a joke. Have you forgotten that we had a terrible battle this morning, and now we are running backwards to announce some kind of bullshit decree. ”

"General Tian, we are indeed ordered to announce the decree, the holy decree is related to the survival of Chang'an, the life and death of all of you, and I also ask General Tian to immediately inform Marshal Shi. There are only a dozen of us, are you still afraid to let us into the city? The cavalry under the city shouted.

"I'm afraid of a fart! I just don't know what kind of ecstasy you sell in your gourd. The two armies are facing each other, you just have to come to attack the city, we are really swords. The guns were fighting, but they came to announce some holy decree. Is it that your emperor wants to surrender? If so, just call your majesty to come himself, and I will open the door and let him enter the city at once. Tian Chengsi said loudly.

The generals at the head of the city burst into laughter. An old and serious general said in a low voice: "General Tian, maybe it's really a big deal, it's better to inform Marshal Shi and let them into the city." Marshal Shi was already dissatisfied with you in the morning, and if he blamed you again for this, wouldn't it be worthwhile? ”

Tian Chengsi scolded: "What am I afraid of? Lao Tzu is standing firmly, who are you afraid of? ”

Having said that, Tian Chenghe's heart also grew furious. Shi Siming said cruel words today, and he almost received a military stick, but he didn't dare to provoke him again. So he said to a general beside him: "General Chen, you go and report to the marshal, and ask the marshal to show me." ”

The general surrendered his promise, hurriedly went down the city, mounted his horse and galloped to the imperial city, and went back to Shi Siming. Someone told the ** cavalry under the city to wait patiently for news, and the two sides looked at each other from a distance, staring at each other with big eyes and small eyes. Tian Chengsi was thinking in his heart**What is the intention of entering the city at this time, the two sides have just fought a tragic siege battle, ** and their own side have suffered heavy casualties, ** even almost broke through the city. At this time, what does it mean to go into the city to proclaim?

I can't figure it out. On the street inside the Fanglin Gate, several cavalry galloped over, and shouted loudly in the city gate: "General Tian, Marshal Shi has an order, let them enter the city." ”

Tian Chengsi no longer hesitated, immediately went down the city wall to the city gate, and ordered the soldiers guarding the city to lower the drawbridge and open a gap in the city gate. After more than a dozen cavalry galloped in outside the city, the city gate was quickly closed.

Under the strict escort of Tian Chengsi with more than 100 soldiers, more than a dozen ** soldiers went south along the inner street of Fanglin Gate, and soon turned left onto Suzaku Gate Street, entered Suzaku Gate and entered the imperial city.

Outside the Chengtian Gate of the Imperial City, Shi Siming was already waiting here, and beside him stood Shi Chaoyi and several close generals. Seeing everyone coming, Shi Siming quickly stepped down the steps, stood in the middle of the avenue with his hands in his hands, and coldly glanced at the dozen or so ** knights who approached.

"Dare to ask Shi Siming, who is Marshal Shi?" A ** knight in his thirties asked in a deep voice.

"I'm Shi Siming." Shi Siming shouted coldly.

The knight hurriedly dismounted and bowed his hand, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Long admiration, long admiration, in the Tang Dynasty Forbidden Army, Lang will give Marshal Shi a salute." Behind him, a group of ** cavalry dismounted and surrendered.

Shi Siming arched his hand lightly and said: "It turned out to be General Ma, but I don't know what you want to do with Marshal Ben." We are mortal enemies, and we are at war, but your Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty wants you to come to the city to see me, but there is no need for this. ”

Ma Zhenshan smiled and arched his hand: "What Marshal Shi said is good, you and I are at war. In today's battle, Marshal Shi should know that my Tang soldiers and horses are only brave. ”

Shi Siming said coldly: "Forgive me for being stupid, I don't see any courage in you. Have you broken through Chang'an City? Not really. Besides, among your soldiers and horses, how can I see a lot of Hu soldiers and horses who are dispensing Hu clothes? When did the ** team become Hu Bing's world? ”

Ma Zhenshan said coldly: "Marshal Shi, the Hu people are loyal to my Tang Dynasty and are willing to help our officers and troops quell the rebellion, what's so strange about this?" That is called the person who knows the times as Junjie. ”

Shi Siming sneered: "That's called rushing to the doctor in a hurry, I'm afraid that there are no soldiers available, so let's borrow the soldiers of the Hu people to fake the tiger." Hehehe. ”

The rebel generals and soldiers around them all laughed, although some people didn't think there was anything funny, but the marshal and the other party quarreled, how could they be strong and make a contemptuous and sarcastic posture.

Ma Zhenshan frowned and said: "Marshal Shi, if I don't quarrel with you, I have something to do here." ”

Shi Siming said: "Ben Shuai also knows that you are here sometimes, and you are definitely not here to quarrel with Ben Shuai. Because if you provoke the commander, the commander will immediately order you all to be beheaded and thrown out of the city. ”

Ma Zhenshan was furious, but finally suppressed the anger in his heart, after all, this is someone else's territory, after all, he still has something to do.

"Marshal Shi, I came to see you on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty to read out a holy decree of His Majesty the Tang Dynasty. Marshal Shi is invited to take the order. ”

Shi Siming smiled and said, "It's strange that your emperor has decreed to me. But it doesn't hurt to hear it. ”

Ma Zhenshan also said a lot to him, took out the holy decree from his bosom and unfolded it, and began to read it aloud to Shi Siming.

“…… I have the will of heaven and inherit the unification. The rise and fall of the society and the stability of the world are the great responsibilities of the people, and it is our duty to do so. Today, there is a big chaos, I should calm the chaos, recover the Tang Dynasty, relieve the suffering of the people from war and chaos, and save the people from the disaster of fire and water. Since last year, An Lushan has lived up to the favor of the imperial court and rebelled, and the wolf's ambition has been revealed. This thief is a thief and a thief, his ambition is obvious, and he has nothing to hide. However, its ability to punish demagoguery blinded the minds of the army and the people, and it was a rebellion in the name of the Qing monarch. His heart and deeds are now invisible. ……”

"I am now on the throne and vow to sweep away the rebels and stabilize the world. Therefore, I personally led the army to fight against the thieves and regain the lost territory. In a few days, we will be able to restore the stability of the world and the peace of the society. The act of rebellion began with the recovery of Chang'an. However, I know very well that the rebellion in the world began with the traitor An clan, and the An clan is unforgivable, but most of the people he helps are deceived by his demagoguery. I learned that Marshal Shi was stationed in Chang'an, and today there are confidants who say the same thing as the marshal. ”

"Marshal Shi was originally a meritorious minister of my Tang Dynasty, and when the emperor was in power, he was stationed in Pinglu, repeatedly broke the Khitan, and became famous all over the world. But now, following An's rebels, the people of the world are shocked and sigh when they hear it. I know very well that at the beginning of An's rebellion, Marshal Shi was deceived and bewitched by it, and until now, although he has insight into his wolf ambitions, he has no choice but to be driven by rebels because he is afraid that the court will not tolerate it. I couldn't bear to see the former loyal ministers and good generals become driven by traitors, so I learned that Marshal Shi led troops to garrison here, so I asked Ma Zhenshan to spread this will and persuade Marshal Shi's prodigal son to turn back and know his way back. ”

"I hereby promise you, if Marshal Shi can sacrifice the city and surrender, you will pass