More than 100,000 imperial army has been surrounded on all sides, and the city of Youzhou has been under full martial law since a few days ago, and it is not allowed to enter or leave. Although Shi Siming used the harshest high-pressure means, he still could not avoid the low morale of the army, so the military law team composed of his henchmen and soldiers appeared in various parts of the city, and even appeared in the city in the middle of the night.

In the evening, when Shi Chaoyi and ten tooth soldiers appeared in front of the city gate, it immediately caused a commotion in the city. Although he was Shi Siming's eldest son, he was still subject to strict interrogation, and the team led by him was personally searching his body, and saw that the ten fierce tooth soldiers were also frowning, but they had to go through this necessary procedure, and he said in a low voice: "How did the eldest son get such a wolf bèi back?" Could it be that he bumped into the Tang Army? When you look back to see the marshal, you must be careful, the marshal has been getting more and more tempered recently, there are dozens of deserters who have been killed alive in the past two days, and if the scouts on patrol encounter the Tang army with casualties, most of the people who flee back will be beaten, so the first scouts are all like sending them to death, and no one is willing to go, but in the past two days, someone is willing to go. ”

Seeing that Shi Chaoyi was a little puzzled, the team lowered their voices: "Because everyone has figured it out now, instead of waiting for death in the city, or being executed by the marshal, it is better to simply take advantage of being a scout and throw himself to the Tang army, maybe there will be a way to live, anyway, the marshal doesn't know whether they are dead or alive." In two days, there were seven teams of seventy scouts, and none of them returned. In a fit of rage, the commander sent a cavalry of 600 men, and after finding no signs, he knew that these scouts had taken the opportunity to escape, so he did not send any more people. ”

Shi Chaoyi came back all the way, and indeed he didn't see a single scout, and his heart tightened at this moment. He has a lot of prestige among these low-level sergeants, but at this time there is nothing left on him, and he can't reward people, so he can only thank him. As soon as he entered the city, he saw a row of torture racks erected beside the road, and a naked man was tied and hung on it, and someone was beating him with a whip dipped in water, and although all of them were gagged, the miserable whimpering and moaning could still be heard clearly. And look at the people who were tied up and waiting for the next round of executions, there were at least dozens of people.

His back was still scarred at this time, but seeing the more tragic scene in front of him, Shi Chaoyi only felt that the injuries on his body seemed to be more painful. He lowered his head and forcibly resisted looking again, and with a flick of the reins, he galloped out. When he arrived in front of the gate of Fan Yangjiedu's mansion, he took a deep breath and jumped off his horse, regardless of whether those tooth soldiers followed or not, and ran inside.

Shi Siming didn't expect that Du Shiyi would let Shi Chaoyi come back alive. In the festival hall, sitting in the position of the coach, he looked at the eldest son in front of him, and a fierce killing intent was born in his heart. However, in a moment, the ten henchmen also arrived in front of them.

The big man at the head glanced at Shi Chaoyi, who arrived first, and then knelt down on one knee and said in a deep voice: "Qiyu Dashuai, I waited with the eldest son to the Qingyuan County Party in Wen'an County, Du Shiyi separated me from house arrest one by one, according to the eldest son, it was delayed until the middle of the night, Du Shiyi only saw him, and then locked me up for two days. Before leaving, it was Du Shiyi's son Du Sui who came to mention us, shouting that if we didn't kill us, we would all be killed and sacrificed. But even so, we had to be whipped twenty times each before we could come back. ”

Seeing that the ten tooth soldiers had all taken off their shirts, revealing the bloodstained whip marks that crisscrossed him, Shi Siming couldn't help but look angry. When Shi Chaoyi also took off his shirt in silence, the scar was three points deeper than those tooth soldiers, obviously the person who whipped him intended to humiliate, he couldn't help but snort coldly, waved his hand and ordered these tooth soldiers to all retreat.

Knowing that his father wanted to ask Du Shiyi about what happened, Shi Chaoyi, who was kneeling on the ground, whispered: "I followed my father's words and conveyed to Du Shiyi that he was going to kill me, but he was persuaded by Guo Ziyi, and then put me under house arrest." I thought that if I didn't die, I would be locked up forever, but I never thought that only two days later, Na Du Sui would come and let us go, but before leaving, he showed his fierce face and personally whipped me. He also said that if it weren't for the fact that the imperial envoys were about to arrive, they would definitely not have let us come back alive to report the news. ”

Shi Siming had already moved to kill, but when he heard that the imperial envoys had arrived, thinking that Shi Chaoyi didn't know how many people had seen it when he entered the city today, he temporarily restrained that thought, and said coldly: "Finally, I didn't raise you in vain." Now that the matter is done, I will send you this head for the time being. Keep your mouth shut for me, and don't let the wind go outside. Alright,! ”

Since there was no expectation, there was no disappointment, Shi Chaoyi kowtowed silently, and then quietly retreated. When he came out of the festival hall, he heard Shi Siming laughing inside, and the laughter became louder and louder, as if he was very proud. He couldn't see the terrible scars on his back, but his heart twitched fiercely, but his face was only slightly bared.

When he returned to his house, he had just wrapped the wound with medicine, and there was already a report from his relatives outside, saying that several of his subordinates had come to the door, and he ordered everyone to come in without thinking about it. As Shi Siming's eldest son, he joined the army in his early years, and his popularity among the officers and soldiers in the army was very good.

"The eldest son suddenly disappeared without a trace before, and I was all in a hurry, thinking that the eldest son had been harmed by the handsome! Today, we got the news that the eldest son has returned to Youzhou, and we will be suspicious, but we still came immediately. Where did the eldest son go, and what happened to this injury? ”

Shi Siming lowered his eyelids and did not say anything immediately. The other generals suddenly couldn't help it, and gathered over to talk and interrogate. After a long while, Shi Chaoyi spoke: "I was ordered by my father to go to Qingyuan County, Wen'an County, and met Du Shiyi. ”

His short sentence made the room instantly silent, and several generals were all stunned. But soon, Cai Wenjing, who had just taken the lead, shouted: "Isn't the big handsome deliberately wanting the life of the eldest son?" The Tang army hated us to the core, knowing the identity of the eldest son, how could he let you come back lightly? Could it be that this injury is also ......"

"If it weren't for this injury, even if I could come back from Du Shiyi alive, my father would not let me live." Shi Chaoyi smiled, and then said in a flat tone, "Because my father asked me to go to Du Shiyi, not to talk about anything else, but because my father was hiding it from all of us, he had already sent someone to Chang'an to see Li Longji to ask for surrender." He was afraid that Du Shiyi would have to fight Youzhou, so he asked me to use the people of the city as a threat, so that Du Shiyi would not dare to attack the city! ”

Once again, there was an oppressive silence in the room. Shi Siming is now appointing himself as the envoy of Fan Yangjie, but Shi Chaoyi has not risen to the top, and these generals under his command are still in the previous ranks. They have all really been on the battlefield, and they know that compared to the momentum of the Youyan rebels when they opposed the Tang Dynasty in the past, they are now defeated like a mountain, and the entire Hebei has been gradually encroached upon to the point that only three counties are left, and everyone is very pessimistic about the future future. Therefore, the coach also gave birth to the intention of descending to Tang, and after the initial shock, they also took it for granted. But the most important thing is that Shi Chaoyi just said that Shi Siming actually threatened the safety of the people in the city!

"Eldest son, why do you want to do more? If it angers Du Shiyi, wouldn't it be self-defeating? ”

"An Lushan rebelled, and his father was vassal, I thought that Heluo would go down in an instant, and Chang'an would definitely be at my fingertips, who knew that Du Shiyi, whose life and death were uncertain, only appeared, so that Cui Qianyou's 50,000 army was almost wiped out, and immediately after, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse. However, the front was victorious, but the Son of Heaven and Du Shiyi's ministers did not agree with each other. Du Shiyi's mind should also be very clear to everyone, obviously wanting to quell the rebellion in one go; But the Son of Heaven lost the hearts of the people, and naturally doubted Du Shiyi's exploits. Therefore, the father wants to descend to the Son of Heaven, not Du Shiyi, in the hope of preserving the last strength and pinching the tens of thousands of troops. ”

Shi Siming wants to surrender while maintaining his strength, and others can also see this clearly. Cai Wenjing and the others glanced at each other, and simply asked, "Then the eldest son went to see Du Shiyi this time, what did he say?" ”

"I told my father that because the envoys from Chang'an had arrived, Du Shiyi let me go, but I was whipped and humiliated, but in fact ......"

Shi Chaoyi saw that everyone was holding their breath, waiting for the truth in their mouths, and he thought of the wolf-like young man he had seen that day, and he couldn't help but feel a deep fear in his heart. If Du Shiyi only lightly pierced the layer of window paper at that time, then the young man who claimed to be the head of the forward battalion, Du Sui, simply stabbed him in the heart with a knife!

Faced with the gaze focused on him, he immediately threw away the trace of fear, and changed his words slightly: "Actually, I pretended to faint when I was whipped, and I heard their private discussions. Du Shiyi really didn't intend to fall short and give the credit for recovering Youzhou to the envoys from Chang'an, so this so-called envoy had not yet arrived in Qingyuan County, but had been entangled by the heads of the counties along the way. Du Shiyi has already contacted the Anbei army in Juyongguan, and asked Hou Xiyi of Pinglu to firmly hold back the soldiers and horses of Yuyang and Miyun, and he is about to attack Youzhou! ”

This time, all the generals were shocked. Cai Wenjing, who was the leader, swallowed a mouthful of saliva and couldn't help asking, "For such a big matter, why does the eldest son want to deceive the handsome?" ”

But as soon as the words came out, seeing Shi Chaoyi's extremely bitter expression, not to mention that Cai Wenjing immediately realized that he had asked a stupid question, and everyone else also understood.

Shi Siming wanted to surrender to the court without telling the generals, but he sent Shi Chaoyi to threaten Du Shiyi, obviously he didn't care about sacrificing such a son. If Shi Chaoyi came back and told Du Shiyi's words the truth, how could he still have his life?

"If that's the case, there are more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in one place, although there are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Youzhou City, but more than seventy percent of the recruits are recruited, how can this battle be fought?"

I don't know who asked, but there was silence in the room, and no one answered. Seeing that the atmosphere was really terrifying, Luo Yue, Shi Chaoyi's confidant Luo Yue, who had not spoken from beginning to end, said: "If Du Shiyi actually ordered someone to delay the court envoys, and the eldest son had to tell a lie to the marshal in order to save his life, once the Tang army attacked the city, not to mention whether it could be taken down in one fell swoop, but the marshal was angry, not only the eldest son, but we all had to die!" ”

In the dimly lit room, the only lampstand moved without wind, and one of the flames swayed violently, illuminating the surrounding faces in obscurity.