Of the nearly 40,000 rebels in Ye County, half of them were in Anyang City, and the rest were in Ye County and Fuyang to the north of the garrison. Among them, An Shouzhong led more than 10,000 troops to Fuyang, on the one hand, he could ensure that he could attack and rescue Anyang at any time, and on the other hand, he could prevent Cai Xide in the north. Fuyang was originally the state of Cizhou, and there was even a governor's office during the Wude period, but since then it has gradually declined, and in the Zhenguan period, Cizhou was even abolished, and the three counties under it, the state of Fuyang and Cheng'an County were assigned to Xiangzhou, which is now Ye County, and Handan County was assigned to Zhaozhou, which is now Guangping County.

After more than 100 years of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the Hukou of Fuyang has increased on a large scale compared with the Wude period, so An Shouzhong forcibly recruited in Sixiang after being stationed here, and at the same time strengthened the city defense. Even so, because from time to time there are troops who come back to Sixiang to catch strong men, the city defense is really very tight, but it may not be the case. However, An Shouzhong instructed the small group of soldiers and horses sent out early on, and when drawing Ding, the other party must be able to speak the local dialect of Hebei, and if there is a foreign accent, it is better to kill a thousand by mistake than to let go of one.

At this moment, another group of soldiers and horses came back from outside the city, lazily driving hundreds of ragged civilians. Although there are young and strong among these civilians, there are also old people and half-grown children. When entering through the city gate hole, a middle-aged man in the middle of the crowd suddenly turned his head to look around, his face full of mud, and a pair of eyes as bright as morning stars. After entering the city, he took advantage of the fact that none of the soldiers and horses he was escorting were paying attention, and suddenly pulled off the rope and ran away. When he ran, many civilians who were also arrested followed suit, and they became a mess for a while.

However, during the month that An Shouzhong was stationed in Fuyang, the drawn Ding tried to escape, such a thing was not uncommon, and those generals only scolded a few words angrily, and immediately slapped their horses and raised their knives and began to arrest people in all directions, and even rebels laughed on the horses with bows and arrows, aimed at the fleeing people and shot over, and occasionally some people screamed and fell to the ground, which caused bursts of laughter.

However, the first middle-aged man who escaped was extremely familiar with the road of Fuyang, made a few sharp turns, took off his robe again, quickly pierced the small jacket inside, and wiped his face, he changed his appearance, except for his bare head, he looked like an ordinary rebel!

At this moment, the pursuers were embarrassed, but he quickly stepped forward and shouted angrily: "I am Captain Liu's person, that guy actually stole my horse!" ”

Hearing the pure Youzhou accent, several pursuers suddenly laughed. One of them even sarcastically said: "Escape from the first Lieutenant Liu? No wonder it's so cowardly! Watch us chase that guy back! ”

Seeing a few people galloping away, the middle-aged man was relieved. As soon as he looked left and right, he immediately turned into a laneway. By the time he reappeared, he had already changed his outfit. This time, it was a man's clothes, and the whole clothes were stolen from the liquor store. Having so carefully touched the place he was looking for, he looked carefully for a while to make sure that there was no one watching here, and immediately let go of his heart. He found a place to hide in the same alley, and after filling his stomach, he quietly flashed out again when it was dark.

This is a small courtyard that is only two entrances, probably because the status of the people in it is limited, and Fuyang is under the control of the rebels, there are a total of more than a dozen soldiers inside and outside, and even the people on duty at night do not care, their heads doze little by little, and they don't notice a black shadow quietly flashing by. When he came to the room in the middle of the room, he first put his ear to the door and listened for a moment, then he stretched out his hand and knocked lightly on the door three times.

"What's the emergency military situation at such a late hour? Every day is tossing and tossing and tossing, thinking that my brother is gone, and I Xue Wei can't be bullied! ”

Hearing this sudden loud voice from inside, the person who came was taken aback, and hurriedly pushed the door open and flashed in. He closed the door with his backhand and immediately whispered, "Brother Wei, it's me!" ”

Xue Wei, who was sitting reclining behind the big case in the middle of the room, saw someone break in regardless of it, and he was about to scold, but when he heard this, he couldn't believe his ears. He jumped up, just walked forward barefoot, and when he arrived in front of the other party, he grabbed the person's arm, carefully examined the old man for a long time, and then suddenly shouted: "Brother, it's really Brother!" It was said that you died in Yongqiu, but I didn't expect you to be alive! Great, that's great! ”

"Tap, don't alarm the outsiders!"

Xue Song was very nervous about Xue Wei's excitement. Sure enough, because of the movement in the room, there was immediately a chaotic sound of footsteps outside. He dodged and hid in the corner of the room, while Xue Wei immediately strode to the door, and as soon as he pulled the door, he shouted angrily: "What's the matter, could it be that General An ordered me to patrol the night again?" ”

"Captain, it's not you shouting in the house......"

"I heard that there was another commotion outside, go and see, and then lock the door, tonight is the king of heaven Lao Tzu, and I don't pay attention to them! Annoyed me, I'm going to get up, and everyone is unlucky! ”

Seeing Xue Wei's angry expression, a group of sergeants had been following him for a long time, and immediately after agreeing, they gradually dispersed. Seeing that the courtyard was finally quiet again, Xue Wei hurriedly closed the door, turned his head and saw that Xue Song in the corner had already arrived at the side of the couch and sat down, but his face was full of exhaustion, he quickly stepped forward and sat down next to his brother, and asked in a low voice: "Brother, how are you spending these days?" Now that you've escaped, why didn't you come to me sooner? Now that everyone says you're dead, if you show up rashly, I'm afraid that those who can't get used to my brother will fall into the ground! ”

"If I really just got away with it, why didn't I come to you? You and my brother, I won't hide it from you, in the battle of Yongqiu, I was defeated miserably and fell into the hands of that Gu'an princess. ”

Realizing that his brother meant that he had been captured for a time, Xue Wei almost didn't bare out of his eyes. When he heard Xue Song explain his experience these days concisely, the expression on his face changed, especially when he learned that his brother had been by Du Shiyi's side for a long time, Xue Wei couldn't help but take a breath lightly, and then asked in a very low voice: "Then what is the plan of Brother sneaking back to see me this time?" Are you planning to return to Dayan, or are you going to ......"

"Dayan? An Lushan is already dead, what else is there to talk about! Xue Song saw that Xue Wei frowned, and seemed to be a little disbelieving, so he told him what he knew from Du Shiyi that An Qingxu and Yan Zhuang colluded to assassinate An Lushan, and killed Mrs. Duan and An Qingen, and then said with a wry smile, "Du Shiyi is really old, after finding out about these news, he has been hiding it until he returned to Hebei, in the face of the newly defeated Tang army, he suddenly announced the matter in a high-profile manner, and then sacrificed the card of An Qingzong!" Now, the defenders in Anyang City are afraid that people are panicking, and they may not be able to withstand it for long. ”

"So, does Brother think that Dayan may not be able to do it? Do we need to change the hill immediately? ”

"If Du Shiyi is just a foolish loyal, he can still count on the majesty in the court to be hindered by his jealousy of his merits, so he left a chance for An Qingxu and others to breathe, but his scheming methods ......" In the days when Xue Song stayed in Chang'an incognito, although it was strictly forbidden to leave the Du Mansion in Xuanyangfang at will, he still knew all the big news, including the accident in the Sixteen Princes' Mansion. Although Du Shiyi seemed to have just informed some people in advance, and did nothing else, if he hadn't noticed anything, if he hadn't calculated the action pattern of Yongwang Li Lan, how could he win a big victory?

Xue Wei's face was puzzled, but Xue Song didn't want to explain too much, he couldn't be sure of Du Shiyi's attitude towards him at the moment, since he had decided to descend to the Tang Dynasty, he couldn't let his scheming younger brother get involved too deeply. So, he smiled reluctantly, and then said word by word: "Du Shiyi was not even afraid that I would run away, and only sent thirty people who could speak Hebei dialect to follow me to investigate, and when I entered the city, I was alone, and the others went back, which shows that he has full confidence in the battle of Ye County." Brother Wei, you tell me the truth, An Shouzhong is now stationed in Fuyang, how many people are you sure you can pull? ”

"Brother, it's not me who pushes the blame, you know An Shouzhong's temperament, because I once followed Hou Xiyi to make an envoy to broadcast the capital, and Hou Xiyi also reversed, I would have been suspected for a long time, if it weren't for my posture of breaking the jar and falling, plus the scruples of my uncle and grandfather and brother who have successively spent time in Youzhou, there are quite a number of old generals, I am afraid that I would have died a long time ago. Now if I don't say anything else, I don't even dare to believe the dozen or so people outside, let alone those under An Shouzhong's command. Speaking of this, Xue Wei gritted his teeth and said, "It's a pity that all the soldiers and horses of your descendants have been scattered, otherwise my brothers and sisters would have been able to take this Fuyang!" ”

It's also a vote!

Although the situation mentioned by his younger brother was very bad, Xue Song only frowned slightly, and was not discouraged: "Well, I have inquired about the situation of some Yejun generals before, but I still don't know who there are in Fuyang City." You explain it to me, and we'll improvise and see if there's anything we can take advantage of! ”

The two brothers talked at night with candles, and in the party of Fuyang County, An Shouzhong also received an emergency news from Ye County. Knowing that Anyang City had been besieged to the point that he couldn't even send messengers, he was upset, but what made him even more angry was that An Lushan, who had been ordered by Du Shiyi to spread a lot, was dead, and An Qingzong, the eldest son of An Lushan, who had been missing for several months but had suddenly appeared in the Tang army!

Since he retreated to Ye County, because An Lushan has never shown up, he has also vaguely wondered if there is something wrong with this Great Yan Tianzi. Because he has the same surname as An Lushan, he was named the king of Qi after he ascended the throne, and subconsciously there is not only a difference between up and down with An Lushan, but also a sense of closeness, but An Lushan's temper became more and more tyrannical after he ascended the throne, although he was crowned king, but the feeling was not as good as before. But no matter what, for Dayan, An Lushan is a banner after all, but now that this layer of window paper has been pierced, I am afraid that for the rebels in Hebei, it will all be a blow to the head. Should he go to save An Qingxu and those people in Anyang, or do other plans?

"King!"

An Shouzhong casually called in, and after a while, a personal soldier pushed the door in, arched his hand and whispered: "Cai Xide sent a messenger from Changshan Shiyi to ask to see the king!" ”