The vanguard of the Zhou army, which came from Guabu, was ambushed by the Tang army halfway, and this Tang army was naturally Yang Ping'an's soldiers and horses.

This ambush, Yang Ping'an directly handed over to An Lushan to command, he wanted to let An Lushan's potential be fully stimulated, to his disappointment, everything was ready for the ambush battle, when the Zhou army entered the ambush range, what should have been a relatively simple answer, so that An Lushan almost messed up.

Fortunately, with the assistance of Kong Haoxia, under his command, the Tang army quickly gathered and surrounded the Zhou army, and its own losses were not large.

Through this battle, the peasant soldiers brought out from Yangzhou have basically adapted to the brutal war, and because of the successive victories, their morale has been greatly boosted, and they are no longer afraid of fighting.

In addition, the original [***] defenders under his command also integrated well with Yang Ping'an's soldiers and horses, and there was no obvious estrangement between the two sides after this battle.

When he came out, there were 15,000 people, and he won two battles, and Yang Ping'an's soldiers and horses reached 20,000, and the soldiers and horses became more and more sophisticated.

The only bad news is that An Lushan has returned to his original state, and his personal combat strength is comparable to that of a first-class general, but his ability to lead troops to fight is not even third-rate.

An Lushan also knew that he had disappointed Yang Ping'an, and he didn't dare to stand beside Yang Ping'an, but just raised his head and stared at his feet, letting Kong Haoxia only clean up the battlefield.

"Big brother, isn't it time for us to go back to [***]." The war has nothing to do with Yang Guozhong, he positions himself as a civilian official, with the prime minister as his long-term goal, and seeing that the thousands of Zhou troops who attacked [***] were defeated like this, he remembered the majesty of [***] in charge again.

Yang Ping'an glanced at him, shook his head and said: "This is just the vanguard of the Zhou army, it belongs to the surname of the pathfinder, if we return to [***], I think it will definitely be a big attack on the city of Guabu Zhou, when the time comes, do you think that with our troops, we can hold [***]." ”

"yes, there's that bastard Shi Siming behind us." Yang Guozhong suddenly realized, "Big brother, then what do you say we should do next." ”

When he decided to give up [***], Yang Ping'an thought about it, he wanted to play majestic, he had to have his own territory, and Yangzhou was the best choice.

So he made a bold plan, first go south and march eastward, pass through the territory of Guabu and Baisha occupied by the Zhou army, go straight to Changfeng Valley, and then follow the route of Kou Xiong's army, and return to Yangzhou with troops out of Changfeng Valley.

He gave up Changfeng Valley, and Shi Siming did not meet the Zhou general Ning Zhenmo as planned, so many days have passed, and these two Zhou armies must have come to the city of Yangzhou and launched a fierce attack on Yangzhou.

He and Shi Siming took away half of the defenders of Yangzhou, Xue Yufeng and Xu Yuan must have fallen into a difficult battle to defend the city, if he can go back to Yangzhou with a horse and shoot back, attack the Zhou army from the rear, if Xue Yufeng leads the troops out of the city to attack, most likely can relieve the siege of Yangzhou.

In this way, even if he saves Yangzhou twice, whether in the Yangzhou defenders or among the people of Yangzhou, his glorious image will definitely be established, which is of great benefit to him to run Yangzhou as his own territory.

He had a good idea, but there was always an accident in everything, and now he had an accident.

When the army rested for two hours and was about to pass through the territory of Guabu at night, a sentry suddenly came to report that a force of soldiers and horses had appeared in the north, and it was a defeated army, and it was the Tang army.

The defeated army, the Tang army, still appeared in the north, it could be that something happened.

The sudden defeat of the Tang army in the north puzzled everyone, and after learning that the defeated army was only 5,000 soldiers and horses, Yang Ping'an decided to see what happened.

ordered the whole army to line up, ordered Kong Haoxia to command the whole army, An Lushan ordered 3,000 elite cavalry to ambush, Yang Ping'an took Yang Guozhong to stand in front of the formation, looking at the billowing smoke and dust that was getting closer and closer.

Finally, the Tang army appeared in Yang Ping'an's sight, and when he saw them blocking the road, the other party's speed was gone, and they were about to rush over.

You must know that the south is almost in the territory of Guabu, and the other party's actions make Yang Ping'an have to wonder if it was the Tang army that surrendered to the Zhou army by Tiance Weice.

If he hadn't met, he would naturally not care, but now that he has bumped into him, and the other party is less crowded, he will naturally not let go of this opportunity to stand up.

"Haoxia, I'll leave it to you." Dropping this sentence, Yang Ping'an returned to the rear and waited for Kong Haoxia's good news to come.

In his opinion, this battle will be won, his own soldiers and horses are superior, and he is waiting for work, and An Lushan led 3,000 cavalry to hide in the dark and kill at any time, and there is no possibility of losing this battle.

But the battle was not won, because it was never fought.

The Tang army was defeated, and the general who led the army was Kong Haoxia's old acquaintance, and even Yang Ping'an had seen it, just a few days ago.

"Lady Pony, you have to call the shots of the last general." Kong Haoxia brought a young general to see Yang Ping'an, and before he arrived, the young general had already pounced and knelt down in front of Yang Ping'an.

Yang Ping'an recognized this person, it was Captain Chu Pei, who had only left [***] a few days ago, and couldn't help but say: "Why are you, what happened, you get up and speak." ”

Chu Pei walked a few steps on his knees, almost hugging Yang Ping'an's thighs, and said while crying: "Master Pony, please make the decision for my grandfather, and for the soldiers who died unjustly." ”

"What the hell is going on, what is happening in the sky?"

There have been great changes in Tianchang County, great changes.

To put it simply, it is the old general who lures the wolf into the room, and Shi Siming's dove occupies the magpie's nest.

As explained above, Old Man Chu is an old soldier, not a politician, although he has not had much glory in his life, but he also has his own standards of conduct, he looks down on those military generals who have defected to the civilian clique and want to use civilian power to get involved in the power of military attachés, especially Shi Siming.

Most of the generals in the military are very resistant to Xiao Taishi, and they all understand that Xiao Taishi, who stands at the top of the civilian clique, wants to control the army.

Whether it is those military generals who are selfish and worried that Xiao Taishi has touched their own interests, or some far-sighted generals who are worried that Xiao Taishi's authority is too big and threatens the Tang Dynasty, they are all full of hostility to Xiao Taishi's move.

As the military general with the highest rank in the military who defected to Xiao Taishi, Shi Siming is the common enemy of most military generals, and General Chu is no exception.

He euphemistically proposed to let Shi Siming leave Tianchang and return to Yangzhou, but Shi Siming was worried that Yang Ping'an had already dug a trap for him in Yangzhou, so how could he leave Tianchang.

Due to General Chu's resolute attitude, Shi Siming decided to eradicate it and then occupy Tianchang, looking for an opportunity to kill Yang Ping'an.

So there was a turmoil in Tianchang, General Chu was killed, those loyal soldiers were killed, Shi Siming took the opportunity to seize Tianchang, and declared that it was the Zhou army that made a rebellion, and he would replace General Chu to guard Tianchang.

When Chu Pei returned to Tianchang from [***], Tianchang had already fallen into the hands of Shi Siming, and before he returned to Tianchang, someone gave him a message and told the truth about the murder of General Chu.

Chu Pei was furious, and in order to avenge his grandfather, he was carried away by the anger and led five thousand cavalry to attack Tianchang County.

As a result, Shi Siming took the opportunity to accuse the Chu family of not wanting to repay the emperor's kindness, treason to the enemy, and ordered soldiers and horses to attack Chu Pei's department.

In terms of troops, experience, ability, and strategy, Chu Pei was not Shi Siming's opponent, and he was occupied by Shi Siming, and Chu Pei was quickly defeated.

Under the escort of the soldiers, Chu Pei fled all the way south, intending to flee to [***] to find Yang Ping'an, a concubine, to administer justice, but he didn't expect that Shi Siming didn't plan to let him go at all, and led the army to chase down all the way, leaving only thousands of soldiers and horses to guard Tianchang.

After escaping to [***], Chu Pei was surprised to find that Yang Ping'an had led the troops away, and his whereabouts were unknown, so he had no choice but to continue to retreat south, wanting to lead Shi Siming to Guabu and get rid of the other party with the help of the Zhou army.

Unexpectedly, he met Yang Ping'an here, which made Chu Pei overjoyed.

After hearing Chu Pei's crying, Yang Ping'an frowned: "Shi Siming actually chased you all the way...... Did you tell him about my news in [***]. ”

"No, I didn't even enter Tianchang County."

"Just because you didn't have it doesn't mean he hasn't caught your generals." Yang Ping'an has affirmed that Shi Siming must know that he is in [***].

"What do you mean by this, don't you ......?"

"You guessed right, Shi Siming wants to kill me." Yang Ping'an nodded with a gloomy face.

"How could he be so bold."

Don't talk about Chu Pei, even Kong Haoxia on the side has a big change in face, looking incredulous, you must know that Yang Ping'an is a favored concubine, and Shi Siming is just a general.

Yang Ping'an motioned to Kong Haoxia to help Chu Pei up, and said in a deep voice: "Why should I lie to you, Shi Siming wants to kill me for more than a day or two, and I won't say more, if you want me to go to the court and expose Shi Siming's crimes, I hope that Yang Rui's guy will bring him to justice, but I'm afraid it's difficult, don't forget that he is Taishi Xiao's dog." ”

"This ......" Chu Pei's face suddenly became ugly, "Could it be that my grandfather and those soldiers died in vain, although the world is big, who else can clear their wrongs." ”

Kong Haoxia was shocked in his heart, because he clearly heard that Yang Ping'an called Yang Rui by his name, and there was no respect in his words.

It took him a long time before he regained his strength, hugged his fists and said: "The last general believes that the adult must have a way to bring the thief to justice, and please ask the adult to take action." ”

Yang Guozhong also said on the side: "Big brother, you have repeatedly endured it, but that guy actually chased after him again, he deceived people too much, you can't let him go." ”

Yang Ping'an looked left and right, there were only four people beside him, An Yang Kong and Chu, and then said slowly: "Chu Pei, do you really want to avenge your grandfather and those soldiers who died unjustly." ”

Chu Pei's body trembled, knelt on one knee and clenched his fists and said: "Please also ask the horse to be in charge, and finally hand over this surname to the adult." ”

"You get up first." Yang Ping'an helped Chu Pei up with one hand, took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice: "Since this is the case, I will make the decision for you, commit such a big crime, if you can still get away with it, can there be justice in this world, he has the support of Master Xiao, thinking that no one can help him, hum, if the sky doesn't accept him, I will accept him." ”