Shi Siming's persistence paid off, and the two sides had been fighting since noon, and they both paid a huge price, and when one side sounded the gong to withdraw the troops, the other side did not hesitate to sound the gong.

After collecting the troops, the Zhou army directly chose to withdraw the army, and the Zhou general knew very well that there was still a Tang army hidden in this area, although the combat strength of the soldiers and horses was not clear, but it annihilated the vanguard troops attacking [***].

He fought fiercely with Shi Siming's department for a day, the men were sleepy and the horses were lacking, and the casualties were heavy, and the two sides paid a total of tens of thousands of lives, and they did not dare to insist here, lest they be ambushed.

The Zhou army was well-trained, even if it was exhausted, it was orderly when retreating, and did not give Shi Siming any chance at all.

In fact, Shi Siming did not intend to pursue, the price he paid in this battle was not small, the number of casualties exceeded 10,000, and the remaining soldiers and horses were also unable to pursue, so they could only watch the Zhou army withdraw.

Xiao Dingmou let out a sigh of relief, when he was in danger just now, he was really worried that Shi Siming would not be able to stand it and harm his surname, the surname of the Xiao family was already extremely noble, especially the direct Xiao family who was highly valued like him.

Shi Siming disobeyed his orders before, which made him very angry, but seeing that the war really wanted Shi Siming's judgment to develop, the anger in his heart was gone.

Looking at Shi Siming, who was covered in blood, Xiao Dingmou suddenly thought of a question: "How did that Zhou Jun find here?" ”

The Zhou army that fought with them was strange, very strange, if this Zhou army was here to support the Zhou army besieging the mountain pass, how could it be just to evacuate like this, and abandon the Zhou army besieging the mountain pass, if not, then the problem would be big, Pingshan Pass is relatively remote here, how did the Zhou army of Guabu find it.

Shi Siming's heart was shocked, and he immediately frowned, obviously discovering the strangeness.

At this time, Li Linfu suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed: "General Shi, Gongzi Xiao, look at the two of you, the Zhou army at the mountain pass is gone." ”

Following the direction of Li Linfu's finger, the two turned their heads to look, the originally eye-catching Zhou army's flag disappeared, and the two hurriedly climbed to the heights, only to see that the mountain pass was empty, and the tens of thousands of Zhou troops blocking the mountain pass did not know where to go.

Xiao Dingmou's eyes rolled and he was about to speak, but Shi Siming had already opened his mouth and ordered: "Come on, quickly go to Pingshan Pass to investigate, and find out where the Zhou army is." ”

The news soon came back, and judging from the footprints and traces of the mountain pass, the Zhou army there should have attacked the mountain pass, and it did not seem to have encountered much resistance.

"Not good." Xiao Dingmou's heart was cold, and he felt more and more strange at this time, "General Shi, immediately order the whole army to open and defend the mountain pass. ”

"But the soldiers are tired, and they are really unbearable to fight, besides, if the Zhou army attacks it, Yang Ping'an will die, so why should we bother ourselves." Shi Siming's face was bitter, now the battle was too tragic, not to mention the soldiers under his command, even he himself was sore.

"What do you know, the Zhou army attacked the mountain pass, but it is not good, then Yang Ping'an is like a ghost, it is very likely to take advantage of the chaos to escape, we must block the mountain pass, let him plug his wings and escape."

Shi Siming can also be regarded as a well-organized general, as the order was handed down, it didn't take long for the exhausted soldiers to pack up and march towards the Pingshan Pass, but the marching speed was very slow, after all, they were too tired, and there were wounded soldiers to carry.

Such a slow marching speed, Shi Siming can understand, and he did not urge, but Xiao Dingmou could not tolerate it, in the first battle, he hid in the rear, in addition to the fear in his heart, he did not spend too much physical strength, and even ordered someone to make lunch for himself at noon.

Seeing that the army was marching at a speed like a snail, he was only worried that Yang Ping'an had escaped, and kept urging Shi Siming to speed up the march, seeing that Shi Siming's urging had no effect, he even personally urged and kept scolding, picked up the horsewhip and slapped the soldier's head and face, even the wounded soldier did not let go.

The soldiers were all angry, but they dared to be angry but did not dare to speak, they could only bury their anger in their hearts, even the veterans who had followed Shi Siming for many years looked at Xiao Dingmou angrily.

Seeing this, Shi Siming wanted to dissuade him, but Li Linfu on the side suddenly whispered: "General, you have already offended Gongzi once, do you still want to refute Gongzi in front of all the soldiers again?" ”

His words were like a thunderclap that exploded in Shi Siming's ears, Shi Siming finally just opened his mouth and turned his head to the side, he is the dog of the Xiao family, even if he doesn't want to admit it, but in the eyes of outsiders, even in the eyes of the Xiao family, he can't change it, and Xiao Dingmou is the leader of the second generation of the Xiao family, and he is highly valued by Master Xiao, how dare he offend.

Even if Xiao planned to beat and scold, the speed of the march still did not change, and although those soldiers did not dare to speak, they expressed the anger in their hearts with their actions.

In the end, Xiao Ding's scheming hands were tired, and his mouth was also tired, and when he saw those big and rough people who were still not in a hurry, he could only return to Shi Siming with hatred, and said angrily: "Look at the good soldiers you brought." ”

"What Childe said is that it is indeed the last general who is incompetent, and I ask Childe to bear with me, and the last general will atone for his sins in the future." Shi Siming's attitude was very low, which made Xiao Dingmou's face barely better.

The deserted village is not far from the Pingshan Pass, although the marching speed is slow, but when the sky is about to darken, the army also feels the Pingshan Pass, and the sentry that has been guarding there has reported that there has been a shout of killing in the valley, and no one has come out.

"Fortunately, Yang Ping'an didn't escape, otherwise this son would have asked for your head." Xiao Dingmou scolded first, and then instructed Shi Siming, "You immediately order someone to block this place, as long as you kill Yang Ping'an, my uncle will definitely reward you; And if you can completely annihilate the Zhou army that killed Yang Ping'an, the saint will naturally reward you, General Shi, this is a good thing to kill two birds with one stone, not to mention that this son does not take care of you. ”

"Yes, thank you for taking care of you." Shi Siming also reacted, this is really a good thing, if he can get what he wants, then the fierce battle between Bai Yueli and the Zhou army is worth ten times more tragic.

Just as he was about to order the whole army to camp and block the way out of Pingshan Pass at the same time, he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from the mountain pass, getting closer and closer.

Shi Siming was worried that there would be a change, and immediately ordered the whole army to prepare for battle, and it didn't take long for him to see hundreds of horsemen galloping towards him with a puff of dust and smoke, and in a blink of an eye, he came to the valley mouth.

It's the Don Army.

"Phew." With a long cry, the hundreds of horsemen grabbed the reins, and one of the people who was protected in the center rode out to the front of the battle, and saw the Tang army outside the mountain pass, and was suddenly shocked: "It's you, Shi Siming, you are not dead." ”

"You're not dead, how can I die." Shi Siming stared at the other party with bright eyes, and he had recognized that it was Yang Ping'an who was talking to him who was "worried".

Yang Ping'an's appearance was extremely embarrassed, his hair was messy, his breath fluctuated, and his pale face was stained with blood and mud.

"Let's go, get out of here." He glanced at Shi Siming, immediately turned his horse's head, and was about to flee back to the valley.

"Why sir?"

"My lord, I can't go back, there is still Zhou Jun inside."

"Get out of the way." Yang Ping'an whipped the horsewhip in his hand a few times, and then galloped towards the mountain col, "It's a big deal to surrender the Zhou army, if it falls into his hands, none of us will survive." ”

Something cunning.

Seeing Yang Ping'an lead the troops to flee back to the mountain col and quickly disappear from view, Shi Siming scolded in his heart, seeing Yang Ping'an here made him surprised and delighted, and he wanted to order the archers to release arrows and shoot Yang Ping'an into a hedgehog, but Yang Ping'an did not hesitate at all and fled back directly.

A great opportunity was missed.

Just when Shi Siming was annoyed, Xiao Dingmou said anxiously: "What are you still rubbing here, why don't you lead the troops to chase after you." ”

Although Yang Ping'an only said a few words just now, Xiao Dingmou heard a lot of content, for example, the Zhou army was attracted by Yang Ping'an during the day, and he wanted to borrow a knife to kill people, but he didn't expect Shi Siming to resist the attack of the Zhou army.

The whole thing is a bureau, Yang Ping'an's carefully laid out game, using himself as bait, and at the same time attracting Shi Siming and Guabu Zhou Jun, intending to get rid of Shi Siming by the hand of Zhou Jun, as for how he himself got out of danger, it must be through some means to introduce the Zhou army at the mountain pass, and then take advantage of the night to kill the chaos.

Hmph, let you deceive like a ghost, how can you be my opponent.

Xiao Dingmou was very happy, fortunately he urged Shi Siming to lead the troops here, otherwise he would really let Yang Ping'an escape.

Shi Siming really didn't want to enter the mountain pass, not only because the terrain inside was unknown, but also because the soldiers and horses under his command were too tired.

But he didn't dare to disobey Xiao Dingmou's order, it was worth turning to Li Linfu, hoping that the latter could say a few words, in his opinion, although Xiao Dingmou was resourceful, but he knew very little about military affairs, and he was not even as good as Li Linfu, after all, Li Linfu had been in Yangzhou for several months, and had experienced several fierce battles, and knew some of the most taboo things about marching and fighting.

"General Shi, I understand your encouragement, but since Childe has made a plan, there must be a reason for Childe." Li Linfu's voice was always so respectful, "Childe, if it is dark today, we don't know anything about the situation inside, and Yang Ping'an is too cunning, I suggest that General Shi lead half of the soldiers and horses to chase into the valley, and Gongzi commands the other half of the soldiers and horses to guard here, I don't know what Gongzi thinks." ”

Xiao Dingmou pondered for a moment, and said with a smile: "Brother slave, this son really didn't misunderstand you, this plan is very good, let's stay here, General Shi will chase him in, even if he has great ability, he will escape from this son's net." ”

In fact, there was still half a sentence that he didn't say, Li Linfu's suggestion can be said to be fully considered for him, there are not only Yang Ping'an's soldiers and horses in the col, but also Zhou Jun, it is too dangerous, he stayed outside, just don't have to face danger.

A person like him has always regarded his surname as higher than everything else, so he immediately ordered that he leave 10,000 soldiers and horses and wounded soldiers on his side and hand them over to Li Linfu to command to block the mountain pass, while Shi Siming led the remaining soldiers and horses to chase into the mountain pass and chase Yang Ping'an.

Why do I always feel uncertain, galloping on a horse, but Shi Siming has a bit of drumming in his heart, most of the old people who fight on the battlefield have cultivated their own intuition, just like Shi Siming now, he always feels a little inappropriate.

Damn, wealth and wealth are in danger, everything is tonight, as long as Yang Ping'an is killed, the position of generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses must not be far from me.