readx; Cheng Qianli's face turned white, the other party only had five nest cars to rely on the city, he didn't pay attention to it, but he never expected that the soldiers in these five nest cars were so fierce that his subordinates were defeated and retreated, and he suddenly realized that he had underestimated the enemy. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"Press it up! Annihilate them all...."

Cheng Qianli brandished his sword and shouted loudly, thousands of soldiers swarmed up, divided and surrounded, and pressed the five hundred fierce Yan troops to the death in the places where they each landed in the city, preventing them from converging into one, and the Tang army at the head of the city also knew that once An An Lushan broke the city, none of them would survive, so the Tang army also fought back desperately, although the five hundred elites of the Yan army were fierce, but after all, there were not many people, and in the face of the dense encirclement of the Tang army, they couldn't rush out for a while.

The city is still in a fierce battle, the ladder is overturned, the siege soldiers are shot and fall into the city, screams and roars come and go, the Yan army under the city is also like arrows, and the Tang army is constantly falling to the ground with arrows, and the offensive and defensive battles between the two sides have entered a white-hot state.

But the biggest threat is the five nest cars, they are like five convenient passages to the city, a steady stream of Yan troops from here to the city, Cheng Qianli is so anxious that his eyes are red, he saw the Tang Army rocket shooting at the nest car, but there is no effect, the key is the lack of fire.

He turned around and hissed and shouted, "With fire oil!" Kerosene! ”

Hundreds of soldiers rushed up with clay pots filled with fire oil, and threw the clay pots hard onto the nest car, the clay pot shattered, and the black fire oil flowed all over the car. The ground burned, the flames flew, and in just a moment, the raging fire engulfed the five nest cars one after another, and without the support of backup, the five hundred fierce troops who rushed to the city first also fought less and less, and finally all were annihilated by the Tang army.

At this time, the Tang army invested another 3,000 soldiers, bringing the defensive strength of the eastern section to more than 10,000 people, and the Tang army gradually gained the upper hand and controlled the situation.

'When! While! While! ’

As the bell rang for the collection of troops, the besieging Yan army retreated like a tide, leaving behind corpses, broken ladders and burning nest carts, and the first tentative attack of the Yan army was over.

This battle went through nearly two and a half hours, the Yan army was destroyed nine nest cars, 23 ladders, more than 6,000 dead and wounded, and the Tang army also killed and wounded more than 1,000 people, the city began to get busy, the people went to the city to clean up the bodies of the dead, carried the wounded down on stretchers, cleaned up the arrows on the city, some soldiers took the cage car down the city, killed the seriously injured Yan army and did not flee back, and recovered the arrows.....

The bloody and tense battle finally stopped, Cheng Qianli only felt that he was so tired that he was about to collapse, sweat soaked his inner and outer clothes and armor, the armor became extremely heavy, hanging on him like a big stone, he sat on a big rock weakly and looked out of the city, the overwhelming company camp outside the city suddenly became unreal, he felt like he was in a nightmare, and when he woke up, everything would be calm again, too much killing and death made his heart become numb, and he had a faint desire to die on the battlefield.

"General Cheng, look!" A pro-soldier shouted pointing to the sky.

Cheng Qianli turned around, only to see two carrier pigeons hovering in the sky, flying south, he smiled and shook his head, the one-armed woman moved so quickly.

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In fact, Cheng Qianli still guessed wrong, this is the fourth pigeon letter sent by Qi Yuhua, she is like those war correspondents in later generations, every other hour will send out the latest battle situation, the carrier pigeon flew away at a very fast speed, this last letter is her summary of the war.

Xiangzhou's pigeon letter is sent to Heyin, here is the transit station, and then from here the information will be transmitted to other places, the two places are separated by about 300 miles, at most more than an hour pigeons can fly, and Li Guangbi just arrived in Heyin early in the morning, he learned last night that An Lushan's army has arrived in Xiangzhou, so he rushed to Heyin overnight, and Li Qing'an is a little careless about the Xiangzhou war, Li Guangbi is extremely concerned about the Xiangzhou campaign, he knows that if Xiangzhou can hold, then An Lushan's rebellion will not become any climate, and finally suppressed in Hebei, And if Xiangzhou is lost, it means that An Lushan will definitely occupy the entire territory of Hebei.

Originally, Li Guangbi also believed that Xiangzhou City could be defended, nearly 50,000 defenders, tall and strong city walls, and sufficient food, if it was him, there was no problem in holding on for more than half a year, and it could be seen from the battle reports that came again and again, which made his heart pinch up, and a short trial surname attack, it made the city dangerous, and was attacked by the enemy

Although Cheng Qianli has been a veteran of the army for many years, he has been in Anxi for many years after all, and he has no experience in defending the city!

"How's the Yellow River frozen?"

Li Guangbi saw a personal soldier come in and hurriedly asked.

"General Hui, the Yellow River has not been completely frozen, and there are still about seven miles of river surface in the middle."

Li Guangbi was helpless, even if he was completely frozen, he couldn't go, he had to wait for the freeze to cross the river, Li Qingan did not object to him supporting Xiangzhou, from the overall situation, he also believed that holding Xiangzhou was the key to quelling An Lushan's rebellion, and aiding Xiangzhou was certain, but what strategy was used, the other party had 300,000 troops besieging the city, and he rashly led the army to Xiangzhou, undoubtedly hit the strategy of An Lushan besieging the city to help, An Lushan's troops were strong, and they were invincible.

Li Guangbi pondered for a moment, he decided to wait for the Yellow River to freeze, and then ordered Li Sheng's troops to enter Hebei, take the Cangzhou Road to force Youzhou, and force An Lushan to withdraw with the strategy of encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao.

Thinking of this, he immediately sat back in his position and sent a letter back to Xiangzhou City, in which he pointed out several deficiencies in Cheng Qianli's defense of the city, and taught him how to deal with the nest car.

At the same time, he wrote a letter to Li Qing'an, reporting to him the situation of the offensive and defensive battles in Xiangzhou, and after writing the letter, he handed it to his soldiers and said: "Send these two letters out immediately, quickly!" ”

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Li Qing'an has returned to Luoyang at this time, he lives in the East Capital Palace outside Luoyang City, this is where Wu Zetian lived when he cultivated Buddhism in his later years, located in a beautiful place outside Luoyang City, in fact, it is a mountain col, surrounded by mountains, the mountain is full of green pines and cypresses, even in winter, it is also lush and green, the mountain spring is murmuring, strange stones and strange peaks, a small river passes through the valley like a jade belt, it is an excellent place to live in seclusion and cultivate the surname.

At this time, the mountain spring is frozen, the river is frozen, the world is crystal clear, and a light snow is falling one after another, dyeing the blue water of Daishan with a layer of white frost.

Li Qing'an's Tiger Army had sealed off the valley and its surroundings, and there were also scouts patrolling the surrounding mountains, which were extremely heavily guarded.

At the foot of the mountain, by the river is a courtyard covering an area of about 20 acres, about more than 100 houses, no walls, the courtyard flies eaves and corners, carved beams and painted columns, the building is magnificent, built in a forest, the river meanders around the house, it is a building that is completely integrated into nature.

In addition to Li Qing'an, there is also Yang Yuhuan brought from Chang'an, and more than a dozen palace maids and eunuchs from the Luoyang Palace are serving.

However, although there is a beautiful woman like Yang Yuhuan by his side, Li Qingan does not spend much time with her during the day, he is not here to enjoy the beautiful scenery, but to quietly consider the general trend of the world.

Li Qing'an's study is close to the river, located on the second floor, the room is wide and bright, from the floor-to-ceiling windows you can clearly see the beautiful scenery outside, this was also Wu Zetian's study, although it has been renovated, but many details of the room are still full of feminine style, such as panes, such as carved beams, such as door decorations, such as beds, etc., on the exquisite flowers, birds, fish and insects, beauties and ladies, all reveal the weak side of Wu Zetian as a woman.

But at the moment, this style is difficult to feel, the room is full of all kinds of maps, Anxi, Guanzhong, Henan, Hebei, Hedong, Bashu, Jingxiang, Jianghuai, etc., and a sand table with a length of four zhang and a width of three zhang is placed in the center of the room.

This is a patchwork sand table that includes Hebei Road, Hedong Road and Henan Road, mountains, rivers, cities, and pass roads, all of which are clear and clear, Li Qingan stood in front of the sand table, staring at Xiangzhou City, and fell into contemplation.

He had received the latest information that An Lushan's army was encircling Xiangzhou, and Li Qing'an had always believed that An Lushan's strategy was to attack Jingcheng and take Xiangzhou in practice, and first control the entire territory of Hebei.

So far, An Lushan's actions have been expected by him, but for some reason, Li Qing'an suddenly gave birth to a trace of vigilance, this vigilance is a kind of strategic sensitivity that he has slowly formed over the years of conquest, and it is a kind of accumulation of war experience, which is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

He felt that An Lushan's strategy was not as simple as capturing Xiangzhou, it was very simple, as an ambition who was determined to seize the world, his eyes would never just stare at one city and one domain, if An Lushan's purpose was only to take Hebei Province, he Li Qingan would never believe it.

An Lushan besieged Anyang City at this time, would he really use an army of 300,000 to deal with a city? Li Qingan has gradually realized that An Lushan's reality is still false, and while he is besieging Xiangzhou City, he must have other plans, so where is his plan? Henan Province or Hedong Province?

Li Qing'an's eyes fell on the Taihang Mountains, Taihang Eight Mountains, there are four Mountains south of Xiangzhou, Fukou Mountain, Bai Mountain, Taihang Mountain and Zhiguan Mountain, of which Taihang Mountain and Qiguan Mountain are in Huaizhou, Bai Mountain is in Weizhou, these three Mountains are far away from Taiyuan, located in the south of Hedong, and the mountain is blocked, the road is difficult, the key is what is the strategic intention of An Lushan, if it is to shock Qin and Jin, then it is more convenient to go to these three mountains, but if it is a soldier pointing to Hedong, then An Lushan Army will inevitably go to Fukou and threaten Taiyuan.

Li Qing'an was almost certain that An Lushan would go west, and the only thing he couldn't be sure of was whether An Lushan would make a surprise attack into the Qin and Jin dynasties, or steadily enter Hedong.

He pondered for a moment, then returned to his seat, picked up his pen and wrote a letter to Guo Ziyi, and ordered the soldiers behind him to say: "Send this letter to Guo Ziyi quickly." ”

As soon as the soldiers went out, Yang Yuhuan walked in with a bowl of ginseng tea, and when he saw the map of the house, he couldn't help but purse his lips and smile: "Yo!" Are you selling maps? ”

Li Qingan stretched his waist and smiled: "Even if it is!" But there are no customers, do you want to buy one? ”

"What do I do when I buy a map, it's not a music score, and I don't have any money on me."

Li Qingan winked ambiguously and smiled: "It's okay if you don't have money, just offset it with your body." ”

"Boom!"

Yang Yuhuan glanced at him, "You, why do you think about it all day long, ignore you, I'll go first." ”

Li Qingan saw that she was plump and delicate, and there was infinite charm between her eyebrows and eyes, he couldn't help but want to move, stepped forward and hugged her from behind, and whispered in her ear: "Yang Meiren, go next door, I'll show you something." ”

"If I don't look at it, you must be uneasy and kind."

Although he said this, Yang Yuhuan's eyes were already as silky as silk, and her voice was coquettish, Li Qingan half-hugged and half-hugged, and pushed her towards the next bedroom.

"Shichiro, it's still daytime, let's come back at night!"

"I'll talk about the night in the evening."

Li Qing'an closed the door, his heart was in his hands, and he untied her skirt for her wide clothes, Yang Yuhuan was made sore, and his footing was unstable, so he had to hug his neck and blow in his ear: "You are really my enemy......."

For a time, the house was full of spring, and it was delicate and panting.

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Guo Ziyi's army was still confronting Shi Siming's army in Zhending County, Hengzhou, at this time both sides had increased their troops, Guo Ziyi increased his troops from Hedong to 30,000, so that the strength reached 80,000, and Shi Siming's army was also reinforced by An Qingxu's army of 20,000, 80,000 against 100,000, and the two sides were evenly matched.

But what's interesting is that both sides are holding their troops still, as if tacitly, both sides are staring at the battle of Xiangzhou in the south, for Shi Siming, if An Lushan's army is dragged in Xiangzhou, then he will decisively enter Hedong and seek territory, if An Lushan decisively takes Xiangzhou, then An Lushan will inevitably march into Hedong, then he will stay in Hebei and seek development in Hebei, in short, Shi Siming has his own ideas, for An Qingxu, who came to monitor him, Shi Siming is not very concerned, and he can be transferred away with an order.

The same is true for Guo Ziyi, he is also paying attention to Xiangzhou, as long as An Lushan's army is dragged in Xiangzhou, he can press on the army, defeat Shi Siming's department, and go straight to An Lushan's old nest Youzhou, for this opportunity, Guo Ziyi transferred another 50,000 reserve troops to stand by at the other end of Jingcheng, once the conditions are ripe, he will take the initiative to attack Shi Siming's department.

Guo Ziyi stood at the head of Zhending County and watched the situation east of the official road, he had just received a news that Shi Siming had sent an army of 5,000 people to the east, but he didn't know what had happened?

These days, Guo Ziyi has been paying attention to Ji Sheng's news, where is the young scout general who is both wise and brave? But Guo Ziyi has an intuition, this Ji Sheng did not return triumphantly, he is still in Hebei, maybe he has sneaked into Youzhou, I wonder if Shi Siming's 5,000 troops left, is it related to him?

At this time, there was a sound of hurried footsteps behind him, and a personal soldier stepped forward and said, "Old general, Li Qingan has urgent information to send." ”

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(To be continued)