Shi Siming naturally led the troops to find Yang Ping'an, but instead of saving him, he wanted to make sure that this person was killed.

In case he is lucky and rushes out of the encirclement of the Zhou army, Shi Siming will never mind giving him a ride, in a word, Yang Ping'an will die, and if he does not die in the hands of the Zhou army, he will die in the hands of him Shi Siming.

Shi Siming's decision was given the head of Xiao Dingmou, and both of them felt that Yang Ping'an was a little demonic like a cat's waist, and the cat had nine lives, and it was difficult for them to feel at ease if they didn't see Yang Ping'an's death with their own eyes.

Xiao Dingmou still kept an eye on it, worried that An Lushan would trick him, so he asked Li Linfu to explain An Lushan's past style in detail, analyze his surname, and finally came to a conclusion, An Lushan belongs to the kind of person with developed limbs and a simple mind, and it is expected that this matter is true.

"General Shi, let's go quickly, if you can rescue my brother, I will kneel down for you to apologize."

Seeing that An Lushan was anxious, Xiao Dingmou's last suspicion about An Lushan was also eliminated, Shi Siming immediately ordered troops out of the city, and An Lushan led the troops to lead the way, and they followed closely behind to "rescue" Yang Ping'an.

It's just that the army hasn't reached the [***] border yet, and I saw a Zhou army in the distance waiting for it, which was the Zhou army that chased and killed An Lushan before.

This Zhou army pursued An Lushan all the way, and when they found that the latter had fled to the vicinity of [***] City, they retreated, and once again formed a formation and waited for the follow-up troops and horses of the Guabu side to arrive.

The last time was to suffer the loss of insufficient troops, the vanguard of the damage was defeated and fled, this time the Zhou army learned well, and after the army was assembled, it was attacking [***], and striving to complete its work in one battle.

It's just that they didn't expect that they didn't wait for the follow-up soldiers and horses, but waited for the Tang Bureau from [***].

In order to ensure that Yang Ping'an was killed, Shi Siming almost removed most of the soldiers and horses in the city this time, nearly 30,000 horses, and this Zhou army was only a little more than 10,000 people.

When the enemies saw each other, they were very red-eyed, and An Lushan even went to Shi Siming to ask for his life, and was willing to lead thousands of soldiers and horses from his headquarters as the vanguard to attack the enemy's military formation.

For Shi Siming, this is a good thing, and he can test the truth of An Lushan again, he was about to speak, but he heard Xiao Dingmou cough lightly: "General An is benevolent and righteous, and I admire it, but after many battles, even if the general is not tired, the soldiers under his command are also tired."

Now although the enemy is in front, but I think that killing the enemy army is the responsibility of every Tang Dynasty citizen, General Shi distinguishes between right and wrong, especially the kind of people who kill people with a knife, I want to use the courage of General Shi, the essence of the soldiers and horses under his command, to defeat the former enemy is not a problem, I don't know what General Shi thinks. ”

Shi Siming was stunned for a moment, and some didn't understand why Xiao Ding's plan was like this, although the number of soldiers and horses of the enemy army was not as good as him, but the military formation had been formed and there was no intention of cowardice, if the two armies fought, even if he could win, he was afraid that he would have to pay a lot of price.

During the war years, there are soldiers who are the grass king, the quality of the soldiers and horses under his command affects his power and the military merits that he may seize, he also wants to use An Lushan's soldiers and horses to test the opponent's combat strength, in case An Lushan can disrupt the enemy's formation, he is swinging his division to kill the past, and achieve the greatest results at the lowest cost, what is the reason for his own soldiers and horses to die for An Lushan's soldiers and horses.

However, seeing that Xiao Dingmou had made up his mind, he didn't say much, so he immediately ordered the dispatch of troops and horses to attack the Zhou army's military array, and An Lushan stayed by his side, which is called protection, which is also the meaning of Xiao's plot.

Shi Siming's soldiers and horses are well-trained, and they have made many corrections, and they have used the suffering of the people in the city to boost their morale in [***] City.

Although the Zhou army was not weak, it was at a disadvantage in numbers, and the two armies did not fight for long before they fell behind.

General Zhou saw that there was no chance of winning this battle, but he thought that the additional troops in Guabu might arrive at any time, so he fought against the Tang army head-on, and only waited for tens of thousands of additional troops to arrive, and then tore the Tang army in front of him to pieces.

But he couldn't wait.

The reason why Xiao Taishi was willing to encircle Shi Siming was not only because the latter was willing to rely on him as a big tree, but also because Shi Siming's ability to command troops was among the best among the generals of the Tang Army.

The more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in his headquarters were already proud soldiers, and the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under his command have also been reborn after training.

These Zhou troops who stood in the way could not withstand the impact of Shi Siming's army at all, and they were finally defeated.

An Lushan, whose eyes were red, shouted to lead the troops to rush to kill, this time Xiao Dingmou did not stop him, seeing An Lushan rushing out, Xiao Moumou turned to the puzzled Shi Siming and said: "Send some soldiers and horses to keep an eye on that fat man to prevent him from running away." ”

Shi Siming suddenly realized, and immediately ordered to go down, and ordered his henchmen to lead his soldiers to follow An Lushan, which was called protection, but in fact it was surveillance.

"Brother Nu, you are still thoughtful." Xiao Dingmou looked at Li Linfu with a smile, his eyes were full of appreciation, "In the future, you are willing to return to Beijing with me and stay by my side as a staff officer." ”

When I first saw Zhou Jun, it was Li Linfu who proposed, worried that it would be Yang Ping'an's trick, and An Lushan took advantage of the chaos to escape, so he reminded Xiao to plot and watch An Lushan.

He has been with Yang Ping'an for a long time, he has a deep understanding of him, and he knows very well that Yang Ping'an's surname is affectionate and righteous, although the shameless trio has no value in the eyes of outsiders, but Yang Ping'an is not the kind of ruthless and unrighteous person.

So even if there is Yang Ping'an's trick in this, as long as An Lushan is controlled in his hands, Yang Ping'an will throw a mouse trap, and the trick will be difficult to succeed.

The simple analysis immediately won the praise of Xiao Dingmou, and his ability to analyze problems far exceeded that of Li Linfu, but the latter knew Yang Ping'an better, and what he was best at was figuring out people's hearts.

Xiao Dingmou's explanation made Shi Siming's doubts in his heart relieved, and at the same time secretly sighed that Li Linfu had taken shit luck and actually entered the eyes of Xiao Dingmou, Xiao Taishi was very optimistic about Xiao Dingmou, and was ready to vigorously cultivate, and wait until the future to escort Xiao Teng's inheritance of the position of Taishi and the continuation of the Xiao family's scenery.

After defeating the Zhou army and counting the casualties, Shi Siming was a little painful, this battle annihilated nearly 5,000 soldiers and horses of the Zhou army, and he also lost nearly 3,000, it was to kill 1,000 enemies and lose 800, but An Lushan did not play tricks, nor did he take the opportunity to escape, as long as he could kill Yang Ping'an, he was willing to pay another part of the casualties.

Pingshan Pass is located at the junction of [***] Guabu, is an ordinary mountain pass, relatively desolate, only there is a small village in the west of the mouth, but more than a dozen families, usually rely on chopping wood and hunting for a living, due to the outbreak of war, the villagers of this small village have abandoned their homes early, and went north with their wives and children, embarked on the road of wandering, and fled to the north to avoid the war.

According to him, Yang Ping'an led his troops south, wanting to return to Yangzhou through Baisha out of Changfeng Valley through Baisha, but was discovered by the Guabu Zhou army, and after a fierce battle, fled to Pingshan Pass.

However, he failed to get rid of the Zhou army, and was finally trapped in the mountain col by the Zhou army, and Yang Ping'an also took advantage of the favorable terrain at the mountain pass to defend the mountain pass.

According to An Lushan's meaning, he hoped that Shi Siming would immediately lead his troops to attack the Zhou army at the pass of Pingshan Pass and rescue Yang Ping'an from the mountain pass.

But neither Shi Siming nor Xiao Dingmou agreed, and they camped in a deserted small village on the pretext that the army was sleepy and needed to rest, and at the same time sent scouts to investigate the situation in Pingshan Pass.

At night, Shi Siming, Xiao Dingmou and Li Linfu sat in a simple wooden house, discussing the next plan.

The news that Tanma came back confirmed An Lushan's words, and there was indeed a force of more than 10,000 soldiers and horses at the pass of Pingshan Pass, judging from the banner and military uniform, it was the Zhou army.

I couldn't see anything in the col clearly, but I could faintly see billowing dust and smoke and noise, as if many people were trapped inside.

The two sides did not start a war, but the Zhou army from the mountain pass was deployed, probably trying to trap the people in the mountain pass.

Shi Siming led the troops here for only one purpose, that is, to see Yang Ping'an's corpse, whether it was Zhou Jun or himself, it didn't matter.

Now Yang Ping'an is trapped in the mountain col by the Zhou army, and the Zhou army does not plan to storm the mountain pass, do you want them to wait here all the time.

This is the junction of Guabu and [***], in case it attracts Zhou Jun of Guabu, how can it be good.

"Gonu, what do you think?" Xiao Dingmou drank a glass of wine and turned to Li Linfu.

He has the heart to receive this person to his side, so he naturally has to think carefully to see if the other party is really worthy of his attention.

Li Linfu was silent for a long time, and slowly spoke: "I think we should wait for work, and who knows if the person trapped in the mountain col is Yang Ping'an, in case it attracts the Zhou army at the mountain pass, there is a prince and a general in charge, so there is no need to be afraid, but there is no need to get into trouble in vain."

And Yang Ping'an is too cunning, it's always okay to be careful, as long as we stay here, in case someone really rushes out of the mountain pass, it's not too late for us to do it again, but the only thing we are worried about is the Zhou army in Guabu, in case they get the news of those Zhou troops in the mountain pass, they are on the way here, I am afraid that there will be a fierce battle. ”

"This is easy to do, I will send more sentries to find out the movement of the Zhou army in Guabu, if we find that the Zhou army is here, let's avoid it." Shi Siming said without hesitation, "If Zhou Jun really wants to come here, then Yang Ping'an is only afraid that it will be difficult to fly with wings, so what's the matter if we avoid it, when Yang Ping'an dies in the hands of Zhou Jun, we can have less trouble." ”

"It's just, how can we be sure that Yang Ping'an must be trapped in the mountain col." Li Linfu asked cautiously.

This question is very important, if they can't be sure, then they will be played by Yang Ping'an again.

The three of them were silent for a while, and Xiao Dingmou's eyes lit up and he had an idea, but he didn't speak, but continued to consider Li Linfu: "Brother Nu, do you have a way to verify it." ”

"This ......"

"What, this, that, this son asked you to say it, just say it."

Li Linfu hesitated again and said, "Actually, you can verify the ...... by An Fatzi."