129. Siege the city

"Oh?"

"Recently, there have been rumors in Miyagi, saying that it was An Lushan, but it was actually killed by An Qingxu. ”

"What?

Li Mi and Guo Ziyi looked inexplicably helpless and sad, this demon king who turned the prosperous world upside down, really died like this? Thinking of all these years and his various killing and conquests, I couldn't help but feel a little lost in my heart.

"Well, the news should be true, originally An Qingxu ascended the throne in a hurry, and everyone felt a little strange. In the past few days, even Mrs. Haitang has not been allowed to enter the palace, and everything related to An Lushan seems to have suddenly stopped. ”

"I just didn't expect An Qingxu to do such an unethical thing. Guo Ziyi sighed.

"Marshal, military advisor, this time the slave family came out, mainly to bring good news to the two adults. ”

"Good news?" Guo Ziyi and Li Mi glanced at each other. Perhaps, what the magpie girl brought is the east wind that is lacking at the moment.

The magpie asked Li Mi for a piece of paper, and then took out a small bamboo tube from the bun, as thick and long as a woman's little finger.

The magpie pulled the lid of the bamboo tube and carefully poured the contents of the bamboo tube onto the paper. Against the backdrop of the white paper, the contents of the bamboo tube are very clear, a small pile of black particles as thin as a hair.

Immediately afterwards, the magpie gently blew a melodious and pleasant whistle, and under the urging of the whistle, those black particles moved slowly, like a little beast recovering from hibernation. It turned out to be small black bugs.

It's cuttleworms. Legend has it that some master assassins, in order to help their masters pass on information safely, kept small cuttleworms as small as hair. You can use a special method to make the cuttleworm record the information that the owner wants to transmit, but to decipher the information recorded by the cuttle, each person's means are different, the magpie is now using a whistle, and the next time it may use another method, once the decryption method is wrong, these inkworms will mess up and completely forget the information that has been recorded.

This was an almost safe method of transmission, and unless the messenger betrayed his master, no second person would be able to decipher the messages recorded by the worms. Of course, there were very few assassins with ink worms, and only three or four people in the martial arts had mastered this secret technique.

The little cuttleworm moved faster and faster, and soon formed three sets of simple, yet uplifting messages.

The magpie urges the cuttleworm to wriggle rapidly, forming three sets of small characters.

From midnight to noon on the 16th, Changxiamen.

On the 17th of the day, when the sun is in the morning, the Dingding Gate is fixed.

On the 18th, before the end of the day, go to the east gate.

Changxiamen, located in the middle of the south city wall of Shendu, in the middle of the two Yishui.

Dingding Gate, located in the southwest corner of the Shendu, enters the Dingding Gate is the Heavenly Street, connecting the seven-day building of the Shendu, which can directly drive the imperial city and the palace city.

The so-called Seven Heavens Building is a group of seven buildings with the character "Heaven" on the central axis of the Divine Capital. From south to north, they are Tianque, Tianjie, Tianmen (Yingtianmen), Tianjin (Tianjin Bridge), Tianshu, Tiangong, and Heaven.

The Seven Heavens building is magnificent, symbolizing the national strength and style of the Tang Dynasty, and witnessing the prosperity of countless countries.

The upper east gate is located in the northeast corner of the Shendu, north of the Cao Canal.

"This is?" Guo Ziyi and Li Mi had already guessed in their hearts, and they were overjoyed, and for the sake of prudence, they still asked cautiously.

"This is the order of my lord's garrison in the last three days. ”

"Really?" Guo Ziyi and the others confirmed again.

"Really. The magpie swore by it.

"Didn't you say that An Qingxu had a lot of doubts about General Zhang's family, how could he rest assured that he would be stationed at the city gate?" asked Li Yu frankly.

"An Qingxu is wary of the Zhang family, because An Lushan wants to establish the son of Mrs. Haitang as the prince, and now he has become the emperor, and the soldiers and horses are in hand, and the Zhang family no longer poses a threat to him, and now it is the time to employ people, so naturally he can't take care of it so much, but then again, even if he is willing to call the Zhang family's soldiers and horses, it is just driven by him as a cow and horse, and he does not leave any affection. ”

"General Zhang is in a difficult situation, but he still endures humiliation and burdens for the suffering of the Tang Dynasty and the people, which is really admirable, and when the day of the recapture of Luoyang, he will report truthfully to the son of the present day to ask for praise. ”

"Thanks to the saint for not giving up, it is also my master who should do his best, if he can make some credit, it is naturally a good thing, the slave family will thank the marshal and the military advisor on behalf of the master. With that, the magpie gently stroked the cuttleworm.

"Hahahaha, there is a Magpie girl, you girl looks stubborn and arrogant, but she is also a knowledgeable person. Guo Ziyi couldn't help but praise.

"The marshal is too praised, in front of the marshal and the military advisor, how dare the slave family make a mistake. ”

"Hahahaha, the girl doesn't have to be modest, this Luoyang City is now also a tiger's den in Longtan, the girl comes and goes alone, she is self-defeating, and her courage is not lost, but General Zhang can explain, which of the three days is more secure, so that the inside and the outside should be together?"

"Well, the marshal and the military division don't have to worry about this, the time of the siege is determined by the marshal and the military division, and then only the shouting of killing outside the city will sound, and my master will go to the strategy, open the city gate and lead the army into the city. ”

"Well, it's just that the date is a bit tighter. ”

"Well, this--it's also a matter of no choice, there were shifts on duty earlier, but in the past, it was a seven-day shift, and the generals were stationed in a relaxed position according to the shift, and now An Qingxu is in the court, suspicious - hehe, plus in the past few days, we have thrown a letter of persuasion to the city, and the hearts of the people are in a trance, and he can't sit still, so he set this duty shift, change places one day, and Luoyang City is running back and forth, not enough tossing. ”

"I see. ”

"Well, so the vigilance in the city is also beyond the past, and the entry and exit of the slave family is also subject to many restrictions, and I also ask the marshal and the military advisor to make plans as soon as possible, whether the next shift will arrange for my master to be stationed at the city gate, I can't say. ”

"Well, don't worry, girl, we have already prepared everything, and now that General Zhang's east wind is coming again, it is natural that there will be no further delays," Li Mi waved his feather fan lightly, and said: "Coupled with General Shi Siming's troops in Anximen, Shangdongmen, and Yongtongmen, the capture of the city is like a bamboo." ”

After listening to Li Mi, the magpie thought about it but didn't say anything, just shook his head indifferently.

"What's the matter?, something happened to Shi Siming?" Guo Ziyi asked in surprise.

The magpie nodded vigorously and said cautiously: "General Shi's situation is very delicate, An Qingxu not only wants to win over and rely on him, but also fears the military power and prestige in his hands.

In the past few days, all General Shi's soldiers and generals at Anximen, Shangdongmen, and Yongtongmen have been transferred to the inner line to hold on, and some of Cui Qianyou's subordinates have been mixed into Shi Siming's battalion, nominally to strengthen the coordination and cooperation of various armies, but everyone knows what is actually going on. ”

"Isn't this ** naked surveillance?An Qingxu did this, can Shi Siming, a treacherous and cunning guy, agree?" Li Mi asked with a smile.

Magpie smiled bitterly, "It is also forced by the situation, after all, An Qingxu has become the emperor, plus the people of the Peacock King around him, as well as the Phantom Cavalry Army and the Barbarian Pig Iron Guard, if he turns his face and fights in the streets of the city, it will be very unfavorable to General Shi." ”

"In such a situation, what is his plan?" asked Li Mi.

The magpie shook his head.

"Didn't you meet him before you came?"

"No, there is really no chance, but on that day of the meeting, he took the opportunity to briefly say to my master, and asked us to have a chance to talk to the marshal and the military advisor - all plans but with the two of them, he will adapt to the situation. ”

"He's under house arrest?" Guo Ziyi said worriedly.

"Hehe, that's not true, after all, An Qingxu still wants to win him over, but the matter of being persuaded to surrender in the past few days has made people panic, An Qingxu has sent eyeliner, and the civil and military cadres have tried their best to avoid meeting alone in private, even in the government office, they rarely talk, so as not to be suspicious. General Shi naturally has even fewer things around him, and it is very dangerous to arrange some eyeliner and ears or something, and it is very dangerous to meet him in private. ”

"I understand, thank you Magpie girl for sacrificing her life for the sake of the common people, and please warm up your body with some wine and food before returning to the city. Li Mi instructed.

The night was cold and the wind was howling, and the freezing air invaded the bones, and the magpie naturally would not refuse Li Yu's kindness, so he scalded some wine and food in the account before quietly returning to Luoyang City.

"Time is of the essence. Seeing the magpie come out of the camp, Guo Ziyi sank.

"Yes, tomorrow is the 21st, Zhang Jiwu will start to be on duty for the first time, how An Qingxu will arrange it in the future is still unknown, and the opportunity to attack the city is within these three days. Li Yu responded.

"Fortunately, there has been a decree from Chang'an, allowing me to wait for the opportunity to act, and tomorrow I will gather everyone to discuss the military aircraft. ”

"Okay, but I want to take some family members to the city early tomorrow morning, and let this last straw crush the defense line in their hearts. ”

"Okay, look forward to the performance of the military division. Guo Ziyi said with a smile.

Early the next morning, just after breakfast in the camp, Li Mi ordered people to take a carriage and horses, and carried some rebel families to Luoyang City. Some of Gay's sons and husbands had already died in battle, and some were not stationed in Luoyang, so they stayed in the camp.

At each section of the carriage and horses, the ladies and grandmothers were invited to come down, and the loud soldiers looked at the city wall and shouted for a while.

"Generals, young and old—good morning—"

"Have you had breakfast, have you eaten meat? Oh, I heard that the old boy in An Lushan has no rice or white flour for the big guys to eat, how can he fight when he is hungry——"

"Did you eat the big elbow we stewed yesterday? Ah, no, did you smell it? Isn't it fragrant—come on, follow Marshal Guo, follow Li Junshi, eat big elbows every day, but it's fragrant——"

As soon as the poor-mouthed soldier had finished shouting "big elbow," he heard a few wind whistles, and a few feathered arrows fell on the wasteland not far from everyone, and plunged deep into the earth.

After confirming the distance, the feathered arrows sent by ordinary soldiers would not hurt everyone, but they still frightened everyone, and the ladies in the carriage panicked and restless.

It was probably because the soldiers in the city were hungry, and they listened to the soldiers of the Tang camp shouting something that was not fragrant, and it was a prank to scare and scare him.

"Oh, oh, my little heart, I scared my brother to death, which big brother is so careful, and he shoots his brother with a cold arrow - it scares my brother to death. ”