Shi Chaoyi was taken aback when he heard it, and hurriedly went to find Tian Chenghei, and hurriedly shouted when he entered the door: "Tian Gong, the big thing is not good!" Father wants to pass on the throne to his concubine Chaoqing, presumably Youzhou City is in danger! ”

Tian Chengsi waved his hand and smiled after hearing it: "Impossible, don't you know your father, even if he is in a desperate situation, he will not make such a decision easily." ”

His subtext is to say that a person like Shi Siming, who is extremely selfish in his lust for power, will not give up the power in his hands to others even if he dies. ”

"It doesn't have to be a desperate situation!" Shi Chaoyi beat his chest and said: "He just wants to use this to motivate the soldiers, retain part of his strength in the name of Gu, and let Li Huaixian take his concubine out of Yuguan to Yingzhou." It is much easier to defend Yuguan than to defend Youzhou. ”

"Li Huaixian?" Tian Chengsi frowned, lowered his head and paced back and forth on the ground. Shi Chaoyi waited anxiously on the sidelines, hoping that Tian Gong could come up with a way to deal with it.

"You say, could this be Li Siye's ploy to lure us out of Jizhou?"

Shi Gongzi rarely moved his brain: "It's not impossible, but I believe in the authenticity of this news even more." Tian Gong, think about it yourself, he loves Zhang Meiren so much, and he also likes his son so much, even Li Huaixian has a high opinion of him. If he does make such a decision, you and I will be in the most unbearable situation at that time. ”

"We are not in Youzhou, and it is not the time for him to take risks, only if we lead troops to Youzhou to support, can we prompt him to change his decision."

Tian Chengsi raised his head and hesitated: "But now in front of Youzhou City is Li Siye's heavy troops, it is too risky for us to give up Jizhou to lead troops in the past, if the assistance is not successful and then falls into the enemy formation, will we have to annihilate the whole army?" ”

"But my father is supporting Gu at this time, and he must not have hope for Youzhou. Tian Gong, I suspect that he is using the name of Tuo Gu to transfer troops in order to calm the hearts of the soldiers who remained. He knew that it would be difficult for Youzhou to hold on for a long time, and he used Youzhou City to exhaust Li Siye's army, and when Youzhou City fell, he could take some of his guards to withdraw from Yuguan and return to Liaodong. But at that time, only the 40,000 soldiers in the hands of you and me will be left in the whole of Hebei, and they will not be buried in the hands of Li Siye at that time? ”

This is also what Tian Chengsi is most worried about, he is not a roundworm in Shi Siming's stomach, just by judging his character, there is no way to know whether he will do that. There is one thing that Shi Chaoyi said right, if Youzhou cannot be defended, Jizhou City is even more undefensible, this is a flat land, and the city defense is far inferior to Youzhou as the center of Fanyang. If Shi Siming learns that the gecko cuts off its tail and abandons them, it will burn high incense for half a month under the bombardment of the Xuanwu artillery battalion.

The most fearful thing about using troops to fight a war is that the information is not equal, and many times the generals make the best judgment in their own situation.

"Tian Gong, you have something to say, do we really want to sit and wait in this lonely city?"

Tian Chengsi quickly had a plan in his heart, and said to Shi Chaoyi: "Naturally, we can't sit still, but we must also be doubly prepared, what if we go to Youzhou to rescue and are surrounded by Li Siye's army?" It has been many days since this news came out, and it has been half a month since we led our troops to Youzhou, what should we do if your father has abandoned Youzhou and retreated to Liaodong? ”

"What about Tian Gong's opinion?"

"We might as well take a detour from Jizhou to Yuguan, and at the same time send someone to Youzhou to listen to the news, if it is really as rumored, we don't have to go back to Jizhou, and go directly to Yuguan." As the saying goes, the life of the king outside will not be affected, this is the way to survive in death. ”

"Very good, very good, just do it."

The two immediately summoned the generals under their command and told them that Youzhou City was in danger, and His Majesty sent a flying pigeon to send a letter to order him to lead troops to rescue. Of course, the soldiers did not know this, they only had to follow the orders from above.

The Yan army in the city immediately prepared grain and grass baggage, recruited the people to serve as auxiliaries, and marched out of the city to the direction of Youzhou two days later.

On the day they left the city, one hundred and thirty miles northwest of Jizhou, an army that had already penetrated the Taihang Mountains from Hedong and Jinzhong was advancing towards Jizhou non-stop.

It was also at this time that a scout team sent by Guo Ziyi was lurking near Jizhou, and they had found out the movements of the two armies clearly, and they had quickly headed towards Henan.

The Yan army led by Shi Chaoyi advanced north on the 13th, and encountered an attack by the cavalry led by Li Chongbao, who was stationed in Zhuozhou, and Tian Chengsi immediately led his troops to retreat, preparing to turn to Yuguan in front.

The sun was setting from the end of the earth, Tian Chengsi stood at the door of the camp tent and looked up and thought, Zhuozhou is still a hundred miles away from Youzhou, why would Li Siye send his son to lead an elite garrison here, if he wants to prevent them from attacking behind their backs, he should be stationed in Mozhou, which is farther away. ”

He woke up suddenly, patted his robe belly with both hands and said loudly: "It's not good, it's a trick!" I knew I should have left an army in the city! Order the whole army to return to Jizhou! ”

The soldiers and the second monk were puzzled, they had just come out of Jizhou, why did they have to go back to Jizhou?

Shi Chaoyi hurriedly ran over and asked excitedly, "Aren't you going to retreat to Yuguan?" Why go back to Jizhou. ”

Tian Chengsi didn't want to explain anything to this second generation, so he turned over and whipped his horse and said: "We have been fooled, hurry back to Jizhou, if you don't want your father to be angry, don't ask too much!" ”

The rear flank of the army turned into the front army, leaving the baggage behind and rushing to Jizhou City.

They hurried back to the city of Jizhou, and Shi Chaoyi raised his whip and shouted at the top of the city wall: "Quickly open the city gate and let us enter the city." ”

No one on the city wall responded to him, Tian Chengsi looked behind him, but saw that there was not even a flagpole on the city wall, and suddenly a sense of foreboding swelled up.

"Open the gates! Where are you all dead, when the master enters the city, cut off the heads of you guys who have left their posts without permission. ”

Suddenly, hundreds of big flags were erected on the city wall, and a general wearing silver and blue armor held the female wall battlement and laughed: "Your Excellency has such a big tone, it must be the good son of the thief!" Maybe you call me a grandfather, and I can send someone to hang you up in a basket. ”

"Hedong Army?!"

Shi Chaoyi was shocked, and then said angrily: "I, the traitor Li Siye, is a despicable villain!" ”

"Dare to speak out, grandpa taught you how to speak? Shoot the arrows! ”

Suddenly, the arrows on the head of the city shot down like hailstones, and Shi Chaoyi hurriedly turned his horse's head and fled to dodge: "Quickly retreat!" ”

The Yan army could only retreat to the north and settle down through a county seat, but the two or three small states leading from Jizhou to Youzhou or Yuguan were all in the county seat, and it was okay to settle down temporarily, but if you wanted to stay for a long time, it would be too long.

Shi Chaoyi sat in front of the bonfire with his head down, not only did he lose Jizhou, but he was afraid that he would succeed in provoking his father's anger in the future. It's really unlucky to open the door and get home. Shi Siming's father started a fire, and he was more stepfather than his stepfather, and he would definitely beat him with a military stick in accordance with the law in the army, and even his identity as the legal heir would be terrible.

"Tian Gong, what do you say to do now?"

Tian Chengsi was very complacent, perhaps because he had the heart of Mount Tai who did not change his color in front of him, and comforted him kindly: "Son, don't worry, now you can only make mistakes and go to Youzhou as reinforcements to rescue." ”

Shi Chaoyi snorted: "Tian Gong, why have you become unsmart in your head." Li Siye already knew that we had nowhere to go out of Jizhou, so he had been on guard against us for a long time, and he had already set up a position to wait for us. ”

"Who the hell isn't smart?" Tian Chengsi smiled and said: "Son, your purpose now is not to rescue Youzhou, but to let His Majesty know that you are rescuing Youzhou, in fact, you are just making a show." If we can't rescue Jizhou, Jizhou will be attacked from behind, otherwise you will run to Yuguan for no reason, and your father will blame it even more clearly in the future, at least let him know that you are just deceived, and it is better for your son to be stupid than for your son to be ill-intentioned. ”

Shi Chaoyi stroked his beard and nodded: "You're right. ”

That's true, but it doesn't sound like a good thing.