After An Lushan issued the order, he immediately ordered Sun Xiaozhe to lead 50,000 troops as the vanguard to the Taohe front line to prepare for the Tang Dynasty to lead troops to forcefully cross the Yellow River and threaten Luoyang.

To be honest, this is An Lushan's biggest worry. He is not too worried about his brother Shu Han who is hiding in Tongguan. After all, he is aware of this man's combat power.

In the few years since he took office as Fan Yang, Lu Long, and Hedong Jiedushi, he can be said to have a thorough understanding of these generals of the Tang Dynasty. Ge Shuhan is timid, but he is a reckless man; Feng Changqing has a fox character. Hesitant in doing things, he is not a general. In comparison, he felt that the biggest threat was Gao Xianzhi. Not only was this man powerful in martial arts, but he was also unique in marching and fighting. This is why he sent Cui Youqian and Tian Qianzhen. The reason why these two powerful generals attacked him together.

Surrounded by himself, Gao Xianzhi knew that his less than 100,000 troops could not compete with him, so he finally chose to retreat and went east to Lingwu to join Prince Li Heng.

The current situation is that the entire north bank of the Yellow River is under his control. Although Ge Shuhan is brave, it is only a matter of time before he can defeat them.

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At this time, An Lushan did not lead the army away. He knew very well that once Tongguan could not be attacked within three days, Shi Siming would definitely not surrender without mercy. In order to prevent him from committing a mutiny, he must be here. Monitor his attack on Tongguan within a controllable range. If this kid has the slightest intention of rebellion, he will be eliminated immediately.

Although this army is commanded by Shi Siming, most of his generals are not his direct descendants. Once Shi Siming wants to start a rebellion, Shi Siming will definitely fail as soon as he shows up.

Of course, decades of friendship prevented him from completely believing in noble and solemn words, but just in case, he decided to see with his own eyes how Shi Siming attacked Tongguan this time.

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Lingwu Army, Zhongjun tent.

Prince Li Heng was sitting on the handsome chair, with a look of pride on his face.

He also didn't understand that he had done nothing and was just huddled in the city, but countless old generals from the Tang Dynasty came to seek refuge with him. The first ones who came to seek refuge with him were Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi, then Yu Chaoen, and finally It was Gao Xianzhi, then Bu Guhuai'en, Wang Sili, and finally Feng Changqing. When these generals arrived, they all brought with them abundant money, food, and troops, some tens of thousands, some thousands, plus these For a period of time, Guo Ziyi and others went out to capture young men, and the people who were forcibly recruited into the army, plus the 100,000 defenders at Tongguan, totaled his current strength of 400,000. This was not only the same number as the Tang Dynasty's army, but also the same as the Tang Dynasty's army. The number of Anlushan's troops is also similar, and seems to be enough to cope with Anlushan's attack.

During this period, Sun Xiaozhe's troops often challenged Lingwu.

At the beginning, Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi were ambitious and led troops out of the city to fight. Unfortunately, several consecutive battles ended in the defeat of Guo and Li.

The reason couldn't be simpler. People like Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi are all talented generals. Their martial arts are in the early stage of transformation. They have the courage to be unstoppable by ten thousand people. However, in a battle on the battlefield, not one or two transformation experts can solve the problem. Yes, it depends on the team's combat ability. Sun Xiaozhe is An Lushan's general, and his martial arts skills are slightly inferior to those of Guo and Li. However, once they face off, they are often defeated, with countless casualties.

There were several battles. If Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi hadn't died fighting at the rear, Lingwu would have been captured many times.

Combat power and well-trained elite soldiers are everywhere. An Lushan has secretly trained his soldiers for the rebellion, especially the Sun tribe. They are extremely brave. Since entering the Central Plains, they have never failed. .

However, even so, An Lushan was not too satisfied with Sun Xiaozhe. This boy led what he could call the most elite troops and repeatedly attacked Lingwu but failed, which was a shame.

But Gao Shang's words dispelled An Lushan's plan to gather troops to attack Lingwu. He said this: "Your Majesty, if you lead the most elite troops to attack Lingwu, I estimate that Li Heng will definitely not be able to defend it. When the time comes, he will naturally imitate his father and run into those deep mountains and old forests to play hide and seek with Your Majesty. In this way, he will lose the opportunity to annihilate Li Heng in one fell swoop. If he rashly captures Lingwu, I am afraid that this The war will last for many years. Once the sun and moon are delayed, I am not sure what changes will occur, but it will definitely be cheaper. In the Tang Dynasty in Chang'an, when the time comes, the snipe and the clam will fight, and the fishermen will benefit. But your Majesty, you don't want to see it. ,"

It can be said that the words awakened the dreamer. An Lushan immediately led the army to inspect the treasury, recruited young men everywhere, and trained soldiers and horses to deal with the forces from the Tang Dynasty and the Li family.

At that time, Du Fu happened to be in Shihao Village and saw the officers and soldiers fighting everywhere, so he wrote the famous "Three Officials and Three Farewells", the most famous of which is "Shihao Officials".

As a result, Li Longji's power in Shu gradually weakened, and most of the generals chose to defect to his son Li Heng. In fact, since the death of Sheng Wang Li Qi in the hands of Shi Siming, the future emperor of the Tang Dynasty, whether it was ministers or many soldiers , all felt that it was none other than Prince Li Heng. Seeing that Li Longji was old and had a broken arm, it strengthened the wish of many generals and ministers to establish another king for the Tang Dynasty as soon as possible.

Putting this aside for the moment, what I want to say is that Anlu Mountain now has 400,000 well-trained troops, and now it has doubled the number of troops to 800,000, overlooking the world.

This is why An Lushan is now safely supervising the war in Tongguan without worrying about Luoyang, because Luoyang has two generals, Tian Qianzhen and Cui Youqian, stationed with 200,000 troops, which can be said to be an iron wall.

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At this time, Shi Siming was extremely angry. He didn't expect that this elder brother who had always trusted him would be forced from death this time. Humph, for the sake of loyalty, he would not kill my head, but just a few others. Soldier's head.

Only if I believe you, I'm afraid these soldiers will come and take my head.

He has always been a well-behaved person, very knowledgeable about what to say and what not to say. Now he is almost certain of one thing. Someone has slandered himself in front of this reckless "Emperor of Dayan". Otherwise, given his friendship with An Lushan, it would be impossible for him to treat himself like this.

Three days, three days to capture Tongguan, what is the difference between this and directly saying to kill your head?

In fact, Shi Siming knew very well that during this period, although his subordinates were killing people, setting fires, and robbing gold and silver beauties, they were never ambiguous when fighting.

It was Ge Shuhan, a fool who fought hard to hold on, because Tongguan was naturally dangerous. It can be said that "one man is in charge of the pass, and ten thousand men cannot break it." In the beginning, he lost a lot of men and horses, which made him understand the truth and stormed Tongguan. Even if you risk the entire army being annihilated, you may not be able to succeed.

Although he has never read this Confucian saying, he knows that this is an unchangeable truth. Unless Ge Shuhan changes his mind and takes the initiative, even if he now has 200,000 elite soldiers, , but the same thing was that he was unable to do anything. He knew that even if An Lushan came in person, the result would probably be the same.

But just for that, the dog emperor wanted to chop off his own head.

What can we do?

For the first time in his life, Shi Siming faced the biggest test in his life. Rebellion was the next best option. He had defeated Gao Xianzhi, Guo Ziyi, and Niu Sengru before. The Li family remembered these events clearly; if they wanted to surrender, The Tang Dynasty was something he was very unwilling to do. The biggest failure in his life was that he fell into the Tang Dynasty's plot when he was in Fan Yang. Even his most proud weapon, the Black Iron Sword, was snatched away by this boy. He had a lot of hatred. , naturally cannot take refuge; and in addition, taking refuge with foreigners, although I have no worries about promotion due to my ability, is far from my own ambition. Now I am the marshal of the world's soldiers and horses in Anlu Mountain. Once I win the world, I will How could you give up such a highly respected role so easily?

After thinking about it, Shi Siming gritted his teeth and fought hard. Although it only lasted three days, as long as he went all out, it might not be impossible to capture Tongguan. If he still couldn't capture it by then, we would talk about the future.

He sneered in his heart, anyway, with my martial arts skills and the eight hundred soldiers I personally trained, it is still a simple matter to escape from An Lushan's hands.

Having made up his mind, he immediately sent his son Shi Chaowei to Tongguan with his secret message to sneak in.

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In Tongguan that day, after Brother Shuhan personally inspected various defenses, he was very satisfied and laughed loudly: "Shi Siming, son, you think I am so stupid to come out and fight you. I am not that stupid. I am right here." Wait until the emperor's soldiers arrive, then we will attack from both inside and outside to wipe out you traitors in one fell swoop,"

During this period of time, especially after repelling Shi Siming's rebellion, the Tongguan garrison has become more determined to defend. Although the consumption of a hundred thousand troops is huge, Tongguan is rich in food and grass, which can last for at least one year. , so there was no panic, and Shi Siming's idea was actually to surround him all the time. When he ran out of food in the pass, he would naturally abandon the pass and surrender.

"Report to the commander, we have caught a spy,"

"Bring him up," Ge Shuhan said. There was nothing else to do, so he happened to be interrogated.

After a while, the spy brought him, but it was Shi Siming's eldest son, Shi Chaowei.

Brother Shuhan laughed loudly: "You think I don't recognize you. You are Shi Siming's eldest son Shi Chaowei. Drag me down and chop him down."

"Yes," the generals on the left and right agreed like thunder.

"Wait a minute, Commander, I have important military information to report."

Ge Shuhan winked and signaled his men not to move anymore, and asked: "What's the military situation? Let me tell you."

"Reporting to the Commander-in-Chief, this is a letter between Li Longji and Prince Li Heng. My father, Commander-in-Chief, took the letter and sent it to you. Please read it first."

As he spoke, he handed over many letters.

Brother Shuhan caught it and took a look, and his expression suddenly changed. Damn it, I thought this guy was lying at first, but the content in the letter was clearly written by Li Longji. He was Li Longji's favorite general, so naturally there was a letter written by the emperor. , and there is Li Longji’s jade seal at the end, so there is no fake one anywhere.

Reading the contents made him feel cold. It seemed that Prince Li Heng wanted to seize power. No wonder, no wonder I was trapped in Tongguan. Li Heng didn't send his generals to support me. It turns out that this kid Knowing that I was loyal to his father, he deliberately did not save me, but he relied on me to contain An Lushan so that he could develop his own strength.
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