Nearly 40,000 rebels in Ye County, half of which were in Anyang City, and the rest were Ye County and Fuyang in the north. Among them, An Shouzhong led more than 10,000 troops to station in Fuyang. On the one hand, he could ensure that he could attack and rescue Anyang at any time, and on the other hand, he was guarding against Cai Xide in the north. Fuyang was originally the prefecture of Cizhou, and even had a general administration during the Wude period, but it gradually declined. During the Zhenguan period, Cizhou was even abolished. The three lower counties, the prefecture of Fuyang and Cheng'an County were assigned to Xiangzhou, which is the current Ye County, and Handan County was assigned to Zhou, which is the current Guangping County.

After more than a hundred years of founding the Tang Dynasty, the household registration in Fuyang has increased significantly compared with the Wude period. Therefore, after An Shouzhong was stationed here, he forcibly recruited the troops from the four townships to join the army, and at the same time strengthened the city defense. Even so, because the troops who came to the four townships to catch the strong men from time to time, the city defense was really very strict, but it may not be the case. However, An Shouzhong early instructed the small groups of soldiers sent out to be able to speak Hebei local dialect when drawing the children. If he had a foreign accent, he would rather kill a thousand people by mistake than let one go.

At this moment, another team of soldiers who were sucking back from outside the city, lazily driving hundreds of ragged civilians. Among these civilians were young and strong, there were also old men and half-baby. When they entered the city gate, a middle-aged man in the middle of the crowd suddenly turned around and looked around with his face covered with mud and gray eyes as bright as the morning stars. After entering the city, he took advantage of the escort soldiers who were not paying attention to it and suddenly ran away. When he ran, many civilians who were also arrested followed suit and became a mess.

However, during the month when An Shouzhong stationed his troops in Fuyang, Ding Jiong tried to escape. Such things were common. After cursing for a few words, the generals immediately slapped their horses and raised their swords to catch people everywhere. Some even smiled and blew the bow and arrows on the escaped people and shot them. Sometimes someone screamed and fell to the ground, which caused bursts of laughter.

However, the first middle-aged man who escaped was extremely familiar with the journey of Fuyang. He took off his outer robe and quickly turned the little jacket inside. After wiping his face again, he changed his appearance. Except with his naked head, he looked like an ordinary rebel.

At this moment, the pursuers came barely, but he quickly walked forward and shouted angrily: "I am the one of Captain Liu, and that guy actually stole my horse."

Hearing the pure Youzhou accent, several pursuers immediately started to laugh. One of them even said sarcastically: "The first escaped Captain Liu? No wonder we are so cowardly watching us chase that guy back."

Seeing a few people galloping away, the middle-aged man felt relieved. He looked around and turned into a alley. When he appeared in front of the people again, he had already changed his clothes. This time he was wearing a man's clothes, and his whole clothes were stolen from the restaurant. He carefully touched the place he was looking for. After observing for a while, he was sure that there was no one monitoring him here, and he immediately let go of his heart. He found a place in the same cottage to hide first, filled his stomach, and then quietly flashed out again when it was dark.

This is a small courtyard with only two entry points, probably because the people inside have limited status, and Fuyang is under the control of the rebels. There are only a dozen soldiers inside and outside, and even the people on the night are not concerned about it. They dozed off little by little, and did not notice a black shadow quietly flashing by. When they arrived at the house in the center, he first put his ear on the door and listened for a moment, then he turned his heart and reached out to knock on the door and gently knocked on it three times.

"What's the emergency military situation so late? I just toss and make trouble every day, thinking that my brother is gone, and I'm not bullied by Xue Mao."

Hearing the sudden loud voice from inside, the person who came was shocked, hurriedly pushed open the door and flashed in. He closed the door with his backhand and immediately shouted in a low voice: "Brother Haw, it's me."

Xue Mao, who was sitting slanted after the big case in the room, saw someone breaking in without hesitation, was about to scold him, but when he heard this, he couldn't believe his ears. He suddenly started to bounce and walked forward barefoot quickly. When he arrived in front of the other side, he grabbed the man's arm, looked carefully for a long time, and then suddenly shouted: "Brother, it's really Brother, you really said that you died in Yongqiu. I didn't expect that you were still alive, it's so great."

"Be gentle, don't disturb the outsiders"

Xue Song seemed very nervous about Xue Mao's excitement. Sure enough, because of the movement in the room, there were immediately chaotic footsteps outside. He dodged to the corner of the room, and Xue Mao immediately strode to the front of the door, pulled the door and shouted angrily: "What's going on? Could it be that General An ordered me to patrol the night again?

"Captain, why aren't you shouting in the room..."

"I heard someone else making noise outside, so I went to check it out and locked the door. Tonight, I will come, and I ignored them and made me fuss. Everyone was in trouble."

Seeing Xue Mao looking angry and willing to go out, the group of soldiers followed him for a long time, and then gradually dispersed. Seeing that the yard had finally calmed down again, Xue Mao hurriedly closed the door. When he turned his head and saw that Xue Song in the corner had already sat down on the couch, but his face was full of fatigue. He quickly stepped forward and sat next to his brother and asked in a low voice: "Brother, how did you live these days? Since you have escaped, why didn't you come to me earlier? Now everyone says you are dead. If you show up rashly, I'm afraid those who don't like my brother will take the blame even more."

"If I really escaped by luck, how could I not come to you? You and my brother, I will not hide it from you. In the battle of Yongqiu, I was defeated miserably and fell into the hands of the Gu'an princess."

Realizing that his brother meant that he had been captured for a while, Xue Mao almost glared out his eyes. When he heard Xue Song explain his experiences these days concisely, his expression changed. Especially when he learned that his brother had been by Du Shiyi for a long time, Xue Mao couldn't help but take a breath, and then asked in a very low voice: "What are you planning to see me this time? Are you planning to return to Dayan, or..."

"Dayan? An Lushan is dead, why are you talking about Dayan?" Xue Song saw Xue Mao frowned and seemed to be a little disbelief. He colluded with An Qingxu and Yan Zhuang, whom he knew from Du Shiyi, to assassinate An Lushan, and kill Mrs. Duan and An Qingen. Then he smiled bitterly, "Da Shiyi is really old. After finding out these news, he kept hiding it. Until he returned to Hebei, facing the newly defeated Tang army, he suddenly announced the matter in a high-profile manner, and then sacrificed the card of Anqingzong. Now, the defenders in Anyang City are afraid that people will be in panic and may not be able to withstand it for a long time."

"So, brother thinks that Dayan may not work? We need to change the mountain immediately?"

"If Du Shiyi is just a foolish and loyal person, he can still expect that the emperor in the court to leave a breathing opportunity for An Qingxu and others because he is afraid of his merits and restraints. But his scheming methods..." Xue Song was invisible in Chang'an. Although he was strictly prohibited from leaving Du's house in Xuanyangfang at will, he still knew all the big news, including the incident in the Sixteen Kings House. Although Du Shiyi seemed to have just prepared for the future and did nothing else, if he had not noticed something, if he had not calculated the action mode of Yongwang Li, how could he win a great victory?

Xue Mao looked puzzled, but Xue Song didn't want to explain too much. He was not sure about Du Shiyi's attitude towards him at the moment. Since he decided to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, he could not let his scheming younger brother get into too deep. So he forced a smile and said word by word: "Du Shiyi is not even afraid that I will run away. He only sent thirty people who speak Hebei dialect to follow me to inquire. When I entered the city, I was alone and everyone else went back, which shows that he was very sure of the battle in Yejun. Brother Mao, tell me the truth, An Shouzhong is now stationed in Guanyang, how many people are you sure to pull?"

"Brother, it's not me to swear. You know An Shouzhong's character. Before, I followed Hou Xiyi to the envoy and rebelled, and Hou Xiyi also rebelled. I would have been suspected. If I hadn't acted like a broken can and gave up, and I was worried that my uncle and grandpa and brother had successively governed Youzhou, and there were a number of old generals, I was afraid I would have died long ago. Not to mention anything else, I wouldn't even believe the more than a dozen people outside, let alone those under An Shouzhong." When he said this, Xue Mao gritted his teeth, "It's a pity that your direct troops were all broken up, otherwise my brothers would have taken away this Yang."

It's also a vote

Although the situation my younger brother said was very bad, Xue Song just frowned slightly and was not discouraged: "Okay, I found out about the situation of some soldiers and generals in Ye County before, but I don't know who is in the city of Fuyang. Please explain it to me, let's adapt to the situation and see if there is any opportunity to take advantage of it."

On this side, the two brothers talked at night with candles, and on the other side, An Shouzhong also received the Anyang emergency news from Ye County. He knew that Anyang City had been besieged to the point where even messengers could not be sent, he was distraught, but what made him even more shocked was that An Lushan, who was ordered by Du Shiyi to spread the word, was dead, and An Lushan's eldest son, who had been missing for several months but suddenly appeared in the Tang army.

Since retreating to Ye County, because An Lushan never showed up, he once vaguely doubted whether there was anything wrong with the Emperor of Dayan. Because he had the same surname as An Lushan, he was named King of Qi after ascending the throne. Not only was there a distinction between An Lushan and An Lushan, but he also had a sense of closeness. However, after An Lushan ascended the throne, his temper became more and more violent. Although he was named King, he felt that he was not as good as before. But no matter what, for Dayan, An Lushan was a banner after all, but now that this layer of window paper has been pierced, I am afraid that it would be a blow to the rebels in all parts of Hebei. Should he save An Qingxu from Anyang or make other plans?

"King"

An Shouzhong called in casually. After a moment, a personal soldier pushed the door and whispered: "Cai Xide sent a messenger from Shiyi, Changshan to ask for the king."
Chapter completed!