Chapter 645: Shangdang Battle (7)

Li Zhu'er's sudden escape undoubtedly pushed down the domino, revealing Shi Siming's conspiracy. However, by chance, Shi Siming got the news first. The three Li Zhu'er's entourage found that something was wrong. They were afraid of being killed by An Lushan angrily, and turned to join Shi Siming.

The situation suddenly changed, and Shi Siming took a desperate bet and ordered the Turkic cavalry of the Pugu tribe to bypass Wangdu County from the north and cut off An Lushan's return. He himself led an army of 80,000 to Wangdu County. Whether An Lushan could be killed was the first to kill him.

In the night, 80,000 troops rushed towards Wangdu County from the northwest and southwest directions. The two armies gathered in Anxi County, and then they divided into two groups, one south and one north, and hit An Lushan's base like two large clamps.

An Lushan was still waiting for news from Li Zhuer in Wangdu County at this time. When Li Zhuer set out from Zhending County, a pigeon letter came. According to the journey, Li Zhuer should have arrived tonight, but now it is the hour of Hai, but there is no news.

An Lushan was a little restless. At this time, a blue light flashed outside the window. It was lightning, followed by a rumbling thunder. The air was very depressing, and a storm was approaching.

An Lushan was very irritable. His eyesight suddenly became blurred. He couldn't even see how many guards around him were able to see clearly. His eyes were covered in white. His irritability and physical discomfort made him feel worse.

"Send someone to urge me!" An Lushan roared angrily.

At this moment, the sound of running footsteps came from outside, and a personal soldier shouted anxiously: "Prince, something is wrong!"

"What's the matter panic?"

"Prince! The pigeon letter came from the patrol. Thirty miles away, tens of thousands of troops were coming to Wangdu County. The situation was critical!"

The sudden news shocked An Lushan and his mind was blank. Could it be?

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Could it be that Li Qing'an is here to kill him?

But he was stunned for a moment and immediately realized that it was wrong! It was not Li Qing'an, but Shi Siming! It must be him.

Since I heard that the Turks called Shi Siming the Lord, An Lushan was extremely displeased. One mountain could not accommodate two tigers. How could Shi Siming go with him? It was just that now it was time to use people, so he temporarily endured it, but Shi Siming actually rebelled.

An Lushan was immediately scared and sweated. He immediately realized that it was Shi Siming who came to kill him, "Hurry! Help me get on the carriage and go back to Youzhou quickly!"

The most urgent task was that he could only escape. He was anxious and shouted and cursed. More than a dozen confidant guards almost carried him onto the carriage. The carriage hurriedly grabbed the city gate. There was lightning and thunder outside the city, and the wind and sand were blowing. But as soon as he left the city gate, An Lushan shouted: "Turn around and look south! Go south!"

An Lushan suddenly realized that Shi Siming might have cut off his way back. He was so anxious that his voice was hoarse. He cursed in the thunder. The carriage turned around. Thousands of personal guards were in panic and surrounded his carriage and galloped southward.

Halfway through the way, An Lushan suddenly remembered his dragon chariot again. The top throne consumed a thousand kilograms of gold and was inlaid with countless precious jewelry, worth a huge amount of money, which made Shi Siming's bastard in vain. An Lushan felt very hatred. No matter what, he must tear Shi Siming apart.

The carriage had just run for more than twenty miles, and heavy rain poured down, thunder and lightning, and the wind and rain were blowing. At this time, An Lushan seemed to hear the shouts of killing behind him. He opened the curtain and looked back, and saw that nothing could be seen in the heavy wind and rain, and his eyes had lost their eyesight.

"Prince, there is a fire burning in the north, and that is why Wangdu County has been ignited."

"I seem to hear a shout of killing chasing me!" An Lushan shouted.

"No, it must be because the prince heard it wrong."

An Lushan listened carefully and the shouts of killing were indeed gone again. At this time, he was extremely frightened and knelt on the carriage, clasped his hands and begged the Bodhisattva for blessing.

"The great compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva blesses you and blesses your disciples to escape this difficulty. You will definitely reshape your golden body for you. You will never go back on your word. The Bodhisattva blesses your disciples!"

Suddenly the carriage shook violently, and his fat body crashed horizontally toward the right side.

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Shi Siming rushed into Wangdu County and realized that An Lushan had escaped. He was furious and ordered soldiers to set fire to kill him. He personally led 20,000 cavalry and rushed to the south to pursue An Lushan.

Shi Siming was also anxious. This was his only chance to kill An Lushan. If An Lushan escaped, he would regret it for life.

It was already the first time, and the rain was getting heavier and heavier. The surroundings were covered with white rain and fog. The heavy rain destroyed most of An Lushan's escape trajectory. There was no news from the scout, so he could only pursue the south with the help of a little horseshoe mark left on the ground.

"Deputy coach, look at the carriage!"

A cavalry discovered the carriage discarded on the roadside. Shi Siming recognized it at a glance. It was An Lushan's carriage. He slowed down the horse, wiped the rain from his face, and urged the horse to move forward. He saw that the carriage was lying on the ground side, and a horse was broken and was struggling on the ground in pain. One of the wheels of the carriage fell and rolled down ten feet away.

"Deputy coach, there is blood in the carriage!"

Shi Siming nodded. It seemed that Fatty An was seriously injured. He immediately ordered: "Chasing towards Boye County!"

He turned over the horse and whipped the war horse hard. Twenty thousand cavalrymen accelerated to chase Boye County.

Wangdu County is located at the junction of Dingzhou, Yizhou and Mozhou. An Lushan fled south and must have entered Mozhou. However, the nearest county is Boye County, Yingzhou, south of Mozhou, about 80 miles away from Wangdu County. Shi Siming found blood in the overturned carriage, and he inferred that An Lushan must have been injured and may have gone to Boye County to find a doctor to treat his injuries.

After a night of pursuit, at dawn, Shi Siming's 20,000 light cavalry finally arrived in Boye County. At this time, the heavy rain had stopped, and there were still fine raindrops floating in the sky. Shi Siming looked at the messy horse hoof prints at the gate of the North City and couldn't help but smile proudly. He did not make a mistake.

A cavalry rushed over and reported: "The deputy commander, there are no signs of leaving the city outside the city gate."

"Okay! Block four doors for me!"

Shi Siming waved his hand and 20,000 cavalry ran towards the four gates and quickly blocked all the city gates.

Suddenly, a soldier screamed and he was shot down by an arrow. Everyone then discovered that there were suddenly dense soldiers on the top of the city, with thousands of people. It was An Lushan's personal guards. They shot arrows together, and thousands of arrows were fired at once. The soldiers under the city were caught off guard, and suddenly became in chaos, with more than a hundred casualties and injured.

The cavalry retreated one after another, and Shi Siming was furious, "Look back and dispatch troops quickly, I want to level Boye County!"

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Three hours later, a large army of 40,000 Shi Siming gathered in Boye County. They brought a large number of siege weapons such as ladders and bumps into wood. Before they could set up camp, Shi Siming issued an order to siege the city.

Boye County is not big, and the city wall is only two meters high. For the cavalry, it may be helpless, but for the infantry with siege weapons, this small county town is vulnerable. Forty thousand troops are pressing on it. After only one hour, the east city wall collapsed, and the army of sixty thousand Shi Siming rushed into the city.

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"Deputy Commander, An Lushan was not found!

"The deputy commander, there is no county government!"

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Unfavorable news came from 80,000 from all directions, Shi Siming's eyes were red in anger, and he hissed: "Search me through the whole city, even if I turn the county town over, I will find him!"

At this time, several soldiers escorted An Lushan's confidant, "Deputy Commander, this person may know where An Lushan is."

Shi Siming strode forward, grabbed his collar and shouted: "Tell me quickly, where is the Anthony?"

The confidant was seriously injured and one hand was cut off. He said weakly: "I said... I just want the deputy commander to spare my life!"

"Tell me quickly, where is he hiding?"

"The prince... was not in the county town and the carriage broke, he rode his horse and took a few personal soldiers to leave the brigade and fled eastward."

The destruction of the carriage was still fifty miles north. Shi Siming stood there for a moment. He suddenly screamed, drew out his long sword, and cut off the soldier's head with one sword. He was almost crazy and shouted hysterically at the sky, "An thief, then let's fight a fierce battle! See if the world is yours or mine?"

He waved his sword and stared at his blood-red eyes and said, "The whole city is so good and cheap, don't leave any one, kill them all!"

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An attempted coup and an unsuccessful assassination caused the most serious division of the Yan army. Shi Siming publicly no longer recognized himself as a subordinate of the Yan army. He proclaimed himself the Holy King of the Great Zhou, changed his army's name to Zhou, occupied five western Hebei prefectures such as Hengzhou, Dingzhou, Zhaozhou, Shenzhou, and Jizhou, with a large army of 200,000 troops to compete with An Lushan.

However, An Lushan was unexpectedly silent and tried his best to calm down the rebellion of Shi Siming. He was full of worry, fearing that the great changes in Hebei would affect the Hedong battlefield. At this time, he had no intention of expanding to Hedong. He issued ten urgent orders in a row, ordering the Yan army on the Hedong battlefield to withdraw to Hebei. He sent another pigeon letter, ordering Yin Ziqi from Taiyuan to lead his army south immediately and join Anqingxu's tribe.

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To be continued...