In the secret room of the city tower on the north wall guarded by personal soldiers, the Wu brothers, who were known as the second dragon of the gate, were now looking at me with an extremely serious expression.

Today, Shi Siming gathered generals in the festival hall because they were responsible for the important positions to defend the north, so according to the rules, they did not need to leave their posts to go to the festival hall. When An Lushan rebelled, Wu Chengen was the prefect of Xindu County, Jizhou. Without thinking, he raised the anti-bank flag behind An Lushan. But now Xindu County has been lost. Although he, the prefect, relying on his friendship with Shi Siming and more than 3,000 troops from his back, he barely stood firm in Youzhou, but when he thought of the future destruction of Youzhou City, he really regretted it.

He is already a very old man. Why did he lose his mind and follow An Lushan to make trouble? It would be better to just give in and leave at the right time. Look at Hou Xiyi's cleverness. An Lushan stayed in Pinglu when he rebelled and turned against him at a critical moment. This is a great achievement. Maybe he is worthy of a military governor.

"Does my brother want to follow the example of the previous example of the city garrison suddenly opening the north gate to welcome the army into the city during the war in Ye County?"

Wu Chengen's thoughts were revealed by his clan brother Wu Chengyan, and he suddenly felt a little unnatural. However, thinking of his wealth and life, he nodded and said, "If Youzhou is restored and the court rewards him according to merits, Du Shiyi will definitely not be in the position of Jiedu in Yizhen, and others will be promoted to reward one by one. When the grandfather was there, he was equivalent to the Jiedu in Pinglu, but even if you and I have made great contributions, this is probably the last chance. Brother, just help me. I am not greedy for a position, but for the future of our Wu family."

"But... your Sanlang is now a deputy general under Shi Siming's command and is also trusted. If he fails, he may be bad."

"You're not unreasonable, but if it goes on like this, I'm really worried about the burning of both jade and stone."

Wu Chengen sighed dejectedly. But at this moment, a loud shouting came from outside. He knew that there must be something wrong, so he dared not be negligent, so he immediately got up and opened the door. Sure enough, a personal soldier had already planned to remind the main general in the room, and immediately shouted anxiously when he saw someone coming out: "General, the Anbei army in Juyongguan has attacked."

Upon hearing this, Wu Cheng'en's heart was stuttering. Thinking about the fact that An Lushan sent troops all the way, and his brothers first followed the army, but later they couldn't hold on because they were old. After thinking about their past friendship and contributions, An Lushan allowed them to return to Youzhou to take charge. Shi Siming also told them to keep a close eye on the left-behind Jiedu Jia Xun, who was left behind. The two of them naturally agreed. It was precisely because of his and Wu Chenggui's alertness that they noticed Juyongguan's abnormal movements and immediately decided to close the gates of Youzhou City to avoid the danger of the surprise soldier awakening before he arrived in Youzhou and lost his old nest in the battle.

Since the surprise troops did not work, the Anbei army no longer attacked freely and only defended Juyongguan steadily. They were afraid of fighting against the Youzhou City defenders. As for food and supplies, the people of Guichuan County, Guizhou actually sent them to the Anbei army. An Lushan had been in Youyan for more than ten years, but he still couldn't win the hearts of the people.

It was not until Shi Siming hurriedly returned and killed the three clans of Jia Xun that Wu Chengen learned about the sudden bad situation in front and rear. It was Du Shiyi who sent troops with lightning speed. Now, whenever he remembered his "turning the tide" in Youzhou at that time, he regretted it even more than he rebelled with An Lushan. If he had known this, he would have rebelled with Jia Xun.

He and Wu Chenggui rushed to the city, and saw flags waving in the distance, with at least tens of thousands of people. But it was a delusion to try to capture Youzhou with just such a soldier. Before he could give him instructions, Wu Chenggui had already shouted loudly to the soldiers on the city to enter a first-level defense state, and then ordered people to inquire whether there were any enemy troops on the other east and south sides. But just when the war was in chaos, he suddenly heard someone shouting "Uncle", and turned his head and saw that it was Shi Chaoyi.

Shi Siming was once the old subordinate of Wu Zhiyi, the father of Wu Cheng'en. As his eldest son, Wu Cheng'en was also very familiar with him. In addition, Shi Chaoyi was humble and polite, and he always gave people good impressions. Wu Cheng'en asked with a kindness: "Aren't you gathering together in the Grand Marshal's Day this morning? Why are you here with a nephew?"

A trace of bitterness appeared on Shi Chaoyi's face, but he quickly threw away this hesitation, and actually knelt down on his knees and said mournfully: "I'll ask my uncle to save me."

Wu Chengen was shocked immediately. Seeing that many soldiers around him were attracted by the offensive of the Tang army outside the city, he quickly dragged Shi Chaoyi and said with a deep face: "There is gold under the knees. Why did you make you so anxious? You still want to ask me? Could it be that you violated your father's military order?"

Shi Chaoyi had given his generals a secret before, but because he was too depressed and angry, he wanted to prepare for those who followed him. But just now he was in the northwest corner of the city wall, and not long after he discovered the enemy from the north, there were flags everywhere in the west city. Even though he expected that all the Tang troops from all directions were coming, it was enough to panic. Therefore, he didn't even care about the front of the city where he was likely to be attacked immediately. He held Wu Chengen's hand tightly and whispered: "Uncle, in fact, I was ordered by my father to go out of the city to meet Du Shiyi..."

After telling Wu Chengen in a low voice about Shi Siming's surrender, he began to ponder when he saw him shocked. Shi Chaoyi thought of his judgment on the Wu brothers when he was tossing and turning last night, so he took a deep breath. Taking advantage of this last point, he focused on the fact that his father wanted to surrender was the emperor, not Du Shiyi, and he planned to preserve his subordinates' strength. When Wu Chengen was obviously moved by this important news, he begged hard: "Uncle, today is not only the Anbei soldiers and horses of Juyongguan, but Du Shiyi is also likely to let all three troops attack. Such a father and commander must blame me."

Wu Chengen, who was urgently digesting the news, then realized that Shi Siming's character would have been useless if he found out that Shi Chaoyi went to see Du Shiyi this time, and he would definitely kill the eldest son in anger. If it were any other time, he would not have extended a helping hand because of Shi Chaoyi's uncle. But if Shi Siming successfully established a relationship with the court, he could really retain these tens of thousands of troops and the three counties of Fanyang Miyun Yuyang, what about him? Whether he himself or his children and grandchildren, what about his future?

"Don't worry, in front of your father and you, Uncle Wu San, will help you to plead with me and I, now, blocking this wave of offensive first, you need not say anything else."

With Wu Chengen's promise, Shi Chaoyi was only a little relieved. Seeing that Wu Chengen was busy discussing with Wu Chengen, he immediately ordered someone to notify his generals and let them take strict precautions. He looked down at the gathering of more and more soldiers like dark clouds, as if this huge Youzhou might be swallowed anytime and anywhere. At that moment, his heart was tightly held together.

If he really reached some consensus with Du Shiyi this time and got some promise from the other party, it would be fine, but the problem is that except for Du Sui's specious facts and reasoning, there was no other contact. The reason why he said those lies when he came back to see Shi Siming was just to save his life.

When Shi Siming hurriedly climbed the southern wall of Youzhou, he saw the big flag embroidered with the word Du in his eyes. At that moment, although there were too many flags around him, he ignored them directly and was full of anger. He was not a fool, so how could he not know that he had been fooled at this time? Or the news brought by Shi Chaoyi was true, but Du Shiyi must have found a way to solve the envoys from Chang'an, or just temporarily held the other party... But even though he thought so, he still couldn't suppress his anger and suddenly ordered in a deep voice: "Come here, summon Shi Chaoyi to this general."

Youzhou is not an isolated city. There are seven or eight prefectures and counties to the south, and Yuyang and Miyun to the east. In just four days after Shi Chaoyi's trip, how could so many cities be easily captured? Could it be that Shi Chaoyi really colluded with Du Shiyi?

However, although Shi Siming really had murderous intentions, such an order could not be implemented at all. Because the city was soon in chaos. In addition to the catapult cart, there were ten large winch crossbows under the city. When one of them was at least eight hundred steps away, after a test shot, all the soldiers on the city head watched the arrow coming from the sky and pierced deeply on the city wall. It looked like it was more of a gun than an arrow. It would be a little bit like a gun. It would fall on his head. Many people felt a chill that was coming to his face.

No one doubted the Tang army's determination to attack the city this time, because the overwhelming flags and people on the south side alone had at least 60,000.

Although there are so many soldiers in Youzhou City, how can you get to the point of being in front of you? These are the elites of Hedong, Shuofang, and Anbei.

Under the commanding flag, Du Shiyi was extremely satisfied when he saw that the first test shot of the winch crossbow had already achieved the established effect.

Outsiders only saw that the recovery of Hebei counties and counties was extremely smooth, but they did not notice the assembly and preparation of these siege tools. Although Zhang Xing blocked Juyongguan, he had never consumed food and grass in the past few months. He brought a group of outstanding craftsmen in Anbeiya City, and these siege weapons had already been prepared.

When he released Shi Chaoyi back then, the comprehensive mobilization of the county towns around Youzhou City had already begun. The lion fought against the rabbit and used all his strength. Guo Ziyi and Cheng Qianli personally led the troops in front, Pugu Huai'en and Hou Xiyi restrained Yuyang and Miyun's troops from east to west. After the scouts disappeared in large numbers, Youzhou City turned into an isolated city as fast as possible.

"Transfer the order, push the winch forward and shoot a huge arrow."

Although there were definitely no sharp weapons in Youzhou City, the Tang army came too fast, and before they could launch the catapults and crossbows on the city, the patterned chariots and crossbows under the city had already begun to shoot together. Shi Siming shouted angrily and counterattacked, but immediately afterwards, he was almost dragged down by several tooth soldiers. When he went down the stairs, he could only hear a series of dull sounds in his ears, mixed with countless crying and humming, and his heart fell to the bottom of the valley.

Du Shiyi really doesn't plan to give him a chance, she really wants to fight down the city
Chapter completed!