Zhao County was defeated, and Shi Siming retreated to Boling, Hebei Jingcheng, Hejian, Xindu, Qinghe, Pingyuan, and Boping six counties surrendered. Li 9 Prefectures did not attack Shi Siming, but led the army to sweep the surrounding area first.

Because Shi Siming had lost his heart in Hebei, and the Tang army won many battles and repeatedly, the surrounding areas were all submerged, and they basically did not encounter much resistance. In just a few days, many lost land were recovered.

Only then did Li 9zhou organize troops to attack Boling.

Shi Siming also knew that there was no way to retreat. If he retreated further, he would have to retreat to Fanyang, and it would be difficult to turn over again at that time, so he led his troops to resist.

The two sides fought outside Boling City.

The wind blew, and there was a murderous intent in four places. On the ground outside Boling City, the grass and trees had been trampled by war horses, and the only thing left was sand and soil. The boundless look was so hard that even the horse's hooves felt uncomfortable.

At the narrow mountain pass outside the city, a place you must pass into Boling City. The rocks are all red, corpses are everywhere, blood is everywhere, and there are constant sounds of hissings and killing. The two sides are still fighting cruelly.

Some rebels who were stubbornly resisted gathered into a few small circles and struggled to make a dying struggle under the siege of Tang soldiers who were several times more numerous than themselves.

Next to a deserted hill, it was filled with corpses, and blood was flowing in the sand. Li Guangbi slowly raised his right hand and coldly prepared to shoot an arrow.

"Let me go!" A cold voice echoed in the air. Li Guangbi's eyes were covered in wounds. He stared at the rebels. When the arrow rain passed, he suddenly screamed, waved his knife and rushed forward.

As the deputy commander, Li Guangbi took the lead in killing the enemy with such courage. Even the most elite rebels still paid an extremely tragic price.

Li 9zhou's lips were a little dry, but there was no blood on his body. He looked indifferently in the distance, knowing that the rebels there were still being settled and could not come to support him in a short time. Moreover, they were afraid they did not have the courage to support him.

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He looked at the warriors of the Shuofang Army beside him, and his eyes became cold as he looked at the wounds on the men.

Li 9zhou narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Boling City like an eagle. He thought in his heart that it would be a matter of time to capture Boling City, but it seemed that Shuofang Army had to pay a great price.

He stepped onto the war horse, grabbed the horse's belly, and rushed to Li Guangbi's side, and said loudly: "It's almost done, it's time to retreat."

Li Guangbi, who was jealous of killing, did not turn around. He waved his knife to kill the enemy in front of him, and then came to Li 9zhou. The two of them watched silently as the rebels fought and retreated, and retreated back to the city.

Li 9zhou's two pupils shrank and said in a deep voice: "It's still a bit difficult to win Boling at 1:30. Let's go back and rest for a while."

The rebels were also extremely shocked by the strength of the Shuofang Army and the determination to destroy everything they showed. Although there were many rebels in Boling at this time, they had just experienced a great battle and were in a state of exhaustion and depression, and they did not dare to attack again.

At this time, the news from Chang'an had also spread here.

After listening to the spy's report, Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi's brows were already frowning like lumps.

"I didn't expect the saint to give up Chang'an." Guo Ziyi said in disbelief.

Li 9zhou's face calmed a lot, which was the expected result. After a long silence, he smiled bitterly with difficulty: "After all, I couldn't wait for me to go back."

"Now Chang'an Ding is in chaos, I'm afraid it will be broken by the rebels in a short while," said Guo Ziyi.

Li 9zhou stood up, looked at him after a moment of silence and said, "We are doing everything smoothly. It is a great time to drive Shi Siming back to his nest and recover the entire Hebei. You also know that if we retreat now, the rebels will take the opportunity to occupy Hebei again. If we want to take it back in the future, it will not be so easy."

"That's true." Guo Ziyi looked at Li 9zhou, "So, we don't care about Chang'an?"

Li 9zhou shook his head, "I want to go back to Beijing for a while, handle the matter there, and then come back and continue to kill the enemy."

Li Guangbi's eyes were filled with worry and asked hurriedly: "What should I do here?"

Li 9zhou glanced at Guo Ziyi and said, "After I leave, I will leave the war here to you."

Guo Ziyi didn't speak out, and thought in his heart a little dimly, just because he was afraid he would have to temporarily defend the first formation.

Li 9zhou was also thinking this way and said, "It is difficult for us to conquer Boling at 1 o'clock. Retreat Changshan first. Changshan city is strong, can hold on to you and defend Luoyang. I will take a team of people to Chang'an to support tonight. You will slowly withdraw back to Changshan, act according to the opportunity, and wait for me to come back."

Guo Ziyi said: "Please rest assured, the rebels should not dare to take the initiative to attack at 1 o'clock."

Li Guangbi asked with some concern: "How many do you plan to take back to Chang'an?"

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Li 9zhou thought for a while and said, "I want to arrive in Chang'an as fast as possible on this trip. It is important to hurry up. I can only bring some light cavalry, prepare some dry food, and travel day and night. Since the speed of the march is important, it is not advisable to bring more people."

Li Guangbi also thought for a while, "The army can draw 10,000 people, and the rest will be enough to compete with the rebels here."

"It won't be used that much." Li 9zhou shook his head and said, "The rebels don't have many troops on the Western Front. I'll take 1,000 people to go."

Because he was afraid of affecting the war situation here, Li 9zhou could only bring a few less people back.

Li Guangbi immediately shook his head: "This is not possible, why don't I take people to support Chang'an."

"Can you go?" Li 9zhou said lightly: "I have to go in person."

During this trip to Li 9zhou, he not only went to lift the siege of Chang'an, but also to rush to Shu to deal with some things.

Li 9zhou said again: "It may take some time for my trip to come back. During this period, you will do it yourself. I believe that the talents of you two are more than enough to deal with the rebels."

Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi naturally understood that no matter how fast Li 9zhou marched, it would take time. And when the news came here, Chang'an was no longer aware of the situation. It was possible that Chang'an had fallen now. Li 9zhou had to recover Chang'an and stabilize some matters in the court. At 1:30, there would be no time to take care of the Eastern Front.

After his first trip, the war on the Eastern Front was basically limited to Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi.

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"Okay, that's all, let's leave the rest to you." After Li 9zhou said this, he went out and went to the camp to point 1,000 soldiers to support Chang'an.
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