Li 9zhou has not made any big moves recently, but has just cleaned up some of the rebels around him, and then several forces have been used to deal with the main force of An Qingxu in Yecheng.

The news that the spy killed An Qingxu and Cai Xide came. Li 9zhou felt that the time was almost over, so he summoned everyone to discuss.

The small Marshal's Mansion is full of lobby, and everyone stands in a row according to the size of the military ranks. The higher the military ranks stand in front and middle, and the lower the military ranks stand in the back and outside.

"An Qingxu has concentrated a lot of troops in Yecheng, but he can't change his shit. He is still like An Lushan. He is a little excited and he is floating. He heard that he spends all day in Yecheng, and is free and happy. Several of his capable people were killed by him. This is really God helping me."

Guo Ziyi asked: "This is really good news for us. Should we take the initiative?"

Li 9zhou pulled the curtain on the wall behind him, and a huge combat map was revealed.

Li 9zhou looked at the generals and said, "This time I attacked, I decided to divide the army into two parts. The first step was the vanguard army, led by Li Guangbi, and the remaining You Yi army, the bow and cavalry army, heavy cavalry, and the escort army, all gathered on standby. First, the vanguard army was attacking forward and attracting the attention of the rebels. Liu Wei led a team of people to quietly cut off the connection between Fan Yang and An Qingxu. The main force of the garrison then launched the main attack and completely eliminated An Qingxu. This is the general main combat strategy."

The generals expressed their own opinions and opinions. We discussed this general combat strategy in detail and improved each detail.

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After nearly two hours of discussion, the plan was finally completed.

1 After almost the discussion, Guo Ziyi asked: "How to deal with the Shi Siming tribe of Zhao County?"

Li 9zhou said: "Shi Siming has surrendered, and there should be no storm in the short term."

Guo Ziyi said: "I am worried that he will be capricious. Once we have a stalemate with An Qingxu, he will lead his army to support An Qingxu. That will be a big trouble."

Li 9zhou thought about it and felt that what he said made sense.

Shi Siming had no idea. If he could defeat An Qingxu successfully, it would be fine. I was afraid that he would be defeated on the first day or would be in a stalemate with An Qingxu. Shi Siming would come to help An Qingxu with a large army, which would be difficult to deal with.

"Shi Siming must be on guard." Li 9zhou thought about it and said, "But our troops are not enough to separate people to guard against him. We can only send spies to watch out for the movements on his side at any time. Once he has the momentum to send troops, we will be prepared."

"That's all." Guo Ziyi said: "The rebels in Yecheng are already the main force of most of them. If this battle is won, the rebels will have to retreat to Fanyang's lair."

Yes, this battle is extremely important and can be regarded as a battle that lays the foundation before the complete quelling of the rebellion.

"Mr. Li, how do you feel after raising a horse that you have been raising for a month?" Li 9zhou glanced at Li Guangbi and asked with a smile.

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Li Guangbi scratched his head, "There is no war to fight, but I'm so suffocated. If I keep a horse for a while, I'll be crazy."

Li 9zhou said: "This battle is a good opportunity for you to atone for your sins."

Li Guangbi smiled awkwardly.

Of course, he also wanted to return to the battlefield as soon as possible, make great contributions, and make up for his mistakes in letting An Qingxu go in Fuyang.

After the preparations for food and weapons and weapons were completed, the troops arrived at the pre-determined location in advance to prepare for the attack.

Under the order of Li 9zhou, the army launched an attack on Yecheng according to the previous deployment, and he went to the front line to command the troops.

Faced with the large-scale attack of the Tang army, An Qingxu's Dayan government and the country were in a panic. In Yecheng, An Qingxu hurriedly summoned the civil and military ministers to discuss countermeasures urgently.

An Qingxu, who was sitting on the throne, asked everyone in fear: "My dear masters, now the Tang army is invading a large-scale attack, how should we deal with it?"

Cai Xide died, and Zhang Tongru became the biggest powerful minister.

He stood up and bowed: "Your Majesty, now our army is evenly matched with the Tang army in terms of military strength. The morale of the soldiers is not very high. It is just a victory to increase morale. I believe that we can fight him head-on."

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Xue Song, the governor of Yecheng, also said: "We have many people and many powerful people, most of the elite are here, so we can fight against the Tang army."

An Qingxu didn't have much opinion and nodded.

An Qinghe stood up and said, "Although our army is large in number, after Cai Xide's death, there were not many capable people among the generals. I believe that we should be with Shi Siming and send an envoy to ask him to send troops to reinforce."

His words made other generals unhappy. An Taiqing stood up first and said, "Shi Siming? Didn't he surrender to Tang, and he still hoped him?"

An Qinghe said: "Shi Siming is a veteran of our dynasty. How could he surrender to the Tang Dynasty easily? He must be hiding and hiding. He will send troops when the time comes."

An Taiqing snorted, "You said there are no capable generals in my court, so what are we? I am willing to lead the army out of the city to fight."

Wu Lingxun also agreed: "I am willing to be the deputy general."

"That's great!" An Qingxu applauded, "Then you two will lead your army out of the city to compete with the Tang army."

He immediately ordered An Taiqing to be the main general and Wu Lingxun to be the deputy general, and led his troops out of the city to fight.

Li 9zhou did not expect that the rebels would dare to take the initiative to go out of the city to fight.

With An Qingxu's urinary nature, he should have shrunk in Yecheng and rely on the number of people and food to stick to it.

Seeing that a large number of rebels were killed, Li 9zhou was very happy and ordered Li Guangbi, the vanguard, to let him defiant defeat, lure the enemy into deep, set up an encirclement, and make sure to wipe out the rebels who left the city.

Although An Taiqing and Wu Lingxun were brave, they had no brains. At most, they were two reckless men. Seeing that the Tang army vanguard retreated step by step, they had no doubts at all. They just thought that they were too strong in combat and chased them tightly.

Soon, the rebels fell into the encirclement of the Tang army. Li 9zhou's purpose was very clear, which was to wipe them out without leaving one.

An Qingxu, who was eager to win, was still discussing with everyone in the hall how to expand the results of the battle. News outside the city had already arrived. An Taiqing and Wu Lingxun were defeated and the entire army was wiped out.

An Qingxu was frightened and exclaimed: "The whole army was wiped out?"

Everyone present was also scared. They had been confident that they could defeat the Tang army before, but they did not expect that in such a short time, the troops sent out were wiped out.

An Qingxu, who had recovered from his senses, asked, "What else do you have?"

Xue Song, who had previously been in charge of the battle, dared not say anything.

The rest of the people didn't know what to do, the scene was quiet at 1 o'clock.

Zhang Tongru stood up and spoke again: "It seems that we have to ask Shi Siming to send troops to reinforce. Although he surrendered to Tang, anyone with a discerning eye knows that he is just a temporary solution. Besides, the Tang Dynasty did not give him any benefits. Your Majesty can propose the conditions to be appointed as the Grand Marshal of the Army, so that Shi Siming is willing to send troops."

An Qinghe had previously proposed to send someone to ask Shi Siming to send troops to provide assistance.

An Qinghe said angrily: "You didn't listen to my advice before and lost tens of thousands of people in vain. Now that you are defeated, your morale is even lower. The Tang army is coming in a fierce manner, and there is no barrier in Yecheng, so it is difficult for us to stand stalemate with the Tang army in Yecheng. Now we can only ask Shi Siming to support us."

An Qingxu hesitated for a long time and said, "I just don't know if he is willing to help me."

Zhang Tongru said to him: "I think we need to make preparations for both sides. On the one hand, we should send people to contact Shi Siming and understand his interests. If the front is difficult to resist, the Tang army will definitely point the finger at him. At that time, he was weak at that time, how could he block the siege of the Tang army from four sides and eight sides? It will be a matter of time before we unite to defeat the invading Tang army. I believe Shi Siming also understands this truth."

Zhang Tongru paused and said, "On the other hand, we must also actively prepare for war, first block the attack of the Tang army, and then find a way to counterattack."

An Qinghe said: "Preparation for war requires General Tian Chengsi and General Xue Song and Governor Xue to take more trouble."

Tian Chengsi and Xue Song both responded: "What is your duty."

An Qingxu asked other ministers again: "What do you think of this strategy?"

Others could not think of any good idea and remained silent.

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An Qingxu then sent someone to contact Shi Siming with his own drafted letter of appointment and requested him to send troops to help.

Li 9zhou was very happy to see the rebels defeated and retreat into the city, so he ordered the attack to step up and not give the rebels a chance to breathe.

Because An Qingxu was arrogant, extravagant and lewd, and the fact that Cai Xide, a man with a high prestige in the army, died, the soldiers in the army were all angry and heartbroken, and had no intention of fighting, and were extremely disappointed with An Qingxu's court.

In terms of morale, it was much lower than that of the Tang army. An Taiqing and Wu Lingxin were wiped out by two men. The rebels no longer had the courage to take the initiative and could only rely on the city wall to defend.

Faced with the Tang army's siege, An Qingxu and the people in the city were also in a state of great anxiety. They paid attention to the combat situation every day, and could only struggle to support Shi Siming, and put all their hopes on Shi Siming.

An Qingxu knew very well, if Shi Siming did not come to support, he would be afraid that he would be defeated by the Tang army sooner or later. On the other hand, he was worried that Shi Siming had always been incompatible with him. Since he killed An Lushan, Shi Siming had been disobedient to management. In addition, Shi Siming was arrogant by nature and could not control it, so he was afraid that he would come to support. After defeating the Tang army, he would be above him and send away the jackals and welcome the tiger and leopards.

At this critical moment, the rebel generals only wanted to save their lives, and the hearts of the people were not 100. Some were even ready to run away. As long as the war was not good, they would escape from Yecheng at the first time.

Especially fencemen like Zhang Tongru and Xue Song, they can’t fight and escape are the first.

The Tang army attacked fiercely for a few more days, and the rebels suffered heavy casualties and barely resisted. The situation in Yecheng was already extremely unfavorable to An Qingxu.
Chapter completed!