Nu Yalang of Tang Dynasty

The Battle of Boling has lasted for nearly a month.

The Tang army was not in a hurry to attack the city every day, but kept trying to persuade them to surrender.

The defenders of Boling felt calluses on their ears, but they did not dare to slack off, because no one knew, and one day, the Tang army would take advantage of the defenders' unpreparedness, and the army would directly attack them, catching them off guard.

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Shi Siming in the city saw the Tang army acting like this and speculated that this move must have a profound meaning.

However, the inability to see through the Tang army's intentions made Shi Siming restless and furious every day.

On this day, Shi Siming was in the meeting hall, looking at the letter in his hand. He was so angry that he couldn't help himself. He tore the paper into pieces and shouted: "A bunch of bastards! No one is willing to send reinforcements! One by one!

They are all traitors!"

The generals in the palace looked at each other, and finally Shi Chaoyi came out and said carefully: "Father, I heard that rebellions are breaking out in surrounding counties and counties. The troops in the hands of officials in various places are not enough to quell the rebellion... There are also some officials who, after learning about the Nine Gates

After the defeat, he began to contact the Tang army, presumably discussing surrendering to the enemy."

Shi Siming said angrily: "After I finish killing this group of Tang soldiers, I must kill all these losers again, so that I can relieve the hatred in my heart!"

After saying this, Shi Siming looked at the deputy general Zhong Baofu beside him and asked: "Before, I asked you to ask Luoyang for help. Do you have any reply?"

Zhong Baofu lowered his head and said: "Luoyang came to reply, saying that the Tang Dynasty Prime Minister Fang Guan had led an army of 200,000 and was approaching Tongguan. Luoyang did not have enough troops to send reinforcements to Hebei."

Hearing this, Shi Siming said angrily: "Don't they understand that Hebei is the foundation! Those rubbish in the court, Yan State will be defeated by these people sooner or later!"

After scolding for a long time, Shi Siming slumped down in his seat tiredly and asked the generals: "The Tang army came to the city but did not attack the city. What was their intention? Do you have an explanation?"

The generals looked at each other, and for a moment, everyone was silent.

When Shi Siming saw this, he cursed bitterly: "A bunch of useless losers..."

Before he finished speaking, a guard stumbled in from outside the door, shouting: "Commander, it's not good...it's not good! Pinglu City has been destroyed, Fan Yang is in danger!"

Shi Siming was shocked and could hardly believe his ears. He stood up and asked tremblingly: "What did you just say?!"

Guard: "Pu Guhuaien, the general of the Tang army, led ten thousand Shuofang troops, united with the Huihe people, circumnavigated Mobei, instigated the rebellion of Ba Yegu, Pugu and other tribes, and invaded Pinglu. Also, the Tongluo tribe in Hebei

The Hexi tribe also joined the rebel army after hearing that the Supreme Emperor passed away!"

Shi Siming's vision went dark, his feet were unsteady and he almost fell.

Shi Chaoyi had sharp eyes and quick hands and hurriedly stepped forward to support Shi Siming.

The latter calmed down, broke away from the support, walked to the guard, picked up the battle report, read it carefully, looked up to the sky and sighed: "No wonder the Tang army outside the city is not in a hurry, it turns out that they have hidden such a back-up move!"

Shi Chaoyi said anxiously: "Father, Fan Yang is the foundation of Hebei, we must not lose anything!"

After being shocked, Shi Siming sat back down, his face uncertain, and suddenly asked: "What's going on with the Tang army outside the city these days?"

Shi Chaoyi was startled: "Strange? They just stay in the camp every day, which is nothing... speaking of it, there is a strange thing."

Shi Siming: "Something strange?"

Shi Chaoyi: "In the past few days, when I was lighting a fire for cooking in the early morning, I climbed up the tower and found that there were many fewer stoves in the Tang army camp, and the rising smoke was not as dense as before."

Shi Siming opened his eyes wide: "What? The camp stove is missing?"

Seeing Shi Siming's expression change drastically, Shi Chaoyi couldn't help asking: "Father, what's wrong?"

Shi Siming: "You idiot! Why didn't you tell me earlier!"

Shi Chaoyi looked aggrieved. These days, Shi Siming had a bad temper and would punish his subordinates for trivial matters, so everyone had nothing to do and were unwilling to offend him.

Seeing that the generals in the palace were puzzled, Shi Siming explained: "The reason why the Tang army outside the city did not rush to attack the city is that they were waiting for news from the North Route Army. The Tang Army captured Pinglu on the North Road and began to attack Fan Yang. There must be a certain number of people outside the city.

We learned about it before we did. So a few days ago, the Tang military camp began to reduce the number of soldiers, which means that they began to separate a partial army and go north to join Pugu Huai'en, intending to jointly besiege Fan Yang."

When Shi Chaoyi heard this, he asked in shock: "The reason why the Tang army outside the city did not attack the city..."

Shi Siming nodded and said: "There are no fewer camps outside the city. It seems that the Tang army has not moved. The purpose is to frighten our army so that our army does not dare to act rashly. And some of the Tang army's troops may have begun to move northward. And the rest

The troops staying here have only one purpose, which is to hold back our army so that we cannot support Fan Yang."

Shi Chaoyi suddenly said anxiously: "Father, then we should go north immediately!"

Shi Siming: "Fan Yang must rush to help, but when and how to go out, we must find a plan and cannot act rashly."

After speaking, Shi Siming assigned the tasks to the generals to sort out the baggage and materials, and then explore the omissions in the Tang army's defense.

After some investigation, Shi Siming found that although the Tang army surrounded Boling City heavily, the defense at the east gate was slightly lax. In addition, the Tang army's defense was the most lax at Yinshi (early morning), and soldiers at the guard posts would even be asleep.

Therefore, Shi Siming decided to take advantage of the Tang army's lax defenses to sneak out of the city and rush to the aid of Fan Yang.

On this day, the sky was filled with stars and the moon had slowly set.

Shi Siming, who led an army of 15,000 men, ordered his soldiers to cover the horses' hooves with linen cloth, and then use a bit to cover the horse's mouth. He gently opened the city gate and walked north along the path.

Seeing the Tang Army's camp in the night without any awareness, Shi Siming let out a sigh of relief.

The Yan army marched ten miles out of the city, but when they saw that no Tang army was pursuing them, their original defenses gradually relaxed, and some soldiers even began to talk and laugh.

At this moment, a loud drum sound came from the roadside.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! A Tang army that had been ambushing for a long time suddenly came out of formation, and arrows like raindrops fell into the Yan army's formation.

Suddenly, the Yan army was caught off guard and retreated continuously.

Guo Ziyi was riding a horse, standing in the center of the Tang army, and shouted to Shi Siming: "Shi Siming, the commander has long expected that you will flee north of the city, so quickly dismount and surrender!"

Seeing this, Shi Siming gritted his teeth and shouted at the general beside him: "Zhong Baofu, Fan Zhu, you two, lead your men to meet the enemy head on, and the rest of you will follow me to kill from the flanks!"

The Yan army was divided into two groups. One group was the 4,000 infantry troops led by the two Yan army generals Zhong Baofu and Fan Zhu. They formed a formation and charged forward. The other group of troops, led by Shi Siming, directly attacked the flank of the Tang army.

Launched a charge.

Facing the incoming Yan army, Guo Ziyi commanded the front line to stabilize the formation, and at the same time asked the crossbowmen to shoot the enemy.

On the way to charge, the Yan army often sacrificed several lives for every step forward.

After dozens of steps of suffering, the Yan army infantry led by Zhong Baofu and Fan Zhu finally collided with the Tang army. Both sides burst into thundering roars. Blood and stumps were splashed everywhere as swords and guns exchanged.

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Shi Siming led the Yan Army cavalry and wanted to attack the Tang Army's flank, but unexpectedly the latter was already prepared.

I saw that the Tang army took out the tower shield that had been prepared on the flank, embedded the nail ring at the bottom into the soil, and tilted the shield slightly to reduce the impact of the cavalry's impact.

As soon as the Yan army's cavalry engaged the flank of the Tang army, they found that the cavalry could not shake the formation of the flank. Instead, they lost many men and horses because of their spears and crossbows.

After several charges, Shi Siming completely lost his mind when faced with Guo Ziyi, an old turtle whose defense was airtight.

Seeing that the military formation under Guo Ziyi was getting closer and closer, almost forming an encirclement, Shi Siming had no choice but to give an order, which was to drop Zhong Baofu, Fan Zhu and their infantry, and the others to break out to the north.

Therefore, the two generals of the Yan army, Zhong Baofu and Fan Zhu, who acted as the front line, became Shi Siming's abandoned sons and held back Guo Ziyi's army, while Shi Siming escaped from the encirclement with a large group of troops.

After Shi Siming escaped from Guo Ziyi's encirclement, he did not dare to rest at all and fled all the way to the north.

It was already daybreak, and the defeated Yan army came to a stream. Seeing that the pursuers were far away, Shi Siming ordered them to rest temporarily.

Just after taking two sips of water, Shi Siming heard another horn coming from the woods beside the stream before he could catch his breath.

I saw a cavalry force of several thousand people, quickly coming from the woods and directly attacking the Yan army's front line.

There was a general in the cavalry, holding a horse spear and a powerful bow on his back. He rode his horse towards Shi Siming and shouted loudly: "Li Guangbi has been waiting here for a long time. Why don't Shi Shi's thieves just surrender?"

Hearing the name Li Guangbi, Shi Siming trembled with fright.

Seeing the approaching Tang army, Shi Siming knew he was invincible and quickly ordered his soldiers to line up to prepare for the Tang army's attack.

However, the Yan army and horses were drinking water and resting by the stream. Many of them even took off their armor. In such a hurry, they could not form a formation to meet the enemy.

Seeing that the situation was critical, Shi Chaoyi first helped Shi Siming onto his horse, and then said sadly: "Father, you take your own soldiers and leave first, while Chaoyi stays to stop the enemy soldiers."

Shi Siming glanced at Shi Chaoyi without holding back at all. He just said a good word, and then he galloped on his horse and fled into the distance with a group of close followers.