Changshan is a major prefecture in Hebei and an important town in Hebei. It has a large population and an important geographical location.

Yan Gaoqing rebelled against An Lushan and returned to the Tang Dynasty with Changshan. In order to cope with An Lushan's counterattack, Yan Gaoqing actively recruited troops and strengthened Changshan's defense.

Some of the original soldiers and horses in Changshan, plus the soldiers and horses that Yan Gaoqing recruited these days, had already had 20,000 soldiers under Yan Gaoqing's command in just eight days.

It's quite intimidating to hear that this number of people is quite intimidating, but there are not many elite soldiers among them. The newly recruited soldiers have not been trained at all and have poor combat effectiveness.

The so-called "shocking bird" is undoubtedly the "shocking bird" that Yan Gaoqing is undoubtedly the "shocking bird" that is "shocking bird".

After Shi Siming and Cai Xide crossed the Yellow River from Luoyang and headed north, they rushed straight to Changshan.

The North China Plain is north of the Yellow River. There is no important place to conquer when you reach Changshan. Shi Siming and Cai Xide don’t care about other prefectures and counties, but just stare at Changshan’s fierce rush.

After a night march, in just four days, Shi Siming and Cai Xide's two anti-army troops met at Changshan City and surrounded Changshan City.

The 20,000 anti-army troops led by Shi Siming and Cai Xide were all elite soldiers in a hundred battles. Although Yan Gaoqing also got 20,000 defenders in Changshan City, Yan Gaoqing did not arrogantly believe that his strength could be comparable to the strength of Shi Siming and Cai Xide.

Yan Gaoqing was still very clear-headed, knowing that almost all the 20,000 guard soldiers in his hands were newly recruited without any training, and there might be chaos if there were any casualties. If he was alone, Changshan would probably be difficult to defend.

Therefore, before Shi Siming and Cai Xide's army surrounded Changshan, Yan Gaoqing sent his second son Yan Quanming and his subordinate Dou Wande to seek help from Wang Chengye in the east of Changshan.

At this time, Wang Chengye's number of soldiers was not less than Yan Gaoqing, and the two of them had enough 40,000 troops to join forces. If Wang Chengye was willing to send troops to restrain Shi Siming and Cai Xide, Chang Shan still had great hope of defending it.

Yan Gaoqing didn't know what the result of his son and Dou Wande's request for help from Wang Chengye. He stared at the 20,000 anti-army troops under the city with a strict and murderous aura.

"These should have been elites from the Tang Dynasty, but they rebelled with the rebel An Lushan!" Yan Gaoqing said sadly.

Under the city wall, Shi Siming and Cai Xide also stared at Yan Gaoqing on the city wall.

Shi Siming waved his hand and a soldier still held a head where Yan Gaoqing could see it.

"Yan Gaoqing, Your Majesty treats you very well and still asks you to be the prefect of Changshan, but you dare to betray Your Majesty. This is your eldest son's head. Your Majesty has killed him!" Shi Siming shouted coldly at Yan Gaoqing on the city wall.

On that day, An Lushan still kept Yan Gaoqing as the prefect of Changshan, but in order to prevent Yan Gaoqing from having any unfair intentions, he also took Yan Gaoqing's eldest son as hostages. Now Yan Gaoqing really brought Changshan back to the Tang Dynasty. An Lushan was furious and of course he wanted to kill Yan Gaoqing's eldest son as hostages.

Looking at his eldest son's head, Yan Gaoqing's heart tugged, and the pain was so painful that he could hardly breathe.

However, Yan Gaoqing had been mentally prepared before the uprising and soon recovered.

"Why would that rebel An Lushan dare to call him 'Your Majesty'? I, Yan Gaoqing, was a minister of the Tang Dynasty, so I naturally devoted myself to the Tang Dynasty. In order to eliminate An Lushan, the rebel An Lushan and ensure the country of the Tang Dynasty, my son's death will be the only one!" Yan Gaoqing said righteously.

"Okay! Yan Gaoqing, you are ruthless enough. But not only your eldest son is going to die, but you are going to die too. Your Yan clan will be killed!" Shi Siming pointed at Yan Gaoqing on the city wall and said.

"Attack!" After saying that, Shi Siming directly ordered the anti-army to start attacking Changshan City.

"Kill!" The anti-army did not carry heavy siege weapons like catapults. The anti-army soldiers only carried ladders to climb the city walls, and logs hit the city gates.

In addition, the cavalry in the anti-army provided bow and arrow cover for the siege of the anti-army infantry.

"Swish! Swish! Swish!" The anti-army shot arrows at the defenders on the Changshan City Wall on the city wall.

The defenders on Changshan City Wall also shot arrows at the anti-army soldiers who were sieging the city.

For a moment, arrows fell like rain, and soldiers were shot at arrows every moment.

Although the defenders on the city walls occupy a high place, most of the defenders are just recruited recruits. Many of them are not even equipped with armor and weapons, and their archery skills are also poor. Moreover, Changshan originally had very few arrows and could not be used openly.

Therefore, the rain of arrows in the defenders is much looser than that in the anti-army army, and the accuracy is much worse, and it almost depends on luck to kill the enemy.

Naturally, there were far more defenders who were caught in the arrow than those who were siegeing the city.

"Ah!" Many soldiers of the defenders fell from the city wall after being shot.

This fierce siege battle lasted the whole day, and the anti-army soldiers attacked the city wall several times. Although Yan Gaoqing personally commanded the soldiers to kill the anti-army every time, the defenders also suffered heavy casualties during the day.

In the normal city offensive and defensive battle, the losses of the attacking side should be much greater than the defending side.

However, since most of the soldiers of the Changshan defenders were recruited in the past few days, they had not received any training and were of poor quality, so the number of casualties of the defenders was more than twice that of the siege and anti-army.

As night fell, the anti-army did not continue to attack the city overnight.

Not only can the anti-army soldiers rest well for one night, but the Changshan defenders can also rest well for one night.

Although the anti-army stopped attacking at night, Yan Gaoqing kept frowning and full of sorrow.

Sure enough, the gap between his untrained defenders and the elite soldiers of the anti-army army was too big. If this continues, Changshan City will not be able to defend within three days. I don’t know how his second son Yan Quanming asked Wang Chengye for help, why did he not see any signs of Wang Chengye’s reinforcements all day?

What Yan Gaoqing didn't know was that the rescue he was looking forward to had no hope at all.

Although Wang Chengye received his request for help, not only did not intend to lead troops to help Changshan, but instead sent him to ask for help to put down his second son Yan Quanming and Dou Wande.

"Kill!" As soon as the next morning, Shi Siming and Cai Xide ordered the anti-army to attack the city fiercely.

Another tragic offensive and defensive battle has begun.

When night fell again and the anti-army Mingjin stopped siege, every brick and stone at the top of Changshan city had been stained with blood. The defending soldiers numbly carried the bodies of the dead on the city wall. At the foot of the wall, the bodies of the defending soldiers and the anti-army soldiers were piled up like mountains.

Yan Gaoqing hasn't had a good sleep for two days.

"Why did the reinforcements have not been heard for two days?" Yan Gaoqing's lips were chapped, but in his worries and anger, he didn't even want to drink water, and just repeated why the reinforcements had not come yet.

Wang Chengye is not far from Changshan. If he is willing to come to rescue, there should be some movement on the first day, but there is no!

"Did Wang Chengye refuse to come to rescue Changshan?" The only thing Yan Gaoqing thought of was that Wang Chengye was unwilling to come to rescue, which made Yan Gaoqing feel sad and angry.

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