Dugu Xin did not plan to continue to pursue the four thousand iron cavalry led by Fu Fu and He Ba Shiwen, but kept a certain distance from the hostile opponent, which made the two of them very puzzled in their hearts, and they didn't understand what the Western Wei iron cavalry on the opposite side wanted to do, but their goal tonight had been achieved, and the enemy army did not come to pursue, so his own team of men and horses was happy to continue to entangle with the enemy.

Looking at the Western Wei Iron Cavalry Standard-bearer on the opposite side holding up the big "Dugu" military flag, He Ba Shiwen knew that the other party's general must be the famous general Dugu Xin, this person has a profound and elegant demeanor, has a great strategy, and has the style of an elder, and is by no means an easy opponent to deal with, but Dugu Xin did not seize the opportunity to pursue them tightly, which made He Ba Shiwen very puzzled in his heart, and did not understand what kind of medicine Dugu Xin was selling in the gourd.

"General Fu, what does Dugu Xin want to do, now that our army is fighting alone, and there is a great chaos in the rear of the enemy army, I don't understand that Dugu Lao'er can actually calm down and not chase after us to fight with us? Could it be that there is something wrong with it? ”

Fu Fu stared straight at the enemy iron cavalry standing motionless on the opposite side, and laughed softly: "Brother Heba and Yuwentai thief army do not have much time to deal with, so I asked the big brother to narrate them one by one, the elder brother can know that the Yuwentai army has eight pillars of the generals, equal status, and each has a certain amount of power, over the years Yuwentai in order to strengthen the centralization, strengthen their own authority, and constantly weaken the military power and local forces of the remaining Zhu generals, although the effect is good, but also buried unstable factors. ”

He Ba Shiwen suddenly understood when he heard this, it turned out that Dugu Xin was preserving his strength and did not want to lose his strength, but if this was the case, the enemy would not be motionless to defend in formation, you must know that the enemy army is backed by an army of 50,000, and the iron cavalry under the command of Dugu Xin is at least twice as strong as his own, and its advantage is far inferior to his own 4,000 lone army, even if Dugu Xin does not want to fight with it at all, at least he has to make a show to catch up.

"General Fu, I always feel that this matter is very strange, just like you just now, Yuwentai is constantly weakening the power of the rest of the generals of the Great Pillar Kingdom, and will definitely force Dugu Xin to lead the iron cavalry under his command to fight a decisive battle with our army, so as to achieve the consumption of strength, but Guanzhi Dugu Xin is blatantly disobedient and disobeys, Dugu Xin This person is scheming, and he will never dare to disobey the military order head-on, right? Or could it be that Yuwentai gave the order to only defend and not pursue? I can't see that—"

Fu Fu also nodded in agreement when he heard this, but it was a little abnormal, he really didn't know what the enemy wanted to do? But it's okay to do this, your own iron cavalry is like a nail hanging behind the enemy, so that the enemy army can't attack Fennan City with all its strength, and it can be regarded as completing the task in the army.

At this moment, not far away, a few rangers were rushing to this side, and the rear was closely followed by a pair of enemy scout cavalry, everyone looked at it, it was their own guerrilla cavalry, they couldn't help but be stunned, no longer thought about it, only to see Fu Fu hurriedly ordered: "Send two hundred people to support, it should be the brothers who came out of the city have a mission to convey, be sure to save these brothers." ”

On the side of the Dugu Xin Army, they obviously also saw this scene, and saw the deputy general approaching Dugu Xin and asked, "General, do we need to send someone to help us intercept and kill these people?" lest we divulge the battle situation ahead, which will be detrimental to our army. ”

Dugu Xin didn't look at the deputy general, but continued to stare at the Eastern Wei cavalry in front of him, and said slowly: "No, it doesn't mean much, our task is to prevent the enemy's harassment and sneak attack on the rear, this is a great achievement." ”

The deputy general was very puzzled in his heart, and he wanted to stop talking, but he had been following Dugu Xin's southern and northern wars all these years, and he had already been regarded as Dugu Xin's confidant general, and he also knew the temperament of this old leader, steady and silent, and acted cautiously, so his boss must have his own ideas and reasons for doing this.

Dugu Xin glanced back at the deputy general, smiled lightly and said: "Mingze (Li Xin, the name Mingze, the father of Tang Gaozu Li Yuan, the grandfather of Tang Taizong Li Shimin, and later became Dugu Xin's son-in-law), do you think that in order to preserve your strength, you put it in the overall situation?" ”

Li Yu lowered his head in embarrassment, bowed his head respectfully and saluted: "The last general does not dare to slander the general, the talent of the general is beyond the comprehension of the general, and there must be a reason for the general to do so." ”

Dugu Xin waved his hand cordially, and said in a harmonious voice: "Ming Ze is not too restrained, your father has been a colleague and comrade-in-arms for many years, and you have followed a certain for so many years, in a certain heart, there is no difference between a certain and a certain biological son and nephew...... Let me tell you, first, Prime Minister Yuwen gathered all the troops to take the opportunity to attack Fennan, it is by no means able to occupy it for a while, although our army is several times the enemy, but the men and horses are exhausted, and several times harassed by the enemy, although the loss is not large, but the morale has been hit, and the morale of the enemy is rising, so it is really unfavorable to eliminate the other's strengths. Second, the siege is really to build momentum, the big side will be the winner tonight, but the loss is not much, both armies are brave men, Fennan City is small and strong, even if the attack is not able to expand all the forces for a while, so that the number of soldiers is not timeless, so that the advantages of our army are not reflected. Third, the most important task of this cavalry is to contain the Fu Fu Iron Cavalry outside the city, not a decisive battle with the enemy, rather than take the initiative to pursue, it is better to wait and see what happens, waiting for the enemy to attack, as long as the rear is guarded, he is not afraid of what conspiracy the enemy will play, even if the enemy takes the initiative to pursue, a certain army with more against less, but also resolutely not worried, nothing more than worry. ”

After listening to these words, Li Xun's heart suddenly became clear, and he arched his hand and said: "When I heard the words of the general, the last general knew it in his heart, and it was the stupidity of the last general and others. ”

Duguxin patted him on the shoulder, smiled, and said no more......

Under the city of Fennan, the sky has already turned white and bright at this time, the sun has already risen, and the ground is full of red blood, which is integrated with the snow on the ground, a red stain.

Yu Wentai looked at the corpses piled up above and below the city, there was no trace of emotion in his eyes, quietly watching the soldiers fighting, constantly someone falling, someone on top, this kind of scene he has long been accustomed to, when he saw that the two sides were still in a stalemate for a long time, he saw his eyes glazed, and ordered lightly: "Pass the order, send out crossbow arrows and trebuchets, and shoot at the city!" ”

After hearing this, the adjutant generals next to them suddenly widened their eyes, looked at each other, and thought that they had heard it wrong, only to see Zhao Gui lean and say: "Prime Minister, there are many of my soldiers in the city, so the brothers in the city will also suffer heavy casualties." ”

Yuwentai looked at Zhao Gui coldly, at that moment Zhao Gui was so frightened that small beads of sweat oozed from his forehead, Yuwentai's authority has become stronger and stronger over the years, and he didn't dare to face it head-on