At dawn the next day, Ye Xin, Dingyang Marquis Zhang Jun and others found that the rebels had withdrawn, fearing deception, and did not dare to pursue, until He Meng's former army arrived at Dingyang City on horseback two days later, only to know that the rebels had withdrawn to Pucheng due to defeat two days earlier.

At the same time, Luo Songting ordered Hu Mo to lead 10,000 Guangxin soldiers to move to Lincheng in the name of assisting in defense, and the siege of Dingyang City came to an end.

On the second day of He Meng's division in Dingyang, He Meng led 30,000 infantry troops into Dingyang, 10,000 horses moved to defend the dense forest path, and the remaining 30,000 men and horses escorted horses, prisoners, and wounded back to Yongxing River, Ye Xin led 30,000 cavalry, detoured the road to avoid Pucheng, and went straight to Xijun.

At the same time, Shentong led an army of 50,000 to collect the remnants of Huang Pu and Guan Du, saw through Baili Yan's plan to deceive the disease, and ordered Huang Pu to lead the remnants to move to defend Jin, and he led more than 50,000 people to re-encircle Tiancheng and began to prepare for the siege.

After the cavalry of Song Ping and Wu Deng defeated Huang Pu and Guan Du, they immediately retreated north into Xia Qu, joined forces with Su Hong and Lu Zhao, and in a short time gained more than 10,000 old and weak civilian troops from the city, and the situation took a sharp turn for the worse.

In late September, the news of Thunder's defeat reached the Shentong camp, and Thunder threatened to fight again, but the Shentong was not approved, and replied to order him to immediately abandon Pucheng and withdraw to the west of Guanling Ferry, relying on the naval army to hold on to the river.

"On the way to Pucheng, there will be a large army of the Xianjun here, you first detour to the west, and then turn back to Pucheng, and hand over this letter to the Thunder King, and it must be delivered within three days, otherwise the military law will be engaged."

"No!"

The cronies and guards received the secret letter, then withdrew from the big tent and rode away with a few people.

At the next moment, the supernatural power said to the generals again:

"General Song He listens to the order!"

"The last general!"

"After dark, prepare your men and horses, move to fifty miles west of Tiancheng to guard the Xia Quxian army, and you must not retreat without the order of the Heavenly King."

"No."

"General Lu Ting listens to orders."

"The end will be."

"Before noon tomorrow, after the break outside the south gate, as soon as noon passes, you can withdraw your troops to Weijin by yourself, if you see the Xian army from the city, and fight and retreat, you can't fall in love."

Lu Ting was puzzled, and hurriedly asked:

"Heavenly King, the defenders of Tiancheng are all civilian troops, as long as they attack for another three or five days, they will be broken, and the withdrawal of troops at this time will not be wasted."

"The Thunder King was defeated by Dingyang, and the Xianjun cavalry in Dingyang City will definitely come to Xijun, unless the city can be broken today, if not, the Xianjun cavalry will be able to pounce on Tiancheng as soon as tomorrow afternoon, and then the siege will not be great. Hurry up and prepare for war, and if there is any more arguing about military aircraft, they will be severely punished. ”

"The last will obey."

Although the letter from Lei Ting did not explain the movements of the Xian army, it was clear that Bailiyan (Wei Xian) would not defend Tiancheng for no reason, and the Xian army of Xia Qu alone was not enough to relieve the siege of Tiancheng, and it was impossible for the Xian army to draw more troops from Beihai County to run for a long distance, and it was bound to feed back some soldiers and horses to return to Yongxing River, and at the same time take advantage of the situation to send another army to Xijun to relieve the siege of Tiancheng.

The most likely one who can pounce on Xijun will be Ye Xin's cavalry, whether it is efficiency, speed or quality, Ye Xin's department is the fastest. According to this calculation, tomorrow or the day after the news of the defeat of the Thunder Army arrives, the Divine Power may encounter the cavalry of Ye Xin's department, and the slightest hesitation may repeat the mistake of the Thunder.

At the same time, the grain road of the Xian army in Hecheng has been opened, and the army of Zhao Xun of the Yongxing River is very likely to have crossed the river to confront the army of Shengyan. The battle situation of the Black Turban Army in Xianguo will become out of control.

As soon as it got dark, the Black Turban Army outside the city began to withdraw one after another under the cover of night, when a sudden fire swept across the sky, and the rebels in the line were almost exposed to the light of the fire, which frightened the soldiers.

At this time, Baili Yan stood at the head of the south gate, vaguely saw the retreating rebels, and continued with Guan Longxiang what he had not spoken before

"The key to this battle is to drag the rebels on the west bank of the Yongxing River on the road for three days, neither to make them reassemble in the west of the river, nor to make them too close to the west of the county, as long as it drags on for three days, the tide of the war will be reversed, and now the rebels have been divided into two by the north and south of our army, and it will be difficult to become a climate again in the short term."

"But this plan is also very dangerous, if there is a slight mistake, it will lose the whole game, since it is the most dangerous strategy, why can the general make such a determination to give it a go?"

At this time, Bai Liyan smiled:

"The general didn't plan to recover Xijun, if the rebels didn't fall for this plan, Wei would definitely give up Tiancheng and Xiaqu, and then coerce people and grain and grass to retreat, go to the dense forest path, burn all the rice fields, and retreat into the mountains to wait for the opportunity, so that a large number of rebels can be contained in Xijun, and the Xian army will free up troops to open up the grain road."

"Oh......" Guan Longxiang sighed lightly, and then said: "In this way, the reason why this plan is dangerous is not the Xian army, but the danger After the rebels besieged Tiancheng, the general was worried that Tiancheng would not be able to defend it, and he would die first." ”

"Exactly! Wei is worried, but Brother Guan Long sees it so clearly, if it is only for the sake of being an official and reaching the world, I am afraid that it will be of great use, it is better to follow Wei and conspire to make the country strong, how about the hegemony of the world. ”

"Seek the world?" Guan Longxiang was surprised, so he immediately said: "With the current situation, the Jin State dominates the East China Sea, the Zhiguo Lao Ji is in the East China Sea, the Weiguo West Sea is hegemonic, the Sun State has been broken, the eldest grandson is not to worry, the Xu State is weak and declining, the Song State is difficult to support itself, and the rest of the countries are even more insignificant.

Even if the momentum of the black scarf is difficult to last, the future will definitely be the three heroes competing for hegemony and the two powers, it is still difficult to predict where the Xianguo will go, and the general is now in a high position with the capital of his youth, even if he has the power of the world, he can assist the Xianguo for 40 years, and how can he turn the tide and win the world in 40 years. ”

"Then Wei, may I ask Your Excellency, what is the world?"

"The whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister, and all the people in the world, the monarch and the land."

"The world you see is not the world in Wei's heart, the world in Wei's heart is the world of everyone in the world."

"Everyone under the world!" Guan Longxiang faintly understood the deep meaning, and couldn't help but hurriedly ask: "Where is the Son of Heaven and the kings, where is the general?" ”

"The Son of Heaven is the head of the country, the princes are the arms of the world, and only the people are the backbone of the world. Brother Guan Long, aren't all the people in the world the world? ”

"Although the general does not agree with what he sees, if he can help the society to regain the glory of Xianguo, he thinks that the general's strategy is a good medicine for the current predicament of Xianguo, if you want to win the world with this, I am afraid it is far away."

"Perhaps, but if the world is peaceful, everyone has enough food, clothing, and housing, and the world is the world of the people of the world, so why should we be confined to one person, the world of one country."

Looking at the starry night dome in the lonely night sky, Bailiyan's faintly germinating ambition was like a wild wave in a turbulent wave, slapping towards his chest, awakening his long-dormant desire, as if he wanted to exhaust his life's efforts to realize it. At the same time, he also knows that the road ahead will not be easy, but at least he still has a chance.

That night, the Black Turban Army withdrew from Tiancheng one after another, and Bailiyan did not pursue. At noon on the second day, the rebels withdrew after breaking off outside the south gate. At dusk, Ye Xin's 500 sentinels arrived at the periphery of Tiancheng, and Ye Xin's main force met at Tiancheng at night, and the siege of Tiancheng was lifted.

At the same time, Zhao Xun led 150,000 people to cross the Yongxing River, feint to the north for 50 miles, and went down to the village one and a half days away from Shengyan's army, while the Liang army continued to stay on the Yongxing River, and with the help of the master of the Ligong faction, five pontoon bridges were built on the Yongxing River to facilitate the passage of the army, thus completely opening up both sides of the Yongxing River.

On the third day of Shentong's retreat into Weijin, Sheng Yan led the army to retreat to Taoli, and Zhao Xun pursued him and let him go, but did not pursue him. At the same time, Thunder, who retreated to Pucheng, did not follow the supernatural strategy, and insisted on sticking to Pucheng to find an opportunity to fight again.

Unexpectedly, the Changsun Navy Division arrived in Beihai in early October to retaliate against the rebels for plundering the trade routes, besieging the enemies of the Changsun State Sailor, and encircling and suppressing the Thunder Division, which was almost defeated and forced to retreat to the Guanling Ferry, and blocked the sea mouth with oil arson to prevent the Changsun Navy Division from entering the inland river.

The Jin army failed to capture Lincheng, intending to instigate the Changsun Sailor to land in Pucheng, and the two armies joined forces to attack and occupy Pucheng again, but the Changsun Sailor did not respond, and the Jin army's plan failed.

In mid-October, Xianguo recruited 50,000 soldiers from the Weiguo, and after paying the settling-in allowance and protection fee, they landed in Guangxin in batches on the warships of Yan and Liang, and Dingyang, Guangxin, and Lincheng immediately raised 100,000 troops, with Luo Songting as the military division, Jiang's father and son, and He Meng as the main generals, and 50,000 people from the Weiguo People's Army besieged Pucheng.

Thunder led the army to fight to the death and did not retreat, the Xian army failed to seize the Guanling ferry several times, and the fierce battle was fought until the 21st, the Thunder sent slave army to 30,000 dead soldiers, and broke through the Xian army camp head-on, and the casualties of the Xian army increased sharply.

Due to the hasty formation of the People's Army, poor preparation, poor organization and coordination, nearly one-third of the casualties under the battle, the Black Turban Slave Army became famous in the first battle.

As a last resort, the Xian army retreated to Guangxin, Lincheng, and Dingyang for repair in early November, and the battle of Pucheng was declared a loss, and the thunder almost equalized many previous defeats.

In early November, the Jin army's grain road was opened, and seeing that the Pucheng rebels were greatly injured, they planned to besiege Pucheng again, so they raised 100,000 troops in a vain attempt to attack Pucheng, but they were beaten by thunder, and the Jin army lost more than 10,000 people and returned to Guangxin City, and the thunder finally occupied Pucheng.

At the same time, the arrival of the Xiaomin Army once tilted the situation in favor of the Xian Army, causing Bai Liyan and Zhao Xun to misjudge and overestimate the situation. Shortly after Shengyan returned to Weijin, Zhao led his army to the north, stationed troops thirty miles south of Weijin, and waited for the victory of the battle in Pucheng, and the two armies marched north and south to join the division in Xijun, and fought a decisive battle with the rebels in Weijin.

Unexpectedly, the Battle of Pucheng was finally lost, and the appearance of the slave army made the situation worse.

On the fourth day of the defeat of the Xian army in Pucheng, the Weijin rebels learned of the narrow victory of Thunder on the fifth day, and on the night of the sixth day, the 30,000 slave army of Shentong attacked Zhao Xun's camp at night and succeeded. Nearly 20,000 Xian soldiers were killed, killed and wounded, and the slave army lost only 6,000.

On the second day after being attacked, Zhao Xun and Bailiyan decided to give up the decisive battle plan, and hurriedly transferred the main force of Ye Xin's cavalry to Weijin to break off, taking advantage of the fact that the main force of the rebels had no time to look south, Zhao Xun led the army to rush south, first to take Xiaocheng and Wuliao, causing a situation of coercion on Qiunan County, forcing the rebels to abandon the Weijin salient and turn the offensive to defend the whole line and retreat into Xianxi and Qiunan counties.

Bailiyan returned to Tiancheng to prevent the supernatural powers from attacking Tiancheng and Xiaqu, and forced Zhao Xun to return to help.

It wasn't until the day after Zhao Xun went south that Bailiyan learned from the scouts that on the night of the slave army's night attack on the Xian army, the rebels stationed in Weijin forcibly enveloped nearly 170,000 people close to the common people and retreated to Anxing. Almost all of the nearly 100,000 people abandoned in Weijin were the elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled, but all the young and middle-aged people and healthy women were forcibly relocated.

It was not until this time that Baili Yan Fang understood that the purpose of the Shentong attack on the camp was to force Zhao Xun to retreat in the face of difficulties, and go south to take the seemingly defenseless Wuliao and Xiaocheng, so that the Shentong would have no worries and could calmly retreat to Xianxi County.