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The winter morning light had just descended on this land, and dense footsteps could be heard on the ground outside the west city of Miaoxi Town.

In the bleak and cold wind, a banner of the generals of the military army danced in the wind, and dozens of huge infantry phalanxes slowly spread out along the banks of the Changxi River outside the city, with flags all over the sky, black armor like scales.

"What is this?"

The defenders of Kong Youde on the tower of Miaoxi Town were all commanded by Bao Zhong when he looked at the Yangwu army that suddenly appeared outside the city, and his face was full of shock.

The number of Yangwu troops below should be more than 30,000, and a large number of warships can be seen cruising on the riverbank.

It seems that the other side launched a river crossing landing before dawn.

However, what made Bao Zhong still puzzle was that the opposite side of the Changxi River was in He Jiao County under Li Dingguo's rule, and how could the Yangwu army reach here quietly from the Changxi River.

In the midst of the puzzled and uneasy gaze of the people in the city, the Yangwu army outside the city finally completed the formation under the city tower.

Siege wells towered in front of the military formation, dozens of catapults were also pushed to the front, and shirtless wrestlers stood beside them, ready to vent the anger of war into Miaoxi Town.

Seeing that the other party had prepared so many siege equipment, the pupils in Bao Zhong's eyes couldn't help but shrink violently, with the defensive ability of Miaoxi Town, it was difficult to support it for too long under such a saturated attack.

"My lord, it seems to be Li Dingguo on the other side!"

Just when Bao Zhong was thinking about how to break the enemy, an exclamation suddenly came from beside him.

Bao Zhong turned his eyes and saw that Su Yuanzheng, a thousand households under his command, was pointing at the leading generals in the Yangwu army formation outside the city with a shocked expression.

Looking up, at the rear of a group of heavily armored infantry phalanxes, a huge general flag engraved with the character Li stood majestically, and a young general in armor sat on a war horse, his heroic face was indifferent, and his gaze towards the city tower was extremely sharp.

"Li Dingguo!"

Bao Zhong's expression was shocked when he heard this, and his eyes were full of disbelief when he looked at Li Dingguo in the military array.

Although Kong You's German forces are located in Jinzhou and separated from Yongzhou by the Yangtze River, he is definitely no stranger to the famous King of Anxi.

As early as when the Great Western Army was in Yongzhou, Li Dingguo was already a powerful general under Zhang Xianzhong, and after Zhang Xianzhong was defeated, he independently carried the banner of the Great Western Army, entrenched in Ji'an and Hejiao counties, resisted the Qing army's soldiers, and its excellent ability to command troops was at the top level in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

It is precisely because of his understanding and fear of Li Dingguo that at the beginning of the army, Kong Youde had already sent an envoy to contact him, the purpose of which was to persuade Li Dingguo to send troops together and carve up the forces of the Yangwu army.

Although this proposal was rejected by Li Dingguo on the grounds that the army needed to be revised, he also received a verbal promise that he would not participate in the war. Their spies did find that the two counties of Ji'an and He Jiao under Li Dingguo were in the midst of large-scale personnel and military adjustments.

It was based on this situation that Zhang Wenhuan's army dared to attack from Shimen Town with great fanfare and attacked the towns in the southwest of Jumei County.

In order to strengthen the confidence of the generals in the army, Zhang Wenhuan had already disclosed this information to the major generals under his command at the beginning of the dispatch.

But now Li Dingguo suddenly appeared outside Miaoxi Town with tens of thousands of troops under the banner of Yangwu Army, and the impact on Bao Zhong's heart can be imagined.

Li Dingguo, who occupies the land of two counties and has tens of thousands of elite troops under his command, is no worse than Kong Youde in terms of strength, but it is not conspicuous because there is a powerful Yangwu army rising next to him.

Such a powerful prince actually quietly surrendered to the Yangwu army like this!

Thundered~

Just when Bao Zhong and the others were shocked by the fact that Li Dingguo's army had surrendered to Sima Yu, a dense sound of horses' hooves came from the southwest outside Miaoxi Town.

Rolling dust and smoke, clouds rolling in.

"Report! General, a large number of cavalry of the Yangwu Army appeared outside the south gate! ”

The messenger hurried to the front and reported to Bao Zhong.

"What can I do about this?"

"The enemy wants to flank our army on both sides!"

The news from the messenger quickly caused the generals on the city tower to fall into a panic.

In front of the elite of more than 30,000 Yangwu troops led by Li Dingguo, and behind there were a large number of elite cavalry of the enemy army, facing the attack of the enemy army several times their own, with the defense ability of the city wall of Miaoxi Town, a second-level town, no one was confident that they could withstand the attack of the other party.

"Send a messenger and ask for surrender!"

Looking at the panicked generals on the city tower, the expression on Bao Zhong's face changed several times, and finally turned into a sigh, and he ordered to the herald beside him with a dejected face.

"My lord, we still have 8,000 troops in hand, how can we surrender to the Yangwu army so easily before the war starts?"

Bao Zhong's order made a young Qianhu beside him blush, and he said to Bao Zhong angrily with the arrogance unique to young people.

For the young Qianhu who is bent on killing the enemy on the battlefield and making meritorious contributions, it is a shame to surrender now!

"Go to war, now what are we going to war with? Do you know what it means for Li Dingguo to be here? Before the army set out for the expedition, the king of the south sent messengers to contact it and persuade it to flank the Yangwu army with our army. This is simply a trap, a trap set for us by the Yangwu Army before the start of the war. Now that Shimen Town has fallen, the main force of tens of thousands of troops led by General Zhang Wenhuan is entangled by 20,000 Yangwu cavalry, and it is impossible to get out at all. I can't take down my brother because of your ignorance and pride to make a senseless sacrifice and carry out orders! ”

Bao Zhongzhong, who made the decision to surrender, was already extremely unhappy, and was even more furious by the young Qianhu Yitou, and angrily scolded the young Qianhu who spoke, and finally yelled at the herald standing in place.

"Whoa!"

On December 27, the second year of the Great Controversy, Li Dingguo announced to the outside world that he would join Sima Yu, the general of Yang Wu, and the two counties of Ji'an and Hejiao under his rule were directly merged into the rule of General Yangwu's office, and 40,000 elite Li Dingguo's army were also under the command of Sima Yu.

In the early morning of the same day, after the banner of Yangwu Army was raised, Li Dingguo quickly led 35,000 elite troops to cross the river and send troops to attack Miaoxi Town, Jumei County.

At the same time, after breaking Shimen Town, Hu Luguang also led 10,000 Xianbei cavalry soldiers to surround Miaoxi Town.

In the face of more than 40,000 Yangwu troops, the defenders of Miaoxi Town, Kong Youde, commanded Baozhong to surrender without a fight, and led 8,000 defenders to surrender without a fight.

On December 28, the second year of the Great Struggle, with the surrender of Baozhong's troops without a fight, all the towns in the southwest of Jumei County, which were occupied by Kong Youde's army, except for Gufeng Town, which was located on the bank of the river, fell back into the hands of the Yangwu army.

Li Dingguo and Hu Luguang's two armies converged in Miaoxi Town, and after integrating 8,000 surrendered troops, they continued to lead nearly 50,000 troops northward, plus more than 10,000 Yangwu cavalry entangled with Zhang Wenhuan's army outside the town, totaling more than 60,000 Yangwu troops formed a joint encirclement of Zhang Wenhuan's tired army of less than 30,000.

Bang Bang Bang ~

The sound of firecrackers, the atmosphere of the festival is getting stronger and stronger, every household in the entire Qilin City is lit up, countless children are putting firecrackers on the street, and the people on the street are also constantly entering and exiting the major shops to purchase New Year's goods, and their faces are full of joy.

Standing outside the window of Huiwen Building, looking at the noisy Qilin City, a confused look flashed in his eyes.

Isn't this the prosperity he was looking forward to!