June 29, midnight.

Li Fengyun and Li Mi stood side by side in the mountains and forests on the south bank of Gushui, looking at the beautiful "sea of stars" that stretched for miles on the north bank.

Li Fengyun was as calm as water, but Li Mi was a little nervous. Tonight's battle is very risky, once Yang Xuangan fails to drag the Xijing army on the front line of Gu Bobi and Qianqiu Pavilion, then the alliance army will be attacked by the opponent's crazy counterattack, and in the end, even if the Xijing army's grain and grass are burned, it will not be able to complete the encirclement of the Xijing army, and can only let the opponent escape.

Yuan An came in a hurry, panting, "Scout urgently, the Weifu army of Xiaoxin'an City is advancing in the direction of Qianqiu Pavilion, if their destination is Qianqiu Pavilion, then when we attack Mianchi, the Xijing army is more than seventy miles away from us, which can give us more time to attack." ”

"Is there any latest news from Yue Gong (Yang Xuangan)?" Li Mi asked eagerly.

Yuan An shook his head. The two armies are too far apart, the terrain is too complicated, it is too difficult to keep in touch in the dark, although tonight's battle is very important, and may even directly determine the direction of the future situation, but there is no way, now we can only rely on the trust and tacit understanding between each other, in addition, it depends on luck, the plan is in the people, the success is in the sky, if the luck is not good, everything is in vain.

"I don't know how the war is going on over there?" Li Mi said worriedly, "If Wei Wensheng is unwilling to fight again and retreat to the Qianqiu Pavilion, it will depend on whether the Duke of Yue is willing to attack with all his might." After a pause, he comforted himself again, "Wei Wensheng dug up the tomb of Lao Yue Gong and formed a mortal enmity with the Yang brothers, even if he wants to rest for half the night, the Yang brothers will not agree, and they will fight with them to the end." ”

"You don't have to worry about Yue Gong." Li Fengyun patted Li Mi's back affectionately, and said with a smile, "The Xijing army attacked very fiercely and resolutely today, obviously Wei Wensheng couldn't wait, and planned to kill under Hangu Pass overnight, so even if Yue Gong had reservations in Gu Bobi, but in the face of the fierce attack of the Xijing army, he could only fight bloodily." Once the two fall into a battle to the death, they can't stop, and whoever retreats will lose. This can be seen from the Weifu army of Xiaoxin'an City rushing to Qianqiu Pavilion overnight, Wei Wensheng has a real fire, not only to fight overnight, but also to take turns to fight under the command of the army to ensure full body. ”

Li Mi shook his head repeatedly, and his nervous mood was relieved, "As long as the main force of the Xijing army enters the Qianqiu Pavilion and Gu Bobi line, we will definitely be able to win a complete victory on the battlefield of Michi." ”

As soon as Li Mi's words fell, Yuan An said something that made his heart tremble, "According to the scout's report, there is an abnormal movement in the direction of Michi. ”

"What kind of change?" Li Mi hurriedly asked.

"The Weifu army in the direction of Michi suddenly strengthened the vigilance on the south bank of Gushui, and the number of foot and cavalry guards patrolling the night has increased." Yuan An said, "In addition, there are some baggage trucks full of grain, grass and weapons that suddenly entered the city, I don't know why. ”

"The baggage cart into the city in the middle of the night?" Li Mi turned his head to look at Li Fengyun and asked suspiciously, "Could it be that someone leaked the news?" ”

"The news must not have leaked, otherwise there would not be such a beautiful night scene outside Michi City now." Li Fengyun disagreed, raised his finger and pointed to the bright "Sea of Stars" in the distance, and said in a flat tone, "Our army of more than 20,000 people marched west from Hangu Pass, and then crossed the valley to hide in Kuncheng, which will more or less leave some clues, on the contrary, if there are no traces at all and the opponent is defenseless, then it is called abnormal." ”

Li Mi disagrees with this, since the opponent is aware and guarded, the attack strategy on his side must also be adjusted accordingly, "The longer we are incubated, the greater the possibility of exposure, and none of us can afford this risk, once something happens, it will inevitably endanger the lives of more than 20,000 soldiers, so, a certain Jian, do you want to consider launching an attack in advance?" ”

"Don't think about it." Li Fengyun categorically vetoed, "If Yue Gong is fighting all night, constantly throwing troops into the battlefield, and putting on a posture of not dying, Wei Wensheng must infer that Yue Gong has fallen into the nest, he has to fight with all his might, and he will not dare to retreat at all, because Yue Gong is as aggressive as a tiger and murderous, and once the Xijing army retreats, morale will inevitably be low. So in the face of Yue Gong's crazy attack, Wei Wensheng had no choice but to fight to the death. After fighting overnight, the Xijing army was exhausted, and even if the guard Wensheng knew that Mianchi was lost, the grain and grass were cut off, and the whole army was encircled, he did not dare to turn around and kill in a hurry. In order to reverse the crisis and avoid the disaster of annihilation, he must stabilize the morale of the army, restore the body of the soldiers, and formulate a counterattack strategy, and then march step by step, steadily and steadily, so that there is a chance to break out of the encirclement. ”

Speaking of this, Li Fengyun glanced at Li Mi, "Wei Wensheng is a veteran of a hundred battles, he has long passed the age of blood, Mount Tai collapsed and his color remained unchanged, this change on the battlefield is not worth mentioning to him at all, he still has an elite army in his hands, he still has a high prestige in the eyes of the soldiers, he still has enough strength and plenty of time to defeat us, so you must not despise him, don't think that we destroy his grain and grass to control his life and death, on the contrary, start with us destroying his grain and grass." , he really shows his sharp fangs, and when you get carried away and think you're sure of victory, that's when he strikes a fatal blow at you. ”

Li Mi's face changed slightly, thoughtful. Li Fengyun raised his hand at Li Mi and warned, "The pre-dawn raid is easy for us, but it doesn't mean that we have already controlled the battle situation. Our real vicious battle is after dawn, the Xijing army rushes madly for survival, if we can't stop it, the Xijing army breaks through the siege, and is defeated by Wei Wensheng, the consequences will be severe. ”

Li Mi bowed his head lightly and made a teachable attitude, in fact, he didn't agree with Li Fengyun's words at all. In Li Mi's view, Li Fengyun was making some kind of hint for the battle after dawn, Li Fengyun deliberately praised David Wensheng's strength, and deliberately described the Xijing army as a tiger and wolf army, the purpose of which was to preserve his own strength. Thinking about it further, Li Fengyun is obviously "coercing" Yang Xuangan, I will not defeat the Xijing army, let alone sacrifice myself to fulfill you, if you want to kill Wei Wensheng and annihilate the Xijing army, you yourself will have to do your best. I can accept that you calculate me once, but if you calculate me again and again, then it will not work.

After weighing it again and again, Li Mi still tried to say, "In order to break through, Wei Wensheng must put the main force on the side of Mianchi, and Zheng Yuanshou in Mianchi City will also attack with the camera in order to cooperate with Wei Wensheng to break through, so we will suffer from the enemy on our backs, and the shape is very sinister." ”

Li Fengyun nodded, "That's true." Therefore, if you want to fight this battle well and achieve the expected goal, Yue Gong must attack with all his might, he has forty or fifty thousand troops, twice as many as the Xijing army, part of which is still the original Dongdu garrison, the combat effectiveness is very strong, as long as he attacks frantically at any cost, he will be able to contain and hit the main force of the Xijing army, and as the casualties of the Xijing army are getting bigger and bigger, the morale will become more and more sluggish, and eventually collapse. ”

"Yue Gong will definitely attack like crazy." Li Mi swore and said, "The Yang brothers have formed a mortal enmity with Wei Wensheng, and now that they have finally surrounded the Xijing army, how can they miss the opportunity to take revenge?" ”

"The Yang brothers may be desperate for revenge." Li Fengyun sneered, "But don't forget, there are not only a few of them under the account of the Duke of Yue, and many people follow the Duke of Yue Mutiny with a clear goal, their goal is very ambitious, it is by no means to help the Yang brothers take revenge, let alone accompany the Yang brothers to go crazy to death."

Li Mi was speechless, and in the end he could only say perfunctory, "A certain meeting will truthfully tell Yue Gong." ”

When the rooster crowed, Li Fengyun gave the order to attack.

Under the cover of night, hundreds of elites of the Alliance Tiger Army swam across the river and launched a sneak attack on the night patrol and cavalry guards of the Weifu Army.

As soon as the fighting on the north bank began, the coalition forces on the south bank began to erect pontoon bridges over the valley. Hundreds of them are tied together, and then covered with wooden planks, which is a simple and practical floating raft, and several of these giant floating rafts are connected together on the river surface to form a simple pontoon bridge. In a short period of time, five such pontoon bridges appeared on the surface of the Gushui River, and then the Alliance soldiers hiding in the mountains swarmed out, like a ghost army emerging from the darkness, with an astonishing murderous aura, across the valley water, and swept towards the bright "sea of stars".

"Knock knock...... "The drums of war beat and shook the earth;" Woo woo woo ......" the horn whistled and resounded through the night sky.

The guards in the company camp outside the city woke up from their dreams, panicked, and fled in all directions; The craftsmen and folk husbands who live in the open air and lie on the ground are scattered, and the wolves are rushing.

There was chaos outside the city, the "sea of stars" was undulating, and the little fires were quickly connected, and then converged into a sky-high fire, the fire borrowed the wind, the more it burned, the more it burned, and in a blink of an eye, it became a roaring red dragon, raging the heavens and the earth, as if to burn the darkness, and to turn a qiē cun zài into powder.

Upstairs in the east city of Michi, Zheng Yuanshou was shocked and angry, at a loss.

He was powerless to fight the rebels outside the city, so he could only let the fire burn the grain and grass, and he was powerless to save the civilians outside the city, so he could only let them die in the fire. Although he accurately predicted this disaster and tried to defuse it, his strength was too weak and too small today, so that he could not even convince Dugu Wudu and Wei Fu to withdraw as many troops, civilians and food and grass outside the city into the city as possible, and when the disaster came, a raging fire broke out, and thousands of innocent lives died.

"Send people out of the city immediately and escape from Michi in the chaos." Zheng Yuanshou decisively ordered, "100,000 people are in a hurry to report to the province,