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The main force of the Qi army withdrew to a pause five miles north of Gongqiu.

Zhang Xutuo paid close attention to the battlefield of Ningyang, although he accepted Zhang Yuanbei's construction and made the decision to evacuate Lu County, but he was not willing to return empty-handed, he still expected Duan Wencao to take the Lu army to the battlefield in time, so that he could enter the battlefield again, first encircle and annihilate the white thieves, and then capture Ningyang City, and completely annihilate the thieves in southwest Lu. The stability of the situation in southwest Lu will quickly turn the entire situation in Qilu and win him an excellent opportunity to kill the thieves in Ludong, so as to ensure that the Donglai sailors can cross the sea and expedition as scheduled.

There is no doubt that the overall interests are higher than the local interests, and the interests of the kingdom are higher than the interests of the group, Zhang Xutuo is also convinced, and he also believes that Duan Wencao, like himself, will always put the overall interests in place at this critical moment, as long as the overall interests are preserved, the local interests will not be damaged, this truth is very simple.

However, Zhang Xutuo was disappointed.

Although the Qi army scouts are only more than 20 miles away from Ningyang City, and there is still a long distance from Jianqiu City, but considering the time relationship, if the Lu army cannot reach the battlefield before dusk, then even if Zhang Xutuo attacks in advance and throws the main force on the battlefield, he will not be able to complete the encirclement of the Cangtou army, and the white thief Li Fengyun still has enough time and space to evacuate calmly. As long as the white thief Li Fengyun is alive and the Cangtou army still occupies Mengshan, then there is absolutely no possibility of reversing the situation in the entire southwest of Shandong and even the Qilu region.

The sun is like blood.

Qin Qiong, Wu Heimin, and Luo Shixin surrounded Zhang Xutuo, all of them with indignant expressions, although they did not say anything to ask for their lives and beg for the withdrawal of troops, but the expressions on their faces had already exposed this idea.

Zhang Xutuo looked up at the sunset and let out a long sigh. At this moment, even if Duan Wencao and the Lu army had already left the city of Bianqiu and were rushing to the battlefield, they could not prevent the arrival of the night, could not save the battle situation, and could not encircle and annihilate the white thieves and the Cangtou army. As for the thief army that was surrounded in Ningyang City, they were still sober-minded and did not take advantage of Li Fengyun's fierce battle outside the city to break through the siege, otherwise they would have been attacked by the main force of the Qi army and the whole army would be annihilated. Fear and cowardice saved their lives, and with such a remnant army with no combat effectiveness, the Qi army will not fight again, so leave it to Duan Wencao and Lu Jun. In any case, this battle has been fought to this point, and it can be regarded as some results, in which the Qi army fought half of the battle and got half of the results, and the remaining half of the records were taken by the Lu army, and they could not be obtained without hard work.

"Withdraw." Zhang Xutuo waved his hand at the generals, "Immediately cross the river to the north and go north." ”

The generals bowed down and received the command, and scattered in all directions. Qin Qiong hesitated for a moment, walked to Zhang Xutuo's side, and asked in a low voice, "Duke Ming, did you order Zhang Sigong and Jia Tuan Master to continue to hold out under Ningyang City for a period of time?" ”

Zhang Xutuo glanced at Qin Qiong, "Are you worried that Duan Envoy Jun won't come?" ”

Qin Qiong smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Zhang Sigong, Jia Tuan Master and the white thief fought for a whole afternoon, the fight was very fierce, the killing sound shook the sky, Duan Envoy couldn't not know, but look at ......" Qin Qiong pointed to the sunset on the horizon and said angrily, "If he wanted to come, he would have come a long time ago." If he doesn't come, but we withdraw, and let the thieves inside and outside the city meet and flee, then the responsibility is Minggong's. ”

"He'll come." Zhang Xutuo's tone was very affirmative, "He is also a veteran of a hundred battles, and he knows the entire battle situation well, how could he miss the fighter?" ”

Qin Qiong stopped talking.

Zhang Xutuo ordered, "Order Zhang Yuanbei and Jia Yanfu to evacuate urgently after dark." ”

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The sun is setting, approaching the horizon.

Duan Wencao came, and took the main force of the Lu army to Ningyang City.

Li Fengyun hurriedly evacuated, and the officers and soldiers of the Cangtou Army turned around and ran away.

Zhang Yuanbei and Jia Yanfu also evacuated with their soldiers.

When the Lu army entered the battlefield, the first thing they saw was the thief army fleeing in a hurry, and then they saw the Qi army bathed in the bloody sunlight and gradually drifted away.

After a Qi scout presented a letter from Zhang Yuanbei to Duan Wencao, he galloped away.

Duan Wencao was very angry, so he almost didn't scold. You Zhang Xutuo is responsible for the heavy task of suppressing thieves in the entire Qilu region, and a certain is the Taishou of Lu County, but he is just cooperating with you to suppress thieves, so it is natural for your Qi army to bear the heavy responsibility of attacking the fortifications, now it is good, a certain come, you don't call one, turn around and leave, and throw a Ningyang City occupied by thieves to a certain one, let a certain fight, what do you mean? You're an old puppet calculating?

Seeing Duan Wencao with a black face and angrily throwing the letter to the ground, Niu Jinda couldn't help but sigh secretly, leaned over and picked up the letter, and took a closer look.

The letter was written by Zhang Yuanbei, not his father Zhang Xutuo, which shows that Zhang Xutuo was so angry, reacted violently, and had deep opinions on Duan Wencao, and the two sides basically tore their faces. The words on the letter are very sloppy and untidy, which shows that Zhang Yuanbei received an order and drafted it temporarily, which can not only express the extreme contempt of the Qi army for Duan Wencao's treachery, but also a hint of a rupture, you are unkind, I am unjust, the Qi army will not come again, no matter how bad the situation in southwest Lu is in the future, the Qi army will not reach out to help.

The reason why Duan Wencao was so angry was that he took it for granted that Zhang Xutuo was under the heavy pressure of the Eastern Capital and the Right Houwei Mansion, and it was too difficult to suppress the thieves, so he had to turn to Duan Wencao and the Qilu aristocratic group where he was located, so he had to swallow his anger, knock out his teeth and swallow blood, who expected that Zhang Xutuo was very violent, and under the anger, he turned his face directly with Duan Wencao.

Turn your face and turn your face, this is the territory of the Qi people, and since ancient times, the Qi people have a fine tradition of holding together and uniting with the outside world, you Zhang Xutuo, a Guanlong person, want to show off his might in Qilu and do whatever he wants, it is purely a daydream, you old horseman, you wait for death.

At this point, let's do what we should do. Niu Jinda put the letter away and asked respectfully, "Envoy, are you going to attack the city overnight, or are you setting up camp and attacking again tomorrow?" ”

"Set up camp." Duan Wencao waved his horsewhip, and said with a sense of resentment, "It is very difficult for us to suppress the thieves alone. Ningyang City is tall and strong, and there is enough food in the city, and the Qi army only attacked for two hours before, even if the thieves suffered heavy casualties, but at most more than half of the loss, there are still thousands of people defending the city. Our Lu army is newly built, and the soldiers lack combat experience, and it is even more difficult to attack the fortifications, so it is better to surround them first and see the shape of shì. ”

Niu Jinda understood and agreed with Duan Wencao's decision.

The thief army in the city is actually a turtle in an urn, there is nothing to be afraid of, sooner or later it will be in the bag, and the real threat to the Lu army is the cangtou army that has just withdrawn from the battlefield.

Judging from the traces of fighting on the battlefield, the Qi army and the thief army fought a tacit battle, which was lively, but in fact there were few casualties. Zhang Xutuo was obviously angered by Duan Wencao, he withdrew the main force to Gongqiu, leaving Zhang Yuanbei with an army to block the Cangtou army, and this deployment clearly told the Cangtou army, if you fight hard, I will transfer the main force, on the contrary, if you cooperate with me to fight a tacit battle and trick Duan Wencao to the battlefield, I will let you live and let you evacuate calmly.

The white thief knew that Zhang Xutuo's Qi army surrounded Ningyang City, and he also knew that Duan Wencao's Lu army was eyeing Ningyang City, if he galloped to aid Ningyang, he would definitely fall into the predicament of being attacked by the enemy on his back, in this case, why did he rush to Ningyang? When he arrived in Ningyang, seeing Zhang Xutuo's formation, he immediately cooperated with the Qi army to fight a tacit battle, what is the purpose of this?

Niu Jinda thought for a long time, and the only explanation was that the white thief knew the contradiction between Zhang Xutuo and Duan Wencao, and he skillfully grasped and used this contradiction, and then he concluded that Zhang Xutuo was going to leave Lu County, so that Lu County's shape changed suddenly, and he and Duan Wencao were left on the battlefield to fight against each other, so that the white thief had a chance to defeat Duan Wencao.

There must be the support of some political force behind the white thief, which is what Duan Wen told him to do, and the changes in today's situation also confirm this speculation. If the thief does not understand his opponent, it is impossible for him to use the opponent's shortcomings to change the situation.

Zhang Xutuo left, and before leaving, he also set up a bureau for Duan Wencao, forcing Duan Wencao to do his best to deal with the white thief and the Cangtou army, so clever means.

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Zhang Xutuo really left, walked very resolutely, very fast, and traveled more than 100 miles in one day and one night to reach Feicheng, and more than 100 miles north of Feicheng is the capital of Qi County.

The Qi army went south from Qi County to Jibei County, from Jibei County to Dongping County, and then from Dongping County to Lu County. This time I went back, but I chose a shortcut, went straight north, and returned to Qi County within two days, which was enough to kill those traitors from all walks of life who caused Qi County by surprise.

The news quickly spread back to Gangcheng. Zhang Xutuo crossed Wenshui to the north with his front foot, and Li Fengyun entered Gangcheng with his back foot. Gangcheng is only a few dozen miles away from Ningyang City, where the Cangtou Army Chen soldiers confronted the Lu army outside Ningyang City.

"This time, Zhang Xutuo really went back." Yuan Anxi smiled, and while handing the scout secret report to Li Fengyun, he said happily, "Ming Gong, then we can rest assured and boldly clean up Duan Wencao." ”

Li Fengyun took the secret report and glanced at it, and gently put it on the desk, his eyes showing a worried expression.

"What is Ming Gong worried about?" Yuan An asked, "Are you worried that Duan Wencao will see through Ming Gong's plan and flee back to Bianqiu City and not come out?" ”

"I'm worried about Ningyang." Li Fengyun shook his head, "Before leaving Ningyang that day, although he quietly told Han Jinluo the secret about Xu Shiren, the hero of Rencheng, Han Jinluo didn't think so. If he continued to trust Xu Shiren, and Duan Wencao went to Ningyang City again, then Ningyang City would be in danger. ”

"Ming Gong is too worried." Yuan An shook his hand and said, "As far as the current battle situation is concerned, the food and the rebel army in Ningyang City are a bait, and we are not only short of food, but also want to rescue the rebels in the city, so we have to go to Ningyang City to fight a decisive battle with the official army, so it is certain that Duan Wencao will not take Ningyang City before defeating us even if he has Xu Shiren's internal response." In someone's opinion, it is Meng Haigong who should really be worried. ”

Li Fengyun frowned slightly, "This battle can't be delayed, the longer it drags on, the greater the variables." ”

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