Chapter 154 Stalemate

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Xu Shisan's Fengyun Regiment and Haidongqing's Eighth Regiment collided head-on with Duan Wencao's two support regiments.

Duan Wencao was at a loss, he could only look helplessly at the battlefield ahead, watching the roaring Cangtou Army rush into his middle battle formation like a beast.

Niu Jinda took the lead, rushed to the right flank of the battle formation with his personal guards, and fought side by side with the soldiers of the township regiment, desperately blocking the attack.

At this moment, Han Yao led four regiments to defeat the left flank battle formation of the official army and began to storm the middle of the official army. As a result, the main force of the official army on the decisive battlefield was besieged by the righteous army on three sides, and the shape was very unfavorable to them, and the gap between the two sides was widening in terms of numbers and morale, if Duan Wencao could not provide timely support and put more troops into the decisive battlefield, the defeat of the official army was only a matter of time.

Duan Wencao witnessed the combat effectiveness of the Cangtou Army, and he was shocked and even more afraid. He never thought that his army would fall into passivity in such a short period of time, let alone that the white thief would suddenly burst into power when his strength was not as good as his own, and he would beat himself dizzy in three or two blows.

Duan Wencao turned his head to look behind him again. There is not much suspense on the battlefield ahead, the two sides defend and attack, no matter who wins or loses, in the end both sides lose, and if you want to change this situation, you have to look at the rear battlefield. If the official army can defeat the breakout rebels on the rear battlefield and beat them back into the city, then Duan Wencao can put more troops into the front battlefield, and there is also the possibility of turning the tide of the battle.

Li Fengyun knew this very well, he had no way to guarantee that the rebels in the city would be able to complete the predetermined combat objectives, so he could only rely on himself, and when he came up, he caught the officers and soldiers by surprise, and then attacked frantically around the officers and troops, the purpose was to strive to destroy the main force of the officers and troops in the shortest possible time, as long as the main force of the officers and troops was defeated, even if Duan Wencao beat the rebels in the city back, he was powerless to reverse the tide of the battle, and it was the rebels who won the decisive battle in the end. For this reason, Li Fengyun would rather pay a heavy price than be defeated and return to Mengshan.

Now, both sides are in a race against time.

Duan Wencao ordered that the besieging troops must fight resolutely and fiercely, and must beat the breakout rebels back to the city in the shortest possible time.

Li Fengyun also ordered that all regiments of the Cangtou Army and Meng Haigong's Jiyin Army must devote all their strength, burst out the strongest combat effectiveness, and do their best to attack, and attack at any cost.

Han Jinluo stood at the top of the city tower, overlooking the great plain outside the city, watching the battle on the decisive battlefield. From the various flags flying in the wind, he could probably deduce the current situation of the two armies fighting on the battlefield. As previously speculated, the two sides are locked in a bitter battle and a war of attrition, and if the tide of battle does not change quickly, the final result of both sides will be a defeat for both sides.

Li Fengyun was determined to win this battle, which was directly related to the growth of the righteous army, so he did not care about the cost. Duan Wencao is different, what he values is his own power and the overall interests of the Qilu aristocratic group, so he must maintain a certain strength. In order to preserve his strength, he would rather lose this battle. Losing a battle can't shake his fundamentals, fighting a war, there are always wins and losses, this battle can't be won, the next battle can be continued, but if the strength is lost, he will lose the fundamentals, basically there is no chance to turn over.

Han Jinluo's gaze fell on the battlefield under the city.

The rebel army in the city launched an attack from the east and south, but was stubbornly resisted by the besieging officers and troops, and there is no sign of a breakthrough so far.

After receiving Duan Wencao's order, the besieging officers and soldiers had to fight desperately. If the rebel army in the city breaks through the resistance and kills the battlefield in front, the main force of the official army will be defeated by the enemy. The main force has been defeated, how can the besieging troops under this city be spared?

With the desperate efforts of the officers and soldiers, the attack of the rebels was blocked, and the psychology of the soldiers gradually changed. People have been on the verge of life and death for a long time, and their thirst for survival is very strong. Now there is Bai Shuai attacking in front, and there is a strong city in the rear to save his life, if Bai Shuai wins, these officers and soldiers in front of him will naturally disperse in a hurry, on the contrary, if Bai Shuai is defeated, everyone retreats to the city, and they can also save their lives. In that case, why fight so hard? Once the psychology of cowardice is generated, people's courage will dissipate irrepressibly, and the attack power will weaken rapidly, and the officers and soldiers will become more and more courageous and morale will be high.

Han Jinluo didn't dare to lose, he couldn't afford to lose, and the result of defeat was to lose this decisive battle, and if this decisive battle was lost, neither he nor his army would cease to exist.

Han Jinluo gritted his teeth and resolutely decided to go out of the city.

"Order, gather all the troops in the city, and kill them!"

Han Jinluo is broken, anyway, it is a battle against the water, and continuing to be trapped in the city is exactly the same as the result of the failure to break through, since this is the case, what reason is there to continue to be trapped in the dangerous city? Of course, he killed it without hesitation and swore to the death.

"Urgently tell Shuai Rentai and Xu Shiren that they have decided to fall out of the city, enter the battlefield from the direction of Nancheng, join the Zhen and Huo armies to attack and advance, swear to break through the enemy formation, and join Bai Shuai under the city."

"Tell Zhen Baoche and Huo Xiaohan again, the battle situation has unfolded so far, and we can only fight with all our might. A certain general led his troops out of Xicheng, went south along the river embankment, quietly approached the battlefield, directly killed the enemy's Chinese army, and dealt a fatal blow to Duan Wencao. Please do your best to cooperate with the two brothers, and command the post to attack bravely, so as to firmly contain the opponent and cover our attack to kill the enemy's Chinese army. ”

The subordinate in charge of delivering the order looked at Han Jinluo suspiciously, not knowing if he had said the wrong thing in a hurry, or if he was deliberately deceiving Shuai Rentai and Xu Shiren.

"Follow so-and-so's order to convey it, and don't make a single mistake." Han Jinluo's expression was stern, and he waved his hand vigorously at him, signaling him to hurry up and give the order.

Han Jinluo is not easy to explain, although Xu Shiren was forced to make a choice, he still does not want to rebel in his heart, and even hates these brothers who forced him to a dead end, so Han Jinluo has to be guarded, it is always a good thing to be cautious.

The tide of the war is at a stalemate.

Li Fengyun's Cangtou Army and Meng Haigong's Jiyin Army besieged the main force of the official army on three sides, and the main force of the official army formed a formation under the command of Niu Jinda.

Although Li Fengyun caught the official army by surprise and seized the opportunity, the combat effectiveness of Meng Haigong's six regiments on the side of the righteous army was very limited, and it was okay to wave the flag and shout and shoot arrows in the full scene, but it would not work to push it to the front line to fight, so it was the twelve regiments of the Cangtou Army that really undertook the heavy task of attacking and killing, so that the strength of the two sides was almost the same, and the defender would definitely have to take advantage. At this moment, Li Fengyun does not have an absolute advantage to destroy the battle formation of the official army, and Niu Jinda does not have the strength to launch a counteroffensive, both sides know that if they continue to fight like this, they will definitely lose both, but they will become a tiger, and everyone will not even have the strength to breathe, let alone stop and withdraw from the battle.

In the east and south directions of Ningyang City, the siege troops of the official army and the breakout troops of the righteous army also entered a stalemate. The strength of the two sides is also almost the same. The official army had a clear goal, resolutely prevented the rebel army from breaking through, and resolutely refused to let the two rebel armies meet. The goal of the rebel army is not clear, and the battle out of the city, on the one hand, is indeed to break through, which is the active consciousness, and on the other hand, it is to cooperate with Li Fengyun in this decisive battle, which is passive. Although they knew that Li Fengyun's decisive battle was to save them, from another point of view, if Li Fengyun wanted to grow stronger, he had to defeat Duan Wencao, which means that Li Fengyun also needed their help, and Li Fengyun couldn't defeat Duan Wencao with his strength. As a result, they want to break through, but they don't want to fight to the death, and always want to save some strength, which can be imagined, this mentality is simply not able to defeat the opponent when the strength of the two sides is about the same.

Duan Wencao was in the middle command, and he was clear about the entire battle situation, and his mood was extremely depressed at the moment. He actually didn't want to fight this battle, he had been carefully avoiding the decisive battle, but the decisive battle still inevitably exploded, and it was reasonable to fall into passivity at the beginning of the war, which was not a big deal, but after the war, all the conditions that had been deduced before appeared in the worst form, which made him feel depressed. Xu Shiren betrayed himself, Han Jinluo and other thieves played tricks on him, and even the vulnerable Meng Haigong dared to run to brush his tiger whiskers, which is simply unbelievable. Are you really old? Out of touch with this era? Can't understand today's young people anymore?

Duan Wencao couldn't help but think of Zhang Xutuo. Zhang Xutuo also fought very hard in Qi County, although he drove Wang Bo and Meng Rang away, but then Zuo Junxing, Zuo Junheng, Pei Changzi, Shi Zihe, Guo Fangpre, Qin Junhong and other traitors sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, making Zhang Xutuo anxious and complaining. In comparison, his situation is much better than his, but because of this, Zhang Xutuo designed and calculated himself, and drove the thieves in Northwest Lu and Southwest Lu into his own territory, and what is especially angry is that when he was about to inflict a heavy blow on the white thieves under Ningyang City, he suddenly withdrew and threw a mess to himself, so that it is now out of control.

This revenge is not revenge, this revenge must be avenged, not only a personal grudge, but also related to the dispute between the Guanlong people and the Qilu people. If you want to take revenge, you must first protect yourself, and if you want to protect yourself, this battle cannot be fought like this, if you continue to fight, you will lose both, you will be scarred, and the day of collapse will not be far away.

It's just that the decisive battle has been carried out so far, and the two sides are on the verge of riding tigers, how can they safely retreat?

At this moment, the alarm sound rushed into the ears from far and near.

Duan Wencao Huo Ran turned to look at the west. Between the blue sky, on the banks of the Zhushui River, battle flags were flying, and an army suddenly rushed out of the horizon, towards the battlefield, towards the place where Duan Wencao was holding the flag, and towards the command center of the official army.