Yang Xuangan suddenly had an epiphany, he finally knew why he couldn't be firm in his determination, because he always didn't trust Li Fengyun, and always suspected that Li Fengyun had bad intentions, and now Li Fengyun successfully surrounded the Xijing army at his incredible speed, giving him a clear message: I kept my promise at the critical moment and gave you absolute trust, if you live up to my trust and don't go all out with me, the decisive battle will fail, and the responsibility is yours, because you have not given me trust from beginning to end, I need to trust, This is the basis for cooperation.

Yang Xuangan didn't hesitate anymore and attacked with all his might. At present, the shape is very beneficial to him, Wei Wensheng and the Xijing army will rush to the pond like a tide, although Li Fengyun can resist it, but if the loss exceeds its bearing range, and the reason for the excessive loss is because Yang Xuangan is treacherous and does not go all out to attack, then Li Fengyun will inevitably retreat and let the Xijing army break through.

The news that the Xijing army was encircled spread all over the battlefield like the wind, the morale of the mutinous allies suddenly skyrocketed, and the soldiers were as excited as if they had beaten chicken blood, their blood was boiling, and the fatigue caused by the fierce battles was miraculously swept away, everyone was excited, the sound of killing was like thunder, and the pursuit speed was getting faster and faster, like a shocking tide, roaring all the way to Xiaoxin'an City.

The soldiers of Xijing fought and retreated, but as the pace of retreat became faster and faster, as the opponent's attack became more and more vigorous, and as various speculations and rumors flew all over the sky, the psychology of the soldiers changed rapidly. Then I was nervous, because there was no authoritative figure to come forward to refute the rumors, and the previous resentment immediately turned into suspicion, and the suspicion quickly degenerated into panic, and panic led to fear, and if this continued, morale would inevitably collapse, and the consequences would be unimaginable.

Fortunately, Qianqiu Pavilion is very close to Xiaoxin'an City, less than twenty miles, and the soldiers are running wildly, and they will soon arrive. At this moment, Xiaoxin'an City is like a rock, and the Xijing soldiers who are swarming like a tide "ferociously" slapped on its not majestic body, giving people an indestructible sense of security. On the tower of the city, the big banner is flying, the flag is like a cloud, and the armor is lined up; On both sides of the avenue outside the city, there were also heavily armed guards, bright armor shining in the sunlight. Wu Benlang's generals Dou Luxian, Hu Si Wanshou and Wu Yalang's eldest grandson Wuao, who had withdrawn to Xiaoxin Ancheng in advance, took the city as the center, leaned on the valley water on the left, and leaned on the dangerous mountain on the right, and had laid a solid defensive battle array. The soldiers of Xijing who had just withdrawn were immediately inspired by the scene in front of them, their morale was greatly boosted, and their panic quickly calmed down, everyone is a warrior who has experienced the tempering of life and death, and they all understand that no matter how dangerous the battle situation is, if you want to live, you can only fight to the death, fear and retreat will only make you die faster, and only by stepping on the corpse of the enemy in a bloody battle can you win a glimmer of life.

Wu Benlang general Cui Shi and Wu Yalang led Guo Zhen to withdraw to the Gushui River Valley outside the southern city, and then the withdrawn Wu Benlang general Zhang Jun and Wu Yalang general Liang Yuanli led the army to deploy in the hills outside the northern city, and finally withdrew to Pang Yu, the general of the prison gate Zhige, who took the bloodied and exhausted Praetorian Guard soldiers through the city and withdrew to the west of the city for temporary rest.

Pang Yu and his soldiers had just arrived on Chengxi Avenue, and before they had time to catch their breath, they heard an earth-shattering sound of drums and trumpets coming from the direction of the city's movement, and then the deafening sound of killing exploded in their ears like bursts of thunder from far and near. The rebels caught up and launched an attack on Xiaoxin'an, and the offensive was extremely ferocious. Fortunately, the battlefield is narrow, and the steep terrain between two mountains and one water is very favorable to the defenders, although the rebels are numerous and imposing, they cannot all be put into the battlefield and cannot form an overwhelming attack on Xiaoxin'an City, which gives the Xijing army valuable respite.

A black horse galloped out of the city with the heralds, like whistling arrows, and "flew" straight to the Praetorian Guards. Wei Wensheng gave an urgent order, and the headquarters urgently held a military meeting, asking Pang Yu, the general of the prison gate and the pavilion, to rush to the city.

Pang Yu was drinking water, and immediately threw the water bladder when he received the military order, got on the horse and left. He was anxious and very worried about the current situation.

He had been fighting the rebels on the Gubobi battlefield when he received the order to retreat, and he didn't know why he was retreating, although he had some guesses, he was still suspicious of the rumors from the rebels. He believed that Yang Xuangan might have ambushed an army in the mountains and forests south of Gushui, but this army would never launch a sneak attack on the first night that the Xijing army had relieved the siege of Michi. Yesterday, except for general-level officers, no one knew that the main force of the army had left Mianchi that day, and then took a step back and said, even if the news was leaked, but whether it was Xiaoxin'an City or Qianqiu Pavilion, it was only dozens of miles away from Mianchi, and the main force of the army could quickly return to help, so unless Yang Xuangan's ambush army was a group of madmen who lost their minds or a group of outlaws who didn't know whether they were alive or dead, it was impossible to sneak attack Mianchi last night, which was purely looking for death, and it was completely inconsistent with the common sense of the art of war. Of course, if Yang Xuangan used half of the main force to set up an ambush, there was such a possibility, so that the Xijing army would be ambushed because of carelessness against the enemy, and the next breakthrough battle would be difficult to fight, and it would be necessary to pay a heavy price.

The headquarters was located in a wealthy mansion in the middle of the city. When Pang Yu walked into the lobby, except for Wu Benlang General Dou Luxian, who was leading the army to stop the rebels in the west of the city, the rest of the general-level officers had arrived, but everyone's expressions were heavy, and the atmosphere was suffocating.

"Ming Gong, why did you evacuate? Why is the shape shì suddenly reversed? Pang Yu asked Wei Wensheng unceremoniously, his tone was very dissatisfied, everyone could hear the anger he forcibly suppressed, it was obvious that the Praetorian Guards had suffered a lot of losses during the retreat, and Pang Yu was enraged.

Wei Wensheng was as calm as water and didn't say a word.

Mingya immediately explained the attack on Michi, "So far, we don't know if Michi has fallen. ”

"It can't be." Pang Yu said sharply, "Michi is more than forty miles away, and it will stop in a blink of an eye. Chu Gong (Dou Luxian) retreated first, rushed here early, and had enough time to send scouts to investigate the military situation in Michi, how could he know nothing? Are all the scouts sent out? ”

Ming Ya glanced at him, her eyes were sad, and she said bitterly, "Perhaps, they are all dead." ”

Pang Yu was taken aback, and looked at Ming Ya with wide eyes, "None of them came back?" ”

Minya shook her head. None of the scouts have returned, which is not normal. If the scouts are blindly killed, it is meaningless to find out the military situation, so if the Michi battlefield is completely blocked by the rebels, the scouts will not be able to enter, and they will inevitably give up and come back. Now that none of the scouts have returned, it means that the Michi battlefield has been tightly sealed by the rebels, and it is possible that the rebel scouts have infiltrated a large number of people near Xiaoxin'an City, which leads to all the scouts sent to the direction of Michi without exception.

Pang Yu realized that the shape was far worse than he imagined, and Wei Wensheng changed his course and suddenly ordered a retreat, "So, the rumors from the rebels are true?" ”

Ming Ya hesitated for a moment and nodded slowly, "Even if there is an exaggeration, it will not be too far from the truth. Our speculation is that the grain and grass outside Michi City have been burned by the rebels, but considering that we will quickly return to help and do our best to break through the siege, the rebels will definitely not dare to force the attack, so if nothing else, Michi City is still in our hands, Xin Gong (Zheng Yuanshou) is still holding on, and it can also help us contain some of the rebels. ”

"In this case, a certain person took the initiative to ask for help, and quickly killed to Michi, opening the way for the army to break through." Pang Yu was decisive in killing, and immediately bowed down to Wei Wensheng and asked for his life.

Wei Wensheng shook his hand at him, signaling him to calm down and continue to listen to Mingya.

"Chu Gong (Dou Luxian) could not wait for the news of the scouts, so he sent a team of light horsemen to gallop through the pond, and found that the road had been cut by the rebels on the road about eight miles away from the pond, and further on there were dense trenches, and between each trench there were a large number of horses and deer bars, if this simple but effective defense was as long as eight miles, then when we forcibly attacked, the price paid can be imagined. Even if this is a suspicious plan of the rebels, we dare not set foot lightly, once the rebels set fire to the grass and trees, we will not be able to fly. As for Michi City, which is eight miles away, it is shrouded in thick smoke, and there is no trace of it when you climb the heights. Ming Ya sighed when she said this, "The rebels also need grain and grass baggage, so they will not burn all the grain and grass baggage, that is to say, the billowing smoke over the pond cannot be caused by the rebels burning grain and grass baggage." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's faces became even more ugly. Could it be that the rebels have captured Michi and are burning the city? Or Zheng Yuanshou in the city fled without a fight, and in order to prevent the rebels from occupying the pond, Yu Crisp did not stop doing two things and burned the city? But no matter what the situation, Michi fell, which was very unfavorable to the Xijing army to break out of the encirclement.

"The judgment of a certain is that while the rebels are burning the grain and grass outside the city, they are also burning the trees, mountains and forests outside the city in order to carry out suspicious tactics." Ming Ya frowned and said, "This suspicious plan has the effect of killing two birds with one stone. The defenders in the city were surrounded by the smoke that covered the sky and the sun, and they did not know anything about the situation outside the city, of course, they were panicked and their morale was low, and they could only shrink out, and we were also blinded by the smoke that covered the sky and the sun, neither knew the current situation of Michi, nor did they know the reality of the rebels, of course, they were also panicked, and their morale was also low, and the soldiers were bound to be afraid in the process of breaking through and losing the courage to sacrifice their lives, which will inevitably affect our breakthrough speed and increase our breakthrough time. But we have too little time to break out, there is only one day and one night left in the full battle, if we haven't killed the city of Michi before dusk tomorrow and opened the way to break out, we will be finished. The blow to the absolute morale of the army is fatal, and once the morale of the army collapses, we will be completely annihilated. ”

Everyone was discolored, and there was a dead silence.

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