On the embankment of the Gushui River five miles behind Gu Bobi, Yang Xuangan stood in the dark with his hands in his hands, his long hair fluttering in the wind, and the mountains and forests roaring in his ears, just like his surging mood at the moment. Wei Wensheng is here, and the day of revenge has come. Although he had maintained great restraint in order to take care of the overall situation and stabilize the morale of the army, now he finally knew that he was also an ordinary person, and his body was also flowing with boiling blood.

"Duke Ming, Wei Wensheng did not retreat, but increased his troops to Gu Bobi." Hu Shi panted and rushed up the river embankment, waved at Yang Xuangan, and said happily, "Ming Gong, do we continue to show weakness to the enemy, or do we increase the army Gu Bobi?" ”

Yang Xuangan's expression was grim and silent. If he continues to show weakness to the enemy, he will give up Gu Bobi and withdraw directly to Hangu Pass, lure the Xijing army to the Hangu Pass, and then give Li Fengyun enough time to cross the valley and then surround the pond and cut off the retreat of the Xijing army. This was originally part of Li Fengyun's decisive battle strategy, but Yang Xuangan himself and some members of the Mutiny Alliance objected to it.

Mianchi is more than 100 miles away from Hangu Pass, when the Xijing army gathers under Hangu Pass, it is indeed conducive to Li Fengyun to easily surround Mianchi, or even effortlessly, but next Wei Wensheng will continue to storm Hangu Pass, or turn around and kill and rush out of the encirclement?

If Wei Wensheng continued to storm Hangu Pass and formed a flank attack on the eastern capital with reinforcements from other routes, Yang Xuangan would be fighting on two fronts and suffering great losses. Of course, Yang Xuangan doesn't care about the size of his own losses, for him, no matter how he fights, there are losses, what he really cares about is that Li Fengyun uses this plan to watch from the sidelines, sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and pick up the cheap in vain. And what especially made him unbearable was that he was played with by a lowly thief and clapped, and the whole situation was controlled by an "outsider", which was actually full of danger for the mutinous alliance, and it was a great shame for himself, when did he become so incompetent? Therefore, whether it is for the sake of this mutiny, for the sake of controlling the overall situation, or for his own dignity and authority, Yang Xuangan cannot tolerate Li Fengyun's "wanton behavior", let alone allow himself to be tied up and at the mercy of Li Fengyun.

As a result, Yang Xuangan and other members of the mutiny alliance invariably thought that Li Fengyun was scheming and opportunistic, and made great changes to this strategy, and the reason for the change was that if the Xijing army was blocked under the Hangu Pass, the grain and grass of the Xijing army would inevitably pass through the pond, so that even if Li Fengyun surrounded the pond again, cut off the retreat of the Xijing army, and surrounded the Xijing army, the Xijing army could still hold on. Therefore, they unanimously agreed that it is most appropriate to arrange the blocking site in Gu Bobi, which is more than 70 miles away from Michi, so that the grain and grass baggage of the Xijing army will be temporarily placed in Mianchi, and when Li Fengyun raids Mianchi, he can destroy the grain and grass baggage of the Xijing army, or take a step back and say, even if it can't be destroyed, these grain and grass baggage have been withdrawn into Mianchi City in advance or are still on the way to Mianchi, but because Li Fengyun successfully surrounded Mianchi, cutting off the connection between the Xijing army and Mianchi, The Xijing army was also not replenished with food and grass, and after a few days the Xijing army was bound to collapse due to hunger.

The strategy is indeed a good strategy, but once this plan is implemented, the Xijing army is encircled, there is no food and grass inside, no reinforcements outside, and there is only desperate under the corner, and the target of the attack is Michi, which is Li Fengyun. As long as the Xijing army repels Li Fengyun, it will be able to break through the encirclement, and as long as it enters the pond, it will be replenished with grain and grass, and it is conceivable how much pressure Li Fengyun will bear in the decisive battle, and what a heavy price the alliance soldiers will have to pay. Li Fengyun cocooned himself, moved stones to hit his feet, calculated and calculated, and calculated himself, originally he helped Yang Xuangan fight this decisive battle, but the main order was reversed, and it became a decisive battle between him and the Xijing army, and Yang Xuangan became a spectator.

Li Mi immediately raised objections. He did not stand on Li Fengyun's side to speak for Li Fengyun, but purely from a military point of view, the blocking site was placed in Gubobi, which was only more than 70 miles away from Mianchi, the battlefield space was very small, and the Xijing army could quickly withdraw to Mianchi, Li Fengyun's attack time was extremely limited, and it was difficult for the alliance army to complete the three goals of raiding Michi, encircling Michi, and cutting off the retreat of Xijing's army in such a short period of time. Once Li Fengyun did not complete the target of the attack and was defeated by the rapidly withdrawn Xijing army, then the whole plan would fail, Li Fengyun and the alliance army would certainly suffer heavy losses, but the mutinous alliance also lost the best opportunity to inflict heavy losses or even annihilate the Xijing army, which would definitely affect the plan to enter Guanzhong westward. Therefore, Li Mi tried his best to persuade Yang Xuangan and the other members of the Mutiny Alliance to focus on the overall situation and take the total annihilation of the Xijing army as the first goal.

Yang Xuangan insisted on his decision and rejected Li Mi's advice.

Li Mi had no choice but to return to Kuncheng to tell Li Fengyun. Contrary to Li Mi's expectations, Li Fengyun was very happy that Yang Xuangan decisively accepted his decisive battle strategy. At the critical moment, Yang Xuangan still chose cooperation and trust, although the depth of cooperation is limited, and the trust is even more minimal, but this has made Li Fengyun very satisfied. Li Fengyun was worried that Yang Xuangan would directly refuse his proposal, after all, Wei Wensheng dug the tomb of Yang Su, the old Duke of Yueguo, and the Yang brotherhood was out of control, and in order to take revenge, it was very likely to lose his mind, and he rushed up to kill the Xijing army in the dark, and the sun and the moon were dark, so it would be troublesome, but fortunately, the Yang brothers were still calm, rational, and could still listen to advice, and they were still full of confidence in this decisive battle between life and death, which made Li Fengyun look forward to it, maybe this battle can make "butterflies flap their wings".

Li Fengyun immediately convened his staff and generals to repeatedly analyze and deduce the battle situation, and finally accepted Yang Xuangan's decision, believing that placing the blocking site in Gu Bobi did have its advantages, which could completely destroy the grain and grass of the Xijing army, and the desperate Xijing army had only a desperate fight, only desperate to break through, but the angry Yang brothers wanted revenge, how could they let the Xijing army break through and escape? Unless a miracle happens, but even if a miracle happens, the Xijing army will suffer heavy losses, and it is powerless to stop Yang Xuangan from advancing westward, so that Yang Xuangan can enter the pass as quickly as possible. As long as Yang Xuangan enters the Guanzhong, then the shape will develop in the direction that Li Fengyun needs, and Li Fengyun is willing to pay a certain price in order to achieve this goal, even if he knows that Yang Xuangan is calculating himself, he can only swallow his anger.

However, Li Fengyun solemnly warned Yang Xuangan that if the blocking site was placed in Gu Bobi, the alliance army could only launch a night attack, and only raid Michi under the cover of night, in order to buy more time for himself to attack, for this Yang Xuangan must drag the Xijing army in Gu Bobi, and must try his best to lure more Xijing troops to the area of Gu Bobi, and at any cost to force the Xijing army to fight overnight, only in this way can this plan have any hope of success, otherwise it will be defeated, and after this defeat, The fighter plane was missed, and there was no longer such a good opportunity to besiege the Xijing army.

Of course, Yang Xuangan knew the difficulty of implementing this strategy, but once this strategy succeeded, it would definitely win a big victory, and more importantly, it would win time, and time was too precious for the mutiny alliance to enter Guanzhong or for Li Fengyun to cross the river to the north, which was also the reason why Li Fengyun knew that the risks were big and the losses were large.

Li Fengyun how to fight, Yang Xuangan doesn't know, he just needs to complete his task, but his task is not easy to complete, he must block the Xijing army in Gu Bobi, but he can't show that he is too strong, too strong to fight, the Xijing army is in the crisp Mingjin to withdraw troops, wait until tomorrow daylight, so that its follow-up army will stop, it will affect Li Fengyun's attack on Michi, so Yang Xuangan can only show the enemy weakness, creating a false impression that the Xijing army can break through with "hard work", which is too difficult to control.

"Show the enemy weak?" Yang Xuangan couldn't make up his mind and muttered to himself.

"Show the enemy weakness and press the enemy, Wei Wensheng will not increase his troops, and his follow-up army will not quickly advance to Qianqiu Pavilion." Hu Shitan frowned and said in a low voice.

Yang Xuan hesitated, looked up at Hu Shitan, and asked, "We also increase our troops?" If he can't attack for a long time, will Wei Wensheng withdraw his troops and retreat? ”

"Fighting at night is not good for both the offensive and defensive sides, but the war has entered a stalemate, and whoever retreats first will be passively beaten." Hu Shitan analyzed, "Wei Wensheng has already killed Gu Bobi in one go, and it is close to Hangu Pass, and as long as the Xijing army is near Hangu Pass, it will be able to seize the opportunity." This is very important to them, once they are trapped and unable to move, and give other reinforcements to enter the Dongdu battlefield first, Xijing will be passive, and there is no argument, so Wei Wensheng has ten ** to kill Hangu Pass in one go, so a certain inference is that the Xijing army is bound to attack overnight tonight, and the armies will take turns to fight, and they will not give up until they reach their goal. ”

Yang Xuangan hesitated. Hu Shitan is a famous Confucian in the northwest, good at writing and rhetoric, but not good at military affairs, his analysis is not cautious, can not withstand scrutiny, in fact, Wei Wensheng has the initiative, can withdraw from the battle at any time, but because of Yang Xuangan's desperate resistance, Wei Wensheng realized that Yang Xuangan may be leading the main force from the direction of the eastern capital to support, so the overnight attack of the Xijing army should be a means of temptation, if Yang Xuangan commands the army to kill the sky, Wei Wensheng will definitely withdraw to defend Mianchi, and will never follow Yang Xuangan's wish to fight to the death.

"Ordered the Duke of Huaiyang (Yang Xuanting) to cross the valley with the forces of the two prefectures, storm the back of the eldest grandson Wuao, and make a move to divide Gu Bobi and Qianqiu Pavilion, forcing Wei Wensheng to put more troops into the battlefield." Yang Xuangan decisively ordered, "Tell Huai'an Gong (Yang Jishan) again, and use the forces of the two prefectures to storm Husi Wanshou's flank from the north of Gu Bobi, forcing it to fall into the dilemma of being attacked by the enemy on his back." ”

Master Hu bowed down to receive the order.

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