As Duan Ruqi expected, in the mountains and forests on both sides of the road outside the south gate of Funing City, Su You had already laid an ambush to guard the rabbits, the purpose of which was to intercept the rebels who had escaped from Funing City.

This ambush army was also composed of the combined forces of Dong and Xi, ,—— 5,000 soldiers of Dong Jiao, led by Wang Bodang, the plenipotentiary of Princess Biyun, and lay in ambush on the east side of the road; The 5,000 soldiers of Xijiao were personally led by Zhenxi's general Jiao Guozhao's son Jiao Ziheng to ambush on the west side of the road.

When the leader of the Pu tribe opened the south gate of Funing City in the dark, Su You happened to lead his six hundred guards and two hundred catapults that had been improvised from the western ridge.

Ji Ziheng was originally waiting for the order to attack or not, but when he suddenly saw Su You appear behind him, he hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Envoy, they really came out!" ”

Su You nodded and asked casually, "Have you already figured out the details of the enemy?" Is it Duan Ruqi's main force or Pubu's reinforcements? ”

Fu Ziheng immediately became dazed, and asked puzzledly, "Is there any difference between this?" ”

"Of course. How can he not see clearly our tactics of encircling three ques? Once he sees through our plan, what do you think he will do? Su You nodded, and said step by step.

"Do you want to say that although Duan Ruqi knows that we are using a plan, there is only one way to abandon the city? Then he pulled the people of Pubu as a stepping stone, if we once we get stuck with the people of Pubu, it is likely to be attacked by them? "Fu Ziheng is obviously not a stupid person, and after a little thought, he understands the truth.

When Fu Ziheng thought about this Ruqi being so scheming, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, and then hurriedly ordered the guards around him to let the scouts in front of him find out who the enemy in front of him was as soon as possible.

Su You watched those guards leave, nodded immediately, and said, "Duan Ruqi used Pubu as a stumbling block, this is only one reason, but the deep reason is that after Duan Ruqi escaped last time, his strength is now on par with Pubu. Before, it could be said that Duan Ruqi hired people from the Pu Department to help him rebel, but now the people from the Pu Department are too big to fall, and they are likely to rebel against the Duan family."

Listening to Su You's analysis of the current strength of the Duan clan and the Pu Clan, Fu Ziheng came to another conclusion, "In other words, the people of the Pu Clan also want to make the Duan Clan's anti-Clan?" ”

Su You said disappreciatively, "Judging from the current situation, it is obviously unrealistic for Pu to want to destroy the Duan clan, but after they leave, I am afraid that they will no longer want to have anything to do with the Duan clan in the short term, as for rebellion or something, it always depends on the result of our siege battle." Of course, Duan Ruqi is a thoughtful person, and it is obviously impossible to rest assured that Pubu will retreat to his rear."

"Understood, if the 20,000 soldiers and horses of the Pu Department leave safely, Duan Ruqi obviously can't bear it, and he will take action tonight." After listening to Su You's analysis, Fu Ziheng immediately became enlightened.

The coalition forces set up an ambush here tonight, obviously not to ambush Duan Ruqi's parasitic Pu tribe, and certainly not to silently see them off. Their real purpose was to test Duan Ruqi's patience.

If Duan Ruqi couldn't bear to follow the people of Pubu out of the city tonight, the coalition army would cover up from behind them; If Duan Ruqi does not come out of the city, the result will be the closure of the coalition army

The fate of Duan Ruqi's rebel army was sealed as early as after Su You chased here and the reinforcements of the coalition army arrived in time; Maybe now Duan Ruqi still has a way to choose, that is, to raise the white flag and surrender to the coalition forces, but the real confrontation has not yet begun, how can he be willing to stop here?

Su You was about to speak, but the scout of Fu Ziheng happened to return out of breath.

Although Ji Ziheng had already guessed the result, he still hurriedly asked, "What's the situation?" ”

"These horses are all dressed up as Pubu people, according to preliminary estimates, 10,000 people have left the city, and they are still going out in a steady stream!" The scout replied succinctly.

Fu Ziheng waved his hand at the scout and commanded, "Probe again!" ”

The scout bowed away.

At the same moment, one of the rebels' scouts also quickly rushed to the big tent in the middle of Funing City.

Duan Ruqi watched the scout captain rush over, raised his head and hurriedly asked, "What's the situation outside the South Gate?" ”

"Most of the people in Pubu have already left the city and gone directly to the south" Although he felt that this information was very strange, the scout captain still told the truth.

"They didn't encounter an ambush?" Duan Ruqi obviously had an answer to this question a long time ago, because Funing City was not very big, if the people of Pubu clashed with the coalition forces, how could he not hear it?

"Nope." The Scout Captain shook his head and said in certainty.

"Got it. You send more people to search the mountains and forests on both sides of the road outside the south gate to see what is strange" The ambush of the coalition army had long been expected by Duan Ruqi, but he could not have imagined that they did not turn a blind eye to Pu Bu, who had fled from Funing City.

Are they casting a long line to catch a big fish? After Duan Ruqi flashed this thought, he immediately waved his hand to the scout captain.

The scout captain bowed and retreated, but Duan Ruyu on the side was full of suspicion, and asked puzzledly, "Do they only know about besieging the city, but don't they know how to kill?" ”

Duan Ruqi shook his head helplessly, "Whether there are ambushes or not, it will be clear when the scouts come back, but I believe that there must be capable people among them, otherwise we will not be able to capture the Mianning Pass." The reason why they didn't impact Pubu is probably because they saw our current predicament. ”

Looking at his brother's sad face, Duan Ruqi couldn't help but feel a heartache, and said resentfully, "I can't imagine that these people in Pubu are so cunning, and they can't work alone, and now we have to guard against them not to take the opportunity to take our Tiejiabao, think about it, and really respond to that sentence, 'I knew today, why bother in the first place!'" ’”

"How about today! How it was! Hearing his younger brother's pessimism, Duan Ruqi immediately scolded, "What we should be worried about now is how to rush back to Tiejiabao, instead of being sad here." ”

"What my brother said is, why don't we also bluff and then secretly evacuate?" Duan Ruyu immediately recognized his mistake and asked cautiously.

"Don't bluff, wait until the scouts send back the information!" Duan Ruqi nodded, and said hopefully.

Duan Ruqi's hope was destined to end in disappointment, because none of the scouts who went out to investigate returned; After waiting for a while, Brother Duan Ruqi felt that something was wrong, and after waiting for another hour, he almost guessed the result.

The reason why the scouts did not come back may have been deserters and took the opportunity to escape, and another possibility is that they were killed by the enemy's scouts; The first reason indicates that the morale of their own side has fallen to the point that they can no longer fight, and the second result indicates that the coalition forces lying in wait outside the south gate at this moment are bound to surround and kill themselves.

Either way, it stimulated the Duan Ruqi brothers, and the long pain was better than the short pain.

If you want to leave Funing City, only tonight!

The hourglass continues, the hour is approaching the third watch, and both inside and outside the city have been frosty and dewy.

Duan Ruqi and Duan Ruyu finally gave an order, "Open the north gate of Funing City and order the three thousand vanguard army to break out!" ”

This order was a bit strange, but it was a bluff at first glance, and the three thousand vanguards rushed out to rush out to kill the city gates that were full of thistles, antlers, tripping ropes and other equipment to defend the city, and there were 10,000 allied troops outside the city gates.

Isn't it really a matter of asking for when you go out like this?

Using 10,000 people to go out and bluff also means Duan Ruqi's determination to escape from the trap and return to the Iron Armor Fort tonight.

Escaping was obviously not a matter of face, so after Duan Ruqi let the three thousand pioneers rush out of the north gate, he quickly gathered the other defenders in the city.

In addition to leaving the necessary personnel to guard the three already inconsequential gates of Funing City, Duan Ruqi immediately commanded more than 25,000 troops to quietly swarm out of the already wide open south gate

Su You was standing on the western slope thirty or fifty zhang away from the south city gate at this time, he saw that Duan Ruqi's troops had already come out of three or five thousand people, and immediately ordered, "The catapults start to attack, and they will all be smashed to the city gate for me!" Archers are also ready to attack! ”

Before Su You's words fell, the war drums sounded.

More than 200 catapults started together, and more than a dozen pounds of stones were smashed towards the south gate of Funing City one after another, and the archers also shot arrows into the sky.

Due to the terrain, the lethality of catapults and bows and arrows on the coalition side against the rebels at this time is obviously not as great as the defense of the Burmese Pass a few days ago, and Duan Ruqi seems to have expected the coalition army to block him from the city.

"Raise your shield above your head, and the soldiers who rushed out of the city quickly lined up! The enemy is only two or three thousand people, nothing to fear! ”

Duan Ruqi's orders continued to be passed on, and Su You finally realized that after all, there was still a difference in the number of troops, but if the enemy had the intention of killing the net, it was really not easy for his side to swallow them.

Although he couldn't see what battles Duan Ruqi's army listed, Su You could still deeply feel that more and more enemies were rushing out of the city at the risk of death.

The catapult did not play its real role, the bow and arrow were only better than nothing, and the rest was only hard to fight.

Su You looked at the black-pressed enemy at the gate of the city, and after gasping, he still ordered categorically, "Send an order to Wang Bodang and Fu Ziheng, so that the cavalry they command will immediately mount their horses and prepare to charge!" Also, send an order to Princess Biyun and General Zhenxi as soon as possible, and tell them that they can storm the city gate now! ”

The herald immediately cast the arrow to launch a general attack, and the Showa and Biyun outside the east gate and the west gate launched an attack on the city gate at the same time, and Wang Bodang and Fu Ziheng also led the 5,000 soldiers behind them to ride down the hillside.

Su You is not very optimistic about Wang Bodang and Fu Ziheng, but this is also a move that has to be played.

The most important chess pieces are precisely Biyun and Jiao Guozhao, as long as any of their teams break through the city gate and use this to rush to the south gate, these Duan Ruqi soldiers who are still stuck in the gate.

At that time, Duan Ruqi was afraid that there would only be a dog jumping off the wall in a hurry.