Wei Wensheng made a decision, broke through the siege, broke through in the direction of Mianchi, as long as he killed the enemy's encirclement and withdrew to Shaancheng, he could get the replenishment of grain and grass, weapons and troops, and the Xijing army could still block Yang Xuangan's westward entry into Guanzhong.

No one objected to this decision, of course, at this moment is to withdraw from the battle and break through to the west, as for what is the truth about the fall of Michi, whether Michi has been captured by the rebels, the answer is actually not important, the important thing is that the grain and grass have been burned out by the fire, even if Michi is still controlled by Zheng Yuanshou, Dugu Wudu and Wei Fusheng at this moment, the Xijing army can not continue to attack to the east. It's just that if Mianchi is really captured by the rebels, and the Xijing army has been surrounded by the rebels, it will be difficult to break through, after all, the soldiers only have three days of food stocks, after a day and a night of fighting, it is optimistic that they can hold out for two days, and if the Xijing army fails to break out of the siege in these two days, it will only be waiting for death.

Wei Wensheng decisively issued an order to block the news of the fall of Michi, hide it for as long as he could, and do his best to stabilize the morale of the army.

He also ordered Wu Benlang, who was resting in Qianqiu Pavilion, to take Dou Luxian and Hu Si Wanshou, and Wu Yalang to immediately lead the army to retreat to Xiaoxin'an City; Wu Benlang's general Cui Shi and Wu Yalang's general Guo Zhen, who had just withdrawn from the battle, immediately led their troops to evacuate, and the target was Mengling, which was located between Mianchi and Xiaoxin'ancheng; Pang Yu, Wu Benlang, Zhang Jun, and Liang Yuanli, who were fighting bloodily on the front line of Gu Bobi, quickly withdrew from the battle, and retreated to Qianqiu Pavilion and the headquarters in turn.

Wei Wensheng also specially issued an order to Dou Luxian, after retreating to Xiaoxin'an City, he immediately sent a large number of scouts to go deep into the northern mountains to look for hunters in the mountains, to see if they could find a path around Mianchi or directly to Shaancheng.

Wei Wensheng did not discuss the specific retreat with Ming Ya, Wei Jin, and Du Yan, he acted arbitrarily and directly issued the above order. Under the weight of the life and death crisis, Wei Jin and Du Yan "retreated", at this moment time is precious, and decision-making can not be wrong, Wei Wensheng, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, is an "insider", and they are "laymen", if the "layman" is self-righteous and continues to be involved in the command of the "insider", the final result will be finished together.

It can be seen from Wei Wensheng's order to Dou Luxian that Wei Wensheng is not optimistic about the battle situation, and has no confidence to fight his way out of the encirclement, so he has no choice but to go up the mountain to escape. This made Wei Jin and Du Yan very uneasy, and the illusions they had had about Michi disappeared. If Wei Wensheng confirmed that he had fallen into Yang Xuangan's plan to lure the enemy, Mianchi had fallen into the hands of the enemy, and the army had fallen into a heavy siege, then the defeat was basically decided, and the disaster of the annihilation of the whole army was just around the corner.

"Dangdang" Jin Gong rang out, echoing in the fierce fighting, the Xijing army that was fighting bloody battles was like a roaring and galloping tiger, suddenly stopped its body, retracted its fangs and claws, and began to retreat step by step.

Brothers Yang Xuanting and Yang Jishan did not hesitate to command the army to launch a charge. The war drums were beating, "dong dong dong ......" was earth-shattering, the horn was long, the "woo woo woo ......" resounded in the sky, and the soldiers of the mutinous alliance roared like thunder, the momentum was like a tiger, and the sound of killing shook the sky, roaring up like a flood of the embankment, and followed closely behind the Xijing army to chase and fight.

Yang Xuangan immediately received the news that the Xijing army had taken the initiative to withdraw from the battle.

"Ming Gong, if nothing else, it should be that Bai Fa launched an attack on the side of Michi." Hu Shitan said excitedly, "The opportunity must not be missed, we will press on the whole line, hold Wei Wensheng at any cost, delay his retreat, and win more time for the white hair to capture Michi and complete the siege." ”

Yang Xuangan frowned, stroked his long hair with his hand, groaned for a while, and asked, "Is it really white hair?" His attack speed is so fast? ”

Master Hu hesitated. Previously, he and Yang Xuangan had analyzed and deduced the development of the battle situation, and agreed that Li Fengyun would launch a sneak attack in the next three or four days, that is, when Yang Xuangan and Wei Wensheng were exhausted and scarred, and capture Michi to cut off the enemy's retreat, so that Li Fengyun not only had a greater certainty of completing the encirclement, but also won the maximum result at the lowest cost, which was completely in line with his interests. Of course, the longer the incubation time, the greater the danger of exposure, but if Li Fengyun placed the lurking site far away from Mianchi, and the scouts of the Mianchi Weifu Army were perfunctory when they explored the south bank of Gushui, then it was very likely that the alliance army would be lurking for a few more days.

"Although we decided to stop Wei Wensheng at Gu Bobi, we have no intention of fighting him overnight." Yang Xuangan continued, "Last night, the two sides fought a bloody battle, and it was Wei Wensheng who took the initiative to attack, and Wei Wensheng launched a crazy onslaught, forcing us to block with all our strength, and as a result, the two sides were difficult to ride tigers and fight inseparably. Bai Hai didn't know the battle situation of Gu Bobi, even if he received a secret report from us, it was around dusk yesterday, he still couldn't predict that we would fight Wei Wensheng all night. Since he didn't know that we had fought with Wei Wensheng all night, and didn't know that the main force of the Xijing army was pinned down by us on the front line of Qianqiu Pavilion and Gu Bobi, then of course he didn't dare to rashly attack Mianchi. ”

Hu Shitan nodded, agreeing with Yang Xuangan's analysis.

"If Li Fengyun attacked Michi around dawn today, then he would have deployed his army to the south bank of Gushui before midnight yesterday, that is, when he accepted the decision we made, he had already decided to attack Michi around dawn today." Yang Xuangan shook his head and sighed, "This is impossible, no one knows that after Wei Wensheng relieves the siege of Michi, he will continue to kill towards Hangu Pass, and he will fight with us in Gu Bobi overnight." Taking a step back, even if Bai Fa saw the Xijing army leave Michi and continue to advance eastward, he was not sure that its main force would all leave Michi, let alone make a decision to attack Michi around dawn today. If there were still a large number of Weifu troops outside Michi City when he launched an attack, wouldn't it be self-defeating and dig his own grave? ”

Hu Shitan heard it, Yang Xuangan didn't want to pester Wei Wensheng to chase and fight, he didn't want to over-wear himself before the siege of the Xijing army, and he didn't want to fight with the Xijing army early, because he never believed in Li Fengyun, maintained a high degree of vigilance against Li Fengyun, and was always skeptical about Li Fengyun's purpose of participating in the mutiny and entering the battlefield of the Eastern Capital.

In fact, this possibility is zài, this storm is in a sense the internal strife of the Guanlong aristocratic group, if the Shandong people take this opportunity, first provoke Yang Xuangan's rebels and the Xijing army to aid the eastern capital, the snipe and the clam fight, and then eat their remnants in one bite, the fisherman profits, and finally wipe the bloody mouth to the net, blame the Song Yu rebels, so the Shandong people in this storm defeated the opponent, not only gave the Guanlong people a heavy blow, but also won the trust of the holy lord and the reformers, The political benefits obtained are incalculable.

Hu Shitan secretly smiled bitterly. Yang Xuangan can't kill decisively, maybe he lacks some life and death tempering, which is understandable, but at the moment of life and death, he is entangled in the "minutiae", he can't take care of the overall situation, he can't trust his allies, and he can't even fulfill his promise to stick to his beliefs, which is disappointing.

"Ming Gong, according to the strategy of the decisive battle, our task is to do everything we can to drag Wei Wensheng at any cost, and contain the main force of the Xijing army on the front line of Qianqiu Pavilion and Gu Bobi, so as to create conditions and buy time for Bai Fa to capture Michi." Hu Shitan had to remind and advise Yang Xuangan, "Now no matter whether Bai Fa is attacking Mianchi or not, and no matter why Wei Wensheng withdrew his troops, we must entangle Wei Wensheng to the death, closely follow the Xijing army and fight fiercely, do not give the enemy a respite, and do not let Wei Wensheng withdraw to Mianchi, otherwise our decisive battle strategy will be a complete failure." ”

Yang Xuangan lowered his head in contemplation, hesitating.

Hu Shitan persuaded again, "If Bai Fa captures Mianchi, the Xijing army will not only be cut off from retreating, but also the grain and grass weapons will not be replenished, and it will collapse after three or four days at most, so if Wei Wensheng's withdrawal is really because Bai Fa captured Michi, then Bai Fa will definitely withstand the most crazy attack of the Xijing army, which is also the reason why Bai Fa has repeatedly pleaded with Ming Gong to attack with all his might on the eastern front, only by forcing Wei Wensheng to fall into a two-front battle, and the Xijing army cannot concentrate on breaking through Mianchi, we can surround the opponent, When they run out of food and weapons, their morale collapses, and their morale is lost, victory in this decisive battle is within reach. ”

How can Yang Xuangan not know these truths? But the battlefield is unpredictable, once his army has paid a heavy price for this and its strength has been greatly reduced, how can it enter Guanzhong westward? Even if you barely break through Tongguan and enter the pass, what will you do to capture Xijing? If you can't take Xijing, you have no place in Guanzhong, so what can you talk about development and growth? The future is based on today's strength, if today's strength is lost in this battle, there will be no future, so Yang Xuangan's gains and losses are also reasonable, he always wants to use his white hair to consume the Xijing army, but now he has become indecisive.

However, Hu Shitan's persuasion still played a role, this decisive battle is still going on, and Yang Xuangan's task in the decisive battle still needs to be completed, even if he wants to use white hair to consume the Xijing army, but the premise is that he must ensure that his side firmly surrounds the Xijing army, if they let them break through and leave, this decisive battle will be considered a failure.

"Command all the generals to attack with all their might." Yang Xuangan finally made a decision, "Urgently inform Huaiyang Gong (Yang Xuanting) and Huai'an Gong (Yang Jishan) that they are rushing to the front and connecting with the enemy army from end to end, in order to delay the enemy army and slow down the enemy's retreat, please go all out to attack at any cost." ”

"Good" Master Hu bowed down to receive the order, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but an ominous thought quietly rose, like a haze enveloping his heart, making him feel melancholy.

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