Duan Da ordered to stop crossing the river, stick to the Jinkou, and make plans after dawn.

What to do after dawn? Duan Da was at a loss, he was deceived by the white-haired thief, and made a wrong interpretation of the battle situation, and as a result, he was in the middle of the plan and divided his troops to attack. Now that both roads have been lost, if the Yin World Master fails miserably and he is pinned down in the Juma River and cannot move, then the white-haired thief will be able to concentrate his forces on attacking Zhuojun and directly threaten the safety of the Holy Lord and the palace, so the consequences will be serious.

Duan Da was remorseful, hesitant, and finally gritted his teeth, planning to take the initiative to contact the white-haired thief, although this is a shame for himself, and he will be very passive in the subsequent negotiations, but at least he can save the Yin Shi and Xiaoguo, can save himself and the political life of the Yin Shi Shi, can maintain the "face" of the Holy Lord and the center, and is also good for the future Youyan and even the entire Northern Xinjiang situation, so from the overall situation, the advantages still outweigh the disadvantages, of course, from a personal point of view, it is not good, and the white-haired thief grabbed the "handle" and pinched it" neck", having to make greater compromises and concessions.

Without further ado, Duan Da didn't dare to delay too much time, and was even more worried that the situation would get out of control and get out of control, so he sent a close subordinate of his cronies, who was closely protected by several guards, and hurried to the front line.

At this moment, Li Zixiong was on the front line, personally commanding the alliance soldiers to attack the Weifu army.

This battle is not easy to fight, it is secondary to dark, the key is to grasp the "scale", if the attack is too fierce, the Weifu army is defeated, and Duan Da has a grudge, there is no way to negotiate with Duan Da, and more importantly, even if Duan Da is willing to negotiate? This battle was defeated, Duan Da's crime was unforgivable, and the position left by Zhuo County would definitely not be kept, and no matter what the outcome of the negotiation was, it would be meaningless to the alliance; On the contrary, if you master the "rhythm" of the attack, trap this Weifu army in Jinkou, and make it in a dilemma, it will be equivalent to stucking Duan Da's "throat", and Duan Da can be coerced to negotiate, and more benefits can be blackmailed in the negotiation.

Under the command of Li Zixiong, Xu Shisan's Fengyun Army and the ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth armies of the alliance under the command of Huo Xiaohan, about 20,000 soldiers surrounded Jinkou, and countless torches converged into a sea of red stars, illuminating half of the sky, and the momentum was extremely amazing, but the offensive and defensive battle of Jinkou seemed to be "in full swing", in fact, "thunder and rain were small", and the two sides did not have much effective contact, basically arrows and arrows, and did not cause a fatal threat, and there were no casualties.

However, the soldiers of the Wei Mansion know very well that the more than 3,000 of them fought against the water, and there was no chance of winning at all, and what was more serious was that they did not dare to cross the river, once someone crossed the river and evacuated, the morale would be gone, and what kind of battle would they fight if the morale was gone? The end result was total annihilation. Fortunately, they still have a glimmer of life, that is, the Yin World Master and the Xiaoguo Army, as long as after dawn, the Yin World Master comes with the Xiaoguo Army to support them in time, they can escape from the Heavenly Birth. And it is this line of vitality that supports the soldiers of the Weifu to stick to Jinkou and swear not to retreat.

But there is a limit to what people can endure, especially under the threat of death, and the longer it lasts, the greater the psychological pressure will be, leading to collapse. Li Zixiong made the attack so loud that the purpose was to continuously inflict death threats on the soldiers of the Wei Mansion and make them on the verge of collapse, and at that time, when he took out a "life-saving straw", Duan Da would inevitably hold on tightly and let them be slaughtered.

However, Li Zixiong "miscalculated", Duan Da's psychological endurance was far less powerful than he imagined, after all, the battle situation had developed to this point, Duan Da had to bear not only his defeat on the front line of the Juma River, but also the annihilation of the Yin Shishi Division and the Xiaoguo Army on the west bank of Laishui, he couldn't wait for Li Zixiong to come up with a "life-saving straw".

When Duan Da's cronies and subordinates saw Li Zixiong, they were completely stunned, they didn't believe their eyes at all, they wiped and wiped them, and even involuntarily took a few steps closer to let themselves see more clearly. The white-haired thief is Li Zixiong? How is this possible?

However, the facts are irrefutable, although Xu Shisan, who "escorted" him, introduced him like this, and Li Zixiong also told him in person that he was Li Zixiong, the Duke of Jianchang, but he still couldn't believe it, and he still couldn't wake up from the shock, so he explained his intention so ignorantly, Duan Da wanted to negotiate.

Li Zixiong agreed, and agreed that at midnight, the two sides would find a dark place to negotiate secretly.

Duan Da was also incredulous, and even suspected that his cronies and subordinates had seen the wrong person. How could Li Zixiong be a white-haired thief? Didn't Li Zixiong participate in Yang Xuangan's mutiny? When did he leave Yang Xuangan? And when did the grass fall into the grass? Why did you get mixed up with the white-haired thief again? All kinds of doubts came to his heart, Duan Da was puzzled, and he was very anxious. When I arrived at the front line, I found a secret place and waited anxiously.

At midnight, Li Zixiong appeared as promised. Although Duan Da was mentally prepared, he saw that the white-haired Li Zixiong was "down" to such a point, and saw that Rong Ma's life, brilliant military exploits, fame, and even the meritorious veteran who was once ranked among the powerful in the center of the world had fallen to the miserable point of "falling into the grass", his mood was complicated, and his emotions were shocking, and it was difficult to control himself.

Duan Da was speechless for a long time. Li Zixiong is free and easy, greeting warmly, his demeanor is calm, and his gestures are still full of the majesty of the superior.

Duan Da is from the Northwest Wang clan, rose with military merits, and is an emerging aristocracy, while Li Zixiong is from the Bohai House of the Li family in Longxi, and the aristocratic level is relatively high, so the two belong to the camp of the Guanlong aristocratic group politically, but the political positions of the two are very different, Duan Da is a reformist, Li Zixiong is a conservative, and in the Wei Mansion, both of them belong to the main battle faction, especially in the relationship between the north and the south, both of them adhere to the position of active defense, all in all, there is no friendship between the two, but there is no grudge. During the period of the first emperor, Li Zixiong was in power, Duan Da was unknown, and after the Holy Lord took over, Duan Da flew and flourished, but Li Zixiong declined rapidly, and the life trajectories of the two did not intersect, until this moment, the two finally intersected under the arrangement of fate.

The two Northwest veterans stood in the dark and discussed secretly for a long time, and it was not until the early morning of the seventh day of the eighth month that the two walked out of the darkness and left separately.

After Li Zixiong returned, he immediately ordered all armies to withdraw from the battle and camp along Yishui for 20 miles.

Li Zixiong hurriedly wrote Li Fengyun overnight, and there were only four words on the letter, as you wished.

After Duan Da returned, he also quickly ordered all the troops on the other side to cross the river after dawn to reinforce and fight the rebels to the death. He also urgently told the Yin Shi Division that he was blocked by the rebels on the front line of the Juma River, and asked the Yin Shi Division to quickly go south to support.

On the seventh day of the eighth month, before dawn, Li Fengyun received Li Zixiong's letter, was overjoyed, and immediately ordered that the governor Guo Ming immediately evacuate from Laishui City, and led the army to Yishui to meet Li Zixiong.

He also ordered Zhen Baoche, Lu Xingxing, Wang Bo and all the commanders of all the armies surrounding the Xiaoguo Army to evacuate in the direction of Yicheng and Wuhui City after dawn.

When the commanders of the armies received the order, they were puzzled, why did the white-haired marshal give up the low-hanging victory?

Yesterday, the Yin World Division did not retreat but advanced, swearing to fight to the death, and as a result, all six thousand Xiao Guo fell into the encirclement, but the Yin Shi Shi was unwilling to fail, dying and struggling, trying to take advantage of the darkness, take advantage of the moment of high morale, and fight out of the encirclement at any cost, but the alliance army had already prepared, piled up trees and weeds on their breakthrough road, lit a fire, directly cut off Xiao Guo's retreat, and also dealt a heavy blow to Xiao Guo's morale.

The commanders of the alliance thought that they would launch a general attack after dawn and completely annihilate this Xiaoguo army, but before dawn, Li Fengyun issued an order to retreat, which was extremely strange.

The Netherworld Master couldn't sleep all night, and he didn't sleep until dawn when he forced himself to take a nap to replenish his strength, but as soon as he fell asleep, he was awakened by the sound of a horse's hooves. Thinking that the rebels were attacking, the Yin Shishi suddenly jumped up, opened his mouth and was about to shout to the guards to prepare their horses, when he saw Fan Wenchao galloping with a few knights.

The Yin World Master hurriedly caught up. Fan Wenchao dismounted, trotted all the way, and shouted out breathlessly, "Ming Gong, the rebels have retreated and are retreating in the direction of Yicheng." ”

The Netherworld Master suddenly became alert, "When did you find out that the rebels were withdrawing?" ”

"Found before dawn, scouts are tracking and probing." Fan Wenchao also looked grim, and his tone was eager, "Ming Gong, it should be that Duan's attack on the other side of the Juma River has been victorious, directly threatening the security of the rebels' flanks and forcing the rebels to withdraw quickly. ”

The Yin World Master hesitated for a moment, then turned his head to look at the subordinates beside him, "Quickly contact Yuan Li to see if there is any movement in Laishui City." ”

Laishui City is where Xiaoguo's retreat is, if the rebels are still sticking to the Laishui bank, then Xiaoguo is still in the encirclement, the rebels suddenly withdraw from the Yongyangyi battlefield may be an adjustment in the deployment of troops, on the contrary, if the rebels withdraw from the Laishui bank, Xiaoguo's retreat has been given way, then the battle situation must have changed greatly, and it is also a change in favor of their own side, Xiaoguo not only has the possibility of escaping from death, but also may even reverse the tide of the war, turning defeat into victory.

Soon, Yuan Li, who was stationed on the east side of the battlefield and always paid attention to the movements of Laishui City, sent news that the rebels in the direction of Laishui City were retreating and were retreating to the direction of Yishui. This almost confirms that Duan Da's victory on the battlefield of the Juma River forced the rebels to send reinforcements, and the rebels had limited troops, so they could only give up the opportunity to besiege Xiaoguo and concentrate on ensuring the safety of their own retreat.

"Ming Gong, this is heaven's help." Fan Wenchao said excitedly, "Ming Gong, are we fighting or withdrawing?" ”

"Fight!" The Yin Shi Shi was categorical, "The humiliation of yesterday will be bloodied today." ”

Fan Wenchao became more and more excited, "Ming Gong, then go forward and kill Yi Cheng directly." As long as the siege of Yicheng is relieved, our grain and grass can be replenished, the soldiers can recover their strength, and they can continue to kill thieves. ”

"Good!" Yin Shishi waved his hand, "Don't miss the opportunity, the time will not come again, send orders to all armies, eat and drink enough, and fight bloody battles today, kill him and shed a river of blood, and never die." ”

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