On the morning of June 29th, there were burning fires everywhere outside the city, thick smoke billowed out of the sky, the whole city was shrouded in smoke, and the strong unpleasant smell filled the air and made people suffocate.

Zheng Yuanshou, Dugu Wudu, and Wei Fuyu stood side by side on the city wall, followed by a large group of officers, all of whom looked outside the city, trying to see through the smoke to see the enemy's traces, but to no avail.

This is obviously wrong, the weight of the grain and grass piled up outside the city is only a few miles, and it is mainly concentrated in the open areas south and east of the city, even if the rebels burn them, the fire should be smaller and smaller after burning for several hours, and the smoke should be lighter and lighter, not like now, there are fires in the four directions of the city, south, south, west, and north, and the fire is getting bigger and bigger, and the smoke is getting thicker and thicker. This is definitely not right, everyone knows that it is wrong, the rebels must have deliberately set fire outside the city, and the purpose of arson is nothing more than to trap the army in Michi City and prevent the army in the city from killing out, so that when the Xijing army turns around and kills back, the rebels will not be attacked on their backs.

But is that really true?

"Gong Xin, all the grain and grass have been destroyed today, and the same track is also under siege, the army can only support two to three days at most, if they can't break through the siege before the food is exhausted, the whole army will be destroyed." Dugu Wudu's expression was heavy, and he respectfully asked for advice, "In times of crisis, is there a way to save it?" ”

The scene in front of him was accurately predicted by Zheng Yuanshou, but the truth was more terrible than Zheng Yuanshou's prediction, fortunately, Dugu Wudu and Wei Fuyu listened to Zheng Yuanshou's warning last night, and they were not afraid of trouble, and forcibly placed a part of the grain, grass, weapons and army in the city, but they were lucky enough to escape, otherwise they would have been buried in the fire. Facts speak louder than words, Zheng Yuanshou's weight in the hearts of Dugu Wudu and Wei Fu Award has increased sharply, although he is not like a god, but at least in the current moment of crisis, the two of them are absolutely the first to look forward.

Zheng Yuanshou had a gloomy face and didn't say a word. What can he do to save him from such a predicament? The thing was right for him, but under the circumstances, Dugu Wudu and Wei Fusheng could accept his admonition, and it was already commendable to be able to place part of the grain and grass and the army in the city, and it was absolutely impossible to place tens of thousands of people outside the city and all the grain and grass in the city at that time, because the city was so big that it couldn't accommodate it at all, and the morale of the army was like a rainbow at that time, and everyone wanted to kill the eastern capital as soon as possible, who wanted to toss back and forth? It would be better to sleep more if you have that time, and as a result, you will go to see Hades for this sleep.

Zheng Yuanshou sighed secretly. The battle situation was subverted overnight, the shape was terrible to the extreme, Yang Xuangan had a calculating and unintentional intention, set this big trap, he must have made careful preparations, if nothing else, Wei Wensheng is finished, and the Xijing army will also be wiped out, and then it will be his turn Zheng Yuanshou, although the army in the city is as many as five thousand, and the grain and grass weapons are also relatively sufficient, but the key question is that Yang Xuangan will stay in the eastern capital after clearing the biggest obstacle on the way to the west into Guanzhong? When Yang Xuangan decided to make great strides westward, who could stop his westward expansion? Therefore, Zheng Yuanshou's first thought was to break through, which was to take advantage of the tense moment when Yang Xuangan besieged Wensheng and attacked the Xijing army before and after, rushed out of Mianchi City, fled to Shaancheng, and joined forces with Yang Zhiji, the king of Cai of Hongnong, and the defenders of Tongguan to block Yang Xuangan, on the contrary, if he held on to Mianchi and went all out to meet Wei Wensheng's breakthrough, once he failed, he and Mianchi City would be buried with the Xijing army, and after Yang Xuangan killed them, the obstacles on the way to the west would be even smaller.

However, he can only rot in his stomach and can't say anything. If there was only one army in the city, he would definitely escape, but now there are more Dugu Wudu and Wei Fu awards in the city, and the vital interests of these two are closely related to the survival of the Xijing army.

"If you want to save the main army, the first thing to do is to hold on to the pond." Zheng Yuanshou turned his eyes to Dugu Wudu and Wei Fu Award, and his tone was unquestionable.

He can't escape, Dugu Wudu and Wei Fusheng can't escape, but it doesn't mean that the officers under their command won't escape, if someone in the city defects at the critical moment and surrenders the city, it will be over. In fact, this possibility is very high, the rebels' sneak attack at night was very successful, and the blow was successful, if you carefully scrutinize, it is not difficult to find that there are many suspicions, and people cannot help but suspect that there is a "traitor". Zheng Yuanshou did not suspect that there were traitors in the city in front of a large group of officers, but he treated "holding on to the pond" as a top priority, which shows that he lacks confidence, and as far as the current conditions in the city are concerned, it is not a big problem to hold on for a period of time, of course, the premise is that the internal unity is one.

As soon as Zheng Yuanshou said this, Dugu Wudu and Wei Fucheng understood it, and a large group of officers were also thoughtful, and they could probably guess why Zheng Yuanshou made sticking to Michi a top priority. If the city can't be defended, what can you talk about rescuing the Xijing army? But if the main forces are put on the garrison city, then what will be used to rescue the Xijing army?

Zheng Yuanshou paused for a moment, his majestic gaze slowly swept over everyone's faces, and seeing that no one refuted or proposed it, he had to continue to speak.

"The rebels attacked Michi and burned the grain and grass weapons of the main army. The main army in the absence of food and grass weapons supplement, at most three days, and yesterday the main army from Matou Mountain, all the way to Gu Bobi, and fought overnight, the consumption is huge, if nothing else, the main army in the rebels in the front and rear of the attack, support at most two days, or even less, so forced the same track Gong (Wei Wensheng) had to retreat to the pond as quickly as possible. It is estimated that from this afternoon, somewhere between Michi and Xiaoxin'an, the vanguard of the main army, which has rapidly withdrawn, will engage in a fierce battle with the rebels who have attacked Michi. ”

When Zheng Yuanshou said this, he raised his hand to the fire outside the city and the thick smoke that filled the city, and said loudly, "The rebels set fire to the city and besieged the city, which is nothing more than a suspicious tactic, the purpose is to intimidate us, hit our morale, and shake our military morale. If we abandon the city and flee out of fear, they will take Michi without much effort, and thus completely cut off the way for the main army to break through; If we are cowardly and cowardly, and hold out and wait for reinforcements, the rebels will be able to besiege the city with the least number of troops, and the rest of the forces will be used to besiege our main army; On the contrary, if we are fearless, swear to fight to the death, concentrate on attacking out of the city, the rebels who sneak attack Michi will inevitably suffer from the enemy on their backs and fall into the flank, so that the tide of the war will quickly reverse, in the area of Xiaoxin Ancheng, our main army is surrounded by the rebels, and on the eastern front of Michi, the rebels who sneak attacked Michi are surrounded by us, the strength of the two sides is close, the chess opponent, and then there is a bloody fierce battle, who can hold on to the end, who is the winner. ”

After Zheng Yuanshou analyzed and deduced the current battle situation, not only did he not fall into a desperate situation, but he could use the trap of the rebels to fight to the death with the rebels, but this battle was very tragic, his main force was cut off from food and grass weapons, and the rebels must be defeated within two days, so they only had to fight desperately, and the soldiers could only fight frantically, fight for their lives, and survive in death, and the rebels wanted to use the trap to play a beautiful ambush encirclement and annihilate war, and achieve the maximum results at the minimum cost. The war of annihilation turned into an encounter, and in the end it could only end in defeat or even the burning of jade.

Dugu Wudu's eyes showed a look of determination, he had no choice, in order to save the Holy Lord, save the Eastern Capital, in order to defeat Yang Xuangan, and end this storm as much as possible, he had to sacrifice the Xijing army, even if the Xijing army was wiped out.

Wei Fu's face was ugly, and his expression was complicated. knew that Zheng Yuanshou would come up with a plan of "burning all the jade", and he should have blocked Zheng Yuanshou's mouth before and didn't give him a chance to say it.

Zheng Yuanshou is too ruthless, and this plan is clearly to put the Xijing army to death and inflict heavy losses on the Guanlong people. This battle is actually a fratricidal battle between the two conservative forces within the Guanlong aristocratic group, whether it is both defeats or jade burning, Yang Xuangan is finished, and Xijing is also suffering heavy losses, Guanlong's local aristocratic group has been hit, and what is even stricter is that the strength of the conservative forces in the court will be greatly weakened, which puts the Guanlong people in a disadvantageous position in the political liquidation after the storm, and they cannot win a favorable position in the formation of a new round of political patterns, on the contrary, The Shandong people and the Jiangzuo people took the opportunity to pick up a big bargain, the snipe and the clam competed, and the fishermen profited, and they took advantage of this storm to grab the greatest benefits, while the Guanlong people, who were planning to use this storm to make profits, were hit hard.

However, at this moment, how can the Weffy Award be opposed? The result of opposition not only could not change the fate of the destruction of the Xijing army, but also put himself into it, but the Wei Fu Award could not support it, and the result of support could not change the fate of the destruction of the Xijing army. Wei Fu was at a loss, he never thought that the battle situation would develop to this point, and the local nobles of Guanlong were cocooned and tied to death.

Zheng Yuanshou and Dugu Wu both saw Wei Fuxian's gloomy face, and they knew his attitude. Dugu Wu didn't dare to hesitate, and immediately expressed his support, now he has the most people under his command, and the guards under Zheng Yuanshou's account have the strongest combat effectiveness, and the Guanzhong Township Regiment led by Wei Fu Award is not as good as Dugu Wudu's Jingfu local army in terms of numbers, and it is far inferior to the elite of Weifu in terms of combat effectiveness, so as long as Dugu Wu resolutely supports Zheng Yuanshou, Wei Fu Award can only bow down and obey orders.

"Gong Xin, when will you go out of the city to attack?" Dugu Wudu no longer consulted Wei Fu's opinion, and immediately discussed with Zheng Yuanshou about the attack.

Zheng Yuanshou glanced at Wei Fuyuan, and said with a pun, "If you want to go out of the city to attack, you must first ensure the safety of the city, so we must first determine who will stay to defend the city?" ”

Dugu Wu couldn't help but want to curse. You old fellow, after calculating the Weifu Award, you come to calculate so-and-so, how can this be reasonable

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