The Guanluo River flows into the sea in the east, although it is the dry season in late autumn, but the river water is also full of weather.

Wu Zhuang led 26,000 men and horses to the direction of Shifeng City, and now he has come to the edge of the Guanluo River.

In order to attack Shifeng City, Wuzhuang did not take the route of the west of the river into Yanbei, but went around to the south to cross the river. 6,000 cavalry took the lead as an advance force to the Guanluo River, seized the ferry, and then collected boats to force the crossing of the Guanluo River.

After the Yanbei border, the air defense was empty, the main troops contracted to defend Dacheng, and the first line of the Guanluo River also mainly defended the west side of the river, so Wuzhuang's troops crossed the Guanluo River without much hindrance, and then led the army north to attack Shifeng City.

Although Yanbei did not have enough troops in the rear to resist Wuzhuang's attack, Wuzhuang also failed to conquer any big cities and obtain sufficient supplies. Qi Weilun in Stone Wind City had already received the news of Wuzhuang's march and had made preparations early.

"We've been going well along the way, and we'll be in Stone Wind City soon. When I conquer Stone Wind City, I will feast for three days, so that you can all eat meat and drink wine and have a good time. Wu Zhuang encouraged when he was less than twenty miles away from Stone Wind City.

The soldiers under Wuzhuang's command cheered when they heard this.

At this moment, a group of people appeared in front of him, and the outfit was Ding Zhuang, who had been newly recruited. When these Ding Zhuang saw Wuzhuang's troops, they immediately shouted, "The enemy is coming, quickly withdraw to the city." Then he fled in a hurry.

Wu Zhuang laughed when he saw this, and ordered his cavalry to chase and kill.

Not far away was a reed swing, and those Ding Zhuang fled to the reeds one after another to avoid the pursuit of the Wuzhuang cavalry.

"Slow, don't chase it. Go ahead and block their escape to Stonewind City. And then a fire burned down here, and they wanted to stay there. Then let them stay there forever. Wu Zhuang laughed and ordered the soldiers to come forward and set fire.

Several soldiers came to the reeds with lighted torches, judged the direction of the wind, and planned to light the fire upwind. It's just that they didn't have time to drop the torches and throw them, and only heard a few screams. All of them have become dead spirits.

"Dare to resist, give me rockets to serve, I'll see how long they can survive." Wuzhuang ordered the soldiers to light the rockets and set the reeds on fire.

Hearing only the shouts, a large number of Yanbei soldiers, under the cover of arrows, killed the army led by Wuzhuang.

"I have long heard that Wei Zeng relied on this reed, ambushed the elite soldiers, and attacked the Jingnan army at night to gain a firm foothold. Now it's the same old trick. Am I really a fool? The formation is ready to kill the enemy, the rockets continue to shoot, burn me. Wu Zhuang ordered the soldiers to form a military formation to defend against the Yanbei soldiers who had been killed, and at the same time, the archers withdrew to the rear of the formation and attacked with fire.

"You expected us to be ambushed, so did you expect me to be here?" Gu Cha and the others rushed out of the reeds and shot an arrow at Wuzhuang.

"What about you here? I have 20,000 foot soldiers here. Six thousand iron riders, do you think you can take advantage? Wu Zhuang blocked the arrow with a whip. Then he raised his whip and pointed at Gu Chayi and said.

With Wu Zhuang's order, 20,000 foot soldiers formed a horse rejection formation, and the 6,000 cavalry lined up on both sides to face off against Gu Chayi's horse team.

The reed swing had already ignited a fire, and the Yanbei soldiers who were hiding in it all rushed out and attacked the military formation in Wuzhuang under the command of Gu Chayi.

Gu Chayi originally planned to introduce Wuzhuang into Luweidang through several teams of Ding Zhuang, and then ambush the soldiers to defeat the enemy army. Now the scheme has been discovered. The rush to the battle looked a little embarrassed.

However, Gu Chayi's horse team was proficient in horse archery, and Wuzhuang's troops were mainly melee attacks, and even the cavalry was also a shock cavalry armed with a horse lance and a sword. Therefore, Gu Chayi relied on cavalry guerrilla attacks to delay the attack of Wuzhuang's troops and buy time for other troops to form formations.

Wuzhuang ordered the infantry to move forward. The cavalry on both wings also marched to the horsemen of Guchai. Outflanked, that posture was to annihilate Gu Chayi's horse team here.

Gu Cha did not like to fight, and retreated in the direction of Shifeng City with his soldiers while fighting.

"Stop them, don't let them go back to the city." Wuzhuang ordered the cavalry to forcibly block Gu Chayi, and he himself led the infantry to follow quickly, wanting to completely defeat Gu Chayi's horse team.

Although Gu Chayi's horse team was good at riding and shooting, they were all wearing heavy armor, and the spears in their hands were not small when they were impacted. In the process of hedging with the 6,000 iron cavalry, he did not delay too long and escaped from the encirclement, but unfortunately the infantry following in the rear did not have this luck.

The soldiers on the city wall, archery to cover the entry of Gucha into the city. Wuzhuang pursued to the city and ordered his soldiers to besiege the city.

Wuzhuang came on a hurried march this time, and did not bring too many siege equipment, Shifeng City is a big city, if it does not rely on siege equipment, even if it will pay heavy casualties, it may not be able to successfully capture the city.

If Gu Chayi's horse team hadn't arrived, Wuzhuang would have dared to attack only with the defenders in Shifeng City. But now that Gu Cha has 110,000 horses joined, Wuzhuang did not dare to attack.

"In my opinion, Wei Zeng's main force will be here within ten days. If we were still here at that time, it would be inevitable that Wei Zeng's main force would make dumplings. Therefore I intend to make a feint for two days and then retreat on the third day. Of course, I won't really retreat, I'll ambush the men and horses near Shifeng Castle, and when the enemy comes out in pursuit, there will be a siege. When Stone Wind City is captured, we will kill the horse pistol, and then none of them will be able to escape. As long as Shifeng City is conquered, we will cooperate with the main army to attack, and the destruction of Wei Zeng is just around the corner. have blocked the news for me, and whoever dares to leak the news will be killed. Wuzhuang informed the generals of the plan, and then organized the siege of the city.

Gu Chayi in Stone Wind City was resentful of the failure of this ambush, and Qi Weilun was on the sidelines to comfort him.

"Brother Gu really doesn't have to blame himself too much, not to mention that we didn't hurt our muscles and bones, we can still fight in the future. Brother Xian has already rushed over with a large group of men, and General Yu also led the Guan Shan army to block the enemy's rear road, and as soon as the encirclement is formed, the enemy is a turtle in the urn, no matter how he moves, he will not escape the net. However, this Wuzhuang is not a reckless man, and we also need to guard against him playing some intrigues, as long as we ensure that Shifeng City is not lost, the victory will be ours after all. ”

"Mr. Qi is right. However, my horse team has always been hand-to-hand against the infantry, and it is really hateful to be defeated by the enemy's infantry this time. Gu Chayi said angrily.

"It's not a big deal. The Power Sect occupied Anyun, and most of the troops formed by Zhang Ling were selected from the soldiers of the previous Iron Blood Army. The Predators are well-trained, and the anti-cavalry is also daily training. Wuzhuang is Zhang Ling's cronies. The people he brought with him were naturally the elite of the Power Sect. The Gu brothers fought with them in a hurry, and they couldn't show it for a while, and it was not a big deal if they failed. However, once the enemy's elite is eliminated, it will be difficult to form another such force. Qi Weiren said.

"The Predators are indeed difficult to deal with, and there is no shame in losing at their hands. But. It means that the little brother has completely cut off their back road, and I will defeat them with my own hands. Gu Chayi said.

"Naturally, naturally. But now it's important to defend Stone Wind City, as long as Stone Wind City doesn't lose, the victory will be ours. Qi Weilun laughed.

For the next two days, Wuzhuang was organizing a feint attack, and early in the morning of the third day, he packed up and prepared to retreat.

As soon as Gu Cha saw Wuzhuang retreating, he wanted to chase after the enemy. Kill and injure enemy troops.

"Brother Gu is slow, and the enemy retreated in only two days, it really doesn't make sense. The main force of the virtuous brother did not arrive, and the encirclement of General Yu was also very secretive, so it was a little strange for the enemy to retreat like this. Seeing the enemy retreating, Qi Weiren was suspicious.

"Didn't the enemy choose to retreat because he was afraid of being surrounded by us?" Gu Cha asked.

"No, but you can see it by trying. The enemy is not really retreating. Brother Gu, you take a few thousand people and pretend to pursue them. But don't go too far from the city, and if the enemy still retreats, it's not too late to pursue them. But if the enemy comes back to kill him, you must rush back to the city in time. Qi Weiren said.

"Test the enemy? Okay, I'll do it. As soon as Gu Cha finished speaking, he took thousands of people out of the city to test it.

Wu Zhuang retreated with his men and horses, keeping a close eye on the movements of Stone Wind City. Seeing that Gu Chayi led his troops out of the city, not only did he not meet the attack, but accelerated his retreat.

Gu Chayi kept a certain distance from Wuzhuang's large army, but never stepped forward to attack. Just a few miles after Gu Cha left Stone Wind City, the enemy hiding in the shadows came out. Attempting to capture Stonewind City. Wuzhuang also took the opportunity to kill Gu Cha one by one.

"Sure enough, as Mr. Qi said, if you are not careful, you will fall for your tricks."

When the enemy's ambush was exhausted, Gu Chayi hurriedly returned to help, defeated the ambush before the Wuzhuang army arrived, and entered Shifeng City again, never taking half a step out of the city gate again.

Wuzhuang's plan failed, and he besieged Shifeng City for a few days, but Gu Chayi refused to fight. When the news came that Wei Da's army had returned to defense, Wuzhuang had no choice but to retreat with his troops.

It's just that on the road of Wuzhuang's retreat, Yu Chaogui has already led people to wait for him.

In the battle to attack Guanbei, Yu Chaogui led an army alone for the first time, and since then he has made a lot of contributions. Wei Zeng deliberately handed over the Guanshan battalion to Yu Chaogui, and equipped it with a total of 30,000 crossbowmen and pikemen, known as the Guanshan army.

At the beginning, Yu Chaogui only led the Guanshan army and cooperated with Wei Zeng's main force to fight. Today's Yu Chaogui has grown into a figure who can take charge of himself.

"Yu Chaogui turned out to be you, do you think you can stop me?" Wuzhuang said with a chuckle.

"Back then, against the Iron Army, we used to fight side by side, and now that we meet on the battlefield, it's a pity that we have to fight to the death." Yu Chaogui said.

"Each is his own master, my lord and your general are both going to compete for the world, and it is expected that the current situation has developed. But in the past, when we fought side by side, you will fall into my hands, and I can spare your life. Wuzhuang said.

"You don't have a chance, but if you fall into my hands, I can spare your life." Yu Chaogui said.

"You alone can't defeat me." Wu Zhuang said with a smile.

"You are strong in martial arts, and I am indeed not your opponent. However, fighting with soldiers is not something that can be fought by individual bravery alone. The 30,000 Guanshan Lux behind me, you can't break through. Yu Chaogui said and retreated into the military formation.

"Guan Shan Lux listened to the might, but he didn't know how the strength was? Formation, attack. Wuzhuang chuckled and ordered the soldiers to move forward.

The Guanshan army formed a large formation on the plain, and the Guanshan wrestlers were in the center of the formation, with a team of five people, connected into a piece, although it was not neat, but it was like a plum blossom, and it was also unique. Spearmen form a shield wall in front of the formation, and crossbowmen fill the sides with arrows. At the command of Chaogui, the horse pikemen advanced forward, the crossbowmen responded with a side attack, and Guan Shan Lux followed closely behind the pikemen, waiting for the battle to rush forward to fight.

The 26,000 people led by Wuzhuang are either the elite of the iron-blooded army that has been recruited, or they are the martial arts masters of the Power Sect, and they are excellent in terms of individual soldier quality and cooperation in battle. Faced with the obstruction of the Guan Shan army, Wuzhuang chose to compete with Yu Chaogui head-on.

The confrontation between the two armies was a burst of rushing killing, and the elites of the two sides fought for several rounds, and they were already full of corpses. Guan Shan Lux is a group of five people who cooperate properly, attacking and killing strong enemies, and it is like destroying the withering and decaying. The elite of the Iron Blood Army and the masters of the Strength Sect are not easy to match, whether they kill the enemy in a formation or fight alone, they can give people a sense of unstoppability.

An engagement lasted several rounds without a score.

The stalemate situation has brought heavy casualties on both sides, and if the fight continues like this, the victorious side will inevitably be a disastrous victory of killing 1,000 enemies and losing 800 of its own losses. Yu Chaogui couldn't bear such casualties, and Wuzhuang couldn't bear it either. But neither side has any intention of stopping the fighting, and both sides are waiting for reinforcements to arrive.

Both sides believed that as long as their own reinforcements arrived, the other side would have no choice but to flee.

When Zhang Ling heard that Wuzhuang's attack on Shifeng City had failed, he brought the Tianjia army to meet him, but he was stopped by Wei Zeng's main force when he came to the border of Hedong.

Gu Chayi's horse team, after receiving the news of the fierce battle between the Guanshan army and Wuzhuang, was all transferred from Shifeng City and galloped to the battlefield, intending to wipe out all the men and horses led by Wuzhuang.

Just when the two sides were deadlocked, Gu Chayi led the horse team to arrive first, so Wuzhuang's men and horses failed.

As soon as Gu Cha arrived on the battlefield, he stormed the rear of the Wuzhuang army, and the crossbowmen of the Wuzhuang army had no time to react, and they were already trampled under the feet of the cavalry. Then Gu Chayi cooperated with the Guanshan army to attack the front row of infantry and defeated all the men and horses brought by Wuzhuang.

Wu Zhuang saw that the battle had been lost, and under the escort of the remaining cavalry, he was about to break out. At this time, Yu Chaogui led a team of people to stop in front of Wuzhuang.

Originally, Wuzhuang could have left safely, but when he saw Yu Chaogui and thought of the promise he made to Zhang Ling, a sense of shame arose from the bottom of his heart. Wuzhuang gave up running away and went straight to Yu Chaogui to kill.

Wuzhuang's martial arts are strong, and although Yu Chaogui is not weak, he was still defeated by the armed forces. Just as the soldiers of the Guanshan Army were about to rush forward and rescue Yu Chaogui, Wuzhuang stopped the attack.

"I said that when I defeated you, I would spare your life, and I would spare you today. And you will always be my defeat. After Wu Zhuang finished speaking, he struck his head with a steel whip and killed him on the spot.

Why bother? Is winning really that important to you? Yu Chaogui looked at Wuzhuang's corpse and said. (To be continued.) )