The reason why Gongsun Du dared to urgently transfer the three troops stationed in Liaoyang, Wangping and Houcheng back to Xiangping was that Genzi still sent 20,000 soldiers to reinforce Xuansu County in Fuyu, so that he could rest assured that he would temporarily entrust the line from Gao Xian to Xigaima to Fuyu's allies, and then concentrate on dealing with Xian Yuyin, a lone army that was deep in depth.

In Gongsun Du's opinion, he asked Wang Lie to go out of the city to meet Xian Yuyin, and said a lot of soft words to bow his head and admit his mistakes, such a posture has been very low, enough to temporarily paralyze Xian Yuyin, and even make Xian Yuyin and Du Liaojun breed some arrogant emotions. As long as Xian Yuyin stopped attacking Xiangping and withdrew to Xinchang, Gongsun Du would seize this rare opportunity and dispatch the defenders of Xiangping and the troops rushing to the aid of the three roads to pursue the Liao army all the way, taking advantage of the chaos of the Liao army to pull out the thorn in his chest in one fell swoop.

As for the Youzhou army stationed west of the Great Liaoshui, Gongsun Du grasped the situation that there were only less than 5,000 defenders in the city, and Xu Huang had led a cavalry unit out of the city to the north to pursue the Xianbei people a few days ago, and he would definitely dare not come back for a while. At first, Gongsun Du originally wanted to send troops to attack the danger, but after thinking about it, even if he won the danger, when Xu Huang led the army back, he would have to withdraw the troops to the east bank of the Great Liao River, so he simply came up with this ruthless strategy of retreating as advance.

However, it was said that Han Qi, who was stationed in Liaoyang, Gongsun Mo, who was stationed in Wangping, and Beiyan, who was stationed in Houcheng, received the order from Gongsun Du, and thought that Xiangping was in danger, so they hurriedly led the army to come. The troops of the three sides arrived in five days, and the total number of troops exceeded 20,000, or 40,000 if the defenders of Xiangping City were added.

Gongsun Du delayed Xian Yuyin's return to Xinchang. In order to buy time for several reinforcements to come and assemble, he specially sent his subordinates to transport some wine, meat and food from the city to comfort the Liao army, and it seemed that he didn't want to be an enemy of the Liao army at all.

The lower-ranking officers and soldiers in the Duliao army were completely confused by what had happened in the past few days. What everyone thinks in their hearts is that this time they came to Liaodong, is it to visit relatives? If you don't get beaten, why would Gongsun Du still send wine, meat, and food?

In the blink of an eye, a few days passed, and the full-fed and well-fed Duliao army finally packed up and slowly retreated in the direction of Xinchang City.

At this time, five days had passed since Xu Huang led his army from Gaoxian.

Among the troops of the Duliao Army marching south, Xian Yuyin was whispering to the military advisor Li Ru for advice.

"Strategist, it's been a few days, and there is no movement in Xiangping City. Could it be that Gongsun Du really wants to bow his head and submit to softness this time? ”

"Based on my observation and analysis of Gongsun Du during this time, this person is definitely not the kind of person who easily admits defeat, even if the knife is on his neck. I also have to struggle and resist a few times before I bow my head. This time he sent Wang Lie out of the city to make peace, which was too abnormal, and he must have wanted to paralyze us. Minghui must not be impatient, if my guess is right. This Gongsun Du will definitely do something on our way back. ”

Li Ru patiently explained to Xian Yuyin. It seems that the two got along quite well during their time in Liaodong.

After all these years of training, Xian Yuyin is no longer the stunned young man who accompanied Liu He to the countryside and county, he pondered Li Ru's words carefully, and then suddenly asked: "Will Gongsun Du take advantage of our retreat?" ”

"Hehe, I'm afraid he won't come. We didn't plan to really negotiate peace with Gongsun Du, Xiangping City was going to be taken anyway, and this time we pretended to retreat to the south, just to buy more time for Xu Huang's troops. If Gongsun Du dares to go out of the city to pursue us. Minghui commanded the troops to hold on to the spot and lured Gongsun Du's troops. This just creates an opportunity for Xu Huang to raid Xiangping! ”

"Strategist Takami! I think so too, what we have been worried about is that Gongsun Du hides in the turtle shell of Xiangping City and can't come out, if he dares to send troops to pursue us this time, then wait for the back to be stabbed! ”

A chief general, a military advisor, although he does not fully grasp the situation of Gongsun Du and Xu Huang, has already anticipated various complicated situations in advance, and such cooperation can only be described as tacit understanding.

"General Qiyu, the Duliao army has marched thirty miles south, and it is expected to camp in the area of Anzi Mountain at night!" A spy panted and reported to Gongsun Du.

"Where is Han Qi's troops now?" Gongsun Du asked excitedly.

"The soldiers and horses led by General Han have already passed through the room pseudo water, and they are less than twenty miles away from Anzi Mountain!"

"Where is Gongsun Mo's troops now?"

"General Gongsun's troops have converged with General Bei's troops, and they just crossed the Daliang River half a day ago, and now they are less than ten miles away from the west of Xiangping City."

"Good! Chuan Benhou ordered Han Qi, Gongsun Mo and Bei Yan to move closer to our army from the east and west, and meet twenty miles south of Xiangping City at the third watch tonight! ”

Military orders were quickly transmitted to all directions, and soldiers and horses from all walks of life hurried towards the predetermined location.

At the same time, Xu Huang led the troops to enter the ungarrisoned Houcheng.

"General, something is wrong. According to the report of nearby spies, Han Qibu, who was stationed in Houcheng, had left four days ago, and he was in a hurry when he left, and his preparation did not seem to be sufficient. Could it be because Xiangping is tight? Zhang Jun asked Xu Huang with some puzzlement.

Xu Huang carefully looked at the march map, and then said in a deep voice: "Immediately send people to reconnoiter in the three directions of Xiangping, Wangping and Liaoyang overnight, I suspect that Gongsun Du mobilized the army to deal with our troops on the eastern front. Pass my general order, the troops will rush to the ladder to the city overnight, and set off immediately tomorrow morning! ”

In the early morning of the next day, Xu Huang led his army to Xiangping. Also in the early morning, the three-way reinforcements mobilized by Gongsun Du and the troops led by him converged thirty miles south of Xiangping City, which was only ten miles away from Anzi Mountain, where the Liao army was camped.

On a high slope in Anzi Mountain, Xian Yuyin held a clairvoyant mirror to observe the north, and the originally relaxed expression on his face became grim.

"Hey, Gongsun Du is ruthless enough, this time he has gathered more than 40,000 troops to deal with me!"

"Pass my order, and the troops will immediately form a circle and prepare to defend!"

A big battle that both sides wanted, broke out two hours later.

Gongsun Du hoped to use this siege and annihilation battle to annihilate or cripple the Duliao army on the Eastern Front, so that he could concentrate on defending the Great Liao River without worrying about being attacked on both sides. Xian Yuyin hoped to use this positional defensive battle to drag down Gongsun Du's main force, and buy more time for Xu Huang, who still didn't know where he would appear.

The battle was fierce from the beginning, and Gongsun Du commanded troops to launch waves of attacks on the Liao army from the east, north, and west. Xian Yuyin lined up his troops in the best formation for field defense, placing all the catapults in the middle of the formation, placing the sword and shield soldiers and pikemen in the outermost layer, with short crossbowmen in the middle, and longbowmen slightly in the middle.

The biggest disadvantage of this formation is poor mobility, and the biggest advantage is that the defense is tight, like a huge iron bucket in the wilderness, and the defense in any direction is very strong and stable.

Gongsun Du thought that his troops were more than twice as many as the Du Liao army, and now he was fighting in the field, so even if he encountered the fierce resistance of the Du Liao army and paid the lives of 5,000 soldiers after a few rounds of impact, he still stubbornly ordered the troops to continue to charge, and no matter what, he had to tear a few holes in the iron bucket formation of the Du Liao army.

A fierce battle in the field from noon to evening, Du Liao's army was still as steady as a rock, Gongsun Du saw that it was getting late, so he had to give up the attack, Mingjin collected his troops, and prepared to fight again in the coming day.

At night, the strategist Yangyi suggested that Gongsun Du send troops to attack, but Gongsun Du vetoed it. Gongsun Du said to Yang Yi: "This formation of the Du Liao army is not convenient to move, but it is conducive to defense, and the reason why I want to launch a fierce attack during the day is to let them take advantage of the night to change the formation and quietly retreat to the south." As soon as they change formation, our army will have a chance. Now that the Liao army has not moved, if we rashly send troops to attack at night, not only will we not be effective, but we will be startled! ”

"What if the Liao army sneaks up on our military camp at night?" Yang Yi asked with some concern.

"Idiot! As long as the Duliao army dares to attack at night, then the circle formation they formed will naturally disperse, and when the time comes, our army will just chase and kill all the way, and they will be caught off guard. ”

That night, the Duliao army that Gongsun Du was looking forward to came to sneak attack did not appear, Xian Yuyin seemed to have made up his mind, and even let the troops continue to form a formation and defend themselves, without even moving a step to the south.

On the second day, Gongsun Du commanded the troops to launch another onslaught on the Liao army......

It was also on this day that Xu Huang, who had made a big detour, finally led the army to cross the Daliang River.

Xu Huang received news from all walks of life on the way to Xiangping, and learned that the troops of Wangping and Liaoyang had been transferred to Xiangping by Gongsun Du, and he was very anxious, thinking that Xian Yuyin had not received his wooden boat message, and unilaterally launched an attack on Xiangping.

The army galloped all the way and gradually approached the city of Xiangping.

There were only 2,000 soldiers left behind in Xiangping City, and the rest of the troops were all taken by Gongsun Du to besiege the Duliao army.

"General Qiyu, Gongsun Du has led the main force in the city to the south three days ago, and now there are only two to three thousand defenders in the city!" At the critical moment, Zhang Jun, who was in charge of reconnaissance on the periphery of Xiangping, ran over to report to Xu Huang sweating profusely.

"What a godsend! All soldiers immediately dismount and attack the city from all sides at the same time! ”

Xu Huang gave an order, and the troops behind him immediately divided into four roads, each with about four or five thousand people, and launched a fatal blow to Xiangping City.

When the shouts of killing sounded, there was a sudden chaos in Xiangping City. Gongsun Du, who was forty miles away from Xiangping, was looking at the hard bone not far away with red eyes at this time, and suddenly felt a sense of danger in his heart. (To be continued......)