"Withdraw!"

Wang Ziyong clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and burst out a word, the people's army attacked twice in a row, and paid the price of nearly 500 casualties and failed to touch the first fortress, the combat power of this group of family members is a bit amazing, plus there are fortresses that are easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is really difficult to overcome.

Now that the shells are running out again, and there is a lack of heavy offensive weapons, what to take to attack the city? Even if his heart was full of anger, he had to accept the reality in front of him, without hundreds of Francophone cannons bombarding them intensively, he would not be able to break through these fortresses.

After a long time, the casualties were not small, the morale of the people's army had been frustrated, and the leaders had already begun to retreat, but no one dared to speak out, and no one quietly breathed a sigh of relief when they heard the order to retreat from the leading brother.

The people's army withdrew neatly, not only did they not even need the four Francophone guns, but also threw aside some improvised ladders and other heavy attacking equipment, and even the wounded comrades who were still lying on the hillside struggling to save them ignored them.

After confirming that the people's army had really retreated, Zhang Yaowu and Li Fengcheng led people down the mountain to clean up the battlefield, and the broken and damaged weapons could be re-refined and the corpses were buried on the spot.

Inducing the people's army to attack the mountain and consuming its strength is just a small plan that is dispensable in Zhu Jian's Shanxi plan, success or not does not matter, the pit is dug as soon as possible, the people's army is in the trap, the whole process is under the control of the plan, he only needs to sit in the distant Beijing division and wait for the result.

"What's going on?"

On the way back to the county seat, Wang Ziyong and other people's troops received an urgent report from scouts that the second 6,000-strong Taiyuan army hastily formed by Yang He, the governor of Shanxi, did not fight with Zhang Xianzhong's troops who captured Xugou County, but withdrew and was coming towards Guxian County, which frightened Wang Ziyong and other leaders.

"Is there any news from the Eight Heavenly Kings?" Li Zicheng asked, after King Gao Chuang took Xing County, he was ordered to come back to report, and at this moment a bad feeling suddenly surged in his heart, he knew Zhang Xianzhong too well, and everyone joined forces to pit this guy, fooling him to fight Xugou County, acting as cannon fodder to attract officials and soldiers, but he may have been noticed by Zhang Xianzhong, but everyone was fooled.

"No ......" The scout shook his head, the Eight Heavenly Kings are Zhang Xianzhong's name, he understands what Li Zicheng is asking, the distance is too far, and the official army is closed to the road, and he will not be able to contact Zhang Xianzhong for a while, even if he is contacted, it will take time to come and go.

"Big brother, we may have been deceived by the Eight Heavenly Kings......"

Li Zicheng said his own doubts and reasoning, according to the plan, Zhang Xianzhong's troops first started to capture Xugou, attracted the 6,000 Taiyuan army to the past, and fought with it, and contained this official army, but obviously, Zhang Xianzhong did not do this, but led people to quietly transfer, and let this official army kill Laigu County.

"What if the official army has not yet arrived in Xugou County, and receives a call for help from Gu County halfway and comes back?" There are also leaders who are better with Zhang Xianzhong who have questions.

Wang Ziyong nodded, this is also possible, before there is conclusive evidence, it cannot be concluded that Zhang Xianzhong split with the people's army and set up his own mountain, he can only prepare for the battle with the 6,000 Taiyuan Mansion army, while waiting for the news from his cronies to know the result, he appointed several cronies to act as liaison officers in Zhang Xianzhong's troops, thinking that the liaison officer is already on the way, right?

Wang Ziyong ordered the people's troops who stayed in Guxian County to abandon the city and move closer to him, and at the same time notified Gao Yingxiang, who had captured Xingxian County, to prepare for the battle of the Taiyuan army.

6,000 Taiyuan Mansion killed Gu County, successfully recovered the undefended city, and then set up a move, and then killed Lan County, Wang Zi used the city to defend, and fought a defensive battle with the official army.

Nearly in the evening, the long-term attack of the official army has been frustrated, Gao Yingxiang, who has been ambushed on the left side, took advantage of the situation to lead the army to kill, one of the leaders of the people's army, Wang Monk was ordered to lead an army in ambush on the right side of the official army, and also followed the kill, the city gate was opened, Wang Ziyong led the people's army in the city to kill, and the three sides attacked, 6,000 Taiyuan Mansion was defeated, more than half of the dead and wounded, and the weapons and equipment were thrown to the ground.

The people's army happily cleaned up the battlefield, but Wang Ziyong and other leaders were not happy at all, and their expressions were solemn, according to the scouts, Qin Liangyu's white pole army suddenly accelerated its march, and had advanced to the vicinity of Guxian County, which was only half a day's distance away from the people's army.

Although Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong army was still marching unhurriedly, it was expected to be able to enter Hongdong County before dark, which just blocked the passage for the people's army to retreat to Shaanxi, and Sun Chuanting led his troops to suddenly appear in the area of Datongfu, which also blocked the way for the people's army to flee north.

The three-way army was copied in three ways, but there was no movement in the boundary of the Beijing division, but Wang Ziyong and other leaders knew in their hearts that there was no movement in the direction of the Beijing division did not mean safety, the Beijing division was the capital of the Ming Dynasty, there were many checkpoints, the city was high and the walls were thick, there were many troops, and the civilian army lacked artillery and heavy equipment to attack the fortifications, and the officers and soldiers only needed to hold on for a day or two, and the three-way army of Qin Liangyu, Sun Chuanting, and Lu Xiangsheng could encircle and annihilate the people's army.

Moreover, the imperial court has spent so much effort to lay down this dead end, how can the direction of the Beijing division not dig a pit and wait for the people's army? The reason why there was no movement in the direction of the Jingshi was because the leaders had no intention of entering the Jingshi for the time being, so they didn't pay much attention to it, and the scouts sent out just turned around the periphery of the Jingshi territory and then withdrew, so naturally they couldn't detect any movement.

At this time, Wang Ziyong and other leaders of the people's army have understood that they have fallen into the pit, a very big pit, but at the same time, they are also amazed by Sun Chuanting's courage, this old guy in order to dig this big pit, he dared to sacrifice several county towns in Taiyuan, Pingyang and other prefectures, especially Gu County, Xing County and Lan County, but they are all rich and oily, and they are allowed to be ravaged, so they are not afraid of being impeached by the minister, and the Son of Heaven asks for guilt and cuts off his head?

However, they no longer have time to care about whether Sun Chuanting will be impeached by the minister and questioned by the Son of Heaven, and the top priority is how to deal with the current extremely unfavorable situation.

To the east is the Beijing Division, that is the imperial capital of the Ming Dynasty, there are many cities, the city walls are high, and there are many troops, with the current strength of the people's army, let alone attacking the city, it is fortunate that it has not been eaten, who dares to send it to death?

Break out to the west? Don't be kidding, the name of the person, the shadow of the tree, although Qin Liangyu is a woman, but she has outstanding military achievements, the only female chief military officer of the Ming Empire, and the white pole army under her is also famous, and she is definitely the master who can't be provoked, think about Zhang Xianzhong, the Eight Heavenly Kings who were once coaxed by the bull pen, when Qin Liangyu was mentioned, his face turned white, and his calves twitched, unless his brain was in water, and he thought that he was impatient to take the initiative to provoke this female Hades.

Break out to the south? Although Lu Xiangsheng is a civilian chief military officer, he is cautious, calculating, and plays people one by one, and the Tianxiong Army under his command is also an elite army with strong combat power, with many firearms, and the dense three-stage shooting platoon gun is so powerful that it is a B, and the people's army has suffered less under him? This guy must not be provoked either.

Thinking about it, it seems that only Sun Chuanting in the north is a little better to bully, but there is really no room for choice, and the only opponent who can choose is Sun Chuanting.