Zhuo Bailing urged the soldiers to go to the city, while arranging the evacuation of the people in the city, according to the regulations of Zhengxi Mansion, the war must not hurt the civilians, originally this is the time to evacuate the people must be the moment of death, at this time it should be everyone's mentality, but Zhuo Bailing's face was full of excitement.

"Uncle's! After working so long, I finally fished out these people! Tong Yan's loud voice did not appear abrupt on the noisy city tower.

"Our most difficult moment is coming, General Tong should worry more about defending the city, the Metropolitan Governor said that there are no reinforcements, only ourselves." Zhuo Bailing knew that the first step of this plan had been done, and the most difficult step had come.

"Commander Chen can't run away, right?" Tong Yan heard the meaning of Zhuo Bailing's words.

"Commander Chen said when he set off, if you can't do anything, the right guard will retreat to Lipu to make a defensive posture." Zhuo Bailing said expressionlessly.

"This right guard is too boring, right, we're desperate here, and they're watching?" Tong Yan obviously couldn't understand.

"General Tong, do your own thing, it is a matter of love to help us, and it is a strategy not to send troops. Zhuo Bailing looked at the busy soldiers on the city tower, and his excited mood became sad for a moment, and he didn't know how many people were after Yuanling.

"Zhuo Shuai, there is a letter from the Ming Jian Division, and most of the Zhuo soldiers and horses of Anhua have arrived at Maxi Station." An Kui's muffled voice came from behind.

"Is there any news from the right guard?" Zhuo Bailing didn't care about the Zhuo soldiers and horses in Anhua at this time, and what he was most afraid of was Cao Li's sneak attack.

"No, the right guard disappeared yesterday, and even the Ming Jian Division couldn't find any trace of them, the army of Hezhou is almost in Shangbao, led by Feng You." There was no emotion in Ankui's voice.

"What?! Missing?! Tong Yan shouted first.

Zhuo Bailing's face had become melancholy, the disappearance of the right guard was not important to him, and the key issue was that Feng You's men and horses had arrived at Shangbao, and Yuanling was undoubtedly besieged.

"Let's go, the right guard already has the power to act cheaply, they don't have to tell us where they go, just tell the people of the Mingjian Division to keep the communication with Ye Shuai, and we don't have to tell us the rest." Zhuo Bailing's decisive order, it is better to count on no one than to count on the giggling Ye Bohuai.

That night, Gu Xifeng personally led 5,000 vanguard soldiers to set off to the east bank of the Yuan River by starlight, and the rest of the main battalion was suppressed by Gu Qingfeng.

Hearing that they were going to launch an attack on the Chen Dynasty to conquer the West Mansion, the soldiers of the Zhuo clan were all gearing up, and the fighting mood was extremely high, since the expedition to the West Mansion invaded the twelve states of Xingtan, the Zhuo clan has been defeated again and again, and the proud Gu clan Sanjie is now the biggest shame in the hearts of the Zhuo clan's disciples, those soldiers and horses who are not the children of the Zhuo clan are making fun of them behind their backs It is not a day or two, and they are just afraid of the fame of the Zhuo clan for thousands of years if they don't say it directly.

When the vanguard army came to a place ten miles away from the Yuanjiang River, Gu Xifeng received a report from the outpost that the troops of Tong Yan, the general under Zhuo Bailing, had set up camp on the west bank of the Yuanjiang River, and a large area of black pressure was suppressed, but there was no movement at all, as if they had fallen asleep. Gu Xifeng thought briefly for a moment and immediately gave the order to the troops to march quickly.

The vanguard army of 5,000 men and horses waded through the water, like a tiger descending from the mountain, bravely broke through the forward position of Zhengxi Mansion, and shouted and slaughtered into Tong Yan's camp.

At this time, Tong Yan hid in the grass outside the city, he stood up excitedly, put on his armor, turned over on his horse, held a spear, and rushed straight towards Gu Xifeng, The two fought for more than a dozen rounds, and Gu Xifeng, who lacked a battle formation, gradually couldn't parry, and there were already signs of defeat.

Suddenly, there was a gust of wind in the Yuanjiang River, and the wind seemed to be deliberately rushing towards Tong Yan, one was caught off guard and was blinded by the wind, and the other soldiers and horses of Zhengxi Mansion were also miserable, only the strength to fight against the strange wind was left, and the situation on the battlefield changed for a while, and it didn't take long for the soldiers and horses of the Kung Fu to conquer the West Mansion to begin to disperse, Tong Yan struggled to open his eyes and looked at the situation vaguely and decisively ordered the withdrawal of troops, but the strange wind still did not dissipate and chased the people of the West Mansion until the city of Yuanling.

Zhuo Bailing in the city was pale, with Tong Yan's strength and his own layout, it was no problem to delay for a day, and now Tong Yan's soldiers and horses looked like defeated soldiers, although they were not losing their armor, but they were also embarrassed, it seemed that Gu Xifeng's estimation was still wrong, he sighed and ordered Tong Yan to come in.

Tong Yan was supported all the way up to the city tower by his own soldiers, and there were some tears on his face, which made Zhuo Bailing very strange, defeated and defeated, a fierce general like Tong Yan was beaten and cried?

"Zhuo Shuai, there are masters in the Gu army, I was about to capture Gu Xifeng alive, but suddenly a strange wind came directly at us, and I lost the ability to parry at all." Tong Yan complained with a frustrated face.

Tong Yan's statement is too bizarre, but with Zhuo Bailing's understanding of Tong Yan, he will not tell lies, and he will never make excuses for failure, this kind of behavior is non-negotiable in Zhengxi Mansion, now looking at Tong Yan's red and swollen eyes, it seems that this wind is indeed strange, Zhuo Bailing suddenly remembered something, his face was surprised, and blurted out: "There are many dots!" ”

Tong Yan was dumbfounded, everyone in the world knows that the Gu family is a martial arts master, but there are almost no people who have really seen the "starry chess", the characteristic of "starry chess" is to rearrange the surrounding environment according to their own mood, for their own use, the person who manipulates all this is like a chess master, but the person who can control the entire battlefield Gu is afraid that only Gu Qufeng can barely do it, but he saw it in Yuanjiang, the big family is the big family, and there are endless talents, this is what Tong Yan thought at that time.

"General Tong, we have encountered a hard stubble this time, if the Gu family's people play Star Chess Luobu in Yuanling City, we won't be able to hold it for even half a day." Zhuo Bailing was stunned when he saw Tong Yan, and said with a wry smile.

"Zhuo Shuai, I remember that the Grand Governor once said that martial arts cultivation is a personal practice, and if it is used on the battlefield, it will especially consume the energy of the user." Tong Yan muttered.

Zhuo Bailing nodded and said: "That's right, martial arts cultivation is difficult to use in battle formations, and we only have three people in the martial arts of the West Mansion, such as the Grand Dudu, Ye Shuai and Su Commander, but if we fight with the strength of the whole clan to kill us, it will be difficult for all three of them to win." "Zhuo Bailing felt so powerless for the first time, he always thought that martial arts cultivation was just a kind of personal pursuit of the big family, and it really depended on fighting and decisiveness to win on the battlefield, but now it doesn't seem to be like this, the Metropolitan Governor has done it, Ye Bohuai has also done it, and now Gu Xifeng, who is in front of him, has also done it.

"What are we going to do? It will definitely last less than a month. Tong Yan's tone was full of frustration.

Zhuo Bailing didn't speak, paced on the city tower, and after a while, he looked into the distance and found that there was no trace of the pursuers, so he made a decision and said, "Dig a ditch!" Dig for me layer by layer, and then General Tong, you go and ask Mingjian Simo to come over. ”

Tong Yan was confused by Zhuo Bailing's instructions, and he didn't understand what Zhuo Bailing wanted to do at all, and he wanted to ask a few words and found that Zhuo Bailing was pondering, so he immediately turned around and left, he was not the boss, what the hell were you doing, it was a big deal to die on the battlefield, and Zhengxi Mansion would not treat his family badly.

After a while, Mo Geng walked up to the city tower with a confused face, he was a person from the Mingjian Division, although he was not a spy who was clearly displayed, but he was also hidden behind the shadows, today Zhuo Bailing actually asked the general in the army to find him, it seems that either something happened or he didn't trust the intelligence of the Mingjian Division, and Su Qing asked himself to support Zhuo Bailing that day, and he knew that things were not simple.

Mo Geng walked up to the city tower with a nervous mood, only to see Zhuo Bailing looking at the city, and the curiosity of the spy drove Mo Geng to look over, only to see a hot scene under the city, actually digging a ditch.

"Young Eunuch Mo is here." Zhuo Bailing did not turn around, and said lightly.

"Mo Geng participates in Zhuo Shuai!" Mo Geng followed the rules, he knew that the people in the army were not very tolerant of the Ming Jian Division.

I saw Zhuo Bailing slowly turn around, and said with a face of vicissitudes: "I, Zhuo, will compensate Mo Shaojian today, and let you appear in the army, it is really Zhuo Mou, please forgive Mo Shaojian." ”

Seeing that Zhuo Bailing apologized to himself first, Mo was even more flattered, if he hadn't climbed on Su Qing's thigh, he would just be a pawn in Bai Zewei, where would it be the young eunuch of the Mingjian Division, Zhuo Bailing was the number three person in Zhengxi Mansion, so he hurriedly took three steps back and said, "Don't dare!" Zhuo Shuai must have a reason to do this, please ask Zhuo Shuai to command. ”

Zhuo Bailing saw that Mo was more respectful and respectful, and felt a little relieved, and said, "Did Young Eunuch Mo practice the trick of avoiding water with Su's instructions?" ”

Mo Geng was stunned for a moment, and then thought of digging a ditch outside the city, and roughly understood what Zhuo Bailing meant, and said with his fists clenched: "Zhuo Shuai, the last general has been practicing for a while under Su's instructions, but he is still fur. ”

"It's okay, I just ask you if you can use the water avoidance trick where there is water?" Zhuo Bailing didn't care about how Mo Geng practiced, he only cared about whether the water avoidance trick could be used, although Gu's "star-studded chess" was powerful, it also had to be manipulated according to the environment, if he could hide people in the ravines and water to reduce the interference of the dots, maybe he could delay some time.

Mo Geng held his breath and then exhaled lightly and said: "I understand what Zhuo Shuai means, as long as there is water, I will have a way to hide the troops, and it will be better if I can connect to the water of the Yuan River." ”

Zhuo Bailing's stiff face finally moved a little, and after swallowing a mouthful of foam, he said, "How many soldiers are you sure to hide?" ”

"Most of the people in the Ming Jian Division have practiced the trick of avoiding water under the instructions of Su, but most of them can't understand the essence of it, and they can only practice to the Huangliang Realm, I have a hundred people here, each person can take fifteen people, and they can hide in the ravine for two quarters of an hour at a time." Mo made it clear.

"There is enough time, I will find a way to divert water, Mo Shaojian I will transfer all the 5,000 people of the Ankui Department to you, can you circulate and hide troops in the ravines outside the city from tonight." Zhuo Bailing was reinstated as the head coach.

"The last general commands! However, Zhuo Shuai, this method is not long-lasting, and if the other side rushes to kill us with all his might, it will be tantamount to killing us. Mo Geng took the military order, but still explained the pros and cons clearly.

"It doesn't matter! Young Eunuch Mo only needs to do his own thing, I will figure out other things, your task is to guard the three-layer ravine outside the city to slow down the enemy's offensive. Zhuo Bailing saw that the matter was resolved, and began to think about other things.

The reason why Zhuo's family did not march immediately after defeating Tong Yan was also because of the appearance of Xingqi Luobu, Gu Qingfeng was already close to a coma, in order to save Gu Xifeng on the battlefield, Gu Qingfeng disregarded the large range of exercises and directly made her lose her energy.

"Qingfeng, why are you so troubled!" Gu Xifeng said with a look of self-reproach, he understood that his sister was trying to save his life, but the price was too great, he originally wanted to give Gu Qingfeng a chance to use Xingqi Luobu to capture the city when attacking Yuanling, but now this idea has been stillborn.

"Brother, what I care about is your life, if you are gone, what will we talk about capturing Yuanling." Gu Qingfeng's face was pale and bloodless, and he said with difficulty.

"That's it, after this battle, Yuanling City has begun to shrink its defensive line, just now the spies came to report, Meng Yan actually asked people to dig a ravine outside Yuanling City, it seems that we were frightened, this method is of little use except to delay our movements." Gu Xifeng comforted.

Gu Qingfeng shook his head and said, "Brother, I've always felt that something is wrong, if Meng Yan is so useless, how many times have he died early, you better be careful." ”