Shi Chuan can be said to be vigilant enough for the East Gate. He was the first line of defense from the East Gate to Tumu Fort, and the reason why Lu Xinghe had him stationed here was because of his sensitive nerves. However, people with sensitive nerves often have their shortcomings, that is, they are suspicious. When he discovered the movements of the Yu brothers, he immediately adjusted his deployment and moved the base camp ten kilometers south. Here, there is a relatively hidden road that leads directly to the civil fort. He moved here because he was confident that he could intercept the Yu brothers here. He did intercept one of them, Yu Zecheng. It was from here that he quietly touched up, preparing people to bypass his defense zone without anyone noticing. The only thing he didn't expect was that Yu Zecheng's numbers were not large, and after finding out their news, they neither chose to break through nor retreat, but stationed themselves on a hill not far from them.

This extremely unreasonable dynamic immediately aroused Shi Graphechuan's vigilance, and he soon realized that the other party was likely to be a suspicious soldier, and their main force might have quietly passed their defense area when he moved the camp. However, there is one reason why he did not immediately save his mistakes, and that is Yu Zecheng. Yu Ze's achievement in front of him is almost within reach. He didn't want to miss this opportunity to capture him. However, Yu Zecheng is not so easy to catch.

The Kangle people have been planning for so many years, and this route has been designed for a long time. They had drawn all the terrain in their minds, and as long as they moved, where to set up ambushes, where to camp, where to attack, and where to retreat, they already knew everything about what they were doing. The place where they are stationed now is very particular.

The hill is not very big, but the location is quite unique. It is surrounded by no associated mountains, which prevents enemies from attacking them from above. At the same time, there is only one way here, and that is to bypass the dirt mountain. They took possession of the earth hill and blocked the road. In this way, it will be impossible for the enemy to go around their backs. The most important point is that there is water in the mountains. They had been operating here for a long time, and in order not to attract the attention of others, this stronghold appeared in the form of bandits. Since it is not large in size and does not harass the surrounding area too much, not many people know about it. Graphite Chuan also didn't know. What they're doing here is even more unknown.

After Yu Zecheng arrived here, he immediately used what he had prepared to build a very solid fortification within a few days. This is something that Graphite Chuan never expected.

There are not many people in Shijiechuan, only 3,000 people, compared to Yu Zecheng's people, it is more than several times more, they only have 800 people. However, Shi Chuan overly optimistically estimated the situation, and his first charge only used five hundred people.

Five hundred men went to attack a cottage, and there were more guards on the mountain than them, so the result can be imagined. The charging troops of the Graphite River climbed the hillside like cattle, and quickly retreated like a tide.

The second charge, Graphite Chuan was much more cautious. After carefully observing the terrain and the enemy's defenses, he decided to let his most trusted general, Xu Datong, lead a thousand men to attack from the weakest part of the cottage. The attack did have some effect. Yu Zecheng's cottage was broken through a gap, and Xu Datong's army quickly rushed into the camp. At the same time, the graphite river under the mountain also saw the situation on the mountain and immediately gave the order for a general attack. The remaining 2,000 men quickly passed through the gap and continued to widen it.

The two sides fought extremely fiercely in the camp, and the battle lasted for two hours, and when Xu Datong cut down the Chiwu Banner of the Yu family, it was almost dusk. The whole cottage was littered with corpses, and there was almost no place to put your feet. It was these corpses that Graphite Chuan stepped on and walked into the Chinese army's account.

"Yu Zecheng didn't catch it"? That was the first question he asked as he sat down. The generals looked at each other, they only cared about fighting, and did not leave a single living mouth.

"It is possible that he died in the chaos." Xu Datong said. This inference is reasonable and supported by most people, but Shi Chuan does not believe it.

"Look at all the bodies until you find him". The order was carried out immediately. Prior to this, whether it was a general or a soldier, every thirty people had a portrait of the Yu brothers in their hands, and it was not difficult to find them. Still, they didn't find it.

"I just said he wouldn't die so easily." Faced with this result, he laughed out loud instead: "He probably only lived here for a few days, showed his face a few times, let us know that he was here, and then secretly left."

"The subordinates don't understand", Xu Datong said loudly: "Since he doesn't plan to fight us here, why does he use so many people to stop us?" Their numbers were not very large, and 800 was by no means a small number. What is the purpose of sacrificing so many people"?

"Of course it's holding us back." Shi Chuan shook his head with a smile and continued: "These eight hundred people dragged us for half a month, and at the same time lost more than a thousand of us. Isn't the price worth it, you say?"

Xu Datong still didn't understand: "Even if they drag us and can jump past our defense line, and then there is General Shi Xueming's defense line, how can they jump over his defense line?" Is it still using this method of luring the enemy? Wouldn't that be worth the cost? They don't have a few thousand men in total, and if they lose eight hundred, and if they lose another eight hundred, even if they can get to the civil fort, what is the point"?

"There may be more than a few thousand of them." Shi Chuan frowned slightly, and continued: "They are likely to have ten thousand people, or even more."

What he expected was good, there were indeed more than 10,000 people who appeared in front of Shi Xueming's eyes. Shi Xueming climbed the city and looked into the distance, only to see that the military horses under the city were divided into four phalanxes. In the center is the Chiwu Banner of the Xu family brothers and the bat flag of the Nangong family at the North Gate. On their left is the grass snake flag of the Chu family at the south gate, and on the right is the golden turtle flag of the Xue family at the west gate. The four major families appeared outside his sea old city at the same time, which caught him a little off guard. While repairing the seal to the civil fort and reporting to Lu Xinghe, he dispatched troops and prepared to meet the enemy. However, what he didn't expect was that the enemy did not attack the city, but transferred most of the army to Loach City on his right flank.

Although Loach City is not very large, it is one of the most important strongholds of Hai Old Town. Once it was lost, the plain to the right of the old city was exposed to enemy fire, and this plain was the granary of the old city.

Shi Xueming had to transfer his main force to Loach City, as long as he could hold Loach City, he believed that he could keep Hai Old City. The two sides have been facing each other under Loach City like this, which is a good thing for Shi Xueming, his army is not as many as the other party, and it is better to be able to fall into a stalemate than a decisive battle. However, this situation only lasted for a few days, and just as he was fighting against the enemy outside Loach Castle with all his might, the old city was attacked by the enemy. However, the enemy did not attack again, but directly abandoned the old castle of Hai, and the whole army quickly advanced in the direction of Tumubao.

After receiving Shi Xueming's urgent report, Lu Xinghe smiled at Shi Xuepu: "How is it?" Did they bypass your brother's first line of defense and go to the second line of defense"?

Shi Maopu's eyebrows were tightly locked, staring at the straight line: "According to Xueming, there are more than 10,000 of them, and they are four families conspiring, so it seems that Xueming is unlikely to stop them." Isn't the civil fort very dangerous, then?"

"The only one who can threaten Tumu Fort is Li Jiuyuan." Lu Xinghe smiled contemptuously and continued: "Although they are numerous, they are just a rabble, and compared to the regular army that has experienced a hundred battles, they are simply vulnerable. The reason why Shitechuan was bypassed by them was just because of their plan. If Shi Xueming doesn't fall into their scheme, they won't be able to get by."

"There are only 5,000 people there."

"There are only 3,000 people in Graphite River."

They can't get through with 3,000 people, and they can't get through with 5,000 people. But Shimaopu still believes that these people will definitely come to Tumubao and come to them.

"They can't get around the old city of the sea", he was sure of, the terrain there was familiar to him.

"But they can turn the tiger away." He also thought of this, next to the old city of Hai is Loach City, which is the lifeblood of the old city.