After Fang Dingchao broke out of the West Gate with a force of 60,000 men, he bypassed a hilly area in the west of the city and turned south. However, after the troops broke through, they were a little flustered and the pace was very inconsistent under the pursuit of the enemy, causing the entire army to form a long line in the process of retreating, and the tail of the troops was easily wiped out by the pursuing army.

Dong Zanlang discovered this characteristic of the deserting army, and led 50,000 Tufan troops to chase after him, wanting to take advantage of the situation to kill the Central Plains army.

General Fu Zhe took more than 10,000 people into Yonglin County, and began to loot frantically in the county seat, and what was even more tragic was that the Tufan soldiers began a massacre of the captured 20,000 Central Plains soldiers in the city.

When the local soldiers in the city were making a big fuss, they suddenly entered a team from the south gate of the county and killed one of the local soldiers in the city. It turned out that Duan Fei led the 5,000 men and horses who broke out from the south gate, and after the main force of Tufan chased them out of the city, they turned around and killed them back.

The Tufan soldiers in the city were caught off guard by Duan Fei's 5,000 men and horses, and suffered heavy casualties for a while, Fu Zhe organized the remnants of the Tufan soldiers to resist desperately, and fought with the Central Plains soldiers in the city.

Duan Fei led a part of the soldiers deep behind the enemy and rescued the captured Central Plains soldiers, these captured soldiers have been killed four or five thousand people, and the remaining more than 10,000 people who were rescued were like trapped beasts out of the cage, and quickly joined the battle with the Tufan soldiers, and soon the Central Plains soldiers in the city formed an overwhelming situation against the Tufan soldiers, and the defeat of the Tufan army was decided.

After Dong Zanlang learned that the remaining garrison in Yonglin County was surrounded and annihilated, he immediately stopped the pursuit and led his troops to rush back to the rescue. By the time he rushed back to Yonglin County, Duan Fei had already led his troops and more than 10,000 prisoners to withdraw south. About 4,000 of the native soldiers in the city were killed and wounded. Dong Zanlang had no choice but to order the whole army to be stationed in the city to recuperate, and wait for the arrival of the reinforcement army before making plans.

After Fang Dingchao got rid of the pursuing army, Fang was shocked and led the troops to continue to slowly withdraw southward, at this time there was a report from the front that the reinforcements led by General Huang Zhipeng were coming north, and they would meet him in a few days.

It is said that after General Huang Zhipeng led his troops to withdraw from the Western Regions, he went straight north to support Fang Dingchao, but as soon as the troops came out of the Western Regions, the 50,000 troops sent by the King of Qi and the 30,000 troops sent by the King of Zhennan were all in the name of returning to protect the Lord, and the army was only left with 150,000 horses from the Northern Regions.

On the way, General Huang Zhipeng heard that General Fang had broken out of Yonglin City and continued to retreat to the south, and the Tufan Wang Deyong led an army of 200,000 troops to the Central Plains, and after converging with the troops led by Dong Zanlang in Yonglin City, he ordered the troops to slow down the march, first, because the current Fang Dingchao siege has been resolved, the second is that his troops have been running long distances for more than a month, and they are quite tired, and the third is that he thinks that there is no danger to defend in the south of Yonglin City, and if he meets the Tufan army in this area, it will be difficult to stop, it is better to let General Fang withdraw more to the interior, and he is also good to wait for work。

He sent fast horses to inform Fang Dingchao's troops that before General Fang withdrew his troops to the important northern town of Wulingzhou, his army would join him there and jointly block the invading enemy army. At the same time, he ordered the states and counties along the way to immediately carry out wartime conscription, and to recruit between 30,000 and 50,000 new soldiers within five days.

After Fang Dingchao got the news, he ordered the troops to advance in the direction of Wulingzhou. Wuling Prefecture is a big town in the north of the Central Plains, is a junction between the northern mountainous area and the plain of the Central Plains, the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is an important barrier to protect the land of the Central Plains, and then to the south is a smooth road, there is no danger to defend, once it is lost here, it can directly threaten the safety of the capital.

General Huang Zhipeng's troops first arrived in Wuling Prefecture and set up camp five miles outside the city. Taishou Guo Daoming led his troops out of the city to greet him, rewarded the army, arranged supplies, and reported to the barracks with 20,000 newly recruited recruits.

General Huang was overjoyed, and all the recruits were incorporated into the recruit camp of more than 20,000 people he recruited along the way, so far a total of nearly 50,000 recruits have been recruited, and the army and horses are close to 200,000, plus the troops led by Fang Dingchao and the garrison of Wulingzhou, a total of nearly 300,000 soldiers and horses, which is enough to resist the Tufan army.

Huang Zhipeng and Guo Daoming Taishou jointly agreed to set up a formation in the Wild Wolf Valley ten miles north of Wuling Prefecture to meet the enemy, this place is the only way for the Tufan army to advance south, the middle of the battlefield is very open, surrounded by mountains on both sides, it is not conducive to the Tufan army to carry out the roundabout outflanking tactics with fast horses and light horses, our army Chen Bing Gukou, like a bottle cork covering the mouth of the bottle, can effectively block the enemy army to continue to advance south.

On the evening of the next day, Fang Dingchao's troops also rushed to Wulingzhou City to join Huang Zhipeng, and the two sides jointly set up a formation to meet the enemy in the Wild Wolf Valley, intending to annihilate the southward Tufan army here.

General Fang explained to Huang Zhipeng the reason for the defeat of Yonglin City, and asked him to think of breaking Tufan's yak array, otherwise it would be difficult to defeat the enemy. General Huang Zhipeng said with confidence: "Lord Fang, please rest assured, I have already arranged this, and I will send 8,000 archers and 5,000 strong crossbowmen to ambush in front of the formation, and when the Tufan yak rushes out of the formation, ten thousand arrows will be fired in unison, and they will all be killed in front of the battle. ”

General Fang listened to Huang Zhipeng's words and teased himself a little, and was a little unhappy in his heart, and said: "Lord Huang will put all the main forces in the valley, once there is a mistake, it will endanger Wulingzhou City, this city is a fortress, and it must not be lost." Although I was defeated in front of the battle, fortunately, I was able to retreat with my whole body in Yonglin City properly guarded in advance. ”

"Our army of 25,600,000 horses Chen Binggukou, the enemy army is unbreakable, there are more than 30,000 garrisons in Guo Taishou in the state city, and the terrain of this city is high and dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is a strong backing of our army, the general is not worried, at that time, I will lead the troops to fight in the front, the recruits are in the center, and the adults themselves are in the rear to press the formation, and the advance can help me attack the formation and break the enemy, and retreat can ensure that the county defense is safe, do you think it is okay?"

General Fang was a little unimpressed with Huang Zhipeng's intention to light the enemy, but he was still quite satisfied with such a arrangement, pressing the formation at the end of the formation, attacking and retreating, and defending, but it was foolproof, and he also considered leaving a hand, and let Duan Fei lead 5,000 people to stay in the city to respond, just in case. After thinking about it like this, he agreed: "Lord Huang's clever calculations are all under control, and we can only act according to the plan." ”

After the two agreed, they immediately raised their accounts, summoned the generals of the three armies, dispatched troops, arranged the troops, and made proper arrangements, just waiting for the Tufan army to attack.