Zhang Xutuo was worried. He didn't know the situation of the battle west of the Zhongchuan River, did not know whether Changqing had fallen into the city, and did not know how many troops the white-haired thief had invested to attack Qi County. In addition, he had to pay the price for his excessive underestimation of the enemy before. Zhang Xutuo was very upset. If he had known that the white-haired thief had expanded so much strength, he should have accepted Yang Qian's suggestion, shrink his defense, and stick to the city, and should not blindly be confident and defend the enemy outside the Zhongchuan River, which ended up putting Qin Qiong and three thousand soldiers in a desperate situation of destruction.

Soon, Jia Wu had already arrived at the Shagou battlefield with three thousand men.

At this moment, Licheng was empty, and the capital was singing an empty city plan. What was even more serious was that once the news that Zhang Xutuo and the white-haired thieves fought fiercely in Zhongchuan River spread, the thieves in Changbai Mountain and Beihai would definitely react and would definitely go down the mountain to harass them. Spring is here, and the food crisis plagued the rebels. Even if Li Fengyun did not kill Qi County, the thieves in Changbai Mountain would go down the mountain to plunder, and the thieves in Beihai would also attack the city and plunder. At the same time, Wang Bo, who had been in contact with the thieves in Changbai Mountain and had always planned to cross Henan to return to the south, would also react. If Zhang Xutuo's main army was dragged on the battlefield of Zhongchuan River by the white-haired thieves and the defense on the front line of the river became increasingly thin, Wang Bo would definitely cross the river and go south, so Qi County would be surrounded by the three sides of the rebels.

Jia Wuben warned Zhang Xutuo, "Qi County is worried about internal and external troubles, and is attacked from both sides. If you are not careful, you will suffer a disaster. Ming Gong should fight quickly and decide quickly and never fall into the trap of rebels."

The so-called internal trouble is the attack of the three rebels, while external troubles imply that King Yang Nan of Qi. It is obvious that external troubles outweigh internal troubles. Once King Yang Nan of Qi controls Qilu, it will have too much impact on the political situation of the Dongdu. Zhang Xutuo and other Qilu officials will be overwhelmed by the anger of the Holy Lord and the Central Committee.

This analysis comes from Yang Qian, and is now accepted by officials of Qi County. Everyone’s eyes are no longer just staring at the rebels and the battlefield of quelling rebellion, but looking farther and thinking more. After all, what accompanied the King of Qi Yang Nan was the battle between the imperial throne, the struggle between the Eastern Capital and the high-level game. So whether it is the rebels or the officials of Qi County, everyone is a chess piece, and the chess piece can be abandoned, so it is meaningless to fight between the chess pieces. The meaningful thing is to try every means to protect yourself and survive the fierce battle between the gamblers.

Jia Wuben's meaning is very straightforward. Don't be busy suppressing the thieves first, save yourself first, and keep the strength of the Qi army. Once you fight with the white-haired thief, you will definitely be the one who is unlucky in the end.

Zhang Xutuo hesitated. Although he surrounded Shagou City, he could not "eat", and he could not "eat". Moreover, if he fell into a trap, he would fall into the front and back attack of the rebels, and the losses would become greater and greater. As the losses increased, his hope of saving Qin Qiong became less and less, and in the end he still gained nothing.

Wu Heita also saw the bad situation of the battle and said cautiously, "There are two thousand people in Changqing City, and more than one thousand people in Jibei County, with a total of more than three thousand people. This is a big bait. This bait forces us to rescue, but if we want to defeat the rebels, destroy the rebels' Zhongchuan water defense line, and kill to Changqing City, the price we will pay is probably more than three thousand people."

Wu Heita said it very implicitly, but in fact he warned Zhang Xutuo that it was not cost-effective. Instead of rescuing Qin Qiong, being dragged by the white-haired thief on the Zhongchuan Water battlefield and fighting with the white-haired thief on both sides, it would be better to abandon the three thousand soldiers in Changqing City, retreat to Licheng, hold on to the city, take the initiative in the battlefield, and drag the white-haired thief under Licheng City, so as to worsen the situation in Qi County and force the Donglai Navy to send troops to support it.

However, after thinking for a while, Zhang Xutuo made a decisive decision, attacked, attacked Zhongchuan River, and attacked Changqing City. Even if both sides were defeated, even if they were attacked from both sides, even if they suffered heavy losses, even if they lost control of Qi County, they would still rescue Qin Qiong and three thousand soldiers, because they were their own robes, their subordinates, and brothers who shared life and death.

"I will never abandon my brother. At any time, under any circumstances, as long as I am still alive, as long as I have a breath, I must rescue my brother. Even if I sacrifice myself to death, I will do whatever I want."

Jia Wuben stopped persuading him. Wu Heita also followed Zhang Xutuo's orders. They knew that this was Zhang Xutuo. If Zhang Xutuo retreated and gave up, he would not be Zhang Xutuo.

"Telection, cross the river before dawn, attack at sunrise"

In the early morning, the scouts sent by Zhang Xutuo sent back useful messages. They exhausted their means and finally figured out the rebel deployment on the west front of Zhongchuan Water. From south to north, they were the thief general Xu Shiren, Shuai Rentai, Meng Haigong, Shan Xiongxin and Cao Kun, while the white-haired thief Li Fengyun and his main army were besieging Shengcheng and Changqing, and were not deployed on the front line of Zhongchuan Water.

Zhang Xutuo was overjoyed. He knew that the strongest in the rebel alliance were Li Fengyun and his direct troops, otherwise Li Fengyun would not be able to control a group of rebellious people! The thief general was to maintain the existence of the alliance. As long as Li Fengyun did not face him head-on, he would have a great chance of victory. Except for Li Fengyun, who can block his sharp attack?

At this time, Tang Wanren also provided Zhang Xutuo with an important message. Before the rebels attacked Shanchi, they were the thief coach Meng Haigong and Xu Shiren, and the other thief coach Shuai Rentai did not work hard. The thunder sounded loudly and the rains were small. Even after dark, they led the army out of the battlefield. It was precisely because of Shuai Rentai's withdrawal that there was a gap in the Shanchi battlefield that Tang Wanren successfully evacuated, otherwise he would not be able to evacuate at all. It was obvious that Shuai Rentai was very selfish and devoted himself to preserving his strength, and did not have the courage and determination to fight to the death.

Zhang Xutuo made a quick decision to attack Shuai Rentai, using Shuai Rentai's troops as a breakthrough point.

On the eve of dawn, Zhang Xutuo commanded 4,000 soldiers to force the crossing of the Zhongchuan River. The Zhongchuan River is just a small river, neither wide nor deep, and it is the dry season again, so you can pass by the water.

Shuai Rentai had to fight. At this moment, he retreated at the moment, and his morale would inevitably be shaken. Once defeated, he would be massacred by the government army. Therefore, he could only bite the bullet and report to Li Fengyun urgently, and asked Xu Shiren and Meng Haigong on the left and right wings for help. As long as the three armies work together and Li Fengyun's support, they will be able to stop Zhang Xutuo and repel the government army.

Shuai Rentai's idea was indeed not wrong. The mistake was that he overestimated the integrity of Meng Haigong and Xu Shiren. Meng and Xu were dissatisfied with Shuai Rentai on the battlefield of Shanchi, especially Meng Haigong. Shuai Rentai did not obey his orders and did not give him face. He faced him, making him hold a grudge. Now, when the two saw Shuai Rentai being attacked by the official army, they fell into a hard battle. They wanted Zhang Xutuo to fight more violently, and it would be better to beat Shuai Rentai to death, so that he would never recover from now on and have no capital to "arrogance".

Xu Shiren ordered his troops to set up a battle formation. The war drums were shaking the sky, the horns were clamoring, and the killing sound was like thunder, and the momentum was very strong, but he just didn't move his feet or stayed in the nest, and stood aside to watch the fun.

Meng Haigong did even more. Not only did the two troops under his command not move closer to Shuai Rentai's troops, but instead increased the distance and moved towards Changqing City. He made a second blocking force behind Shuai Rentai, and at the same time replied to Shuai Rentai, "You fight first, I will support you from behind, you can't hold on, I will go up again."

Shuai Rentai was furious and cursed. I'll beat me first? Isn't this killing me? Isn't it a loss-win situation for both sides of my fight with Zhang Xutuo, and my strength is gone. What should I do in the future? Waiting for you to "eat" me?

Shuai Rentai immediately had the intention of retreating, but Zhang Xutuo commanded 4,000 soldiers to rush up and fought with his 10th Army. He could not retreat even if he wanted to. The 10th Army could not stop the official army, and the battle formation was gradually torn apart, and he was in danger of collapse at any time. In desperation, Shuai Rentai had to fight to the death, and could only hope that Li Fengyun would pull him in a critical moment. Shuai Rentai ordered the Ninth Army to attack on both wings, and while supporting the 10th Army, they attacked the flanks of the official army, and tore open the battle formation of the official army at any cost, and fight both sides of the official army.

However, Shuai Intae has always been too "living himself". Although the two armies under his command actively trained, they lacked the tempering of real swords and guns, the baptism of war, and the courage to fight bloody battles with the enemy on a bloody battlefield. The result can be imagined that if you attack, you cannot attack the enemy's formation, defend, and defend the defense line. What's more serious is that at the critical moment, Shuai Intae did not lead by example, rushed forward and encourage morale, but hid behind and gave orders, just paying attention to his own safety and ignoring the lives and deaths of the soldiers.

A soldier was a beating and a beating. Compared with Zhang Xutuo, who was like a wolf and a tiger, Shuai Rentai was too "bear". So the ninth and tenth army of the alliance quickly collapsed under the fierce attack of the official army, and the army was defeated like a mountain and poured into a thousand miles.

Xu Shiren was shocked. He never expected that Shuai Rentai was so vulnerable. The two 8,000 soldiers of the army collapsed before they fought and fled. The sudden change in the battle caught him off guard. Looking at the deserters running from afar, Xu Shiren did not dare to hold on, so as not to be destroyed by the tide of deserters. So he did not hesitate and ordered the retreat. The brigades of the regiments ran wildly along the river bank and retreated directly to Shanzi City.

Meng Haigong was also stunned. He was defeated? This was too fast, right? I didn’t even set up a battle formation and I was defeated before I could stand firm. Didn’t you harm me? You would die if you wanted to die, and you would still take me as a cushion before I died. It’s too shameless.

Meng Haigong ordered the sixth and seventh armies of the headquarters to retreat quickly and move closer to Shan Xiongxin's 17th armies and Cao Kun's 2nd armies. The four armies rely on the Zhongchuan water defense line to form dense formations to ensure their own safety first, and then wait for an opportunity to move.

Fortunately, the deserters' escape directions were south and west, and they did not go east and did not endanger Meng Hai's army, which allowed Meng Hai's Duke to successfully meet with Shan Xiongxin and Cao Kun.

The three met, and before the shocked Meng Haigong spoke, Shan Xiongxin handed Li Fengyun's order.

After receiving the news that Zhang Xutuo crossed the Zhongchuan River and attacked Shuai Rentai's Ninth and Tenth Army, Li Fengyun immediately knew that the defeat was decided, so he decisively ordered Zhen Baoche's Hu Ben Army and Huo Xiaobao's Cavalry Army to cross the Zhongchuan River and enter the battlefield of Shagou City, launching a fierce attack on the official army surrounding Shagou City, defeating the official army, and then joining Han Jinluo's eleventh and twelfth Army to block Zhang Xutuo on the east bank of the Zhongchuan River.

Li Fengyun predicted that Meng Haigong would meet with Shan Xiongxin and Cao Kun, so this order was for the three of them. Li Fengyun decided to let Zhang Xutuo kill to Changqing City and allow the officials trapped in the city to break through. Then Zhang Xutuo would cross the Zhongchuan River again, but he would be blocked by Zhen Baoche, Huo Xiaobao and Han Jinluo. Li Fengyun ordered Meng Haigong, Shan Xiongxin and Cao Kun launched a fierce attack on Zhang Xutuo when Zhang Xutuo turned around and returned to Zhongchuan River. On the one hand, he delayed Zhang Xutuo crossing the river and won more time for the three divisions of Zhen, Huo and Han to clear the city of Shagou, and on the other hand, he cooperated with Zhen, Huo and Han to block Zhang Xutuo crossing the river head-on. At the same time, Li Fengyun led Xu Shisan's Fengyun army to attack from behind the official army.

Li Fengyun’s purpose is very simple, which is to kill the enemy’s vitality to the greatest extent in the movement. How many people you rescue, I will kill you in the siege and interception.

The three of them expanded the map and simply divided their respective blocking areas, and then they returned to their headquarters to issue orders.

At this moment, Zhang Xutuo commanded his troops to attack Changqing City. He knew that the outside of Changqing City was Li Fengyun's main force, and there would definitely be a fierce battle next, so he urged his subordinates to run fast and to kill under Changqing City as quickly as possible. He could not give the rebels more time to adjust their deployment, and he could not let Li Fengyun organize a solid defense line, otherwise today's battle might fail.

Li Fengyun commanded the Fengyun Army to launch a frontal blockade, delaying Zhang Xutuo's propulsion speed, and giving Zhen Baoche, who was crossing the river eastward, more attack time.

In Changqing City, drums and roars sounded, and teams of officers formed a battle formation and were ready to break through.

On the city wall, Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin, Fan Hu, and Cheng Zhijie climbed up to look up. On the endless plain, there were rebels everywhere, some orderly and some chaotic, and the colorful flags were the same, some standing tall and some tilted. At the same time, the dense drums and fighting sounds came from the direction of Zhongchuan River, as if the official army was coming to Changqing City with difficulty.

The four people's expressions were very serious and their eyes were very hesitant. What they saw in front of them made it difficult for them to determine whether it was a traitor's plan or a friendly army to come to support, so they could only prepare for a breakthrough and wait for the arrival of friendly army. They rushed out rashly, and under the unfavorable situation of many enemies and few, the annihilation of the entire army was the only end, so Qin Qiong did not dare to take risks, and Luo Shixin and others did not dare to bet on the lives of the three thousand brothers.

The air was frozen, and Qin Qiong and others' breathing became heavier and heavier. Under the huge pressure, they almost collapsed, but even if there was a glimmer of hope, they had to persist and hope for the miracle to happen.

Suddenly, Luo Shixin shouted, "Big Banner, that is the big banner of Ming Gong. Ming Gong is here, Ming Gong is here..." Luo Shixin raised his arms and shouted wildly, then jumped off the wall, rushed to the other side of the city wall in a few steps, and shouted in a loud voice at the soldiers waiting under the city, "Ming Gong is here, reinforcements are here, brothers, come and fight out..."

In an instant, there were cheers, the sound of killing was like thunder, and the morale was like rainbow.

Qin Qiong's face showed a gratitude, and an excitement appeared in his eyes, "Mr. Ming, you will live up to your brothers, and you will never let you down."

"Send the order, open the city gate, and fight out"

"kill"
Chapter completed!