On the morning of June 29, Mianchi, there were burning fires everywhere outside the city, with thick smoke covering the sky and the entire city covered by smoke, and the strong and unpleasant smell filled the air and made people suffocate.

Zheng Yuanshou, Dugu Wudu, and Wei Fuzhang stood side by side on the city wall, followed by a large group of officers. Everyone looked out of the city, trying to penetrate the smoke and see the enemy, but found nothing.

This is obviously wrong. The food and supplies piled up outside the city only lasted for several miles, and were mainly concentrated in the open areas in the south and east of the city. Even if the rebels burned them, the fire would become smaller and smaller after burning for several hours, and the smoke should become weaker and weaker. It should not be like now. There were fires in the four directions of the southeast, west and north of the city, and the fire became larger and stronger and thicker. This is definitely not right. Everyone knows that it is wrong. The rebels must have set fire intentionally outside the city. The purpose of the arson is nothing more than trapping the army in Mianchi City and preventing the army from fighting out. In this way, when the Xijing army turns around and fights back, the rebels will not be attacked from both sides.

However, is it really true?

"Duke Xin, all the food, grass and supplies have been destroyed now, and Duke Tonggui is also surrounded. The army can only last for two to three days at most. If they cannot break through the siege before the food is exhausted, the entire army will be wiped out." Dugu Wudu looked heavy and asked for advice respectfully, "When there is a crisis, can there be a way to save it?"

The scene in front of him was accurately predicted by Zheng Yuanshou, but the facts were more terrifying than Zheng Yuanshou's prediction. Fortunately, Dugu Wudu and Wei Fuzhu both listened to Zheng Yuanshou's warning last night, and were not afraid of trouble. They forcibly placed some of the food, grass, weapons and troops in the city. As a result, they escaped by luck, otherwise they might have been buried in the fire. Facts are better than words. Zheng Yuanshou's weight in the two insiders, Dugu Wudu and Wei Fuzhu, increased sharply. Although he was not as respectful as a god, at least in the current critical moment, the two of them would definitely follow their lead.

Zheng Yuanshou had a gloomy face and said nothing. What could he have to save such a dilemma? The matter was right, but under the circumstances, Dugu Wudu and Wei Fuzhuo could accept his warnings and place some of the food, supplies and troops in the city was already valuable. At that time, it was impossible to place tens of thousands of people outside the city and all the food, supplies and supplies in the city, because the city was so big that they could not accommodate them at all. Besides, the morale of the army at that time was so strong that everyone wanted to kill to Dongdu early, who would want to go back and forth? It would be better to sleep more when there was time, but as a result, they went to see the King of Hell when they slept.

Zheng Yuanshou sighed secretly. The battle situation was overturned overnight, and the situation was extremely bad. Yang Xuangan had a plan but was unintentional. He must have made careful preparations to set up this big trap. If nothing unexpected happens, Wei Wen will be promoted and the entire Xijing army will be wiped out. Next, it will be Zheng Yuanshou's turn. Although there are as many as 5,000 troops in the city and sufficient food and grass weapons, the key question is that after Yang Xuangan clears the biggest obstacle on the road to Guanzhong west, he will still stay in the Eastern Capital? When Yang Xuangan decides to make great strides west.

At that time, who could stop his progress westward? So Zheng Yuanshou's first idea was to break through. He took advantage of the tense moment when Yang Xuangan joined forces with Wei Wensheng to attack the Xijing army and attacked the Xijing army from front and back, and rushed out of Mianchi City and fled to Shaanxi City. He joined forces with Hongnong's King Cai Yang Zhiji and Tongguan defenders to block Yang Xuangan. On the contrary, if he insisted on Mianchi and fully responded to Wei Wensheng's breakthrough, once he failed, he and Mianchi City would be buried with the Xijing army. After Yang Xuangan killed them, the obstacles on the westward journey would be even smaller.

However, this strategy can only be rotten in his stomach, and it cannot be said. If he had only one army in the city, he would have escaped. But now there are Dugu Wudu and Wei Fuzhu in the city. The vital interests of these two are closely related to the survival of the Xijing army. Until they are desperate, these two will not leave the army and flee to Mianchi. It is just a difference of early death and late death.

"If you want to save the main army, the first priority is to stick to Mianchi." Zheng Yuanshou turned his eyes to Dugu Wudu and Wei Fuchang, his tone was unquestionable.

He could not escape, Dugu Wudu and Wei Fuzhao could not escape, but it did not mean that the officers under their command would not escape. If someone in the city turned against the enemy at a critical moment and surrendered to the city, it would be over. In fact, this possibility is very high. The rebels' sneak attack at night was very successful. If you succeed in one blow, it is not difficult to find that there are many doubts in it, and it is impossible to suspect that there are "traitors". Zheng Yuanshou was not good at suspected in front of a large group of officers, but he treated "staying with Mianchi" as a top priority, which shows that he lacked confidence. As for the current conditions in the city, it is not a big problem to stick to it for a while. Of course, the premise is internal unity.

As soon as Zheng Yuanshou said this, Dugu Wudu and Wei Fuzhuo understood it. A large group of officers were thinking about it. They could guess why Zheng Yuanshou made sticking to Mianchi the top priority. If the city could not be defended, what would you talk about to rescue the Xijing army? But if all the main forces were placed on the garrison city, then what would you use to rescue the Xijing army?

Zheng Yuanshou paused for a while, and his majestic gaze slowly swept across everyone's faces. Seeing that no one refuted or made suggestions, he had to continue to say.

"The rebels sneak attacked Mianchi and burned down the main army's food and grass weapons. The main army supported it for up to three days without food and grass weapons. Yesterday, the main army set out from Matou Mountain and fought all the way to Gu Bobi, and then fought overnight, which consumed a lot. If nothing unexpected happens, the main army supported it for up to two days, or even less under the front and back of the rebels. This forced the Tonggui Duke (Wei Wensheng) to retreat to Mianchi as quickly as possible. I estimated that starting this afternoon, somewhere between Mianchi and Xiaoxin'an City, the vanguard of the main army that was quickly retreating would fight fiercely with the rebels who attacked Mianchi."

Zheng Yuanshou said this, raised his hand to point to the fire outside the city and the thick smoke over the city, and said loudly, "The rebels set fire to siege the city, which is nothing more than a suspicion of military plans. The purpose is to intimidate us, attack our morale, and shake our morale. If we abandon the city and flee due to fear, they took down Mianchi without any effort, thus completely cutting off the main army's breakthrough path; if we are timid and timid, we cannot stand and wait for assistance, the rebels will be able to siege the city with the least strength, and the rest of the troops will be used.

We will surround and kill our main army; on the contrary, if we are fearless and fight to the death, concentrate our efforts to attack the city, and the rebels who sneaked into the city will be attacked by the enemy from both sides and trapped in the middle of the attack. In this way, the situation of the battle will quickly reverse. In the area of ​​Xiaoxin Ancheng, our main army is surrounded by rebels, and on the eastern front of Mianchi, the rebels who sneaked into the Mianchi were surrounded by us. The strength of both sides is close, and they meet the opponent. The next is a bloody battle. Whoever can hold on to the end will be the winner."

After Zheng Yuanshou's analysis and deduction, his side not only did not fall into a desperate situation, but could use the trap of the rebels to fight to the death with the rebels. However, this battle was very tragic. His main force of food, grass and weapons were cut off and he had to defeat the rebels within two days. Therefore, they had to fight to the death. The soldiers could only fight wildly, fight with their lives, and survive in death. The rebels wanted to use the trap to fight a beautiful ambush, encirclement and annihilation battle to achieve the greatest result at the minimum price. Unexpectedly, they encountered a group of madmen who were desperate and backfired. The annihilation battle became an encounter, and they could only end up with both losses and even burning them.

Dugu Wudu had a firm look, and he had no choice. In order to save the Holy Lord, save the Dongdu, and to defeat Yang Xuangan, he could only end the storm as soon as possible. He had no choice but to sacrifice the Xijing army, even if he defeated the Xijing army and wiped out the entire army.

Wei Fuzhao's face looked ugly and his expression was very complicated. If he had known that Zheng Yuanshou would have taken the plan to "burn both jade and stones", he should have blocked Zheng Yuanshou's mouth before and did not give him a chance to say it.

Zheng Yuanshou was too vicious. This plan clearly meant to kill the Xijing army and to severely damage the Guanlong people. This battle was actually the killing of the two major conservative forces within the Guanlong aristocratic group. Whether it was both defeated or both were burned, Yang Xuangan was finished, and Xijing also suffered heavy losses. The Guanlong local aristocratic group suffered heavy losses. What's more serious is that the strength of the conservative forces in the court would be greatly weakened, which made the Guanlong people in an unfavorable situation in the political liquidation after the storm and could not win a favorable position in the formation of a new round of political structure. On the contrary, the Shandong people and the Jiangzuo people took the opportunity to pick up a big advantage, and the fisherman made a profit. They used the storm to gain the best interests, while the Guanlong people who were determined to use the storm to make profits were hit hard.

However, at this moment, how did Wei Fu Prize oppose it? The result of the objection not only could not change the fate of the Xijing army, but also put himself in it. However, the Wei Fu Prize could not support it, and the result of the support could not change the fate of the destruction of the Xijing army. Wei Fu Prize was at a loss. He never expected that the situation would develop to this point, and the local nobles in Guanlong were tied up in their own cocoon and actually killed themselves.

Zheng Yuanshou and Dugu Wu both saw Wei Fuzhao's gloomy face and knew his attitude. Dugu Wu did not dare to hesitate and immediately expressed his support. Now he has the most people under his command, and the guards under Zheng Yuanshou's tent have the strongest combat effectiveness. The Guanzhong Township Sect Group led by Wei Fuzhao is not as large as the Jingfu Local Army in Dugu Wudu in terms of number, and is far inferior to the elite of the Guardian Mansion in terms of combat effectiveness. Therefore, as long as Dugu Wudu firmly supports Zheng Yuanshou, Wei Fuzhao can only bow down and obey.

"Duke Xin, when will you go out of the city to attack?" Dugu Wu no longer asked Wei Fuzhuo for advice and immediately discussed the attack strategy with Zheng Yuanshou.

Zheng Yuanshou glanced at Wei Fuzhao and said in a pun, "If you want to go out of the city to attack, you must first ensure the safety of the city, so we must first determine who will stay to defend the city?"

Dugu Wu couldn't help but want to curse. You old guy, after calculating Wei Fu Prize, he came to calculating someone again. This is unreasonable
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