On the seventh day of the eighth month, on the morning of the morning, Yinshi Master commanded Xiaoguo to advance towards Yicheng, and quickly approached the city of Yicheng.

Xiaoguo's morale was greatly boosted, and the sudden subversive battle situation surprised the soldiers. Yesterday, the army was still surrounded by rebels and was in danger. After a night, it changed and turned into Xiaoguo chasing the rebels. This was simply a miracle. Of course, the soldiers were happy and imposing.

After a little resistance under Yicheng City, the rebels quickly evacuated and retreated towards Puyinxing and Wuhui City. It was obvious that they wanted to ensure their retreat.

After the victory, the soldiers of Xiaoguo cheered and cheered like thunder.

The city gate was wide open, and the prefect of Shanggu who had been trapped for many days led a group of county officials out of the city to greet each other. The atmosphere was very warm.

At this moment, Yinshi Division received a letter from Duan Da. Duan Da asked for help, saying that he was blocked by rebels on the Jumahe line, and asked Yinshi Division to go south quickly to support him.

Master Yinshi understood at a glance, and his mood, which had improved slightly, became worse again.

This is a trap, a trap. Although I and Duan Da are cautious, they are hard to defend themselves. With the "tactic understanding" of many forces such as the wealthy families in northern Hebei, the wealthy families in Youyan, the King of Qi and the white-haired thieves, they fell into this trap and fell into this trap. Now that people are the slaughter and I can only let them slaughter.

The white-haired thieves attacked Gao Yang as bait, with the purpose of luring out the reinforcements of Zhuo County; when the Zhuo County reinforcements arrived in Shanggu, the white-haired thieves mobilized their troops in Jumahe, Yishui and Laishui areas to make the illusion of feinting attack on Zhuo County, so that the Zhuo County reinforcements made wrong judgments on the battle situation, hesitated and stopped moving forward, and even made the wrong decision to divide the troops into two groups to conduct tentative attacks; then the Xiaoguo army was surrounded by the rebels, and the white-haired thieves took the opportunity to jammed Duan Da's "throat", pinched Duan Da's "critical points", forcing Duan Da to sign an alliance under the city.

The situation of war today has undergone a subversive change, not because Duan Da succeeded in attacking on Jumahe, but because Duan Da made compromises and concessions under the coercion of the white-haired thief. From then on, Duan Da's "handle" was caught by the white-haired thief, and Duan Da fell into a passive position. Although this "passive" is very limited, it will not pose a fatal threat to Duan Da's career, nor will it affect Duan Da's use of the power of the white-haired thief to implement a killing plan with the help of the white-haired thief. However, since the "sword" of the white-haired thief grasped Duan Da's "life gate" and had considerable autonomy, it would inevitably not be controlled by Duan Da. In other words, the two sides will not be lord-subordinate relationships in the future, but an equal cooperative relationship. This is terrible. Duan Da used an out-of-control "sword" to kill people, obviously unable to control the development of the situation in Youyan and even the northern Xinjiang. The consequences are unpredictable and full of endless variables.

However, Duan Da had no choice. He had to save Yinshishi and Xiaoguo Army, he had to save his career, and he had to protect the "face" of the Holy Lord and the Central Committee to the greatest extent. So under the coercion of the white-haired thief, he could only flexibly and adapt to the expedient measures. Even if he didn't want this "double-edged knife" that could kill people and hurt himself, he could only hold this "sword" unwillingly and take one step at a time.

Yin Shishi Master was very guilty. The reason why Duan Da was in a dilemma was because he failed to attack on the west bank of Laishui, and Duan Da was very righteous. He was "stolen" for his brothers without hesitation. This moved Yin Shishi Master, and resolutely decided to stay in Zhuo County to fight side by side with Duan Da, sharing honor and disgrace, and sharing life and death.

Master Yin Shi invited Fan Wenchao, Qu Tushou and Yuanli to bring out Duan Da's letter of help.

The three generals of Zhe Chong Lang looked at each other, their faces were ugly, and the joy just now disappeared. It was obvious that their mission of tentative attack was "completed". The white-haired thief was very "cooperating". Not only fully demonstrated his strong strength, but also "helped" the Xiaoguo Army to overturn the situation and turn defeat into victory, and "defeated" the rebels to escape the danger of Yicheng to win a "hard" victory. It was precisely because the victory of the Xiaoguo Army was very difficult to win that the rebels can better prove the strength of the rebels.

However, the battle situation was always controlled by the white-haired thief, and the arrogant and noble Xiaoguo was played in the palm of a local thief. What is particularly frustrating is that such a great shame cannot be declared, but must be rotten in the stomach, which is so angering.

Finally, Yuan Li spoke, his tone was very calm, indicating that his emotions had stabilized. "The purpose of this attack is to inquire about the reality of the rebels." He looked at Yinshi Master, exchanged glances with Fan Wenchao and Qu Tushou, and then continued, "Through these two days of battle, we have an intuitive understanding of the strength of the rebels. We attacked on both sides, and they responded on both sides, but we blocked Yicheng, while Duan Liuzou was unable to advance in Jumahe. It can be seen that the strength of the rebels is far stronger than we imagined. According to the order of the Holy Lord, we must go south to rescue Gaoyang as quickly as possible. If Gaoyang Palace is lost because of our rescue too late, then even if we kill the white-haired thieves in Shanggu, we cannot compete with each other. Therefore, we cannot delay too much time in Shanggu. We must concentrate all our strength to break through the rebels' blockade in the shortest time and cross the Jumahe and head south."

Yuan Li's position is very clear. Our mission is not to encircle and suppress the rebels in Shanggu, but to go south to rescue Gaoyang. Now Xiaoguo is doing something wrong, and the implication is to accuse Yin Shishi Master of making mistakes in his decision.

The Yinshi Master's face was as cold as frost, his eyes were cold, and he didn't say a word.

"Of course our goal is to go south to help Gaoyang." Qu Tushou saw that the atmosphere was wrong and hurriedly smoothed out. "From the current situation, the strength of the white-haired thief is indeed beyond our expectations. If we continue to attack westward and attack Puyinxing and Wuhuicheng, we will inevitably be stubbornly blocked by the rebels. In addition, the rebels have a terrain advantage, and if Duan Liuguan loses too much, he has to retreat, then the rebels in the direction of Jumahe can pounce from behind us, and we are attacked from both sides. The result can be imagined that not only did they fail to seriously damage the rebels, they did not drive the rebels into the mountains, and did not open the passage to Gaoyang south, but instead delayed the time to rescue Gaoyang. This is actually equivalent to being hit by the white-haired thief's delaying plan."

"In fact, we have been hit by the slow-down plan of the white-haired thief." Fan Wenchao shook his head and sighed, "Even if we immediately turn around and go south to kill Yishui, we will inevitably be blocked by the rebels in Qiucheng. Although it seems that we and Duan Liushou have formed a clamping attack, look at the rebels who retreated to Puyinxing and Wuhuicheng in advance, we are actually surrounded by us, and we are trapped in the front and back of the rebels." Speaking of this, Qu Tushou looked at Yinshishishi, and

He said bluntly, "Yicheng is a trap here. We should not kill into the west bank of Laishui at all, because as long as we enter the west bank of Laishui, whether it is attacking west or south, we are surrounded by rebels. Therefore, we should decisively give up Yicheng, quickly retreat through Laishui, and quickly reach Jumahe. Before the rebels on the west bank of Laishui responded, we would join Duan to stay behind, concentrate all our strength to break through Jumahe, and quickly go south to rescue Gaoyang."

Fan Wenchao was not "insignificant" at all, and publicly accused Yinshishi Master of making mistakes in decision-making. Yesterday, he fought head-on with the rebels, and was surrounded and killed by rebels several times more than him. He suffered a lot of losses and was very resentful. What made him particularly angry was whether Xiaoguo's mission was to suppress the thieves in Shanggu or to go to Gaoyang to help? He was from Jiangzuo and was not the same as Yinshi Master who was born in the northwest. In addition, his father Fan Zigai was deeply trusted by the Holy Lord and was one of the powerful ministers of the dynasty. He also had the "confidence" to publicly accuse Yinshi Master of his publicly.

Qu Tushou shook his hand at Fan Wenchao repeatedly, indicating that he should not be too angry. "The white-haired thief should not be underestimated. With his current strength, we can concentrate our efforts to fight Zhuo County north after we head south to Gaoyang. We must be careful. Out of caution, we have reason to try and wait and see in Shanggu to prevent accidents."

Yuan Li sneered and sarcastically said, "In this way, even if this is the white-haired thief's delaying strategy, we are helpless and can only fall into the trap?"

Yinshi Master felt that it was "almost", and it was basically certain that Fan Wenchao, Qu Tushou and Yuanli did not see the deepest secret from the current situation. As long as the secret was not exposed, Duan Da and himself were safe and would not be conspired by "political enemies". As for his decision-making mistakes, of course he would bear it himself. At worst, he would leave Xiaoguo and go to the border to be a general. However, Yinshi Master felt that things were not that pessimistic. After all, Duan Da's "killing trick with a knife" was acquiesced by the Holy Lord, which was beneficial to the Holy Lord and the war faction to carry out the Eastern Expedition to the end.

"Retreat." Yinshi Master made the final decision, "Immediately retreat across the Laishui River and rush to Juma River."

Xiaoguo came in a hurry and left again. The prefect of Shanggu, the county bureaucrats and the military and civilians of Yicheng liked one thing, so they could only close the city gate and wait for help.

As soon as Xiaoguo left, the alliance army came, continued to surround Yicheng and continued to deploy troops on the west bank of Laishui, while the main army quickly crossed the Yishui River and quickly reinforced the Juma River.

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On the seventh day of the eighth month, in the afternoon, the north bank of the Juma River, the Guardian Army camp.

Feng Deyi, a Neishishe, arrived and was surprised to see Duan Da still wandering in the Giant Horse River. He had urged Duan Da several times to go south to Gaoyang as soon as possible, and had already made the interests clear. Unexpectedly, Duan Da would not listen to him at all, and he was all in his ears.

Duan Da knew that Feng Deyi had misunderstood, so he hurriedly told the changes in the battle situation in Shanggu these days in detail. However, he deliberately concealed the fact that Yinshishi and Xiaoguo Army were surrounded by rebels. As for the story and content of the agreement he had discussed with Li Zixiong last night, he did not hide it at all, and he told them all in a row. The reason was nothing. This was related to whether King Qi could successfully go north to guard the border.

The King of Qi went north to guard the border, which not only depends on the attitude of the Saint Lord and the Central Committee, but also on whether the white-haired thief can gain a foothold in Yanbei. Without the assistance of the white-haired thief, the "prospect" of the King of Qi going north to guard the border is very bleak, and the King of Qi probably would not have the strong desire to guard the border north. This time, the Feng Deyi went to Gaoyang to represent the Saint Lord to inquire about the "foundation" of the King of Qi. The white-haired thief is a key force in the hands of the King of Qi, and it must be investigated clearly.

Feng Deyi was very surprised. He never expected that many powerful people such as Li Zixiong, Han Shiyan, Zhou Zhong, Yang Gongdao were hiding under the white-haired thief's tent. He never expected that King Qi would use Yang Xuangan's mutiny to expand his strength. What kind of variables would this news bring if it reached the ears of the Holy Lord and the Central Master?

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