Duke Meng Hai captured Shanchi City.

Shuai Rentai was stunned and had a dull face.

Xu Shiren reported the victory at the first time Li Fengyun, and also gave him bad news. The grudge between Meng Haigong and Shuai Rentai became increasingly large, which was very unfavorable to the next battle of the Right Army.

When Li Fengyun received this news, he was confronting Qin Qiong outside Shengcheng City.

There is only more than twenty miles between Shengcheng and Changqing City. Li Fengyun fought Shengcheng, but Qin Qiong could not ignore it. Besides, the officials of Jibei County were watching, and Luo Shixin under his command was even more eager to fight and wanted to clear his previous shame. Therefore, although Qin Qiong had received the order from Zhang Xutuo to retreat, he still used the excuse of covering the retreat of Jibei officials and civilians to command the army to advance slowly towards Shengcheng.

When Li Fengyun saw the official army coming, he immediately ordered the siege to stop the attack, set up a battle formation on the large plain outside the city, and made a stance to fight to the death with the official army.

There were many rebel soldiers, with eight armies lined up with 30,000 people lined up with flags and drums and clamors, and their momentum was astonishing. The official army had only more than 3,000 people. Even if they lined up, their momentum could not be compared with the rebel army. Therefore, when the two armies confronted each other, the morale of the official army plummeted. It was not that they dare not fight, but that after this fight, what if they won? How many people could survive in the end? If there were a group of unclogged mobs holding sticks on the opposite side, the three thousand official army would be full of confidence, and everyone would be sure to cut down ten heads to receive rewards. But now there is a group of mighty troops that look more like an official army than the official army. It was not the bandit army that had just fled from Mangdang Mountain to Mengshan that I met in Lu County a year ago. I felt no confidence in my heart and my confidence collapsed.

In front of the two armies, Qin Qiong looked extremely solemn. Although Luo Shixin was willing to avenge his shame, he now faced an opponent that was stronger than a year ago. Reason quickly defeated the impulse and stopped yelling to kill and kill. Fan Hu was already confused and did not know his opponent. Is this the Mengshan bandit army a year ago? What secret did the white-haired thief use to make his army grow and grow to such a level in just one year? No wonder Zhang Xutuo decisively ordered the retreat at the beginning of the battle between the two sides, and he had to stand firm and wait for assistance and look for fighter opportunities. At present, it seems that this is indeed very wise. If you fight head-on, even if you win, there will be very little left in the official army, and Qi County will not be able to defend it.

The most fiercer person who shouted "retreat" was Cheng Zhijie. Luo Shixin and Fan Hu did not dare to call him retreat in front of Qin Qiong, but Cheng Zhijie dared. After all, he was not Qin Qiong's direct subordinate. He was controlled by the prefect of Jibei and still had a certain degree of autonomy. If he turned around and ran away at this moment, Qin Qiong would really have no choice but to do anything to him.

"There is no way to fight this battle. The white-haired thief laid a horse army on its wings. In the middle, there were heavy infantry holding a modao and a long spear. We couldn't break through the middle, and even more so, the attack between the two wings was not enough. If the opponent attacked three times, we would not be able to defend at all. We would inevitably be surrounded and annihilated by the white-haired thief." Cheng Zhijie waved the horse spear in his hand and kept pointing at the rebels' battle formation. He was excited and spitting everywhere, and he screamed. "Brother, retreat, wait until the white-haired thief beat the drum to attack, and we would not have time to retreat."

"Shut your mouth." Luo Shixin couldn't stand it anymore. He had a dark face and stared at his eyes, and his murderous aura was pointed at Cheng Zhijie's throat. "If you say the word "ret", I will kill you."

"Get out" Cheng Zhijie was furious and his beard was hung on his hair. "The pride is hairless, stupid and ignorant. You know a bird, brother, retreat quickly, I'm afraid I won't be able to go too late."

Luo Shixin was furious and raised his horse spear and hit him. Cheng Zhijie didn't even miss him. He clamped his legs and rushed forward with a war horse under his crotch, easily avoiding it. Luo Shixin was still waiting to take action, and Qin Qiong glared at him fiercely. Luo Shixin was secretly afraid and suppressed his anger. He hit the ground with a spear and cursed at the top of his throat, "I'm afraid to fight at the moment, and I have no courage."

Cheng Zhijie was still screaming, Qin Qiong glared at him and shouted loudly, "Noisy"

Cheng Zhijie shut up in disappointment, pulled his horse back, and at the same time made a gesture to several of his subordinates, indicating that they would return to their own formation and prepare for retreat. He would not fight this battle, nor would he accompany such a barbaric and impulsive ignorant junior like Luo Shixin to die.

Seeing that Qin Qiong was still hesitating, Fan Hu urged him to step forward and whispered, "Military Office, Ming Gong has issued a retreat order. It is estimated that Tang Wanren on the other side of Shanchi has abandoned the city and left. The white-haired thieves' army will follow up quickly. Once the thief army arrives in front of us and cuts off our retreat, causing us to fall into the dilemma of being attacked from both sides, the situation will be in danger."

Qin Qiong nodded slightly and issued an order to retreat slowly.

The two armies confront each other and the arrow is on the string. At this time, the retreat of either side may cause fatal disasters. Therefore, it is certainly helpless to retreat, but how to retreat and how to retreat to ensure safety is the wisdom of the general.

Li Fengyun did not want to miss the opportunity to encircle and annihilate the official army in front of him. He didn't know how the subsequent battle situation would develop, but one thing was certain. As long as the King of Qi entered Lu County and threatened Qi County, the Donglai Naval Division would definitely take action. Before the Donglai Naval Division entered the battlefield of Qi County, Zhang Xutuo would definitely hold on to the city to wait for assistance to preserve his strength. Li Fengyun had no intention of attacking Licheng, and Zhang Xutuo heavily guarded Licheng. The alliance attack was equivalent to self-harm. Therefore, this opportunity in front of him was too precious. If he could completely wipe out the official army in front of him, it would not only attack Zhang Xutuo, but also attack the morale of the official army, and accelerate the change in the situation in Qi County to a certain extent.

"Ming Gong, the official army is about to withdraw." Yuan An, who had been paying close attention to the official army battle formation, suddenly shouted, "The other party is decisive and retreats as soon as he says he wants to withdraw."

Li Fengyun frowned slightly and turned his eyes to Xiao Yi, "Is there the latest news about Han Shuai and Shan Shuai?"

Xiao Yi shook his head, "Ming Gong, don't be anxious. Our order was issued early. Han Shuai and Shan Shuai have enough time to rush to Zhongchuan Water to surround the official army. The key is whether the official army is alert and whether it will break through the Zhongchuan Water Defense Line at any cost before waking up."

A trace of sinister flashed through Li Fengyun's eyes, a trace of contempt appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he asked quietly, "Are you worried that Han Shuai is afraid and dare not face the head-on battle with the official army?"

Xiao Yi glanced at Li Fengyun and asked with a pun, "Why is Ming Gong not worried about Dan Shuai?"

"Is it doubting my brother?"

Xiao Yi smiled, smiling subtly, "Ming Gong always regarded the Wagang people as his brothers, but I don't know if the Wagang people are willing to charge for Ming Gong?"

Li Fengyun also smiled, "You may not understand, but I know it very well in my heart."

Xiao Yi smiled and stopped continuing the topic, "Ming Gong, do you want to beat the drum to attack?"

"Attack" Li Fengyun held a long sword in his hand, raised his head and roared, "Two wings attack. Fengyun Guard, follow someone, kill."

The war horses neighed and rushed out at lightning. Two teams of Fengyun Guards followed each other, like a long roar, shooting straight into the enemy formation amid the thunderous roar.

"Dongdongdongdongdong..." The war drums pounded, and the wind and clouds changed color.

The rebel army launched an attack, and the official army immediately stopped retreating and formed a formation to defend itself.

The arrows were like rain, tore the sky and the cold wind, shooting towards the three enemy cavalry that swept like wildfire.

"Woooooooo..." The horn whistled, drifting over the field with the wind, revealing a cold murderous aura.

The three enemy cavalry suddenly changed into formations, like fallen leaves in the autumn wind, or like dancing butterflies, flying in the empty ground, avoiding the black arrow clouds falling from the sky, like ghosts wandering in front of the roaring god of death, and a strong murderous intent emanating from the elegant figure.

Qin Qiong could not climb high and look far, and could not see the panoramic view of the battlefield. However, from the tenacious and resolute advancement of the enemy cavalry, he saw the attempt of the thief to surround him by stepping forward from the infantry battle formations behind the enemy cavalry. He underestimated the enemy, but he did not expect that the strength of the white-haired thief grew so fast. Now facing the head-on, the huge gap in military strength is irreversible. With the opponent having an absolute advantage, he can indeed surround himself and kill him.

"If the enemy cavalry breaks through the battle formation, breaks into the formation, breaks our formation, and destroys our formation, there will be danger of the entire army being wiped out." Qin Qiong was not panicked and calmly ordered, "Send orders to all regiments to be closely connected, coordinate their defense, and resolutely resist the first round of attacks of the thieves. Then tell the leader of the regiment, Zushi, that the thieves are now rampant, and only by fighting to the death can the entire army retreat."

In an instant, various flags flew in the wind, drums and roars were heard, and even commanders rode their horses and galloped between the battle formations, with roars one after another, while teams of Qi soldiers set off waves on the flat ground, gathering into powerful waves.

The hundred cavalry of Fengyun approached the official army's battle formation for eighty steps. The sound of hooves was like thunder and deafening. Li Fengyun leaned on the battle horse, his eyes were like torches, staring at the enemy's battle formation, looking for the junction of the enemy formation.

Qin Qiong set up a plum blossom formation that was both offensive and defensive, but the fatal thing was that the plum blossom formation had just "moved" and turned into a "Dragon Formation" to retreat more than 300 steps back. When the rebel army suddenly launched an attack and had to rush back to the plum blossom formation, the battle formation showed flaws. The distance between the "Plum Blossom Petals" was too large to block the enemy's cavalry's breakthrough.

Qin Qiong was trying hard to make up for his mistakes, and his subordinates were also doing their best to "repair" the flaws of the plum blossom formation. However, Li Fengyun was coming, and his speed was too fast. Even though Fengyun Cavalry was greatly reduced under the coverage of the official army's arrow formation, his two legs could not escape four legs.

Li Fengyun suddenly straightened his body, raised his sword with his right hand high, pointing in the direction of breakthrough, and at the same time, he pulled down his facial protective gear with his left hand, revealing only a pair of murderous eyes. Then he raised his left arm and his big hand wearing leather protective gear made several gestures in the air.

The horn soldiers behind him understood and immediately blew the horn. Before the trumpet sounded, the hundred cavalry Fengyun Guards immediately changed their formation, and the flying butterflies turned into sharp roars again. The hands and shields on both sides of the fin arrows appeared together, like a copper wall and iron wall. There were bright horse spears in the iron wall, which made people afraid, and there were crossbows in the middle of the fin arrows, waiting for the opportunity to fire.

The war horses were flying, the soil was flaming everywhere, the hooves were sounding like thunder, and the "storm" made a thrilling roar, and they approached the enemy's formation fifty steps in a blink of an eye.

"Fengyun Guard, Kill" Li Fengyun swung his long sword, shouting wildly, "Kill in"

Qin Qiong's heart suddenly paused, and was suppressed by the violent momentum of the enemy's cavalry, and suddenly he spread his arms, raised his horse spear with all his strength, roared, "Bowl, shoot volleys, shoot volleys

The "Sharp Arrow" has broken through the coverage of the powerful crossbow, and the shooting angle of the horn bow is blocked by the knife and axe driver in front of him. All he can do is to shoot in the sky and hit the great fortune.

The soldiers of the Qi army were running wildly, trying to block the excessive gap between the "Plum Petals" before the enemy cavalry broke through. Qin Qiong brought sixteen personal guards to fly over, trying to block the enemy cavalry and gain valuable time for the soldiers under his command.

"Kill" Li Fengyun arrived at the horse. The four hooves rose into the air with the pain neighing sound. The long sword made a harsh sound in the air. Then there was the dull sound of the swords and shields hitting each other. The soldiers holding the shield also flew up, and the screams echoed shrillly. The gunman standing behind the shield felt a roar in his ears, and then a flash of eyes, a dazzling light fell from the sky, and then half of his body flew backwards. The long stair spear with blood flowers all over the sky flew into the sky with a late scream.

"Boom boom boom..." The continuous impact sounds formed a shocking sound, destroying the battle formation, drowning the enemy soldiers, and causing Qin Qiong, who was speeding up, to be hit head-on.

Li Fengyun roared on the corpse of the official army, and the tigers were ascended to the mountain, like dragons coming out of the sea, roared wildly, and slashed down with one knife, "kill"

The horse spear was raised horizontally, and the swords and spears hit each other, making a harsh sound of gold and iron clashing. The swords and spears separated, and the two horses were incorrect. Li Fengyun roared again, and the long sword in his hand actually slashed down incredible ways and slashed at Qin Qiong behind him.

Qin Qiong saw the white hair, and Ling San's fluttering white hair was under his neck. His eyes suddenly widened, his heartbeat suddenly rose, and his body suddenly twisted, and he used a spear in the moment.

"Do..." The sword spear hit again, and sparks shot everywhere. Li Fengyun was unwilling to accept it. With a loud roar, the long sword was cut down against the trend again. In a flash, he slashed the horse's buttocks with one knife, and blood burst out.

"Grey-haired thief..." Qin Qiong's anger erupted. At the moment when the war horse was neighing and lost control, at the moment when the war horse flew up, the horse spear swept across, knocking a Fengyun cavalry passing by to the horse. After Qin Qiong used the rebounding power of the horse spear to jump up and escaped from the out-of-control war horse. A personal guard roared in, grabbed Qin Qiong's right leg in the air, and threw it into the battle formation.

"Boom..." Fengyun Cavalry broke through the enemy formation and rushed into the enemy formation. The "storm" became sharper and more bloody, killing the "Hua Jing" like a destruction.

However, the Fengyun Cavalry attacked on both wings failed to break through the enemy formation. The left wing was blocked by Luo Shixin and his personal guards to the death, and the right wing was blocked by Fan Hu. Without the support of the two wings, Li Fengyun was alone and could not support him. He first encountered the block of Cheng Zhijie in the center of the enemy formation. He failed to destroy the official army's flag and failed to achieve the goal of severely damaging the enemy's morale. Then Qin Qiong followed him and Li Fengyun was attacked from the enemy's back and forth, so he had to take the Fengyun Cavalry out of the gap between the other two "Plum Petals".

Almost at the same time, five armies of the alliance surrounded and launched an attack on the five "petals" of the official plum blossom formation. However, the Fengyun Cavalry's surprise attack on the enemy formation had failed. Qin Qiong had successfully collected the plum blossom formation and turned it into a rock-fixing iron barrel formation. Although the alliance was like a wolf or a tiger, he was helpless in the face of the "iron turtle" who had no idea where to go.

Just as the two armies were in a stalemate, Han Jinluo and Shan Xiongxin urgently reported that he had arrived at the Zhongchuan River, occupied the Jinkou of Jichuan, and cut off the way for the official army to retreat to Licheng.

Li Fengyun immediately ordered to stop the attack, retreat five miles, and allow the official army to evacuate.

Qin Qiong retreated to Changqing City and found that Jinkou was lost and the retreat was gone. He could not only hold on to the city.

At dusk, Li Fengyun led four armies to arrive and joined Han Jinluo and Shan Xiongxin. The seven armies of the alliance surrounded Changqing City.

At the same time, Lu Mingxing commanded the first, third, fourth and fifth armies of the alliance, and joined forces with Pei Changzi and the Jibei rebel army in Shizihe, and surrounded Shengcheng. Pei Changzi once again secretly contacted the "hidden stakes" deployed in the city, intending to win the city with both inside and outside.

That day and night, the lights were brightly lit in the alliance camp, and Li Fengyun, his subordinates and the rich and powerful men urgently discussed strategies to annihilate the enemy.

Zhang Xutuo would not give up on the army surrounded by Changqing City. He would definitely need to rescue him, so the next focus was not to siege the city, but to block the aid.

"If you want to stop or delay Zhang Xutuo's rescue, you must conquer Shagou City." Yuan An stood in front of the map and explained the current situation to everyone.

Shagou City is located between Licheng and Changqing City, sixty miles away from Changqing and sixty miles away from Licheng. If Zhang Xutuo wants to rescue Qin Qiong, he must firmly control Shagou City. On the contrary, if Li Fengyun wants to block Zhang Xutuo's rescue, he must conquer Shagou City to cut off the connection between Changqing and Licheng.

"Someone's decision was to siege the city and fight for help." Li Fengyun was abnormal and did not discuss and deduce it with everyone, but was determined and there was no doubt.

"The purpose of this battle is very simple. It is to use the official army in Changqing City as bait, and try every means to drag Zhang Xutuo out to fight, and do its best to consume his army." Li Fengyun explained, "Everyone knows that if Zhang Xutuo shrinks his defense, sticks to the city, and waits for assistance, then we will be the passive one. When the King of Qi follows Xuzhou and takes the initiative to control Qilu, the Donglai Navy will definitely support Zhang Xutuo with all his strength. Tens of thousands of official troops enter the battlefield of Qi County, and there will be no way to fight this battle."

"Ming Gong meant that he would hurt Zhang Xutuo before the King of Qi entered Lu County and before the Donglai Navy rescued Qi County?" Han Jinluo hesitated for a moment and asked.

Li Fengyun and Zheng pointed, "That's what I think, but Zhang Xutuo may not fulfill his wish, so he did not rush to help but boil the frog in warm water, take it slowly, luring Zhang Xutuo's army into it bit by bit, letting him get stuck in it, unable to stop, and eventually defeated."

Han Jinluo, Shan Xiongxin, Zhen Baoche, Huo Xiaobao and others looked at each other and understood it.

"The soldiers are very fast. Let's set off immediately and attack it by surprise." Li Fengyun waved his hand vigorously, "If you take down Shagou City, then the battle situation is under control."

The generals agreed.

That night, Qin Qiong was defeated and Shengcheng was besieged by Changqing and the news spread to Licheng. The atmosphere in the county government suddenly became tense.

Zhang Xutuo did not believe that Qin Qiong would be defeated and his army would be surrounded by rebels. The people of Jibei were timid and timid, and fled when they saw the rebels, spreading rumors. Therefore, Zhang Xutuo believed that the news was wrong. Yang Qian hurriedly sent a messenger to Zhongchuanshui to verify the authenticity of the news. He could not sleep all night, and the county government was suffering from anxiety.

On the eve of dawn, Qin Qiong's personal guards rushed over for more than a hundred miles and submitted a secret report to confirm that the news was true. Qin Qiong was defeated and surrounded in Changqing City, in danger.

Zhang Xutuo was anxious. He couldn't believe that the strength of the white-haired thief had developed to such a level. He had heard that Liang Dezhong had been wiped out before, and he felt that it was a conspiracy, a conspiracy set up by the King of Qi. The white-haired thief just took advantage of it in vain. Unexpectedly, the white-haired thief really had the strength to wipe out the three thousand eagles Yangwei. This was amazing.

"Is there any latest news from Tang Wanren?" Zhang Xutuo stood in front of the map and asked Yang Qian.

Yang Qian pointed to Shagou City on the map, "Since Tang Zuoshi retreated to Shagou yesterday morning, he has not seen the rebels forcing into Shagou. However, yesterday afternoon, the battle situation on the front line of Changqing suddenly changed, and the white-haired thieves gained the advantage. In order to encircle and annihilate Qin soldiers as soon as possible, he would inevitably order the rebels who captured Shanzi to attack and advance towards Licheng, and Shagou is obviously its important goal."

"Ming Gong, it's time to reinforce Shagou City without delay." Yang Qian suggested urgently, "Shagou City is small and not conducive to defense. With the power of Tang Zuoshi, it may be difficult to resist the rebels."

Zhang Xutuo turned his eyes to Wu Heita, "Quickly reinforce Shagou City and strive to protect Shagou."

Wu Heita bowed and took the order and ran away.

However, before Wu Heita left the city, Tang Wanren from Shagou City reported urgently that Shagou was attacked fiercely by rebels and was in danger.

Zhang Xutuo was angry, "I went to the front line in person and killed him."
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