On the morning of the 10th March, Wang Bo gained the upper hand on the battlefield. Qin Qiong retreated to defend the city, but what if the city was solid? It could not stop the Hebei rebel army from forcing the Ji River, nor could it drag the Hebei rebel army under the city. After all, the target of the Hebei people is Qi County, Zhang Xutuo and his main army, rather than a small and insignificant Zhangqiu City.

Just when Qin Qiong was desperate, Zhang Xutuo rushed over with the main army and caught Wang Bo off guard. Liu Badao, the heroic Hebei coach who was crossing the river, had no choice but to stop crossing the river because Wang Bo had no cover from the other side, facing the suppression of the dense arrow formation of the official army.

Wang Bo was weak and exhausted in continuous combat. Seeing that the Hebei rebel army was blocked by the north bank of the Ji River could not provide him with support, Zhang Xutuo came with great force and was full of murderous aura. In desperation, he retreated thirty miles in one breath and retreated to Taicheng southwest of Zhangqiu.

Wang Bo hurriedly sent messengers to seek help from Meng Rang and the Zuo brothers, informed the Zhangqiu battle situation in detail, asked them to quickly reinforce, rushed to the Zhangqiu battlefield, and attacked Zhang Xutuo with the Hebei rebel army.

He also sent an envoy to the Zhongchuan Water Battlefield to ask Li Fengyun for help, hoping that Li Fengyun could divide his troops to reinforce. In this way, three rebels attacked Zhang Xutuo in one battle.

On the afternoon of that day, Zhang Xutuo used Zhangqiu City as the "backup" and set up a blocking battle formation along the south bank of the Ji River, clearly telling the Hebei thieves that I will not let you cross the river if I fight to the death.

Just as Zhang Xutuo relied on Zhangqiucheng and Jishuihe to deploy a large army to block the Hebei rebel army from crossing the river, Meng Rang and the Zuo brothers followed with the Changbai Mountain army and held troops in Gaotang City twenty miles southeast of Zhangqiucheng.

At dusk, the commander of Beihai Guo Fangyu and Qin Junhong also led their troops into the Zhangqiu battlefield and stationed troops in Xiaoliang City, 35 miles east of Zhangqiu City. This city is only a few dozen miles away from the boundary between Qi County and Beihai. Once the situation is not right, the Beihai Rebels can quickly withdraw their territory, which can be said to be worry-free.

That night, Zhang Xutuo summoned the officers under the tent to deploy attack and defense strategies, and vowed to fight to the death.

The messengers of various rebels also ran back and forth in the dark. Meng Rang, Zuo brothers and other Changbaishan rebel leaders still respected Wang Bo on the surface and took the initiative to ask about the attack strategy. Guo Fangyu and Qin Junhong acted as if they were advancing and retreating with Changbaishan rebels, willing to attach themselves to the back and wait for Wang Bo to make a decision.

At this moment, Wang Bo was anxious and was waiting for the messenger to return from the north bank of the Ji River.

From the perspective of the battle situation, the Hebei rebel army and the Qilu rebel army have successfully surrounded Zhang Xutuo and occupied the initiative in the battlefield. However, in fact, the rebel army has fallen into a passive position. The two rebel army was divided into two parts by the natural obstacle of the Jishui River. No part of the troops could pose a fatal threat to Zhang Xutuo. It can only be said that there is more confrontation and insufficient attack, which is equivalent to being held back by Zhang Xutuo. The reason why Zhang Xutuo dared to use his body as bait and put it to death was definitely not the purpose of burning the boat and burning the jade and stones, but also another reliance. This reliance is reinforcements, and the reinforcements closest to Zhang Xutuo were Yang Nan, the King of Qi on the Zhongchuan Water battlefield more than 300 miles away.

Wang Bo knew very well that the battlefield of Zhangqiu is basically in a deadlock at the moment, and it is unrealistic to expect all heroes to fight to the death with all their might.

The Hebei heroes’ target is not Zhang Xutuo, but to plunder Qi County and grow and grow. Therefore, preserving strength is the top priority. Without a last resort, the Hebei heroes’ heroes’ will never be able to cross the river and attack at any cost. Of course, the Qilu heroes’ heroes’ want to kill Zhang Xutuo, but killing one thousand enemies will hurt themselves by 800. If the final result is that both sides are injured or even burning, wouldn’t they have nothing? Wouldn’t they be cheaper and the Hebei people? Therefore, the Qilu heroes’ heroes will not launch attacks at all costs.

No one wants to lose themselves or attack Zhang Xutuo with all his strength. Zhang Xutuo's goal was achieved. The official army took the initiative, while the rebel army was in danger and was in danger of destruction at any time.

Therefore, the only thing that can be counted on now is Li Fengyun. If Li Fengyun keeps his promise and divides his troops to reinforce the Zhangqiu battlefield, so that the rebel army can gain an advantage in military strength, he will definitely be able to break the current deadlock. However, this brings another major concern. Li Fengyun divides his troops. Can his army stayed in Zhongchuan River still resist the attack of King Yang Nan of Qi? If he cannot reach it, King Yang Nan of Qi will drive straight into and kill the Zhangqiu battlefield, the rebel army will be defeated.

In the early morning of the 11th, the Hebei rebel army replied to Wang Bo, two countermeasures. First, in order to avoid excessive casualties when crossing the river, choose another location for crossing the river. However, the risk is that once the official army learned that the Hebei rebel army was looking for another place to cross the river, it would inevitably launch an attack on the Qilu rebel army, striving to severely damage the Qilu rebel army before the Hebei rebel army crossed the river, and then attack the Hebei rebel army. In this way, the two rebel army would be defeated one by one; second, the Qilu rebel army attacked Zhang Xutuo at any cost, forcing Zhang Xutuo to withdraw its main force from the line along the river, so that the Hebei rebel army could take advantage of the momentum to cross the river and cover it up.

Wang Bo is both angry and helpless. Hebei people want to preserve their strength and are unwilling to sacrifice themselves to fulfill Qilu people. This is also a common human nature. He cannot blame Hebei people. He is already very righteous when he can cross Henan and help you fight Zhang Xutuo. As long as you sacrifice yourself first, he will follow him and sacrifice yourself to death. What about you? You can't let others charge forward, you can follow behind and wave the flag and shout, right?

Wang Bo informed the two countermeasures of the Hebei Rebel Army as quickly as possible to Meng Rang and Zuo brothers. As he expected, although Meng Rang and Zuo brothers respected him openly and swear that he would follow his leader, it was related to his own interests and his true face was exposed.

Meng Rang and the Zuo brothers politely refused on the grounds that their own strength was weak. In fact, Wang Bo himself had a small strength, and it was not easy for the Changbai Mountain Rebel Army to persevere under Zhang Xutuo's encirclement. Although there were a large number of people, it was too embarrassing to guard Changbai Mountain and there was nothing to do. They were too embarrassed, lacking money, food, and weapons, and low combat power. They would definitely die when they fought head-on with the official army. As for the Beihai Rebel Army, they had just raised the flag and looked at the crowds of people. In fact, they were not as good as the Changbai Mountain Rebel Army. They were basically equivalent to a group of mobs.

The Qilu Rebel Army was weak. At such a disadvantage, it divided into three groups to attack, and three local dogs went to siege a tiger. What is this asking for death?

Neither countermeasures were available for Hebei people. Wang Bo had no choice but to reply to the Hebei people and Meng Rang and other Qilu heroes, temporarily maintaining the confrontation, waiting for the white-haired coach Li Fengyun's response. If Li Fengyun divides troops to reinforce and three rebels attack Zhang Xutuo, then major events can be done.

However, what Wang Bo did not expect was that Li Fengyun was leading his army to rapidly reinforce Zhangqiu.

Li Fengyun's scout saw Wang Bo crossing Luoshui as early as the eighth day of the lunar month, and sent the news back. On the tenth day of the lunar month, Li Fengyun received the news and concluded that the battle between Zhangqiu was about to break out. He immediately ordered the transfer of three armies in the inner palace, the first to the fifth army of the outer palace, the sixth army under the tent of Meng Haigong, and the 17th army of Shan Xiongxin, about 37,000 soldiers, set off overnight and rushed to Zhangqiu day and night.

Meng Haigong was ordered to stay at the Zhongchuan Water battlefield and continue to fight "fier" with the Qi King's army.

Before leaving, Li Fengyun secretly told Wei Fusi and Li Zixiong, asking them to pay close attention to the battlefield in Zhangqiu. The implication was to capture Licheng at the right time. Since the King of Qi came to Qi County, he could not get nothing.

He also secretly instructed Meng Haigong that if King Qi reinforcements came and Dong Chun from Pengcheng arrived, he would evacuate the Zhongchuan River battlefield and divide his troops into two groups, one by one, moving to Changqing and Shengcheng. If the situation was critical, he would decisively cross the Jishui River and enter Sidujin on standby; along the way, he would be led by Meng Haigong, crossing the river from Licheng to enter the Queshan area, and the camera would meet the main army on the battlefield of Zhangqiu.

He sent envoys Hundred Wanhuo to contact Xu Shiyi for help and immediately collected hundreds of ships to Sidujin to prepare for the army to cross the river.

On the 11th, Li Fengyun received a secret report from scouts again during the march. Wang Bo crossed the Jishui River and was stubbornly blocked by the official army. He failed to capture Zhangqiu City as he wished, and failed to open a safe Jinkou for the Hebei rebels to cross the river south. Soon, Meng Rang sent an envoy to report urgently, Zhang Xutuo abandoned Juhe City, Pingling, and evacuated the Boling battlefield. He quickly reinforced Zhangqiu. Changbaishan rebels and Beihai rebels had followed the north.

Li Fengyun ordered the marching speed to speed up and strive to arrive at the Zhangqiu battlefield in the shortest time.

On the 11th, on the battlefield of Zhangqiu, the enemy and us were in a tense confrontation.

However, on this day, Zhou Fashang directed the main force of the navy to enter the Dahe River waterway, went upstream, killing Dihe and Lujiao Pass, intending to cut off the retreat of the Hebei rebel army.

On the 12th, the battlefield in Zhangqiu was still calm, but in the afternoon, Wang Bo received a secret letter from Li Fengyun. The main force of the alliance was rushing to the battlefield in Zhangqiu. It is estimated that he could arrive outside Zhangqiu City in the early morning of the 13th, and he could attack Zhang Xutuo at noon on the 13th.

Wang Bo was overjoyed and immediately sent an envoy to cross the river and made an appointment with the Hebei heroes to attack Zhang Xutuo at noon on the 13th. He also urgently wrote to Meng Rang, the Zuo brothers and Li Fengyun to reinforce and make an appointment to attack Zhang Xutuo together. Please keep your promise, work together at the critical moment, and kill the enemy.

In the early morning of the 13th, Li Fengyun led the main force of the alliance to enter the Zhangqiu battlefield. Wang Bo, Meng Rang, Zuo brothers, Guo Fangyu and Qin Junhong met together to discuss strategies to attack the enemy.

Almost at the same time, Zhou Fashang's naval warship entered the Dihe waterway.

The rebels guarding Dihejinkou were shocked and rushed south to call the police. The fast horse galloped, and the wind was flying, and the lightning was only one or two hours. In addition to the time of crossing Luoshui, the scout finally delivered the amazing news to the heroes of Hebei before dawn.

The most feared and worried thing happened. The bad news still showed up. The people of Hebei made a wrong judgment based on the wrong message. They thought that only King Qi Yang Nan could provide support to Zhang Xutuo in the near future. Unexpectedly, the Donglai Naval Master came so quickly. The people of Hebei had just crossed the river for a few days, and the naval master cut off their retreat. It can be seen that the naval master had been on standby at the entrance of the sea, waiting for the Hebei people to cross the river and launch a fatal blow.

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