September 16th, Seven Stars.

Before dusk, when Li Fengyun led the First Thunder Army Feng Chi Dingzhi to Qixingpo, the battle here had ended, and only waves of wolf smoke swayed in the air.

In the afternoon, Guo Ming, the general manager of the Hu Ben Army, commanded more than 2,000 elite soldiers disguised as horse thieves. With the close cooperation of Mi Yong, Gao Hu, and Chi Xiaodou Tieyi, the general manager of the Thunder Second Army, and with the support of the Fourth Thunder Army, which followed closely behind Hu Ben, swept across Qixingpo with absolute advantage and seized a lot. Whether it was the Xi tribe, stranded merchants, or cattle and sheep, they were all in their pockets.

Although Mengba, the leader of the Xi clan garrison of Qixingbo, was prepared and even prepared to evacuate in advance, he was unable to see the situation clearly and made incorrect judgments. He was not expected to have enough strength and attack speed for his opponent. As a result, he was caught off guard by his opponent when he was prepared, outnumbered and fled in a hurry. If Mengba had not seen the opportunity, he decisively gave up Qixingbo and ran away with hundreds of control strings, and most of them were wiped out.

But even so, Mengba, the king of the silence, still did not know who his enemy was. At present, the enemies he saw were all forest horse thieves, or Han captains wearing tattered clothes and looking like horse thieves. Except for the details of holding heavy troops, which exposed the unusualness of this team, there was no other evidence to prove that they must be Turkic, or they must be Middle-earth people, and there was no evidence to prove that this team had tens of thousands of people, and that their goal was to capture Xi land.

Mengba did not know his opponent, but Mi Yong knew very well. As the leader of the horse thief in the flat pine forest, his main enemy was the Xi tribe, the Xihe Wang tribe centered on the Ghost Square. Of course, he knew everything about his opponents. So after conquering the Seven Star Lake, he stopped and planned to use the Seven Star Lake as bait to lure the Ghost Square garrison army to take the initiative, and then use the advantages of his own troops to surround and annihilate it. First kill the enemy's living forces in the field, weaken the enemy's troops, and then fight against the Ghost Square City will have the effect of twice the result with half the effort.

This plan was supported by generals such as Guo Ming, Jing Jiang Liujin Fei and Gao Hu. So after Li Fengyun arrived, Mi Yong and others immediately offered this plan, hoping to win Li Fengyun's approval.

Li Fengyun had to veto it without thinking, but after a little bit of weighing the pros and cons, he held back. After all, he had to work together to do big things, unite, not be arbitrary, and not be arbitrary. When it is time to discuss, he had to discuss it. He could brainstorm and learn from others' strengths to minimize mistakes and losses.

The reason why the generals offered this plan was because they were selfish, in name, because they were worried that they would suffer too much in the process of attacking the tough situation, but in fact they were to preserve their strength. This kind of selfishness, this idea is very common in alliances and is everywhere at all times. Individual interests, small groups always surpass the overall interests of the alliance. Li Fengyun has no good solution to this, so he can only try his best to take into account the interests of all parties and do his best to ease conflicts and conflicts.

At this moment, Li Fengyun knew the "Little Jiujiu" in the belly of the generals, but it was not easy to blame him too much. They were all his brothers, and the starting point was good, and they were all to take down the Guifang at the lowest price and as quickly as possible. So Li Fengyun could only bear it. Facing the earnest gaze of the generals, he raised a question, "If Xi Lu had already seen the current situation clearly, knew that our army was in the face of the brink, and knew that our goal was the entire Anzhou, the Guifang side would inevitably ask for help from Ahui Zheng, ask for help from the Prince Xi's mansion, and hold on to Songshan at any cost, and even would rather give up the Guifang than to defend Songshan to ensure that Ahui Zheng and the main forces of the five armies can successfully withdraw from Xi land. Then the Guifang's attack on us will inevitably hold on the city and do his best to hold on to us, so as to gain more time for Ahui Zheng to retreat and reinforcements to the north."

Li Fengyun looked at the generals and emphasized his tone, "Time is the key to determining the outcome. We need to achieve the attack goal in the shortest time, while the ghost party needs longer to reverse the crisis. Therefore, our attack cannot be paused at all, and we cannot give any opportunity to use the tricks, delay time, and delay our attack speed."

Mi Yong frowned slightly, feeling angry, and also raised questions, "If Gui Fang can't capture him for a long time, wouldn't we be in deep trouble?"

"Of course, we must be prepared for a fierce battle." Li Fengyun said, "I tried every means to hide my traces and do my best to deceive Xi Lu, just to catch the ghost side off guard. If we can attack the enemy by surprise, we will attack the enemy in one go, and take the initiative in the battlefield in Anzhou in one go, of course it is a good thing. On the contrary, if we fail to attack the enemy in one go, we must change our strategy and not be trapped by the ghost side. We must turn passive into initiative, use the ghost side as bait, siege the city and attack aid, and concentrate our superior forces to defeat each one. It is a shocking fierce battle."

Mi Yong thought for a while and insisted on his own opinion, "This place is eighty miles away from the ghost side. Xi Lu will whip it quickly and will reach the ghost side before midnight. If the ghost side is determined to regain the Seven Star Lake and send troops to fight back overnight, we will see the enemy after dawn tomorrow, and we will be able to surround and kill Xi Lu from all directions. In this way, the chances of winning will increase greatly. The time we have been delayed by this will be at most one night and one morning, seven or eight hours."

Li Fengyun smiled and nodded, and asked, "How sure are you? If you are the commander of the Guifang, are you sure that the enemy is a Turkic or Middle-earth person? Will you still fight back? Or, you cannot be sure who your enemy is? You don't know the enemy yet, will you fight back rashly? Do you dare to risk the loss of Guifang and take back the Qixing Lake with all your might? Are you not afraid of falling into the trap, losing your soldiers and losing generals, and eventually losing Guifang City, destroying Ah Hui's retreat, and bringing a catastrophe to Xidi?"

Mi Yong was unable to give the answer and hesitated without saying a word.

"For Ah Hui, when he attacked the Khitans with all his might, the Guifang was too important, and its importance even exceeded that of Gubeikou." Li Fengyun continued, "The Gubeikou was lost, the Middle-earth people rushed in, and Baitan City could be blocked, and the Xiwang Mansion could be intercepted, and he could also lead the army back in time. However, if the Guifang lost, his retreat was cut off. When the morale of the army was in chaos, the Khitans followed and chased them. The consequences were very terrible, and it was possible to destroy the clan and the race. So based on the information you got, and according to our calculations, Ah

In order to ensure the safety of the Guifang, he could only leave at most four or five thousand troops. This is his limit. He had to go north to entrust Hechenshui to attack the Khitan, and defend Middle Earth in the southwest and southeast directions, block the Turks in the northwest direction, and also to guard the Xi local area. Where did he come from? If the Guifang only had four or five thousand garrison troops, or even fewer, in the current obvious unfavorable situation, should they choose to defend negatively, defend according to the city, or actively counterattack?"

The answer is self-evident. Qixingbo is just a larger camp with no danger to defend, while Guifang is an ancient city, tall and strong, and the defense capabilities of the two are not comparable at all. More importantly, both sticking to Qixingbo and sticking to Guifang can achieve the goal of blocking the enemy. Since this is the case, I have to pay a huge price to defend Qixingbo?

Mi Yong was speechless and turned his eyes to Jingjiang Liujin Fei, Gao Hu, Chi Xiaodou Tieyi and others, hoping that they would argue with reason. Li Fengyun had a clear goal and wanted to kill the ghost side as quickly as possible and launch an attack immediately. The soldiers were the most important. But in this way, the infantry would not have time to reach the battlefield. The first one to attack the city was the horse army. The newly built horse army had very limited combat power and did not meet the conditions for attack. Once they were put into the battlefield, the losses would be too great. This was something that Mi Yong and other horse army commanders could not accept. The eagle died before spreading its wings. It was too frustrating and could not explain to the brothers who had followed them for many years.

Gao Hu understood it and looked up at Li Fengyun. He was about to speak, but Li Fengyun raised his hand to stop him.

"The new construction of the horse army requires time to be improved. In the short term, it is mainly to cooperate with the infantry's operations." Li Fengyun was impatient, unwilling to entangle and speaks out bluntly, "The horse army is crucial to our foothold and development outside the border and our future domination, and cannot be missed. Therefore, this time the attack on the Guifang, the horse army's mission is to encircle, bluff, and buy time for the infantry to arrive on the battlefield."

As soon as Li Fengyun said this, Mi Yong's high-spirited heart suddenly felt relieved, and Gao Hu and other generals all breathed a sigh of relief. Guo Ming then realized that he had been deceived by these wilderness people inadvertently. He could not help but slander himself, and his eyes showed bad intentions.

"Soldiers are the most important thing." Li Fengyun waved his hand without any doubt, "Don't hesitate, immediately start chasing, rushing straight to the ghost side, surrounding them, and doing his best to cut off the ghost side from the outside."

"I urgently report to Duke Jianchang (Li Zixiong) and the general manager of the army. Qixingbo has already defeated him. Someone has led the Thunder army to attack the Guifang overnight and surrounded the Guifang. Please speed up and go to the Guifang day and night, and be sure to arrive at the battlefield around dusk tomorrow."

The generals responded with a loud promise and bowed to accept the order.

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September 16th, late at night, ghosts.

King Yu was nearly fifty years old and was thin. He had a pair of sharp eyes in his deep eye sockets. At this moment, these eyes were reflected in the dim candlelight, emitting a sharp murderous aura. He was so angry that he was angry that his son threw away Qixingbo, causing the entire flat pine forest defense line to fall into the enemy's hands, exposing the ghost side to the enemy's attack, and causing the situation in Xidi to take a sharp turn and suddenly become dangerous. But he was angry that his son didn't know who the enemy was until now. This was ridiculous and incredible.

"Sir, the enemies I have seen with my own eyes are all forest horse thieves. From various known signs, the enemy should be Turks, but the news from the horse thieves said that the white wolf has returned and brought tens of thousands of Middle-earth troops to kill them. Our enemy is Middle-earth people." Mengba, the king of Xihe, knelt on the ground, looked gray, angry and shocked, and had no choice but to open his hands and said with a sad face, "Sir, it's not that I'm not prepared, but that I can't resist at all."

"White Wolf? Middle-earth man?" King Yun of the Wu He laughed in anger and asked coldly, "Did you bully me for being so blind, can you deceive me at will?"

"Sir, I'm a misunderstanding." Meng Ba was scared and shook his hand repeatedly, "I didn't lie to you. How dare I speak nonsense about such a big deal?"

Yun was furious and jumped up, rushed to Mengba, raised his hand and wanted to slap it down. At this moment, the big horns protruded and the alarm sounded throughout the night sky.

The enemy attacked. The father and son were shocked and looked down upon each other.

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Chapter completed!