On the tenth day of October, Anzhou, the west bank of Wulishui.

Ah Hui was cautious and careful. Under his command, the Xi army fought steadily and took every step forward, not daring to be careless at all and not giving the opponent any opportunity to take advantage of. Even if the opponent has withdrawn dozens of miles away, he was as if he was facing a great enemy and was ready for battle, for fear of an accident.

It took a day to cross the river, and during this day, the Xi army scouts were dispatched from all directions and were frequently blocked. The farthest exploration distance was not more than fifty miles, especially the south was directly blocked by Rushui, and the Xi army scouts could not cross the river at all.

Ah Hui was keenly feeling the crisis and held a military meeting on the morning of the 10th day of the lunar month.

Mukun's troops were worried about Jin Chuheyuan. They were worried that tens of thousands of tribes who were standing by the Yaoyang were surrounded and killed by the Central Turkish army. They wanted to go to Fangcheng day and night to fight fiercely with the Central Turkish army to save the tribe in danger. However, Ah Hui was not anxious and was as slow as a snail. To put it nicely, this approach was called caution, but in fact it was delaying, preserving one's own strength and ignoring the life and death of allies. Chuheyuan was furious and attacked Ah Hui in the military discussion, accusing Ah Hui of missing the opportunity to fight and demanding Ah Hui to speed up the attack.

Ah Hui was patiently explaining that although Bailang led the main army to withdraw back to Fangcheng, it is not known whether the Turks had full force to attack. After all, the Turks had already captured Guifang and were exhausted after continuous attacks. In addition, the Middle-Turkish reinforcements in the Great Wall may appear at any time, so the Turks may not be willing to fight against the Middle-Turkish people and suffer both losses. In this case, the Xi army hurriedly entered the battlefield and would inevitably be used by the Turks and driven away by the Turks to fight against the Middle-Turkish people. Therefore, starting from the Xi position, we must participate in this battle, but we must choose the right time to participate in order to seek the best interests.

In addition, the killing of Hetao on the south bank of Rushui has fallen into the hands of Middle-earth, and the flanks of the Xi army are completely exposed to the attacks of Middle-earth people. Once the Middle-earth army on the south bank of Rushui crosses the river and attacks after the main force of the Xi clan heads north, occupying Wulishui, and cutting off the retreat of the Xi army, the situation will be detrimental to our side.

"The reason why Bailang boldly evacuated the Wuliu River and concentrated his troops on Fangcheng was because his army captured the Killing Hetao, controlled the south bank of Rushui, posed a threat to the Wuliu River, and even threatened the Wuliu River and even the Sanhui City further away. It made me worry and dare not go north." Ah Hui was pointing at the map and said in a heavy tone, "From the results of scouts' investigations in the past two days, all the Central Turkish troops on the south bank of Rushui have been dispatched and have already attacked the river. In front of us, about fifty miles away from us, there is a Central Turkish army of more than 2,000 people waiting for troops, which is obviously an intention to intercept them."

Ah Hui looked at Chuheyuan and said earnestly, "There is a wolf in front and a tiger in the back. It is not easy to fight this battle. The consequences of the rash pursuit of the war are very likely to fall into a trap and cause disaster for oneself."

Chuheyuan scoffed, "According to the king's wishes, we are trapped here and can't move?"

"Of course not." Ah Hui was shook his hand, "Although we were quite passive in the Wulishui River, we were taking the initiative in the battlefield of Anzhou. Next, as long as the Turks launch a fierce attack on the opposite city, the two sides fight and flesh fly across the body, the white wolf will be unable to fight on both sides. In this way, we can break through the siege of tigers and wolves and kill the square city directly."

As soon as this statement was spoken, Mo Hehuang could not hold back and asked, "If the Turks delayed and did not fight, would we be trapped here? We have a deep hatred with the Turks. Why should the king believe that the Turks are here to save us, not destroy us?"

Ah Hui said nothing, his face looked very ugly.

Qi Geheshan hurriedly stepped forward to smooth things over. "From the deployment of Bailang, his main force is concentrated in Fangcheng. He wants to block the attack of the Turks, so he is very worried that we will reverse the situation after joining the battlefield, so he has to try every means to delay our speed of going north. In other words, there are wolves in front and tigers in the back, which is likely to be bluffing. We seem to be attacked from both sides, but once we make up our minds and attack north at any cost, Bailang's suspicious plan will fail. Judging from the secrets we have, Bailang's army is only 30,000 to 40,000 people, and there is no absolute advantage. Unless the Great Wall sends troops to support it, it is impossible to fight on both sides with the strength of Bailang?"

Ah Huizheng's face looked even more ugly.

Ah Huibuer also could not accept Ah Huizheng's approach. Since he had decided to attack north, he had to seize the opportunity and join forces with the Turks to defeat the Middle-Turkish army, instead of looking forward, looking around, hesitating, fear and fear cannot solve the problem. Only by burning the boat can one win a glimmer of life. Such a simple truth, Ah Huizheng turned a blind eye at the critical moment. It can be seen that Ah Huizheng has been defeated by cruelty and cannot accept the huge gap from heaven to hell. Now he is like a stingy financial slave, who ignores everything in order to protect his existing interests, and even ignores the survival of Ah Hui.

Ah Huibuer could not bear it. The Xi tribe's survival for hundreds of years was achieved, and the Ah Hui family's strength was also achieved. In a world where the strong prey on the weak, only by fighting with all their might can we survive and be strong. Therefore, Ah Huibuer decisively made suggestions, "Strengthen the defensive power of the Wulishui River on both sides, strengthen the defense from the Wudu River to the Sanhui City, and while ensuring the retreat of the army, we should go north to attack and kill Fangcheng as quickly as possible."

This suggestion is considered to be a safeguarding Ah Huizheng's face. Strengthening the defensive power on both sides of the Wulishui River is actually to block the Middle-Turkish army from crossing the river on the south bank of Rushui, preventing the Middle-Turkish people from cutting off the retreat route. If the retreat route is safe, the danger of being attacked by the enemy from both sides will no longer exist. What reason does Ah Huizheng have to delay the entry?

Ah Hui was sighing secretly, very disappointed and frustrated, but he had no choice. Since ancient times, he has judged heroes by success or failure. If he was defeated, his authority would be gone and no one listened to his words. Now the army of tribes can still be concentrated under his banner. It is already amazing before the alliance has fallen apart. It is too late to hope that the generals of the tribes will follow their advice and turn the tide together with him. In fact, it is impossible.

According to his intuition, Wu Lie Water is a trap. Middle Earth is too powerful. When everyone thinks that Middle Earth people will not fight on two fronts, Middle Earth people are very likely to do the opposite, but they will fight on two fronts. Just as everyone before, they thought Middle Earth people would not take advantage of the situation and would not take advantage of the situation to rob, but they did not know that Middle Earth people stabbed the Xi tribe hard in the back.

Ah Hui could only compromise, but he did his best to leave more defensive forces on both sides of the Wulishui River for various reasons and means, and concentrated all his main forces on the north bank of Rushui River. In his opinion, the Central Turkish army posed a threat to the Xi army was the Central Turkish army on the south bank of Rushui River, and the real strength of this army was far stronger than expected, enough to give the Xi army a fatal blow, otherwise the Bailang would not have used the withdrawal of Fangcheng as a trick to lure the enemy.

Chuheyuan, Mo Hehuang, Qigeheshan, Ah Huibu and other tribal leaders also made concessions. After all, Ah Huizheng's analysis also makes sense. Zhongtu is determined to recover Anzhou this time, and all troops were sent to the Great Wall. Although under the banner of Bailang's rebels, the trick was too clumsy. Everyone knew in their hearts. So no one knew how many Middle-Turkish troops were in the south bank of Rushui. For security reasons, the Xi tribe could only deploy more defensive forces on the north bank of Rushui. Of course, there were fewer troops to attack Fangcheng north, but this was just beneficial to the Xi tribe. Even if the Turks wanted to drive the Xi tribe's army to charge, the Xi tribe had few troops and weak strength and could not achieve the attack effect. In the end, they could only roll up their sleeves and go to battle themselves. Therefore, the Xi tribe could squeeze the power of the Turks for their own use without any effort.

After some discussion, with the strong insistence of officials from the Xi Wang Mansion such as Ah Huizheng, Feng Hong and Li Yi, and with the support of Gu Yushu, the leader of the Shide tribe, the final decision was made to deploy 3,000 horse infantry on both sides of the Wulishui River, and this number was almost about 30% of the Xi army's forces, which made the Xi people such as Chuheyuan and Mo Hehuang very dissatisfied.

Using 6,000 troops to protect the safety of the retreat was certainly the result of compromise between the top leaders of the Xi tribe, but it also implicitly signs of division. Among them, Ah Hui and his supporters, as well as Shide's ministry, which live on the southeastern foot of Mayushan, have a conservative position and passive defense. Most of the strong men in the Mohefu tribe, Mukun tribe and Qie tribe have radical positions and active attacks, and are determined to use the power of the Turks to reverse the crisis before the Middle-earth people have a stable foothold.

After noon, Chuheyuan took the lead in leading the army to head north quickly, and Mo Hehuang followed closely behind.

Qi Geheshan and Ah Huibu also had to follow up with their army. Ah Huizheng tried his best to obstruct and persuade them in every way. The tribes that had agreed to have formed a group, slowly advance, and step by step, but now the conflict has become public. The Mukun tribe and the Mohefu tribe no longer trust Ah Huizheng, so they disregarded the orders of the Xi Palace, acted without authorization, and each fought for their own war. In this situation, if the Qi Ge tribe also "betrayed" Ah Huizheng, the Xi tribe alliance would actually collapse. The consequences were too serious and this battle was too dangerous. If you were not careful, the entire army would be wiped out.

Qigeheshan and Ah Huibuer started from the overall situation and reluctantly accepted Ah Huizheng's persuasion. They sent people to urgently report to Heyuan and Mo Hehuang. Now there are only more than 10,000 troops to attack north and must be carried into a group. If they fight each other, there will be a danger of being defeated by the Middle-earth people. So they are asked not to go deep alone. They will camp for thirty miles today, and then go north together after they meet tomorrow.

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October 11, Anzhou, Maogouchuan.

Midnight, Li Fengyun received an urgent report from the scout that the Xi army had set out on the afternoon of the 10th day of the lunar month and was heading north along the avenue.

In the early morning, the scout reported again that the Mukun tribe of the Xi tribe and the Mohefu tribe of the camp was set up for thirty miles first, while the troops of the Qige and Shide tribes were still on both sides of the Wulishui River, and there was no sign of marching overnight.

After noon, the scout reported again that the Mukun tribe and the Mohefu tribe continued to go north in the early morning, and the Qige tribe also left Jinkou early, with the two enemy troops thirty miles apart. In addition, there were a large number of Xi troops left on both sides of the Wulishui River. Judging from the banner, it is conservatively estimated that the Xi tribe left behind was about tens of thousands.

Li Fengyun was surprised. Ah Hui was leaving tens of thousands of troops on both sides of the Wulishui River. How many troops did he have to go north to attack? Isn’t this a sheep entering the tiger’s mouth and seeking death?

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