Under the blue sky, the early spring morning breeze with a chilly chill and the fresh smell of the Nakachuan water gently brushed across the vast plains. Her lazy body stretched and stroked the green earth that had just spit out. Her moist cherry lips gently kissed the crystal clear dewdrops sprinkled on the leaves. Everything was beautiful, with happy notes jumping in silence.

Suddenly, the tranquility of the morning was broken by the rushing flags. The frightened wind crossed the colorful flag clouds in panic. In an instant, the drums in my ears shook the sky, and countless yellow "long arrows" roared forward, and in front of me was the Shagou City that it circled above it every day.

Shagou City hangs alone on the plain, submerged in the yellow "arrow clouds". The big star on Shagou City floats alone under the white clouds. Although it stands proudly, it is alone, and a breath of despair is revealed in the sadness.

Under the flag, Tang Wanren was also desperate on the city wall. He could not stand it anymore. Facing the rebels attacking like tides outside the city and facing the enemy that was dozens of times more than him, he could hold on for more than two hours and fight bloodily until dawn. His subordinates had suffered heavy casualties and were unsustainable. He had only two choices now, either abandoning the city and leaving a way out for himself and his subordinates, or living with Shagou and annihilated the entire army.

Arrows are like rain, the sea of ​​people is like tide, the harsh roar, the deafening sound of killing, the earth-shaking drums and horns gathered into a wave of terrifying sound, like continuous waves of raging waves that violently hit Tang Wanren's heart. He felt that he was about to collapse, especially when he heard the screams of his soldiers before his death, and when he saw the brothers who were fighting to the death fell one by one, he could no longer hold on. Finally, he raised his bloody sword, shouted a word at the top of his lungs, and withdrew

The official army fled, the rebels flocked in, and Shagou changed hands in an instant.

The sun is rising, and the clouds are colorful. Shagou City is bathed in the red light, which looks very beautiful, but the smell of blood that permeates the air and the burnt smell of trees burning together, which is pungent and unpleasant, and the light of the clouds becomes blood. The city bathed in the blood is terrifying and cold, revealing a solemn atmosphere after the war.

Li Fengyun faced the "blood light" and smelled the bloody air. He rode his horse into Shagou City surrounded by Han Jinluo, Shan Xiongxin, Xiao Yi and others. He smiled and his arms kept waving to greet the soldiers, but he was not happy because the battle was not good.

In the battle tonight, he took out four armies. The Second Alliance Army was his direct line, the 11th Alliance, the 12th Army was Han Jinluo's headquarters, and the 17th Alliance Army was Shan Xiongxin's Wagang Army. This was a truly joint battle, and the cooperation between the three forces within the alliance. The commander of the Second Army Cao Kun attacked the West Gate, Han Jinluo attacked the South Gate, Shan Xiongxin attacked the East Gate, and stayed at the North Gate for the official army to escape. This should be a battle without any suspense and a determined one-piece battle, but in the end, only Cao Kun attacked the first to break the city, and the Second Alliance Army was the first to break the city. This battle was so dangerous. Shagou City was only sixty miles away from Licheng. If Zhang Xutuo got the news at the first time and rushed to the forefront, he would definitely be able to arrive at Shagou before dawn. Fortunately, Zhang Xutuo's reinforcements did not come. The rebel army seized Shagou City as he wished and seized the opportunity.

Everyone was very happy, and Li Fengyun buried his dissatisfaction in his heart. However, he had a bad premonition. The conflict between Meng Haigong and Shuai Rentai became more and more intense. Han Jinluo and Shan Xiongxin were selfish. There were more and more hidden dangers within the alliance. However, the opponent of this battle was Zhang Xutuo, a fierce general in a hundred battles. In this case, the outcome was hard to say.

Up the city tower and facing the rising sun, a warm feeling circled in my heart. I looked northeast along the avenue that spread to the sky. There was no trace of people, and the escaped government troops were no longer visible, but soon, the government troops in Licheng would appear in the sight of the rebels.

There will be a fierce battle next, and this fierce battle will last for a long time. The alliance will have to pay a big price for this. Han Jinluo is worried that he will be placed on the front battlefield by Li Fengyun to show off against Zhang Xutuo, so he hesitated for a moment, then asked with a smile, "I wonder if Meng Shuai can arrive at Shagou before Zhang Xutuo?"

"Last night, I ordered Meng Shuai to hurry to Shagou." Li Fengyun turned his head and looked at him, a hint of coldness flashed through his eyes. He knew what Han Jinluo meant, so he broke Han Jinluo's "mind" without hesitation. "But even if Meng Shuai arrived at Shagou now, he would not enter the Shagou battlefield, but lurked on the west bank of Zhongchuan River and be on standby for the time being."

Li Fengyun's decision was to siege the city and attack aid, but the illusion made was "siege and block aid". It seemed that the main force was siege and the blocking force was very weak. In fact, the main force was all on the "blocking aid" battlefield, which consumed Zhang Xutuo's army bit by bit. Therefore, the five armies on Meng Haigong's right must be placed behind and will not be thrown out for the time being, so as not to expose the true intention and let Zhang Xutuo "decouple" and escape.

Han Jinluo smiled slightly, then his eyes looked worried, "If Zhang Xutuo devoted his efforts to rescue and attack Shagou, we might be unable to resist."

Li Fengyun changed his face, his expression was cold, his eyes were cold, and he asked, "How many people in the government army guarded Shagou? How many of us attacked the city? But the government army guarded until dawn. If the combat power is so disparate, we really cannot defend Shagou. Therefore, I would like to ask you, for so long, we have invested a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources in military construction. Why is the combat power still so unbearable?"

Li Fengyun was still giving face and did not give a name, but the generals standing beside Li Fengyun knew that Li Fengyun was angry and could no longer bear Han Jinluo, who was not working hard. The atmosphere suddenly became tense, and Han Jinluo became angry and looked very gloomy, but Li Fengyun's next words made him shudder.

"In this battle of Shagou, all the troops took turns to defend. Han Shuai is brave and good at fighting. You must be the first battle." Li Fengyun said this, his tone suddenly changed and became murderous. "This battle is related to the survival of the alliance. Whoever loses Shagou will chop off his head. He will never tolerate it and will be killed without mercy."

The crow was silent, as if the air was stagnant, and the cold wind hit the face, and everyone was in danger.

Han Jinluo knew there was no way out, so hesitated for a little, intending to raise some conditions and not just let it slaughter. However, Li Fengyun seemed to see through his dirty mind. Without waiting for him to speak, he waved his hand and said loudly, "Super Shan immediately led his army to retreat to the east bank of Zhongchuan River to build fortifications, coordinated defense with Shagou City, and support each other. Cao Tongjun immediately retreated to the west bank of Zhongchuan River and crossed the river to support Shagou at any time."

Shan Xiongxin and Cao Kun bowed to the promise, while Li Fengyun looked at Han Jinluo coldly and turned around and left, "I will leave the Shagou battlefield to you when I go back to Changqing."

Xiao Yi and Cao Kun hurried away behind Li Fengyun.

Han Jinluo and Shan Xiongxin looked at each other, and their eyes showed cold murderous aura at the same time.

"He hid behind and sat and enjoyed his achievements, but let us fight in front of him. This is obviously to plot against us and weaken us, and his heart will be punished." Han Jinluo said angrily.

Shan Xiongxin snorted coldly, looked at him disdainfully, and did not answer his words at all, "I will leave the city immediately."

Zhang Xutuo came from the north, and Shagou City was under the greatest pressure, followed by the Zhongchuan water line, so compared to it, Shan Xiongxin was much less pressure. Han Jinluo was unwilling to do so. He was the hard work and dirty work. It was impossible for you to watch the fun while watching the fun.

"Shagou is lost, not only someone who is insured by his head, but you can't escape." Han Jinluo threatened. He was worried that at the critical moment, Shan Xiongxin watched coldly and allowed himself and Zhang Xutuo to kill both sides, and then his losses would be too great.

Shan Xiongxin sneered and asked, "You are from Jibei. You have fought with Zhang Xutuo and know many heroes of Qi and Lu. Do you not know how many troops Zhang Xutuo has? Now Zhang Xutuo not only has to deal with us, but also with Meng Rang and Zuo brothers in Changbai Mountain, Guo Fangyu and Qin Junhong from Beihai, and Wang Bo from Douzigang may go south at any time, while Hebei heroes Liu Badao, Sun Xuanya, Hao Xiaode and others may also take the opportunity to go south and take the fire to rob, so Zhang

Xu Tuo also needs to deploy heavy troops on the Jishui and Dahe. In this way, how many troops can he be sent to the Shagou battlefield? It is certain that even if Zhang Xu Tuo threw all the defenders of Licheng in, it would not exceed 10,000 people. How many Han Shuai has? Two soldiers of the army of 8,000 have a great advantage in terms of military strength. Secondly, you have Shagou City, and the solid city defense of Shagou City is at least 10,000. You can calculate it yourself, how likely is your victory?"

Han Jinluo was furious. Shan Xiongxin was open and honest. To put it bluntly, he just sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight. He would not support you until the time of danger. He would just guard the Zhongchuan water defense line, and he would not ruin his brother's life for you.

"Don't be proud, and don't think that the white-haired handsome man puts you in Zhongchuan Water to take care of you." Han Jinluo gritted his teeth in hatred, but his face was full of smiles at this moment, but his gloomy eyes revealed his anger at this moment, "Zhang Xutuo is a fierce general in war. Do you think that he can't see through the white-haired handsome man's plan and will rush into the sand-groove trap?"

Shan Xiongxin smiled, clasped his fists as a politeness, and left.

However, Han Jinluo's changes in the battle situation were arguably the case.

Zhang Xutuo led three thousand men and horses to Shagou City like a lightning. On the way, he met Tang Wanren, and Tang Wanren took the initiative to apologize. Zhang Xutuo asked him, how many people have you brought back after the two battles? Tang Wanren said that there were more than 400 brothers left. Zhang Xutuo patted his shoulder and said four words, "Remember the merit."

When Zhang Xutuo arrived at Shagou, he immediately guessed Li Fengyun's true intention when he saw the deployment of the rebel army. He immediately ordered to surround Shagou City, and not attack the Zhongchuan Water Defense Line with all his strength.

Shan Xiongxin was caught off guard. Unexpectedly, after the official army came, he did not attack Shagou City at all, so he came for him. He had no time to build fortifications and could not say that he could organize effective resistance. Three thousand people fled to the other side in a swarm.

Zhang Xutuo ordered to arrange an array on the east bank of Zhongchuan River to confront the rebels on the other side. Then he ordered another three thousand troops from Licheng to set up defenses in the southeast of Shagou City to block the rebels coming from Shanchi.

When Li Fengyun received the news, he smiled bitterly. Zhang Xutuo said that he knew that he would still treat him. You besieged the city and attacked the city and attacked the aid, and I also besieged the city and attacked the aid. If you surrounded me, I will surrounded you eight thousand soldiers and see who will laugh to the end.

"Where is the plan?" Yuan An asked anxiously.

Li Fengyun waved his hand, the clouds were calm and the wind was light, "Wait."

What to wait? Yuan An was stunned for a moment, then woke up. When Changbaishan Meng Rang and Zuo brothers, Beihai hero Guo Fangyu and Qin Junhong, and Wang Bo who was ready to go on Douzigang, only any of them launched an attack, the situation in Qi County deteriorated sharply, Zhang Xutuo was attacked from all sides, was in a panic, and he was exhausted, and he was missing one by one. Where could he have time and energy to spend endlessly with Li Fengyun on the Zhongchuan water line?

"Ming Gong, if the time is too long, Shagou's food and grass will be exhausted, and Han Shuai and the eight thousand soldiers will be in danger." Yuan An reminded carefully, "There are only three thousand officials in Changqing City, but there are eight thousand troops in Shagou City."

Li Fengyun laughed, laughing subtlely, even a little weird.

Yuan An was suffocated and suddenly realized. Han Jinluo and his two armies were very important to the alliance, but for Li Fengyun, they were useless to eat and abandon it. They were not useful in fighting, and they had to offer all food and drink, which was equivalent to raising a tiger. Maybe one day they were bitten. Therefore, the battle in Shagou was a trap from beginning to end. If Zhang Xutuo could not be cheated, Han Jinluo would be cheated. Anyway, they would always cheat one.

Yuan An was shocked and hesitated for a moment and said, "If Manager Zhen insists on rescue..."

"Then save it." Li Fengyun said sternly, "How can you not save your brothers? But the key is how to save it. Crushing a sand ditch is equivalent to falling into Zhang Xutuo's trap, which is really unwise."

Yuan An looked at Li Fengyun in amazement, and his vest was covered in cold sweat.

If you don’t hit Shagou, then you will attack Changqing. As long as you capture Changqing City and kill all the officials that Zhang Xutuo wants to save, does Zhang Xutuo still have the meaning of continuing to surround Shagou City? So Zhen Baoche must have led the way in the siege and moved forward, which will inevitably destroy all his "old capital". The "old capital" here is eliminated, and the food and grass are cut off there. Li Fengyun uprooted the Jibei team in the alliance without any effort.

At this moment, Zhen Baoche ran over quickly and wanted to save Han Jinluo.

Li Fengyun was even more anxious than him and had ordered the summoning of the generals to discuss the emergency. At the same time, he ordered Lu Mingxing, who was besieging Shengcheng, to take Shengcheng as soon as possible, so that four additional troops could be dispatched; he ordered Meng Haigong, Shuai Rentai and Xu Shiren to form a horn force with Shan Xiongxin and Cao Kun to support each other, and confront Zhang Xutuo across the river in the middle of Sichuan.

At the late night military discussion, Sima Yuan'an came up with two rescue strategies. One was to do his best to fight Zhang Xutuo on the Zhongchuan River line. He defeated Zhang Xutuo, and then lifted the siege of Shagou City, saving Han Jinluo and eight thousand soldiers; the other was to attack Changqing City with all his strength and solve the besieged official army in Changqing City. Zhang Xutuo would inevitably withdraw to Licheng, so the siege of Shagou City could be lifted.

Meng Haigong, Shuai Rentai, Xu Shiren and Shan Xiongxin who participated in the military discussion were on the front line of Zhongchuan Water. If they followed the first rescue strategy, they would fight with Zhang Xutuo face to face. Their losses were too great. On the contrary, if they followed the second rescue strategy, the main attacks on Changqing City were Li Fengyun's direct troops, and they just had to watch the sidelines of Zhongchuan Water.

So the second rescue plan was unanimously agreed by the heroes. Li Fengyun immediately ordered to make all preparations to attack Changqing City. Just when Lu Mingxing took over the city, he concentrated the troops of seven armies to attack Changqing.
Chapter completed!