In the afternoon, Li Fengyun came to the front line to observe the enemy situation.

The Xijing army started attacking towards Mianchi from noon, and the one who rushed in front was the Xijing Imperial Guard. The Xijing Imperial Guard was the first main force under Wei Wensheng's tent, and it was the absolute force used to make a final decision at a critical moment. This shows that Wei Wensheng was really anxious and fought to break through at any cost. At this moment, the Xijing army was only more than eight miles away from Mianchi City, and was close at hand. As long as it broke through, it would be basically safe. Unless Yang Xuangan had a "backhand" and had an ambush on the line of Wushan, the Xijing army would have a victory and escaped. So if you don't fight at this time, when will it last?

However, due to the narrow and steep terrain and the effective defense of simple people, the Xijing army could not invest all its strength at once, nor could it attack vigorously, and could only passively entangle and fight with the alliance army. Every time they seized a trench and captured a horse-resisting formation, they had to pay a considerable price. More importantly, the most noble time was consumed little by little in this "tug-of-war" close-killing fight. The Xijing soldiers were like trapped beasts locked in cages, with only one strength to do it. They watched themselves be played with by their opponents and applauded. They could imagine how frustrated they felt in their hearts, and they were furious but helpless, and they were almost crazy.

Li Fengyun stood on the hill closest to the battlefield and observed for a long time, and was in a heavy mood.

Whether it is advantageously located between two mountains and one water, or the thick and strong defensive battle formations, they are just "weapons" without life. If you want these weapons to have "life" and exert the strongest combat power, you need brave and warriors. Li Fengyun deployed the first, second, fourth and fifth armies of the alliance led by Zhen Baoche, Guo Ming and Xiahou Zhe, and nearly 20,000 soldiers, all of them were deployed in this eight-mile-long defensive formation, but Li Fengyun had no intention of losing both sides with his opponent.

He just wants to consume the opponent and delay the opponent. In this way, as the alliance army continues to retreat, the soldiers of the front battle formation continue to retreat into the rear battle formation, the entire defensive formation will become thicker and stronger, and the difficulty of the opponent's advance will become greater and greater. Every time they seize a trench and capture a horse-resisting formation, they have to pay an increasingly greater price. However, this is always a close-knit fight. Although the opponent has suffered heavy casualties, the alliance army will not take much advantage.

"Ming Gong, as the Xijing army's food becomes less and less, the breakout time becomes shorter and the casualties become greater and greater, and the distance between Mianchi becomes closer and closer, their offensive will become more and more fierce." Zhen Baohe pointed to the fierce battle field ahead, frowned and worried, "If we continue to fight like this, our losses will be very great."

Li Fengyun nodded, "Think more ways to reduce casualties as much as possible. We can successfully surround our opponents and control the situation, and we are lucky enough. Whether we can wipe out our opponents is not only luck, but also strength." Speaking of this, he looked at the general managers and commanders around him, and suggested, "The power of the arrow formation can be greater. Even if we cannot kill more enemies, it can effectively delay the enemy's attack speed. We have seized a lot outside Mianchi City, and countless arrows are available. You can shoot with all your heart, and there are no need to worry about insufficient arrows."

Zhen Baoche, Guo Ming and others made a lot of noise and immediately ordered more archers from the rear battle formation to enter the front battle formation to fight.

After Li Fengyun gave a few more suggestions, he turned around and left, while walking, saying to Zhen Baoche and others, "Zheng Yuanshou in Mianchi City has beaten the war drums, and he is probably going to leave the city to attack soon. We are attacked from both sides and have to fight on both sides."

"He dares to attack from the city?" Zhen Baoche sneered, "It's a matter of seeking death when leaving the city."

"What if he sacrifices his life and takes no expense?" Li Fengyun warned calmly, "Don't be careless and underestimate the enemy, let alone underestimate the opponent. Once the ship capsizes in the gutter, it will be too late to regret it."

Zhen Baoche disagreed, but he did not dare to sneer in front of Li Fengyun.

"Ming Gong, from my opinion, Zheng Yuanshou is bluffing." Guo Ming followed Li Fengyun and said, "The war drums and thunder in Mianchi City are thundering, and the horns are roaring for a long time. It is obvious that he wants to send a message to Wei Wensheng and tell him that Mianchi City has not yet fallen. Once Wei Wensheng learns that Mianchi City is still under Zheng Yuanshou's control, his confidence will increase greatly and the breakthrough will be faster, which is very unfavorable to us."

Li Fengyun shook his hand, "Don't be lucky. The critical moment of the decisive battle has come. Either you die or I live. Wei Wensheng has to fight to the death, Zheng Yuanshou has to fight to the death, and we also have to fight to the death. The next battle directly determines the outcome of this decisive battle. We withstood and successfully blocked Wei Wensheng's breakthrough, and we won. On the contrary, if we fail, all our efforts will be wasted."

Hearing this, Zhen Baoche and Guo Ming looked at each other, and a hint of worry flashed across their eyes. Zhen Baoche said without hesitation, "Ming Gong, whether we can stop Wei Wensheng's breakthrough is far from enough by our strength alone. Yang Xuangan will definitely attack with all his might. He must firmly attract and restrain part of the Xijing army, otherwise even if we withstand it, the losses will be difficult to estimate."

Guo Ming followed closely and said, "Ming Gong, as long as the losses exceed our tolerance, we will retreat resolutely. The Xijing army has more than 20,000 elite troops. Even if we and Yang Xuangan's army combined, we have no absolute advantage. At most, we will surround them and trap them. If we want to wipe out them all, we will only have a chance until they have enough food. Therefore, if Yang Xuangan does not give his all, he will even be determined to use the knife to kill people, use the power of the Xijing army to kill us, and let Xijing

The army attacked us wildly, of course we had to retreat. In fact, we had already won this decisive battle. As for whether to wipe out the enemy or to deal with the enemy severely, it was just a different size of the battle results. The size of the battle results had little impact on us and a great impact on Yang Xuangan. Therefore, Yang Xuangan should spare no expense in this decisive battle. If he deliberately preserved his strength, he would definitely suffer the consequences in the end. The responsibility for the Xijing army breaking through was Yang Xuangan, and it had nothing to do with us."

When Li Fengyun heard this, he immediately stopped and turned to look at Zhen Baoche, Guo Ming and others, with a very serious expression.

"The purpose of entering the battlefield of Dongdu thousands of miles away is not neglected." Li Fengyun's tone is not high and his tone is not stern, but in the ears of Zhen Baoche and others, he is extremely cold and solemn. "The news from Li Yang is very bad. We have not plundered enough food from Li Yang's warehouse. Our future development in northern Xinjiang is very difficult. In this case, if Yang Xuangan dies too early, Dongdu will be free to mobilize troops to encircle us, which directly endangers our survival."

"In the past two years, our team has grown stronger and more famous, and has long become the winning target of Dongdu. This is why we took advantage of Yang Xuangan's opportunity to fight in the northern border. We will definitely die when we continue to stay in Qilu. Only by moving to the northern border can we win survival and achieve better development. If we want to achieve this goal, we must first gain a foothold in the northern border. The premise of gaining a foothold in the northern border is that we must have a breathing time, otherwise, we will disappear under the siege of the Weifu Army."

"Compared with the future annihilation, we would rather pay some price now. You all understand the truth, but in the face of reality, you are always blinded by small profits, and even betrayal for this."

Li Fengyun sighed and shook his head, "At any time, we must firm our beliefs. Only in this way can we climb higher and go further.

Zhen Baoche, Guo Ming and others bowed to the teachings. Even though they had different thoughts in their hearts, they did not dare to speak publicly in front of Li Fengyun at this moment.

"Since we and Yang Xuangan are on the same battlefield, working together, living and dying together, we must believe him, otherwise the outcome of this battle will be hard to say.

Li Fengyun sternly warned and repeatedly instructed the heroes to put the overall situation first, long-term interests first, focus on the future, and not be petty about immediate interests. However, before he could say this, he was slapped by Yang Xuangan in the face and turned "blue and swollen" with a slap in the face.

When Hu Shidan arrived at the city of Mianchi, Li Fengyun happened to return from the front line. Hu Shidan first praised Li Fengyun, and successfully encircled the Xijing army this time. The alliance made great contributions, and then "tactful" conveyed Yang Xuangan's decision to reinforce Mianchi.

Hu Shidan was careful and carefully, fearing that he would anger Li Fengyun. Li Mi was also worried. After all, Yang Xuangan did too much. He had just surrounded the Xijing army and was still far from being wiped out. He publicly expressed his extreme distrust of Li Fengyun and wanted to break up with Li Fengyun. Since you don’t trust Li Fengyun, why do you still have to cooperate with him? Why do you still have to accept his decisive battle strategy? Li Mi really couldn’t understand Yang Xuangan, and couldn’t figure out what Yang Xuangan thought. In the end, it could only be explained as a butt determines the head. A super powerful like Yang Xuangan, who is in the position of prime minister, his ideas and style of doing things are indeed "different and extraordinary."

Li Fengyun's first reaction was anger. He gave Yang Xuangan the greatest trust, but Yang Xuangan did not appreciate it at all and had never trusted him from beginning to end. However, this strategy was still beneficial to the alliance and could reduce the losses of the alliance. So Li Fengyun held it back and was not angry anymore. He was just very disappointed. He was not only disappointed with Yang Xuangan himself, but also no longer had too much hope for the result of this mutiny. He even thought that he might have gained nothing in this trip to the Eastern Capital and wasted time and energy, which made him feel very disappointed.

"I am in a dilemma of being attacked from both sides. Yue Gong provided timely reinforcements not only solved my urgent needs, but also ensured the victory of the decisive battle." Li Fengyun smiled and acted calmly, which made the uneasy Hu Shidan and the worried Li Mi breathe a sigh of relief.

Perhaps, Yang Xuangan is right. After Li Fengyun surrounded the Xijing army and ensured the victory of the decisive battle, he had already developed the intention to retreat and no longer wanted to fight again. Yang Xuangan's goal was to wipe out the Xijing army. In order to prevent accidents, he naturally had to control the overall situation and could not let Li Fengyun jamm his "throat".
Chapter completed!