Outside Dingyuan City, various troops from Jianghuai and Jiangdong gathered, among which the strength of the Jianghuai Army was the strongest.

Du Fuwei personally led his troops to the Yangtze River and Huai Army, and was determined to destroy the Xu Shiji army from the southern expedition.

In addition to Du Fuwei's visit, the two powerful generals, Kan Yu and Wang Xiongdan, also came, while Ximen Junyi and his wife guarded Qingliu City in the rear.

In addition, Zhang Shan'an, Wang Hua, Wenren Sui'an, and Chen Faxing also brought troops to help. The fewer troops were 20,000 to 30,000 or more, and the more 50,000 to 60,000, combined, nearly 300,000 soldiers were nearly 300,000, which was twice as many as Xu Shiji's.

After several days of attack, Dingyuan City was captured, and 10,000 Dahua soldiers were left in the city, all of which were killed. However, defending for several days also caused great casualties to the Jianghuai Army, with at least 40,000 casualties. The siege side was destined to sacrifice more.

"Enjoyant father, Xu Shiji was not in the city, and had already fled to Zhongli City. It is said that he built trenches and defensive fortresses there, preparing to fight to the death with our Jianghuai Army!" Wang Xiongdan reported.

"It's great. I'm not afraid of him stopping, but I'm worried that he will run around. I'll only have 300,000 yuan. I can crush them when fighting head-on. If I follow the race, the 300,000 army will provide ten issues." After hearing this, Du Fuwei smiled generously and had a very accurate understanding of the situation.

"Mr. Du, let's take advantage of the victory and pursue it!" Zhang Shan'an walked over, wearing military armor, about forty years old, with a medium figure, a beard, deep eyes, and he didn't look good.

"Well, without further ado, destroying this Dahua army as soon as possible will allow the court to accept the situation of landing the river and establishing a north-south. Otherwise, when the court sends troops again, we will be intensified if we want to resist."

"That's true!" Zhang Shan'an, Chen Faxing and others also knew very well that the troops they gathered were already the strongest, but the court could continue to recruit troops from all over the north. At that time, more and more troops would go south and they would be unable to resist.

Taking advantage of this time, the morale was very strong, and he was just in a hurry to kill Xu Shiji's troops, which was equivalent to giving the northern court a warning, and then he had the right to negotiate.

Wang Xiongdan bowed and said, "Entertainment Father, if the 300,000 troops are dispatched at the same time, the speed is too slow and the consumption is huge. It is better for me to take an elite soldier and kill him first, causing trouble for Xu Shiji and prevent them from building fortifications safely. When the adoptive father leads the army to arrive, it is the time to annihilate them in one fell swoop!"

"Okay, follow the way of using troops!" Du Fuwei nodded, agreed with the adopted son's proposal, and continued: "You will take your own troops, 40,000 people, first kill to Zhongli City, cut off Xu Shiji's troops from the east to withdraw from Huainan County, and then wait for our army to arrive, and catch turtles in a jar."

A adviser said: "The general manager, Xu Shiji's army of 100,000 is short of food and supplies. If we trap them for a month and do not attack them, we can trap them to death, which can reduce our casualties."

Du Fuwei shook his head and said, "According to the scout investigation, Xu Shiji sent people to Zhongli County to search for food, gathered many people outside the city into the city, took half of their food, which could last for at least a month. However, we will trap them for a month. During this period, it is difficult to guarantee that the court will not send troops south to reinforce. At that time, it will be detrimental to us, so we should fight quickly!"

Wang Hua said from the side: "Yes, it is the most urgent thing to pursue the victory and eliminate the Chinese army!"

Chen Faxing also agreed: "You can't miss this great situation, cut off Xu Shiji's retreat. The Huai River is occupied by the Jianghuai Navy, which is very rare!"

These leaders agreed to have a unified opinion, and they all felt that they should take action quickly and focus on annihilation, so that they could not give Xu Shiji a chance to breathe, so as to avoid long nights and dreams.

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Two days later, Wang Xiongdan encountered an ambush in a mountainous area a hundred miles away from Zhongli City. Xu Shiji sent two capable generals, Wang Junkuo and Wei Yijie, to set up an ambush here, and calculated the plan that the Jianghuai Army would definitely send a vanguard to attack.

Wang Xiongdan thought that this Dahua army was like a stray dog, and was setting up defenses in Zhongli City, but he never thought that he would set up an ambush outside.

This is also a kind of psychological contempt for Xu Shiji. He had never heard of this person's military achievements. He was exerted by the imperial court and failed again in Jianghuai. Therefore, the Jianghuai army regarded Xu Shiji as a gift, and never thought that he would use troops and had the courage to send people to ambush the way.

"I'm careless." Wang Xiongdan brought his army over. Although he also sent scouts to explore the way, he did not take it seriously. So the army advanced rapidly. The scouts in front posed a banner and said there was no problem, so he quickly passed the road under the mountain.

Looking back now, there was something wrong with that scout.

Swallowing!

Countless arrows shot out from the mountains and forests, attacking the elite troops. Some pointed woods and stones also fell from high places. Fishing nets, torches, etc. were constantly thrown down, causing great trouble to the Jianghuai soldiers below.

Many soldiers were unable to dodge, had no shields, and were shot and injured by cold arrows.

"Break through quickly!"

Seeing that the situation was not good, Wang Xiongdan immediately ordered a retreat, but the circuit had been blocked by a soldier, with a spear like a forest and a shield like a wall. Wang Junguo held a big knife and led his troops to block the retreat.

"kill--"

Wang Xiongdan commanded the troops to rush out and break out.

At the same time, ambushes also broke out from the mountains and forests, and the Huai Army.

"Kill!"

This area suddenly stood up, and the troops gushed out from all directions caused a blow to the morale of the Jianghuai Army.

Soon, the Jianghuai Army showed signs of collapse. Most of the soldiers fled everywhere and wanted to escape through the woods, but there were still ambushing soldiers inside, harvesting the lives of Jianghuai deserters and scattered soldiers.

"Dangdang!"

Wang Xiongdan and Wang Junkuo fought together. Although the two kings had the same surname, they were their own masters, and they were both brave generals, and the battle was particularly fierce.

The Jianghuai Army temporarily lost the command of the main general, like a piece of loose sand. Wei Yijie was at the other port, commanding the army to shrink the encirclement and wipe out the Jianghuai soldiers.

In ancient battlefields, without the order of transfer, the soldiers were scattered and it was difficult to form a whole combat power. They were easily cut open, dispersed, fought on their own, and were quickly defeated.

This is the case here. Tens of thousands of Jianghuai troops fell to the ground and were suppressed and unable to resist.

"Don't fight, rush out quickly!" Wang Xiongdan was anxious and ordered the commander not far away to lead his troops to continue breaking through.
Chapter completed!