Daliang River is also called Taizi River. It was named after the famous Prince Dan of Yan fled here during the Warring States Period. This river runs from north to south and is one of the most famous rivers in Liaodong County.

Xiangping City is located on a high ground in the middle. The city is high and the pool is wide, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Due to the success of the ambush, the Fengtian Army suffered heavy losses, and Goguryeo's morale improved again. At this time, Xiangping City was surrounded and the attack was urgent.

Correspondingly, the Fengtian Army, which had lost its elite soldiers, focused on one thing and not the other in defense, so Cheng Yuanzhi had to go to the city wall in person to boost morale, and even kill the enemy with a sword.

Xian Yufu hurriedly found Cheng Yuanzhi and said: "Cheng Shuai, let your subordinates lead the troops to charge out. We can't let the Goguryeo soldiers continue to attack so unscrupulously. The soldiers on the city wall are under too much pressure and they can't bear it."

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The failure of the Goguryeo ambush battle had a great impact on Cheng Yuanzhi, which caused many wrinkles on his forehead. At this time, after hearing Xian Yufu's advice, he frowned even more, making him look even older.

"Then I'll trouble you." Cheng Yuanzhi said sadly. He also understood that if the passive protection continued like this, the soldiers would probably be overwhelmed by Goguryeo's momentum and lose the courage to resist. Now they could only place their hope on the cavalry battalion.

Xian Yufu said excitedly: "I am willing to swear allegiance to the commander-in-chief to the death." After saying that, he turned around and ran down the city wall.

Only a few hundred people from the cavalry battalion escaped back to Xiangping City. However, in view of their heroic performance, Cheng Yuanzhi ordered to replenish them as soon as they returned to the city.

Now the size of the cavalry battalion has once again expanded to a thousand people, but its combat effectiveness has dropped a lot. It's just that the situation is critical now, and it can no longer take care of so many.

Goguryeo used a four-gate attack method in order to consume the city's defense force as quickly as possible. Therefore, it was impossible for the cavalry battalion to sneak out. But Xian Yufu had already thought of a way to deal with it. He wanted to fight hard and rush out from the main gate.

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Soon, after everything was ready, Xian Yufu gave an order, and the south city gate suddenly opened.

The Goguryeo soldiers who were fighting nearby couldn't help being stunned when they saw this scene. They randomly burst into loud cheers and countless people swarmed towards the city gate.

For this situation, Xian Yufu was already prepared. He only heard a "buzz" sound and countless arrows were thrown towards the incoming soldiers like a swarm of swarms.

In the blink of an eye, hundreds of people fell to the ground at the city gate, wailing endlessly.

Seeing that all the Goguryeo soldiers near the city gate were empty, Xian Yufu immediately ordered a thousand cavalry to rush out of the city gate. It was not until the last cavalry rushed out that the city gate was closed again.

After the thousand soldiers rushed out of the city gate, they did not run far and launched a charge at the base of the city wall.

The Goguryeo soldiers did not expect that the Fengtian Army would have the guts to run out of the city at this time, and were killed by surprise. Under the south city wall, thousands of Goguryeo soldiers who were attacking the city were suddenly in chaos, and countless people were killed.

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When the Goguryeo generals in the rear saw this situation, they were furious and immediately sent out cavalry and crossbowmen to annihilate this group of cavalry.

The soldiers on the city wall became Xian Yufu's eyes and ears. When they discovered Goguryeo's actions, they immediately beat gongs and drums to remind Xian Yufu.

Xian Yufu was also very alert. He knew that he had few soldiers and it would be disadvantageous for him to attack directly. Therefore, as soon as he saw something was wrong, he immediately turned his horse and ran towards other weakly defended areas.

In this way, a thousand cavalrymen circled the Xiangping city wall like a long snake, swallowing up some lone siege soldiers from time to time.

However, Goguryeo's response measures were also very quick. Although the crossbowmen could not keep up with the speed of the cavalry, they occupied favorable terrain and fired cold arrows from time to time, causing the number of Fengtian Army cavalry to continue to decrease. Although the Goguryeo cavalry was concerned about the city wall,

The bows and arrows on the ground were attacking and they did not dare to go deep, but they also effectively curbed the attack speed of the Fengtian Army.

But even so, the soldiers attacking the city could no longer concentrate on attacking the city because of the harassment of these cavalry, and they could easily be shot and killed by the Fengtian army when they gathered under the city wall. Just when they didn't know how to end it.

The arrival of Deng Mao's army solved their troubles.

This time Deng Mao led an army of 12,000 people southward, which greatly increased the strength of the Fengtian Army. In addition, Xiangping City was on defense, and the two sides once again fell into a confrontation on the battlefield.

Then there was another tentative attack. Whether it was Goguryeo attacking Fengtian Army or Fengtian Army attacking Goguryeo, they had little effect because of the opponent's tight defense.

Finally, seeing that it was getting late, both sides had to withdraw their troops and rest.

Xu Kang walked back to his tent irritably. The failure of the plan made him very regretful, and the death of the soldiers made him very sad.

The most important thing is that now he no longer has much hope of defeating Goguryeo.

At this moment, Gong Yinglian whispered: "Someone is looking for you and says there is important information to report."

Xu Kang was stunned. The current intelligence system had been handed over by Cheng Yuanzhi. He was no longer responsible for intelligence collection. Why would intelligence be sent to him? However, he still said: "Let him wait for me in the living room."

Gong Yinglian answered "Yes." and then stepped back.

The person who came was dressed in coarse linen clothes and looked very inconspicuous. This was exactly the standard Xu Kang used when recruiting intelligence officers. He couldn't help but nodded secretly.

The man was not polite and saluted slightly: "See you, Marshal."

"What information do you have?"

"The subordinate's informants in Changli City have received news that the governor of western Liaoning has gathered 13,000 troops in Changli City to attack our Fengtian Army and will set off soon."

Xu Kang was shocked and said, "Is this true?"

"Absolutely true."

"Why tell me?"

"My subordinates are unable to proceed now and cannot find General Xue, so they have to ask the deputy commander for help."

Xu Kang nodded. The General Xue he was talking about was actually Xue Ker, who was left by Cheng Yuanzhi as his adopted daughter and was responsible for gathering intelligence.

Now he and Cheng Yuanzhi are trapped in Xiangping City, causing the intelligence system to be interrupted. As their old superior, he has to face the danger of exposing his identity to contact him.

After receiving the news, Xu Kang did not dare to stay. He immediately found Deng Mao's camp and reported the situation to him truthfully.

After Deng Mao repeatedly confirmed that the news was true, he also took a breath of cold air. Now the Fengtian Army and Goguryeo are inextricably killed. Even if they win, it will be a tragic victory. If the government army takes this opportunity to attack, they really have no defense.

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At that moment, Deng Mao immediately summoned the main generals in each army and informed them of the actual situation one by one.

The generals were shocked, but some also raised doubts.

"Are these soldiers coming to aid us, just like Xuantu County?" Although this idea is too ideal, once it is proposed, the generals can't help but think about it. After all, this is the most beneficial situation for everyone.

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Xu Kang said helplessly: "I'm afraid not. Xuantu County is willing to cooperate with us because they often suffer from Goguryeo and share our sufferings. But Liaoxi County and Goguryeo are not bordering each other. They don't care at all that Goguryeo seems to be strong.

Maybe they hope that after Goguryeo defeats our plunderers, the land will be left to them. In this way, they can restore the land without losing their troops."

When the generals heard this, their faces suddenly became extremely ugly and they said, "Then what should we do?"
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