Liu Xie stood on the hillside, looking at the Xiliang army forming unhurriedly, feeling uneasy.
He only came out of camp at three o'clock in the morning to form an array, and he was so careless. Are you here to fight or to check in?
It couldn't be that Lao Jia was mistaken, after all, the car overturned not long ago.
Liu Xie thought about it and felt that he still had to rely on himself and could not place all his hopes on Jia Xu.
"What if Li Ying and Li Li delay the attack in the name of attack?"
Yang Xiu and Ding Chong both had headaches and stopped talking.
Yang Feng geared up and took the initiative to ask for a fight. "Your Majesty, why don't you let me go to fight and provoke them? Li Ying is old, but Li Li is young and competitive. Maybe he will be angered."
Liu Xie hesitated for a moment and then rejected Yang Feng's proposal.
Yang Feng was right. Li Ying was experienced and had deployed a sufficient number of cavalry on both wings of the front formation preparing to attack. It would be unrealistic to replicate Guo Wu's formation to kill Li Wei. Instead, he might fall into Li Ying's ambush.
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Even if Yang Feng is brave, it still depends on whether the opponent gives him a chance. If the opponent's general is cautious enough and does not meet them head-on, the opponent's strength advantage will be enough to entangle Yang Feng and create an opportunity for the infantry to encircle him.
"Three armies are easy to obtain, but a general is hard to find." Liu Xie said seriously: "If the general makes a mistake, let alone beheading Li Ying, even if he beheads Li Jue, it is not worth it. No!"
Yang Feng felt happy, and all the worries disappeared.
"Order the soldiers to maintain their positions and not to act rashly."
"Wei." Yang Feng responded loudly, held the long knife on his waist, held his head high and strode away.
"Your Majesty, morale can be used. General Xingyi's plan may be tried." Ding Chong reminded softly. "We are about to run out of food. We really can't afford to delay it."
"Wait a minute, wait a minute." Liu Xie was extremely entangled, suppressing the anxiety in his heart.
He also hoped that Yang Feng would take the initiative to attack, but firstly he was not sure, and secondly he felt that Yang Feng might be testing him, and he might not really want to take the initiative. If he agreed rashly, it might make Yang Feng suspicious.
During the military meeting last night, Yang Feng was not very active.
He had no better choice but to wait.
Guo Wu took the initiative to ask for help. "Your Majesty, I would like to challenge him alone and explore the reality."
Liu Xie thought for a while, then shook his head and rejected it.
Li Li is not Li Shi, so he may not be angered by Guo Wu and send people to fight.
If he doesn't respect martial ethics and fires random arrows, Guo Wu will be dead.
"Guo Wu, hurry up and wait for the opportunity. If Li Ying doesn't attack, we may have to defeat Zhang Xiu and open up the food channel."
Guo Wu nodded and turned around.
Yang Xiu smacked his lips and sighed.
Although Guo Wu is brave, he may not be Zhang Xiu's opponent, and the gap in military strength between the two sides is too big.
If we are really pushed to that point, this battle will be very dangerous.
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It was not until noon that Li Li launched his first attack.
Both sides fired a burst of arrows, and Li Li ordered to retreat.
Yang Feng, who was bent on fighting, shouted angrily and ordered the crossbowmen to stop shooting easily and wasting arrows.
Wait for the Xiliang army to arrive in front of the formation and hack them to death with swords.
But the Xiliang Army did not give Yang Feng such a chance. Even if the Baibo Army did not use an arrow formation to block the attack, they were still unwilling to make contact easily. The closest they got was still fifty steps away.
At first glance, you can tell that there is no sincerity in attacking.
Yang Feng asked for battle several times, and he was very sincere. Liu Xie was also a little moved, but he still held back and decided to wait.
After much thought, he still felt that Jia Xu's analysis made sense.
Li Jue's situation may be even more tense.
Although he was surrounded by a pack of wolves, he still had a position to defend, but Li Jue was on a flat land. Once he was besieged, it would be a disaster.
The situation in front of him may not be what Li Jue himself had in mind.
There are still two or three days of food in the army, so he can hold on for another two days.
Never give up easily until the last moment.
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As the sun set in the west, Li Li Mingjin retreated his troops.
The Xiliang army slowly retreated, and calm returned to the noisy hillside.
There were cheers in the camps up and down the plain. Your Majesty not only held the position for another day, but also scared the wolf-like Xiliang Army from attacking. He is worthy of being blessed by God.
There is hope for the great Han ZTE.
Empress Fushou sent someone to send greetings, and specifically told Liu Xie that Cai Yan had compiled a ballad and taught the children to sing it. At present, people are thinking about the country, their morale is high, and they are all waiting for the news that your Majesty will completely defeat Li Jue.
Listening to the faintly audible singing, Liu Xie was under great pressure and felt inexplicably anxious.
But he still had to be patient and discuss with Yang Feng and the generals what to do if Li Li didn't attack tomorrow.
There are two plans: one is to continue to wait; the other is to try to ambush Zhang Xiu, open up the food channel, and ask Duan Xuan to send another batch of food, even if it can only last for three or five days.
No matter which solution is chosen, it is not an ideal solution and is a helpless choice.
Liu Xie was obviously so anxious that the corners of his mouth were cracked, but he had to instruct the generals to be patient in a serious manner.
"Listen to the songs on the plateau. Your wives and children are all waiting for the news of your victory." Liu Xie handed Yang Feng the lyrics copied by Fu Shou for the generals to read. "People's hearts, morale, and advantages
In me."
Most of the generals had no idea what was going on, and all of them were beaming with joy.
Only Yang Feng and a few others knew the inside story and forced themselves to smile.
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After the military meeting, the generals dispersed.
Liu Xie returned to the back tent, changed his sitting posture, sat cross-legged, and closed his eyes.
His mind was so confused that he couldn't sleep and had to sit for a while to calm himself down.
The map was on the desk in front of him, but he didn't need to look at it.
After repeated discussions over the past few days, the nearby terrain and the deployment of troops on both sides have been engraved in his mind.
He adjusted his breathing, trying to calm himself down, but various images kept flashing through his mind like a revolving lantern.
What if Li Ying and Li Li still don't attack tomorrow?
Can the ambush on Zhang Xiu be successful?
The number of cavalry on both sides is close to three to one. Zhang Xiu is brave, resourceful and cautious. What if he cannot succeed with one blow?
Will Duan Xuan fall out and join forces with Zhang Ji?
Will Yang Ding surrender to Li Jue?
Will Guo Si attack the right wing?
After much deliberation, no plan is safe, and the consequences are disastrous.
Liu Xie suddenly opened his eyes and took a deep breath.
He always felt that he had missed something and couldn't figure it out.
He got up and walked to the case, turned on the light, and looked at the map carefully, looking for any points that might have been missed.
The oil lamp illuminated the map, and the camps of Li Ying and Guo Si were listed one by one, circled by cinnabar pens.
Liu Xie looked back and forth twice, but could not find Li Jue's camp. He was a little strange and wondered if he was hallucinating.
How could there be no Li Jue camp on the map?
He took a closer look and found that Li Jue's camp was right in front of him, but he couldn't see it in the shadow of the lamp.
Li Jue's camp was not surrounded by cinnabar.
Li Jue has 20,000 infantry and cavalry. Taking the initiative to attack Li Jue is tantamount to asking for a short-circuit. No matter how bold a person is, he will not make such a suggestion.
His heart moved, and he unexpectedly remembered Jia Xu's words.
Jia Xu said that Guo Si was still waiting and watching and did not have the courage to strike hard.
There is actually another understanding of this sentence, but he has never realized it before.
Guo Bang wanted to attack Li Jue, but he was not sure of winning.
Because Guo Si only had 10,000 people, while Li Jue had more than 20,000.
In an instant, Liu Xie understood.
Li Jue led a main force of 20,000 troops and was stationed between Guo Si and Yang Ding, holding his troops stationary.
What is he waiting for?
In other words, what is he afraid of?
A bold plan gradually took shape in Liu Xie's mind.
"Come, please bring Yang Xiu, Ding Chong and General Xingyi."