Outside the city of Dingyuan, people from all walks of life from Jianghuai and Jiangdong gathered, among them, the strength of the Jianghuai army was the strongest.

Du Fuwei personally led the troops to come, and they were the main force of the Jianghuai army, and they were bound to destroy the Xu Shiji soldiers and horses of the southern expedition.

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

In addition, Zhang Shan'an, Wang Hua, Wenren Sui'an, and Shen Faxing also led troops to help, with a small number of 20,000 or 30,000 troops, and a large number of 50,000 or 60,000, combined together, close to 300,000 soldiers and horses, twice as many as Xu Shiji's men and horses.

After several days of attack, Dingyuan City was breached, and there were 10,000 Dahua soldiers left in the city, all of whom were killed, but they also caused great casualties to the Jianghuai army for several days, at least 40,000 casualties, and the besieging side was destined to sacrifice more.

"Father-in-law, Xu Shiji is not in the city, he has fled to Zhongli City, where it is said that he has built a trench and a defensive fortress, preparing to fight to the death with my Jianghuai army!" Wang Xiong said.

"Very good, I'm not afraid that he will stop, just worry that he will run around, I will be 300,000, and a frontal fight can crush them, if you follow the race, the 300,000 army will supply ten problems." When Du Fuwei heard this, he smiled heartily, and his understanding of the situation was still very accurate.

"Manager Du, next, let's take advantage of the victory and pursue!" Zhang Shan'an walked over, dressed in armor, about forty years old, with a medium build, beard, deep eyes, and he didn't look like a good stubble.

"Well, without further ado, if we eliminate this Dahua army as soon as possible, we can make the imperial court accept the situation of dividing the river and the north and the south, otherwise when the imperial court sends troops again, we have to resist, and it will be more difficult."

"Exactly!" Zhang Shan'an, Shen Faxing and others also knew very well that the soldiers and horses they were gathering now were already the strongest, but the imperial court could continue to recruit troops from all over the north, and when more and more soldiers and horses went south, they would not be able to resist.

Taking advantage of this advantage, the morale was great, and it happened to kill the past in one go, and the annihilation of Xu Shiji's troops was equivalent to giving the northern court a dismount, and then he had the right to negotiate.

Wang Xiongdan arched his hand and said: "Father-in-law, 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 army and kill them first, causing trouble to Xu Shiji, so that they cannot build fortifications in a stable manner, and when the father-in-law leads the army to arrive, it is the time to annihilate them in one fell swoop!" ”

"It's okay, go along with the way of using soldiers!" Du Fuwei nodded, agreed to this Yizi's proposal, and continued: "You will take your own headquarters and horses, 40,000 people, to kill Zhongli City first, cut off the route of Xu Shiji's men and horses to retreat east to Huainan County, and then wait for our army to arrive, come to catch turtles in an urn." ”

A strategist offered advice: "Chief, Xu Shiji's army of 100,000 is short of food and grass, if we trap them for a month and don't attack, we can trap them, which can reduce our casualties." ”

Du Fuwei shook his head and said: "According to the scouts, Xu Shiji sent people in Zhongli County to search for food everywhere, gathered many people outside the city into the city, and took away half of their rations, which can last at least a month, but we have to trap them for a month, during this time, it is difficult to ensure that the imperial court does not send troops to the south for reinforcements, and when the time comes, the enemy will be attacked on the back, but it will be unfavorable to us, so we still have to fight quickly!" ”

Wang Hua said on the side: "Yes, it is imperative to pursue and destroy the Chinese army by taking advantage of the victory!" ”

Shen Faxing also agreed: "You can't miss this good situation, cutting off Xu Shiji's back road, Huaishui is occupied by Jianghuai Water Division, which is very rare!" ”

These leaders have the same opinion, and they all feel that they should attack quickly, focusing on annihilation, and they can't leave Xu Shiji a chance to breathe, so as not to have many dreams at night.

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

Wang Xiongdan thought that this Dahua army was like a lost dog, and it was being deployed in Zhongli City, but he never thought that he would set up an ambush outside.

This is also a kind of contempt for Xu Shiji psychologically on Wang Xiongdan, who has never heard of this person's achievements, was exceptionally enabled by the imperial court, and lost again in Jianghuai, so the Jianghuai army regarded Xu Shiji as a wine bag and rice bag, and never thought that he would use soldiers, and had the courage to send people to ambush on the way.

"Careless." Wang Xiongdan led the army over, although he also sent scouts out to explore the way, but he didn't take it seriously, so the army advanced rapidly, and the scouts in front of him waved a banner and said that there was no problem, so they directly and quickly passed the road under the mountain.

In retrospect, that scout had a problem.

Woohoo!

Countless arrows shot out from the mountains and forests, attacking this elite army of soldiers and horses, some sharp logs and stones also fell from the heights, and fishing nets, torches, etc. were constantly thrown, causing great trouble to the Jianghuai soldiers below.

Many of the soldiers were unable to dodge, had no shields, and were killed and wounded by cold arrows.

"Break out quickly!"

Wang Xiongtan saw that the situation was not good, and immediately ordered a retreat, but the circuit had been blocked by a group of soldiers and horses, spears like forests, shields like walls, Wang Junkuo held a big knife, and led the troops to block the back road.

"Kill—"

Wang Xiongdan commanded the soldiers and horses to rush and kill, and wanted to break through.

At the same time, an ambush was also killed from the mountains and forests, the Huai army.

"Kill!"

In this area, the soldiers and horses poured out from all directions, which dealt a blow to the morale of the Jianghuai army.

Soon, there were signs of collapse of the Jianghuai army, and most of the soldiers fled in all directions, trying to escape through the woods, but there were still ambushes inside, harvesting the lives of Jianghuai deserters and stragglers.

"Dangdang!"

Wang Xiongdan and Wang Junkuo rode together, and the battle between the two kings, although they had the same surname, they were all brave generals, and the battle was extremely fierce.

The Jianghuai army temporarily lost the command of the main general, like a plate of scattered sand, and Wei Yijie was in another port, commanding the army to shrink the encirclement and exterminate the Jianghuai soldiers.

In the ancient battlefield, without orders, it was difficult to form an overall combat force after the soldiers were scattered, and it was easy to be cut and scattered, and they fought separately and were quickly defeated.

This is the case here, tens of thousands of Jianghuai troops are suppressed on one side, and the resistance is powerless.

"Don't fight, rush out!" Wang Xiongdan was so anxious that he ordered the lieutenants and generals not far away, and led the troops to continue to break through.

After an hour of fighting, Wang Xiong resisted stubbornly, and finally led his troops out of the encirclement, but his left shoulder was slashed, and the injury was not light, and he fled to the direction of Dingyuan City with thousands of remnants.