Li Xingchen considered and said: "If Cao Xiaoda is really like this, then I should be honored that he can choose you as his opponent?"
Pei Zilie looked at Cao Xiaoda, who was arrayed in front, and whispered: "Look at Cao Xiaoda's military formation, there has never been any bias, which shows that all this should be within Cao Xiaoda's expectation. It can even be said that Cao Xiaoda had already planned it before he attacked.
He thought that we would rush over soon to block his retreat, so not only he himself, but also Xiangyang City was ready to respond, and all arrangements were made with the purpose of blocking us."
"We don't have enough troops. Once Cao Xiaoda relies on the city to form an array, we won't be able to rush forward." Li Xingchen nodded, "You are right, Sir. Cao Xiaoda's goal this time is very clear. He obviously wants to repel the general.
, at least let the general withdraw from the battlefield, but having said that, doing so is not without benefit to us, at least it can make the current battle situation outside Xiangyang City more 'balanced'."
"Balance?" Pei Zilie chewed on these two words.
Indeed, at least from Cao Xiaoda's point of view, the current situation under Xiangyang City is indeed a bit unbalanced. Although Li Xinchen has the courage to directly face Xiao Mohe and open up the battle, after all, it is not Li Xinchen's main force on the south bank of Mianshui River. There are only
It's just half the strength. In comparison, Xiao Mohe does have too many advantages over Li Xinchen, so the final outcome should be that Li Xinchen has to give in.
Xiao Mohe attacked Xiangyang and Li Xingchen captured Fancheng. This was naturally a good outcome for onlookers. Obviously Cao Xiaoda had to prevent this outcome from happening, so the best way was to appropriately weaken Xiao Mohe's power.
As a result, Xiao Mohe could only form the current stalemate with Li Xingchen under Xiangyang City. In this way, both parties had only two options left, one was to take a step back, and the other was to fight. No matter which one it was, it was obviously difficult for the defenders in Xiangyang City.
It is beneficial to the military.
In fact, what Cao Xiaoda did was to replicate what Li Xingchen did to the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Li Xingchen and Xiao Mohe are now under Xiangyang City. Cao Xiaoda obviously wants them to become Yang Jian and Yu Wenxian of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
If Li Xingchen and Xiao Mohe can fight inextricably, it will be better. Xiangyang City may be able to see each other for a longer time. Otherwise, under the outflanking of these two guys, Cao Xiaoda does not have much hope that he can defend the city.
confidence.
Li Xingchen said coldly: "No matter what Cao Xiaoda is thinking, this Xiangyang City can only belong to a certain person. Send an order to withdraw the troops!"
After a pause, Li Xingchen then ordered Li Ping behind him: "Gather the guards, let's go visit Chun Yuliang."
Pei Zilie was startled for a moment. Everyone already knew the relationship between Li Xinchen and Chun Yuliang, but at least Li Xinchen had not explicitly gone to meet Chun Yuliang before. It can also be said that this was the last relationship between Li Xinchen and Xiao Mohe.
Maintaining a tacit understanding, if Li Xingchen blatantly poached others, Xiao Mohe would definitely not be able to bear it.
Noticing the change in Pei Zilie's expression, Li Xingchen said in a deep voice: "Originally, I had to think about the general, but after tonight's battle, the general will no longer be able to attack Xiangyang City in a short time. At this time, I need to express my attitude in a sincere manner, so
I have one station in the east of the city and one in the west, which is enough to form a semi-encirclement of Xiangyang City. The general should also know what to choose next."
"Okay, I'll keep an eye on this." Pei Zilie nodded solemnly.
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Cao Xiaoda was not as relaxed as Li Xingchen and Pei Zilie imagined at this time. Xiao Mohe's counterattack came quickly. Obviously, for a general like Xiao Mohe who was used to suppressing the enemy after the war started, he was suddenly attacked and attacked.
It can be said that the breakthrough is also a shame for Xiao Maha.
He must take revenge for this loss. Xiao Mohe personally led the vanguard to rush forward. However, the arrows on Xiangyang City were raining down like dense rain, successfully intercepting Xiao Mohe's advance. Yuchishun, who came out of the city to support him, led his army to outflank him.
On Xiao Mohe's flank, before Ren Zhong and Lu Guangda's troops could catch up, Xiao Mohe had no way to advance rashly and could only retreat in a hurry.
In this way, tonight's melee finally came to an end. Although Xiao Mohe had been prepared for a long time, he still paid a heavy price. Of course, Cao Xiaoda did not achieve his goal of defeating Xiao Mohe. Even Xiao Mohe
Cao Xiaoda's counterattack almost put Cao Xiaoda in danger. If Yuchishun hadn't arrived in time to support him, Cao Xiaoda would have paid a heavy price to repel Xiao Mohe.
But when the final result turned out like this, Cao Xiaoda, instead of feeling regretful, secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Yu Chishun also walked over quickly. The major general's face was at least much better than before.
If Cao Xiaoda really had to choose, he actually didn't want to attack tonight. After all, Li Xingchen and Xiao Mohe were not easy to deal with. Even if their attention fell more on each other, they would not give up on each other.
Xiangyang City should be vigilant. After all, their real enemies are the Zhou people in Xiangyang City.
Therefore, it is almost reasonable that Li Xingchen and Xiao Mohe would be on guard. This is why Cao Xiaoda would choose one side as the target of the attack from the beginning. With the troops and horses of the Northern Zhou army capable of launching night attacks, they could break through a line of defense.
It's already thank God, not to mention completely messing up the entire battlefield.
After all, Li Xingchen and Xiao Mohe had obviously anticipated this situation when arranging their troops before. The people in front were not their own troops. Whether it was Chen Zhishen or Lu Guangda, they were both capable of fighting and daring to sacrifice.
Well, if a fight really breaks out, the two sides are more likely to fall into a stalemate.
Therefore, although it was a night attack, Cao Xiaoda acted very conservatively. When he discovered that Xiao Mohe had begun to organize a counterattack, Cao Xiaoda decisively withdrew his troops and finally successfully withdrew into the shelter of Xiangyang City. He did not intend to take the opportunity to start an attack on the city.
Under the circumstances, Xiao Mohe obviously couldn't do anything to Cao Xiaoda.
Of course, for Cao Xiaoda, in addition to weakening Xiao Mohe so that Xiao Mohe can be on par with Li Xingchen, there is also a more important reason, which is the relationship between the generals in Xiangyang City, or to be more precise,
The relationship between brothers Cao Xiaoda and Yuchi.
In any case, the commander-in-chief of Xiangyang City is Yuchi Kuan, and Cao Xiaoda is just his deputy. However, in the previous situation, Cao Xiaoda was in control of the entire Xiangyang City, even including the mobilization of soldiers, horses, food and grass in Xiangyang City. The Yuchi brothers all obeyed Cao Xiaoda.
, especially after the disastrous defeat in the last Battle of Tanxi, the prestige of the Yuchi brothers among the defenders in the city was obviously affected.
Yuchikuan and Yuchishun must have also noticed this problem, so Cao Xiaoda clearly felt that these two people had become somewhat at odds with him in recent times, and some of the Yuchi family's trusted generals also acted in a somewhat overt and covert manner when accepting orders. (