The next day, after the golden autumn day rose, all the white clouds in the sky were burned into the same color and reflected on the gentle Xichuan. Amid the intense drum sound, Li Xilie faced the dazzling sunshine in the east, squinted his eyes, and looked at the river bank opposite.

Jia Dan, Fan Ze, Gao Yue and Wei Gao were all in large camps. There were isolated horse-rejecting fences on the Gao ground on the shore. Well-made signs were hung on the fences, and wheeled leather chariots were stuffed into key passages. Various flags were swelling in the morning breeze. The cavalry under his command quietly stretched out, with horse heads shaking from time to time and sniffing. The infantry behind him were carrying crossbows, carrying long scepters and long swords, stacking them up and waiting for the battle.

All the ships on Xichuan were also collected in advance by Jia Dan.

It is obvious that it is difficult for Xichuan to get over, let alone meet Feng Youlin.

Seeing this scene, Li Xilie was even more afraid. He sighed, rode on the mule, and said something depressing to Li Yuanping beside him:

"It seems that I was really careless when I first came out of Wuguan to invade the capital. Now my 15,000 Huaining Army children are all trapped in a small area from Wuguan to Neixiang, and there is nowhere to go!"

"Don't do this in the King of Chu. The Caizhou Mule Army has always been famous for its courage to fight. As long as you sacrifice your life and attack, you may not be able to fight a path of blood." Li Yuanping was unwilling to give up.

At this time, Li Xilie laughed over his back, then he pulled the reins and turned around to ask all the gun generals. The teeth generals said, who would force his crossing to Xichuan, attack Jia Dan's fortress, and support the king to escape?

As a result, everyone looked at each other with a look of fear.

So Li Xilie asked again, but no one answered.

At this time, the King of Chu had no choice but to tell Li Yuanping that the morale of the army had become so decayed, and it was really too late to make a comeback!

"King of Chu, should you wait for death? Yuan Ping's three-foot-foot-long life, a scholar, even with the ambition to die. As long as the King of Chu can rush back to Huaixi, there will be a place to make a living. If you give up in front of this Xichuan now, then these 5,000 Huaining children who are used to fighting will be completely destroyed and will be worthless." Although Li Yuanping was short, he also held the horse whip at this time, and his voice and expression were harsh.

"Roar back to Huaixi, rush back to Huaixi..." Li Xilie murmured, then he looked at the iron wall-like Jia Danying Fort across the river, and then his face flashed with a mortal enthusiasm, "Why are you going to go back to Huaixi now? Yuanping, let's just take another bet and take Gucheng."

"Take Gucheng?" Li Yuanping was immediately surprised.

Li Xilie gritted his teeth and said yes, we just went south along it, crossed the estuary of Xichuan and Danshui, broke through Jingzi Pass, and then occupied Gucheng.

As long as you seize Gucheng, you can not only obtain supplies, but also cut off the transportation of the Han River between Xiangyang City and Yun Township, and go to Jinjin. If the official army comes to attack me, I will rely on Jingshan in the south and Wudang in the west. If you advance, you will threaten Xiangyang. If you retreat, you will be the king.

What's more, in the Jingshan area, there are also mountain sheds Li Shuwen and Mo Liuhun tribes who are willing to follow me in Huaixi, and they can also get their guides.

As a result, as soon as Li Xilie said this, the generals of the Huaining Army immediately stopped doing it. They were unwilling to follow this person to Wudang Mountain as bandits, so they all set up mules, and Luo Bai was around Li Xilie, begging him not to act irresistibly, and everyone was willing to protect him back to Huaixi.

At this time, Li Xilie saw that he had the initiative, so he told everyone, "Is this really the case?"

Everyone nodded and said that the fox died at the foot of the hill: We would rather die on the way back to Huaixi than go to Gucheng or Yunxiang to become ghosts from a foreign land.

"Okay, we won't go to Gucheng, but Jia Dan is now on the other side and takes away all the ships, just to force us to cross Xichuan. He wants to attack half a ferry and let us fall into the trap." Li Xilie then pointed the whip north, "We just didn't fulfill his wish, so we walked northward to the Laoshen River. There are boats and the water is shallow, so we can cross it by ourselves and follow the southern foot of Funiu Mountain to Nanyang to meet Feng Youlin. If Jia Dan follows, I will ambush a surprise soldier and wait for an opportunity to defeat them."

After the decision was made, several soldiers from the Huaixi Army carried huge horns, and the people behind them bulged their cheeks and whimpered. Then Li Xilie's flag was raising and began to lead 15,000 mule soldiers to head north.

On this side of the river bank, behind the Muzha in the camp, Jia Dan, Shandong East Road governors Jia Ze, Gao Yue, Wei Gao and others were also closely observing the movements of the Huaining Army opposite.

"My Lords, Li Xilie is going to walk through the Laoshen River. What do you think?" Jia Dan said, twisting his beard and patting the wooden poles of the fence.

"If you cross the Laoshen River, Li Xilie can use Funiu Mountain as a barrier to save a wing of troops to face us. Although our army has the advantage of 30,000 people, it is afraid that it will be impossible to use it." Fan Ze said.

"It's better to cross Xichuan and follow Li Xilie to attack." Wu Xianfu made a suggestion.

"No, Li Xilie has always known the soldiers, and may set up ambushers in the steep places behind the hall." Wei Gao hurriedly dissuaded him, and then he looked at the mountains and rivers and suddenly said, "It's better for us to use strange things to control strange things."

"Oh?" Jia Dan slowly asked this question, waiting for Wei Gao's statement...

Within the next few days, Li Xilie was surprised to find that Jia Dan seemed to be staying in the camp in Xixia Nei Township without any action, and his army had arrived at the shallows of the Laoshen River without any obstacles, and was neither intercepted nor followed.

At this time, Li Xilie looked at the green and purple woods on both sides of the river bank and the storks flying constantly, and his heart was pounding. Out of caution, he sent twenty taunts to ride mules across the clear river and go deep into the opposite bank to explore.

Afterwards, the entire Huaining army rested by the river, and the people and mules buried their heads, making waves of sipping sounds: The water in the Laoshen River is much better than the water in Chang'an City.

Li Xilie and Li Yuanping were both sitting next to a lying stone covered with moss. They were not as relaxed as others. They were always looking at the opposite side of the river bank, waiting for the "reward" of the mule soldiers.

"King of Chu, look!" Li Yuanping stood on the lying stone and pointed his finger at the canyon on the other side with excitement.

There, a stream of fireless blue smoke emerged.

This is the signal from the provocateurs: there is no enemy situation on the land on the other side.

Li Xilie's beating heart finally calmed down, and he held the rock with his hand and stood up. Then he waved his arms to the generals beside him. His voice was filled with excitement, "Cross the river!"

Next, the sound of water was loud, and mule soldiers wade through the Laostork River in groups.

Soon, murderous mule soldiers also surged out from the valley on the bank of the river, catching up with the large army crossing the river.

This was the ambush set up by Li Xilie in the woods on the mountainside. During this period, he never dared to slacken. Every time the barracks rested, they would set up ambush in the steep places, because they were afraid that when Jia Dan's brigade would catch up.

After crossing the Laoshen River completely, all the soldiers of Huaining Army cheered uncontrollable.

Next, Li Yuanping also asked for instructions excitedly: "King of Chu, now head to Jutan City to the east to seize supplies and prepare to meet with General Feng Youlin."
Chapter completed!