Although the Wei army is advancing all the way, the mentality of the two vanguard officers is completely different.

Xiahou Ba is indomitable, he was under Guo Huai's hands before, depressed, this time Cao Shuang is the commander, Xiahou Xuan is the main general, this is his own people, Xiahou Ba can finally raise his eyebrows and exhale once, and Guo Huai each led an army, no longer under his control, and the mood is quite comfortable.

This attack on Shu is Xiahouba's best opportunity for meritorious service, and it is also a good opportunity to avenge his father's hatred. Xiahou Ba's father, Xiahou Yuan, was beheaded by Liu Bei's general Huang Zhong in Dingjun Mountain in Hanzhong 27 years ago.

The hatred of killing his father is not shared, Xiahou Ba's hatred for the Shu people will not be reduced by half a point over time, for so many years, he has been eager to kill the enemy, and hate his father's blood.

It's a pity that Huang Zhong, the enemy who killed his father, has long since died, and it seems that there are no descendants left, which undoubtedly makes Xiahou Ba angry, so he can only regard Shu people as enemies, and he took the initiative to ask to transfer Yongliang, just to be able to kill more enemies, but the long-cherished wish in his heart.

Not only that, but in fact, Xiahouba's biggest thought is to be able to enter Hanzhong and visit Dingjun Mountain, where his father's bones are buried. Since the First World War of that year, Cao Cao was defeated in Hanzhong, and since then Wei has never had the opportunity to set foot there, and Xiahou Yuan's bones eventually went to a foreign land, which finally made the Xiahou family regret for life.

If Xiahou Ba had the opportunity to visit Dingjun Mountain in person, he would definitely do his best to find the remains of his father Xiahou Yuan and bring them back to his hometown for burial. Even if it is really impossible to find it again, Xiahou Ba also hopes to go to Dingjun Mountain to worship his father and fulfill his long-cherished wish.

With such thoughts, Xiahou Ba is undoubtedly the strongest main battle faction, and he is most eager to conquer Hanzhong as soon as possible and reach the foot of Dingjun Mountain.

It is because Xiahou Ba is also the most active member of the Wei army, if it were not for Guo Huai's desperate struggle, Xiahou Ba would have been able to take on the vanguard of Zhengyin alone.

And Guo Huai has other plans to fight for this pioneer seal.

Guo Huai didn't want to succeed in cutting Shu, he and the Sima family now belong to the same interest group, if Sima Yi fell, Guo Huai's life would not be better.

Don't look at Cao Shuang now relying on Guo Huai very much, let him serve as the pioneer officer of Zhengyin, but Guo Huai knows very well that Cao Shuang's reuse of him does not mean that he can become Cao Shuang's henchman, but that he has the power of Yongzhou's soldiers and horses in his hands, sixty or seventy thousand men and horses, enough to occupy half of the entire Shu army, Cao Shuang has to reuse him, if the Shu can really succeed, Guo Huai thinks that he will not be able to escape the fate of unloading the mill and killing the donkey.

The butt decides the head, since Guo Huai is on the ship of the Sima family, he is destined to share the ups and downs with the Sima family, and he doesn't even have the right to choose.

Since he wants to destroy Cao Shuang's plan to cut down Shu, Guo Huai must do it seamlessly, otherwise after the matter is revealed, the first thing Cao Shuang will cut off is probably his head.

Winning the position of the vanguard is tantamount to winning the initiative for Guo Huai, attacking and retreating, doing whatever he wants, even if he plays some conspiracy methods, it is also very convenient.

The only thing that made Guo Huai unhappy was that Xiahouba and him were on an equal footing this time as a pioneer officer, as the nail planted by the Cao family in Yongzhou, Guo Huai has never been prepared to live in harmony with him, and the relationship between the two has always been very tense.

In the past, Xiahou Ba was his subordinate, Guo Huai could more or less use the power in his hands to restrain him, but now the two are both pioneers, Guo Huai no longer governs him, there is no such a layer of restraint, Guo Huai thinks that Xiahou Ba may be arrogant, and it is likely to destroy his "good deeds".

Guo Huai doesn't have any good ideas now, so he can only adapt to the situation and decide according to the development of the situation.

Although the conditions of the march were extremely harsh, and the non-combat attrition of the army was also high, the Wei army's marching speed was not too slow, and by the ninth day, the Huaishu Pass could already be seen. When you arrive at Huaishu Pass, there will be a right-angle bend of nearly 90 degrees, and the valley road, which was originally a north-south direction, will become an east-west direction, and at this time, it is exactly a day's journey from Fugukou.

Seeing the sunset, Guo Huai ordered the vanguard troops to move forward quickly and rush to Huaishu Pass to rest again.

Huaishu Pass is just a place name, not a pass, but here the canyon bends sharply, it is very dangerous, when Guo Huai led the army forward, he sent scouts, came forward to investigate, if there is a Shu army garrison, and then make a plan.

The scout found out about the situation and came back and said: "General Qiyu, there is a Shu army stationed at Huaishu Pass, and you can't pass it." ”

Guo Huai urgently ordered the army to stop advancing, this place encountered the ambush of the Shu army, it was not a good phenomenon, seeing that it was getting late, Guo Huai ordered the Wei army to temporarily camp and settle down, and wait until after dawn to find out the situation, and then attack.

As soon as Guo Huai's vanguard camp stopped, the Wei army behind was all blocked, and after a while, Xiahou Ba hurried up and said to Guo Huai: "Guo Tingshi, what's the matter, why don't your men and horses move?" ”

Guo Huai said: "I found that there is an army of Shu people stationed in the front, and I can't pass for the time being." ”

Xiahouba was excited when he heard it, he has been trying to find the army of the Shu people to fight in the past few years, but unfortunately the Shu army has cowered in Hanzhong and has not come out, Xiahouba is also helpless, and now the Wei army is cutting down Shu, and it is normal to encounter the Shu army.

Originally, Xiahou Ba thought that only when he got out of Fu Valley would he encounter the Shu army, but he didn't expect that there was still a Shu army stationed on this halfway, and it seemed that this battle was already like an arrow on the string, and it had to be fought.

Xiahou said domineeringly: "That's right, you can use this Shu army to open the knife, and I don't know how many Shu troops are stationed in front?" ”

"About a thousand people." Guo Huai sent out more than one scout, the first way to find out that there was a Shu army guarded by the first way to report first, the second way of scouts is to find out in detail the number of Shu troops and the deployment of the situation.

When Xiahou Ba heard this, his eyes immediately lit up, as if more than 1,000 people were the dishes that came to his mouth, and he said happily: "Then what are you waiting for, there are only a thousand people, and it will be destroyed!" ”

Guo Huai snorted coldly and said, "The enemy situation is unknown, how can you act rashly?" The terrain of Huaishu Pass is dangerous, if the Shu army refuses to defend it with danger, even if there are only about a thousand people, it may not be able to take it lightly. ”

Xiahou Ba said dissatisfiedly: "How can I know if I don't investigate, I want to go and see in person how this locust tree is in danger?" The latest chapter of "The Last Three Kingdoms 2: Xingwei Claw Book House" is free to read for the first time.