On Hu Tian's side, since receiving Zhou Tong's official letter, he immediately organized an army of 3,000 to go north and quickly controlled the two mountain passes in Shannan. With the continuous arrival of various armies later, the number of troops he had gathered in a place in Shannan had reached 6,000. All along, he was thinking about going further, hoping to move the camp to the north of the mountain. It's just that because the enemy struck first, he had to put this idea aside for the time being.

As soon as the sky was dark, Hu Tian had already begun to inspect. Although there are two exits in Shannan, he basically stays in the west side, mainly because this side is the main passage, and the army moves more often on this side.

And the exit to the east, where there are 2,000 troops, is enough to defend.

This exit to the west is located in the valley of the Reverse River. Two valleys came down from the north, and when they arrived here, they converged, and Hu Tian's camp was set up at the confluence of these two valleys. In addition, in both valleys, sentry posts were set up to monitor the movements of enemy troops in the north.

On the top of the hill on both sides of the camp, troops were also arranged for auxiliary purposes. In this way, if the enemy is attacked from the north, it will be able to detect it in time. At the same time, the soldiers and horses in the river valley and on the top of the mountain can also support each other.

Early in the morning, the fog in the valley was not small, and it was impossible to see the distance. After looking at it and finding nothing abnormal, Hu Tian was ready to go back to the camp to think about how to break the enemy.

And at this moment, his own soldiers ran over and reported: "General Qiyu, a few people have come from the valley in the east, saying that they are the brothers of our Huashan Army, but they have come to see the general on the order of General Long Xiang!" ”

"Oh? Why did the people sent by General Zhou come from here? It's not the enemy pretending! Bring it over and take a look! Hearing this, Hu Tian couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then said.

Soon, several soldiers wearing the uniforms of the Huashan Army were brought over.

"General Hu, General Zhou has a letter here, please take a look at it!" Several people saw Hu Tian and said after saluting.

"Oh? Show me it! Hu Tian looked at a few people, and then took the letter.

Hu Tian was still very familiar with Zhou Tong's notes, so as soon as he saw this letter, the doubt in his heart disappeared. In addition, several people have arrows on their bodies, and it is unlikely that they will be faked, unless Zhou Tong and them are defeated.

But in that case, the enemy doesn't have to do this, and he can directly bypass the east of Yuanwei County, and can't he directly hit behind him!

It's no wonder that Hu Tian has these worries, it's really because Huashan Jun himself often engages in this set, and it can be said that he knows that it is thrilling.

"Unexpectedly, General Zhou and they made this risky move. However, there are often surprising results under the dangerous moves. Now that we have taken the northern mountain pass, it is a great benefit for our army! You go back immediately, tell the two generals Zhou and Peng, and say that I will send troops over immediately! Hu Tian put away the letter and said to a few people.

"Yes, my subordinates will go back immediately to report to General Peng!" After a few people saluted, they hurriedly returned to Shanbei.

"Someone! The order went down, and ordered 3,000 men and horses to go north immediately, and after rushing to the north of the mountain, listen to the command of General Peng! The rest of the 1,000 men and horses will immediately follow me north along the river and take the mountain pass! Hu Tian immediately ordered.

Soon, the brigade of soldiers and horses was in action, and the camp in the entire valley soon disappeared. Not long after, the army of four thousand divided into two parts and headed north along the valley.

Since the mountain pass to the east was the first line of defense against Zhang Ju's army, it was necessary to deploy heavy troops. The mountain pass to the west was the second line of defense, and a thousand troops were sufficient.

After the two mountain passes were captured, the road between Jincheng County and Gulangxia Pass was unimpeded. In this way, Sun Tie and the others on the side of Gulangxia Pass can also get the support of Jincheng County, and it will naturally be much easier to deal with the crazy attacking Guzang soldiers and horses.

On Zhang Ju's side, when the sky was just dawning, the scouts sent out finally discovered Zhou Tong's traces.

"You mean, Zhou Tong and they led their army to the west of the mountain pass?" Zhang Ju, who heard the news, his face was about to turn the color of pig liver, and his whole person looked like a volcano about to erupt.

"Judging from the news of the small investigation, it is indeed true! The other party should have gone west first, then turned north, and then went south from the north to our military camp stationed at the mountain pass. The scout replied.

Since he knew that Zhou Tong and they had disappeared, Zhang Ju ordered all the armies to immediately return to their original camp and assemble. Therefore, at this time, in the big tent of the Chinese army, basically all the generals have arrived.

Hearing the news, everyone was silent, because there was no need to say anything, everyone knew what the news meant. looked at Zhang Ju above, and no one dared to touch his moldy head at this time, after all, this time he was played by Zhou Tong and them.

"Immediately order the cavalry, rush to the mountain pass at full speed, and you must take the mountain pass back for me! Ordered the army to immediately pull out the camp and rush to the outside of the mountain pass as quickly as possible, this general wants to let Zhou Tong and none of them survive! Zhang Ju was silent for a long time, and finally said almost through gritted teeth.

There is no better way for everyone to do it, and in this situation, such a practice should be the most normal. If the mountain pass is really recaptured, it will be a good thing for everyone, otherwise, everyone will have to think about what will happen next.

Zhang Ju's army set up camp and slaughtered towards the mountain pass, which was soon discovered by the scouts sent by Zhou Tong. The fast horse immediately returned to the urgent report and Peng Lin, who was left behind, and Peng Lin sent someone to inform the army to speed up.

On the other hand, it is to lead everyone to immediately build a barrier to block the enemy's attack. Especially for the attack of the enemy's cavalry, you must make good arrangements, otherwise you will not be able to hold this place, and it may lead to heavy casualties on your side.

After all, Shannan was closer to Shanbei, and the three thousand men and horses sent by Hu Tian passed through the valley in more than an hour and joined Peng Lin and them. At this point, things are gradually becoming clear, and the next thing to do is to face Zhang Ju's crazy counterattack and hold this place to the death.

"Listen up, everybody! Zhang Ju still has 20,000 troops in the east, surrounded by us. Our place is the main way for them to return to Wuwei, and they will inevitably storm here in order to go back! We made a cage, but instead of a sparrow, it was a tiger! If the tiger is in a cage, he will not stay honest! We are about to face the crazy bite of the tiger, everyone must cheer up! In any case, we have to press this tiger in a cage, do you understand? Before the battle, Peng Lin stood on a high ground and shouted to the surrounding soldiers.

"Got it! Never let the tiger out! When they heard this parable, they all laughed and answered in unison.

Seeing that everyone's will to fight was very high, Peng Lin was very satisfied, and after nodding, he immediately sent someone to the north to inform Zhou Tong of them.

Zhang Ju's cavalry moved very fast, after all, this time Zhang Ju gave the order to die. Originally, before the war, I had to save horsepower and keep the energy of the war horse until the time of the war, but at this time, I can't manage so much!

There was a distance of about 100 miles from Yuanwei County to the mountain pass, and at the speed of war horses, Zhang Ju's 5,000 cavalry spent nearly an hour to kill outside the mountain pass.

However, at this time, Peng Lin and the others had already taken advantage of the mountainous terrain here and some facilities left by the early enemy to build a barrier.

Especially on the east side of the barrier, a series of criss-crossing earth ditches have been dug, and many of the ditches have even buried some sharp wood at the bottom. These things made the Liangzhou cavalry who arrived first a little frightened.

For this reason, it was impossible for the cavalry to charge directly under the barrier. They had to dismount and find a way to fill in the ravines.

The mountain pass on which they were located was oriented northeastward, in the shape of a small trumpet. Behind them was the road that led to the mountain pass to the west. The topography of this pass is very advantageous to them.

Beyond the pass, there are mountains jutting out from the north and south. It was like two arms, just hugging the small flat land at the mouth of the valley in the middle, and the difference between the two opposite mountains was about three miles.

Peng Lin and the others connected the two peaks according to this topography. And on the two not too high slopes, a part of the troops were arranged, thinking that they would support the frontal defenders, and they formed horns with each other.

In this way, when the enemy wanted to fill in the tunnels so that the cavalry could pass through quickly, arrows would come from the hills on both sides to block their movements.

Although it is impossible to cover all the places ahead, the places at the foot of the two mountains cannot be approached by the enemy.

In this case, the only thing the other party can do is to clean the tunnel closer to them. And the closer they got to the barrier, there was nothing they could do.

It was precisely because of this that Zhang Ju's idea of using the strong combat power of the cavalry to arrive first and recapture the mountain pass was completely shattered.

Zhang Ju's army arrived that night, a day later than the cavalry. When he saw everything in front of him, there was nothing to do on his side, and the cavalry general who led the troops in a fit of anger was cut down.

Then, he personally supervised the army and ordered an overnight attack on Penryn and them. Tens of thousands of troops rushed up violently, and for a while, Peng Lin's pressure increased.

Fortunately, Zhang Ju's army came quickly, and he didn't carry any large equipment, otherwise, it would be difficult to hold this barrier.