It is said that with Li Xiaozhong's proficiency in martial arts and the ability to lead troops, it is not difficult for the Northwest Frontier Court to rely on his ability to fight for an official position when there are frequent wars and it is precisely when he is employing people in the army, but the reason why he is willing to lead the righteous and brave to serve the country when there is a strong invasion, and he did not join the army is also because he usually likes to make friends with heroes in the rivers and lakes, and has a ranger spirit.

But this time, Xiao Tang and Xiao Renxia, who are also well-known in the rivers and lakes, sincerely invited, which also made Li Xiaozhong can't help but be moved, and at this time, Niu Gao also said helpfully: "Brother Li, I respect you are also a good man who is extravagant, and now that our Great Song Dynasty is at war with the Xia thief, you have the ability to fight for a big career, not to mention that there are many brothers in the army who live and die together, and contribute to the country, but they are not happy?" ”

Because Niu Gao took the lead in commanding hundreds of strong horsemen to raid the enemy formation, and solved the urgent need of the dock wall here, Li Xiaozhong admired and thanked him for a while, he thought about it for a while, and then said to Xiao Tang: "Meng Xiao Renxia is promoted, the man's ability to sell to know the goods, and he can fight side by side with Kai, which can be regarded as a return to his wish!" What's more, if there is no Xiao Renxia to help, the lives of the younger brother and more than a thousand brothers are afraid to be here, we will all hand over this blood to Yu Kai, and the pioneer killed Xia Bing, and has repaid the great kindness! ”

Since he decided to fight with the official army and the Xia army first, whether to join the army or not at that time, Li Xiaozhong can also see the opportunity to make a decision when he thinks about it. At this time, Liu Zhongwu, Liu Qi, Wu Jue, Yao Pingzhong, Xiao Jiasui, Xu Guanzhong, Wang Jin, Hua Rong and other military commanders and subordinate brothers also arrived in the main hall.

Xiao Tang took the lead and said: "Generals, the Xia army now occupies Xiao Pass, controlling the choke point, the enemy army covets the hinterland of the pass, the door of Xiao Pass is wide open, the Xia army can drive straight in, and it will also cut off the logistics supply of the Song army on the west road. ”

At present, in the army, Liu Zhongwu, who is second only to Xiao Tang in terms of official dispatch and authority in the army, frowned slightly, and said: "Although the terrain around Xiao Pass is not a cliff, it is also steep and majestic. Located on the defensive zone over there, the surrounding Wating Fengsui is located on the edge of the eastern foothills of Liupan Mountain, and it is also an important barrier around Xiaoguan. The Xia army was able to capture Xiao Pass with a lightning raid, presumably there must be good generals in the army who are good at scheduling and planning, and now they want to recapture Xiao Pass... If you want to attack by force, the casualties will inevitably be small. ”

Yao Pingzhong also nodded on the side, and said in a deep voice: "To the north of Xiaoguan, there are soldiers and horses under the jurisdiction of the Xia State Weizhou Jingsai Military Division and the Xishou Baotai Military Division, and the east road is the Hengshan dangerous place that the Xia State has been fighting on...... At present, although our department has newly added 3,000 soldiers and horses under the command of the last general, more than 20,000 people have attacked the dangerous place of Xiaoguan, and I don't know when the Xia Kingdom in the north will increase its troops here, and how to recapture the pass with minimal casualties must also be considered in the long run. ”

The generals in the main hall expressed their opinions according to Liu Zhongwu and Yao Pingzhong's words, and plans such as luring the enemy out of the customs were proposed, which were immediately rejected after deliberation by their colleagues, and Xiao Tang did not interject, but quietly watched the officers and generals present to plan and discuss.

Now although Xiao Tang is in charge of the military power of this army, his experience in Yu Wentao's military strategy and advice is shallower than that of Liu Zhongwu, and even Yao Pingzhong and Wu Jue, who were born in the Western Army and have been killed in the national war for a long time. Xiao Tang also consciously wanted them to participate in the discussion of the battle-hardened generals expressing their opinions and calculating strategies. Knowing everything and saying everything, so as to quickly improve their command ability in a larger-scale war.

After all, the level of war that Xiao Tang is facing now is by no means comparable to the scale of the war in which the green forest heroes of the roaring mountains and forests lead the soldiers and horses to attack a state and a capital.

However, the two armies are better at attacking Yang's plot than conspiratory, and in more cases, the prerequisite for winning is that they have objective factors that can be guided by the situation. In real wars, it is extremely rare for a ghost strategist to suddenly pop up in many romance commentaries to strategize and turn the tide of the war immediately in just a few words. The current situation is that the soldiers and horses of the Xia State occupy the key point of Xiao Pass, and if there is no good way to tackle the key points, then Xiao Tang has to lead his soldiers and horses to forcibly recapture the pass, even if the casualties are bound to be very heavy, but because the military geographical location of Xiao Pass is too important, some of the tragic battles that know that a large number of sons and daughters under his command will be filled, and the commander of the unified army must also implement it without hesitation.

But I don't know who in the Xia army decided to lure the Song army on the west road to go deeper, and then attack with heavy troops, and then immediately launch a counterattack against the Song army to seize Xiao Pass......

Xiao Tang thought to himself in his heart, he thought of the enemy generals such as Renduo Yili and Wuzang Guluo that he had encountered in the previous battles with the Xia State, I am afraid that those Xia army generals are too far away from each other in terms of their military ability to make plans and dispatch troops and horses compared to the fierce enemy they have not yet met.

The military discussion fell into a stalemate for a while, Rao is Xu Guanzhong, Xiao Jiasui is clever and clever, Liu Zhongwu, Yao Pingzhong, and Wu Jue have been in battle for a long time, but north of Xiao Pass is the border of Xia State, and the enemy army has no reinforcements, grain and grass, and lack of supplies.

At this time, Li Xiaozhong saw that the generals present were discussing, and he immediately thought in his heart: Now that I am acting under Xiao Renxia's account, I have not seen the size of the merit, and I am also about to fight for some merit in front of the generals and righteous soldiers, and I also have face, since Xiao Renxia and these generals have no good strategy to recapture Xiao Pass for a while, if I don't show my ability at this time, when will I wait?

Li Xiaozhong thought in his heart, immediately stood up, and said to Xiao Tang: "Xiao Ren... Xiao Jieshuai, although there are three beacons built on the commanding heights around Xiao Pass, which can echo each other from afar, and can overlook the below, it is very difficult to attack by leaning on the mountain wall, but the younger brother is familiar with the surrounding terrain, the west mountain range, the valley deep through a few miles can lead to the rear of the two watting beacons on the side of Xiao Pass, although the mountain is relatively steep, but it can also climb over, not to mention the dense trees between the wild mountains, the summer thief must not know the terrain, do not set up a weapon to guard, the younger brother is willing to lead his son Lang to climb the cliff wall and detour to the rear of the surprise attack to take down the two beacons on the edge of Xiao Pass, First fold some of the enemy's soldiers and horses, and also teach the summer thieves not to care about each other. ”

As soon as Li Xiaozhong said a word, the voices of everyone present gradually slowed down, and they all looked at him. And Xiao Tang also knew that Xiao Pass was not an independent fortress, and the Fengsui Walled City built around it also formed a complete defense system, if he could surprise and capture one or two defensive positions around, it was also possible to take the flank foothills to launch an offensive against Xiao Pass.

But at this moment, a voice sounded slowly: "If it is just a surprise and dangerous peak, go back to the rear of the enemy army to attack...... It is also very inappropriate. ”