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Time in all kinds of complicated world affairs, slowly entered the end of the twentieth century.

On the surface, Hexi is immersed in the festive atmosphere as in previous years, but in fact, he is secretly ready to raid Xiaoguan.

On the same day, after adopting Cui Hao's strategy of attacking Qin, assisting Yan, and Guanjin, Wei Shuo ordered to seek Xiaoguan and Anding County.

Zuo Sima Wang Zhenwei was ordered to sit in Gaoping City (now Guyuan), control Huan Zhen, Xue Tong and other generals, and be responsible for the command of the war.

Gaoping City originally belonged to the Xianbei Duolan Department, located in the valley of Gaopingchuan (now Qingshui River), and is now under the jurisdiction of Beidi County of Shuozhou.

Cross Gaoping City and go southeast, you will enter the Xiaoguan Ancient Road, and then continue to go deeper into the Wating Gorge and Xiaoguan.

At noon that day, a team of scouts broke into Gaoping City and brought Wang Zhenwei the latest military information on the front line of Xiaoguan.

Xiao Pass, located in the southeast of Gaoping City, was the northwest barrier to resist the invasion of nomads in the Qin and Han dynasties.

During the Qin and Han dynasties, Guxiao Pass was also known as Wating Pass and Wating City.

Its north is Yiwating Gorge, by the mountains and rivers, the peaks are arched, the four reach the crossing, it is the main place to use the soldiers.

And Wating Gorge is a huge canyon that traverses Liupan Mountain.

Although it is not a cliff, it is steep and majestic, and it is a narrow strip of land that is difficult for military horses to cross.

Beyond the Wating Gorge is a rolling hilly slope that rises to the east.

In addition to building the Great Wall Pass in the dangerous terrain of the canyon, the Qin people also built a tile pavilion city by leaning on the mountain.

As a result, a complete defense system combining points and lines was formed, and Wating City was located in the center of the entire defense belt.

Since ancient times, it has been known as the "Iron Tile Pavilion", which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

It is precisely for this reason that the recovery of Xiaoguan is a crucial first step in the plan for Hexi to enter Guanzhong.

For several years, Hexi and Later Qin were bounded by Xiaoguan, the north belonged to Hexi, and the south belonged to Later Qin.

This division of spheres of influence has long been a tacit agreement between the two sides and has been recognized by both sides.

However, today, in order to realize the eastward expansion strategy, Hexi will forcibly break this tacit understanding and win the opportunity to seize Guanzhong in the future.

According to the scouts, Hou Qin relied on the Great Wall and Wating City to strictly defend the Xiao Pass, and beware of crossing the Xiao Pass in Hexi.

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To the east of Gaoping City, there is an inconspicuous courtyard, and the surrounding streets are heavily guarded and full of patrolling soldiers.

In the room, a huge map hung on the wall, and Wang Zhen was discussing the military situation with Huan Zhen, Xue Tong, Li Xun and other generals.

As early as a few days ago, everyone had received a secret report from the scouts and learned that Yao Shuode had led the elite of Longxi back to Wuguan.

Seeing that the time was ripe for a raid on Xiaoguan and stability, Wang Zhenwei immediately made a decision and personally led 6,000 horsemen to secretly infiltrate Gaoping.

At the same time, the Military Division ordered 10,000 infantry cavalry to be stationed in Beidi County, ready to go south to support at any time.

Obviously, Hexi wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to control Xiaoguan in one fell swoop and form an offensive against Chang'an in the direction of Anding County.

At this time, Wang Zhenwei was holding a wooden pole in his hand, pointing to the important places on the map, and introducing the situation of Xiaoguan and Anding County to everyone.

"Although Yao Chang is very shameless, and he may not be as powerful as Yao Shuode in battle, he has a very strategic vision."

"The rise of the Later Qin Dynasty depends on Yao Chang's stability as the foundation, and finally took the land in Guanzhong."

"In view of the importance of stability, after the establishment of Later Qin, it was the head of its military towns, and the clan has always served as the town general."

"At present, Anding Town will be Yao Xian, and he will lead more than 10,000 people with General Zhendong of Later Qin and Yang Fosong, the assassin of Yongzhou."

"Among them, there are more than 3,000 people stationed in Xiaoguan, and the rest of the people are distributed in Anding County."

"Isn't stability at your fingertips?" Huan Zhen's eyes lit up.

Wang Zhenwei smiled slightly: "That's pretty much it, due to the weakening of Hou Qin's strength, there are many places that need to be defended. ”

"Even if you know that Xiaoguan and stability are very important, you can't send more troops to garrison it."

"In the past, the Anding garrison could still echo each other with the Yongcheng garrison."

"Now that the elite of Longxi is still in the east, only the Anding garrison is left, and it is difficult to speak."

"However, considering that Xiaoguan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it will not be easy for the Hexi Army to take it smoothly."

"Xiao Pass is a dangerous fortress, and a direct attack may cause huge losses, so the only way to do it is to carry out a sneak attack."

Ever since he was ordered to go on the expedition, Wang Zhenwei has been thinking about how to take Xiao Pass at the lowest cost.

He glanced up at Huan Zhen, and deliberately provoked: "Daoquan, Dadu Hu has praised you many times for your wisdom and bravery, I don't know if you dare to lead the troops to fight Xiao Pass?" ”

Huan Zhen hurriedly knelt down on one knee and said, "Why don't you dare?" From the beginning of joining the Hexi Army, he was bent on going into battle to kill the enemy. ”

"Today, I am willing to make a military order, and if I can't take Xiao Pass, I am willing to be dealt with by military law."

"Okay, Dao Quan is strong!" Wang Zhenwei admired Huan Zhen's indomitable courage.

He took out the transfer order, handed it to Huan Zhen and said, "This is the secret order for the transfer of troops." ”

"You take five hundred elites and sneak to Xiao Pass secretly."

"The stakes are high, so be careful."

Huan Zhen took the military order, clasped his fists and saluted: "Obey the order!" ”

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On this night, the night was dark and windy, the dark clouds covered the moon, and I couldn't see my fingers.

But I saw an army hurrying forward in the mountains and valleys, galloping towards Xiao Pass, which was a few miles away.

This team of about 500 people, all dressed up, all of them are fierce soldiers, and the leader is the fierce general Huan Zhen of Hexi.

These 500 people are all elite in the army, and they are good at climbing, and they are specially used to sneak attack dangerous passes.

The crowd crossed a ridge, and suddenly countless bright spots appeared in front of them, forming a long line in the night sky.

Needless to say, Huan Zhen knew that it was the Great Wall, and the highlights were the torches lit in the beacons.

The large area where the firelight gathers should be where Xiao Guan is located.

Speaking of which, Xiaoguan is actually a part of the Great Wall and the core of the entire Xiaoguan dotted line defense system.

Huan Zhen asked five hundred people to stand by in hiding, and he quietly approached to observe.

I saw that the Xiaoguan city wall was only two zhang high, and there was a huge slope that was slowly descending outside, and there was a drop of dozens of zhang under the slope.

For the Hexi army, the terrain was not very dangerous, and Huan Zhen believed that the five hundred men in his hand were sure to climb the city wall.

It seems that Xiao Guan is easily attacked.

But soon Huan Zhen discovered that things were not so simple.

Although the city wall of Xiaoguan is not high, a large number of defenders and soldiers gathered at the head of the city.

Under the light of the torches, the entire Xiao Pass is like daylight, and as long as there is a slight disturbance, it will be discovered by the defenders.

At that time, I am afraid that before the Hexi army approaches the city wall, it will be shot into a hedgehog by the archers of the Qin army.

With the obvious superiority of the defenders, it is not realistic to rely on 500 people to take Xiao Pass, and a rash battle will only result in heavy losses.

With Huan Zhenzhi's shrewdness, he naturally will not choose to take risks.

He looked closely for a few more moments, and found that there were very few garrisons on the Great Wall, only patrols patrolling back and forth.

And Xiaoguan has a direct road to the Great Wall, as long as you manage to get on the Great Wall, the Hexi army can enter Xiaoguan Pass.

However, because the Great Wall is built on the mountain, the mountain is steep and steep, and it is surrounded by bare stones, and the stones are very smooth.

Without carrying siege equipment, it is difficult for people to climb over.

The only good thing is that they are not easy to spot, and once they are discovered, the defenders can easily fall to their death by simply cutting off the climbing ropes.

Huan Zhen carefully weighed the pros and cons, and finally decided to go up from the Great Wall.

He would rather risk having his ropes cut than going head-to-head with a large number of defenders.

And Huan Zhen believes that as long as you are cautious, you may not necessarily be discovered by the defenders.

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Originally, Xiaoguan was an important town on the front line, and the defenders did not dare to slack off, patrolling almost day and night.

Now that the Longxi Army has been transferred to the east, the Xiaoguan defenders have increased their vigilance, not only expanding the patrol range, but also strengthening the patrol density.

It's just that the strength of the defenders is really insufficient, except for the focus on guarding Xiao Pass.

In the face of more than ten miles of the Great Wall, it is impossible to take care of it all.

They can only patrol the entire Great Wall in the form of patrols.

Tonight's night is particularly dark, and it's a great opportunity to sneak up on the pass.

In the dark places of the mountains, Huan Zhen silently watched the movement on the Great Wall.

I saw that every other section of the city wall was planted with a torch.

The firelight illuminated the city walls, and the figures of the patrolling soldiers could be faintly seen.

Through observation, Huan Zhen soon discovered that about every half a pillar of incense or so, the patrol soldiers would appear.

In other words, they only have half a pillar of incense time to launch a raid.

This is enough for Huan Zhen.

As soon as a group of patrol soldiers disappeared, he immediately waved his hand behind him, only to see two soldiers quickly climb up the rock.

It can be seen that both of them are rock climbing masters, with ropes on their backs and climbing steel claws on their hands.

The two of them quickly climbed up the hill like geckos.

In the middle of the place they chose, there was a mountainside where they could rest, and from the mountainside, they could climb more than ten zhang up to the base of the Great Wall.

After a short time, two soldiers reached the base of the wall, laid the rock pile, and threw down two more ropes.

Huan Zhen and the rest of the soldiers immediately dragged the rope and climbed up, and after a while, everyone reached the base of the wall.