Nanming Pass, outside the checkpoint.

After Lu Shaochuan led the soldiers to arrive, he directly ordered to attack the card. The artillery fire continued to fly, the machine guns strafed, and the fierce attack exerted tremendous pressure on Zhou Chen, the guard general of the Nanming Pass. It's just that Zhou Chen, who was stationed at the checkpoint, didn't fight. After Xi Changzhen arrived quietly, Lu Shaochuan still continued to attack, but Xi Changzhen also ordered to defend to the death, and did not go out of the customs to fight Lu Shaochuan.

In this regard, Lu Shaochuan felt helpless.

The purpose of his army rushing to Nanming Pass was to fight with Zhou Chen and even Xi Changzhen, and even wanted to take Nanming Pass first. Unexpectedly, the two of them became shrunken turtles, and their heads were hidden in the turtle shell and they never fought, which made Lu Shaochuan extremely depressed.

Behind the checkpoint, the barracks are stationed.

Outside the big tent, Zhou Chen hurriedly came.

Zhou Chen stood in front of Xi Changzhen and said respectfully: "General, Lu Shaochuan came to provoke again today. The last general ordered to avoid a fight, and in the end, Lu Shaochuan returned in vain and withdrew in disgrace. ”

Xi Changzhen hummed and stopped talking.

Zhou Chen saw that Xi Changzhen was not arrogant or impatient, and hurriedly said: "General, why don't you go to war?" Our strength is strong, far surpassing Lu Shaochuan, enough to defeat Lu Shaochuan in one fell swoop! ”

"Fighting?"

Xi Changzhen shook his head and smiled, and said: "There is no point in attacking Lu Shaochuan, after the start of this battle, Li Zhen pursued a strategy of attacking the east and the west. When the war between Xingyang County and Xiaoshui County began, Nanmingguan was safe, and I concluded that Li Zhen's focus was on Nanmingguan. Now, Lu Shaochuan's repeated provocations have verified my strategy. ”

"I believe that Li Zhen is likely to be outside Nanming Pass."

"Li Zhen's purpose in letting Lu Shaochuan provoke is to let you out of the customs and then ambush you. We don't know Li Zhen's location, so we will focus on defending for the time being. Let Lu Shaochuan keep calling for battle, but go back in disgrace, after a long time, the morale of the opponent's army will definitely drop. As the saying goes, one drum is like a tiger, then it declines, and three times it is exhausted. When Lu Shaochuan has no passion for provocation, and Li Zhen, who is waiting outside, loses patience, we will attack again in one fell swoop, and that is the best time. ”

At this time, Xi Changzhen fell into a picture formulated by himself.

Unexpectedly, Li Zhen had already won two important places.

Similarly, Zhou Chen did not expect the battle situation in Xiaoshui County and Xingyang County, and recognized Xi Changzhen's analysis.

Zhou Chen left the barracks and returned to the checkpoint to garrison.

In the afternoon, Zhou Chen received the news from the Guannei, and after receiving the news from the soldiers, he was extremely surprised, and his face showed a look of panic. He hurriedly got off the checkpoint and quickly ran towards Xi Changzhen's camp. Entering the camp tent, Xi Changzhen was holding a book and reading it carefully, and from time to time he stroked the long hair under his chin.

Zhou Chen knelt down on one knee and said loudly: "General, it's not good, Xingyang County and Xiaoshui County have been lost!" ”

"Smack!!"

The book in Xi Changzhen's hand fell on the desk and was surprised.

After a long while, Xi Changzhen recovered. Rao is like this, Xi Changzhen's eyes were still stunned and looked at Zhou Chen, and said incredulously: "You say it again, what happened?" ”

Zhou Chen said slowly: "Xingyang County and Xiaoshui County are lost!" ”

"Poof!!"

Xi Changzhen was so angry that he opened his mouth and spewed out a canopy of blood mist.

Immediately, his body shook and he fell directly.

When Zhou Chen saw this scene, he immediately panicked, quickly stepped forward to help Xi Changzhen, and invited the military doctor in the army to the camp tent to treat Xi Changzhen. Xi Changzhen lay on the bed, with a guilty look on his face, and muttered, "Wrong, I was wrong." It's not that I saw through Li Zhen's plan to attack the west, but that Li Zhen deliberately did so. Careless, careless! This battle was not the fault of Huang Bai and others, but my judgment was wrong. ”

Zhou Chen said: "General, please take care of your body. ”

Xi Changzhen shook his head and said: "Li Zhensheng's strategy to attack the west is just a cover, it must be like this, there is no other possibility!" ”

After a pause, Xi Changzhen asked, "Tell me about the specific situation of the two places!" ”

Zhou Chen sighed lightly and replied: "At present, we have received reliable news that Huang Bai, the chief general stationed in Xiaoshui County, was defeated and killed, and Hu Zhiguang, the chief general stationed in Xingyang County, was defeated and captured. Now, both places have become Li Zhen's bag and are controlled by Li Zhen. Moreover, Li Zhen has already gathered the soldiers of the foreign dogs, and is leading the army to kill the southern Ming Pass with great momentum. It seems that Li Zhen intends to fight a decisive battle with us! ”

"Fight, I'm afraid of what he will do!"

Xi Changzhen sat up suddenly, cheered up and said, "Get ready to fight, let's fight with Li Zhen!" ”

Zhou Chen said: "Since you want to fight a decisive battle, do you want to solve Lu Shaochuan outside the city first." Now that it has been concluded that Li Zhen is in Xingyang County and Xiaoshui County, and now that Li Zhen is leading the army to come, then we can be sure that Lu Shaochuan outside has only a small number of troops and has no ability to fight. We can take the initiative and cut off this piece of power first! ”

Xi Changzhen nodded and said, "Yes!" ”

After Zhou Chen got the order, he immediately went to prepare.

Soon, Zhou Chen left the barracks, and then prepared to fight.

……

Outside the city, Lu Shaochuan military camp.

Lu Shaochuan held a letter sent by Li Zhengang in his hand, and after letting the soldiers read it, he suddenly wanted to cry without tears. Because, Li Zhen did not let him take the initiative to attack, but asked him to change his combat mode, from now on to defense, and no longer fight. Lu Shaochuan couldn't wait to tear up the letter, but in the end he chose to obey the order.

"Report!"

The soldier came to the camp tent and said, "Division commander, Zhou Chen has led the army out of the customs!" ”

"It's useless to get out of the customs!"

Lu Shaochuan said: "The president has ordered that we are strictly forbidden to fight. Inform the brothers to retreat immediately, avoid Zhou Chen's edge first, and don't bother with them. Wait for the president's army to arrive at Nanming Pass, and then kill back! Immediately, Lu Shaochuan gave the order to retreat, avoiding Zhou Chen, who was killing violently.

This move made Zhou Chen angry.

I think that at the beginning, it was he who avoided the fight, but now the feng shui takes turns, and it is Lu Shaochuan who avoids it. He wanted to fight Lu Shaochuan, but he couldn't find anyone. Zhou Chen chased after him for a while, but finally returned in vain.

Back at the checkpoint, Zhou Chen immediately went to the barracks and told Xi Changzhen the news.

Zhou Chen said helplessly: "General, now there is only one checkpoint left in Nanming Pass, and it is lonely. Combined with the situation that Lu Shaochuan avoided fighting without fighting, I am afraid that Lu Shaochuan wanted to wait for Li Zhen's army to arrive before fighting us. The last general suggested that we temporarily withdraw from Nanming Pass, retreat to Thanh Hoa City, and then fight a decisive battle with Li Zhen. ”

Xi Changzhen said loudly: "Nanming Pass is located in a dangerous position, it is an important place, and it cannot be abandoned. Moreover, we are stationed at Nanming Pass, and we can fight with Li Zhen with our backs to Nanming Pass. In this battle, I am waiting for Li Zhen and waiting for him to come over! ”

Zhou Chen's persuasion was unhindered, and he withdrew from the camp.

ps: The third shift, call it a day. Rest and rest!