Wudu County, southwest direction, after leaving Xiabiancheng, the terrain is undulating, sparsely populated, relatively barren, and at the confluence of the land of Guanghan County and Cizhi River, there is a small-scale town.

The town is called Xidang Town.

On this day, on the outskirts of Xidang Town, a group of soldiers and horses came from the west of the land of the Cizhi River.

Banner: 45th Division of the 14th Army of the War Elephant Regiment.

This is the 14th Army's troops and horses that entered the Baimaqiang tribe, after breaking through seven Baimaqiang tribe stations in a row, suddenly turned around, and did not directly attack the white horse, but returned to Wudu.

The army marched to a hillside five miles outside the town, and the division commander brought the cave master to restrain the horse, he raised his binoculars, looked at the town in front of him, and then issued a military order: "Pass my military order, and the whole division will camp on the spot!" ”

"Yes!" The generals were ordered to camp on the spot.

"Kang Lin, you immediately send a company of scout cavalry, go to the area around Xidang Town first, and find out the movement of the Wei army in the town for me, I want to know clearly the number of their troops and the location of their deployment!"

The cave master thought about it, looked at one of his generals and said.

"No!"

After receiving the order, the battalion commander of the scout battalion immediately sent one of his best company commanders to grope forward with hundreds of scout elite horsemen.

"Division Commander, are you afraid of an ambush ahead?"

The chief of staff immediately came up and asked in a low voice.

This chief of staff is called Tan Yue, Tan Yue was born in the Shanyue tribe of the year, in his early thirties, he once served under the command of the Huang Zhong Blood Wolf Legion, performed well, fought bravely, and with his military exploits, he went from a small company commander step by step to a regiment commander.

is that he doesn't have much cultural knowledge, he delayed the military plane twice, and was taken down by Huang Zhong in one go, and later Huang Zhong saw that he was indeed a talent, and then recommended him to enter the Jinling Lecture Wutang Officer Class for further study.

After coming out, he was assigned to the War Elephant Legion.

Xu Sheng was very optimistic about him, and in addition to his own experience in this Shanyue tribe and his familiarity with the customs of these Southern Barbarians, he appointed him as the chief of staff of the deputy general under the command of the Cave Master.

Although the 14th Army is said to be all soldiers of the Southern Barbarians, the basic chiefs of staff of the divisions and regiments are basically delegated from above, and most of them are talents from various officer classes of the martial arts, so that the balance has been reached.

After all, with tens of thousands of soldiers in an army, it is impossible for Meng Shu and Mrs. Zhu Rong to control it.

"Let's be careful!"

After all, the Wei army's strength is above us, and if they ambush us, we will suffer heavy losses!" ”

"But the division commander, you see, the surrounding environment is wild, and there is no place to ambush at all, so they can only rely on Xidang Town!" Tan Yue Road.

"That's not necessarily, the Wei army wants to be cunning, only can't think of it, there is nothing they can't do, let's be careful about marching, at least we can save our lives, and then find a chance to attack!"

"Sortie?"

When Tan Yue heard this, his eyes lit up, he himself was a general who was good at attacking, but he considered the comparison of the strength of the two sides now, and frowned slightly: "Division commander, didn't the commander's order say that we only need to entangle them?" ”

Bringing the cave master to hear this, the bronze bell-like tiger eyes burst out with a scorching light, and he was confident: "Although the commander's order is for us to drag down this Wei army, if we have the ability to eat this Wei army, we will definitely be able to establish a miraculous feat and become famous for the two armies of the Bashu War Elephant!" ”

Although the cave master he brought was the cave master of the Zhurong Department of the 36th Cave of the Southern Barbarians, and he was also the brother-in-law of the army commander Meng Huo, but now that the Southern Barbarian Army had already been incorporated into the Wu army system, he understood the importance of military exploits in his heart.

Now he is still like a fish in water in the Fourteenth Army, after all, the Fourteenth Army is all Southern Barbarian soldiers, and commanding soldiers is like commanding his own arms, but if he leaves the Fourteenth Army one day, no one will give him face because of his identity.

The military exploits are among the Wu army, and they are the most important.

In wartime, even more than seniority.

"Division commander think twice, the strength of this Wei army is at least three times more than ours, it is difficult for us to hold it down now, let alone attack, if they find an opportunity, maybe they will annihilate us completely!"

Tan Yue's face was shocked, he didn't expect to bring such a big appetite to the cave master.

"Hmph, they don't have this ability, although their forces are above us, but our combat effectiveness is stronger than theirs, and most of us are cavalry, and our mobility is stronger than theirs, as long as we find an opportunity, we can give them a blow!"

The idea of bringing the cave master has been decided, he directly looked back at the several regiment commanders, and said, "You all come up and discuss the upcoming deployment!" ”

"Divisional Commander!"

"Divisional Commander!"

The commanders of several main regiments hurried up.

Bring to open a march map in person, and then start to assign tasks: "This location is Xidang Town, this town is surrounded by sand dunes, and the back is still a hillside, easy to defend and difficult to attack, we have to lure them out!" ”

Since Tan Yue couldn't persuade him, he could only make the plan more carefully: "How to lure?" ”

"Seeing that there is no river upstream here, this is the only source of water in Xidang Town, as long as we cut off here, they must go out of the city!" Bring the main road of the cave.

"Division commander, I'm going to fight!"

The head of the first main regiment, the burly and wild Nanban youth Mu Guang asked for battle.

This is an extremely outstanding young man in the Zhurong Department of the 36th Cave of Nanban.

"Very good, Mu Guan, then I'll hand it over to your first main force ......"

Before he could finish bringing the cave master, he was interrupted by a howling voice.

"Report!"

From the direction of Xidang Town, a scout rode his horse and returned, and before anyone arrived, the sound arrived first.

"Say!"

The Cave Master turned his head and looked at the scout.

"Division commander, our scout company soldiers have basically entered the town, but we have not found any trace of the Wei army in the town!"

"What?"

When the cave master heard this, his whole body trembled, and his eyes were awe-inspiring: "How can this be?" ”

"Division Commander, we just found hundreds of corpses in the town, all of which are the corpses of my Great Wu soldiers!"

"The corpses of the soldiers?" Tan Yue asked.

"It should be a soldier from the scout battalion directly under the command of the Bashu Legion!"

"Kang Lin, you led the whole battalion of the scout battalion to search Xidang Town for me, I want to see, where are they hiding?" The cave master's heart trembled suddenly, and he hurriedly shouted.

"Yes!"

An hour later, the scout tent Kang Lin came to report.

"Division commander, our entire battalion of scouts turned the town upside down, and no trace of the Wei army was found, and we learned from the people that they had already led their troops out of Xidang Town a day ago!"

"The whole division is in town!"

The cave master's expression was slightly cold, he turned over his horse and entered Xidang Town directly.

He came to a threshing floor, which was blood-colored, and there were hundreds of corpses scattered on the ground, all dressed in the armor of the Wu army.

"The soldiers of the scout battalion directly under the Bashu Legion here!"

Several scouts handed over the identification plates on the corpses.

"So the scout battalion directly under the Bashu Legion has been wiped out!" Tan Yue felt a little uneasy in his heart.

"Probably about the same!"

"Damn it!"

The cave master trembled, and a bad thought echoed in his mind: "The Wei army asked our army scouts to keep an eye on them, they must be going north, and they plan to attack our 14th army back and forth!" ”

"So what now?"

"They must be stopped!"

Tan Yue looked at the cave master and said: "Let's talk about the southwest, but our Fourteenth Army is attacking the city gate, if they let them raid the belly and back of our Fourteenth Army, our army will inevitably suffer heavy casualties, they have only been gone for a day, and we can still catch up!" ”

"The whole division obeyed the order, everyone left their baggage, only brought enough dry food and hurried, and hurried north day and night, and they must catch up!"

Bring the cave master to turn over and get on his horse, and directly order to the cavalry regiment: "The cavalry regiment will take the first step, and the main force will advance with me, no matter what, we can't let them attack the barracks of my 14th Army behind their backs!" ”

"Yes!"

The generals received the order, and the soldiers of the whole division quickly moved and pursued to the north.

The 45th Division pursued the Wei army from Xidang Town, and after three consecutive days of hurrying, it finally arrived on the battlefield of Xicheng in Xiabiancheng and converged the main force of the 14th Army.

"Bring it, aren't you supposed to drag Zhang Ren's Wei Jun behind now? Why are you here? ”

The army commander Meng Shu was storming the city wall, and suddenly saw the soldiers and horses of the 45th Division under his command appearing behind him, and he was not happy, but was shocked.

"Commander, I'm chasing the Wei army!"

The cave master was also a little puzzled at this time, and the Wei army was not found along the way, and the 14th army was not attacked from behind.

Where did this Wei army go?

"What, you're chasing the Wei army?"

Meng Xu's face was gloomy: "You make it clear to me!" ”

"Yes!"

The cave master hurriedly explained the strange situation in detail these days: "I entered Xidang Town, and as soon as I saw that there was no Wei army in Xidang Town, I was worried that the Wei army would fight back, and it had already been killed, so I immediately led my generals to catch up, and I didn't find any trace of the Wei army along the way!" ”

"Husband, I'm afraid this thing is not simple!"

Mrs. Zhurong's pretty face became solemn: "The Wei army will not disappear for no reason, although we have entered the most violent state of the battle under the fierce attack in the past few days, and we can't take care of anything else, but the scouts we have arranged in the back have not been removed, this Wei army can have 30,000 people, and the military capital will fight like this, as long as they move, it is impossible to be busy with the eyes of the scouts of the various armies, but they have disappeared like this, and there must be fraud in it!" ”

"Whether there is fraud or not, I can't control it, I just have to take the West City Gate now, as long as they don't attack us from behind, we don't care where their main force is!"

Meng Shu raised his head, his tiger eyes were sharp, staring at the fierce and cruel siege battle that was going on in front of him, he thought about it for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Madam, you arrange all the scouts on the periphery, arrange them carefully, arrange them in the open and dark posts, once you find any trace of them, come back immediately to report it, and report the news to the headquarters, we are still attacking our city, and the movement after they disappear makes the headquarters annoying!" ”

"Yes!"

Mrs. Zhurong nodded.

"Bring it!"

"Commander!"

"You led your troops to come just in time, the soldiers of your division rested on the spot for half a day, and then rushed up for me, you saw that there was no Cao Wei army flag on the head of the city, and taking that battle flag is the goal of your 45th Division!"

Meng Shu's onslaught these days did not achieve good results, and the Wei army held on very strongly, causing him to suffer a lot of casualties.

At this time, the fresh force of the 45th Division was considered timely rain.

"Yes!"

When the cave master heard this, his eyes lit up, and he was imposing: "The end will guarantee the completion of the task!" (To be continued.) )