Wu Shan took the thieves to sweep through Shanyin, burned and looted after taking this small county town, and then went east after a good supply, and did not attack Yingzhou, where Andong Zhongtunwei was located, but went upriver along the Hunyuan River, not far ahead of Hunyuan Prefecture, an important town in the south of Datong Prefecture.

Kong Youde's opinion is to take Hunyuan Prefecture and cut off Li Xin's back road, even if he can't hold it, he will create some trouble for him. However, after Wu Shan saw the city defense of Hunyuan Prefecture, he decisively gave up the siege.

The cities of Datong Mansion are tantamount to chicken ribs to him, and it is a pity to abandon them if they are tasteless, but to take down a city of this defensive scale, the casualties caused are not something he can bear. Moreover, the goal of Wu Shan's trip is extremely clear, that is, to wait for an opportunity to annihilate all the Ming troops of Li Xin, and in his eyes, the Three Guards Army is the henchman of the breaking army.

Although Kong Youde and Wu Shan were grasshoppers on the same rope, he could feel that this extremely proud young general did not take himself seriously, or that he had deep contempt in his heart, but the situation forced him to cooperate with him. In this regard, he doesn't mind, it doesn't matter if he compromises for survival, the important thing is that this person really has some skills, as long as he merges with him, he has always won more and lost less. Therefore, Kong Youde was also very willing to let Wu Shan command his troops.

In addition, Kong Youde also has another thought, that is, to use the power of Wu Shan to get rid of the big shadow that has been pressing on his heart, Li Xin!

Therefore, after Wu Shan made the decision to give up attacking Hunyuan Prefecture, although Kong Youde felt pity, he still actively cooperated with him, crossed the Hunyuan River and turned abruptly, all the way to the mouth of the porcelain kiln. It was only at this time that he woke up like a dream, and it turned out that Wu Shan's attack target was Pingxingguan.

Although the status of Pingxingguan is not as prominent as that of the three passes outside the inner Great Wall, it is also extremely important because it is an important pass leading from Shanxi to Bauhinia Pass. Moreover, the sudden arrival of the army will catch the defenders off guard, and it is only a matter of time before this pass is taken.

"Brother Wu is trying to attack the enemy and save him?"

Wu Shan sneered, clamped the horse's belly with his legs, and urged the war horse to speed up.

"What does Brother Kong think?"

Kong Youde hurriedly gave a thumbs up, "High, really high!" Pingxingguan is connected to Shanxi inside and outside, the Ming army is bound to not see death without saving, we just have to wait for work, ambush the army in Pingxingguan, just wait for him to come to the rescue, and then call the surname Li can't eat and go around! ”

The defenders of Pingxingguan really did not expect that the army of thieves actually launched a surprise attack from the most unlikely place, and the preparation was very hasty, and they heard the city shouting that Daizhou had been lost, and the army would attack Bauhinia Pass in a big way, coupled with Kong Youde's artillery array, the morale of the defenders was extremely low, and they did not survive even a night under the siege of the city, and the Ming army defenders took advantage of the night truce to abandon the city and flee.

Wu Shan and Kong Youde led a large army into the city at dawn, at this time the defenders of the Ming Dynasty had scattered and fled, the city was in chaos, only a variety of piles of prepared materials were still intact in the city.

This situation made Wu Shan, who took the Pingxing Pass lightly, sigh for a while, and even sighed as if he was nothing, Kong Youde on his side thought that his ears were not only a problem, but it was obviously a big victory, how could he see Wu Shan as if he was infinitely disappointed?

"The Ming army is so degenerate, if you and I are the Ming army, even if we are the champions of the three armies, I am afraid that we will be exhausted to death by the stupid pig-like friendly army!"

Kong Youde was inexplicable when he heard this, and he wanted to go on but didn't know where to start, but he saw Wu Shan's expression abrupt, stretched out his hand and pointed to the southeast, and sighed: "That Daizhou Li Xin is going to be exhausted to death by the stupid pig-like Ming army!" ”

Kong Youde suddenly realized that the materials of Pingxingguan were sufficient, and if the guards had a firm will to fight, it would not be a problem to defend for ten months, which gave Li Xin of Daizhou and even the Ming Dynasty court time to deal with it. How do you know that the defenders of the Ming Dynasty scattered overnight, it really makes people laugh and cry, is this still the Ming army that chased his ass and beat him?

Thinking of this, Kong Youde still felt that something was wrong, even if Li Xin was killed by a stupid pig-like friendly army, Wu Shan should be happy, how could he have such a look.

It's just that no matter how Kong Youde talks, Wu Shan just didn't answer, but avoided the topic and discussed the current war with him. Kong Youde felt that in fact, Wu Shan's move was also quite risky, if the Ming army of Bauhinia Pass went out of the city to attack Li Xin inside and outside, it was still unknown who would win and who would lose at that time!

Unexpectedly, after Wu Shan heard Kong Youde's worries, his face showed that disdain again, of course, this look was not aimed at Kong Youde.

"Brother Kong, have you heard of Yang Sichang's ten-sided net?"

Kong Youde nodded as if he didn't understand, "I've vaguely heard it, can it be related to the current battle situation?" ”

"Since there is a great connection, we must use Yang Sichang's ten-sided net strategy to save the enemy!"

"In this way, you and my brother still have to thank that Yang Ge Lao!"

Kong Youde clenched his hands into fists and arched his hands, and there was no ridicule in his words.

"If this plan is successful, Yang is quite the first credit!"

When Wu Shan said this, his face was stern, but in Kong Youde's opinion, this Wu Shan, who had never been smiling, even told a joke about making fun of Yang Sichang, and couldn't help laughing.

"At that time, Brother Wu, don't forget to ask King Chuang for the help of Yang Ge Lao!"

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Bauhinia Pass, the guard is the new Baoding general Zhu Mei, he has Yang Sichang's appreciation, although there is a suspicion of greed for others' merits, but now the wood has become a boat, so he has to fulfill his duties. Yang Xiang's strategy of "spreading the net on all sides and blossoming in the center" has been conveyed to him.

After learning that she didn't have to take the initiative to send troops to meet the enemy, unlike the excitement of others, Zhu Mei fell into deep guilt and self-blame. Of course, he knows what kind of situation Li Xin, the main executor and the only executor of this center's flowering, will face.

They are the people who guard the gates, and they have their backs to the imperial court, and they can sit back and relax if they want reinforcements and supplies. But the Daizhou where Li Xin is located is different, like a nail stuck deep in the interior of the area occupied by the thieves. The thief will want to get rid of it quickly.

In addition, Li Xin's task is not to hold Daizhou City, he is also responsible for the flowering of the center, that is to say, while dealing with the thieves, he must also take the initiative to attack, which is simply to send him to death.

Zhu Mei blamed himself for stealing this position because he was greedy for Li Xin's credit, so he naturally sat on pins and needles all the time, but this wood was already in the boat, and he had to stick to it, not to mention that Yang was so important to him, which made him dare not act rashly.

In the midst of this torment, Zhu Mei's worries were quickly confirmed, and he learned the shocking news from the mouth of the defeated soldiers from Shanxi that Pingxingguan had actually fallen!

Not only Zhu Mei, but this news made the spirits of all the civil and military officials in the Bauhinia Pass tight. People are talking about it, didn't they say that the three guards were quite capable of fighting, not long ago they defeated the thieves in Daizhou, how could they even lose the Pingxing Pass in the blink of an eye?

The news of the fall of Pingxingguan soon spread like a plague, and some people began to prepare for a retreat, at this time Bauhinia Pass was also divided into two factions, one of which believed that the war in Daizhou may not be as strict as rumored, and a partial division could be sent out to make a tentative attack, if Daizhou was not lost, then a large army and the Three Guards Army were dispatched to do internal and external attacks, encircling and annihilating the Pingxingguan thieves. The other faction moved out of Yang Sichang's chicken feathers of "spreading the net on all sides, and blooming in the center", and the two sides were in dispute.

Baoding originally had ministers and governors of military affairs, Gaoyang during the first war Sun Chengzong had concurrently held this position, and now they are under the jurisdiction of Yang Sichang, Zhu Mei as the general of Baoding at this time is the highest-level general of Bauhinia Pass, and Yang Sichang is promoted, so naturally only Yang Sichang is the first to look forward. Although he was irritated by the argument between the two parties, he still tried to maintain the love of the group.

Speaking of the composition of the defenders in the Bauhinia Pass is also extremely complicated, some of them are Wang Pu's subordinates when he was the chief soldier of the Beijing camp, most of the soldiers are from Changping, these people are the oldest, the worst in combat, and the most domineering, they are staunch supporters of the "ten-sided net". And because their lieutenant general has recently changed the court, and recently caught up with the red man Zhang Sizhi in front of the emperor, no one dares to offend lightly.

The lieutenant even brought his subordinates to the temporary garrison of Zhu Mei's general army to petition, asking him not to go against Yang Sichang's strategy of "opening the net on all sides", otherwise he would refuse to obey the order! On the one hand, Zhu Mei comforted with kind words, and on the other hand, she promised to take Yang Xiang's orders as the code of action.

Then the men gave up and walked away. But Zhu Mei was attentive when he spoke, only saying that Yang Sichang's words would prevail, but he didn't say that he would not send troops, in fact, in his heart, he expected Yang Sichang to be able to distinguish the form and order the troops.

The other part is the recruitment of soldiers recruited by the local area, although there is no background, but because it is the local hometown, the sense of active war is very poor, and the last part is the old subordinates brought by Zhu Mei from Shaanxi and the new recruits from Baoding, these people advocate taking the initiative to attack, and strive to attack the enemy outside the defense area.

It is true that Zhu Mei is inclined to send troops, and Jian Yi, who is waiting for an opportunity to annihilate the enemy, is a serious remark of Lao Cheng, but he can't make an assertion without permission, so he ordered someone to go to Zhending Mansion to ask Yang Sichang for advice as he had thought before. During this period, the panic in the city did not decrease in the slightest, but on the contrary, it tended to intensify, and many people were ready to pack up the effect and prepare to flee if there was the slightest bit of a bad thing.

Zhu Mei wanted to rectify the black smoke miasma in the Bauhinia Pass, but she was weak and short of breath, and she couldn't wade through this troubled water, so she couldn't bear it. It is said that the 800 miles of expedited travel happened to go back and forth in one day, but after getting Yang Sichang's instructions, he was not allowed to send troops and strictly guarded the Bauhinia Pass. This disappointed Zhu Mei greatly, and secretly blamed Yang Sichang for his rigidity, but there was nothing she could do. In disappointment, he had no choice but to look at the west and sigh again and again, and prayed silently, Li Xin, Li Xin, you ask for more blessings.