"What is Lord Xu trying to explain?" He Huchen asked.

Xu Liang showed a worried look on his face, and said: "This official is worried that this uprising in various parts of Shaanxi will involve the local gate lord clans. ”

When He Huchen heard this, his face couldn't help but change.

As Xu Liang said, for hundreds of years in Shaanxi, there has been no shortage of hidden gate valves. Although there was a Ming Dynasty, there had never been a situation where the gate valve clan was in turmoil, but no one should underestimate the power of the gate valve. Historically, the gate valve clan in Shaanxi also has an official title: Guanlong gate valve.

He Huchen pondered for a while, shook his head and said, "It's far away." Let's go back to how to capture the Tiger Head Pass. ”

Wang Endao, the chief soldier of Ningxia: "General He, our army is here to rescue Hanzhong Mansion, and now that Hanzhong Mansion has fallen, the so-called rescue is meaningless." Now that the Tiger Head Pass will not be able to be defeated for a while and a half, the general's opinion, let's simply withdraw to Pingliang. ”

He Huchen shook his head and rebuked Wang Endao unhappily: "How can General Wang say such things! We are under the orders of the governors of the three sides, even if Hanzhong falls, then we will take it back! How could you run into a small tiger head pass and go home? If our army does this, how should we explain it to the people of Hanzhong in the future? How to explain to the emperor and Governor Wu? ”

A seat is a promise, and it is said that Wang En, the chief soldier of Ningxia, has a red face and red ears, but only chatters.

Xu Liang saw the image of Wang En, the chief soldier of Ningxia, and couldn't help but have some opinions about this Wang general soldier. He is also a general soldier, how can a war event be such a child's play! Even with it, Xu Liang also had doubts about the combat ability of this general soldier who often put on a grinning face.

Qingyang garrison He Renlong snorted lightly. Although this sound was soft, it was heard by Wang En, the general soldier of Ningxia, who was about to sit back on the horse. At that moment, Mr. Wang's face turned even redder, and he gradually became angry.

He Renlong looked at He Huchen and said, "The marshal is right. The combat power of the Hutou Pass defenders was not much more than that of the regular Ming army. That is, the assault will not succeed. Then let's stay in front of this tiger head pass, and guard him to run out of food! ”

Xu Liang couldn't help but chuckle. Said: "With this method of garrisoning, I am afraid that in the end, our army will capture Hutou Pass, and the cities in Hanzhong Mansion will be taken away by the rebels." ”

He Ren Long Deng retorted: "General Ben only mentions what General Ben thinks is good. If Lord Xu can't look at it, cover his ears and don't listen! Anyway, General Ben didn't say this to Lord Xu! ”

He Huchen saw that Xu Liang and He Renlong were arguing again, and he couldn't help but have a headache.

The meeting was noisy, and in the end, there was no safe way to win the tiger head.

On the edge of the fire in the Liang military camp, Xu Liang looked at Hutou Pass in the night from a distance, feeling very uneasy about the sudden emergence of such a tough army in the rebel army.

Tiger Head Pass is like that fish bone. Stuck in the neck of the Ming army, he couldn't enter or retreat. If you bypass Hutou Pass and go to Hanzhong, it is difficult to ensure that the defenders of Hutou Pass will not take the opportunity to cut off the grain route of the Ming army. If you want to defeat the Tiger Head Pass, it turns out that the Tiger Head Pass is extremely difficult to beat.

Xu Liang pondered, and the two generals, Xing Zhongshan and Luo Rucai, paced to Xu Liang's side, and looked at the lights on the tower of Hutou Pass in the distance with Xu Liang.

"My lord, something is wrong." Xing Zhongshan said suddenly.

Xu Liang came back to his senses and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"It's so quiet!" Xingzhong Mountain Road. "It's too quiet in Hutou Pass."

Luo Rucai said with a smile: "Brother Xing said that he was joking, it was late at this time, and the night was thick. The rebels in Hutou Pass should also have a time to rest, and it should be quieter at this time. It's also unusual. ”

Xu Liang looked at Xing Zhongshan inquiringly, waiting for his next words. Because Xu Liang understands that Xing Zhongshan has always cherished words like gold. One thing can be said in two words. He would never use three words. Xing Zhongshan said that Hutou Pass was too quiet, and Xu Liang knew that what he said was not that quiet.

"Your Excellency. Our army has been attacking Hutou Pass for four or five days in a row, and although it has not been able to capture it, the defenders in the pass are inevitably too calm. Xing Zhongshan said slowly, "Even if the Guanzhong guards are sure to hold the Tiger Head Pass, then at least they should send a message in the direction of Hanzhong Mansion." Or reinforcements or something. But, no! The rebel army at Hutou Pass sealed the city gate, guarded the city, and became a turtle with a shrunken head, lying in front of our army, waiting for our army to come forward to attack! The strange thing is that when our army attacked, the rebel army knew that it would counterattack, and when our army died down, the army in the pass followed suit. This watch is too calm. It looks like ......"

"Seems like what?" Xu Liang's heart also became nervous, staring at Xing Zhongshan and asked.

"The Admiral doesn't know if he's right." Xing Zhongshan groaned and said in an uncertain tone, "It's as if they're waiting for someone to arrive." ”

Xu Liang's heart was shocked!

Xing Zhongshan's analysis makes sense. In the past two days, Xu Liang has also been deeply disturbed by the calmness of the rebel army in Hutou Pass, but he has never been clear about where the uneasy feeling is.

Now listening to Xing Zhongshan's explanation, Xu Liangmeng thought of a possibility.

It is rumored that there were more than a dozen rebel armies besieging Hanzhong this time, with more than 100,000 troops. Xu Liang believed that even if the 5,000 Ming troops stationed in Hanzhong were all brave and could fight the battle of defending Hanzhong with one dozen or five, and lost a lot of the rebel army, the rebel army in Hanzhong Mansion should have nearly 100,000 people. And now there are only 20,000 people left in Hutou Pass, so where are the other 70,000 or 80,000 horses?

The Ming army was held back at Hutou Pass for five days, and had no contact with other rebel armies except for meeting with the defenders of Hutou Pass.

If the general of the rebel army in Hutou Pass is really waiting for someone, then it will be nearly 100,000 rebel troops waiting for him!

The more Xu Liang thought about it, the colder his heart became. Turning around suddenly, he looked at Xing Zhongshan and Luo Rucai, and sternly ordered: "Order the detectives in the Liang army to expand the scope of reconnaissance to fifty miles, carefully investigate, and not let go of anything suspicious!" ”

Luo Ru knew the severity of the problem and hurriedly arranged it.

Xu Liang stood in the camp for a while, the uneasiness in his heart became more and more intense, he thought about it, put on a mink fur cloak, and turned to walk towards the Ming army camp.

Coming to the camp of the Ming army, passing through the camp of the wounded, smelling the strong smell of herbs and fish, Xu Liang came to the front of the Chinese army tent. Seeing that the lights were still on in the tent, Xu Liang asked the guards at the door to go in and report.

He Huchen, the chief soldier of Yansui, really hadn't rested yet, at this time He Huchen was holding a candle in one hand and supporting the edge of the table with the other, looking carefully at the military map unfolded on the table, muttering something in his mouth.

Seeing Xu Liang come in, He Huchen smiled, put down the candle, straightened up and stretched, and asked with a smile, "Lord Xu hasn't fallen asleep yet?" Hurrying here, but what's the hurry? ”

Xu Liang was anxious at this time, and he couldn't care about greeting at the moment, so he walked to He Huchen's side and told He Huchen about his worries and conjectures in detail.

He Huchen listened carefully at first, but then he was a little unimpressed, and said with a dumb smile: "Is Lord Xu worried too much?" The territory of Hanzhong Mansion is open, it can be said that it extends in all directions, and if the rebel army wants to surround our army, how many men and horses do it need? 200,000 or 300,000? Hehe, what a whims! ”

Xu Liang rubbed his hands anxiously and said, "General He, the enemy army in Hutou Pass is so quiet, very weird, the so-called abnormal demons, the general should be careful." In the opinion of this officer, the general should immediately send out scouts on all sides to inquire about the situation within fifty miles of our army, in case the enemy is approaching and lying in ambush, without knowing it. ”

He Huchen smiled bitterly and pointed at Xu Liang with his fingertips, and said with a smile: "Lord Xu has filtered more!" According to the information that General Ben received the day before yesterday, tens of thousands of rebel troops were divided into several groups and were vigorously attacking other prefectures and counties in Hanzhong Prefecture, and they could not bother to rush to surround our army for the time being. He Huchen said with a smile: "Besides, the 20,000 elites of our army are all gathered here, and tens of thousands of mud-legged soldiers are waiting for them to kill as many as they come, so why be afraid!" ”

Xu Liang corrected in a low voice: "General He, our army has lost five or six thousand people, and the number of soldiers who can fight is less than 20,000. ”

He Huchen's face was slightly gloomy, and he said, "It's okay." Even if 5,000 soldiers and horses are in hand, going head-to-head, General Ben can kill him. ”

Xu Liang wanted to persuade again, but He Huchen's face showed impatience, and he waved his hand and said, "Lord Xu's reminder, General Ben will pay attention to it carefully." It's late at night, so let's go back and rest early. ”

Xu Liang was stunned, seeing that He Huchen didn't care, he was also a little angry for a while, arched his hand, and left without saying a word. (To be continued......)