Where is the Way Home on the Sixth Night (3)

Dongjiao Pass fell, and Dongwei Pass was also in danger

The news brought by the first battalion of scouts was far worse than Sima Fuqiang expected. Yesterday afternoon, an army of about 3,000 men suddenly appeared outside the Dongjiao Pass, and without saying a word, it destroyed the defense system of the Dongjiao Pass, which was already equal to nothing, with superior forces combined with long-range strikes.

It is not easy to maintain three sentry posts with only 10 men under the 1st battalion, accounting for only 10% of the total strength of the 1st battalion, and it is not easy to maintain the three sentry posts.

In fact, when the 3,000 troops outside the Dongjiao Pass attacked, only one of the 50 people guarding the pass escaped, and they were still ordered to go to the Dongwei Pass to report the military situation to Wu Qiang.

It is not surprising that Dongjiao Pass was lost due to a sneak attack, and if Sima Fuqiang or Huang Zhi personally sat in Dongwei Pass, they would also face the same result, which is not a crime of war. The dreamers don't plan to pursue this matter, what they really care about is the Dongwei Pass guarded by Wu Qiang himself, which is the only way for the dreamers to return to Donghai Town, and they must not lose.

However, Dongwei Pass is a twin pass set up for Weidong Pass, and its defense system is facing the direction of Weixian, so it is somewhat powerless against the enemy from behind.

"I'm afraid Wu Qiang won't be able to hold Dongwei Pass......" Huang Zhi was quite pessimistic about this.

"In fact, even if we personally command, it will be difficult to hold off an army of three thousand with five hundred men in this situation." Sima Fuqiang's statement is more objective.

Zhang Wei has a different view, "If we are there in person, there may be some opportunities." By delegating command and infiltrating the enemy to carry out the slashing operation, we should be able to defeat the strong by surprise. ”

"Perhaps, but it doesn't matter." Sima Fuqiang knew that continuing to dwell on such meaningless assumptions at this time would not change the status quo of the problem, "I don't know what choice Wu Qiang would make in this situation." ”

Wu Qiang faces many choices, he can defend the Dongwei Pass and buy time for the main force of the Eastern Navy, but the price may be that a battalion is directly beaten to the point that the whole army is wiped out and loses its establishment, or it becomes a prisoner of the other party; You can also retreat to Donghai Town to join the garrison and hold out for a while with the help of Donghai Town's outer defense system, but the return of the main force of the Eastern Navy will be cut off, and you will have to go through a painful battle to reopen the passage of Dongwei Pass.

Neither choice can be considered a mistake, but neither is the result that the Dream Man wants, and now the three stinkers only hope that Wu Qiang can do it more skillfully.

Seven or eight hours have passed since the scout left Dongwei Pass, and no matter what choice Wu Qiang made at this time, it is estimated that the dust has settled, and the dreamer really wants to help and has no chance. But just sitting and worrying about it is not a solution, and at such a time, no one can continue to sleep.

Sima Fuqiang looked at his tired and anxious teammates, and simply relented, "Let's go, the nine of us will go back first." As for the large army, they will come tomorrow morning after they have rested, and they must rush to the border of Wei County before dusk."

The members of the Donghai team stood up without complaint and expressed their stance directly with their actions.

After only a short hour of rest, the dreamer once again embarked on his journey. Within two days and forty-eight o'clock, their rest time was less than five hours, but they ran for more than 200 miles, crossed most of the southern part of Weixian County, and finally returned to Weidongguan.

I have to say that their hard work is valuable, and Wu Qiang is also trustworthy - although Dongwei Pass has fallen, the opposite Weidong Pass is still in the hands of a battalion.

Wu Qiang made the most correct choice in this extremely difficult situation, he resolutely gave up the undefensible Dongwei Pass, and reduced his forces to the Weidong Pass. Not only that, when he withdrew from Dongwei Pass, he did not forget to bring the Eight Bull Crossbow over, and at the same time demolished the gate of Dongwei Pass.

In this way, if the 3,000 troops from Duxian sat idly by and drove straight into Donghai Town, the first battalion of Wuqiang could pursue and delay the opponent's advance. However, it is necessary to divide troops to guard Dongwei Pass, which is not closed, and the number of troops left by the enemy cannot be too small, so that the number of troops entering the East China Sea can only be reduced, but it may not be able to deal with Chen Chuang's garrison.

Although the predecessor of this army of 3,000 people was the Southern Navy, the general who commanded the army at this time was another deputy general of the Dingbei Army in Duzhou, surnamed Wang, who was also Zhang Tong's right-hand man. After receiving the edict from the imperial court, Zhang Tong immediately sent two lieutenant generals, one of whom led two battalions of cavalry of the Northern Army to seize Wanghui City, and Vice General Wang went to the east prison pass to receive the southern navy of Qunlongwu.

Vice Admiral Wang had just taken over the South China Navy, and he was not yet familiar with the combat effectiveness of this army, and in addition, the performance of the first battalion at this critical moment showed the excellent quality of the East China Navy from top to bottom, and he did not dare to rashly enter the East China Sea when there was an enemy behind him.

Therefore, after making some evaluation, Vice Admiral Wang also had to admit that the level of the generals of the Eastern Navy was very high, as if he had played a good chess move, forcing him to respond. Anyway, at this time, they had already cut off the return of the main force of the Eastern Navy, so they simply used Dongwei Pass as a base to first clear the first battalion of the Eastern Navy, which made them feel quite stressed, and then it was not too late to find a better time to enter the East China Sea.

Weidongguan is not easy to fight, but Vice Admiral Wang is not in a hurry, he has successfully completed their respective tasks, forcing the Eastern Navy to a desperate road of homelessness. At this time, as long as he held on to the fruits of victory and waited for the main force of the Dingyuan General Zhang Tongqin to lead the main force of the Dingbei Army to sweep from the south of Weixian, he would naturally make the first battalion of the Eastern Navy fall into the dilemma of having no danger to defend again.

At that time, Wu Qiang's battalion was closed at both ends and there was nowhere to escape. However, in view of the fact that Wu Qiang is a rare talent, Vice General Wang will definitely personally protect this person in front of Zhang Tong to see if he can be accepted as a subordinate.

Just when Vice Admiral Wang was still fantasizing about collecting military strength for his own use, the dreamer had already arrived at Weidongguan and was praising this veteran of the Eastern Navy and the former commander of the town guard. Wu Qiang is worthy of being the first grassroots general to accept the guidance of the three stinkers, and at this time he has finally grown into a general who can reassure him to defend one side, and he has left a glimmer of life for the Donghai team to live up to expectations.

"We want to take down the Dongwei Pass and regain control of this passage," Sima Fuqiang raised his eyebrows and made a declaration of counterattack, "Even if the opponent is the Duzhou Prefecture Army, we have no reason to be captured, if the official army has to identify us as rebels, then for the sake of the people of Donghai County, we are really against it."