At the time of unitary, Stilwell and Li Wei with a thousand wolf tooth army and cavalry squadron also rushed to the entrance of the Zuli River and the Guanchuan River, here is the fork road leading to Dingxi City of Ganquan Fort, the east side of the fork road, a new larger post village, there is already a scale of a fort, and the city wall, this is the famous Guo Toad Fort in later generations, Guo Toad, the famous general of the Yuan Dynasty, has resisted the Yuan army here for 13 years, here is indeed an important place to control the three roads, (this fort will be called Toad Fort in the future). There is a stone bridge six or seven feet wide on the Zuli River here, there are more than 100 miles from here to Dingxi City, there are two larger post houses on the road, one is Xigong Station, one is Qingshui Pond Fort, out of Pond Fort is the passage leading to Yuzhong in Dingxi. Crossing the bridge to take these posts, forts, forts, and villages is Stilwell's task along the way. Hearing the news that Zhao Heng's kid had succeeded in the sneak attack, Stilwell said to Li Wei:

"Zhao Heng and Tang Huan, are these two guys very fast, General Li, we can't fall into the limelight! We don't want to sleep tonight, we must take Dingxi City tomorrow morning, and don't let others look down on us. ”

"Yes, we must start a battle before the enemy chief gets up."

"We still follow the original sneak attack plan, I didn't expect Zhao Huan to think of it with us." Stilwell turned to the herald and said:

"The order went down, and the army was forced to march overnight, and it was necessary to rush to Dingxi City to start a battle at midnight tomorrow morning. Inform the cavalry company to settle the post stations and military garrisons along the way, and not let go of a single person. The second company attacked continuously, and it was necessary to cut off the west-east passage before the end of the day. And be combat-ready. The brigade then followed. ”

According to the arrangement of the high pet, the passage of the entire Zuli River was opened by Zhao Heng's pioneers, and Stilwell, the second group of people and horses, set off, because Dingxi was a little far away, and the ancient road from the text to Ganquan had to be released, so it was two hours late to set off. According to Stilwell's estimate, Zhao Heng would not start the battle until the next morning, and they didn't expect that they had finished completing the first stage of the task.

By the time Stilwell and Li Wei's brigade arrived, it was already two o'clock in the morning, and the battle of Dingxi City was over.

Stilwell knew about this situation, and couldn't help but be angry, the main general has not yet arrived, this battle has been fought, how can this be done.

"Xiaoshan, you called Chang Chang Qing on one side and Chen Hao on the other side, what's the matter!" Shi Xiaoshan is Stilwell's personal soldier, his big name is Stilbin, and he is Stilwell's own brother.

"Report, Gao Changqing, the commander of the first company of the cavalry squadron of the northward detachment, reports for duty!"

"Report, Chen Hao, the commander of the second company of the cavalry squadron of the northward detachment, is on duty!"

"You two, do you still have me, the squadron leader? Why don't you wait for the troops to arrive and then attack? If you don't explain this matter clearly, you two go to the commander-in-chief to confess your guilt, and whether you can leave your two lives depends on the blessings of the two of you. Come on, why attack in advance? ”

"Report captain, we have been waiting here for nearly an hour, and when the rooster crows twice, the sky has begun to light Before we saw our army, people in the city had begun to get up to cook, and I discussed it with Company Commander Chen, and I was afraid that the surprise attack would not succeed, so I launched an attack. In this way, we sacrificed twelve men. "The high company commander was a little wronged, and after half an hour, the enemy got up, and they attacked a fart, and when they rushed in, a few of them got up, and only a dozen people died, if it weren't for that nearly an hour, these brothers wouldn't have died, if it weren't for the squad leader Zhong Hui and Lin Gang, who came from the righteous army, and the two of them worked hard to kill the general of Dingxi City, they might have died more. Thinking of the first time his brother died, and adding the grievance, tears flowed down his face.

"A big man is crying, you are still wronged, what if there is an accident?"

"Report to the captain, I am most responsible for this, you can punish me." Chen Hao, the commander of the second company, can't let his brother take responsibility alone.

"It's my full responsibility, it's my order! If you want to be punished, punish me alone. ”

"How to punish, let's talk to the commander-in-chief, you two hurry up and clean up the battlefield, count the results, and then you will clear the way to Yuzhong, and wait for meritorious service to atone for your crimes!" Stilwell also knew that if the city was attacked at this time, it would not be a steal but a castle siege battle, and the envoy would fight it down, so that the brothers would not tell the jokes, and the dead and wounded would not be known.

"Yes!"

"General Li, I'm smiling at you." Stilwell made a fool of himself in front of Li Wei and smiled honestly,

"General Shi, your subordinates can make decisions on the spot. Seeing the opportunity to act, the literacy is high, and the merit should be remembered, it is all because I, the wolf tooth army, is not used to traveling at night, and I am not used to delay the time on the road, and I am the culprit. ”

"We have finally completed the task, that is, there are more dead people, now we should hurry up and deploy, the brigade has worked hard all night, hurry up and rest, we still clear the enemy strongholds on the road at night, okay?"

Li Wei had a dark belly, cleared four strongholds along the way, two of which were large strongholds, and captured Dingxi City, captured five or six hundred prisoners of the main army and so many subordinate soldiers, and only killed twelve people, what is that pride, we didn't suffer hundreds of casualties in such a battle.

"Okay, but the next operation, there is no part of me, and this time it was not fought by your troops, can you let a partial general guard this? I'm going with you to fight Yuzhong Lanzhou? ”

"General Li, I'm going with me, but what do you do with the commander-in-chief? The commander-in-chief asked you to be in this not untargeted, this is the gateway to the west, you have to take care of it, don't when we fight in front, a golden army behind the backpack will copy our back road. The burden on your shoulders is heavy, and we are both together, I can warn you. ”

"Brother reminded me, didn't I just catch the fight, and my hands are a little itchy. I'm sure I'm bullish on this portal. Promise not to let anyone go east, and not let go of a single Jin army to copy your back road, so let's go. Next time, you have to say a few more kind words in front of the commander-in-chief, and let me Li Wei be a pioneer. ”

"Okay, I'll definitely bring your words to the commander-in-chief, and sometimes you have to take the initiative to tell the commander-in-chief, it's a matter of attitude."

"Brother will not forget your good.!"

While chatting, the two brothers reported the battle situation to Gao Chong, and at the same time assigned the task, Stilwell arranged the guard, cooked and rested. Prepare to do it all the way through the evening.

When it was time to Shen, Stilwell bid farewell to Li Wei, repeatedly cared about the importance of Dingxi City, and took half of Li Wei's men and his cavalry squadron to prepare for the west into Yuzhong and the east mountain of the sun.

Waiting for the troops to set off, at this time, Zhao Heng also led the troops to the Pond Fort, and waited there to let Stilwell's troops go first. I thought to myself, it's good that one side passed first, otherwise, there would still be a little fishy smell in Stilwell's all-round? Saw Stilwell coming on horseback. Said to Stilwell:

"Brother Shi, why do you sleep during the day and walk at night?"

"Zhao Heng, you kid, you grabbed the first credit yesterday, and then you have to invite my eldest brother and me to drink."

"Hehe, that's a matter of luck and the commander-in-chief, it's okay to drink glasses, but it's a problem who pays for this wine?"

"You kid weird elf, what's the point?"

"I think we are competing, who has the greatest military achievements, who kills more golden dogs, who wins and drinks, and loses money, do you dare?"

"I just picked up a sesame seed and dragged it up in front of the eldest brother, the eldest brother is afraid of who will come, there is no one who dares to compare, prepare the wine money first, it is not enough to ask my fifth brother to borrow it."

"Who borrows money is not certain, I'll wait for the wine."

"Zhao Heng, this matter is decided, the two of us will be in one place, command together, and surround Yuzhong first."

"This matter must be reported to the commander-in-chief, according to my estimation, the commander-in-chief is not trying to take the city down, but must be trying to carry out some kind of siege and reinforcement scheme. Although Yuzhong City is large, there are only 800 soldiers, and Lanzhou City has nearly 3,000 soldiers and horses, which must be like this, so we can unite our troops in one place, and it is also necessary to clear the barricades, but we must not attack the city. "Gao Chong didn't talk about war examples during training, Zhao Heng listened even more attentively, and although his father Zhao Yi was born as a seaman, he had a deep study of the art of war and had actual combat experience, otherwise Gao Chong would not have let him be the chief of staff, and Zhao Yi was very strict with Zhao Heng, and Gao Chong's art of war class made him memorize it by heart. Not only Zhao Heng is like this, but the five brothers who are highly favored are not fuel-efficient lamps, you see this Stilwell, his body is long horizontally, and he is usually very cold, but when it comes to war, tactics are also a big set.

"You have a point, let's surround him first, and it's better to go in with a group. At that time, it will be easier to take Yuzhong with the combination of inside and outside, and the casualties will be much smaller. "Here Stilwell came up with a plan.

"This is a good solution, but how do you get in?" Zhao Heng thought for a while and asked,

"At noon, there was a supply convoy, more than 300 people, I wiped the card, they were going to give Yuzhong supplies, I heard that there were 100 more people to your Ganquan Fort. That deputy general surrendered to the original Song army, and it was just right to use. Stilwell said that the group arrived at noon, and it didn't take long for them to be disarmed by the men who were ambushed on both sides of the mountain road, and there were only fifty horsemen to escort them, which was a piece of cake.

"Let our men blend in first, and then surround Yuzhong."

"Okay, I'll report to the commander-in-chief."

Gao Zhong took the Chinese army brigade and the logistics baggage team to the Toad Fort and camped in this Toad Fort. The princess took Xi'er and Deng Yu to the camp in this camp, and Gao Chongyuan didn't let the princess come over, but the princess said that she must recruit in person this time, so as to boost morale. Listening to what the princess said was very reasonable, there was no choice but to let the princess follow. Stay, the supplementary detachment composed of 500 wolf tooth army and the rebel army let Qian Jichen take care of his home, and the focus of defense is mainly on the side of the grass pond, and Ganquan Fort can also provide some support. This force should be enough, except for the east, the others are the territory of Western Xia, don't worry too much, at a critical moment, the army of Western Xia can also be supported.

Gao Zhong and the princess were just about to fall asleep, when Stilwell and Zhao Heng's report was received.

"Master Pony, is there anything ahead?"

Seeing that the high pet was reading the report, the princess asked.

"These two bastards guessed my thoughts, they want to get a team of people into Yuzhong, and they want to do something inside and out."

"Herald!"

"Here!"

"Inform the leading General Stilwell and General Zhao Heng that their plan, the commander-in-chief agreed, after an hour after the internal troops entered the city, surround Yuzhong City, do not surround the west gate, and we will also surround Sanqueyi. Only one infantry company was sent to ambush and monitor the movements of the enemy troops in Lanzhou in the vicinity of the Wild Boar Ridge in Dawa Mountain, and laid mines on the road to wait for support. The brigade is expected to arrive late tomorrow afternoon. We'll do it later. ”

"Order, the brigade will leave that morning! Strive to reach Yuzhong in time. ”

Waiting for the high pet to issue the order, it has passed the second watch.

"Husband, I have to get up early tomorrow morning and go to bed quickly."

"It's coming!"

"Husband, I think it seems very simple for you to fight, Zhao Heng, Stilwell, they won two battles without any effort, and no one died."

"It's not that simple to fight, now the enemy doesn't know, we are a sneak attack, and we have superior forces, and it will be hard to wait for the Jin army to react. We must be mentally prepared, don't fight two small battles, and be proud if we win. We are the commanders, don't talk about going to war lightly, especially you, the lord. Sun Tzu said: Soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, and the way of survival, must not be ignored. Be cautious with your troops! ”

"I see. Marrying you is my greatest decision, my father said so. Husband, hug me. ”