General Shufan knew the importance of seizing the two passes on the edge of the mountainous area, so he personally followed, and first sent students to follow the distant passes, and directly sent 50,000 cavalry over in two people on a horse, while he waited for the appointed time and then started to seize the pass closer to him. This is a relatively crowded area, and the concealment of the army is quite a problem. General Shufan placed the army in a large ravine more than 120 miles away from the pass, sent infantry and cavalry to inspect it on all sides, and then personally led the cadets and the selected 3,000 soldiers to the vicinity of the pass in disguise.

General Shufan took the soldiers and trainees to the vicinity of the pass, and after a long period of observation, he found that there was a big discrepancy between this and the information he had obtained, and the defense of the pass was not only loose, but also the examination of the passing personnel was also extremely unserious, which made General Shufan feel very puzzled. According to intelligence, this pass is the headquarters of the entire front against the general, and this commander is a general who is very strict in commanding the troops and has very strict requirements. When he saw this situation, General Shufan thought that there must be something wrong here, and immediately took a few people to sit under a big tree on the side of the road at the entrance and exit in disguise, pretending to be resting, waiting for the people passing by. After a meal, a group of people came, it looked like a caravan transporting supplies, General Shufan talked with the leader, only to know that the supreme commander who lived in this pass had left three days ago, went to the front line to inspect, due to the lack of troops, took away some soldiers, and now the actual defenders of this pass are only three or five thousand people, and the general who stayed to guard the pass took the opportunity to relax the troops under his control because of some contradictions with the commander, so such a scene was formed. When General Shufan learned that the commander might return in two or three days, he calculated that he probably knew that the general had made a move. Go and check, if according to the normal plan, yesterday should have been the start of the general's two-sided attack, and once the commander got the news, he would definitely rush back overnight. Thinking of this, General Shufan looked at the people around him, sent someone to immediately call the three thousand soldiers he had brought over, and said to the two soldiers: "You two ride horses to inform the army, and you can set off to the pass." The soldier said yes and left. General Shufan said to everyone: "The pass is empty now. I decided that we will take the pass now, do you dare to go?" Seeing that everyone nodded excitedly, he said: "The ten best martial arts selected by the student and I are the front team, follow me to seize the gate of the pass." A thousand men followed, and after the front team had moved, they rushed in, no matter what, and directly seized the gate on the other side, and wanted to close the gate. You can't let one go. The next 2,000 men were made in two teams to clear all the personnel inside the pass. ”

After the distribution, everyone disagreed with General Shufan's decision to personally lead the first team, but General Shufan had no choice but to agree to enter the customs with the second team. In this way, everyone began to take the action alone. The lead cadet leader. led more than 20 cadets and soldiers to the pass. At this time, several large carts came on the road, and the cars were carrying stones used for the maintenance of the pass, and the team leader looked at the huge stones on the car. Then he looked at the coolies pulling the cart, and saw that there were three or four soldiers guarding them, and his eyes rolled. Glanced at a few people. These people pretended to be very casual, approached the soldiers, and then started to clean up the soldiers. The leader said: "Let's go, everyone, we use this car." Then he gave them some money and sent them away, and he took the people he led, pulled up the cart, and walked towards the pass in disguise as a guarded soldier. When these people came to the pass, the soldiers standing guard at the pass shouted to them: "Little Sanzi, you guys are really grinding, how long has it been since you came back, if the commander is here, you have nothing to eat, hurry up, the commander is coming back soon." As he spoke, he saw the guards waving at him, and turned away from them, and continued to wander around the high wall of the city gate. When the cart arrived at the gate in the city gate, the team leader waved his hand, and the two carts flipped left and right, and the huge stones on the cart fell to the ground, blocking the two gates on the left and right. When the soldiers at the gate saw it, they hurriedly ran over and shouted, asking them to move the huge stone away quickly, the leader raised his sword and put the soldiers who ran to the ground, and another member of the team disguised as a soldier, after putting down the other soldiers, the leader let the team members disguised as soldiers stand guard, and he led the others to rush to the city gate. The leader of the team took out the crossbow arrows as he ran up, and when the people who followed him saw it, they also took out the crossbow arrows and rushed to the city gate, only to see that there were only four or five people on it, looking at them in disbelief, without any precautions. The leader raised his hand and shot down a soldier who was just about to open his mouth, followed by several other soldiers who were also shot down by the team members who followed him, the leader looked down, the people of the second team had already run into the pass, and the third team also approached the pass, and the leader said: "You three go over the wall over there, you two go over here with me, and support the second team to seize the gate behind." The others watched the gate and waited for the big army to enter. Let's go. As he spoke, he led two people and rushed from the partition walls on both sides of the pass to the gate behind him. When General Shufan led the members of the second team to rush to the high wall, he saw the leader of the first team, looking at him with a smile, there were more than ten soldiers lying on the city wall, and several members of the first team were checking the soldiers who were hit by the arrows one by one and recovering the arrows shot. General Shufan asked, "Did anyone run out?" The team leader shook his head and said, "The gate is closed and has never been opened." ”

General Shufan immediately said: "Leave twenty people here to guard the gate of the pass, I will lead twenty people to guard the passage on both sides, and the rest of the people will be led by you to help the third team quickly clean up the opponents in the pass and stabilize the situation at the pass." The team leader nodded and said, "General, my manpower is a little weak, so let's transfer ten more people." The general nodded, and after allocating the men, they began to move. Two hours later, when everyone met again, General Shufan looked at the people who came over, and saw that everyone nodded, knowing that the scheduled goal had been completed according to the plan. Everyone stood on the high wall above the gate of the pass, looking at the mountains in the distance, guessing the extent of the battle.

At this time, the team leader remembered something and said to General Shufan: "Before we entered the pass, we heard that the highest commander here went to the front line to check, so we easily captured the pass." Listen to them, and you may be able to come back soon. ”

General Shufan looked at the mountains in the distance, thought for a while, and said to the leader: "You lead ten people to ride out." One is to reconnoiter the number and movement of people who have been released here, and on the other hand, to check the surrounding terrain and come back as soon as it is clear. ”

The leader agreed and led the people out of the pass on horseback and ran towards the mountains in the distance.

General Shufan immediately ordered everyone to cook and rest, and be ready to fight at any time. According to the information we have learned, it seems that the commander-in-chief here may arrive tonight or tomorrow, and his large army is estimated to arrive tomorrow morning, depending on the speed of his troops. If it can be before the commander arrives, then this commander will be the dish in the hands of General Shufan, but if it is late, then General Shufan has to guard the pass, waiting for the arrival of the army, depending on the situation.

In the evening, the leader of the team returned and handed over the topographic sketch he had drawn to General Shu Fan and said: "Twenty miles away from the pass, there are two large canyons with left and right openings, and the terrain is wide. The trees are lush, making it suitable for concealing soldiers. If the army can get there, get there first and hide it, and wait for the commander to pass. Cut off his way, so that he can block the entrance in front of him, and a large army will intercept him behind him, and then put him in a cage. Make it difficult for him to fly. ”

General Shufan looked at the sketch drawn, looked at the pass behind him with a sigh, and just spoke. I believe in our soldiers and generals. With General Shufan's words, as if he wanted to verify it with people, there was a sound that shook the earth in the distance behind him. General Shu Fan and the team leader were all too familiar with this kind of voice, the two glanced at each other, and said in unison: "This speed, it's really hard to believe, it's four or five hours in advance." Then General Shufan said: "You prepare, wait for a while, and after resting, you will lead the way and lead the army to the ambush site." As he spoke, the two hurried to the other side of the pass. When I came to the city gate on the other side of the pass, I looked into the distance, and there were red waves and dark clouds on half of the pass, rushing towards the pass. When the troops reached the city gates, the infantry jumped off their horses, took formation, and watched the movement at the pass, which indicated that if the situation was not right, they would immediately attack. The cavalry formed a conical formation, ready to rush through the pass. General Shufan asked the soldiers to shout, and then notified the large army to enter the pass.

After a while, the two generals came to General Shufan and said: "General, the results of your reconnaissance trip are really great, throw us down and come to the pass of the house alone as guests, thinking that it is very enjoyable, don't forget to bring us next time." ”

General Shu Fan smiled and said, "This is also a complete accident. What is the physical strength of your cavalry now, and can you continue to move? When the cavalry general heard this, he immediately said: "General Shufan, please tell me, there is no problem for the cavalry to run another five or six hundred miles." ”

General Shufan said: "I was also lucky to capture the pass this time, the commander-in-chief on this side may have heard the general's movements, went to the front line to inspect, and took away a lot of troops." Hurry back tonight or tomorrow morning, and your task is to lay an ambush halfway and cut off his back path. The infantry will attack from the side of the pass, and you will attack from behind, and destroy the commander-in-chief and the troops under his command, so that they will not find a commander on this side of the battlefield, so as to facilitate our later actions. ”

The cavalry general said happily: "It's no problem, then let's act." ”

General Shufan said: "This is the leader of the trainees brought out by Gongzi, and he will lead the way and lead you to the predetermined place." When they were all gone, you followed them, and with the trumpet of arrows, you began to attack on both sides. Your focus is not on attacking your opponents, but on making sure that you don't let an opponent slip through the net, so as not to get out of the way and cause unnecessary trouble for future actions. Pay special attention to this commander. ”

The cavalry general nodded in agreement, pulled the cadet leader and said: "You are all famous figures in the army, all the soldiers take you as an example to learn your skills, and dream of becoming one of you, I really envy you." So saying, the two of them walked down the high wall of the city gate together. (To be continued......)