On the map on the table, Xiaoshi Pass and Wingfeng Pass were circled with red ink, and several arrows were marked in both directions to the north and south, Jiang Xi stood silently at the table, but his eyes were closed.

In another corner of the headquarters hall, a group of staff officers were conducting deductions on the sand table, but no one spoke, for fear of affecting the commander's thinking.

"Staff Officer Sun, what is the result of the deduction?" Although Jiang Xi closed his eyes, he could know that the staff officers had completed the deduction.

Staff Officer Sun walked quickly to the opposite side of Jiang Xi's table, pointed to the map and said: "From the analysis of the results and the ratio of battle losses, it is much higher for the Meng army to attack Jinping County out of Xiaoshiguan than to attack Huashan County out of Fengfeng Pass. ”

"Well, any commander-in-chief would make such a choice, we know it, and the enemy knows it. Jiang Xi's eyes still didn't open, "How is the situation in the lower suspension?"

"The 201st Division has already built a large camp to block the pass, and there are still a small number of auxiliaries building fortifications outside the barracks. Staff Officer Zhang replied.

Jiang Xi's eyes suddenly opened, and his fingers tapped on the table, "Unreasonable!" If the Meng army plans to attack the direction of Xiaoshiguan, it will not idle the Meng Ninth Army that hangs in the pass, although it has suffered a lot of losses in Huashan County before, but it still has the ability to attack one division, and our army will send at least two or three cavalry divisions to the rescue.

There is no need to put a chess piece that can contain our army's troops, either the commander of the Meng army is dizzy, or she has other plans and does not want to startle the snake. It is possible for them to go to the Wing Pass, with the advantage of half a day's time, plus the total strength of the Ninth Army of Meng, which has a total of more than 500,000 troops, it is easy to capture one city, so that there is enough time to capture two cities if they are deceitful.

Of course, it is not difficult for the Meng army to go north to Jinping County and take three or four cities, but after all, it is the territory of Cao and Qi, and the Meng army is not so easy to swallow, on the contrary, no matter how many cities Huashan County takes, it is the exclusive possession of the Meng army, and it can also bury a nail in the central theater. At that time, the enemy army can attack Huashan County or Yanling County, and our army will further lose the initiative.

Immediately let the Southern Devil Division assist in the order, the 8th, 14th, 21st, Lindi 1st, Lindi 2nd and Haitian 1st Army Corps all went south and rushed to the Fengfeng Pass at full speed, the 211th Division built the Dougou Pass to block the large camp, the 196th, 197th and 198th Divisions returned to the base camp to rest, and the 201st Division paid attention to the possible enemy troops in the lower hanging pass and the north, and was ready to retreat at any time. ”

It would be a risky move to transfer all the troops to the direction of the Wing Pass, and if the enemy army went to Xiaoshi Pass, Jinping County might lose one or two more cities because of this decision, and even the county town would be at risk of loss.

In order to establish prestige for Jiang Zhi before, Jiang Xi handed over the task of dealing with Helian Yu to Jiang Zhi, in fact, he has always had the psychology of figuring out Helian Yu, and found that she was not good at dealing with political matters, and this time she relied on the strength of the family to solve her worries, so he boldly deduced that He Lianyu did not like to deal with the people of Cao and Qi, and further deduced that Meng Jun might attack Bianfeng Pass. He has been looking for a message that can convince him, or an excuse, to help him decide to transfer troops to the south, and the abnormal military situation has become the most convincing excuse for him.

On the morning of July 21, the rear army of the 21st Army Corps rushed to the base camp, but they did not even enter the camp gate and turned to the direction of Wingfeng Pass. After a night without receiving a message for help from the Xiaoshiguan Blockade Battalion, the command confirmed that Helian Yu had led people to the south, and Jiang Xi once again used the strength of the Southern Demon Branch to warn the Bianfeng Pass Blockade Camp and nearby cities, asking them to be careful against enemy attacks.

"The first squadron is assembled!" Ding Kui whistled while shouting, and Ao Yu stood in front of the camp with the honorary battle flag "Yongwu".

In the past two days, the cavalry squadron of the 201st Division has been dispatched frequently, trying its best to compress the range of activities of the enemy scouts, and Zhang Jie, who has gained a firm foothold, began to set his sights on the lower suspension pass.

The defenders of the camp and the defenders of the pass are a pair of happy enemies, either I am suppressing your ears and eyes or you are suppressing my ears and eyes, and the two sides must compete while holding the turf to see who can bully whom. When there are more defenders at the pass and more scouts can be sent to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, it is the Meng army that bullies the Shaodian army; when there are fewer defenders at the pass and too many scouts cannot be extracted, it is the Shaodian army that bullies the Meng army.

As soon as Zhang Jie took back the command of the First Brigade, his trump card troops came to ask for battle that night, and Ding Kui asked to go out of the camp at night to sweep away the enemy scouts, vowing to make the enemy blind and deaf at night. Zhang Jie did not refuse this request, and Liang Chong had already interrogated the twenty captives, including the details of their capture, so Zhang Jie knew that Ding Kui had the ability to fight at night. Zhang Jie has led a lot of soldiers, and there are many strange ones, and he is not interested in Ding Kui's special abilities, but only values whether Ding Kui can complete the military orders he has issued, and he welcomes the ability to help him win battles.

Ding Kui took the initiative to take the initiative to take work for his subordinates, and for him, the easiest military merit to earn, and the lowest battle loss for his subordinates was to use his and Ao Yu's spiritual power to sneak attack the enemy scouts.

A hundred people wrapped their horses' hooves in the wilderness, and they could find out where the enemy scouts were hiding, how many people, whether they had discovered their whereabouts, and as soon as they struck, they all pressed the enemy troops to the ground, not to mention the death or the difficulty of finding a wounded subordinate.

Due to Ding Kui's barbaric acts of sweeping at night, the Meng army sent scouts outside the pass in one night, which angered the command of the pass, and sent additional patrolling scouts during the day.

This angered Zhang Jie, and he simply ordered all the cavalry squadrons to train in battle, and take turns to go out of the camp to find trouble with the enemy scouts.

The two sides had no intention of fighting in a big way, and very tacitly controlled the scale of the secret contest to less than three squadrons, and in order not to admit cowardice in front of the enemy, both sides deliberately sought to fight with troops with equal strength.

Therefore, the Shaodian Army and the Meng Army each had three squadrons of soldiers in the field every day from morning to night, and the battle was stopped as soon as it was dark, and the Meng Army really couldn't find anyone to come out at night to confront Ding Kui.

"Today, everyone is in good spirits, and the base camp has issued a warning, the main force of the Meng army is very likely to go south to launch an attack on Huashan County, and the Meng army in the lower pass may want to go out of the pass to attack us, so it is difficult to predict how many troops they will send. "Ding Kui attended a military meeting last night and received a notice of military intelligence from the Central Defense Region.

"Captain Ding, every time we go out with you, we are very spirited, as soon as our 'brave' battle flag comes out, the enemy army is unwilling to fight with us on an equal footing, either turn around and run or pull a helper to come together, there is no matter of the enemy's main force going south, it is estimated that it is possible to send a few more squadrons to ambush us today." Sun Lie followed Ding Kui for a long time, and he had a lot more confidence to speak.