At night, it rains drizzling......

From the west side of Qiling Mountain to Jinjun, the vanguard army is sneaking with the darkness of the night. According to the original plan, the vanguard army troops would be stationed in the vicinity of Langziguan in Jinjun County, intending to intercept the reinforcements from Huaibei; after a few searches, the main force of Chang Yuchun used the suppression of Xuzhou Chengguan as a false plan, but in fact supported the vanguard military headquarters of Langziguan and completely ate the reinforcements sent by Huaibei.

However, there were unforeseen storms and clouds, and light rain fell at night, although it did not affect the speed of the advance of the vanguard army, but it interfered with the lighting of the army's firelight. It was difficult to light the torches, and the troops walked on the muddy mountain roads, and when the main force of the army reached the Wolf Pass, they would be at a loss for a short time......

After Tang Zhan Lu Jing was temporarily dismissed, Zhao Zichuan temporarily became the chief general of the army, commanding all the troops and belonging to the detailed affairs of the army. Of course, they also know very well that going to Wolf Pass to intercept enemy reinforcements this time is a lot of danger, and many times, Zhao Zichuan has to "rely on" Lu Jing's advice......

"Although the Wolf Pass is not far away, it is not less than walking from Qiling Mountain, the key is that it is still raining at this time......" Tang Zhan and Lu Jing were together, in the army formation, Tang Zhan muttered to himself while groping in the sudden cold night.

Lu Jing shook her eyes and subconsciously said: "I heard that the Wolf Pass in Jinjun County is a well-known mountain road maze, and we are not very familiar with the roads in between. ”

"Labyrinth?" Tang Zhan said with some concern, "For the terrain around Wolf Pass, the enemy army must be more familiar than us, and General Chang should also know this." Then he will let us go, in case the enemy has more reinforcements than us......"

When Lu Jing heard this, her eyes closed slightly, and she didn't say anything, but she secretly said in her heart: "Yes." I'm afraid this was not General Chang Yuchun's idea, but Zhu Yuanzhang's instructions...... Zhu Yuanzhang is very scheming, and what he does will not be unreasonable, but why does he repeatedly challenge us, as if he is tempting or using us......"

In this case, of course, Lu Jing will not blatantly spread it in the army, and after calming down his mentality a little. Lu Jing asked General Li Xian, who was leading the troops in front, "General Li, how far is it to reach the Wolf Pass?"

Li Xian rode a war horse and followed Zhao Zichuan's flank, and when he heard the question behind him, Li Xian replied: "Back to the military division, it is not far away, according to the original plan, it should be there in less than half an hour——"

Although they have temporarily lost their positions, Tang Zhan and Lu Jing's status in the hearts of the officers and soldiers in the army remains unchanged. The soldiers still regard the two of them as their superiors, and they respect and trust them very much......

In the later units in the army, Xiao Tian, Su Jia and others followed the lineup of the backup army. Compared with Zhao Zichuan, who came to command the battle in person, Xiao Tian and the others were a little worried about the area around the Wolf Pass they were going to, and the sky was not beautiful, and the troops would inevitably encounter ominous ominous signs when they advanced in the dark......

"I heard others say that Wolf Pass is a mountain road labyrinth. If this is the case, I am afraid that the situation of our army will not be good. Even if you really want to garrison the town, it has to be effective......" Xiao Tian also said on the side, "If it is me, instead of focusing on intercepting the Huaibei reinforcements, it is better to take the opportunity of interception to take Xuzhou head-on." The effect is more significant......"

"But General Chang didn't do this-" Su Jia answered on the side, "but he chose to interfere with the enemy's intentions, and after choosing to join our army, we will eat the local reinforcements together, and Xuzhou will ignore it for the time being...... I'm not worried about what danger our army will encounter at Wolf Pass. I'm just wondering if Xuzhou Taishou Yan is so powerful in Jitai, will he also see this and make countermeasures. You know, our fiasco at the narrow mouth of the West Road was calculated by him......"

Speaking of the tragic battle in the narrow mouth of the Western Road, Xiao Tian and Su Jia's injuries have not healed. Xiao Tian suddenly felt compassion and asked Su Jia with concern: "Jia'er, is the injury on your hand better?"

Su Jia saw that Xiao Tian was concerned about herself, smiled and said, "It's okay, the arm is no longer in trouble, thank you for caring about me, Ah Tian ......" However, while speaking, his eyes also revealed a faint sadness or incomprehensible doubt.

Xiao Tian remembered Su Jia's "excessive" reaction to Chang Yuchun, and he still didn't know it, so he asked again: "By the way, Jia'er, when you first came to the army, you told me, you said that you had seen General Chang Yuchun Chang somewhere, and it felt a little familiar, right?"

Sure enough, Chang Yuchun was mentioned again, especially this matter, Su Jia's heart always shuddered unconsciously, but she couldn't say why. Su Jia's expression changed slightly, and she responded softly: "Yes, I always feel as if I have seen General Chang Yuchun before, but I just can't remember where it is...... It's not that I think General Chang's face is very familiar, and in my hazy impression, it should be an accidental one. But that time unintentionally, I always felt as if I was involved in something important, and every time I thought about it, I even felt heartache, but what was it, what was it......" Su Jia said, the more she felt that she was trapped in a dead loop.

"If you can't think about it, don't think about it......" Xiao Tian saw Su Jia's somewhat tired demeanor, and felt that Su Jia was not easy to go this way, the two even experienced a scene of life and death on the battlefield, and they couldn't bear to continue to mention it, so they simply changed the topic and said, "Take a good rest, you will arrive at Wolf Pass soon, and I don't know what will happen there......"

Su Jia smiled and nodded, which could be regarded as a reassuring hint of Xiao Tian's concern......

"General, the wolf is in front of you—" The army was moving forward with the sound of empty horses' hooves, when suddenly a soldier's voice interrupted the heavy silence of the iron watch.

Zhao Zichuan immediately stopped his horse, and the troops behind also slowed down. Zhao Zichuan made a stop gesture backwards, signaling the troops behind him to stop and continue to advance, and then he looked at the terrain of Wolf Pass in front of him.

Li Gong was behind Zhao Zichuan, he rode forward a few steps, approached Zhao Zichuan's side, and said with a serious expression: "General Zhao, this is the entrance to Wolf Ziguan." As the general could see, there were forks in the mountain road everywhere ahead, which were more complicated than the three-way terrain of Qiling Pass, and it was a veritable 'labyrinth'. Although there were clearings in the mountains for the main army to be stationed, everywhere was surrounded by mountains, and there was no telling when there would be an ambush by enemy troops...... Besides, it is drizzling now, and I don't know if the rain will increase. In the unlikely event that we are stationed at the mountain pass and are hit by a mudslide caused by heavy rain, our army will also be in danger—"

Zhao Zichuan paused and thought for a while, and then asked, "Is Jinjun in the Wolf Pass?"

Li Gong replied: "Yes, General, the terrain in the city of Jinjun is open. But there were neither civilians nor troops inside, and the land was barren...... I heard that it was an ancient town that had been abandoned for a long time, and it was used as a stronghold for the military family to temporarily station, but there was a fortress in the middle of the town, and there was no military supply, so it was okay to build fortifications to defend against the enemy in the short term, and there was no way to garrison it for a long time. Before the marshal waved his army to the Northern Expedition, Wolf Ziguan had not experienced a war for a long time. Therefore, there is no army to guard the county all year round......"

"I don't know if the reinforcements from Huaibei arrived earlier than us, if they let them rush to occupy Jinjun, it will be unfavorable to us for Xuzhou......" Zhao Zichuan said seriously, "But there is another problem, Jinjun is surrounded by the stacked mountains of Langziguan on all sides, which is similar to a labyrinth, and it is difficult to tell whether there is an enemy ambush." If only we take it lightly. The main forces rushed together, and it was very likely that they were ambushed by the enemy. Trapped and killed in this labyrinth to the wolf's pass. ”

"Then what now?" Li Gong asked again, "The army can't be stationed at this junction, right? This junction is not the only passage from Huaibei to Xuzhou, and if you don't seize the heights of Jinjun, you can't completely intercept the reinforcements from Huaibei."

Li Gong said very reasonably, Zhao Zichuan was also troubled by this, and he couldn't act recklessly. For a while, it was difficult to decide.

"What's the matter, why did the troops stop?" At the critical moment, Tang Zhan and Lu Jing were following from behind, and Lu Jing couldn't help but ask when he saw that all the troops in the front row had stopped.

Zhao Zichuan's heart was blocked. will ask Lu Jing for advice, so Zhao Zichuan did not hesitate for a moment, turned around and reported all the suspicious points of the wolf pass to Lu Jing......

After hearing this, Lu Jing thought for a while and said: "This is indeed a difficult point, either give up Jinjun, or risk the enemy's ambush......

"Sister Jing, General Chang has given an order to intercept the Huaibei reinforcements in all directions, so Jinjun must not be lost-" Zhao Zichuan said again, "Based on this premise, what we are worried about now is the fear of the enemy's ambush at Wolf Pass...... Sister Jing, have you thought of any way to bypass the enemy's ambush?"

Lu Jing's eyes were slightly certain, and then he said: "If it is said that the reinforcements from Yanjitai or Huaibei expected that our army would be intercepted at Wolf Pass in advance, they who are familiar with the terrain will definitely pay more attention to Jinjun than us...... If you want to ambush us, it is most likely the main road to Jinjun. There are several branching roads here, and if nothing else, you can reach Jinjun, and if the enemy wants to ambush them halfway, it is impossible to cover everything......"

"Sister Jing, what do you mean?" Zhao Zichuan seemed to have guessed, and looked up.

"That's right-" Lu Jing cut the railway, "Like the battle of Xuzhou Chengguan, the troops are divided into multiple routes, and then they will converge in Jinjun...... Of course, the risk of doing so is also very great, if any of the way encounters an ambush of the enemy, then there is almost no ability to confront head-on, but it is precisely in this way that the losses of our army can be minimized, so that after the convergence reaches Jinjun, the maximum number of living forces can be preserved to intercept the direction of reinforcements to Xuzhou...... And once the troops arrive at Jinjun and take advantage of the dangerous terrain to hold on for a few moments, they can wait for General Chang's main force to support them, and then join forces with the outside to annihilate all the Huaibei reinforcements in one fell swoop——"

The method was very correct, but Zhao Zichuan seemed to be a little hesitant, his eyes were hesitant, and after a long time, he whispered: "But if this is the case, if there is really an ambush by the enemy, that is to say...... No matter how far we go, there will certainly be great danger among us......"

When Zhao Zichuan said this, Lu Jing was also silent for a long time - Zhao Zichuan's concern was very correct, in the battle of Chengguan in Xuzhou, they didn't experience such a lesson, even they and Tang Zhan were besieged and killed...... But at the moment, there was no other way out, Lu Jing re-strengthened his eyes, and continued: "To intercept the reinforcements, the only way is to occupy Jinjun first, and the merging of separate roads is the way to minimize the possible casualties, and there is no other way out...... If we are lucky, we can only pray that the enemy reinforcements have not yet arrived, and there is no enemy ambush at Wolf Pass......" Lu Jing's last voice gradually became smaller, because she knew that in the end, this situation was very small.

Zhao Zichuan looked at Lu Jing's ambiguous appearance, and he also understood the difficulty in this - this is also a decision related to the lives and safety of the officers and soldiers of the whole army......

"No problem, just do it!" While he was hesitating, a firm voice came from the rear of the army - it was Xiao Tian, Xiao Tian and the others who caught up from behind heard the conversation between Lu Jing and Zhao Zichuan in front, and Xiao Tian echoed without hesitation.

Everyone looked at Xiao Tian with surprised eyes, especially Zhao Zichuan, Lu Jing and others who were generals, because they knew that Xiao Tian and Su Jia were the most unfortunate in the previous fiasco of Xuzhou's division of troops. And this time, Xiao Tian's unwavering answer shows his determination to not be afraid of life and death.

"Brother Xiao......" Lu Jing was also surprised and uneasy.

Tang Zhan looked at Xiao Tian's determination, knowing that he couldn't lose to him with the courage and commitment of being a brother and a general of an army, so he simply turned around and smiled: "Brother Zichuan, according to what Sister Jing said, the soldiers are divided into multiple roads, and they will be diverted from Wolf Ziguan to Jinjun...... Anyway, I don't know the terrain here, and if the whole army marches together and falls into an enemy ambush, it will be more than worth the loss......"

Zhao Zichuan is now the head of the army, and any important task must be decided quickly, and in his rear, the eyes of all the soldiers are focused on himself......

"Okay-" Zhao Zichuan finally relented, clenched his left hand into a fist and said firmly, "According to what the military advisor said, our troops will divide the way, from the entrance of the Wolf Pass, and gather the county as quickly as possible to jointly fight against the Mengyuan troops!" Zhao Zichuan's tone became more and more firm, so that the entire army was excited because of this.

"Fight together, fight together," followed by the loud shouts of the officers and men of the army in unison under the dark night.

Zhao Zichuan was not stunned, and immediately ordered: "Then start with General Ben, and the two generals Li Xian and Li Gong will lead the troops in the first row of the five absolute formations with General Ben, and enter from the middle way!"

"The last general obeys the order!" Li Xian and Li Gong replied at the same time, they are also the left and right cavalry generals who have been fighting with Zhao Zichuan's vanguard, and they live and die together with the flying cavalry general.

"Then the military advisor and I will lead the squadron of the Five Absolute Formations and enter from Zuo Nan Dao—" Tang Zhan said after him.

Lu Jing naturally had no objections, she had always acted with Tang Zhan. In addition to these two, Lao Jiu also accompanied Tang Zhan......

"The infantry formation of the rear army, follow me, General Su and General Hu, and go to the left and west!" Xiao Tian also followed, and ordered his troops in a loud voice.

"Yes-" The soldiers under Xiao Tian's formation, who had experienced the battle of Xidao Narrow, were also loyal to him and lived and died, shouted in unison......

"If we all take the left road, then our troops will take the right road-" Murong Fei might as well give in, and ordered loudly, "The right wing troops of the Five Absolute Formations will march with me from the left east!"

"Yes—" The cavalry soldiers under Murong Fei also replied in unison.

"Brother, I'll be with you too-" Murong Fei's younger sister Murong Ying, with a red tassel gun on her back, answered on a horse.

"Since Brother Murong goes first, then I can't lose to you......" Nangong Jun showed a smile commensurate with a brother, and then ordered his subordinates to say, "The left wing cavalry of the Five Absolute Formation Formation will listen to the order and follow General Ben from the North Road!"

"Yes-" The cavalry soldiers commanded by Nangong Jun were also loyal to him and swore to the death......

At this point, the main force of the vanguard army marched in five ways, heading towards Jinjun from Wolf Pass. Of course, they are also determined to die, if there is really an ambush by the Mengyuan troops in this vast labyrinth of Wolf Mountain Pass, no one knows who will fall into the enemy's "cage......

"By the way, Jing'er, what about your brother and your brother, since we arrived at Wolf Zi Pass, we haven't seen Brother Lu and Xiao Meng......" Tang Zhan suddenly remembered that Lu Zhao and Lu Meng had not been seen all along, so he turned his head to Lu Jing and asked.

Lu Jing did not answer immediately, but looked directly at the road ahead.

"Hey, Jing'er-" Tang Zhan thought that Lu Jing hadn't heard, so he asked again.

The expression on Lu Jing's face did not change, but she said softly: "Don't worry, you don't have to worry about them, they know what they should do now......

Tang Zhan couldn't help but be surprised, although he didn't know the situation, he had been by Lu Jing's side for a long time, and he was gradually able to realize that Lu Jing was confident about the unknown plan...... (To be continued......)