After noon, the vanguard army was ready to go and set out along the three roads of the east and west, attacking and defending, in case the Mengyuan army in Xuzhou counterattacked and rushed into battle. The middle road is guarded by the main force of 15,000 elite cavalry infantry, Zhao Zichuan is the vanguard general, Li Xian and Li Gong follow closely, and the left and right wings are Nangong Jun and Murong Fei two tiger generals, each with thousands of elite cavalry, the middle of the strange infantry pressed the formation, and the five unique formations were formed; Su Jia's 3,000 infantry set up an ambush, followed by Hu Yidi's reinforcements, and waited for the battle; in the end, the east road mountain road, no army formation, rugged and impossible to set up a formation, Lu Jing was suspicious and followed Tang Zhan to lead a reconnaissance force of 500 companions, in order to withstand the danger of the terrain and the ambush of the enemy; the rest of the officers and men were stationed in place, on the one hand, to stand by, on the other hand, to pay attention to the news of the main force of support entering the pass at any time......

Xuzhou City......

"My lord, there is a report from the spies ahead, and the Tang Zhan army has been dispatched. Although I don't know the situation of the east and west, I saw the main force of the enemy's infantry in the middle lane...... "In a secret conference room, there are only two people, Yanji Jitai Bazaduo and Li Chengsheng, and Li Chengsheng told Yan Jitai the news of his return.

Yan Jitai nodded slightly, and then said: "I didn't expect them to do it so quickly, and they received a provocative battle letter from General Ben......"

"It seems that Tang Zhan and Lu Jing are not very good, they were also frightened by a small provocation book, and the troops reacted so much......" Li Chengsheng smiled slightly.

"Don't be too happy too soon......," Yan Jijitai suddenly interrupted, "Whether they are considered a plan or not depends on our battle...... Strategist, have you thought about it, although the enemy army is only 20,000 people. However, there are countless elite soldiers and generals under the account, and the morale of the army is booming. How can we make them suffer heavy losses and lose the morale of the army?"

"It's not the same as before. As the soldiers often say, 'Attack the key point and break the formation of a thousand armies'-" Li Chengsheng laughed softly.

"Then where is their key point this time?" Yan Jitai asked again, "After the defeat of Qiling Pass, we also found the enemy's vital point, but they themselves knew it, so they calculated it for us...... This time we can't make the same mistake again, it's not just to find the enemy's vital point, but also to ......."

"And keep the enemy in the dark. Don't you know what you're critical to?"

"The military advisor really knows the psychology of the general...... "Yan Jitai said with a smile again, "What kind of plan does the military advisor have, can find the key points that the enemy does not know, and break the ...... in one fell swoop"

"The Lord sent the enemy provocation letter before, which can be regarded as disturbing the minds of the enemy soldiers a little, and this kind of time is also the time when people's minds are most likely to be confused and disordered, even if it is a little interference......" Li Chengsheng seemed to have a plan in his heart, and then said with a smile. "Take advantage of this opportunity, as long as you figure out the other party's heart, find the other party's key point and not let it know it......"

"Could it be that you have already found the military advisor?" Yan Jitai asked again.

Li Chengsheng nodded slightly, but continued: "I really have a plan in my heart. But in my second thought, scheming is your strong point, and you should find the answer yourself......"

Yan Jitai saw Li Chengsheng selling Guanzi in front of him. knew that Li Chengsheng must be confident, and then he thought about it. Analyzing and saying: "The seven ridges are connected to the three paths, east and west, and the middle road is open and plain. Suitable for the battle of our cavalry, Tang Zhan Lu Jing was afraid that our army would charge and kill the 70,000 troops in front of him, so he would definitely send the main army to set up a strict defense and send the most courageous generals...... But under the vanguard army, especially Lu Jing's girl, the idea can always be one step ahead of others - the mountain road in the east is rugged, the cavalry is unable to deal with the battle, not to mention, the infantry is even more difficult to overcome, Lu Jing is either afraid that I will set up an ambush in the east road, or I will send a small number of troops to survey in preparation for the surprise soldiers in the future, so she herself will definitely send a small number of troops to cross the mountain road on the east road...... "It is worthy of Yan Ji Tai Baza, the ability to attack scheming is beyond ordinary people, Lu Jing's strategy almost made him right."

"Then the answer is not obvious--" Li Chengsheng said with a smile, "Your Excellency, you should have found it, where is the enemy's vital point......

"Yes, this is thanks to the military advisor for reminding ......" Yan Jitai first nodded with a secret smile, and then changed his accent and ordered, "Pass the order, the sand cavalry will set up a formation, and go out of the city to attack from the middle road!"

"Yes—" After Li Chengsheng took the order, he slowly retreated......

A piece of loess under the city of Xuzhou, after nearly ten miles, is the three roads of the east and west of the Qiling Pass. With the opening of the gate of Xuzhou City Pass, the so-called "sand cavalry" also revealed its true face.

There were not many cavalry in the sand cavalry formation, but there were more than 100 people, and after riding the tail of the horse, they all dragged a huge broom. In the loess cavalry run for more than a few miles, raise bursts of yellow sand, within a moment, along the Qiling Pass exit from Xuzhou Chengguan is the yellow sand sky, dust covers the sun, can not see the outline of Xuzhou Chengguan in front of it at all, this is also the origin of the name of "sand cavalry".

Needless to say, this "yellow sand covering the eyes" must have blocked the sight of the Tang Zhan army in the Qiling Pass on the opposite side, as for the reason, it is unknown now......

"Stop-" And at this moment, in the middle plain of the Qiling Pass, the main infantry of the vanguard army with Zhao Zichuan as the vanguard cavalry has reached the area ten miles away from the exit of the Qiling Pass.

"The yellow sand is rising in front, I don't know the situation, the whole team has an order, and the formation is on standby!" Zhao Zichuan made an order to wait for the army, and then all the 15,000 elite troops in the rear stopped, maintaining the formation of the Five Absolute Formations to recuperate in place.

"What's wrong?" Li Xian stopped when he saw Zhao Zichuan at such a distance, so he stepped forward and asked.

Zhao Zichuan looked at the yellow sand in front of him, and said calmly: "The important task of our main army is to guard the middle road, and what we are going to face is likely to be the enemy's main army of 70,000...... If this battle breaks out, you will die in one life, and you can't make a mistake in any link, otherwise you will lose the whole thing--now that the yellow sand is everywhere ahead, and I don't know the enemy's movements, if we rush forward again, the danger is too heavy, and we should be on standby again-"

Zhao Zichuan is not unreasonable. The soldiers at the bottom also understand very well. What they will face now is probably the hardest and most brutal battle. Although there are excellent cavalry generals such as Zhao Zichuan, Nangong Jun, and Murong Fei under the command of the army. But if the main force of the enemy army pours out, 15,000 against 70,000. The disparity in strength is too great, and this is the plain land where the Mengyuan cavalry is good at fighting, even if there are five absolute formations to defend the formation, it is difficult to resist.

It can be seen that this battle will be dangerous, even if they are standing by and looking at the yellow sand in front of them who don't know the situation in the rear, Zhao Zichuan and others are extremely entangled in their hearts, they have been waiting, but they don't want this battle to come......

And at the same time, in the place of the narrow mouth of the West Road. Xiao Tian, Su Jia and Hu Yidi were leading 3,000 infantry to garrison the important place. Because it is a narrow area, the cavalry cannot freely set up a formation, so as long as the number of the opponent's army is small, it is enough to defend the narrow mouth close to 3,000 men and horses. Moreover, Lu Jing guessed that the main target of the enemy army was the land of the Middle Plain, which was good at riding and fighting by himself and was more confident, so Lu Jing put the focus of the main army on the middle road, and only sent 3,000 infantry to the west road narrow......

However, this is the first time that Xiao Tian and Su Jia have led the troops on the expedition. The previous water war was just a false one, so it wasn't the first time in the real sense. Although the two of them have been born and died countless times, it is still such a difficult and critical battle to lead the soldiers to the battle. For Xiao Su and the others, they couldn't help but be a little nervous. Lu Jing also knew about this situation, before the two of them left. gave the two of them a clever idea......

"This bag is the ...... that Sister Jing gave us before we left" Xiao Tian led the soldiers to the front, looking at the bag in his hand. "She said when we had an emergency. Can be opened—"

"The clever plan, Zhuge Kongming's plan, I always thought it was fake...... If Sister Jing's tips can really solve the trick in danger, then I have to admit that Sister Jing is smart beyond ordinary people......" Su Jia followed closely beside Xiao Tian and said in response.

Compared with Xiao Su and the others, Hu Yidi, who usually talks a lot with Xiao Tian, is lagging behind this time. Although he said that he was brave and naturally warlike, he really marched and fought, since he experienced the victory of Qiling Pass, Hu Yidi also had a new view of war. A swordsman in the Western Regions who has stabbed countless wicked people like him also seems a little nervous and uneasy in the face of the cruel war, and more importantly, he has always been jealous and hateful, and he is also full of disgust with war......

"The narrow mouth should be in front, we can't go any further......" Xiao Tian glanced at the terrain in front of him, and then said, "The whole team has an order, stay here and be vigilant at any time!"

So 3,000 infantrymen camped in this place, waiting for his orders......

Su Jia has always been reluctant to be passive and wait for news, and is more willing to go to observe the situation in person than the response of the reconnaissance soldiers in front. And Xiao Tian knew that Su Jia's martial arts were strong and he was extremely quick to adapt, so he didn't worry too much......

Su Jia is very good, even in a narrow pass where the road is not good, she can cross freely and quickly. Sure enough, it was only half an hour, Su Jia flew back to Xiao Tian's side, and then said: "Ah Tian, I have seen the situation before, there is yellow sand everywhere, and I can't see anything. However, the sound of horses' hooves is constant, and it should be the enemy's training under the city of Xuzhou, or the formation, or the ...... Or they are already preparing to fight with the main force of our army, the Zichuan brothers, in the middle of the road, and they ......" The last sentence, Su Jia said as she was entangled in her heart.

Xiao Tian is the same, and all the soldiers of the vanguard army also know that the battle of the middle road is the most dangerous. If the enemy's 70,000 troops go straight to the middle, the 15,000 main forces led by Zhao Zichuan may not be able to retreat with their whole body, and if it is more serious, it is very likely that the whole army will bury the Qiling Pass.

"Don't think too much about it first, Brother Zichuan is brave and good at fighting, and he will definitely be able to deal with it well...... Xiao Tian said comfortingly, "And Brother Zichuan has a great life, when he was in Bianliang, he escaped from danger several times, and I believe this time is no exception...... As far as we are concerned, it is better for us to be on our own, and at any time we should guard against the enemy army from the dark road in the west to sneak up on our army's rear camp. ”

Su Jia nodded, in her opinion, the current plan can only be like this, instead of caring too much about others, it is better to take care of yourself first......

However, luck seems to be quite good, although the yellow sand is everywhere ahead, the sound of horses' hooves is constant, and the spies are also sent a few ways, but there has been no news that there is a battle in the middle of the road. A few hours passed, and the sound of yellow dust and horses' hooves under the city of Xuzhou continued, but I didn't see the main cavalry of the Mengyuan army emerging from the "Yellow Sand Formation". Of course, the generals of the vanguard army did not know that this was the "sand cavalry" that Yan Jitai did not know to use, and no one knew the true intention of Yan Jitai......

At night, Xiao Tian's troops camped on the spot, but they were also vigilant at all times, after all, night was the easiest time to sneak attack, not to mention the narrow mouth that was easier to conceal here in the West Road. Even Hu Yidi himself personally went to the front camp of the army to guard, with his many years of experience in the rivers and lakes of the Western Regions, if there was a sneak attack by the enemy army in the "yellow sand at night", he could pay attention to it as soon as possible......

And Xiao Tian and Su Jia were roasting in the camp at this time, caring about the soldiers below from time to time, and talking with them from time to time to relieve the overly tense atmosphere. After all, the two of them have seen a lot along the way, and they are used to putting affection first, and treating their subordinates who share weal and woe as brothers and friends, which also makes Xiao Su and the others gain good popularity in the army, and the soldiers in the army also trust the two very much.

After talking for a while, Xiao Tian and Su Jia sat on a fire to rest. However, they are still vigilant and ready to deal with unexpected events at night, but the atmosphere is not as tense as during the day. The two are still as usual, talking and laughing, not all talking about the affairs of the army, wandering the rivers and lakes have experienced so many dangers, and now they have joined the army to fight, and their feelings have not changed......

"General, general...... Oh no-" Suddenly, a voice interrupted Xiao Tian and Su Jia's homely words, and a soldier hurriedly ran to Xiao Tian and Su Jia's side and shouted in a hurry.

Xiao Tian and Su Jia are usually used to being vigilant, and when an emergency suddenly occurs, they immediately wake up. Xiao Tian saw the panicked look of the soldiers, thinking that there was a sneak attack by Meng Yuan's troops, so he asked solemnly: "What happened, is there a sneak attack by enemy troops?"

"No, it's not...... the soldier ran a little panting, and his whole expression was very nervous, and then he continued, "It's the back camp...... In that part of the back mountain, there are ...... There are snakes!"

"Snake?" Xiao Tian didn't get nervous when he heard "snake", he just asked calmly, "How many?"

"Just, just one ......," replied the soldier.

"What's there to be afraid of?" Su Jia also felt that she was too nervous, and then put her mind down and said, "So many people in the army are still afraid of a snake?

"No—" The soldier finally relieved himself, and then showed a frightened look in his eyes, "It's a big snake, taller than a tree!"

"Is it that big?" Xiao Tian and Su Jia let out a tone of surprise at the same time, but they were not too afraid. Su Jia has always been not afraid of heaven and earth, not to mention, not even the hundred-foot monster at the bottom of the Shenfeng Cliff, let alone a giant snake; Xiao Tian once had a relationship with the giant python at the bottom of the Canglong Cave, and he was not afraid of any kind of snake.

However, for ordinary people, the giant snake taller than a big tree is rare in the world, and it is not surprising that ordinary people are afraid. If the giant snake is disturbed at a critical moment in the army, it will definitely be bad, so Xiao Tian and Su Jia will go to take a look......

"Where is the snake?" Su Jia walked in the front without fear, and came to the back camp with Xiao Tian, and the ghost knife in his hand was also ready to be unsheathed at any time, just in case.

"There, there—" the soldier pointed still in fear, and then let out a cry of "ah-" and ran to the back.

Not only him, but also hundreds of people in the distance from the location he just pointed to. In the middle of the encirclement, it was really right, a huge python more than ten feet tall towered in the middle, entangled in the dark night with a huge black drive, revealing its extremely terrifying fangs.

This python is really big, it is indeed rare in the world, it is like a terrifying giant monster. But as far as Xiao Tian and Su Jia have seen the giant python and the hundred-foot monster, this is only a "little man", so the two of them are not too afraid, and calmly walked to the middle of the camp surrounded by hundreds of people, and walked to the giant python.

"The sudden appearance of such a big snake should not be accidental, I think this should be his original lair, we disturbed his residence......" Xiao Tian looked at the giant python and said calmly...... (To be continued......)