"Oh, have the reinforcements arrived at the base camp? send two cavalry brigades to assist me so quickly. The news that followed was beyond Fan Yi's expectations.

"The base camp didn't say much, and the subordinates didn't know. "It's impossible for a staff officer to see much from the magical teleportation.

"Well, two thousand cavalry here is no worse than an infantry division, at least they can catch up with the Ninth Army of Meng, and they are better than nothing. Fan Yi was immediately relieved that reinforcements would not be sent to the southern theater when they came.

Fifty kilometers away, Hong Jin was also asking the staff officer about the military situation.

"Haven't the enemy local legions in the rear broken through yet?" asked Hong Jin.

"No, they have been cautious and cautious, and only after determining the direction of the main forces of our army did they press the whole army. The staff officer replied.

"Can't those tails be cleared?" Hong Jin was a little annoyed.

"Back to the commander, this is the enemy's territory, the enemy's scouts can hide everywhere, and it will be difficult to get rid of them unless we stop and do a carpet search. "The staff officer has a difficult face.

"Hey," Hong Jin, who had been strolling around Huashan County for a few days, finally sighed, "Commander Helian is really high! Send more troops to expel the enemy scouts, and try to drive them away from the main force of our army." Tonight, if you lean closer to the border of Tunchang County, you must find a way to get rid of the pursuers behind for a day. ”

The first brigade of the 201st Division rushed to Huashan County, and Xue Chong took Ding Kui and Ao Yu into the city to inquire about the news.

"Meng's Ninth Army is circling in circles at the border between Huashan County and Tunchang County, what does the enemy want to do?" Ding Kui pieced together the marching route of Meng's Ninth Army.

"The enemy army has no follow-up troops, and it is only a single legion that penetrates deeply, and the Knights Guild of Huashan County can't analyze what their purpose is. Xue Chong didn't understand either.

"So many people don't understand the purpose of the enemy army, could it be that they don't have a purpose at all?" Ding Kui put forward a very bold hypothesis.

Xue Chong was not good at tactics and strategy, and was used to listening to the arrangements of the top and the analysis of others, so he said to Ding Kui: "What do you think? Your family has been in charge of the staff for thousands of years, and there will always be some stunts." ”

"Folk rumors are really harmful, what the Ding family left behind is basically the ability to manage people, and there are a lot of military books and classics, but how can there be such a thing as a stunt. Ding Kui secretly complained in his heart.

He used his fingers to draw circles on the route of Meng's Ninth Legion, and the various military books he had read kept flashing in his mind, but his mouth followed the assumption just now: "If they have no purpose, they can go wherever they want, as long as they don't take the initiative to go to the road of death, they can choose many routes." ”

"What's a dead end?" Xue Chong asked casually.

"Dead end, wait, everywhere they go, they are dead end, they are looking for a way to live. Ding Kui grasped a glimmer of inspiration in his mind, "Their way of life is to withdraw from the lower suspension or go to the direction where someone answers."

Meng's Ninth Army has penetrated deep into Huashan County, and the enemy needs to break through many barriers to meet them, and it is impossible to find someone to meet them, so there is only one way left to withdraw to Xiahangguan. The Second Legion had been chasing after them, blocking most of the direction to the southeast, and they had to find a way to get around the Second Legion.

It was a clever trick to bring the border of Tunchang County, but they didn't know that the 1st Division of the 20th Army was coming from Tunchang County, and in the end they would definitely have to run to the northeast quickly, and then turn to the southeast to escape. ”

"It's possible, then let's go to the area of Wanggui City, if they want to turn around, they must pass through Wanggui City. Xue Chong didn't think about the strategic deployment of troops at all, his eyes were fixed on the enemy's marching route, and he was talking on paper like Ding Kui.

"Captain Yingming, then let's try our luck in Wanggui City. Ding Kui didn't know anything about the layout of the entire theater, and he felt that the Meng Ninth Army needed to flee for his life, and he would flee back wherever he came from.

When these two people were discussing, they did not know that the northern theater had undergone great changes.

The Cao Qi coalition army came out from the three passes in the north, as Jiang Zhi expected, leaving only one corps to guard the pass, and dispatched five legions to attack, and broke through the three large camps of the Shaodian army in only one day.

Because the Shaodian Army had been prepared for a long time, and when they saw that the momentum was not right, they quickly retreated, and the 11th Army Corps and the Confucian Army sent multiple reinforcements to pick up the three divisions guarding the pass, so there were no major losses in terms of troops.

There was also a big move in the military flag pass, the handsome flag of Helian Yu on the city tower was raised, and the Meng Seventh Army sent two divisions to storm the Yuzhong military camp, and there were forbidden magicians in the sky who led the magician regiment to help in the battle.

Fortunately, the magician regiment of the Eighth Legion arrived in time, and under their protection, Yu Zhong slowly retreated and led the 75th Division to withdraw to the blockade camp.

The Seventh Army of Meng did not take advantage of the situation to pursue, but seized the military camp of Shaodian State to cover the troops that were launched after the military flag pass. Before dark, 50,000 people had already spread out in front of the pass, and the advance of Meng's Seventh Army slowly approached the Shaodian army to block the pass.

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The command of the Shaodian Army.

A staff officer walked quickly into the headquarters with the latest information, and came to Jiang Xi's side to report: "Report to the commander, the 13th Army Corps of Meng has sent troops out of Dougou Pass to launch, and it is expected that the attack on the camp will start tomorrow morning." ”

"She finally got her hands dirty. Jiang Zhi stood beside Jiang Xi, "The enemy army is not sure where our main force is, and plans to launch an attack together between the two main forces at Junqi Pass and Dougou tomorrow morning." ”

"She used the Ninth Legion to find out the truth of our side, what a big stroke, such a steady style, and the fickle style of Commander Helian. Jiang Xi rarely called Helian Yu's full name in his mouth, "Let the Nanmaru Magician Regiment assist Di Tanglong, let the Twelfth Army Corps defend the Dougou Pass and block the camp for me, and let the Haitian First Army lean towards the Jumping Peak Pass to block the camp to prevent the enemy from rushing out of the Jumping Pass, although it is difficult to deploy troops there, it is better to be careful." ”

"Will the Eighth Legion carry it here at the Banner Pass?" Jiang Zhi was a little reluctant, in his opinion, it would be better to let the other legions replace the Eighth Legion.

"I can only let them carry it, the enemy's new legion has not yet appeared, and it should be behind the military flag pass. Jiang Xi was very sure.

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Xue Chong led the first brigade to rush overnight, and did not arrive at Wanggui City until noon the next day.

The west side of Wanggui Castle is an undulating hilly area, and the east side is a plain, as long as you go around the north side of the city, the southeast direction is a flat river.

The 1st Brigade of the 201st Division set up camp in the hills west of the city, and Xue Chong pulled all the squadron leaders to run around the north of the city.

After returning to the camp, a military meeting was immediately convened, "In the next three days, we will send a team to inspect the north of the city to the west, and the Ninth Army of Meng will inevitably pass in this direction." Xue Chong first determined the task.

The squadron leaders all looked at each other except Ding Kui, and no one knew why the Meng Ninth Army must have passed here, they had to squat for three days in such a small city divided by terrain.