In terms of combat effectiveness, the Ninth Legion of the Meng Kingdom is not as strong as the Seventh and Thirteenth Legions, and the mages accompanying the army have not reached the level of forbidden mages, but they have one specialty, that is, fast.

The Ninth Legion marched, pursued, and retreated so fast that even if they were not equipped with enough horses, they would not be slower on foot than on horseback.

"Let the first brigade and the second brigade lurk outside the pass after nightfall, prepare for the attack before dawn tomorrow, and advance to the barracks of blocking the pass as soon as dawn, and I will lead the main force out of the pass after dawn to respond. "Hong Jin knows the situation very well.

He had observed the terrain near the Lower Pass many times, and believed that this place was the most suitable place for the Ninth Army to give full play to its strengths, and often simulated the tactical tactics of fighting out of the pass, and now he decided on a battle plan without thinking about it.

The arrival time of the 13th Army Corps of the Meng State was similar to that of the 9th Army Corps at Xiahang Pass, and although they received the order late, the distance was much shorter, and they did lose in terms of speed alone.

Dougou Pass is located in the northernmost pass of the Central Theater of Operations, the terrain is low, and there are many potholes and potholes that are easy to be flooded, and it is not suitable for stationing a large number of troops. The situation of the Meng army was better, relying on the "Helian Jade Wall" to build a large number of stilted houses, and the strength advantage of the garrison was far better than that of the Shaodian army.

The 114th Division of the Twelfth Army Corps was responsible for blocking the Dougou Pass, which was a division with more veterans in Di Tanglong's hands.

In the early battles, two of Didlon's divisions were destroyed, three were disabled, and two were badly damaged, and only three of his 12th Army were relatively intact, and the 114th Division was one of them.

Sheng Xu's 114th Division was originally stationed in Jinping County, not far from Dougou Pass, and was familiar with the geographical environment and climatic conditions here. After being sent to block the Dougou Pass, he abandoned the original battalion and instead built five small military villages on the five nearby highlands, although the troops were dispersed, but the road out of the Meng army was more tightly blocked.

The staff officers of the 114th army rushed into the military village in the center and reported to Sheng Xu: "Lord Yu, the banner of the 13th Army of the Meng State has been erected on the Dougou Pass. ”

"What?The Thirteenth Army of the Twelfth Legion?" Sheng Xu was slightly shocked by the latest military information in his hand, "That's a strong force on the same level as the Seventh Legion directly under Helian Yu, why did you come to our side?" He was a little worried in his heart, he had a share of the best morale troops of the Twelfth Legion, but it was a little hanging when he ran into the elite of the Meng State.

"Just after the heavy rain last night, the view today is particularly good, and the scouts we sent are all echoed by two squadrons, and they are not mistaken. "The staff officer of the army is very sure.

"Immediately summon the base camp and inform Commander Di at the same time. The main force of the legion is less than a day away from us, and in case the Meng Thirteenth Legion attacks us, they will be the fastest to come to help. Sheng Xu didn't hesitate and immediately chose to report.

The communication between the various departments in the Nannuma Prefecture Theater was relatively well established, and soon the headquarters of the base camp received news from the Dougou Pass.

"Has the Meng Thirteenth Legion moved to Dougou Pass?" Jiang Zhi nodded on the map, "Or is he where he was?"

Staff Officer Zhang did not have a knot in his heart because Jiang Zhi completely overturned his opinion last time, and took the initiative to analyze this time: "It should have just passed, if it had been there a long time ago, we would have received a summons from the 114th Division asking for help." ”

"Where is Di Tanglong now?" Jiang Xi asked in a deep voice.

"The position of the main forces of the Twelfth Legion has not changed. Staff Officer Qian replied quickly.

"Let the 12th Army Corps advance in the direction of Dougou Pass for half a day, and be ready to rescue the 114th Division at any time. Jiang Xi didn't wait for the staff to give advice.

"I know the military fortress of the 114th Division, they can hold it for at least one day. Staff Officer Zhang reminded Jiang Xi.

"What if we can't hold it? Let the Eighth Army do the risky work, even if the Dougou Pass is just a feint, the military flag pass will only wait for one more day. "Jiang Xi is not familiar with his descendants, but he has no doubt about their combat effectiveness.

"Dashuai, I'll come to guard the headquarters tonight, you can rest assured, I will inform you as soon as there is a situation. Jiang Zhi could see some tiredness from the corner of Jiang Xi's eyes.

"Well, let's arrange the shifts of the staff officers, I have a hunch that there will be great changes in the Nannuma Prefecture War Zone in the next few days. "Jiang Xi has stayed up for many days in a row, and there is no big problem with his physical strength, but his mental energy is too much and he needs to sleep well.

The main account of the 13th Division on the ground, the division commander Fan Xiangtie was listening to the report of the scout captain with a blue face.

"More than 200 people have been lost in just one afternoon, why are you still here?" Fan Xiang couldn't bear such a loss.

"My lord, the enemy seems to have gone crazy, and they sent out a team of 500 men, and they suddenly encountered us in the field and suffered a great loss. The scout captain was ashamed, but he had to tell the truth.

"A team of five hundred people, shouldn't it be an increase in troops? You quickly gather all the scouts to break through in the direction of the lower pass, and if you can't break through, you will come back quickly to report. Fan Xiang's heart lifted and made a decent decision.

The scout brigade of the 13th Division on the ground gathered the remaining more than 700 people and tried to force their way past the blockade line of the Meng army scouts and break through to the lower hanging pass to take a look. How do you know that when you encounter the Meng army scouts, they are blindly stalking, and they have been dragged until more Meng army scouts come to support, and finally the scout brigade of the 13th Division on the ground is outnumbered, and they have no choice but to retreat to the blockade camp.

At this time, it was already dark, Fan Xiang knew that things were not good, and hurriedly sent someone to summon the base camp, and arranged for his subordinates to take turns to keep vigil to strictly prevent the enemy from attacking and blocking the camp at night. However, his textbook method of dealing with it weakened the already weak combat effectiveness of the 13th Division on the ground.

"What? I can't get close to the front of the pass to reconnoiter the enemy's situation?" Jiang Zhi received the news that it was nearly midnight, "I want to inform the marshal immediately." ”

The news from the lower hanging pass is even worse than that of the Dougou Pass, which only observes the military flags of different troops, while the lower suspension pass encounters actual actions, and the danger must be greater in the lower hanging pass.

Jiang Xi didn't sleep for long, but he also realized that the situation was a little bad, and returned to the headquarters again after getting dressed, "Where is the main force of the Second Army on the ground?"

"It's a day's journey from the next hangover. ”

"The 2nd Army Corps was ordered to advance half a day's journey in the direction of the downward suspension, ready to rescue their 13th Division at any time. What other troops are within a day's journey of the military flag pass?" Jiang Xi's expression became more and more serious.

"There are the Fourteenth Army Corps, the First Army of Lindi, the First Army of Haiti and the Army of Confucius. Jiang Zhi quickly marked the location of the four legions on the map.

"Ordered the Kong army to go to assist Hu Qin in defending the northern theater of operations, and Jinping County could not afford to lose. Jiang Xi decisively transferred another legion of troops.

(I overestimated my ability to recover, I couldn't concentrate, and I also have to go into debt today, and it seems that I can only recover it after my body recovers, so I apologize to everyone.) )