The Three Kingdoms

After taking a sip of hot tea to warm himself up, he walked to the topographic map of the sand table: "Is there any news from the Xiabian siege campaign?"

"I just sent back a battle report last night. The Wei army is now defending and defending, and has no intention of withdrawing troops. This battle is very fierce. I heard that Chen Dao is going to invest in the No. 11 army of the reserve army Jiang Qin. Already!"

Xu Sheng handed Zhuge Liang a battle report in his hand.

"Stick to the next debate? This is wrong!"

Zhuge Liang looked at the battle report, dug out several reports from before, compared them, and felt a little uneasy in his heart. He narrowed his eyes slightly: "At this time, it is reasonable to say that the Wei army should not stick to the defense, they will try to do the opposite and retreat to the defense. Liangzhou!"

"What Governor Zhuge means is that they should withdraw their troops!"

Xu Sheng flipped through several reports of returning from the front battlefield: "But it said that Qi Shan hadn't moved at all, and even the north side of the lower debate was closed tightly. They have the intention of withdrawing troops from the north!"

"Commander Xu, if you were the one defending the city, you knew that the military would not be able to defend the city in the face of our army's siege. Would you stick to it?"

"will not!"

Xu Sheng thought for a while, nodded, but quickly retorted: "However, if I know that there are reinforcements to help, I will definitely stand by and wait for reinforcements. After all, withdrawing troops on the spot is too risky, and if I fail, I will be defeated!"

"Reinforcement?"

Zhuge Liang's eyes brightened slightly when he heard the words, but he quickly shook his head: "They should have no reinforcements. We have been staring at Chang'an, and the soldiers and horses in Chang'an have not moved. This shows that they have no intention of reinforcements, except Chang'an Besides, what reinforcements do they have!"

"Could it be that they are waiting for Zhang Ren to turn around!"

Xu Shengdao.

"This is somewhat possible!"

Zhuge Liangliang nodded, and said, "Did the scouts watching from the west report to Zhang Ren's department? It stands to reason that the No.40 Fifth Division and Zhang Ren should have started fighting at this time. Why hasn't there been any news yet!"

"It's strange to say that the scout battalion battle report was reported once a day, but now there is no news at all!" Xu Sheng frowned.

"What?" Zhuge Liang waited, "This has been going on for a few days!"

"It's been four days!"

"Okay, something must have happened to Ximian!" Zhuge Liang's face changed drastically.

"The warlord means that Zhang Renhui killed a carbine and sent him back to the next debate?" Xu Sheng said.

"We have long been prepared for his army. Even if he asks our attention and wants to kill a carbine, our soldiers in the next debate are also prepared. It will not cause us too many casualties. At most, it will increase him. Bing Xiabian, but we have invested 10,000+ main force in the battlefield of Xiabian City, and there are [-] to [-] reinforcements coming later, even if he turns back, it can only delay our siege time, which is of little use!"

Zhuge Liang said analytically.

"But if he didn't lead the troops back to Xiabian, where else could he go?" Xu Sheng was puzzled.

"There is another place, here we are!"

Zhuge Liang stretched out his hand, stroked his forehead, closed his eyes, and his thoughts became more and more clear. A flash of spiritual light flashed by, and he blurted out: "Zhang Ren is here!"

"What does the governor mean?" Xu Sheng was stunned.

"Zhang Ren is coming towards us!"

Zhuge Liang opened his eyes, and there was a flash of light in his eyes, staring at the position of Baimaguan on the sand table.

"Aiming at us?"

Xu Sheng took a deep breath, and quickly said: "What Governor Zhuge means is that the troops led by Zhang Ren are coming towards Baima Pass!"

"It has been deduced countless times. I thought we had planned this battle very well, but it was still a hundred secrets. We have calculated thousands of times, and we have missed our own position!"

A wry smile appeared on Zhuge Liang's face: "I'm sure, Zhang Ren, leading the [-] elite, is not going west to Xiabian for reinforcements, but must have come straight to my White Horse Pass!"

"Conquer my White Horse Pass?"

Xu Sheng's pupils contracted slightly: "What's the use of this? When our reinforcements go north, they will run away in despair. Chief of Staff Huang Gai will soon lead the main force of our war elephants to go north!"

"When is soon?"

"At least ten days!"

"Ten days later, Baima Pass will be in ruins!" Zhuge Liang said.

"Will he burn our White Horse Pass?"

"Let me ask you, where is Baima Pass?"

"granary!"

Xu Sheng suddenly realized: "This is our granary to support the northern battlefield!"

Zhuge nodded and said: "That's right, this is our military supply transfer station, food, winter clothes, weapons, and large siege equipment are all here. If he destroys this place, our 10,000+ main force on the front line must stop fighting. Return to Bashu!"

"Report!" Outside the camp, a loud voice suddenly sounded.

"Come in!"

"Report to Commander Zhuge, Commander Xu. In the afternoon, the first platoon of soldiers of my scout company found a soldier with an unknown flag ten miles west of the White Horse Pass. It looked like a Wei army, and there were a lot of soldiers and horses! "

The scouts clasped their hands and said: "We searched carefully to the north and found the place where they were stationed. According to the configuration of the Wei army, ten people make one stove, and they have at least [-] stoves!"

"It should be the [-] elite under Zhang Ren's command. They are really here!"

Xu Sheng's face changed when he heard this, and he took a deep breath: "But they came too fast!"

"It's because we reacted too slowly!"

Zhuge Liang gritted his teeth and asked hastily, "How many soldiers and horses are there in Baima Pass?"

"Currently there is only one regiment, three thousand soldiers!"

Xu Sheng replied immediately: "Before we had two regiments, but the day before yesterday, a transport regiment transported food and siege equipment to the battlefield in Wudu. At present, there is only the guard regiment directly under the Bashu Army!"

"Three thousand against thirty thousand, this is a big trouble. Although Baima Pass is a pass, it is not very strong. The most important thing is that they have troops to besiege. Even if we deploy defenses, there will be loopholes. If Zhang Ren is ruthless , at most two days, we can take down our White Horse Pass!"

Zhuge Liang clenched his fists tightly. If he had [-] soldiers and horses, he could defend for a week along the White Horse Pass, and he could last for three to five days, but now there are only [-] soldiers, which is not enough.

But he, Zhuge Liang, is not one to admit defeat. His eyes flashed a decisive light: "In the current situation, I am afraid we can only give it a go, and win in danger!"

……

evening.

In the western suburbs of Baimaguan, seven or eight miles away, on a hill, the generals of the Wei army marched for a day, and began to bury their pots to make food and recharge their batteries.

Zhang Ren's tall body stood on the highest point of the hill, wearing a battle armor and a cloak, looking at the white horse pass in front of his eyes, with a murderous intent on his lips: "Zhuge Liang, it's time for us to end it!" , this time, I will never let you leave Baima Pass alive!" (To be continued.)