After Lu Shaochuan led his soldiers to arrive, he directly ordered a fierce attack on the checkpoint, with continuous artillery fire and machine gun fire. The fierce attack put tremendous pressure on Zhou Chen, the guard general of Nanming Pass. However, Zhou Chen, who was stationed at the checkpoint, refused to fight. After Xi Changzhen arrived quietly, Lu Shaochuan continued to attack fiercely, but Xi Changzhen also ordered to defend and did not leave the border to fight Lu Shaochuan.
Lu Shaochuan felt helpless about this.
The purpose of leading his army to Nanming Pass was to fight Zhou Chen and even Xi Changzhen, and even wanted to capture Nanming Pass first. Unexpectedly, the two of them turned into turtles with their heads hidden in the shell and never went out to fight. Lu Shaochuan was extremely depressed.
Behind the checkpoint is the military camp.
Outside the big tent, Zhou Chen came in a hurry.
Zhou Chen stood in front of Xi Changzhen and said respectfully: "General, Lu Shaochuan came to provoke me again today. The general ordered us to avoid fighting. In the end, Lu Shaochuan returned without success and withdrew in despair."
Xi Changzhen hummed and said no more.
Seeing that Xi Changzhen was neither arrogant nor impetuous, Zhou Chen hurriedly said: "General, why don't you go to battle? Our strength is far stronger than Lu Shaochuan, and we can defeat Lu Shaochuan in one fell swoop."
"Go to war."
Xi Changzhen shook his head and smiled and said: "There is no point in attacking Lu Shaochuan. After the war started, Li Zhen pursued the strategy of attacking from the east and attacking from the west. When the war between Xingyang County and Xiaoshui County started, Nanmingguan was in peace, so I will I concluded that Li Zhen's focus is on Nanming Pass, and now, Lu Shaochuan's repeated provocations have further verified my strategy."
"I believe that Li Zhen is probably outside Nanming Pass."
"The purpose of Li Zhen asking Lu Shaochuan to provoke you is to get you out of seclusion and then conduct an ambush. We don't know Li Zhen's location, so we focus on defending for the time being. We first let Lu Shaochuan keep calling for formation, but then he went back in despair. It took a long time The morale of the opponent's army will definitely drop. As the saying goes, the momentum will be as strong as a tiger in one go, and then it will weaken again, and then it will be exhausted. When Lu Shaochuan loses the passion for provocation, and Li Zhen, who is waiting outside, loses his patience, we will attack again. It’s the perfect time.”
At this time, Xi Changzhen fell into a picture he had made.
He did not expect that Li Zhen had already captured two important places.
Similarly, Zhou Chen did not expect the battle situation in Xiaoshui County and Xingyang County, and approved Xi Changzhen's analysis.
Zhou Chen left the military camp and returned to the pass to garrison.
In the afternoon, Zhou Chen received the news from the pass. After receiving the news reported by the soldiers, he was extremely surprised. There was a look of panic on his face. He hurriedly left the pass and quickly ran towards Xi Changzhen's camp. Entering the camp, Xi Changzhen was reading a book carefully and stroking his long beard from time to time.
Zhou Chen knelt down on one knee and said loudly: "General, it's bad, Xingyang County and Xiaoshui County have been lost."
"Snapped,."
Xi Changzhen was surprised when the book in his hand fell on the desk.
After a while, Xi Changzhen recovered. Even so, Xi Changzhen still looked at Zhou Chen blankly and said in disbelief: "Tell me again, what happened."
Zhou Chen said slowly: "Xingyang County and Xiaoshui County have been lost."
"puff,."
Xi Changzhen was so angry that he opened his mouth and sprayed out a cloud of blood mist.
Immediately, he swayed and fell down.
When Zhou Chen saw this scene, he immediately panicked and quickly stepped forward to help Xi Changzhen up. He also invited military doctors from the army to the camp to treat Xi Changzhen. It took a lot of effort to wake Xi Changzhen up. , Xi Changzhen lay on the bed, with a guilty look on his face, and murmured: "Wrong, I was wrong, it's not that I saw through Li Zhen's plan to seize the opportunity to attack the east, but that Li Zhen did this deliberately, carelessly, carelessly, This battle is not the fault of Huang Bai and others, it is my error in judgment."
Zhou Chen said: "General, please take care of yourself."
Xi Changzhen shook his head and said: "Li Zhensheng's strategy of attacking from the east to the west is just a cover. It must be like this. There is no other possibility."
After a pause, Xi Changzhen asked: "Tell me about the specific situation in the two places."
Zhou Chen sighed lightly and replied: "Currently, we have received reliable information. Huang Bai, the general stationed in Xiaoshui County, was defeated and killed, and Hu Zhiguang, the general stationed in Xingyang County, was defeated and captured. Now, both places have become Li Zhen's possessions have been controlled by Li Zhen, and Li Zhen has gathered foreign soldiers and is leading an army to attack Nanming Pass in a fierce manner. It seems that Li Zhen intends to fight us decisively."
"Zhan, what are you afraid of what he will do?"
Xi Changzhen sat up, cheered up and said, "Get ready for battle. Let's fight Li Zhen."
Zhou Chen said: "Since we are going to have a decisive battle, should we first deal with Lu Shaochuan outside the city? Now that we have concluded that Li Zhen is causing trouble in Xingyang County and Xiaoshui County, and now that Li Zhen has led his army, we can be sure that outside Lu Shaochuan only has a small number of troops and is not capable of fighting. We can take the initiative and cut off this strength first."
Xi Changzhen nodded and said: "Okay."
After Zhou Chen received the order, he immediately went to prepare.
Soon, Zhou Chen left the military camp and prepared to go to war.
…
Outside the city, Lu Shaochuan Military Camp.
Lu Shaochuan held a letter sent by Li Zhengang in his hand. After asking the soldier to read it, he suddenly wanted to cry without tears, because Li Zhen did not ask him to take the initiative, but asked him to change the way of fighting. From now on Turning to defense and no longer fighting, Lu Shaochuan wanted to tear up the letter, but in the end he chose to obey the order.
"Report."
The soldiers came to the camp and said: "Commander, Zhou Chen has led his troops out of seclusion."
"There's no point in leaving seclusion."
Lu Shaochuan said: "The President has issued an order that strictly prohibits us from going to war. He has informed the brothers to retreat immediately. We must first avoid Zhou Chen's attack and do not care about them. We will wait until the President's army reaches Nanming Pass before fighting back. ." Immediately, Lu Shaochuan issued an order to retreat, avoiding Zhou Chen, who was approaching with great force.
This move made Zhou Chen furious.
Thinking about it, he was the one who avoided fighting at first, but now the situation has changed and Lu Shaochuan is avoiding it. He wanted to fight Lu Shaochuan, but he couldn't find anyone. Zhou Chen chased for a while, but finally failed. Return.
After returning to the pass, Zhou Chen immediately went to the military camp and told Xi Changzhen the news.
Zhou Chen said helplessly: "General, there is only one checkpoint left at Nanming Pass, and we are alone. Combined with Lu Shaochuan's avoidance of fighting, I am afraid that Lu Shaochuan wants to wait for Li Zhen's army to arrive. , and fight us again, the general suggested that we temporarily withdraw from Nanming Pass, retreat to Qinghua City, and then fight Li Zhen decisively."
Xi Changzhen said loudly: "Nanming Pass is located in a dangerous position. It is an important place and cannot be abandoned. Besides, we are stationed at Nanming Pass and can fight Li Zhen with our back to Nanming Pass. In this battle, I am waiting for Li Zhen and waiting for him to kill come over."
Zhou Chen persuaded him to leave the camp without any resistance.
