Xiahou Ba is a man of action, he just does what he says and has no intention of delaying at all.

According to Guo Huai's opinion, it will be getting late at this time. It is better to determine how to attack after checking the situation tomorrow. However, Xiahou Ba disagreed and said: "Now that our army has arrived here for the first time, the Shu people have not discovered it yet. If we set up camp and set up a stronghold,

, wouldn’t it mean that the nights are long and the dreams are many, if once the Shu people discover this place, wouldn’t we be very passive?”

Xiahou Ba left Guo Huai's army and headed straight for Huaishu Pass with a dozen of his own soldiers.

Huaishu Pass is extremely dangerous. The Tanggu Road winds all the way south. When it reaches Huaishu Pass, it makes a sharp bend and then forcibly turns to the west. Huaishu Pass is located on this right-angled bend.

When Xiahou Ba touched it, it was just as the sun was setting. With the last ray of sunshine, he took a closer look at the Shu army's camp.

Obviously, the Shu army stationed troops here to prevent the Wei army from entering Hanzhong along the Tangluo Road. Although the Shu army did not have many troops stationed here, about a thousand or so, it was easy to defend but difficult to attack.

A defensive pass.

However, seeing the lazy appearance of the Shu soldiers, they probably did not realize that the Wei army was approaching here, which undoubtedly created conditions for the Wei army to launch a sneak attack. If the Shu army is alerted, they must defend seriously. The Wei army wants to break through Huaishu Pass.

That is by no means easy.

Xiahou Ba carefully studied the geographical situation of Huaishu Pass. If he wanted to break through Huaishu Pass, it would be difficult to succeed with a frontal attack. He had to go around from a dangerous path to the back of Huaishu Pass, occupy the commanding heights, and be condescending.

There is a chance for a breakthrough.

With the 10,000 troops of the two vanguard battalions of the Wei army against the unprepared Shu army at Huaishu Pass, such a battle should be easy. However, Xiahou Ba discovered that to the west of Huaishu Pass is the dangerous Xingshi Mountain.

, only by crossing the Xingshi Mountain can the Wei army really walk out of the Tangluo Road and reach the Hanzhong Plain.

Huaishu Pass is just a pass in front of Xingshi Mountain. Since the Shu army is stationed here, it proves that they have Xingshi Mountain and have heavy troops. If the Wei army starts at Huaishu Pass, no matter whether they win or lose, they will alarm Shu in Xingshi Mountain.

It is easy for the Wei army to pass Huaishu Pass, but if it scares the enemy, Xingshi Mountain, the next stop, will become an insurmountable barrier for the Wei army.

Therefore, the battle at Huaishu Pass must not only be won, but also won cleanly, and all the defenders must be annihilated. Only in this way can the news not be leaked, and the Wei army still has the opportunity to sneak attack on Xingshi Mountain.

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This posed a difficult problem for Xiahou Ba. If he relied solely on his troops to capture Huaishu Pass, there would definitely be no problem, but if he wanted to achieve a complete annihilation without missing a beat, it would be really unnecessary.

It's so difficult.

It seems that only by cooperating with Guo Huai can it be possible to completely annihilate the Shu army.

When it was dark, Xiahou Ba returned to the forward camp. At this time, Guo Huai's army had set up camp. However, the place was too close to the Shu army, so the Wei army did not dare to raise fire. The entire camp was dark.

Although Xiahou Ba was not willing to cooperate with Guo Huai, the situation forced him to come to Guo Huai to discuss and clarify the battle plan.

"Sneak attack in the middle of the night?" When Guo Huai heard that Xiahou Ba was preparing to launch a sneak attack in the middle of the night, he shook his head and said, "The valley road is difficult and dangerous. It is difficult to walk during the day, not to mention the darkness at night. I am afraid that the troops will be gone before they reach the Shu army camp.

We have already incurred countless losses, so this plan is not feasible."

Xiahou Ba suppressed his anger and patiently explained to Guo Huai: "Only by attacking in the middle of the night and taking advantage of the unpreparedness of the Shu people can we have a chance to annihilate them. If it comes during the day, not only will our army suffer more casualties, but there will not be all the soldiers at all."

The possibility of annihilating the Shu army will definitely have a negative impact on our army's subsequent operations if it alarms the enemy."

Guo Huai reluctantly agreed, but his plan was slightly different from Xiahou Ba's. Xiahou Ba's plan was to take advantage of the cover of night to attack in two directions and attack the Shu army's camp in one fell swoop, while they were sleeping.

opportunity to annihilate the Shu army in one fell swoop.

Guo Huai's plan was to march cautiously. Before the fifth watch, the two groups of troops would arrive at the designated attack position and wait until daylight before attacking again. After all, fighting at night could easily lead to accidental injuries.

Xiahou Ba was helpless, because even if he continued to argue with Guo Huai, it would be difficult to get the results he wanted. In the end, he adopted Guo Huai's advice and besieged first and then attacked.

Xiahou Ba didn't dare to argue anymore. The more time was delayed, the less time was running out. Let's siege first and then attack. As long as we can surround the Shu army, we can prevent it from spreading the news to tens of miles away.

Just build momentum, and as for eating the Shu army, there is almost no suspense.

After the discussion, Xiahou Ba immediately returned to his own army and selected more than 2,000 strong key soldiers to serve as a death squad. He planned to go around the path to the back of Huaishu Pass to occupy the commanding heights.

The remaining three thousand people joined Guo Huai's troops and attacked the Shu army from the front.

Marching at night is indeed not as good as during the day, especially when torches cannot be lit, which will undoubtedly increase the difficulty of marching. Xiahouba led the death squad and ventured up the trail behind the mountain and reached behind Huaishu Pass.

This place is located on the back flank of Huaishu Pass, and the terrain is even higher than that of Huaishu Pass. Xiahouba spent a lot of effort to climb up. Fortunately, there are many people on the way to Shu.

The army did not set up sentries to guard against it. If there were soldiers guarding it, Xiahou Ba would probably have lost all his efforts.

After arriving at the designated position, Xiahou Ba ordered the army to lie dormant. He had to wait until Guo Huai made a move in front before he could catch the Shu army by surprise from behind.

At this time, Guo Huai had also led his army up. He was walking on the main road, and the road conditions were naturally better than Xiahou Ba's. After approaching the gate of the Shu military camp, Guo Huai originally planned to hide for a while and wait until dawn.

, launch another attack.

It's just that they have a large number of people and a big target. As soon as they approached the Shu army's camp, they heard someone among the Shu army shouting: "There is an enemy attack!"

In an instant, the Shu army's camp was like a pot exploding. The sleeping Shu soldiers got up one after another and rushed out of the camp with weapons in hand.

Guo Huai was shocked when he saw it. The original plan was to launch an attack at dawn, but now it seems that it can only be brought forward. Guo Huai ordered an immediate attack on the Shu army camp and annihilated the Shu army without leaving any trace.
Chapter completed!