Xuanyuan Shengcai was full of alcohol, and the journey was unimpeded, and he arrived within the passage where the three hundred cavalry were.

Xiguguan provided the 300 cavalry with food, wine, and water, as well as horse feed, and the soldiers fed their horses, and then ate their bellies, and then rested in the aisles.

In the passage, there was silence, many cavalry had already snored, Xuanyuan Sheng carried a bag, staggered over, several cavalry saw it, got up from the ground, Xuanyuan Sheng approached and asked, "Are you all full?" ”

All the soldiers said yes, Xuanyuan Shengcai sat down in the crowd, and there were soldiers on the side, blocking Xuanyuan Shengcai in the middle, and a person next to him had already handed the water bag, Xuanyuan Shengcai took the water bag, tilted his head, and poured the water in the precipitation bag on his face, and then raised his hand to rub his face violently.

One of the soldiers winked, and several soldiers on the side looked in all directions, fully alert.

Xuanyuan Shengcai rubbed his face, closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and when he opened his eyes, the drunken trance on his face had disappeared, although there was still a blood-red color on the side of his eyes, but his eyes looked very sober, he reached into his arms, took out a scroll, and all the soldiers on the side saw it, and they all showed surprise.

One of the cavalrymen lowered his voice and said, "General, have you got something?" ”

Xuanyuan Sheng spread the scroll on the ground, and the soldiers around him skillfully covered it up, but did not let people notice that it was gathered together.

"This is the pattern map of Xigu Pass." Xuanyuan Sheng lowered his voice, pointed to the above place and said, "This is the organ room where the West Gate Mechanism was activated, and it is also our goal this time. The specific number of troops is not indicated above, but there are no less than 2,000 defenders in Xigu Pass, and above the pass, there are about 1,000 people at most, so if nothing else, the deployment of troops in the belly is not less than 1,000 people. Looking at a cavalryman beside him, he asked in a low voice, "Ye Jun, what do you think?" ”

Ye Jun was originally a subordinate general under Han Ying, the chief general who guarded Hezhou, and he fought in Qingyuan Racecourse and made military achievements, Chu Huan immediately promoted him, and now he is also an important general of the Northwest Army.

Ye Jun stared at the pattern diagram and said softly: "General, if there are nearly a thousand troops in the middle layer, then it is so important, and the guards are at least more than two hundred. The general looked at the pattern above, the place where the West Gate organ was activated, the area was not small, and in the opinion of the last general, such a huge copper gate, the activated organ must be very complicated, and the place was absolutely not small. The organ room is the heart of Xigu Pass, and Da Xizhang will definitely not be negligent. ”

"Not bad." Xuanyuan Shengcai said: "Fortunately, Xigu Pass stretches for more than ten miles, although there are 2,000 soldiers and horses, but the deployment is scattered, even if there are heavy guards in the organ room, let's attack a little, then there is a great opportunity." ”

Ye Jun said: "Xigu Pass is strong and huge, we only have this one chance, if we miss this time, our lives are not tight, from now on, if we want to take Xigu Pass, it will be difficult to climb to the sky, or even impossible." ”

Everyone around him looked solemn.

Xuanyuan Shengcai bowed his head slightly, and said softly: "Brothers, let's go deep into the tiger's den and risk death to fight, just to take advantage of this mechanism to open Xigu Pass." You are all one of the best warriors in the Northwest Army, and this plan, including my Xuanyuan Shengcai, all know that there is a lot of bad luck, and when you get here, you don't plan to go back alive. As Ye Jun said, since we have an organ to enter this place, then we can't die in vain here, even if there is only one person left, we must open the bronze door and hold on until Chu Du and them arrive. ”

Including Ye Jun, everyone looked resolute, and they all had an expression of looking at death as if they were at home.

Xuanyuan Shengcai asked in a low voice, "What time is it?" ”

A soldier on the side lifted a single piece of armor beside him, and there was an hourglass underneath, and the fine sand was trickling down.

"It's almost three o'clock." The soldier whispered back.

Xuanyuan Shengcai nodded slightly and said, "There is still an hour!" At this moment, a soldier on the side lifted his hands and stretched his waist, Xuanyuan Sheng rolled up the pattern map at a very fast speed and handed it to Ye Jun, but he fell backwards and lay on the ground, the hourglass was instantly covered by the armor, and a soldier stood in front of the armor as a cover.

But I saw that from the side of the stone gate, a group of people were walking quickly, and the first one was He Changqing, the general guarding the pass.

He Changqing was accompanied by a few soldiers, approaching, only to see that most of the soldiers were lying on the ground, and a small number of people were leaning against the base of the wall, snoring one after another, at least seventy percent of the soldiers were already asleep.

The rest of the people were bored and lazy, some were still wiping their weapons, and some were talking in a low voice, and when they saw He Changqing coming, the soldiers were all looking at him.

"Why is the Major General here?" He Changqing walked over, only to see Xuanyuan Shengcai lying on the ground, his hands spread, his clothes and armor were messy, he was not wearing a helmet, and his snoring was extremely loud.

All the soldiers in the northwest were staring at He Changqing, no one spoke, He Changqing waved his hand and ordered: "Carry the young general to the house to rest!" ”

The two entourages immediately stepped forward, and a soldier behind He Changqing saw this, one hand had already held down the hilt of the knife, Ye Jun saw it, made a look, shook his head slightly, and the soldier let go.

The two entourages stepped forward, about to lift Xuanyuan Shengcai, their hands just touched Xuanyuan Shengcai, Xuanyuan Shengcai muttered in his mouth, but he turned sideways, the two entourages looked at each other, looked at He Changqing, He Changqing nodded, the two of them were going to lift again, one touched Xuanyuan Shengcai's arm, Xuanyuan Shengcai waved his hand, his body turned around, and fell on the man's face at once, "snap" sound, then Xuanyuan Shengcai heard Xuanyuan Shengcai vaguely said: "Get out, don't make noise about me, don't make me sleep!" ”

The two soldiers showed embarrassment, and Ye Jun finally said at this time: "This general, General Xuanyuan used to take us to train in the field, and the food and lodging were with us, but now the general is sleeping deeply, in my opinion, it's better not to wake up!" ”

A soldier in his early twenties next to him said with a smile: "Who still remembers the last time I was training in the field, the general fell asleep, who used to pat the sycophants, saying that he was afraid that the general would catch a cold, and he went to cover his clothes, and the general was awakened, didn't say anything, and whipped a dozen times, who is it, hahaha!" ”

The soldiers next to him suddenly laughed.

He Changqing looked at Xuanyuan Shengcai and didn't know what to do, hesitated for a moment, and finally said with a smile: "We also have good intentions, since this is the case, then don't bother the young general." After glancing around, he turned to leave, and the soldiers around him followed, and soon entered the stone gate.

After He Changqing left for a while, Xuanyuan Sheng opened his eyes, Ye Jun nodded on the side, Xuanyuan Shengcai turned over and got up, Ye Jun whispered: "General, this guy seems to be difficult to deal with." ”

"This person is careful, and he doesn't necessarily really think that what will happen to us, but at this time, he is just careful." Xuanyuan Shengcai said softly: "Okay, there is still an hour to go, we can't act in advance, and we can't delay the action time!" Xiang Ye Jun said: "Take out the map." ”

Ye Jun took out the layout diagram and spread it on the ground, and Xuanyuan Shengcai said with a solemn expression: "Brothers, time is pressing, we are now formulating an action plan." Our goal is the organ room, we have just walked through the abdomen, and the passage is very narrow, so we must kill the organ room as quickly as possible before they mobilize troops to support. After controlling the organ room, twenty people were divided to activate the organs, and the others guarded these passages! He pointed to a few places on the map, "These passages can lead to the organ room, once they take action, they will inevitably send someone to retake the organ room, so these passages must be desperately defended to buy time for the brothers in the organ room." ”

Ye Jun said softly: "The narrow passage can be regarded as a small help for us, and their advantage of having more people than us cannot be fully displayed." ”

"Yes, everywhere else in the pass, no matter what happens, we don't care." Xuanyuan Shengcai said: "We only need to control two places, and when the army arrives, we can take Xigu Pass in one fell swoop." ”

"In addition to the organ room, there is!" Ye Jun frowned, suddenly thought of something, turned his head, looked at the stone gate that He Changqing had just entered, and said in a low voice: "The general is talking about this stone gate?" ”

"Exactly." Xuanyuan Shengcai said: "If the stone gate is not controlled by us, even if we control the organ room and open the bronze door, but this stone gate is controlled by them, and when the army arrives, we will not be able to enter the belly of the gate at all." "We only have three hundred people, we can't last too long, if there is no support, sooner or later the organ room will be captured by them, at that time, the army enters the passage, the bronze gate is closed by them, and the stone gate cannot be opened, and Chu Du's soldiers and horses will be trapped and die here." ”

"I also took a look at it just now, the stone gate looks very heavy, it is possible to break open it unless it is continuously rammed by siege vehicles, but it is impossible for Chu Du and them to transport siege weapons in a short period of time." Ye Jun said in a low voice: "What the general said is that this stone gate is a matter of importance, so let's do it, on this side of the stone gate, I will personally lead people to guard it." ”

Xuanyuan Shengcai asked softly, "How many people do you want?" ”

"Attack the organ room, the number of people can't be too small, you give me thirty people." Ye Jun said: "As long as there is one person left, we will also ensure that Shimen is under our control." ”

Xuanyuan Shengcai stretched out his hand to hold Ye Jun's arm, and said solemnly: "Ye Jun, do you know that once the fight starts, they will inevitably think of Shimen, and they will definitely send people to snatch this place crazily!" ”

"I know." Ye Jun said with a smile: "It will not be easy for the general to attack the organ room, and the pressure he will face at that time is not under me, but the general can rest assured, the last general said, give me thirty people, as long as one of them still has a breath, I will hold out until the army arrives." ”

Xuanyuan Shengcai held Ye Jun's hand and said in a low voice: "Ye Jun, good brother, it is the glory of my life to be able to fight with you and your brothers this time, although I have no regrets in death!" ”

"It is also an honor for us to be able to join hands with the general to kill the enemy." Ye Jun chuckled and said, "For the sake of millions of people in the northwest, there is no regret in dying!" ”