Then everyone dismounted their horses and led the horses into the woods to keep two people guarding them. The others, led by Xiong Yitan, crossed mountains and ridges from the mountain road to the base outside Hu Juncheng.

After everyone walked a journey, they arrived at a hill. Xiong Yitan pointed to a place three hundred meters away and said, "Chief of Staff, that is the Hu army's camp."

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Everyone lowered their bodies and secretly observed the camp. Qian Xiaoxing took out a monocular lens and observed it. He saw that the Hu Jun camp was stationed on the main road, surrounded by wooden stakes, blocking the road from both sides of the main road, unable to pass through one person.

A very high watchtower was also built around the camp. The soldiers on the tower observed them carefully. Because Qian Xiaoxing lived in a high hillside, he could also see the movements in the camp. Patrol soldiers lined up in the Hu Jun's camp from time to time. It seemed that the prevention was quite tight.

After seeing the camp, Lu Shengzhong praised: "It seems that Hu Jun is still experienced in fighting. Such a camp is very well guarded, and there is basically no possibility of sneak attacks."

Qian Xiaoxing nodded and asked, "Brother Zhong, there is a pile of firewood in the middle of the camp. Is it used for beacon fire?"

After hearing this, Lu Shengzhong picked up the telescope and looked at it again, confirming: "Yes, I guess if there is a sneak attack, the beacon will be ignited, and the Hu army in Longzhan City will be dispatched to rescue."

When Qian Xiaoxing heard this, he suddenly thought of something and immediately said, "Brother Zhong, take a look at the map."

Lu Shengzhong immediately took out the map and placed it on the ground. Qian Xiaoxing looked at the map and saw that after leaving Panlong Pass, there was an R-shaped fork road. The one that went straight up to three miles was Longzhan City, and the three miles to the right of r was the current Hu Jun’s camp.

Qian Xiaoxing pointed to the map and said, "Brother Zhong, if it were your Hu army, once someone was caught attacking the camp and igniting a beacon, how would you arrange troops?"

Lu Shengzhong thought for a while and said, "If I were the Hu army, I would encircle all the Si army that attacked and wiped out. Once the beacon was discovered, first send troops to intercept the forks. In this way, the Si army that attacked could not retreat to Panlong Pass, and then send troops to clean up within this range, and the Si army would have no place to run away." Lu Shengzhong said this and exclaimed: "What a vicious trick. It turns out that the Hu army's camp outside was actually a bait, so we were waiting for us to get into this trap."

Qian Xiaoxing also agreed with Lu Shengzhong's analysis and said: "Although Hu Baojin, the head coach of the Hu army, will not lead troops, the deputy general Chen Xuan is a veteran. This trick to lure the enemy may have been thought of. At present, he deliberately did not set up the camp at the forks of roads, and it is very likely that it is used as bait."

Lu Shengzhong asked in confusion as soon as he heard this: "But, their camp is so tightly guarded now that we can't succeed in sneak attacking. If it were me, we would deliberately relax the prevention settings and it would be easier to lure them."

"Brother Zhong, it may not be," Qian Xiaoxing shook his head and said, "If it were me, I would have a way to launch a sneak attack in the camp they are guarding now. I see that the Hu army generals have seen through our ability to attack in the sneak attack, so strengthening the defense will make it easier for us to not doubt."

"Hu Jun is indeed doing a good job of seducing the enemy. How do we crack it?" Lu Shengzhong asked.

Qian Xiaoxing thought for a while and said, "Since Hu Jun tempted us like this, we will take a plan."

"With a plan, what is this plan?" Lu Shengzhong asked excitedly when he heard that Qian Xiaoxing was going to make a plan again.

Qian Xiaoxing thought for a while and said, "If Hu Jun is really as we expected, once we attack, we will cut off my retreat at the fork in the road, and we can use it. We will discuss it later when we go back."

Lu Shengzhong reminded: "Well, but Seventh brother, even if we successfully attacked, it would be a cure for symptoms but not the root cause. Even if we could eliminate 20,000 Hu troops, Hu still sent troops to come, and Longzhan City could not be defended."

Qian Xiaoxing has never had any choice about this problem. After all, the troops are too small now. Longzhan City is surrounded by walls, not high, and there is not even a moat. It is quite difficult to defend it when the troops are underpowered.

Qian Xiaoxing had no choice but to call Wu Tong, the instructor in the guard company, and said, "Wu Tong, tell me what you think?"

Wu Tong looked vulgar, but after putting on his military uniform, he looked a little serious. He touched his beard and looked at the map and said, "I analyze that we can defend the Guandu because of Panlong Pass. If we can move Panlong Pass to the front, we don't have to guard Longzhan City, just guard the pass."

Lu Shengzhong was speechless when he heard this. Such an idea was simply a fantasy. How could Panlong Pass be moved as soon as possible? Moreover, even if it could be moved, there was no place to move. The pass must be located in the valley passage to have the advantage of geographical advantages.

After hearing this, Qian Xiaoxing was attracted by Wu Tong's novel idea and asked Lu Shengzhong: "Brother Zhong, why didn't Si Guo build a pass in front of Longzhan City when he was not invaded by Hu?"

Lu Shengzhong pointed to the map and said, "First, there is no suitable place to build it. Look at the map, the narrowest valley is more than 100 meters long. Secondly, there is a river passing through this valley, so it is impossible to build a pass on it. Si Guo also considered it in the first place when facing the powerful enemy of Hu, but it could not be implemented."

After hearing this, Qian Xiaoxing began to think about it. If he built a pass that was 100 meters long, it would be difficult to guard it. The width of Panlong Pass is only more than 30 meters, so it would be much easier to guard it. As for this river, it would obviously not work if the river was cut off and it was a pass, but...

Qian Xiaoxing suddenly had an idea and said to Lu Shengzhong: "Brother Zhong, take me to the narrowest part of the valley road to take a look."

When Lu Shengzhong heard the embarrassment, the roads were now blocked by Hu Jun. It was really difficult to get over, but Xiong Yitan said, "Chief of Staff, I'd better lead the way. We used to wander around these mountains, and the terrain was familiar. Although the road was blocked, we could still pass through the mountains, but the road was difficult to walk."

Qian Xiaoxing felt happy after hearing this. Fortunately, he took back these bandits, otherwise he would not be able to complete the task under the current situation.

Xiong Yitan led everyone to climb mountains and ridges, and there were no roads in many places. He temporarily opened a small path with a knife, turned three and two, and after bypassing Hu Jun's camp, he could follow the path toward his destination.

Along the way, everyone did not walk on the road, for fear of leaking the target, just walking along the mountain, so they were still careful on the Hu army's territory. After walking for a long time, they finally arrived at the destination. Lu Shengzhong pointed to the valley in front and said, "This valley is called the Sky Valley. Only here has the shortest distance, but it is really impossible to build it. If it is built only by the river and the Hu army can break through the river, it will be meaningless."

Qian Xiaoxing looked at the terrain. The sky valley was more than 100 meters wide. There was a river more than 30 meters wide under the cliff opposite. Looking at the map, it should be the river that Qian Xiaoxing had fallen into the water before.

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Chapter completed!