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On the second day of April, the Far East Army camp outside Tiandang Gorge.

Since Lu Yu's troops were besieged by Pei Qing for five days, they temporarily stationed in a joint position with Meng Gong's troops, waiting for Liu Cexin's instructions to issue.

After this setback, the morale of the Yuzi Camp soldiers was sluggish, and they were also very upset that they could not complete the deployment of the General Staff Office...

At this moment, Bai Qi led his deputy general Wang He and the three hundred Yulin Guard cavalry to take office.

As soon as he entered the military camp, Cheng Buzhi immediately stepped forward and bowed to Bai Qi. After Bai Qi returned the gift, he asked quickly:

"General Cheng, we have worked hard for friendly troops to appease the soldiers these days. We are ordered by the military governor to temporarily take over as commander. Many places have no experience. We must ask General Cheng to take care of him..."

"Okay, Commander Bai, please follow me in first and check the situation of his soldiers. Now we urgently need Commander Bai to boost their morale..."

Cheng Bushi was very satisfied with Bai Qi's attitude, which was completely different from Lu Yu's extremely arrogant temper.

Before, because Cheng Buzhi was a thief surrendered general, he was humiliated by him from time to time when he was engaged in negotiations with Lu Yu during the march. Even Meng Gong was extremely unhappy by his arrogant attitude.

For the sake of the overall situation, Meng Gong and Cheng Bushi both endured it and still worked hard to cooperate with the Yuzi Camp marching. Even if they learned that Lu Yu was surrounded, they resolutely sent troops to rescue him, which helped most of the soldiers of the Yuzi Camp escape from the danger...

Now, Lu Yu has been dismissed from his post and has not come out to plead for him, neither Meng Gong, Cheng Buzhi nor Xin Qixuan came out to plead for him. It is obvious that Lu Yu and other generals have had deep grudges on weekdays, so so far there has not even been a letter to Liu Ce to plead for Lu Yu.

Xin Qixuan took Bai Qi and Wang He walked around the Yuzi Camp's headquarters. After confirming that Bai Qi had already understood the general situation, he bowed and said:

"Commander Bai, General Mo has already taken you to see the situation of the Yuzi Camp. What should you do next? Please make your own decision. If there are any difficulties, please come to General Mo or Commander Meng..."

Bai Qi nodded and said, "Then I would like to thank General Cheng. Later, I will personally discuss the next deployment strategy with General Meng..."

Cheng Bushi said, "Then I will say goodbye first..."

After watching Cheng Buzhi leave, Wang He took the initiative to say to Bai Qi: "General Bai... General Bai, how should we start now?"

When Bai Qi heard this, he looked in the direction Wang He pointed. Seeing that the camp was full of soldiers with dejected and low morale, he thought for a while and said:

"Let's go see my two robes first, and then make the next plan with them. In short, we must find a way to raise the morale of the soldiers..."

Wang He nodded, followed Bai Qi and walked towards Ding Nian and Lin Zhao's tent.

After the three of them met, together with Wang He, they began to discuss their next plans in the camp.

Ding Nian and Lin Zhao were also very moved when he saw that the robes on the main case had now become his boss, and he thought that his fate was impermanent, and he didn't expect that Bai Qi was the highest in the military in the entire dormitory.

The two of Bai Qichao bowed and said, "Two, we were all comrades in the same battalion in the past. Now, under the order of the military governor, we temporarily serve as the commander of the Yuzi Camp. There are still many places in the future that we need to work together sincerely..."

Ding Nian said: "General Bai does not need to be polite. Since it is the order of the military governor, we will obey your orders in everything..."

Bai Qi smiled and said, "Ding Qi doesn't need much politeness. He is just a temporary commander. He still has many unfamiliarities with what happened in the army. He just needs two robes to help him.

The general situation of the Yuzi Camp has been known to me, but victory or defeat is common among military strategists. It is not a matter of being so depressed in the army. Is there any place I need to help?"

Lin Zhao said: "General Bai, the Tiandang Gorge was defeated in the battle, and my Yuzi Camp lost more than 20% of its troops. Now there are less than 4,000 brothers in the army. You must know that we are the vanguards personally appointed by the military governor. What kind of glory is that?

As a result, I failed his expectations. How can my brothers have the right to meet him? How can I have the right to contact other friendly forces?

Bai Qi thought for a while when he heard this, he looked up and said, "If you lose, you will be defeated. There is nothing to worry about, but the confidence of this Yuzi Camp cannot be just vented. Since you have fallen in Tiandang Gorge, then get this scene back from Tiandang Gorge!"

When Ding Nian heard this, his eyes lit up and he asked, "General Bai, what do you mean is to continue to attack Tiandang Gorge?"

Bai Qi nodded: "You must know that my Far East Army has always only the only way to attack others. When can I swallow this anger? Besides, Tiandang Gorge is the only way for our army, so we naturally have to control it firmly..."

Lin Zhao immediately came to his senses: "General Bai, what do you think should you fight? I will immediately summon the soldiers in the army to listen to your order..."

Bai Qi smiled and said to Lin Zhao: "No hurry. The current priority is to cheer up the morale of the soldiers first. Please tell the brothers in the army later, and say that they will soon take ambition actions against Tiandang Gorge..."

When Lin Zhao and Ding Nian heard this, they were ready to try, and Lin Zhao couldn't help asking: "When will I send troops? Brothers are holding their anger in their hearts..."

Bai Qi said: "Don't be impatient for a moment, wait until the general carefully explores the terrain before making corresponding deployment..."

Ding Nian hurriedly said: "General Bai, the map of Tiandang Gorge has been drawn. Do you need to be made into a sand table and sent to observe?"

Bai Qi shook his head and said, "No need, I have to go to the scene to verify the terrain in person before I can rest assured..."

Lin Zhao said embarrassedly: "It's too dangerous. Now there are nearly 100,000 troops in Tiandang Gorge and occupy all the important roads. If you go to explore it yourself, if there is a mistake..."

Bai Qi chuckled and said to Lin Zhao: "Brother Lin, we have been together for nearly four months. Have you ever seen me suffer any losses? Don't worry, wait until I have explored the terrain tonight before making the latest deployment.

I, Bai Qi, here I promise you first that Pei Qing will definitely pay ten times the price to avenge the dead brothers in the Yuzi Camp!"

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That night, Bai Qi and Meng Gong, escorted by a team of personal soldiers, took advantage of the night to enter Tiandang Gorge. On a steep canyon slope, taking advantage of the moonlight in the night sky, they carefully surveyed the terrain of the inner gorge.

Meng Gong pointed to the scene of sparks in the enemy camp in the distance and said, "The water source and the road have been occupied by Pei Qing's army. Now the entire Tiandang Gorge is like a bloody mouth.

Once you enter it, you have to face enemies from all directions. No matter how brave our Far East Army is, it cannot withstand the ending of ants chewing on death elephants..."

Bai Qi thought for a while and asked, "Now that summer is approaching, why not take fire attacks to defeat the enemy while the climate is dry?"

Meng Gong shook his head: "No, look at the Chidao below, it is extremely spacious, with the widest place reaching nearly a hundred steps. With the amount of tincture oil we have, it is impossible to cover the entire Chidao..."

Bai Qi looked carefully and sighed helplessly: "It seems that Pei Qing has some tricks to defend Zhang Chi in the entire canyon with a moderate degree, and camping everywhere in the camping force.

Once one of them is attacked, the others will immediately respond and encircle them, which makes people unable to start. The surprise attack plan is probably going to be ruined..."

Meng Gong said: "In fact, it may not be impossible to win by surprise..."

When Bai Qi heard this, his eyes lit up immediately and he said to Meng Gong: "General Meng comes and listen..."

Meng Gong replied: "I have thought about a strategy to defeat the enemy these days, but I need the cooperation of friendly troops. However, the morale of the Yuzi Camp is now sluggish and I am afraid that I will not be able to cooperate closely, so I delayed it.

Now, since General Bai is also determined to defeat the enemy, I just happened to discuss it with you..."

So Meng Gong gave out his plan with Bai Qi...

In fact, Meng Gong's plan was very simple and crude. He first sent troops to break through the Tiandang Gorge Pass and attract all the enemy's attention. Then he attacked by friendly forces and quickly captured the garrison in the sewer. After the enemy was short of water, a third army broke into Tiandang Gorge and joined the pass guards to completely defeat Pei Qing's army.

After hearing this, Bai Qi felt that the plan was feasible: "This plan is feasible, but there are several problems among them. The first one should attack the pass. The enemy army along the way may not be less than five battalions, with a total of about tens of thousands. Where can I find the third friendly army?"

Meng Gong said: "It is not difficult to defeat the defending camps that blocked the pass. I have ordered people to carefully explore the military situation these days. Most of the military camps on the front are old and weak.

Obviously, I was intentionally letting us wait to attack the pass before waiting for the effort, surrounded the army, repeating Lu Yu's mistakes, and let our new guards take the initiative to kill and occupy the pass. There is absolutely no problem in guarding for several days.

As for the cooperation of the third army, it would take General Xin Qian's white-robed cavalry, and only his cavalry could cause the last blow to the enemy's psychology..."

Bai Qi said: "Mr. Xin Qian will arrive tomorrow. At that time, our three teams of people and horses will join together to capture this Guanxia!"

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On the fourth day of April, Pei Qing’s main business...

"When will you stay in this ghost place? It's been more than ten days, and the Far East Army has no movement at all!"

Pei Qing was paced back and forth in the tent, feeling anxious, but Yang Guotai next to him kept shaking his head. After Pei Qing sat back on the main case, he spoke:

"Why bother the General? The enemy does not move, I do not move. Since the Far East Army wants to waste, I will continue to waste with him..."

Pei Qing said angrily: "It's just a few thousand people. Do I need to be afraid of them? The army can be wiped out in a battle. Why bother to use up the broken place to lose their strength?"

Yang Guotai said: "Although the number of enemies is small, they are all elite soldiers in a hundred battles. In terms of military armor, they are far better than our Shangling army. At this time, even if they can win, they will suffer a lot of losses. What's more, what if there are other ambushers outside the Gorge in one day?"

"Then let's destroy it together!" Pei Qing shouted loudly, "Isn't it good to destroy thousands of Far East barbarians outside the Gorge Road first, and then directly attack Liyang from the east, so that Liu Ce's plan completely failed?"

Yang Guotai was speechless for a moment and was about to persuade him again, but suddenly he came to report outside the tent: "General, it's not good. The enemy has launched an attack on Tiandang Gorge. General Lei Yinglei's troops have been taken to the third battalion and are heading straight to the gate..."

Pei Qing hurriedly got up and said excitedly, "It's great. I won't bother them. They can't help but attack first, just killing all the rats in one go!"

After saying that, he shouted loudly: "Send the whole army..."
Chapter completed!