Jincheng and Wuwei County are adjacent to each other, and the two counties are bounded by lofty mountains and mountains, and there are many natural passes, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack.

This time, Han Sui dispatched 20,000 foot cavalry from Jincheng, Yang Qiu and other six troops led 5,000 foot cavalry respectively, and Ma Chao, who came from all afar from Beidi County, took 10,000 Ma family troops to join the alliance.

Therefore, Han Sui and Ma Chao's allied forces totaled 60,000 cavalry, converging under Yunwu City, and the momentum was huge and overwhelming.

Heilongling, here is the necessary pass to guard the southwest of Jincheng and Wuwei County.

The main peak of Heilongling is more than 1,000 meters above sea level, it is the remaining vein of Mao Mountain, the terrain is steep, the cliffs are dense, and the deep stream canyon is vertical and horizontal.

The main peak is more than ten miles away in the south, there is a mountain road that can accommodate four horses in parallel, and the whole passage winds and extends in Xiangshang, with a total length of five miles.

This is Black Dragon Ridge.

God-given passes, one husband should be closed, and ten thousand people can't open it.

More than 1,000 cavalry under Li Dian's department were originally stationed in Xianmei City, and after the scouts found out that there was any change in Jincheng, he led more than 1,000 cavalry and more than 1,000 county soldiers to the Heilongling Pass.

Late at night on the fifth day, Heilongling Dazhai suddenly opened its door, and Li Dian led his generals to go out to welcome the arrival of Li Li's army.

For two days and two nights, Li Li personally led 4,000 cavalry and 3,000 foot soldiers to the Black Dragon Ridge day and night.

The army merged with the soldiers and horses of Wuwei County, traveled hundreds of miles in a day, and had to rush at night, running hundreds of miles in two days, and finally arrived at Dazhai in the middle of the night on the fifth day of Han Sui's army to attack Heilongling, and joined forces with Li Dian's department.

Li Li led 4,000 cavalry and 3,000 foot soldiers this time, totaling 7,000 foot cavalry, and brought almost all the troops in Guzang City, leaving only more than 1,000 foot soldiers to stay in the county.

It can be described as pouring out of the nest.

Moreover, all the cavalry that Li Li brought on this trip were elite soldiers. The four thousand war cavalry are the three thousand dragon battalion iron cavalry and the dragon horse guard led by Dian Wei and Teng Yu; The 3,000 infantry soldiers are the infantry soldiers carefully screened by Wuwei County, and they are led by Bo Cai and commanded in a unified manner.

In addition, Li Li left his younger brother Li Xian to lead more than 1,000 foot soldiers to garrison Wuwei County, centering to maintain the stability of the counties. Fan Yong led a thousand flying bear battalions and 2,000 county soldiers to stay in Guzang City to strictly guard against foreign invasions from Zhangye County and the surrounding areas.

At the same time, Li Li also sent Jia Mu to Maple Canyon with tokens and a large amount of gold and silver property, and invited Pegasus thieves to send troops to help, so as to prevent Han Sui's army from dividing up and attacking the hinterland of Wuwei County from the border of Anding County and Beidi County.

The war was imminent, and the air was filled with a strong aura of slaughter.

In Heilongling Dazhai, the surrounding rocks are stained with blood, and the pungent smell of blood permeates the mountain road.

In the lobby, after a short rest, the dusty Li Li and his party gathered in the lobby.

Li Li sat high in the center, and Dian Wei and Teng Yu stood on either side behind him, standing solemnly like two iron tower gods of war.

Under the stairs, on the left are Bo Cai, Li Zheng, Li Dian and Teng Xiao, on the right side is headed by Li Xuan, and the rest are sitting a few thousand commanders and scholars.

After some greetings, everyone's tense expressions eased a little, and hearty laughter rang out in the lobby from time to time.

At the bottom of the stairs, Li Dian solemnly reported to Li Li the battle situation in the past five days.

"My lord, this time the Han Sui coalition army has a total of 40,000 cavalry and 20,000 foot soldiers.

In the past five days, the subordinates have been guarding the pass, relying on the favorable terrain of Heilongling Dazhai, condescendingly, and have repelled more than ten attacks by the Han Sui coalition army, so that the pass is not lost. These days, the Han Sui coalition army attacking Dazhai is mainly foot soldiers, the specific situation is that Han Sui's department has 10,000 foot soldiers, Zhang Heng and other six departments together also have 10,000 foot soldiers, and Ma Chao's department is all war horses.

After five days of fierce fighting, our unit originally had 1,500 foot soldiers, but now most of them have suffered casualties, and now only more than 700 foot soldiers still have the strength to fight; 1,200 war cavalry, the casualties were not small, and they were all used as foot soldiers when guarding the pass, and now there are 800 people left.

In addition, there are more than 300 seriously wounded soldiers in the village, but unfortunately there is no Langzhong in the camp, let alone herbs to treat the wounded. As a result, only more than 200 of the more than 300 wounded soldiers are still forcibly supported, and more than 100 others are dying of pain.

Although our army suffered more than half of the casualties, the casualties of the Han Sui coalition army were even greater, several times that of our army. In the five days of storming, they left no less than 5,000 corpses in the plank road, in addition to thousands of foot soldiers who were wounded, almost half of the foot soldiers were damaged, and the number of casualties was ten times that of our army. ”

"Oh? It is said that the Black Dragon Ridge is a natural pass given to us by God, but I didn't expect this pass to be so steep, with more than 1,000 casualties, it was exchanged for the lives of nearly 10,000 enemy soldiers. A veritable husband should be closed! ”

After listening to Li Dian's report, Li Li was excited, and was amazed by the steepness of the Heilongling Pass and the huge casualties of the Han Sui coalition army.

At the bottom of the stairs, Li Xuan sat down with a smile on his face and a calm expression.

Hearing Li Li's exclamation, he said with a smile: "What the lord said is extremely true. Heilongling is indeed a dangerous pass that can not be opened by a single man, only 3,000 foot soldiers are needed to guard the pass, and even if the Han Sui coalition army is 100,000 troops to attack, it is in vain.

It's just that there is something unknown to his subordinates, so Han Sui has lived in Jincheng for a long time, and he must be no stranger to the Black Dragon Ridge Pass. Since he knew that this pass was dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, why did he lead a large army to attack Wuwei County from here?

If he led a large army to detour for a hundred miles and attack the territory of our Wuwei County from Anding County, with 60,000 cavalry in his hands, he would be able to sweep Wuwei, and our army would be absolutely difficult to resist.

Now, Han Sui knows that he can't do it, what does he want? ”

Li Xuan's words are indeed thought-provoking.

Suddenly, all the generals in the hall were silent, and they all frowned and pondered.

On the main seat, Li Li still smiled at the corner of his mouth, and his expression was calm.

What the Han-Sui coalition forces did this time is indeed a bit strange.

The 60,000 army came in a mighty way, and instead of taking the flat terrain of Anding County, it attacked the dangerous pass of Heilongling, which was contrary to common sense and really incomprehensible.

However, Li Li could guess some of Han Sui's intentions,

Han Sui's move was nothing more than an attempt to use the hand of Wu Weijun to take the opportunity to weaken the strength of Zhang Heng, Cheng Yi and other six departments, so as to stabilize his supreme position in Liangzhou, and force the other six departments to change from dependence to complete refuge and become his Han Sui's generals.

Just like Cheng Yin and Li Kan, who were eliminated by Li Li, Zhang Heng, Cheng Yi, Ma Wan, Yang Qiu, Candidate and Liang Xing, were only nominally under the command of Han Sui, but in fact they had their own troops and had their own soldiers and cities.

For Han Sui's orders, they can listen to them if they want to, and if they don't want to listen to them, they will still do their own thing, and they will obey the yang and the yin; What's more, he ignored Han Sui's military orders and didn't listen to them at all.

Therefore, don't look at Han Sui as the general of Zhenxi, who has the right to open the mansion and is nominally in charge of the Liangzhou conquest.

However, the only soldiers and horses he could actually control were the soldiers of Jincheng County, and the city he occupied was limited to the territory of Jincheng. For the other counties in Liangzhou, he has an empty name, but no reality, and he can't control the overall situation of Liangzhou at all.

Faced with such a dilemma, Han Sui was naturally unwilling, and deliberately wanted to take back the soldiers and horses in the hands of the princes of various ministries, so as to become the real "King of Xiliang".

This coalition attack on Wuwei County gave Han Sui a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, as long as he used it properly, he might be able to achieve his desire to dominate Liangzhou.

Therefore, the 60,000 army did not go to Anding County, and after the convergence of Jincheng, they immediately rushed to Heilongling, took the danger pass, and went straight to Guzang City, the seat of Wuwei County.

As for Li Li, the new Taishou of Wuwei, perhaps Han Sui did not take him seriously, thinking that he could easily wipe him out with a gesture, or drive him out of the Liangzhou territory.

After thinking about the cattiness of this, Li Li no longer had the slightest fear of the 60,000 Han Sui army that was coming with great momentum, and his heart was calm.

If these 60,000 troops were strictly disciplined, commanded in a unified manner, and ordered and prohibited, then this army would be enough to sweep through Wuwei County. Even if Li Li relied on the Black Dragon Ridge Pass, it would be difficult to resist the strong attack of the coalition army, and he would be defeated sooner or later.

However, these 60,000 troops have their own belongings, and eight leaders share military power.

It can be said that it is outside the gold and jade, and it is ruined.

In this way, Li Li dared to fight with only 8,000 men and horses in his hands.

The result of the generals' deliberations that night was to leave 3,000 foot soldiers to guard the Heilongling Dazhai, and Li Li personally led 5,000 iron cavalry out of the pass to confront the Han Sui coalition army.

If the war does not go well, Li Li's army will retreat to Dazhai and defend the pass.

If he is lucky enough to break Han Sui's army in one fell swoop, then Li Li's appointment in Liangzhou this time will be considered a success. From now on, he will take root in Wuwei, look at Liangzhou, and peek into the changes in the political situation in Chang'an.

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