On February 2nd, the dragon raised its head.

The sky is white, and a ray of morning light breaks through layers of fog and brings a ray of light to the earth, opening the prelude to the struggle against the severe cold.

Then the rising sun rose, and the bright rainbow ran across the sky, forcing the morning fog to retreat, and the severe cold was set, avoiding its edge and retreating.

The warm sun won a great victory, illuminating the entire sky and spreading warmth throughout the world.

The sun is shining in the sky, and the sky is beautiful.

Outside Hangu Pass, ice and snow melt and everything revives.

The thatch suddenly reveals its sharp horns, and the tender leaves contain dewdrops, exuding a faint fragrance.

What a vibrant scene!

"Da da da da-boom!"

On the Loudi Plain, war horses neighed long and the earth roared.

To the east with its back facing the sunshine, the gates of the Allied Village were wide open.

Allied soldiers with golden swords and iron armor stepped out of the gate, stopped in the wasteland ten miles away, and formed six "infantry square formations"; magnificent.

Teams of horses were galloping, stepping the tender green grass that had just emerged into the soil again, lined up on the two wings of the wasteland, forming a "geese-shaped formation" with the two wings flying together; the battle cavalry was crisscrossing.

Tens of thousands of shield soldiers walked to the front with neat steps, then they stomped the ground with long spears on the shield to form the "Black Turtle Spirit Gathering Array"; they were majestic and majestic.

As many as 30,000 archers followed the giant shield soldiers, put their bows on the strings and were ready to go, forming a "one-character long snake formation" in front of the central army formation; they were eyeing them covetously.

Immediately afterwards, heavy and huge crossbows and chariots slowly drove towards the wasteland; catapults followed closely and stood at the Allied rear formation five miles away from the gate, like a towering iron tower, which could win the siege and serve as a solid barrier to defend the camp. This is a giant "everything formation"; it is as motionless as a mountain.

Looking down at the earth, I saw the formation pattern of the Allies: the giant shield black turtle formation is in front, the bow and crossbow long snake formation is waiting for an opportunity to move, the infantry phalanx formation is in the middle, the warriors and geese formation guarding the two wings, and the Wanxiang formation formed by heavy weapons is pressing behind the hall; the battle formation formed by more than 300,000 Allies is extremely huge. It is like the nine-sky roc spreading its wings and about to fly, with a powerful aura, and a shocking force.

It can be seen from this that the people who led the Allied troops to arrange troops this time were well versed in military tactics and combat formations, with reasonable and clever layouts. They were both offensive and defensive, and could make the Allied troops invincible before the war started.

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"Squeak squeak - Boom boom boom!"

Just as the Allied troops of the princes walked out of the Dazhai and arranged troops on the Loudi Plain, a sharp and high-pitched "clang" sound came from Hangu Pass. Then a rumbling sound of horse trampling suddenly rose, and the sound of horse hooves mixed together, forming a "boom" sound that was shaking the sky and the earth.

Then, hundreds of thousands of Xiliang war cavalry rushed out of the pass, countless spears, halberds and swords shone in the scorching sun, thousands of flags spread out in the wind, jumping to Loudiyuan at a speed that was unreachable to the naked eye, and appeared in front of the Allies.

The first team of combat cavalry appeared in front of the Allied Forces was Qinglong Camp. This was a light cavalry with a force of 20,000. The chief general Guo Si stayed in Liangzhou. This time, the deputy commander Pang De and the second general Cheng Gongying led the troops to the expedition.

Under the warm sun, the soldiers of the Qinglong Camp were leaping on their horses, which made the Allied soldiers only see blurred figures with gold edges heading towards them. When they really saw the formation of the cavalry, the soldiers of the Qinglong Camp had already stopped and lined up. This scene made the Allied soldiers frightened. More than ten miles away were fleeting at the foot of the Qinglong Camp. This was the real immobile as a mountain, as lightning and thunderous as lightning.

The second team of Xiliang Light Cavalry left the pass was Shuofeng Camp. The commander of the general was the surrendered general of the Southern Xiongnu. He is now Li Li's elder brother-in-law and has been included in the ranks of trusted generals. The Shuofeng Camp currently has 20,000 combat cavalry, and all the soldiers in his rank are controlled by the Southern Xiongnu tribe. Although they were reorganized and were newly formed cavalry battalions, the combat power of this cavalry is definitely not weak. The actual combat power is no less than that of other combat cavalry battalions of the Xiliang Army, especially when fighting a downwind battle, they are all like tigers and are not afraid of death. On the contrary, it is a different matter and needs to be tempered.

The third team of war cavalry camps that rode out of the pass were Feixiong Camp. This is the only heavy armored cavalry in the Western Liang Army. It was originally composed of 20,000 people, but in fact it was a huge war cavalry camp composed of 20,000 heavy armored cavalry and 25,000 light cavalry. The main general was the "Flying Tiger General Huan Fei" known as the number one general of the Western Liang Army. Deputy General Dong Yue and Huang Lie. These two may not be famous among the Allied Forces of the Princes, but they are indeed powerful generals on the battlefield known for their bravery in the Western Liang Army. Otherwise, with Huan Fei's domineering and arrogant personality, they would definitely not tolerate the soft-boy cowarding to be his deputy general, and they would have been beaten away by him.

Under the gaze of tens of thousands of Allied soldiers, Feixiong heavily armored cavalry rode out of the city gate, stepped onto Loudiyuan without any hurry, and stopped between Qinglong Camp and Shuofeng Camp. His commander Huan Fei stood in front of him, squinting his eyes and staring coldly at the Allied formation five hundred steps away, grinning at the corner of his mouth, showing disdain, and the provocation was very strong.

The fourth team's war cavalry was Li Li's starting force - Longxiang Camp. This war cavalry is known as the most combat-capable light cavalry of the Western Liang Army and is also the earliest battle cavalry battalion established under Li Li. Li Li's confidant general has always been the chief general. The Longxiang camp has a total of 30,000 people. The chief general was originally Ma Chao, but now it has temporarily replaced General Tiger Ben Dian Wei to take over as the chief general. The deputy general is Li Zheng and Meng Chong.

When the fifth team of war cavalry left the pass, a huge battle flag was the first to cross the city gate and appeared in the sight of the Allied forces. But the battle flag was equal in length and width, about nine feet long and about two feet long, and was selected in the special Shu brocade. There was a golden golden beast embroidered on the battle flag, and the huge lion's head was embroidered with king patterns. It was not unfamiliar with this pattern of soldiers from both armies, and it was definitely familiar to him. This was Li Li's mount, the golden beast king. The big flag was also embroidered with the word "Li" as big as a water tank. The word "Li" was above the pattern of the golden beast king. There was also a line of black characters with gold edges at the top of the battle flag, with the letter "General of Han Cavalry" written on it, which was connected to it.

It goes without saying that the fifth war cavalry was Li Li's personal guard Jin Qi Guard. This personal guard originally had 30,000 people, but after the Northern Expedition and Feiyundu bloody battle, there were only more than 10,000 people left. However, at this moment, it was the more than 10,000 Jin Qi Guards who appeared in front of the Allies, which made them look distorted and exclaimed. Their deterrence was so great that it was far greater than the first four teams of Xiliang war cavalry that had left the pass.

This is the powerful war cavalry with great reputation for the Allied soldiers. Their brilliant achievements have been made in numerous. Not to mention the far-reaching results, just talking about the achievements in recent times is enough to make the Allied forces afraid of them. In the Northern Expedition, the Jin Qi Guards were the first to be the vanguard of the Western Liang Army, and they fought and won the battle. Then they stepped on the barbarian camp in one fell swoop; in the battle of Qinglang Valley, the Jin Qi Guards and the Hu Ben Camp worked together to defeat more than twice the barbarian cavalry, killing the barbarian army without leaving any armor, destroying the 110,000 barbarians in one fell swoop.

If these are just rumors and are not trustworthy, then the bloody battle of Feiyundu and the Jinqiwei sniped the 60,000 infantry and cavalry under Cao Cao's tent was a fact that no one could deny. In the battle of Feiyundu, the Allied Forces of the princes did not remember the names of other soldiers and horses of the Xiliang Army, but they had a deep memory of the Jinqiwei, because it was this cavalry that blocked Cao Cao's 60,000 troops in Feiyundu and could not break through, and were then completely wiped out by the Xiliang army.

Overnight, 60,000 Cao's army died and captured. After the war, only more than 3,000 people fled back to the Allied camp alive. This is a bloody fact. Cao Cao fell to this point and was entirely thanked by the Jinqiwei.

As the cavalry of the Jinqiu guards walked out of the city gate with Li Li's flag, tens of thousands of soldiers in front of the Allied forces involuntarily searched for Li Li's figure among the Jinqiu guards. Because in the eyes of the Allied soldiers, this flag was the flag of the Western Liang army, and under the flag was definitely where Li Li was.

Unfortunately, they all guessed wrongly. This big flag was a big flag of the Western Liang army, but Li Li did not follow the Jinqiuwei out of the pass, or it was not the time when the commanders of the two armies appeared in front of the formation. Because the leader of the princes and the alliance has not appeared yet, he has not come out, how could Li Li jump out of the city impatiently?

Don't underestimate this small detail. It seems insignificant, but it actually contains mystery. This is a silent psychological contest. Before the battle formation is completed, if the two coaches show up first, it means that the person is not tenacious enough. Being eager to go out is equivalent to being eager to win, and being eager to win is a taboo of military strategists.

The fifth team of Xiliang cavalry left the city after leaving a heavy armored infantry, which was the trap camp that had been trained for two years in actual combat. Allied soldiers are familiar with the trap camp. In the previous three months of siege battle, the defenders who guarded the Hangu Pass and gave all the siege soldiers a blow were the trap camp in front of them.

After three months of fighting in the city, there are only 5,000 heavily armored infantry and 3,000 light infantry left in the camp. At this time, the person walking in the front of the camp is the commander of the general "General Gao Shun of the Conquering Army" and "Shuangyue Warrior Hu Zheng". This is the name given by the Allied soldiers, not an official position. In addition, there is also a mighty general around them, which is Gan Ning and Gan Xingba who recently joined the Xiliang Army and survived from death.

After the camp, there were 10,000 bow and crossbow camps led by Cao Xing, 20,000 Wuzhu camp infantry led by Bo Cai and 5,000 crossbows led by Tie Xiao, as well as 300 catapult formations, 500 double-horse chariots and more than 100 city-storming formations, totaling less than 50,000 infantry.

It is worth mentioning that there were fewer generals among the Xiliang Army who came out of seclusion this time, including the chief general of Wuwei Camp Teng Xiao and the commander of Longxiang Camp Ma Chao. At the same time, the two cavalry of Wuwei Camp and Wushuang Iron Cavalry were also missing and did not appear in front of the Allied Forces. Otherwise, the Xiliang cavalry generals were as large as 150,000, and the total force was as high as 200,000. However, the Xiliang Army in front of the Allied Forces now has less than 170,000 infantry and cavalry. If the heavy equipment infantry is removed, it is exactly half of the Allied Forces.

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Chapter completed!