Jincheng is adjacent to Wuwei County. The two counties are bounded by high mountains and ridges. They have many natural passes, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack.

This time, Han then dispatched 20,000 infantry and cavalry in Jincheng, and Yang Qiu and six other troops led 5,000 infantry and cavalry respectively. Ma Chao, who came from Beidi County, brought 10,000 Ma family troops to join the alliance.

Therefore, Han Sui and Ma Chao's allied forces gathered under Yunwu City, with a total of 60,000 infantry and cavalry, and came overwhelmingly.

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

The main peak of Heilongling is more than 1,000 meters above sea level, which is the remnant of Maoshan Mountain. The terrain is steep, with cliffs and steep cliffs and deep valleys.

More than ten miles south of the main peak, there is a mountain corridor that can accommodate four horses in parallel. The entire passage winds upward, with a total length of five miles.

This is Black Dragon Ridge.

A pass is given by heaven, and one man should pass by ten thousand men.

More than a thousand war cavalry of Li Dian's troops were originally stationed in Xianmei City. After the scout found something unusual in Jincheng, he led more than a thousand war cavalry and more than a thousand county soldiers to Heilongling Pass and defended the pass at the end of the pass. He has been strictly guarding the pass for more than five days.

Late at night on the fifth day, the village gate suddenly opened, and Li Dian led the generals under the tent to go out to welcome the arrival of Li Li's army.

For two days and two nights, Li Li personally led 4,000 battle cavalry and 3,000 infantrymen rushed to Heilongling day and night.

The army merged with the troops of Wuwei County, traveling a hundred miles a day, and also rushing at night. After rushing hundreds of miles within two days, finally arrived at Dazhai late at night on the fifth day of Hansui's army's rapid attack on Heilongling and joined forces with Li Dian's troops.

Li Li led 4,000 battle cavalry, 3,000 infantry, and a total of 7,000 infantry cavalry, almost bringing all the army in Guzang City, leaving only more than a thousand infantry to stay in the county.

It can be said to be a full nest.

Moreover, all the infantry and cavalry brought by Li Li during this trip were elite soldiers. The four thousand war cavalry were the Longxiang Guard Iron Cavalry led by the three thousand Longxiang Camp Iron Cavalry, Dian Wei and Teng Yu; the three thousand infantry were the infantry carefully screened by Wuwei County, led by Bo Cai and unified command.

In addition, Li Li left his younger brother Li Xian to lead more than a thousand infantry to station in Wuwei County, maintaining stability in the counties. Fan Yong led 1,000 Feixiong Camp and 2,000 county troops to stay in Guzang City, strictly preventing foreign invasions from Zhangye County and surrounding areas.

At the same time, Li Li also sent Jia Mu to Maple Leaf Canyon with tokens and a large amount of gold and silver, and invited Pegasus to send troops to help, strictly prevent Han Sui's army from splitting its troops and attacking the hinterland of Wuwei County from the borders of Anding County and Beidi County.

The war is imminent, and the air is filled with a strong solemn atmosphere.

In the Heilongling Dazhai, the surrounding rocks were covered with blood, and a pungent smell of blood filled the mountain road.

In the lobby, Li Li and his group were resting for a while and gathered in the lobby.

Li Li sat in the middle, Dian Wei and Teng Yu stood behind him, standing solemnly like two war gods of iron towers.

At the bottom of the steps, Bo Cai, Li Zheng, Li Dian and Teng Xiao were successively on the left, and Li Xuan was headed by Li Xuan. The rest were seated by several thousand men and scholars.

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

At the foot of the road, Li Dian reported to Li Li a solemnly about the battle situation in the past five days.

"Lord, this time the Han Sui coalition army had a total of 40,000 combat cavalry and 20,000 infantrymen.

For five days, his subordinates seized the pass and defended it. With the favorable terrain of the Heilongling Dazhai, he was highly surrendered and repelled more than ten attacks of the Han Sui coalition, so that the pass was not lost. The Han Sui coalition that attacked the Dazhai these days was mainly infantry. The specific situation was that Han Sui's troops were 10,000 infantry, Zhang Heng and other six troops had 10,000 infantry together, and Ma Chao's troops were all war cavalry.

After five days of fierce fighting, our troops originally had 1,500 infantrymen, but now most of them have suffered casualties. Now there are only more than 700 infantrymen and still have the power to fight. One thousand,200 cavalrymen have suffered heavy casualties. They all acted as infantrymen when they were guarding the pass, and now there are still 800 people left.

In addition, there were more than 300 seriously injured soldiers in the village, but unfortunately there was no doctor in the camp, and there were no herbs to cure the wounds. Therefore, only more than 200 injured soldiers are still forcibly supporting them, and more than 100 others died of pain in their lives.

Although our army suffered more than half of the casualties, the Hansui coalition army suffered even greater casualties, several times that of our army. After five days of attacking the key points, they left no less than five thousand bodies in the plank road, and thousands of infantry were injured, almost half of the infantry were damaged, and the number of casualties was ten times that of our army."

"Oh? It is said that Heilong Ridge is a natural pass given to us by God. I didn't expect that this pass would be so steep. The casualties of more than a thousand people were exchanged for the lives of nearly 10,000 enemies. A true man can't open the pass!"

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

At the steps, Li Xuan smiled and sat calmly.

Hearing Li Li's marvelous words, he smiled and said, "What the lord said is very true. Heilongling is indeed a dangerous pass that can only be opened by a man who can pass tens of thousands of men. Only three thousand infantry guards are needed to guard the pass. Even if Han Sui's coalition forces are invading, it is in vain.

But there is something unknown to his subordinates. Han Sui has lived in Jincheng for a long time and must be familiar with the Heilongling Pass. Since he knew that this pass was dangerous and 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 around a hundred miles and attacked our Wuwei County from Anding County, with the 60,000 infantry and cavalry in his hands, he could sweep away Wuwei, and our army would definitely be unable to resist.

Now, Han Sui knew it was impossible to do it, what did he mean?”

Li Xuan's words are indeed thought-provoking.

Suddenly, the generals in the lobby were silent, frowning and thinking.

In the main position, Li Li still smiled and looked calm.

What Han Sui's coalition forces did this time is indeed a bit strange.

The 60,000 army came in a mighty manner. Instead of leaving Anding County, which was flat, it attacked the dangerous Heilongling Pass, which was contrary to common sense and was really puzzling.

However, Li Li could guess Han Sui's intentions.

Han Sui's move was nothing more than using the Wuwei Army to take the opportunity to weaken the strength of the six divisions including Zhang Heng and Cheng Yi, thereby stabilizing his supreme position in dominating Liangzhou, forcing the other six divisions to transform from dependence to complete surrender, and becoming Han Sui's general.

Just like Cheng Yin and Li Kan who were eliminated by Li Li, six ministries including Zhang Heng, Cheng Yi, Ma Wan, Yang Qiu, Candidate and Liang Xing were nominally subordinate to Han Sui, but in fact they had their own troops and their own troops and cities.

When they wanted to listen to Han Sui's orders, they would listen to them as soon as they wanted to listen. If they didn't want to listen, they would still do their own things and disobey them. What's more, they would turn a blind eye to Han Sui's military orders and would not listen to them at all.

Therefore, although Han Sui was appointed as the General of Zhenxi, he had the power to open the prefecture and was nominally in charge of the conquest of Liangzhou.

However, the only soldiers he could control was the only soldiers of Jincheng County, and the cities he occupied were limited to Jincheng. For other counties in Liangzhou, he had only a name but no reality, and could not control the overall situation of Liangzhou at all.

Faced with such a dilemma, Han Sui was naturally unwilling to accept the troops and horses of various princes, thus becoming the real "King of Xiliang".

This time, the coalition forces attacked Wuwei County, gave Han Sui a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. As long as it is used properly, he might achieve his desire to dominate Liangzhou.

Therefore, the 60,000 troops did not leave Anding County. After joining Jincheng, they immediately rushed to Heilongling, got the dangerous pass, and rushed to Guzang City, the capital of Wuwei County.

As for the new prefect Li Li of Wuwei, perhaps Han Sui did not take him seriously, thinking that he could easily be wiped out with every move or drive him out of the territory of Liangzhou.

After thinking through the tricks, Li Li was no longer afraid of the 60,000 Han Sui army, and felt at ease.

If the 60,000 troops have strict military disciplines, unified command and prohibited orders, then this army will be enough to sweep Wuwei County. Even if Li Li relies on the Heilongling Pass, it will be difficult for him to withstand the coalition's strong attack and will be defeated sooner or later.

However, these 60,000 troops each have their own jurisdiction, and eight leaders have taken charge of military power, and they have their own ulterior motives.

It can be said that it is gold and jade outside, but it is broken and shredded.

Since then, Li Li dared to fight with only the eight thousand troops in his hands.

The result of the discussion between the generals that night was to leave three thousand infantrymen to guard the Heilongling Village, and Li Li personally led 5,000 cavalry out of the pass to confront Han Sui's coalition forces head-on.

If the war is not going well, Li Li's army will retreat to Dazhai and guard the pass to the death.

If it is lucky to defeat Han Sui's army in one fell swoop, then Li Li will be successful in taking office in Liangzhou this time. From then on, he will take root in Wuwei, look at Liangzhou, and peek at the political changes in Chang'an.
Chapter completed!