Seeing the gate of Suolong Pass in the distance being opened, a large number of armored cavalry from the Gule Kingdom rushed out of the city.
Cao Tingjin, the commander-in-chief of the Western Expedition Army, immediately dispatched four cavalry battalions from the left guard of the Ganyang Army and four cavalry battalions from the vanguard of the Huaide Army to bypass the chariots and tens of thousands of heavy infantry in front and meet the attacking Gule cavalry.
Due to the terrain limitations of the Canglong Mountain Grand Canyon, only the Ganyang Army's left and right guards, as well as Sun Zhe's Huaide Army's vanguard, were sent to the Western Expedition.
Wang Lian's Huaide Army Left Guard and Huaide Army South Guard did not participate in the battle today.
The four cavalry battalions of the Ganyang Army's left guard and the four cavalry battalions of the Huaide Army's vanguard were all heavily armored cavalry, and their war horses were covered with vests made of cowhide.
The heavy cavalry of the Gule Kingdom only wore iron armor on their bodies, and the horses under their crotch were not armored.
The eight cavalry battalions of the Western Expedition Army had a total of more than 10,000 heavily armored cavalrymen, which gave them an absolute advantage in terms of military strength.
As a result, the four thousand-man heavy cavalry teams of the First Legion of the Gule Kingdom were easily defeated by the heavy cavalry of the Western Expedition Army before they even got close to the well-shaped chariots.
If the walls of Suolong Pass had not been equipped with a large number of crossbows and filled with archers, the heavy cavalry of the Western Expedition Army might have been able to directly chase the defeated cavalry of the First Legion of the Gule Kingdom and rush into Suolong Pass.
Seeing that only a little over a thousand of the more than 4,000 heavy cavalrymen sent out escaped in the end, Legion Commander Anbaiwal couldn't help but feel cold in his hands and feet.
There had been no war between the Gule Kingdom and the Liang Kingdom for more than two hundred years. Although the Liang Kingdom had always enjoyed the reputation of being "the best in the world in terms of military power", Anbaiwal did not think that his First Legion was inferior to the Liang Kingdom's army.
As a result, today the heavy cavalry of Liang's Western Expedition Army taught Anbaiwal a good lesson. Although Liang's Western Expedition Army had the advantage in numbers, Anbaiwal could still see the gap between the heavy cavalry of both sides.
Anbaiwal was even certain that even if the number of heavy cavalry on both sides was the same, it would probably be the four thousand-man heavy cavalry teams of his First Legion that would be defeated.
"Get the four catapults ready!
Whether we can hold Lock Dragon Pass depends on whether the catapults can destroy the Liang people's giant siege chariots." An Baiwal ordered in a deep voice.
Originally, there were more than 20 catapults equipped in Suolong Pass, but because there had been no war with Liang State for many years, many of the catapults had fallen into disrepair and could no longer be used. Only four catapults were barely intact.
However, after the twelve trebuchets entered the range of the catapults, only one catapult successfully threw a large stone weighing fifty or sixty kilograms, and it was only thrown less than fifty meters away from the city wall.
When Legion Commander Anbaiwal saw this, he felt as if he had fallen into ice. He knew that he could no longer defend the Dragon Lock Pass.
In the end, the First Legion of the Gule Kingdom only resisted for a while on the city wall, and then, led by its legion commander An Baiwal, withdrew from the Suolong Pass and fled to the nearest city of the Gule Kingdom to the Suolong Pass.
The generals of the Western Expedition were very happy that they could capture Suolong Pass so easily, and their original pessimistic thoughts about the Western Expedition were also alleviated a lot.
The First Legion of the Gule State stationed at Suolong Pass is known as the most elite force of the Gule State, but its performance is even worse than many of the Liang State's wing troops.
What surprised Sun Hao even more was that when he walked into the gate of Suolong Pass, the ghostly voice suddenly rang in his ears.
"Congratulations on capturing the first city! You'll be rewarded with two extra sign-ins!"
During the attack on Lock Dragon Pass, Sun Hao did not contribute at all, but he did not expect that the annual signing system would reward him with two extra signing opportunities.
Does this mean that every time the Western Expedition Army captures a city, they will receive a reward from the annual signing system?
However, thinking about the "capture the first city" mentioned in the annual signing system, Sun Hao felt that he might have thought too much.
But no matter what, Sun Hao was already very happy to get two extra sign-in opportunities for free.
That evening, after Sun Hao returned to Longyu Pass, he used up his two sign-in opportunities.
"Congratulations on signing in to the skill: Intermediate Exploration Eye!"
"Congratulations to the signing of the powerful generals: Huluguang and Gao Aocao."
Then Sun Hao discovered that the "Intermediate Exploration Eye" could not only check the combat power values of Hulugu and Gao Aocao, but also see another value of the two - the wisdom value.
Hulugu (Northern and Southern Dynasties), combat power value: 100, wisdom value: 88.
Gao Aocao (Northern and Southern Dynasties), combat power value: 100, wisdom value: 86.
When Sun Hao used the "Intermediate Exploration Eye" on himself, he found that in addition to his combat power value having increased to 77 points, his intelligence value was also 77 points.
Sun Hao's understanding of the wisdom value is that it represents whether a person is smart or not. The higher the wisdom value, the smarter the person is.
Afterwards, Sun Hao used the "Intermediate Exploration Eye" to re-check all the brave generals and soldiers under his command.
It was discovered that the intelligence values of the powerful generals summoned by the "Annual Signing System" mostly reached 80 points or above, and only Shi Wengong, Luan Tingyu, Bian Xiang, and Du Fu had intelligence values between 75 and 79 points.
In addition, among these powerful generals, there are two whose wisdom value has reached 90 points, namely Xue Rengui and Qin Qiong.
As for the intelligence values of Wei Wuzu, Qin Ruishi, Xuanjiaqi, Beiweiqi, Hubaoqi, Xiliangqi and Yanyunqi, and even the intelligence values of the Four Cavalry, Red Tiger Soldiers, Black Tiger Soldiers, White Tiger Soldiers and Blue Wolf Soldiers, they are all between 60 and 79 points.
The next day, Sun Hao used the "Intermediate Exploration Eye" on the officers and soldiers of the Ganyang City Guards, as well as the temporarily recruited civilians.
It was discovered that everyone's intelligence value could at least reach 60 points, but very few could reach above 80 points.
Among the officers and soldiers of the Ganyang City Guard, Sun Hao unexpectedly discovered a sergeant with an intelligence value of 94 points.
Guo Chong, combat power value: 67, intelligence value: 94.
Sun Hao hurriedly called Guo Chong to his side and asked about his background.
It turns out that Guo Chong was once a member of the Lieying Gang, which was the second strongest gang in Ganyang City. Due to the purge of Ganyang City gangs by Yong'an King Chen Su, the Lieying Gang no longer exists.
Guo Chong's father was one of the deputy leaders of the Fierce Eagle Gang. He died on the north wall of Ganyang City while resisting the siege of the Huns.
It may be because Guo Chong's father, as a white paper fan, was not on the purge list of Yong'an King Chen Su.
In fact, during that difficult battle to defend the city, Sun Hao saved Guo Chong's life on the city wall, but Sun Hao no longer remembered it. This was also the reason why Guo Chong joined the Ganyang City Guard.
You should know that when the Ganyang City Guards were recruiting soldiers, the Ganyang Army was also recruiting new soldiers at the same time. The salary of the Ganyang Army was higher than that of the Ganyang City Guards.
For example, the monthly salary of an ordinary soldier in the Ganyang Army was five strings of cash, while the monthly salary of an ordinary soldier in the Xiang Army was only three strings of cash.
After learning about Guo Chong's background, Sun Hao appointed Guo Chong as his first aide.
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