Longyu Pass is located in the Canglong Mountain Grand Canyon about 100 miles west of Ganyang City. It is the only way for caravans to enter the Gule State from the Liang State. Because of its dangerous terrain and majestic city walls, it is known as the most important pass in the world.
Longyu Pass also falls under the jurisdiction of Ganyang Protectorate. The four guards of Ganyang Army will take turns sending a brigade to garrison Longyu Pass every six months. Currently, the Second Vanguard Brigade is stationed at Longyu Pass.
After Sun Hao and his party arrived at Longyu Pass, they soon met Zhou Ji, the commander of the Second Vanguard Brigade.
Zhou Ji is also a descendant of the Zhou family, one of the six generals of the Ganyang Army. Zhou Ji's father, Zhou Qi, is the current head of the Zhou family.
Zhou Ji looked at the group of heavily armored cavalrymen under Sun Hao's command and asked him in surprise, "Sun Longtou, I'm afraid you won't be able to pass the Dragon Locking Pass in this state."
Suolong Pass is a military fortress built by the Gule Kingdom at the western exit of the Canglong Mountain Grand Canyon. It is as dangerous as Longyu Pass.
It is precisely because of the existence of Longyu Pass and Suolong Pass that there has been no war between Liang and Gule for more than two hundred years.
Sun Hao shook his head and said, "General Zhou, I came to Longyu Pass only to pick up Captain Xiao from the Embroidered Uniform Guard as my guide. I am not planning to go through Suolong Pass to enter the Gule Kingdom."
When Zhou Ji heard this, he understood that Sun Hao was planning to lead his men through the mountains of Canglong Mountain and bypass the Grand Canyon.
The Canglong Mountains, which stretch for tens of thousands of miles, are a natural barrier between the Western Regions and the Eastern countries. For example, the four Khanates on the grasslands could not enter the Western Regions to plunder because of the obstruction of the Canglong Mountains.
The Canglong Mountain Grand Canyon, which is about 16 miles long, can be said to be the only passage between the Western Regions and the Eastern countries. This is why Ganyang City has become the most important material distribution center for East-West trade.
However, the only passage refers to the passage that the caravan can pass through, not that there is no other way to enter the Gule State from the Liang State except the Canglong Mountain Grand Canyon.
When Liu Dongqi led the four riders back to Pizhou, in order to reduce unnecessary trouble, he chose to cross mountains and ridges and walked on the mountain road for more than ten days, bypassing Longyu Pass and Suolong Pass.
The Embroidered Uniform Guard was an intelligence agency established by Chen Haonan, the first emperor of Liang. The Captain Xiao mentioned by Sun Hao was the spy sent by the Embroidered Uniform Guard to the Gule Kingdom.
The more than 200 Ganyang Army soldiers who went to rescue Princess Huaqing and her son were led to Tieshi City, the capital of the Gule Kingdom, by Captain Xiao.
Later, the news that more than 200 Ganyang Army soldiers were wiped out in the rescue operation was also brought back by Captain Xiao. However, he encountered horse thieves on his way back and was wounded by an arrow, so he stayed in Longyu Pass to recuperate.
Sun Hao was originally unwilling to accept the task from the governor Chen Fengshi to go to Iron Lion City thousands of miles away to rescue Princess Huaqing and her son.
However, annexing the territories of the remaining six branches of Qingyun Society was too tempting for Sun Hao, so the Sanshui Society destroyed Qingyun Society overnight.
Now, the reward for the mission of rescuing Princess Huaqing and her son has been received in advance by Sun Hao.
So Sun Hao took six powerful generals, Qin Qiong, Yuchi Gong, Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Huang Zhong and Gan Ning, as well as eighteen Yanyun cavalry, sixty-four Tiger and Leopard cavalry, sixty-four Xiliang Iron Cavalry and all the four cavalrymen, and prepared to go to the capital of Gule Kingdom, Iron Lion City, to rescue people.
The rest of Sun Hao's troops, including 128 Wei Wu soldiers and 128 Qin Rui soldiers, were left in Ganyang City.
Originally, Sun Hao did not plan to go to Gule Kingdom in person to rescue people. He only needed to send powerful generals such as Qin Qiong, Yuchi Gong, and Dian Wei to lead the team.
What he didn't expect was that after Han Wei, the leader of Qingyun Society, died, Sun Hao accidentally discovered that among Han Wei's dozen concubines, two of them had a charm value of 95 points.
Afterwards, Han Wei's two concubines whose charm value reached 95 points were taken over by Sun Hao, and the rest of Han Wei's concubines were distributed by Sun Hao to his subordinates.
Now Sun Hao has not used the sign-in opportunity he got from Han Wei's two concubines, which made Sun Hao decide to lead the team to Gule Kingdom in person.
If you encounter danger during the rescue operation, two opportunities to sign in under the "annual sign-in system" may turn the tide.
Lang Jiang Zhou Ji hesitated for a moment and said to Sun Hao, "Sun Longtou, the Jinyiwei captain is seriously injured. If we take a detour, I'm afraid he can't withstand the bumps of crossing the mountains and ridges."
Sun Hao couldn't help but frown, "But it's impossible for the more than 200 heavily armored cavalrymen I brought with me to pass through the Dragon Locking Pass.
If we disguise ourselves as a caravan, we probably won't be able to carry these Anlum horses and armor."
The reason why Sun Hao dared to lead his team to Gule Kingdom to rescue people was that he relied on the heavy cavalry composed of "level 90" and "level 80" generals around him, who could move freely on the vast plains of Gule Kingdom.
At this time, even the Anlum horses ridden by the four cavalrymen were equipped with iron plate vests, becoming veritable heavy cavalry.
Lang Jiang Zhou Ji then said, "How about this, you go meet the Jinyiwei captain first and see what he says."
The organization of the Jinyiwei was roughly the same as that of other guard-level armies in the Liang State. Under the guards, there were brigades, under the brigades, there were battalions, under the battalions, under the teams, there were gangs, and under the gangs, there were squads.
However, the entire Jinyiwei was very large, with twelve organizations at the brigade level alone.
The captain of the Jinyiwei, named Xiao Qiang, is a mixed-race of the Liang people and white people from the Western Regions. He is in his thirties, has a strong build and is about 1.8 meters tall.
After seeing Xiao Qiang, Sun Hao habitually used the "Primary Exploration Eye" on him.
Xiao Qiang, combat power value: 67 (52).
After many observations, Sun Hao discovered that if there were brackets after the combat power value, it meant that the person was injured and could not exert his due combat power. For example, Xiao Qiang could only exert a combat power of 52 points now.
But since Xiao Qiang can still exert a combat power value of 52 points, it means that his injuries should not be particularly serious.
After Sun Hao told Xiao Qiang about his plan, Xiao Qiang agreed very readily, "Don't worry, Master Sun, this little injury of mine is nothing.
As long as I can bring Princess Huaqing and her son back to Pizhou, it will be worth it even if I, Xiao Qiang, die."
At this time, Lang Jiang Zhou Ji said to Sun Hao, "Sun Longtou, the son of Princess Huaqing, is very important to our Daliang.
If you can bring him back to Pizhou, Daliang will have the opportunity to intervene in Gule Kingdom and even establish the Western Regions Protectorate in Gule Kingdom, so please!"
After Zhou Ji finished speaking, he bowed deeply to Sun Hao.
Sun Hao hurriedly stepped forward and supported Zhou Ji's arms. "General Zhou, there's no need to do this. I, Sun Hao, am also a citizen of Daliang. This time, I will do my best to bring Princess Huaqing and her son back."
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