Since Black Dragon City was not as difficult and easy to defend as Yanzhao Pass, the Xiahou family had to set up camp twenty miles in front of Black Dragon City to face Li Yuan's two major armies head-on.

Although they were defeated all the way, the Xiahou family had reached the point of fighting on their backs, and their two major legions of Yanyun and Black Dragon were also the first-class legions in the world, and they still had strength, and after returning to Black Dragon City to rest, they regrouped and vowed to fight Li Yuan to the death. And although Li Yuan's two major armies have superior strength and high morale, they are already consumed.

Li Yuan knew that the Xiahou family had reached the point where there was no way to retreat and fight to the death, in order to avoid too many casualties on his side, Li Yuan ordered to temporarily stop the advance, but put his two major armies in formation and waited. This arrangement can give their tired two armies a little rest, and secondly, they also want to temporarily avoid the edge of the opponent's desperate decisive battle.

Seeing that Li Yuan's army had suddenly stopped advancing, the Xiahou family did not dare to act rashly, and the two sides confronted each other twenty miles in front of Black Dragon City.

As for Yanzhao Pass, in view of the extremely important strategic location of Yanzhao Pass, Li Yuan left Li Xiaoyao, the young sect leader of the Tongtian Sect, in Yanzhao Pass as the temporary commander, and ordered him to allocate resources in the rear to ensure the supply of the front-line legions.

With Li Xiaoyao sitting in Yanzhao Pass, Li Yuan can naturally attack Black Dragon City with all his strength without worry, and Li Xiaoyao is not only responsible for providing various material supplies to Li Yuan's frontline army, but also collecting intelligence information on the entire Bright Moon Continent, hoping to help Li Yuan make a wise next route choice in time after sweeping the north.

Yin Qi was taken aback when he heard that it was Li Xiaoyao who was sitting in Yanzhao Pass, and he knew that Li Xiaoyao was not only a martial arts master among today's young generation, but also a strategic general.

Yin Qi said to Shi Ziling: "I didn't expect Li Yuan to be so cautious, and when the front line was in urgent need of personnel, he still left Li Xiaoyao to sit in Yanzhao Pass. Although Li Xiaoyao is young, he is quite talented, and he is also very prestigious in the Tongtian Sect, and he has always been responsible for the collection of intelligence. ”

Shi Ziling had seen Li Xiaoyao, and knew that this person was indeed not weak, and he was also a little worried in his heart, so he asked Yin Qi: "How far are we from Yanzhao Pass now?"

Yin Qi said: "After turning the small hill not far ahead, you can see the city tower of Yanzhao Pass, and we are less than 100 miles away from Yanzhao Pass. ”

Wei Song, who was on the side, looked up at the sky and said: "It's still early, with the marching speed of our special attack division, we can probably reach Yanzhao Pass before dinner, but I don't know if Lu Dao can successfully enter the city this time." ”

Yin Qi frowned and said: "We have been on the road for ten days in a row, except for three meals a day, we can only sleep for a few hours at night, and all the soldiers are very tired. ”

"Once you reach Yanzhao Pass, no matter whether you can smoothly blend into the pass or not, you will inevitably have a fierce battle with Li Xiaoyao's army. It is better for us to rest a little now, wait for Counselor Ma and Captain Duanmu's brigade to follow up and then advance together, at least wait until it is dark before entering the city, so as not to show the horse's feet. ”

Wei Song, Wei Hu and the others all felt that what Yin Qi said was quite reasonable, although the special attack division was strong, but after many days of rapid marching, it was indeed very tired, and if it encountered a strong enemy at this time, its combat strength would inevitably be reduced. If you can rest during the day as Yin Qi said, and wait until the night to take advantage of the darkness and then blend into Yanzhao Pass, maybe the odds of winning will be greater.

Everyone turned their eyes to Shiziling to see how he decided.

Shi Ziling asked Yin Qi: "According to Li Yuan's regulations on managing the army on weekdays, when did the team transporting ordnance, grain and grass generally enter the city?"

Yin Qi was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, and said: "According to the rules of Li Yuanjun, the team that transports grain and grass supplies generally enters the city during the day, so that it can be counted and handed over on the same day. However, now that the front line is in full swing and supplies are in urgent need of supplies, it makes sense for us to go into the city overnight in order to get the supplies delivered as soon as possible. ”

Shi Ziling shook his head and said: "Li Xiaoyao is not a reckless person, since he is guarding Yanzhao Pass, it is likely that he will take strict precautions at the entry level." Although we have already changed into the clothing and banner of the defenders of Mijing City, after all, it is a team from the east, and it is inevitable that there will be some strange words and deeds, and if we deliberately enter the city after dark, I am afraid that it will arouse even more suspicion. ”

Yin Qi said with some worry: "But we only have more than 15,000 people now, and we are already very tired, if we enter the city before dark, once we are found out about Xingzang, I am afraid that we will be very passive." ”

"According to the heralds we caught earlier, Li Xiaoyao has at least 50,000 elite soldiers stationed in Yanzhao Pass, and there are many martial arts masters of the Tongtian Sect who are accompanied by him, even if we can blend into the pass, there is not much chance of controlling Yanzhao Pass as quickly as we can sneak into Mijing City. If we had been identified earlier, then even if all the large forces behind us came, it would have been difficult to break through this easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack Yanzhao Pass. ”

Shi Ziling said indifferently: "It's not 15,000 people, but 5,000 people." Don't forget that we only made a special trip from Mijing City to transport food and grass supplies, and generally such a team is only 5,000 people at most, if we enter the city with 15,000 people, it will inevitably arouse Li Xiaoyao's suspicions. ”

Yin Qi's face changed and exclaimed: "I have forgotten about this stubble! By the way! The army that transports supplies has always been small, usually three or five thousand people, and it has never exceeded ten thousand. If the fifteen thousand people of our special attack division came to Yanzhao Pass together, even if they were wearing the costumes of the defenders of Mijing City, it would definitely make people suspicious. Fortunately, General Shi is thoughtful!"

"However, if there are only 5,000 people, even if they successfully blend into Yanzhao Pass, but in the face of the enemy army ten times their own inside, how can this battle be fought? ”

Shi Ziling smiled slightly: "This is also a matter of no way, I led the army on an expedition this time, and I never thought of a frontal large-scale attack with the opponent, our strategy has always been to win more surprise battles with less, relying on surprise to attack it unprepared." ”

"Fortunately, although we only have 5,000 men and horses to enter the pass at a time, as long as we guard the entrance and exit of Yanzhao Pass, the 10,000 special attack divisions behind will soon be able to follow up. And Ma Yu and the Duanmu brothers' men and horses are also coming at full speed, and they are not too far away from us. I think if all the 50,000 horses of our Songhu Legion can enter the pass smoothly, even if Li Xiaoyao's troops are superior, there is nothing to fear. ”

Yin Qi said: "Having said that, if the 5,000 men and horses leading the first pass cannot hold the city gate, once the city gate is closed, the city pass of Yanzhao Pass is so steep and strong, even if the 50,000 men and horses of our army are gathered, it will be difficult to make a difference." ”

Yu Wei on the side said disapprerovingly: "General Yin doesn't need to worry too much, a few days ago, we only used more than fifty people to successfully control the east gate of Mijing City, this time all our special attack divisions are under the city, even if only five thousand people can enter first, it is enough to deal with it." As long as there is an invincible master like Ziling, how can a mere Li Xiaoyao stop our special attack division?"

Yin Qi hadn't seen how they had attacked Mijing City, and when he heard Yu Wei say that they had easily controlled the east gate of Mijing City with just over fifty people, he couldn't help but be a little suspicious. However, he saw that Wei Song, Wei Hu and the others were full of confidence, and Shi Ziling also looked relaxed and confident, so he couldn't help but be infected by their self-confidence, so he didn't say anything more.

Shi Ziling said: "I also know that the Yanzhao Pass is steep and sturdy, and it is difficult to attack successfully, so the key to our trip is whether we can smoothly blend into the pass." As long as we can successfully blend into the pass, although we only have 5,000 people, it is enough to turn him upside down. ”

Wei Song asked, "Then should we immediately hurry up and try to capture Yanzhao Pass before it gets dark?"

Shi Ziling said loudly: "I know that everyone in Lu Dao is very tired, but whether we can successfully capture Yanzhao Pass here, if we gather here for too long, it will lead to doubts." Everyone must work hard and do their best, as long as we pass this level, our expedition will be half successful......"

Subsequently, Shi Ziling divided the special attack division of more than 15,000 people into three teams, led by Shi Ziling, Wei Song and Wei Hu brothers.

The first detachment was composed of 500 martial arts masters, 2,000 cavalry and 2,500 infantry, commanded by Shi Ziling himself, plus Yin Qi's 100 cavalry, all dressed up as a transport team transporting grain and grass supplies. They had prepared hundreds of wagons in advance, but most of them were empty, in order not to delay the march.

The second detachment was led by Wei Song, they were mainly cavalry, all of them changed into the clothes of various militia guards, and walked on the road scattered in a small group of several hundred people, it seemed that they were scattered and followed not far from the first detachment of Shiziling, in fact, just waiting for the Shiziling in front of them to mix into the pass, they could launch a rapid charge at any time to cooperate with the pass.

The third detachment was led by Wei Hu, which was basically infantry, and this group was still wearing the uniforms of the defenders of Mijing City, and it seemed that it was also a team transporting grain and grass supplies.

After the deployment of personnel was completed, Shi Ziling and Yin Qi took the lead with 5,000 men and horses, while Wei Song and Wei Hu each led the team and followed up.

The distance between these three teams was deliberately widened, especially the cavalry team led by Wei Song, all of which were under the banner of the militia guards from all walks of life, although they were not far behind the first detachment of Shiziling, but it seemed that the team was very scattered. At a cursory glance, no one would have imagined that they were all the way to the Shiziling in front of them, let alone that these scattered cavalry would be a cavalry stormtroop with skillful tactics and extremely strong impact.

This special attack division of more than 15,000 people are all Shi Ziling personally carefully selected and strictly trained elite soldiers, although they are a little tired from rushing for days, but at the same time they also have a strong desire to win in their hearts, knowing that the success or failure of this expedition is likely to be in one move, as long as they successfully pass this pass, this time they are very hopeful to defeat the invincible Li Yuan army in one fell swoop.

Therefore, the morale of the special attack division is high, and everyone is looking forward to the ensuing battle. Because they knew in their hearts that the situation of the endless disputes of the Bright Moon Continent was likely to be broken in one fell swoop.