No matter what, I am the Holy Emperor of the Holy Lion Empire, this world is mine, no matter how big the trouble is, I can extinguish it. The Holy Emperor thought, his eyes were a little more firm, and he said loudly: "Passing the decree, the ministers of the court and the central government have always discussed matters, and those who fail to meet the time will be ......."

Song Li didn't know what the Holy Emperor was going to do, and he didn't bother to ask, with the army he personally recruited and the army sent from the local government, now the number of Song Li's army was increasing, and now it had reached as much as 350,000.

Although the strength of these people is not good, and some of them are even rabble, but many times in the war is a morale, there are many people, and they are bold, even if they are a rabble, they can sometimes burst out with strong combat effectiveness.

With the absolute superiority of troops, Song Li didn't need to pay attention to any strategy, just like a boulder descending the mountain, crushing all the way, most of the cities along the way were surrendered without a fight, and if there were some hardcore loyalists of the Holy Emperor who resisted, Song Li was not polite.

Personally lead the single-handedly cultivated Blade Assault Regiment to attack the main attack, while the ordinary troops under his command are auxiliary attacks.

With the Blade Assault Regiment as a sharp knife unit, it was naturally quite easy to storm the city, and at the same time, those ordinary troops not only accumulated combat experience in the cooperation of the battle, but also honed their will, and more importantly, the victory after victory also enhanced their confidence and morale.

As a result, the fighting spirit of the entire army has become stronger and stronger. In this way, Song Li began to deliberately reduce the number of attacks of the Blade Assault Regiment, giving more opportunities to the ordinary army to fight the main attack, hoping to use some low-intensity siege battles to promote its maturity as soon as possible.

It doesn't matter how many troops there are, the key is to see blood and fight a tough battle. Just like when building a blade, not only forging but also quenching it, with these, you can forge a sharp weapon.

Song Li is now training with battle, although in this case, the casualties may be heavier, but the effect is quite good.

Since he is in charge of the army, Song Li will not talk about any compassion. But he was not so cold-blooded as to turn a blind eye to the casualties of his soldiers.

When a soldier dies in battle, he will have a bereavement here, which is enough for his family to have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of their lives. As for the soldier being injured, it would be even more of a problem, with Song Li's identity as a saint-level Dan master, if he has anything, the Alchemist Guild will naturally not sit idly by, and there are already many alchemists who have brought their own dry food to serve in the army.

With these alchemists here, as long as they are not injured in the vital parts, it will be difficult for the injured soldiers to die.

And because they were wounded, after a vicious battle, when these soldiers returned to the army after they recovered, they were all veterans who dared to fight and kill.

As a result, the army in Song Li's hands underwent rapid sharp changes, from a third-rate army that was just a patchwork at the beginning, to a second-rate or even first-class strong army.

When Song Li continued to conquer the city, all kinds of information were also continuously gathered into Song Li's hands, including information from the Justice League.

"Song Qiuming, he is a handsome talent, but it's a pity that he became my enemy this time. Song Li looked at the information in his hand and sighed slightly.

In the past, when he was in the imperial capital, Song Li had heard of Song Qiuming's talent more than once, and knew that he was not only good at field warfare, but also good at defense.

Calling him a tiger is naturally to praise him for his fierce offensive and the tiger of the mountains. The addition of iron words shows that his defensive skills are also first-class, and a person who can attack and defend is an opponent, and Song Li can't help but have a headache.

You must know that the 200,000 troops that Song Qiuming led were not these temporary recruits in his hands, and they were not completely formed now, but the elite of the empire who had been battle-hardened.

Such 200,000 people, under the leadership of such an iron tiger as Song Qiuming, can imagine the power that can burst out. If it was a field battle, Song Li really didn't have much confidence.

After all, although the 350,000 people in his hands have been honed to a certain extent, after all, they have only participated in some small fights, and they have not really fought hard battles, if they have a field battle with the 200,000 elites led by Song Qiuming, Song Li himself cannot guarantee that the final result will be whether he will win or lose.

It's not that Song Li doesn't have confidence in his soldiers, it's really that the siege is completely different from the field battle, the siege can be encircled and beaten, anyway, the city can't run there, as long as you grit your teeth and attack, during this period, at most some people will die, and the soldier's combat power or morale is high or low is not the determining factor.

This is also the reason why in Song Li's previous life, after many ordinary people who didn't know anything rose up, they were still able to capture one city after another. As long as there is enough time and a large number of people, then no matter how strong the city is, it will be breached one day.

In addition to testing the command ability of the commanders of both sides, what is more important is the quality, combat effectiveness, morale, and even logistics of the soldiers on both sides.

Especially in this world, there is still far from having a particularly developed communication and command system like Song Li's previous life, and sometimes, when it comes to the battlefield, the commander's command ability has become a little less important. This is not nonsense, but a fact.

Think about it, if a commander commands tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, does he have any communication equipment with each other, and he relies on the flag and the herald to issue orders, and the commander is not a god, how can he control the changes in the entire battle situation from time to time, at most he just grasps the general direction.

At this time, the mid-level and low-ranking officers became the most direct commanders on the battlefield, and the lower-level soldiers became the key to determining the outcome of the entire battle.

Song Li has a lot of people, this is his advantage, but it is also a disadvantage, if a group of soldiers who have not experienced cruel field battles are really pulled to the battlefield, and a group of elites who have experienced a hundred battles and see death as home, whether they can hold on, Song Li really does not have much confidence.

As long as there is a problem in one place, whether it is a collapse or an escape, there is a good chance that there will be a chain reaction, and the end result will be a mountain of defeat.

At first, Song Li was really worried about such a problem, and he even began to think about how to avoid such a thing from happening.

But now, seeing the information sent by the Justice League, Song Li's worry was immediately gone.

The reason is very simple, Song Qiuming doesn't seem to have any intention of fighting with him in the field, maybe he is afraid of Song Li's prestige, for fear that he is not an opponent, maybe he is worried that Song Li's hands are too many 350,000 horses, and his 200,000 people can't eat, or there are other intentions, in short, Song Qiuming stopped at a place called Lock Demon Pass after leaving the empire for five hundred miles, and began to actively prepare for war.

The lock demon pass is the same as the stone drum city where Song Li raised troops before, it is a strategic place, and its original name was originally called lock key pass, which means that this place is like a lock, locking the main road into the imperial capital, but the common people have become the lock demon pass with false rumors.

This Xiongguan has a total of about 50 miles from east to west, and it is precisely embedded in two narrow mountain ranges, which happens to block the only road to the imperial capital.

If he didn't go here, if Song Li wanted to bypass the mountains on both sides, he would at least have to walk more than a thousand miles, and by that time, he was afraid that the daylily would be cold.

From this point of view, Song Qiuming is quite discerning about the lock demon pass as the location of this confrontation with Song Li, first of all, this has always been a strategic point, it is the outer gateway of the imperial capital, as long as the emperors of the past dynasties ascend the throne, they will inevitably overhaul here, which has almost become the practice of the Holy Lion Empire in the past dynasties.

Under such continuous repair and maintenance, the defense system of the Lock Demon Pass is absolutely extraordinary, it is really an eagle that can't fly, and the gods are also worried.

Guarding here, Song Qiuming is in an invincible position, and he is not afraid of spending time with Song Li. Anyway, he is firmly in Gaocheng, and he has more than 200,000 soldiers in his hands, and there is enough food and grass, so he has no problem at all in spending three or five months.

But Song Li may not have such patience, from this point of view, no matter what, Song Qiuming is invincible.

Secondly, Song Qiuming is very clear about Song Li's current situation.

From ancient times to the present, rebellion has never been a simple matter, there are many people in the right time, place, and people, and now, Song Li seems to have accounted for everything.

But if he, Song Qiuming, was stuck in the lock demon pass, then Song Li would be forced to a dilemma.

If you don't take a detour, then you will have to take the wrong road and waste time. Either stay and attack the city, which is also a waste of time and a lot of lives.

No matter how Song Li chooses, he will inevitably lose a lot of time in the end.

And time is precious, especially when there is a rebellion, the difference between a day earlier and a day later can be a victory or defeat. What's more, with the lock demon in his hand, Song Qiuming was able to keep it out for more than a day or two.

The longer the time drags on, the more calmly the Holy Emperor's side can lay out, and the better the chance of defeating the rebellion at that time.

On the other hand, Song Li's side has no chance of winning, he was destroyed on the first day, he can't enter the imperial capital, and he can't talk about any geographical advantages, after a long time, his allies will inevitably fluctuate, and then the people will be gone.

There are no three, and if you want to succeed in the rebellion, it is definitely more difficult than ascending to the sky.

After Song Qiuming had such careful consideration, he planned to stick to the lock demon pass. He just wanted to stick Song Li here and put him in a dilemma.

It's just that Song Li didn't think so. With his intelligence and vision, he couldn't guess Song Qiuming's plans, but the same thing had different opinions in the eyes of different people.

For Song Li, Song Qiuming was stuck in the lock demon pass, which seemed to kill two birds with one stone, which not only blocked his own way, but also bought time for the Holy Emperor's counterattack.

But on the other hand, Song Qiuming also completely gave up one of his own major advantages because of this, that is, the field strength of the 200,000 elites.

As long as the commander is not stupid, then there is not much difference between ordinary people, Putong soldiers and elites who defend the city