Luyang Pass is a larger pass. Not to mention it is in the deep mountains, even on the plains, it has the size of ordinary prefectures and counties.

However, unlike ordinary prefectures and counties, there are no people living in Guanzhong, Luyang, and only troops stationed.

After Lexsa led his troops to arrive, the originally spacious Guancheng suddenly became crowded.

The actual capacity of Luyang Pass is only about 100,000 people.

It was really uncomfortable to stuff so many people in one go.

But Lexsa is ready for a decisive battle here, so naturally she won't talk nonsense.

On the first day after entering the city of Guancheng, Lexas checked the city defense situation and grain reserves.

Needless to say, the construction of Luyang Pass is very convenient, and it is surrounded by mountains and steep mountains.

There is almost no other route to go around. If you want to enter Ruzhou, Luyang Pass is a must-pass place.

Luyang Pass was originally built on the hillside, and it has a natural advantage from condescending heights.

There is no doubt that the Qing army had an absolute advantage in the city defense.

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Grain and grass reserves are also careless.

Lexsa calculated that it was probably enough for the Qing army to eat for a month.

Since Li Laiheng decided to march into Ruzhou, it must be the most common thing in the past few days.

If you can't conquer it for a long time, you will definitely not continue to fight head-on, but will withdraw your troops as soon as possible.

So from this point of view, a month's grain reserve should be enough.

The only thing that made Lexsa feel unsure was the lack of firearms in the city.

Not only is there a lack of artillery, but also a lack of muskets.

And the Ming army is famous for its firearms.

The Qing army suffered a secret loss at this point, and it would be very uncomfortable if the Ming army used this point to make a big fuss.

I could only prepare all the wooden rocks and tung oil and gold juice in advance, and gritted my teeth and held on to the death.

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"Little Tiger, all the scouts sent out have come back. But they brought back good news."

Yuan Zongdi narrowed his eyes slightly, his face full of smiles.

Li Laiheng thought to himself that what could make Yuan Zongdi happy like this, so he asked in accordance with the question: "Oh? I wonder what good news is there for Uncle Yuan?"

"Hehe, that's it. You should also know that Luyang Pass is one of the most powerful passes in the world. Although it is not as famous as Tongguan and Jianmen Pass, it is not inferior to them in terms of steepness. I have always thought that Luyang Pass is difficult to fight, and it can only be filled with people's lives. But this time, the scout made an unexpected discovery when he went to investigate."

Yuan Zongdi suddenly stopped halfway and rubbed his palms repeatedly.

OK, it actually made his appetite.

Li Laiheng was so amused and crying.

"What discovery? Uncle Yuan, please tell me quickly."

Yuan Zongdi smiled and said, "Do you remember when we were in Kuidong? In order to survive, we were chiseling salt on the cliffs and then getting the nearby county town to exchange for food? They have developed a rock climbing skill, but now it comes in handy. When these scouts were investigating, they accidentally found that a cliff not far from Luyang Pass could be directly turned over, and then walked a short section to go directly into Luyang Pass."

Li Laiheng's eyes shone.

This history was very painful for them.

At that time, the Ming Dynasty had only two provinces left, and the Kuidong Army was also compressed in a corner by Li Guoying and others.

Almost all nearby were blocked, and Kuidong was not suitable for planting crops. At that time, almost everyone felt that it was over. However, Li Laiheng did not give up. He and Yuan Zongdi, Liu Tichun and others discussed chiseling salt from the cliffs of Kuidong, and then asked the soldiers to secretly take them to nearby prefectures and counties to exchange for food.

This is well known to Kuidong, and salt is a hard currency, so no one can eat without salt.

Therefore, using salt to exchange food was the last hope of the Kuidong Army.

But the salt in Kuidong is not well salt, nor sea salt, but stone salt. To put it bluntly, the soldiers can climb to the cliff and chisel bit by bit.

This is of course very dangerous, but it also indirectly cultivates the skills of the Kuidong soldiers flying over the eaves and walls.

Over the past few years, the Kuidong Army soldiers' ability to climb rocks has improved a lot.

But Li Laiheng didn't expect it to come in handy when attacking Luyang Pass.

There is indeed no road to detour in Luyang Pass, but what the scouts found was not the road but the cliffs.

Who has ever thought about climbing over cliffs?

I'm afraid the Qing army wouldn't dare to think about it, right?

But this has proved to be practical.

As long as the Ming army had a small number of troops, even if only 500 people climbed the cliffs and went through the obstacles and entered the Luyang Pass, the Ming army had the hope of taking Luyang Pass at a smaller price.

Otherwise, if the Ming army was blindly attacked head-on, the losses of the Ming army would inevitably be huge.

Li Laiheng nodded slightly and said, "This is indeed good news. But Uncle Yuan thinks who should lead the troops there."

Yuan Zongdi smiled and said, "You should know this person, little tiger. My eldest nephew Liu Xingming has always wanted to make achievements. But he is just worried. He doesn't let the hot air balloons fly in the plains, and now the mountains are definitely not suitable for flying. But if he wants to make achievements, is there any more suitable for climbing into Luyang Pass than climbing a rock to enter?"

Liu Xingming?

Li Laiheng was stunned when he heard this.

He really didn't expect the other party to mention Liu Xingming.

After all, Liu Xingming is also Liu Tichun's eldest son.

If Liu Xingming had any problems, how could Yuan Zongdi, the uncle of Shi, explain to Liu Tichun?

How can Li Laiheng, a junior, explain?

He shook his head repeatedly: "This is not possible. Is there any other candidate for Uncle Yuan?"

Yuan Zongdi immediately said with a stern face: "What's wrong, little tiger, do you think Xingming doesn't have this ability? Or are you afraid that it's not easy to speak to your Uncle Liu?"

"If it's the former, I'll say justice for Xingming. Among your rising stars, Xingming may be worse than your little tiger, but he is also one of the best. If he doesn't have the ability, there are really few people who have the ability. If it's the latter, you can rest assured, I can say this. Don't worry."

Li Laiheng quickly explained: "Uncle Yuan, you misunderstood. I didn't mean that. It's just that this matter is serious. Shouldn't you discuss it with Uncle Liu first?"

Yuan Zongdi thought to himself that you are still afraid that Old Liu will turn against you.

"It's okay, I'll call him here."

After saying that, Yuan Zongdi took a step and left the tent.

Li Laiheng sighed helplessly.

It is not good to choose who you want to choose Liu Xingming, who is the heir to the Duke of Wan.

Forget it, Yuan Zongdi would just let him go if he wanted to.

Soon, Yuan Zongdi left and returned, with Liu Tichun around him.

Liu Tichun obviously didn't know what Yuan Zongdi wanted to do, so he asked after entering the camp, "But the little tiger asked us to come?"

Yuan Zongdi grinned and said, "Hehe, brother, I'll tell you something, don't be anxious."

When Liu Tichun saw Yuan Zongdi like this, he felt even more assured.

"What do you want to say, let's talk about it first."

"I would like to recommend Xingming to lead his troops to climb over cliffs and invade Luyang Pass."

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