After toying with Chen Hengchang for a while, Lü Hua left Jiangnan. They crossed Wanshan Ridge and arrived in territory controlled by the Great An New Dynasty.
At this time, the boundary between the Great An New Dynasty and Chen Hengchang's territory was Wanshan Ridge. South of Wanshan Ridge was Chen Hengchang's domain, while north of Wanshan Ridge was Great An land.
In the eastern part of Wanshan Ridge, the mountain ranges rose and fell one after another. Though there were no perilously steep peaks, the terrain was extremely complex, and there were only three official roads through Wanshan Ridge. These three official roads had originally been important routes connecting Da Rong's north and south.
Now that the two sides used Wanshan Ridge as their boundary, they only needed to block these three official roads dead to keep the other side's army trapped on the far side of Wanshan Ridge.
Of course, there were still many small paths and trails within Wanshan Ridge. Lü Hua and the others certainly could not take the official roads, and instead crossed Wanshan Ridge along rugged little paths.
The route they took was in fact to enter Wanshan Ridge from near Daogong Mountain, then climb mountains and cross ridges as they approached Cuixia Valley.
Cuixia Valley had originally been beside an official road, and now Cuixia Valley had almost become Yu Tonghai's main camp. A full fifty thousand soldiers were stationed around Cuixia Valley.
However, these soldiers were not there to guard Cuixia Valley, but Just To block Chen Hengchang's army from advancing north.
Inside Cuixia Valley, there were also one thousand soldiers guarding it, along with four Innate Martial Artists holding the fort: Ji Zhen, Old Man Niujiao Wu Anchou, Granny Yanggu Zhou Qing, and Elder Mingshan Lu Jin.
These four were all