Loushan Mountain Pass, 50 km to the south of downtown Zunyi, is where the 13th regiment of the Red Army led by Peng Dehuai came across the sixth regiment of the local Guizhou army on February 25, 1935. The Red Army dispersed its men, encircled its adversaries and gained its first major victory since the commencement of the Long March.The site now has a monument and handscript carvings in stone of the poem Loushanguan written by Mao Zedong.