Farmer of Shu Han

The two main armies of the Han Dynasty, the northern and southern armies, and the main force led by Wei Yan, rushed all the way, trying to capture Yuzhong in the shortest possible time.

And Feng Yong is much more relaxed.

I also stayed for a day when I passed Didao.

Shi Mayong, the governor of Longxi who was originally stationed at Guguan, was sent by Longxi prefect Chen Shi to replace Liu Hun at Daxiaguan long before Feng Yong arrived.

Longxi in July is already the hottest time of the year.

Fortunately, when they were in Longxi, the army was all marching along the Taoshui River, so they wouldn't be too tired.

However, some people have jumped into the water because of disobedience, sweating profusely, and then fell ill the next day.

Most of these patients are from the Tiger Infantry Army, and a small number of them are recruits who joined the Huqiang Captain's Mansion last year.

In the past few years following Feng Junhou, the veterans all know that every rule in the army is useful, and they will not violate it.

When Feng Yong led the army to Guguan, Liu Hun was waiting there early.

The weather was too hot, Liu Hun didn't wear a helmet, his hair was tied up, and he didn't hide his defect of only one ear.

Maybe the barbarians don't care about this.

Because there are still a few scars on his face, which were scratched by himself when he took the oath.

Carrying a long horse spear, he walked behind Feng Yong, and saluted: "I have seen you."

Jiang Wei, Zhang Ni, and Ju Fu had learned from the soldiers who fell ill and caught a cold a few days ago because they tried to cool off. Every time they set up camp, they stepped up inspections.

On the other hand, Gongsun Zheng and the people in the staff department must constantly revise the combat plan and marching plan based on the scouting ahead.

So beside Taoshui, Feng Yong was the only one sitting on the Hu bed, admiring the afterglow of the setting sun.

"Oh, Polu is here!"

Feng Yong turned his head and greeted, "Come and sit."

"Thank you, Junhou."

Liu Hun thrust the horse into the ground, walked over and sat on the bed next to Feng Yong, upright and straight.

Feng Yong watched Taoshui gurgling by, and asked after a while, "How's the situation in Fanghan?"

"Back to Junhou, the leader of the rebellious army once sent an envoy to Daxia County, saying that he was willing to surrender to the big man, but his head was beheaded by the last general, and his followers sent his head back."

Liu Hun replied immediately.

"The leader of the rebellious army?"

Feng Yong narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Exactly. When the rebel army besieged Didao, they used the slogan of Heshou Ping Hanwang. After they were driven to Fanghan by the princes, they were trapped in a corner of Longxi."

"When the rebels were in panic and chaos, the descendants of Song Jian really took the opportunity to stand up, and now they are the co-lords of the rebels."

Liu Hun looked at Feng Yong with admiration.

Feng Yongwei's narrowed eyes quickly returned to normal, and he asked, "Where's the bald hair department in Baishi City? Has it been withdrawn yet?"

"It's been withdrawn."

When Liu Hun said this, he couldn't help turning his head slightly.

Looking from his direction, he could only see a small part of Feng Langjun's profile, but couldn't see Feng Langjun's expression at all.

Three months ago, Feng Langjun planned to kill Han Qiu, who led the army from Heguan, and then returned directly to Pingxiang. When the bald hair department in Baishi City learned about it, they immediately panicked.

Bald Tianli personally brought a thousand horses, a thousand cows and three thousand sheep to Pingxiang as gifts.

It's just that Feng Langjun not only didn't meet Bald Tianli, but also planned to send someone to drive him away.

Later, Li Ping, who was bald, knelt outside Xiangcheng for a day and a night. Mrs. Junhou couldn't bear it, and finally pleaded with Feng Langjun.

Only then did Feng Langjun allow them to take out 30,000 livestock in exchange for woolen cloth and some grain.

After the bald hair department exchanged supplies, they began to return north to Xihai Ranch.

It was inconvenient to travel between Daxia County and Pingxiang, so Liu Hun could only mechanically execute Feng Yong's original order, but he couldn't understand why he did so.

At this time there were only two people by the water, Liu Hun finally couldn't help asking one more question out of curiosity.

"Your Majesty, no matter if we ask the Bald Hair Department to help us or accept the surrender from the rebellious Hu, we can all settle in one fell swoop and completely pacify Longxi."

"But the last general Guan Junhou seems to want to indulge these barbarians, why is that?"

Feng Yong smiled slightly, stood up, and looked towards the top of the mountain. The sun had completely dropped to the horizon, and only a few golden rays of light could be seen behind the mountain.

"Polu, you have lived in the grassland since you were young, but have you ever survived an eagle?"

Liu Hun hurriedly stood up, "Hui Junhou, although the last general lived in the grassland when he was young, the tribe has been passed down from the elder father to the master, and has declined."

"The villain is not a son of the legitimate son, how could he have the opportunity to do such a thing on weekdays?"

Feng Yong nodded, "I forgot this. Do you know how to cook an eagle?"

"This villain has heard about it. The wild eagle is arrogant and unruly, violent and wild. After being captured, it is not allowed to sleep for several days and nights. Afterwards, it is starved, its eyes are covered, its wings are tied, and its wildness..."

The more Liu Hun spoke, the slower his speech rate became, and finally he stopped, looking at Feng Yong with surprise and fear, "Your Majesty..."

Feng Yong nodded and smiled calmly, "In this world, there are not only eagles that fly in the sky. In fact, there is also a kind of people on the ground called eagle dogs."

"It doesn't matter if the hawks don't want to obey at first, as long as they grind slowly like boiling eagles, their wildness will always be worn away, and then we can let them help us hunt."

In July, when the sun had just set, the heat hadn't dissipated, but Liu Hun only felt a sudden chill on his back.

"Broken!"

Feng Yong said suddenly.

"The villain is here!"

Liu Hun immediately tensed up subconsciously and stood up straight.

Only Feng Yong's voice could be heard leisurely, "You have not been with me for a short time, you should know my temper."

"As a person, I'm actually very soft-hearted. For my own people, I treat him wholeheartedly."

"It's just that I can't be tolerant of those enemies who want to fight against me, are you right?"

A drop of cold sweat dripped down Liu Hun's forehead, "Yes... yes!"

"So this boiled eagle, do you understand what I mean?"

"understood!"

Only then did Feng Yong nodded in satisfaction, and looked at the green smoke curling up. He didn't know whether it was fog or the smoke from the fire in the army.

"Let's go, back to camp."

"promise!"

Liu Hun pulled up his horse and followed behind Feng Yong, just like he was always with Feng Yong in the past.

After leaving Longxi, the army began to break away from the banks of the Taoshui River and head north.

The road gradually became rough, and it was obvious that the terrain was constantly rising.

When the army finally turned over a mountain, Feng Yong finally couldn't help uttering a word: Cao!

I saw a continuous mountain range lying in front of me so abruptly. Compared with it, the mountain in front is like a hill.

What's more, this mountain range runs from east to west.

Looking east, there is no end, looking west, there is still no end!

Just so straight in the way of the army's advance.

"Bring me a map."

Feng Yong gave an order.

Staff officer Zhang Yuan immediately spread out the map and sent it to Feng Yong.

"Li Jane!"

"Your Majesty, the villain is here."

Li Jian hurried to Feng Yong's side.

"Where is this mountain on the map? How long is it? Where does it end?"

Feng Yong pointed to the mountains in front of him.

"Hui Junhou, this mountain is close to the south of Jincheng, as long as you climb over this mountain, you can go to the city of Jincheng."

"To the north of Jincheng is a big river. This mountain and river enclose Jincheng. The east and west ends of the mountain are all big rivers."

While talking, Li Jian gestured on the map.

Feng Yong stretched out his hand and said, "Pen!"

I took the pen that someone handed over, found a big rock with a high point, put the map on it, and then sketched according to Li Jian's description.

After the rough map was drawn, everyone took a deep breath.

"No wonder it's impenetrable!"

Feng Yong looked at the terrain and murmured.

The main vein on the west side of this mountain range extends to the Yellow River, tightly protecting the south and west sides of Jincheng.

In addition, Jincheng rests its head on the big river, that is to say, it only needs to guard against the enemies coming from the east.

If you want to reach Jincheng, the best way is to follow the Yellow River from the east.

There are the remnants of this mountain range and the narrow pass formed by the Yellow River.

It's just that Feng Yong looked to the east, and then looked at the mountain range, his face was as dark as the bottom of a pot.

Because he stood here, he could only see the continuous high mountains to the east, covering the sky and the sun, and there was no way for hunters and woodcutters.

And I heard from Li Jian that if you go east, you have to go to the avenue from Longxi to Yuzhong before you can come out of the mountains.

Feng Yong's face turned darker when he heard this.

If that's the case, wouldn't it be more convenient for me to walk Yuzhong with Mr. Wei at the beginning?

What's the point of leading an army to Didao?

To make a big circle?

If I really dared to lead the army into the mountains to the east, at least half of the chance would be lost, and the number of people who could get out of the mountains was estimated to be only 50%.

Recalling that Li Jian said that if you enter from the east, you have to pass through a pass.

Feng Yong immediately gave up the idea of ​​going east.

"Are you sure you can climb over this mountain?"

Feng Yong looked at the mountain range in front of him to the north again, and he muttered in his heart.

This one seems to be taller than the mountains to the east.

"Hui Junhou, this road is actually a side road."

Li Jian explained, "In the past, when the Han Dynasty was in its heyday, you could go through Huanghan through Di Dao, and after crossing the big river, you could go to Xiping through Huangshui."

"Then from Xiping, you can go to a narrow mouth in Qilian Mountains, and from there you can reach Zhangye."

When Feng Yong heard this, his heart moved, and he blurted out: "Silk Road?"

From Chang'an to Liangzhou, what is the Silk Road?

Li Jian looked at Feng Yong in a daze, not understanding what this meant.

Feng Yong forcibly suppressed his throbbing heart, and asked, "Isn't it all the way to Jincheng from Guanzhong to Liangzhou? Why have I never heard of this road?"

Li Jian said with a smile, "Of course we are going to go through Jincheng now. But before that, there are actually three ways to go to Liangzhou."

three?

Feng Yong swallowed, and looked at Li Jian.

Seeing Feng Yong's expression, Li Jian knew that he was very interested, so he described them in detail.

"Actually, the earliest way to go to Liangzhou is to go northward from Qianxian County, pass through Xiaoguan, and then cross the river at Zuli, and you can directly reach Guzang, Zhiguzang, Wuwei County."

"This road is the northernmost, so it is called the North Road. It's just that it is relatively desolate, so after the South Road was opened, it gradually became deserted."

"The South Road is what the villain just said. It passes through Di Dao, crosses Xiping, and takes the pass of Qilian Mountain to Zhangye."

"Because the South Road is more prosperous along the way, after it is opened, the world will take this road more."

"It's just that the south road has to be detoured far away. After the Jincheng is completed, it will be shorter to cross the river there, so everyone will go there now."

"Because Jincheng is located between Didao and Zuli, it is called the middle road."

"Later, the Qiang and Hu rebelled, and the south road was blocked, so few people know about it now." Speaking of this, Li Jian sighed, "But our Li family is rooted in Didao."

"The south road is impassable. Our Li family's caravan has to go to Nan'an first, and then to Jincheng. It has to go around the boss, which is time-consuming and laborious, and it is very inconvenient."

"So in order to find a convenient way to Jincheng, our Li family tried to climb over this mountain."

Speaking of this, Li Jian shook his head with a wry smile, "It's just that this road is high and dangerous, and it's difficult to transport bulky goods."

"In addition to the fact that the Qianghu rebellion has continued in the past hundred years in Longxi, our Li family in Longxi has long since declined, and is no longer as prosperous as it used to be."

In front of Feng Yong, he did not hide his secret.

After hearing his words, Feng Yong could quite understand the plight of the Li family in Longxi.

It's like opening a store in a busy street with a lot of traffic.

Then one day, the front of this street was blocked, the street became deserted, and no one came by the front door, so naturally they had to find another way out.

He took the pen pensively and connected the points of Didao, Fanghan, Xiping and Zhangye into a line, his gaze became deep and deep, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

After a long time, Feng Yong raised his head and took a serious look at the mountain range, and found that the hills in this area were indeed lower than the hills on both sides in the distance.

If you want to climb over this mountain range, this is indeed the most suitable location.

"Above, will someone be ambushing?"

Feng Yong asked a question.

Li Jian hesitated for a moment, and said somewhat uncertainly, "Probably not. Because this place is not too close to Jincheng, and it's not easy to get here from Jincheng."

"After crossing this mountain, what dangers are there?"

Feng Yong asked again.

Li Jian replied, "Crossing the top of the mountain, you can see a stream of water. If you follow the water to the north, you can reach the Dahe (Yellow River). In terms of danger, there is nothing like the mouth of the valley when you leave the mountain. The terrain is the most steep."

Feng Yong nodded, turned around, and told Zhang Yuandao, "Go, pass my order, today I will rest at the foot of the mountain overnight, and tomorrow I will start climbing the mountain."

Normally, it would be difficult for a large army to cross this mountain range. The food and supplies alone are enough to make people stop here.

But his own army is different from others.

The logistical pressure was not great, and the engineering battalion did not follow.

The soldiers in the army, there are Nanyi, there are Qianghu, they are all people who are good at walking the mountain road, plus the training on weekdays, there is no need to worry too much.

The tiger infantry army led by Jiang Wei is also elite, and there are also many Qiang and Barbarians, so there should be no problem.

The only thing to worry about is the cavalry led by Liu Hun.

Thinking of this, Feng Yong asked Liu Hun to be called over, and said: "Tomorrow I will lead the army first, Jiang Wei will lead the tiger infantry in the middle, and you will lead the cavalry to follow."

"If the cavalry can pass this mountain, they will pass. If they can't, you should turn around and ask Taishou Chen to send more food and grass. At the same time, they will patrol the food road to prevent Cao's bandits from crossing the river from Taoshui to attack."

Ever since Li Jian mentioned the South Silk Road, Feng Yong was a little worried.

Although this road has been blocked for a long time, who knows if Cao thief on the other side knows?

In case there is another famous general in Liangzhou that I don't know, he will attack his food road from the flank by surprise, and even cut off his back.

At that time, seven or eight thousand people of myself will be trapped in the mountains, unable to advance or retreat, so I will not be suffocated to death?