"In the meantime, there are trees along the road, and travelers may stay in caves at night. When they leave Baocheng, the ground becomes level." Read the Chronicles of Fang Yu, Shaanxi Wushang
Separated by layers of forests, there are still roaring rapids at the foot of the mountain, rushing southward along the river channel created by the power of nature for tens of thousands of years, joining the Han River.
Xu Huang closed his eyes slightly, listening to the sound of water that seemed to be far away, and then said: "From Chang'an to Hanzhong, walk along the Luo Valley and listen to the words of travelers in the past. The journey is more than 650 miles, and the valley
It is more than four hundred miles long. It has been fifteen days since we set out, and we are about to leave the valley. The more we do now, the more we must be vigilant."
As he spoke, he pointed to a mountain-like sign painted somewhere in the picture, and said: "Further forward, there is Xingshi Mountain. This mountain crosses the Jue Road and divides the Luo Valley into two forked roads.
All forked roads can lead to Hanzhong. If they are prepared, they can send one army to stop us and the other army to detour behind our army, so that we will be attacked from the front and rear. Therefore, when you distribute the army, you must be careful to guard against any movement in front and behind, and there must be no
A little bit of negligence."
Due to constant observation and speculation, Fazheng had almost all the topography of Hanzhong drawn on the map in his mind. He simply glanced at the map and added to everyone: "Most of you are here because of your majesty."
In the past, the Mongolian state personally promoted and appointed him, and he was deeply favored by the emperor. I don’t need to say more. This southern expedition must be a complete success. In the future, I will bring the prisoners back to the court and be honored with officials and titles. It will not be a problem! If there is more
If you are careless and careless, don’t blame me for exercising the power of supervising the army!"
In fact, needless to say, everyone also knew that it was powerful. They knew that this was mainly to convey the message to other middle and lower-level officers, so they agreed immediately.
Not long after, the scouts sent by Xu Huang came back.
Meng Da asked on his behalf: "Is there any enemy troops forming a stronghold in Xingshi Mountain?"
"Reporting to the general, not a single soldier has been found around Xingshi Mountain. The mountain roads are full of weeds and there are no traces of being trampled on." The scout said that Xu Huang often sent his scouts farther than other generals when using his troops.
The purpose was to accurately detect the enemy's situation ahead and be prepared. This time, scouts were sent to the back of Xingshi Mountain to carefully inspect the two forked roads and only rushed back after confirming that they were correct.
"General." After hearing the news, Fazheng immediately said to Xu Huang: "Our army can leave the valley and enter Hanzhong by walking more than ten miles as soon as the momentum is over. Now the place is almost unguarded. It is God's favor.
Our army! We must immediately give an order to overcome the rising trend and capture Chenggu today in order to implement the country's established strategy!"
He still had something to hide. If Pei Mao and other troops under Yangping Pass still stood still and faced off with the main force of Zhang Lu's army, then their troops would be enough to serve as a surprise force. Not only could they complete the victory,
By consolidating the established plan as a stronghold, he can even invade the entire Hanzhong County and achieve great success!
The people present were all smart people, and they all understood the unfinished meaning of the righteous words of the Dharma. Wouldn't it be for today's great achievement that they have been traveling for many days, suffering from boredom and dangerous mountain roads? So each and every one of them stopped sitting.
Unable to hold on any longer, even the relatively stable Zhao Yun stood up and asked Xu Huang for help, hoping to fight his way out of the valley in one go.
Xu Huang still sat on the ground without saying a word. He stretched out his hand to carefully roll up the map, and then put it into a special bamboo tube. As if he was deliberately trying to drain people's temper, Xu Huang deliberately made this extremely simple map
The movements were extremely slow, and it was at this moment that he showed everyone what it means to be calm and unhurried, and not to be emotionally shaken by external things.
"You all have to work hard." Xu Huang is actually not much older than Zhao Yun, Tai Shici, etc., but when he talks about these words, it feels like a veteran general who has experienced hundreds of battles is teaching the young and reckless juniors.
Everyone was impressed by Xu Huang's achievements and abilities, and realized later that they were in a hurry just now, so they all lowered their heads in shame, but the eagerness for the imminent war in each other's eyes was like a burning fire.
Water will never quench it.
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Suddenly a strong mountain wind blew in the distance, and the air was filled with a strong earthy smell and moist water vapor.
Taishi Ci sniffed and realized, "It's going to rain!"
His tone of voice was not filled with any joy because the rain would cool down the hot mountain forest, but with fear and worry. During their march this time, they rarely encountered heavy rain in the mountains. This was the time of continuous spring rain, and sometimes
Spring rain can even last for more than a month in the mountains. If they encounter heavy rain now, they may be trapped in the Luo Valley.
Xu Huang couldn't help but look up, and saw that the dark green tree crown that was originally covered was being blown violently by the strong wind, and countless fine branches and leaves fell one after another. In the gaps exposed between the tree branches,
Xu Huang stared with red eyes and saw that dark and thick clouds were gathering in the sky. The layers of black clouds piled up on top of each other, so low that they seemed to be able to touch the mountain peaks, giving people an inexplicable sense of oppression.
Suddenly, the wind and clouds were turbulent, the valley was roaring with high-pitched sounds, and the sky seemed to be darkening all of a sudden.
"It's going to rain." Xu Huang said in a deep voice and began to issue orders to everyone. His voice was sonorous and powerful, and for a moment it covered up the almost ubiquitous sound of the wind: "When the army sets out, we must rush to Xingshi Mountain before the rain.
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"Here you go!" A chorus of shouts echoed throughout the valley, like muffled thunder in the clouds.
Hanzhong County, Chenggu County.
There seemed to be thousands of horses galloping in the mountains to the north of the city, making a dull noise. This sudden dark cloud not only covered the mountainous areas near Xingshi, but even covered the city head of Chenggu County not far away.
Although the sky and the earth were completely dark at this time, it was not the time to close the city gate yet. Several ghost soldiers who believed in the Five Dou Rice Road huddled together and hid in the city gate hole to take shelter from the wind.
One of the ghost soldiers said: "The clouds have been gathering for a long time. The wind has been blowing non-stop more than an hour ago. Why hasn't it rained yet? I'm waiting for the rain to close and then go back to collect clothes."
"Who told you that you don't have a mother-in-law at home? You are such a big man, why do you have to collect clothes yourself?" Another ghost soldier joked. He was also bored hiding here, so he made fun of him.
"Bah! If it weren't for the county's meritorious officials suddenly scolding the city gate Sima these days, saying that we used to open and close the city gate at will, making it difficult for the common people to travel, we would have to extend two hours before closing the gate. Otherwise, we would have been allowed to close the gate for two hours.
, I have already gone back by now, why are you still here blowing wind!" The ghost soldier said dissatisfied.
"It's strange to say that our meritorious officer in Chenggu County originally didn't care much about anything. What kind of trouble has he suffered this month? He wants to take it out on us who watch the city gates?" one person asked strangely.
The ghost soldier was under extremely strict supervision in the past two days and was not allowed to go back to collect his clothes. He was feeling angry. At this time, he said bluntly: "But I can't figure it out. The net worth of our meritorious officer is our Chenggu."
Mr. Li, I heard that his ancestor also gave birth to a Tai, what is Tai?"
"Idiot, that's called Taiwei. He is the highest official. Under the Emperor, he is as big as several other officials."
"That's right, think about it, our ancestors gave birth to a captain, but his descendants went to do county meritorious service!" The ghost soldier said with great interest: "I heard that he refused to do this meritorious service in the past.
Yes, just this month I suddenly told the county magistrate that I wanted to be an official. Do you think it’s strange?”
Some people couldn't figure it out and didn't want to think about these unattainable things. They sneered and said: "Who knows what these high-ranking people think? We, the country leaders, will live their own lives. After a few days, the higher-ups will relax.
Don’t worry about this anymore, let’s close the door early as usual.”
"That's what!" The ghost soldier suddenly choked up in the middle of his words, pointed to the black mountains facing outside the city gate, and suddenly said: "What is that!"
This rammed-earth official road faced a forest at the foot of the mountain. Following the direction pointed by the ghost soldier, everyone saw the dark forest moving quickly towards the city gate.
A bolt of lightning flashed past, illuminating the entire area instantly, and everyone saw the true face of the moving forest.