In mid-April, Qin Liang gathered more than 500 troops and marched north.
The largest general in the army is an infantry commander named Ma Shu. He is not Ma Su, so he should be relatively stable.
On the Tangluo Road, the northern section is called Luo Valley and the southern section is called Tang Valley.
Qin Liang left the vicinity of Xingshi Mountain with his men and horses, and first walked along the Tang Valley, arriving at Huayangji in less than three days. The mountains around Huayangji are not steep and the terrain is slightly flatter, so this place used to be a market.
But now this place has long been abandoned.
There were a large number of Wei army camps in Huayang, and Qin Liang actually met Sima Zhao here. It turned out that the troops led by Sima Zhao were still staying here and did not go south at all.
When Sima Zhao saw Qin Liang, he looked surprised, and his eyes were complicated and slightly envious, as if he was saying: Are you going to run away now?
Qin Liang had received the military order from Guo Huai. He didn't want to explain more, but just talked a few words out of politeness.
Sima Zhao told Qin Liang that Jiang Wan was the governor of Yizhou, but he heard that Jiang Wan was ill and could not come to Qinchuan. If the Shu army was coming, it should be Fei Yi. Qin Liang really hadn't heard about this, but
Anyway, they are all people he has never met before, so there is no difference to Qin Liang.
Qin Liang led his army to continue advancing. Shortly after passing Huayangji, they soon entered a deep valley. The road was miserable. Many horses, mules, donkeys, and even cattle died of thirst on the roadside.
I especially remember that at the end of last year, at the General's Mansion in Luoyang, Qin Liang only said a few words, one of which was to remind the princes to pay attention to the water source. At that time, Deng Yang's slightly contemptuous "chi" sneer seemed to be right in front of him.
It's fine now, it's finally like this.
Loud cries filled the valley, mixed with countless sobbing sounds, as if there were countless ghosts and ghosts floating in the mountains.
Most of these animals used to transport supplies should be owned by the government, but if they die, the villagers will be responsible for it. Qin Liang has learned that Cao Wei implemented a mu tax law. Under this tax law, the government will not be responsible for losses caused by famine, animal death, etc.
Responsible. The government is only responsible for collecting taxes. Even if the villagers starve to death, they have to pay the land tax first.
"Wow..." A man slumped on the ground, guarding a dead mule, crying more miserably than a child. It seemed that he would never be able to pay off his debt in this life.
Qin Liang couldn't help him, he didn't have any money with him, and there were too many people crying here. What's worse, even people died.
Not far away, there was a man kowtowing on the ground and chanting in a Guanzhong accent: "Wake up quickly, how can I explain to my mother!"
Everyone looked sad when they saw him.
Qin Liang and others had their own things to do, and they could not care about these civilians. They had no power to control them, so they could only continue walking north. The army hurried every day until they set up camp in a large valley called Taibai Gate.
This place is located to the south of Taibai Mountain, the top of the Qinling Mountains.
When Qin Liang passed by here before, he had noticed it... At that time, he also remembered a saying, there is no road in the world, only the many people who walk have the road.
Now back here, Qin Liang stared at the trampled soil on the ground, and was even more sure that people often passed by here.
Qin Liang continued walking westward with his small team. There was a lot of gravel in the valley. It should be a river bed, but it is dry now.
At this time, a military commander next to him said: "Taoist priests will come here. To the north is Mount Taibai. It is said that it is the place closest to the sky and can collect immortal energy."
Qin Liang made a sound, then turned around and said, "Tell everyone to rest here."
Yang Wei replied: "Here."
Qin Liang took off the baggage from the horse, took out a large stack of Saeki paper, and looked at the sketches he drew on it. Some of the pictures were very freehand and difficult to identify, but the overall situation along the Tangluo Road seemed to him.
Through various methods, he has almost figured it out. He even visually estimated the altitude difference data in some areas.
He flipped through the drawings for a long time, pondering and reminiscing.
I don't know how long it took, Qin Liang's finger slowly moved northward along the river, and then touched the paper twice with his fingertips.
Only then did he notice the eyes on the side. When he looked up, he saw that several people were also looking at the picture with curious faces. Among them, Ma Shu was also looking. Qin Liang raised his head, and the two of them immediately looked at each other.
Ma Shu couldn't help but ask: "Will the Shu army really take such a long detour to come here?"
Qin Liang nodded and said: "It's possible, and there may be more than one road that can lead to Tangluo Road."
As long as the Shu army can open up a north-south passage along the Xu River, they can roughly follow the Xu River and pass directly from Lecheng to the west side of the Tangluo Road.
However, the Tangluo Road is already difficult to walk. At least it has a mature passage. It is very difficult for people to leave the main road and cross Qinchuan.
So after summarizing various factors, Qin Liang felt that there were two valleys where Fei Yi might have crossed over; the most likely one was the one in front of him.
The other one is located in the south. To the south of the big mountain range, there is an impassable cross-valley. The possibility cannot be completely ruled out. Qin Liang only has 500 soldiers, so it is impossible to divide the force evenly. He must put the main force in one place.
It's like making a bet. At best, you can make some early warning arrangements. If you guess wrong, you can also try to rush south for reinforcements.
The worst-case scenario is that if the Shu army advances in two directions at the same time, it will be impossible to prevent it. But Fei Yi originally wanted to secretly cut off the retreat. The road is difficult to walk and needs to be repaired as he goes. If the troops are divided into two directions, it will be simply
The brain is sick... Unless Fei Yi can guess in advance that someone is watching over him, then Fei Yi will not come.
"Chirp! Chirp..." Suddenly a sound like a rooster's crow came from mid-air.
Qin Liang looked up and saw a big bird like an eagle circling. But it probably wasn't an eagle. The eagle's cry didn't sound like this. It might be an eagle.
However, it seems that eagles can be tamed and play a reconnaissance role, but it is a pity that the Wei army has never had such a thing.
Several people also followed Qin Liang's gaze and looked up at the bird. Guo Huai gave Qin Liang military power, so Qin Liang is the one who attracts more attention here.
"Let's go back today." Qin Liang finally stood up.
In the next two days, Qin Liang sent several groups of three people to explore the two valley roads in the north and south. At the same time, he also walked west along the valley to observe the terrain in depth.
Maybe because he had been thinking about the valley for a while, Qin Liang had a dream at night. He dreamed that Fei Yi came out of two valleys at the same time and surrounded him! He woke up immediately and realized that it was just a dream.
Qin Liang came out of the small tung oil cloth tent and saw that the sky had begun to turn white. There was fog in the valley this morning, and the mountains on both sides seemed to be hidden in the clouds, which made people feel a little scary.
He took a deep breath and thought for a while, thinking that Fei Yi might not come at all.
Because after the explorers from the North Valley turned south along the Xu River, a group of people came back and said that the place ahead was already inaccessible, and the river bank was full of barren mountains. The people from the South Valley said that the valley was overgrown with bushes, making it very difficult to travel.
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For a moment, Qin Liang didn't know whether he should worry that the enemy's route he was betting on was wrong, or whether he should worry that he was just messing around and getting no credit?
It is estimated that the latter is more likely. It is indeed not easy for the army to move through the Qinling Mountains. By the time Fei Yi reaches the destination while opening the road, Cao Shuang's army may have been out of supplies and will not be able to carry it by that time.
But no matter what, the matter had reached this point, and Qin Liang felt that there could be no further delay. It happened that the five hundred troops had rested for two or three days, so he took his people to two pre-selected places to arrange for generals to supervise the soldiers.