The soldiers had been drifting south on rafts for two days. The Wudu Army's Ma Long Division went first, followed by the Yang Wei Division of the Middle Base Camp and the Wang Yu Division of the Left School of the Kuiwei Camp. Almost all of them were dispatched.
Among them, Wang Yu is from Qixian County, Bingzhou, and was a close confidant of Wang Ling in the past. Wang Yu is similar to the laborer, and they are both people who have followed the Wang family in Qixian County for a long time; Wuwei Camp is the first battalion of the Chinese Army commanded by Wang Guang. However,
Wang Yu had followed Qin Liang and fought in battles before. During the last battle of Xianxi in Dongguan, he was under Qin Liang's command.
After the Chinese troops were dispatched, Deng Ai's troops were next.
The remaining Luoyang soldiers and horses, as well as Wang Jinhu's Xiaoqi battalion, and part of the Zhongjian battalion originally commanded by Qin Sheng. These people will not go south for the time being.
In addition to the fact that they are still on the road and have not yet arrived in Jiameng County, there are not enough large rafts for rafting, and some of them need to be left for reinforcement. The large rafts are disposable, and they cannot come back after they float.
Got it!
Qin Liang woke up from the straw mat early in the morning and was not fully awake for a while. He sat down suddenly on the straw mat. In the dim light, for a while, he actually felt a sense of fear! It was similar to occasionally waking up in the middle of the night and finding that there was only one person in the house.
The feeling of being alone and afraid of ghosts.
After a while, he waited for his mind to clear up, and then the feeling of being out of his mind dissipated, and he completely calmed down.
Qin Liang recollected the situation a moment ago. In fact, he was not afraid of ghosts, but was in a comprehensive disadvantageous situation, betrayed by everyone, and seemed to be alone! For example, losing his income, being seriously ill, all relatives, friends, and even relatives wanted to
Being far away, oneself completely lost the value of being needed and used. All dreams, self-esteem, and even the qualifications for anger were shattered to pieces, leaving only helplessness.
Probably everyone has inner demons, and Qin Liang is no exception. Although Wei's current situation is no longer similar to before, he still cannot completely get rid of his inner demons. The last thing he wants to face is not a temporary adventure or even a life-threatening danger;
It's that kind of comprehensive disadvantageous situation, helplessness without any solution!
At this moment, Qin Liang discovered that there was a map on the wooden case, so he immediately sat in front of the wooden case and looked at it for a while.
"Dong dong!" He tapped the mark of Jiange Pass twice with his index finger again. The goal has never changed, there is only the Golden Bull Road and Jiange Pass! Once this line is opened, food and grass for people and horses can flow continuously and unimpeded.
Enter the hinterland of Yizhou!
After the knocking sound, Qi Da immediately pushed open the wooden door. Seeing Qin Liang sitting on the straw mat alive, Qi Da clasped his fists and said: "General."
"Yes." Qin Liang responded, got up from the straw mat, and walked to the door of the main room.
It was just dawn and the sun had not risen yet. It might have been cloudy and the sun could not be seen at all in the morning. Qin Liang looked out from the straw rammed earth wall opposite and saw that the sky was gray. There was no fog. In this era,
There is no pollution or haze, it is purely because of the high humidity in the morning!
After a while, a group of official generals also came. Everyone bowed to pay homage first, and then Wang Jun, the captain of the city gate, asked for orders: "A large number of rafts were built by servants and supervised them, and they should ride on them. General, please allow me to go with you."
, advance and retreat with the general!"
For a time, the generals accompanying the army, Ma Mao, Zhong Hui, Wang Hun, and Pei Xiu, who joined the army, and Jia Chong all requested orders and were willing to follow the general.
As a governor and a general, Qin Liang has already held a high position of authority, so he is not surprised by this situation. But perhaps it was the influence of his previous emotions, but this situation made me feel quite happy!
He looked around at everyone, his eyes
He actually showed a slight smile, straightened his head and shook it relaxedly.
Zhong Hui made a gesture of bowing and could not help but raise his eyes at this moment and took a closer look at Qin Liang.
Qin Liang said calmly: "Shizhi (Wang Jun), don't go. There are still many things in the rear that need to be presided over. How to arrange the remaining rafts, maybe they have to be made on time; counting, transporting baggage and other things, Shizhi You can take care of everything. You must stay in Xing'an Pavilion."
"General..." Wang Jun said.
Qin Liang raised his hand to interrupt him, "I understand Shizhi's mood, so this is the arrangement."
He then looked at Wang Hun: "When General Xiaoqi arrives at Xing'an Pavilion, you will explain the recent deployment to General Xiaoqi and leave a supporting contact."
Wang Hun cupped his hands and said, "Since I was conquered by the general, I can't follow you and go deep into dangerous places. I feel really ashamed!"
Qin Liang said calmly: "You are staying in Xing'an Pavilion to share my worries. You want to advise the generals to follow the strategic deployment and not to move arbitrarily. After the former army went south, all the troops stationed in Jiameng County were temporarily Chen Tai, the governor of Yongliang, made the main decision."
Wang Hun bowed and said, "I obey your order!"
Qin Liang looked at the remaining people: "If you are willing to stay in Xing'an Pavilion to help, that's okay."
Ma Mao said: "When I was in Soochow, I was a foreign governor, and now I can also lead the army and charge into battle as a general!" Several people agreed.
Qin Liang nodded and said simply: "Get ready and let's go!"
So everyone had a meal first, then gathered people and horses and left the camp of the Chinese army. When Qin Liang rode out of the village, he looked back and saw that this place had been occupied by more than ten days.
There is a small river on the south side of the station. It comes from the east and joins the West Han River at Xing'an Pavilion (Guangyuan). At this time, a pontoon bridge has been built on the small river.
The army first took the pontoon bridge, crossed the tributary to the south, and then entered the mountain through a gap in the mountain range. This road was the mountain road opened by the Malong tribe before. After passing through the mountainous area, everyone could bypass the Hengduan Mountains and reach the Golden Arrow Pavilion.
The mountain road was not easy to walk, but the road was repaired by the forward soldiers, and Qin Liang and others successfully arrived at Jinjian Pavilion in the afternoon.
Jinjian Pavilion is located at the mouth of the valley. There is a relatively flat area near the West Han River. Qin Liang led his troops to rest here for a while, then walked on a newly built small pontoon bridge, crossed the creek in the valley, and then walked along the West Han River. The narrow road on the east bank of the water goes less than a mile.
Ahead is the dock stronghold of the Wei army. There are several iron ropes on the river there, which are used to block the large rafts that float down from the upstream. The ropes are then used to drag the rafts to the shore so that the soldiers can board the boats.
Dozens of huge rafts had been collected and repaired on the temporary dock on the shore, and the troops immediately began to board the boats. The first few rafts in front were the escorting soldiers. The big rafts were dozens of steps long. , although it is very simple and clumsy, its carrying capacity is quite good. Moreover, the most dangerous section of the river has passed from Jiameng Pass, and there is not much danger for people to take a raft from here.
While Qin Liang was waiting on the shore, he looked at the Western Han River in front of him for a while. He estimated that the Western Han River at this time was probably the Jialing River. Maybe the river course was slightly different, but it was roughly the same.
Only the surrounding mountains and steep cliffs can be seen in the distance. Both Wei and Shu were in a period of population shortage, and no one came to develop the land in this mountainous area. Except for the officers and soldiers of the Wei army, there was no human habitation at all.
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The plan was to set the time after the summer solstice, because it had been considered for a long time! First, the flood season of the Western Han River was calculated, and only during this period could the raft be transported down from the Baishui.
Secondly, the winter wheat harvest in Yizhou is roughly around the Mangzhong Festival. Before Mangzhong, the Wei army had not made any large-scale troop deployments. Unless there were spies in the top brass of the Wei army who sent intelligence in time, it would be impossible for the Shu Kingdom to arrive before Mangzhong.
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The Shuhan Kingdom was extremely short of manpower. During the winter wheat harvest season, it was abnormal for the soldiers not to work on the summer harvest! Especially when they were unaware of any movement by the Wei army.
In addition to the harassment during the autumn harvest last year; after the offensive started this summer, Qin Liang mobilized troops to launch a full-line attack from Yinping Road, Zuodan Road, Jiange Pass, and Micang Road... The court of Shu did not divide its troops to reinforce? Then
There is only one possibility. Only the top officials of the Wei army can participate in the decision-making and have the trust of Qin Liang. Only the spies can obtain certain information, and there must be a way to deliver it to Shu in time!
Of course, there are still many uncertain factors in this battle. For example, how many people are there in the Jiange side of the Shu army? When did they discover that the Wei army was taking the Western Han River? The Wei army's front troops are still in the transportation stage and cannot be fully completed at the moment????????
????????Good preparation for battle. But there is no need to think too much at this time.
After waiting for a while, the raft of the escorting soldiers floated away first, and Qin Liang, Ma Mao and others also boarded a raft. For the sake of protection, the subordinate generals did not ride on the same raft.
Most of the soldiers did not wear armor, and they all held wooden shields and wooden plaques for protection. They formed a circle on all sides, protecting Qin Liang and others in the middle. Near the large raft where Qin Liang was, there were several more flexible oil tankers, which were moving around.
Guard.
There are some people on the raft holding long bamboo poles to control the direction of the raft while drifting. There are no power equipment such as sailboat oars, and they only rely on the flow of water.
However, Qinchuan, south of Micang Mountain, should belong to the breeze zone, and there are rarely decent strong winds. Qin Liang felt it on the river, and there was a breeze on the river, a southeasterly wind.
The bamboo raft continued to drift southward along the meandering Western Han River. Qin Liang stood on the raft and looked back at both sides of the river. Almost all of them were steep mountains!
Most of the mountains on the side close to the river are not cliffs, but they are not very different. They are too steep to climb. Perhaps in the dry season, the land near the river bed at the foot of the mountain can be barely passable; but in this flood season, the river water has submerged the river bank, and only
What remains is a steep slope. The hillside is overgrown with bushes and inaccessible, with no trace of a road in sight!
Fortunately, the river in this section is not very fast. Except for the large raft slowly rotating on the water from time to time, the overall situation is still relatively stable.
Qin Liang estimated that after drifting for nearly thirty miles, the raft came to a very curved river bend. There was a mountainless peninsula on the river bend, and the terrain looked very flat. However, there was no one on the peninsula, and the Wei army's stronghold was not there.
Not here.
The group continued to float forward from the river bend, flowing to the southwest. After about three or five miles, a sound of people came from the distance, and countless figures appeared in sight; the Wei army's first stronghold was finally arrived!
The stronghold is in a valley, located on the west bank of the West Han River. To the north of the valley, the big mountain faces the southern foot of the ravine, and its broad slope is relatively gentle; so there are people everywhere on the hillside.
As the big raft gradually approached the valley, the soldiers holding the long bamboo poles also controlled the direction and gradually moved towards the shore. Flags were flying on the pier, and the Chinese generals were already waiting on the shore.