Gao Shun finally took his three thousand elite soldiers and embarked on the road to Yinping.
Although both Sima Yi and Lu Xun opposed it, and none of the generals such as Zhao Yun agreed, Gao Shun did not listen to their dissuasion and still insisted on his own way.
As long as the secret to Yinping is successful, the entire Shu can be said to be at your fingertips.
Seeing that Gao Shun had made up his mind, Zhao Yun also proposed to change the candidate for the general who stole Yinping and let him lead his charge battalion to carry out the task. After all, Gao Shun was the leader and could not easily take risks.
Although Zhao Yun had good intentions, he was still rejected by Gao Shun. It was not out of any intention of grabbing credit, but in Gao Shun's view, he knew Deng Ai's "lessons from the past" and was undoubtedly the best candidate.
The dangerous road to Yizhou is not just an empty talk. Li Bai's poem of later generations said: "The road to Shu is difficult, it is difficult to climb to the blue sky." When Gao Shun actually set foot on the Yinping Road, he knew what a real natural chasm was.
Between the towering valleys, there is only a rugged path that can only accommodate half a person walking on it. If you accidentally lose your footing, you will fall off a cliff thousands of feet and die in the mountain.
Gao Shun walked carefully along the mountain wall. He tried hard to control his body's center of gravity and try to keep his pace as steady as possible. After all, if he was not careful, he would be doomed.
Not only is this road rugged and dangerous, its length is also terrifying. It would take most of a day to complete this trail.
On the mountain road, there was no place for the soldiers to rest, so they could only walk without stopping. For most of the day, they kept walking close to the mountain wall without eating, drinking or resting. It was impossible to even try to be convenient.
Such an extremely difficult march is a huge test for both the physical strength and will of the soldiers. Although these are the elites trapped in the camp, it is inevitable that some people will not be able to hold on and slip and fall to death.
Almost every moment, the screams of soldiers who lost their footing and fell into the abyss would be heard. The screams of these soldiers when they fell off the cliff sounded particularly miserable. They were also easy to shake people's will, adding to the difficulty of marching.
The three thousand trapped soldiers marched slowly and steadily. When they encountered a slightly wider place where the troops could rest, they would camp and rest. When they encountered narrow and dangerous roads, they moved forward cautiously.
After marching like this for fifteen days, the whole army came to a relatively wide mountain road. Suddenly a sergeant came to report, "There is a mountain ridge ahead, and the west of the ridge is full of steep cliffs. It cannot be dug. The army is afraid that it will no longer be able to advance."
Every cent."
After hearing this, Gao Shun and his deputy Hao Zhao went to see the situation.
Sure enough, there was no road on the side of the mountain, only a cliff.
Although this cliff is not vertical for the ground, but has a certain angle, it is impossible to march down from the cliff.
Seeing this, Hao Zhao hid his face and beat his chest. The whole army had reached a dead end. In such a situation, it was probably necessary to turn back the same way. Unfortunately, the hard work of more than ten days was gone in a moment.
When Gao Shun saw this, he also frowned and thought about countermeasures.
Gao Shun thought of Deng Ai again. Deng Ai seemed to have encountered this situation when he secretly traveled to Yinping. Gao Shun remembered that Deng Ai's action was to wrap his whole body in a blanket and roll down the mountain wall with the soldiers.
Falling down, thus completing the feat of stealing Yinping and destroying Shu in one fell swoop.
If Deng Ai could do this, why couldn't he follow suit?
Gao Shun immediately asked the sergeant to take out the blanket used for sleeping, and ordered each soldier to wrap himself in a blanket and prepare to roll down the mountain wall.
As soon as Gao Shun's order came out, Hao Zhao immediately knelt down and admonished him. This method was too dangerous. If he failed, the whole army would be wiped out if he fell into the camp.
"General, you must think twice! Such behavior is really a dead end. It is just that all the soldiers' lives are lost at the foot of the mountain in vain!"
"We have gone through a lot of hardships and finally reached this place. As long as we cross this ridge, we will see Jiangyou in front of us. If we don't continue to move forward, do we have to turn back?"
After Gao Shun finished speaking, he wrapped himself in a blanket and rolled directly down the mountain wall without waiting for Hao Zhao to stop him.
The general had taken the lead, so how could Hao Zhao not follow him? In desperation, Hao Zhao could only lead his army to follow Gao Shun and roll down the mountain wall with the determination to die.
Although the soldiers were frightened and frightened, the generals and lieutenants trapped in the camp had all rolled down the cliff. They suppressed their fear and followed closely behind.
The soldiers trapped in the camp rolled to the bottom of the cliff one after another. To Hao Zhao's surprise, although some of these soldiers did unfortunately fall to broken bones or even died, the vast majority of the soldiers were still alive.
Of course, almost every soldier has minor injuries such as scratches and bumps.
Historically, Deng Ai led 3,000 soldiers out of Yinping. It took him more than 20 days to travel 700 miles and lost a thousand people. But now, Gao Shun only spent 15 days to complete the dangerous route of Yinping, losing four people.
About a hundred people. This result is much better than Deng Ai in another time and space.
"Thieves! A certain family has been waiting here for a long time!" However, just when Gao Shun was feeling lucky that he had successfully escaped to Yinping, a loud shout rang out in his ears, shocking Gao Shun.
In such a desperate situation, there is an ambush!