Just as Wei Ba said, with the road biography issued by his father, it was a smooth journey without any trouble. With Dunwu rocking the oar, Wei Ba and Jin Dongliu sat in the boat, watching the green mountains on both sides of the bank move briskly.
Stepping back, this feeling is so good.
With enough food, Jin Dongliu's body recovered quickly. His wounds, which had not been healed, were healed with the Wei family's good medicine, leaving only a scar. This scar may follow him.
It became his lifelong memory.
Five days later, they arrived in the west of Anyang. Wei Ba consulted Jin Dongliu's opinion. The road was said to be going to Chang'an, so they had to turn north from there, go up the straight river, then abandon the boat and land, and walk through Ziwu Valley. Jin
If Dongliu doesn't want to go to Chang'an, Wei Ba can give him the boat and continue eastward from here, but there is no road to pass, so he can only sneak.
After careful consideration, Jin Dongliu decided to follow Wei Ba to Chang'an first. He was not familiar with the terrain of Hanzhong, and his accent was obviously wrong. Whether he got lost or was caught by patrolling soldiers, it would be very dangerous. And
After going to Chang'an and revealing his identity, as long as Xiahou Mao sent troops to Xingwenwan City to confirm that his identity was true, he could return to Wancheng safely.
So Wei Ba took Jin Dongliu on the road to Ziwu Valley. In Zhuge Liang's plan, this was originally an important part. On the one hand, it allowed him to experience the plank road of Ziwu Valley in person and evaluate the relevance of the Ziwu Valley plan.
The details, on the other hand, must be conveyed through Jin Dongliu's mouth to the ears of Xiahou Mao and even Sima Yi about the rugged and difficult situation of Ziwu Valley, so as to further reassure them.
Regarding this point, no one, including Wei Yan, will deny that Ziwu Valley is difficult to walk. Wei Yan's plan is to use the Wei family's soldiers as the main force, and then select infantry who are good at walking on mountain roads to carry food, forming an army of about 10,000 people for a surprise attack. Only
Only in this way can we pass through Ziwu Valley quickly. Ordinary county soldiers should not even think about it. As for Cao Wei's troops, even the infantry were struggling, let alone the cavalry.
Because of the subtle differences in the quality of the soldiers on both sides, there will be preconceived errors in the difficulty of the Ziwu Valley. Zhuge Liang believed that Jin Dongliu was just an average person. He could see that the Ziwu Valley was difficult to walk, but he may not have thought of the difficulty.
For both Han and Wei, Ziwu Valley had different functions. Sending this information to Xiahou Mao through his mouth was more effective than Wei Ba himself.
In order to ensure that there would be no major mistakes in this process, Zhuge Liang personally interrogated Jin Dongliu three times. However, Jin Dongliu had no idea that it was Zhuge Liang who was interrogating him, because Zhuge Liang appeared as Yang Yi, who joined the army in the Prime Minister's Office.
in front of him.
From this detail, Wei Ba once again experienced Zhuge Liang's caution. He remembered a famous prime minister in his previous life. Many people said that the almost saintly prime minister was just as cautious as Zhuge Liang and was as meticulous in everything. The only difference was that he
There is a more powerful chairman who controls the overall situation, so they can cooperate very well. But after Zhuge Liang lost the control of Liu Bei, the monarch, he went beyond his duties as prime minister, which was counterproductive and did something he was not good at - with his
His character is quite perfect for a prime minister, but for a king who controls the overall situation, he is somewhat unable to do what he wants.
After all, it is rare to find an all-powerful person.
It took Wei Ba and his party nearly 20 days to pass the Ziwu Valley. Wei Ba deliberately slowed down his pace to create an illusion for Jin Dongliu, but it is true that the Ziwu Valley is difficult to walk through.
With Wei Ba's current strength, it is quite difficult to complete the Ziwu Valley within ten days as his father planned. As Wei Ba walked, he was thinking about how to quickly repair the plank road and try his best to repair the plank road.
Reduce the difficulty. With the current technical strength, it is impossible for him to completely reduce the difficulty of the plank road. After all, even in the 21st century, plank road construction is still a big problem. But he conceived these methods and passed them back to Mianyang.
It is still possible for Zhuge Liang to conduct detailed analysis, arrange for trial production, and make some useful tools.
At the end of February, Wei Basan entered Ziwu Pass, the northern end of Dazi Qiangu.
After bypassing Ziwu Pass and standing on Nanshan, overlooking Chang'an City on the Weihe Plain, Wei Ba remained silent, his fingers behind his back twitching nervously. Dunwu glanced at Wei Ba inadvertently and moved quietly.
He took a step forward and turned behind Jin Dongliu, forming a horns with Wei Ba.
After more than twenty years of hard trekking, Jin Dongliu lost a lot of weight, but the life in the wild also made him alert. He immediately realized the danger. He looked at Wei Ba who was looking at Chang'an from a distance: "Ziyu, you
Want to kill me?"
Wei Ba smiled awkwardly, lowered his head, and kicked the pebbles on the ground with his boots that were so worn that his thumbs could be seen. "I don't know."
Jin Dongliu said seriously: "I know what you are worried about, but please believe me, I owe you a life, and I will definitely give it back to you. Even if I can't help you, I won't harm you.
you."
Wei Ba hesitated for a while, then turned his head and looked into Jin Dongliu's eyes. Jin Dongliu looked at him quietly, refusing to be careless. He could guess Wei Ba's mood at the moment. Since Wei Ba wanted to be invisible
Of course, he didn't want anyone to know his whereabouts when he fled. If he knew that Wei Yan's son had fled to Wei, the powerful people in Wei would definitely treat him as a rare commodity and control him. Wei Ba himself might not die, but
You will definitely lose your freedom from now on, and it may even cause civil strife in the Shu Han Dynasty.
And the last point is very likely to happen.
At this moment, it was understandable that Wei Ba had murderous intentions and wanted to get rid of him, the only insider. He had gone through so much hard work, and of course he did not want to die in Wei Ba's hands after seeing Chang'an City.
Seeing Wei Ba's hesitation, Jin Dongliu's heart rose in his throat and his palms became sweaty.
How could he know that Wei Ba was just putting on a show? The most critical link in this false surrender plan was Jin Dongliu. After all the hard work, how could he possibly kill him? But it was precisely because of this that Wei Ba had to do this.
This gesture will deepen these fixed understandings that have been formed in Jin Dongliu's thoughts. If he does not perform this act, he may become suspicious and rethink everything. Wei Ba must use this time as much as possible
Pushing back, it's best to let him not think about it at all.
Wei Ba's acting skills are getting better and better, but Jin Dongliu is getting more and more nervous, and his underwear is quietly soaked in cold sweat.
"Ziyu, many friends mean many paths. Since you can't go back, if you want to survive in Wei, I will always have the opportunity to help you." Jin Dongliu restrained his nervousness and continued to persuade: "
In fact, I very much hope that you will come back to Wancheng with me. I believe that General Hussar is not a chicken-hearted person, and he will definitely reuse you. But if you don’t like General Hussar, I can’t force you."
Wei Ba seemed to be persuaded by Jin Dongliu. He smiled and waved his hand quietly. Dunwu took a step back and released his alert posture. "Not only do I not think highly of that Sima scholar, but more importantly, he
The detailed arrangements are the culprit that brought me to this point. He, Sima Yi, is my indirect enemy. How could I surrender to him? Stop talking about it. If I have no food to eat, I will go to you, General Jin.
, I hope you can let me be a eater."
Jin Dongliu breathed a sigh of relief and laughed loudly: "As long as you think highly of me, no matter when you come, you will be my honored guest."
Wei Ba also breathed a sigh of relief, as if he had put down a heavy burden. "Then I'll feel relieved."
Jin Dongliu said again: "If you want to go to Luoyang, you will need a passerby. Think of a name and I will help you deal with it. It should still be possible."
"That couldn't be better." Wei Ba scratched his head: "My name is Wei Xing, and his name is Dun Wu. Anyway, not many people know his name."
Jin Dongliu agreed with a smile, and discussed the details together before going down the mountain and heading straight to Chang'an City.
Arriving outside Chang'an City, Jin Dongliu directly identified himself to the military commander guarding the city gate. When he heard that the general under General Wancheng Hussar had escaped from Hanzhong, the military commander did not dare to neglect and immediately sent Jin Dongliu away.
Please go to a small room next to the city gate, let me arrange food and drinks, and at the same time, let me stay vigilant and not let anyone come into contact with them. I will rush to General Anxi's Mansion and report to Xiahou Mao.
This is the benefit that Jin Dongliu's status as a general brings. Although there are a lot of generals these days, a general who leads three thousand troops still has some status, especially since this general is also a close associate of the hussar general Sima Yi. Regardless of anything else
He said that there must be no shortage of delicious food and drinks. You must know that although Sima Yi is not very good at fighting, he is one of the important generals alongside Cao Xiu and Cao Zhen. Jin Dongliu is not as noble as Xiahou Mao, but with Sima Yi
At this level of relationship, we can no longer just treat each other as ordinary people.
General Xiahou Mao of Anxi is the middle son of former general Xiahou Dun. He is not the eldest son, but he has long been granted the title of marquis. His husband is Cao Cao's eldest daughter, Princess Qinghe, and he and Cao Pi have been close friends since childhood.
I was ordered to hold the joint, and my status was extraordinary, honorable and noble, and my life was extremely nourishing.
However, Xia Houmao has been in a bad mood recently. First of all, since the beginning of last year, news has been coming that Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of the Shu Han Dynasty, has led more than 100,000 troops to garrison Hanzhong and intends to invade Hanzhong on a large scale. As the general of Anxi and the governor of Guanzhong,
, Xiahou Mao was naturally very nervous. Although he was a general, he didn't like fighting. The reason why he was willing to come to Guanzhong to be the general of Anxi was because after Xiahou Yuan's death, Liu Bei occupied Hanzhong, but he was also severely weakened by Guan Yu's defeat in Maicheng.
, and had an enmity with Sun Quan, and deployed troops in the east instead of the north. After Liu Bei's defeat at Xiaoting, the Shu Han Dynasty disappeared from sight. There was no news of troops in Guanzhong for many years, and Guanzhong was peaceful, so he could be his general in Anxi and governor of Guanzhong.
Now that Zhuge Liang has led an army of 100,000 people and intends to conquer, how can Xiahou Mao not be nervous? He is always looking forward to the news from Hanzhong, but he is also afraid of hearing the news from Hanzhong. This inner conflict cannot be explained.
Compared with the news about Zhuge Liang's future, what made Xiahou Mao even more nervous was that there was going to be a fire in his backyard: Princess Qinghe was coming.