Chapter 247: Dangerous Moves

The five ridges are soaring and the waves are thin, and the Wumeng is majestic and walks the mud pills. ----------* "The Seven Laws. Long March》

It is said that Liang Xing led the remnants of the army, and finally escaped to the city of Longxi, full of plans to hold on, but the flag on the head of the city changed, the arrows were like hemp, and Liu Yong had already attacked Longxi County according to the plan.

Liang Xing's face was like the color of the earth, and he wanted to leave in the wilderness, but when he saw that his men had vegetables under them, he knelt down and surrendered, his heart was soft, and he abandoned his weapon and asked to surrender.

Chen Long's army entered Longxi, and after some comfort, Liang Xing felt what Chen Long said, so he vowed to take refuge sincerely. Chen Long saw that Longxi had been decided, and he was worried about the war in Hanzhong, so he discussed with Zhou Budo and Xu Shu the plan to besiege Hanzhong. Because of the big battle of Liang Xing and Ma Wan, the original plan of the main force to attack Yangping Pass was delayed, and the battle report of Xun You's former army had not yet arrived, thinking that it was due to the crazy resistance of the defenders, and it was difficult to conquer Xiongguan for a while.

Xu Shu knocked on the map and said: "It's a pity that the Shu Road in Hanzhong is difficult to travel, except for Yangping Pass, there are high mountains and deep ravines all around, and the army has to turn back and go to Tianshui and go south through Wudu." ”

Zhou Budo also shook his head and said, "What Brother Xu said is true." In fact, tens of thousands of us have already won two important towns in Liangzhou within a month. If you are more fully prepared, it is better to make strategic adjustments and take this opportunity to eliminate Han Sui and unify Liangzhou. With the Ma family's father and son, Zhang He and Gongda in them, and Wei Yan and Gan Ning attacking Shangyong, it is estimated that they can also take Hanzhong. ”

Chen Long was moved by Zhou Budo's heart, thinking of the successful case of Deng Ai smuggling into Yinping in the official history, and couldn't help but analyze: "Liangzhou is vast and sparsely populated, and Han Sui has a close relationship with the local Qiang people, and it is urgent and difficult to attack. Here to Jincheng, and then to Wuwei, Dunhuang, no less than thousands of miles, high mountains and Daze, the next desert, the plateau and valley are countless, and the difficulty of marching is no less than Shu Road. ”

Now Liang Xingyan said that he had sent someone to ask Han Sui for help, and Han Sui would lead reinforcements from Jincheng and Wuwei to capture Longxi. Our side could have waited for work without moving, and then fought the Han Sui Xiliang Iron Cavalry, but the main force would definitely miss the entire battle of Hanzhong, and it seemed that there was a feeling of choking and wasting food. ”

"Both sides want to be preserved, and it is possible that neither side can be preserved. You can't have both, and you can't give up the fish and take the bear's paw. Our bear's paw is naturally Hanzhong, and it is said that Hanzhong is the gateway to Yizhou, and it seems that except for Hanzhong, it is impossible to reach Xichuan. If we can find another way and forcibly detour through Yangping Pass, do the two military advisors have any other choice?"

Zhou Budo and Xu Shu listened, looked at the map in front of them, and were silent for a while. Xichuan geography, even Xu Shu and Zhou Budo have never traveled in person, so they naturally don't know other roads that can bypass Yangping Pass.

Seeing that the two military advisors were at a loss, Chen Long called Liang Xing up and asked bluntly: "How many roads are there from Longxi to Chengdu?"

Liang Xing stammered: "I haven't walked down yet." I heard that businessmen can only pass through Yangping Pass, go to Hanzhong, enter the Jiange plank road, and take Guangyuan, Zitong, and Deyang to reach Chengdu. ”

Chen Long nodded, and Zhou Budo drew it on the map with his fingers according to what Liang Xing said. The route is winding, but there are really no other roads.

Chen Long stretched out his hand and drew a straight line between Longxi County and Guangyuan County, and asked, "What towns and fortresses are there on this straight line?" Is it heavily guarded?"

Liang Xing thought for a while, pointed to a position in the middle of the straight line and said: "This is probably Longnan County, Longxi used to have no road to pass, but Tianshui County went south to Xihe County, but to Longnan, although the number of Liangzhou and Yizhou borders, but the road is rugged, and there is no Xiliang army stationed, and now it should be three regardless of the boundary." ”

"When you arrive in Longnan, there must be a path into Yizhou, and your subordinates don't know."

Long Chen glanced at Liang Xing approvingly and said, "You can go down." Liang Xing hurriedly said goodbye and left.

In his light brain, Chen Long kept calling up the detailed military map of the Longxi region and took a closer look. The terrain of this area is so complex and varied that even later generations cannot fully analyze it, Chen Long paid close attention to the connection between the Yinping Trail and the surrounding plank road, but found that the source of a tributary of the Han River seemed to flow through Longnan.

When it comes to seizing the military secrets of Yizhou in the future, Chen Long is naturally a little more cautious about Liang Xing, a general. After Liang Xing went, Long Chen pointed to Longnan and said lightly: "There is a secret shortcut to Chengdu here." ”

Zhou Budo and Xu Shu said "ah" at the same time, looking at the lord in disbelief, Zhou Budo said: "It turns out that the lord has already made up his mind?" Xu Shu also said: "How can the lord know so much?"

Long Chen laughed out loud and said, "You both only care about why I know, don't you want to know what the secret path is?" The two military advisors glanced at each other, and Zhou Budo pretended to be well-behaved and smiled: "Lord, don't sell it, we both want to wear it." ”

Chen Long saw Zhou Budo's "pampered and arrogant" appearance, and said with a smile: "In the southwest of Longnan, there is a small road called Yinping Road, which goes deep into Yizhou along the mountains and can go directly to the western suburbs of Chengdu. Although the road is extremely difficult, it is indeed reachable. If you need a surprise attack in the future, you can start here. ”

Zhou Budo and Xu Shu nodded frequently, and Xu Shu said: "We can leave some clever special combat personnel in Longnan to mingle with local hunters and explore the road." In the future, I will be our guide to Irikawa. ”

Chen Long and Zhou Budo said at the same time: "Clever plan! Zhou Bu asked: "Then since there is a small road to Chengdu in Longnan, maybe there is also a small road that can bypass Yangping Pass, right?" If the army can bypass Yangping Pass, it can catch Zhang Lu off guard. If our army opens the gate and puts in the army of Ma Teng and Xun You, the death of Hanzhong is just around the corner. ”

Chen Long nodded and said, "There is no doubt that the words are in line with my intentions." From Longnan to Guangyuan, there are roads connecting since ancient times, but Guangyuan is the starting point of the sword pavilion plank road, Liu Yan must have heavy troops, and the road is rugged, easy to defend and difficult to attack. ”

Zhou Budo said: "Then the focus of the main detour should be the plank road in the middle zone south of Yangping Pass and north of Guangyuan?"

Long Chen nodded and said, "In addition to the plank road, there is also a water system. The preliminary idea is to march from Longnan to Guangyuan, detour to the Jiange plank road halfway, and enter the plank road to Hanzhong without alarming the Guangyuan defenders. As long as the Hanzhong defenders who could break through the plank road, they entered the plain between Yangping Pass and Hanzhong. ”

Zhou Budo said: "This army is difficult to travel on mountain roads, and it requires sappers to bring a lot of tools, and I am afraid that it will not be able to use cavalry and crossbows." ”

Long Chen nodded and said, "That's true." I mean, this force has Gao Shun leading his own trap camp as the main force, all of which are elite infantry. In addition, the special combat team members and Liu Yong led some spearmen and archers to respond, responsible for transporting supplies and equipment, and the total number did not exceed 10,000. ”

"Leave 10,000 people for Liu Xian to be responsible for defending Longxi and Tianshui, and if Han Sui's army attacks, abandon Longxi if necessary and defend Tianshui County. The rest of the troops were led by Fu Tong and Liu Min, and all the military horses and crossbow troops marched to Yangping Pass, and belonged to Zhang He's troops, attacked Yangping Pass head-on, and told Xun You that I asked him to minimize casualties. When our strange soldiers arrived in Hanzhong, the defense of Yangping Pass naturally collapsed. ”

Seeing that the lord's arrangements were appropriate, the two military advisors both nodded yes. He said some more details, and went back to arrange military deployments. Liang Xing stayed in Longxi, and made a detailed map of Xiliang under the supervision of Liu Xian, without mentioning it.

A few days later, all the deployments were completed, the army marched south, and after passing Xihe County, they parted ways, Xu Shu followed Fu Tong, Liu Min and other soldiers to Yangpingguan, and Chen Long, Zhou Budo, Gao Shun, Liu Yong, Lu Chang and other troops led the troops into the Longnan territory. Among the special combat members, Lu Chang ordered more than a dozen clever single young men and told them to disguise themselves as hunters and lurk near Longnan and Yinping without mentioning them.

The weather is getting wet, clouds and mist are rising from time to time, and the roads are becoming more and more rugged and difficult to navigate, and the deep ravines are thousands of feet high. Fortunately, the preparations were quite sufficient, plus some suspension bridges, suspension cables and other facilities left by the ancients and locals, this surprise attack force of the Qinglong Army gradually entered the boundary of Yizhou and reached the vast mountain area outside Guangyuan County.

The mountains are reckless, there are only general directions and existing roads, and there are no positioning measures, and even if there is a detailed map, it is inevitable to take the wrong road. In this way, the twists and turns, the march became more and more difficult, this day to a big village called Pipa Village, seeing that Chen Long's team was huge, the villagers were too frightened to go out, Chen Long called people to invite a few local hunters to ask for the road. Seeing that Chen Longjun's team had not committed any crimes, those Orions all asked where the team was, and Chen Long came one by one, and Orion sighed. Chen Long also asked people to bring a lot of food supplies to the villagers, and the villagers gradually gathered together and pointed out the way to Chen Long and others. One of the white-haired old hunters, although he was full of thinness, was full of strength, and said in dialect: "The general wants to go to the Guangyuan Sword Pavilion? That's hard to walk tight. We, the hunters, have crossed the three major mountains as far as possible. ”

When Chen Long heard this, he was slightly disappointed and asked, "This old man, haven't you heard that there is a way to figure out with Guangyuan?" The old man opened his toothless mouth, shook his head, and said, "No, no! The paths around here are all out of us, and there are insects, snakes, tigers and leopards everywhere, how can there be a way to that side? It's hard to walk, it's hard to walk! ”

The young hunter who accompanied the old hunter next to him, his face was black and red, wrapped in a turban, and his muscles were knotted, and when he saw his father, he shook his head and said: "Daddy, I heard you say that someone in my grandfather's generation once drifted down the Wuma River and walked out of the 100,000 mountains. The old hunter was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "General Hugh wants to listen to this kid's nonsense, the Wuma Creek is full of torrent rocks, where does anyone really dare to drift down?" Even if it drifts out, I don't know where it drifted to. ”

The speaker is unintentional, the listener is intentional, Chen Long is unwilling to turn back to Longnan, so he is naturally lucky. Carefully looking at the light brain map, sure enough, a stream mark was found in Zhangjiawan near Pipa Village, called Wuma River, the river meandered to the southeast, and finally it actually merged into the upper reaches of the Jialing River in the Yanzitou in Guangyuan County. Then go down the Jialing River, you can reach the Mingyue Gorge, and you can enter the ancient plank road of Jiange after going ashore.

Chen Long was overjoyed, if this waterway could be passed, not only would the surprise attack plan be granted, but also it would save a lot of time to find the mountain road, so he asked the old hunter to lead the way to the Wuma River to check, and the old hunter shook his head again and again: "General, general!" That waterway is not a road at all, it's too dangerous, too dangerous! ”

Find out what happens next, and listen to the next breakdown.