The war in Hanzhong fell into a stalemate, since Li Shen and Li Yan withdrew from Hanzhong City one after another, Hanzhong never took the initiative to attack the city, but just defended with all his might, and Ye Ming on the other side was not too anxious, and he was still attacking without hurry.

Even so, because there are not many defenders in Hanzhong, and Ye Ming's department is the king of the Eight Classics, the people of Hanzhong have been the people of the Great Jin Dynasty for more than 30 years, and it is impossible to help Meng Qi defend the city, and after a month or two, Hanzhong is already crumbling.

The city of Hanzhong on this side was about to be broken, and Li Xin on the other side also led more than 40,000 people to Didao.

Yinping Ancient Road, starting from Di Dao, leads directly to Jiangyouguan, the hinterland of Shudi, according to the records of ancient books, it is more than 700 miles, and the actual measurement of later generations is more than 250 kilometers, that is, more than 500 miles.

But these more than 500 miles are even more sad than the 2,000 miles on flat land.

In another world, when Deng Ai crossed the Yinping Ancient Road and walked the Sky Ridge, all the soldiers did not dare to walk, and it was he who wrapped himself in felt and rolled down the slope to lead people over the Sky Ridge.

It shows how difficult this Yinping ancient road is.

In fact, in this era, Ye Ming was the first general who wanted to take this road, and before him, even that Hou Li Zhijie did not have the idea of taking this Yinping Ancient Road.

Li Xin's department eventually set up camp in Didao.

At this time, it was already the end of September, and there were still three months left before the end of the year.

At the beginning of the year, Li Xin promised the eldest princess that he would definitely go back to Beijing during the New Year, and at that time he thought that the war in the southwest might drag on for a long time, and if the two sides were in a stalemate, there would be no more of him in the southwest, and no less of him, and at that time he could get out and take the time to go back to the capital for the New Year.

But in this situation, when they cross the Yinping Ancient Road, it will be at least a month or two later, and it will be almost the New Year at that time, and it will definitely be too late to go back.

In order to prevent a fire in the backyard, after camping near Di Dao, Li Xin prepared to write a letter to his daughter-in-law who was far away in the capital to explain, so as not to be able to enter the gate of the Jing'an Hou Mansion in the future.

Just when Li Xin was writing a book, Zhao Jia, who was his dog-headed military advisor, walked in, bent down slightly and said, "Master Hou, there are a few Shu people who want to see you outside the tent." ”

Li Xin stopped the brush in his hand and said in a deep voice, "Let them in." ”

After a while, three lean-looking people walked in, all three of them were twenty-four or five years old, and they were the most energetic in this era.

Li Xin asked people to move a few chairs for them, and they didn't refuse, and sat down directly.

Li Houye asked with a smile: "How many high-ranking names?" ”

Two of the three people were silent, and one of them bowed his head slightly to Li Xin and said, "Back to Hou Ye's words, the villain's name is Mu Wu." ”

As he spoke, he glanced back at the two people beside him and continued: "These two are two brothers, one is called Wang Hu and the other is called Wang Bao. ”

"On the orders of the lord's family, I have been waiting for the Hou Ye here for many days."

Deng Ai crossed the Yinping Ancient Road and suffered heavy casualties, Li Xin naturally didn't think that he was much stronger than Deng Ai, and he might even get lost if he broke in rashly, but since Li Xin should come down on this errand, he naturally had his certainty.

This Yinping Ancient Road was told to Ye Ming by a few hunters, and it is naturally very difficult for those who have not walked it, but for the native Shu hunters, it may not be difficult.

So Li Xin sent a letter to Mu Ying early in the morning, asking him to help find a few Shu people who were familiar with this place to come and help lead the way, Li Xin's department moved slowly, and these Orions moved fast, so they waited in Didao one step ahead of Li Xin.

"A few people have worked hard, and later Benhou will arrange good wine and meat for you to beat."

Saying this, Hou Ye Li stretched out his hand with a smile.

"Please give me the letter from Benhou to Mu Ying."

The most important thing in marching and fighting is to be cautious, especially at this kind of pass, we must be cautious and cautious.

These people are the leaders of Li Xin's entry into the Yinping Ancient Road, if they are spies sent by the army, they only need to deliberately lead the wrong way, they may trap Li Xin's tens of thousands of people in the mountains and cannot move, and may even cause Li Xin's troops to suffer heavy losses.

Therefore, proper authentication is a must.

Mu Wu took out two letters with sweat stains from his inner placket, held them in both hands and handed them to Li Xin.

"Here is a letter from the Hou Ye, and the other is a reply from the master's family to the Hou Ye."

Speaking of this, he was a little embarrassed, lowered his head and said: "The villain is afraid that this thing will be lost, so he takes it with him, and asks Master Hou not to dislike it." ”

It was just summer, and it was still hot and humid when the three of them walked this way, and they certainly didn't take a shower in the process, so the smell of the two letters was very ...... Complex.

Li Xin stretched out his hand to take the two letters with complicated tastes, and he didn't mind, first opened the letter he wrote to Mu Ying, compared the marks he deliberately made on the back of the letter, and then threw the letter aside, and then opened the reply letter written by Mu Ying, and after reading it briefly, he threw both letters to the kobold military advisor on the side.

Zhao Youan pinched them with two fingers, his expression subtle.

This thing has a little bit of cleanliness, and I can't see these things, so I can only squint and look at it from a distance.

Li Xin didn't mind very much, he turned his head to Mu Wu and said with a smile: "You are the brother of Brother Mu Ying?" ”

Mu Wu bowed his head slightly.

"Don't dare, it's already far away from the main vein, it's just that I have been hunting for a living since I was a child, and the road that Hou Ye wants to take, when there are no mountain goods, the villain has walked with his father a few times, so the master asked the villain to come over and guide the Hou Ye."

He was more able to speak, and continued: "These two brothers are hunters who have been hunting on this road since childhood, they live near the Ferris Ridge, and they are also friends of the villain, so they brought them together to guide the Hou Ye. ”

In this way, Li Xinli relaxed a lot.

He has prepared a lot of topographic maps of the Yinping Ancient Road in advance, coupled with psychological preparation in advance, and these three Orions leading the way, this trip to the Yinping Ancient Road is not to mention walking on the ground, at least not too many people will die.

Thinking of this, the smile on Li Xin's face became heavier, and he smiled at Mu Wu and said, "Brother Mu, there are nearly 10,000 people under the command of Benhou, how long will it take to go from Yinping to Jiangyou?" ”

Here, Li Xin still kept an eye on it.

Once the army exceeds 10,000, it is beyond sight, and no one can tell how many people there are unless they stand on a high place, Li Xin deliberately said that it was 10,000 people, even if these three people did have problems, they got fake news.

Even if there is no problem with the three of them, there is no difference between 10,000 and 50,000 for them.

This kind of careful thinking looks inconspicuous, but it can be used or used, and sometimes there will be miraculous effects, these means are not Li Xin's self-taught, he was able to have a smooth ride in the workplace in his last life, and these careful thinking has played a lot of roles.

Mu Wu lowered his head and thought for a while, and said: "With so many people passing through the Sky Ridge, we need to build bridges and pave roads, if Master Hou is willing to cooperate with us, it is estimated that it will take about two months before we can pass through." ”

Li Houye smiled slightly.

"Then trouble the three brothers, the three brothers go down and thank you, fix it, and we will start entering the mountain in three days."

Mu Wu and the Wang brothers both stood up and bent over Li Xin and clenched their fists.

"The villain will retire."

After the three of them left the tent, Li Xin glanced back at Zhao Jia, who was still carefully pinching the letter with two fingers, and said a little speechlessly: "Brother You'an, why is this so?" ”

Zhao Jia took a deep breath and tossed the two letters aside.

"Finally finished reading."

Li Xin smiled: "What the three of them said just now, Brother You'an heard it?" ”

"I hear you."

Zhao Jia threw the letter aside, relieved, and said with a smile: "Sage Yun, there must be my teacher in the threesome." ”

Li Xin laughed.

"These three people are all my teachers."