Ah Luo glared and said, "Huh? It turns out that Brother didn't come to see me, Brother, I'm going to be angry. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info Is Arlo so unimportant in your mind? Come and see if I'm just by the way? ”

Ge Luofeng arched his hand and said: "Sister, don't make trouble, my brother is grateful to you, how can I not have you in my heart." But this time it was really for something else. That's a big deal. ”

Wang Yuan looked at Ge Luofeng vigilantly and said, "Uncle, are you going to come to bargain again?" I've been giving you a lot of things in the past few years. I've got you covered. What armor supplies, grain seeds. Even if you open an iron mine, you will be shared. What are you going to want this time? He also ran in person, didn't he want the lion to open his mouth? ”

Ge Luofeng smiled bitterly: "Brother-in-law, am I such an image in your mind?" Do you want something when you come? ”

Wang Yuan smacked his lips and said, "Although it hurts your self-esteem a little, but ...... That's really your impression in my mind. ”

Ge Luofeng rolled his eyes and said, "If you say that, it hurts the feelings of the family." You've given me a lot of things over the years. I didn't say I didn't thank you, did I? Didn't I give you a lot of things? ”

Wang Yuan glared and said, "You still dare to mention it?" Just those wild ginsengs? Wild Reishi? And those mushroom mountain goods? Oh yes, and a few colored peacocks. To tell you the truth, those peacocks are very noisy in my back garden, and they cry every night, so that I can't even sleep well. I'm telling you, sooner or later I'll stew them and drink soup. ”

"You dare!" A Luo Xing's eyes widened, and she said with a wide range of eyes.

"Sister, why do you talk to your brother-in-law like this? You are now the wife of the Wang family, you must understand the rules of their Han people and abide by the way of women. Don't play a little temper when you were in Nanzhao. Ge Luofeng frowned.

Ah Luo was so angry that he shouted, "Brother, he is going to stew our peacocks." Are you indifferent? ”

"Let's stew it, if my brother-in-law likes peacock soup, I'll send a few fat ones to my brother-in-law next time." Anyway, we have a lot of Nanzhao. It's just that...... Brother-in-law, colored peacocks are very rare, you want to stew soup, next time I will send you a few white peacocks. There is no shortage of white ones in our Nanzhao. It's a pity that the colored peacock is stewed. Ge Luo Feng said.

"Brother......!" Ah Luo was about to go crazy, covering her ears and stomping her feet and screaming. Brother is really shameless, the peacock is the mascot of Nanzhao, slowly said that it was stewed and eaten, and when he saw that the people of Peacock Nanzhao had to come up with the best food to worship them, Brother actually said such a thing.

"Okay, okay, isn't it okay for my brother to stop talking? Do not say. Ge Luofeng realized that if he continued, Ah Luo was afraid that he was going to pull out a knife and cut people, so he hurriedly comforted.

Wang Yuan's stomach hurt from almost laughing, and in the past few years, Ge Luofeng's image in his mind has collapsed more and more. When I fought with him before, I thought he was a man with some ambitions. Since defeating him himself, Ge Luofeng has changed from a promising young man to a greedy and obscene brother-in-law.

"Brother-in-law, I'm really not here to ask for something this time, I'm here to help you." Ge Luo Feng is colorful.

Wang Yuan was surprised: "Help me? Where does this begin? ”

"Brother-in-law, do you think that I am far away in Nanzhao, so I don't know the situation in Datang? I already knew that you were going to war with the Tang Emperor. Brother-in-law, we are a family, how can I sit idly by at this time. So this time I came to Chengdu to tell you that my Nanzhao soldiers and horses are ready and ready to be dispatched by you at any time. Although we don't have many soldiers and horses, and our combat strength is not strong, but at this time, I have to make a move. ”

"Oh? It turns out that you really came to help me, which made me a little moved. Wang Yuan laughed.

Ge Luofeng frowned and said: "Listening to your words, it doesn't look like you're moved, don't you think our soldiers and horses can't help you?" ”

Wang Yuan waved his hand and said: "Uncle, you misunderstood, you can send charcoal in the snow, of course I am grateful." If you don't say anything, that's chilling. I don't want to drag you into the middle of the fray, though. It's not that I look down on your Nanzhao soldiers and horses, but I don't want your Nanzhao Kingdom to suffer heavy casualties because of helping me as soon as the Nanzhao Kingdom improves. Although you have recovered some vitality in the past few years, you have less than 10,000 soldiers and horses, so you really can't help much. ”

Ge Luofeng glared and said, "What about ten thousand?" 10,000 soldiers are also soldiers, do you look down on our Nanzhao soldiers and horses so much? ”

Wang Yuan waved his hand and said, "Uncle, do you know how many troops the imperial court has raised?" ”

"How much?"

"Nearly 300,000 troops."

"Huh?" Ge Luofeng gasped.

"And the numbers are increasing rapidly. Li Mao sent people everywhere to forcibly recruit men into the army, and I estimate that in a few months, this number will be doubled. I'm going to face an army of six or seven hundred thousand, what can your 10,000 people do? Wang Yuan said with a smile.

"......" The sweat on Ge Luofeng's back oozed out: "How many soldiers and horses do you have in your hands now?" ”

"It's less than 150,000. And that's after all the regimental training reserves and the 50,000 recruits that were called up some time ago. The total strength of our Shence army is less than 150,000. ”

"That'...... Hurry up and recruit soldiers and horses, 150,000 against 670,000, how can this be fought? I don't mean to belittle the Divine Army, the disparity is too great. We have to recruit soldiers quickly. Ge Luofeng clenched his fists nervously, and his palms were sweaty.

"It's not impossible to recruit soldiers. The three realms of Shu are under my control, and the population is six million. The reputation of the Shence Army is acceptable, and 180,000 soldiers and horses are at your fingertips. But I'm not going to do that, my Divine Command never wins by numbers. Besides, I have limited supplies in my hands, and I don't have so much food, grass, armor, and weapons for these recruits. Food is not only to supply soldiers and horses, but also to ensure the livelihood of six million people in Shudi. Moreover, these newly recruited soldiers went to the battlefield and were almost cannon fodder. I don't want them all to die. ”

"But...... If you don't recruit soldiers, how can you fight Li Mao? Can you win? ”

Wang Yuan laughed and said, "If I say I can win, you will definitely think that I am bragging." In fact, I don't dare to say that I can definitely win. I don't want you to get involved, one is because your 10,000 soldiers and horses are a drop in the bucket for the current situation, and the other is that I don't want Li Mao to be angry with you, if my army is defeated, at least your Nanzhao can be saved. After the defeat, I was certainly dead. Then I would like you to take in my wife and children, and my brothers. Your soldiers and horses are good at fighting between mountains, and Li Mao does not dare to provoke easily. If you can promise to protect my family and brother for me, this will be the greatest help to me. ”

Wang Yuan's words of Ge Luofeng and A Luo all changed color. They didn't expect that Wang Yuan had even thought about the final way back, Ge Luofeng had always been strange, Wang Yuan had not asked him to send troops to help him since the beginning of the counterinsurgency operation, and he and Wang Yuan had signed an agreement to send troops to help. To be honest, Ge Luofeng was still a little worried about Wang Yuan's request to send troops to help, and he still had some gains and losses at that time. This time his brother-in-law was going to take over the world, so he had to come and offer the attitude of sending troops to help. But what he didn't expect was that Wang Yuan didn't invite him to send troops, but for the sake of his Nanzhao country, and he was prepared for the worst.

Ah Luo hugged Wang Yuan's arm and said, "Erlang, is the situation already so bad?" Don't scare me, if you are defeated and die, I will not return to Nanzhao, and I will die with you. ”

Wang Yuan smiled bitterly: "I'm just assuming, where will I lose?" But I had to think about the way back. If you really lose, what's the use of you dying with me? It's really confusing. Besides, how could I be so easily defeated? My Divine Command Army has won a hundred battles, but has it ever been defeated? ”

"But this time it's different, you also said that Li Mao is crazy about recruitment." Ah Luo bit her lip and said.

"I have my own way, I knew you were so uncontrollable, so I won't say it. Hey, it's long overdue for you to avoid it. You remember, don't talk nonsense, this will cause instability among the people of Shu and cause riots, but it's not a joke. ”

"If I don't say it, I promise not to say it." Ah Luo realized the seriousness of the matter and hurriedly waved his hand.

Wang Yuan nodded, smiled and looked at Ge Luofeng who was in a daze: "Uncle, what's wrong?" I'm so scared that I pee my pants. ”

Ge Luofeng swallowed and foamed, "Can you still be so relaxed? I'm also obedient to you. From this point of view, it's better not to come out of my 10,000 soldiers and horses. I should immediately build fortifications between the mountains south of Yaozhou, if you are really defeated and die, I will contain your remnants, Li Mao will attack me, I must defeat him first before he will not dare to attack. ”

Ah Luo shouted, "Brother? What are you talking about? Who was defeated and died. ”

Ge Luofeng hurriedly said: "Bah, baba, Tong Yan is unscrupulous, I'm just assuming." Brother-in-law, don't worry, I, Ge Luofeng, swear here, if ...... This one...... I will protect your family and brother. Even if it is to take the lives of all my Nanzhao people, it doesn't matter. ”

Wang Yuan smiled: "I believe you, you don't have to swear." But you don't have to be so nervous, it's unlikely that you'll get there. But I'm glad you can tell me this today. It shows that there is still a true friendship between you and me. ”

"Family, what are you talking about? Isn't it out of sight? Ge Luofeng also smiled.

Wang Yuan suddenly remembered something, turned his head to Ah Luo and said, "Ah Luo, you stay away for a while, I'll tell your brother something." ”

Ah Luo said dissatisfiedly: "I can't stop anything?" ”

Wang Yuan looked at her with a smile, and Ah Luo stomped her feet and got up and left.

"Brother-in-law, what's the matter, so mysterious." Ge Luofeng asked worriedly.

"Uncle, I'm leaving Chengdu tomorrow, I'm afraid I won't have time to accompany me, so I'll apologize to you first."

"Hey, what's that?"

"I'm going to Chang'an." Wang Yuandao.

"Huh? To Chang'an? Are you crazy? Ge Luofeng said in astonishment.

"Silent. Ah Luo, they don't know, don't shout. Didn't you just ask me how to deal with this situation? I went back to Chang'an to deal with this matter. Wang Yuan briefly told Ge Luofeng about the purpose and necessity of going here, and Ge Luofeng was stunned for a long time and couldn't speak.

"How can I help you? Do you want me to come with you? ”

"What do I want you to do? Do you have a bigger face than I do in front of the Emperor? I want to ask, did you bring a lot of Nanzhao warriors here? ”

"Of course, I am the lord of the country, how can there be no one to protect me? I took with me five hundred accompanying samurai. ”

"Great, can you lend me fifty awesome. It can solve my urgent need. Wang Yuan clapped his hands and said.

"It's okay to give it all to you, but what do you want my samurai to do? Do you still lack these fifty men? ”

"There is no shortage of manpower, but you don't have the means. Your men go in and out of the mountains and forests like nothing, this is exactly what I need, we have to sneak into Lishan, with your people with you, but Sasuke. ”

"Well, that's fine, my people can make it easy for you to cross the mountains and forests."

"That's what you're capable of, and we don't have it. Also, your people can carry miasma blowguns and other things? ”

"Bring it, that's the standard equipment of my Nanzhao warrior."

"That's better, I want these things to kill the invisible. In this way, it is better to hide the traces and kill the enemy without the enemy knowing. In this case, choose the fifty most powerful ones for me to use, and bring the rest of the poisonous miasma blowguns and other arrows, so as not to be insufficient. It's kind of you really helped me this time. ”

Ge Luofeng thought for a while and nodded: "What you didn't say, just do what you say." ”

Wang Yuan happily patted Ge Luofeng's shoulder and said, "Uncle, you have helped me a lot." I know which miasma powder is not easy to collect, don't worry, I will compensate you in the future. Haven't you always been jealous of my tiger squat cannon? I will give you one hundred and eighty gates, so that you too will be majestic. ”

Ge Luofeng was overjoyed in his heart, this tiger squat cannon was something he wanted very much, with this thing, it could be rampant in Nanzhao. But he still pretended to be serious and said, "What's the matter, shouldn't I help you?" What more to repay? The brother-in-law inevitably looked down on people. ”

"The eldest brother is high-spirited and bright, which is admirable. In this case, the tiger squat cannon still won't be given, lest the eldest brother think that I have flattened you. ”

"This ...... It doesn't hurt to look at me once in a while......"

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The next morning, Wang Yuan led his men to leave Chengdu. In order to hide people's eyes, Wang Yuan first went out of Xicheng, ran more than 100 miles to the northwest, and then changed the route, and went directly to Langzhou in the east. Wang Yuan did not plan to leave Shu from Tongzhou, but chose the rugged Shu Road east of Bazhou. You must know that after the road leading from Tongzhou to Jinzhou has been widened and rested in recent years, the previous mountain roads into Shu have all been abandoned. Who wants to risk their lives on the edge of a canyon and cliff rather than walk on the road? If you choose to enter Shu from the ancient road when you don't take the big road, it must have an ulterior purpose.

In fact, on the three abandoned Shu roads, the Shence Army had captured a lot of fine works and seized a lot of information sent to Shu. Especially during the pacification of the rebels in An Lushan, the number of people who captured the rebels was as high as hundreds, all of whom came to listen to the internal intelligence of Shudi, map the distribution of the city defense soldiers and horses in Jiannan, Longyou Road and other places, and listen to the movements of the soldiers and horses. After that, Wang Yuan ordered the establishment of several checkpoints on several Shu roads, the purpose of which was to control the entry of these fine works.

The advantage of coming out of Shu from the ancient road is that this will make the whereabouts of Wang Yuan and the others more secretive, and basically will not expose their whereabouts. But the disadvantage is that the difficulty of the Shu Road is difficult to go to the blue sky, and the difficulty of the march on this road is also extraordinary, and it will delay a lot of time. But in order not to reveal your tracks, it is acceptable to delay for some time.

It took five days and many dangers and obstacles, and Wang Yuan and the others finally walked out of the lofty mountains of Bashan and Qinling. Needless to say, the hardships on the road were not to mention, because of the heavy rains this summer, several roads collapsed, blocking the way. There were also several plank roads on the cliffs that were smashed by rocks, which once made it difficult for the team to walk. But fortunately, the fifty Nanzhao barbarian warriors who accompanied them played a great role, and they had been haunting the mountains and wilderness for a long time, and this kind of road obstruction had become commonplace. In addition, the Shence Army led by Wang Yuan was well-equipped, ropes, hooks and other things were readily available, and everyone worked together to get out of the predicament. Even so, the fifty horses carrying supplies and supplies that accompanied them fell seven or eight and lost more than twenty tents and some food, but this was already an acceptable loss.

After exiting the mountain from the Gushu Road on the Bazhou side, the exit of the valley is the southern foot of the Zhongnan Mountain Range in the north of Jinzhou City. The crowd continued eastward along the foot of the mountain. When you arrive in the Golden State, you need to be extra careful. Although Jinzhou was conquered by Liu Jun with 30,000 cavalry not long ago, after that, Liu Jun was ordered to retreat to Tongzhou, and Jinzhou changed hands again. At this moment, Jinzhou City has long been occupied by the imperial court, so you must be very careful.

It was easy to reveal their whereabouts during the day, so from the time they left the mountain, the march changed to the night. However, the difficulty of marching at night has also increased greatly, especially when horses are not able to walk on rough mountain roads, and horses often miss their front hooves. In view of this, Wang Yuan decided to take the risk of taking the night to cross the area under the jurisdiction of Jinzhou from the official road under the mountain. This is indeed very risky, but after success, it can go straight to the area east of Jinzhou, where there is a remnant of the Qinling Mountains, and it is connected to Lishan, which is equivalent to directly inserting into the southern foot of the Xixiu Mountains of Lishan, and it is only a mountain away from Lishan Palace.

After making this decision, everyone hid in the valley during the day to rest. After dark, the horses' hooves were wrapped in cotton cloth, and the group came out of the valley and galloped along a potholed mountain road below. This official road is located seven or eight miles north of Jinzhou City, and the distance is actually very close. At night, you can see the lights in the city and hear the noise in the city. But fortunately, there was no danger, and the defenders of the city did not find everyone. The only place that was almost exposed was in the valley passage to the north of Zhongnan Mountain, because it was the only passage from Jinzhou to the area west of Chang'an, and it was also the only passage for soldiers and horses in Chang'an City to increase troops to Jinzhou, so there were many lookout posts stationed on the cliffs on both sides of the passage. When Wang Yuan and the others galloped past from the south of the mountain, the sentry at the mountain pass reacted, asked loudly, and shot arrows to test it. But Wang Yuan ordered not to pay attention to these sentinels, they were just sentry posts, and there were not many of them, so it was impossible to come out to stop them. Moreover, they don't know each other's identities, and they don't dare to make judgments easily. Or light a beacon fire to warn or something. Sure enough, after more than 150 horsemen swept through the mountain pass, the riots in the rear gradually subsided, and no beacon fire was ignited. Perhaps the number of more than 150 riders was too small, and the movement was not large. The sentinels will mistake them for patrols in Golden State. Or maybe they hold the principle that more is better than less. In short, there is no danger to pass the dangerous situation of Golden State.

After that, the road was smooth sailing, and although it was still a rugged mountain area, there was no danger of being discovered. After traveling more than 150 miles east along the south of the mountain, on the afternoon of September 26, the group arrived at the dense mountain forest at the southern foot of the Xiuling Mountains in the west of Lishan.

Everyone entered the hillside woodland to rest, Wang Yuan rested for a while, then got up and chewed dry food and crawled hundreds of steps up the hillside, found an open stone slope on the hillside, and planned to climb up to see the terrain. After climbing the jagged boulder, you will find yourself above the dense forest on the hillside. As far as the eye can see, the views of the valley up and down the hillside and in the distance are unobstructed. Under the sunshine of the western slope, the entire slope of the mountain is covered in sunlight, and the scenery is surprisingly magnificent. It's almost October, and the color of the leaves is very different from that of spring and summer, and the eyes are full of red and yellow, green and black, which are both solemn and warm. The slopes and valleys are like a huge and magnificent carpet of felt spread on it, and the carpet is full of irregular patterns, which is simply amazing.

"It's beautiful." At some point, Gongsun Lan, who was dressed in armor and men's clothes, also came to Wang Yuan's side, standing on the stone and admiring the hillside and the valley bottom.

"yes, it's magnificent. The scenery of this mountain is really different from the mountain scenery when I came. With such a beautiful view, it is no wonder that the royal gardens have always chosen this place. You see, the steaming white places in the forest, if I guess correctly, should be natural hot springs emerging from the cracks in the rocks in the forest. Wang Yuan said with a smile.

"I know, I have been to Lishan Palace, when I was in the palace, I once came to Lishan Palace with Li Longji, but I went up the mountain from the resting mountain road in the west, and it was winter. It was very different from what you saw at this time. ”

"I almost forgot that you were in the palace. Have you ever bathed in the hot springs of Huaqing Pond? Wang Yuan said with a smile.

"I haven't bathed in Huaqing Pool, you must know that only concubines can bathe, and the wives and daughters of Mrs. Guo and high-ranking officials also have this privilege, I was just a dancer in the palace at that time." Gongsun Lan said with a smile.

Wang Yuan pointed to a place with white steam hundreds of steps below the stone slope where he was standing and said, "There should be a spring there, why don't we go take a hot spring bath?" The bones are going to fall apart along the way, and it's itching to death. It's so natural, why not enjoy it? ”

Gongsun Lan waved his hand and said, "How to bathe in the mountains, forests and wilderness?" Bear with me. It will be dark in a moment, and if we want to touch it tonight, we will need to start and climb to the top of the mountain immediately. At the very least, it is necessary to find out the defense around the Lishan Palace on the other side of the mountain. As soon as it gets dark, these things can be extremely difficult. ”

Wang Yuan smiled regretfully: "What you said is a pity, it's a pity that you can't enjoy the beautiful scenery of my cousin's hot spring bathing." ”

Gongsun Lan took a sip, gave Wang Yuan a graceful white eye, turned around and walked down the rock, and disappeared into the mountain forest.