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20. Thousands of Miles of Shu Road

At the end of August, the soldiers of the Shence Camp were shining with armor and horses, and the troops left Beijing in a mighty manner and embarked on the journey to Jiannan. "My benefactor, Prince Hechuan will let me take care of you!" Cai Fonu held Gao Yue's mount and was inseparable from it.

Gao Yue looked forward, General Li Sheng of the Shence Camp and General Jinwu were bent in golden armor and rode his horse under the banner. He spoke seriously and directly directed the soldiers forward.

When they arrived at Fengtian City in the west of the capital, the cavalry of the Changwu City of the two thousand Shuofang came from Binzhou under the command of General Meng She, met with Li Sheng's army, and accepted Li Sheng's leadership, becoming a wing of the camp.

In less than three days, under the long shed of the military warehouse under Yongcheng, Fengxiang Prefecture, Wei Gao sat upright on the left, Gao Yue sat upright on the right, each sitting under the desk of the written book, writing quickly on the desk. At the entrance of the military warehouse in front of them, the soldiers in the camp were transporting food directly: Tan Zhizhong, and Huo Zhongtang had come here in advance, paid for the collection of grain, and even bought a lot of sheep to reward the soldiers in the camp, because they immediately passed through Baoji County and had to enter Chencang Road.

Fengxiang Mansion is densely populated, with mulberry fields stretching, and cattle and sheep all over the mountains and valleys. It is worthy of being the essence of the 800-mile Qinchuan. There are Qishan around it. The Mount Wei is a barrier, which is incomparable to Jingyuan, and it has a strong sense of a domineering foundation.

Gao Yue used this place as his first stop for supply, of course there is a reason.

"How about the Jiedushi Zhu Li?" At the same time, Gao Yue asked Wei Gao next to him.

"You should not be ruthless in your face." Wei Gao was brave and answered directly to Gao Yue, "Zhu Li is kind-hearted and good at buying people's hearts. But he and Zhu Tao brothers first colluded with Zhu Xicai to kill Li Huaixian, and then killed Zhu Xicai to establish himself as the governor of Youzhou. Although Zhu Li has entered the court, Zhu Tao is still in Youzhou. The brothers are in harmony with each other. I think they are a confidant of the country."

Wei Gao's words made Gao Yue a little embarrassed: What are his father-in-law and uncle's father-in-law? Fortunately, he is now in Fengxiang as the judge of the Shence Imperial Army.

"Sister-in-law is in good health now?" Gao Yue changed the topic.

Wei Gao laughed and pulled out his hand to pat his abdomen, meaning that his wife Yuxiao was already pregnant, and asked Yisong why he had not yet entered the "Filial and Literary Field" department?

While the two were joking, Feng Xiangyin and Longyou Jiedushi Zhu Li came. Wei Gao and Gao Yue hurriedly stood up to salute, "No need to be like this, no need to be like this." Zhu Li looked really kind-hearted and kind-hearted. What's rare is that he still remembered Gao Yue, "I used to want to hire Gao Shiyu to work for my mansion, but I didn't expect that Gao Shiyu went to Duan's military mansion, hahaha."

"Sikongcuo loves."

"Zhengwu, what you told me before is completely fine. Your two brothers will enter the mansion immediately, and the salary is twenty cents a month." Zhu Li pointed to Wei Gao again and said, "But Chengwu has to promise me that your father-in-law is in Shudujie Town now, so he can't go to Xichuan, and he has to stay in Fengxiang for me."

Gao Yue peeked at Wei Gao: Go, this guy secretly told me that Zhu Li was kind and cruel, but on the surface he was doing well in Fengxiang Mansion and pulled his two brothers together. It seems that although this person is not happy by his father-in-law, once he has the chance, he is definitely a master of climbing poles, leaping up step by step!

Zhu Li sent three thousand Fan Yang cavalry to join Li Sheng's camp. The soldiers ate a big banquet at Fengxiang Mansion, and then advanced high and entered the famous Chencang Road.

The first thing that caught my eye was Dasan Pass, "The throat of Qin and Shu". At this moment, the war horses were neighing, and the autumn wind was rising. Gao Yue looked at the magnificent and steep mountain pass, and couldn't help but have a personal experience of Lu Fangweng's poem "Iron Horse Autumn Wind Dasan Pass" - beside Dasan Pass, it was a huge plateau, surrounded by deep valleys, and it was flat and mountain springs pouring out, as solid as a golden soup - this was the "Mun Shangyuan" that later generations Wu Jie resisted the Jin army's invasion south, and it was the momentum of the Dasan Pass to attack each other.

After entering Chencang Road from Dasan Pass, the terrain suddenly became narrower, with high cliffs on one side and the old road river on the upper reaches of the Jialing River on the other side. The army could only pass through it like a line. After walking until Fengzhou City, the terrain became wider again. After a brief rest here, the camp went straight to the south.

To the south of Fengzhou City, Chencang Road became narrow and narrow again, winding and slanting westward to Yuguan. Yuguan is the upper end point of Jialing Water Shipping. The mountain walls on both sides are like sword blades. From more than ten miles southwest, the taller Qingni Ridge is connected. You can cross this ridge to Qinzhou (ancient Tianshui County). Therefore, two roads are guarded at the same time. Later generations Wu Jie built a block here, called "Xianren Pass". He defeated the Jin soldiers and protected the iron walls of southern Shaanxi and Hanzhong.

Xingzhou City is a military city south of Yuguan: Yuguan is connected to Chencangdao in the north, Qinzhou can be reached in the north, Wudu can be reached in the southwest, and Bailaoguan can be reached in the southeast (Xingyuan, Liangzhou, namely Hanzhong). It can be said to be a key throat place with all directions. This is also the second relay supply place set up by Gaoyue.

Then, from Xingzhou to Jinniu Road, all the soldiers in the camp, including Gao Yue, dared to ride horses on the deep valley plank road, but were dismounted and led: the soldiers and mules and horses were carrying food and fodder, quietly and slowly lined up in a long line and walked forward. Gao Yue looked around and couldn't help but feel dizzy. This place was too high!

Jinniu Gorge is the legendary place where "Five Dings open mountains", which is the sentence "The earth collapses and mountains destroys the heroes and dies, and then the ladders and stones in the sky are connected together". The high gorges on both sides are filled with storms and roars. Although it has not yet begun to winter, it makes Gao Yue feel cold and clear. Looking down, strange rocks are rippling among the winding and slender canyons and rivers, lurking in the torrential streams. Li Sheng and Qu Huan continue to inspire the soldiers to move forward bravely, saying that if there is a great victory this time, there will be countless rewards to return to Beijing immediately.

After finally leaving the Jinniu Canyon, they finally entered Shu Avenue. Thousands of soldiers cheered in unison. They could already stand on the high valley and look at Sanquan Town in the bend of the vast Jialing River!

The Military Supply Court, which was set out this time, happened to be in Sanquan Town.

Therefore, when Shen Ce Camp arrived at Sanquan, Xingzhou, Xingyuan, and Lizhou in the south continued to transport grain from waterways or plank roads to store it at Sanquan Chengguan. By this time, the grain had accumulated 100,000 stones!

The soldiers of the camp immediately camped around Zhencheng Pass, with stars covered with them. On the city wall, Li Sheng, Qu Huan, Tan Zhizhong, Huo Zhongtang, Gao Yue, Meng She and others stood on it, looking at the surrounding situation, and saw the stone statue of Laojun carved by Xuanzong when he entered Shu on the Heishui Cliff on the other side. They couldn't help but bow to each other, begging for Laojun to be blessed and won the victory in this battle.

"Thanks to the fact that Gao Shiyu planned it in advance and set up a military academy in advance, otherwise the army would be at a loss because of the food cuts." Li Sheng and Huo Zhongtang both praised Gao Yue.
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