Chapter 498: Tianchi Daze

It is said that Chen Long and Zhong Hui followed the marks left by Lu Chang and Zhuge Jin and went deep into the Qinling Mountains to track. In the distance, Taibai Mountain, the main peak of the Qinling Mountains, towers like a flock of chickens, guiding two horses to gallop along the mountain road.

The terrain gradually uplifted, and it was a half-slope area with dense mountains and forests and mixed peanut trees, but suddenly the grass and trees were sparse, and a rocky platform was born. Leaning on a carriage on the platform, Long Chen reined in his horse and jumped to the side of the carriage.

On the left side of the carriage is a small green dragon carved into the chariot, which is the standard carriage ridden by the senior dignitaries of the Green Dragon Army. Chen Long directly pulled the curtain, and the carriage was naturally empty, which couldn't help but make people's hearts ache. Chen Long sat in the middle seat, as if he could still smell the body fragrance of Diao Chan, carefully checked the traces around him, raised his hand suddenly, and found that there were indeed two words engraved on the roof of the car, which were the words "Li Ru" in the small seal body.

Long Chen sighed, this time it was confirmed that Li Ru had robbed Diao Chan, this Li Ru's intelligence was unfathomable, and the Great Northwest was so vast, I am afraid that it would take a lot of effort to find the clues of Diao Chan. Chen Long got out of the carriage and looked around, Zhong Hui said: "Lord, it should be that the road ahead is narrow and no longer suitable for carriage walking, so they have all changed to horseback riding." ”

Long Chen nodded in good faith, pulled the war horse again, and continued to go deeper into the mountains along the marks left by Zhuge Jin. The mountain road looped back and forth, gradually turning into a sheep's intestine path, and the two war horses galloped almost up against the bushes on the side of the road. Suddenly the scenery changed, the eyes suddenly opened up, a grassland-like spring color on the top of the slope, the sound of gurgling water came from the green grass, the two of them couldn't imagine that there was such a beautiful valley in the mountains, they couldn't help but be shocked, and saw several figures by the stream from a distance, one of them waved his hands to greet the two, it was Jiangdong Zhuge Ziyu.

It turned out that Chen Long and Zhong Hui had not been in a meeting for a long time, and they had already caught up with Zhuge Jin, who was stopping and walking to investigate. When Chen Long and Zhong Hui rode to the side of the creek, they saw that the five captains of the special combat team were all there, and there were forty other special combat team members scattered around to conduct vigilance and investigation. If you can catch up with Li Ru, you can guarantee that you can subdue Li Ru's Northwest Army guards.

Chen Long dismounted and let the horse go to drink water by himself. Zhuge Jin squatted by the stream, pointed to the messy hoof prints by the stream, and said: "Li Ru is really smart, knowing that we will track us down, he actually led the horse team into the stream. The stream kept flowing, not only covering up the traces of hoof prints, but also eliminating the smell, even if Mrs. Xiangyang sprinkled sandalwood beads, it would float away with the water, and this time even I couldn't tell whether to chase upstream or downstream. ”

Chen Long frowned and looked at the flowing water, but he couldn't see where the hoof prints under the water were going, and muttered: "They are going to go ashore after all, as long as the soldiers are divided into two ways and search upstream and downstream respectively, they will always find traces of their landing." ”

Zhuge Jin said: "That's what I said, but it also disperses my strength, if Li Ru makes a small ambush, maybe someone will be poisoned again." Chen Long also realized this, if he was scattered into two groups, each group of twenty people, the group that was not there would be much worse in strength, and I was afraid that he would encounter the iron arrows of Li Ru's guards.

Zhong Hui beside him suddenly opened his mouth and analyzed: "Judging from the location, the valley here should be the starting point of Fu Luo Road. If Li Ru was going to Hanzhong, he would naturally go upstream. However, this plank road is not easy to walk, and Ma Dai is stationed in Hanzhong, as long as Ma Dai guards the mouth of the Fushui River, won't Li Ru become a turtle in the urn? Therefore, Li Ru will never easily trap himself into any plank road with no way to the sky and no door to the ground. ”

Fu Luo Road is an ancient plank road, its south mouth is located in Hanzhong Fushui River estuary, the north mouth is located in Zhouzhi West Luoyu, hence the name. Fu Luo Road is about 400 miles long, and it is the fastest and most precipitous ancient road such as Bao Slope Road, Meridian Road, Lianyun Plank Road, etc. Although Fu Luo Road is named after Fu Valley and Luo Valley, but the two valleys are not directly connected, the middle has to pass through the river valleys such as West Luo Valley Water, Hei Shui, Huangshui, Youshui, Fu Shui, etc., and cross the Eighteen Pan Ridge between Xi Luogu Water and Heishui, the main ridge of Qinling between Heishui and Huangshui, Xinglong Ridge between Huangshui and Youshui, Niu Ling and Guanling Liang between Youshui and Fushui, etc., which is a winding valley road composed of many valley roads.

Zhuge Jin followed Zhong Hui's train of thought and said, "What this little brother said is reasonable. Indeed, this Fu Luo Road is so tortuous, it is not easy to walk. In that case, let's chase it downstream. Looking at Zhong Hui's eyes, he couldn't help but have some admiration, and he couldn't imagine that a random inconspicuous child beside Chen Long could have such wisdom.

Chen Long smiled and introduced: "This kid's name is Zhong Hui, and he is the youngest son of the Zhong family in Chang'an, but he is very smart." Zhong Hui was right, Hanzhong didn't have what Li Ru wanted, and he wouldn't be stupid enough to cross the Qinling Mountains. Then his goal should be the only place that can make him a comeback, the west. As he spoke, he pointed to the distant Taibai Mountain in the west.

Zhuge Jin said happily: "Da Sima is very detailed, according to my knowledge of micro geography, the first big city in the west is Tianshui, a big county by the Weishui River. Between Tianshui County and Chang'an City, it is Chencang County, the entrance of Chencang Road. ”

Chen Long narrowed his eyes and said, "By the Weishui River? Could it be that Weishui can still circulate upward? "I miss my military adviser Zhou Budo in my heart, if Zhou Xiaozi is by his side, he will definitely take out a military map of Tianshui County from his arms immediately.

Everyone looked at each other, and no one could answer this question for the time being. Zhuge Jin smiled and said, "Wouldn't you know if you go to Weishui to have a look?" Perhaps the lower reaches of this creek are a tributary of the Wei River. Hey, I've rested long enough, Master Lu, gather everyone and go! ”

With Chen Long's geographical knowledge, he has always believed that the upper reaches of Weishui are shallow and navigable, so the traffic between Tianshui and Chang'an must rely on difficult land transportation, and the waterway of Weishui has never been used as a key defense. However, if the Weishui Upper Reaches could be sailed, wouldn't the soldiers' baggage be easily transported to the other party's city?

Chen Long had doubts in his heart, so he would naturally go to his light brain to find the answer. The light brain reacted so quickly, and soon Chen Long found out that there was a secret realm in the world hidden in the mountains of the ancient Qinling Mountains, called Tianchi Daze.

Originally, the north of the Qinling Mountains is Weishui, and the south of the Qinling Mountains is the Hanshui, and the two rivers originate between the mountains and ravines of the Qinling Mountains. The trickling water gathers day and night, forming a huge mountain lake in the mountains, which is called Tianchi Daze. Due to the water storage and discharge function of Tianchi Daze, the waterway can be raised seasonally, so most of the rivers in the upper reaches of the Han River are navigable, and the waterway transportation is convenient. Starting from Hanzhong, going upstream, the boat can reach Longxi Tianshui, down the river, the boat can reach Xichu all the way, a mighty Han water, so it has become an important channel between Longnan, Hanzhong and Jingchu.

In the same way, for Weishui, which is not so abundant, Tianchi Daze also plays a role in regulating the amount of water. During the summer rainy season, the water level of Weishui rises, and small boats can be navigated. The distribution of such a water system is very different from the later situation, and a large reason is that a major earthquake occurred in the Wudu area later, which blocked this Tianshan Daze. The landslide changed, and the Han River was cut off into two rivers, the Western Han River and the Han River, and the waterway transportation that had been connected in ancient times was cut off.

Later, with the continuous change of topography, the watershed between the Jialing River and the Han River was formed in the area of Luoyang, and the Western Han River and its nearby rivers flowed south into Sichuan, becoming the water source of the upper reaches of the Jialing River. The Han River, which lost the water of the Western Han Dynasty, shortened the river channel and reduced the amount of water, and the convenience of the boat was not as good as before.

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