Chapter 497: The Qinling Mountains are majestic

It is said that Zhuge Kongming sent Chen Long to the south gate of Chang'an, and met the young Zhonghui who had been waiting for a long time. Zhong Hui is dressed in a strong suit, simple in outfit, hanging a strong bow on his back, controlling the war horse, like a tiger going down the mountain, wanting to follow Chen Longxi to the west, between words, not afraid of the tiger's den in Longtan, willing to lead the horse to fall. Chen Long was overjoyed, and ran away with Zhong Hui all the way, and the young Zhuge Liang behind him was full of jealousy, who is the lord's favorite minister?

Zhuge Liang shook his head and twisted his body to go back, suddenly the sound of hooves behind him sounded, and when he looked back, he saw that it was the lord and Zhong Hui who came back on horseback, Zhuge Liang was overjoyed, and thought that the lord had changed his mind and no longer wanted to keep Zhong Hui boy by his side. Chen Long came to Kong Ming's side and pulled his war horse, and said loudly: "I almost forgot something." You pass on my military order, let Zhong Miao send someone back to Xiangyang, take Zhang Zhongjing to Chang'an to set up a medical center, treat Huyan Yuanhai, teach apprentices to pass on the industry, prevent epidemics, treat civilians, and civilians can be exempted from medical fees. ”

Zhuge Liang said in his heart that this was the case, and he couldn't help but be disappointed, and nodded his head in agreement. Chen Long shouted: "Kong Ming, the world's major affairs, today entrusted to you, let me be disappointed!" "Circle the horse, turn the horse around, this time without looking back, and Zhong Hui and the two rode straight to the westbound road.

Several flowers bloom, one for each flower. The world's major events are unpredictable, and look at Chen Long and Zhong Hui galloping for more than 30 miles, the avenue has come to an end, and two small roads have branched out, Chen Long glanced at it, and found the mark of the Qinglong Army early, and continued to run along one of the paths.

In the distance, there are towering mountain shadows, and in a trance, Chen Long recalls the days when he walked out of the mountains with peach blossoms, surrounded by insects and beasts, and has gone deep into the surrounding old forests. Zhong Hui has been obsessed with military affairs since he was a child, so he naturally knows some geography and knows that he has entered the Qinling region.

The Qinling Mountains are east-west mountain ranges that traverse central China, and are divided into the Qinling Mountains in the narrow sense and the Qinling Mountains in the broad sense. In a narrow sense, the Qinling Mountains are limited to the southern part of Shaanxi Province, the mountainous area between the Wei River and the Han River, bounded by the Bahe River and the Danjiang River valley in the east, and the Jialing River in the west. In a broad sense, the Qinling Mountains start from Baishi Mountain in the north of Lintan County, Gansu Province in the west, enter Shaanxi through Maiji Mountain in the south of Tianshui in the east, and are divided into three branches at the junction of Shaanxi and Henan, the north branch is Kunshan Mountain, the middle branch is Xiong'er Mountain, and the south branch is Funiu Mountain. With a total length of about 1,600 kilometers, it is the watershed of the Wei River, a tributary of the Yellow River, and the Jialing River and the Han River, tributaries of the Yangtze River.

Since ancient times, the line of the Huai River in the Qinling Mountains is considered to be the dividing line between the north and south of Chinese mainland. In the north of the Qinling Mountains, the cold wave can drive straight in, the rivers and lakes freeze in winter, whenever winter comes, the north wind howls, most of the trees will lose their leaves, and the leaves that do not fall off their leaves are mostly needle-shaped, which is called coniferous forest. Because the annual precipitation in the northern region is less, the precipitation is mostly concentrated in summer, so the water volume of the river is not large, the water level changes greatly, only in summer the flood season is formed, the time is relatively short, the sediment content of the river is larger, the animals and plants raised are also relatively drought tolerant, animals such as donkey taming, good horses, goats, musk deer and even rhinoceros, plants such as citrus, sandalwood, pear, chestnut, persimmon, grapes, etc., the cultivated land is dry land, and the main crops are wheat and miscellaneous grains. The south of the Qinling Mountains, just the opposite, the Hanzhong Basin and the Sichuan Basin are less invaded by cold air, so the rivers are not frozen, the water system is developed, the navigation is convenient, the vegetation is mainly evergreen broad-leaved forest, there are many animal varieties, there are national treasures such as giant pandas, and the plants include citrus, tea, tung oil, loquat, bamboo, etc. The cultivated land is mainly paddy fields, and the crops are mainly rice, sugarcane, tea, etc. As the saying goes, "North Wheat and South Rice, South Ship and North Horse".

The unique geographical location has created an important military position in the Qinling Mountains, which have been an important military passage since ancient times, and the place where soldiers must fight. There are five main roads through the Qinling Mountains, from west to east are Qishan Road, Chencang Road, Baochuan Road, Fu Luo Road, Meridian Road, they and the arrangement and combination of the four passages through Daba Mountain, constitute the main passage through Sichuan and Shaanxi in ancient times.

In these five passages, there are many famous battles through the ages, whether true or false. Ming repair plank road, dark Chen Cang, or called "bright out of the meridian, dark Chen Cang", is Liu Bang with the general Han Xin's strategy, to avoid the frontal defense of Yongwang Zhanghan, take the opportunity from the old road to "secretly cross Chencang", from the side unexpectedly defeated Yongwang Zhanghan, Saiwang Sima Xin and Zhai Wang Dong Peng, in one fell swoop to pacify the three Qin, seize the treasure land in Guanzhong. Slightly determined by the three Qins, Liu Bang relied on the rich and victorious Guanzhong region, and he could compete with Xiang Yu in the world.

In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Wei Yan's Meridian Valley conspiracy, because Zhuge Liang has always been cautious in using soldiers and unwilling to take risks lightly and failed to succeed, soldiers and enthusiasts have always felt very sorry that this plot was rejected. In fact, the Meridian Valley route was indeed the fastest route in the near future, and the number of Wei troops stationed in Chang'an City at that time was only tens of thousands, and Wei Yan could achieve its strategic goals as long as he could seize military fortresses such as Wuguan and Tongguan and hold on to the reinforcements. If Zhuge Liang wins Chang'an, he will start a real battle for the world with the Great Wei State. But the risk of doing so is undoubtedly huge, as long as a strong force blocks the Meridian Valley passage, Wei Yan will die and have no place to be buried. Therefore, due to the instability of the backup and allies, Zhuge Liang finally chose the slow and steady Qishan Road to take Tianshui and Xu Tu'an, and finally failed.

Since then, China's history has been ravaged many times by the northern nomads, and there have been many stories of anti-Jin, anti-Liao, and anti-Yuan, and the Qinling Mountains are an important line of defense against foreign invasion. The Southern Song Dynasty relied on Wu Jue and Wu Ling to defend the Qinling defense line, and led the Monk Yuan and Xianren Pass battles to smash the fierce Jin army's strategic intention of attacking Sichuan in the south and going eastward downstream, so as to stabilize the position of the regime. Among them, the immortal pass is the most dangerous because it leads to Tubo in the north, Shuzhong and Hanzhong in the west, and Qiwei in the east. In addition to the three passes, there are five continents, namely Jiezhou, Chengzhou, Fengzhou, Xihezhou, Tianshui Army, in the Southern Song Dynasty basically lost the Qinling Mountains north of Guanzhong, northern Shaanxi and other places under the geographical background, the three passes and five states have in fact become the Southern Song Dynasty, Sichuan-Shaanxi Theater to resist the enemy's southward front, known as Shukou.

In the ninth year of Chongzhen at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Gao Yingxiang led the army out of Hanzhong, turned back to Shaanxi, and plotted to attack Xi'an, until Heishuiyu was ambushed by the Ming general Sun Chuanting, and was defeated and captured and died. And Gao Yingxiang's army was annihilated by Sun Chuanting in one fell swoop in the area of Heishuiyu on the Meridian Road proposed by Wei Yan, which shows that Wei Yan's strategy may not be able to succeed in one fell swoop, and the possibility of success is greater.

Chen Long and Zhong Hui rode wildly along the mountain road, the terrain was undulating, and they could see Taibai Peak, the main peak of the Qinling Mountains, from a distance, and look down on the Weihe Plain like a flock of chickens. After galloping along the road for a long time, he finally got on a mountain platform, found the mark left by Lu Chang, and also found an abandoned carriage.

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