Growing up is a long road, just like every child's remaining face is tender, but in the end, it is difficult to say whether it is laugh lines or horizontal meat.

In the first two or three days of Feiqian's departure from Chang'an, it was basically smooth sailing.

Maybe it was because of Fei Qian's sudden action that Chang'an's Chong Shao and the others didn't react, or didn't want to react at all......

Staying in Chang'an, fighting against the people of the anti-Xiliang Alliance, biting and biting a mouthful of hair, Fei Qian really didn't have much interest, but on the way to evacuate, Fei Qian found some interesting things.

Zhang Liao's astuteness and Zhao Yun's caution are said to be a habit and a talent.

For the march along the way, basically, Zhao Yun took on the task of guarding, whether it was camping or guarding and other marching affairs, they were all arranged in an orderly manner. Every day before dawn, you can see that Zhao Yun is already arranging various things, where you need to clean up, where you need to tie up, where you need to feed the war horses, where you need to light a fire and cook, everything is taken care of.

For Zhang Liao, it seems that he is more about sentry and patrolling. At the same time that Zhao Yun arranged the affairs of the camp, Zhang Liao basically rode out with a dozen horses, and then came back with a body of dew, what is the road ahead, where to pay attention to, where to settle, it seems that there is an answer, and when everyone finishes eating the morning preservatives, they can hurry with peace of mind.

Moreover, Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun have different modes of managing army soldiers.

Zhao Yun is silent most of the time, although he is taking care of many complicated affairs, but he often gives some orders briefly, but the soldiers also obey them, if the soldiers can't do it, Zhao Yun will go to the handle without saying a word, the first one to get up every day, the last one to rest, inspect the camp, and watch the soldiers finish eating, Zhao Yun hurriedly eats a few bites, these things, the soldiers are naturally in their eyes, so they are also very convinced.

Compared with Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao is more open, basically except for the time when he is doing business, the rest of the time Zhang Liao is smiling, sometimes he will sit and chat with the soldiers, and then say that the happy place is to laugh together into a bunch, seeing that the soldier is not obedient to do things, it is also directly started, but it is not to help, but to slap and call over, and then point out two sentences, it is strange to say, the soldiers, also eat this set......

Two people, different methods, different ways of leading troops, but the interesting thing is that no matter which one it is, it seems that they have established a good prestige in the hearts of the soldiers.

What's even more interesting is that Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao are actually old acquaintances!

As early as when he was in Luoyang, Zhang Liao and Fei Qian talked about a person he met who was good at marksmanship when he was traveling in the north, and he actually said Zhao Yun......

Thinking about it, Zhao Yun's marksmanship seems to be to use the least strength to achieve the maximum benefit, while Zhang Liao is extremely powerful no matter what the situation is, then again, can you learn a few tricks from Zhao Yun?

Hundred birds and phoenix marksmanship?

Hehehe......

However, Fei Qian's light-hearted little idea was quickly broken by a not-so-rosy reality.

"It's frustration ahead! Junhou, the pursuers behind us are at most half a day's journey away, and if we take the rest of the road, I'm afraid it will take a lot of time......" Zhang Liao squatted on the ground, and said as he picked up a small piece of stone to draw a simple figure on the dirt floor.

Since yesterday, Fei Qian's back road has been full of smoke and dust, and it is obvious that a large number of cavalry are chasing Fei Qian's whereabouts. These chasing guys under the banner of Li Dao, obviously riding two horses, came very fast, at first maybe they had not found the traces left by Fei Qian and others, they turned around a little, and then followed the imprints all the way.

Fei Qian didn't expect that Li Dao would give up not attacking Chang'an, but turn around and chase after him!

The entire Guanzhong area, although it is said to be the Guanzhong Plain, but the terrain is not horizontal, it is at a slightly inclined angle, the northwest is high, the southeast is low, so the Qin State was in this place, using the geographical characteristics, built the Zhengguo Canal, and communicated Jingshui and Fushui, and now, this east-west Zhengguo Canal, has become a problem that Feiqian is now facing.

The reason why it can irrigate Guanzhong and form an important canal in the fertile field for thousands of miles is naturally not comparable to the ditch dug out by the small field at home, at that time, the Qin State used countless people, and according to the strict urine nature of the Qin Dynasty at that time, the bottom and both sides of the canal were not made of ordinary burned green bricks, but the stone strips mined in the mountains, which were still intact under the washing of Jingshui for so many years......

Because the Zhengguo Canal needs to provide a larger amount of water, so the cross-section is not small, although the Jingshui is clear, but in fact, the entire line of Jingshui is flowing through the Loess Plateau, although the vegetation is okay now, but in fact, the sediment carried in the water is not small, accumulated all year round, at the bottom of the canal of the Zhengguo Canal, there is a lot of silt, which has become the biggest problem that restricts the route of Feiqian now.

"Now we have to go over, either we have to go around and take the bridge of Zhengguo Canal in the north of Wannian County, or we have to take the ferry ......port of Fuqishui," Zhang Liao marked in two places on the sketch map on the ground.

Fei Qian thought for a moment and said, "What is the water level of the depressing water?" ”

Zhang Liao said: "Although it is now preparing for summer, the water has risen a little, but it has been divided by Zheng Guoqu, so it has not risen much. ”

Fei Qian looked at the simple pictures on the ground, frowned and thought, when he set off from Chang'an, he didn't choose to take a detour to Chiyang, and then take the original way, because that road is farther and takes a long time, and now it is closer to take this road, and now it seems that it is close, but it seems that the risk is greater.

"Zilong, what do you think?" Zhao Yun is basically silent, and if he doesn't ask, he probably won't speak.

Zhao Yun pondered for a moment and said: "It is convenient to take the Zhengguoqu Stone Bridge Road in Wannian County, but I'm afraid it is not easy to walk, and it may be better to cross the Qishui......

When Zheng Guoren built Zhengguo Canal, the main purpose at that time was to drag down the pace of Qin people's progress, so they used great manpower and material resources, so several stone bridges built along Zhengguo Canal are also stable and reliable, and they are still used today, but it is precisely like this that has become a problem for Feiqian now.

Continue to go down the Zhengguo Canal, not to mention that the Zhengguo Canal is used as an irrigation canal, and the surrounding area is unobstructed, and the cavalry brigade that follows behind will naturally be aware of its whereabouts from a distance.

Is it Chang'an and others, or Xiliang and others?

If there is no chasing soldier behind, Fei Qian and the others will not be afraid of any move in Wannian County, even if the stone bridge here in Wannian County cannot be crossed, there is still a road to the north ahead, but now that the chasing soldiers are approaching, there is not much space and time left for Fei Qian's party.

Either go to Wannian County, or cross the demented lacquer water, and then take a detour, after all, Fei Qian's party is not a double horse, and sooner or later they will be caught up.

U-turn?

Not a smart move.

Unless the chasing Li Dao is a pure reckless man, with the advantage of one person and two horses, as long as Fei Qian turns around, he will immediately bypass, and wait until the horsepower of Fei Qian and his party is consumed, it is the coming of Fei Qian's nightmare for Fei Qian and others, and at that time there is no place to retreat, and if you are not careful, you will be buried in the Guanzhong!

Zhang Liao had already personally led the scouts back and forth several times, and even fought with the scouts sent by Li Dao, of course, with Zhang Liao's means, these Li Dao's scouts did not get any benefits, and they didn't dare to get too close, otherwise they would have to go cruising nearby.

Therefore, it can only take advantage of the current stall, whether it is crossing Zheng Guoqu or crossing the Fuqishui, you can use the terrain to throw off the chasing soldiers behind for a distance, as long as you are close to Pinyang, you can get rid of Li Dao's pursuit whether you take the outer line to Baishuigou or cross the mountain road back to Sucheng.

The detour is undetouring, even if it is not an extra distance at first, the horsepower consumed during the time of being chased is a problem.

It is even more undesirable to leave people behind, because according to the current situation, the number is not superior, and there is no place to borrow on the terrain......

If only Zhang Sanye was here, as long as he roared, he could run away safely.

Throwing away the unrealistic thoughts, Fei Qian looked at the patterns on the mud floor and thought.

The dark shadow of the mountains in the north can already be seen to some extent, if you can cross the depressing water, you can go directly north to the frequency sun, you can wind in the mountains and hills, hidden in the invisible place. Although Guanzhong is flat, there are still a lot of trees on and below the mountain to the north, and with the shade of these trees, you can basically get out of the scout's sight.

"Go frustrated!" Fei Qian made a decision, "But we need to clean our tails first......"

Cleaning the tail is not a U-turn to fight, but a clean-up of the traces left by the horse's hooves and so on.

Because it flows on the Guanzhong Plain, although the water cuts the land into a ditch, it does not belong to the type of moat, and in some places where the river is relatively slow, it is a place where the river can be crossed.

The water is not very wide, and the river beach is also relatively narrow. Although there is some vegetation, it can't hide the figure of Fei Qian's party, six hundred people and horses, gathered on the river beach, it is extremely conspicuous, which also dispelled Fei Qian's original idea of a slight counterattack.

This kind of terrain is indeed a paradise for cavalry.

No matter what maneuver is done, in this kind of weather, smoke and dust will be produced, which is equivalent to giving the other party an early warning, so it has become a competition on top of the number, although Fei Qian is very confident in Zhang Liao Zhao Yun or the cavalry under his command, but the numerical disadvantage cannot be made up for by confidence.

Now that Li Dao led a large number of cavalry to chase him, although Fei Qian did not know the specific arrangements of Li Dao, he also guessed that the offensive on Hongnong's side was probably enough, otherwise Li Dao's cavalry troops would definitely not be able to be abundant to such an extent.

Therefore, at this time, we must be more cautious and tense our nerves to deal with it, otherwise it will be easy to invest and form a situation of redemption, which will not be very good, after all, Fei Qian feels that these human resources in his hands are still more expensive.

Therefore, perhaps the current retreat makes people feel a little cowardly, but Fei Qian still thinks that it is the right choice, and he can fight for a more advantageous battle, so why fight the other party under the disadvantage?

Nowadays, on this desolate river beach, you can vaguely see some traces left by old wooden piles, and you can also see that there are stone strips picked up by people on the side of the river beach, which should be used as a stepping foot or for tying boats, but now the river beach on both sides is empty, only the non-stop flowing water surrounds Fei Qian and others.

The sky gradually darkened, Zhang Liao waved his hand slightly, and more than a dozen soldiers who were more familiar with the water had already wrapped the ropes made of cowhide around him, and then jumped into the water with all his strength and swam towards the opposite shore.

As long as the tough cowhide rope is pulled on both sides of the river, then the soldiers and horses can cross the river along the cowhide rope, of course, the leather armor or something needs to be unloaded first, tied to the empty water bladder to float over or directly along the cowhide rope to the opposite bank.

Therefore, it is still very tedious to cross the river, and the most important thing is that it must not be attacked at this juncture, otherwise it will be a disaster.

So now all the people are looking around while they are preparing to cross the river.

After a while, Zhao Yun also rushed back with more than two dozen horses, and threw down the branches tied to the back of the horses and threw them into the water, and those branches and leaves slowly floated downstream along the water for a while.

The smoke and dust behind it soon dissipated under the wind blowing on the river, and even if there were some remnants, in the gradually dimming night, they were basically invisible, and the Li Dao troops who followed up, lost the guidance of the smoke and dust, so they had to stop and observe the traces on the ground, and after the leaves and branches were cleared, it would cause certain difficulties to these trackers, and they could buy some time.

Soldiers swam across the river and secured the long cowhide ropes.

Zhang Liao did not hesitate to take the lead with the war horse to lead the vanguard to cross the river, he touched the leather rope, pulled it hard, tried to be firm, then grabbed the leather rope with one hand, held the war horse with the other hand, and went towards the opposite side of the river.

Basically, all mammals are born swimming except for humans, so you don't have to worry too much about war horses, but people need to worry about it......

Well, strictly speaking, in fact, human beings are born just now, but because of the different living environments in which they grew up, there are some changes in this instinct, so some people will, and some people become landlubbers.

Now there is a cowhide rope on the river that can be grasped, which is basically enough for these soldiers, but it is still a big difficulty for Fei Qian.

As the vanguard arrived on the other side, it was Fei Qian's turn......

"Special meow's ......" Fei Qian muttered in a low voice, and just stepped into the water, he felt a burst of coldness, "...... The next march must bring more old ginger ......"

After pulling Piso and walking a few steps forward, the horses and men finally entered the river completely.

The four hooves of the war horse naturally fluttered and swam forward, while Fei Qian tried to keep his head on the water with the help of a cowhide rope, and struggled to dig forward to the dog.

At first, Fei Qian thought that this was nothing, but in fact, he knew that even if the water flow was not large, the force of pulling downstream was not small, if there was no cowhide rope to restrict the fixed direction, it might deviate from the direction along the current, resulting in the inability to successfully land on the opposite bank, and once it was washed away from this section of the slower water flow area, it may be difficult to go ashore again!

Although it's almost summer, the river is constantly washing on your body and face, which still makes people feel a little chilly. The war horse shook his head a little uneasily, Fei Qian grabbed the cowhide rope while rubbing a little bit of the strength of the war horse, and struggled forward, between the rivers, he felt that the sound of the rushing water became the only sound between heaven and earth.

After only half of the swim, with the consumption of strength, Fei Qian felt that his arms and arms began to ache faintly, and the speed of progress couldn't help but slow down......