Walking through the fog in the early morning, you can still feel the cold air even in summer. Somehow, the birds in the woods were startled, and they jumped out of the treetops, and flew away like mid-air with a "quack". Guo Shao couldn't help but look sideways, only to see a black dot gradually disappearing into the dust and mist. Then there was silence all around, save for the small sound of tinkling metal and the sound of Suosuo's footsteps.

Looking back before and after, a long line of people and horses walked slowly forward in a single line, with no head in sight and no tail in sight. As soon as the sky was dark, the people nearby did not say a word, and walked silently; Rao started preparing in the early hours of the morning, and it was almost dawn after departure. Although the road in front of him is also a small road, he can still ride a horse slowly, Guo Shao is on a horse, and there is a personal soldier leading the horse in front.

Guo Shao knocked on the trees on the hillside of the road from time to time, and occasionally found that the trunk of the tree had a fork-shaped mark cut by a knife and axe, which was made by the scout before, so that the army forward could find out in time when he led the way and took the wrong road; Fortunately during the day, the person leading the way has taken this road several times, and it should not be wrong, but the prevention is that the light is not good at night, and the surrounding terrain and scenery cannot be used as a reference, and it is very likely to go the wrong way. This road has not been opened and repaired by the official post road, it is a combination of some natural paths, and there are often forks in the winds and turns, which are not as good as Shu Road.

It was indeed a risky action, but Guo Shao couldn't feel scared directly, probably because a large group of people were together, and it was easy to paralyze the nerves when there were too many people. He felt that people were easily influenced by the people around them.

The road was narrow and a little slow, and the army set off before dawn and walked until the west mountain at dusk before reaching the white water road. Baishui Road is sixty miles away from Guzhen, that is, everyone walks all day without stopping. The front stopped one after another, and everyone began to drink cold water and eat wheat cakes. After eating, continue on the road, do not camp or rest...... According to the original battle plan, it was necessary to run more than ninety miles in one go, and only after reaching Shu Dao could it stop.

This section of the White Water Road is difficult to walk, there is a long section of the road that winds up the hill halfway up the hill, and no one has paid for the construction of guardrails. If you don't pay attention and fall down the mountain, I'm afraid you will probably fall to your death. Guo Shao didn't dare to ride a horse anymore, so he asked someone to lead the horse, and he walked carefully.

Everyone began to light torches, some took tung oil and stuffed grass in bamboo tubes, and some directly made pine branches to ignite. The road was really difficult to walk, and in order to march overnight, I had to ignore any concealment. Guo Shao had a thought in his heart, the world's martial arts are only fast and unbreakable, even if the Shu army knows that I want to intercept their retreat, they can only be in a hurry if they can't catch up.

Walking a hundred miles from the rugged path day and night was beyond Guo Shao's knowledge of the ancient army. But at the moment, it seems that there is nothing wrong with his own troops...... Everyone walked slowly, and they didn't say much, and some people may have blistered on their feet, but they seem to be able to endure it.

The strength of the professional elite soldiers who have been fighting for a long time is very easy to use, although it is difficult to control and often causes pressure on the superiors...... There is no need for any theory, guidance and belief, as long as the soldiers are not born scoundrels, the good family knows that the vast majority of people in this era can only eat bran vegetables, and they have to be strong to survive if they are full. After walking all day, Guo Shao gradually became aware of his thoughts, and everyone was fighting for thousands of miles with their heads in their hands, just to seek military merit and wealth.

Their own private affairs cannot be private affairs, at least for a small number of generals, their interests are at stake; If Guo Shao loses his future, Yang Biao and other generals will have to be aggrieved. This is also the reason why everyone heard that Guo Shao was promoted, and they were also happy, it shouldn't be to pretend to be a sycophant...... In this world, human life is not valuable, and the soldiers who want to climb the wall frantically in Fengzhou City are fighting for an opportunity to be appreciated by the above.

In the middle of the night that night, the army finally arrived at the Shu Road Road.

Guo Shao himself was already yawning, and he was dozing off when he was standing. The torches around are bright, and there are many bonfires burning up and down the hillsides on both sides; It was busy on all sides, and the Li Chuyun Division, where the forward arrived, was building fortifications overnight.

Guo Shao turned over and got on the horse, went to the front to find Li Chuyun, and asked a few questions. Li Chuyun said: "Both the north and the south have sent scouts out, and they haven't come back yet. ”

"Just build a fence, soldiers need to store up their spirit to fight. He ordered all the officers and men not to disarm and rest on the spot. Guo Shao said.

The generals and the sergeants went down with the orders, and everyone lay down on the mud on the ground, and for a time there were people lying all over the mountains, as if they had just experienced a great battle. I didn't sleep well last night, and I continued until the middle of the night today, and everyone was so tired...... Walking a hundred miles with a load in a row, anyway, Guo Shao has walked ten miles at most in modern society, and he can make his legs sore.

Guo Shao sat next to a fire, dozed off for a while, and was in a daze for an unknown amount of time, when he was woken up.

When he opened his eyes, the sky was still dark, and the night was dotted with countless stars. Luo Yanhuan said: "A few people have come back from the north and south, and there is no Shu army within ten miles before and after; The rest of the scouts continued to search into the distance. ”

Early the next morning, there was still no movement, and the Zhou army built some thatched houses in the open area of Shu Road and began to deploy troops.

Everyone doesn't have to raise the fire to cook, they only eat dry food, salt, and drink river water, and they don't even have hot water, because they don't bring a pot. A large number of men and horses sat in their respective camps to bask in the sun, and the commanders successively carried wooden barrels to the Jialing River to fetch water. Although this Shu Road is not easy to walk, it is a natural route to march, there are rivers along the way, and the water source does not need to be considered at all.

At this moment, several horseback riders ran over from the main road to the north, looked directly at the flag of the Chinese army, and ran to Guo Shao before dismounting. A sergeant clenched his fists and said: "A small force of Shu troops was found about twenty miles to the north, no more than three hundred; We touched through the mountains and forests on the flank, and found a large number of people and horses of the Shu army thirty miles away, and it was not bright at that time, so I couldn't see clearly, but there may be thousands of people looking at the torches. ”

Guo Shao listened and the generals looked at each other. After a little calculation, the Baishui Trail, which the Shu army might have known as early as the afternoon before yesterday, had traveled a total of fifty miles from the afternoon of the day before yesterday to the present, and the main force of their reinforcements to the south had traveled a total of fifty miles......

Guo Shao stood up and looked at the terrain on all sides. Shu Road and Jialing River extend to the northeast together, and the Jialing River is urgent; The terrain on the other side of the river is relatively gentle. The northwest side of this side is full of mountains.

He immediately said: "Divide into two commands to hold this place and block possible reinforcements from the direction of Xingzhou; Scouts look along the river for possible places to cross the river. The main force approached the Shu army head-on in the northeast. After that, he looked at Li Chuyun.

Li Chuyun said: "This is very appropriate. ”

The armies received military orders one after another, and began to assemble in sequence and continue to march. Now the road was much wider, and the army was still arranged in four columns, with scattered cavalry and a large number of infantry in the rear.

Advancing until noon, the scouts reported again, and both Shu armies turned around and retreated north. Guo Shao didn't make any changes, and everyone continued to advance along the road. Luo Yanhuan said: "This time, I see where they can go, go over Qingniling to Cheng and Feng territory?" The army burst into laughter.

Along the way, the camp where the Shu army had been stationed, some iron pots and sundries were thrown on the side of the road, and the soldiers of the Zhou army picked them up along the way and prepared to use them to boil hot water to drink. According to people's life experience, drinking too much raw water is easy to spoil the stomach, and if you can boil it, you are generally willing to raise the fire and boil the water.

Towards evening, the Shu army was still nowhere to be seen. There may be some rangers ahead, but they have long been dispersed by the scouts in front of the Zhou army, and Guo Shao in the army has not seen a single Shu soldier.

Guo Shao and Li Chuyun rode forward, chose a wide place, and ordered all departments to build a fence and build a camp after they arrived. If you walk for half a day tomorrow, you won't be in a hurry, and you should definitely start a war with the Shu army. Because the Shu army had no way to go, they could only fight behind Qingniling.

The soldiers all understood that the time for battle was coming, and in the evening of that day, they saw many people wiping their swords and guns, checking their bows and arrows, and the atmosphere before the battle. I walked 200 miles in a few days, just to fight this one.