It's the end of October, and the lunar month of November, known as the winter moon, is beckoning.

The Han army has successfully crossed the river from the Jinsha River section. At that time, what impressed Zhu Gaoxu was that after crossing the river, he climbed a high mountain cliff and looked down on the river scenery, and it seemed to be an aerial painting in front of him.

Between the green mountains, the gray stones, and the brown earth, the pale yellow river meandered, like a reckless serpent abruptly entrenched in it.

As Qu Neng said, following the river upstream, the difference in terrain is getting bigger and bigger, and the water flow is turbulent in many places; If the wind is not in the right direction, it is almost impossible for a wooden boat to swim against the current.

However, in the winding places like "entrenched snakes", the water flow is much more docile, and the river is slightly narrower in the dry season, so even simple boats can cross the river.

Zhu Gaoxu's troops crossed the Jinsha River and continued to trek through the mountain roads, marching east from Jiangbeifu. Soon they successfully occupied Luzhou and other prefectures and counties.

The officers and troops stationed on the opposite bank of Naxi County in Luzhou were short of troops and retreated. The Han army marched east from the west of Luzhou City, and Luzhou City, which was sandwiched between the Tuojiang River and the Yangtze River, directly opened the city gate.

Zhu Gaoxu had a meal with local civilians, warriors and celebrities in an antique restaurant inn called Nanyuan. Zhu Gaoxu was fortunate to drink the Luzhou Laojiao earlier than 1573.

There is also a large boat moored and abandoned on the bank of the river, which was made into a restaurant, which is said to be the most expensive place here, but considering that the official and military sailors may come to sneak attack, the banquet was not chosen there.

According to one official, until the Han king's army came to the city, the officials in the city were still arguing; However, after the arrival of the army, the gates of the city were opened by someone, and the political controversy over whether to surrender or not came to an end. The official who revealed the truth was drunk by a group of people and soon became very drunk.

The small city of Luzhou has a surprisingly large number of wines, and it is said that through the shipping of the Tuojiang River, the wine will be supplied to many places. The soldiers dug up batches of wine tanks hidden in the cellars and sent them to the army to be rewarded; He also bought a lot of pigs and sheep from the nearby market village. Zhu Gaoxu ordered the camps to be repaired for a day, and each battalion took turns to drink and eat meat; The next day, the camp was pulled out and marched to Fushun County (Zigong), where Xue Lu's army was located.

But in the afternoon of the same day, Zhu Gaoxu was in an attic in the South Park when he received a report from the scout in front of him.

Xue Lu had already pulled out of camp yesterday and left Fushun County!

The movement of Xue Lu's army to pull out the camp was very great, not only because he had nearly 100,000 troops, but also because he had requisitioned a large number of people, and the number of soldiers and civilians was difficult to find out. The scouts of the Han army were easily discerning signs that a large number of officers and soldiers were moving away from the ships on the Tuojiang River and moving by land to the northwest.

Qu Neng quickly arrived at the South Park, and at this time, Zhu Gaoxu and the generals were laying out various maps.

"Xue Lujun is going to Yazhou!" Qu Neng didn't care about etiquette, and said this in the first sentence.

Zhu Gaoxu's gaze moved away from the map on the table, and when he raised his head, Qu Neng clenched his fists and bowed: "The last general will meet the King of Han." His face was broadly contoured, a little flattened by the lack of fullness of his forehead, but his face was almost expressionless, a little in contrast to the tone in which he had just spoken.

"Speak closely." Zhu Gaoxu said.

Qu Neng walked to the side of the table and said: "Xue Lujun relied on the rivers in Sichuan, and it was a very convenient way to march with light troops and all baggage by boat. Why did he abandon the ship and switch to the car? ”

Qu Neng glanced at the picture in front of Zhu Gaoxu, and accurately pointed to the curved ink line on it, maybe he had been in Sichuan for so long and commanded the envoy and didn't need the picture at all, at this time it was just to point it out to Zhu Gaoxu.

"King Han, please see, Xue Lu's army moved from Fushun County to the northwest, of course, to Jiading Prefecture (Leshan) first; However, he will not stop in Jiading Prefecture. Otherwise, when our troops catch up, there will inevitably be a big battle; In this case, what is the difference between the battlefield in Fushun or Jiading? Xue Lu didn't have to go through a lot of trouble to transfer out of Fushun County.

Continuing the march from Jiading Prefecture, Xue Lu most likely had two directions, one of which was Chengdu Prefecture; The second is Yazhou. Only in these two places can Xue Lu realize some kind of strategic attempt. ”

Some kind of attempt? Zhu Gaoxu didn't interrupt Qu Neng's discussion, pondered in his heart, and understood a general idea for a while.

Qu Neng continued: "But it seems that Xue Lu's movements show that he is not going to Chengdu either. Otherwise, he could go north along the Tuojiang River; Jingzi County, Jian County (roughly Neijiang, Ziyang), cross Longquan Mountain, and arrive at Jintang, a suburb of Chengdu. In this way, the officers and soldiers did not need to get off the ship, and the army was very convenient to reach Chengdu Prefecture. ”

"Insightful." Zhu Gaoxu immediately nodded.

Then the only remaining option is Yazhou (Ya'an), Zhu Gaoxu muttered, "Mu Sheng has arrived in Yazhou?" ”

Mu Shengjun and Han Wangjun are divided into east and west roads, and the mountains and rivers in the middle are blocked by mountains and rivers, and there is no direct traffic at all; Before Mu Sheng's army arrived in Sichuan, the two sides could only achieve contact through the Wusada Luzhou Road for more than 1,000 miles, then cross Yunnan Province, and then go north to Lingguan Road. So far, Zhu Gaoxu has not received news from Mu Sheng.

Qu Neng said: "I'm afraid that's exactly the case. ”

Zhu Gaoxu was silent for a while. According to Qu Neng's judgment and Zhu Gaoxu's approval, Xue Lu's intentions have gradually surfaced...... Xue Lu probably wanted to destroy Mu Sheng all the way with absolute superiority, and then return to the division to deal with the main force of the Han Dynasty.

Mu Sheng's army has 17,000 Yunnan sergeants, and some surrendered troops may have been accepted through the Lingguan Road, and it is not clear how many troops there are now; But Mu Shengjun must be the weakest road of the Han Wangjun, and it is the easiest to eat.

And once Mu Sheng's army is destroyed, the families of the generals in Yunnan will have no last way to retreat! If Sheng Yong's peace in Yunnan could not stop Gu Cheng and Zhang Fu's attack, Zhu Gaoxu, Mu Sheng, and even the families of all the soldiers and soldiers might fall into the hands of the officials and soldiers.

However, when Zhu Gaoxu was in Kunming, he had already discussed the strategy with the generals, and the two armies met near Yazhou.

Now that the military situation has changed, the main force of Xue Lu's army is marching towards Yazhou, so the battle must be carried out in Yazhou?

Zhu Gaoxu had a strong intuition that Xue Lu hoped that the war would be fought in Yazhou...... After all, that's how Xue Lu started to do it. What is there in that place?

Suddenly, Zhu Gaoxu thought of the literary building in the imperial city in a trance, and Jin Zhong and Guo Zi eagerly hoped that Zhu Gaoxu would go there. What exactly is Wenlou? Zhu Gaoxu still hasn't figured it out.

There seems to be no connection between these two events, at least logically Zhu Gaoxu can't find a connection. But he just thought of it all of a sudden, and there was no reason for it.

Zhu Gaoxu was silent for a long time, and then said: "I said that I will pull out the camp and march north tomorrow, if it is not necessary, it is best not to change the military order." But many of the soldiers have drunk wine to-day, and they will camp tomorrow after sunrise. At the fifth watch, you will come here, and I will talk about the direction of the march. ”

The generals clasped their fists and said: "The last general will wait for the order!" ”

Everyone said goodbye and left, and Zhu Gaoxu also needed time to think about some things, the first thing he thought about was what is the wonderful connection between Yazhou and the Imperial Palace Building? He quickly thought of at least a little relationship: Guo Zi was in Wenlou at the beginning, and now he is also in Sichuan.

The sun is gradually going down from the west side of the city, and this restaurant inn called South Park is not only expensive to eat and lodging, but also has a quiet environment and beautiful architecture. Of course, now Zhu Gaoxu and others are eating and living for nothing.

Zhu Gaoxu paced in the comfort of the garden, and he could hear the birds. Even in the cold winter season, there are birds in this area, probably small birds such as sparrows.

Miao Jin walked over from a wooden building. Zhu Gaoxu greeted her casually and said, "I have something to do tonight, Miaojin asked the people in the restaurant to send some food, and I can have dinner by myself." ”

"When is King Han okay?" Miaojin's voice said.

Zhu Gaoxu looked up at her, smiled bitterly, and suddenly asked, "Miaojin thinks that the decision I made was more right or wrong?" ”

The wonderful brocade surface has a difficult color. It seems that this question is a bit difficult to answer, after all, what are the standards for right and wrong, black and white, from another point of view, the same thing may be completely different from right and wrong.

After a while, she spoke: "Most of the little things that King Han did made sense. You are not just a martial artist, you must have read a lot of books and understand a lot of things, otherwise you can't write so beautifully. But after all, you're still young, and there are too many things to confuse you. ”

"I'm still young?" Zhu Gaoxu blurted out. He said to himself, why is it just a small thing, what is a small thing, what is a big thing?

Miao Jin seemed to sense the subtle displeasure in Gao Xu's rhetorical question, after all, most people in this world like to pretend to be sophisticated. She immediately said: "I lost my words, and the king of Han forgives me." ”

"It's okay." Zhu Gaoxu also hurriedly responded, and he asked again, "If I were just a martial artist, what kind of person would I be?" ”

Miao Jin tilted his head slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Maybe my statement is not right, but many soldiers do not read, do not meditate, and there are not a few illiterate people; It's the same as all the people in the world, I should say most of the world.

It's nothing more than following his own wishes, or the wishes of his relatives and friends in the world, and he doesn't dare to have the slightest doubt, so he lives in a state of confusion. Young sons, good voices and horses, want to have a good wife, concubines, children and family business. If you have this, you will be satisfied. ”

"People shouldn't be like that?" Zhu Gaoxu wondered.

Miaojin's beautiful eyes looked at Zhu Gaoxu very brightly: "Decades later, what is the use of these?" Is it for the sake of lust that people are in the world? ”

Zhu Gaoxu couldn't answer, he thought that Miaojin becoming a Taoist priest was an expedient measure, but she suddenly talked about philosophical questions such as the meaning of life, how could Zhu Gaoxu explain clearly? Maybe life is meaningless, even for all of humanity.

He thought for a while and said, "Maybe in Miaojin's eyes, I'm just a slave driven by desire." ”

Miao Jin shook her head and said, "After all, I'm still too young, and I can't hold my ...... sometimes" Speaking of this, her face blushed slightly.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "It's not that simple, the Han Palace, and all the people close to me, they are very innocent. This thing is sometimes full of violence and barbarism. ”

Miao Jin said softly: "Therefore, I only said it once in Wushan Taoyuan, and after that, I never dissuaded the King of Han from raising troops." ”

…… Still too young after all? Zhu Gaoxu silently recited this sentence, and couldn't help but continue to ponder: What bad water is hidden in Guo Zi's old fritters and stomach? .