"Aren't we going out of Chongqing?" Yan Heng asked. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Out! It's just that before leaving Yuguan, I must meet the Yuguan guard and the commander of the Liucheng army! Otherwise, once the enemy army captures Pingzhou, it will be equivalent to completely cutting off our retreat, and at that time, we will really have no way back! ”

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At the same time, the 80,000 soldiers of the allied army of the four feudatories, under the leadership of the Uighur Youxian Wang Nali and Murowei Ullihan, divided into two routes, and marched south from Yancheng and Yutian in Jizhou respectively, and the troops were directed towards Pingzhou Shicheng.

On the other hand, when Li Zhen really came to the front of Jieshi Mountain, his heart couldn't help but gasp again, although its name is Jieshi Mountain, but it is actually composed of more than 100 mountains of all sizes, and its east and west stretch across the land of three counties, the origin of its name is only because there is a huge standing stone on the top of the main peak Sendai, and the word "Jieshi" is written on it.

Before Li Zhen and Gao Biao and others had time to rest, they went straight along the rugged and difficult winding mountain path to the top of Sendai, and the mountains on the east and west sides were suddenly in full view, and the south was the vast East China Sea.

Looking from the top of Sendai, there are five peaks scattered in the east and west, the rest of the peaks are like jade beads, the mountains are stacked on top of each other, out of the dust, in the meantime, the clouds and mist are swirling, the pine forest is dense, although he is in a high place, he still can't see the whole picture, seeing this, Li Zhen can't help frowning, and muttered slightly: "General Xu, according to your experience, if you want to turn over this Jieshi Mountain, how long will it take to cross this Jieshi Mountain at the earliest?" ”

Xu Liang thought for a moment when he heard this, and then replied: "If the weather is good, it will take two or three days for the army to cross this mountain at the earliest, but seeing that the air here is humid and rainy, if this is the case, it is difficult to say, and even five or six days is possible!" If it is a cavalry war horse, this time will have to be extended by a day or two! ”

Li Zhen nodded and said, "Yes!" Jieshi Mountain and Huangzhang Valley, these two places have undoubtedly become a fortified city in the hinterland of Pingzhou, and the enemy only needs to send some crossbowmen to defend it, even if it is difficult for thousands of troops and horses to advance half a step! ”

"Well, but having said that, the thieves don't seem to have any plans to attack Pingzhou these days, I hope we just worry too much!" Gao Yu said softly.

"No, I didn't attack Pingzhou before just because the thieves put all their attention on Youzhou, but now there is a Lushui separation, and it is difficult for the thieves to advance for a while, at this time Pingzhou has undoubtedly become the target of the thieves, and you must not forget, Pingzhou not only has Yuguan, but also a large number of warships, if the enemy goes down by boat......"

Li Zhen didn't finish speaking, but the meaning of his words was self-evident, and once the enemy army had warships, then not only Hebei Province, Henan Province, and even the richest coastal area of Jiangnan Province in the empire would be exposed to the enemy's troops.

"Pingzhou, don't lose it!" Li Zhen repeated again.

After saying that, Li Zhen turned to the three of them and said solemnly: "You immediately return to the camp at this moment, lead the army to deploy along the Jieshi Mountain, and wait for me to see the main general of the Liucheng Army and the Yuguan guard to capture the envoy, and then let the Pingzhou defenders replace, the current situation out of the customs has become secondary, after all, if Pingzhou is lost, we will be equivalent to embarking on a road to death, so before we go out of the customs, we must ensure that the defense of Pingzhou is foolproof!" ”

"I'll go with you, if anything happens along the way......"

Before Gao Biao finished speaking, he saw Li Zhen wave his hand and said, "No, it is enough to have five people in Liu Guan, after all, Pingzhou is still very safe now!" Go down now! ”

"Then I'll stay, after all, I don't know much about arming!" Yan Heng was still a little worried.

"It's because you don't understand that you have to learn more from Brother Qianli and General Xu! Don't say any more, hurry down the mountain! Li Zhen urged.

After hearing this, the three of them turned back the way they came, while Li Zhen and Liu Guan and the other five veterans continued to move forward from the other side.

When descending from the top of Sendai, Li Zhen remembered what Xu Liang had just said, only walking for less than half an hour, but the weather that was originally fine suddenly fell heavy rain, although it only fell for a moment, but it made the already slippery path in the mountain even more difficult, and it took six people a full two hours to stumble and walk down the top of Sendai.

And then in front of Li Zhen and others there are still a few peaks, although not as majestic and tall as the top of Sendai, but its difficulty is not as good as the slightest, after all, there are still some winding mountain paths on the top of Sendai, and as for the other peaks, they are all endless dense pine forests, there is no way to go at all, if it is not for the chance encounter of a medicine picker on the way, Li Zhen and others are afraid that they will not be able to get out of this forest for more than ten days.

Even though the herb pickers have long been accustomed to the mountain environment, they are still walking very cautiously, the pine forests are densely scattered on the ridges, and the fallen leaves that accumulate on the ground all year round are like ubiquitous traps, and the slightest carelessness will slide down the ridges.

"This Ah Lang, dare to ask how long it will take to get out of the mountain?" Liu Guan, who was following the herb picker, asked in embarrassment at this time.

The herb picker is about forty years old, dressed in a coarse linen clothes, with a black scarf tied on his head, only a pair of straw sandals under his feet, high cheeks, a messy green beard under his chin, and his body looks a little thin.

After hearing this, the herb picker smiled and said: "This military marquis, I won't tell you, if you don't meet the villain, you can go down the mountain in ten days and a half months, it is already God's blessing, this time we can go down the mountain before dark!" ”

"Before dark? But it was just midnight when we descended the mountain, and it would take a whole day to descend according to what you said? Zheng Da on the side couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this.

"Hahaha! This military marquis, this is very fast, the villain has been collecting medicine in this mountain for 20 years, and most of the villagers in the village will not come here, just because the nobles in the city need the medicinal materials in other places, so the villain will drill into this mountain for 20 years, almost every three or four days, he will come to visit, and he will not dare to come at all if he changes others! Seeing that these majestic military marquis were so embarrassed today, the medicine picker smiled quite heartily.

"Hehe, this old brother, now that the lives of the six of us are in your hands, I will only listen to your command where to go!" Li Zhen was panting at this time and grinning.

After hearing this, the herb picker said yes again and again, and then couldn't help asking: "A few military marquis, the villain has one more mouth, how did you get here?" I don't know why you're here because your accent is not from Pingzhou? ”

After hearing this, Li Zhen couldn't help but smile and said: "We are under the command of Zhang Envoy Jun of Youzhou, and we have some official business to do in the Liucheng military camp!" ”

"Liucheng military camp?" When the herb picker heard this, he was surprised.

After seeing this, Li Zhen couldn't help asking, "What?" But what's wrong? ”