Starting from Xuzhou City to Yecheng, where Yuan Shao is located, there are theoretically 3 routes. The nearest of these is to cross the Yellow River along Surabaya into Puyang and arrive at Yecheng, but not to mention that most of the places on this road are within Cao Cao's sphere of influence, at this time Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are actually on the same footing and there will be a big war at any time, even if we can reach the Yellow River safely, it will not be able to cross because of the strict blockade of the two armies, so this line obviously cannot be used.

The second route, which was much safer in comparison, was to go out of the East China Sea by sea, enter Jieshi through Penglai and land into Yuan Shao's sphere of influence, and then go south to Yecheng. However, although this route will not be interfered with by foreign forces, the sea route itself is full of dangers, not to mention such a large circle of winding, and when we arrive at Yecheng, I am afraid that Xuzhou has already been broken by Cao Cao, so this road is obviously not advisable.

In view of the fact that the first two routes were either too dangerous or too time-consuming, Sun Qian and Chen Deng finally chose a compromise route.

"Gongyou, further forward is Mount Tai, forgive Guan is responsible, and I can't continue to send each other."

Outside Yangcheng, a group of people stopped at an intersection, which was not far from Mount Tai. At this time, a general in green clothes and green robes among the people hugged his fists and said goodbye to the rest of the people, and there were no more or no less people who were worshiped and there were exactly five people, who were Sun Qian, Liu Mingyi and others who sent Yuan Shao this time.

"Yun Chang and go, the safety of Xiapi City still depends on the general's guard, and Sun will not fail in his mission if he goes."

Sun Gan also hugged his fists and bowed, and then he turned his horse's head and took the lead in marching towards Mount Tai, and the other four people saw that Sun Gan had already moved, and hurriedly turned their horses to follow, and the green robe turned around and galloped towards the way they came.

That's right, in the end, the road Sun Qian and the others chose was not elsewhere, it was the route of leaving Yang City, crossing Mount Tai, and entering Beihai to bypass Qingzhou. This route was a little farther than taking Surabaya, but it did not have to cross Cao Cao's sphere of influence, and it was more of a bandit than taking the sea route, but in any case, this route was their only choice.

"Mr. Sun, Mr. Sun!"

He didn't go far before Jin Ming caught up with Sun Gan, who obviously had something to say.

"What's the matter?"

Sun Qian slowed down his horse, and he asked with a smile.

"Mr. Sun can know that this land of Mount Tai is really a dangerous situation."

Jin Ming saw that Sun Qian slowed down the speed of the horse, and hurriedly said alongside him, his voice attracted the attention of the rest of the people, and Liu Mingyi and the others also accelerated to catch up with the two.

"This Mount Tai since the Yellow Turban Uprising, has been occupied by a group of thieves, I often heard people mention when I fell into the grass, said that this Mount Tai thieves are different from other thieves, never oppress the people, good at robbing the rich and helping the poor, it is in Mount Tai everywhere to form a village, the largest of which is the total village, the total village has a Juyi Hall, on weekdays, the owners of each village handle affairs in their respective villages, but every time there is a major event, the owners of each village will gather in the Hall of Righteousness to discuss, as if it is a country of its own. At that time, all the heroes were devoted to this, if it wasn't for Cao Cao's conquest of me, I'm afraid I would have already taken people to Mount Tai by now. ”

Jin Ming said, talking about his past experience for Kou he did not hide, this made everyone feel relieved, and admired his downfall, but obviously Jin Ming's words have not been finished, "But then I heard that after the death of the old village owner Yang Hong, the position of the owner of the village fell into the hands of Zang Ba halfway up the mountain, this Zang Ba is willful and brave, brutal and very, Taishan thief Kou under his leadership has gradually changed his character, and started to kill people and goods, and the people around Mount Tai are panicked all day long, when Tao Qian was in power, There have been several times to send the officers and troops to encircle and suppress but each time they were defeated and returned, this back and forth, but let Zang Ba's name be more prosperous, and now there is a proverb 'If you pass Mount Tai, Mao does not exist', we are afraid that this time through Mount Tai Road into Beihai County is also more auspicious! ”

Jin Ming said this, including Liu Mingyi, he was shocked into a cold sweat, and when he looked at Mount Tai again, he felt that the mountains were vast, but they invisibly exuded a rolling evil spirit.

"Hahaha!"

Unexpectedly, Sun Gan reacted differently from everyone, he laughed when he heard Jin Ming say it, and everyone looked at him silently when they were puzzled.

"Jin Ming, everyone, don't be intimidated by the rumors of this Taishan thief. In fact, I've dealt with them before. ”

Sun Gan saw that everyone didn't speak, and explained after laughing.

Ah, it was obvious that Sun Gan's explanation was too unexpected, and everyone showed surprised expressions after hearing it.

"Mr. Gongyou, when did you cross paths with these thieves?"

This time it was Liu Mingyi's turn to ask, obviously he was still a little skeptical of Sun Gan's statement.

"A few years ago, Beihai Kongrong was besieged by the Yellow Turban remnant Guan Hai, when the lord saw that the Yellow Turban thieves were powerful, he first borrowed troops from Gongsun Zhan, and then united with Taishan Zangba, which defeated Guan Hai in one fell swoop, and guess who sent Zang Ba at that time?"

In the face of Liu Mingyi's questioning, Sun Gan didn't care, he said slowly, but in the end, he left everyone with a question.

"I don't know, sir, please."

Liu Mingyi and the others naturally didn't know what to do, so they continued to ask.

"Haha, it was I who sent Taishan to join them in the army at that time, so I not only had a relationship with Zang Ba, but also knew that this rumor in the outside world did not match the reality. Zang Ba this person, Ren Xia is brave, yes, but it is very good to the mountain people within the sphere of influence, although he has repeatedly broken through the county government, but the plundered grain is distributed to the people, and later under the mediation of the lord, Zang Ba also once reached a reconciliation with Tao Xuzhou, so this time the Taishan Road seems to be dangerous, but in fact no one will embarrass us. ”

Sun Gan's explanation relieved everyone, and now they were not worried about this trip to Mount Tai, but Liu Mingyi found that when Zheng Wei heard Sun Gan mention the reconciliation between Zang Ba and Tao Qian, his eyes were a little dazed for some reason, but he didn't think too much, and left this matter behind him in a blink of an eye.

After this little episode, everyone no longer talked and concentrated on the road, and Liu Mingyi also enjoyed the scenery along the way with nothing to do.

The closer to Mount Tai, the more lush the surrounding trees become, just a moment's effort, just now the fertile fields and plains that surrounded everyone disappeared, the population here is very sparse, Liu Mingyi can't help but think about whether they will sleep in this mountain forest after nightfall. To be honest, this made Liu Mingyi still feel a little hairy in his heart, after all, since he came to this world, he was either in the city or in the barracks, and he really had never been so close to nature.

The sky soon darkened, Liu Mingyi and they stopped for the last time to eat dry food only to find that at this moment they had entered the Taishan Mountain Road, and the next many distances were estimated to be only dismounted and walked, after all, it was a little dangerous to ride on a horse. So the people dismounted, and led their horses along the rugged mountain road, until the moon gradually hung in the air.

"Defu, Deguang, let's rest here tonight!"

Finally, Sun Gan, the head of the group, spoke, and everyone stopped and began to look around for a calmer place to rest.

"Big brother, I want to talk to you!"

Taking advantage of the opportunity for everyone to disperse and find a place to rest, Liu Mingyi followed Lu Ke and stopped him, and he finally had the opportunity to stay alone with Lu Ke.