Chapter 224: Crossing the Dabie Mountain

Jiangdong is not not concerned, but can't take care of it, Sun Quan's troops are now stretched, Liu Yong estimates that the total number of troops will not exceed 150,000 at most, and they have to divide troops to defend Yangzhou and Poyang, in addition to Jian'an and other places in the south, Shanyue and other natives continue to make trouble, they also have to send troops to clear up, it can be said that this time it is quite powerful to raise 50,000 troops alone for Zhou Tai and Cheng Pu to come to fight against Jingzhou. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Zhou Tai has already been defeated, if Cheng Pu is defeated again, I am afraid that Jiangdong will soon set off a big storm, and the slightest carelessness will be the beginning of the collapse of the Jiangdong Sun family.

Dabie Mountain, in later generations, is a household name, nothing more than the feat of Liu and Deng's army marching thousands of miles into Dabie Mountain. And Dabie Mountain is really famous because it began with the first geographical work in China, "Shangshu? Yu Gong", called Dabie.

Dabie Mountain has unique geographical conditions and cultural origins, Dabie Mountain Range stretches for hundreds of miles, is the watershed of the Yangtze River and the Huai River, the water at the southern foot of the mountain flows into the Yangtze River, and the water at the northern foot flows into the Huai River, so the climate and environment in the north and south of Dabie Mountain are completely different, and the plants are also very different. Legend has it that Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty passed through Dabie Mountain when he sacrificed to Gu Nanyue Tianzhu Mountain, when he climbed the main peak of Dabie Mountain, he watched the scenery of the north and south sides and couldn't help but sigh: "The south of the mountain is full of flowers, the north of the mountain is snowy, and the big fruit of this mountain is different from other mountains!" Sima Qian, a great historian who accompanied him, recorded it, and Dabie Mountain became famous.

The Dabie Mountains have a high terrain and developed water systems on the north and south sides, which flow into the Yangtze River and the Huai River respectively. Ba River, Qi River, Xishui, Jushui, Dawu River, Lishui, Zhugan River, Huang River, Guan River, Shi River, etc., can be described as a hundred water runoff, but also created the complex topographic environment of Dabie Mountain. The mountains are steep, and the mountains and valleys are densely packed, and many areas are basically off-limits to humans during this era.

Gao Ran led the team all the way, and looked for the local hunters who were familiar with the terrain as guides, all the way to the south, after passing through Lou County, the terrain immediately changed a lot, fortunately there were local hunters personally led the way so that the army would not get lost, and all the way over the mountains and mountains until the Zhugan River. Due to the complex terrain, although the army was dressed and slow, the number of non-commissioned officers was reduced, and more than 1,000 people were accidentally injured by falling off a cliff or being bitten by poisonous insects.

Gao Ran couldn't help but be a little frustrated when he saw such a scene. Called the guide to inquire, only to know that it would take two more days to walk south here to reach Tianzhu Mountain, a famous mountain in Dabie Mountain, Gao Ran was immediately furious, and asked the guide why he brought the army to such a steep place.

The guide immediately begged for mercy: "The general is angry, it's not that the villain deliberately misleads the general, but that Dabie Mountain is too difficult to walk, and if you want to cross it safely, it can be said that it is difficult to climb to the sky, and this road is already an extremely safe road." Twenty miles ahead of the east over two mountains, you can reach Longshu County, and then from Longshu County to the south through a mountain road, you can pass through the Dabie Mountain. There is a river named Wanshui in the south of Shannan, which can go directly to Anhui County if you go down the river. ”

"Is that true?" Gao Ran also knew that it was difficult to travel in the mountains, and he deliberately scared just now, but he didn't expect that the head of the Orion was the way, and he couldn't jump out of the problem.

Orion kowtowed: "How dare the little one deceive the general, what Fang just said is true. These are all probed by the ancestors of the village through the blood and tears of countless people, and the villain has never been there in person, but according to the predecessors, there is no mistake in what the villain said. ”

Gao Ran saw that it was really difficult to do, so he let the sergeants camp and let the army rest. Send a sturdy sergeant scout to explore the way, and wait until the results are found before marching. There were already sergeants out hunting, the mountains and ravines were deep, the species were abundant, and the hunting was quite fruitful, and soon, a plate of bear meat was delivered to Gao Ran. And Orion is also very attentive, handling the bear's bile and bear's paws and other valuables and sending them to the high place. This kind of good thing is naturally hard to find, he immediately put it away, and prepared to send someone to Liu Yong after going south to Anhui County, maybe it will be a great benefit in exchange for his future.

Three days later, just when Gao Ran and others were anxious, the scout captain sent out came back to report, and sure enough, as the hunter said, there is a county called Longshu County outside the two mountains to the east, and it can go directly to the ridge to the south, and there is indeed a river named Wanshui in the south of the mountain, but because of the steep mountain, there are very few people who really cross the mountain.

Gao Ran was sure of his heart, and he could set off and finally arrived in Longshu County in five days. Longshu County is a small county in the mountains, and the county is actually a mountain king, and he is a powerful and blessed soil emperor on weekdays, and he thought that there would be such an army of tens of thousands of troops arriving in Longshu County one day, and he was frightened at that time.

Gao Ran heard about this person and did a lot, and directly pushed people to behead people in many places in the city to show the public, and the people in the city worshipped. said that he was willing to submit to Liu Yong's rule from now on. Gao Ran asked everyone to nominate a virtuous person as the county leader, and everyone pushed out a Confucian scholar who was not confused about the age to come forward, Gao Ran had already asked, it turned out to be a Lu Kang clan who had been fighting against Yuan Shu in Lujiang for two consecutive years, named Lu Fang, because Lu Kang led a team of clansmen to go through hardships and dangers when the city was broken, and crossed the Dabie Mountain to settle in this city, and his reputation was not low.

When Lu Fang heard that the army was going to attack Anhui County, he immediately found dozens of sons and nephews in his family, who were willing to lead the team to climb the mountain along the road they had come to that year, and wrote a letter to send them to another Lu clan in Wu County, Jiangdong, calling them to join the army to serve.

Gao Ran didn't expect how much benefit this Lu Fang in front of him would bring him, at this time he only knew that there was really hope that he would cross Dabie Mountain safely.

Under the example of the Lu family, there were more than 300 people in the small mountain city who were willing to join the army to serve their lives, Gao Ran immediately accepted it, and after the army rested for a night, he let the Lu family lead the way to the south.

It is still late summer and early autumn, but there are already chills in Shanbei, especially at night, and the sergeants are a little unbearable.

Lu Fang gave Gao Ran a simple map, at the ridge, there is a narrow mountain road, only two horses can walk together, both sides are strange rocks, forming a hidden path that is not known to outsiders, called the Stone Road. After Gao Ran arrived at the stone road, he was amazed by the wonders here, if it hadn't been found out that there was no danger, he almost thought that the Lu family was a spy sent by Jiangdong or Cao Cao, and wanted to bring him here to ambush.

After passing the stone road all the way, Shannan immediately warmed up, making everyone feel amazing, Dabie Mountain, really lived up to its name.

It was much easier to walk further south, Gao Ran immediately sent someone to contact Shamoke who was in Songzi, and led the army along the Anhui River through Guiche and Shiting, and reached the city of Wanxian with Shamoke in the middle of the night three days later.

Note: This chapter may make Ran feel like it's really a pile of words, in fact, Qing Xuan doesn't want to write these, but for the needs of the plot, it has to be like this, and it's much better later, not only to lead to Lu Xun, but also to leave an introduction for the rest of the text, please understand.