On November 10, the main force of Li Wen's department went out of Dasanguan and entered the Chencang Ancient Road, and on November 11, Du Tong's department went south to Tianshui and entered the Qishan Ancient Road to begin the march.

It was not until November 12 that Li Ruzhang's troops arrived in Meixian County, and at this moment, Liu Guangguo, the governor of Shaanxi, was already anxious like an ant on a hot pot, and he couldn't wait to urge Li Ruzhang's troops in person.

Liu Guangguo spared no effort in order to recover Hanzhong more quickly and relieve the crisis situation in Shaanxi, and it happened that Tan Xisi, the governor of Sichuan, was taking refuge in Xi'an, so he temporarily entrusted the affairs of Xi'an to Tan Xisi, and he ran everywhere to raise food for Li Ruzhang, and almost searched all the places he could go.

Many local officials said with red eyes that Futai is good, you can't take it anymore, otherwise it will be dangerous, and we won't have anything to eat......

But Liu Guangguo insisted on taking it, saying that if Hanzhong didn't get it back, everyone would starve to death sooner or later, and the difference between starving to death earlier and starving to death later was just that, what else do you want this grain for?

So soon, Liu Guangguo got his 30,000 soldiers and horses for Li Ruzhang to use grain and grass for two months, and also sent people to explore the way to collect intelligence in the Baoxie Valley Road in advance, help store grain, facilitate Li Ruzhang's march, and did almost everything he could.

As a result, Li Ruzhang actually said again and again that he had encountered dangers on the road, and he had originally stipulated that he would arrive in Meixian County on November 8, but Li Ruzhang postponed it for four days.

Liu Guangguo sent six waves of men and horses to urge Li Ruzhang to speed up the march, and he was about to go into battle by himself, but Li Ruzhang still went his own way, didn't care about Liu Guangguo at all, and went his own way, not taking his urging seriously at all.

So Liu Guangguo's annoyance is conceivable.

As soon as Li Ruzhang came, Liu Guangguo was very annoyed and scolded angrily.

"The Governor has asked you to arrive at Meixian on the eighth day of the 11th month and start the march! But it's November 12th! You're four days late! When it comes to military law, what should you do with yourself? ”

Li Ruzhang didn't seem to take Liu Guangguo's angry scolding as a thing at all.

"It's raining, the roads are muddy and slippery, most of our troops are cavalry, the horses are slow to walk, if they go fast, the horses fall down at every turn, not to mention the loss of the horses, but also the loss of soldiers, a hundred battles of elite soldiers, Futai thinks how to make up for it?"

Liu Guangguo was very angry and said angrily: "I will punish your sins!" ”

Li Ruzhang sneered: "How can Liu Futai cure my crimes?" Are you the governor of Yansui? Or Governor Lee? What authority do you have over me? ”

Liu Guangguo was stunned, and his face turned red.

Liu Guangguo is the governor of Shaanxi, and according to the establishment, he really can't control Li Ruzhang, let alone Li Ruzhang, who was directly subordinate to Li Wen, the governor of the trilateral during the war, and only Li Wen can dispose of Li Ruzhang, and Liu Guangguo has no power.

"You...... You...... I'm going to impeach you! I'm going to ask Governor Lee to impeach you! ”

Li Ruzhang said indifferently: "Please!" However, if Futai wants to impeach me, I am afraid that the people will be panicked and the morale of the army will be unstable, and whether the army will be able to march according to the governor's requirements at that time, then there will be no guarantee. ”

In the face of Li Ruzhang's naked contempt and disrespect, Liu Guangguo was angry, but he couldn't do anything with Li Ruzhang, and the recovery of Hanzhong had to rely on the cooperation of his troops and horses, otherwise, the court would blame him, and his duty as a governor of the lost land would not be able to escape in the first place.

"You...... If you can't march according to the Governor's orders! I'm going to impeach you! Hurry up! Make no mistake! ”

Liu Guangguo is only not cowardly, but in fact he has already admitted it, a good man does not suffer immediate losses, and when he is using troops now, he does not need to get along with a military general here, otherwise he will have to take advantage of his own political future.

If you want to take revenge on him, you have to wait until you recapture Hanzhong to ensure your safety.

Li Ruzhang sneered, beckoned the army to gather the grain and grass, and then ordered Juniper to lead the men and horses to be the vanguard to open the road first, and he led the main force from the mouth of the sloping valley in the south of Meixian County into the sloping valley and stepped on the slope road.

But speed......

From the morning to the evening, only two-thirds of the horses walked into the slope road, and it seemed that people were sleepy and tired and couldn't walk at all, so Liu Guangguo was angry and went back to Meixian County to sleep.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Li Ruzhang didn't care, he walked slowly, and he was not in a hurry, but he had to say that this road was really fucking difficult, not to mention that the road was narrow and rugged, and it was a little slippery, and it was very difficult to walk, especially the war horse, more than a dozen people slipped and fell after walking for more than a day, and finally Li Ruzhang simply ordered the whole army to dismount and walk.

He almost slipped himself.

Juniper also sent news from the front, saying that two soldiers had broken their arms, and that a horse was handsome and had died and was to be sent back.

This is just the beginning of the march and there is damage to it, or is it not war damage, and if it waits for the destination, how much more will it lose?

These people are all his family background, he has not purposefully imagined that if Xiao Ruxun has achieved the general trend, he will have a status with the Yulin Army to take refuge in the past, if he is just himself, Xiao Ruxun will look at Li Rusong's face at most and give a general soldier, or the kind that does not have much real power.

But if you take the whole army to take refuge, then the meaning is different.

The army is the foundation of their own existence, which the children of the Li family know well, and they are taught by their father Li Chengliang clearly.

So he walked very slowly, slowly, and cared a lot about his men.

Of course, in this way, even if he is dedicated to the country, it is difficult to go fast.

This situation also happened to the main force led by Li Wen himself, he entered the Chencang Ancient Road a few days earlier than Li Ruzhang, and it was okay to walk for a while, but after a day, the road began to become difficult to walk, and it was difficult for people to pass, not to mention those heavy carriages and horses.

It may be easier for one person and one caravan to get through, but it is much more difficult for a large army.

In some places, the road is very narrow, it is extremely difficult for cars and horses to pass, the oxen and horses do not move, and several people need to push together to push, and some places are in disrepair, and they are worried when they pass, for fear that one will die if they accidentally fall somewhere.

He understood why Cao Wei had been passively defending and unable to organize a very effective attack with ten times the national strength of Shu Han back then.

Not only is it his own natural disasters and man-made disasters, coup d'état and mutiny do not stop, not only the emperor's ministers are scolding each other, the outer court and the inner palace are restless, not only is there Xianbei in the north, there is Gongsun in the northeast, and Sun Quan in the southeast has been making trouble-

The most important thing is!

The road to the Qinling Mountains is really too difficult to walk......

Shu Road is difficult, it is difficult to go to the sky, Li Taibai doesn't deceive me, don't deceive me!

Li Wen looked at the army marching at the speed of a turtle, and felt that he finally understood what Cao Zhen's mood was when he was trapped in the Meridian Valley.

I can't move forward, and I am unwilling to retreat, so that every day should not be called the earth and the earth is not spiritual, and the soldiers are tired and tired, and they fall to death......

How can this battle be fought?

This Shu Dao Rao is to the present, to the Ming Dynasty, after the Tang, Song and Yuan dynasties repair, the result is still like this, it is so difficult to advance, it is really difficult to imagine the late Han Dynasty Three Kingdoms era, how difficult this Shu Road is, and at what cost Zhuge Liang crossed the Qinling Mountains for the Northern Expedition.