A heroic first-class figure like Yu Chongming still attaches great importance to his commitment, and when he says that he will send troops the next day, he will send troops the next day, and all the preparations for sending troops on the first day must be completed.

In the early morning of the next day, Hao Chongming left his younger brother Hao Chonghui to escort the grain, grass, and heavy family members and relatives to set off, while he led the elite front army to start the allocation first.

At the same time, Luo Longzuo was worried that he would have a lot of dreams at night, and he was afraid that he would miss something if he stayed by Luxe Chongming's side for a long time, so he found a reason to take the lead in going back to report the news, and informing his father Luo Jiuzhong of the conditions for the help of the Luxury Army, etc., with the messenger sent by Luxury Chongming, he left Datun first, leaving behind his unsuspecting uncle Luo Jiuxi and some of the Hongtuchuan Yi soldiers who did not know about it, following Luxury Chongming's left and right, leading the way for the Luxury Family's army.

From Datunchang to Hongtu River, it is all a mountain path, which needs to cross a narrow river valley for a while, and climb a steep mountain range for a while, plus this road is rainy and muddy.

Luo Longzuo took the messenger of Luxe Chongming to advance lightly, and the journey was completed in a day and a half, and the brigade led by Luxe Chongming walked for three days.

This point made Wu Zhiwang Qin Liangyu, Luo Jiuzhong and others, who were waiting in ambush in the mountains and forests around the Hongtu River, be impatient to wait, and they were also miserable.

Fortunately, this time the people who came to Hongtuchuan from Shaxiba to ambush were all native soldiers who were familiar with the southwest climate and could withstand the humid environment of the mountains and forests in Shuixi.

The Shizhu soldiers from eastern Sichuan and the Baojing soldiers from Xiangxi have basically the same environment in their hometowns as in Shuixi.

As for the Shaxi Luo Yi soldiers under the command of Luo Jiuzhong and Ao Kun, not to mention, the local aborigines, no one is more familiar with the ever-changing climate in this mountain forest, and the hidden and difficult paths in this mountain forest.

At the same time that Luo Longzuo set off to Dafang to move the rescue troops, Wu Zhiwang, Qin Liangyu and others were not idle, and in the past seven or eight days, not only did they pull up an army of nearly 15,000 people, but also buried more or less ambushes at the entrances and exits of the large and small mountain roads near the Hongtu River.

Hongtuchuan is the name of a valley named after the red color of the rocks and soil on both sides.

There is a river in the Hongtu River, which is a small tributary of the upper Chishui River.

During the dry season in Shuixi, the water volume of this river in the Hongtu River is very small, and the area near the river is full of fertile plain rice fields, and the slopes away from the river bank are planted with dense sorghum.

When the rainy season comes, when a torrent of rain breaks out, a large amount of red soil will be washed down from the ground of the mountain slopes, and the originally docile mountain river will become an untamable red dragon.

This is one of the reasons why the Chishui River is called the Chishui River.

In late May, the Shuixi region has entered the rainy season every year, and there is a rain at both ends in three days, either rainy or foggy, but because it has not yet entered the peak of the rainy season, the rivers in the red soil river have not yet roared.

The amount of water is higher than during the dry season, but it is still gentle.

The whole Hongtu River is a terrain of two mountains sandwiched by one river, along the Hongtu River, from northwest to southeast, there is a relatively wide and flat road, which can accommodate several horses in parallel.

To the north of the road is the narrow and gentle Hongtu River, and on the other side of the river is a little lower flat land with rice paddies that are about to ripen.

To the south of the road, the terrain is slightly higher, and there are patches of sorghum half a person high.

On the hillside behind the sorghum fields, there are green bamboo forests.

Above the bamboo forest, there is a reckless jungle shrouded in white clouds.

Just on the north and south ridges of the Red Earth River, in the reckless jungle that seemed to be filled with moisture, there were Wu Zhiwang, Qin Liangyu, Qin Gongming, Peng Chaozhu, and Luo Jiuzhong.

In the bamboo forest not far from the sorghum field on the southern slope of the Hongtu River, there are all eight general cannons and twelve tiger squat cannons.

Every few or a dozen paces away, there is a black tarpaulin of the Yi people, tightly covered by artillery, overlooking the road below the hillside.

Although these twenty large and small cannons are not many, they are the most difficult baggage for Wu Zhiwang and the others to transport.

The short 100-pound tiger squat cannon is good to say, and two people can carry it up the mountain and place it in the bamboo forest.

However, each of the large general cannons, weighing five or six hundred pounds, was transported to the steep hillside, but it was sad for everyone.

Fortunately, Hao Chongming did not come quickly, otherwise, the artillery carried by Wang Jianguo would not have enough time to be transported and placed in the mountains and forests of the Hongtu River.

On the hill near the northwest entrance of the Hongtu River, there is a small Yi village belonging to the Shaxi Luo Tusi.

And on the high ground at the entrance of the village, there is also a tall watchtower.

The allied forces of various ethnic groups under the command of Wu Zhiwang arranged large armies to ambush around Hongtuchuan, and it was difficult to completely conceal the Yi people in Hongtuchuan villages.

However, fortunately, Luo Jiuzhong transferred all the Yi men in Hongtuchuan Village, whether old or weak, to the vicinity of Shaxiba on the grounds of resisting the invasion of Shaxi Dam by the official army.

Without men, the old and weak women of the Yi people in Hongtuchuan villages did not dare to go out to the mountains easily.

The Yi soldiers in the towers of the Hongtu River were also taken to Muorg by Luo Longzuo, and then traveled to Datunchang and other places, just returned to the Hongtu River, and re-boarded the watchtowers to garrison, and when they came back, the Hongtu River had already laid a net of heaven and earth.

Luo Longzuo passed through the Hongtu River, leaving some Yi soldiers to continue to garrison outside the watchtower, and did not stay, but with great fanfare, he took the envoy of Extravagant Chongming, passed through the Hongtu River, and continued to rush in the direction of Shaxiba.

But Luo Longzuo passed by from the Red Tu River with great fanfare, of course, in the eyes of Wu Zhiwang and others.

Hongtuchuan is a valley basin with two mountains and one river, and it is also a dangerous place in the mountains where the door is closed and the dogs are beaten, and Yu Chongming said that he sent a messenger to follow Luo Longzuo to Shaxiba to contact the garrison of the army, but in fact, he sent people to fight a front battle first.

It's not that Luxe Chongming is suspicious of Shaxi Luo, but that the always cautious battlefield veteran Luxe Chongming has to leave a way back for himself everywhere.

What if when the only army under his command rushed to Shaxiba with Hao Chongming, Shaxiba had already been captured by the official army, what should I do next?

This is a question that Gao Chongming cannot but think about.

Therefore, while the messenger of extravagant Chongming followed Luo Longzuo and others all the way to Shaxiba, he also constantly sent people back to deliver the news of the road ahead.

Of course, Luo Longzuo knew that the official army must have been arranged in Hongtuchuan, but the young Luo Longzuo was very calm, as if there was no such thing at all, and after a short rest in Hongtuchuan with a messenger of extravagant Chongming, he left a part of the Yi soldiers of the Shaxi Luo clan to garrison the watchtower of Hongtuchuan, and then continued to rush to Shaxiba with a look of impatience.

From the entrance of the Hongtu River in the northwest direction to the exit in the southeast direction, about ten miles before and after, Luo Longzuo was anxious and did not stop.

And Lu Chongming's messenger, after successfully passing through the Hongtu River, sent someone to bring back news to Hao Chongming again.

This news briefly describes the dangerous terrain of the Hongtu River, but it focuses on the flatness and fertility of the land in the Hongtu River, and reminds the Liang King of Hao Chongming that after defeating the official army in the future, it is best to take the Hongtu River from the hands of the Shaxi Luo clan as a piece of feng shui treasure land for the garrison to annex.

As for the tens of thousands of troops hidden in the mountains and forests around the Hongtu River, the envoy of Xuan Chongming was unaware.

First, Luo Longzuo knew that he couldn't let the people of Extravagant Chongming stay here for a long time, so after a short rest, he quickly crossed the Hongtu River and rushed to Shaxiba.

Second, when Luo Longzuo led his men and horses through the Hongtu River, it was rainy and rainy in this area, and the mountain was full of fog.

Of course, the weather in the mountains and forests of Shuixi is enough for Wu Zhiwang and others, high-ranking officials and eunuchs like them, as well as officials and soldiers from Nanjing Jingying, as well as caves or tents to shelter from the rain, and a large number of stone pillar native soldiers, Baojing native soldiers, especially the Shaxi Yi soldiers under Luo Jiuzhong, can only hide in the mountains and forests and let the wind and rain blow.

The only thing that can shelter them from the wind and rain is the rattan armor and the lily coat on their bodies.

Fortunately, it was late May at this time, and even if it rained, the mountains were not too cold, otherwise, the ambush army arranged by Wu Zhiwang would probably collapse before fighting.