In order to speed up the march, Huaan decided to equip each vehicle with three rickshaw drivers, three people take turns to push the cart, and change it every hour.

The captive battalion shouldered the heavy responsibility of protecting the mission, and naturally could no longer shoulder the cart, Hua'an built a thousand people from the pulp hands of the entire fleet, specifically responsible for the carts, these pulp hands usually work hard to shake the pulp, the arm strength is very large, and the cart must also be a good hand.

At the same time, from the people of Xi'anping, three or four hundred people were recruited to help push the cart, and these locals, who were more familiar with the terrain and climate of Liaodong, could consult them if they encountered any difficulties.

With such a good construction, Chu Li naturally would not object, so the team of more than 2,000 people of the Great Jin Mission marched along the rugged mountain road to Da Thorn City, the capital of Yan State.

Along the way, the cold northwest wind made the soldiers shiver with cold, and the one-foot-thick snow also severely hindered the normal speed of the procession, which often could only travel thirty or forty miles a day.

At this rate, it would take at least more than a month to reach Dathorn City in Changli County, and looking at the wheels stuck in the snow, Chu Li and the officials of the mission felt very anxious.

The carriage traveled bumping all the way, and the officials of the mission also complained all the way, and they all regretted taking the land route a little, after all, compared to the warm and comfortable cabin of the Kirin, the carriage was too simple, and after only a few days, many officials felt that the whole skeleton was about to fall apart.

Many officials said that they would abandon the land route and return to the Kirin, but Chu Li, as the highest official of the mission, repeatedly insisted on continuing to move forward, because the sea route had been tightly blocked, and it was impossible to cross at all.

The team walked along the established route for three days, and the wind and waves were calm along the way, and they did not encounter any bandits and bandits.

In the evening, the sky was slightly dark, Hua An rode his horse and walked at the front of the team, and saw from a distance that a valley appeared in front of him, and the peaks on both sides of the valley were dozens of zhang high, and the slope was very gentle, about thirty degrees.

Such a valley is a good place to camp in shelter from the wind, Hua Anxin was overjoyed, and was about to urge the team to speed up and enter the valley to camp, when he suddenly found that on the gentle slopes on both sides of the valley, there were neat rows of small pine trees, which were very eye-catching against the background of the snow.

This made Hua'an very surprised, because these small pine trees are almost the same size, and they are very neatly rowed, and from a distance, it looks like they were specially planted by people, but this is a barren mountain, who would be so bored to plant so many neat small pine trees on this halfway up the mountainside? Moreover, except halfway up the mountain, the summit and valley are covered with snow, and there is not a single tree.

In an extraordinary period, such an abnormal situation made Hua Ansheng vigilant, and he stretched out his right hand lightly, signaling the team to stop advancing immediately.

"General Hua, what's wrong, why don't you leave." Chu Li poked his head out of the carriage and asked with a frown.

Hua An turned around and hugged his fists and said: "General Chu, something seems to be wrong in front, and it will not be too late for the convoy to go after the last general investigates clearly." ”

"Oh, what's unusual." Chu Di's nerves also tensed.

Hua An pointed to the rows of small pine trees halfway up the mountain in the distance, and said, "General Chu, look, the small trees on the hillside in front of you are neat, there must be something strange." ”

Chu Li took a closer look, and felt very strange, it was impossible for the wild trees in the barren mountains and mountains to grow so neatly and be so consistent.

"You guys, come here." Hua An pointed to the coachman recruited from Xi'an Ping and called loudly.

When several honest coachmen heard this, they immediately walked over to Hua'an.

"Have you walked through this valley?" Hua An asked bluntly.

Several coachmen nodded incessantly, and said in unison: "Walk, walk." ”

Hua Anxin was overjoyed, pointed to the small pine tree on the hillside, and asked loudly: "Who planted the small pine tree on the slope of the mountain, and why is it so neat." ”

When several coachmen heard this, they looked up into the distance, and they all frowned.

"It's strange when a small tree grew on this barren mountain." One of the coachmen scratched his ears.

"General, these small trees have just grown, and the villain passed here half a month ago, and they are still bare." The other driver said in surprise.

When Hua An heard this, he smiled indifferently, how could it be possible to suddenly grow so many small trees in half a month.

Chu Li naturally understood what was going on, he looked at Hua An and said softly: "The thief robbed the road, how should General Hua deal with it." ”

Hua An smiled at the corner of his mouth, and said: "Whoever dares to block the path of my Great Jin Mission will be destroyed." ”

"Okay, I'll ask General Hua as soon as I get it." Chu Li smiled indifferently.

"Hmm." Hua An snorted, raised his eyes and looked carefully at the terrain in front of him, and found that from both sides, he could easily climb to the top of the mountain, so that the condescending and sudden attack would definitely be a devastating blow to the enemy army hidden in the middle of the mountain.

"Tie Niu, Zhao Wu, you lead your subordinates respectively, detour back to the top of the mountain from the left and right, listen to the general's orders, kill at any time, go quickly." Hua An ordered loudly.

"Yes, big brother." Tie Niu and Zhao Wu took the order, and each led the three hundred soldiers under their command to make a detour to the back of the mountain.

"Wang San, you lead the pro-army team and ride your horse through the valley, and you must cut off the retreat of the bandits." Hua An ordered again.

"Yes, big brother, I'll go right away." Wang San received the order and led his own army to ride his horse towards the valley.

After arranging the troops in the left, rear, and right directions, Hua'an turned to look at Chu Pei, hugged his fists and said: "General Chu, my lords, I have wronged you to get off the car first, Hua'an wants to use these carriages to break the enemy." ”

"Okay." Chu Li smiled slightly and led the officials out of the carriage.

Hua An nodded to Chu Li, then looked at the thunderstorm, and ordered loudly: "Thunderstorm, your left brigade is divided into a hundred people to hide in the carriage, and you must prepare more arrows, and the remaining two hundred soldiers ride horses to protect the carriage and prepare to advance." ”

"Yes, big brother." Hearing the order, Thunderstorm turned around and went to prepare.

Soon, a hundred soldiers from the left brigade, armed with bows and arrows, took refuge in the carriages, with five people in each carriage, four in the carriages, and one in charge of driving.

The remaining 200 soldiers of the Left Brigade, led by Thunderstorm, armed with guns and horses, were ready to advance at any time.

"Let's go." Hua An shouted loudly and led the three hundred soldiers of the Left Brigade to march towards the valley. Chu Li and the rest of the people pushed the wheelbarrow to hide behind a small hill on the left side of the road.

"Princess, why did the Jin envoy only come with a hundred cavalry." A man frowned and whispered in a woman's ear.