Just when the war in Xuzhou broke out again, Wang Yu was busy governing in Qingzhou, and a team of more than 100 people was meandering forward in the continuous mountains, trekking hard.

"The ancients said that it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read ten thousand books, and sure enough. If it weren't for the scene, who would have known that the majestic spirit of these 800 miles of Taihang would be like this? ”

Walking at the front of the team is a young man with a sunny smile, holding a rattan cane in his hand, and while walking, he feels the danger of the mountain and the ruggedness of the mountain road. But no matter what he says, his vigorous steps, and the hearty and sunny meaning in his smile, are consistent.

Looking at his mental outlook alone, he does not look like a general who leads troops in battle, but like a young scholar who travels abroad to study, and occasionally discovers beautiful scenery, so he runs to admire it regardless of his hard work.

After walking through the most rugged section of the mountain road, he was even more interested, and suddenly chanted a poem: "Go north to Taihang Mountain, it is difficult He Weiwei!" The sheep intestines are bent, and the wheels are destroyed. The trees are gloomy, and the north wind is sad. Xiong Zhen squatted on me, and the tiger and leopard cried in the middle of the road......"

The sound of poetry in the ears of the loud poem was heard, and everyone felt that the fatigue on their bodies had suddenly reduced a lot, and their feet had become brisk, and unconsciously, the progress of the entire team had accelerated.

Of course, not everyone is so positive, Pan Zhang is one of the exceptions, looking at Xu Shu's back, he lamented loudly: "Oh my God! Shou En, did you hear it, he was actually chanting poetry, he still had the strength to chant poetry, and the poetry he chanted was not made by himself, it was plagiarized from the lord! This, is this still human? ”

Pan Zhang was not in high spirits when he left the Gaotang camp at this time, just like the pile of empty wine gourds hanging on his body, his mental head and strength left his body, and he walked swaying and limping.

"What do you have to be wronged about? I'm here to stay at home, if you hadn't pulled me out. Who will suffer this sin? In fact, you just can't think about it, if you think about it, even if you want to join the army, you don't necessarily have to follow General Yuan Zhi to do this kind of big thing, isn't it good to go to the academy to be a teacher? ”

Ma Zhong doesn't know what it has to do with plagiarism in reciting other people's poems, even if it is plagiarism, what does it have to do with whether it is a human being or not. His train of thought was clear. The reason why he left Anle's nest and trekked hard in this continuous mountain was because of this grumbling guy in front of him.

"Teach you?" Pan Zhang scoffed at his friend's statement: "I teach in the academy." are all world-famous Confucians like Cai Zhonglang and Mr. You'an, what do you think you can teach? ”

Ma Zhong proudly pointed to his nose, raised his chin and said: "I am the best woodcutter in Taishan, when it comes to identifying herbs, stones and even mineral veins, if I claim to be second, who dares to call me first?" ”

"The best woodcutter ......" Pan Zhang shook his head and stomped his feet. said in a tone of hatred that iron is not steel: "Can you be a little more unproductive?" Boys are born in troubled times, and they want to make contributions! Woodcutter or something, the roots are not worth talking about! You know, this time. But to command hundreds of thousands of troops! How can you have such a feeling? ”

Because of fatigue, he didn't walk very steadily, and this time he jumped up, and the movement was even greater. I saw that the wine gourds on his body were also swaying back and forth, colliding with each other, making a very crisp sound. Like a large wind chime swaying in the wind.

"How else to whine as much as you do? That's better than chanting. Ma Zhong didn't even glance at his friends out of the corner of his eyes, just staring at the mountain walls on both sides.

"Shou Eun, you guy is boring." Pan Zhang had no choice but to curse as if he was a friend: "Forget it, let it go, when I go back this time, I will recommend you to the lord, let you go to the academy to mingle with Cai Zhonglang's boring old men, and suffocate you!" ”

"Solid ears."

The sound of the quarrel was blown by the mountain wind, from the end of the team to the forefront, and everyone couldn't help but listen to it. In fact, similar conversations have happened countless times on the road. God knows how these two people, who have very different temperaments and values, became friends, but there is no doubt that the existence of these two people has added a lot of fun to this long journey.

Xu Shu smiled and asked the people around him, "Little Liu, how far is it?" ”

"General Yuanzhi, don't you always call Xiaoliu and Xiaoliu, I have a tuba now, my name is Zhao Liu, the willow of Yang Liuyi!"

The person who answered was not suffering from the mountain road at all, but was full of spirit, only to hear him say with great ambition: "People say that Yijin is good to return to his hometown, and I Yang Xiaoliu is also regarded as returning to my hometown, I am now a military candidate, I was in Wen Xicheng back then, but I was just a helper, and there are thousands of people in the city, few of them will look at me, now, haha...... Who can not look at me sideways? ”

"Look sideways......" Xu Shu subconsciously corrected: "That is to describe the meaning of others hating, hating and fearing you, with your current situation, others should look at you with envy and surprise, right?" ”

Although Salty Yu gave himself a nondescript name after turning over, no one should say it, but Zhao Junhou was still very modest overall, he nodded and said: "Yes, yes, Brother Xu always says that I want to read more books, which is indeed the reason." When can I have such knowledge as General Yuanzhi, it will be really beautiful......"

Xu Shu listened carefully, without any impatience. His patience is good, but the mountain roads are long and the time is too much, which is also one of the main reasons.

After a long time, Zhao Liu realized his gaffe, scratched his head, and sneered: "I just can't keep the door with this mouth, General Yuanzhi, don't laugh...... In fact, it is almost there, out of this mountain road, it is the stone gate, after the stone gate, it is Wangwu Mountain, I know that there is a path in Wangwu Mountain, I can walk in two days, out of Wangwu Mountain, I will see the East Mountain......"

"Goo-dong!" He was only halfway through his words, but he was interrupted by a loud sound of a heavy object falling to the ground, and when he looked back, he found that Pan Zhang, who was dangling at the end of the team, came up at some point, and happened to hear Zhao Liu's explanation of the distance.

Pan Zhang complained loudly: "I said Liu'er, is this also called coming?" Count for yourself, just what you just said, how many mountains? Who came up with this place name, it doesn't make sense at all, which is Hedong, is it Shanxi at all, it's all mountains, endless mountains. ”

Zhao Liu shook his head and said: "It's not much, this hasn't taken the road of Huguan yet, otherwise, I wouldn't be able to get out of Taihang Mountain now?" It's good to wait until you get to Dongshan, the water comes from the Dongshan Huangjia Valley, and the west of Dongshan is thirty miles west of Zhouyangyi, and when I get there, I go to find a few boats, go straight down the river, and arrive at Anyi City in one day. ”

The hope that was too far away could not cheer up Pan Zhang's spirits at all, he simply didn't get up when he sat on the ground, and said with a hum: "This road is difficult to walk like this, even if you get to Hedong, what can you do?" We have to walk for a month for hundreds of people to walk this way, but there are hundreds of thousands of people in Hedong, and we have to walk for a year and a half? When the time comes, there will be no need for people to block the road and sneak attack, and we will starve ourselves to death. ”

Zhao Liu wanted to refute, saying that the people of Hedong are used to mountain roads, but when he thought of the number of hundreds of thousands, his heart was also weak for a while, and he unconsciously looked at Xu Shu: "There will always be a way?" Isn't it, General Motozhi? ”

"Well, there's always a way." Xu Shu didn't have a bottom in his heart, commanding hundreds of thousands of people to migrate, or in this geographical environment, it was impossible to know who was changed.

When he left Gaotang, there were thousands of people and horses, but there were only more than 100 people who came to Hedong with him. Xu Shu also started and tried to march with more people, but later found that the more people, the slower the speed of the march.

The sheep intestine trail in Taihang Mountain, the description is not exaggerated at all, many places only allow one or two people in parallel, there are too many people and horses, and it is difficult to even find a spacious place to camp on the road. This is still a few thousand people, and if it is magnified a hundred times and becomes hundreds of thousands, that kind of scene is really chilling to think about.

At that time, the hostile forces in Qingzhou did not need to make a big move at all, and sent a few teams of men and horses to hide in the mountains, see the men and horses passing by, or wait until night, the gongs and drums are beating, and the hundreds of thousands of rabble on the march will be over. Emotions such as exhaustion and despair are the ones that are most likely to trigger the bombing of the camp.

But since the task has been received, we must persevere to the end, there is a way to complete it, and if there is no way, we have to find a way. As the coach of this trip, no matter what he thinks in his heart, Xu Shu only shows full confidence in front of everyone.

The topography of Hedong has been imprinted in Xu Shu's mind as early as this way. It's just that he is in the mountains, and his vision is limited, so he can't connect what he draws on the map with what he actually sees, and now after listening to Zhao Liu's explanation, the impression in his mind began to overlap with reality. Xu Shu suddenly had some thoughts.

He stopped the team and gathered several deputies together: "You can't just hurry, Yuan Shao, Gui, you and the brigade, Zhao Junhou will lead the way and continue to march westward, and when you reach Dongshan, don't hurry to continue to hurry, first Zhao Junhou sneaks into Wenxi to find out the situation." I'll take a guide and take a look around Dongyuan. ”

"Higashigaki?" Pan Zhang and the others did not do their homework very well, they just memorized the terrain along the established route, and they didn't pay attention to other places at all.

"That road can't be walked at all, unless ......" that is, Zhao Liu, a local, has some impressions of there, but he doesn't think there will be any shortcuts there. Of course, there are no absolutes, Dongyuan Castle is located on the north bank of the Great River, if there are enough boats and no one in front of you to intercept it, it is a good way to travel along the Yellow River.

Xu Shu smiled easily and interrupted Zhao Liu's questioning: "Anyway, let's go and see first, anyway, the task is already very tricky, no matter how difficult it is, it won't be difficult, isn't it?" ”