Chapter 40: Assault on All Sides Part II

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Although Zhang Mai has a world atlas in his bag, which is a must-have for travel, but a 1:15 million topographic map of Central Asia can not be used for marching at all, and the ancient geographical situation and traffic situation are also very different from the marks on the map, not only modern roads, railways, and even artificial paths are not many, so light riding action, still have to rely on guides.

Leading the way is Guo Shiyong, who deserves to be one of the three major military information folders of the Tang Army (the other two are An Liu and Liu An), Guo Shidao once praised him and said: "Our army has all the military regulations, training methods, equipment and horses, surrounding geography and even large and small miscellaneous affairs, all in this three major military bags." ”

The three major military information folders have their own strengths, in terms of geography, Guo Shiyong is particularly skilled in the military geography of the east, and knows the geography of the northeast of Broken Leaf Mountain well, and Yi Bohai is the place where he has stepped on fifteen times in forty years, and then he actually took seven hundred Tang troops into a swamp, and this road was accidentally discovered when he went to Yi Bohai to do business, and he was very proud of it, and found a secret path that has a great sense of satisfaction for people with pathfinders, but unfortunately this satisfaction can not be taken out and told people, I don't want to do it at this point.

It turns out that although most of the dry land in the deep interior is located, there are several large swamps near the Ibokai. Marching in the swamp is more dangerous than climbing snow-capped mountains and crossing deserts, and if it weren't for someone who is familiar with the road, I don't know what would happen if I fell into the mud anytime and anywhere.

Guo Shiyong, for fear that the young soldiers in the army would be overly enthusiastic and rush too fast, repeatedly told him before entering the swamp: "When entering the swamp area, the most important thing is to take the right road, and you must not rush randomly, but rather walk slowly." The more you want to be fast, the more you ......"

"It's just going to get slower, right?" Yang Yi shouted impatiently.

"That's not right!" Guo Shiyong sneered: "Yes, there is only one way to die!" ”

He is an old and spicy person, well aware of the habits of hairy young men, a few words can not make these people care, so he drove a horse, whipped a whip, the horse ran out neighing, Guo Shiyong pointed at it and said: "If you don't remember my words, this horse is your example!" ”

The young people didn't understand that Yang Yi didn't take this road when he came with Liu An before, he hadn't entered the swamp, and he was about to ask a question, when he suddenly found that the horse didn't run - no, it wasn't that he didn't run, but his hooves were moving around, but he couldn't move forward a step, but his body was slowly sinking in the struggle, and the war horse seemed to realize the danger, and risked his life to pull his feet out of the mud, but this last effort only made it sink faster! At last the mud mouth was not topped, and the horse did not let out a last long neigh, and heard a few muddy blisters emerge from the muddy surface of the grunt swamp.

Zhang Mai had naturally heard of the terrible swamp, but after hearing about it and seeing it was different, a group of young soldiers were furious when they saw it, and even people like Yang Yi couldn't help but shout: "Uncle Yong, can you not take this road, the road I took when Liu Sima and I came last time was not so terrible." ”

"What, are you scared?" Guo Shiyong snorted: "You guys were dressed up in disguise last time, and there were only two of them, pretending to be herdsmen or something, and it was easy to get in on the road." But now it is an eventful time, the Hui people must be strictly guarded, and we are hundreds of people acting together, and the road that Liu An took you can't reach. ”

He waved his hand: "But don't worry, follow me and you'll definitely be fine!" Walking this road, it just leads directly to the back of a large horse farm for the Hui people. ”

Saying that he took the lead, the soldiers of the two battalions saw the tragic situation of the war horse drowned alive, and no one dared to be careless, and followed Guo Shiyong's back step by step, Guo Shiyong looked at the appearance of these descendants following behind him, like hundreds of chickens following the old hen, and his heart was greatly relieved.

For these young people in front of him, Guo Shiyong also has similar feelings as Guo Shidao Yang Dingguo - they are not only his subordinates, but also his own children, he loves them, but he is always worried about them, although these young people are all adults, but in Guo Shiyong's heart, these "sons" have not grown up at all, and they still have a lot of things to learn!

In particular, these children have some bad tendencies recently, that is, they are not down-to-earth enough to be teased by Zhang Mai's kid!

Although these young soldiers have established a great reputation in the hearts of the strong enemy Hui Hui after the two battles of burning the city with broken leaves and suppressing the camp of Dan, and even defeated the Bogra Khan, whom Guo Shiyong feared, Guo Shiyong still believes that this kind of skillful victory is like a passing cloud, and it is not enough to rely on at all, and only the skills and experience accumulated over the years are the only way to ensure the long-term progress of the Tang army. But these "sons" didn't understand these truths, and one by one they turned their backs on themselves and threw themselves into Zhang Mai's arms, shouting some unrealistic slogans with the half-bucket water envoy every day, which made the veteran feel a secret sadness.

It was only at this time, watching the young soldiers carefully follow behind him, not daring to disobey his orders, that Guo Shiyong regained a little bit of the feeling that the "sons" of the past relied on themselves, trusted themselves, and even worshiped themselves.

At a glance, I saw Zhang Mai sitting on the camel, watching every rise and fall of the camel's feet worriedly, as if the camel's feet were too deep, he would have to run for his life quickly, Guo Shiyong secretly thought that your kid also had a timid time, smiled slightly, shook the horsewhip in the air, and pointed to the direction of Yibohai in the distance and said: "Special envoy, this Yibohai has a strange thing, the envoy has seen and heard a lot, can you know his situation?" ”

Zhang Mai was stunned, he didn't expect that Guo Shiyong was deliberately going to test him to lose face, and at the same time, when he couldn't answer, he would put out the answer himself, so that all the soldiers on the march would understand who was the real bull in this army!

Zhang Mai was stunned, but said: "This Bal ...... Ah, no, there are several very peculiar places in this Yibohai, which one are you referring to, Captain Guo? ”

Guo Shiyong was stunned for a moment, and thought: "Didn't you kid say that he hadn't been to Yibohai?" Why do you say that there are several peculiarities in this Yibohai Sea? Hmph, this kid is cunning and cunning, most of them are talking about it, and he wants to take my words. He smiled lightly and said, "Oh? This is strange, how many strange things are there in this Yibo Sea? The master is going to ask the envoy for advice. ”

"I don't dare to ask for advice." How insidious and cunning Zhang Mai was when he conspired to fall Wule! But when talking to his family, he didn't think about it so much, so he bent his finger and said: "The first one, this Yibo Sea has a peculiar shape, it is a long lake, about 1,200 miles long from east to west, and about 10 to 150 miles wide from north to south...... Well, the fourth longest lake in the world. Although he has been here for a long time, Zhang Mai always has to bring some modern words when he speaks, but Guo Luo and the others didn't feel anything, just the words in the books, and even influenced by him, there were some such words in the words.

Guo Shiyong was stunned, he also knew that the sea was very long, but he had never walked around the lake completely, and it was impossible to measure, but when talking to people, he knew that this lake was very long, and there should be a distance of more than 1,000 miles between east and west, and the north and south were narrower than the east and west. How old are you kid, can't you ever go to the big lakes in the world? ”

But at this time, those young people were attracted by Zhang Mai, and listened to him say: "This Yibohai is bounded by the peninsula in the middle of the lake, which can be divided into east and west, the West Lake is wide and shallow, and the East Lake is narrow and deep. ”

Yang Yi was surprised: "The water of this Yisow Sea actually comes from the Tianshan Mountains!" Isn't it what it is? ”

"Of course not, even if there is water, the water will evaporate, if the lake water has no source, it will evaporate and dry up in a few years and decades, and it is by relying on the injection of living water from the Yili River that it can be stored until now." However, because the Yili River flows from the West Lake, and the West Lake is narrower than the East Lake, the water of the Yibo Sea flows from west to east, but because of these two reasons, the Yibo Sea has formed a lake and two waters, the west is fresh water, and the east is salt water. ”

Even Guo Shiyong was stunned when he heard it, that Yi Bohai is the east and the west is light, and it is also the "Yi Bohai Yiqi" that he wants to take the school Zhang Mai, listening to Zhang Mai's Daopo, this is sure that he is not talking nonsense, he has heard the herdsmen say it when he came to the vicinity of Yi Bohai several times, but why is this so, the herdsmen are not clear, Guo Shiyong naturally can't say it, and can't help but say: "Why is the West Lake shallower than the East Lake to form such a wonder of the West and the East salty?" After asking this sentence, the old face suddenly became hot, and he secretly regretted it.

Zhang Mai didn't realize it at all, smiled slightly, and said, "I just said that water will evaporate." The water of all rivers carries various minerals to a greater or lesser extent, and after the water vapor evaporates, those minerals cannot be taken away, and will remain at the bottom of the lake, so the inland lakes in the world are generally saltwater lakes and cannot be drunk. But because the west side of the sea is shallow and the east side is deep, and the Yili River is injected from the west, so the river water flows westward after it pours in, and the lake water in the west is mostly living water, so it is light, and the minerals in the east accumulate more and more, and it becomes more and more salty over the years, and the water cannot be drunk. ”

listened to Guo Luo and the others. Everyone admired Special Envoy Zhang's outstanding knowledge, "knowledgeable about the world's affairs", "really worthy of being a special envoy from Chang'an!" ”

You must know that Zhang Mai has a thick atlas in his backpack, and this kind of atlas sold to travelers, in addition to the map itself, often has some graphic descriptions of important scenic spots attached to the corners, Guo Shiyong wants Zhang Mai to go specific and micro things, such as where the swamp can go, where can not go, which river valley hides irrigated farmland, which river beach can drink horses and herd sheep, and Zhang Mai can not be killed, but Guo Shiyong just bumped into the muzzle of the gun and asked Zhang Mai what is strange about the sea, Zhang Mai of course opened his mouth and came, At this time, after talking about the peculiarities of Yibohai, I couldn't help but sigh again: "This is the fourth longest lake in the world, which was originally an important landscape on the northwest border of our country, but now it has fallen into the hands of foreigners. When must you find a way to take it back! ”

He slipped out of his mouth for a while, this sentence was originally from his own era, but Guo Luo, Yang Yi and others thought in their hearts that he was talking about the Tang Dynasty - this also made sense, and they all shouted: "Not bad, not bad!" It is our responsibility to recover our homeland! ”

Guo Shiyong was stunned, lost his mind for a while, and actually looked at the road, and the mount walked with confidence, and actually stepped into the soft mud, Zhang Mai shouted: "Be careful! Guo Shiyong's mount was already screaming, Zhang Mai hurriedly waved his whip and hit Guo Shiyong's hand and entangled, Guo Shiyong jumped to his side with his strength, one foot was still stuck in the mud, and his mount could not be saved.

Yang Yi grinned and said, "Uncle Yong, you have answered a sentence - the old horse has stumbled!" Fortunately, Brother Mai is quick to shoot, otherwise you would have become our 'role model' yourself, haha, haha......"

Several young people who didn't have any scheming laughed, laughing so that Guo Shiyong's old face was hot, he looked at the young people, but they all cast their admiration and admiration on Zhang Mai again, and they felt like they were lost, and what they lost was a precious thing that could never be recovered.

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