Jiaozhou is part of the ancient Baiyue region, Qin Shi Huang sent Tu Sui, Ren Huan, Zhao Tuo and others to conquer Baiyue, which lasted four years successfully.

Since then, Zhao Tuo and others began to develop the land of Baiyue, encouraging Han people to intermarry with Baiyue people, so it gradually flourished.

The Qin Dynasty quickly collapsed, and with the uprising of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, the Chu and Han dynasties for hegemony, and the Jiaozhou region became a place where no one cared about it.

After Ren Huan's death, Zhao Tuo took power, listened to Ren Huan's last words, and took advantage of the favorable terrain near the mountains and seas, which was steep and difficult to enter, and set out to build a country, resisting the princes who rose up in various parts of the Central Plains, and the country was called Nanyue. During this period, it became a vassal state of the Han Dynasty several times, and was forced to secede several times, and the territory gradually expanded, after four dynasties, until Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty waved his army south, then it perished, and Jiaozhou was divided.

Originally, this Jiaozhou is a very dangerous place, and it is not easy to attack it.

Its western part is the southern and central region, for the mountainous plateau, the mountains and mountains obstruct it, those roads, rugged and difficult to walk, even if there are only two or three hundred people guarding the mountain stream and dangerous passes, even the army of 10,000 people can only be tortured and killed there, how many passes, how many deaths, and this still refers to the passable road, if it is a small road, do not need to guard, there are more people walking, even in the process of climbing, you have to die a large area!

The north is Jingnan, the northeast Yangzhou, traversing the five major mountain ranges, the natural barrier, only four roads can be passed, there are three of them have to pass through the lofty mountains, as long as the garrison soldiers are in the narrow place, it is really difficult to enter, the only relatively smooth jump road area, Zhao Tuo built four Xiongguan again, Hengpu Pass, Yangshan Pass, Huangxi Pass, Weipu Pass, can be called a Jedi.

It's a pity that after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty conquered Nanyue, he experienced that kind of difficulty. I am worried that Jiaozhou will become a separatist force in the future. So it moved its northern border south. Hengpu Pass, Yangshan Pass, Huangxi Pass, and Weipu Pass were all merged into Guiyang County, Jingnan, and were responsible for defense, which was tantamount to demolishing the gate wall of Jiaozhou.

In the early years, when Wang Xu secretly controlled Guiyang, he strictly controlled the four major passes, although it was only out of precaution, and he never thought of entering Jiaozhou, but he really picked up a big bargain. Otherwise, if the four passes are controlled by Jiaozhou, let alone a fierce battle like now, I am afraid that I don't know how much loss will be lost and how long it will take to break the pass.

After setting off with troops from Xiangyang, Wang Xu went all the way south.

Jingnan leads to Jiaozhou, a total of three major roads, the westernmost one, is from the southwest of Lingling Shi'an County, through the mountains, arrived at the county seat of Yulin County, Jiaozhou.

The middle one. It is Yingpu County, southeast of Lingling, and crosses the Jiuzhi Mountain Canyon. Arrived in Xie Mu County, Cangwu County, Jiaozhou.

To the east, there is the main road of Zhao Yun's southern expedition, and it is also the flattest and broad road to Jiaozhou, which enters the South China Sea of Jiaozhou through the three passes of Yangshan, Huangxi and Weipu.

As for the other road from Jiaozhou to the outside world, it is further east, from the east of Nanhai County to Yangzhou, and it also has to pass through several dangerous mountain roads, and the Jiangdong army is from there to reinforce Jiaozhou.

This time to the south, Wang Xu is going straight to Yulin County, of course, taking the road on the far left.

When he crossed the Yangtze River and arrived in Jingnan, he deeply felt the love of the people.

As long as he passed by, the county officials and people almost spontaneously greeted and sent each other off!

This Jingnan is the place where he raised his army, the place where he is rooted, and the vast territory in his hands is the first to be laid by the people of Jingnan with him.

The kind of love that the people have for him is pure from the heart, and even many old people burst into tears when they saw him come with the troops.

"King Chu, you haven't come back for many years, the people miss you! This is a boiled egg for you and the soldiers, although it is cold, but this is our heart! "An old man carried a large basket of boiled eggs on his back and a large basin in his hand.

"King Chu, I am a veteran who followed you to crusade against Yuzhang and Jingbei back then!" A simple man in his fifties carried a cauldron, rushed to Wang Xuma, and shouted from afar: "This is the chicken soup stewed by our group of veterans for the King of Chu and the soldiers, brothers should take a sip!" ”

"Thank you, thank you!" Wang Xu's eyes were blurred with tears, and he suddenly jumped off his horse and stepped forward. "Are you doing well? Is there a shortage? ”

"No shortage, no shortage!" The old man waved his hand again and again, and laughed loudly: "We are now well-fed, well-fed, warmly dressed, and have money to spare, all of which are the pure land that the King of Chu took us to do!" Folks, do you say yes! ”

"Yes!" The onlookers couldn't see their heads at a glance and responded violently.

"That's good, that's good!" Wang Xu really had a rare lack of light, he couldn't think of what to say, he was too excited at the moment.

The honest man wiped his tears excitedly, choked up and called: "King Chu! I ......"

"Good!" Wang Xu kept nodding with tears in his eyes: "It's good everyone, are the old brothers okay all these years?" ”

"Those who survived are good! Marrying a wife and having children, stable and prosperous, in the troubled times in the early years, how dare we, the poor, dare to have such a life! The honest man wiped his tears and said.

"That's good, it's not in vain that the brothers fought bloodily back then, for today!" Wang Xu said with emotion.

The honest man said: "King Chu, the brothers all said that when our eldest son is sixteen years old, they will all follow you!" ”

"Hahaha......" Wang Xu was excited and relieved: "Good, good, good, if we are not stable today, today's wealth still needs everyone to protect together, if no one goes to the front line and goes to the battlefield, today's qi qi will soon dissipate, the fields will be occupied by others, and the wife and children will suffer from poverty, as long as we work hard, life will definitely get better and better!" ”

"Swear to follow the King of Chu to the death!"

"Swear to follow the King of Chu to the death!"

Such cheers were incessant along the way, and even Yan zhòng delayed the trip.

But Wang Xu did not refuse the kindness of the people, and everywhere he went, in the face of the enthusiasm of the people, he would always stop for a moment before leaving.

The food sent by the villagers along the way was checked by the local medical officer, and then the official took it back to relieve the lonely, widowed and weak.

This also boosted the morale of the soldiers, all of them held their heads high, and they were very proud.

Until the time of Lingling County, that scene was even more rare in ancient times.

As the first place to raise troops, the people here and him, almost through the initial hardships, at that time Wang Xu even often went to the fields in person, and worked with the people, the war-scarred Lingling little by little, step by step into today's rich county, the ordinary people of the entire Lingling, almost no disrespect and love him.

The people along the way, many of them even sent dozens of miles away from their place of residence, but they still refused to return, until Wang Xu and the soldiers repeatedly persuaded them, and then they reluctantly left, that kind of scene was shocking, so that his tears continued to drip down his cheeks.

Lingling Taishou Pang Ji was also the first minister to follow Wang Xu, and when he left, Wang Xu almost told him thousands of times.

"Lingling, and even the land of Jingnan, is our foundation place, and the people here are the closest to us, they admire me and admire you, and you are all my most trusted courtiers, so you must not be cautious in these places, and do not bear the feelings of the people!"

Liu He was also deeply moved and made a very solemn promise!

It was not until Wang Xu led his troops to leave Shi'an County and walked into the inaccessible mountain road that this grand scene gradually disappeared.

After another eight days, he led his troops to Qingyun Mountain Road, and seeing that the road was getting more and more dangerous, for safety reasons, he slowed down again and sent a large number of scouts to investigate. These mountain roads are too difficult for the army, and the speed is extremely slow, not to mention people and ghosts along the way.

"Report!"

With a shout, a pegasus rode in front of him, dressed in the standard light armor of the scout chief.

"What?" Xu Shengce immediately took a few steps forward and asked loudly.

"General Hui, go to a strong camp on the high valley ten miles away, and the preliminary investigation has a garrison of 1,000 people, the position is extremely precipitous, and it also blocks the way, I am afraid that the army will not be able to pass." The scout commander replied.

Wang Xu and the others then ordered the army to stop advancing, and after glancing at each other, Xu Sheng asked again: "Can you find out who the people are?" ”

"This ......" The scout hesitated a little, and only replied after a while: "They are fighting the banner of General Wang of Jingzhou, but their subordinates and others really can't tell which General Wang it is!" ”

"General Wang?" Wang Xu was puzzled, and he really couldn't figure out which general surnamed Wang was stationed in Jingnan. "If that place is attacked, is it possible to take it?"

"I'm afraid not!" The scout commander thought for a while, and then replied: "There is a cliff, it's too dangerous, pushing a few logs down, you can kill a large area, even if people are next to people, that section of the road can only allow five horses to go in parallel, and according to the experience of his subordinates, there are still many traps, and the brothers under his command dare not approach without permission!" ”

"This ......"

The crowd hesitated, what should they do?

Wang Xu pondered for a moment and said calmly: "Dian Wei, Yan Liang!" Bring a few elites with me! ”

"Lord, don't take the danger lightly, I don't know where this soldier is coming, what if it's a bandit?" Xu Sheng immediately dissuaded.

"It's okay, a few of us can do it lightly, he can't help it! Wen Xiang was prepared, if something was wrong, he would retreat quickly after a few people, this mountain road was too steep for the army to fight here. Wang Xu waved his hand and made up his mind: "Dian Wei and Yan Liang will go with me to explore the road first!" ”

"No!"

The three of them took seven or eight elites with high martial arts, and soon followed the scout commander to the camp, and the further he went, the more frightened Wang Xu became, this kind of place is really too steep, with steep cliffs and huge rocks on both sides, but this is already one of the main roads into Jiaozhou, and I really don't know how to cross those so-called small roads.

However, this is only for the large army, if it is a small number of people and horses, it is not a big problem, provided that there are no bandits.

After a short time, Wang Xu had already walked to the cottage dozens of meters away, shook and looked at it for a while, and found that the layout of the cottage was not like ordinary mountain bandits, but rather orderly, which was the style of the army.

At the moment, he was even more puzzled, and after thinking seriously for a while, he shouted loudly: "Who is the leader of the cottage opposite?" ”

"I am under the command of General Zhennan and Wang Xu, the governor of Jingnan, and you have an army of 10,000 people, under the banner of the King of Chu, what do you intend to do?" It seems that the cottage has also discovered them a long time ago, and there is an echo.

"This ......"

Wang Xu, Yan Liang, and Dian Wei were all dumbfounded in an instant! (To be continued......)