Jinping Mountain is the cottage of the Yuanxi tribe, where Wei Ba defeated Lu Kai and stabilized the precarious situation in Wuxi. Now, the flames of war have dissipated, and the Emperor Girl Lake in front of the cottage has returned to its bright calm, with several bamboo rafts floating on the wide lake with pleasant mountain songs. On the stone flat of the former village, more than 300 soldiers who were practicing sweated like rain, meticulously practicing sword skills and formations. The Yuanxi tribe and Wei Ba formed a deep friendship in the battle, and under Wei Ba's support, Heisha became the new barbarian king. The barbarian king is the supreme leader of Wuxi Man, of course, he can't be Wei Ba's subordinate like the Jingfu of other tribes, so Heisha is nominally Wei Ba's deputy general, and now he is stationed in Jinping Mountain, with more than 800 elite warriors with the Yuanxi tribe as the backbone by his side.

In Wei Ba's conception, Linyuan guarded by Zhao Tong was the first line of defense, Yuanling was the second line of defense, Chenyang was the core, and the cottages of the five tribes such as Jinping Mountain and Jinwan were the rear, and as for the three valleys, it was a line of defense for Zuihou, and now only women, children, the old and weak are stationed there.

Seeing Wei Ba coming, Hei Sha was very excited, and set up a sumptuous banquet to entertain Wei Ba, although there was no exquisite food, the game from the mountains made Xiahou Xuan have a great appetite, and he really ate a lot.

Heisha didn't have a good impression of the Wei people, but he was very polite to Wei Fujun's wife and brother, and toasted Xiahou Xuan a few bowls of wine with a large pottery bowl.

Heisha called the two barbarian girls and asked them to help Xiahou Xuan to rest in the back village, and then he put away his smile: "My lord." Did you really do it this time? ”

Wei Ba replied without asking: "Are you ready?" ”

"The food and ordnance are ready, just waiting for news from them." Heisha smacked his lips and said with a wry smile: "Xiangfu is already a little anxious, he and Captain Jin have been preparing in the mountains for more than two months, saying that they can't find a way out of the mountain." ”

Wei Ba's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he didn't speak. In the past few months, he has to take these five thousand elites out every month to shake it out, and say to Lu Xun that this is training, of course, it is not wrong. But he's not just training. While training the troops, ready for combat at any time. He also hid some intentions that he couldn't let Lu Xun know.

For example, to explore the trail that bypasses the strict pass.

Jinping Mountain is located in the southwest of Wuling Mountain. Further south is Miao Ling, in Wei Ba's impression, Yulin County should be the world-famous Guilin in later generations, past Miao Ling. It is the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. It's a mountainous area. The ravines are vertical and horizontal, and the water system is also very developed, and the Yuanshui is only one of the main streams. There must have been countless tributaries in the mountains. A large part of the Pearl River system comes from this area, and it is not impossible to find a stream in it that can lead directly to Yulin County.

Not to mention the present, even the future generations, this is also a wild place, inaccessible, except for professional geological surveyors, not many people will be familiar with all the terrain. Wei Ba was also unfamiliar with these, but he had Wuxi Man as his helper, and it was relatively easy to find a waterway.

Xiangfu is a native of Xiongxi, in order to do business, he used to often go back and forth to Yulin County, in his impression, there are several large rivers in this area leading to Tanzhong City, the general direction is from the northwest, and Jinping Mountain is also located in the northwest of Tanzhong City. Wei Ba left him and Jin Dongliu here, and let Heisha be stationed in Jinping Cottage as their logistics base, just to let them go all out to find such a waterway. And he took the main force to patrol around, on the one hand, to prepare for the battle, and on the other hand, to confuse Lu Xun and make them confused about their intentions.

It is not difficult to find a waterway, there are many streams in the mountains, but it is not easy to find a tributary for the army to walk, it takes a lot of time and a certain amount of luck. Xiangfu and Jin Dongliu have been in the mountains for more than two months, and they have not yet found a suitable waterway. Although Wei Ba was mentally prepared, he was still a little disappointed when he heard Heisha's words. Only by finding a secret waterway that can be passed, can he beat Lu Kai by surprise, and if he really wants to attack Yanguan, it will be troublesome. After knowing the strength of Yan Guan from Xiangfu's mouth, he has been looking for other ways, but he doesn't know when he will get his wish, and his time is running out.

Heisha immediately reported to him the preparation of other supplies, for this war, Heisha hollowed out the old bottom of the Yuanxi tribe, and took great pains to buy a lot of grain from Yizhou, which was successively transported to Jinping Mountain for storage. It is a fact that Wuling is short of food, and even if Lu Xun's meticulous work sees this food, he would not have thought that it was used to prepare for the attack on Yulin.

In order to completely reassure Lu Xun and them, Wei Ba planned to choose May and June, a time that normal people would not choose, to send troops. Fighting through the jungle in the summer is indeed dangerous, but it is not without precedent for success. He had read Zhuge Liang's "Teacher Table", and was deeply impressed by the sentence "Crossing Lu in May, going deep into the barren", and he later asked Zhuge Liang, Ma Jian and others about some information in Nanzhong. As a god general, he actually doesn't believe in any mysterious miasma at all, he knows very well that the so-called miasma is just some poisonous gases, and there is no way to prevent it, as long as you are fully prepared, you can ensure safety to the greatest extent.

As a former engineer, his most convincing sentence is "science jishu is the primary productive force", he believes that technology is the real driving force to change shijie, and attaching importance to jishu is enough to make him one step ahead of his opponents.

Now, everything is ready, just wait for Xiangfu and Jin Dongliu to find a passable road to attack.

"I can't find a way, I can't act rashly, just wait." Wei Ba was also a little apprehensive, he rubbed his hands: "You and Shalaman go and talk." If there is no news in three or five days, I must go back to Chenyang, and you will be separated for a while. ”

"Whoa." Heisha nodded excitedly, turned around and hurried out. As soon as he went out, he bumped into Zhu Wu, who was in the dust, and couldn't help blurting out: "Alas, when did you come back?" ”

"You just arrived, have you rested?"

Wei Ba heard Zhu Wu's voice and shouted, "Zhu Wu? Come on in. ”

Zhu Wu and Heisha nodded in greeting and stepped into the door. Bow down to Wei Ba: "My lord, I am fortunate to live up to my mission." As he spoke, he took out the map from his arms and handed it to Wei Ba with both hands.

Wei Ba crouched on the desk, looking at the sinuous blue line marked on the map, and a smug smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

……

Lu Xun stood up in his clothes, cold sweat on his forehead.

"General, what's wrong?" Lu Lan, who was sleeping in the tent, got up and walked over, tidying up her clothes as she walked.

"Palm lamp." Lu Xun sat for a while, and his palpitations calmed down a bit. He got up and walked to the tent. Lu Lan hurriedly followed. Walked quickly to the lamp and turned on the wick. The flames grew up, illuminating Lu Xun's somewhat pale face.

"General?" Lu Lan was a little apprehensive, it was rare for Lu Xun to have such a face.

Lu Xun didn't speak. Roll out the map. Cross your fingers. I took the end next to him, measured and measured, and straightened up. Throwing the ruler on the case, there was a crisp sound of "pop": "How many days has Wei Ba left Xuefeng Mountain?" ”

Lu Lan thought for a moment: "It's about ten days." ”

"How many days did he last time for the return trip?"

"It's like five days." Lu Lan glanced at Lu Xun, and hurriedly said: "However, it will take at least three days for the scouts to send the news back, and Wei Ba may only be two days later than last time this time, not necessarily ......."

"It's not necessarily an accident, but it can be an accident." Lu Xun took his hand and walked back and forth in the tent twice: "I always feel that Wei Ba is a little unusual this time. It's just three things, if he is just to tire the enemy, there is no need to arrange it so tightly. ”

Lu Lan also became nervous, he believed in Lu Xun's analysis, and even more in Lu Xun's intuition. Intuition is sometimes more important than reason.

"As soon as the morning dawns, the army is ready to pull out the camp and rush to Yanguan."

"Whoa."

Lu Xun said that he would set off as soon as dawn, but his wish could not be fulfilled at all, and an army of 10,000 troops, even if they were well-trained, if they wanted to pull out the camp and go to Yanguan, which was more than 2,000 miles away, it would take a while to prepare for the grain and grass they had to carry. This has happened several times, as Lu Kai said, Wei Ba comes almost once a month, Lu Xun did not relax his vigilance, but his soldiers are somewhat tired, and the preparation is far less than the first two times. By the time everything was ready, it was already the afternoon of the next day.

Lu Xun originally planned to set off immediately, but looking at the sky, although he was in a hurry, he had to wait until the third day to leave.

In the early morning of the third day, Lu Xun packed up and stopped, and before he left the camp, someone came to report that the Huwei Zhonglang general of Shu Han led Linyuan to send someone to Zhao Tong. When Lu Xun heard this, he immediately took off his coat and battle armor again, sat down behind the couch, spread out a military newspaper and read it.

It was Wei Xing who came, and seeing Lu Xun's appearance of sitting upright, Wei Xing couldn't help but smile: "The general is so elegant." ”

Seeing that it was Wei Xing, Lu Xun frowned. He knew that the guard beside Wei Ba was a smart person, and the drama he did probably couldn't fool him, so he had to hide it and smile: "Come to ask for the Xiongxi tribe again?" ”

"Since the general knows, then I won't say more." Wei Xing looked around and said very casually, "Has the general thought about it?" ”

"My answer is very simple, the battle is together, the outcome is unpredictable, I hope you can be cautious, don't start the war lightly, and cause trouble in vain." Lu Xun kept a straight face and did Zuihou's efforts: "It's not too late to rein in the precipice." You should be in time to send someone to inform Wei Ba now. ”

Wei Xing covered his mouth and laughed softly. His laughter, though not loud, was full of contempt.

"So, General Lu has already guessed it, so I won't say more." Wei Xing laughed for a while, and faked a cough: "General Lu, it is more than two thousand miles from here to Yanguan, nearly three thousand miles away, you better hurry up, otherwise, you are afraid that you will not be able to catch up again." Leave! ”

Wei Xing arched his hand, turned around, and walked away. Lu Xun's face was pale, he pursed his lips tightly, and said nothing. Lu Lan walked in, glanced at Wei Xing's back in the distance, and reminded softly, "General, could this be a plan?" ”

"What's the plan?"

"I just received news that Zhao Tong is rearming for war, could it be that they want to transfer us to Yanguan, but they actually want to attack Yiyang?"

"Zhao Tong is reorganizing the army?" Lu Xun was taken aback: "When did it happen?" ”

"It was just yesterday."

Lu Xun's temples jumped for a while, and he gritted his teeth: "Pass my general order, Zhou Yin will stay in Yiyang, and the others will set off immediately." Ordered Zhu Ji to lead a thousand fine horsemen to go first. ”

After a short time, Zhu Ji led a thousand cavalry to rush out of the camp and rushed south.

On the hillside in the distance, Wei Xing stood on horseback, looking at the smoke and dust raised by the cavalry, and smiled slightly. "Pull back from the precipice? General Lu, you're too late to keep up with the rhythm. (To be continued......)

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