Ten days after the rebel army entered Kunyun Mountain.

During this time, the rebels gradually lost their way, the confusion and fear of the unknown.

As a result, the pressure is ten times greater than the continuous high-intensity training on a daily basis. The point is that even if they have been gone for ten days, they are still in the outlying area of Kunyun Mountain. It is not known how long it will take to pass through this natural barrier in the east.

The lack of hope is the most terrible thing.

Every day, Yang Qi could feel the exhaustion and complaints spreading among the rebels. There was even a faint suggestion that they simply turn around and return to the periphery of Kunyun Mountain, and hide in this mountain for the winter. Anyway, there is enough food, and there is no fear of running out of water in the stream. When the Empire's armies lose patience and leave, they go out again.

There are still many people who support such negative remarks that are waiting to be killed.

It's just that Yang Qi's prestige is already quite high, enough to suppress the complaints in the army, so he has not dared to openly oppose it for the time being.

Today, though, it's all different.

Yang Qi would use facts to make them understand that any decision made by General Tiangong was wise.

They don't need to question, they just need to follow!

Around noon, the army made its way through the foot of the mountain with difficulty. After bypassing a section of rocky hills, it suddenly changed its direction sharply, no longer heading east, but almost straight north. This abrupt change of direction shook the hearts of all the high-ranking members of the righteous army.

Thinking of Yang Qi's previous confident promise, many people are vaguely aware of something.

"Speed up, it's good to go after this stretch!"

According to Yang Qi's order, words of encouragement quickly spread among the rebels. After struggling for almost a kilometer through the dense forest, the army stopped in front of an inconspicuous stone forest. After tearing off the large dry vines that had fallen down, an entrance about ten meters wide, barely large enough for three or four carts to march side by side, appeared in front of the army.

The exit of the famous Ancient Tea Horse Road, after being hidden for countless years, was exposed to the eyes of the people of the Eastern Continent for the first time.

Under Yang Qi's order, the army slowly marched forward. The rebels who took the lead soon discovered that the situation in the stone forest was very different from what they had imagined. The stone slabs under your feet have been polished by thousands of years of wind and rain, and stepping on them is no different from flat ground. And this natural passage, which is almost like a mountain valley, although it is tortuous and deep, even the narrowest place can at least ensure that two large cars can pass through together. Occasionally, falling debris blocks the way, but with a little clearing, it can be reopened quickly.

Walking between the stone forests, the speed of the cart is unexpectedly fast, almost comparable to the official road outside!

This section of the stone forest, which stretches for six or seven miles, is a miracle and coincidence created by nature!

After the previous painful march, the army walked between this flat and chaotic stone forest, and almost cried with emotion. Many soldiers even secretly hoped in their hearts that it would be good if they could continue to walk like this until they crossed the entire Kunyun Mountain Range.

However, although the stone forest is only six or seven miles, the journey behind is not more difficult than this.

After resting for the night, because there was no water source in the stone forest, the water stored in advance was used, and the army had to set off immediately.

Walking out of this stone forest, under Yang Qi's order, he abruptly changed direction to the southwest again. After enduring only about a mile of mountain road, the army turned down a slope into a canyon.

The middle section of this canyon leads straight to the highest peak of the entire Kunyun Mountain Range, Daba Mountain, and then it cleverly bends an arc there, heading straight to the east, and finally leading to Yuyang Mansion in Songjiang County.

It's also the main part of the HSBC corridor!

According to the research of players from the Chamber of Commerce, this canyon, which spreads for dozens of miles, was gradually formed by the uplift of Daba Mountain.

The terrain of the canyon is relatively flat, and although it is not comparable to the natural passage between the rocky forests before, it is roughly equivalent to the extent that you have just entered the outer edge of the Kunyun Mountain Range. The people and horses can be unimpeded, and after the engineering battalion has been repaired, the convoy can bump and bump through with some effort.

At the very least, the speed of the army has increased to ten miles a day!

Compared to the hardest week after entering the mountain, it is much better.

At this time, the rebel army finally believed that there was really such a road in the Kunyun Mountains that could be traversed by the army!

"It's hard to imagine what kind of luck it takes to find such a path in Kunyun Mountain."

Yang Qi's previous unreasonable abrupt changes of direction are almost impossible for normal people to appear. And as long as there is a little wrong connection during the period, the entire Ancient Tea Horse Road is likely to be missed. Seeing that the army had already penetrated into the canyon, generals Li Wu and Zhou Ping had to admire Yang Qi.

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The rebel army, which was advancing eastward, was preparing to continue deep into the Ancient Tea Horse Road, preparing to make a detour into the imperial border, close to the mountains and mountains of the Jingyue Kingdom.

At this time, the Imperial Ace Guards, who had crossed the three counties and marched thousands of miles to quell the rebellion, had already come to Yuwenshu's military camp with great difficulty.

They first came to the county town of Ansan, and after a short stay in the city. Immediately obeyed Yuwenshu's orders and joined him.

Yu Wenshu was afraid that the rebel army would turn around and continue to march towards Weixincheng. The remnants of the army were stationed on the Grand Canal in Kyoto, and they immediately sent detectives to spy on the movements of the rebels.

He went straight to Xiangyang County, which was most likely to be attacked first. As a result, Xiangyang County was safe and sound, and instead of being attacked, he got the news that the thieves might have rushed to Chaoyang County. Yu Wenshu reluctantly dispatched light cavalry, turned non-stop, and rushed towards it.

Halfway through, they learned the news again, and Chaoyang County was not attacked.

The rebel army crossed Chaoyang County and went all the way east into the Kunyun Mountains!

By this time, Yuwenshu finally understood what the rebel army wanted to do. The other party wanted to hide in the mountains and forests, and he was very confused in his heart, the strength of the anti-thief was not weak, and if he conquered Weixincheng in Ansan County again, his strength would immediately swell several times.

Now the counterinsurgency army of the imperial court has been defeated, and the 40,000 elite army has almost been wiped out. Taking advantage of the current shortage of officers and soldiers, it is the best time to fight against thieves. Now I want to enter the Kunyun Mountains and give up the great opportunity in front of me.

Yuwenshu had been carefully monitoring the movements of the rebel army, and it was not until the arrival of the Praetorian Guards that he breathed a long sigh of relief.

Therefore, regardless of the Praetorian Guards, they went all the way to the east, until the easternmost village of Dayang!

With such a continuous and high-intensity march, even if the Praetorian Guard was the most elite unit of the Empire, its physical strength was already close to the extreme. As a result, they received disappointing news from the villagers of Dayang Village, almost ten days ago, the thief army had entered the Kunyun Mountains through Dayang Village.

No general would be so stupid as to follow him into the Kunyun Mountains to chase down the thieves.

In desperation, the generals of the Praetorian Guard could only send people back to Ansan County to report to Lan Bowen, and at the same time, according to Yuwenshu's order, the army was stationed on the spot, and made up his mind to seal the rebel army in the mountains!