Gong Changyu took a thousand men and horses, set off from Jingjiang City, trekked through mountains and rivers, arrived at the border of Yuexi County and Jingnan County, and entered a vast mountainous area, where the average altitude is above 1,800 meters.

It had just rained heavily, the mountains were covered with clouds and mist, the streams were murmuring, the post roads were muddy, and the soldiers had been marching for three days and three nights, and they looked very tired one by one. As I walked, a landslide with a length of more than 100 meters, a height of more than 30 meters, and a width of more than 10 meters at the bottom was in front of me.

The loose mud and stones on the mountain are still rolling down from time to time, falling into the canyon, making a loud rumbling sound, the canyon is hundreds of zhang deep, looking down, the rocks pierce through the air, people can't help but be frightened.

"General, the mountain road is blocked here, what should I do?" The black handsome man who was walking in the front turned his horse's head and ran over.

"This is the only way to the ancient city of Hongjiang, and we have to climb over this mountain so as not to delay the trip." Gong Changyu jumped off the horse and looked up, "Oh, my mother, such a big landslide, there are ancient trees and stones on it, for the sake of safety, we have to go up and take a look." ”

"General, are there any other trails that can be bypassed?" Hei Dashuai asked.

"Black handsome, you're not talking nonsense? If there were a trail, what else would we do here? Gong Changyu glanced at the black handsome. Gong Changyu recalled in his mind the days when he formed the Salt Gang, and the Salt Gang brothers all went to Jingjiang City in western Guangdong from here, because this was the closest road.

The trail is not nothing, you have to make a detour of forty or fifty miles, through the dense forest and swamp where snakes and scorpions are swarmed, people have to try their luck when they walk over, and it is impossible for horses and guns to pass, and there are tigers and cheetahs in that area, and it is also a den of bandits, of course, these bandits are nothing, and the quagmire and poisonous snakes in the swamp are the most deadly.

This big mountain is called Qintian Mountain, with a radius of nearly 200 miles, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is the only place to go south to Lingnan and north to the Central Plains. Since the Qin Dynasty, 100,000 Qintian is the center of the Yue and Miao and Yao tribes in the western Guangdong County and Jingnan County to gather in the mountains and forests to fight against the imperial court. It is said that among the 100,000 soldiers of Qintian Tuntian, Zhao Tuo was born in this place, and after the death of Qin, he established a hundred-year-long Nanyue Kingdom, Zhao Tuo was the first emperor of the Nanyue Kingdom, and was the Emperor Wu, so the legend of the dragon vein has spread thousands.

During the Jingming Dynasty, the rebels here had fought against the imperial court for more than 20 years, because it was rich in grain, and the annual output of grain could reach more than 100,000 quintals, which could withstand foreign troubles. The imperial court spent millions of taels of silver to adopt the strategy of buying, dividing and disintegrating, and only then did it suppress the "Miaoling Kingdom". Since then, Yongning Prefecture has been set up, and a thousand households have been sent to lead more than 1,000 troops, stationed in Fengjie City, and a four-sided fort has been built to ensure the tranquility around 100,000 Qintian.

At the time of the Qing Dynasty, Fengjie City was abandoned, and a guard was set up in Zhongqintian, which was led by a general leader Tuntian, serving the people in leisure time and soldiers in wartime, arresting bandits, and being responsible for the social security here.

The Blue Wolf Army invaded Tanzhou in the north, and a small detachment stayed in 100,000 Qintian and occupied this mountain for nearly ten years. This news was told to Gong Changyu by a villager before entering the mountain, saying that the long hair in the mountain was colluding with bandits, and he was unusually fierce, and suggested that he take a detour to Guali.

Gong Changyu disagreed, hehe smiled, isn't it the Blue Wolf Army, what are you worried about. Now that it has collapsed, I really regret that I didn't listen to the advice of that fellow.

"General, what are you still hesitating about, think of a way. It's all a little bit now, and if it collapses a few more times, the lives of the brothers will not be saved. Hei Dashuai looked at the pocket watch in his hand.

"I went around the neighborhood to see if I could find a guide to show us around. Black Marshal, pass my order and let the brothers rest in place for a while. Gong Changyu said.

"Order, General." The black handsome rode his horse and ran back.

While running, the black marshal shouted: "Brothers, the general has an order, rest in place, and inject the landslide." ”

As a result, all the soldiers stopped moving forward, rested on the spot, and paid close attention to the situation on the mountain......

Gong Changyu, Ran Jiufeng, and Xu Yanxia climbed up the collapsed earth and stone, stood at the highest point, held a monocular, and looked down, only to see a group of Miao girls with firewood knives and baskets on their backs singing mountain songs in the distance.

Hey, what are these girls going to do with their backpacks? Is their home near here? Gong Changyu talked to himself.

"Brother Changyu, won't you fall in love with those little girls again?" Jiufeng saw Gong Changyu holding the telescope with one hand, and quipped.

"Sister Jiufeng, you give me a little more serious, okay? General Ben is looking at where they are coming from and where they are going. How can you think about your children? Gong Changyu pinched the face of Shadow Leader Ran Jiufeng.

"Brother Changyu, you haven't been home for more than a year, and you don't want to be a princess?" Ran Jiufeng asked.

"What's the use of thinking? Besides, don't you two still have me by my side? Gong Changyu smiled.

"General, we are in the army, and we can't ...... that aspect of things," Xu Yanxia smiled.

"Yanxia, the two of you are not small, do you have a crush?" Gong Changyu was straightforward.

"It's still early to talk about marriage, and we'll talk about it when the blue wolf army is pacified." Xu Yanxia responded.

"If the blue wolf army is not eliminated for a day, then you will not marry for a day?" Ran Jiufeng said with a smile.

"Sister Jiufeng, a few years older than me, you are not in a hurry, what is my hurry?" Xu Yanxia grinned at Jiufeng.

"If you really don't want to marry, when General Ben finishes this battle, he will marry you all together......" Gong Changyu smiled slightly.

"Brother Changyu, you want to marry us, it's not a joke, right?" Jiufeng felt a little fever on his face.

"Do you think I'm joking?" Gong Changyu was serious, "I have been fighting abroad for many years, and I occasionally have knife wounds, gunshot wounds, and colds, and there is no woman around me to take care of me, so I can't do it." ”

"If the princess had known, she would not have spared us...... You still don't have any other thoughts......" Xu Yanxia shook her head again and again.

"If you don't say it, the princess won't know......" Gong Changyu put away the binoculars, "Remember, when there are outsiders, don't say that Jiao'er is the eldest princess of the blue wolf country, otherwise I will be plotted by Jiang Changyi's guy." ”

"Yes, General." One of the two girls answered in unison.

"Xu Yanxia, go down and ask if there are any villages nearby?" Gong Changyu said.

"Brother Changyu, you don't know how to ask, you see this collapse is so high, I'm a little scared......" Xu Yanxia tugged at the back hem of her thorn-hung clothes.

"What is there to be afraid of. I'll go down with you. Ran Jiufeng said.

"yes, okay." Xu Yanxia responded, so the two of them took care of each other and walked slowly to the bottom of the earthwork......

Gong Changyu stood alone in the cave-in, he knew that such thousands of earth, rocks and trees, if they had to be cleared and unblocked, and the weapons would be transported over again, it would be possible to complete the task in two or three days. So, Gong Changyu suddenly had the idea of going back to Jingjiang City. His 1,000 men and horses were ordered by the Jingnan Army Headquarters to go north to King Qin, although they have not yet been in battle, but they have retreated, will they be punished?

"Choosing to be a hero is king, and choosing to be a bear has no good end. Is it possible that after being a bear, there will still be a good end? Gong Changyu was silent for a long time, but he couldn't find an answer.

"A famous war is also a battle of personal fate, and some people bravely kill the enemy and become knights. Some people died heroically, and their names will be remembered through the ages. Some people escaped and were ruined. Hei Dashuai got up, he saw Gong Changyu's thoughts, and said meaningfully.

"Hei Dashuai, do you think General Ben is going back, or is he going on?" Gong Changyu asked Ji Hei Dashuai.

"General, we are not going back or moving forward. At this point, Qin Tianshan is not leaving. The black handsome replied

"Is there any mistake, how long can we stay in this barren mountain? Is this idea you gave me feasible? Gong Changyu was very puzzled.

"General, running away on the battlefield is a highly technical job, and choosing a correct posture is crucial. If you escape well, you can be promoted, but if you don't escape well, you may lose your head and destroy the nine clans. Now we are still on the road, and the heavy rain delays the trip, so it is not considered to be an escape. Hei Dashuai laughed.

"No, I can't. The swearing-in meeting was arrogant, because the collapse suddenly stagnated, and it was unjustifiable. Gong Changyu hesitated.

"The Jingshi is at least four thousand miles away from here, we just don't sleep, and we won't be able to leave the Jingshi within a month, I hope the general will make a decision as soon as possible." Hei Dashuai said.

"Hey, this Zeng Fan has given me too many problems." Gong Changyu sighed and said, "It's not going in, it's not going back, it's not going to be a person." ”

Soon, Ran Jiufeng and Xu Yanxia came back, and they learned that the group of little girls lived in a cottage called Pingzizhai twenty miles away from here, where there were more than 800 Miao people, and the whole village was relocated to this Qintian Mountain to escape the war. Originally, they were in Zhongqintian in Pingzi Village, but they didn't expect that the Blue Wolf Army would come in two years ago, drive them away, and occupy their villages and land.

The Blue Wolf Army built a military fortress in Zhongqintian as a grain base, constantly storing grain to support rebellions in other places. The number of people who took refuge in the Blue Wolf Army increased, there were already more than 6,000 people, they controlled the ancient tea horse road of 100,000 Gutian, and collected taxes on merchants and porters who came and went, and the official army attacked several times, all of which failed.

"It's okay! I haven't picked salt for ten years, and this place has become the sphere of influence of the Blue Wolf Army. Gong Changyu waved his sword and cut off a beech tree in front of him, "Let's go to Pingzi Village to explore the situation first, mobilize Miao compatriots to help us, and come to move mountains." ”