The southern mountain system of Tongling belongs to the Jiuhua Mountains of Chizhou, which is composed of three relatively independent small mountain systems in the north-north-west direction of one long and two short, and the longest one of the southernmost mountain systems continues to Fanchang, and the Yangtze River in the north wraps Tongling into an olive shape. Out of the mountain, it is a plain corridor from Nanling County to Qingyang, and after this plain, it enters the famous southern Anhui mountain area composed of Tianmu Mountain, Yellow Mountain and Jiuhua Mountain Range.

The original New Fourth Army that Gao Chong remembered was in Jingxian County, which was not too far from Tongling. Although you can go to Jing County when you go out of the southern mountainous area, you generally don't go to Jing County to go to Ningguo. There are two roads to Ningguo, one is to take Tongling Jingjing County, to the southeast to Ningguo, Guan Yu they are to take this road, and the other east line is to go east out of Tongling and go to Xuancheng to Ningguo. Compared with the eastern route, the southern route is not only difficult to walk, but also the route is farther. The eastern route is about 280 miles, while the southern route is more than 300 miles.

Gao Zhong took the official road of the eastern line, although it was an official road, it was only five or six feet of dirt road, and it was muddy when it rained. The official roads in the mountains are sometimes no more than three feet. There are a lot of slopes in the mountains, and vehicles need someone to pull them uphill in front. Sometimes because it is steep, it is also necessary to go downhill. Therefore, it is difficult to walk by car and foot transportation, often to have several cars to partner with the aisle, and it is good to say that it is good to say that this is a mountain, and it is not only difficult but also dangerous to walk alone.

The wheelbarrow used for this line of foot transport can be more than ten times more efficient than the previous porter, as the old saying goes, there is no light burden on the long distance, a porter carries a hundred and ten pounds that is a good strength, and the average person will pick dozens of pounds to walk this long distance. And there is no concept of time. Gao Pet made this wheelbarrow, and it became popular in this area in a few days, and slowly spread farther and farther, and the business of the car factory was good.

Gao Pet recalled that it was only two or three hours to drive in Ningguo in his previous life, but now he didn't know how to realize the car that year, although Gao Pet thought of it when he made this, but it was obviously impossible with the current conditions.

There are virgin forests on both sides of the road, the air is fresh, and by chance, the people of the car dealer in this valley, every once in a while or mileage, shout twice, this is a habit, if there is someone in front, they will also respond.

Every five miles, ten miles, there are pavilions for people to rest and shelter from the rain, some are ventilated on all sides, built on the side of the road, some are built in the middle of the road, the two ends are dome door openings, and the road passes through in the middle of the pavilion. These are the good deeds done by some wealthy squires. Occasionally, there are one or two temples in the land of the mountain gods, and there are also some incense.

The road is not safe, listen to the foot picker, there are robbers on the road to rob, one or two people to walk extra careful, especially in these years of war, bandits gather more and more to occupy the mountain, the Northern Song Dynasty has Liangshan Water Margin, Fang La, now the bandits of all sizes are even more numerous. In recent years, Li Cheng has been suppressed, defeated and surrendered to Liu Yu, and Yang Qi of Poyang Lake is giving the official family a headache, these are all super bandits. As soon as Gao Zhong left Tongling City, he sent scouts, first, to let them develop habits, and on the other hand, it is indeed unsafe on this road, so be careful. This scout has cannons and matches on his body, and the two of them flick it, which is the minimum configuration of the scout, in case something is much better than going it alone.

After walking for a long time, he has not yet walked out of Tongling County. At this time, it has entered the summer, walking in this mountain, the roadside is full of big trees, the mountain breeze is blowing, and it is not too hot, but it is very hard to pull the cart on the foot, and the high pet and his party eat at the pavilion on the side of the mountain to eat, and supplement some landscapes.

At the foot of the mountain, there was a small stream, and there were birds chirping happily in the forest, and Gao Pet took the big pillar, and followed the steward of the car dealer on the side, and walked to the stream at the foot of the mountain. This is in charge, he usually doesn't travel, this time the eldest young master went to Ningguo, so he followed carefully, and introduced the rules and conditions on the road along the way, very diligent. They walked through a small slope, but saw two large, three small and five muntjacs drinking quietly by the stream, very leisurely.

"Young Master, look at the yellow muntjac, I'll kill one, let's eat muntjac meat at night." Gao Pet was still thinking about whether to kill this muntjac wild animal, and the crossbow arrows of this big pillar had been shot. More than 100 meters, the largest male muntjac fell before he could react, and the others ran away and couldn't stop screaming.

"Enough to kill one, don't kill again!" Seeing that this guy was about to pull the string again, Gao Chong hurriedly stopped.

"Why?" The big pillar was a little confused.

"How much have you eaten? If you kill the other big one, the three small ones won't survive, and you won't be able to eat them next time. ”

The archery of the big pillar is good, fast and accurate. The arrow was shot from the side of the front leg and hit the heart. This muntjac is only slightly larger and horned, and there is a pair of small fangs, more than forty or fifty catties, it is relatively strong in the muntjac, and the muntjac rarely exceeds 50 catties, which is enough for everyone to have a good meal. Retracting the arrow, refilling the water, Gao Pet washed his face, Dazhu carried this muntjac on his shoulder, and followed back.

After lunch, everyone continued to rush towards Ningguo.

"Young Master, after this period, the mountain area near Nanling is not safe, there are often thieves, we should be careful. According to this speed, it is estimated that we will arrive at Xiaowang Village in Gongshan Town in the evening, and we can rest there for one night, and we will get out of Xiaowang Village and go to Ningguo before it is a flat road. Gao Zhong heard what the manager of the car shop said, and immediately called two more guards to go out two or three miles forward to reconnoitre.

Along the way, everyone was on guard, but they did not find that the legendary thief stopped and robbed, and arrived at Xiaowang Village safely.

The mountain here is still relatively high, and there is no mountain, Xiaowang Village is located in a mountain col, and the village has more than 100 households and is considered a big village. A big road runs through the whole village, and the road is the street, and the street is the road. There are many shops on both sides of the street, including mountain goods stores, tea houses, and inns. Every two or three days, people spontaneously gather here to form a market, there are traders from Xuancheng and Tongling, there are also mountain people and village households to trade some daily necessities and local specialties, mountain goods and furs, it is very lively.

Gao Pet and his entourage found a larger inn and stayed there.

"Shopkeeper, let this muntjac be cleaned up in your kitchen, and add some good dishes" Dazhu threw a muntjac in front of Xiao Er and said to Xiao Er.

"Okay, I'll do it for you, do you want some wine, we have new wine here, 'Gao Family Wuliangye' guarantees that you like it."

"Gao Family Wuliangye?" Gao Pet is interested, and the Gao family's wine is sold here? It's no wonder that this is the four roads that Tongling must pass through to Xuancheng and Lin'an, and it is not strange to have these five grains. The strange thing is that Wuliangye still has a market here at such a high price.

"How do you sell this wine?"

"A cup of copper coins, this is the best wine, it is the latest invention of the Gao family, I heard that the official family wants to set this wine as a tribute in the palace. This wine will fight when you drink it in your throat, ensuring that you are not wronged when you drink it. "A glass of this wine is about two taels, a pound of eight glasses, a pound of wine is eight times, and I saw that there were still a few people in the store drinking this liquor. This Gao pet didn't know that the Gao family's Wuliangye was a must-have wine for high-end banquets in Lin'an. Without these five grains, this banquet would not be of high grade, in the words of modern people, it has become a kind of popularity, if you haven't drunk it, you are embarrassed to say hello when you go out.

"One person for a drink". Gao Pet had this wine in the car, but Gao Pet also asked everyone for a glass, and he didn't want everyone to drink more, after all, it was not safe on the road. After a hard day, everyone drank slowly, and Gao Pet was the same as everyone, and it was rare to enjoy this peace and tranquility.

"I heard that there were bandits in Conch Mountain in Ningguo, who came from the north of the river, killed people in the port a few days ago, and now no one goes inside, the fourth child next door to my house, is afraid to die after returning home, and I dare not go out for a few days."

"I know that they are not as unbearable as the legend says." A merchant from Xuancheng said on the side.

"I seem to know a lot about Brother Ren's tone, can you tell me in detail, I invited you for wine." Before Gao Zhong could ask, Guan Yu couldn't wait to ask.

"Dude, I'm polite, I really know a little bit about this bandit. This starts with the Jin soldiers' attack on Lianghuai. ”

It turned out that there was a seaman in Haizhou, surnamed Zhao, with a single name and a righteous character, in his early fifties, and whether he was of the same clan or the same clan as the current official family, only he knew. When he was young, he ran overseas with others, made some money, and his family gradually became rich, and he married a beautiful daughter-in-law, who was very angry, gave birth to three sons, and lived a loving and happy life. In the past ten or twenty years, several sons have grown up, all of them like to play boxing and sticks, have some kung fu, and occasionally go to sea with others to do some business.

But this Jin man broke the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, captured the emperor of the Song Kingdom, and continued to attack the south, and this beautiful day is over. This Jin army was like a bamboo, and when they arrived in Haizhou, they were resisted.

This Brother Zhao scattered all his family wealth, and with his three sons, he organized a righteous army composed of sons and village warriors, with more than 300 people, to join the battlefield. But it was a drop in the bucket, the battle situation did not change much, the official family was still defeated, and after more than a year, there were one hundred and ten people left in the Zhao family's righteous army, and two sons of the Zhao family also died. After Song Jin negotiated peace, the children of the Zhao family retreated to this Xuancheng.

This Zhao family's righteous army, brave in battle, meritorious in resisting gold, but only a village brave, not recognized by the official family, and the reward has not come down for a long time, and I don't know if there is one. When I arrived in Xuancheng, more than 100 people and some family members, this lack of food and drink was not a long-term solution, and the people under him also dispersed, doing some odd jobs to support their families. But it also clashed with the forces in the city because of this. But the anti-gold is meritorious and useful, in Xuancheng, your Zhao family is an outsider, three whole and two whole, and his son Zhao Huan inexplicably became a criminal and was imprisoned. Zhao Yi begged his grandfather to tell his grandmother, and the last bit of savings in the family was gone, and the money was turned out, but the people haven't got it back, you see this whole thing. This can make the Zhao family angry, they all came down from the battlefield and have seen blood. Several of Zhao Huan's subordinates mobilized some people, and went to the prison cell of the state capital at night to rob the second child of the Zhao family, so that Zhao Yi's gang couldn't stay in Xuancheng, and robbed the city gate overnight and went to Conch Mountain, and fell into the thief.

The battle in the first two days was that Xuancheng's Xiang army entered the mountains to encircle and suppress, but how could the combat effectiveness of the Xiang army be the opponent of the Zhao army's righteous army who had seen blood on the battlefield, and there was not enough manpower, so they returned home.

This bandit is sympathetic, and it seems that this Zhao Yi is also a person who dares to act and decisive. Gao Chong thought about meeting this Zhao Yi.

Everyone didn't care about this Zhao Yi, and washed and rested early.