Chapter 94: Chasing Shennong 1

Wow! The stakes are high!

The difficulty of Shu Road is difficult to go to the blue sky!

Silkworms and fish, the founding of the country is at a loss.

He is 48,000 years old, and he is not populated with Qinsai.

Li Bai's "Shu Road Difficulty" vividly and romantically depicts the majestic momentum of the road from Qin to Shu.

More than 100 years before this poem was born, now, Pharmacist Li is leading 800 officers and soldiers to walk on this rugged Shu Road.

Shixian sighed:

The green mud is a panpan, and a hundred steps and nine folds linger on the rocks.

He sat on his back and sighed with his hands.

Although Pharmacist Li had never read the masterpieces of Qinglian monks, when he was on the top of the ladder stone stack and looked up at the night sky, the stars that appeared in front of him were really as close as an arm's throw away!

During this period of time, Pharmacist Li has looked up at the sky more than once.

Recently, Xingwen has made him feel breathless.

Of course, that Xingwen was observed near the Changchun Palace.

Will it be different when you come to the top of the mountain at this time? He knew he wouldn't, but there was still a glimmer of luck.

Now I look at it, alas, it is really the same.

This is exactly what he wanted to say but didn't say before he broke up with Li Shimin.

But before the breakup, Li Shimin seemed to have something on his mind that he wanted to say but didn't say.

What is that? Before he could think about it, there were already scouts who had come to report the military situation.

Ahead, there are barbarian defenses.

To go from Changchun Palace to Shannan, you must first cross the Qinling Mountains and enter Hanzhong.

At that time, there were four ways to cross the Qinling Mountains, from west to east, they were "Sanguan Road", "Bao Slope Road", "Fu Luo Road" and "Meridian Road".

On the occasion of the Chu and Han dynasties, Han Xin once "repaired the plank road" on the meridian road, but went to the Sanguan Road to "secretly cross Chen Cang".

Sanguan Road is also known as "Chen Cang Road".

Among the four paths, the meridian road is the most steep and the fastest.

From Guanzhong to Hanzhong by fast horse through this road, it only takes seven days.

Liu Bang fled in a hurry after the "Hongmen Banquet" and took the Meridian Road.

Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, Wei Yan repeatedly proposed the "Meridian Valley Plan", and also focused on the Meridian Road.

More than 100 years later, Hongchen Feiqi delivered lychees for Yang Guifei, and walked the meridian road.

Pharmacist Li reinforces Kipju, and naturally chooses the Meridian Road, which is the most eastward and fastest.

After this road out of the Qinling Mountains, it first went to Jinzhou, which is today's Ankang in Shaanxi.

From here, further southwest, you can go to Xinzhou, where Li Xiaogong is located, which is today's Fengjie in Chongqing.

If you go to the southeast, you can go to Kipzhou, where Xu Shao is located, which is today's Yichang, Hubei.

Nearly a hundred years later, Liu Zongyuan's "Book with Xiao Hanlin" described the local language: "The voice is peculiar, the tongue is noisy, and when you hear the northern dialect, you cry and hide...", not to mention the year!

Now Pharmacist Li is traveling through the meridian road and rushing to Jinzhou.

At this time, it was reported that there were barbarians in front of him, and he immediately ordered to hide the torches and walk away.

But seeing dozens of barbarian soldiers flashing in front of the mountains and forests, when Pharmacist Li looked at it, it was not aimed at himself.

For a while, I only heard the sound of feather arrows rising one after another, but none of the arrows were missed, and the brute soldiers fell to the ground.

Pharmacist Li was cheering to himself, but in the distance of the faint light of the sky and the misty forest, he faintly saw a fast horse, and the figure was dexterous immediately, who was not out of the dust?

Pharmacist Li was overjoyed, and stepped forward, only to see his beloved wife beside him, Hebi and Suizhu, and a young man.

Hebi came with the dust, which was expected by Pharmacist Li.

But Suizhu, if she leaves the house, who will take care of the two children?

Out of the dust, he said without waiting to ask: "The third sister-in-law took the two children over. ”

Although Li Keshi is the younger brother of Li Yaoshi, he is much younger than Li Keshi and his wife, and has always called them the third brother and third sister-in-law.

Pharmacist Li only nodded, and he didn't have time to ask at the moment.

At this time, the sky was getting brighter, and the two led the army to chase the barbarian soldiers from the way, and chased them straight out of the hillside forest area.

When you look down, you can't help but be surprised! Those barbarians in the Liantun Valley are thousands of people! surrounded the Tang army all the way, but it was the banner of Li Ming, the king of Lujiang.

Among the generals who traveled with Pharmacist Li this time, the most effective deputy was Zhang Baoxiang.

Pharmacist Li ordered him to lead people to relieve the siege, and he and Izuchen stayed on the top of the mountain to suppress the formation.

At this time, he had time to come out of the dust, and ordered the young man who came with him to meet Pharmacist Li.

The young man saluted and said, "The villain's name is Xue Guwu, and he is the son of Xue Gushe. ”

Pharmacist Li was taken aback: "The son of Xue Gushe! ”

Immediately helped Xue Guwu up, held his hand and looked at it carefully, and said excitedly: "No wonder it looks familiar!" ”

It turned out that Xue Gushe had been under the account of King Li Yao.

After King Li Yaowang was deposed, Xue Gushe was always worried.

A few months ago, King Li Yao passed away, and Xue Gushe also led his sons to mourn.

However, at that time, Pharmacist Li only had 36 days of funeral leave, and there were many things to do with the funeral, and he did not pay special attention to Xue Guwu.

Xue Gu's father and son are the descendants of Xue Guyan, a famous general of the Northern Dynasty, and their family has a superb martial arts.

Now that it is the time to employ people, Pharmacist Li is very pleased to have the son of the deceased come.

Let's talk about the present.

Even if Zhang Bao Xiangxun dispersed the barbarians, he would come to see Pharmacist Li with the generals of the Tang Army.

This general was Sima Li Daliang, the governor of Jinzhou, who led Pharmacist Li and his party into the city to meet Li Ming, the king of Lujiang, the governor of Jinzhou.

Li Ying was overjoyed.

Jinzhou has clashed with the barbarian Deng Shiluo many times, and the capital city has been repeatedly harassed.

Li Daliang reported to Pharmacist Li that it turned out that the Daba Mountain area in the south of Jinzhou had been occupied by barbarian armed forces.

Xiao Mo encouraged the barbarians to riot and obstructed the Tang army.

If Pharmacist Li wanted to go south from Jinzhou, whether he went southwest to Shinju or southeast to Kipju, he had to cross Daba Mountain.

Therefore, he must first help Li Ying pacify the barbarians before he can move forward.

This area of Daba Mountain is known as "Shennongjia", according to legend, Emperor Yan Shennong's family once set up a frame here to collect medicine, and taste the herbs.

There are still large areas of primeval forests here, and many ethnic minorities live together, not to mention at that time! The barbarians are deep in the mountains, and they are not familiar with the art of war, but they are proficient in the landform.

Therefore, Li Daliang Rao was born in the Guanlong family and had sufficient civil and military talents, but in the face of the barbarians, he still couldn't win.

Pharmacist Lee's thinking is not just about "winning".

At this time, he pointed to the map and said to Li Ying and Li Daliang: "Shennongjia is bordered by Jinzhou in the north, Xinzhou in the west, and Dajiang in the south.

Originally, there was Xiao Milling in the southeast, and Wang Shichong in the northeast.

Wang Shichong confronted the northern armies, and there was a serious internal rupture, so he had no time to take care of the southwest, so the Duke of Zhao County was able to successfully say that Kip Zhou had returned. ”

Li Ying and Li Daliang nodded frequently.

Pharmacist Li continued: "Xiao Mo is different from Wang Shichong. He worked hard internally, worked as one, was gentle and far-reaching externally, and used troops prudently. The Xiao clan of Lanling has been through Jing Chu for more than a hundred years, and they are all surrounded by wealth and utensils. The wild fang lives in the mountains, how can he have the ambition of the world? All you want is to multiply. Xiao Milling can be brought together, can't our army be able to? ”

The so-called "sergeant hears the word and acts diligently; When the sergeant heard this, if he survived, he died."

Although Li Ying is not a sergeant, he is not so "the corporal hears it and laughs".

He listened to Pharmacist Li's words, and was noncommittal, and only looked at Li Daliang.

Li Daliang is different, Pharmacist Li's exposition from the position of the barbarians made his eyes brighten and his heart brightened, and he bowed to Pharmacist Li at the time: "Mr. Si is big, Da Liang respectfully teaches!" ”

At this time, Pharmacist Li opened the mansion from the fourth grade, and Li Daliang was the official rank of the fifth grade.

However, Li Daliang bowed this time, representing his chief official, Li Ming, the king of Lujiang.

Pharmacist Li was not suitable for the courtesy, so he hurriedly returned the salute deeply.

Although Li Ying is not a comatose person, he has Pharmacist Li and Li Daliang planning for him to defend against the enemy, and he left the table after a few polite words.

After he left, everyone talked more freely, and several officers under Pharmacist Li and Li Daliang participated in the discussion, and Xue Guwu was particularly excited.