At this time, the king of Chu and his entourage of more than 100 horsemen had already left Guizhou and headed westward, heading towards the reckless mountains.

Originally, according to the plan, Mu Ying took this trip by herself, but before leaving, His Royal Highness had to follow. Zhenzhen has the words to say that you must see Wumeng Mountain with your own eyes, so that you can know it in your heart.

Mu Ying and Hu Xian laughed secretly in their hearts, after listening to that song, who would dare to say that they know Wumeng Mountain better than His Highness? No one would dare.

The two knew that in fact, His Royal Highness had never lost such a big person in his life, and he just wanted to escape from the sad place of Guizhou.

However, as a subordinate, he naturally sees through it and does not say anything, and he has to coax His Highness, otherwise he will suffer in the end.

Sure enough, after leaving Guizhou City, no one mentioned the singing in the middle of the night, His Royal Highness the King of Chu was in a much better mood, and even chanted a poem:

"The Red Army is not afraid of difficult expeditions, and thousands of rivers and mountains are just waiting for leisure.

The five mountains are soaring and the waves are thin, and the Wumeng majestic mud pills ......"

Mu Ying was very happy to hear His Royal Highness compose a poem, which showed that he had finally come out of his autism. But he soon became fascinated by the poem.

"Good poetry, good poetry, what a pride and ambition this is, I can't find a second one in the Ming literary world." Mu Ying likes to read, and is very literate among generals, although he can't compose poems, but it's okay to appreciate it, he can't help but applaud: "It's a 'thousands of rivers and thousands of mountains just waiting for leisure', those sour literati can't write this kind of poetry." ”

"Haha, this is what this king saw from the book, and he remembered it when he saw this Wumeng Mountain." Zhu Zhen laughed and said, "This king will not be able to compose poetry after he is six years old. ”

"Your Highness can still write poetry before the age of six?" Mu Ying was surprised, I didn't hear that when the sixth child was a child, he still had this talent.

"At that time, the king sat and got wet." Zhu Zhen laughed, and sure enough, he came out.

Mu Ying couldn't help laughing, but she didn't believe his nonsense in her heart. That poem is Wuling first and then Wumeng, isn't it a portrayal of His Royal Highness running all the way from Guangdong?

~~

After entering the mountainous area, Zhu Zhen finally knew why the old man deliberately pointed out Wumeng Mountain when he reviewed the countless difficulties and obstacles he had overcome during the Long March.

This Wumeng Mountain is really too difficult to walk. It is not only covered with mountains, but also covered with dense primeval forests, making it easy to get lost. Moreover, the mountain is extremely steep, and as you walk, you will pull up a knife-and-axe-like peak in front of you, directly blocking the way, so that you have to take a detour.

However, there are also deep valleys and various remnant hills, peaks, forests, and dissolution depressions scattered between the mountains, which often turn into a labyrinth. In such a complex terrain, it is difficult to use a compass, watch the sun, walk along the river, and mark along the way, and if you don't have a local guide to guide you, you really don't know where to go once you get lost.

"This place is evil." Even Mu Ying, a veteran general who had conquered Kunlun Mountain, was completely convinced. While making a map to mark the route, he exclaimed: "If we didn't have a guide with us, we would have lost our way six times in just half a day in the mountain." ”

"Master Hou is really powerful, no more, no less, it is indeed six times." The young man who led the way, Aaron, looked back and praised. He is the eldest grandson of Longzan Arnold, not tall, dark-skinned, with a pair of bright eyes purring, and his whole body is full of cleverness.

"Even we locals don't dare to enter Wumeng Mountain casually, we have to be accompanied by experienced hunters so that we don't get lost."

"Yo, I can't tell, you're still an old hunter." Mu Ying said with a smile.

"Of course, I followed my uncle into the mountains to hunt when I was nine years old, and I spent most of the year wandering around the mountains." Ah Long puffed up his chest, patted the bow and arrow on the horse's back, and said, "My archery skills are famous in the whole of Shuixi, as long as I fancy the prey, I want to run away from under my nose." ”

"Is it so powerful?" Mu Ying couldn't help laughing.

Aaron glanced at his bow and arrows hanging from the saddle, and said, "Don't you believe that we are Bibi? ”

"There's a chance." Mu Ying smiled noncommittally.

"Okay." Aaron thought that he was afraid of losing face and did not dare to compare with himself, so he did not force it. He listened for a moment, then turned back to Mu Ying and said, "There is the Ququ River ahead." In the summer, you have to take a detour, but when the water level drops, you should be able to go straight to it, so you can save half a day. ”

"I'll go and take a look at the water first, and then you can cross the river if it's okay." After saying that, he beckoned a few clansmen, rode forward together, and explored the way.

Mu Ying's personal soldiers did not wait for orders, and also followed.

"How?" His Royal Highness the King of Chu has not been silent since he entered the mountain, for fear of affecting Mu Ying's drawing work, so he asked at this time.

"It's really problematic." Mu Ying showed His Highness the map in his hand: "It's actually easy to get lost, it's actually easy to do, as long as you bring a good guide, you can solve it." The trouble lies in two points, one is that this road is too difficult to walk, it is completely a primitive mountain road, rugged, narrow and difficult to navigate, and you can't think about any car, let alone artillery. ”

"Hmm." Zhu Zhen nodded, he remembered that one of the great achievements of Mrs. Xiangxiang in the future was to lead the people of all ethnic groups in Guizhou to split mountains and open roads, build bridges when encountering water, and build a post road through Wumeng Mountain.

So at this point in time, there is no serious avenue in Wumeng Mountain......

"How can this kind of sheep intestine mountain road afford the heavy transportation of our 200,000 troops?" Zhu Zhen said worriedly.

"It's a multi-pronged approach." Mu Ying said in a deep voice: "First, we will collect more Yunnan horses and donkeys to carry the baggage, and let the soldiers carry enough food on their backs, at least two months' supplies." ”

"The second is to mobilize Shuidong and Shuixi to help us transport grain, which is also the emperor's early preparation." Mu Ying lowered her voice and said, "Every year, in the name of reward, the emperor allocates a large amount of grain and grass to Ai Cui and Song Qin. These grains and grasses are all stationed in the city of Guizhou, just for the sake of Yunnan reserves. ”

"Damn, they don't want to admit it, it can't be that our grain and grass are going to be blackened, right?" Zhu Zhen took a sip.

"I don't dare to borrow their guts, but if the official army doesn't fight Yunnan, won't the grain be theirs?" Mu Ying sneered: "So His Highness is a clever move to pry them to play Puding Fort." After taking Puttingburg, they will not be able to turn back. ”

"Yes, I'm just going to get them to submit a vote!" Zhu Zhen nodded and said: "These toasts are used to the left and right, and if they don't give them a broken thought, they won't really give us their lives." ”

"What Your Highness said is very true." Mu Ying said thoughtfully: "We are in the northwest, just because we don't understand this, we have taken a lot of detours. ”

"Haha, this king is also summing up your lessons." Zhu Zhen smiled and said: "From this point of view, it is still necessary to win the support of the east and the west. ”

"It's really necessary." Mu Ying sighed and said: "There are hundreds of thousands of people in the east and west of the water, and they are still pointing to them to open roads and bridges for us and transport baggage." ”

"Hmm." Zhu Zhen smiled: "In this way, you have to be even better and give advice to those two little widows." ”

(End of chapter)