"Hurry, speed up for General Ben, and be sure to reach Xiqi City within two hours. ”

Tailuan roared at the top of his voice, and all the soldiers complained one by one, the mountain road was difficult, snakes and insects lurked, walking in the grass and thorns that did not reach the knees, and if you were not careful, you would trip and fall, and you would be pierced by thorns, and it was difficult to walk, not to mention speeding up.

Moreover, all the soldiers wore armor and held weapons, which undoubtedly increased the difficulty of the march, and the whole army moved forward at a turtle speed.

Originally, if you took the main road, you could come to Xiqi City in an hour, but it was just a surprise attack, so naturally you couldn't take the main road. Changing to a trail, not to mention adding more than 10 miles of road, and crossing mountains and mountains, brought great difficulties to the march.

Gao Jineng frowned, he didn't expect the mountain road to be so difficult to walk, if it goes on like this, let alone rushing to Xiqi City in two hours, it will be difficult to cross this mountain even if it is dark, "General Tailuan, we must find a way, otherwise it will be impossible to complete the task assigned to us by the marshal." ”

The battle situation is like fire, if his people and horses cannot arrive at Xiqi City on time, then it will inevitably disrupt the battle deployment of the marshal, so that the marshal may suffer a great defeat because of this, and he and Tailuan will not be able to escape the blame even if they die.

Tailuan nodded undeniably, how did he not know that this road was difficult to walk, but there was a choice, only this mountain road could reach the foot of Xiqi City.

Gao Jineng said: "You see that the grass and trees here are dense, thorns are everywhere, and there are no roads at all in some places, unless we take out all these things that block our way, it will be difficult." ”

Tailuan thought about it, suddenly his eyes lit up, and said, "Why don't we set a fire and burn it to the ground, so that there will be a way." ”

Gao Jineng shook his head and said: "Although it is late autumn now, the grass and trees in the mountains and forests are not completely yellow, and it is difficult to set fire to them. ”

Tailuan said in a muffled voice: "Then what do you say?"

Gao Jineng ignored him, looked at Wen Liang on the side, and asked, "General Wen, you have rich experience in living in the mountains and forests, is there a way for us to avoid the influence of weeds and thorns and march smoothly?"

Wen Liang said with a wry smile: "Although my subordinates have been falling into the grass and taking a dozen people to walk in the mountains, it is like walking on flat ground." But now it is an army of 30,000, the situation is different, I hope the general will forgive me, and my subordinates are really powerless. ”

"Defenseless, that's what I asked. ”

Gao Jineng showed a bitter smile on his face and sighed: "Then there is no way, I can only clean up the weeds and thorns and open a mountain road for the army to walk." ”

Tailuan agreed: "Yes, this is the only way. ”

Gao Jineng said: "General Tailuan, please lead 5,000 people to open the road in front, and after half an hour, another group of people will pick it up." ”

Tailuan nodded, Gao Ji Neng told him to do things, he didn't have any complaints in his heart, although he was old in the army, but he knew that he was a big old man, and it was okay to go into battle to kill the enemy, if he used his brain to find a way, it would be really difficult for him.

Moreover, Marshal Deng took Gao Jineng as the main general this time, and he himself was the deputy general, and the deputy general acted according to the orders of the commander-in-chief.

Wen Liang volunteered and led his three hundred personal soldiers to help Tailuan.

There are many people and strength, and under the clear roads of 5,000 people, the marching speed is much faster, but at this speed, even tomorrow, it may not be able to reach the bottom of Xiqi City.

The coach faced Jiang Ziya's 300,000 army, and the pressure was not small, and he didn't know if he could hold on until tomorrow.

Gao Jineng's face was full of worry, he has always been an extremely confident person, going into battle to kill the enemy, and always keeping calm, but the problem in front of him made him helpless.

"Report to the general, catch a woodcutter, General Tailuan suspects that he is a scout of Xiqi. ”

Gao Jineng frowned and ordered to bring people forward. After a while, two soldiers escorted the woodcutter forward, Gao Jineng looked at him a few times, and asked, "That woodcutter, you are alone, why did you come to this deep mountain and old forest?"

The woodcutter trembled and said, "Go back to ...... General, villain old mother...... I just got seriously ill, so I came to the mountains to hunt a few game. ”

Gao Jineng said: "You are a filial son, this general asked you, there is still a way to Xiqi City in this mountain." ”

"Back to the general, there is no way, this mountain is deserted, the villain has been hunting for many years, and he has never met a living person. ”

Gao Jineng sighed: "In this way, this Xiqi City General can't go." ”

The woodcutter may not have had contact with the outside world for a long time, and seeing that Gao Jineng has a good attitude towards him, he said: "General, I see that the soldier in front of me seems to be opening the way, and I listen to the villain's persuasion, and I can't go to Xiqi City if this road is opened." ”

Gao Jineng frowned and said, "How can you see it." ”

The woodcutter stretched out his hand and pointed ahead, and said, "After crossing this mountain, there is a cliff three or four miles long, and there is only a narrow road for people to walk on the bottom of the cliff, and there is an abyss next to it. There are so many people under the command of the general, with all due respect to the villain, without a day or two of effort, he can't get out of the cliff.

When Gao Ji heard this, he was worried, and in his eyes, the woodcutter didn't look like he was panicking. In this way, he could only lead his troops back to the camp and deal with Jiang Ziya with the marshal. But he was a little unwilling in his heart, and a good plan couldn't die in his own hands.

"That, according to what you say, unless General Ben razes these mountains to the ground, this Xiqi City will not be able to go anyway. ”

The woodcutter thought for a while, and then said: "Unless the general becomes a fish in the stream, if you want to go to Xiqi City, you can only take another route." ”

The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention.

Gao Jineng said softly: "Become a fish in the stream." He seemed to have caught some important information, his eyes lit up, and he was overjoyed: "I have a way, haha!"

"Come, prepare some money, so that you can send this woodcutter home. ”

The more Gao Jineng looked at it, the more he felt that this woodcutter was pleasing to the eye, and he couldn't wait to take him back to the camp and give him a military general, but he thought that he still had an old mother to serve at home, so he stopped this thought.

Gao Jineng asked the woodcutter a few very important questions, such as the direction and depth of the river, and the woodcutter was happy to get money, and he knew everything.

After a while, Tailuan and Wen Liang ran over with happy faces, and Tailuan couldn't wait to ask: "General Gao, tell me quickly, what can you think of to make us safely resist Xiqi City." ”

He was busy for a while just now, and he cleared the distance of less than a mile, and now if it goes on like this, the whole army is tired and lying down, and he is afraid that he will not be able to reach Xiqi City.

Gao Jineng said with a smile: "Since there is no road in this mountain, then we can change a road to come out." ”

Tailuan was puzzled: "Change a road, how to change." ”

Gao Jineng said: "Change to the waterway, we can go straight down the river, and we can easily climb over these mountains." On the way here, Gao Jineng noticed that there was a small river meandering in the mountains, but he was limited by his thinking and did not think of the method of taking the waterway.

Tai Luan was surprised: "There are 30,000 of us, how can we get so many ships for us to ride." ”

Gao Jineng said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about this at all, let the soldiers cut down wood and make a simple raft, ten people as a team, so that at most half a day's work, we can come to the city." ”

After hearing this, Tailuan was overjoyed and said with a smile: "General Gao still has an idea, I really admire it!"

Gao Jineng said: "General Tailuan, time is pressing, let's act quickly, the marshal is counting on us to share the pressure on him." ”

Tailuan nodded.