Regarding Xiao Jing's ridicule, Zhang Xian only smiled slightly.

"Hehe, there are times when they cry for a long time. ”

Xu Fan and Xiao Jing listened to the voice and couldn't help but skip a beat.

"Could it be that the Xia Kingdom still wants to take the initiative to attack the Qin State?"

It's not good if that's the case, the two remembered that Xia Guo had asked for freedom of navigation by water, which made them think that maybe Zhang Xian was a reserved means.

Zhang Xian didn't think about it so much, he just said it casually.

But his words that didn't mean anything made Xiao Jing think a lot, for example, Xiao Chulong tried his best to persuade him not to go to Bian Yangcheng.

If Xia wants to attack Xia, it must pass through the territory of Wuwei State, and Wuwei State may not agree to Xia Guo borrowing the road, so the Xia army will have to take the waterway detour to Chenjiang and take the original Shangcheng country's territory, although it has been divided by several countries, but it is not recognized as their territory, and the Xia army wants to go there, and they can't help it.

The atmosphere suddenly became dull.

Xiao Jing already had a plan in his heart.

Then he secretly sent someone to contact Balingguo, intending to sell Bian Yangcheng to Balingguo.

Xu Fan's heart was a little heavy, he really didn't want to fight now, he was the one who suffered the worst losses in this war, the main battlefield was in his country, and his strength was the weakest, if it wasn't for the full support of the Xia Kingdom, they were afraid that they would destroy the country.

He now urgently needs stable development and restoration of national strength.

Only Zhao Wen is silent, he doesn't worry about anything else, even if there is a war, involving his Southern Barbarian Country, it will be in the end.

"Why don't I see Zhu Wei?"

Zhang Xian suddenly became interested in Zhu Wei.

"That unproductive thing, he didn't dare to see you, and hid in the guards. ”

"This kid, I can't eat him, what are you afraid of. ”

Although the officials of the Qin State hated the Four Kingdoms very much, especially the Xia State, they still did not lose their courtesy, waited very thoughtfully, and sent them out of the border of Kancheng, and the officials of the next city took over the escort.

In this way, a few days later, the Lord of the Four Kingdoms had penetrated deep into the territory of the Qin State.

"Ahead is Shipanling, you have to be careful. ”

The general who led the way pointed to the mountains in front of him and reminded Zuo Xuan.

"Oh, what's going on here?"

Seeing the solemn face of the Qin general, Zuo Xuan asked in surprise.

"Shipanling is more than 1,000 miles in circumference, and there is the Yang River passing through the mountain.

There is a group of demons, demons, and people mixed with bandits, often out of the mountains to rob the surrounding towns, we have sent a large army into the mountains to encircle and suppress, do not want this fire bandit to be very fierce.

Half a month ago, General Li led 30,000 people into the mountains, but the result was a great defeat, almost the entire army was wiped out, and only less than 3,000 remnants of the army came out. ”

This Qin general introduced with an ugly face.

There is a bandit in the territory of the country, and the 30,000 army encircled and suppressed almost no one was killed, and it was really embarrassing to say it, but not to say it, if the lord of the four countries entered the mountain and had an accident, he would be punished by the nine clans.

"Can't you take a detour?"

Wu Weiguo's guards all frowned and asked.

He didn't want to take risks, because he knew his own affairs, although their three thousand people were the elite of Wuwei Kingdom, their combat power was not high, this was because in the anti-Qin Dynasty, their elite soldiers and horses had lost too much.

Zuo Xuan glanced at Xiao Hui, the leading general of the Zongye State, and Zhao Feng, the leading general of the Southern Barbarian State.

"What do you think?"

Before the two could reply, General Qin smiled bitterly;

"It's the end of winter and the beginning of spring, and it's still very cold here, and there is no sign of thawing.

Although the Yanghe River has not been completely frozen this winter, there is ice on the surface of the river close to the two banks, but it is not thick, and it will collapse if people go immediately.

In addition, this autumn rained heavily, the river flow was very large, and the current was so turbulent that it was impossible to build a pontoon bridge.

There is a bridge thousands of miles away in the lower reaches of the Yanghe River, and there is also a bridge in the upper reaches of the river, and in the mountains of about six or seven hundred miles, if you want to take these two roads, you have to turn back, to the east, or to the west to go to the other two cities, but no matter which way you go, you have to delay for about 20 days.

Originally, we were going to take the middle road, which was not only easy to walk but also close, and the stone bridge in the middle of the mountain was very strong, who would have thought that a month ago there would be a mountain bandit here. ”

It turned out that the Qin State had already arranged the routes for the kings of various countries to enter Beijing, and these routes were safe and close, and there was no need to make a big detour, and the local county soldiers who escorted them were also arranged.

The other routes this Qin general didn't know about the haunting and accidents, but the section of the road he was responsible for had variables, which made him very distressed.

According to the prior arrangement, he only escorted to the stone bridge in the mountain, and was taken over by the general Li on the opposite side, or maybe the general Li was a little conceited, and took action directly without informing him, and the result was extremely miserable.

Originally, after he received the news of General Li's fiasco, he had already reported to the above, and also sent a message to the city lord behind him to discuss whether to change the route, but neither side replied to him, and he also sent people directly.

If he wants to change his route, he needs the consent of his boss, and the city lord behind him cooperates, which will take time, even if the boss agrees, he has to turn back more than five hundred miles, and then decide which way to go.

This delay will take at least 20 days.

But in this way, the time is a little insufficient, if the lord of the four countries can't arrive at Jianye City on time, then it will be investigated, whoever has a problem will be held responsible, and the punishment will definitely not be light.

There was no way for him to come down, he brought 40,000 county soldiers, and planned to send the four lords to the stone bridge in the mountains desperately, and his task would be completed, and the rest was the matter of a general surnamed Wang who would take over from General Li at the next stop.

"General Zuo, what is your opinion?"

Xiao Huiyou, who was in the country, lifted the ball back to Zuo Xuan.

Zuo Xuan grinned, these guys are too cunning, not only do they use their strength to accompany them, but they don't want to take risks.

"It's not possible to take a detour, just go here. ”

Zuo Xuan waved his hand, he made a decision, Xiao Hui, Zhao Feng and Xu Su of Wuwei Kingdom were stunned, according to common sense, such an important matter needs to consult the king, and then make a decision, but this Zuo general of Xia Kingdom decided so.

In fact, Zhang Xiancai didn't want to worry about it, and the safety issues along the way were left to Zuo Xuan and Zhang Xian to make their own decisions.

Since Zuo Xuan is leaving, let's go.

This is an official road, the official road of the Qin State can be said to be the most spacious road on the Xianyue Continent, there is a post station every five hundred miles, which is very formal and gives passers-by a lot of convenience.

And the most important point is that it has facilitated the mobilization of troops.

Just like now, the 40,000 soldiers of the Qin State divided into two teams to sandwich the convoy of the Lord of the Four Kingdoms in the middle, but it did not seem crowded at all, even if the vehicles came from the opposite side, they could still stagger away.

The 2,000 Black Flag Army and the 2,000 guards of the Wuwei Kingdom walked in front, the 2,000 guards of the Zongye Kingdom and the 1,000 guards of the Southern Barbarian Kingdom were escorted, and the rest of the convoys of various countries were closely protected.

Mighty and mighty, the flag was unfurled, and a group of nearly 60,000 people walked into Shipan Ridge.

The Shipanling mountain is not precipitous, but the trees are dense, the area is large, and the straight-line distance across the Shipanling must be five hundred miles, because it is a mountainous area, the road is certainly not straight, and the twists and turns cannot be avoided.

Entering the mountain, the road is still so wide, but it is not as flat as outside the mountain.

Because of the heavy rain last autumn, the ravines and trenches washed by the rain on the mountain roads, especially the horse-drawn carriages, not only bumped, but also often got stuck in the ravines.

Therefore, the speed of travel is not fast, the time into the mountain, at noon when the sun is at the head, only walked more than a hundred miles (soldiers, although they are county soldiers, they are also cultivated, the lowest is a soldier (qi, the first martial arts), the realm of the moon continent is cultivated; martial arts (the army is an armor general), a martial artist (a military general), a martial artist (a general), a Xuanshi (red, orange, and blue three-color brocade robes; the robe is knee-length, high, middle, and junior three, and the army is a general level), a holy teacher, a divine master, a legend, and a flying ascension (hypothetical). This is still Qin Jun is more familiar with this place, and the quality is also good, if it is ordinary people, I am afraid that it will not be able to go for fifty miles.

"The herald rested in place for half an hour. ”

Zuo Xuan and Zhang Xian, who were walking in front, exchanged with each other, and Zuo Xuan waved his hand and ordered to stop advancing and rest in place, and the people and horses ate.

"Why hasn't Yue Shanqian come back yet?"

Zuo Xuan took out the dry food and handed it to Zhang Xian, and he didn't see Yue Shanqian, who had led someone to explore the road first, come back for a long time, with a worried face.

"There will be no problem, my uncle and Zhang Hui have entered the mountain first, as expected, they may meet together. ”

Zhang Xian was very calm.

Because he knew in his heart, Zhang Huizong and Zhang Hui walked in front with more than thirty masters, and they would send someone to report if there was an abnormal situation.

"In this way, transfer General Kan over, Your Majesty has Uncle Tai and Zhang Bao there, and there are also Rui Ye, Wei Ye and Uncle Tong, but it is safe to go wrong, it is estimated that it will not be peaceful tonight, with General Kan here, it can add a layer of chances of victory." ”

Kan Hu is as fierce as a tiger, and he is in the key place, he is definitely a tiger, and it is difficult to open ten thousand horses.

Zuo Xuan is in charge of the overall situation, and he will not act easily, Yue Shanqian was temporarily sent out as a scout captain, a pioneer, in case something can be rushed back, it is not certain, then the Black Flag Army lacks a fierce general to lead the charge.

Originally, Kan Hu was arranged to bring a thousand Black Flag troops to protect His Majesty, but Zhang Xian now feels that there is no need.

Zhang Xian's own combat power is extraordinary, as well as the three old men of the Zhang family who have never shown up, as well as Zhang Heng's escort hidden in the shadows, there are no sneak attacks by several great monks, and there are basically no security problems.

As for the kings of the other three kingdoms, if they are clever, they hide in Zhang Xian's carriage at a critical moment, and the defense forces are concentrated, and the chances of an accident are even lower.

Half an hour later, we continued to move forward until the sun set, and nothing happened, and we were less than a hundred miles away from the stone bridge, but there was a dangerous place in front of us;

According to General Qin, demon beasts and even big demons often appear in this place, as well as some monsters.

The drinking horse ditch is shaped in the same valley, the official road passes through it, there are about thirty miles of road, there are ponds on both sides of the official road, and the caravans who come and go here will rest and drink horses here, so it is called the drinking horse ditch.

"General Zuo, we'd better rest here for the night, a little later tomorrow, when the yang energy is in full swing, we are crossing the drinking horse ditch, so it's safer. ”

General Qin consulted with Zuo Xuan.

"Okay, then set up camp in place, cut down trees to make fences, and be on guard. ”

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