Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1161 Mountain Road and Waterway

The rain in the mountains is always unpredictable, and it will stop for a while.

Captain Sun staggered to his feet, groped in the dark, put on the Taoist robe that had just been issued some time ago, and pushed aside the leg of a soldier lying in front of him with one foot, making more or less an open space, Go outside the hut...

The soldier didn't realize it, as if he was still eating delicious food in his sleep, he pouted, muttered something, and continued to sleep soundly.

"This bastard..."

Captain Sun couldn't help touching his belly, and found that he didn't feel the flustered feeling of waking up from hunger in the middle of the night, and only the sinking belly reminded him that it was time to do something, so he couldn't help but smiled comfortably.

At dusk, guests came to the army village.

Looking at the style of the gentry, and then looking at the big guards following the gentry, Captain Sun almost gave up immediately. He sent someone to inform the old Taoist in the back mountain while greeting with a smiling face.

Sure enough, it was the Li family from Guanzhong who came, and he was also an official of Jingzhao with six hundred shi!

When he saw Mrs. Li take out the black ribbon, the old man who was usually high on the top and wished to talk and watch people use his nostrils all made a wrinkled smile, and it was sticky up, not to mention Team Sun led the way around him. The single-chasing officials I have seen are nothing more than pawns of the county and township officials in Erbaishi, and almost all of them are a little at a loss.

The style of the sons of the gentry in Guanzhong is different.

The dilapidated thatched huts in the army village are naturally not attractive, and even the old-fashioned wooden houses that are hospitable to them are obviously disliked, so they found a high ground in the mountain behind the army village, and surrounded it with oilcloth and curtains twice. A few square "cloth rooms" were built!
In the Han Dynasty, cloth, like grain, belonged to hard currency and could be directly exchanged for money or items.Therefore, in the eyes of Captain Sun and his subordinates, this kind of behavior is no different from seeing Brother Hao wear money directly on his body in later generations...

Not only that, but the others, including Captain Sun, also got three wide and long strips of bacon and a whole bag of corn!The fragrant corn porridge, together with a slice of bacon with crystal clear fat, made everyone want to eat the wooden bowl together.

Not only that, the Li family's children from Guanzhong also said that there are clansmen coming here later, so that the old Taoist and Captain Sun will lead the good students to prepare some firewood and hot water, and of course there are other thanks.

Lao Dao and Captain Sun naturally agreed without hesitation.

Looking at the posture of this Li family member, Team Sun was already stunned. It turned out that he was only the head of the family. So when the real head of the family arrives, I don't know what kind of prestige it will be?

Although Mrs. Li said that there will be corn and wheat noodles as a thank-you gift, but the people in the military village who haven’t seen serious food and grass for a long time are still pouring water into the cauldron for cooking corn porridge three times. After drinking it, he touched his swollen belly contentedly, and wandered back to the hut, discussing the manners of the Guanzhong nobles excitedly, chattering for more than half an hour, before falling asleep one after another.

Team Sun was a little older after all, and he did drink two extra bowls of corn porridge, one thick and the other watery. He couldn't hold back in the middle of the night, so he lifted the straw curtain and left the hut.

The rain is not heavy, fine and hairy.

As soon as the curtain was lifted, it floated onto his face. Dui Sun snorted, then took two steps towards the side of the hut, unfastened his belt, and looked up at the place surrounded by the curtain not far away. at a glance...

But at this moment, Captain Sun didn't see any movement in the curtain over there, but suddenly saw a strong man's face appearing in the rain and fog!

This brawny man seemed familiar, like the guard of the Li clan of the Guanzhong gentry, but he was wearing two armors, neatly draped, and holding a short straight blade in his hand. All of them stood up in an instant!
The strong man glanced up and down, seemed to be smiling, and then sent the short straight blade straight forward, until it sank into Captain Sun's chest...

Captain Sun opened his mouth wide, and before he could utter a miserable howl, he was snatched up by the strong man, covered his mouth tightly, and could only make a little "hehe" sound, and then felt The cold front of the short straight blade gradually froze the whole body, and slowly lost strength, even when he urinated and flowed down the heel of his leg, he couldn't feel any temperature.

As the blood gushed out, Sun Dui led his whole body's strength to drain quickly, and collapsed, but at the moment when his eyes finally closed, he saw more than a dozen ghostly figures in the rain and mist. , all of them were sharp in armor and agile, and rushed straight into the hut!
"Be quicker with your hands and feet! Go to two people and unbolt the gate! Open the gate of the village! Raise the fire and signal!"

While commanding in a low voice, Gong Jun pulled out the short straight blade, and wiped the blood from the short straight blade on Captain Sun's body.

Amidst the muffled groans that sounded in the hut, some long and short howls finally subsided, and one person got out of the hut, came to Gong Jun, and wiped the bloody water on the short blade. Shaking it off, he smiled and reported: "Marquis Jun... Hehe, it's too easy, they're all a bunch of idiots... It's all over... By the way, this short blade is really good, it goes in and out very smoothly, that's it. Shorter...it would be better if it were thicker and longer..."

Gong Jun snorted, and said, "You know what! Why don't you take the ring head knife if you like big ones? You bastard, in a place like this, you can't use a spear or a big knife at all! Forged short blades are the most suitable! Go back, check again, and make an extra cut if you have the breath!"

The man responded, laughed, and went back into the hut.

Accompanied by his own guards, Li Guan looked at the murderous Gong Jun. Although he was wearing a cloak, Li Guan still felt a little chilly. The people in front of him were the real fighters on the battlefield!
It is very natural to be relaxed and freehand. To them, killing people is not much worse than killing a chicken or a sheep!

The defensive force on the Tangluo Road in Hanzhong was so lax and dilapidated, somewhat beyond Li Guan's expectations.After all, this is an important passage to enter Hanzhong, and it should look good at least, but everything in front of me is unexpectedly easy.

This wave of people is almost like lambs waiting to be slaughtered, dying with their hands tied up...

I don't know what was in his mind, maybe it was worry about Li Guan's future fate, maybe it was timidity towards the group of murderous gods in front of him, or for some other reason, the guard beside Li Guan whispered: "... Mr. Lang, there are still two military strongholds in the future...It may not be so smooth...Although Hanzhong is defenseless, Mr. Lang looks at this mountain road. Even if the light army comes, it will be difficult. How can we transport food and grass? Come here? If... you still have to be careful..."

Li Guan was silent for a moment, but he only sighed slightly, and said: "Don't mention this again, since we have come here, there is no reason to give up halfway..."

"Your Majesty," the guard continued in a low voice, "A certain army in the western conquest did not have any siege equipment... Although these are all elites, it is natural to be able to sweep these rough outlying military strongholds with ease, but if you want to pounce City... this..."

"...You are right..." Li Guan said in a low voice, "...But since you can see it, General Zhengxi is naturally prepared...Maybe Zhengxi has already made arrangements...this matter is off the table Let me mention it again... well, looking at the flames on the mountain road, it should be that General Zhengxi is about to come up, and he will come forward to greet you..."

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Mountain roads are inherently difficult, especially at night.

If Gong Jun hadn't left a lot of marks along the way, remind the people behind to pay attention, maybe this torch can't reach it, and he might step on the ground and fall into the mountain stream.At the corner of the mountain rock, along the rugged mountain road, it is almost like one person is holding the other person's belt, moving step by step.

Fei Qian stood on a rock beside the mountain road, looking at the situation in front of him, frowning a little.

This is the first military stronghold!
There are two more!
And from here, it is considered to have entered the most difficult part of Tangluo Road, the so-called Tianpan Road with 84 bends!
Standing beside Fei Qian, Li Ru coughed from time to time, perhaps because of the cold night.

"Wenyou, I seem to have forgotten to calculate..." Fei Qian looked at the mountain road in front of him with a little embarrassment, frowned and said, "...the amount of dry food prepared for entering Hanzhong can still be supported, but Hanzhong The grain and grass... If this is transported out, such a mountain road..."

When he decided to go south to Hanzhong, Feiqian brought almost all the dry food stored in Pingyang, so as to ensure that he would not need to carry too much food and grass when taking the winding road, which would increase the difficulty of traveling and delay the journey, but the problem is The dry food in Pingyang in Feiqian is exquisite compressed noodles, but the food in Hanzhong is not!

Even if Fei Qian wants to reprocess these grains and grasses in Hanzhong, how can he successfully transform the grains and grasses into compressed noodle cakes without Huang's workshop's day and night water mill and a large number of equipment?

And there is no way to change the shape. Such bags of grain and grass are transported from Hanzhong, not to mention the space occupied. The transportation cost of this mountain road alone is many times higher than that of flat land!
If it is true to take this Tangluo Road, then the grain and grass from the ten pavilions can be transported out of one pavilion, which is not bad!
And such a huge consumption of food and grass, the contribution is out of proportion to the income, how can we provide more food and grass to the refugees in Guanzhong?

Li Ru's eyes flickered, and he said: "You don't need to worry, general... The way of transporting food is probably to take the praise ramp... But there is another way, although the distance is longer, it is better than the praise ramp. As far as it is concerned, it is convenient for the moment and can solve immediate worries..."

"Huh? Better than Baoxie?" Fei Qian asked with some doubts.

"The Baoxie Road goes up against the Baoshui and goes down the slope. The mountain road in the middle is transported by manpower. It goes back and forth continuously, which is enough to transport grain to Guanzhong... However, the Baoshui plank road burned down, and it will take time to repair it..." Li Ru said, "It's better to go to Qishan and take a detour to Longxi. Although it is far away, it will be three points more convenient if you don't have to go over the mountains..."

"Qi Shan?" Fei Qian squeezed the beard on his chin.

Although this place name is very familiar, is it really good to go to Qishan?
This circle is not a little bit...

"To the west of Hanzhong is Mianyang, and to the west of Mianyang is Yangping Pass..." Li Ru explained with a confident smile, "The southwest of Yangping is Jinniu Road, and the northwest is Qishan Road... "

"The way of Mount Qi, the mountains are gentle, and there are roads in the mountains, which are convenient for transporting grain and grass. There are also Jushui, Donghe, Xihe, Baihe, Donggou, etc., which can be transported by boat. If you go northwest, there is a land in a hundred miles. The embrace of the mountain, the intersection of three rivers, can be a relay..."

"During the Xiping period, Yu Shengqing, the prefect of Wudu, dredged the water conservancy and opened the Qingni River. As a result, the salt and rice were abundant here, ten times as much as before... At this time, it was the rainy season, the river was high and the water was deep, so it was suitable for boating, and you could reach Xiabian Dao!" Li Ru continued, "But if it is autumn and winter, when the mountains are high and the water is dry, you can't sail..."

"Understanding?" Fei Qian couldn't help repeating.

"That's right, you can go to the Weishui River to Chencang in the east, and Tianshui in the north..." Li Ru nodded and said, "When you go to the Xiabian Road, you have already left the mountains, and the road is also smooth...Xiabian Northwest, about a hundred and five Ten miles away is Jianwei. There are big mountains on both sides of this place, the terrain is flat, the land is fertile, and there are many wealthy households..."

"Huh?" Fei Qian became more and more confused the more he listened, why did he feel like he was going farther and farther away, so when can he turn back to Guanzhong?
Li Ru seemed to see Fei Qian's doubts, and said with a smile: "The grain in Hanzhong can only be delivered here... A certain person has sent someone to Jianwei to discuss with the local big family in the name of a general, and exchange grain for grain." , it shouldn’t be difficult...so we can deal with the urgent situation in Guanzhong first..."

"So that's how it is..." Fei Qian suddenly realized.

Xun Chen’s plan is really good, take Baoshui and Xishui, and then use people to move in the middle, but after all, the plank road of Baoshui was burned, so there must be a delay in the initial stage, but after Li Ru’s supplement, the whole strategy The structure is perfected immediately.

From Hanzhong to Jianwei, and then from Jianwei to Longyou and back to Guanzhong, bypassing Qishan Mountain, it seems that it is a long journey, but in fact, it is equivalent to finding a large household in Jianwei to borrow grain and grass first, so on the whole , It is more convenient and faster than taking the praise ramp in the early days!

The key point is to shorten the vacuum period during which Hanzhong provides food and grass to relieve the refugees in Guanzhong, which is more conducive to Fiqian's resettlement in Guanzhong and subsequent population arrangements...

"Wen You really has a meticulous strategy!" Fei Qian thought about it for a while, and felt that Li Ru's arrangement was really good, so he praised, "By the way, I don't know who Wen You sent to Jianwei?"

"Surnamed Jiang, surnamed Jiong, surname Zhongyi, a person from Tianshui...you can be civil or military, you can be regarded as a general..." Li Ru said, "Because the army is marching, time is tight, and I haven't been able to meet the general..."

"Jiang Jiong, Jiang Zhongyi?" Fei Qian couldn't help raising his eyebrows.

This name seems familiar...

　Well, the problem of grain and grass transportation is almost over...

　　The author Bacteria also admires himself very much. He actually set up a problem for himself, and then figured out a way to get it back...

　　As for any mistakes...

　　No matter, even if there is, it's just invisible...

　　It can be said that taking Hanzhong and having food and grass is basically about to enter the fast lane...

　　Well, coming soon...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)