There were three roads from Guanzhong to Hanzhong, among which the Baoxi Road was the widest and could accommodate the largest number of large armies. Secondly, the ancient road was the only one that could accommodate large armies, which was less than that of Baoxi Road, and its geographical location was more remote.

There is also a road, which is located on the east side of Guanzhong, not too far from Xianyang and Xihe. It is named Ziwu Road because of its north-south direction and takes the direction of Ziwu at 2:00.

This is a small road among the mountains and ridges. It winds and hovers among the numerous mountains of the Qinling Mountains. The mountains and forests are densely populated and sparsely populated. There are only a few small passes and villages along the way. In addition, there are dense poisonous insects and beasts. Even the old hunter who has lived here for a long time dared not promise that he would be able to travel through the entire Ziwu Road alive and be safe and sound.

Zhao Kuo is now in the Ziwu Road.

In fact, this is already the eighth day after Zhao Kuo entered Ziwu Road.

Since the victory of the Battle of Xihe, Zhao Kuo did not continue to follow the main force of the Zhao army led by Li Mu, but received another task when the army was departing.

"Going south?" Zhao Kuo stood in the commander's tent, looking at Li Mu in front of him with a somewhat surprised expression.

"Yes, go south." Li Mu said with a calm expression: "If I go to Xianyang, the Qin people will definitely resist to the death. In this case, the remaining troops of the Qin people will probably be concentrated in Xianyang, and Hanzhong will definitely be empty. If you can lead an army south from Ziwu Road at this time, the Qin army will definitely be caught off guard, and Hanzhong will be at your fingertips."

When Zhao Kuo heard Li Mu's instructions, his spirit immediately came.

Isn’t this the good opportunity Zhao Kuo has always dreamed of to make contributions?

As a master of martial arts talk, Zhao Kuo understood the importance of Hanzhong very well.

Once the surprise attack on Hanzhong is successful, the connection between Bashu and Guanzhong will be completely cut off.

In this case, Zhao Kuo not only hopes to become the chief minister of Hanzhong, but also hopes to cut a large piece of cake in the battle of taking over Bashu.

Although there are disadvantages in this way, that is, the contribution of breaking Xianyang and capturing Qin King Chu must be gone, Zhao Kuo made a very decisive decision after just thinking for a moment: "Zhao Kuo obeys the order!"

So just that year, Zhao Kuo took the 5,000 elite soldiers assigned by Li Mu to him and quietly left the large army, captured several hunters as guides in the local area, and then headed south towards Ziwu Road.

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Although it was still late spring, the sun at noon was already very unbearable. Zhao Kuo narrowed his eyes and looked up at the sky above his head. He cursed a few dirty words in his mouth, and then issued an order: "Send the order, the whole army will rest for a while, and set off in an hour and a half."

Sitting in the shadow of the trees and feeling the heat in the air, Zhao Kuo felt very irritable in his heart for no reason.

"Where is the guide? Call me the guide over!"

A moment later, several Qin hunters who nodded and bowed appeared in front of Zhao Kuo.

Of course, there were many people who were not afraid of death, but there were also many people who were afraid of death. These hunters who were willing to act as guides for Zhao Kuo obviously belonged to the latter type.

In fact, it is not just to save your life, but also the military merits promised by Zhao Kuo are also very critical.

After all, the military merit system has been implemented in Guanzhong for nearly two hundred years, so the old Qin people are very clear about what military merit means.

"The general is summoned, I wonder what's wrong?" A middle-aged Qin hunter with a short and strong figure and bright eyes said to Zhao Kuo. This hunter is also the leader of all hunters.

Zhao Kuo stared at the middle-aged hunter named "Shoot" in front of him and said in a deep voice: "How long is this place still from Hanzhong?"

She replied respectfully: "Return to the general, ten miles ahead, there will be a place called Yingfeng. As long as you pass this Yingfeng, it will be the Hanzhong Plain."

"Yingfeng? Hanzhong Plain?" Zhao Kuo's eyes gradually lit up as he heard the ejaculation answer: "So... today I can walk out of this damn Ziwu Road?"

Sho replied, "That's right."

When you speak, you are very respectful. This respect is not just because of Zhao Kuo's position, but also contains the admiration of shooting.

As an indigenous person, the Ziwu Road is naturally informed.

If you are an ordinary person, it would be a pretty good performance to be able to walk the Ziwu Road in half a month.

However, Zhao Kuo and the five thousand Zhao troops under his command completed this extremely steep Ziwu Road in just eight days when they walked this road for the first time. It has to be said that this was a very astonishing marching speed.

Even after the eight-day march, I was quite tired, but I could clearly see that although these Zhao soldiers were a little tired, their eyes looked like evil wolves who chose people to eat!

This is a very hungry army. What they desire is nothing else, but the extremely tempting killing and military achievements!

A hungry wolf army!

Zhao Kuo nodded and said in a deep voice: "Very good. If you can get out of this place, what kind of strength will you be!"

She was very happy, and when she bowed her waist lowered when she saluted, her tone became more respectful when she spoke: "Thank you, General Zhao Kuo!"

Shooting is really not a lie. At dusk, Zhao Kuo and his five thousand soldiers finally arrived in Yingfeng after traversing mountains and rivers.

Yingfeng cannot even be called a small town, at best it is just a small town.

So even after a very difficult day of travel, Zhao Kuo still occupied the town without any effort.

After capturing Yingfeng, Zhao Kuo took a brief rest and then continued to advance westward. Five days later, he conquered Chenggu City in Hanzhong County, Qin State.

It was here that Zhao Kuo learned about something that shocked him.

"The Qin King Chu could not escape by giving up Xianyang, and now he has arrived in Nanzheng?"

Zhao Kuo couldn't help but widen his eyes, pulled out the long sword from his waist, pressed it against the neck of the 2500 master who was captured by him, and said in a deep voice: "This matter is true? If you dare to deceive me, then your head will definitely be in danger!"

The two or five hundred masters of the Qin army were shaking like sieve, and they were trembling when they spoke: "God, please spare me, please spare me, I dare to swear to heaven that my king did arrive in Nanzheng two days ago. I was ordered by my king to come to Chenggucheng to mobilize people and prepare to cooperate with General Wei Liao's order to guard Hanzhong."

After repeatedly interrogating several prisoners, Zhao Kuo finally confirmed that the fact that King and Chu of Qin were indeed in Hanzhong at this moment, and were likely to be in Nanzheng City.

When Zhao Kuo thought of this, he suddenly felt a heat in his heart.
Chapter completed!