"What? The supply was burned? What the hell is going on?"

"The night before yesterday, the enemy was raided by the enemy around the fourth hour, and there were a lot of people. We, we couldn't fight..."

...

Xu Li led his men to cross the Qinling Mountains for a day and a night before he was around Jianyuan. But when he returned to the supply team, he realized that the supply was gone. He was so angry that he cut hundreds of civilian captains. What should he do now? He didn't know, if there was no supply, how could he fight in Sichuan? Let's go back! No matter how the marquis wanted to punish him, Xu Li recognized him. "Come, go to Sichuan and tell the marquis that the supply... is gone."

I have never suffered such a loss in leading troops for more than 20 years. The opponent's troops are not as strong as my own, and the combat power is not as strong as my own... I am not as good as myself in any aspect. However, in the end, this will be the result. I turned around and looked at the direction of Qinling Mountains in northern Sichuan and silently said, "The Great Protector of Anxi - Liu Yi..."

...

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The fourth mountain in the Qinling Mountains, "Boss, please rest for a while! I'm so tired." The fat man couldn't walk again

After removing the bridge board, the fat man took people to chase him to Qinling Mountains, and only caught up with him when he passed the second mountain. He was very happy when he heard the fat man say that he had successfully demolished the bridge board. He wasted a long time to send someone out to hunt and shot a wild boar to welcome the fat man. Thinking that he would eat and drink enough, this guy would be more powerful to climb the mountain, but the more he ate, he became less and less physical. From the second mountain to the fourth mountain, he had rested more than a dozen times, which made his head hurt. Because this guy was alone, he had never calculated how much time he wasted. What can he do? You can't throw this guy away, right? Look at this guy with fat "I said fat man, I can last for so long as I was injured. Why is your body worse than me?"

The fat man looked sad and said, "Boss, I really can't walk anymore, let's take a break."

Sighing, "Send the order, rest for an hour."

The monkey helped him find a stone and sat down, "Boss, there are two more hills to be turned over! We will have no food tomorrow."

"I know, let your brothers save some food, just leave the Qinling Mountains."

"Uh! But I can't stand it for five days even if I'm in the process."

After thinking about it, he looked up and said, "No matter what, you have to get through it. Once on the grassland, you were afraid of wolves and tigers. Not to mention food, you don't even have saliva, you just get through it. Now there is no enemy to chase after you, and the Qinling Mountains is not short of water. If you persist, you can get through it. If you are hungry for a few days, you will not die of hunger."

"Okay! Do you have to rest tonight? If you have a rest, I will go hunting during the day and make up for the boss at night."

"Hunting? Is there a lot of prey in this mountain?"

After hearing what he asked, the monkey knew what it meant, "Boss, you're thinking too much, this is a poor mountain. How can there be so many prey to supply our army of more than 10,000?"

Shake your head "Oh~_~"

Still thinking about more than 10,000 people going hunting? It’s so whimsical, just starving.

...

Just as he crossed the Qinling Mountains, what happened to Baling?

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"Kill...", "Bed crossbow... shoot quickly... shoot quickly... the enemy's car is coming up...", "Swoosh, swosh, swosh...",

...Chu Ergou just led his men to kill the enemy on the left, but the enemy on the right came up again, and hurriedly led the reserve team to support him on the right.

Zhang He stood at the top of the fortress, holding the flag in his right hand, and looked at the last ten flat-city cars of the Shu army, "Send orders, use the thunder to blow up the enemy's flat-city cars." The thunder was just sent by the Shancheng Armory. It belongs to the improved version of the thunder. Since the early stage, it was discovered that the thunder of the sky was against the thunder and the thunder and the thunder was particularly effective. The thunder was all wood, and the power of the thunder was limited, and it could still break its thunder after being blown a dozen times. So he sent a letter to the Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau to see if the thunder could be improved in the short term and make the power even greater. Last night, the armory urgently sent a batch of improved versions, namely the thunder and the thunder. The outside was no longer covered with iron paper, but surrounded by tortoise-shaped pig iron. The size was much smaller, but I didn't know how powerful it was. The number was not large, and only thirty.

"Ignite...Drop...", "Boom...", more than a dozen Shu troops under the Pingcheng car immediately flew, and even the shields on the Pingcheng car were overturned. Chu Ergou shouted, "Okay...Continue...", Boom...Boom...Shocks of dull explosions sounded, and three or four of the twelve Pingcheng cars of the Shu army were destroyed. Although there were not many, it relieved the pressure on the right.

Looking at the battle at the city wall, the combat power of the Shu army is really not enough. This lifeless crazy energy is much stronger than the Anxi defenders. Of course, this has something to do with the Anxi defenders being recruited. Now the defenders are less and less powerful. If the Shu army continues to attack so crazy, it is estimated that Baling will completely fall in less than ten days. The proportion of siege battles should have been very large, five times siege and ten times attacking. Even if ten times is an exaggeration, there should be seven or eight times? The Shu army has 330,000, and the Baling defenders have 60,000 in total, which is less than six times. One and a half months of fighting

More than 40,000 people in Anxi were lost, and the urns were piled up into a small hill. He didn't know how many troops the Shu army still had. The only thing he knew was that if there were no reinforcements, his more than 10,000 defenders would be completely killed by the Shu army within half a month. His head would be hung on the Shu Mountain and watched the Shu army step across Baling. Lord Protector asked him to hold on for two months, but it was less than ten days before two months. There was no news yet. I'm afraid... I dare not think about it anymore. If even his guards lost their confidence, is there any need for Baling to continue to defend?

...

The main tent of the Shu army's rear army.

Yue Zhongren overturned the desk with a angrily heart. He was not successful enough and had enough trouble. He also hoped to send supplies to him within half a month, but the cable bridge was demolished by the enemy. It was delayed by one and a half months? Wouldn't it be that the enemy was given a month and a half to breathe? "Send orders, withdraw troops"

The supply was delayed by Xu Li for a month and a half. Not to mention food and grass, even if there is not enough military equipment, he will beat a ghost? He is not a fool. If he doesn't care about the lives of soldiers, it depends on the situation. He will not do such unnecessary sacrifices. After all, Xu Li cannot be blamed. If he hadn't been anxious to attack in advance, the current situation would not have happened. He originally thought that the army would go first and the supply would be delivered later. What's the result? The fortress was not broken, and the supply was cut off. When he thought of Suoqiao, he hated him so much that he was itchy. Damn Chen Chuan, don't think that he would give Zhenzhou to that boy, and people would be grateful to you.

...

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The last mountain in the Qinling Mountains.

"Huhuhu...Boss, you guys go, don't worry about me, I really can't walk."

"What a joke? If you take you out, you have to take you back. After two days of persistence, you can get out of the mountain. Big fish and meat are all opposite this mountain. Come on!" The army of more than 10,000 has been out of food for more than four days. At this time, he and Monkey were limping and carrying the fat man in front of him. Fortunately, there were not many wounded soldiers. Although the mountain climbing speed was slow, they could still walk slowly. Stop and rest? It is impossible. The more you rest, the less energy you lose. You can get over the last mountain. Looking back at the team behind, the soldiers all supported each other, looked up at the sky, it was really raining. "Monkey, can you still bear it? Go back and see if there are any people who fall behind. I want it to rain this day, so don't fall behind. We don't know."

The monkey was also "gurgling" when he was hungry. He let go of the fat man and tightly tied his belt. "I'm fine. Although the wild fruit was a little bitter yesterday, he was quite hungry." After that, he walked back with a sword.

Looking at the monkey's back, he glanced at the fat man again and shook his head. People who are used to suffering are different. Press the wound on the left leg, and the pain instantly blew over the brain. He pulled the fat man's arm on his shoulder. "Persistent for a while, go to the front to rest." After saying that, he held his breath and walked forward with the fat man.

...

This is the second time I was hungry, but this time it was much better than last time. It was not lacking in water. And it was raining now. Yes, it was just raining, and it was quite big, crackling. This is a damn thing, stuck on the hillside and couldn't even move back and forth, and there was no place to hide from the rain. But it couldn't stop! The autumn and winter are changing seasons. Once you get sick, can't you wait to die in this mountain? The monkey was afraid that his wounds were infected with the rain, so he specially used branches and hay to make a simple straw raincoat for him. Seeing that the fat man was so hungry and still was in the rain, he put on the straw hat on the fat man. He put a banana leaf on his head and walked back to the back of the team with a sword. There was no way, the road was slippery when it rained, but the soldiers were hungry and had no energy. Don't let it go down the mountain again.

When the monkey saw him, he also walked over from the back of the team, "Boss, why are you coming down?"

I wiped the rain on my face and said, "I'm not at ease, come down and see, it's broken weather, it's okay if it rains, it's still windy. Brothers have been hungry for several days, so don't have any more problems."

"It's okay, I'm watching behind it, but it's raining. I'm afraid my brothers will get cold disease." The monkey hesitated.

"Well, I understand, so I can't rest. Don't say it rains today, even if it cuts a knife, the mountain will have to climb over."

Looking at the long team, he shouted, "Brothers, please stick to it, you must climb this last mountain. On the opposite side of the mountain, big fish and meat are waiting for you. If you stick to it, you will win."

...

At this time, Baling Pass.

"Old Zhang, look, why did the Shu army leave?" Chu Ergou stood on the fortress and looked at the opposite side.

Zhang He was standing next to him at this time, rain fell on his head and flowing down his face. But he didn't feel at all. The Shu army was indeed pulling out the camp, and I don't know what the hell was. The day before yesterday, suddenly withdrew the troops halfway through the battle. After a day, today it was said that they should attack, but now they pull out the camp directly. He didn't know the specific reason. Anyway, he wouldn't relax his vigilance. The opposite side was Yue Zhongren, the nine masters of the Great Wei Dynasty. If he had any conspiracy, wouldn't his more than 40,000 brothers under him die in vain? Without looking at Chu Ergou, he said directly, "Don't let go of his vigilance, so as not to slow down the enemy."

"Oh! But I think their retreat does not look fake?"

"What do you know? The military strategy says: Don't use it to show the strategy of severing the enemy's internal strategy. Sometimes what you see at your eyes may not be true. In short, be vigilant to prevent fraud."

"yes"

It is indeed normal for him to worry about this. So is Yue Zhongren really retreating or has another purpose?

...

In fact, Yue Zhongren really retreated, and he didn't want to retreat, but early in the morning, a messenger came to report: The supply was gone, and the south bank of the cable bridge was attacked by the enemy and was burned. Even the supply was gone, and I was still here to starve to death? I didn't think about it for more than two months. I originally thought about taking Baling before the winter, but now I had no hope. The weather in northern Sichuan changed rapidly. Once winter began, the temperature range would drop sharply. Without supplies, I would not be able to starve to death, and I could freeze to death. Unless I could attack Baling before the winter, the key is, who dares to play in the war? If I didn't fight before the winter, the remaining 200,000 Shu troops would not be frozen to death?

Yue Zhongren is not a gambler, and he has no absolute certainty, so he will not bet on the uncertainty of less than ten days. So retreat is the only choice.

Looking at the retreating 200,000 troops, he shook his head. After all, he was not the main force of the Shu army. It would be good to be able to fight like this. If it were the main force in southern Sichuan, he would never be like this. He turned around and looked at the Baling Fortress, walked to the Shushan stone platform on the inside of the intersection, reached out and raised his hand, threw the folding fan down, and silently said, "Boy, Damo defeated you, and now he lost to you, it would be considered equal. But I will come back sooner or later in Baling Pass. Next time... you--had to guard it."

"Send the order, the whole army will return."

...

When he was bypassing the cable bridge, he said another sentence: Chen Chuan, let’s play slowly in the future.

At this point, the First Baling War ended with Yue Zhongren's retreat.

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Yuxia Mountains, temporary military tent of the Anxi Army.

"Oh! Sir, eat slowly, and you still have injuries, don't hold on." He Chengfeng has been waiting outside the mountains since he led his troops into the Qinling Mountains. He was worried every day, afraid that there would be something wrong with the adults in northern Sichuan, and he was not completely relieved until today. Because - Lord Protector finally came back.

"Woo...wow...huh...huh...gudong" I choked for a long time, finally swallowed the steamed bun, took the egg soup handed over by He Chengfeng, and took a big sip, "Oh! It feels so comfortable. You Lao He doesn't know that I'm so hungry that I'm almost eating the bark. Now I can eat enough, one word - good."

"Then you have to eat it slowly, you see, it's choking."

He waved his hand, "It's okay, it's better to choke to death than to starve to death. By the way, there's no problem with Zhenzhou during this period, right?"

He Chengfeng thrust his eyebrows and hesitated, "There is no problem in Zhenzhou, but..."

"Uh? But what?"

He Chengfeng couldn't continue and reached out to take out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to him, "Sir, let's see it for yourself."

While chewing on the steamed buns, I took apart the paper. "What?" I immediately stood up when I saw the content on the paper, and even the steamed buns in my hand fell off.

So what exactly is written on paper?

: My son Liu Yi, when you see this letter, your adoptive father is probably gone. It is very happy to see that you have grown to this point.

After a long time of consideration, the adoptive father finally made up his mind to destroy the promise that year. My son no longer had to worry about that matter in the future. The grievances and grievances of the older generation will end with the adoptive father. Besides, the adoptive father couldn't bear it even if he imposed the grievances and grievances of the older generation on future generations. Haha! In short, it was considered as the adoptive father untied a shackle for my son before leaving and used it as a gift for the adoptive father to part.

Now that the world is changing, my son must think twice before doing things in the future. He must not suffer the great loss of the court's struggle for power and profit in the past.

Don’t worry, don’t worry——Enjoyed father Gong Mingliu.

After reading this letter, tears fell unknowingly. Gong Ming was the second person who was so good to him except his mother. He didn't have the words he said back then: Winning Western Liao, Yuzhou will give you. He will never rise so quickly. The basis of all this was given to him by Gong Ming. The whole Yuzhou! No matter whether it is strong or not, this is a ticket that countless people want. Why doesn't Qin Zhong want to leave the Grand Tutor alone? I must think, but he doesn't have a ticket, and he can't do it alone. Did Yu Wenmingjun and Mu Tianya not want it either

Why do you do it alone? Nonsense, Yu Wen Mingjun has a grudge with the court, and Mu Tianya has a grudge with the royal family, how could he not want to do it alone? But they also lack tickets. This is not something that can be done by just having soldiers. There are many political problems in it. First of all, you have to have your own territory, then you have to have a legitimate management qualification, and then you have to have the capital to do it alone. What are you so bad, don’t have a storefront, don’t have a business license, and don’t even have the finance to purchase goods. Do it alone? Do it as a sesame. Set up a street stall, and the urban management can chase you to death.

Although Yuzhou was small at that time, Gong Ming didn't even have to pay him a penny and he had a business license. Of course, there is no comparison with the big companies and big hotels in the court, but who can guarantee that this small store will not become bigger or stronger? It depends on now, a weak Yuzhou has not opened several chains. Not to mention the far away Dasha, does the Western Liao count? Does Zhenzhou count? Chess, does the Kingdom of Yushen count? Like Qin Zhong, Yu Wen Mingjun, and Mu Tianya count for work for people in the early stage, slowly accumulate capital and qualifications, and can only apply for a license (ticket) in the later stage. It would be fine if the boss wanted to allow him to resign. If he didn't allow it, he could swallow his store and destroy him in minutes. Of course, if the boss's business is not good and he goes bankrupt, it would be different.

Gong Ming has great kindness to him. Now that Gong Ming has passed away, he must rush back to see Gong Ming off.

This is the Son of Man.
Chapter completed!