Chapter 328 Qingniling

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Oh, the teacup is still full... the small one exchanges heat for the two.Dr. Tea came over and put two empty cups quickly, and poured them down with the teapot. At this time, he couldn't help but secretly glance at Zhou Xian, and was stunned. Duoduo... The tea cups were quickly filled up, and a piece of white steam rose on the hot tea on the table.

Guo Shao sat opposite him and saw Zhou Xian look angry and faced coldly.Guo Shao said: Does it look good?

Dr. Tea immediately came to his senses and looked at Guo Shao's voice. His face suddenly turned pale and he fell to the ground: The little one deserves to die, the little one deserves to die...

Guo Shao was a little surprised to see this. He was wearing a cloth robe and had no place to reflect his identity. He rarely went to and from teahouses and could not recognize him.

But Dr. Tea was scared like this... He was a little unhappy just now and didn't feel harsh in his voice. After all, he couldn't make a fuss with a friend; the friend did not do anything unforgivable.

Wipe the table dry.Guo Shao said casually.

Yes, yes.Dr. Tea hurriedly pulled down the towel from his shoulder, wiped the water with a few strokes of the sleeve, bent down to face Guo Shao, not daring to look at Zhou Xian again.

Guo Shao waved his hand gently, and Dr. Cha escaped from the private room with relief.

Zhou Xian's eyes flashed, he looked at Guo Shao for a while, and said softly: General Guo scared him.

Guo Shao said: Dr. Tea doesn’t know who I am...

Zhou Xian blushed and said: You don’t need to know your identity, you can tell at a glance that you are not easy to mess with.Guo Shao smiled and said: I look like a bully?Zhou Xian shook his head: I have never been to such a place, but I also understand that people come and go here every day. Don’t underestimate Dr. Tea. There are more people than us. How could he not see what kind of person General Guo is...

But Zhou Xian was not stained with dust, and even if he was angry, he was not scary, but he was coquettish and cute.

She frowned again and said: Let's leave here, I don't want to be stared at by the messy people.

Guo Shao nodded, got up and walked to the bamboo curtain, and waited for Zhou Xian to pick up the hat and put it on and get up.

She looked slightly sideways and saw that the bamboo curtain had been lifted, and she lowered her head and walked out without saying a word.

The two quickly disappeared from the hall.

They got on the carriage of Chen Jiali's house and took the same car.Zhou Xian said: I want to go to my cousin’s house first, and the entourage and groom who followed me out were still there.

Guo Shao shouted: Go back to Chen Mansion west of the city.

Zhou Xian rubbed his hands gently, covered his mouth and blew a breath of heat.

drive!The person in front shouted and whipped out a whip.

As soon as the carriage moved, the people in the carriage leaned back slightly. Guo Shao reached out to hold Zhou Xian's shoulder. As soon as his hand touched her body, her shoulder peeling trembled slightly.

She reached out and gently lifted Guo Shao's hand... Although Neo-Confucianism has not yet emerged in this era, it is still incomparable to modern times, and she casually touches a woman's limbs from time to time.

Zhou Xian whispered: On such a cold day, your hands are still so hot.

Guo Shao boldly reached out and held Zhou Xian's slender jade hand. She shrank back and did not break free, and she did not struggle anymore.Guo Shao simply held one of his hands and said kindly: Is it warm?

Her side face was flushed, her beautiful eyes were gentle and low, and she didn't say anything.Guo Shao remembered the question Zhou Xian asked before and was interrupted by Dr. Tea; but later Zhou Xian did not ask again, so he stopped mentioning it.

After saying goodbye, Zhou Xian left Tokyo with Li Yu, envoys of the Southern Tang Kingdom and others.

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At this time, in late October of the fourth year of Xiande, Xiang Gong had mobilized thirty-nine commanded troops to approach the important place on the Shu Road: Qingniling.

Twenty thousand troops and tens of thousands of people were flowing on several roads on Shu Road, and the signs of using force could no longer be concealed.

The Zhou army headed south from the two routes, and walked along the Chencang Road, Chencang (Baoji), Dasanguan, Fengzhou, Guzhen, and Qingniling; along the way along the Qinzhou (Tianshui, Gansu), Chengzhou, Guzhen, and Qingniling.

(Walking Qinzhou south, you can go from Yinping Road to Shu from Longyou, but Yinping Road is a narrow sheep intestine path that is not suitable for the movement of the army; and Xianggong's goal this time is Hanzhong, so the two armies have to converge in Guzhen and attack Qingniling... or if you don't go Qingniling, you have to use Lianyun Plank Road to penetrate the south of Baoxie Road in the east and go straight to Hanzhong. But as the name suggests, Lianyun is like connecting to Yuntian, which is a dangerous plank road. If the army marchs, the best way to walk on the Chencang Road, which is a bit circling, but relatively flat.)

Xiang Gong personally led the vanguard to quickly reach the north of Qingniling and launched an offensive immediately, intending to break through this dangerous place in one go.

Unfortunately, the weather is not good. Although the mountain is cold, it is sunny; only that mountain is raining halfway.

The climate in this place seems to have been cursed by God, and it rarely dry all year round, which is very evil.

The troops were in large numbers on the hillside, and the troops seemed to be in a slanted manner.

Xiang Gong tried the mountain road by himself, and he felt very difficult, so he could not scold the soldiers for no reason.

It is impossible to ride a horse, and it is difficult to walk with a horse.

The things in the sky were mixed with ice particles in the rain, and it didn't drizzle, but it fell very slippery on the ground.

The road is muddy when more people step on it. There is a layer of ice water floating above it, and there is solid hard soil below it. The road is inclined ramps, which slides step by step, and the taste is indescribable.

Xiang Gong walked less than two miles and asked a general who had been stationed in Guzhen for many years: Is this place sunny?

The general said: Yes, it will sometimes clear, and there will be about ten days a month, no more than fifteen days at most.But usually the sky is thick, especially in winter, when the road is not dry yet and it rains again.I have been in Guzhen for more than two years and often sent scouts to spy on the movements of the Shu army. I rarely encounter dry roads... summer may be better.

After hearing this, Xiang Gong thought to himself: I can’t wait half a year until summer to use troops, right?When the sky clears, it will be a little better, but the road is still difficult to walk.

He slipped so hard that his feet hurt and his forehead was sweating profusely. After thinking about it, he decided to overcome the difficulties and forced the soldiers to attack and try it... As soon as he arrived in Qingniling, he might be able to take advantage of the lack of preparations in the Shu army.

Xiang Gong straightened his waist and looked at the surrounding situation again.Most of the soldiers fell many times and were covered in mud and were covered in mud. In addition, the soldiers were exhausted just after they marched here for several days.

After walking for a long time, I finally saw a line of defense on the mountainside.

The Shu army dug a trenches and set up a village on it, and was watching the Zhou army chaotic on the hillside from afar.

Xiang Gong stood up with a wooden stick and watched in person. The general advised: General, be careful.

Xiang Gong ignored it and walked for a while before stopping.

I saw many drainage outlets between the trenches, a fence was built behind them, and some simple grass and wood sheds were built.

It looks very well organized.

Xiang Gong thought that the use of bows and arrows would be damaged when used in the rain. The Shu army hid in the grass and wood shed to shelter from the rain and could shoot at a long distance from a high place.

Because of the slope, the Shu army only needs to shoot dozens of steps away to shoot more than 100 steps... The Zhou army cannot use a crossbow in the rain, so they still have to be shot as a target at a distance of more than 100 steps. Moreover, the road is so difficult to walk, and climbing more than 100 steps in the mud will probably be slowly defeated by the bow and arrow.

He looked at it and felt that the chances of winning were not great.He suppressed his depression, gave up his plan to attack, and immediately ordered: All those who followed him to retreat, and go down the mountain to rest today.

...Xiang Gong had to send someone to inquire about the situation of Baishuilu while waiting for the clear sky in Qingniling.

Not long after, the scout came back to report that a section of the cliff plank road on Baishui Road had been destroyed and could not pass through... Guo Shao used this road to raid the Shu army behind Qingniling, and there was a lot of noise, and it seemed that it had attracted the attention of the Shu army generals stationed in Qingniling.

You can only follow these paths opened by our predecessors, otherwise you may get lost if you can't walk.Now I have to try Qingniling first.

Fortunately, two days later, I learned that the sky was clear on the hill and Xianggong could not wait for the road to dry because the information provided by the generals in Guzhen could not do it.

Now people are asked to prepare fire, tung oil, cloth strips and other items, and lead their troops up the mountain again.

The combat effectiveness of the Shu army was not as good as that of the Zhou army, so Xiang Gong still wanted to give it a try, thinking that those grass and wood sheds were a weakness.Before the fortification, the soldiers were ordered to gather troops to reorganize their troops and prepare for war.

The Zhou army barely rectified the army two hundred steps away, with the sword and shield hands in front and the archers behind slowly approaching with the sound of dongdong drums.

The mud gradually became noisy, and drums, shouts and shouts resounded throughout the mountains.

As expected, the Zhou army was still more than a hundred steps away and was covered by arrows and crossbows on it.

Brothers, as long as you attack Qingniling, the road ahead will be easier!Now let’s go straight in!Xiang Gong shouted behind the formation.

The generals of various departments were also shouting, and the flags were moving forward shaking.

Ah!A scream was heard in front of him, and a stroke with less armor behind him fell into the mud and screamed.

Some people were injured by arrows from all over the place, and Zhou army advanced even slower; there was a very slippery muddy road under their feet, and arrows flew in front of them, so everyone didn't even have the chance to fight back... The upward shooting distance was far, not within the range.

But Zhou Junzhen soldiers still showed relatively tenacious patience and advanced dozens of steps with arrows.

At this moment, the generals in the army shouted: Light the fire... Shaoqing cried out a gong, and the generals shouted: Launch the arrow!Shooting an arrow...

I heard a crackling sound of strings. When I looked up at the arch, rockets roared away like fireflies.

Sure enough, the grass and wood sheds in the fortification fences were lit, and fire gradually emerged in many places, with smoke spreading on it, making a lot of noisy.

Wow, swow, swow, swow... A bunch of rockets flew away again, and the Zhou army shot several rounds in a row.The barrier was filled with fire, densely filled with thick light.

But because it was sunny, the Shu army was not in the shed, and at this time they were still hiding behind a barrier that was more than half a person high and shot arrows to fight back.The two sides shot arrows at each other within fifty steps, and the battle formation was noisy.