Liu Bei and Li Su secretly observed the terrain for a long time, and after they agreed on a plan to break the barrier, they quietly continued to return the same way.

He traveled more than 150 miles of mountain road and returned to Hechi County, the intersection of Chencang Road and Qishan Road. The road was bumpy. Li Su, a civil servant like Li Su, walked for two days, and stayed overnight in the mountains in the middle. The conditions were extremely difficult.

Fortunately, there were no mosquitoes in the Qinling Mountains in February. If it were summer, people like Li Su who had not entered Sichuan for two lifetimes would not be able to survive by the scorching heat and the damp mosquito miasma.

In this way, Li Su had already started to have a slight rash on her body and had mites scarred. She thought that it would be impossible for her to fully recover after resting for the water and soil after entering Sichuan for a few months.

This is the thing about mites, and they are available in every place. Whether you are used to mites from the north and then to the south, or when you are used to mites from the south, the climate, water and soil in other places can be very difficult.

Only people with good physical fitness can have no adverse reactions. The army brought by Liu Bei was a little uncomfortable a few days ago, but gradually got better.

Li Su believes that this army, which was led by Liu Bei, would probably be the most adaptable to various infectious diseases and parasites in the country in the future. After all, from the northeast corner of China to the southwest corner, I have experienced all kinds of environments, and I will definitely not have such rich experience if I change to other troops.

Sharpening the knife does not delay chopping wood. After returning to Hechi County, Li Su selected soldiers and asked Zhao Yun to observe and select the 1,000 soldiers who were most suitable for the Qinling Mountains and were in the best condition for action.

Zhao Yun originally wanted to choose one thousand soldiers from Youzhou elite cavalry, but later discussed with Li Su and felt that when he was going to block the pursuers, he might not have the chance to rush along the valley, and maybe he would also have to take into account the battle on the complex terrain of the hillside.

So in the end, only 500 Youzhou elite cavalry were used, and the other 500 people borrowed the Danyang soldiers, the most elite Danyang soldiers, Axe and Shield Camp, the direct line of Guan Yu. The Danyang soldiers were all born in Shanyue warriors and were very familiar with the mountain warfare in the southern mountainous areas. I believe they could perform well after entering Shu. Anyway, the principles of mountain warfare in the southeast hilly mountains and the southwest Shushan are the same.

However, these 500 Danyang Axe Shield Camps were also equipped with horses, so they could ride on the road. All the horses were re-screened, and they did not pursue the strength of sprinting on the plains, but instead assessed the horse's load and endurance, so it would be okay to be a little shorter.

In addition to the main combat weapons, 500 of the thousand soldiers carried crossbows and a pot of arrows, while the other 500 did not take long-range weapons, so they freed up their loads to carry two more pots of arrows.

Because Li Su knew that the next battle to lure the enemy was to persist for several days without logistics supplies. If the bow was too much, it would become a decoration after shooting. It would be better to use less bows and more arrows to ensure the ability to continue fighting.

Just like Wei Yan's "Ziwu Valley Qimiao". Regardless of whether the Qimiao itself is reliable or not, at least the implementation idea of ​​"if you really attack from Ziwu Valley, you must divide half of the troops to carry grain to ensure logistics" is correct. Li Su simply turned the bearish grain into a bearish arrow. His troops had a short battle time, so food might not necessarily be short.

Of course, the lightweight rations are also very important. Liu Bei ordered the cooking camp to cook high-calorie density dry food, all of which are dry biscuits, jerky pickles, in order to reduce the burden on the troops as much as possible.

At the same time, some alum (natural alum), magnets and newly collected elm bark were also raised to purify the water source for the army.

Eating jerky and burning requires a lot of water to balance your diet.

Everything was ready. On the tenth day of February, Li Su finally led a thousand people south. If he dragged on, he would not prepare anything. Instead, it would increase the risk of exposing Liu Bei's military position. If he set off immediately, he would set off.

Liu Bei and Guan Yu personally sent Li Su to the bank of the Western Han River to say goodbye. Their army had to be stationed in place and could not show any signs of going south.

All behavior patterns must be performed like "the Tianshui County, which was attacking Han Sui's army with Yu Fuluo". The details of the acting need not be repeated. It is nothing more than trying to increase troops and reduce stoves in Hechi Camp, and then distinguish them. Yu Fuluo's station in Dazhong will add stoves to perform everything they can.

When Liu Bei said goodbye, he asked Li Su for the last care and confirmed:

"Your brother is careful all the way. You will cross the front of Yangping Pass late at night tomorrow, and let Zhang Wei discover it during the day the next day. On the third day, all of Zhang Wei's main forces are chasing south.

And I will also lead the main force to march with Chang Yun on the third day, rest in the middle of the night, arrive at Yangping Pass before noon on the fourth day, and cut off the back road of Zhang Wei returning to the pass."

Even if the army marched urgently, it would definitely not be able to run 150 miles a day in normal conditions. However, Liu Bei and Guan Yu could not bring food and supplies without food and supplies, and would only carry food and food for the whole line. After the break, the army would slowly escort the grain road in front of Yangping Pass to supply the siege troops.

"Brother, don't worry, this schedule will not go wrong." Li Su agreed.

...

Li Su and his team came out and hid in the night one day, and hid in the night one day, walked alternately and passed Yangping Pass safely.

On the afternoon of the second day after departure, not only did he pass the authentic Yangping Pass, but he even passed the Yang'an Pass that blocked the Jinniu Road in later generations. He was about to enter Maming Pavilion Road. On the right side of the marching team, he saw the river of the Western Han River again. Only then did Li Su ask to find a village nearby to rest.

He had left Yangping Pass at least forty miles, and it seemed that Zhang Wei didn't know that he had sneaked over.

Therefore, at this time, you must take the initiative to ensure "leakage of news" with realistic acting skills, otherwise everything will be in vain.

As we all know, Yang'an Pass was completely repaired in later generations only during Zhuge Liang's period. Now this is just a relatively dangerous mountain pass and there are no urban defense buildings.

But because the Jinniu Road before Yangping closed, it only re-converged with the Western Han River when it arrived here, so as a key transportation point, there is still a small market town here.

Li Su didn't want to kill innocent people indiscriminately, so he secretly observed and planned to find a village with a large number of rice thieves to slaughter it.

It has been a while since the army entered the Qinling Mountains, and the intelligence work is still good, so Li Su knows the manifestation of the believers of Mizhe:

It is said that if Zhang Lu's rice thief wants to join the association, he must first pay five dou of white rice, and then promise that the thieves and disciples can help each other, scaring people with ghosts and gods so that they dare not cheat.

In addition, various places will set up "sacrificial wine" and set up "righteous houses" on major commercial roads, which look similar to the imperial court's post stations. Some even use the stations originally built by the Han Dynasty. Any passerby can use food based on their own food. If you dare to eat more, you will be punished by ghosts and gods.

It is said that if you make a mistake, you can forgive twice, and if you cheat the third time, you will be beheaded. After being discovered the first two times, you will be punished to build a road and atone for a hundred steps.

Li Su did not study Zhang Lu's theory in depth, but with his vision of seeing so many Ponzi scams in later generations, he could roughly see that the reason why Zhang Lu's capital chain would not be broken was entirely because his ghosts and gods were scary to the foolish people. After each person paid the membership fee of five dou of rice, he actually ate less than five dou of rice. Then Zhang Lu had a surplus and could have prestige.

It is very simple to deal with this kind of thing. It is like cracking other pyramid scheme organizations to induce a run, and Zhang Lu's credit immediately went bankrupt.

However, based on conscience, Zhang Lu's practice of "everyone pays food locally, but can eat for free in other places with his conscience" was also beneficial in combination with the environment in Shu at that time. Because Shu Road was difficult and the transportation was very damaged, if everyone carried the dry food on the sidewalk by themselves like other places, the loss would be very large.

Zhang Lu has a credit system, which is equivalent to "don-site deposits". You pay five dou of rice in your hometown to eat for tourists from other places. If you go to other places and eat local rice that the locals exist, you will not have to waste transportation.

But this thing does not have a central credit endorsement passbook system, and it will definitely not last long for ghosts and gods. The first generation of believers may be temporarily suppressed by the prestige and effectiveness of the charlatan, and will definitely be corrupt in the future. In the end, they will still rely on the rule of law and a complete financial deposit and access credit system.

Li Su secretly observed the reward through scouts and found that the village further ahead was not very good at finding "Yi She". The village in front of him still had "Yi She", so he knew that he had reached the edge of Zhang Lu's actual control area and Liu Yan's actual control area. At present, this village is obviously a believer of "mi thief".

Li Su quietly ordered Zhao Yun: "Just use these rice thieves and pretend that we don't know they are rice thieves, think we have walked out of the rice thieves' control area, treat them as obedient people of the court, and show our identities to ask for grain collection."

Zhao Yun was careful and knew how to act. He looked arrogant and walked to the door of "Yi She", kicked in the courtyard, and immediately rushed out of a priest. Zhao Yun pretended not to know that he was a priest, and regarded him as a fellow villager in the court.

"Let the General of the Central Army hold the throne to this end! We finally crossed the Governor of Yizhou, the governor of the rice thief, and quickly provide us with food!"

Li Su was very good at playing. At this moment, he acted like a villain's success, so that the flags of the General of the Central Army were lit up, and even the Huang Yue that Liu Bei temporarily lent him.

He even allowed the soldiers to arrogantly explain their mission: "Our family secretary is going to ask whether Liu Yan is domineering or overtaking! If it is found that he is domineering or overtaking, your Majesty will summon Liu Yan to the capital as the young tutor!"

Everyone knows that Emperor Ling of Han is in poor health now, but he is not dead yet, so the teacher who finds counseling for the young master should be the young master rather than the grand tutor.

He summoned Liu Yan as the young tutor, and in name it was promoted, so Liu Yan didn't really have to be rebellious. As long as there seemed to be a little suspicion, he could be promoted openly and secretly and get rid of it, just like Cao Shuang dealing with Sima Yi. He said this with a slight gaze, and even showed Huang Yue's hinting, "If Liu Yan dared not to go to the capital to be the young tutor, he would be punished for resisting the order and Huang Yue would serve him."

Seeing this, the local rice thief Xiaojiu was shocked: How could a Han envoy arrive so deeply this time? It was almost Ma Mingge's words. Didn't they usually kill them directly outside Yangping Pass?

"What should I do? I'll just keep them steady and find someone to inform General Zhang and ask General Zhang to lead his troops to chase him. General Zhang has issued a strict order. Anyone who leaks out the Han envoys and fails to report it is a serious crime. He will sue the ghosts and gods to kill the whole village."

The priest's cold sweat was over, but he could only calm Zhao Yun first: "General, you have to take away the rice and grain in this inn. If you want to eat meat, I will prepare it."

Unfortunately, at this moment, a clever school beside Zhao Yun exclaimed with excellent acting skills according to the lines he ordered: "Well? Wait! Be careful. Look at the arrangement of this inn, why is it different from that of Hechi County? There is no account to get the grain?

No! I heard that Mi Thief never keeps accounts, and it is all due to the threat of ghosts and gods that people dare not deceive themselves and take too much. This is not the village of Mi Thief, but the house uses old things from the imperial post station!”

Zhao Yun then pretended to be surprised: "No! This is still the territory of rice thieves! We have not yet walked out of the village controlled by rice thieves! We surrounded this restaurant without leaving any chickens and dogs! After killing, we took the food and left quickly!"

They pretended to realize that this was Zhang Lu's jurisdiction, and they drew out swords and killed all the mi thieves and clergymen in Yishe like wolves and tigers.

Zhao Yun was still kind and did not kill all the innocent villagers, but just killed the clergy and their waiters.

But in fact, Zhao Yun had seen it right before he started. There was a young man who had just been sent by the priest to report the news and had already climbed over the wall. Zhao Yun deliberately did not see him and let the living go back to report the news.

Li Su and his party robbed all the supplies in this Yishuo, supplemented the loss of the troops, and immediately rushed south again.

However, this time they were not in a hurry to run too far, but ran all the way to observe the terrain, preparing to pretend that when they were caught up tomorrow, they could "have no time to escape, find a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack to set up a camp to defend", so that they could seduce more pursuers.

...

Half a day later, in the evening of that day, the young man who was reporting the news by the wine wine ran back to Yangping Pass panting and was received by Zhang Wei, the general guarding the pass.

"General Zhang! No...no! This time the Han envoy became smart. I didn't know how to bypass the road in front of Yangping Pass last night and quietly touched the Xiguan Post! Fortunately, the guards around the Han envoy admitted their mistakes and recognized our charity as the court's post station. They asked us to collect grain, and then they revealed their identity, otherwise they would have rushed to Baishui Pass all the way.

Our village tried our best to stop it and reported the news. I saw the priest being killed by the Han general. I begged the general to spare our lives. Our village did our best. As soon as we found the Han envoy, we would repay it and didn't dare to stop!"

"What? I said how could I get the small school that was closed last night and that there seemed to be a whole team of people before the pass. It was the Han envoy who was killed twice and learned his lesson. No, if the envoy was really allowed to arrive at Baishui Pass, Liu Envoy was furious. Brother, the prefect of Hanzhong, would not have any value for it..."

Zhang Wei slapped the table in shock and angrily, paced back and forth a few steps, and ordered hatefully: "Come here! Get ready to order troops immediately, gather all the cavalry and soldiers in the army first, and chase south immediately! Just ask for quick horses to bite the enemy! By the way, how many people are there in that group?"

He had already talked about the dispatch of troops, but he remembered that before he could ask about the size of the enemy, he quickly picked up the boy's collar to question him.

"There are always a few hundred people, maybe nearly a thousand people, and I dare not take a closer look."

Zhang Wei's eyes rolled and thought to himself: "The Han envoys must be more elite than our soldiers. There are only more than 2,000 horses in the pass, and they may not be able to kill them all if they catch up. They can only hope that they will entangle the enemy first, use the familiar terrain to detour and block the road. Then the infantry brigade will take a small road and climb over the mountains and follow."

So he ordered the horse riders to chase and entangle them tonight, and it was difficult for infantry to cross the mountains to walk at night, and then rest in the middle of the night, and to come out of the pass and chase after them tomorrow.

When he was about to come, he also ordered: "Trouble all the schools that were on the wall that were closed last night. Any rewards that reminded me of the horse team passing outside the gate, and all those who mistakenly thought that the business travelers passed without reporting were tied up! If the Han envoy escaped after the war, all the schools that were neglected were beheaded and displayed in public!"

The military judge in charge of military law reminded him: "General... General, according to Shijun's order, all criminals can be forgiven twice, and only three criminals will be killed. They are just a crime of negligence..."
Chapter completed!