Zhongzhu didn't want to walk in front of Ziying, but Ziying repeatedly urged him to do so. He endured the overstep and cautiously led thousands of people to follow the traces of the strange beasts southward.

The leaves on the mountain have not yet completely withered, and the crooked thorn bushes are extremely sharp. Ten thousand troops followed closely and could not avoid them. Many Qin soldiers had their lower clothes ripped to pieces.

In order to march quickly, Ziying underestimated the power of the thorn bushes, and a wound was scratched on the front of his ankle. Every time he took a step, the wound hurt.

"Watch your steps and protect your bags!" Ziying turned around and shouted.

"promise!"

The Qin generals' eyes were blazing, and their faces were full of fighting spirit. Ziying's mobilization just now made them think that they would win this battle.

Ziying lowered his head to check Qin Jun's injuries and saw that the lower body of everyone was only slightly damaged but not injured.

After Ziying was scratched, the Qin army could not avoid it, but they twisted their bodies so that the thorns only hurt the clothes but not the person.

"I'm clearing mines?!" Ziying cursed in his mind.

"The king seems to be injured, please bandage it before leaving." Lu Matong said with a smile on his face.

"Small injury, no need to delay the fighter! Move forward quickly."

Ziying turned around and continued to move forward, somewhat regretting what he had just done.

The wound is in an invisible place. The size of the wound is unknown and the stinging feeling is extremely unsettling.

The middle soldier lowered his head and saw the footprints of the giant beast, and raised his feet to follow.

"Where are you going, Aiqing?" Ziying suddenly shouted.

The lieutenant quickly stopped and lowered his head, "Didn't the king ask me to follow the strange beast? That strange beast is in this mountain."

"I want to go south, and the alien beasts can only bring the army here." Ziying smiled slightly and raised his chin towards the south, "But this is enough."

All the Qin generals looked together and saw that there was a passage of more than ten feet between the two cliffs. Although it was also covered with thorns, it was much better than climbing along the mountain.

"All officers and men will follow this path."

After Ziying finished speaking, he got ahead of Zhongzhu, stepped carefully, grabbed the branches and walked down the hillside.

"oops--"

Lu Matong behind him became unsteady and rolled and crawled to Ziying's feet.

"Even fierce horses can be tamed, but the immovable mountains are actually giving Commander Lu a hard time?" Ziying smiled and pulled up Lu Matong.

"The branches and leaves in the south are too slippery, I'm just careless." Lu Matong limped behind Ziying and complained, "The king can find someone from Hanzhong to lead the way. It won't be so difficult."

"Liu Bang must pass through Hanzhong when entering Bashu. How can Commander Lu be sure that their methods will not leave any details in Hanzhong?"

Ziying rolled his eyes at Lu Matong. During this period, he, the Zhou brothers, and everyone in Changshan had already done enough scheming, and they didn't want to bother to find out whether the person leading the way was careful.

Moreover, Ziying could find Bashu as long as he saw the road of more than ten feet.

Lu Matong held his mouth and touched the chisel on his waist, "There is clearly a way here, why does the king still let his ministers bring something to clear the way?"

"Stop talking nonsense, it will be useful later." Ziying scolded.

Lu Matong raised his eyes and saw that the road was surprisingly flat, so he thought Ziying was lying to him.

The moment the army advanced, Lu Matong suddenly opened his eyes wide, "Be careful of an ambush!"

Ziying was startled, and took out his sword from its sheath and held it tightly in his hand. All the Qin generals drew their bows and loaded their arrows, and looked around quickly.

There was no movement on the mountains to the left and right, and there was no one in front of us.

"Lü Matong! Don't you know that lying about military information is a capital crime?!" Ziying frowned and shouted angrily.

Lu Matong didn't seem to hear Ziying's scolding. He squinted his eyes and looked carefully at the gaps in the woods on the left and right mountains.

"It will be a disaster if there are people... Thousands of people will cross the road of more than ten feet, and the arrows will be fired in a volley, which is the place of death..." Lu Matong murmured, "This road is also strange. I can't see how it was dug."

What's the matter?"

"This road was dug by the people of Hanzhong to transport wood from the mountains, so it is also called the 'Wooden Gate Road'."

Ziying explained unhappily, but felt a little happy in his heart.

It doesn't take Lu Ma Tong to read some things and actually know that this way is to set up an ambush to death.

Zhuge Liang, the Prime Minister of Shu in later generations, pretended to retreat, hoping to wait for Sima Yi to catch up. Unfortunately, the old fox was not fooled, and the pursuer was Zhang He. Suddenly thousands of arrows were fired, and Zhang He was shot into a sieve.

But there is no need to worry at this time. In front of Hanzhong are Qin, Yong, and people from Bashu will not come here to set up an ambush for no reason.

"So that's it." Lu Matong breathed a sigh of relief, "The king actually knows about this?"

"I also know that after passing the Mumen Road is the Huashi Gorge. The water below is very fast and a bridge needs to be built to cross it." Ziying said, "As long as I am here, everything will be safe. March quickly!"

After listening to Ziying's words, all the Qin troops felt confident and marched faster.

Ziying's wound became more and more painful. He wanted to stop repairing it but couldn't. He could only endure it until the army was tired.

"Your Majesty, it sounds like this road is not difficult," Lu Matong said.

Ziying smiled bitterly, "Commander Lu will know when the time comes."

The Huashi Gorge can only be regarded as a child's play. Although the Minjiang River, the largest tributary of the river, roars and surges below the Huashi Gorge, Deng Ai only needed to build a wooden bridge to cross it easily.

The real ordeal is after passing the Huashi Gorge. There are almost no places to climb in the more than 2,000-meter Motian Ridge. These ten thousand people need to dig out the places to climb. If they are not careful, they can fall to the bottom of the valley and die.

Deng Ai also sent people to build roads and clear roads, but most of them were killed or injured.

Based on Lu Matong's performance just now, Ziying guessed that he must be dead.

"We need to think of a workaround."

Ziying thought about it, after passing Huashi Gorge, there are actually two roads to reach Bashu. In addition to the dangerous Motianling Mountains, there is also the Yinping Road of later generations, which is extremely easy in comparison.

The reason why Deng Ai abandoned the righteous path and chose a surprise attack was because the Yulei Pass on the Yinping righteous path was guarded by the Shu Han people. It was like a sword pavilion with a closed sword gate and could never be passed through.

Yulei Pass was not built as a defense until the Three Kingdoms period. Now it is an ordinary natural pass.

But... everyone in Bashu knows about the exit of Yinping Zhengdao.

If Bashu sent people to garrison the crossing, the Qin soldiers would be blocked in the mountains if they did not bring enough dry food to return the way they came.

But if the Jinniu Road offensive is fierce, Bashu will inevitably not mobilize troops from elsewhere. That will be an opportunity left to the Qin army. It would be a pity not to seize it...

Ziying suddenly looked at Lu Matong and said seriously, "Commander Lu, do you think it's people who are scary, or natural dangers that are scary?"

"This..." Lu Matong thought for a moment, "Natural barriers will always be breached, but humans are more terrifying."

"That's it... then we'll go to Motian Ridge."

Ziying frowned, still unable to make up his mind.

Many people are destined to die on Motian Ridge, and there is no way to attack quickly. Yin Ping Zhengdao may survive safely...

"Zhao Ji is determined to follow. If she is here, can she come up with any strange plans? There will be no chance of death, but there will be a turn for the better just because she comes?"

Ziying's head was a little dizzy and he really couldn't think of any other strategies.
Chapter completed!