Walking through the mist in the morning, even if it was summer, you could still feel the coldness of the air. Somehow the birds in the woods were frightened and jumped out of the treetops, and flew away like a "rattle". Guo Shao couldn't help but look sideways, only seeing a black dot gradually disappear into the dust fog. Then the surroundings became peaceful, with only the tiny sound of metal hitting and the sound of footsteps.

Looking back, a long list of people and horses slowly walked forward in a row, without seeing their heads in front and no ends. It was just dawn, and the people nearby did not say anything and walked silently. Even though they started preparing in the early morning, it was almost dawn after departure. Although the road ahead was also a small road, they could still ride horses slowly. Guo Shao rode on the horse, and there was a personal soldier leading the horse in front.

Guo Shao occasionally knocks on the trees on the hillside on the roadside, and occasionally finds fork-shaped marks on the trunks cut by knives and axes. They are marks made by scouts before, so that the army vanguards can discover the wrong road if they lead the way. It is okay during the day, but the people who lead the way have walked this road several times, so they should not go wrong. It is prevented that the light at night is poor and the surrounding terrain cannot be used as a reference. It is very likely to take the wrong road. This road has not been opened and repaired by the official post road, but is composed of some natural paths. There are often twists and turns, which is not as good as Shu Road.

It was indeed an adventure, but Guo Shao could not directly feel scared. Perhaps because a large group of people were together, they would easily numb their nerves when there were too many people. He felt that people were easily affected by the people around him.

The road was narrow and slow. The troops set off before dawn and walked until dusk to the west mountain before reaching Baishui Road. Baishui Road was sixty miles away from Guzhen, which means that everyone walked sixty miles uninterrupted throughout the day. The ones in front stopped one after another, and everyone started drinking cold water and eating wheat cakes. After eating, they continued to go on the road, without camping or resting... According to the original combat plan, they had to run more than ninety miles in one breath and stop after reaching Shu Road.

This section of Baishui Road is difficult to walk. There is a long road that is rolling up the mountain on the hillside, and no one invests in building a guardrail. If you fall down the mountain accidentally, you will probably die. Guo Shao didn't dare to ride a horse, so he asked someone to lead the horse and walked carefully.

Everyone started to set up torches, some put tung oil in bamboo tubes and stuffed grass, and some directly lit pine branches. The road was really hard to walk, so in order to march overnight, they had to ignore any hidden nature. Guo Shao had an idea in his mind, that the martial arts of the world would be fast and that even if the Shu army knew that I wanted to intercept them, they could only worry about their rush.

Walking a hundred miles day and night from the rugged path is beyond Guo Shao's knowledge of the ancient army. But now it seems that his army is not a problem at all... Everyone walks slowly and doesn't say much. Some people may have blisters on their feet, but they seem to be able to bear it.

Although the strength of professional elite soldiers who have been fighting for a long time often puts pressure on the superiors, they are very useful... No theory | guidance or belief is needed. As long as the soldiers are not rogues, good families know that most people in this era can only eat braised vegetables and have to survive. After walking all day, Guo Shao gradually realized the idea. Everyone was fighting thousands of miles with their heads, just to seek military merit and wealth.

Your own private affairs cannot be private affairs, at least for a small number of generals, it is at the risk of survival and death. If Guo Shao loses his future, Yang Biao and other generals will be frustrated. This is also because everyone is happy when they hear that Guo Shao is promoted and is happy. It should not be for the sake of flattery... In this world, life is not worthwhile. Thinking about the soldiers who climbed the walls in Fengzhou City are fighting for the opportunity to be appreciated by the superiors.

In the middle of the night that night, the army finally arrived at the Shu Road.

Guo Shao was already yawning and was sleepy while standing. The surroundings were bright and there were fires, and there were many bonfires on both sides of the hillside; there were busy on all sides, and Li Chuyun's troops, who arrived at the fortifications overnight.

Guo Shao turned over and went to the front to look for Li Chuyun, and asked a few questions. Li Chuyun said, "The scouts from both north and south have sent out, but they have not come back yet."

"Just build a barrier at will. The soldiers need to accumulate their spirits to fight. Order the soldiers of each unit to not disarm their armor and rest on the spot." Guo Shao said.

The generals and soldiers sent orders everywhere, and everyone lay down on the mud. For a while, people were lying all over the mountains and fields, as if they had just experienced a big battle. They didn't sleep well last night and walked until midnight today. Everyone was so tired... They walked for a hundred miles on their continuous loads. Anyway, Guo Shao walked at most ten miles in modern society, and he could make his legs sore.

Guo Shao sat next to a fire, dozed for a while, and was awakened for a while.

He opened his eyes and saw that the sky was still dark, and the night was dotted with countless stars. Luo Yanhuan said: "A few people came back from both sides of the north and south, and the Shu army was not seen within ten miles of front and back; the remaining scouts continued to search in the distance."

The next morning, there was no movement, so the Zhou army built some thatched cottages on the open land of Shu Road and deployed troops.

Everyone doesn't have to raise the fire to make rice. They only eat dry food and salt, drink river water, and don't even have hot water because they don't bring a pot. A large number of people sat in their camps to bask in the sun, and each commander led people to pick up water by the Jialing River. Although this Shu Road is not easy to walk, it is a natural way to march. There are rivers along the way, so there are no need to consider the water source.

At this moment, several horsemen came over from the north road, looked straight at the flag of the Central Army, and ran to Guo Shao before dismounting. A soldier clasped his fists and said, "A small group of Shu troops were found about twenty miles north, at most 300 people; we touched through the forest on the flanks and found a large number of Shu troops thirty miles away. It was not dawn at that time, and I couldn't see clearly, but there might be thousands of people looking at the torches."

After hearing this, Guo Shao looked at each other with his generals. After a moment of calculation, the Baishui Road that the Shu army might have known the afternoon of the day before yesterday. From the afternoon of the day before yesterday to now, they have traveled a total of 50 miles to reinforce the main force heading south...

Guo Shao stood up and looked at the terrain on all sides. The Shu Road and the Jialing River extended to the northeast together. The Jialing River was fast; the terrain on the other side of the river was relatively flat. The northwest side was full of mountains.

He immediately said: "Two commands the troops to defend this place and block reinforcements from Xingzhou; scouts look for places to cross the river along the river. The main force approaches the Shu army in the northeast direction." After that, he looked at Li Chuyun.

Li Chuyun said: "It's so appropriate."

The armies successively received military orders and began to advance in sequence. The road was much wider, and the army was still arranged in four rows, with scattered cavalry present and a large number of infantry concealed behind.

Upon the noon, the scout reported again that both Shu troops turned around and retreated north. Guo Shao did not make any changes, and everyone continued to advance along the road. Luo Yanhuan said, "This time I see where they can go, climb Qingniling to Chengfeng's territory?" The troops burst into laughter.

Along the way, I found the camps stationed by the Shu army. Some iron pots and miscellaneous items were thrown on the roadside in a mess. The soldiers of Zhou army picked them up and prepared to use them to drink them. According to people's life experience, drinking too much raw water can easily ruin your stomach. If you can boil it, you are usually willing to raise the fire and boil water.

As the evening approached, the Shu army was still not seen. There might be some cavalry in front of them, but they had long been dispersed by the scouts in front of the Zhou army, and Guo Shao in the army had not seen a single Shu army.

Guo Shao and Li Chuyun rode forward, chose a place with wide space, and ordered each unit to build fences and build camps after arriving. Tomorrow, I would not be in a hurry, and I would definitely go to war with the Shu army. Because the Shu army had no way to go, they could only fight behind Qingniling.
Chapter completed!