Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1390
The disaster in Bazhong is imminent.

So Prince Li Chengqian and Ma Zhou rushed to Bazhong with soldiers and horses and some relief food after they quickly made preparations in Chang'an City.

They are very clear that the so-called disaster situation does not necessarily mean that the flood is too large and the houses are submerged. The most important problem is the food of the people.

If the people had food to eat and could live, the flood would be nothing but flooding and nothing else.

Therefore, in order to provide disaster relief, we must obtain enough food and grass.

Fortunately, there have been no large-scale battles in the Tang Dynasty recently, and the food was just taken back not long ago, so the food and grass are not a problem.

After Prince Li Chengqian and the others left Chang'an City, they rushed directly to the land of Bashu.

On the way, they didn't stop at all.

Before Prince Li Chengqian came out, he had already been instructed by his grandson Wuji to win over Ma Zhou, so the two of them chatted from time to time along the way.

Ma Zhou also knew what Li Chengqian meant, but he didn't express his opinion.

Half a month later, they entered the land of Bashu.

The land of Bashu is mountainous, and the roads are a bit difficult. Although Bazhong is not very far from Chang'an City, it will take them more than ten days to reach Bazhong.

As the team walked like this, nothing happened along the way except for some civilians who fled.

After walking like this for a few more days, a spy who was exploring the way ahead came hurriedly.

"His Royal Highness, the road ahead is impassable."

Hearing this, Li Chengqian was a little surprised, and asked: "Why can't we get through?"

"There was a landslide ahead, and the road was blocked by a large pile of soil. If we want to walk over, we have to clean up the soil. It may take five or six days."

If there is no soil, they will arrive in Bazhong in five or six days.

After hearing these things, Li Chengqian's face became a little ugly.

If they go one day late, the situation in Bazhong may deteriorate one day. Once the deterioration becomes uncontrollable, the situation in Bazhong will be really bad.

"Is there any other way to Bazhong?"

"There is another road that can reach Bazhong, but there is a section of that road that is a plank road. Our carriages can't pass it, and we can't transport food and grass. Moreover, even if we take a detour to take that road, it will take ten minutes without the drag of the carriage. I will be able to rush to Bazhong City in the next day."

Generally speaking, the plank roads are very narrow, and it is good enough to accommodate one or two people, and their carriages will definitely not be able to pass.

That is to say, it is impossible for them to transport the grain and grass through that road. If they want to provide disaster relief, the grain and grass can only enter through this road.

Shoveling away the soil accumulated by the landslide is their only way.

Li Chengqian didn't think too much about it, and soon, he ordered: "Order people to clear the road here as soon as possible, and then choose a few hundred people to follow the prince to take another road, and rush to Bazhong City first."

The situation in Bazhong may be very bad. Although there is no food and grass, if they rush there first, it may have a certain effect.

Ma Zhou also agrees with Li Chengqian's arrangement. Arriving one day earlier is very helpful for appeasement of the disaster and so on.

After giving this order, Li Chengqian, Ma Zhou and the others took a few hundred people and detoured to go by another road.

After walking for two days, they came to the plank road section of this road.

The plank road is about five miles long. Li Chengqian and Ma Zhou walked in the middle, followed by a group of people in front and a group of people behind.

Then they walked forward.

They were walking like this, and they were about to pass the plank road. Suddenly, a group of people rushed out in front of the plank road.

Sharp arrows rained down. Some Tang soldiers in front were shot before they could react. Some soldiers fell off the cliff because of their panic.

In a short time, the Tang army in front lost dozens of people.

Li Chengqian, Ma Zhou and the others stood in the middle. After seeing this situation, their hearts sank.

"His Royal Highness, those assassins occupy favorable terrain. It may not be easy for us to rush over. Now we can only retreat."

Either find a way to go this way again, or join the big force.Although it was delayed for a few days, it was absolutely safe in comparison.

When Ma Zhou was doing things, his first consideration was the prince's safety. If Prince Li Chengqian was in any danger, he couldn't bear it.

"Who are these assassins, and why did they kill the prince?" Li Chengqian asked, and quickly changed direction, wanting to leave.

Regarding his question, no one knew about it.

As the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, there are still many people who want his life, right?

But it's hard to say who wants his life.

A group of people walked back, and they were about to go back. At the end of the plank road, at some point, there was an extra group of assassins. After this group of assassins found out that they had returned, they immediately started shooting with sharp arrows.

The sharp arrows were so dense that they didn't have anything to stop them. If they kept rushing over, they might still die.

"Assassins are so hateful, they trapped us to death on the plank road, back up, back up."

They can't rush in, they can only retreat, avoiding the danger in front of them first.

After retreating out of the sharp arrow's range, the group of people finally breathed a sigh of relief, but everyone still had anxiety and worry on their faces.

"Ma Zhou, in this situation, what should we do?"

Ma Zhou frowned. They are neither advancing nor retreating. It seems that there is really no other better way.

However, after thinking about it for a while, Ma Zhou came up with an idea.

"His Royal Highness, I have a way, maybe it will work."

Hearing that Ma Zhou had a solution, Prince Li Chengqian was overjoyed and asked quickly, "What is the solution, Mr. Ma, tell me quickly."

Ma Zhou said: "The purpose of these assassins is obviously to want the life of His Royal Highness. We can find someone who looks like His Highness, put on His Royal Highness's clothes, pretend to be His Highness, and then fall into the cliff. Seeing the fake Prince's Palace fall into the cliff, I think we won't stick to it any longer, if that's the case, we'll have a chance to break out of this plank road."

Ma Zhou explained his method. Although he was not sure if the group of assassins would really leave after finding the Prince's Palace fell into the cliff, this method is indeed the best for them now. , or even the only available method.

After thinking about it for a while, Li Chengqian hesitated again, and then finally nodded: "Okay, let's do it like this."

(End of this chapter)