Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 815
Shu County, Tiandang Mountain area.

Braving the icy cold wind and the fine snow, tens of thousands of prisoners of the Qin army and Shu people were forced to wield hoes, carry wood, and build a passable plank road for the Wu army.

With a "snap", a whip whipped up, and the exhausted Qin army prisoner couldn't help crying. His body was torn apart, his hands were covered with frostbite, but he was still driven to work harder...

"quick!"

"Don't be lazy!"

"Those who are lazy, all porridge will be halved!"

The soldiers of Wu Jun who were in charge of overseeing the work roared ferociously, forcing the laborers to work hard.

It's just that the road to Shu is difficult, and it is difficult to go to the blue sky.

"what--"

One was working hard, one accidentally stepped on the air, and fell off the cliff abruptly, buried in the clouds and mist, and disappeared. Only the endless cry echoed in the valley ...

"Gollum."

Seeing another unlucky laborer fall to his death, whether it was the other laborers or the soldiers of the Wu army who were in charge of overseeing the work, they couldn't help swallowing hard, feeling a little numb and frightened.

After all, the terrain of the Shu land is too steep and terrifying.

There are cliffs and cliffs where it is difficult to walk everywhere, and it is still in the clouds and fog, and the vision is blurred, so there are often laborers, and even overseers and soldiers are thrown to death.

At this time, not far from Tiandang Mountain, on a mountain peak, Sun Wu, Gong Zixi, and Bu Shang looked around, sizing up the terrain here, and couldn't help but look at each other.

"Bring the map."

Sun Wu took a sheepskin map from the soldiers, then sat on the ground and spread out the map, looking at it carefully.

"Guardian Bu, is your map detailed?"

Sun Wu asked a question.

Bu Shang nodded and said: "Absolutely detailed. My map is drawn according to the king's request, and each stroke is done by sending people to conduct field surveys."

"good."

Sun Wu nodded, pointed to the location of "Nanshan" (Qinling), and said: "My lord, Commander Bu, you see, this is Nanshan. The place where we are now is bordered by Nanshan in the north, Hanshui and Bashan in the south. It is the western gateway of Hanzhong, and it is also the northern frontier of Bashu leading to Qin, and its geographical location is very dangerous."

"It stands on the right side of Funiu and Tiandang, and on the left arches the clouds and mist for hundreds of feet, surrounded by the water belts of Han, Hei, and Jin, which can be described as the most dangerous in the world."

"If you build a pass city from here, you can attack it when you enter it, and you can defend it when you retreat, but it is unnecessary now."

"I have estimated that if [-] elite soldiers set off from Tiandang Mountain, pass through the plank road, and cross Nanshan Mountain, it will take at most [-] days to reach Yongcheng, the capital of Qin."

Ten thousand elite soldiers crossed the Nanshan Mountains and rushed to attack Yongcheng?

Sun Wu really dared to think!
Bu Shang couldn't help laughing and said: "Guowei, the terrain of Nanshan is high and the valley is deep, and the weather is unpredictable."

"Even if our army builds a plank road and sends troops from the Baoxie Road, the Qin people will definitely respond. The mere [-] elite soldiers may have been blocked by the Qin army before they approached the city of Yongdu."

Hearing this, Sun Wu said with a faint smile: "Guardian Bu, I never said that I would send troops from the way of praise and obliqueness."

"Where...where did the lieutenant send his troops?"

Bu Shang was quite puzzled and said: "As far as I know, there are only two passages to Nanshan, one is the Wuguan Road, and the other is the Baoxie Road. Why are there other paths?"

If you enter Qin from the land of Bashu, the only passable road is the way of praise and obliqueness.

As for Wuguan Road, it leads from Hanzhong County of Wu State to Qin State, and it is also the only way of the Silk Road.

This way of praise and obliqueness has been developed as early as Dayu's time.

In the past, King Wen of Zhou and King You of Zhou conquered Shu through the road of Baoxie, and the entrance of Baoxie Road, Xiegukou, was just south of Zhouyuan.

The Baoxie Road is actually a valley with two mouths. Although it passes through the Qinling Mountains, it does not need to climb over the mountains.

As far as its general trend is concerned, Baoxie Road is the valley road with a relatively flat and short route among the roads in the Qinling Mountains.

But the canyon in the southern part of the Baogu Valley it passes through has deep water and rapid currents, with cliffs soaring into the sky.

The Baoxie Road is just a valley road, and it must be climbed at the most dangerous places. It is hard and hard to describe.

The reason why Sun Wu built the plank road was actually inspired by Qingji.

His task is to make holes in the cliffs and cliffs passing by, insert wood to form beams, and lay wooden planks to form trestles to connect the road.

Because Wu Jun's food, fodder and supplies would be difficult to pass through the valley road, so the "plank road" had to come into being!
"The way to praise Xie is to build plank roads. In my opinion, re-open a plank road that leads directly to the Qin land, and catch the people of Qin by surprise."

Sun Wu's finger pointed at a place called "Guo County" in Qin State.

"On the side of Baoxie Road, there is a section of Jialing Ancient Road, which turns southwest along the old water valley, and can go straight to Guo County in Qin State. The people of Qin must not have thought that our army could fight out from Guo County."

"..."

Bu Shang fell into deep thought.

If Qingji is here, he must recognize that "Guo County" is the historical Chencang, and the new plank road that Sun Wu wants to open is actually "Chencang Road"!
In the 11th year of Qin Wugong, that is, in 687 BC, Qin State destroyed Xiguo, and then established Guo County.

This is the origin of Guo County.

At this moment, Young Master Xi frowned and said, "Guo Wei, is this too risky?"

"If [-] elite soldiers cross Nanshan, they will be able to reach Guo County. However, if they want to break through Yong City, they will never be able to do so."

"Instead of consuming time and effort to build a plank road from scratch, it is better to attack the Qin land directly from the Baoxie Road or Wuguan Road."

Hearing this, Sun Wu just shook his head and said: "My lord, the reason why elite soldiers are elite soldiers is mainly because they win by surprise, not by fierce attack."

"Attacking Qin from the way of praise and obliqueness, Qin people can guard the gates with one man, and ten thousand men can't open it, absolutely can't do it."

"I will personally lead a large army to attack Qin from Wuguan Road. After the new road is successfully built, [-] elite soldiers can quickly attack and attack Guo County, and then gain a firm foothold, forcing the Qin people to divide their troops and fight. Qindu."

"good."

Gong Zixi finally knew Sun Wu's plan.

Sun Wu set his sights on Bu Shang again, and said slowly: "Mr. Bu, to build this new road requires a lot of manpower."

"Currently there is a shortage of manpower. I wonder if you can suspend the Dujiangyan project, use more than [-] Persian prisoners of war to build new roads, and recruit more civilians at the same time?"

Hearing this, Bu Shang nodded slightly and said, "I have no objection to the Guowei wanting to use Persian prisoners of war."

"It's just that tens of thousands of Shu people have been conscripted, and the land of Shu is newly attached. I have to worry that the Shu people will cause chaos and harm the front-line army..."

Sun Wu thought for a while, and could only sigh: "Then, the Kunlun slaves who were originally escorting food, fodder and supplies can only be converted into labor labor for building new roads."

In order to complete this hundreds of miles long new road as soon as possible, Sun Wu had to settle for the next best thing.

(End of this chapter)