Will Ming

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Chapter 620 Overcoming the Mountain and Entering the City Gate

The stream water is poisonous and undrinkable, so he collects dew to drink. For Li Shimin, no matter how bad the situation is, it is worse than waiting for nothing at the Xuanwu Gate of Chang'an City.Although he was sent back to the old house in Longyou to grow up alone, he didn't suffer much. After all, he is Li Yuan's son, and the servants in the old house naturally took care of him very carefully.It is not an exaggeration to say that Yilai stretched out his hand and Fanlai opened his mouth, but he is by no means a person who cannot bear hardships.

When he was 13 years old, he completed his coming-of-age ceremony on the belly of a delicate servant girl. At that time, he knew that everything he wanted needed to be fought hard by himself.His father occasionally sent people over to study his knowledge and martial arts, but never asked him what he really wanted.

When Li Shimin got up from the maid who had some resentful eyes that day, he told himself in his heart to come back with everything that should come.

The leaves have just sprouted and haven't grown much, so collecting dew is actually a very hard work.But he did it meticulously, and even wet his palms with water from the grass leaves to symbolically wash his face.

There are 1 cavalry around him, these people are all the capital for him to gain a foothold in the future.But now what he has to face is not only the majestic mountain in front of him, not only the countless wolves, tigers and leopards in the mountain and the countless traps set by nature, but also the more than 1 people brought by Li Xiaogong behind him. Jingqi, in such a harsh environment in an endless mountain, with more than [-] elite soldiers chasing behind him, it seems difficult to survive anyway.

But Li Shimin didn't seem to have any sad and desperate expression on his face. On the contrary, after walking into this mountain, his face became more and more calm.

Yu Chigong put all the dew carefully collected in a wine bag, but the wine bag still looked deflated.The wine had already been exhausted long ago but the aroma of the wine was still there. He handed his wine pouch to Li Shimin with no trace of reluctance in his eyes.Li Shimin looked at him and smiled, then shook his head and said, "You saved this water drop by drop with great difficulty, and it's water for saving lives."

He patted the extremely strong and reliable water bag tied on his waist and said: "There are also here in Gu, and there should be more than what you collected."

Yu Chigong sighed, sat down beside Li Shimin but didn't speak.The soldiers in the distance assigned good men, some searched around and went out to hunt, and the other part picked up some things that could be ignited nearby.Although there are a lot of fire seeds, no one knows how long they will hide in this mountain, so the use of fire seeds is also restricted.It seems that there are many things now, and no one knows if they will become nothing by accident.

If too much wasted, maybe it won't be long before they all have to live a life of ruthlessness and blood.

"No hope?"

Li Shimin suddenly asked Yu Chigong a question.

Yu Chigong shook his head slowly and said: "The soldiers are all loyal to you, and they know that once they fall into the hands of those chasing soldiers, they will surely die, so there is no need to worry that some of them will not be able to bear the filth. Thoughts, but going on like this is not an option after all. Your Highness, I thought if I could go out to rob some villages at the bottom of the mountain at night, at least I need to replenish food."

"Do you know why there is more water in the solitary water bladder than you?"

Li Shimin asked with a smile.

Without waiting for Yu Chigong to answer, he stretched his waist and said seriously: "Because Gu didn't sleep all night last night, Gu was collecting the dew when the dew just fell. When picking water, Gu kept thinking in his mind, if he was so sleepy Is Yu Shanzhong's life miserable? Is there any way to get out of the predicament?"

He said word by word: "But I have been thinking about it all night and I still can't think of any shortcuts. Since there are no shortcuts, I can only take the most difficult road."

He broke off a branch and drew a picture on the ground: "We are currently in this mountain. If the imperial court wants to send the news of Gu's rebellion to the southern counties, it must bypass this mountain and come as quickly as possible." Said it would take almost 24 to [-] days to reach the nearest county seat."

He dropped the branch, patted the dust on his hands and said: "Although this mountain is huge, there is no way to walk. But it doesn't mean that we can't walk through it. We just need to get out of this mountain earlier than the imperial court's notice to reach The nearest county government is fine. Gu has the seal of King Qin on his body, and those local officials dare not disobey his orders. When we arrive at the nearest county government, Gu seizes power and takes all the soldiers under his tent, and then rushes to the next county. As long as we All the way faster than the people of the imperial court, then in just a month or two, you can have tens of thousands of troops in your own hands."

Li Shimin stood up, looked at the lush and lush forest and said, "What we have to do now is to overcome ourselves and get out of this mountain."

Yuchi Gong was stunned, his heart was shocked beyond measure.He really didn't expect that at this point, King Qin could think of such a dangerous method.Not to mention that it is difficult to get out of this mountain with the current equipment and supplies, even if you get out, it may not be faster than the news from the court.Although according to the analysis, there are 24 to [-] days, it will take time to gather the county soldiers after seizing power, so they only have more than ten days to cross this mountain range.

"It's too dangerous!"

Yu Chigong quickly persuaded: "If we walk a little slower, entering the county government after leaving the mountain is like throwing ourselves into a trap."

"That's why orphans say this is the hardest path."

Li Shimin said indifferently: "But it is also the only way. Gu is by no means a person who admits defeat easily, as long as there is still a little hope of turning around, he will not give up. Now that we have reached this point, let's do our best, and then pin our hopes on luck... …As for whether luck is good enough, we will not know until we get out of the mountains.”

Yu Chigong nodded, he knew that since His Royal Highness King Qin had made up his mind, there was no possibility of changing it.The idea of ​​going faster than the court notification and then recruiting the county soldiers as King Qin is extremely crazy.Only a lunatic can come up with such a crazy way.Undoubtedly, in Yu Chigong's eyes, although King Qin's face was calm and his tone was indifferent, he had already stepped into madness with one foot.

"War horses can go as far as they can take them with them. Starting today, I will kill horses and eat meat. I must ensure that no more than three hundred people will die. Eat horse meat and drink horse blood. When the war horses can no longer Kill the horses wherever you go, and continue walking with the meat."

Li Shimin said proudly: "My life cannot be taken away so easily."

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On the fourth day after Li Shimin entered the mountain, a thin man who was extremely emaciated finally found their traces.Although it seems that this trace has been there for at least a few days, the excitement in this person's heart is beyond words.Looking at the pile of ashes, he couldn't help laughing and jumping, as if he didn't care about the rotten wound on his shoulder.

She laughed enough and was too tired to bear it, so she lay down on the grass and randomly grabbed a handful of firewood ash left by Li Shimin's team and pressed it on the wound on her shoulder, because it had begun to rot and she couldn't feel the pain.The dent on her face pierced by the arrow clusters was almost scarred, making her originally delicate face look extraordinarily ugly.Yes, it's ugly... She hasn't washed her face, changed her clothes, or even eaten a cooked meal since she escaped from Chang'an City.She didn't die after entering the mountain, because she didn't see a drinking beast by the stream, because she was careful enough.

But she knew that if she couldn't find the medicine, the wound on her shoulder would rot and stink. Maybe before she could catch up with Li Shimin, she would lose her strength due to fever and become food for wild wolves or something else. .

Her hand hangs down weakly, and accidentally touches something in the ashes. She grabs it subconsciously and finds that it is a bone with some meat hanging on it, although it has been burnt to black It looked disgusting, but she actually laughed happily.

Blowing the ashes off the blackened bones, she began to eat.Including the bones, she ate very slowly, because the bones were very hard to bite off a piece, but she ate very carefully.She found a few bones in the firewood ash, but there was no meat on them, and she couldn't help frowning.

Lying on the grass to rest and recover her strength, she couldn't help thinking about what happened on the wall of Xuanwu Gate that day.Thinking of the knife she cut out, she laughed at herself and murmured: "I've already given up, why are you forcing me? If you don't let Huangfu Wuqi investigate, I will quietly be your woman I will dance the Tian Lai Fan dance for you every day, and be careful not to let the princess find out about the things between you and me. In this way, when you are old and you no longer love me, I will find a place to live in seclusion and never think about it. Even my elder brother has given up on family rejuvenation...why should I be obsessed with it?"

"But you asked Huangfu Wuqi to investigate. I must not be able to hide from that lunatic's eyes. Will you be merciful at that time? So you can't blame me for killing you... If I knew it would be such a result, I would have killed it earlier You are fine. At least you don’t have to chase Li Shimin so hard now. Although Li Shimin’s heart is more vicious than yours, he seems to really like the way I danced. He is reluctant to kill me, but you are willing ..."

She also thought that she hid in Li Xiaogong's army and got out of the city before. If it wasn't because she was so anxious to find a place to be discovered, she might have followed the army to catch up with Li Shimin. Unfortunately, It's really a pity.

"I'll catch up to him, I will."

She struggled to stand up, carrying a blackened bone and moving on.

There was a sudden noise from the fresh green withered grass in the distance, and then a single wild boar showed its head.When they saw the embarrassed man not far away, both the wild boar and the man were startled.But soon, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.