The Summoning World of the Great Qin Empire

Chapter 705 Time is Life
In the beginning, there was such a division because there were [-] cavalry on Hu Maodun's side.

The Qin court didn't want any general to have so many cavalry in his hands. This was simply a taboo, so there was such a custom.

However, in the legions formed later, such as Xin Qiji's Zhennan Army, Zhenxi Army and many other legions, the number of cavalry was not as large as that of the Zhengbei Army.

Xin Qiji is the chief general of the Zhennan Army, and the vanguard Yang Youji is still waiting for dispatch at Wuqi in Juzhu Mountain, and has never returned.

Therefore, Xin Qiji still felt pressured to seize Jianyang City.

The roads have also been in disrepair for a long time. From Qingni Forest to Jianyang City, they have been in a state of no control for many years, so no officials will pay attention to building bridges and paving roads.

Xin Qiji had only heard from the scouts that the road here was very muddy and the swamp filled it up, but only now did he realize how exaggerated the mud was.

"General, the left general sent someone to send dry straw, saying that it is for our army to pave the road, so as to increase the speed of our army's marching!" A general rode up to Xin Qiji's side and said with fists on the horse's back, Xin Qiji Taking a look at the war horse under the general's crotch, it turned into a mud horse. Even the general's armor had been splashed with a lot of mud.

"Fortunately, the emperor chose to attack in winter!" Xin Qiji thought with great joy that if it was in summer or autumn, it would be fatal if it caught up with the plum rain that lasted for several months in this place!

"If the order is passed down, the army will rest on the spot for an hour. Soldiers in the army can move within a small area, but they are not allowed to leave the formation and act without authorization." Xin Qiji ordered decisively. On the north bank of the Huai River.

It's just that after seeing the battle report at that time, I just thought that the Minister of the Ministry of War used soldiers like a god, and he could even use horse fodder, but he didn't expect that he could also use straw to pave the road when he was walking on this muddy road!

"That's why he can be the minister of the Ministry of War, but I can only be a general of Zhennan." Xin Qiji laughed at himself, his old partner was not around, and there was no one to confide in many things in his heart, and he was about to leave. He was suffocated.

There are thousands of horse-drawn carriages pulling straw to pave the road. According to the emperor's vision, Hancheng has indeed become the natural granary of the Qin State. Xu Guangqi led a group of officials from the Ministry of Industry to fight here, plus dozens of For the hard-working Huns, this year's rice harvest is indeed bumper.

The soldiers who retreated to rest on the side of the road saw the straws coming forward, so they all went forward and asked for a few, and sat on the ground on their buttocks.

An hour later, when the road was almost paved, Xin Qiji ordered the whole army to march quickly. Not to mention that Xin Qiji stood at a high place to check the formation of the army, he could feel the marching speed increased significantly, even ordinary soldiers could feel that the marching speed of the army had slowed down. Much faster.

"If there is enough straw, it would be really good to pave a road on this road!" Xin Qiji thought for a moment, and shouted: "Deng Xiaochu!"

A warrior hurriedly came to Xin Qiji's side, cupped his hands and said, "What orders does the general have?"

This is a commander of a thousand in the army. During the development of the Qingmu forest by the Qin army, this person had a flexible mind, felled trees, and made great contributions in paving the road. This is how he became a commander from a centurion.

Xin Qiji checked this person's information carefully at the beginning, and only then did he know that this person was a mountain patroller before joining the army. He is very familiar with mountain topography and has the means to overcome the extreme natural environment.

Xin Qiji pointed to the road ahead, and his tone was somewhat encouraging: "Our army is sleepy on the marching road, and it is all caused by the muddy road. Although General Zuo sent people to deliver thousands of carts of straw, but from here Going to Jianyang City, we have traveled thousands of miles, where can we cover all the straw, what can you do?"

Deng Xiaoyu pondered for a while, then cupped his hands and said: "When the general asks this question, the villain really remembered that when he was young, he followed his uncles into the mountains to build roads, and often encountered such weather."

When Xin Qiji heard what Deng Xiaochu said, he knew something was going on, so he asked: "And I don't know how to solve this problem?"

"Cut down the grass and trees and spread the branches on the road, so that it is very convenient for people to walk."

Xin Qiji looked around and saw that the surrounding roads on both sides were all withered grass, at most there were some low shrubs, and the rest were swamps.

Cutting down trees is not a big problem.

"Then do you have the confidence to clear the way for our army?" Although Xin Qiji's tone was a question, can Deng Xiaochu say no?
Cannot be specified!

Deng Xiaoyu excitedly said: "The last general will definitely live up to the general's expectations!"

Xin Qiji pondered for a moment, and said: "I will send you another 2000 people, and you are allowed to lead [-] troops!"

"Thank you, General!" Deng Xiaoyu was very excited. Now he has become the commander of 3000 people. Can you not be excited?

Xin Qiji had a smile on his face: "Don't be in a hurry to thank me, I have 3 troops marching under my command, and now I'm competing with that thief Liu Bei for speed, whoever reaches Jianyang City first will have the upper hand, you lead 3000 people, if we can’t increase the speed of our army, I wouldn’t have spared you!”

"Similarly, if our army arrives at Jianyang City before Liu Bei's thief, and has not yet started, I will give you a credit first!"

"Don't worry, general!" Deng Xiaoyu slapped the iron armor on his chest, "Leave this matter to me."

After saying this, the swordsman who followed Xin Qiji hurriedly wrote down the military order to Deng Xiaochu.

Deng Xiaoyu could be said to be proud of his spring breeze. He led 3000 troops to sweep away the sickles and battle axes in the army, filled dozens of vehicles, and walked [-] li with the army before he started to get busy.

In order to complete the task, Deng Xiaoyu himself can be regarded as a "leader". He still carried a sickle to harvest dry grass and pave the road, while the rest of the soldiers carried tomahawks to observe the low shrubs and cut down taller trees. It fell to the ground and was left for the rear army to use.

Things like branches and leaves were also paved on the road.

As a result, the marching speed of the Qin army increased a lot immediately, and Xin Qiji was also generous. He sent someone to deliver a lot of meat to Deng Xiaochu that night.

The story is divided into two parts, Liu Bei's 500 troops set off, and it only took three days to run for more than [-] miles. After that, it was all mountain roads!
There are many mountains and rivers. The mountain range is the same as the mountain range on the Wuguan side, but the distance between the two is hundreds of miles, and they are all mountain roads. Even if Li Cunxu wants to send troops north to attack Liu Bei and cut off Liu Bei's back Road is also impossible.

So Liu Bei was very relieved about this.

The mountains are steep and rocky, and it is very difficult for the army to walk. As for food, grass, ordnance, they cannot be pulled by carts at all. The steep hillside is exaggerated to a degree of seventy or eighty degrees, and the road is full of fist-sized stones.

When the local officials learned of the arrival of Liu Bang's army, they naturally came out to greet them, and began to introduce this section of the mountain road.

This road is called Yanshou Ancient Road, and it is less than two hundred miles away from Jianyang City, but it will take at least a few days to get from here to Jianyang City.The few days mentioned here refers to not carrying anything and walking directly on foot.

Cai Jun's army went to war, and there were ordnance supplies in the army.There are countless food and grass, if you want to travel from here, it will be even more difficult.

The head of the local pavilion said that when the Qin State was unified, the imperial court issued a decree to dig an official road on the ancient Yanshou road.At least you can ask chariots and horses to gallop through.

It's just that although the Qin State has been connected for more than ten years, this road has not yet been repaired.

The state of Qin is notorious for its heavy corvee, so it didn't even build this road well, which shows how changed the terrain here is.

Not only that, from Yanshou ancient road to the east, the deeper you go, the narrower the road becomes, and there are many bandits entrenched here, and some places can be called one man guarding the gate than ten thousand men. The narrowest place can only allow one person to walk through.

Only when some merchants' families reach some agreement with the bandits entrenched on the Yanshou Ancient Road and pay a certain price can they pass safely.

After hearing these words, Liu Bei also felt quite dizzy, and now he deeply felt that why no one cares about Jianyang City, that place is really not worth caring about!
If it weren't for the fact that Wuguan, which used to belong to the Qin State, was occupied by the Qin army, Liu Bang would really rather pay some price, and even borrow it from the State of Chu!

Xin Qiji, who had the same idea as Cai Wang Liu Bei, was buttoning up the dried mud on his trousers, complaining endlessly.

"Your Majesty, don't worry!" Just as Liu Bei was frowning, Jia Xu came to Liu Bei's side with a smile on his face.

Liu Bei was puzzled: "Why?"

"Your Majesty does not know that it only took two days for our army to arrive here from Shouchun City. The Qin army's closest army to this place is Qin's Zhennan General Xin Qiji.

Xin Qiji started from the green mud forest and headed for Jianyang City, but every step was covered with mud. The walking speed of the army, if he could walk fifty or sixty miles a day, was probably the limit!

Therefore, our army has already greatly surpassed the Qin army in terms of time! "

After listening, Liu Bei showed a calm look on his face, as if he saw victory in sight.

"I suggest that our army select elite and strong soldiers and hand them over to General Di Qing, bring a certain amount of dry food and clean water, and take the first step, and you will definitely be able to reach Jianyang City first. This is also a guarantee!" Jia Xu said with a smile.

"Then send an order to Di Qing to bring [-] elite soldiers, wear leather armor instead of iron armor, carry dry food and water, and quickly pass through the Yanshou Ancient Road. Before Xin Qiji, he must take Jianyang City and use it as a base for my eastward advance. !"

"Here!"

Jia Xu surrendered and left.

Not long after, Di Qing personally selected [-] strong men, put on light and flexible leather armor, and set off first!
(End of this chapter)