The war in Hanzhong was in a stalemate. Since Li Shen and Li Yan withdrew from Hanzhong City one after another, Hanzhong never took the initiative to attack, but just defended with all his might. Ye Ming on the other side was not too anxious and still attacked without any rush.

Even so, because there were not many defenders in Hanzhong, and Ye Ming's troops were a serious royal army, the people of Hanzhong had been the people of the Jin Dynasty for more than 30 years, so it was even more impossible for Meng Qi to defend the city. After one or two months, Hanzhong was already shaking.

On this side, Hanzhong was about to break the city, and on the other side, Li Xin also led more than 40,000 people to Didao.

The Yinping Ancient Road, starting from Didao, leads directly to Jiangyouguan, the hinterland of Shu. According to ancient records, it is more than 700 miles, and later generations actually measured it is more than 250 kilometers, which is more than 500 miles.

But these more than 500 miles are even more sad than the two thousand miles on the flat ground.

In another world, when Deng Ai crossed the Yinping Ancient Road and walked on Motianling Ridge, all the soldiers dared not leave. He wrapped himself in a felt and rolled down the slope, and then he took the people over Motian Ridge.

This shows how difficult it is to walk on this ancient Yinping Road.

In fact, in this era, Ye Ming was the first general to take this path. Before him, even the Hou Li Zhijie had no idea of ​​following this Yinping Ancient Road.

Li Xin's troops finally set up camp in Didao.

At this time, it was the end of September, and there were three months left to end the year.

At the beginning of the year, Li Xin promised the eldest princess that she would definitely go back to Beijing during the Chinese New Year. At that time, his idea was that the war in the southwest might drag on for a long time. If the two sides were in a stalemate, there would be no more than him in the southwest and no less than him. At that time, he could get out and take time to go back to the capital for the New Year.

But in this situation, it will take at least one or two months to pass through the Yinping Ancient Road. It is almost the Chinese New Year at that time, so it will definitely be too late to go back.

In order to prevent a fire in the backyard, after setting up camp near Didao, Li Xin was going to write a letter to his wife who was far away in the capital to explain it, so as not to be unable to enter the gate of the Jing'an Marquis' Mansion in the future.

Just as Li Xin was writing a letter at his desk, Zhao Jia, who was his dog-headed military advisor, walked in and bent down slightly and said, "Marty, there are a few Shu people outside the tent to see you."

Li Xin stopped the brush in his hand and said in a deep voice: "Let them come in."

Soon, three seemingly capable people came in. These three people looked twenty-four or twenty-five years old, which was the most energetic age of this era.

Li Xin asked someone to move a few chairs for them, but they didn't refuse and sat down straight.

Mr. Li asked with a smile: "How many names are there for Gao?"

Two of the three people remained silent, and one of them bowed his head slightly to Li Xin and said, "When you say to Marquis Li, the villain's name is Mu Wu."

As he said that, he looked back at the two people around him and continued, "These two are two brothers, one is called Wang Hu and the other is called Wang Bao."

"According to the order of the Lord's family, I have been waiting for the marquis here for many days."

Deng Ai passed the Yinping Ancient Road and suffered heavy casualties. Li Xin naturally would not think that he was much better than Deng Ai. He might even get lost if he broke in rashly. However, since Li Xin should come down for this job, he is naturally sure.

This Yinping Ancient Road was told by several hunters that it is naturally very difficult for those who have never walked through it, but it may not be difficult for native Shu hunters.

So Li Xin sent a letter to Mu Ying early in the morning and asked him to help find a few Shu people who were familiar with this place to help lead the way. Li Xin's troops were slow and these hunters were fast, so they waited before Li Xin.

"Thank you for your hard work. I will arrange wine and meat later to give you a tooth sacrifice."

When he said this, Mr. Li stretched out his hand with a smile.

"Please give me the letter from this Mu brother to Mu Ying."

The most important thing in marching and fighting is to be cautious, especially at such a juncture, one must be cautious and cautious.

These people are Li Xin's guides entering the Yinping Ancient Road. If they were spies sent by the army, they just needed to deliberately lead the wrong way, which might trap Li Xin's tens of thousands of people in the mountains and unable to move, and might even cause heavy losses to Li Xin's troops.

Therefore, the authentication required is necessary.

Mu Wu took out two letters with sweat from his inner collar, held them in both hands and handed them to Li Xin.

"One of them is a letter from the Marquis, and the other is a reply from the Lord's family to the Marquis."

Speaking of this, he felt a little embarrassed and lowered his head and said, "The villain was afraid that this thing would be lost, so he carried it with him closely. Please don't dislike him."

It was just summer, and the three of them were still stuffy when they walked towards this side, and they definitely didn't take a shower during the process, so the smell of these two letters was very... complicated.

Li Xin reached out to take these two letters with complex flavors, but he didn't mind. He first opened the letter he wrote to Mu Ying, compared the marks he deliberately made behind the letter paper, threw the letter aside, and then opened the reply letters written by Mu Ying. After reading it briefly, he threw both letters to the dog-headed military advisor beside him.

Zhao Youan clamped them up with two fingers, with a subtle expression.

This guy has a little bit of cleanliness and can't stand these things, so he can only squint his eyes and look from a distance.

Li Xin didn't mind very much. He turned his head and smiled at Mu Wu and said, "Are you the clan brother of Mu Ying's brother?"

Mu Wu lowered his head slightly.

"I dare not, I am already far from the main meridian. I just hunted for a living since I was a child. The road that the marquis wanted to take was that when there were no mountain products, the villain walked with his father a few times, so the master asked the villain to come over to guide the marquis."

He was more able to speak and continued, "These two brothers were hunters who had been hunting on this road since childhood. They lived near Motianling and were friends of villains, so they brought them together to guide the marquis."

This made Li Xin feel much more relaxed.

He had prepared a lot of topographic maps of the Yinping Ancient Road in advance, and with his mental preparation in advance, three hunters led the way. Not to mention that this trip to the Yinping Ancient Road was like walking on the flat ground, at least too many people would not die.

Thinking of this, Li Xin’s smile on his face became heavier. He smiled at Mu Wu and said, “Brothers of the Mu family, there are nearly 10,000 people under the command of this marquis. How long will it take to travel from Yinping to Jiangyou?”

Here, Li Xin still took a scruple.

Once the army exceeds ten thousand, it is impossible to see the boundaries at a glance. Unless you stand on a high place, no one can tell how many people there are. Li Xin deliberately said that there were ten thousand people. Even if these three people were indeed having problems, they would get fake news.

Even if the three of them have no problem, there is no difference between 10,000 and 50,000.

This kind of small thought seems inconspicuous, but it still needs to be used once it can be used. Sometimes it will have miraculous effects. These methods are not something Li Xin can do without a teacher. He was able to have a smooth journey in the workplace in his previous life. These small thoughts played a lot of role.

Mu Wu lowered his head and thought for a moment, and said, "So many people need to build bridges and roads through Motianling. If the Marquis is willing to cooperate with us, it will probably take about two months before they can pass through it."

Mr. Li smiled slightly.

"Then I'll bother the three brothers. Thank you, please repair it. We will start entering the mountain in three days."

Mu Wu and the Wang brothers both stood up and bent over and fisted at Li Xin.

"The villain is back."

After all three of them left the tent, Li Xin looked back at Zhao Jia, who was still holding the letter carefully with two fingers, and said speechlessly: "Brother You'an, why is this?"

Zhao Jia took a deep breath and threw the two letters aside.

"I finally finished watching it."

Li Xin smiled: "Brother You'an heard what the three of them said just now?"

"I heard it."

Zhao Jia threw the letter aside, felt relieved, and said with a smile: "The saint said, there will be my teacher when three people walk."

Li Xin laughed.
Chapter completed!