The mountain road was winding, and Meng Tian took the lead, riding fast.
Magistrate Wu guessed correctly, Meng Tian was already furious!
Since Meng Tian's grandfather surrendered to Qin from Qi, the Meng family has been highly used by successive Qin kings.
The ancestor worshiped the general and became the minister. My father became a general and became a minister. When I arrived at Mengtian, I also worshiped the general and became the minister!
For such a great kindness, Meng Tian should repay him with powder!
For this reason, after he destroyed Qi, he went north without stopping to resist the Xiongnu. He chased and drove the Xiongnu across the grasslands and deserts for several years, regained more than 700 miles of land, and took over the land of Henan.
Next, he drove prisoners and criminals to build the Great Wall. According to the terrain, the city was more than 800 miles away. From then on, horses could not cross, and the place was safe.
Then the Qin Straight Road was built, connecting Jiuyuan County to Xianyang, with a total length of 1,200 miles, in preparation for the First Emperor's inspection of the north.
However, the Qin Zhidao, which was built with great difficulty, finally reached the vicinity of Xianyang. It was only a few dozen miles away, but it was blocked by several palaces and temples!
These temples are part of the 270 temples built by the First Emperor in response to what the alchemists said. They are forbidden areas and cannot be entered through the straight road!
If we go around, not to mention that we have lost the original idea of a straight path. This group of palaces and temples covering an area of hundreds of miles is just stuck in the main road of Lishan. If we want to go around, we may have to go around for more than 400 miles.
When the army sets off, the infantry can only march one camp a day, which is thirty miles. A detour of more than 400 miles means that if there is a war in northern Xinjiang, the army will set out from Xianyang and walk for thirteen days before leaving Xianyang less than 50 miles away!
How could such a military and national event be so ridiculous!
He had no choice but to return to the court to repay the First Emperor, but he happened to encounter the First Emperor looking for someone to test the medicine. Meng Tian received the king's favor in his life, so naturally he was not willing to lag behind others. It's a pity that he returned to the court in a hurry and did not fast and pray, so Zhao failed to replace him.
Originally, Meng Tian was still lamenting the loss of such an eternal honor as the First Emperor. He never expected that Zhao Shuai, one of the nine noble ministers, would actually bleed from his facial features and die from intestinal rupture!
The same goes for the other twenty-nine people who tried the medicine!
The First Emperor was frightened and angry, so he gave Zhao Shuai a special gift. He heard that his son Gao was sent to the hidden palace for his mother's crimes and was tortured with mutilation. The First Emperor ignored Gao Nai's punishment and granted him the title of Chefu Order!
Then the First Emperor ordered Dasuo to send soldiers from all over the world, and Meng Tian, who was a general above, took the initiative to volunteer.
The First Emperor felt his sincerity, and ordered Meng Tian to lead three thousand troops, with his son Fusu as the deputy second supervisor, and set out from Xianyang, vowing to kill all the soldiers in the world.
Meng Tian crossed the Han River in Nanyang County and entered Nan County.
Because Yunmengze was densely covered with water and the roads were winding, making it difficult for cavalry to move, Meng Tian asked his son Fusu to sit in Jiangling County, the seat of Nanjun, and command the army. He led a hundred infantry to attack Yunmeng County.
As a general in charge of the army, Meng Tian, who had fought hard at the border for nearly ten years and killed many people, never believed in ghosts and gods!
Since the First Emperor has decreed that anyone in the world who dares to be called an alchemist will die, then...
Meng Tian vowed that there would be no more alchemists in this world!
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The mountain road is deep and winding, and the mountains are filled with fog.
We have entered Yunmengze here, and Yunmengze is steaming with clouds. The fog on the mountain is much thicker than other places. After more than ten steps, we can only see a blurry shadow.
Meng Tian has returned to the center of the team. Although the war horse under his crotch is a rare good horse and tall, it is more suitable for charging into the battle. In this kind of mountain forest with towering trees and dense vines, it is certainly not as good as the ordinary war horses ridden by the guards.
Moreover, the guards had no reason to let him, a general, be the first to rush.
A soft "Hey" sound suddenly sounded, and the neat sound of horse hooves began to be disordered. Then the two vanguard guards slowed down, and a voice came softly from the front: "General, there seems to be something fishy here!"
There was surprise and suspicion in the guard's voice, and Meng Tian also slowed down his horse: "What's so strange? Is there any trace of the enemy?"
"No trace of the enemy has been found," the guard's voice was obviously confused, and he continued to speak hesitantly, "General, there are many birds here, it's very strange!"
Meng Tian was slightly startled.
The personal guards around him are all selected brave men in the army, and it is common for them to brave the sky with arrows and stones. How could he be frightened by a mere bird?
He gently rode forward and walked behind the vanguard guard. The next moment he frowned sharply.
I saw two personal guards stationed at the mountain pass, hesitant to move forward.
There was a thick old tree about ten feet in front of the two of them. The tree was covered with birds. At a glance, there were probably more than a thousand of them.
These birds come in different sizes and have different feather colors, but they don’t fight or sing. They jump around in the trees, as if they are looking for something.
Meng Tian was slightly unhappy. He and these personal guards were all from Qin, and he had never seen so many birds quietly landing on a tree. But there are many birds, which is a sign that this place is safe.
"It's just a bird on a tree, why should you be afraid?" he reprimanded coldly.
The two guards suddenly trembled and turned around subconsciously, obviously startled by Meng Tian's voice. One of them argued: "General, I am not a coward. There are more than one tree with birds here. General, please take a look..."
"Hmph!" Meng Tian felt even more unhappy. He snorted angrily, turned his head to look in the direction where the bodyguard was pointing, and said coldly: "So what if there are more birds? You are still my Da Qin's. warrior……"
His voice suddenly stopped and he looked forward in shock.
Only two feet away from him was a mountain pass, and outside the pass was a small hillside.
Perhaps due to the terrain, this side of the pass is covered by fog, but the other side is clear and clear without a trace of fog.
At first glance, I saw lush greenery and towering old trees.
The ancient tree did not surprise Meng Tian. What really shocked him was that there were countless birds landing on the ancient tree!
Meng Tian's eyes solidified.
There are no less than ten ancient trees on the hillside, and there are no less than thousands of birds hanging on each tree. The total number is tens of thousands!
Moreover, he finally saw clearly what these birds were looking for.
Every bird has something in its beak, including flowers, leaves, branches, unknown grass...
There are thousands of birds holding branches!
Just as he was about to speak, a red bird seemed to be aware of the group's approach. It suddenly let out a crisp chirp and took the lead in fluttering its wings and flying away.
The next second...
A loud "hurrah" sound sounded above everyone's heads, just like the sound of tens of thousands of Qin army crossbowmen firing crossbow arrows at the same time. The sky suddenly darkened, and countless pairs of wings suddenly covered the sky.
The war horse suddenly neighed, obviously frightened by the sound of birds spreading their wings. Meng Tian tried his best to control the horse while staring blankly at the sky.
After dozens of breaths passed, the sounds in the sky slowly faded away, and the forest became bright again.
A low, absent-minded roar sounded: "How come there are so many birds!"
At some point, the other guards had gathered around Meng Tian, their faces pale. One of the vanguard guards said absently: "Everyone in Chu said that Yunmengze is the residence of their ancestor god Donghuang Taiyi. Could it be that in this world..."
He didn't continue, but Meng Tian knew what he wanted to say.
In this world, could it be...
Are there really gods?
