The entire Qinling Mountains is very, very huge, and it is the dragon vein of Chinese civilization. Geographically, it is also the most important dividing line between north and south.
The place where Su Yi sent troops, if you zoom out, is only a very small point in the entire mountain range.
In the mountains and forests, 30,000 soldiers marched lightly without any food or baggage. On each person's waist, only dry food that was easy to carry was hung.
From a large map, the mountains here are just a barrier, but once you get deep into them, you can imagine.
At first, the soldiers walked relatively easily. That was because the edges of the mountains were often visited by hunters, and some roads had been cleared out.
But the further inside, the more rugged it becomes, with many high mountains and cliffs.
This road is very difficult and not suitable for marching at all. It is not easy to come up with surprise troops.
But Su Yi firmly believed that once successful, it would play a decisive role in the entire battle in central Shu.
Peng Shuang followed this team, because he was afraid that Su Yi would not have a general here, so Xiao Yuan sent him over.
At this time, the latter was also commanding the army to advance.
"Be careful! Be careful, everyone!"
"Go inside!"
Here is a cliff mountain road, with mountains on one side and cliffs on the other.
At this moment, a soldier suddenly stepped on the air because his feet were weak or something, staggered, screamed and fell to the ground, rolling straight down the cliff.
Fortunately, Peng Shuang was right next to him and immediately grabbed his arm when he saw it.
The soldier was hanging in the air, almost out of fear.
"General, save me! General, save me!"
There was no need for him to remind him. Peng Shuang used a strong force and lifted it up with one arm. Then he glared and said, "You don't want your life!? You're so careless!"
"Yes, yes..." The soldier was in shock, wiping cold sweat continuously.
"Cheer up, everyone!!"
This shows how dangerous this trip is.
In this way, the team climbed over mountains and ridges, using ropes and other tools during the process, until it was almost dusk.
Seeing that the soldiers were exhausted, a general couldn't help but approach Su Yi and tentatively said: "General, do you want to rest where you are?"
Perhaps because of a hidden illness, Su Yi made a habitual fist with his right hand, put it under his mouth, coughed slightly, and said in a calm voice: "No, we are deep in the mountains, and there are dense forests here. It is impossible to make a fire. We must do it before dark. Find a valley and raise the fire, otherwise, there may be wild beasts attacking you.”
When sleeping in the wild, as long as a fire is built, wild animals will not dare to approach it, because they cannot conquer fire and will instinctively fear it.
Finally, with the help of Snow Clan spies, Su Yi finally found a valley, and then the whole army took a break.
The fire rose, illuminating Su Yi's slightly pale and delicate cheeks.
His gaze was extremely firm.
After a night of silence, the team continued their difficult journey the next day.
In this way, they went through hardships and dangers on the way and lost hundreds of their 30,000 soldiers due to various reasons.
A few days later, the team finally arrived in Shu territory, but they were still in the mountains.
At this time, Su Yi and the others were in a state of "embarrassment". Many of the soldiers were in ragged clothes, and most of their bodies and faces had small scratches from thorns.
Seeing the obvious changes in the surrounding environment, Su Yi couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief and said quietly: "It seems that we have finally entered the middle of Shu."
Because there are already trodden mountain roads under our feet.
"All soldiers, rest where you are!"
When the military order was issued, Su Yi did not act impulsively, but prepared to attack Tianshui at night after regaining his strength.
Throughout the morning, the soldiers were either lying on the ground or lying under the trees, closing their eyes and resting.
Until the afternoon, a folk song suddenly came from the mountains, and the thirty thousand soldiers were immediately alert.
Not far away, a woodcutter was walking leisurely carrying two bundles of firewood.
Seeing this, Su Yi was shocked and hurriedly took a few steps, stretched out his hand and called out: "That woodcutter!"
"Ah!?" Hearing the shout, the woodcutter realized that the dense forest on the left was filled with dense soldiers at some point.
He was shocked and turned pale. Just as he was about to put down the firewood and run away, two Qin soldiers rushed out, subdued him and brought him over.
"General, General, please spare your life..." As soon as he got closer, the woodcutter knelt on the ground with a thud.
"Hey? Don't be afraid. Just answer a few questions from me and your life won't be hurt." Su Yi pulled him up and asked directly: "Are you a commoner in Sichuan?"
"Yes, yes... the villain is from Wangjia Village, Tianshui County." The woodcutter stammered, not daring to hesitate.
Hearing this, Su Yi couldn't help but look at each other and Peng Shuang, and asked: "Where is this place and how far is it from Wangjiacun?"
"This place is called Qingniu Mountain. After going down the mountain, there is Wangjia Village. General, what are you..."
"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask. Okay, it's okay." Su Yi interrupted him and then took the map handed over by the general.
"General, please look, we should be here." The general pointed at the map.
"Yes, that's right." Su Yi nodded, traced the map with his finger, and said: "After nightfall, go down the mountain from here without passing through Wangjiacun, and raid Tianshui directly!"
"Let the soldiers cut down the wood and make a few ladders."
"Understood!" Pian Jiang responded with clasped fists.
And when they heard their conversation, the woodcutter couldn't help but open his eyes wide and said in extreme horror: "You... you are going to attack Tianshui..."
Su Yi gave him a cold look.
At this time, some people began to ask: "General, what should I do with this woodcutter?"
"Detain him first to prevent him from leaking information." Su Yi waved his hand.
Time passes slowly.
night.
Thirty thousand Qin troops secretly descended from the mountain and then rushed towards Tianshui.
At this time, there are no defenders in Tianshui City. This is not a pass, but inside Shu. There are only a dozen or so Shu troops standing on the city wall.
The movement of the 30,000 troops was not small. In the dark night, the sound of armor scraping could be heard everywhere. Su Yi unsheathed his sword and pointed directly forward:
"kill!"
"Kill--"
The Qin army began to rush towards the city gate crazily. The Shu army on the city wall could not have imagined that the army would suddenly descend from the sky. Everyone's eyes widened. Then, someone screamed and ran away.
"Enemies! There are enemies—"
This was a battle without any suspense. No one in Shu expected that the Qin army would suddenly appear outside Tianshui City.
Five or six ladders were quickly placed on the city wall, and the Qin army began to climb crazily.
I thought there would be some resistance, but there were too few Shu troops in the city!
It didn't even take a moment. The city gate was quickly opened by the Qin army who invaded the city. Immediately afterwards, 30,000 Qin troops swarmed in.
"Surround the county government quickly! We must capture the Tianshui County Magistrate alive!"
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