On the other side, in the mountains.
Hundreds of thousands of spiritual troops are marching through the snow.
The team was unhurried, all infantry, the horses had been killed long ago, and except for armor and weapons, all other baggage had long been abandoned.
There was sunshine today. At noon, the army reached a cliff.
On the other side of the cliff is another large mountain. The two mountains are connected by iron cables and nailed with wooden boards to form a kind of suspension bridge. It looks very dangerous.
To complete this fortification, Lingjun spent a lot of time and mobilized a lot of manpower. Seeing this scene, Xiang Mo was a little frightened. Huang Zu explained from the side: "These planks are very safe, and they were also carried out on both sides." Multiple reinforcements to facilitate the movement of the army, so General Xiang Mo can rest assured."
As he spoke, he also gestured to a general.
The latter understood and immediately commanded the vanguard to cross the bridge first.
A group of spiritual troops began to move forward while handling the snow on the wooden boards. The distance between the two mountains was not very far. Not long after, this group of spiritual troops had arrived on the other side.
"Let's go." Huang Zu greeted without hesitation and stepped onto the suspension bridge.
This place is not suitable for marching at all. Just on this suspension bridge alone, it will take a lot of time for hundreds of thousands of troops to pass through in sequence.
The troops who came over naturally began to explore the way ahead.
The army was continuous and formed a long queue.
Although they passed the suspension bridge, there was no way deep in the mountains. Between the steep mountains and cliffs, from time to time, soldiers would slip and fall down miserably.
After passing through another dangerous area, we finally found some footholds on better terrain. A general also walked over quickly, clasped his fists and said, "Shuai Huang, there are more and more soldiers infected with the disease. They move too slowly. Many Everyone needs the support of their colleagues to walk, which greatly slows down the marching speed of the team."
The deputy general heard this and said tentatively: "How about we take a break for the time being."
"Why rest?" Huang Zu said directly: "What kind of weather is it now? If we delay for one more day, we will be in danger. Only by getting out of here as soon as possible can we reduce the casualties of the soldiers."
"Then..." The deputy general choked.
The partial general said: "How about this. The last general will stay and be responsible for leading the sick soldiers. Commander Huang and the main force will leave first. Otherwise, being dragged along like this is not an option."
Huang Zu thought for a while and said: "This is the only way we can do it now. General Wang, be careful. We will meet outside Qin."
"Don't worry, Commander Huang!" Pianjiang cupped his fists.
Huang Zu looked at the deputy general again: "Give General Wang and the others more supplies and water. The wounded move slower and they need more time."
"Yes!" The deputy general took the order and immediately started to make arrangements.
In this way, the spirit army walked in the deep mountains for a whole day. At night, they could not see their fingers. They were in the mountains and the direction was difficult to distinguish. They could not march. They could only rest temporarily. Fortunately, there were more wood in the mountains, so they could take a rest. The fire was convenient, and all the soldiers gathered around the fire, but they could barely resist the cold current.
It's just that there are more and more people who are weak and exhausted, and more and more people are falling behind, joining the ranks of the wounded, and the overall number of people has been decreasing.
Two days later, the Spirit Army finally crossed the mountain, but there was still no road at the end of the mountain.
After Huang Zu observed the mountain, without saying a word, he directly ordered the soldiers to get the rope and began to hang down the rope.
He also worked hard to get out of Qin.
At the same time, after Su Yi destroyed the Wu army, he rushed directly to the Lingjun position without stopping.
At this time, the temporary camp set up in the Lingjun camp had not been dismantled, and there was no one left, which looked particularly strange.
After Su Yi approached here, due to military considerations, it was of course impossible to directly launch a large-scale attack. Instead, he sent a large number of elite spies to carefully explore the situation of the Ling Army. At the same time, he also discussed the situation with the generals and carried out certain inspections of the Ling Army camp. analyze.
At first, the Qin Army spies did not dare to get too close to the Ling Army camp, but slowly, they discovered that there was no Ling Army secret post outside the camp. When they approached the village gate, they discovered that there was no patrol force here at all.
One day later, news came back that the Lingjun camp was empty.
This situation somewhat surprised Su Yi, and he subconsciously asked: "Are you sure?"
"Yes, Commander Su, we even walked through the camp and found no one, only some large siege equipment." The spy leader said: "Even if the enemy has an ambush, there are so many people, and it is impossible to hide them all. ."
"Weird." Su Yi muttered, frowning slightly: "In the main battle area, our military intelligence reports are available from various places. Even if the Spirit Army evacuated this place, we should have received the news long ago. Could it be that they flew away? ?”
As soon as he finished speaking, he no longer hesitated and immediately waved his hand and said: "Let's go and take a look."
Since he couldn't figure it out, he went to see for himself. He took the generals with him, and after taking a look at the Lingjun camp, his doubts deepened.
However, Su Yi has a habit of using troops, which is to stand on a high place, overlook the overall situation from a macro perspective, and jump out of the battle circle.
This time was no exception. After noticing the abnormality, he immediately went up to a high ground. At this glance, the traces of the plank road in the distance came into view.
In the afternoon, the Qin Army's large forces entered the Ling Army's camp. Su Yi, followed by the generals, also stood under the fortifications built by the Ling Army.
Looking at the plank road on the cliff, he shook his head and couldn't help but said: "It's amazing."
"This!" The other generals looked at each other, a little shocked.
Su Yi said quietly: "Now I finally understand why Huang Zu separated from the Wu and Chu armies and stopped moving. He was using Wu Chu to control the battlefield for him so that he could leave Qin secretly."
After hearing this, a general said: "The army of the Three Kingdoms has become a turtle in the urn. It would be too hateful if this spiritual army escaped. Commander Su, the last general suggested that we immediately follow this plank road and lead our troops to pursue them in the deep mountains. Among them, they must not be walking fast."
"You also said that this is deep in the mountains." Su Yi asked, "Can we pursue it?"
"This..." The general knew he had made a mistake and lost his voice again.
Su Yi observed for a while and sighed: "Forget it, Huang Zu's action exceeded everyone's expectations. Let's rush to the Chu army."
Goldman Sachs said: "Commander Su, this spiritual army is weird. If the time comes, if they come back and appear behind us, what should we do?"
Before Su Yi could say anything, Sun Qi was happy and said, "General Gao, please don't worry. They can't fight without food and grass, and they don't dare to look back."
"Oh, that's true." Goldman Sachs nodded.
"Let's go." Su Yi stopped staying and turned to leave.
After returning to the camp, he immediately summoned the generals to discuss the troops. Without any unnecessary nonsense, he directly drew out his sword and pointed at the map behind him:
"All troops participating in the war are ordered to assemble in the direction of Pingsha."
