Jianmen Pass is a branch of Longmen Mountain. Its landform is so complex that even in the Shu Road that is as difficult as the sky, it is a bit dangerous and outstanding. This place is high in the northwest and low in the southeast, with dense mountains and ravines and ravines. The mountains are scattered and steep, and the ancient saying goes: It is hard to climb the rocks.

The deputy general of Sichuan, the divine crossbow general, led 3,000 troops and was stationed in the Guanlou of Jianmen Pass. This Guanlou was built between two steep cliffs. Both cliffs were towering into the clouds, with a line in the middle, which looked like a gate, so it was called Jianmen.

The mountain road here is only four people in parallel, which is truly a one-man who is at the pass, and tens of thousands of people cannot open. Since ancient times, it is impossible to achieve the task of attacking Shu from Jianmen Pass. In history, many northern regimes would choose to take the route to Huguang and attack Sichuan from the location of Hechuan Diaoyu City. For example, Mengge died in the battle when attacking Diaoyu City.

However, for Zhu Yuanzhang, it was impossible to go to Huguang. His base was in Shaanxi, and Huguang was still in the hands of the court. If he wanted to conquer Sichuan, Zhu Jun only had the Jianmen Pass to go.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang and all the leaders entering Sichuan were sitting on a small hill northeast of Jianmenguan, looking at Jianmenguan from a distance, considering how to capture this level.

Wang Er couldn't help but feel a little sweating when he looked at this majestic pass: "This pass is difficult to attack! It is dangerously many times more dangerous than our Huanglong Mountain Village back then. The officers and soldiers suffered heavy losses in attacking our Huanglong Mountain Village, and they would not be able to go forward. If we attack Jianmen Pass in the same way, it would be a lot of danger."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "The mountain road can only be used for four people to run parallel. If we attack, our soldiers will not be able to spread. The three thousand Sichuan soldiers on the mountain only need to knock down the rolling wood and the rocks, and the soldiers will have to retreat obediently..."

Wang Er asked: "Is it okay to exhaust their food?"

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said, "Don't even think about this kind of thing. The importance of Jianmen Pass is recorded in historical books. The Western Shu regime during the Three Kingdoms period rose to Zhaohua and died in Jianmen. This place has been a place that military strategists must fight for since ancient times. No matter how stupid the court is, it will accumulate enough food here for several years, and it is impossible for the defenders to go hungry."

Wang Er snatched his head helplessly.

At this time, the three brothers of the Meng family who were sitting next to him spoke: "It is not advisable to attack forcefully, you still have to think of other ways. I see that the mountain next to Jianmen Pass cannot find a mountain wall that can be climbed by humans. Just find a flaw and let us climb over it. Then Jianmen Pass can be useless." These three brothers are worthy of being mountain rats who grew up in Sichuan. It is no problem to cross mountains and ridges. The first thing they thought of was "a mountain that cannot be climbed without humans."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "The mountain in the river is the most familiar to you three brothers. If you are looking for a way, let the three brothers try hard, but... this Jianmen Pass has been standing for thousands of years. I don't know how many people have made up their minds. It is probably not that easy to find a place to go."

At this time, Xu Renjie suddenly said, "I read "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and saw that the book said that Zhong Hui could not attack Jianmen Pass for a long time. Deng Ai took advantage of the opportunity of Jiang Wei entanglement with Zhong Hui at Jianmen Pass and headed a hundred miles west, crossing Yinping, and attacking Chengdu. I wonder if we can use this strategy."

After hearing this, the three brothers of the Meng family shook their heads and said, "How can you believe what is written in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"? That thing is a storytelling book. The dangerous mountains in Shu are not so easy to surround, let alone thousands of years, geological changes and mountain valleys are changing. The tactics of the Three Kingdoms are no longer possible to be used anymore."

Xu Renjie hummed and said, "How can I know if I don't try it? Maybe there is really a way to go around Yinping?" At this point, he lay on the map placed on the table and carefully searched for Yinping. He didn't know if he didn't look for it. He was shocked when he searched on the map for a long time, but he couldn't find the word "Yinping" at all.

"Where is Yinping? I am really convinced. Why is there no Yinping on the map?" Xu Renjie wiped his sweat.

The three brothers of the Meng family laughed: "I told you all, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is written randomly, and there is no such place as Yinping, haha."

"No! There is Yinping." Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly interrupted, "I think about it..." After all, he had seen hundreds of years of worldly affairs and knew that the place names in the world were changing in a random way. There was a place called Yinping before, but it was not uncommon to change the name later. After thinking hard for a long time, he finally remembered something and asked tentatively: "You can see on the map, is there a place called Qingchuan County west of Jianmen Pass?"

Xu Renjie quickly looked carefully on the map and shouted happily: "Sure enough, there is a small county called Qingchuan County... Could it be that this place is Yinping during the Three Kingdoms?"

The three brothers of the Meng family didn't have to look at the map at all and said, "There is indeed a Qingchuan County, but the place is extremely remote and rarely mentioned. There are very few Han people living there, mainly Tibetans, Miao, Zhuang, Dongxiang, Hui, Tujia, and Qiang people living there. We don't know where they used to be called Yinping."

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he was overjoyed: "Hurry up, go and invite those 100 Qiang soldiers to ask about the situation in Qingchuan County."

Not long after, a Qiang soldier with a wide range of knowledge was found by Xu Renjie's people. Everyone asked him quickly: "Do you know if Qingchuan County was called Yinping before?"

The Qiang Bing smiled and said, "Yes, there is an ancient road in Qingchuan County, called Yinping Ancient Road. According to legend, General Deng Ai attacked Western Shu during the Three Kingdoms era... However, that place is extremely dangerous and ordinary people cannot find it. All those living nearby are ethnic minorities, such as the Tujia, Hui, Qiang, and Han people will not run to the dangerous mountains and rivers to take root."

Xu Renjie was overjoyed: "Hurry, take me there!"

When the leaders heard that there was really a Yinping, they couldn't help but feel a little moved. The places described in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" still made them a little fascinated. Especially Xu Renjie, a war enthusiast, did not want to find out the truth when he heard this kind of place.

Wang Er also shouted from the side: "Jianmen Pass is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and Brother Zhu is definitely unwilling to attack here. I don't want to stay here, so I have to go to Yinping to have fun."

Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it carefully and agreed with Wang Er's words that Jianmen Pass is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and it is indeed not a good place for strong attacks. If there is too much loss here and the loss of troops is in vain, it will be even more difficult to attack Chengdu.

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang assigned the army and sent the three brothers of the Meng family to continue looking for the mountain roads next to Jianmen Pass. Zhu Yuanzhang led 10,000 Shaanxi soldiers as a guise to attract the attention of the Jianmen Pass defenders and make them think that the Zhu army planned to attack Jianmen Pass. Xu Renjie and Wang Er and Yingshanhong led 3,000 Black Rod soldiers, plus 5,000 ordinary Shaanxi soldiers. A total of 8,000 people were employed. Use the Qiang people to lead the way and go to Yinping Ancient Road to see. If there is a chance to climb over there, just flip over directly. Push it straight behind Jianmen Pass, and you will be on the side of the swordmen Pass. The guards of Jianmen Pass will inevitably collapse without fighting.

Qingchuan County, in the mountains!

After walking through mountains and mountains and climbing over mountains and ridges, Xu Renjie's face turned a little black, his legs trembled involuntarily, his head was sweating profusely, and he was breathing without breathing.

When he marched, he always rode on horseback and never felt so tired. However, after entering Qingchuan County, he truly realized what the Shu Road is! The dangerous mountains here are more dangerous than when he entered Sichuan from Hanzhong, when he was struggling in Guangyuan Mountains, because although the road from Hanzhong to Guangyuan is dangerous, there are often people walking around. As there are more people walking, there will be roads, and there will be no difficulty when there is a road.

But there was no road in the mountains of Qingchuan County. The black-rod soldiers under Xu Renjie kept cutting down trees to open the road. The dangerous roads were OK, but there was no chance to walk on horseback. Xu Renjie had to get off the horse and walk like an ordinary soldier. This was a bit painful for him, a great master who was born as a businessman. Fortunately, the ancient road of Yinping was almost infinite, which made him grit his teeth and walk forward strongly. There was a big attitude of not returning until Yinping.

Along the way, he actually met two small mountain villages where Qiang people lived. The Qiang soldiers who were in charge of leading the way entered the village and said a few words. Qiangmin took the initiative to welcome him and serve tea and water to Xu Renjie and the others. Xu Renjie gave back to them with some Han gadgets, and the Qiang people were naturally very happy.

However, when they passed by the villages of Hui, Miao and Tujia, they did not have such treatment. As soon as the Hui, Miao and Tujia people saw Zhu Jun, they all escaped from the village and hid in the nearby mountains, so they could not even find someone to ask for water and drink. Moreover, it is said that the Miao people are good at using poisons, so Zhu Jun dared not touch the wells in the Miao village.

Xu Renjie couldn't help but sigh to the sky, why did Zhu Jun only become friends with the Qiang people and not turn Hui, Miao, Tujia and other friends into friends? It seems that we have to hurry up and find a way to join the line with these ethnic minorities after we go back, otherwise it would be too inconvenient to operate in Sichuan.

After four or five days of difficult journey and with the help of the local Qiang people, Zhu Jun spent all his energy and finally arrived at the legendary Yinping Ancient Road.

The altitude here is extremely high, with an altitude of more than 2,700 meters. Xu Renjie only felt that he was not breathing smoothly and had a slight tingling sensation in the back of his head. This is what is called altitude sickness. Altitude sickness is different from person to person and has nothing to do with physical condition. Some fat men also have altitude sickness, but some people who are weak and sick will not have it. This is mainly determined by the respiratory system of different people. Of course, people who have lived on the plateau since childhood have long been used to it and will not have altitude sickness.

When Xu Renjie saw a high mountain ahead, he couldn't help but feel moved and asked the Qiang people: "That's the Motianling in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"?

Qiang Min smiled and said, "That's right!"

Xu Renjie felt excited: "I heard that Zhuge Kongming erected a monument on Motianling, which read: Erhuo was just beginning to rise, someone went above and the two scholars competed for the victory, and soon died. They were talking about Deng Ai and Zhong Hui. Can you still see this monument now?"

Qiang Min couldn't help but shook his head and said, "This is written in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". How could Zhuge Kongming be so godly? There has never been a stone tablet on this mountain... There is a stone wall with four words left by Deng Ai on it: Deng Ai passed this."

Xu Renjie was disappointed at first because he couldn't see the monument erected by Zhuge Kongming, and then he was excited. Because he could see the words Deng Ailiu, he quickly urged: "Take me to see the stone wall."

Qiang people smiled and planned to lead the way. At this moment, the Qiang people suddenly smiled and their faces became serious. They pointed to Motianling and said, "What's wrong with this mountain. Let's not get closer to the past."

Xu Renjieqi said: "What's wrong?"

Qiang Min said: "I can't say it either, but in short, it's a little different from an ordinary mountain... It feels strangely quiet."

Xu Renjie heard it, and sure enough, he could not hear any birds and insects on the mountain. He was shocked. After all, he was a general who had fought for more than ten years. He almost determined what was going on in an instant and said in surprise: "There are ambushes on the mountain."

When Zhu Jun was about to climb the ridge, Xu Renjie shouted urgently that there were ambushers, and the soldiers in front quickly retreated. The soldiers behind quickly made their way out. Zhu Jun was well-trained. At this time, he retreated very quickly. He made a loud noise. The hundreds of black-pole soldiers who had already walked onto the mountain road retreated back to the foot of the mountain in a blink of an eye.

This sudden retreat scared the ambush on the top of the mountain. They had been ambushing well and wanted to wait for most of the Zhu army soldiers to go up the mountain road. They smashed the stones and caught Zhu army off guard, but they didn't expect that Zhu army reacted so quickly. Once they retreated, they retreated without any shadows. Now it is impossible to throw the stones.

The ambush's leading general knew that his ambush had been discovered, so he stopped hiding. With a whistle, many people's heads began to appear on the top of the mountain. In a short while, the human heads were covered with half of the Motian Ridge.

Xu Renjie looked up at the constant emergence of people on the Motianling Mountains. He couldn't help but look at them seriously. He saw that these people were not officers and soldiers, at least they were not wearing the mandarin duck battle jackets that united the officers and soldiers. They were clearly wearing a unique costume of ethnic minorities, which looked a bit like the Miao people and the Zhuang people. Xu Renjie didn't know much about the clothes of these ethnic minorities and could not recognize them.

The Qiang Min, who led the way, recognized it at a glance, and shouted: "It's a Tujia!"

Xu Renjie was slightly surprised: "Tujia? We have also encountered several Tujia villages along the way. They just ran away and did not have a conflict with us. Why did they suddenly set up an ambush here again?"

Qiang people said in a deep voice: "What we met are ordinary Tujia people. They naturally had to escape when they saw the army, but now the Tujia army appears on Motianling..."

After hearing this, Xu Renjie was shocked again: "The Tujia army? Could it be... the white-rod soldiers?"

Sure enough, as soon as Xu Renjie thought of this, he saw people who appeared on the top of the mountain with their weapons erected their weapons, long white guns, a hook sickle at the tip of the gun and a ring at the tail of the gun. Their white guns were almost exactly the same as those used by the black guns of the black soldiers under Xu Renjie. The difference is that one side of the gun is white and the other side of the gun is black, with black and white distinction, and it is confronted from afar, which looks so weird.

Xu Renjie couldn't help but gasp: He is really a white-rod soldier? My good mother, I actually encountered this place... Could it be that I will fight with the famous general Qin Liangyu soon? No... can I beat her?

Xu Renjie couldn't help but yelled at the mountains in an excited voice: "Is it General Qin Liangyu, the general of the Tujia clan, coming?"

After the roar, a male general suddenly jumped out of the white pole formation on the top of the mountain. The general was not wearing Tujia ethnic costumes like other soldiers, but wearing a fish-scale armor that military officers of the Ming Dynasty liked to wear the most. The armor was all bright silver, and it looked silver and dazzling. Looking closely at his face, he saw that he was about thirty years old, with a strong figure, awesomeness, and a very handsome appearance. Unfortunately, he was blinded with one left eye, leaving only one right eye, which affected his handsome appearance.

The man shouted loudly at the foot of the mountain: "Who dares to call my mother by the name? Why do I need my mother to take action personally when dealing with the bandits like you? It is enough to have my Ma Xianglin."

Xu Renjie tilted his head and asked the Qiang people beside him: "Who is Ma Xianglin?"

The Qiang man wiped his sweat and his body shrank behind Xu Renjie's back. He seemed a little scared. He whispered: "That is Qin Liangyu's son, Ma Xianglin! Because he is very skilled in martial arts and handsome, he has a nickname in the army, called Xiao Ma Chao. Later, in the Battle of Hunhe against the Qing Tartars in Liaodong, he was hit by the Tartars and shot one eye blind. Therefore, he is also called one-eyed horse in the army. This person is extremely powerful... The general is more careful."

Xu Renjie was really shocked when he heard that he had participated in the Battle of Hunhe. The Battle of Hunhe was a famous battle in the Ming Dynasty. This battle took place in the first year of Tianqi. At that time, the Eight Banners Army surrounded the Ming army, and the Ming army was at a disadvantage. The battle situation was urgent. Qi Jiguang's nephew Qi Jin led the world-famous Qi family army to fight side by side with the Baigang soldiers in Sichuan and fight against the Eight Banners soldiers in the Qing Dynasty.

At that time, the Eight Banners Army of the Qing Dynasty had never suffered a defeat or fell into a hard battle in the battle against the Ming army. However, when they met the Qi family army and the Bai Gan soldiers, they felt that the battle was extremely difficult. The Qi family army and the Bai Gan soldiers only had tens of thousands of Qing Tartars, which shocked the Eight Banners Army.

Finally, due to the betrayal of the traitor, the entire Qi family army was wiped out, and the world-famous Qi family army disappeared from the historical stage, and the Bai Gan soldier also suffered heavy casualties. Qin Liangyu's brother Qin Bangping was killed in battle, his younger brother Qin Minping was seriously injured, and his son Ma Xianglin lost one eye.
Chapter completed!