Huang Quan still sent out his scouts. The scouts swept through the mountains, but they could not find any trace of the Jingzhou Army.
Shu Chuan was too big. Even if there were more than a hundred thousand people, they would not be able to find them if they hid in the depths of the mountains.
However, Huang Quan did not dare to relax. The generals in Jiang Province even said that the Jingzhou Army might have left Yong 'an County long ago and returned to Jingzhou.
If Huang She's army really returned to Jingzhou, Huang Quan would be more than happy to see it.
However, Huang Quan knew that it was impossible. How could Jingzhou give up?
"Search again!" Huang Quan could only increase the intensity of the search. Know yourself and know your enemy. If you did not even know where your enemy was, it would be terrifying.
Zhang Ren also returned to the residence that Huang Quan had arranged for him in Jiang Province.
Zhang Ren was not as relaxed as Huang Quan when he could not find the Jingzhou Army. He was the governor of Yong 'an County. If Yong' an County was lost, he would not be able to escape the blame.
Although Liu Zhang was a little stupid, he would not destroy his own city walls. Therefore, after Yong 'an County was conquered, Zhang Ren, who was waiting to be punished, was pardoned by Liu Zhang. Liu Zhang even sent a letter to comfort Zhang Ren.
This made Zhang Ren even more benevolent. Although Liu Zhang was stupid, he treated him like a national hero. Zhang Ren was a loyal person, but now he treated Yong 'an as his responsibility.
Huang Quan could not think of anything. Although Zhang Ren was talented, he was not much better than Huang Quan.
They could tell that the Jingzhou Army might have found a small path in the countryside or a shortcut. Shu Chuan was difficult. Not only was it difficult to travel, but it was also full of twists and turns. Some of the hidden mountain paths might not even be found by the local elders who had lived there for their whole lives.
The most famous battle was the one where Great Ancestor Liu Bang pretended to be on one side of the road but was secretly in another.
The battle decided everything and caught the Overlord of Chu, Xiang Yu, off guard.
"Sir, is there really no other path from Yong 'an County to Jiangzhou?" In Zhang Ren's mansion, there were a few local elders from Jiangzhou. All of them were in their seventies.
Zhang Ren invited these old men back so that they could find a shortcut from Yong 'an County to Jiang Province. However, the old men either shook their heads and said that they didn't know, or they had sent scouts to investigate the few routes they knew, but there was still no news.
"General, general! The general has a letter for you! "Zhang Ren's subordinate shouted to Zhang Ren.
"My letter?" Zhang Ren was stunned for a moment. Who would send him a letter at this time?
"Who sent the letter?" Zhang Ren took the letter and asked his subordinate.
"I don't know either! It was sent directly by a young man! "The guard shook his head and said.
Zhang Ren opened the letter in his hand. The more he read, the bigger his eyes became.
The guard looked at it from the side and realized that it wasn't just a letter. There were words and a picture on it.
"Everyone, everyone, please come and take a look at this map. Is this the map of Shu Chuan?"
Zhang Ren asked as he took out the map in the letter.
A few old men in their seventies walked forward and looked at the map carefully.
A few of them shook their heads.
"Isn't this the map of Shu Chuan?" Looking at the old men shaking their heads, Zhang Ren thought that it wasn't. If the map wasn't real, then the letter couldn't be real either.
Zhang Ren looked like he was about to destroy the letter.
The old man over there stopped him. "Isn't this our Pangu Di?" An old man pointed at a place on the map and said.
"Pangu Di?" Someone looked over and looked at the terrain. It really did look like it.
"If this is Pangu Di, then this is Hao Shan!" Another old man pointed at the terrain on the other side.
"Hao Shan, this is Xixia Valley. This is Luofeng Slope!" One by one, the old men in their seventies came in an endless stream. Zhang Ren hurriedly asked someone to bring him a brush and ink and started to sketch it out.
Soon, a rich map was revealed.
"Why don't we know about this road?" Zhang Ren looked at the symbol on the map. If this was true, then the distance from Yong 'an County to Jiangzhou County would be shortened by half. The original half a month's journey would be shortened to ten days. It might even be shorter if the horse galloped.
However, Zhang Ren didn't understand why so many people over there didn't know about such a shortcut.
"General, you might not know. Although this road is short, it is densely covered with thorns. It is necessary to build bridges along the way. It requires a lot of manpower and resources, so this road was abandoned!" An old man over there said to Zhang Ren.
"Manpower and resources?" Zhang Ren smiled bitterly. It was true. If an ordinary person wanted to go that way, it would definitely require a lot of manpower and resources. However, it wasn't the same for Jing Province over there. At least there was one thing, and that was an army of hundreds of thousands. It really wasn't a problem to cut down trees along the way.
"If this map is real, then this letter is also real!" Zhang Ren suddenly remembered that it was the child who delivered the letter.
"Where is the child?" Zhang Ren asked his personal guard.
"General, the child is still in the front hall!" This personal guard was also more cautious. He saw that the child came to deliver the letter, so he temporarily let him stay.
Zhang Ren nodded and walked towards the front hall. He asked the child over there about the letter.
The child over there couldn't give Zhang Ren any answer because he was also a stranger who gave him a few coins to deliver the letter.
"Men, prepare a carriage for me. I want to make a trip to Governor Huang's residence!" Zhang Ren said.
"Yes!" His subordinates were about to prepare the carriage.
"Forget it, there is no need!" Zhang Ren's matter was urgent, so he directly signed a warhorse and rushed towards the governor's residence.
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"Is this true?" Huang Quan received our General Zhang Ren in his Governor's Mansion. He opened his eyes wide and looked at the map in his hand.
"It is absolutely true!" Zhang Ren said to Huang Quan. "My Lord, I found a few old men in Jiang Province. They all said that if you come from the direction of Yong 'an, you can go through Pan Valley, Xi Valley, and finally Luo Feng Slope. You can bypass the official road and appear between Chengdu Prefecture and Jiangzhou Prefecture!" Zhang Ren said to Huang Quan.
"What? You can bypass the official road and appear between Jiangzhou and Chengdu Prefecture? " Huang Quan was also stunned. If the exit of this road was really between Chengdu and Jiangzhou, then it would be a huge problem.
Because if that was the case, all the defenses that Huang Quan had set up on the official road from Yong 'an to Jiangzhou would be useless. At the same time, he would also have to waste his military strength. Once the Jing Province Army appeared, they could directly attack Chengdu Prefecture. If Chengdu Prefecture was caught unprepared, even if Huang Quan had a hundred heads, it wouldn't be enough to kill them.
"Quick, quick, quickly send someone to inform Chengdu Prefecture. Tell my Lord to make preparations as soon as possible!" "Huang Quan will immediately send someone to the Chengdu Residence to report to Liu Zhang.
"Wait!" However, Zhang Ren stopped Huang Quan.
"General Huang Quan, you can't do that for now!" Zhang Ren shook his head and said to Huang Quan.
"Why? The Jing Province's army could appear in Jiangzhou at any time! It doesn't matter if Jiangzhou is breached, but my Lord's Chengdu Prefecture cannot be breached! " Huang Quan said to Zhang Ren.
"General Huang Quan, General's loyalty to Milord is something that Zhang Ren can see. However, if General were to send people to inform Chengdu Prefecture at this time, then it would really cause panic in Chengdu Prefecture! Those evil people will inevitably jump out and make things difficult for my Lord! " "Although Zhang Ren is a military general, his brain is not bad.
What were the so-called evil spirits? They were the aristocrats who would sit on the fence. Originally, it would be fine if Liu Zhang just sat quietly in his position as the Governor of Yizhou. However, once Liu Zhang's position became unstable, those evil spirits would come out.
There are already people who have started to practice Yunnan's Zhao Wei and Hanzhong's Zhang Lu.
If the news were to spread, it would be fine if it was true and they could take precautions. However, if it was false, then it would be their fault.
Their morale would definitely plummet and the people's hearts would become unstable.
"What should we do then?" "Yellowright doesn't know what to do. It's not right to tell them, but it's also not right to not tell them. What should we do?
"General Huang Quan, there is still that letter!" As he spoke, Zhang Ren handed the letter to Huang Quan.
It was none other than someone who had tipped off Zhang Ren that the Jing Province Army would go through Luo Feng Slope. Zhang Ren was asked to lead his troops to lie in ambush at Luo Feng Slope and wait for the Central Army to pass by. Huang She was among them.
"Can this be trusted?" Huang Quan did not understand this letter because the person who could send such a letter must be a high-ranking official in the Jing Province Army. He must have been placed in an important position by Huang She. Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to know such information. However, how could such a person betray Huang She?
"This can't be a scheme, right?" Huang Quan was puzzled. If they were to set up an ambush at the Fallen Phoenix Slope, and instead of waiting for the army to arrive, the Jing State Army would appear from another path or directly on the official road, then Jiang State would really be unable to defend against them.
Furthermore, if the Jing Province soldiers were to deliberately lure them into a trap and ambush them in advance, the Yi Province soldiers would be the ones to be annihilated in the end.
However, unlike Huang Quan's disbelief, our General Zhang Ren trusted him more than Huang Quan did.
This was because he suddenly thought of someone. It was Zhang De who had let him go.
Zhang De's martial arts were high and he was already at the peak of the God-Refinement realm. Similarly, he did not have the inexperience of someone who had just reached the peak of the God-Refinement realm. It was obvious that he had been there for a long time.
In the beginning, he used a long weapon. Later on, he did indeed change to a saber. For a general like Zhang Ren, although he was comfortable using a saber, it was still inferior to him using a spear.
This way, once he used a saber, he could at most display 80% of his combat strength.
In the beginning, Zhang De used a long spear, but in the middle of the battle, he switched to a broadsword. This inevitably made Zhang Ren feel strange, this Zhang De was deliberately letting him off.
If Zhang Ren was wondering why Zhang De wanted to let him go before, he now knew the answer to his question.
"This Zhang De wants to kill his master?" Zhang Ren widened his eyes and did not dare to imagine his guess.
"General Zhang Ren? General Zhang Ren? What's wrong? "Huang Quan called out to Zhang Ren, hoping to wake him up.
Zhang Ren shook his head and recovered from his state of mind.
"General Zhang Ren, are you alright?" Huang Quan asked Zhang Ren with concern.
"I'm fine, I'm fine!" Zhang Ren shook his head and said.
"General Huang Quan, do you trust me?" Zhang Ren asked Huang Quan.
"What's wrong, General Zhang Ren?" Huang Quan looked at Zhang Ren with doubt.
"General Huang Quan, if the general trusts me, then I, Zhang Ren, request the general to give me three thousand people. No, eight hundred people will be enough!" Zhang Ren said to Huang Quan.
"Eight hundred people, General Zhang Ren, do you really want to go?" Huang Quan naturally knew what Zhang Ren was thinking. This Zhang Ren believed the words in the letter.
"En!" Zhang Ren nodded.
"General Zhang Ren, if this is the enemy's trick, then the general will be in danger!" Huang Quan said to Zhang Ren with concern.
Zhang Ren smiled. His mind was now filled with the killing intent of that person called Zhang De towards the Jingzhou Army.
It can't be wrong! He, Zhang Ren, was a general, a refined martial artist. He couldn't be wrong about the killing intent. He didn't know what kind of enmity this Zhang De had with Huang She, but he believed that if Zhang De had the chance, he would definitely cut Huang She into pieces.
"General Huang Quan, without this map, the Jingzhou Army could have directly entered the center of Jiangzhou. They could have split up and attacked Chengdu directly. At that time, everything would have been too late. However, this letter tells us what they are after." Zhang Ren asked Huang Quan.
Huang Quan nodded. If this letter wasn't sent, he would also be in the dark.
"General Huang Quan, even if we were ambushed, we would only lose eight hundred people! It wouldn't affect the overall situation, but if we succeed, then Jiangzhou and the entire Yizhou would be safe! " Zhang Ren's eyes turned red. Compared to a general, he was more like a gambler.
He had already lost a lot, so he didn't care about this small bet. If he won this bet, then the results would be immeasurable.
That was why Zhang Ren was willing to gamble.
"Alright! I believe in you, General Zhang Ren. I will give you three thousand soldiers! " Huang Quan was also going all out. The current Jiangzhou City only had about ten thousand soldiers. If he gave three thousand soldiers to Zhang Ren, he wouldn't even be able to gather ten thousand soldiers.
"No need!" Zhang Ren shook his head. Three thousand soldiers was good, but their goal wasn't to ambush the enemy, but to attack the enemy's Central Army. Their goal wasn't to kill as many enemies as possible, but to target one person, the person called Huang She.
The movement of three thousand people was too big. One arrow could kill a person, so why use a hundred? Two or three would be safe, but a hundred would be a waste.
Moreover, if they could really kill that person, the Jingzhou Army would definitely be in chaos. The Jingzhou Army would definitely chase after them. With a thousand soldiers, Zhang Ren would still have room to escape. After all, they were a small target. If it was three thousand soldiers, then it would be hard to say.
"Alright, then I will give you a thousand soldiers, General Zhang Ren! General, you can choose any of the elites in my army! "Huang Quan was very straightforward and directly gave up a thousand elites.
"Thank you for your kindness, General! Zhang Ren is very grateful! "Zhang Ren cupped his fist and said to Huang Quan.
"General Zhang Ren, you and I are comrades. I have long admired you, General Zhang Ren! If you don't mind, I am older than you, so I will call you my younger brother! " Huang Quan looked at Zhang Ren with his bright eyes. This meant that he wanted to become sworn brothers.
Zhang Ren also respected Huang Quan as a man, so he immediately nodded. "Elder Brother, please accept Zhang Ren's bow!"
"Haha, my younger brother, please rise! With a younger brother like you, Huang Quan will have no regrets in this life! " There was no burning incense, nor was there any peach blossom wine. There was only one sentence, 'I like you', and two thick hands intertwined.
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