The road from Chang'an to Luoyang is not only the foundation for maintaining exchanges between the two capitals, but also the lifeline for transferring Jianghuai financial resources.

This did not start from the Sui and Tang Dynasties. In fact, the formation of this path can be traced back to ancient times.

In the past, Xia Qi used this road to dispatch a large army to attack the Youhu clan. When the Chu-Han struggled, Xiao He also used this road to ensure the supply of materials to the front line. The confidence behind "transferring to Caoguanzhong and giving food" comes from this.

As long as the imperial court that established its capital in Chang'an and controlled Luoyang, it would not ignore the maintenance of this road.

Therefore, even after repeated wars, this road itself has been effectively protected.

It still looks like "the way is like a sharp edge, and the straightness is like a arrow".

It is precisely because of the wide and flat road itself that the actions of tens of thousands of troops and the corresponding military supplies can be ensured.

However, manpower also has its limit. In addition to the hard demand for transferring money and grain between the two capitals, there is another very important reason for digging roads. In ancient times, this place was densely populated, and people and animals trampled on it, and they naturally trampled out the path.

On this basis, the expansion of the road has been formed today after several generations of labor-intensive management.

The foundation of the road lies in the fact that it has a foundation, not appearing out of thin air.

At least for now, manpower cannot overcome nature.

Whether he is as domineering as Qin Shihuang or as strict as the father and son of the Yang family, he cannot level the existing mountains and rivers on this road with the human resources he has mastered, nor can he make all the forests disappear out of thin air.

Therefore, although the road is flat and wide, the mountains and landforms on both sides of the road still exist. Many times the roads also follow the trend of mountains and rivers.

On the one hand, this road certainly carries the need for the transfer of baggage in the army, but on the other hand, it is indeed necessary to go through the danger of the treasury and the Frost Peak is on the road.

The locust willows stand together for thousands of miles, and the cry of cold apes may sound. Even if they are guarded by warriors carrying soldiers, they are still frightened.

Li Yan has always been bold, and this is not only compared to those sisters. Even among the Li family, there are not many braver than her.

I thought I had been practicing martial arts since I was a child, and I learned skills from Xu Le.

You can take a few steps to get a bow and weapon immediately, what is it to take a mountain road?

But when she was really here, Li Yan realized that she had thought things too simply before.

The wind and cranes are full of soldiers, not just an adjective or simply because Fu Jian was scared out of his courage. Looking at the continuous peaks and towering ancient trees on both sides of the road, and looking back at his team, Li Yan felt that his heart was inexplicably tightened.

Looking at my soldiers and horses in Chang'an City, I still feel that they are quite large.

Even if you can't be called the Tiger Band, you will at least be a sharp army that can run rampant.

But when she looked around and saw the majestic mountains and rivers, she realized how ridiculous her thoughts were.

After all, I have been protected too well over the years. Even in the most difficult years of the Li family, I have never been in battle and have never really experienced actual combat.

Practicing or practicing martial arts lays the foundation for war, but it has not been tempered by the battle formation, just like a sword without blade. No matter how exquisite the materials are used or how careful the forging is, you will never be able to kill people in the face of battle and not weapons.

This is the case for me.

People who have never fought a war will be destined to make jokes for the first time.

If you don’t have to fight yourself, just escort food and grass, you will be extremely nervous.

The ambition when he left Chang'an had already disappeared without a trace at this moment. The only thing that comforted him was that Yang Si did not follow him.

I used to think that there was such an elite soldier who could protect her in any situation, but now I feel that I still have too few people.

Not to mention protecting Yang Si, it is hard to say whether he can protect himself.

Between these mountains and hills, my own people are too small.

If it spreads out, it might disappear soon without a trace, no one can find anyone.

In Li Yan's opinion, this place is simply a nightmare for marching.

Although she had not learned military tactics seriously, she was always a daughter of the Wu family and was close to Li Shimin. She was always familiar with common sense of marching and fighting.

In her opinion, no matter those steep peaks, lush forests, or rugged rocks, there may be enemies' ambush.

My own people might be under the surveillance of others and they will be ambushed in unknown time.

When Li Yan thought of the scene of ambushing the ambush and arrows and stones, she couldn't help but tighten.

She was not afraid of death, but was worried that the food and grass she had finally raised could not be delivered to the army, and that her various tricks could not be used, so Xu Le still suffered a loss.

The safest way is to contact Li Jiancheng in Tongguan City and ask him to send troops to respond, but at present, this is the method Li Yan is most reluctant to use.

If Li Jiancheng hadn't sent food and grass to the point of not sending troops to support him, why would he have gone this way?

If these foods were left to Li Jiancheng, they would probably still be detained by him as before and would not be sent to the front of the army.

Not to mention yourself.

It was originally just sneaking out, but it would be strange if Li Jiancheng didn't send himself back to Chang'an.

If that is true, how could he use himself as a threat to force Li Jiancheng to send reinforcements to support Luoyang?

Therefore, not only can't be taken, but it has to go the other way, give up some ready-made roads and deliberately walk around the paths to avoid Li Jiancheng's army and prevent him from intercepting them.

It was originally a dangerous road, but it would be even more dangerous to go like this. Not to mention Li Yan, who was traveling far away for the first time, was a businessman like Lin Wangsan, who was also chewing his face and clenched his teeth, and he almost wrote the word "fear" directly on his face.

After all, Wagang Village is famous, and its elusive means of sounding horses and their ability to attack baggage and steal camps are famous throughout the country.

This kind of mountain and river terrain seems to be born for those people.

Not to mention the general who leads the troops, even the peddlers and barons will probably say, "Beware of strong people."

If Li Yan's own ideas were to spread the scouts and scatter these people to search for the enemy's traces so that they would not be beaten and ambushed.

However, this suggestion was rejected by the four brothers of the Xue family.

Their reason is also very simple: there is not enough manpower and time.

There were only 300 people in total, and if there were too many scouts, the number of troops in the headquarters would be fewer.

The most important thing is that if Li Yan really follows the method he thought, then no matter whether Wagang has arranged an ambush, his own food will not be delivered to the army on time.

You must know that this is a mountainous land that is not as good as a plain. If you want to explore the situation in the forest, you have to send people out to climb the mountains and into the forest to see clearly.

It’s easy to deal with one or two places. There are all this terrain along the way, so how can you find the year of the monkey and the month of the horse?

Investigating everywhere means not exploring, and the time spent will delay everything.

Exploring everywhere can only prove that the Lord General is incompetent.

The morale of soldiers will definitely be affected. After a long time, morale is sluggish and the sharpness dissipates, which is really a disaster.

Besides, whether these soldiers can really find out, the brothers of the Xue family are also a little doubtful.

It’s not that those guards of the Li family cannot fight and can be selected as the guards. They do have things on their hands, and many of them are veterans who are good at tactics.

But the problem is that they are veterans and not old thieves. They should pay attention to the battlefield methods or fighting skills, so they are naturally not afraid of the Wagang thieves. However, when it comes to hiding or sieging ambushing, this is still not as good as that.

In the eyes of brothers of the Xue family, the best way to do this is to fight one fast and three slow.

The military book says: Soldiers are the most important thing.

As long as you can quickly leave this dangerous mountain road and come to the wide plains, you don’t have to worry about any noise.

No matter how capable the Wagang thief is, he is not a god. It is impossible for him to really beat Li Jiancheng's main force just by relying on his partial army.

These brothers have fought with the Turks in the border areas and have seen blood. They have experienced many battles between thousands of troops and horses, and they have set up formations to kill each other.

This kind of method of hitting like a stick is not your strength.

So the best way is to get rid of this environment and go to the field you are best at.

But this is easy to say, but it is a bit difficult to do.

The baggage team's actions were much slower than those of the regular army. In order not to let Li Jiancheng discover, the large group of people must not burrow into the mountains and forests, and give up on the road and walk on the small road.

This kind of path outside Tongguan Avenue was not for the baggage team to walk, so how can it be faster?

In addition to terrain factors, human factors are also very important.

After all, my four brothers had just surrendered, and this time I was ordered to protect Li Yan and go to the front of the army, which was a huge opportunity.

If you can be loved by noble people, you will naturally not worry about your future.

But the same goes for the other way around. If you hate Jiu Niang, it will naturally have a great hindrance to your future.

Therefore, if you persuade me, sometimes you have to follow Li Yan's orders and arrange some scouts to go out to investigate the enemy's movements.

Besides, the speed of the baggage team's movement does not depend on the army, but on these Lifu who follow the car.

These people are far more qualities than ordinary people, and many of them are slaves from various families.

He has also received combat formation training and has martial arts skills.

But the problem is that they have the same problem as Li Yan, and they are also novices who lack the training of battle formations.

After all, the Li family in Hedong is in a very good environment. Even in the years of chaos, Liu Wuzhou still blocked the Turks for Hedong.

There are not many cases of Hu Qi attacking the border.

At most, it is to fight the rebels and rebels, and there is no big war.

Those who were fighting with the head of the family all guarded the head of the family or the Li family's sons, leaving them to the princesses with abilities and inexperienced skills.

After all, the princess doesn't need to go into battle, and this kind of guard is enough.

The same is true for slaves. Not many people have fought wars. Those who performed well either were incorporated into the army or stayed with Li Yuan and his son, and those who left Li Yan and other princesses had no combat experience.
To be continued...