The northern part of Yizhou was divided into two countries in the pre-Qin period.

The Shu Kingdom began with the Cancong clan, and was one of the eight kingdoms of Musio when King Wu defeated Zhou. The capital was originally in Guangyang and later moved to Chengdu. At its peak, Baoxie was used as the front gate, Xionger, Lingguan was used as the back gate, Yulei, Emei was used as the city wall, Jiang, Qian, Mian and Luo were used as the pond, Wenshan was used as the animal husbandry, and Nanzhong was used as the garden. Its core area is probably the current Shu County, Guanghan County and Jianwei County. In order to compete for Hanzhong, Shu Kingdom had fought a fierce battle with Qin for nearly a hundred years.

The Ba State was a powerful force competing for power with the Chu State. It first capital Yicheng and later moved to Wushan. Although it was forced to move westward due to the Chu State, its territory reached Yufu in the east, Wudao in the west, Hanzhong in the north, and Qianfu in the south. It was also a great country that lasted for hundreds of years. The coverage of the Ba State was Ba County in Yizhou.

The two countries competed with Qin and Chu, and fought with each other and fought with each other for hundreds of years. Relatively speaking, Shu Kingdom sits thousands of miles of fertile fields on the Chengdu Plain and has a higher advantage in the upper reaches of the rivers. While relying on the defense of the continuous mountains, Ba Kingdom heads north along the Dangqu water, crosses Micang Mountain, and then threatens Hanzhong through Lianshui.

This road that cuts through the deep mountains in the south of Hanzhong without going through the Taurus Road is the so-called Micang Road. Strictly speaking, Micang Road is not a road, but a collection of multiple roads that cross Micang Mountain as the middle point. Because it is extremely steep along the way, and there are many remote places where you pass by, so generally speaking, the Taurus Road is the main road for transportation between Shuzhong and Hanzhong, and Micang Road is second to its function.

According to the legend of local archers, among the thousands of mountains and valleys east of the Yonegar Road, there are still passages that can reach Hanzhong, but those passages cannot carry larger teams. At present, they have no military and economic effect.

The key pass that guards the Micang Road, from south to north, starts from Wakou Pass, followed by small mountain towns such as Dangqu, Xuanhan, and Hanchang. Most of the areas other than that are entrenched by Bayi or Juren.

In the middle of April of the 16th year of Jian'an, the weather gradually became stuffy.

In the valley of Babian Mountain in the southwest of Dangqu County, water vapor seems to evaporate. Sometimes the water vapor turns into a dark air mass that covers the sky, making people breathe heavily; sometimes the air mass climbs along the mountain and instantly turns into a heavy rain, accompanied by layered dark clouds and thunderstorms, and hits the ground with its head and face.

This violent climate change made a group of people who followed the source of the Dangqu River Valley suddenly froze.

When the team first arrived in Jiangzhou, the weather was not so hot, but after walking north along the river for a few days, the temperature suddenly rose a lot. Because of the humidity, everyone's robes and armor were wet. Many soldiers simply rolled their military uniforms around their waists and wore only single clothes. The animal power in the team was listless.

Unexpectedly, just now, a heavy rain poured down. The rain fell on people, making them feel cold and harsh. Everyone hurriedly took the straw raincoat and then took out a felt cloth to cover the backs of cows and horses.

The rain came too violently. After everyone finished wearing it, they were actually all soaked into a chicken. The straw raincoat was just better than nothing. Through the heavy rain and fog, the green cliffs in the distance and the distance gradually blurred. The valley was filled with the sound of billions of raindrops falling to the ground. Sometimes there were dense rustling sounds, and sometimes it formed a roar without interruption.

Amid the roar, there was another even more terrifying sound, as if there were some broken trees, rocks rolling and falling, and finally falling into the deep valley, causing a loud noise.

When the guide heard this voice, his face changed suddenly.

He hurriedly ran back from the front of the team and shouted, "We must retreat five miles! We must retreat five miles!"

Lei Yuan's ears were filled with the sound of rain, and he couldn't hear clearly for a moment. He simply lifted up his hat and let the rain pour in from his neck. He asked, "What did you say?"

Gan Ning heard it clearly, and he shouted in Lei Yuan's ear: "This guy let us retreat five miles!"

Then Gan Ning grabbed the guide and almost lifted it up because he used too much force. He asked irritably: "With such rain and such a road, do you want us to turn back? Is this going to make the soldiers exhausted?"

The guide argued anxiously: "Did you hear the sound just now? It was rain that soaked the earth and rocks, causing the mountains to collapse somewhere! The terrain here is too steep and not safe... We have to retreat five miles!"

Liu Feng wanted to say something else, but Lei Yuan interrupted him: "Then go back to Wuli! Turn back immediately!"

As he said that, he pulled Gan Ning's arm away, patted the guide's shoulder, and shouted in the rain: "You are right to remind me, thank you! We will retreat now. Go and lead the way!"

The guide was a young man with a dark complexion and looked a bit like a monk. Although he was dressed as a Han people, he did not tie his hair up. His long hair was tied behind his head with a thick rope and then spread out. He did not carry a weapon, but only held a thick wooden stick. Even in the heavy rain, he was supported by a wooden stick and still walked as fast as he could.

The guide has already known that this team is commanded by the young general in front of him. Although the general is similar to his age, he is actually the prefect of a large county in Jingzhou, and he is in charge of at least tens of thousands of people.

This strong identity gap makes the guide be extra cautious when facing Lei Yuan.

Although he was young, he had some knowledge and knew that in the eyes of Han officials, even the Han people were not considered human beings, let alone a person with a vague identity between Han people and Gu people. In front of such a high-ranking official, as long as he said a wrong sentence, he would have no place to deal with even if he was killed on the spot.

But Lei Yuan has always been very polite and polite to him, even now, when everyone is irritable and uneasy.

The guide said nothing more, followed the entourage sent by Lei Yuan to send the order and ran back all the way.

After a while, everyone in the team turned around and slowly retreated to the place.

The rain was getting surging, and the group was like lonely travelers walking in the boundless and watery world, as if they were swallowed up at any time. Many people were trembling while walking, cursing the weather constantly, and suddenly prayed to a certain kind of god, hoping that the gods could make the rain stop quickly.

"Su Zhi, look!" Gan Ning suddenly pointed to the waterway below the valley.

Lei Yuan looked at it and found it was a little strange. Although the rain was heavy, the amount of water in the river was not as good as before.

"What's wrong?" he asked Gan Ning.

"That guy is right. A mountain collapsed in front of him, causing the soil and rocks to roll into the bottom of the valley and blocked the waterway." Gan Ning said: "We can't leave today. Let's go back to the flat ground when we came. Let's rest for a night."

Lei Yuan nodded slightly: "Okay."

He sighed in his heart that the so-called stones pass through water are Dang, and the water accumulates into a canal. Generally speaking, this situation is common in the Dang canal.

Because the rain soaked his body, he began to feel the soreness of his arms again, so he quickly pressed the brim of the hat lowered. In this way, he could only see the feet of the person in front of him staggering along the footprints of the person in front of him.

The flowing water flows down from one cliff, converges into a stream and flows through the road, towards the low-lying area on the other side. The stream water is muddy yellow, with fine dead branches and leaves.
Chapter completed!