Chapter 1176: Revealing the Purpose

The whole night was silent, and early the next morning, when the first ray of sunshine in the morning shone in the mountains, Shi A had already walked out of the cave, stood on the big stone outside the cave, and watched the bathing in the mountains. Under the sun, the silent mountains seemed to suddenly come alive. It was already March and April, and the jungle was full of birds and flowers.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Shi A couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He didn't know how long it had been since he had seen such a refreshing scenery. Looking at the scene in front of them, who can imagine that outside this mountain forest, there is blood and blood everywhere, and killings are rampant everywhere?

"General!" At this moment, a voice sounded behind Shi A. Shi A had long heard the footsteps behind him, but it was Tian Zhe who was on duty with him last night.

"What's the matter? Chief Tian Qu?" Shi A turned around and asked;

"The food is ready, General, please come and eat!"

"Thank you!" Shi A nodded, turned around and walked towards the cave.

After a hurried breakfast, Shi A gathered everyone together. He had already thought clearly about it yesterday and decided to explain the purpose of the trip to everyone first, so as to eliminate everyone's concerns.

In the eyes of everyone, Shi A slowly said: "Some of you should have guessed the purpose of the king sending us here this time. Some of you may not have guessed it yet, but it doesn't matter. Let's go while we're here." A little while ago, I will explain the purpose of this trip to everyone. "

After a pause, Shi A continued: "Yes, the purpose of our trip is to find a road from Hedong to Shangdang. This road originally existed, as early as hundreds of years ago in the Qin Dynasty. At that time, the Qin State once passed through this place and sent hundreds of thousands of troops to attack Shangdang. A great battle took place there, which is known as the Battle of Changping in history. "

Some of the people in the cave quietly realized it, while others were still confused. Seeing his words, Shi A also made it clear and no longer secretive, saying: "Some of you may not know about the Battle of Changping, but there is one person who should help everyone." Everyone knows that Bai Qi, the leader of the four famous generals of the Warring States Period, is the commander of this battle. "

Those who didn't understand were immediately shocked. Although many of them were ordinary people in the mountains, they had heard the elders mention it before, especially them. People who have lived around the Taihang Mountains for generations are even more thunderous.

"Ah!" Several people in the middle even exclaimed.

"Okay, I believe everyone knows what is going on. Since hundreds of thousands of Qin troops were able to invade Shangdang from Hedong hundreds of years ago, then our soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty can also invade Shangdang from here. , so the king ordered us to come and explore the ancient road of the Qin Kingdom hundreds of years ago." Shi A continued: "Before setting off this time, the king once told me that there must be many difficulties and obstacles in exploring the ancient road. , so the king has made it clear that any injuries sustained by the people exploring the path will be treated as the same as casualties during the battle. If the ancient path can be successfully explored, everyone involved will be promoted to one level and rewarded with hundreds of coins!"

When everyone heard this, they all exclaimed loudly. They were promoted to one level and were rewarded with hundreds of dollars. This was equivalent to a reward from several wars.

"Your Majesty is wise!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward!"

For a moment, everyone cheered.

After everyone calmed down, Shi Acai said: "So, no matter how dangerous the road ahead is, we must persevere. If we can't explore this road, how can we repay the king's favor!"

"General, don't worry, we will fight to the death to repay the king's kindness!" Everyone agreed in unison;

"Okay, let's work together to get this done and repay the favor to the king!" Shi A waved his hand and said, "Pack up your belongings and set off immediately!"

Following Shi'a's order, more than forty people immediately packed up their belongings and headed east. Under Shi'a's arrangement, he personally led several rangers to guard Tian Zhe and several soldiers exploring the path in front.

The others followed closely behind, and in the end, Zhang Ming, whose combat power was second only to him, took the lead.

With the addition of Shi A's group of rangers, the speed of the team exploring the path has been accelerated a lot, but this acceleration is only relative to the previous speed of Tian Zhe and his party. You must know that the original speed of Tian Zhe and his party was simply incredible. , and at the end of the day we explored less than ten miles. Now at the end of the day, the journey of more than ten miles was not strenuous. This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that since Shi A and his party joined, no one of them has died in the jungle.

Ten days later, the group of people walked for another day. At the end of the afternoon, seeing that it would get dark in just over an hour, Shi A looked at everyone who was tired and out of breath, and quickly summarized what they had done today. Zhang Ming, who was leading the way, stopped and said, "Zhang Ming, go to the top of the mountain to see what the situation is like, and then find a place to camp today. The others will rest where they are for the time being."

When everyone heard this, they all breathed a long sigh of relief. In the past ten days, not to mention everyone else, even Shi A was extremely tired. After hearing Shi A's order to rest where he was, everyone quickly found a place. On a slightly flat high place, some felt cloths were placed on the ground, and then they all sat slumped on it, unwilling to move at all.

Seeing this, Zhang Ming quickly called up another ranger who was relatively energetic and climbed towards a mountain ridge a few hundred steps ahead that Shi A pointed to.

Less than half an hour later, Zhang Ming rushed down from the mountain while running wildly, lowering his voice and shouting: "Senior Brother, Senior Brother..."

When Shi A heard this, he jumped up from the ground, held the long sword beside him with his backhand, and looked at the direction Zhang Ming was running in with a solemn expression. When Zhang Ming came closer, he asked in a deep voice: "Zhang Ming , why are you back alone, and there is another brother? "

The rest of the people were also shocked, and they all quickly got up, each holding their own weapons in their hands, and their eyes scanned around them vigilantly.

"Senior... senior brother..." Zhang Ming panted and ran to Shi A, waved and said: "It doesn't matter, there is no... no enemy..."

After everyone heard this, they felt relieved, but they did not put down the weapons in their hands, but looked at Zhang Ming warily.

Zhang Ming finally ran to the crowd, and saw him supporting his knees with both hands, saying: "Elder brother, I just saw a village on the other side of the valley on the top of the mountain!"

Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this, and Shi A quickly asked: "Please tell me in detail, how far is the distance and how many people are there in the village!"