When the caravan set off again, it was not as regular as when it came, and there were only seven or eight people and Fu Ji Hongtao who really walked in the caravan, and the others were all scattered to the front and back of the team, and sometimes they could see the figures, and sometimes they couldn't even see the figures.

Hong Tao knew that this was their true ability, and the farther they spread, the sooner they would be discovered and warned. These people are not like ordinary soldiers, they are all veterans with rich experience in field combat, and they may not be physically as strong as young people, but their eyes and brains are easy to use.

The Ancient Bone Dragon City is not a city, no, it was originally a city, and it is impossible to verify which dynasty built it, anyway, after previous wars, it has now become a ruin. The most complete part is the corner of the stone wall, which can only be seen as a part of the wall.

But it occupies a good position, the highest within the reach of the large army. Standing on this ruin, you can see most of the nearby valley clearly, and this is currently the location of the most advanced beacon tower on the Song-Xia border.

Guarding the beacon was a forbidden army, armed with two horses. This configuration is a bit fucked, if there are Xia people, who will run on horseback, and who will run on legs?

Shi Tong answered the question, and the youngest man rode a horse and ran with a horse to the back to report the news, while the rest lit a beacon fire and took dry food to hide in the mountains.

It's not that I don't want to bring more horses, but I don't have so much feed to feed on. War horses are not like horses pulling carts, they can live by eating some grass at ordinary times. They have to be refilled, otherwise they will lose weight quickly, and it will be slow to recover.

Moreover, the war horses eat grass and pick their mouths, and the two horses are already the highest breeding amount in the army. Their own grain had to be transported from the rear, and if there was an extreme weather that could not be transported, they would have to starve for a few days, and no matter how many horses they had, they would not be able to take care of it.

"If you want to get rich, build a road first, if you build a road between these mountains, it doesn't need to be too wide, ten feet is enough, not to mention a team, and you can still build a city to defend it."

Regarding the logistics of the army, Hong Tao also complained about the Great Song Dynasty. Let so many soldiers be put in the rear to farm and mine, not to mention the good repair of the war readiness roads in the border areas, as a result, the front-line soldiers are starving because the logistics cannot be transported, and they can't run away quickly.

"I don't know anything about 203...... It's not that the imperial court doesn't want to build roads, but it can't build roads. As soon as this road was repaired, the Xia cavalry came in the morning and evening, wouldn't it be a great favor to the enemy. Shi Tong's eyes were already a little contemptuous when he looked at Hong Tao, what kind of bad idea was this, and he didn't think the cavalry was running fast.

"You mean this is not only the case in Huangzhou, but also in the border gates?" Hong Tao not only didn't feel ashamed, but also widened his eyes and prepared to spray.

"Yu 203, when the villain was on the border of the Guangxin Army on Hebei East Road, the local land was destroyed and trees were planted, also to block the cavalry of the Northern Dynasty. This method was very useful, as the cavalry could only follow the path through the woods, and could not disperse, making it easier to deal with. ”

Shi Tong and the Jiang brothers were a little unsure about this issue, there were not many places where they served, and they were all concentrated in the area of Qinfeng Road and Yongxing Military Road. However, there were several other veterans of the forbidden army in the team that they had found, and some of them had been to the Song-Liao border.

“…… Planting trees to defend against cavalry...... Who came up with this Nima! Now tell me, if a few box wagons are stuck in the road, with mountains on one side and deep valleys on the other, how will the enemy cavalry pass? Just send a group of archers to gather behind the car and shoot with bows and crossbows, and the ten-foot-wide road surface, Da Luo Jinxian may rush over? There are only two or three deer barricades on the road of dozens of miles, which are not blocked in peacetime and cut off the path in wartime, which does not cost manpower and can ensure that the heavy soldiers go up and down, why not? ”

Hong Tao sometimes doesn't understand the thinking of the ancients, it's obviously a very simple thing, but they just can't remember it. This can only be explained by historical limitations, after all, thousands of years of Chinese and foreign tactics and examples can be seen in later generations, while the ancients can only try it themselves. As for the method of planting trees to defend against cavalry, Hong Tao did not see it with his own eyes and could not evaluate it.

"If you have a 203 box car, it's a beautiful thing." Jiang Erlang felt that this method was feasible, the four-wheeled box car was no slower than a horse on the road, and the loading capacity was also large, which could not only transport goods, but also transport troops.

Even if the enemy had infantry, it would not be possible to pass through this terrain. It's a big deal to set the level between a cliff and a cliff, and people can't climb over the cliff like a gecko. It's okay to really climb, shoot, you can't dodge, it's more accurate.

"Wasp, write it down, build the road!" Hong Tao felt that this trip was really worth it, and he saw a lot of things that he couldn't hear or think of in the state city, although he couldn't pay a private visit in the future, but it was necessary to come out with the guards and go shopping more.

The place to cross the border is not under the Ancient Bone Dragon City, although this is the only way to enter and exit the border, but that refers to the large army, and the small army of dozens of people has other places to go.

Of course, you have to find someone who is very familiar with this place to lead the way, otherwise it looks like a road, but after walking a few miles and climbing two mountains, you will find that there is a dead end in front of you, and you have to turn around and start again.

The leader did not take the caravan directly to the tribe called Lili, but stopped in a valley and let him find someone, and the caravan waited here. They said that the tribe did not allow outsiders to go to their station.

"Leave half of the camels, and lay down two more felt tents. Erlang, you take two people to wait, we will retreat to the mountainside behind, we can't all risk here. ”

Hong Tao felt that what the leading party said was right, a tribe like this, which is half people and half bandits, definitely does not want too many people to know the location of the nest. But you can't just wait stupidly, in case they want to eat black, it's easy to suffer in this kind of terrain.

It turns out that the allure of that treasure knife is quite sufficient, and the leading party that Ge Dan found is also more reliable. Before dusk, a few herdsmen drove a few yaks to appear on the opposite mountainside, and after wandering around for a while, a few horses appeared one after another, slowly approaching the fake camp.

Jiang Erlang was indeed bold, he only brought a Fan who spoke Chinese to greet him, and the two sides communicated for a while, gesturing to indicate safety. Everyone slowly descended the mountain, but Shi Tong was still left halfway up the mountain by Hong Tao, and asked him to use a telescope to continue to observe the movement on the opposite mountainside.

There were only seven people from the tribe, and judging by their dress, it was not a good day. Two of the clothes on their bodies were obviously standard armor, but they were so torn that they couldn't see their appearance, and the armor pieces couldn't say how much was gone, but how much was left.

According to Hong Tao's calculations, they were likely to be the regular army of Western Xia, and I don't know why they had to rebel.

It is said that the royal family killed each other, or Emperor Shenzong and Wang Anshi would not be in a hurry to send troops, they wanted to take advantage of the fire to rob.

"Asking directly about the construction of the city, and making it clear to them is not a vain question, you can exchange it with a sword. I don't think I need flower paste anymore, and I can't eat enough to smoke. ”

But Hong Tao just thought about it, it doesn't matter who the other party is, don't expect them to abandon the dark and turn to the light, they won't trust themselves if they vote, and it's not easy to arrange, so it's better to solve it neatly by doing business.

"They said that the city of the Xia people was on the other side of the mountain, less than twenty miles, but they could not go through the valley, and that they would be discovered by the horses. The Xia people, who had more than 500 soldiers and horses and thousands of slaves behind the mountain, had blocked all the passages in the valley below, and could only approach from the mountain path at night. But this road is not possible to ride horses, only on foot. "The deal went smoothly, the news was not classified, and almost all the shepherds in the neighborhood knew that it would be a big deal to get a few good knives.

“…… This official likes to say clearly, I can't trust these people, I can't personally get into danger, but I want to know this way, so that I can check the truth next time. Who would like to go on their behalf? If you want to be an official, you can go to the box service to be a head; If you want money, what the official has is Jinsha, and you can report the number. This is not blackmail, it is the official himself who is willing, and there must be benefits to his life, and no one's life is in vain. ”

Hong Tao really wanted to see it for himself, because there were some things that the ancients couldn't understand, such as terrain, contour lines, etc., without these data, it was impossible to imagine a three-dimensional terrain out of thin air, and it was impossible to find the opponent's defensive weaknesses.

Relying on the general Qi and almost fighting is what Hong Tao is resolutely unwilling to do, it is a joke with human life. Although I don't mind the dead, I don't mind the worthlessness of dying, and it's not my style to lose money.