With these people under their leadership, the team marched a little faster, and there was a lot of game to eat. Their life experience and the strong crossbows of the forbidden army, hares and rock sheep can be hunted every day.

Xi Luosa also personally presented a snow leopard he had hunted to Hong Tao, effectively acknowledging the status of both sides, and this rare fur could only be worn by the leader of a clan.

Hong Tao was not stingy, and handed over more than a dozen extra pieces of plate armor and a few straight knives replaced by the forbidden army to Xi Luosa. Be cautious with the crossbow arrows, in case he can't think of it, he can't stand it for himself.

"I heard that you also have a deal with the guards of Jiangzong City, can you do something for this official?" Seeing Xi Luosa caress his chest and salute himself, Hong Tao felt that the two sides had already had a preliminary trust, and the next step was to try his sincerity.

"Your Excellency wants to snatch the gold of Zongcheng as well?" Xi Luosa immediately understood Hong Tao's intentions, but he learned Chinese but did not learn the Han people's hearts, and he spoke too bluntly.

"Gold is to be dedicated to Your Majesty, and what this official wants is to rule Qingming. If you are in the position of an adult, can you keep such people who secretly collude, betray national interests, and eat inside and outside? Hong Tao was said to be cautious, his face did not change color and his heart did not beat, and he talked about the big truth seriously.

"If you can trust me and my people, you only need to match a dozen more armors, and Xi Luosa is willing to take the lead in rushing into the city of Jiangzong for your lordship and offering the head of the guard!" It didn't seem like he was going to see the partner very well, and he had to take his head as a vote.

"Don't worry, don't worry, your people are now also the people of this official, and in the eyes of this official, there is no difference between them and the Song people, I won't let you take them to waste your life in vain. I want to come here The guard doesn't know that Tongchuan Fort has changed, do you have a way to trick him out, and we will take him down without blood. This official also has the virtue of a good life, and he doesn't want to hurt people's lives anymore, as long as the lord makes people tie up, presumably the servants in the city will be leaderless, and there will be no more incidents. ”

Hong Tao began to touch those mustaches again, his face was solemn, and he said very emotionally. But whoever believes it is a fool, he is not willing to kill more people, but feels sorry for those swarms of bees and hornets, and does not want to do unnecessary waste.

Sooner or later, those servants will be thrown into the hardest and most dangerous mines to be tortured to death, and it is not worth shooting them with rockets. Stabilize them first, and wait until you get to Huangzhou.

Not only the servants of Tongchuan Fort and Jiangzongcheng, but when the time comes, he will investigate the situation of each walled fort one by one in the entire Huangzhou jurisdiction, including the forbidden army. But if it is found that there is a serious phenomenon of eating inside and outside, no one should even think about it with the forbidden army.

If this kind of people are not cleaned up, Huangzhou will not be able to rule, let alone defend against foreign enemies. Eating inside and outside is a terminal illness, and if you get it once, you will never be cured, and you don't want someone to suddenly stab you in the back when you are fighting in the front.

"The guard of Zongcheng is surnamed Liu, and he is very greedy, and he has to deduct the golden sand of my clan every time he exchanges. The adults only need to give the villain some golden sand as bait, and he will personally take people out of the city to trade. At that time, adults can arrange for people to ambush on the side of the road and shoot violently. Xi Luosa definitely didn't believe that Hong Tao would be compassionate, but this time he didn't say anything outright, but came up with an idea.

"Ambush...... It's not easy to ambush in this kind of terrain. Hong Tao looked at the left and right sides of the road, but he didn't find a place to ambush, he couldn't find it here, and he couldn't find it for dozens of miles before and after.

After walking for several days, the mountain road is basically a virtue, one side is a high mountain cliff, the other side is a cliff and river valley, the Zara people can hide in the snow for a few hours without moving, the official forbidden army really does not have this ability, the enemy has not waited to come and freeze to death.

"Come here with your ears...... Get another beast on the road and sprinkle it with a little blood. As long as the other party sees these gold and softness, he will definitely go out of the city to check closely, you don't need to say much. Flower shopkeeper, borrow your people to use it, let them change into the clothes of the Xiluosa people, and drive with them. ”

You can't set up an ambush on the side of the road, but you can try an ambush strategy. Hong Tao whispered to Xi Luosa for a while, and then called Fu Ji over.

The city of Zong, only seventy miles away from Tongchuan Fort, is also located in a river valley, but this valley is much larger than Tongchuan Fort, it is formed by the confluence of two rivers, the Haomen River is injected into the Huangshui from the west of the city, in addition to the large area of hillside fields, there are actually a lot of paddy fields and cattle.

It is said to be a city, but in fact, it is also a military fort built with stones like Tongchuan Fort, but there are a few small tribes gathered outside the fort, and the felt tents are scattered, compared with these shepherds' tents, it is indeed a bit like a city.

In addition, the castle is located in the basin where the two rivers meet, and it is the most suitable place for living and farming within a hundred miles of the surrounding area. Many small tribes who wandered in the mountains to graze their cattle would also come here regularly, exchanging livestock and furs for salt, grain, and cloth, and gradually forming a small market outside the city. As soon as the winter is over, the city comes alive with caravans.

The number of servants here is also more than Tongchuan Fort, more than 600 people, the guard general is called Liu Song, a veteran in his fifties, is a real commander, and has been stationed in Zongcheng for more than eight years, and he has managed this place in an orderly manner, and he is a very capable general.

"Do they train like this often?" Whether or not there is ability is not what others say, but the evaluation given by Hong Tao.

He was now standing on the mountainside and looking out through a telescope at the city, where he saw not only fertile fields and markets, but also simple water conservancy facilities and a mill driven by a waterwheel.

What moved Hong Tao the most was that there were hundreds of vassals training in the icy river water on the shallows by the river, and it was impossible to see who was in command from a distance, and could only tell that there was a person who was also shirtless and carrying something in his hand, constantly patrolling in the shallow water.

"There are every day, and after the heavy snow closes the mountain, they will climb the mountain in the snow, but no matter how much the Song people train, they can't compare to the Dialuo people, we are the people of the mountain!" Xi Luosa pursed her lips, not thinking that this training would be of much use.

"It's best to catch him alive, I have something to ask him, if anyone else resists, don't hesitate to kill!" But Hong Tao felt that this guard general was much more competent than Liao Chun, not only managing the area in an orderly manner, but also knowing how to dig water conservancy facilities and unite herdsmen of all ethnic groups. I also insist on training the soldiers, and there should be someone who is a bit of a doorway, and it is more appropriate to ask if it is not too troublesome.

Hong Tao's ambush method is actually very simple, not ambush on the side of the road, but in the box car. He asked Xi Luosa to go and the general of Zongcheng lied about intercepting a convoy of the imperial court, and found a large amount of gold and silver and official uniforms in the convoy.

Everyone has curiosity, and Xi Luosa said that this Commander Liu is very greedy for money and cautious, and every time he chooses a secluded place outside the city, and personally inspects the goods every time, then he will probably have to go there in person this time.

Then, as long as he dares to bring people close to these box cars, what awaits him behind the box board is not gold and silver treasures, but a few swarms of bees. At such a close distance, the hit rate and lethality of a swarm of bees will be magnified to the limit, and no one can avoid it, which can save a lot of consumption.

In order to make a good show, Hong Tao requisitioned the jewelry of Lian'er and Ziju, and he didn't ignore it himself, and contributed an official uniform for Xi Luosa to use as evidence.

The trading location is not visible from the mountainside, so you need to turn around the mountain. But Hong Tao was able to use a telescope on the mountainside to see the movement of Zongcheng.

Soon after Xi Luosa and a few of his people entered the big stone castle, dozens of heavily armed van troops followed Xi Luo Sa, and they rushed out and ran to the other side of the mountain.

After waiting for a long time, Hong Tao didn't hear the chirp of a swarm of bees, and he was a little panicked. I saw just now that although the armor of the box army was not as elite as the forbidden army, the people and horses were neat and the training level was not low. In case Shi Tong and Xi Luosa can't deal with it, they will have to miss if they can't keep it.

"My lord, there's a horse coming this way." Just when Hong Tao was about to let the children's group lay up thistles in front of the convoy, Jiang Erlang suddenly lay on the ground and gave a definite answer after listening for a while.