"Even if the forbidden army has a heart, I'm afraid it won't be able to ......" This time it was Miao Kui who took over the question, and then raised his hand and pointed to the path behind him and the layers of mountains.

“…… Let's go find a place to camp first, and then send someone to summon the Tongchuan Fort Guard to see me in the future! Hong Tao knew what Miao Kui wanted to say, and suddenly lost his temper.

That's right, it is not impossible for the forbidden army to enter the mountains to suppress bandits, but the cost is too high. Their task was not to maintain local law and order, but to guard the border to defend against the Xia people. If the work is delayed or the loss is too great because of the bandits, there is no way to explain it to the imperial court. Just pretend not to see, and everyone sweeps the snow in front of the door and cares about the frost on the tiles.

But I can't be blind, this road is a lifeline, in the future, a large number of materials will be transported from the Guanzhong area by the water tiger wings, if you don't sweep away the large group of bandits, with the ability and courage of the crown, I'm afraid it really won't work.

Once the logistics channel is disrupted, it will be very sad for me to be in Huangzhou. Not to mention the matter of preventing the Tanguts from building a city on the other side of the border, if the local herdsmen of all ethnic groups knew that their new appeasement would not even be able to settle the bandits, who would have a sense of awe.

It is useless to reason with these shepherds, they believe in power, whoever is strong is reasonable, and the weak have no way to live. So for his own safety, Hong Tao also has to find a way to get rid of the bandits, at least to clean up the bandits near this lifeline.

But how to get rid of the bandits, Hong Tao has no bottom in his heart, the art of war is cloudy, and he knows that he will not be defeated in a hundred battles. If you want to fight the enemy, you must first understand the enemy's situation and find the opponent's weaknesses before you can prescribe the right medicine. At this point, Hong Tao felt that he was still quite talented, and immediately thought of a channel to understand the enemy, and he was very sure.

Fu Ji's evaluation of the Tongchuan Fort Xiang Army is very accurate, and these box soldiers also carry the name of a soldier on their backs, which is actually no different from a farmer.

When this strange-looking team appeared on the mountainside path, the sergeants and soldiers who were cultivating on the gentle slope of the river beach were all stunned, staring intently with a confused face, and no one could think of going to the fort to warn them, and no one planned to come forward to ask the other party's origin.

Even if this is a team from the mainland, it shouldn't be so lax, a military fort doesn't even have this basic quality, which makes Hong Tao look down on the guards here a little bit in his heart.

"It's a good piece of land, but I didn't expect there to be such good land surrounded by mountains." The other party was too amateurish, so Hong Tao was no longer worried, and simply drove the horse to catch up with Fu Ji and chatted with her about the local climate.

This valley basin can only be described as rich, and it is very different from the surrounding snow-capped mountains and rushing rivers, calm and fertile, without having to check the composition of the land, just by looking at the softness and color of the soil from a distance.

At the beginning of spring, the ground begins to turn green, and all kinds of grasses and wildflowers are rushing to pop up to occupy a small piece of blue sky of their own in the coming months.

This illustrates another problem, the basin has its own microclimate, the temperature is higher than that of the mountainous areas, coupled with sufficient water and sunshine time, the yield of a single season alone is probably a little higher than that of the fertile fields in the south of the Yangtze River.

"There are not good fields here, but there are four or five such valleys on the Huangshui, which are bigger, flatter and more fertile. The officials don't know that Huangzhou City is located in the largest valley of Huangshui, the water and grass are abundant and abnormal, and there are fish in the river the size of a calf. Fu Ji told Hong Tao what she knew about Huangzhou again, not only seeing but also hearing, it was difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood.

"Haha, the fishing official is the best, if there is really this fish, you just wait to enjoy the mouth, sashimi, sour soup fish shake off the cheeks and make it!"

As soon as he heard that there were big fish, Hong Tao couldn't help but yearn for it, and the troubles in his heart were reduced a lot. He is this kind of character, nothing important to play any big things, as long as there is play, it is very easy to be satisfied, and he admits the hardships and tiredness.

"Officials can't, the local people regard the big fish in the river as gods, not only can they not be hunted, but they will also worship and worship." Fu Ji is not as heartless as Hong Tao, her task is not only to find the path, but also to customs and habits.

“…… Then let it go first, wait, sooner or later, the officials will let them go down to the river to catch fish and eat by themselves! I'll tell you quietly that one person knows, in fact, I am a god, hey, hey, hey, ......hey, So I started thinking about bad ideas again.

"Phew, full of nonsense, Ji Cai doesn't believe it." At this time, the colt seems to be a little different, and it is impossible to say exactly what has changed, but anyway, he feels as if he has bloomed, more attractive and more dominant. The change of the colt made Fu Ji a little uncontrollable, and actually started to twist.

"Here it is again, now is not the time for me to save my life first." Hong Tao is already a little powerless against Fu Ji, he is good at grasping other people's weaknesses and taking advantage of them, and this woman is also very accurate in grasping her own weaknesses.

The camp was planted on the hillside, backed by the path from which it came. This is very in line with Hong Tao's pragmatist style, there is no upper limit to safety, even if he will be laughed at for being timid, he can't change his criteria: in front of life, there will never be a face!

"My lord, isn't it a bit of a fuss?" When Hong Tao ordered that in addition to the path behind him, no thistles should be blocked, and a double-layer defensive line should be laid in the front and rear of the camp, and the left and right sides of the camp should be dug overnight, and the hornet's nest should also be taken out into the actual combat state, Miao Kui, who has always agreed with the cautious style of the horse, also felt that it was a bit excessive.

This is a military fort in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, how can you use the means to deal with the Tangut people against your own people. Of course, bandits should be guarded against, but are the more than 100 forbidden troops still afraid of bandits? It's not so much that this is cautious, but that the colt doesn't believe in the combat effectiveness of the official forbidden army, and is very disrespectful.

"Don't forget, we have a gambling contract first, do you want to be a person who doesn't even keep the gambling contract?" Hong Tao actually has no reason, he is a natural chicken thief and has experienced too many things. As the saying goes, the ignorant are fearless, and the more they know and experience, the less courage they have.

Besides, he just has to move his mouth, and he doesn't do any fart work, that's why he tosses so much. But this original intention can't be stated, and there is no reason, so let's just go over the old accounts. Who owes him is worth it, and he will never forget it for several lifetimes.

“…… Four years and nine months to go! Miao Kui's face was purple, he had never seen such a nonsense Shangguan. The dignified five-grade member plus the emperor's brother-in-law is actually like a scoundrel in the market.

"Let's wait until you and I live for a year, it's a luxury to sleep comfortably in this ghost place, and it will be premature aging if you think so far. Lao Peng, let's make a fire and cook. Wang Da, after the children's regiment laid the thistles, they went to help dig trenches, and the three sides of the south and northwest should be enough to be one meter deep, avoiding hard rocks. ”

Hong Tao didn't plan to subdue Miao Kui and his personal official forbidden army at all, they were the emperor's personal guards, if they were so easy to be controlled by others, the emperor would have died a long time ago. Whether it is five years or four years, in fact, it has exceeded his expectations for Miao Kui, one year is enough.

If you can't gain a foothold in Huangzhou within a year, it will be useless to come to the army as many pro-subordinate officers as you want. So there is no need to even talk nonsense, and it is more convenient to give orders to the children's group. They will do it word for word, and they will also supervise others.

At the same time as the camp was being built, a forbidden army escort officer went to Tongchuan Fort with the official voucher of the pacification envoy and informed the local guard to go to the camp to meet the new Huangzhou Jingluo pacification envoy.

Almost an hour later, when dinner had been eaten, a group of men and horses left the gate and walked slowly in the direction of the camp. The leader was a black fat man, much fatter than Wang Guan and Sima Guangke, and the horse was pressed by him as if it might die at any time.

At this time, Hong Tao was sitting on the box car drinking tea, now the altitude is lower, and the altitude sickness has been reduced a lot, but his head still hurts a little, he didn't eat much for dinner, and it is quite comfortable to drink hot tea.

As for the fate of the detainer, he didn't care at all, as long as the guard didn't intend to be killed by the Zhulian Nine Clans, he wouldn't dare to hurt the detainer's life, and the other party was not so bold.