"Is there a situation?" Jiang Erlang will definitely not leave the command position just because of a mole, he must have something to do, or a major matter that needs to be decided by the commander in the army.

"Several of his subordinates met three Xia messengers when they were patrolling, there was no living but there was a letter, it was sent to Liangzhou City by Jisang City to urge grain and grass, it seems that Zhuo Luocheng was fighting very lively, and the Xia people were going to send reinforcements from Jisang City." Jiang Erlang took out two letters from his leather pocket, both written in Western Xia, but they had been translated into Chinese characters.

With the addition of the Gang of False Orders, Hong Tao is like a Japanese devil who has found a fat translator, and they can read and write in Tangut, Tubo, Uighur, and Chinese. The aristocracy is the aristocracy, and they have received far more education than the commoners.

Jisang City is located in the southeast of Liangzhou, and is an important pass in the Xilan Road from Liangzhou to Lanzhou. It is built on the side of the Gulang River, and it can be reached in Zhuo Luo City by boat in the next day, which is very convenient for transporting troops and grain.

Since it was an urgent letter sent by the guards of Jisang City, it means that Jisang City has been hollowed out, so it will report to Liangzhou. In that case, the danger behind him would be basically lifted, and most of the Jisang defenders would definitely go to Zhuo Luo City, and the rest would not run around.

"Have you ever found the defenders of Liangzhou?" But Liangzhou City is different, it is the capital of Western Xia, and it is an important grain and military horse production area of Western Xia, the garrison will not be less, and it is unlikely that all of them will be transferred to the front line, and their movements must be paid attention to.

"No, I have tried to say that if you go another fifty miles, it will be the Wusheling Pass, and if you want to pass, you must go here. However, the mountains on both sides of the pass road are steep, and the Xia army built a pass here. Jiang Erlang said very seriously, if you can't take the Wusheling Ridge, the convoy will not be able to pass, and it will bring variables to the Liangzhou strategy.

"Don't believe his Chinese, order the convoy to rest thirty miles away from the enemy, increase the number of scouts, and take the tube to the field to see this ten thousand people." After coming to the Northern Song Dynasty for two years, Hong Tao was most annoyed by the adjectives of the ancients, which were too exaggerated, and whoever listened to them was fooled.

Liangzhou is located in the middle of mountains and deserts, with the continuous Qilian Mountains in the south and the three deserts of Mu Usu, Tengger and Badain Jarin in the north. If you want to attack here, the easiest way is to attack from the east and west, and it is not easy to go north and south.

Although the mountains to the south are only about 2,000 meters above sea level, they are not accessible to people, but they are still not suitable for large-scale military traffic. Men and horses can barely pass, and baggage can only pass through two specific passes.

One is the Wusheling Mountains, and the other is under the control of the Tibetans in the west. The Xixia people called them the golden pass and the silver lock, which means very strong, and firmly locked the south gate of Liangzhou.

"It seems that you haven't learned the bad things of the Han people." Following the special forces to climb a hill, hiding behind dense trees and holding a telescope, Hong Tao finally saw the panorama of the Wusheling Pass, and then retracted the slander of Chinese adjectives just now.

It's not too exaggerated, this pass is indeed very dangerous. It makes the most of the terrain and is built on a cliff with the fast-flowing Gulang River below. Between the river bank and the cliff there is a semi-man-made, semi-natural passage, less than two feet wide, and a ninety-degree corner.

The Xia defenders were stationed on the cliffs, and the number was unknown, as most of them stayed in the caves, with only a dozen or so sentries walking around the cliffs. Once the enemy situation is detected, in addition to the condescending shooting with a bow and crossbow, there are also rolling logs and stones available.

If you want to dodge arrows and prevent falling rocks from passing through this 100-meter-long pass, you need a lot of luck in addition to a fearless spirit.

This place is too narrow, even if tens of thousands of people come, they can only send out less than 100 people to attack each time, and it is useless to crowd each other and fall into the Gulang River. Once you fall, you will be drowned by the waves, and you can't save it.

It was not easy to attack from the west, and the Xia people cut down all the trees on the back of the cliff and set them on fire, making it not only difficult to climb but also difficult to hide. As long as it is discovered, it will light the beacon on the top of the cliff and alert the nearby Xia people, and it won't take half an hour for the Liangzhou defenders to know.

It is still certain to storm Hongtao, and the more this seemingly dangerous pass, the easier it is to be destroyed by fire. There is too little room for manoeuvre around the cliff, and once it is burned by the mixed oil, there is nowhere to hide. However, in order not to alarm the nearby enemy, it is obviously not appropriate to use incendiary bombs.

A sneak attack is not very difficult, the south side of the cliff is steep but not impossible to climb, and with the aid of mountaineering equipment, well-trained special forces can climb without alarming the enemy.

However, there should not be too many people, and there is no guarantee that no enemy will be missed when launching a surprise attack. As long as one runs, it is almost as effective as lighting a beacon fire.

Neither can attack forcibly nor sneak attack, Hong Tao is already desperate, he really can't only attack with fire, find out. There are still less than forty miles from Wusheling to Liangzhou, and the mountains are getting more and more gentle, there are no similar passes, and it is not too difficult to kill all the way, which is also one of the plans.

"What are those poles and baskets for?" But at this time, Hong Tao's curiosity came into play again, and there were several wooden shelves on the edge of the cliff, a bit like primitive cranes, with huge rattan baskets placed underneath.

"There is no passage here, everything including the soldiers have to go up and down with the help of hanging baskets, even if the defenders only throw stones, it is difficult for us to pass, those large stones are chiseled from the cliff, fixed only with wooden mechanisms, if you encounter the enemy, you will fall from the cliff and block the passage."

He was even more depressed than Jiang Erlang, he himself was a military nobleman from Western Xia, and he might not know who was the Liangzhou guard, but he was clear about the situation in the nearby passes. In his opinion, there is no way for people to pass through the Black Sheath Ridge without anyone noticing.

"Oh, this is the place of death?" Hong Tao had already put down the binoculars, but when he heard the false answer, he raised it again.

"The Wusheling Pass was built by Shanyu Weiliang during his lifetime, this person is the uncle of the Jing clan, proficient in border affairs, and has always been the commander of the right wing. He is also known as Wei Ming Shan Yu, and the name Ah Wu who is punished by the adults is the grandson of Wei Ming Shan Yu. Seeing that Hong Tao was still not giving up, he tried his best to bring out another person who he thought was famous, intending to show that the difficulty of the Wusheling Pass was extremely high.

"No matter if his surname is Li, his surname is Tuoba, or his surname is Wei, when he encounters this official, he can only have one surname, and he will die!" Not long ago, Hong Tao accidentally figured out why the surname Wei is a royal family, and the surname of the Western Xia royal family is Li, which is for sure, but after Li Yuanhao became the emperor, he changed the surname Li and called it Wei Ming.

It is said to be for orthodoxy, indicating that the Dangxiang clan came from the Tuoba clan of the Wei Dynasty. However, his children and grandchildren were more fond of Han culture, and there were many Han nobles in Western Xia, so this new surname was not popularized. Therefore, some of the surnames of the Western Xia royal family are Li, some are surnamed Tuoba, and some are surnamed Wei, in fact, they all mean the same thing.

"That's nature, as soon as the thunderbolt of the adults comes out, there will definitely be no armor left on the cliff." He was just unwilling to be forced by the special forces to storm this pass, because he himself was one of them, and the casualties were too great when he attacked it.

But he never thought that this pass could stand in the way, he had seen the siege crossbows and fire oil bombs of the new army more than once, that thing was really a siege weapon, whoever caught up with it was unlucky, there was no trick.

"No, no, no, don't make a big deal. Summoning the king, the official has his own clever plan! "Storming? Hong Tao shook his head like a rattle, if he wanted to attack, he didn't need to use this brain, who wouldn't throw fire oil bombs.

Wang Da soon climbed up, squatted beside Hong Tao and listened, nodding his head while listening, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

It's okay not to laugh, it's just a tomboy, this laugh, Jiang Erlang, Lili, and even with the wasp can't help but chill, cold from the heart. Don't ask, this adult is going to do something immoral again, and the children he taught will only laugh from the bottom of their hearts at this time.

That night, the whole army set up camp on a hillside three miles away from Wusheling Ridge, but they were not allowed to light fires and lamps, and could only eat canned food and dry food.

It is the special forces who cannot rest, they send patrols in all directions, one layer is not enough, the second layer is not enough, every valley, every forest, every mountain peak must be searched, and the presence of Xia people's sentinels must be strictly prevented.