"Second, the time of day! It's still early spring, it's still very cold, as long as we can get through today, if they can't fight today, they will have to camp in the wild, freezing and hungry, and their combat power will be greatly reduced! And what about us? There is food, drink and shelter, don't worry about the wind and cold, this is our time! ”

"Third, the location! You see, at the bottom of our platform, the cliff several feet high, only such a crack can come up, and when they beat us, they have to attack us like a siege, with their faces up! And what about us? Throwing rocks from the platform will kill them! This is our geographical advantage! I'll put my words here, as long as there are thirty people guarding this cliff, even if there are thirty people in the official army, it will be useless! If they want to get it, they have to fill it with human lives! ”

Since Bai Mazi has made up his mind at this time, he is not in a hurry, his thinking is also clear, and the whole person speaks in a much more organized manner. He said this freely, not to mention, it was really useful. When these horse thieves heard this, they all felt that it was very reasonable, and if they thought about it this way, the officers and soldiers really couldn't help it!

The morale of the army, which was originally low, has recovered a lot at this time, and Bai Mazi yelled again: "Brothers, kill dog officers and soldiers!" ”

The crowd shouted in response.

For a while, it was also very imposing.

It was only when Feng Kang remembered that he had just joined those officers and soldiers, and the bow used by the officers and soldiers had such a long range, that he was faintly uneasy in his heart. He swallowed, but he didn't dare to say it.

Then Bai Mazi allocated a small group of people and ordered them to carry all their weapons, food, bows and arrows, etc., to the cave. Behind the platform is the cave, put in the cave, one is safe, the other is close to it, when you want to use it, it is very convenient to take it.

The rest of the horse thieves began to look for stones, and even demolished some of the less important buildings in the cottage and piled them on the edge of the platform.

These pieces of wood and stone can not only resist the feathered arrows fired by the attackers, but also serve as weapons to be pushed down when the officers and soldiers attack close and prepare to climb the melee battle. When the time comes, these heavy logs and stones falling from the sky will be the deadliest weapons.

The first unlucky was the house of Hou Jiawei and others.

When Dong Ce's large army entered the valley where Hutou Cottage was located, Bai Mazi's preparations had basically been completed.

At the edge of the platform, a large amount of wood and stone were piled up, almost forming a circle on the south-facing side, forming a wall.

Several stone slabs built a three-foot-high platform, and Bai Mazi stood on it, holding the pergola in his hand, looking into the distance. Hutou Mountain dominates the entire valley, and the platform is two or three hundred meters higher than the flat land in the valley, and the whole valley is in full view. At this time, there was a wind, and a large area of withered yellow weeds in the valley rose and fell with the wind, and his eyes were fixed on the mouth of the valley leading to the south, where the officers and soldiers had to enter the valley.

This valley is very large, Hutou Mountain is seven or eight miles away from the valley mouth, this distance is not close, but Bai Mazi stands high and sees far away, his eyes are also good, and when he looks at it, he can only see a large piece of red as if it were a red cloud, floating in from the valley mouth.

At such a distance, not to mention the face of a person, even the body shape is not clear, and that red cloud is not known to be formed by the officers and soldiers gathered together.

After dealing with officers and soldiers for so many years, Bai Mazi naturally does not know what color clothes the soldiers of the officers and soldiers wear.

The corners of Bai Mazi's eyes jumped fiercely.

Although he was full of confidence, he couldn't help but be a little nervous when he saw those officers and soldiers who were obviously quite numerous.

Why are these damn dog officers and soldiers holding on to themselves? If the person who came this time was really the damn Dong Er, then this guy could really be regarded as a ghost!

At this time, he hated the officers and soldiers so much, but he seemed to have forgotten how he acted recklessly and how cruel he was in the beginning. It's just that now it's time for retribution.

Dong Ce rode his horse and stood at the mouth of the valley, looking at this vast valley from afar, with a feeling of emotion.

This is not the first time he has come here, but the last time he joined forces with Bai Tianfu, and he came here, in fact, the drunkard did not mean to drink, just to have a reason to tell Liu Ruozai the news that Jiannu was going to Dacaotan to recruit the rest of Chahar. It was also that action that prompted a series of things that happened later, and in the end, he finally got his wish, and the court allowed Liu Ruozai to recruit the rest of Chahar, and he was finally able to be among them.

It has been more than half a year since I came to the Ming Dynasty, and I finally ushered in the best opportunity to increase my official position and control more power.

The last time I came here with Bai Tianfu was just a little more than a month ago, but when I think about it, it seems like a long time has passed.

This time, he led the troops alone, and the purpose was to completely wipe out this tiger-headed cottage.

Dong Ce's eyes moved up, looking at the huge platform on Hutou Mountain and the cave like a giant tiger's mouth, he looked at it for a while, suddenly the corners of his mouth pulled, smiled coldly, and stopped looking. For him, his current interest in this valley is even greater than that of Hutou Cottage.

In the eyes of others, this valley, which is not far from the Saibei grassland and not close to the territory of the Han people in Shannan, is really not a good place. Although the traffic is convenient in the middle of the mountains, it is a bit far away from the south of the mountain, so it is a little troublesome to control. And it's too close to the Saibei grassland, if the Tartars really come to disturb it, it will be there in a blink of an eye, but it's not easy to guard against. It is conceivable that if a castle is built here to garrison, I am afraid that I will have to fight in three days.

Dong Ce has specially read some ancient books, it is said that when this place was in the Yongle Dynasty, there was also a military fort, there were thousands of soldiers, and more than 1,000 military households were stationed here, but later, the military fort was demolished and burned, and all the soldiers and soldiers in it were relocated, and it was completely yellow and flew down.

It's like giving up here.

But in Dong Ce's view, this is an out-and-out feng shui treasure.

First of all, the location is superb.

Between the Central Plains and the grassland of Saibei, it is blocked by a reckless mountains, the mountains stretch for hundreds of miles from north to south, and it is difficult to pass, but there is a spacious tunnel, from south to north, connecting the north of Datong Town and the grassland outside the Saiwai. This hole road is actually a river valley, and on the dry riverside, there is also the existence of the official road built in the year, although the official road of this era is only a dirt road, but for hikers, trekking through mountains and rivers are commonplace, there is such a dirt road to walk, it is already a very happy thing.

The existence of this river valley and this abandoned official road was an important condition for this place to become a traffic artery in the first place.

And this valley is near the midpoint of the Kongdao, and the distance from here to the Saibei grassland and to the Central Plains Han Land is almost the same. Generally speaking, it takes about two days to pass through this tunnel, and in the evening of the first day, you will reach the left side of the valley, where you will rest for the night, and then continue your journey the next day.

Until now, near the mouth of the valley, there is still a piece of ruins, hundreds of years ago, these ruins were a very prosperous inn shop.

I think that when the trade routes were prosperous, it was also lively for a while.

And now, it has fallen into this desolate situation.

It seems that this place may never be revived again, and may continue to be abandoned like this until hundreds of years from now.

Dong Ce's thinking is very clear: now this place is very desolate, but what if the trade routes flourish again?

At first glance, Dong Ce's idea is almost crazy, and it is also very unrealistic, and it is simply a bit nonsense.

The reason why the trade routes are declining is that due to the drought for many years, Mongolia has also been greatly affected, and its strength is weakening day by day, and there are many tribes who have moved away from this area very close to the Han land, and the Mongolian tribes have left, and who do the merchants sell their things to? If the merchants are not coming, can the trade routes still exist? If the trade route is not prosperous, how can it flourish here?

But the root cause of all this is because of the migration of the Mongolian tribes in Shanbei. Then, what if, a large Mongolian tribe with a large number of people and a great demand for all kinds of materials migrated to the north of the mountain, the other end of the Kongdao? For example, the Chahar tribe is now recuperating on the big grass beach.

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