When Pan Geng moved to Yin, I initiated Jian Shang

Chapter 421: Hiding the truth (Part )

September tenth.

Xinqu was in Yu County, watching the sentries and scouts sent out, collecting roads and some maps of places where tribes might exist from the mountains between Guangling and Lingqiu.

These maps have actually been prepared by pedestrians three years ago, but it was only recently that they were gradually improved to Wei Di.

Behind him were four or five important members of the clan who arrived from behind.

Including Yao Cong and others.

It was just that when they followed Xinqu to look at the map, one or two of them remained silent, but tried their best to write down Xinqu's movements on it.

"According to the survey in the south, for the time being, we have three roads we can take. They are Longshan Valley, Caoduo Mountain, and Black Rock Ridge.

Among them, Longshan Valley and Caoduo Mountain are close to Guanglingyi, which is now controlled by Xiong Dashou. There is the upper source of the Hulu River at our feet, and it is also the easiest mountain road to enter the Lingqiu area.

As for Blackstone Ridge, entering the mountains thirty miles south of Yu County, and then walking along the Dongyu Valley, you can enter Laiyuan the fastest and enter the place where the Lai family was originally driven into the mountains to hide. "

Having said this, Xinqu looked at Xingrendong.

Xingren Dong followed Xin Qu's finger and nodded involuntarily: "I really didn't expect that I could enter Laiyuan from here.

But I don't recommend going in from here.

When we hid in Laiyuan, if we could have found another way, we would not have rushed out of the mountains along the same route and asked for help in Youzhou.

Therefore, the roads here must not have been developed and will take time to be rebuilt. "

"Well, the location of Blackstone Ridge is indeed a big problem."

Xinqu couldn't help but sigh.

The road here in Laiyuan is not easy to walk. Even though there are a lot of waterways here, you can move along the waterways and reduce the demand for supplies. But based on the road trend, the cost has not actually changed.

If the camp here is properly maintained, walking here will naturally be faster and more unexpected.

Unfortunately, there is almost no one here anymore.

They were all packed up and taken away by the Lai family when they rushed out of the mountains.

Even if there is someone, it can only be the tribe from Tangyi, the Shang clan, who comes here again.

This place is unknown, so let’s leave it aside for now.

"So, what do you think about Longquan Valley and Caoduo Mountain?"

Xinqu continued to ask everyone.

Fortunately, Snake looked on from the side and yawned: "What else can I choose? Caoduo Mountain is the fastest, and there is a ditch that flows into the Hulu River.

As for the midstream area, a small town can be established here as a stronghold. Then go southwest, climb over a mountain, and enter the tributary of Lingqiu Shui, the main river in Lingqiu County.

If you go down the mountain here, you can quickly enter the heart basin of Lingqiu County.

Controlling the hinterland basin is equivalent to controlling the important production area. We can completely move the grain from Yu County to Lingqiu.

And Lingqiu Water can reach Huo Di to the west.

Along the way, the mountains and rivers are all connected. We can use bamboo rafts and wooden rafts to reduce our transportation losses.

This has little effect on our attack on Huo Di. "

"Well..." Xin Qu said nothing, nodded slightly and said, "But... there is one more question, according to the investigation of the scouts ahead.

Here, there is a tribe of about three hundred people. "

Xin Qu tapped the location of Phoenix Mountain.

This is where the copper mine discovered by earthwork is located.

"And here we have a road we can walk on, but most of it is rugged mountain roads, making it inconvenient to transport food. So, why does the Rong clan need to arrange 300 people here?

Beware of the savages from Laiyuan next door? In terms of distance, something is wrong. "

Xinqu pondered for a moment and said: "Hey Snake, please arrange for ten good mountain walkers. Xingrendong, select a few people from the mountain who are familiar with the area around Laiyuan, and form an exploration team. First, go up from Shimen Valley to investigate. What is there in the mountains that is worthy of having the Rong clan forcefully transfer 300 people from the only 800 people in Lingqiu to nest in this area."

"Yes!"

The two of them did not refuse. In fact, they were also curious about what was in the mountains and why so many people were sent to a place like this.     It obviously looks wrong.

"As for the remaining people...they all performed their duties, repaired the stockade, and smoothed the roads, and they all got busy.

Then he ordered people to inform Xiong Dashou to enter from Caoduo Mountain, go to the middle reaches, build a small village, and open a road in advance. "

Xin Qu issued an order, "Be sure to complete the exploration and preliminary construction of the road ahead for me before September 20th."

"Yes!"

Everyone go down.

Xinqu frowned and moved his gaze southward from Lingqiu.

Where did Sudagu go?

Are you in Jinzhong now? Or Taiyuan?

……

at the same time.

"Fire! Put out the fire!"

Shu Dagu stood on a hillside, looking at the thick smoke billowing down the mountain, and couldn't help but frown slightly.

Xin Qu explained when he let the mountain burn before that the thick black smoke was caused by insufficient combustion.

Often, the fuel is too damp, or the wind isn't strong enough, preventing the tree from burning to its fullest potential.

And now, he is indeed facing such a problem.

Although they rushed out of the mountains without encountering many obstacles, the large-scale and organized fires still aroused the reaction of the local tribes.

They obviously have experience dealing with being set on fire during the autumn harvest.

These days, all the dry land near the periphery, some of which have not yet completely turned yellow, is immediately harvested on a large scale and then dried uniformly.

Only fields close to water sources and rivers continue to wait for the real autumn harvest.

However, as time passed, Yu County was completely harvested by Xin Qu, let alone the south.

After the last batch is burned, there will be no place left to burn.

He had thought about freeing the slaves before, but before the slaves could run far, they were suppressed by the soldiers and horses of the Rong clan.

The Rong clan can rely on Jinzhong and half of Taiyuan to live a prosperous life in Shanxi. How can it be that they have no ability at all?

Therefore, Shu Dagu found that the extent of his disruption was limited, and he had to find another way to create a big one.

"Big stocks!"

Tong hurriedly rode back, looked at Shu Dagu with a serious face and said: "You Rong's manpower is being transferred north.

There are already more than a thousand people, carrying supplies, heading north into Daidi.

It seems that the North is already preparing for a fight. "

Shu Dagu nodded: "What are you going to do next? We have few people and can't go up to the city, so we can only harass the small tribes. But the small tribes can't control the situation on the battlefield at all now. We must find someone who can solve it. It will also give them a headache.”

"Are you planning to rob food?" Tong Xiang saw it immediately and said very seriously, "If you are planning to rob food, then there is only one place between the whole Daidi and the heart of the Yourong family that is most suitable, Berlin Mountain (Baizi) Mountain), there is a group of mountains with complex terrain.

I walked around there before, and found that only in the northern area, there was a tribe of slaves belonging to the Rong clan, with more than 300 people.

Controlling that side, you can harass their waterways to the east and their land routes to the west.

If necessary, you can go north, west, or east. There are large mountains and forests all around. If you run into it, you can completely avoid it. "

"You all know that there is a strong point over there, wouldn't you arrange for people to reinforce the defense?"

When Shu Dagu heard this, he felt something was wrong.

"Isn't that area the territory of the Rong clan? Why do we need to defend it? Who dares to make trouble?"

When Tong said this, his expression was strange, and he pointed at himself and then at him: "They didn't deliberately leave this gap for us to take advantage of, right?"

(End of this chapter)