Daily life of slaying demons in the government

Chapter 418: Gray Wood Pass

Zhao Ting invited Yang Qian several times, and Yang Qian finally found time to go with him to Huimu Pass.

To use the words of old man Zhao Ting: Your Excellency is in charge of Shuangqing Prefecture, and Huimu Pass is the place where safety and security are most affected, so you must pay close attention to it!
This old fellow is very good at speaking. You say he is good at flattery? He is indeed better than many civil officials in this aspect, and he has the unique integrity of a soldier. When he flatters, there is a strange feeling of "from the heart".

But Zhao Ting is not just a flatterer. He is serious when he needs to be serious, and he has the ability.

Over two months, he adopted a segmented strategy to divide all the cities, large and small, in Shuangqing Prefecture into blocks of varying sizes. He used the garrison forces of the blocks themselves to conduct self-clearing first, and then the provincial military office would conduct a second clearing.

The effect is very good, mainly because it saves a lot of time on the road, and the cleanup in various places has also begun to show results. The next step is to see how to maintain the current situation.

When it came to matters concerning the safety of the city, Zhao Ting was very tough. He defied Hu An and called Yang Qian out of his practice. He knelt on the ground and said that Yang Qian had to go to Huimu Pass.

Huimu Pass is not far from the prefecture. In the direction of Wanli Bamboo Sea, it is nearly 270 miles away, and there are two military forts in between, guarding the two most important official roads from east to west.

Naturally, Yang Qian would not drive there if he wanted to go to Huimu Pass. Instead, he took off directly into the sky, taking Juan and several other imperial guards, and then Zhao Ting with him. They stopped and walked along the way and visited all the places along the way to Huimu Pass, even the two military forts on the road were not missed.

"Why is it that the people in other places of Shuangqing Prefecture are living in misery and evil spirits are rampant, but only this military stronghold is in a state of strict order?"

Yang Qian had this feeling when he first entered Shuangqing Prefecture. At first, he thought that Xiao Cangyu relied on the military office to suppress the resistance in the cities, so he spared no expense and took out a large part of the money he earned from squeezing to fill the prefecture's army. That's why it seemed that the military power was not only not weak, but even more powerful than that of other prefectures.

But the appearance of Zhao Ting directly disproved Yang Qian's speculation. After all, Zhao Ting had been repeatedly verified by Hu An that he was not Xiao Cangyu's man. And all the supplies under Zhao Ting's command were provided by Shuangqing Prefecture. Why would Xiao Cangyu use the money he earned from squeezing to support soldiers who were not his own?

“Sir, no matter how rampant the evil spirits and bandits are in Shuangqing Prefecture, and no matter how Xiao Cangyu bullies the people, it cannot change the fact that this place is the first line of defense for the Hongwu Dynasty approaching the Wanli Bamboo Sea.

There is also a bamboo road outside Huimu Pass that leads to Dashun Dynasty. For decades, the offensive and defensive wars have never stopped. However, the intensity has been very low in recent years, and most of them are scouts and spying.

It was a disaster for the Hongwu Dynasty to lose its barrier against evil spirits and stubborn enemies once such a strategic location was lost.

Therefore, Xiao Cangyu did not dare to miss the military mission at Huimu Pass. The evil spirits and bandits were also unwilling to let Shuangqing Prefecture, which already met their vision, be seized by Dashun. It would be very troublesome to restore order afterwards. "

After walking and stopping along the way, to be honest, Yang Qian still felt a little disappointed when he saw Huimu Pass.

Before I came here I thought it was a strategic pass, but actually it can barely be considered a strategic pass, and it is not a strategic pass at all.

It is just a larger blockhouse built on a narrow pass.

Taking advantage of the mountain terrain, whether it is archery or stone throwing at Huimu Pass, it can directly cover an area of ​​nearly one mile in the pass below. In addition, there is a narrow bamboo path below the pass, so the advantage of the defenders will be multiplied.

Even for a cultivator who has not reached the Jindan stage, it is still difficult to reach the Huimu Pass from the narrow pass. The dense feather arrows, plus the crossbow bursts, might cost him his life. Not to mention that 90% of the junior immortal masters under Zhao Ting are guarding the Huimu Pass.

“Xiao Cangyu gave me the talisman at that time. If a strong man from the Dashun Dynasty attacks, you can crush the talisman and ask him for reinforcements.

I have been in Huimu Pass for so many years, and I have seen the strong men from the Dashun Dynasty attack several times. Sometimes it was really dangerous, and sometimes I was saved by Xiao Cangyu. "

"What is the level of cultivation of the strong men in the Dashun Dynasty?" Yang Qian asked curiously.

"According to Xiao Cangyu, he should be in the early stage of Jindan realm." Yang Qian nodded. This was consistent with his general judgment of the strength of the cultivators in the secular dynasty itself.

After all, even if the Immortal Alliance plundered a large amount of resources, there would always be some small mineral veins and small sacred mountains left out, and if they were collected, they would be able to train a few masters. But the lack of skills and methods must be the biggest problem.

Therefore, Yang Qian felt that with the power of a single country, the limit for them to cultivate was only a cultivator at the Jindan stage, and it was almost impossible for them to enter the Yuanying stage.

This was the case during the Dashun Dynasty, and the Hongwu Dynasty was probably similar.

When we reached the pass, the walls looked quite thin from the outside, but after we got inside, we found that they were actually very thick. They were built against the mountain, and in addition to bricks and stones, they were also supported by natural rocks, making them very solid.

It would be extremely difficult to destroy it from the outside by any means other than monks.

Looking ahead, the scenery is actually quite nice. A narrow mountain path stretches as far as the eye can see, with steep mountains on both sides and an endless sea of ​​bamboo below the mountains.

"Who dug this bamboo path?" Yang Qian asked, pointing to a narrow and abrupt path from the bottom of the mountain to the top. It was obvious that this path was not formed naturally, but it seemed too time-consuming and labor-intensive to dig it manually.

Zhao Ting shook his head and said, "I don't know. It is said that it was done by a certain immortal sect. There is not only this path here. I heard that there are similar paths in the bamboo forest. But I have never been in it, so I don't know if it is true."

Looking at the boundless bamboo sea, Yang Qian took the opportunity to ask what kind of threats generally come from the bamboo sea.

"It's mainly monsters. The mountains on both sides are too steep, and they can't climb over them, so they will head towards Huimu Pass.

A few ordinary firecrackers will scare them away, but the more powerful ones will charge at the pass, and sometimes they come in groups."

When talking about the military affairs of Huimu Pass, Zhao Ting talked endlessly. After all, Zhao Ting had spent most of his life here, so how could he not be familiar with it?

"Have you ever come into contact with the demon cultivators and thief cultivators from Chansi Cave and Feiyun Valley?"

Zhao Ting shook his head and said, "To answer your question, whether it is Chansi Cave or Feiyun Valley, they will not choose to pass through our side when entering or leaving the Bamboo Sea. Many times we can't even find them.

On the contrary, sometimes some demon cultivators and thieves would run from the mansion to the bamboo forest and choose to pass behind the pass. Generally, as long as such requests do not affect the defense of the pass, we will ignore them. This situation has become more common since you came. "

When talking about this, Zhao Ting and Yang Qian both laughed.

Just as the two were about to go down the pass, suddenly, a rustling sound came from the bamboo forest and was getting closer and closer.

Is that the sound of wind blowing through bamboo leaves? Yang Qian thought to himself.

However, Zhao Ting, who had spent most of his life in Huimu Pass, suddenly changed his expression.

"Not good! It looks like a beast tide! Beat the drum! Be alert!"

(End of this chapter)