It is not uncommon for a large area of blood to appear on the border road, which is the conflict and killing zone between the two countries.

But the bloodstains are not in front of the border pass but in the rear of the Great Song Dynasty, and here because there is a horizontal mountain that is generally east-west to block dozens of miles, although the mountain is not high and not dangerous, but it is also difficult to cross the large army of chariots and horses, and a mountain separates the Song and Liao countries. The few checkpoints that can be passed have not been broken by the Liao army, how can a large number of bloodstains appear on this road after the pass?

Is it not human blood, but the blood of wild beasts, caused by the Orion striking its prey passing through here?

However, this area is basically woods and barren hills, and there are almost no people within ten miles. Someone, who would leave the mountains and wilderness at the door of their homes and go hunting in the heavily guarded border area despite the wind and snow? What kind of beast can be killed and wounded in Hengshan, but blood can be sprinkled from the deep mountains to this mountain road three or four miles away from Hengshanzhai?

Could it be that the hunters are hungry and slaughter their prey here and roast it? It's just that the heavy snow has covered up the traces of firewood.

Maybe there are bandits who harm people passing by, or there are small groups of Liao soldiers and Liao people who abandon their horses and go over the mountains......

There are many possibilities. Maybe it's too vigilant and too worried. Zhao Gonglian frowned slightly.

Tong Gang is the chief of the guard, and he will never allow Hou Ye to make any mistakes, nor will he rule out any danger with his feelings.

"Big young master, I still have to be cautious when I go to Hengshan Pass."

He was an orphan raised by Cangzhao, and he regarded himself as a personal servant, and was used to calling Zhao Gonglian like the old man of Zhao Zhuang.

Although Guo Danian, the leader of Hengshan Pass, was personally interviewed by Hou Ye, he was a veteran who was single-handedly promoted and reused, which should be trustworthy. But Tong Gang was most worried that something had happened in Hengshan Pass. Someone deliberately blocked the news in a bad way, and I don't know it. So it must be reminded.

Zhao Gonglian looked at the loyal chief of the guard.

Tong Gang nodded seriously. Stick to your own caution.

This is not to be done lightly.

The most terrible enemy is the 'own people' who secretly hate the calculating. Cangzhao rose and expanded. Breaking the old pattern will inevitably touch the interests of all parties, and there are indeed too many enemies, such as officials, businessmen, people, bandits, ruffians, and bullies. Enemy nation, new, old, old, young...... There are all kinds of reasons for hatred, and there are all kinds of enemies.

Tong Gang served as the chief of the guard, closely protecting Zhao Gonglian over the years, experiencing too many dangers, insidious assassination, poisoning, and murder, and spending too much effort. After accumulating too much experience and vigilance, and working together with all the brothers, the tacit understanding was well arranged, so that the Hou Ye was still safe and sound.

Zhao Gonglian snorted lightly: "The plan can't be changed." Yokoyama must go. If there is a change, it should also be detected and eradicated as soon as possible. ”

Hou Ye has made up his mind. Not afraid of danger.

The guards were not afraid. They are all Zhao Zhuang's disciples, and they have a certain sacred and proud belief erected by the second young master Zhao Yue in their hearts, and they are all fanatical followers of Cangzhao.

The team began to move forward again.

The guards' spirit that had begun to relax had now turned to a high level of vigilance.

It is getting closer and closer to Hengshan Pass. Tong Gang took out Cangzhao's unique high-powered telescope from his bag and began to carefully observe the situation on the city gate.

He hopes that by looking at the sharp weapon from a distance, he can find the clues of danger in advance when the person who closes it is difficult to detect.

Han Shizhong has never seen it. I've never heard of this plaything, and I don't know what Tong Gang is lifting. Can't help but be curious.

Tong Gang put down the binoculars, but his brows furrowed tightly.

"Young Master, it seems that everything is normal when you close it. But I feel that there are two things wrong. One is that there are fewer bed crossbows and siege crossbows arranged on the city wall here, and normally, at this level, even the rear wall should always have seven or eight planes. There are only four of them. The second is the walking posture of the patrol observation posts in the city, and I always feel like a duck walking. ”

The frontline border passes should be guarded against enemy infantry sneak attacks and sieges from behind at any time. The crossbow is used to shoot enemy commanders and generals, destroy long-range siege weapons and operators such as the Whirlwind Cannon, and are also used to demoralize the enemy head-on at the castle.

Although the Liao State was fierce and domineering and barbaric, and its customs were very different from those of the Han people, it admired the great civilization of the Han people in its bones, and also respected some important celebrations or funeral days of the Great Song Dynasty, such as the Chinese New Year, the emperor or the death of an important figure in the Great Song Dynasty, and the two sides would temporarily stop the war.

The New Year is approaching, and it is the middle of winter season that is not conducive to cavalry combat, and the Song and Liao sides will not clash normally. The defensive arrangement of the border post is a little lax, and there are some changes in the bed crossbow and the like, which is nothing. This is not enough to judge that the city is different.

Walking shaky, it may be frozen and shrunken, or it may be ...... Bandy.

Bandy?

At the thought of this word, everyone, including Zhao Gonglian, couldn't help but feel nervous.

Only the horseback people will have large-scale lap legs.

The Cheongju army was originally equipped with some cavalry, but the horses they rode were not good as a whole, their training was limited, and their riding skills were not strong. Zhao Gonglian brought 6,000 people from the original Cangzhou army over, and only then did he have a large-scale cavalry, and only then did he have a large number of standard war horses through the border pass Xinma Zheng.

Important checkpoints such as Hengshan were also equipped with several war horses, which were used for the chieftain's ride and communication alarms.

But the garrison soldiers are mainly responsible for guarding the castle, blocking the enemy from going south, there is no responsibility to cross the border to pursue the enemy out of the fort, basically infantry, few can ride horses, let alone ride a horse well, and then practice horseback riding as an adult, not on horseback for many years, the legs are not so easy to deform, both of which determine that it is difficult for the soldiers here to appear looped legs. How can there be a very small probability that the sentinels on the castle are all lap legs?

Of course, it may also be that Guo Danian actively responded to the call of the marshal to conform to the requirements of the trend, attached importance to the equestrian practice of his subordinates, and used the only few horses in the fort to practice riding every day, resulting in abrasion on the crotch and thighs of the soldiers.

Today, it was the turn of the injured sentries to be on duty, and there was a strange phenomenon of swaying away with their legs crossed.

But the team still slowed down, Zhao Gonglian took the binoculars, observed carefully, and put it down after a while, his eyes flashed solemnly.

Although it was blocked by the battlements of the city wall more than one meter high, he couldn't see whether the lower half of the patrol sentry's body was a loop, and Zhao Gonglian also felt that something was wrong.

At this time, they were not very far from the city pass, and the sentry on the castle was condescending, and they could clearly see a group of cavalry approaching the level, but they couldn't see the details clearly.

And Zhao Gonglian saw from the telescope just now that those sentries were looking this way, and several of them were smiling, but they felt that they were smiling badly.

Of course, this does not mean that if you close it, you will have to be an enemy.

Fighting men in a difficult situation, can you still expect them to smile happily, sweetly and movingly? (To be continued.) )