The eastern fortress, since it can be called a fortress, must be impregnable, built on the mountain, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and at the same time there must be space to accommodate hundreds of thousands of soldiers, because there are not too many entertainment facilities, only part of the living facilities, so the place needed is not very large.

However, the eastern fortress built between the two mountain cliffs still gave Bai Qianye and the others a very big visual impact, especially when passing through the fortress, when looking up from the bottom, that feeling was only that they felt very small.

At this time, the caravan, even the usually more lively Yahime and Hime-starry sky, did not make a sound, but carefully observed the surroundings, and were also shocked by this magnificent building.

Bai Yiyi took a deep breath, "Great Qin is indeed the most powerful empire on the continent, at least a fortress of this size, I have never heard of it in the Western Alliance. Moreover, this kind of fortress is only facing the Eastern Alliance, and it is difficult to imagine whether there will be a larger fortress than this in the direction of the Western Alliance. ”

Qin Qiong nodded and said in a low voice, "Sister Yiyi, in the west of Great Qin, that is, the Jiangdao County we are about to go to, behind its territory, there is the largest fortress on the mainland, and this fortress is guarding against the Western Alliance and the neutral place in the north at the same time, so it is built behind Jiangdao County, and when Gongzi goes to take office, we will pass by." ”

"That fortress, called Everest, according to the translation of the ancient language, means the pearl of the continent, indestructible. At most, it can accommodate 450,000 people, which is exactly the number of the main army of an empire. ”

Bai Qianye swallowed hard and smiled with interest, "Everest, I like this name." ”

Bai Yiyi also smiled happily, "You like the name, I like that place, once the East and West War starts, find an opportunity to occupy it." ”

Ji Xingchan pursed her lips and smiled happily as well, "Don't worry, after you occupy it, I will find the Heavenly Palace and let them speak, and no one can snatch it back from you." ”

"Haha!" Ji Xingkong laughed, "Bullying, I like this, I'm good at this, I'll contact the second grandfather when the time comes." ”

Entering the gate of the eastern fortress,

The garrison of the fortress was obviously stunned for a moment when they saw that there was only one flag in front of the front of the Xin caravan, and then shook their heads and smiled, "How many years have I seen a caravan with only one flag." ”

"Where are you going?"

"Dahan, Chang'an City", Qin Qiong replied.

Several garrisons walked towards the convoy at the signal of the officer, and the officer looked at the caravan formalities handed over by Qin Qiong, and then asked, "What is the caravan loaded in?"

"Oh, some ordinary weapons and equipment, originally planned to transport some food back from Dahan, but we can't empty the car and walk all the way, so our son-in-law decided to buy whatever he can, and sell it casually when he gets there, just enough to pay for the fare. ”

The officer looked at Qin Qiong and said without any expression, "Open them all and check them routinely." ”

Qin Qiong was stunned for a moment, frowned, and was about to speak, only to see Bai Qianye behind him smile, "It's easy to say, it's easy to say." Everyone opened the carriage and let the military men check it. ”

When everyone heard that Bai Qianye had already spoken, they didn't insist on anything, nor did they say anything more, and opened the carriage very cooperatively.

Seeing that the three trucks were indeed some ordinary weapons and equipment, the people of the mercenary team were also slightly relieved. After all, these things can be regarded as ordinary goods on the mainland, and no matter where the horse thieves come from, they basically don't look down on these things.

Especially after the inspection of the fortress, now basically all the horse thieves have already known that the goods of this Xin caravan are not valuable goods, and I hope that no one will fight the idea of this caravan, and their brothers can be regarded as walking this dart smoothly.

The officer looked at the carriage, then at the carriage, there was really nothing to check, and then looked at the registration documents of the caravan, "You are the caravan of the Great Song Dynasty?"

Qin Qiong nodded, "Yes, I heard later that there was about to be a war between the East and the West, and there might be some oil on the road between Great Qin and Great Han, so I came here from thousands of miles away, this is our first order." ”

The officer smiled meaningfully and handed the document to Qin Qiong, "Be careful on the road, ask for more blessings, although this trade route does have a lot of oil and water, but it is not stable, it is not so good."

Walked. ”

Qin Qiong nodded with a smile, then waved his hand to the rear, and everyone closed the door of the carriage and slowly drove out of the fortress.

After entering the border, the mercenary team finally had the style of an experienced large mercenary team, casting their nets to investigate, and immediately driving away anyone who approached.

Qin Qiong asked puzzledly, "Big brother captain, don't be so nervous, right?"

The mercenary captain glanced at Qin Qiong, "Your caravan, you shouldn't have run cross-border trade before, right?"

"Uh......" Qin Qiong suddenly found that she had asked casually just now, as if she had revealed a hint of horse's feet, and immediately looked at Bai Qianye.

Both men shook their heads, apparently neither of them knowing what the problem was.

Qin Qiong frowned, then nodded with a smile, "It's still the captain's eldest brother who is experienced, and it can be seen at a glance that we have not done cross-border trading." After all, we are not a big caravan in the Great Song Dynasty, so we generally travel between the cities of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

The mercenary captain smiled, "I said, I felt it from what you just asked. ”

"This is the border between the two countries, there is no jurisdiction, and there are no rules for anything here, so don't think that only horse thieves can rob caravans, there are many times when caravans rob caravans, understand?"

Qin Qiong and Bai Qianye were stunned for a moment, and they both took a breath of cool air, it seemed that they still underestimated the cruelty on the border.

The mercenary captain carefully observed the surroundings, "After all, if you can do cross-border trading, the goods are not too bad, so everyone wants to make more money, in this case, grabbing the goods is the best way, and it is also the most direct way." ”

"There are also some caravans that do not enter the customs all year round, neither belonging to the Great Qin nor the Great Han, but some of the large horse thieves pretended to be other caravans, that is, they let other caravans not defend them, and they also inquired about the news, and then let the horse thieves take action to grab the goods. ”

"So, in this world, everything needs to be professional, all need experience, in terms of robbery, domestic bandits and bandits are weak, and the border horse thieves are the most professional. ”