Erdaogou is the most convenient and steep road from Xiping Mansion to Xingqing Mansion. Caravans entering and exiting this official road often have to unite before they dare to enter this ditch-like road.

If you plan to take a detour from other places, it will not only take time, but the road conditions will be extremely poor. Under normal circumstances, the caravan only needs to send personnel in advance to check at both ends to make sure that there is no danger before daring to enter.

If you don't check it, you will rush in in a daze, and if you are blocked by people in front and back, there will really be no way to go to the sky. And when was this place, it was also a battleground for war. It's just that now it's just an official road.

Zhao Xiaoxi, who arrived here, looked at the second ditch in front of him, which seemed to have opened a wide groove, and also understood that this was a special terrain and landform, which created such a precipitous place. Once they enter, the long-awaited bandits will appear!

Although he guessed that there was a scout sentry nearby and had been keeping an eye on them, Zhao Xiaoxi still ordered the guards in advance. The horse quickly entered the second ditch and checked the situation on the opposite side. If you don't send someone to investigate, it will make people feel suspicious.

As the ten guards quickly whipped up, they rushed into the second ditch with potholes above and flat below. Duan Yu also rode over and asked, "Fourth brother, you said those two horse bandits would ambush us there?" ”

From the observed terrain, the cliffs on both sides are not suitable for ambushers to hide. This meant that the battle would take place in the ravine, where they entered the canyon-like ravine. As for whether they hid in front or followed, it was only known when they entered.

Regarding the worry on Duan Yu's face, Zhao Xiaoxi said very calmly: "Third brother, don't worry, now that I know their plan, I am naturally fully prepared." This place is suitable for ambushes, and it is also suitable for destroying enemies! ”

Hearing that Zhao Xiaoxi was prepared, Duan Yu didn't want to ask anything more. Last night's battle. It has been proved that Zhao Xiaoxi is indeed better than him a lot in terms of arranging troops. What he has to do now is to cooperate with Zhao Xiaoxi.

Just as Zhao Xiaoxi and his party were waiting for the cavalry who had gone out to reconnoiter to return, a caravan with the banner of the dart bureau appeared behind them. The number of people looks. There were also hundreds of people, including many horseback dart masters to escort the convoy.

This kind of large-scale bodyguard team can also be seen on this official road from time to time after the Western Xia and the Great Song Dynasty began to trade. Seeing the arrival of this caravan, the military guards in charge of the rear of the palace quickly stopped it.

Until a merchant wearing a melon skin hat in the caravan stepped out of the carriage and came to them, proposing to cross the Erdaogou with Zhao Xiaoxi and others. This is also a common form of temporary partnership among people who understand the dangers of Erdaogou.

On the head of the dart of the bodyguard. While discussing things with the caravan's shopkeeper and Cho Hyo-seok, the leader of the Iron Wolf Captain in a canyon near Erdaogou. I don't think it's surprising that the news reported by the scout sentry.

Even after learning that this caravan escorted a lot of grain, as well as a few mule and horse-drawn carts wrapped in canvas, it was clear that this should be a Great Song caravan with very good strength.

As for the mighty dart game of the guards, the leader of the Iron Wolves has also heard of it. This is a big dart bureau headquartered in Phong Xiang Province. In the caravans that have entered and exited Western Xia over the years, many of them have the shadow of this dart master escort.

I don't think there's anything special about the Iron Wolf Leader. Tell your men to inform the leader of the gust of wind on the other side of the situation. Although there was an extra caravan of dart masters, there was no problem in taking them down if they were united.

The scout sentry who had been staring at the two teams, and soon saw that the shopkeeper of the caravan seemed to be happy to surrender his hand to Duan Yu. Then he instructed his dart masters. Prepare to set off with Zhao Xiaoxi and others to enter this dangerous Erdaogou together.

With the Wu Wei, who had previously entered Erdaogou and reconnoitred the situation, a few people came back. The rest were left on the other side to warn against being blocked here. Cho Hyo-seok quickly ordered to start entering Erdaogou.

Because there was an extra caravan, Zhao Xiaoxi and others walked in front, and the caravan's convoy followed behind. A team of about 300 people began to enter this ten-mile-long canyon passage.

The scouts who had been staring at Zhao Xiaoxi and his party, looking at these two teams, all entered the Erdaogou and immediately returned to the area where the Iron Wolf was hiding. With an excited face, he said: "Chief, the prey has entered the pit!" ”

Hearing this, the one-eyed dragon, the leader of the Iron Wolf Team, immediately drew the scimitar on his body. He looked extremely excited and said, "It's going to hunt again!" Wolf cubs, go hunting with Lao Tzu! ”

With a swing of his scimitar, more than five hundred elite horse bandits slapped out of their horses unusually quietly. At the same time as the crowd, the scout sentry with a gust of wind saw that the iron wolf team began to copy the back road, and quickly drew an iron arrow tied with fireworks.

Ignite a short fuse and shoot it with a bow, and soon the iron arrow flew high, and in a short time a brilliant spark burst into the air. Although it is not obvious in broad daylight, a gust of wind on the other side can also clear that the prey is entering the nest.

In the Iron Wolf team, a gust of wind rushed out of the hiding place one after another. The guards who stayed at the mouth of the ditch on both sides, as well as the dart master of the dart bureau, all shouted in a panic that the horse bandits are coming, and then turned their horses' heads and rushed into the ditch.

With this panicked expression, the horse thieves of the Iron Wolf Team who watched the gust of wind also laughed. Both ends are blocked, can they still fly away with wings? Running into the ditch, there is only one dead end!

So at this moment, Zhao Xiaoxi and his entourage, is it really a dead end?

Zhao Xiaoxi and his entourage, who slowly entered the second ditch, entered the middle of the second ditch, a mountain beam that looked like a beam. Zhao Xiaoxi suddenly raised his hand and said, "Stop moving forward and start arranging defenses!" ”

What made Duan Yu and the others look very inexplicable was that this caravan from Fengxiang Mansion also immediately said respectfully: "Yes!" ”

The dart masters, dressed in dart game costumes, began to quickly disassemble the contents of the car. The sacks on the wagons began to quickly build a fortress of evasion on the ridge that separated the deep ravine.

And the carriages that were wrapped in cloth were untied from the black cloth on them, and boxes of sharp horse nails were quickly thrown on the roads on both sides. Two of the carriages were placed on the mountain beams.

As those cloths were lifted, Duan Yu and Ba Tianshi, who had been watching the arrangement, also felt cold all the time. On these two carriages, four bows and crossbows were installed. As can be seen from the slots of these four crossbows, this crossbow will have two layers above and below.

Three bolts can be mounted on each floor, which means that a crossbow fired from a carriage can fire at least six bolts far beyond the range of an iron arrow. From the length of the bolts, the men and horses that were shot were killed instantly.

In addition, the carriage, which had been a bit of a drag before, was then pushed down sideways by the dart master and the Wu Wei, and the standing shields became the second line of defense after being trapped. Only the side leading to Xingqing Mansion retains a passage for one rider only.

While these guards and dart masters were nervously arranging defensive measures, Zhao Xiaoxi took out a triangular iron claw similar to rock climbing from a carriage. Come to the cliffs on both sides of the mountain beam and look at the sections above.

Pull the rope behind the triangular iron claw out of a line, turn it around your hand a few times, and throw the iron claw directly upward. As the iron claw accurately hit the platform above, Zhao Xiaoxi pulled the rope in his hand hard.

Thinking that there was no problem, he quickly said: "There should be ten people standing on this, hurry up!" ”

As his words fell, one of the ten archers in the guard, one of them carried a bow and arrows and an iron claw on his back, and quickly climbed the rope to the platform on top. This kind of cliff, which is rarely climbed in the eyes of others, actually went up.

In addition, Zhao Xiaoxi also selected several suitable places for archers to shoot near the mountain beams on both sides. Arrange their archers and guards to use this triangular iron claw to transport bows and arrows to high platforms.

There are archers on top, using the platform to form an arrow tower-like terrain advantage, and there are trap nails and shield arrays, as well as these two strange ballista defenses. Also in the highlands of the terrain advantage, Zhao Xiaoxi's arrangement is too magical.

By the time Zhao Xiaoxi and the others had finished arranging, several dart masters from Taniguchi had already appeared in front of the defensive array. Just when everyone thought that they would not be able to enter this area, a dart master rushed out with a black iron plate in his hand.

What made Duan Yu and the others feel amazing was that the trapping nails that had been thrown at random before followed the dart master over and bent the iron plate forward. The trapping nails scattered on the ground were quickly sucked up.

Magnet!

finally understood why Zhao Xiaoxi was not worried, throwing the trap nail would hurt himself, it turned out that he had a magnet that could suck up the trap nail. By the time several of the hall's dart masters arrived, a passage that had passed slowly had been cleared.

As these dart masters slowly rode through, they entered the base camp of the mountain beam, knelt down on one knee and said: "Pavilion master, the horse bandits blocking the valley mouth are holding the wolf flag, it should be the iron wolf team active here. There are about five hundred people, and they are coming here. ”

Hearing the report of these dart masters, Zhao Xiaoxi said very calmly: "Okay, I know, you all get up!" Go get something to eat and drink some water, and there's still a bad battle to be fought later! ”

Several dart masters immediately stood up and hugged and said, "Obey!" ”

Until this time, Duan Yu and the others knew that this caravan was also disguised by Zhao Xiaoxi's subordinates. If he hadn't entered here, Duan Yu would really have thought that this was a caravan that had come to Western Xia to do business!

Even they were deceived, how could the horse bandits who ambushed them guess that the caravan was Zhao Xiaoxi's men? What's more, there are countless food, water, and even bows and arrows on these carts, which can last for a few days and nights.

But do these horse bandits dare to attack them here for a few days and nights? You know, this is the only way to go through an official road. If they knew that they were blocked by two horse bandits, how long would the local officials and soldiers be able to hide even if they turned a blind eye? (To be continued......)