When Zhao Jiajun was marching, he usually walked with two horses in parallel, but at this moment, he was a long snake.

The mount walks in front and the pack horse follows.

Horses are very docile animals, and after long-term training, they are also very intelligent, and can even reach the thinking of two or three-year-old children.

After the heavy rain came, everyone paid attention to the side, and there was no loss of horses.

As the key figure of the team, in dangerous places, Zhao Yun is in the middle.

Before he understood why he suddenly stopped, Zhao Long had already arrived with Zhao Po.

"It's a broken captive!" Zhao Yun took off his hat, turned over and dismounted: "Aren't you dancing yin?" Why did you come to pick us up all of a sudden? What about your captive? ”

"Third Prince," Zhao Poyu's breath was still uneven, and he was a little panting: "There are bandits in Jigong Gorge to intercept it!" ”

"Is it specifically for us?" Zhao Yun frowned, ignoring other questions.

Whether it is Funiu Mountain or other places with steep terrain, it is normal for bandits to be entrenched in these years.

Ordinary bandits rob passing merchants and collect some tolls.

If every time he dies, he will seek both wealth and death, whether it is the family or the government, this kind of force will not be allowed to exist, unless there is a big backer behind it.

However, Zhao Yun and his entourage had more than 200 horses, which was obviously not possessed by ordinary families. Either it is a large force or an official government, which happens to be the nemesis of the bandits.

It can be said that except for all kinds of mountain bandits like Menghugang, who kill and hijack the people to go up the mountain and dogs, they generally see it and stay away.

I don't know when the rain will subside, and the mountain wind will blow the water droplets suspended on the trees, forming a powdery mist that will cool people's faces.

The Funiu Mountains are not karst terrain, and there are basically no relatively large caves and sinkholes.

It took a stick of incense to find a small cave, which could only be entered by a dozen people, and the horses had to be left outside.

According to the information provided by the captives, the bandits in the area of Funiu Mountain are the most powerful, formulating various rules, and they have always been extremely vicious.

Because of the intervention of the Yuan family, if they want to snatch the horses of their group, it makes sense.

You must know that in the Yingchuan area of Luoyang, the price of each war horse ridden by the Zhao family is more than 100,000 yuan.

Now one hundred and ninety horses is enough for an official of two thousand stones.

The more south you go, the more expensive the horses are, and it is estimated that the price of Xiangyang in Runan should be around 30 million yuan.

No one is tempted by such a great fortune.

The bandits in Funiu Mountain alone are definitely not so bold, and since the Yuan family is involved, they are not afraid of official accountability in the future.

The gap in Kuancheng in the north is an impact plain, and there are basically no mountain bandits there, although everyone knows that it is the main transportation route between Runan, Yingchuan, Xuchang and Nanyang.

The first line of the old boundary ridge in the south, some of which are natural fractures, and some of which are opened up by people, are the same as the traffic arteries between Runan and Nanyang and Nanjun.

Although the road is wide, there are steep slopes in many places on both sides, and many of them have a slope of about 40 degrees.

Laojun Mountain and Jade Emperor have become a natural bandit nest.

The cottage was once on the top of an inconspicuous mountain, and after the strength grew, of course, he had to find a place worthy of his status.

The tip of the Jade Emperor was too high, and he claimed to be the king of Funiu Mountain, so he chose the semi-middle waist of the Jade Emperor tip.

Po Yu and Zhao Ping went to reconnoiter the terrain, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and below was Jigong Gorge.

The caravan entered Funiu Mountain, with Yemapo in the east and Jigong Gorge in the west.

When they came over, it should be that the mountain bandits didn't know the depth and didn't start.

Now that the captives have found their own group, the mountain wind, who is more familiar with the terrain, is estimated to have returned to the cottage and assigned the task.

"Lord, you have a little idea!" Xu Shu heard Zhao Poyu's story just now, and he has been remembering and pondering with his heart.

Sure enough, he is a military and teacher-type talent, unlike a muscular man like Zhao Long, who is born with much greater divine power than Chen Zhi, but he will only carry out the established tasks.

As for Chen Dao, it is obviously not useful at the moment.

Seeing Zhao Yun nodded, Xu Shu also began to say his analysis.

More than 30 million yuan is a large amount for any force, and no one is not greedy for money.

In other words, the mountain wind may be dispatched by its own cottage and will not be ventilated with other cottages.

If you have such a huge fortune, maybe you will ask the Yuan family to buy an official as a step into the body, such as the Wuyin County Order.

Then the scope of Zhao Jiajun's face is small, and he only needs to face the cottage that has crossed the mountain wind.

Most places in the Funiu Mountains are steep, and the distance between each cottage is far away, and the average distance between each of the nearly ten mountain bandits is more than 20 miles.

Besides, today's rain is not small, even if you go to inform the other mountain bandits, the closest thing you can get is the one behind you who rested last night.

Don't look at them as farmers, they also enjoy the profit sharing of the bandits in Funiu Mountain.

In the event of disobedience from a large caravan, the strong men will also be drawn to participate in the battle. And usually their weapons are stored in the mountains, which are high and dense, and outsiders don't know about them at all.

No wonder Zhao Yun felt that something was wrong this morning, as mountain people, they behaved too calmly, and there was still a little panic in their eyes from time to time, probably afraid that they and others were officers and soldiers who came to suppress the bandits.

As soon as he analyzed it like this, things were simple.

The road they took was not only the only way for the caravans of pedestrians, but also the only way for the bandits to communicate with each other.

Otherwise, there are some trails in the mountains that take an hour or two to go around a mountain alone, and obviously they won't do that.

I didn't meet any people on the way to the wrong side, and there were no caravans on rainy days.

The rainy season is known to the caravans, and only themselves and others have no choice but to go to Xiangyang via Runan.

And there are still several parts on the road now, which can effectively prevent the mountain wind from crossing the mountain to notify the mountain bandits behind them.

"Po, have you ever been in his cottage?" Zhao Yun had an idea.

"Of course!" Zhao Poyu nodded: "I usually don't pay attention to anyone in the restaurant, I am greedy for food, I invite our chef to cook during the New Year's holidays, and we also let us send some food on weekdays." ”

A half-old child is indeed inconspicuous in the group.

"What is the size of the cottage? What about weapons? Xu Shu rolled his eyes, and immediately understood what the lord meant.

"I like to run around when I'm fine," Zhao Poyu grinned: "There aren't many people fighting in them, about a hundred or so." ”

"When I passed through Jigong Gorge today, no one recognized me because I was wearing the armor of officers and soldiers. There are usually only a dozen people on duty at both ends of the canyon, and today no one has gone to take shelter from the rain. ”

"Is there a mountain road from our side?" Xu Shu has entered the role of a military advisor.

"I really don't know that." Zhao Poyu was a little ashamed and scratched the back of his head embarrassedly.

At this moment, the thirteenth who was on duty reported: "Third son, we have arrested two informants!" ”

Zhao Yun and Xu Shu looked at each other and smiled.