Chapter 298 [Over the Centipede Ridge]
The night was deep, it was already the second half of the night, and the temperature was even colder, but the whole convoy was solemn, and there were soldiers patrolling the convoy back and forth, which was extremely strict.
"I didn't think that they would assassinate our people at night, and then disguise themselves and sneak over......!" Han Mo said slowly: "But that group of knights suddenly appeared before we changed guards, and showed traces, then it must be a little weird." They show up at the most inappropriate time and in the most inappropriate way, if not stupidly, then they must be for what purpose ......! ”
Miao Wu said solemnly: "That's true. There is a cloud in the art of war, the way of using soldiers, the unpredictable reality, the way of doubtful soldiers, and other plans! ”
Han Mo smiled: "The art of war, I naturally can't compare with Brother Miao and other generals...... I just think that the greatest possibility of the appearance of these cavalry is to attract our attention and let us focus on them...... They must have done this to cover up something, and the phrase 'sound strikes west' naturally came to my mind. ”
"This hand is very powerful, if it weren't for Brother Han's alertness, they would almost have succeeded." Miao Wu's expression was solemn, and he clenched his fists and said.
Han Mo sneered, "They put our energy on this, and it will definitely make us ignore the situation in the town. The big guys are tired, the town is also mixed, and they are all proficient in the art of darkness, so it is not difficult to do something in the town...... In addition to diverting our attention, more importantly, they want to give us the illusion that they are the enemy who is about to move, but in fact, the ambush soldiers they are ambushing are still ready to act at the time of the change of defense, and they do not ...... in advance! ”
Miao Wu thought so and asked, "How did Brother Han sense that they would definitely lurk in the military formation of the change of guard?" ”
"If you want to burn food, you have to do it quietly, quietly...... To do this, the prerequisite must be to approach the convoy ...... without us noticing! Han Mo pointed to the heavily guarded convoy and said, "It's just that in this case, I don't think there are many people who can approach our convoy quietly...... So I thought that when I changed the guard, the brothers who were resting in the town would come and change the shift, so ...... Is it possible for the enemy to hide among these people, approach the convoy in this way, and blend in, I thought about it for a long time, and I only felt that this was the way for them to approach the convoy in ......! ”
Miao Wu suddenly came to his senses and praised: "That's why adults will use passwords to identify who is a spy?" This is truly a masterpiece...... Brother Han, if you are not afraid of your blame, I saw that you were still young before, although I admired your martial arts to defeat Shi Lianyun, but I didn't know that your mind was so cautious, it seems that I was wrong, Brother Han's wisdom now also makes me admire. ”
Han Mo shook his head and smiled: "Brother Miao has won the prize." If it weren't for the well-trained and strict command of the Imperial Guards, and everyone moving in lockstep, this method would be useless. I didn't think too much about it, I just thought about sending this batch of grain to Xichun County, where the disaster was like fire, I could even imagine the miserable situation of countless victims, since we did this errand, for the sake of those disaster victims, that is to risk our lives, but also to deliver the food to the ......! After a pause, he frowned and asked: "Brother Miao, this Yichun County is also a large county in my country's output, and it stands to reason that there is also a lot of grain in the local granary, so those victims should not be starving at present, right?" The household department has already issued an order to let the local official warehouse transfer grain and release the grain ......! ”
Miao Wu hesitated for a moment, and then said with a wry smile: "Originally, this matter was not something that I, Miao Wu, could ask about, I was just a military general, and what I did was to protect my family and defend the country...... But since Brother Han asked, I will also tell you what I think. Yichun County is indeed a large grain-producing county in my Yan country, and throughout my Yan country, the grain storage of Yichun County is second only to Huiji County, from the county seat to the county seat and even the town, there are granaries, in addition to the grain handed over to the national treasury every year, there are not a few that are stored and hoarded in the local granary...... But I don't think it's easy to get them to spit out food......! ”
Han Mo frowned and said softly, "What does Brother Miao mean...... Locally, there is still a need to make food articles at this time? ”
Miao Wu shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "Brother Han, we haven't arrived in Yichun County yet, everything is unknown, and I can't say much...... I hope it doesn't turn out to be what I expected. ”
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Xiao Mu led the people to collect the body of the traitor, find a vacant lot, dig a pit and bury it. Xue Shao led people to search in the town, and sure enough, as Han Mo expected, nearly twenty soldiers or coachmen were killed, and they were obviously cut throats in their sleep, but these secret agents were also very clean, and when they killed, they did not disturb other people in the neighborhood.
It is necessary to investigate the identity of the victim and then bury the body temporarily outside the town.
After this night, there was no other enemy, and as soon as the sky was hazy, Han Mo ordered the convoy to be concentrated, and after breakfast, he began to continue to advance towards Yichun County in the early hours of the morning.
Although there were many things happening in the night, but the eunuch Ling slept very soundly under the escort of a special person, and when he got up in the early morning, he was not in a hurry to take the carriage, but asked a horse to sit on, saying that he wanted to breathe the morning air and see the scenery.
Han Mo briefly told Ling Lei about the events of last night, Ling Lei suddenly changed color, he couldn't imagine that such a dangerous thing happened when he was asleep, looking around, he always felt that there would be an enemy suddenly appeared, he didn't dare to ride again, and returned to the carriage and sat up.
This day was very smooth, and in the evening, it had already crossed the boundary of Huiji County and entered the territory of Yichun County.
When I first entered Yichun County, it was the territory of Wuliang County, where the Fan family was located, and Wu Zi rested in a town, but this time he gave an order, and the soldiers must gather together in many people to rest, and they must not rest alone. As for the spy who was captured alive, he didn't eat rice for that day, and he was even handcuffed and shackled, tied with a long cowhide rope, exhausted, and walked with the team.
Han Mo didn't ask him much, only occasionally rode past him, looking at him coldly, the spy had a resentful look in his eyes, and his mouth had already been stuffed with something to prevent him from biting his tongue and committing suicide.
Although this Wuliang County is in Yichun County, it is still a long way from the disaster area, and among the four counties under the jurisdiction of the Fan family, only Susong County has suffered from flooding, so it is calm as usual here, and I can't feel the panic of flooding.
The night was fine, and the next morning continued to advance, and for two days it was extremely calm, as if the enemies understood the strength of the grain guards, and seemed to dare not make up their minds again.
Of course, Han Mo understands that if this convoy does not arrive at its destination for a day, there is a risk of a day, and it must not be taken lightly, the more calm and waveless, then the other party really wants to attack, and the stronger it will be.
At noon on the fourth day, it was only a day's journey from Xichun County, and the convoy was extremely tired, although they changed their guards and rested at night, they could only rest for half the night, and it was only more than two hours, and they were advancing at the fastest speed along the way, and the people and horses were a little unable to hold on. Han Mo and other generals just took an occasional break on the way to replenish their physical strength, so naturally it was impossible to really get a good night's sleep.
The spy was only occasionally fed water and drank in the past two days, and the food was not given, and after a few days, the kid was already sluggish, and he almost had no strength to walk, and his eyes were confused and dazed.
The man was sleepy and tired, but the weather was not beautiful, and it began to rain lightly, but the rain was not heavy, but the convoy had to stop and cover the grain with the cowhide that had been prepared long ago, so that the grain would not rain.
The place where they are now is in Qigu County, another territory of the Fan family, which is close to Xichun County, but the roads in Qigu County are really difficult to walk, and there are many valleys.
Centipede Ridge is a famous place in Qigu County, and to pass through Centipede Ridge, there is no other avenue feasible, so you can only climb Centipede Ridge and cross from Centipede Ridge. Although there is a road not far from Centipede Ridge, it is muddy and narrow, which is not suitable for convoys.
Although the Centipede Ridge is quite high, it has also built a very spacious official road, and the convoy can pass, but the road is distorted, and it is already a little difficult for the convoy to maintain a tight formation, and when going uphill, the Royal Forest Army can only put away its weapons and come forward to help push.
Han Mo found the local county government and dispatched several officials to lead the way, as soon as he saw this centipede ridge, his heart was a little cold, if the enemy really wanted to make a move, this was really an extremely dangerous place.
He was not in a hurry to let the convoy move forward, but sent three cavalry scouts up the mountain to investigate the truth.
This Centipede Ridge is not too big, and the three-way scouts spent most of the hour, all of them came back to report, and there were no suspicious whereabouts in Centipede Ridge.
Han Mo discussed with the three lieutenant generals, if this is a grain robbery, it will take at least hundreds of people to get close, and the whereabouts of hundreds of people, the scouts will definitely be able to detect it, since there is no situation, it proves that there is no ambush on this Centipede Ridge, at least there is no ambush enough to deal with the convoy.
A few people discussed, it is important to transport grain, even if there is really an ambush on this ridge, then you have to break through, the dignified Royal Forest Army, who else can you be afraid of?
The convoy began to go up the mountain, which is not the same as the flat land, this centipede ridge said that it is not high, and it is enough for you to spend a lot of effort to say low, and this god does not help, and it is still raining lightly, so it tossed for most of the day, and in the middle of the afternoon, the last grain truck was pushed up the mountain.
Once up the hill, everything went much smoother, with the officials leading the way and the convoy following behind.
After Han Mo went up the mountain, he saw that the mountains were full of pine trees, in addition to the avenue, there were many trails in the forest, and after asking, he knew that there was a kind of herb in this centipede ridge, which was called "centipede orchid", which could only grow among pine trees, so this centipede ridge was planted a lot, and the trails were the ways that the planters planted and collected herbs on weekdays.
After walking for an hour, the sky was already dark, and Han Mo couldn't help but order the convoy to continue to speed up, if it hadn't come out of Centipede Ridge at night, it would be troublesome.
The drizzle was continuous, hitting the body, and it was quite cold.
As the convoy was moving, I suddenly heard an exclamation from the end of the convoy: "There is an enemy trace, there is an enemy trace!" ”
Han Mo was shocked, turned his horse's head, drew his saber, and galloped straight to the back of the convoy, shouting in his mouth: "Don't panic, keep the formation!" ”
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