Chapter 92: The Ancient Tea Horse Road
Yang Qi smiled and said confidently: "It's not the county seat of Ansan County, but the direction further east!" ”
At this time, the generals are still a little puzzled.
Jiang Feng looked at Yang Qi puzzled, and said, "What does the big marshal mean, fleeing into the Kunyun Mountain Range?" ”
The Kunyun Mountain Range is the largest and most famous mountain range in the empire, which stretches for about thousands of miles between Ansan County and Guangyang County.
The steep and steep mountains, with their smoke and poisonous gases, and the infestation of ferocious beasts, have been an impenetrable barrier since ancient times. It exists. Ansan County and Gwangyang County were divided into two territories that did not communicate with each other.
"Escaping into the Kunyun Mountain Range, you can indeed survive for a while, but ......"
Jiang Feng was about to refute, but when he saw Yang Qi's expression, he was stunned for a moment, and quickly realized that he didn't understand what the other party really meant.
After thinking about it more deeply, he and Zhang Wuwu understood almost at the same time.
It is not simply to escape into the Bayan Mountains to avoid pursuit, which can certainly support a while longer, Yang Qi's real intention is to cross the Kunyun Mountains to the east, jump out of the encirclement of the empire in one fell swoop, and enter Guangyang County further east!
But, is this possible?
In the early days of the empire, it cost a huge amount of manpower and material resources, and it was impossible to open up the passage between the two counties.
Since then, no one has mentioned it.
"Don't worry, I'm not dizzy."
Yang Qi changed his words: "In the adventures of Ben Jiang's grandfather when he was young, he entered the Kunyun Mountain Range several times, although he did not cross the mountain range and enter Guangyang County, but he accidentally found a hidden road, directly crossed the continuous mountains of Queensland County, and directly entered Yanchuan County. ”
And left a detailed map. Although the map has been damaged due to poor storage, the details will be remembered clearly. ”
"What, there's such a thing!"
The people present, Jiang Feng and Zhang Wuwu, who joined later, did not know the details of Yang Qi, and after a short period of surprise, they were overjoyed.
"I was fortunate enough to go hunting in the Kunyun Mountains with the county order, the Kunyun Mountains are steep, and there may be a trail for hunters to walk alone, but there is no road for the army to pass!"
It was precisely because Li Wu had been to the Kunyun Mountains that he knew that the rebel army was an army of tens of thousands of people, and there was a large amount of grain and grass, which was different from a lone hunter.
Can the passage in Yang Qi's mouth be used for large vehicles? Is there enough water along the way?
The climate in the mountains and forests is changeable, and there are many poisonous insects and beasts, can the rebel soldiers get used to it?
Any of these problems is enough to lead to the annihilation of the army in Kunyun Mountain, and there is no room for the slightest reluctance!
However, Yang Qi gave a very conclusive answer.
"Yes!"
The fact that the empire was unable to discover the passage to the mountains due to risk, technology, and other reasons does not mean that the players in Empire can't either. Compared to the aborigines, players have the advantage of resurrection. After realizing the value of the Bayan Mountains, there were large guilds that specially recruited a large number of newcomers to carry out endless exploration of the Kunyun Mountains.
After hundreds of trumpets and deaths, coupled with more advanced jungle survival and exploration skills from the real world, a chamber of commerce player organization successfully opened up a trade path.
That's three years after the game was launched.
Although the trade route of this Kunyun Mountain Range is very tortuous, it is really suitable for large vehicles. Using it, the players of the Chamber of Commerce smuggled the world-famous cotton, raw silk, and tea from Yunxi County, as well as the sea salt from Guangyang County next to it, avoiding the original countless tax cards along the way, and directly smuggled them to Yanchuan County, earning unimaginable profits.
This trade route, known as the "Ancient Tea Horse Road", became famous half a year later, and everyone knew about it.
However, at least for now, in this world, the Ancient Tea Horse Road is still a secret that does not exist in the world. Quiet existence in the mountains, waiting for the world to uncover its true face.
The only ones who knew of its existence were the rebels
"Is there really such a passage?"
The marshal's affirmative answer was exciting, regardless of whether it was Yang Qi or other generals, they all fell into an irrepressible excitement. The Imperial Hub would never have imagined that it would be able to ignore the blockade of the surrounding borders and pass through the Kunyun Mountains, which are recognized as impassable!
This will be a significant strategic shift!
Compared with Taiping County, which was hit by a locust plague three years ago and a drought this year, the situation in Yanchuan County is much better.
It is also one of the five major grain-producing counties, and because Yanchuan County is a plain, it can be said that the wind and rain are smooth every year. At present, the population and economy surpass Ansan County in an all-round way, and it is the land of the southeast of the empire, not to mention the world-famous Yanchuan cotton cloth. If you can suddenly appear in Yeoncheon County, take this county down......
With a clear idea and a goal, Yang Qi's civil and military generals immediately began to brainstorm and perfect this plan that could make the uprising "" army reborn.
With the current strength of the rebel army, crossing Ansan County and entering the Kunyun Mountains, the remaining officers and troops of Ansan County should not dare to stop it, and everyone has confidence in this. As for how to cross Kunyun Mountain, they decided to believe Yang Qi, and this was not a problem at all. The key is that the elite army, which escaped the encirclement and pursuit of the empire, jumped behind the county of Zangshang.
"How many officers and troops are there in Yanchuan County?"
Zhang Wuwu was the first to ask this question, it is good to be able to jump out of the encirclement, but if you accidentally enter a more dangerous encirclement, it will be more than worth the loss.
Although Yanchuan County and Queensland County are close at hand, they are blocked by the Kunyun Mountains. Before that, he had hardly paid attention to the affairs of Yanchuan County, racking his brains to recall the fragmentary information.
To their surprise, Yang Qi gave the answer directly.
"Three second-rate garrison legions!"
"Among them, the 1st Garrison Regiment sits in the county town of Nanyun, and has a regular 4,000 light infantry; The 2nd Garrison Brigade, which was located on the border of Yeonchuan County, was also 4,000 light infantry; The 3rd Garrison Corps, because its main task is to guard against thieves who occasionally cross the border from the southeast county, has high requirements for mobility, so it is a mixed guard regiment, 2,000 light infantry, Y 1,000 light cavalry, mainly stationed in the east of Osan Province. ”
A total of 12,000 troops!
Compared to the rebel army, there are still a lot, but compared to the 25,000 city guards, at least it is not an invincible level.
Just think about it to know that the forces of these three garrisons are scattered. Since each had a place to be garrisoned, it was almost impossible for them to assemble, which gave the rebels the opportunity to break up in parts. In addition, the official army of Yanchuan Zhangyan County is also a second-line garrison force of a local nature, as long as the rebel army can launch an attack by surprise, it is not a problem! ”