271 Gulang Gorge, the three armies met on a narrow road

According to the strength of the players in the scattered villages, it is difficult to muster up the courage to fight head-on with the NPC food protection army led by Pang De and Cheng Qiu, and robbing the grain and grass is just a luxury and cannot be put into practice.

But it's much easier to deal with it in a different way. If you can't fight it, then you will be deceived and cheated, in short, you can get the grain to your own home. No matter how strong the house is, it can't stop moths. Especially the large and small borers that have already been ambushed in the middle of the grain team.

The big borers are mainly Cheng Qiu, who is openly lawless and wantonly sells grain and grass without permission. The little moth is dominated by more than 30 food protection players, who protect food openly and steal food secretly. The villages along the way were also jealous of the theft of the little moths, and secretly regretted that they did not apply to join the food protection team in the first place, otherwise they would have been able to reap a little benefit now.

The grain convoy traveled for five or six days, and was attacked by several groups of copycat thieves and horse thieves. Under the "superb" command of Lord Cheng Qiu's "wise and martial arts", dozens of soldiers under the player were lost, and nearly 100 armor soldiers of the Liangzhou "government" army were defeated one by one in the future, but not a single baggage truck was lost.

Cheng Qiu's pride, don't mention it. Originally, he was still afraid of thieves, but in the past few days, he has beaten away several bandits, and he has no fear in his heart. Riding a gray horse, at the front of the grain transport team, looking left and right, for fear that others would not know that he was the commander of the grain team.

Zhan Xiaobai has relied on private business, and he has been very familiar with Cheng Qiu in the past few days. He did not hesitate to praise himself, and said: "Lord Cheng was originally a civil official, and he temporarily served as the military attache to protect the grain, and if the command was determined, he could easily defeat the enemy who attacked several times, and he could be regarded as a rare civil and military official in Wuwei County." The future is limitless. In the future, when I see Lord Assassin Shi and the ministers of the imperial court, I will have to talk about these things. ”

Cheng Qiu smiled and narrowed his eyes, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Where, where!" Xiaobai is a handsome man among the people, he is young and has been appointed as a five-grade Zhonglang general, and he is alone on one side, and there are few people in my Liangzhou officialdom who don't know. In the future, there will be a need for Lao Da to be talented! ”

"Hey, hey, each other!"

Zhan Xiaobai nodded and talked with Cheng Qiu with a smile.

Zhan Xiaobai has been looking for opportunities to establish personal friendships with Cheng Qiu and Pang De, two important NPC characters, in the past few days, in preparation for infiltrating Geng Yi and Ma Teng's two major Liangzhou NPC spheres of influence. Cheng Qiuhao said that a criminal transaction worth 1,500 yuan established the relationship. In the future, if he wants to use Cheng Qiu to do something shady and discuss.

But Pound didn't eat it.

Zhan Xiaobai had a relationship with him several times and gave him a small gift, but he was politely rejected by Pang De without any special expression.

This made Zhan Xiaobai very difficult. If you establish a personal relationship with Pang De, it is almost equivalent to directly establishing a relationship with Ma Teng's core forces, Ma Teng's forces will soon rise in Liangzhou, Xiaobai Town will inevitably deal with Ma Teng's warlords, and if you have a personal relationship with Ma Jiajun's important figures, you will naturally have a lot of benefits in the future. It's a pity that Pound doesn't make money, he is very sensitive to players, and it is difficult to have the opportunity to establish friendships, which is far from being comparable to Cheng Qiu, a corrupt official.

Other food protection players also have plans to have a relationship with Pondla, but unfortunately they also touched the ashes of their noses and didn't even say a word. At least Zhan Xiaobai can still say a sentence or two by virtue of his official position, even if it's all nonsense.

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Along the way, it is a thousand miles of fertile fields, and occasionally hills. However, when you reach the territory of Gulang, the road ahead gradually winds and turns, and mountains and valleys and rivers appear in front of you.

Zhan Xiaobai's eyes were solemn.

Here is the Gulang Gorge, the throat of the east end of the Hexi Corridor, the famous "Jinguan Silver Lock" in Xiliang, the whole canyon is about 60 miles long, only 1 mile wide, the terrain is rugged and steep. Claimed: post road through three auxiliary, gorge gate control five cool.

From Dunhuang, Xihai, Jiuquan, Zhangye, Wuwei and other counties, you must pass through Gulang Gorge. If you want to enter this Hexi Corridor from the Central Plains and go to the Western Regions, you must also pass through Gulang Gorge. Ten battles in Hexi, nine battles in Gulang. It shows the importance of the status of Gulang Gorge.

There are no villages in the canyon where the player can build a village, as farming is not possible. It is the only traffic artery in the entire Hexi Corridor. Except for a thief cottage that has a foothold in this area, no player village has the courage to block the road here and rob - that is equivalent to fighting against the players in the entire Liangzhou, with the current strength of the player village, there is no life or death.

Because of the frequent traffic of people on this main road, the security situation in this area is better, and even if a single player passes through here, there is no danger in normal times, as long as you are careful not to be caught by the enemy here.

Although this place is a strategic place, the players in Liangzhou have no strength at all, and they are not qualified to control and use it, so the players did not pay special attention to this kind of place in the early days. Only when the collective strength of the players in the middle and late stages comes up and a large-scale war breaks out can this strategic location really come in handy.

Zhan Xiaobai now felt that there was something wrong with their army entering the canyon, because their army of more than 7,000 troops and more than 500 heavy trucks and grain teams were already "huge" enough.

"Huge", in the long-stretching canyon of Gulang Gorge, does not mean anything good. An unusually fat pig was stuck in a crack in the stone, and it was difficult to escape. It's not as flexible as a little mouse.

Zhan Xiaobai wanted to remind Cheng Qiu to pay attention to safety, but he couldn't help it.

First, he has no obligation to help Cheng Qiu, and secondly, Cheng Qiu and Pang De are the two chief and deputy commanders who escort the grain team. Pound hadn't even made a move. There was no need for him to rush into action.

Cheng Qiu, the fat man, won a few battles, perhaps thinking that he was protected by three thousand high-level halberd armor soldiers, and his safety was incomparable, and he was too arrogant, so he didn't send a vanguard force to investigate the military situation in the canyon, so he ordered 450 baggage trucks and grain teams to enter Gulang Gorge, and Ge Ji armor soldiers escorted the convoy into the convoy together.

Pound frowned and looked out over the canyon. As soon as he raised his hand, the thousand Xiliang iron horsemen who followed behind him stopped their iron hooves and stopped advancing. Cheng Qiu commanded the 3,000 Halberd Armorers. And this thousand-man cavalry is under the direct command of Pound. I don't know what Pang De is thinking, and he didn't stop Cheng Qiu from entering Gulang Gorge.

Zhan Xiaobai reined in his horses and ordered his five generals and five hundred cavalry troops to pause their advance.

The food protection players looked at each other, and they also did not dare to go in.

"Cheng Qiu, dare to go in like this, don't be afraid of death! Anyway, send a thousand troops to explore the road first! ”

"What shall we do? Can't get in? ”

"Look at Pound and Boss Xiaobai, how they do, how we do. I don't know what's going on when I have to hang up. ”

The player's escort unit also stopped completely and did not follow Cheng Qiu's troops into the canyon.

Cheng Qiu was drinking the baggage cart forward, and suddenly found that the team behind him was not moving, strange, and ran on a colt, shouting at everyone: "Why don't you go?" ”

Pang De replied without being salty or indifferent: "The road ahead is narrow, and it is difficult for the army to walk at the same time. ”

Cheng Qiu thought about it, there weren't many people on this road, so he didn't force it, turned around and returned to the grain team, driving the grain team forward.

When the more than thirty players heard Pound's words, almost all of them felt a chill in their hearts.

Cheng Qiu, a civil official who has no head and no brains and only knows how to embezzle and withhold military rations, doesn't understand the danger of this place, Pang De, as the general of the Ma Teng warlord, how can he not understand geography and military affairs? made it clear that Cheng Qiu was called to die.

There are definitely ghosts inside!

NPCs are fighting, so it's better to stay away so as not to be affected.

The more than thirty players looked at each other, shrunk their heads, and secretly pulled their NPC troops back and retreated to a wider area. A little further away from Pound's troops. Pound will not pass, they will never pass.

Zhan Xiaobai noticed the murderous aura in Pound's eyes, and felt that Pound was a little unreliable. I can't understand Pound's thoughts, and I don't know if he will attack the food protection players. can only secretly order Cheng Jian and Wang Lance to lead the cavalry troops of Xiaobaizhen to retreat, and be more vigilant. If it is not good, immediately lead the troops to retreat five miles away, or return to Xiaobai Town.

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"The baggage convoy went in, but the cavalry refused to go in! Haha, here's your chance! ”

Dozens of players who followed behind the grain team scouts shouted in surprise, along the way, they never caught the opportunity to rob the grain team, and watched the grain team go farther and farther. Unexpectedly, in this Gulang Gorge, they finally saw the hope of robbing the grain team.

"Quick, notify the village chief to mobilize troops and prepare for robbery!"

The spies scattered and raced to their respective villages. These spies are all from nearby villages, and if they want to transfer some troops to this Gulang Gorge to rob the grain team, it is simple, and they can run between half an hour and an hour.

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On the outer side of Gulang Gorge, dozens of large, medium and small villages have already received the news of the arrival of the grain convoy and have been waiting for a long time.

Up to 30,000 or 40,000 players armed with shields, bows and arrows, and spears stood guard on the outer side of the canyon, excited and ready to take advantage of the location to swallow this precious grain. If you can get these 20,000 stone of grain, you can laugh all your dreams.

The steep terrain of Gulang Gorge is enough to offset the combat superiority of the "government" army. They can reap huge benefits at a very small cost.

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A rumbling sound of iron riding broke the silence outside Gulang Gorge.

The players who were preparing to ambush the food team on the outside of Gulang Gorge heard the sound, looked sideways, and suddenly swallowed saliva in shock - a group of nearly a thousand strangely equipped Qiang cavalry appeared in the field of vision. In addition to the NPC official food protection army, the player robbed a large army of grain, and another Qiang cavalry was involved in the battlefield.

"My mother, how can the Qiang cavalry come to join in the fun! Aren't there government troops guarding the border, who let them over? ”