"There won't be any bandits here, right?"

Su Ping stopped.

I saw a towering mountain, as if struck by a god's sword, split in two from the top of the mountain, with a gap about two feet wide.

The hillside was covered with chest-high black grass, dyeing the entire mountain black, which just confused the dark crack that ran through the mountain.

Unless you walk all the way from the official road and get closer to here, you really won't realize that there is such a canyon here.

It's just...is such a hidden place really not the lair of some bandit?

"Hey, you are as timid as a mouse."

The old man made a sarcastic comment and walked away first while holding the horse's belly.

Helpless, Su Ping had no choice but to bite the bullet and keep up.

As soon as you enter, your eyes suddenly open up.

As if the mountain was hollowed out, after passing the narrow entrance, the interior quickly became much wider, and the exit was so far away that it was impossible to see the end.

According to this depth and width,

"Tsk tsk, what a great place, what a great place."

The old man looked everywhere and was full of praise.

"Good place?"

Su Ping was a little confused and asked: "In terms of Feng Shui, this shouldn't be suitable as a burial place, right? If you are buried here, future generations..."

Doesn’t that mean the same thing as Wuzhishan pressing down on your head?

Will future generations be able to get better?

"What are you doing... get out of here!"

The old man was so angry that he gave Su Ping a kick, but he couldn't reach it because of his size.

"If you don't choose a tomb, then what's a good place?"

Su Ping scratched his head and continued walking forward with the horse.

"Don't you think the terrain here is very suitable for an ambush?"

The old man pointed to the top of the canyon and said, "Looking from the outside, the mountain is covered with chest-high black grass. It's impossible to see it hidden inside."

"ambush?"

Su Ping looked at the old man blankly, "At your age, isn't it too late to turn into a bandit?"

"...Get out! When I say ambush, of course I am ambushing the barbarians!"

The old man became interested and started talking: "Look at this terrain, the cliffs on both sides are extremely steep, the entrances and exits are narrow and the interior is wide enough to accommodate nearly a million people and horses."

"It doesn't take much. As long as tens of thousands of Red Pine troops are hidden on the top of the cliffs on both sides, after the barbarian army enters, they will use gunpowder to blow up the rocks on both sides to block the entrance and exit, and then use kerosene and rockets to attack from the top of the mountain. They will definitely be able to defeat them all."

Annihilate the barbarians!”

"Not even a single soldier wasted!"

???

Su Ping was dumbfounded and couldn't help but step forward and put his hand on the old man's forehead.

"what are you doing?!"

The old man slapped Su Ping's hand away, his beard raised in anger.

"It's not hot either..."

Su Ping looked at the old man strangely.

Gunpowder was available in Daqing, but its use was mainly limited to digging mountains and digging canals.

Although there are such things as fire guns, not many of them are made.

Because the accuracy is low and the power is low, it is not as big a threat to the barbarians as sharp blades. Therefore, the Chisong Army is not equipped with fire blunderbuss. Where can the gunpowder come from?

Well, maybe they have already changed the organization and equipped it with a firearms camp.

But the question is, what are the barbarians doing here?

Digging wild vegetables?

Su Ping sighed helplessly, "When the barbarians go south, they will either break the barrier of no return. The first to bear the brunt are Kaiyang Mansion, Zhengping Mansion, and Ningjun Mansion, these three mansions."

After a pause, Su Ping continued: "Even if it is discovered that the Wei River has cut off, and the barbarians bypass the Wuhu Pass and drive straight in, the first person to suffer will be the Ningjun Mansion where Weiyang City is located, and then they will plunder along the official road. How?

Maybe it’s a waste of time to go to such a remote place?”

"Ha, are you ignorant?"

The old man finally found a chance to fight back and said proudly: "Do you know which of the fourteen prefectures in the North is the richest?"

"Forehead……"

Su Ping was stunned, "Which one?"

He only knew where the Fourteenth Prefecture was located, but he really didn't know much about which prefecture was the richest.

"Of course it's Zhanghua Mansion."

The old man said, "You really have never seen the world." "Zhanghua Mansion is located in the center of the North. It is the most fertile land and the most abundant water source in the entire North. You should have seen many wealthy businessmen in Weiyang City.

Most of their belongings are in Zhanghua Mansion."

"This time the Wei River was cut off, forcing the wealthy businessmen to stop their business, and most of them returned to Zhanghua Mansion."

"If the barbarians break through the No Return Pass, they certainly won't go around so far to come here, but if the barbarians take the Wandering Immortal Crossing... they can reach Zhanghua Mansion as quickly as possible through this road."

"The wealth of one Zhanghua Prefecture is comparable to that of five prefectures."

"If it were you, would you choose to waste time and energy and plunder five mansions, or go straight to Zhanghua Mansion and eat everything in one go?"

The old man's words made Su Ping fall into deep thought.

Indeed, based on the input-output ratio, Zhanghua Mansion is naturally the first choice.

But the question is, are the barbarians that smart?

etc……

You said that the barbarians know that Zhanghua Mansion is the richest, which is barely understandable.

But how could they know this shortcut?

Su Ping sneered and said: "Blow, keep blowing!"

"Should I blow?"

The old man was stunned for a moment.

"I know a lot about astronomy and geography, but even I don't know about the existence of this canyon. How could the barbarians know about it?"

Su Ping was filled with contempt, "You tell them?"

"Forehead……"

The old man was a little embarrassed for a moment and said depressedly: "To be honest, this canyon was told to me by the barbarians..."

"..."

Su Ping rolled his eyes and was completely speechless.

The old guy is getting more and more outrageous as he makes it up.

First he said that he was the Duke of Dingguo, and now he said that the barbarians told him about this canyon.

The preface does not match the postscript, it is pure nonsense.

"Hey, don't worry about anything else. I just want to ask you, is this ambush point powerful?"

The old man changed the subject and began to feel proud again, "To be able to come up with such a plan, I am really a talented person in the world."

"..."

Su Ping laughed angrily, carefully looked at the terrain of the canyon, and immediately found a point of rebuttal.

The entrance is narrow, high on both sides and low in the middle.

Isn't this a replica of the Shangfang Valley in another world?

Attack with fire here?

"Ignorant old man, hahaha."

Su Ping waved his hand and looked up to the sky with a smile, "If it weren't for me to attack you, even if the barbarians entered the canyon honestly, no matter how many kerosene and rockets were prepared, it would be in vain."

"What do you mean?"

The old man frowned and looked at the canyon carefully again, "The roads are blocked in front and back, and the cliffs are steep. With this terrain, can the barbarians grow wings and fly away?"

"Do you still need wings?"

Su Ping chuckled, "Believe it or not, before the fire cooks the barbarians, it will definitely rain heavily."

"It will be fine if the barbarians break through the entrance and exit and return to the outside of the pass."

"If the ferocity of the barbarians is aroused, the fate of Zhanghua Mansion will only be worse. Anyone who had a chance to escape will be killed."
To be continued...