Chapter 1712: Touk, the party member, enters the fortress
Chapter 1712: Tuke, a party member, enters the fortress
"Besides that, I have one more thing to ask for.
That is, these silver villains must be transported away first, but if you are afraid of leaking the secret, you can have my protectors return to the Kingdom of Jin."
"Can!"
Bi Zaiyu directly greeted a group of soldiers and horses and left with the guide's men.
"You shouldn't have anything else to do!"
Bi Zaiyu said in a bad way.
"No more, no more!"
The guide said with a smile, and then whispered to Bi Zaiyu for a long time.
It took five days for everyone to get out of the desert area of 200 to 300 miles. Bi Zaiyu and others had to admit that fortunately the guide was reliable. Otherwise, they would probably get lost in the desert on their own.
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"General, your soldiers and horses can move forward about fifteen miles. There is a mountainous area somewhere that is suitable for hiding troops.
And the Xia Kingdom’s fortress is about twenty or thirty miles northeast of here, so we can get there just in time when it gets dark.”
"General Bi, lead your troops and wait while I go forward!"
Zhong Yan said.
Before Bi Zaiyu could speak, the guide smiled bitterly and said to Zhong Yan, "General Zhong, it's not that I have any objections to you. It's true that you Jurchens are not good at doing business.
Therefore, if it is the Song cavalry, they will not suspect it at all, but if General Zhong goes there, it will be directly exposed."
Bi Zaiyu smiled and said, "General Zhong, there is no need for you and me to argue. Let me lead the people there. However, some of your people can be interspersed. This should be more realistic."
The guide also agreed, and then a cavalry of 200 Song people and Jurchens headed towards the fortress carrying countless amounts of food.
The guide rode a tall horse at the front, and the rest of the group took off their original clothes and put on tattered clothes.
Fortunately, the clothes of ordinary soldiers are not very good. Otherwise, it would be difficult for them to find a few clothes in this desolate desert.
After walking for about two hours, a small fortress appeared in everyone's sight.
As soon as everyone got within a few hundred steps, soldiers from the party came out quickly.
"who?"
The guide was not afraid at all and directly rode up to meet him, "Is General Tuke here?"
"Do you know General Tuke?"
The visitor looked at the guide for a few times, and the guide smiled and took out a few pieces of silver from his arms and threw it over, "I am a passerby, my name is Heishan. This time I transported some food to the Wushang Sea area to exchange for silver.
General Ke is an old acquaintance, so I came over to meet him and give the brothers some fine wine and food."
The soldiers' eyes lit up, and then they asked one of them to go back and report. Another person stepped forward and looked at the cavalry behind them.
"You are in a good way. Now we in Daxia are at war with the Kingdom of Jin. Can you still get food to be shipped here?"
The guide Heishan chuckled and said, "Sir, snakes have their own ways, rats have their own ways. I, Heishan, have been walking on this road for thirty years. Naturally, I have my own methods and means. Moreover, your Xia Kingdom is going to war with the Jin Kingdom."
, what does it have to do with my Montenegro?
It’s most peaceful to earn more money.”
"Besides, I got the news before that the price of food here in your area has increased by a full 50% compared to previous years. If I don't take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune, then I won't be Montenegro anymore."
The Xia Kingdom of the Dangxiang people is not too small, but most of it is desert area, and the food output is extremely low.
Therefore, they relied on a large number of foreign caravans for their food.
Now that they are at war with the Jin Kingdom, even with the support of the Liao Kingdom, their food supply is still becoming tight, and it is natural for prices to rise.
About two-quarters of an hour later, another group of soldiers came from the fortress on horseback.
The leading general was tall and broad. When he got closer, he saw it was Heishan. Sure enough, he laughed and said hello, "Haha, Heishan, you haven't seen me in two years."
"Meet General Tuke!"
Heishan grinned, "I suffered from bad luck before. Not only did I lose a lot of manpower, but I also lost my capital.
If it weren't for the huge profits now, I, Heishan, would rather hang around in that valley."
"What good things have been brought this time."
the general asked.
"There are several jars of wine dedicated to the general. I haven't seen him for a long time, and today I can have a drink with him.
Besides, is there anything more valuable than food?
If you transport it to Wu Ci Sea, you can double the profit."
"General, I remember, don't you dislike the Jurchens?
Why are there Jurchens in the team now?"
"To say that these Jurchen barbarians are indeed not business material."
Heishan said with disgust, "But now there is chaos everywhere, and they are willing to sacrifice their lives for me! As long as I give them something to stutter, they are willing to follow me on this trip. Where else can I find such cheap people?"
"Besides, I, Heishan, am also kind-hearted. I, the Jurchen Emperor, don't care about their life or death, so I naturally have to take care of them."
"Hahaha!"
Tuke laughed and said, "Other generals believe it, but if you say that Heishan is a kind-hearted person, do you believe it yourself?"
Montenegro, Montenegro, your heart is darker than Montenegro."
"Heishan" is actually a colloquial word. In some places, it is used to describe Meishan. This is also the origin of the guide's name.
Heishan smiled and did not refute.
He stepped forward and threw a heavy money bag to General Tuke, then turned to Bi Zaiyu behind him and said, "You take two teams of men and horses, follow me in, take all the wine, and take a thousand kilograms of
Grain, take the best dried meat, the general is one of his own, don't fool with those moldy rice grains."
"The others have set up tents outside to rest, and will continue setting off early tomorrow morning."
After finishing speaking, Heishan stepped forward directly and walked alongside General Natuke, while Bi Zaiyu brought more than 20 people and food directly into the fortress.
This fortress is not very big, with a radius of only about one mile. The outermost perimeter is a high wall made of bluestone, and there are also watchtowers, arrow towers and other configurations used for defense. Behind the high bluestone wall, there is a deep
There is a trench, and there is a higher bluestone wall behind the trench.
Moreover, the second bluestone wall is slope-shaped, and there are some reserved windows on it to facilitate attacking enemies who cross the first wall.
To put it bluntly, this fortress is like a big hedgehog. If you want to attack it by force, there is no better way than using time and lives.
Just as Heishan said, Bi Zaiyu and the two men's 10,000 troops would definitely not be able to take down this fortress in a short time.
The group of people came directly to a stone house. Bi Zaiyu led two people holding wine jars, while the others handed over the food to the soldiers who followed them, and then stood guard outside the stone house.