Chapter 30 Meet on the Narrow Road

Nearly a hundred miles north of Xu Jinghong's team, a valley has been filled with the bodies of Song soldiers and civilian husbands. Around them stood 700 or 800 barbarians with various weapons. They were excited. With a wave of the leader's hand, someone came forward and threw the fire on the grain cart randomly on the road. Above.

Hundreds of carts full of grain and grass and heavy carriages were ignited, and fire and smoke rose high, which could be clearly seen by people 20 to 30 miles away. These were collected by the Song court from the Central Plains and the south of the Yangtze River, and the support materials transported to the southwest were all burned to ashes under this fire.

"Go!" Seeing that all the grain and grass were trapped in the fire and could no longer be rescued, the leading barbarian leader issued an order to leave after waving his hand. Hundreds of barbarians quickly went away in the cheers, leaving only the fire that still did not go out. The smoke-rolling grain cart groaned in the fire, and then collapsed...

"The king's decision is really correct. We have intercepted the grain teams transported from Xizhou and Guizhou to Dingxi in a few days, and this harvest is not small!" After turning into the mountains and forests, the barbarians were even more happy, and some people laughed loudly.

"Hey, Song people want to use static braking and accumulate strength before fighting with us. We are not so stupid to let them prepare in the city without taking precautions. Now that the logistics of the two of them has been cut off, as long as the grain and fodder in Yunzhou are also cut off, the Song army in Dingxi City will definitely disperse because of the lack of grain. At that time, our wish to sweep the southwest of Song will be achieved!" The leader smiled ferociously.

"Lord Mumin, we have been out for more than ten days, and we have cut off two pieces of grain and grass of the Song people in a row. Isn't it too risky to go to Yunzhou now? Will they be prepared? After all, we only have so few people..."

What are you afraid of? Although we have cut off two batches of food and fodder, this is not enough to completely hit the Song army, and there is still enough food and fodder replenishment in their city. Only when we keep intercepting on the middle of the road and those who dare to come out will only die, will they really be afraid! Only then can Song people's support for Dingxi be truly cut off. Mumin sneered and said, "And in the three states in the southwest, Yunzhou's soldiers and horses are the weakest. Even the troops escorting grain and fodder in the other two states are so vulnerable. Isn't Yunzhou's grain transportation team even more vulnerable? After passing my order, we will go south, and we will soon see the grain transportation team in Yunzhou. This time, we have gained a lot!"

Since he said so, the people below can only obey. These hundreds of barbarians acted quickly. At this time, they were no longer wearing shabby clothes, but replaced with the armor of the Song army and the exquisite equipment of the Song army in their hands. This was the harvest of their two interception of the Song army's grain ration team.

A day and a half later, at dusk, Yunzhou's grain transportation team was still slowly advancing. Because most of the team is civilian, and there are so many grain vehicles to take care of, the speed on the road is extremely slow, and less than half of the journey has passed in five days. According to this inference, it will take five days for Song Jun to reach Dingxi.

Xu Jinghong looked at the slow-moving convoy behind him and sighed deeply, feeling deeply weak at the inconvenience of transportation in this era. If it were that era, the transportation by land and sea could transport the needed materials to any place needed by the country in a day. Now, although the official road has been opened up, it is indeed difficult to transport it with human and animal power, especially in the southwest, which is a big move that wastes people and money.

Seeing Xu Jinghong sighing, Zheng Tong, a team leading them, asked, "Is Xu team worried that our food transportation is too dangerous?"

"It's not dangerous, but I think it's too tiring to transport food like this. Thousands of people can only transport such a little grain and heavy food and laziness, and it is long-lasting and needs people to be fed by horses. This is still in our Songjing. If they really move troops to fight barbarians, I'm afraid this situation will be a hundred times more difficult.

Who said no? This is also because Marshal Wang has been focusing on conservative self-defense since he took office. Once we fight with the barbarians and kill them in their territory, I'm afraid that the number of logistics that needs to be used will be ten times larger than now. At that time, the people of the three states in the southwest will not be safe. Zheng Tong nodded: "So those who are saying that the general is more than enough to go in, and even raise the thief's self-respect are just a group of people who stand and talk without back pain."

Xu Jinghong nodded with approval: "Yes, if we want to send troops, we really need to pay too much. If they are not too much, we really should not send troops at will. However, this time the barbarians have broken the peace for 20 years, so we can't ignore it because of difficulties. We must let them know the military prestige of the Song Dynasty and let them pay the price!"

"I didn't expect that although Team Xu is young, this view is also old-fashioned..."

Xu Jinghong just smiled at such a compliment. He thought of that era. In terms of external affairs, it is also as peaceful as it is now, but those small surrounding countries still don't quarrel for three days. At that time, the great power of China blindly gave in and talked about putting it aside, but as a result, some clowns were bullied. In fact, there is no need to be courteous between countries. As long as your fists are hard enough to get the benefits you want in the war, you should naturally fight. Otherwise, what did you do to raise dozens of millions of troops?

I find that I have thought a little far. Now I am a sergeant in this strange time and space. There is really no need to worry about people in another era. They will always have their own solutions and means. What I have to do now is to safely send the grain and fodder to Dingxi City, so as to make contributions to this matter.

Xu Jinghong thought about things while paying attention to the situation around him. Suddenly, his ears shrugged, as if he heard something wrong with the wind blowing on the sorghum on both sides not far away, which made his heart lift up slightly. At the same time, he stretched out his right hand and ordered, "Stop!"

"What, does Team Xu mean to come here today?" Looking at the sun that had gradually subsided, Zheng Tong asked casually. There is no problem. Now it's time to rest. He just feels that the terrain here is a little cramped. Is it not too late to take a few more steps forward and find a wide place to let the team rest?

Xu Jinghong shook his head: "No, I feel something is wrong here! Old dog and old bear, you two take people to the mountain beams on both sides to see if I'm too careful? The others retreated, showed them all, and let the soldiers prepare to fight!"

When the order was issued, the troops and those people were shocked. Fortunately, these soldiers were carefully selected by Xu Jinghong from the 5,000 army, so they could still be stabilized. As 500 people immediately set up the position and protected the grain cart and the civilian husband behind, those frightened people were also a little calm, but they still glanced around uneasily, as if they were afraid that a big enemy would suddenly come out.

"Team Xu, have you found anything? This is in our Song Dynasty, and there are tens of thousands of troops in front of us. How can there be barbarians here? The other teams were also coming over and asked puzzledly.

"If everything is in advance, it will be established. If it is not in advance, it will be invalid. It is always good to be careful." Zheng Tong over there agrees with Xu Jinghong: "And Team Xu has sent someone to find out. As long as we are safe, we can naturally move forward and won't delay for long."

Xu Jinghong listened to him speak for himself and thought he was grateful to Zheng Tonglu. His six senses are much more sensitive than ordinary people. Just now, he heard from the wind of the mountains on both sides that there were ambush there, blocking the strangeness blown by the wind. Although it was not seen with his own eyes and was not accurate, he decided to stop first to be on the safe side.

Over there, Xiong Geng and the old dog have taken two or three people to climb to the waist of the mountain forest, and suddenly shot an arrow on the mountain. The soldiers who were buried their heads did not notice this at all. When he noticed it, the arrow had arrived in front of him, and there was no time to avoid that he had been shot to the ground, and then rolled straight down from the mountainside.

"No, there's really an ambush!" Xiong Geng shouted and immediately pressed his whole body to the mountain wall, lucky to avoid the sharp arrow also shot from above. The old dog over there quickly cut down, and the arrow did not hurt him. With these arrows, countless barbarians with scattered hair emerged from the beams on both sides. Just by looking at their posture, everyone can imagine how powerful it will be once they rush down.

All the soldiers were more impressed by Xu Jinghong. If he hadn't stopped in time, everyone would have stepped into the other party's encirclement unknowingly and been attacked by the enemy from above, I'm afraid that they would have been in chaos immediately, and finally they would have to wait for death. Fortunately, now they have found the traces of the barbarians in time and still have a distance from them, which is enough for them to react.

"What should come will eventually come! Brothers, now that the enemy has appeared, we will only die faster. Fight with them for ourselves!" Zheng Tong shouted and raised the spear in his hand and was about to kill it first, but he was pulled by Xu Jinghong: "Don't rush up casually. We are not their opponents on the mountain road. And the land is also on their side now. Killing them is just an increase in casualties! Bowman, get ready!" Xu Jinghong suddenly ordered loudly!

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