Chapter 335 Protection

The Kumble Fire Pass is located in the southernmost protruding part of the Jingjiu Dynasty, with the Evil Sea on the left and the Thousand Li Bamboo Sea on the right, stuck in the middle of the only bamboo road that is still a way out.

The difficult terrain is the first impression of Kundalhuguan Pass.

Then there is domination.

The narrowest part of the bamboo path is also called Daozikou, with a span of less than one mile left and right, and the Kunduo Pass is built on this Daozikou.

The overall pass is ten feet high and more than four feet thick. It was built in the previous dynasty, and it was strengthened three times in the Houjing old dynasty. Not only is the whole body made of boulders to form three-point joints, but there are mineways and attack slots in the middle, which can organize multi-directional strikes against the enemy within the wall. There are even said to be as many as one hundred various formations.

In the previous battles against the Nanman, the Kundaliya Pass has not been breached even at the most critical time. This is the dividing line between the human race and the barbarian race, and it is also the red line.

Forty years ago, the barbarians were defeated again. Yang Yansi personally led the army out of the Kundaliya Pass for three consecutive battles. He killed the main force of the barbarians and fled in all directions. Afterwards, he killed the then leader of the Black Stone Court, the Wolf King Thunderstorm, in the Red Mountain Valley outside the pass. Completely wiped out the arrogance of the barbarians and dispersed the Blackstone Royal Court.

Although the great war has gone away, and the fireworks have been washed away by wind, frost, rain and snow, but this majestic Kundaliya Pass is still there, and even when you walk in here, you can clearly feel a kind of "Xiao Sha". atmosphere.

There are few relaxed and wanton expressions in the exchanges, all of them have cold expressions and sharp eyes. Even the patrolling soldiers have an evil spirit that ordinary people would never have. The eyes are like knives looking at you like scratching your skin.

This is the frontier, and it is a wartime area used by the army as a training ground.

The Great War is gone, but the flames of war are still raging and have never been extinguished for forty years.

In the words of the current emperor Yang Jian: The war was started by the Nanban, but I should decide when it will end! I want to kill until the southern barbarians are wiped out from generation to generation!

Of course, this is just the wishful anger of the emperor who is far away from the battle. The result brought to the Nanman was a population plunder that lasted for forty years, and lost most of the actual control of the land, and could only retreat to the southeast.

It was the first time for the three of Tan Bin to come to the Kundalhuo Pass, and they were speechless because of the oppressive feeling of Xiongguan Pass from a distance.

You will sigh in the face of the mountains, and you will tremble in the face of this man-made miracle.

"Very powerful, isn't it?" The old mouse still followed Tan Bin and the three of them, and he was already acquainted with himself as the big brother. He also said that when he arrived at the station, he would take Tan Bin and the three to meet his eldest brother, who was a captain of the main slave caravan who had been waiting here early.

"Well, it's spectacular. Are we going to enter the pass later?" Tan Bin was curious, and also had some expectations.

"What are you thinking? You have to go to the garrison to join the main team, and then accept the verification one by one by the frontier army. You can only leave the customs after all the procedures are completed, and you can't stay at the gate, otherwise a feather arrow can nail you to the wall. .”

As the old mouse said, after Tan Bin followed the main force down the straight road, he turned to the other side of Xiongguan in the distance. There was a mountain depression with tents everywhere, but no fortification was built. It seemed that no less than a thousand people were stationed there.

"Over there is the residence of the Bonus Chamber of Commerce. In fact, there are several similar-sized residences not far ahead, all of which are slave chambers of the same size as ours. Usually, if you have nothing to do, don't go to other people's residences. Beatings are light, and it’s not worth losing your life.”

"They still dare to kill?"

"Tsk, why don't you dare? Don't talk about others, you, Liu San, have no blood on your hands? Don't pretend, no one who can come to the slave trade association to beg for food is a good person. Let's go, I will take you there See my brother."

Soon after entering the station, the old mouse took Tan Bin and the three to report directly, and then turned around to find his elder brother. It’s impossible not to go, because once the old mouse enters the station, it’s like a different person. His back is straighter, and he speaks a little louder. In the back, it seemed to surround the three of Tan Bin in the middle.

"Don't worry, my elder brother is very talkative."

Really good talk. Soon Tan Bin and the three saw it. As they had guessed before, the old mouse had no good intentions and forced Tan Bin and the three to sign an IOU under the pretext of paying protection money. The amount on it was not small, basically half of the proceeds from the trip.

It’s okay not to sign, people directly said, if they don’t sign, they will be detained in the resident as servants, and they will be released after two or three years. At that time, it will be considered good if they can earn thirty or fifty taels of silver. If you drown, you can still get some pension from the chamber of commerce, do you want it?

Naturally, Tan Bin acted very "properly". He and the other two were above the standard in terms of acting skills. They were full of righteous indignation, glaring, dare not speak out, etc., and their acting was vivid and vivid, without any fake.

Of course, everyone knows that Liu San, Qi Wu, and Zhang Si are pseudonyms, so the bonus merchants who directly use them will sign the nameplates issued to them. As long as they come back alive, half of the money will be directly intercepted by these people. own fanny pack.

After leaving the big brother's tent, the old mouse still smiled and said: "Don't be bitter, the bonus chamber of commerce is like this, which other chambers of commerce is not like this? It's like a fool to come out to eat this bowl of rice. You are not monks without cultivation, so you just If you can rely on the battle formation to survive, how can you join the battle without paying some money? Don't worry, as long as you come back alive and join the regiment next time, you will be able to avoid the money.

In addition, when I said to keep you safe, I didn't mean to talk nonsense with you, walk around, show you around, and tell you the rules. "

The three of Tan Bin were still acting, angry and helpless, followed the old mouse into their own tent.

"It is estimated that we will be able to leave the customs tomorrow. It seems that you and I will still be in the scouting team. When the time comes, you will follow me. I know the route and ensure safety. If you are lucky, you may even meet the sheep who are alone. Bringing one back will be extra money." of."

This person is a bit of a chatterbox, and he can't relax once he opens his mouth.

"Where have you been so far away?"

"Haha, how can I not be familiar with it? I have been here several times. The farthest? The farthest I have been to Baitou Gorge. That time, I was chasing a cat ewe. After ten days of chasing, I finally caught up. That time I made a full thousand taels!"

The three of Tan Bin looked at each other without leaving a trace. There is intention in my heart. Because the "Baitou Gorge" mentioned by the old mouse just now is a very important key location. Because Baitou Gorge is the farthest distance traveled by the Slave Chamber of Commerce in the record, and further southeast is a blank space. Tan Bin and others seem to need an "acquaintance" like the old mouse if they want to cross the Baitou Gorge and continue to the southeast.

Tan Bin said with a helpless expression: "Then the three of us will go with you tomorrow."

"Okay, but we have to add three veterans, so it's safer."

"become!"