"Is it going to snow? I have to hurry up"

The 31-year-old Nan Gongxi tightened the strap under the wide-eaved iron helmet, felt the cold wind blowing from the top of the snow-capped mountain that seemed within reach in front, and couldn't help but mutter to himself.

Behind him, a large army was winding on the mountain road.

The only road that can travel north and south in the majestic and steep Caucasus Mountains is said to be the first of which Crasus, the Armenian governor of the Roman Empire, used this path to attack the nomadic tribes in the north, so he was named after it.

A mountain road, a mountain road known to the forces on both sides of the Caucasus Mountain, is not a secret passage like the Yinping Path. In the past, the Dashi Empire used this mountain road to attack the Khanate of Xhosa or the Khanate of Xhosa attacked Georgia.

The mountain road is about three hundred miles, but the northern end of the mountain road is the Terek River and the southern end of the mountain road is the Alave River. The two rivers are less than three miles closest to the ridge. Since humans were born in the mountains of the Caucasus, the roads along the two rivers have long been wider and wider.

During the heyday of the Roman Empire, a large number of military forts and passes were built on mountain roads. However, in the past fifty years of frequent wars between the Khanate of the Khanate and the Dashi Empire, these military facilities inherited from the ancient Roman Empire had long been destroyed, leaving only ruins hidden in the withered trees.

If there was no Great Qin State, the Great Cannibals and the Xhosa confronted each other across the Caucasus Mountains, and the battle would continue. The two sides were evenly matched and had a strong military industry (the craftsmen who often had tens of thousands of people who specialized in making weapons were comparable to Chang'an and Luoyang of the Tang Dynasty). The Great Cannibals with more populations had a slight advantage, but in every war, both sides suffered losses.

After entering the eighth century, the great cannibals completely gained the upper hand. Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan in the south of the mountain became their vassals, and Azerbaijan completely became a province of the great cannibals. However, with the rise of the great Qin Kingdom, all this disappeared.

For Georgia, it was not ashamed to surrender to the Great Food Kingdom, the Roman Empire, and the Xhosa Khanate at the same time, but the price was also very heavy. The small Georgia could not bear it. As the Great Food Kingdom took over the entire Armenia, Georgia had to temporarily give up the Romans and only paid tribute to the Xhosa Khanate at the same time.

Even so, the small country was extremely tired, so this gave the Bagratuni family, who had always lived in Armenia, an opportunity to take advantage of it. Like all the forces in this world, the Bagratuni family undermined the King of Georgia and actually controlled this country.

Georgia Bimawen, don’t make fun of it. This name is indeed the case. It is similar to the Imperial Horse Supervisor of the Central Plains Dynasty, but it actually controls all the cavalry in the country and then all the army.

Vasak, the father of the current Grand Duke of Armenia, Niles, is Bimawen of Georgia now. She is about fifty years old and is watching the departure of the Nangongxi Mountain Camp with a serious expression.

There was also a man standing next to Vasak, about his early thirties, tall and handsome, wearing a red cloak. Compared with Vasak, he was more surprised by the appearance of the Broken Ye Army - he was the nominal king of the Kingdom of Georgia, "Prince Alsheer".

Almost two years have passed since the war between the Dashi and the Suiye Army. According to the convention of the victor at this time, the Qin Kingdom took all the three kingdoms in the southern foot of the Caucasus Mountains and no one would say anything. However, except for taking the Baku Port by loan, the Batumi Port did not disturb the Three Kingdoms any more, and also allowed the former great nobles to take power completely.

Such a Great Qin State naturally gained the favor of the Three Kingdoms, and there were even more. The Great Qin State did not even ask for tribute from the Three Kingdoms. Due to its powerful force, it is enough for the Three Kingdoms to have such a guard. With the existence of the Shattered Ye Army, they are not afraid of whether it is the Khanate of the Khanate in the north or the Cannibal in the south.

Needless to say, Azerbaijan did not have this country and the appearance of the Shattered Ye Army, the Mamikonian family would not ascend to the throne of the king.

So Nan Gongxi's mountain camp was first hidden on the border between Azerbaijan and Georgia. After receiving the order, he crossed the territory of Georgia and went all the way to the entrance of the Crassus Road. Bimawenvasak made efforts.

Of course, this is even more so, even more eager for new and powerful forces to insert into Georgia and allow his Kaheshi family to take over Georgia's power again.

This is the sorrow of a small country, and nothing like this in ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad.

"Go back"

Seeing the last figure of the mountain camp disappearing from the distance of the mountain path, Vasak snorted coldly, Alshire's heart tightened, but a smile squeezed on his face, "That's natural, Lord Bimawen."

Nan Gongxi, who was trekking in the winding and rugged Crasso Road, fell into deep thought at this time.

He is a child of the Nangong tribe, and his father, Nangong Heifu, was a hereditary slave of the chief of the former tribe. Since Nangong Xiaoyue gave birth to several children, as a child of the Nangong tribe, he naturally devoted all his attention to her children, and he had high hopes for his eldest son, Sun Zhaoxi.

In the Heifu family, Nan Gong Xiaoyue is everything to them. If Nan Gong Xiaoyue shows signs of being unable to defend her position, the entire Nan Gong unit led by him will not be stable.

This sign is now happening!

Sun Zhao, the eldest son of Nangong Xiaoyue, went to the dark forest and was not valued (in the view of Nangong's army), but was placed in Gaochang as the governor of the north and south prefectures of the Tianshan Mountains. If we only look at the importance of this place (the front line against the Uighurs, the Tang Dynasty, and the Tubo), putting it here is indeed not a derogatory one.

However, anyone who is close to the king knows that the king's interest is in the west. For him, Tingzhou and Anxizhou are just to facilitate the introduction of the population of the Tang Dynasty and Tubo.

The mountain road is rugged, but due to nearly a thousand years of trampling, the narrowest part is one meter wide, and the most dangerous part is also connected by bridges. The Caucasus Mountain in autumn has already been breeze, and the swaying plants and trees are golden. The ice and snow on the ridge can be seen clearly a hundred miles away.

The snow peaks, coniferous forests, yellow leaves, gurgling streams, eating the last wave of cattle and sheep, and being in the heart of the Caucasus Mountains, is definitely lingering. If the great poet Li Bai was here, he would definitely leave behind a popular famous poem - Cen Shen has published a collection of poems, and the famous poems that Wang Changling has spread to later generations are also accumulating.

"Shortest three days, longest week"

Leading the horse and looking at the surrounding scenery, Nan Gongxi felt a little better, but for him, a serious reality was placed in front of him.

"In the Caucasus Mountains, there will be a rain before it snows. After the rain, winter will officially come. The autumn rain in the Caucasus Mountains will continue for several days. If it is not stepped up, it will be a disaster for the Sailing Ye Jun who has a large number of firearms."

He immediately regained his solemn expression and shouted loudly, "Damn it, don't be too slow, hurry up!"

"My father is old, and I need to support the honor of the Nangong Department after all."

When I thought of this, the a little decadence just now disappeared without a trace.

Not long after, he led his horse to a hillside on the left side of the mountain road. Looking at the elite mountain camp with Sun Xiaogong and Kang Xiaorong and the "Three Mountain Masters", he felt aroused in his heart again.

Nan Gongxi has his own source of confidence.

At this time, twenty-three years have passed since Sun Xiurong's rebellion from Talas. With the regulations of the Great Qin State, under the leadership of Sun Xiurong, a major plan will be made every five years. Fortunately, most of the contents of each plan have been realized. These are four plans, and the fifth plan is under implementation.

At present, this mountain camp is the embodiment of the fourth planning result:

The artillery completely abandoned the heavy cannons of more than 300 kilograms, but the same 200 kilograms and 100 kilograms of Franchise cannons. After disassembling them, the heaviest cannon body was only more than 100 kilograms. A pack horse can easily be competent. In addition, the sealing of the sub cannons has made the mountain camp firm in its determination to use Franchise cannons.

Since it is a mountain camp, cold weapons that are too long and too heavy are not suitable for carrying. A little tiger spear, a regular spear, a long sword, and a short sword are all. Of course, a large number of powerful crossbows and bows are the ones that are convenient for use when lying in ambush.

Due to the complex mountain climate, they also have a special rain gear - a rain poncho made of scribble oil.

The horses they carry are also very endurance and are good at wading through mountains and rivers.

......

The only thing that Nan Gongxi comforted him was that the Du Yuhou in the camp was Nie Xu and Wei Long.

Nie Xu Weilong is Nie Xu Danxi's son and the adopted son of the king. He has a noble status. He obviously values ​​such a person in his own camp.

Of course, the Ministry of War did not think so. Nie Xu and Wei Long were only over 20 years old. In addition to being proficient in the various rules and regulations of the Ye Army, he was also good at playing the role of a scout. Now he was at the forefront with two hundred vanguards.

Unlike ordinary camps that focus on cavalry, the mountain camps at this time had only one thousand special cavalry, replaced by an elite unit with a total of five hundred and half infantry and cavalry. This unit usually exists as a vanguard or a rear-end force, which can not only form a formation to defend on the spot, but also take the initiative to attack.

Usually, he had to patrol around as a scout cavalry, and the two hundred cavalry led by Nie Xu and Wei Long were the most elite force among them.

They all held horses, but there were only one hundred of them inside, which were really used for hand-to-hand combat. The other hundred were light infantry with extremely strong comprehensive capabilities. They were best at climbing mountains and wading waters, able to climb mountains up to hundreds of meters in one breath, and could walk through mountains without any roads at all. They could also open roads when encountering mountains and build bridges when passing through water. It can be said that the essence of mountain camps.

They are the real scouts, because there are not many opportunities to ride a horse in the deep mountains, while the other 100 cavalry suddenly encounter the enemy and directly break through the enemy under the right terrain and kill all directions. They are all one man and two horses, and they are equipped with heavy armor for cavalry and war horses at any time.

Nie Xu and Weilong's vanguard force are about ten miles away from the main force. Due to the complex mountains and forests, the commonly used thirty-mile strong cover is not suitable. Ten miles is the most suitable, because at this distance, even if the road between the main force is cut off by the enemy, contact and convergence is very convenient.

Since the emergence of the Thunder Ye Army, no one has set up a pass fort in the Crasso Mountain Road, which has facilitated the passage of mountain camps - but then again, as the only mountain road that crosses the middle end of the Caucasus Mountains, forces from the south and north of the mountain will come to investigate every few days.

At this time, it is time to show the strength of the Yuhou Army in the Mountain Camp.

After Nie Xu and Weilong took the vanguard's troops for a day, he had already captured no less than five people who were surfacing on the mountain road. There were bandits and people from the Khanate. If these people were not cleared, when the army arrived at the other end of the mountain, it would face more obstacles, or be ambushed by the enemy halfway.

So, the hundred infantry soldiers who were as light as swallows were used. Even if there were fish that had escaped the net and ran back from the mountain, there was only a very rare possibility that they could run past these people, because since it was a mountain road, it must be the shortest and best place to go. Even if you find the traces of the Broken Ye Army, it is almost impossible to run back from the mountain to report in advance.
Chapter completed!