Chapter 979 (2/2)

In many places, there are 80 or 90 degree cliffs with tens of meters or even up to 100 meters. It is very difficult to climb and cross here unless you are a mountain climber who has been specially trained since childhood, let alone allow the army to pass through here.

This is the meaning of the word ”fault” in fault mountains.

Helian mountain pass is relatively large, and it is easy to get in and out of the fault mountain range.

Originally, there were 1000 slaves who belonged to the Bryan family and stationed here all year round.

The original purpose was naturally to guard the leading door and prevent people from entering and leaving at will.

However, with the rise of trade between Huayu plateau and Yongye military leaders, the scale has increased greatly every year, and there is a new function here - setting up a card to collect taxes.

In the past two years, just this item has made a lot of money for the Bryan family and the Shankou garrison.

Naturally, Shankou station is also a place for guns and guns. From a dilapidated camp to a small town, the number of people living here has also soared.

The mountain road outside the mountain pass, which has not changed much for hundreds of years, has been widened several times by the businessmen who have made huge profits from it.

As for whether there is any encouragement from Yongye military leader to prepare for their future march into Huayu plateau, only the senior leaders of Yongye military leader will know.

However, human resources are limited in the face of nature.

Although the Helian pass and the mountain roads outside have been rebuilt and widened, they are still synonymous with the rugged and difficult to walk. The short 160 km mountain road and the less than 200 km mountain road need to spend time, energy, manpower and material resources to make them travel thousands of kilometers on the flat road.

This is the biggest dependence of high-level people in Huayu plateau.

”How is the build-up going on?” The count of Nichols shook the wine in the tall glass and sat high in the broad chair of the general, trying to show his dignity as a general.

It's a pity that his appearance is too strange. From a distance, he looks more like a big macaque sitting on a stool.

But no one dares to show the meaning of ridicule, even abnormal natural expression.

The last one who dared to do so would have been half tall.

”As of yesterday, 35 adults have arrived with their own troops, and 18 are on their way. In addition, six adults have sent letters saying that the revolutionary party in their territory is making too much trouble. They need some time to suppress it, and the time to come will be delayed.” The count of Nicholas's military statistician replied quickly, not wanting to.

”The number of soldiers, I want the number of soldiers, they are the key to the war. Even if there are more people coming, if they come empty handed, we will have no troops to use.” A rebuke from the count of Nicholas.

There is nothing to say about the ability of the military statistician. It is not easy for so many armies with different numbers and affiliations to complete the statistics at such a fast speed.

The only drawback is that every time I report to myself, I always miss the point of things.

”So far, 46000 people have been assembled, and there are still 20 to 30000 people on their way.” The military statistician replied again.

”There are nearly 50000 troops.” The goblet shaking speed in Nichols' hands can't help but speed up. The wine shaking inside has formed a small vortex, ”what's the trend of the army leader at night? Has the army moved into the mountains”The army led by the Yongye army is still stationed at the assembly site, with no intention of pushing into the mountains. Every day, there is a sound of training and shouting from their camp. It seems that they are training.” The general in charge of the investigation came out in a hurry and replied.

”What is it like? What I want is accurate information. Have you ever given me a positive answer for such a long time? ” In the words of the count Nicholas, there was a rage that could not be concealed.

”General, it's not that we don't work hard, but that the Yongye army leader's defense is very tight. Our Sentry can't find out. As long as we are close to their barracks for three kilometers, our Sentry will never return, let alone bring back news.” The general himself was also aggrieved.

”A bunch of rubbish.” The count of Nicholas angrily scolded, but could not do anything about it, because this was the third intelligence general he had replaced in recent weeks, and it would not make sense to change it any more.

One after another, all of them failed to spy on intelligence, which shows that it is not the intelligence generals' ability that has problems, but the other party's confidentiality work in this respect is really good.

”General, this kind of behavior of the enemy is really abnormal. Judging from the intelligence gathered by our spy posts, the total number of troops assembled by the other party this time is no less than 100000. This is not a small number. They have gathered in one place, but they have not taken any military measures. This abnormal behavior must be brewing a conspiracy.” Said the wise man, who was close to the count of Nicholas.

”Do you remind me? You tell me, what intrigues are they brewing? ” Asked the count of Nicholas, staring at him.

”This...” The scholar's wise man was tongue tied for a moment.

No matter how smart a wise man wants to make a perfect plan, it is also based on a lot of information.

If we do not fully understand the enemy's situation, the plan formulated will be a castle in the air and is doomed to failure.

Count Nichols murmured: ”continue to increase the number of spy posts, try to use the shortest possible time to find out what the army led by the Yongye army is doing, and keep an eye on them. If they have any military trends, I want to know at the first time.”

”Yes.” The general in charge of intelligence got up in a hurry to take orders.

”Send orders to all the adults who have not yet arrived. Let them stay in the nearest town and eat, keep the road open, and listen to our orders at any time. We should be ready for a protracted war.” The count of Nicholas issued the second order.

Unable to fully grasp the information of the enemy's movements, the count of Nichols took a relatively conservative military action.

Nearly 50000 troops are enough to fill the Helian pass to the full capacity. The geographical advantage is the main factor here.

If more people come here, they will put more pressure on their logistic supplies.

Although the Earl of Nichols had not experienced any great war in his life, he was born in a military family, had received systematic elite education, and his military accomplishment was not bad.

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