Heituo Mountain stretches across the northern end of Shuozhou, stretching for hundreds of miles.
The south side has a gentle slope, with mountains rising one after another and a primeval forest, which is rarely visited by humans; the north side has steep cliffs, which make it difficult for birds to cross.
The Zishui River just divides the Heituo Mountain into two sections, leaving a gap of more than 30 miles long.
The more than ten beacon towers in Jingbian Military Town are located in the gap of the river valley, forming the first line of defense against the southward advance of the Northern Di Tartars.
Because the terrain of Heituo Mountain is steep in the north and gentle in the south, Dayin did not deploy troops on Heituo Mountain.
The Northern Di Tartars would never cross the Black Camel Mountain and bypass the Jingbian Military Town to enter Shuozhou, unless they were stupid enough to abandon their war horses and cross the mountains.
Just think about it, if the grassland people lost their war horses, wouldn’t they be destroying their own martial arts?
If it's not the Northern Di Tartars, then they must be from Dayin!
But in this frontier area, there are no people from Dayin living within a radius of dozens of miles, let alone hunters who go up the mountain to hunt.
Anyone who dares to come to this place is either a spy or a secret agent.
Zhao Muyun immediately became alert.
He signaled Tang Yanhai and Wang Tiezhu to stop.
Tang Yanhai also heard the voice. As a scout, he immediately understood what Zhao Muyun meant. He nodded and slowly drew his sword.
Wang Tiezhu also grabbed a stone in his hand.
The three of them hid behind a bush in the valley, waiting for someone to come.
The footsteps grew louder and louder, and they could already hear people breathing.
After a while, figures suddenly appeared in the valley, and Zhao Muyun found that there were as many as ten people.
One person was leading the way with big strides, and behind him were nearly ten people carrying backpacks, walking hurriedly, their heads focused on getting on with their journey.
Seeing that they were sweating all over and looked very tired, there must be something heavy in their backpacks.
This is smuggling!
In his previous life, he had led a team of special forces to sneak into the neighboring country to the southwest of Daxia Kingdom, carrying out the mission of arresting the leader of an online fraud, and encountered many smugglers in the dense forests on the border.
Seeing this scene, Zhao Muyun immediately understood what was going on.
Beidi is now at odds with Dayin and has long banned the travel of merchant caravans. Anyone caught will be severely punished.
I didn’t expect that there would be someone so bold as to organize a team of more than ten people to engage in smuggling.
I wanted to catch a wild boar for a snack, but unexpectedly I encountered a big fish!
"Don't move, stop right there!"
When these people approached, Zhao Muyun suddenly stood out from the bushes and aimed the crossbow in his hand at the leader.
Tang Yanhai and Wang Tiezhu jumped out, staring at the group of people with a knife and a stone.
Suddenly three people appeared on the road and blocked their way. The group immediately became chaotic and everyone looked unfriendly.
The leader thought he was being robbed and was frightened.
"It's okay, it's okay!"
When he saw clearly that the people in front of him were just three soldiers dressed in border army uniforms, he shouted loudly to the people behind him not to be nervous.
"So it's the three military masters! They're all one of us. What a misunderstanding!"
He immediately walked towards Zhao Muyun.
"Stand still. Stop trying to get close to me. Who are you? Where are you going? And what are you carrying?"
Zhao Muyun asked expressionlessly.
"You three should be soldiers from the nearby Jingbian Military Town Beacon Tower! Here are ten taels of silver, take them and have some drinks!"
As the leader walked, he took out a silver ingot and handed it over, "I advise you not to ask who we are. It will do you no good!"
"Just pretend you don't know anything about what happened today, and don't meddle in other people's business!"
What?
Don't meddle in other people's business?
This guy was caught smuggling and acted nonchalant.
Zhao Muyun suddenly felt angry and said coldly:
"The border of Dayin has been closed, and caravans have long been forbidden from leaving. You knowingly violated the order and smuggled. Now follow us back to the beacon tower!"
"Come on, little brother, ten taels of silver is already a lot, take it quickly, there's no need to be so serious these days!"
The man thought Zhao Muyun thought the silver was too little.
"Put your silver away!"
Zhao Muyun pushed away the silver the man offered and said sternly, "You don't understand what I'm saying, do you?"
"I say, you must come back with us now and be questioned!"
The man had not expected to encounter such an unyielding soldier. He was so angry that he trembled all over: "You...you..."
"What are you talking about? Get out of my way!"
Zhao Muyun pushed him aside and walked straight to a man carrying a basket on his back. "What's inside? Open it for me now!"
The leader's face suddenly changed, and he hurried forward to block the backpack: "Little brother, I advise you not to do this. The consequences are not something you can bear!"
"Get out of here!"
The more he tried to cover it up, the more Zhao Muyun felt that there was something fishy going on. He exerted a little force and pushed the man to the ground.
"Open it!"
Under Zhao Muyun's stern gaze, the man carrying the basket hurriedly lifted the oilcloth covering the basket.
Kosher salt?
"Okay, you're smuggling contraband!" Zhao Muyun frowned, "Open all the other backpacks for me!"
"You asked for this!"
The man who fell to the ground got up and roared fiercely, "Go at it now, kill these three of them, or someone will take the blame if anything goes wrong!"
As soon as he finished speaking, more than ten people put down their backpacks, pulled out weapons from them, and rushed towards Zhao Muyun and the other two.
"You dare to attack the border troops? How arrogant!"
I guess there are also prohibited items such as salt in the other backpacks.
The salt and iron industries in Dayin were government-run and under extremely strict control.
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