Now everyone went down the hillside to the valley below. There is indeed a road between the valleys, winding and twisting across Nianzi Mountain from east to west. Nianzi Mountain is only about ten miles from east to west, but if there is no road in the mountain, I am afraid it will have to be detoured.
A journey of dozens of miles.
At first glance, you can tell that this mountain road was built by local people for the sake of ease of passage. The road is winding and spreads along the gentle terrain. A white road has been trampled on the ground, and there are even gullies created by ruts.
Everyone chose a place where the road was the narrowest and the slopes on both sides were relatively steep as a place to block the road. Hundreds of large pine trees were cut down from the hillside and rolled down the hillside, blocking the road in various directions to form roadblocks. The area was more than two feet wide.
The mountain road was blocked. A large pile of thorns and vines were cut and piled on the grassy slopes on both sides of the road, forming an obstacle on the side slopes.
There are dozens of hidden combat throwing points camouflaged on the hillside on the north side of the mountain road. It is extremely important to ensure that incendiary canisters can be thrown to the combat positions on the mountain road from a high position.
After all this work, everyone was exhausted, hot and sweaty.
After experiencing the previous battle, many people were greatly shocked. After resting, they could not eat anything and could only drink some water. Many people thought of the previous situation and even vomited the water they drank.
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In this situation, Li Hui had no choice but to order them to rest and recuperate in the woods on the hillside.
At this moment, the sun was setting in the west, and it was visually close to Shenshi. There were still nearly two hours before dark. Li Hui and Zhou Che rested for a while, and decided to go up to the top of the southern mountain to see what was outside the western mountain. There was a rocky mountain on the southern mountain top.
Zhou Che had left two people behind to set up a lookout post on the top of the mountain. But until now, he had not seen any movement from the two brothers on the lookout post. So he stopped by to take a look for clues.
The two of them led more than a dozen people to climb all the way up from the forest. Although Nianzi Mountain is not high, it is still quite difficult to get to the top. The pine forest is a dense forest at night, and the slope is steep, so there is no way to go up the mountain.
In order to find the path, I had to climb up through the thorns and thorns. I was exhausted and sweating profusely, and then I reached the top of the mountain on the south side.
The top of the mountain is open, but the landscape is extremely strange. After emerging from the forest on the mountainside, the slopes leading to the top of the mountain and the top of the mountain are all rugged rocks. The heights are uneven and the ups and downs are difficult to navigate.
No wonder there are only scattered trees on the top of the mountain, unlike the surrounding mountain tops that are all covered with trees. It is precisely because of this stone landform. It seems that the entire top of the mountain has been peeled away to expose the rocks below.
, a bit like the top of a middle-aged man's head, which is completely bald.
The key is that these big rocks are like the ground that has been plowed by plows. They are high and low, and rugged and difficult to walk on. The big rocks are as tall as a person, and the small rocks are as big as millstones. There are countless cracks in the middle, making it extremely dangerous and difficult to walk. Li Hui couldn't help but sigh.
I don’t know how this miraculous work of nature was formed.
After climbing hard over a large area of rugged ground, we finally reached the top of the mountain. A huge boulder several feet high stood on the northwest side of the mountain. It was majestic, like a monument on the top of the mountain.
Li Hui was very surprised and admired. When he saw the appearance of the rock, he immediately understood why this hill was called Nianzi Mountain. Because the shape of the boulder was like a giant stone roller. It was lying round and horizontal on the top of the mountain. It must be
Because of this huge rock, it got its name.
Li Hui checked the terrain. Although the top of the mountain is not large, it is very steep. The south and east sides are steep slopes, and the boulders are crumbling. It is impossible to go up the mountain from these two sides. The north and west sides are gentle slopes, and people like him can't.
It was climbed from the north slope. However, there was a rugged rocky area of nearly a hundred steps, which was very difficult to climb and there was nowhere to stay.
This place is a terrain that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. If we guard the positions above the stone slopes on the north and west sides, we can resist the enemy.
Li Hui thought about this, and suddenly felt that his thinking had become very strange. For some reason, what he saw now was not the mountain scenery and strange rocks, but he actually thought about whether he could use them. It was really strange.
Zhou Che found water bags, dry food, bonfires and other items under the boulder, but the two brothers who stayed behind were nowhere to be seen. He climbed to the top of the boulder, but no one was there. He called a few times, but no one answered at all.
Zhou Che was helpless and didn't know what happened to them. Maybe he saw the enemy entering the mountain and ran away in fear.
Li Hui climbed up to the flat platform at the top of the giant rock. He looked up to the west and saw the red sun setting in the west. He had a panoramic view of the vast fields and rivers to the west of Nianzi Mountain. The wind was blowing, and although it was hot, it was blowing on him.
It’s particularly refreshing. This scene makes people feel open-minded and in a good mood.
However, the fields at the foot of the mountain are a bare scene. The land is dark and exposed. Comparing the previous scene of green and yellow wheat fields with large railings on the east side of the mountain, it can be seen that all the wheat there has been cut away. Shouchun
The rebels robbed all the crops in the fields.
His eyesight was limited and he couldn't see too far away. But Li Hui still saw a large number of vehicles moving north in a black dot on the north side of a village about ten miles away from the west side of Nianzi Mountain. If it weren't for the large number, and the
It's mobile and hard to detect.
"Sons of bitches, these guys have robbed so much food. How can the people of Hefei County survive? Why didn't the court go to encircle and suppress them earlier? Then Yuan Zhen turned out to be the governor of Yuzhou, why did he rebel? Shouchunjia
What kind of situation can he achieve between the Yan State and the Qin State and our Jin Dynasty?" Zhou Che cursed in a low voice.
Li Hui smiled bitterly and said: "I'm afraid I have to ask Huan Da Sima about this matter. The news I know is that Huan Da Sima blamed Yuan Zhen for the failure of the Northern Expedition, and the imperial court decreed that Yuan Zhen be demoted to a commoner and ordered him to
Go to Jiankang to plead guilty. Yuan Zhen was not willing to go there to die, so he rebelled. To be honest, he was forced to rebel."
Zhou Che frowned and said: "This Sima Huan is not an honest man. He led the Northern Expedition and blamed others for his failure. What does that mean? I have a very bad impression of him. When he went on the Northern Expedition, the people and officials of the Central Plains were
Thinking that he was about to regain the lost territory, everyone opened the city to welcome him, and they all rushed to welcome him. But he ran away in despair, causing the Yan people to retaliate against us. We also had to flee. If we were not prepared from the beginning, why bother?
Forced action? If you take action, why give up so easily?"
Li Hui was silent and thought to himself: His Northern Expedition was to expand his reputation and achieve his personal ambitions. Where was the purpose of regaining the lost ground? If he failed, he would naturally have to find someone to take the blame. Otherwise, how would he explain it? How to restore his reputation?
At this moment, Zhao Dachun's voice suddenly came from the side of the mountain top.
"Ouch, there's blood here. So many flies."
Li Hui and Zhou Che hurriedly got off the boulder to check, and sure enough they saw bloodstains on the stone on the south side of the mountain top, a large number of flies flying around, and a putrid smell in the air.
Zhou Che walked down the blood trail for more than ten steps and let out a cry. He found the bodies of the two left-behind brothers among the grass. They already had a bit of a stench. It looked like they had been dead for at least a day.
After checking the wound, it was found that he was killed by a crossbow arrow piercing his body. Li Hui and Zhou Che agreed that he was killed by the rebels who touched him. Because it was an iron crossbow arrowhead, which is only found in the army. It is enough to explain the problem.
Zhou Che sighed and cursed again. These two brothers were from Xiangyi who had been following him. They were the most trusted by Zhou Che. Unexpectedly, they died in a sneak attack by the rebels.
The matter had come to this, but there was nothing that could be done. Zhou Che and others had no choice but to cover their bodies with stones and trees and bury them in the bushes.
Seeing the sun setting over the mountain and twilight rising, everyone rushed down the mountain to join the large group of people.
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As night fell, everyone camped in the forest on the hillside. Even though it was estimated that the opponent would most likely not enter the mountain, Zhou Che still ordered everyone not to make any noise or use fireworks. Zhou Che came from a military background, so he had considered this aspect carefully.
Li Hui and Zhou Che discussed that early tomorrow morning, Zhou Che would take people out of the mountain to conduct reconnaissance to see if the rebels had left. If it was confirmed that the rebels had left, then Li Hui and some of his people would live in Chao County tomorrow. Zhou Che
Bring some manpower and stay here.
Li Hui thought that in order to avoid accidents, it would be better to harvest the wheat early. In the past two days, the sun has been shining for two days. In fact, it can be harvested. There is no need to wait for the wheat to turn brown. At worst, it can be dried after harvesting.
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Letting Zhou Che and others stay here is to prevent any accidents during harvesting. In more than ten days, all harvests can be completed. The wheat will be safe in the bag, and no one will worry about it.
After dark, Zhou Che arranged for personnel to be on guard in front of the mountain road, while the others waited to take a rest early. Everyone was exhausted physically and mentally from the day, and they were all very tired. After eating something, they all lay down to rest.
Li Hui ate some dry food and drank some water. He wanted to sleep for a while, but there were so many mosquitoes in the forest that he couldn't bear the bites. So he got up, walked out of the forest, came to an open hillside, and sat on a rock.
Blow up the air.
The wind passing through the valley is strong and cool. It blows in waves from the direction of the east railing, mixed with the fragrance of the wheat fields outside the mountains and the fragrance of the grass and trees in the mountains.
The mountain breeze is blowing, the pines are rustling, and there is quite an imposing manner. Looking up at the mountain peaks in the south, against the starry sky, they show a round and undulating outline. The stars are shining in the sky, and the Milky Way lies horizontally, clear and deep.