On the morning of the 13th day of the first lunar month, Lin Jue and Gao Muqing led 700 Luoyan troops to leave Luoyan Valley. These 700 people were almost the entire Luoyan army. There were only less than 80 soldiers and horses left in the stronghold to guard them, but this was enough.
The 700 people Lin Jue and Gao Muqing will only be able to lead 50 people to Taoyuan Village, where the alliance will be held. The remaining 650 people will be led by Liang Qi to ambush outside the boundaries of Taoyuan Village to prevent
Unexpected.
Two days later, the group of people parted ways in a canyon outside the territory of Taoyuan Village. Liang Qi will order people to watch on the tops of the mountains on both sides. It was agreed that if it is daytime, the signal will be beacon smoke, and if it is night, it will be signaled by fireworks.
After receiving the order, General Liang Qi led his troops to storm in. No matter what soldiers and horses he saw, he annihilated them without hesitation until he rushed to Taoyuan Village to rescue Gao Muqing and Lin Jue.
Although the arrangement was like this, Lin Jue was absolutely unwilling to see such a situation happen. If it really came to that point, it would be a terrible situation. In fact, these 700 people might not be able to save himself and Gao Muqing.
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Taoyuan Village is located on Panlong Ridge on the west side of Funiu Mountain. Panlong Ridge is the second highest mountain in Funiu Mountain, second only to Shiren Mountain in terms of height. However, in terms of the complexity of the terrain, Panlong Ridge is higher than
Shiren Mountain is even better. The steepness of the mountain, the depth of the canyon, and the denseness of the mountain forest are unparalleled. What is even more rare is that Panlong Ridge is a circle of continuous mountains connected with a huge valley in the middle.
What is incredible is that the huge valley in the middle of Panlong Ridge is lush with trees and flowers all year round. Even in the twelfth lunar month of winter, there is neither snow nor ice in the valley. A lake in the middle is always brave.
The heat is like a huge hot spring. To have such a place to stand in Funiu Mountain is simply a gift from God.
In view of the peculiar topography of Panlong Ridge, there has always been a rumor in Funiu Mountain that the mountain shape of Panlong Ridge is like a dragon sleeping. The hot springs, flowers and trees, and the places where the ice and snow melt and remain green all year round are exactly what the alchemists said
A place where sparks flourish. Therefore, the strange valley of Panlong Ridge seems to have become what people call a place where dragons and crouching tigers thrive.
Not only does it have such a good terrain and such good luck, Panlong Ridge is naturally a place that all the big cottages dream of claiming as their own. When the Great Shu Kingdom was unified by the Great Zhou Dynasty, a group of Shu soldiers and horses protected the only country.
When the Southern King Meng Dan, who is a bloodline of the Great Shu Kingdom, retreated to the Funiu Mountains, his initial stop was Panlong Ridge. They hoped that with the help of the Feng Shui and Longxing veins here, they could assist the Southern King Meng Dan to regain his kingdom in the future.
, and restored the Great Shu Kingdom.
However, the feng shui of this land of dragons didn't seem to help. Meng Dan had only been in Funiu Mountain for two years because he was not suitable for the water and soil and the harsh and desolate climate here. He was only twelve years old when he died, and he didn't even have any blood.
None remained. A group of lonely ministers and generals from the Great Shu Kingdom suddenly lost their masters and became orphans.
Soon after, internal disputes began to arise. Originally, the army that retreated into the Funiu Mountains was composed of several defeated armies. When King Nan was around, they had a common master and could still get along with each other. But Nan
After Wang's death, the conflict between General Mu Yuan and General Fan Ronggui broke out. Neither of them wanted to obey the other's orders, and a fierce fight broke out between them soon. The final result was that Fan Ronggui was defeated and Mu Yuan was defeated.
After winning, Fan Ronggui led his troops to escape from Panlong Ridge and set up another mountain. Mu Yuan occupied this geomantic treasure land.
Over a hundred years later, their respective mountain villages have experienced divisions, strife, annexation and cannibalization. The original two camps have now split into dozens of large and small mountain villages all over Funiu Mountain. But there is one thing.
It has not changed, that is, Mu Yuan's lineage has been entrenched in the Panlong Ridge territory for a long time, because the strength of the Mu family's Taoyuan Village has always surpassed the entire Funiu Mountain. Even though it has experienced internal divisions and disputes, it has not shaken this point. And in the end
It is only natural that the powerful Shanzhai occupies the best territory.
Before Lin Jue left, he heard Ruan Ping talk a lot about the past events of Panlong Ridge. Lin Jue's original intention was to understand the strength of Taoyuan Village and Mu Zhenshan's character. However, he unexpectedly learned about Panlong Ridge.
These allusions and stories. However, Lin Jue did not think that Panlong Ridge was really a geomantic treasure, a place where Longxing could make his fortune.
With Lin Jue's knowledge, he could immediately conclude that Panlong Ridge was most likely the remains of a volcano. The crater and the flat area in the middle should be dormant volcanic craters, with no ice and snow all year round, spring-like weather all year round, and luxuriant flowers and grass.
That should be because the ground beneath the volcano is warm and magma is churning underground, causing the entire stratum of land to be in a warm state, naturally unable to freeze or accumulate snow. The hot spring lake mentioned above further proves my idea.
The so-called Land of Longxing is just a far-fetched theory. Even if my guess is wrong, it is not actually the crater. It is definitely not the Land of Longxing. The Taoyuan Village has been located here for more than a hundred years.
, why don’t they see any signs of success? Aren’t they trapped in the Funiu Mountains as bandits?
In the afternoon of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Lin Jue Gao Muqing and his entourage arrived at the foot of the east slope of Panlong Ridge. Looking from the foot of the mountain, the mountain of Panlong Ridge is very majestic and steep. The slopes are towering, the forests are as deep as the sea, and there are many roads on the slopes.
The huge rocks cover it from top to bottom, forming several natural passages with sparse trees, which are also the only ways to go up the mountain.
Under the mountains, the leader of Taoyuan Village who was responsible for receiving the arrival of the various village owners had been waiting for a long time. When Gao Muqing, Lin Jue and others arrived, hundreds of soldiers and horses poured out of the woods. After identifying their identities, they led Lin Jue and
Gao Muqing went up the mountain from a passage on the east side.
When walking on the stone steps in the forest passage, Lin Jue concluded that this was an ancient volcano crater. Because the stone steps were dug on a rock belt from top to bottom. The left and right slopes were covered with dense forests, except for the
The passage up the mountain is covered with rocks, with only scattered trees growing in the cracks of the rocks. Moreover, Lin Jue knows the type of rock. It is a rock with the scientific name "basalt". It is also commonly known as volcanic rock.
Seeing this kind of basalt landform, we can basically conclude that this volcano erupted a long time ago. The passage up the mountain in the forest is actually the trace of the path left by the magma on the hillside after flowing out of the volcano crater. In this
The trees are sparse on the path where the magma flows and cools. After all, trees cannot take root and grow on rocks.
The further you go up the stone steps, the more amazing the terrain becomes. Before, I stood at the foot of the mountain and looked at the appearance of Panlong Ridge, and I still couldn't appreciate the steepness of the mountain. But walking on the stone steps and climbing up
At that time, the cliffs on both sides were as if they were made by God, and there were dense pits. It looked like a dense forest ground, and a huge pit suddenly appeared like it was leading to hell, making the hairs on one's body stand on end.
Even this stone staircase passage passes through some artificial bridges from time to time, otherwise it would be impossible to pass through the layers of cliffs that suddenly appear in front of it.
The bandit leader from Taoyuan Village who was accompanying them reminded everyone not to deviate from the stone steps up the mountain, and reminded them not to step on the snow on the roadside. The leader also gave a demonstration in person. He picked up a rock and pointed it towards a flat patch of land beside the road.
The snow was smashed away, and the stone penetrated the snow, revealing a deep black hole below. The stone rolled and fell in the hole, and the sound continued for a long time, which proved that even this hole with a radius of less than a foot, there was something underneath.
It's so deep and bottomless, I don't know where it leads.
Everyone in Luoyan Valley was dumbfounded. Such a terrain can really be called a place full of murderous intent. If you accidentally fall into the large and small holes in the forest, it will be the end of being shattered into pieces. The entire Panlong Ridge
The bottom of the hillside seems to be empty. This place is really weird.
Lin Jue was also stunned. But he understood that this kind of landform should be caused by the huge destruction caused by the original volcanic eruption. Magma sometimes does not flow from the ground. Under the huge pressure and high temperature, the magma remains from the ground.
After passing through, tens of millions of spider web-like passages will be left. Some will cause the ground to collapse, and some will emerge from the ground to form potholes. This should be the cause of the landform here.
This kind of terrain is a natural defensive barrier. No one dares to walk through the dense forest, because no one knows whether they are stepping on solid ground. If we want to capture Taoyuan Village, we will probably have to pass through a few lava flows.
Go up the forest passage. And along the way, there are stone bunkers and arrow towers guarding dangerous places. It is probably more difficult to attack here than to climb to the sky.
Finally, an hour later, everyone passed through the dense forest area on the slopes of Panlongling. When everyone's sight was no longer blocked by the forest, the scene in front of them was even more shocking.
But at the top of the mountain, the bare germanium-colored mountain stretches across the blue sky and white clouds like a towering copper wall. Only a few places are covered with white snow, and there are hard and strange-shaped rocks everywhere. All the way up, it is rugged and dangerous.
The terrain above the tree line is even more steep and bare. Even if someone can climb through the forest, they will have nothing to hide.
The most amazing thing is not just these. On the top of the towering cliff, there is obviously a circle of artificially built fortification walls, which stretches to the north and south sides on the edge of the mountain top. The beacon towers, crenels, and bunkers are all clearly visible, like a ring surrounding the cliff.
The wall built on the top of the mountain is as big as the Great Wall. After more than a hundred years of management, the owner here has fully combined the fortifications with the terrain, taking advantage of the location of the ringed peak to build a giant castle that combines artificial and natural elements. This should
How much effort and manpower was spent.
Think about it, the length of the entire mountain pass in Panlong Ridge is more than 20 miles. It is such a huge project to complete the construction of the 20-mile Great Wall. Especially in this barren mountains and ridges, there are no tools.
Under the circumstances, this is simply a pioneering work.
