Chapter 248: Canyon Rafting

Qutang is noisy and twelve beaches, and the road in this is difficult in ancient times. Long hatred is not as good as water, waiting for the waves on the flat ground. -------Tang Dynasty. Liu Yuxi's "Nine Songs of Bamboo Branches"

It is said that the Qinglong Army set out from Longnan County and went deep into the mountains at the junction of Yizhou and Liangzhou, trying to find a way to enter the Guangyuan Sword Pavilion Plank Road, so as to bypass the Yangping Pass, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The actual situation is just as Chen Long expected, even if there are Ma Chao, Zhang He, Gao Lan Zhiyong, Xun You, Xu Shu, Pan Jun Zhizhizhi, it is difficult to open the Yangping Xiongguan in a short period of time, not to mention that behind Yangping Pass is Hanzhong County, which is full of soldiers and food, and all kinds of supplies are continuously sent to the city of Yangping Pass.

Guarding Yangping Pass is Zhang Lu's younger brother Zhang Wei, who is brave and resourceful, and has a lot of knowledge. When Ma Teng's army attacked Yangping Pass, Zhang Lu heard of Ma Chao's bravery, was afraid, and discussed with his brother Zhang Wei a strategy to retreat from the enemy. Zhang Wei said: "Brother, don't worry. The most dangerous in Han is as bad as Yangping Pass; It can be around the pass, by the mountains and forests, and more than ten fences to meet the enemy. Brother is in Hanning, just allocate more grain and grass to deal with it. Zhang Lu said that he sent the generals Yang Ang and Yang Ren to follow his brother Zhang Wei to set off on the same day.

Ma Chao and Ma Teng's front army arrived, and Wenyang Pingguan had been prepared, and they were 15 miles away from the pass. It was night, and the sergeants were tired, and they rested. After the village was on fire, Yang Ang and Yang Ren killed the two soldiers to rob the village. Ma Teng and Ma Chao were caught off guard, and they were in a hurry to get the horse, and the Hanzhong soldiers were already crowded in, and the Xiliang soldiers were defeated, so they had to abandon the village and retreat thirty miles to the village.

The next day, Ma Chao led troops into the front team and killed the pass again. Ma Chao saw that the mountains were treacherous, the forests were thick, he didn't know the path, and he was afraid that there would be ambushes, so he led the army back to the village, and said his father Ma Teng said: "If I know that this place is so sinister, I will not be able to raise troops." Ma Teng said: "The soldiers have come here, what can I do?" Do you want to wait for Chen Longbing to arrive? But he was laughed at, and he will be treated by me tomorrow. ”

The next day, Ma Teng got on the horse, only took Ma Chao and Ma Tie's two sons, and came forward to see Zhang Wei Zhaizha. The three horses turned around the hillside and saw Zhang Weizhai Zha early. Ma Teng raised his whip and pointed at it, and said to his two sons: "The fence is so strong, and the cliff is so steep, it is really urgent to get down!" Before he could say anything, a shout came from behind, arrows rained down, and Yang Ang and Yang Ren came in two ways. Ma Teng was shocked, and Ma Chao shouted: "Brother Shanbao father retreats, wait for me to kill the thief!" "Anyway, the spear and the horse, the forward battle against the two generals. Yang Ang and Yang Ren are also famous generals in Hanzhong, but they can't be Ma Chao's courage even if they try their best, with one enemy and two, they are still killed by Ma Chao's crooked armor, and they have to return to the horse and retreat, and the rest of the generals dare not move forward. Ma Tie ran over the hill with his father, and another army arrived in front; When I saw it, it was the Xiliang army horse who heard the shouting, and Ma Xiu hurriedly led the army to respond, so he rescued Ma Teng back to the village. Ma Teng saw that the terrain of Yangpingguan was so sinister, he frowned all day long, he couldn't even touch the side of the city wall, and he didn't see Zhang Weilai fighting with the Xiliang soldiers every day.

is at a loss, Xun You's soldiers have arrived, the cavalry is useless, only the crossbow soldiers can be of great use. Just after the hundreds of thousands of crossbow arrows arrived, Xun You and Xu Shu designed to make the soldiers survey the steep slopes on both sides, and finally found a cliff that could be climbed, so that people used ropes to send all the crossbows to the high cliff and set them up. Although it can't shoot in Yangping Pass, but just enough to shoot into several fences set up by Zhang Wei, this time the arrows rain down every day, Zhang Weibing hid in the camp, scared all day long, walking with a shield, abandoned the fence in a few days, and all withdrew to Yangping Pass. Ma Teng and Xun You's combined forces were finally able to reach the pass, ten miles away from Yangping Pass.

The mountain road is narrow, and the Xiliang Army and the Qinglong Army block the entire road tightly, stretching for dozens of miles. The troops that can forcibly erect the ladder can be put on dozens of planes at the same time, and they have stormed the city wall several times, but they are simply scratching their boots, and they basically can't even climb the city wall, and the ladder is burned or pushed away, and the siege troops have suffered countless casualties.

Xun Yu made a plan again, and set up a high platform with a giant wood in front of the camp, preparing to attack the city with a repeater crossbow on the high platform again. It's a pity that the high platform entered the range of the feather arrows in the city, and it was burned by rockets several times. Seeing that the platform could not be set up, Xun You had no choice but to send people to harass the city wall every day and night, hoping to use the strategy of exhausting the army to see the opportunity to surprise the attack.

In this way, the siege lasted for more than 20 days, and the battle situation made no progress, Zhang Wei was behind the supplies and replacement soldiers of Hanzhong, and the tired soldiers on the city wall were replaced one after another, all of them were full of food and sleep, and they were all alive and well. The battle of Shangyong was also stuck between attack and defense, and it did not affect Hanzhong's defense of Yangping Pass at all, and the whole war seemed to be protracted. The warships shuttled across the Han River, and Shamoko's troops were about to join the battle for Shangyong, and no one knew if it would affect the balance of the battle of Hanzhong.

Chen Long's strange soldiers, led by the son of the old hunter of Pipa Village, went deep into the mountains to find the source of Wuma Creek. Wuma Creek flows by Zhangjia Village beyond the two high mountains, and the old hunter and his son personally lead the way, and the Qinglong Army does not know how many trees and vines have been cut off, and how many fierce tigers and leopards have been driven away, and finally arrived at Wuma Creek. This section of water next to Zhangjia Village is the narrowest, fortunately it is quite gentle, the upstream is a thin waterfall, gushing out from the cliff of the mountain, the old hunter pointed to the waterway and said: "This mountain is stacked on top of each other, I don't know how many levels of rapids and waterfalls, how to get the boat?" When the soldiers heard this, they all looked at each other, how could this kind of waterway allow the army to move forward?

Chen Long traveled all the way, and he already knew that the old hunter was called Bao Weng, and his son was called Jin Yuka, a typical Miao name pronunciation. Chen Long asked Jin Yuka, "Jin Yuka, how did the predecessor you said get out of the waterway?" Jin Yuka obviously didn't know, looked at the creek and said: "When I came to the stream, I knew that it was unlikely that this Wuma Creek would go out." I think it's just a legend. ”

The generals were even more frustrated, but Bao Weng, who had been silent for a long time, said: "That story is true. ”

A sentence was like seeing the sun through the clouds, and Chen Long asked, "Could it be that senior has a copper head and an iron arm?" There are cliffs and waterfalls everywhere, and you have fallen to your death. ”

The treasure man sighed and said, "That's why it's too dangerous! It's not a path that mortals can take, so let's go back, General! ”

Chen Long said unwillingly: "Hey, old man Baoweng, let's tell me, how did the legendary man drift down the waterway?"

Bao Weng hesitated for a while, and finally said: "I heard that there is a kind of vine on the nearby mountain, which can float in the water, and is very strong. The vines are tough and not easy to break, so they can be protected from serious injuries in a fall and collision. The rest depends on creation, if you drift into the crevices of tributaries, it is difficult to guarantee that you will be able to get out of this mountain. ”

Chen Long was overjoyed, thinking of the vine armor army in the bloody battle of Zhuge , invulnerable, able to float in water, except for being easily burned by fire, there was almost no weakness. That night, the army slept outside Zhangjia Village. There are only a few hunter families in Zhangjia Village, and they have long fled and do not know where to go. Chen Long let the old hunter, Zhou Budo and the wounded and sick live, and he and the soldiers set up tents and slept in the open.

The next day, the whole army was divided into four parts, and all of them went up to the surrounding mountains in search of suitable vines. The old hunter took Chen Long and his group, and after going around the mountains for four days and nights, he finally saw the vines climbing all over the cliff on the edge of a cliff.

Chen Long had all the vines cut down and bring them all back to Zhangjia Village. The entire cliff face, which was originally green, turned into a bare dark black cliff after a whole day of harvesting.

The three armies regathered outside Zhangjia Village, and Chen Long took matters into his own hands, cutting off the branches and leaves of the vines and weaving a dense circular cage, exposing only a small entrance and exit for personnel to enter and exit.

In order to prevent the people in the vine cages from colliding with each other and injuring each other, each cage is only large enough for two people, and these two people have of course become the best partners. Chen Long slapped the rattan cage a few times, tested the strength and toughness, and said to Zhou Budo with a smile: "Strategist, do you have any secrets to tell me on the road?" Zhou Budo laughed, knowing that the lord had let him be in the same cage as him in order to protect himself. Chen Long put two water-based ones into the cage and threw them into the water for testing, and the cage really floated downstream along the water, and it was enough to expose the head to breathe air, and the effect was quite good.

Under Chen Long's order, the whole army began to choose their own partners, work in pairs, and weave their own rattan cages. Because it is something to protect their own lives, everyone is very serious, and it is another day's work, and they really made more than 5,000 rattan cages, and there are still a lot of corners left all over the ground. Chen ordered them all to be thrown into the river and let them flow downstream, which might be used in the future to guide the direction of the water and avoid falling into the tributary cycle.

Everything is ready, Chen Long thanked him for his kindness, said goodbye to Bao Weng and the gold and silver card, the gold and silver card was reluctant, Chen Long promised that when he entered Sichuan in the future, he would come to him as a guide, and the gold and silver card was reluctant to go. Chen Long's heart moved, he stuffed his serrated dagger into the hand of the gold and silver card, took some silver money, and said: "Gold and silver card, if you have time, you can go to Longnan Yinxi Village, find the contact Zhou Tong, show him this dagger, and he will naturally arrange your task." That's a very important task, and you can do it. The gold and silver card was overjoyed and said: "In our village, there are many partners, who will serve the adults in the future." Chen Long comforted him in every possible way, and the two hunters, one old and one young, were reluctant to go.

Early the next morning, the army buried the pot and cooked a full meal. According to Chen Long's estimate, this rafting may last for a day or two nights before entering the Jialing River, and then there are at least four or five days of plank road to walk, so everyone brings a lot of dry food with them. As for weapons, long weapons are all abandoned, and only short knives and bows and crossbows are carried with them, and in future wars, they can only find ways to rob the enemy's arsenal to replenish weapons.

Everything stopped, Chen Long left the wounded and sick soldiers, and left another 100 troops to take care of the wounded and sick, so that they could return to Tianshui after they recovered. At noon, the sun shone on the stream, and the clear water flowed eastward, and the hundred remaining soldiers pushed all the rattan balls into the water. Gao Shun and Lu Chang's rattan cage was the first to enter the water, Chen Long and Zhou Budo got into the last rattan ball, and the soldiers pushed it into the water, and the rattan ball floated steadily, slowly chasing the rattan ball in front of them.

The shadows of the green mountains slowly retreated from both banks, and the cracks in the rattan cages were full of water shadows and rocky cliffs. Occasionally, the rattan cage gets stuck in the rock, and as long as you stick the short knife out of the gap and push it gently, the rattan cage will continue to drift down the river. If you look up at the blue sky, you can taste a trace of comfort.

The sound of water in his ears gradually sounded, and the rattan cage in front of him suddenly let out an exclamation, and in an instant, the rattan cage of Chen Long and Zhou Budo also quickly spun and rushed forward, and it actually entered a torrent. Chen Long motioned to Zhou Budo to grasp the gap in the vines, only to feel that the sky was spinning, I don't know how many rounds up and down, how many rocks he hit, how many circles he turned, suddenly his feet were empty, and the feeling of weightlessness came, and the rattan cage had entered the void, with a puff of mist, falling to the deep pool at the bottom of the cliff.

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