The Tianshan Xiat Ancient Road, formed by the roaring thundering Shat River alluvium, has always been the most dangerous sheep intestine trail in the Western Regions, there are fragmented Muzat glaciers on the road, ice crevices, glaciers pose a huge threat to the march, war horses can not pass, can only walk alone in a single column, there is no food and grass supply on the way, can only rely on their own back. Therefore, Geng Gong ordered that on the day of three days, he must cross the Shatthart Ancient Road, and the end of the Shatthart Ancient Road is the pass of Wusun.

Li dared to fight bravely, led 300 people, opened roads in the mountains, and built bridges in the water. At first, I didn't feel how dangerous it was, but the more I walked, the colder it became, and the road was frozen. Three hundred warriors plunged their swords into the ice before they could walk, and when they encountered a difficult road, they cut them into steps with their knives, which were covered with stones, so that they could walk in the rear. Tired all night, Li Dare took people to rest on a flat ground, and shivered from the cold all night, Li Dare said in his heart: "What the hell is this pioneer, I haven't seen half a figure, I've been building a road for a day, I'm tired in the middle of the night, alas! It's really self-inflicted, and it would be nice to take a smooth road and fight the enemy happily! ”

Sleeping until midnight, I suddenly heard a loud and crisp sound in the middle of the mountain, especially like a ghost crying, and like a soldier's horn, which kept entering the ears and was terrifying, so frightened that Li Dare jumped up, aroused three hundred soldiers, and waited for the battle. However, I could only hear the thunder and thunder in the mountains, but there was no one in sight. Li Dang was puzzled: "Lao Tzu doesn't believe in God all his life, he is not afraid of ghosts, this dangerous road is a little strange, I am afraid that there are really ghosts and gods, Shi Xiu, don't you say?" There was a tremor between the words. Shi Xiu looked around and said, "There are some high ice peaks on all sides, where can there be people?" If there are no people, how can there be ghosts? Li Xianfeng is not in a hurry, wait for me to go up and have a look. After speaking, Shi Xiu pinned the knife into his waist and crawled towards the mountain like an ape, disappearing in an instant. Li Dare did not dare to be careless, according to Geng Gong's usual training, the three hundred soldiers were lined up into a gossip array, and all directions were strictly vigilant.

After a while, a white shadow flew in, the speed was so fast, getting closer and closer, and in a blink of an eye, Li Dang was startled and shouted loudly: "Who is it, don't make a sound, Lao Tzu will slash you with a knife!" The white shadow said: "Li Xianxian, it's me." It turned out to be Shi Xiu, his head was full of ice flowers, and he was holding a piece of ice in his hand, shivering from the cold. Li Dare was puzzled, very strange, and asked, "Shi Xiu, are you afraid that you are fascinated by ghosts?" What do you do with a big piece of ice breaking on such a cold day? Shi Xiu laughed and said, "Li Xianxian, that 'ghost' is on these ices. Here, there is a huge temperature difference between night and daytime, which causes the glaciers to break, and the non-stop noise is the sound of these glaciers breaking. ”

"So that's what happened, I said, what the hell is there in this world!" Li Dang pinned the knife to his waist, his black face was red from cold, and he sat on the ground with his buttocks, panting. Three hundred soldiers also went into their accounts to rest.

Li Dang was in a hurry to kill Wusun, before dawn, and urged the march, a few soldiers moved slower, and they were scolded by Li Dang for splitting their heads and covering their faces, if it weren't for the fear that Geng Gong was strict in governing the army, Li Dang would have punched and kicked him a long time ago. After walking like this for more than a day, they finally crossed the narrow glacial road, but dozens of soldiers also fell into the ice crevasses and lost their lives. After another day, although the road was steep, but the city of Wusun Country could be seen in the distance, Li Dang couldn't help but be overjoyed, the night was dark, still not resting, the soldiers were exhausted, they didn't want to go anymore, some simply sat on the ground, let Li dare to scold and scold, just didn't move. Li Dang was furious, drew his knife, murderous, Shi Xiu tried his best to dissuade him, but he still couldn't calm Li Dang's anger.

Suddenly seeing two green lanterns at the intersection in front of him, Shi Xiu was overjoyed and said, "Li Xianxian, there are people with lanterns in front, and I think most of them are friends and foes." Li Dang was taken aback, and then he was overjoyed, left those soldiers, ran towards the lantern with a knife, and shouted loudly: "I haven't met a birdman these days, and the shouting man has cast two knives, and before he has tasted human blood, he is about to rust, hum, great, kill this lantern-carrying man first, and sacrifice my saber." ”

Li Dare approached the lantern ashamedly, raised the saber, suddenly shouted "ah", turned his head and ran, the saber fell to the ground, "clang", very harsh. Shi Xiu was inexplicable, and thought to himself: "This Li Dang is usually not afraid of the sky and the earth, why is he afraid of being like this at this time?" He stretched out his hand to pull Li Kang and asked the reason, but Li Kang was crazy and as powerful as an ox, how could he hold it? The soldiers didn't want to march, but when they saw Li Dang like this, they didn't care about 3721, shouted, smeared oil on the soles of their feet, and ran away first. Shi Xiu couldn't help it, and he didn't dare to touch the lantern, so he was stunned for a while, not knowing what to do.

Li Dang fled for a while, and suddenly heard someone in front of him shouting: "Li Kang, what are you doing?" Look at your subordinates, threes, threes, twos, twos, what they look like? He looked up and saw that it was Geng Gong, and hurriedly said: "Big, big, big brother, help, save, save me, save me." After saying that, he gasped for air. It turned out that Li Dang opened the way, and Geng Gong led his troops to go very smoothly, and he was not far from Li Kang.

"What's the matter, escaping like this? In this world, there are actually things you are afraid of? Geng Gong is also curious, Li Dare is bold, usually he doesn't listen to anyone except himself and Wu Meng, but now he actually runs away, it's incredible. Li dared to say: "Big brother, I, I saw two lanterns in front and in front, I went up with a knife, ready to kill the person carrying the lantern, who knows, that, that's not a person." ”

Looking at Li Dang's terrifying appearance, Geng Gong asked curiously: "It's not a person, is it a ghost carrying a lantern?" Haha, what the hell is in this world. ”

"It's a snake, a big snake, two eyes, like two lanterns. I, Li Dang, am not afraid of anything, I am afraid of snakes, and besides, this snake is so big, slippery, sticking out its tongue like a stick, and its body is like a tree, and it is horizontal at the intersection, and I am suddenly frightened. ”

Geng Gong was angry and funny, and when he saw Li Dang with his bare hands, he said: "A brute, scared you like this, even the guy who eats has dropped, hum, look at your little bit of talent!" Li dared to say: "Fan Qiang, you are good at archery, hurry, go quickly, and blind the two eyes of the snake." ”

Wu Meng gathered the troops who had escaped with Li Kang and marched forward. Not long after, I saw Shi Xiu leading a few people, and they were fighting fiercely with the lantern, and the Han soldiers staggered from time to time, as if they were thrown by something. Shi Xiu jumped left and right, knife after knife, and continued to slash at the lantern, but the lantern was very flexible, and he couldn't cut it, and he threw Shi Xiu to the ground several times, and he was in danger. Geng Gong praised: "Don't be afraid of danger, face difficulties, have responsibility, and Shi Xiuzhen is a warrior!" ”

Li Dang was very frightened, grabbed Fan Qiang's hand tightly, and said, "Look, that lantern is the eye of a snake, what a big snake, quickly, shoot it to death!" Fan Qiang struggled and said, "You hold me so tightly, how can I shoot?" Li Dang hurriedly let go, Fan Qiang bent his bow and arrows, and shot hard, only to hear two "whoosh" sounds, the two lanterns went out in response, and a strong wind hit this side.

"Not good!" Geng Gong roared, drew his sword and slashed hard, and a black shadow fell from the sky to the ground. It turned out that the snake was cut off by Geng Gong and turned into two. The sound of the wind suddenly stopped, but there were raindrops-like things, which were fluttering one after another, and when they were scattered in the air, a wipe was actually blood. The two sections of the snake were still rolling on the ground, and Shi Xiu led dozens of soldiers to rush up and slash the snake into pulp.

Wu Meng had an idea, and said loudly: "In the past, Han Gaozu carried a three-foot sword and cut the white snake and had the world. Today, Brother Geng also slashed the giant snake, I think, pacifying the Western Regions will be within a few years! No matter how difficult it may be, what do we have to worry about? After a few days of walking, the people were already exhausted, and when they heard this, they all claimed that they were, and their spirits were refreshed and their morale was high.

It turned out that the Han soldiers were also quite superstitious. Therefore, Geng Gong used "Ji Bird" and Wu Meng used "Snake Chopping" to motivate his subordinates and boost morale.

(End of chapter)