Chapter 50: Liu Qi is missing
"It's not that Uncle Liu's layout is problematic, it's that there's a problem with this map." Wei Qing replied, "On the map, this river is very long, according to the corresponding location, we should be able to see this river from the position we are now, but why can't we see it at all?" ”
Liu Anbang's eyebrows jumped: "Drawing wrong?" ”
"It's not just the length of the river that's wrong!" Wei Qing replied.
Liu Anbang's face was a little pale.
What would the result be if it was really more than just the length of the river that was drawn incorrectly? God knows what it looks like, because no one knows what the map is wrong.
"I'll check it out for myself." Wei Qing knew what he was thinking when he saw Liu Anbang's expression, and took the initiative to ask for help at the moment.
"Okay." Liu Anbang really didn't dare to hand over such a major matter to others, "Nephew Wei Xian, you have to go early and return early." ”
"Uncle Liu, don't worry." Wei Qing agreed.
Wei Qing said goodbye to Liu Anbang, took ten soldiers, and went straight to this nameless river. Along the way, Wei Qing stopped from time to time to watch, and when he stopped for the fourth time, an accompanying soldier finally couldn't help it: "Centurion Wei, we should hurry up, if this location is not examined, the whole army will not be able to deploy it." ”
Wei Qing looked at the soldier: "What's your name?" The soldier was stunned for a moment, and then replied, "My name is Liu Qi." Wei Qing smiled slightly: "Liu Qi, you have a great sense of the overall situation." ”
"What?" Liu Qi didn't understand. What is the "big picture"?
Wei Qing saw that Liu Qi didn't understand, so he didn't say any more, but he silently remembered this person's name in his heart. Although the name was commonplace, this man was perhaps unusual, at least, he knew how urgent the task was.
But Wei Qing stopped not because he liked the scenery, but because he wanted to calibrate the map. Since the river could have been drawn incorrectly, the possibility of a misdrawing could not be ruled out elsewhere, and he had to calibrate these places as well.
When Wei Qing came to the location of the river shown in the map, he realized how wrong the map was.
There is no river here at all! The long river on the map was actually a short, shallow stream, no more than five or six feet wide at its widest point, not more than a foot deep, but the water was very clear, and there were a few small fish swimming in the water.
"Liu Qi!" Wei Qing frowned and looked at it for a while, and raised his voice to call Liu Qi.
"In!" Liu Qi immediately came to Wei Qing's side.
Wei Qing pointed to the left: "You take four people to the left, I take four people to the right, limited to half an hour, no matter where you go, you have to return here to meet, and along the way, you must mark the places you pass so that you can change the map." ”
"Order!" Liu Qi was very happy in his heart, he was an ordinary soldier, but he could also be a small leader, and he couldn't help but be very proud.
"Remember, half an hour, don't go back after the hour!" Wei Qing instructed again.
"Written down!" Liu Qi replied as he turned the horse's head and led the four people away.
Wei Qing led the four soldiers all the way to the right, walking downstream along the stream, drawing maps on paper as they went.
The brook flowed loudly, and the grass on the side of the stream was wet and slippery, and the ground seemed to be soaked with water, and the horses had great difficulty walking on it, and if they were not careful, they would slip. Wei Qing had no choice but to shout at the other four soldiers to turn over and dismount, leading the horses and slowly moving forward.
The four soldiers followed behind Wei Qing, looking around greedily as they walked. It's really a beautiful place. On one side is green grass and shady, on the other side are strange peaks and strange rocks, and a small stream flows happily in the middle.
Wei Qing secretly sighed in his heart, such a great river and mountain, but the Jin army wants to snatch it away, as a big Han people, how can he sit idly by?
The creek flowed forward for a while, turned to the left, and flowed into a small lake. The lake is surrounded by trees and weeds, and it is close to the foot of the mountain, so it is impossible to explore any further.
"Damn it!" Wei Qing scolded hatefully.
It's not that he can't explore any further, but because the lake was unmarked on the original map. I really don't know who drew this map, how can it be so bad?
Wei Qing looked around, what should be explored is almost explored, no matter how far it is, it is not the scope of the Han army's defense. "Turn around, go and join Liu Qi!" Wei Qing ordered.
It seems that Wei Qing arrived early, and when they returned to their original place, Liu Qi had not yet returned.
Wei Qing and the four soldiers sat by the stream, resting while waiting for Liu Qi to come back. The four soldiers were no longer restrained at this time, talking and laughing with each other. The four soldiers were all chatting about crops, ploughing the land, plowing cattle and other topics, Wei Qing was a child who grew up in the city since he was a child, and he didn't know anything about them, so he couldn't interject at all. So Wei Qing didn't participate in their small talk, just listened to it on the side.
Many of the agricultural things that these soldiers said were very new to Wei Qing. He listened to the people talking about when to plough the ground, when to plant and so on, and it seemed that a fertile land appeared in front of him, and people were laughing and working.
He suddenly felt a little congestion in his chest: they were just ordinary peasants, why should they give up their land to work hard here? What is it for, exactly? What the Han need is just a stable environment, neither want to invade other countries, nor want to be invaded by other countries, but the Jin army has repeatedly provoked, do they really not understand that no matter how big the land is, it is not worth more than life?
"Centurion Wei, what's that?" A soldier suddenly pointed to the stream and exclaimed, interrupting Wei Qing's musings.
Wei Qing looked into the stream, and when he saw it, he couldn't help but exclaim "ah", and stood up suddenly!
In the stream, a helmet was washed down with a heavy load, and the helmet was clearly from the Han army, like Liu Qi's helmet!
Wei Qing jumped into the water all of a sudden, ignoring the splashing of the water, and caught up with the helmet in a few big strides, scooped it up, flipped the helmet, and looked at the inside of the helmet.
On the inside of the helmet, the two big characters "Liu Qi" are written, which are Liu Qi's helmet!
"Maybe Liu Qiyi was negligent 。。。。。。" A soldier can't go on after only half of what he says, if he really neglected to drop his helmet for a while, why didn't he pick it up again? The stream is not deep, and the current is not fast, so that it will not be impossible to catch up, not to mention that the loss of armor will be punished!
"Go upstream, vigilance!" Wei Qing ordered.
Several of them drew their swords and unsheathed them, looking around vigilantly as they walked.
The breeze is light, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, and the sun is shining warmly, without a trace of chill.
But several people had bursts of chills on their bodies.
Who else will be able to attack the Han army? Could it be that the Jin Army came ahead of time?
After walking for a short time, several people were "Huh?" He stopped.
Not far ahead, there is actually a small bridge, this small bridge is very cleverly built, it seems to be made of a row of bamboo tubes set up in the middle of two bamboos, which is both beautiful and practical.
"Is there a human presence here?" A soldier whispered to himself.
Wei Qing is also asking this question in his heart, although the scenery in this area is beautiful, but it is far away from the road and the city, and the Han army has not seen any residents and people on this road, is it that there are people living here? And looking at this small bridge, it is definitely not possible to build it by one person, is there a village or a county here?
"Liu Qi, they came from here!" A soldier gestured to the side of the bridge.
The railing on the side of the bridge is engraved with a mark, which is exactly the mark that the Han soldiers remind the soldiers behind them to go in which direction when marching. It seems that Liu Qi's mind is really very thoughtful, and when he saw this strange little bridge, he first carved a mark on the bridge, in case something happened to him, Wei Qing and the others would know where to find themselves.
"You two stay", Wei Qing pointed to the two soldiers, "If you don't see me come back for an hour, report back to General Liu immediately, there must be no mistake!" The two soldiers were shocked, but since the centurion had already given the order, how could he not listen, and immediately agreed in unison.
"Cross the bridge!" Wei Qing said to the other two soldiers, and stepped on the bridge first.
As soon as he stepped on the bridge deck, the bamboo tube on the bridge deck suddenly rolled rapidly! This accident happened, Wei Qing screamed half in shock, and fell on the bridge, the back of his head hit the bridge deck hard, and his eyes turned black for a while, and he heard several soldiers shouting in unison. He fluttered with his hands and feet trying to grab something, but before he could touch anything, his foot hit the ground.
Wei Qing sat up with his head in his hands, but found that he had crossed the small bridge and was sitting on the other side of the bridge.
"Centurion Wei, are you alright?" The soldiers behind did not dare to cross the bridge, and they were afraid that there would be some mechanism in the stream, so they shouted at the bridge in a hurry.
"It's okay, I'm 。。。。。。" Wei Qing only said three words, and his feet suddenly softened, the ground cracked all of a sudden, and he fell down completely!
Before he could scream, he had already fallen into a net with a thud, and with a bang, the crack on his head closed again---- it turned out to be a flap!
Wei Qing struggled slightly, and found that he was in a net pocket with a big bottom and a small mouth, which seemed to have a mechanism, and the more he struggled, the tighter it became. He only moved his body twice, and he was unable to move by the tight grip of the hoop.
These transformations were just a matter of an instant, Wei Qing didn't have time to react at all, and when he reacted, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. This mechanism is so novel and ingenious, I don't know who and when it was set up? And for what?
But no matter what it is for, it seems that the purpose of this organ is not to kill people, otherwise, as long as a little murderous weapon is set up in this series of organs, he Wei Qing is afraid that he will already die. But I don't know if Liu Qi and they were also caught like this? How does this mechanism work? Who is manipulating? How will he be treated? Can the soldiers help him unlock the mechanism? This series of questions poured into Wei Qing's mind at the same time, making his head hurt.
There was a faint shout outside, shouting "Captain Wei!" Wei Centurion! "Listen to the voices of his men. Wei Qing took a breath, and was about to tell them out loud that he was here, when the shout suddenly turned into an exclamation, and then suddenly fell silent!