The cliff of the mountain temple is about more than fifty zhang high, fortunately, most of the people in the Liangzhou army have ropes after mounting, Gong Re ordered Gao Sheng to lead people to collect the ropes, and form a long rope from the top of the cliff, Tuoba Ye took Shi Fei and the two of them to climb down the cliff along the long rope first.

Descending to the bottom of the cliff, the river crashed over the boulders, and it was very difficult for the people below to stand on their feet, and there was no enemy to defend here.

Tuoba Ye shook the rope and signaled that the bottom of the Gongre Cliff guarded above was temporarily safe.

Gongre looked at Gao Sheng, who was standing beside him, "Tell General Tuoba that you must return to Liangzhou alive, and tell the leader of Pangaro that he wants him to avenge me!" ”

"General Tuoba ordered me to leave after you go down!" Gao Sheng shook his head and said.

"Fuck off, if Lao Tzu leaves, no one will be able to escape." Gongre glared and said angrily: "Hurry up and get out of me, tell Tuoba Ye that the matter of avenging Lao Tzu will be handed over to him!" He waved the war knife in his hand, and it seemed that Gao Sheng would not leave, he would really kill him with one sword.

Gao Sheng was helpless, so he had to climb down the long rope, just arrived at the bottom of the cliff and did not stand firm, only to hear the long rope above his head hula and fall, it turned out that Gongre cut the rope with a knife on it, showing the determination to die. At the same time, in order to attract the attention of the enemy, he began to order his troops to break through separately.

After listening to Gao Sheng's relays of Gongre's words, Tuoba Ye stomped his feet under the cliff and sighed, Gongre was determined to sacrifice himself to create conditions for them to break through. The water under his feet is agitated, and the waves are constantly lapping against the mountain rocks, making the sound of sinister water. This section of the Qipan Mountain is turbulent, and it is difficult to cross it with manpower alone. Most of the Hexi athletes were cavalrymen, and they were good at kung fu immediately, but when they got to the water, most of them became landlubbers, and even Tuoba Ye's skills were far inferior to those fishermen who often frolicked in the water.

There were bursts of shouting and killing on the top of the cliff, Tuoba Ye was stunned, turned his head to Gao Sheng and said, "Let's go, find a place to cross the river!" "At this time, it is useless to say anything, only by living can we live up to the trust of my brothers.

Tuoba Ye ordered Gao Sheng and Shi Fei to put away the long rope, and the three of them walked down the river for less than a mile, turning a river bay, and the water was slightly slower. Along both banks are dense forests, Tuoba Ye waved the Tang knife in his hand, and an oak tree with a thick bowl mouth broke in response. He cut down a few more trees in succession, and Gao Sheng and Shi Fei cut off the branches, leaving only the trunks, and then tied them with long ropes and set up a raft.

It is common to march and fight, and it is common to cross the river and tie some wooden rafts, and these Gao Sheng and Shi Fei are still skilled. In about an hour, a simple raft had been built, but the sound of fighting on the mountain had faded, and most of the brothers who wanted to stay had already suffered misfortune. The three of them pushed the raft into the water, and Gao Sheng cut three long wooden sticks with thick arms as artemisia, and when they got on the raft, they used all the strength of the raft, and the raft slowly left the river bank with the help of water power and went down the river.

Tuoba Ye breathed a sigh of relief, although this raft was not easy to reach the other side, but it went down the river, even if it was discovered by Li Yichao, there was nothing to be done for the time being. At this time, the raft was close to the center of the river, and the wooden sticks in the hands of the three could not reach the bottom of the river, and were washed back to the vicinity of the right bank by the current.

Gao Sheng and Shi Fei struggled to sail the raft to the opposite bank, "Don't toss so much, we can go over to the next river bay." Tuoba Ye looked at the two and said.

The raft went down with the river for more than ten miles, and the river turned at the foot of Qipan Mountain, and a large river bay appeared not far away. At this time, it was just past midnight, and the moonlight was slanting westward, appearing and disappearing. There were three people standing on the raft, all of them submerged in the water, and the three of them lay on the raft, and the waves on the water splashed all three of them wet.

The night was dark, and it was even more chilly.

At this time, the river was surging and the waves were turbulent, Tuoba Ye looked towards the opposite riverbank, but found that there were several fires on the bank of the river bay in front of him, and he secretly screamed that it was not good, Li Yichao really deployed people in front.

As the raft turned around the bend, it was open and the river was flowing a little slower. Tuoba Ye had good eyesight, and suddenly saw that on the dark surface of the river, there were two sheepskin rafts shuttling on the turbulent river, and on each raft stood six or seven strong men with swords.

The raft was not controlled by man, and rushed straight towards the two rafts. The people on the raft were taken aback, and then the first one smiled and said: "Zhang Junshi really has the foresight, teach us to stay here, effortlessly, get some credit, brothers, capture them alive and get a reward!" With that, he pointed at the long knife in his hand, and the two rafts circled around the river and rowed towards the raft.

Tuoba Ye secretly complained to himself, the other party was really an ambush set up by Li Yichao, it seemed that he was a thief who often begged for a living in the water, if it was on the shore, these water thieves would not be in his eyes, but on the water, he had no bottom in his heart.

In an instant, the two rafts approached.

The strong man on the raft waved the ghost head knife in his hand, and laughed: "Everyone put down their blades and tie their hands, I, Ma Qingxiong, can spare your lives!" ”

I only heard Tuoba Ye speak: "Who is my Tao, it turned out to be Ma Laosan, why can't you get along the Jing River, but run to the Wei River to beg for a living?" This Ma Qingxiong is the third of the Ma brothers in the "Jinghe Four Tyrants", the Ma brothers have been able to run rampant in the Jing River for many years and control the water transportation of the Jing River, which is supported by the Li family of Xiazhou. The Yue Cavalry Battalion of the Hexi Army under the control of Tuoba Ye was responsible for intelligence collection and was familiar with the green forests in the northwest. The Ma brothers monopolized the water transportation of the Jing River, extorted business travelers, and became a hegemon on the water.

Ma Qingxiong laughed: "It's good to know, hurry up and abandon the knife and bow down, your Uncle Ma has a bad temper!" ”

At this time, the two rafts were approaching to a place less than two feet away from the wooden raft, Tuoba Ye held a long knife, stood at the head of the raft, and sneered when he heard this: "If you have the ability, come up and try!" ”

"Hmph, if you don't eat and drink in a toast, then don't blame Lao Tzu for being polite!" Ma Qingxiong sneered, "Yes, life or death doesn't matter!" He shouted to his men.

When the raft reached a distance of several feet, four big men held harpoons, shouted in unison, jumped up to the wooden raft, and the two stretched out their long forks in the air, and stabbed down on the head.

Tuoba Ye stepped back slightly, and when the two of them landed on the raft, their footing unsteady, the long knife in their hands swung out like lightning. It became a habit for the two thieves who stepped on the raft to bully the passing merchants, and as soon as they made a stop at the bow of the boat, most of them would obediently offer the silver, which was a great deal of effort. Unexpectedly, someone would dare to fight back, and after a little relief, a strong man was slashed into the water by Tuobaya. The other man raised his fork and stabbed forward, but instead of retreating, he advanced and rubbed his body forward, stretched out his arm, and the harpoon was shocked and flew away, only to see the long knife go straight into the abdomen. The thief screamed and fell into the water, already badly wounded.

The other two were also shot down into the water by the long sticks in the hands of Gao Sheng and Shi Fei, and they were not lightly injured.

"Stick your hands in the water!" Ma Qingxiong shouted, turned forward, plopped, and jumped into the river, and several other people also jumped into the water one after another.

I saw several people inhale and dive to the bottom of the raft, stretch out their short swords to cut the rope of the raft, only to hear a few clicks, the back of the raft has been divided into two halves. Hearing the sound of the long knife, Tuoba Ye stabbed down from between the rafts with all his might, hitting one person, only to hear a muffled snort under the water, and the person who was hit by the knife quickly sank to the bottom of the water.