Chapter 163: Burning the Longshan Warehouse (2)
Longshan is the lowest of the mountains north of Wangjing. The foot of Longshan Mountain is about 15 kilometers away from the north gate of Wangjing City.
Longshan is famous for "a valley of green shade, a lonely peak and proud of the river".
The so-called "one valley" refers to the only valley in Longshan--- ghost valley, this valley follows the trend of Longshan, showing the trend of high northeast and southwest bottom, the valley winds and stretches, during which the green trees are shady, the grass and trees are verdant, and the deep and cold is deep and cold.
The so-called "lonely peak" is, of course, the middle peak that stands at the easternmost point of Yongsan. The reason why it is said to be "proud of the river" is because the middle peak stands majestically on the west bank of the Han River, and at the bottom of the middle mountain peak, the turbulent Han River turns sharply from west to south, and rushes into the sea along the Han River waterway east of Wangjing City.
After three days of continuous trekking, Luo Shiyin led the team members to finally arrive at the west entrance of Longshan Ghost Valley at noon on the third day.
Burning the Longshan granary is indeed a clever move, so that it can cut off the food supply of hundreds of thousands of Japanese soldiers in Wangjing City.
Without sufficient food, the combat effectiveness of the hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops will be greatly reduced, which will lay a good foundation for the subsequent actions of the Ming army.
Regardless of whether the next plan of the Ming Dynasty is war or peace, burning down the Longshan granary and cutting off the supply of the Japanese army will be an action of extraordinary significance.
In fact, similar examples of warfare have long been practiced by the ancients, so it is not surprising. It's just that what Luo Shiyin didn't expect was that the similar examples of the ancients that had changed the course of history would be repeated on today's Korean battlefield, and the reconnaissance of the Yongsan granary by himself and several subordinates at the moment may be the beginning of the wonderful drama here.
Before leaving, Li Rusong and Luo Shiyin agreed that Luo Shiyin would lead a small team to conduct a thorough reconnaissance of the Longshan granary, and find out the specific location of the Longshan granary, the surrounding environment, and the garrison of the Japanese army, and then make further plans.
In addition to the six members of the team, there were also abbots and two capable disciples brought with him.
On the way from the Ming army camp in the North Oval Mountain to Longshan, Luo Shiyin listened to Abbot Xiuneng tell about the peculiarities of Longshan Ghost Valley.
Originally called the Valley of the Dead, this ghost valley was once used as a burial ground for the fallen soldiers during the Goryeo Dynasty of Korea due to its unique environment of deep and tranquil scenery.
In the beginning, it was only used to bury those who had died in battle. Later, as the war became more and more fierce, more and more dead soldiers were buried in it, making the entire Ghost Valley full of graves of all kinds, large and small.
Due to its gradual bottoming out from the inside out, during the rainy season, the mountain rain often falls from the valley, washing away some graves, causing sparkling white bones all over the valley.
Whenever night comes, there are often phosphorus ghost fires flickering in it, coupled with the terrible howling sound of the cold wind whistling at the mouth of the valley, giving people an eerie and terrifying feeling, as if a ghost appears in it. I don't know when the name of the Valley of the Dead was replaced by the Valley of the Dead.
Later, the government organized manpower to plant a large number of trees in the ghost valley, sorted out and buried the bones scattered in various places in the valley, and invited a group of wizards and warlocks to build incense altars, light lamps and incense, and exorcise evil spirits.
With the increasing prosperity of the forests, flowers and plants in the valley, the surface soil layer in the valley is gradually stabilized, and there are no more white bones washed out by the rain, and the ghost fire in the valley no longer appears.
People's fear of Ghost Valley has slowly faded over time. Individual hunters from nearby villages have also taken the initiative to move to live in the valley to enjoy the tranquil environment.
Luo Shiyin was not interested in the historical evolution of the Ghost Valley, what he was concerned about or why he decided to take the Ghost Valley and rush to the Longshan granary located on the Zhongdao Peak on the east side of Longshan Mountain was because he learned from the mouth of the abbot of Huneng that if he went up from the Ghost Valley, he could directly reach a hillside on the north side of the Zhongdao Peak, which was the closest highland to the Zhongdao Peak, its altitude was slightly lower than that of the Zhongdao Peak, and the top of the slope was densely forested, so that you could observe the grass and trees on the Zhongdao Peak up close, and it was convenient to hide your body.
It was nearly noon, and the warm sunlight shone on the raised rocks at the top of the mountain on the north side of the entrance to Ghost Valley.
"Ghost Valley? The name is weird and scary. Shi Tianji followed everyone to the valley and talked to himself.
"Lao Shi, I can't imagine that your old man is also afraid of ghosts and ghosts." Xie Yuan seemed to be nagging with Shi Tianji again.
"What, you're not afraid? Why don't you spend the night alone in this ghost valley tonight? Look at it doesn't scare your out of the pee. Shi Tianji said angrily.
"Actually, there's no fuss about the legend of this ghost. According to the general concept of the soul, after death, a person must be buried in the earth, because in this way can he smoothly enter the next reincarnation and be reincarnated.
"Those undead who fail to enter the earth will not be able to die smoothly, and if they cannot find the opportunity to be reincarnated, they will become lonely ghosts wandering around, and even become resentful ghosts with grievances." Xie Yuan did not take Shi Tianji's words, but showed off his profound knowledge alone.
"Not to mention, Brother Xie Yuan is very knowledgeable and can say everything." Ye Ruliu praised Xie Yuan.
"He's just drunk a few years more ink than Lao Shi. If Lao Shi can also have the opportunity to read more, maybe he will not be inferior to whoever is who. You say, don't you? Lao Shi. Shi Lang said.
"No, no, don't look at me always fighting with the water snake, if you really want to drink ink, I'm really not this kid's opponent, I still know this." Shi Tianji did not follow Shi Lang's words, but became modest.
"It seems that Lao Shi is not hopeless, and people still know how many bowls of dry rice they eat." Xie Yuan said.
"You water snake waist, I respect you for your knowledge, but what you kid said just now, why didn't I sound right?" Shi Tianji began to have seizures.
"Lao Shi, don't think too much. I'm complimenting you. Xie Yuan hurriedly said.
"Boasting? Why does it sound like I'm hurting me? So tell me, how many bowls of dry rice can I eat? Shi Tianji still refuses to give up. Grave
"How many bowls? I'll see a few pots. Without waiting for Xie Yuan to speak, Shi Lang preemptively said.
"Yes, yes, yes. Didn't you say that you can eat a pot and pull a kang, Lao Shi probably doesn't know how many kangs to pull yet. Xie Yuan continued Shi Lang's words.
"That's hard for Sister-in-law Shi, who is busy all night long." Shi Lang said.
"You two guys, the more you talk, the dirtier you get. I can't help it. Shi Tianji saw that it was difficult to say Xie Yuan and Shi Lang, so he took the initiative to soften his tone.
"Lao Shi, we don't have any malicious intent, saying that you eat too much, in fact, is praising you for being strong and strong in disguise." Xie Yuan said.
"Really?" Shi Tianji was skeptical of Xie Yuan's words.
"Is that still fake? You see, among those of us, you are the strongest, and if you don't praise you for eating, who can you praise? Xie Yuan said.
"Then why don't you just praise me for being strong?"
"That's not good, isn't there a saying that 'people are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong', if you really praise you for being strong, won't it drive you down a dangerous road." Xie Yuan said.
"Xie Yuan is saying that he wants to praise you directly for being strong, doesn't it mean that it is time for you to be slaughtered." Shi Lang was afraid that Shi Tianji would not understand Xie Yuan's words, so he explained.
"I know that you are a water snake-waisted weasel to give New Year's greetings to chickens - not well-intentioned, you make it clear, who is the pig?" After listening to Shi Lang's explanation, Shi Tianji rushed to Xie Yuan's side angrily, wanting to pinch Xie Yuan's neck, but Xie Yuan deftly dodged it.
"Okay, Lao Shi, the gentleman doesn't move his mouth, I won't say it anymore, isn't it okay?" Seeing that Shi Tianji wanted to do it with himself, Xie Yuan hurriedly begged for mercy.
"Okay, Brother Shi, Brother Xie Yuan just wants to make a few jokes and enliven the atmosphere, don't take it too seriously." Ye Ruliu persuaded Shi Tianji.
"If it weren't for my eldest sister to intercede for you, hum!" After Shi Tianji finished speaking, he exaggerated and made a movement to pull his neck.
"Okay, good, Lao Shi, you have the right to be an adult and don't remember the villain, let my brother go." Xie Yuan saw that Shi Tianji had stopped moving, and hurriedly said.
While everyone was talking and laughing, Luo Shiyin and Abbot Xiu Neng walked at the front of the team, and the two exchanged some information related to the investigation while observing the situation in front of them.
Because the valley runs east-west and the mountains on both sides of the valley are steep and high, it is difficult for sunlight to reach the valley even at noon.
The valley is full of trees of all colors, and the canopy of the stout trees spreads out, covering the forest in deep shade.
The road under his feet was paved with damp leaves, and his feet stepped on it, soft, as if walking on a quilt.
The further you go, the space between the trees gets narrower and narrower, and in some places you have to turn sideways to get through.
Everyone stopped laughing and carefully stepped on the thick leaves under their feet, carefully avoiding the dense moss on the ancient trees.
The higher you go, the steeper the terrain becomes. Everyone's breathing became more and more rapid. The cool air of the woods, mixed with the smell of dead leaves, moss, and earth, was constantly being inhaled into everyone's noses, making it difficult to tell what kind of smell it was.
After about half an hour's journey, we finally reached a relatively flat woodland.
"Let's take a break." Luo Shiyin saw that everyone was panting, so he ordered.
"Ouch, my mother! What the hell is this place, I'm so tired! Shi Tianji squatted on a rock, panting for breath.
Everyone found a convenient place to sit down.
Along the way, Bau was still as silent as before, except for occasionally stroking the neck of the jumping man who was following him, basically following behind everyone, without saying a word.
Seeing everyone sit down, Bau also found an inconspicuous place to sit down. Hopping crouched on Bau's right side, closing his eyes and resting.
Everyone sat around and no one spoke. The rush along the way has almost exhausted everyone's strength.
The forest was silent, so quiet that almost no sound could be heard, and the chirping of the birds, which could still be heard in the forest just a moment ago, also came to an abrupt end as everyone sat down.
In the deep mountains and dense forests, this strange silence is often terrifying.
Sure enough, everyone had just sat for a while, and Jump, who was squatting beside Bau with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes wide, looked at the mysterious and dark woods in horror, and let out a "hiss" warning sound.