The mountains and mountains on both sides confront each other, there is only a pothole and pothole mountain road left in the middle to pass, and the pedestrian looks up in the mountain road to produce the illusion that the mountains on both sides gather together, so it is called the mountain road. This road is located in a hundred miles outside the city of Pingzhou, because the terrain is dangerous, through the inconvenience, it is never the main road in and out of Pingzhou, and this ridge is barren, there is almost no vegetation, a wind blows is the wind and sand all over the sky, more and more dangerous, so people are inaccessible. However, if you want to cross Pingzhou to reach Mobei, this mountain road is the shortest distance and the safest distance.

"Safe?" Gu Hongxuan asked, "Is it based on your experience in Pingzhou?" ”

"Exactly, I came to Pingzhou to recruit soldiers in the name of the general, and I also took the opportunity to walk Pingzhou, and this mountain road was led by the locals of Pingzhou last time. This piece of land is inaccessible, remote and unguarded, and the terrain is dangerous, but it is a shortcut to Mobei. Xuan Shaoning stood outside the mountain and explained.

"Pingzhou is garrisoned by the main force of the Lower Tang Dynasty, and we must pass quickly." Zhang Hanshan said, and at the same time he looked at the weather and analyzed: "The sky has been gray since yesterday, and it seems that the wind is going to rise today, and when the wind and sand rise, it will be greatly unfavorable to our army's march." ”

Although Yang Zhong's injuries have eased, his face is still bloodless, at this time he is the supreme commander of this army, and all military orders must be issued by him. At this moment, the army was ten miles away from the mountain, and at least from the naked eye, there was no enemy in sight. The timing could not be delayed any longer, if it was a detour, it would not only double the time but also be more risky, and finally Yang Zhong gave the order for the whole army to pass through the mountain.

When I got to the front, I could see the road clearly, the name was really apt, the yellow rocks should have been connected, as if a giant who had reached the sky raised a giant knife to split such a path, straight to the front. As the years go by, this piece of mountain still maintains its original appearance, no green can be seen at all, and the eyes are full of yellow-brown, and I am tired of seeing it for a long time.

This army went out, except for the hundred people brought over by Zhang Hanshan, all the rest were the people of the original Guangyuan Army, Gu Hongxuan's martial arts guard and Jiang Xiaoyu's Tenglongwei. The road was narrow, and Yang Zhong and Jiang Xiaoyu were seriously injured, so Zhang Hanshan offered to take his subordinates to fight in the front, and Wu Gongwei was responsible for breaking the rear.

The army of 20,000 men was not much or too little, but after entering the mountain road, it was reduced to two teams in parallel, and the ranks were immediately lengthened a lot. Walking in the road, you can hear the wind whistling through the mountain road, and the eyes can see the cliffs on both sides, and the sound of horses' hooves is very clear and even harsh in this mountain road, but it is only 20,000 horses, and the sound of coming out sounds like there are 100,000 troops.

The mountain road is too depressing, looking up to see only a ray of sky, after looking at it for a long time, I only feel that the mountains on both sides are squeezing each other, and immediately my heart will have a sense of surprise, and then I retract my gaze to look at the narrow mountain road in front of me, and the surprise will gradually evolve into fear. No one in the mountain path spoke, and even the atmosphere did not dare to breathe at will, lest their slightest mistake would bring immeasurable consequences to the army.

Zhang Hanshan was at the forefront of beating horses, and the speed of the whole army was controlled by him, and he could neither fast nor swallow slowly, and it was still quite difficult to grasp this speed. Behind him were Xuan Shaoning and Shi Gong Zhengyuan, their eyes staring at the front together, what they longed for was to see the exit as soon as possible, and to leave the mountain road as soon as possible to get rid of the depression on their bodies as soon as possible.

I don't know how long it took to walk, one thing is for sure is that after the whole army had entered the mountain road, Zhang Hanshan suddenly found that there were two black things hanging in the air not far ahead. Zhang Hanshan raised his arm high, and the whole army began to slow down in an orderly manner from behind him.

"You two come with me to have a look!"

The three of them rode fast horses to the front of the hanging foreign object, and when they looked up, they turned out to be two black iron cages, and the mountains on both sides were embedded with a steel pillar the thickness of a human arm, and these two cages were suspended from the steel pillar. The cage is five feet above the ground, and it is difficult for people to see what is locked in the cage in the mountain road.

"Be careful, back off!" Zhang Hanshan led the two of them to retreat slowly, and at the same time, Xuan Shaoning made a gesture for the rear army to stop advancing.

"There seems to be a living creature in the cage!" Shi Gong Zhengyuan's eyes gradually became bloodshot, he stared at the two cages motionless, and after a while, the mountain peaks blew, and the cages began to shake, Shi Gong Zhengyuan suddenly said: "It's a person!" ”

The words blurted out, and a hand stretched out from one of the cages, and the hand tightly grasped the iron rod of the cage, and then Zhang Hanshan and Xuan Shaoning also saw it clearly, and they immediately realized that there was danger in the mountain! At the same time, Shi Gong Zhengyuan looked at the mountains on both sides, it was still as quiet as ever, there was no sound except for the wind, but his intuition told him that there must be danger here, and the cage would not appear halfway for no reason.

"Commander?" Xuan Shaoning asked.

"I can't care so much, let the army pass quickly immediately!"

Before the gesture of passing quickly was fully posed, the three of them heard a whining sound in the cage, and with the sound, the cage began to shake from side to side, which was obviously for human sake, after all, the wind could only push the cage to shake back and forth in the mountain.

Xuan Shaoning looked up and saw a dirty human head poking out of one of the cages, and his hair was scattered in front of his face, but Xuan Shaoning still recognized this person at the first time.

"Lord Teng? Is that you, Lord Teng? ”

The man nodded first and then shook his head, but Xuan Shaoning had already determined that this person was Yin Tenghui of the former Pingzhou Mansion, and the last time he saw him, he helped when he was still recruiting soldiers. The danger of falling into the trap immediately filled Xuan Shaoning's mind.

"Commander, we are in ambush!" Xuan Shaoning pointed to the cage and said: "The one in the cage is Yin Tenghui of Pingzhou Mansion, someone must have put him here, our whereabouts have been exposed!" ”

Zhang Hanshan heard the first half of the words clearly, but he couldn't hear the second half clearly, because at this moment, the violent wind sounded like a ghost crying wolf howling in the mountains, completely covering up all the sounds of the world.

Yang Zhong was in the army, although he did not follow behind the three of them, but the distance between them was not far, Yang Zhong saw the iron cage, he was also aware of the danger, and made the same preparations, wanting to let the army quickly pass through the mountain. However, after this period of whistling wind, his military order was not issued at all, and another accident had already happened.

Huge stones began to roll down on the hills on both sides, and any stone needed to be surrounded by several people, and the power of smashing people after falling from a high place can be imagined. The whole army was crowded in the narrow mountain road, with no way to advance or retreat, nowhere to hide, and many soldiers could only watch the rocks fall on them and could not do anything. The neighing of war horses, the wails of soldiers, and the blood splattered everywhere completely disrupted the otherwise orderly army.

"Go ahead, pass as fast as you can!"

The supreme military orders were issued layer by layer, and the whole army began to march rapidly. Zhang Hanshan took the lead and rushed forward, and when he crossed the cage, Xuan Shaoning couldn't bear to take a last look at Teng Hui, he couldn't save him, and the guilt in his heart was suddenly born, but at the same time, Xuan Shaoning began to guess who would be locked up in this other cage?

After riding a horse over the bottom of the iron cage, Xuan Shaoning looked back and saw Teng Hui shaking his head vigorously, shaking the cage with all his might, and his expression was indescribably terrifying. He must have something to warn them, but why didn't he speak? What danger did he want to warn about? Could it be?

Xuan Shaoning saw that it was Jiang Xiaoyu and Yang Zhongbu who were passing through the iron cage at this moment, his aura flashed, and he immediately shouted, "Be careful of the cage above your head!" ”

Fortunately, this sentence still reached Yang Zhong's ears, and when he looked up at the cage, the cage cracked at the same time, and the two jumped out of it to attack Yang Zhong and Jiang Xiaoyu respectively. It was with Xuan Shaoning's reminder that Yang Zhong did not directly fight with the sudden enemy, but hid sideways in the belly of the war horse, his body had just hung under the war horse, a blade had already been scraped, the war horse neighed, leaving a wound on the horse's back, and the horse's skin was cut off.

Looking at Jiang Xiaoyu's side again, the person who jumped off was spinning, and the two blades were blowing like a tornado, Jiang Xiaoyu's reaction was half a beat slower and there was nowhere to hide, so he could only wrap the chain whip around his arm to resist the attack. Between the swords and swords, Jiang Xiaoyu fell from the horse, and at the same time threw out a bloody color.

Not good! Jiang Xiaoyu fell off his horse, without the enemy's attack, those war horses that followed behind could trample him into pulp! Xuan Shaoning turned his horse's head around and planned to rescue, but what he saw was that the two sneak attackers seemed to have completed their task, jumped on the mountain walls on both sides, and then quickly climbed towards the top of the mountain. If you look closely, you can see that both of them have filaments tied to their backs, and a little golden light reflects in the faint light.

Golden silk, golden silk again! It was the Xia Tang people who attacked us, judging from their skills, will there be any of those two people just now

"Shaoning!" Zhang Hanshan shouted, grabbed him and forcibly twisted the horse's head, "The mountain road is so narrow, once you turn back, the troops behind will be blocked!" Don't say anything, escaping from the mountain road alive is the military order you have to execute! ”

"Commander, the last general thinks that the enemy is driving us! Judging by the stones falling from the hills, there are not many in the middle of the army, and the stones at the rear of the army are noticeably denser, which shows that the enemy wants us to flee towards the only way out, and they are waiting for the rabbit! Xuan Shaoning explained while pointing to the falling stone behind him.

After Xuan Shaoning said this, Zhang Hanshan began to pay attention to the number of falling rocks, and after looking at it for a while, the fact was really as he said: the number of falling rocks in the middle of the army was just a drizzle, and at the end of the army, you could vaguely see that the falling rocks were much denser. Why is that? If you want to wipe them out in one fell swoop, wouldn't it be better to cut off the retreat and concentrate your fire in the middle at the same time? Could it really be as Xuan Shaoning said, that the enemy is actually driving them towards the only exit, so what awaits them at the exit?