Chapter 33: The Journey to the Funiu Mountains
Hyun Sung looked at the people who kept falling on both sides, the broken corpses on the road and the people who were still struggling in front of their last breath, and felt sad in his heart. He is a person in the Daomen, and it is not that he has never seen death and injury, but it is the first time that hundreds of people have fallen in a pool of blood in front of him.
When Sun Quan Kuaima informed Kuanglu Palace that several of his nephews had been killed by the disciples of Zhengyi League, and that the wife of his junior brother Sun Quan had also been kidnapped by them, he was also indignant. Because of his qualifications, he has not been taught Taoism by his master, but he has practiced a proud internal and external kung fu.
Zhangjiao is Sun Quan's master, Zhangjiao ordered himself and Xuansong to take a few disciples down the mountain to rescue Sun Quan's wife, although it is a teacher's order, it is also willing, after all, he has always liked Sun Quan's little junior brother, and he can't bear the enmity of the same family.
However, he has no quarrel with the world, but he can't see such a bloody scene. Seeing that Chu Yang was still torturing the stubborn general of the other party, Xuan Cheng stepped forward and ended his life with one sword.
These guys, although they informed themselves of Liu Tong's whereabouts, and although they gathered these eight hundred warriors for themselves, they didn't bother to interact with them more, because it was their incompetence that made Sun Quan deeply embarrassed.
The dignified wife of Wu Hou was taken away by someone in a grand manner! Not only are these guys outnumbered, but they also have an army, and they are so incompetent!
Xuan Cheng lifted the three-pointed knife and let the blood droplets fall from the tip of the knife. "Chase!"
Xuancheng took the lead, and everyone followed. Dozens of villagers stayed behind to take care of the wounded.
But Liu Tong said that Liu Tong led everyone forward at great speed, the road was slightly open, and he came to an open mountain and finally saw the mountain stream he had seen before. Liu informed that if he entered the mountain stream as soon as possible, after a long time, the flowing water would erase the traces of people and horses passing by, and Xuan Cheng and the others might not know the path of their escape.
Liu Tong took the lead from dismounting, leading the horse to choose a stream far away from the dirt shore and full of stones.
Liu Tong also kept an eye on it, and asked Wu Ji to take Pang Tong in front, who knows if this cunning guy will leave a mark on the pursuers.
After everyone dismounted, they walked along the mountain stream overgrown with vines. The horse's hooves stepped on the bottom talc and walked slowly. The water was getting deeper and deeper, reaching the knees, and it was difficult to ride a horse. When Liu Tong thought that he needed to go ashore, he happened to see a path not far from the mountain stream.
So they went ashore and led their horses along the nameless path in the mountains. This mountain road is supposed to have been surveyed by farmers and hunters who collected medicine during years of exploration, and passers-by gradually stepped on it in order to take shortcuts.
The road gets steeper and steeper.
The road is like a gray snake, winding through the mountains and deep valleys, and as the mountains rise, there are occasional steaming clouds on the left and right. Everyone was very slow, they all dismounted and walked, climbing steep places or rapid downward extensions, so they had to be cautious. Dense primeval forests and rocks block the sun, and the deep cold water makes the roads slippery. Occasionally, a few horses slid down the stream by the side of the road, and the guards helped them with great difficulty.
Liu Tong was in front, waiting for the team behind him to be hindered by the drowning horses, when he suddenly found that there were horseshoe prints on the road beside him, so he walked forward again, and found that this section of the road was covered with messy footprints and horseshoe prints because of the wetness.
The guards around him saw Liu Tong's state and carefully looked at the road.
"Master Hou, I also saw horseshoe prints on the road before, but the road surface was dry, so I didn't dare to confirm it. Now it seems that there should be a large number of people passing through! ”
A young guard with clear eyebrows said.
"If you don't look carefully at the road before, it's really hard to confirm, Liu Si, what is the direction they are walking?"
Liu Tong doesn't know many of the guards, but he still knows the twelve zodiac signs of the guards, and this Liu Si is the sixth. The guards often competed in martial arts, and the leader of the guards selected twelve people for Liu Tong in the form of a martial arts competition. The name of the "Zodiac" is still taken for them, twelve people, Liu Tong naturally thought of the zodiac, this is the natural choice of this number, the twelve people are named after the zodiac, the eldest is Liu Zi, and the second is Liu Chou.
"They're going in the opposite direction to us!" Liu Shen, who is not very old, but has a beard on his face, said.
Liu Tong wondered in his heart, how could there be a large group of people passing by on this road, judging from the imprints, it was not a long time, but it was coming, but it was not encountered. There are no bandits and armies nearby, could it be Xuancheng them?
Yes, nine times out of ten, Xuancheng passed through here. Xuan Cheng and Thirteen Bao Yilang came from Jiangdong, Jingzhou or Yizhou respectively, and it is impossible to bring hundreds of people to haunt Yuzhou, this group of Xiangyong should be from Yuzhou! Is there a stronghold of theirs ahead?
Obviously, Liu Si also thought of this section, "Master Hou, if it is this group of people who are chasing us, they will not catch up with us, and they will also return from this road; If they find our tracks, they'll follow this path too! ”
Liu Tong agreed, it seems that this valley bottom can no longer stay, the sun has set in the west, and we have to find a high place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack to spend the night, after all, everyone is exhausted.
"Liu Si, you go to the back and tell everyone to work harder, hurry forward, and let's find a favorable terrain to camp. Then tell everyone to get some water, don't drink it directly, it's not clean, find a campsite and boil it before drinking. ”
Liu Si and Liu Chou went backwards, the red carp came over with a water bladder, gave Liu Tong some water, and handed it to Cao Xian and Xiahou Juan, Cao Xian pushed it away in disgust, and Xiahou Juan took it directly and drank two sips.
Cao Xian's actions were seen by Liu Tong, a little uncomfortable, but he was not angry, this girl was still indignant about being taken captive by herself.
Liu Tong originally wanted to order everyone to erase the traces behind him, but he thought that the traces that should have been left all the way before had already been left, and it was impossible to go back and deal with it, even if he dealt with it, he couldn't deal with it. I had to try to find favorable terrain and rest first. Continue to walk tiredly, and after a long time, you will be caught up and unable to fight, and you will be in trouble. You still have to find a place to rest and wait for work.
After Liu Tong figured it out, he led the way in front and walked for another two or three miles, and the mountain road was steep again.
"Master Hou, you see, this road is getting narrower and narrower, the hillside in front of you is condescending, the field of vision is broad, we are guarding the intersection, it can be said that it is a man who is not open." Liu Si said.
"Tell everyone to walk carefully and rest on the hillside."
As soon as everyone heard that they were about to go to the resting place, they immediately came to their senses, and although they were struggling, especially leading the horse uphill, they still arrived smoothly.
Liu Tong rolled his eyes when he saw that Pang Tong was tired, and Cao Xian also sat down with the support of the red carp.
The guards had already begun to chop down the thorns and clear a large clearing of the lot, and everyone worked together to set up a tent and prepare for the night's rest and food.
The conditions are limited, there is only one tent left, except for Liu Tong, the others have to camp, the guards are very experienced, and the small tent built with branches and thorns can actually shelter some mountain wind and dew.
The guards were well-trained and extremely dedicated to the setting up of the camp, meticulous in all aspects.
After the tent was set up, Liu Tong lay down.
"Red carp, come and rest!"
Seeing that the red carp hadn't come in yet, Liu Tong was a little strange, so he didn't care about her anymore, and squinted his eyes and pretended to sleep for a while. Although it was hard but hungry, after recovering for a while, Liu Tong came out of the tent, and just happened to see the red carp taking a bowl of corn porridge and a roll of pancakes from Wu Ji's hand and rushing over to him.
Liu Tong turned around and sat down in the tent, and the red carp handed the food to Liu Tong. Liu Tong took a sip of porridge, put the bowl on the mat, and took another bite of the corn pancakes, which were heated and a little soft, much better than cold.
"Red carp, why don't you eat it?"
"Oh, I did." Seeing that Liu Tong was eating sweetly, the red carp showed joy. The red carp did eat it, but she and the guards ate cold pancakes with boiling water, and the red carp asked to cook some corn porridge and only gave it to Liu Tong and Cao Xian, Xiahou Juan, and Pang Tong.
"Childe, can you let Miss Cao and them ...... at night?"
Liu Tong saw that the red carp was struggling, so he let go of the pancake he was biting, and he also realized the problem. There wasn't much camping before, generally spent the night in the city or bazaar, occasionally camping, Cao Xian and Xiahou Juan also had a carriage, and there were ready-made covers on the carriage.
"Let them sleep in my tent!"
"No way?" Liu Tong didn't hear the sound of the red carp, so he looked up at her, and saw the red carp's expression twisted.
"Alright, I'll sleep outside, let the three of you sleep inside!"
"Thank you, Childe!" The red carp happily went out and stopped a step, "I'll sleep outside with my son!" ”
With that, he left happily.
Liu Tong was helpless, this red carp must have been begged by Cao Xian, and after Cao Xian's way, he couldn't bear to let me sleep in the open!