Chapter Ninety-Nine: Rush
"Lord, although the distance across the Taihang Mountains is the shortest, but we are not familiar with the terrain, and the Taihang Mountain Road is difficult, the horses may be difficult to walk, so we can only walk. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info once you get lost, you may fall short! Xun You is still a little worried, as a strategist, his accusation is to calculate the gains and losses of the action, although this move has high benefits, but the risks are equally high.
Jiang Feng said: "It's okay, my red rabbit horse is fast, stepping on mountains and rivers is like walking on flat ground, let me go to explore the road first, and then come back to lead the way for the soldiers." ”
Xun You was overjoyed and said: "This is very good, this place is about five hundred miles away from Shangdang County, and the red rabbit horse is fast, and it will be able to go back and forth in a few days." ”
The number of people needed for this raid is not large, after all, Guo Da will not bring all his troops to negotiate with the Southern Xiongnu, at best, he will bring some personal retinue. Jiang Feng selected 100 people from the trapping camp as the troops for this raid, and then led by Gao Shun and Dian Wei, they advanced on foot.
Jiang Feng rode a red rabbit horse and set off first to explore the road.
Cheng Lian, Wei Xu and others stayed in Anyi County to prevent the Baibo Army from raiding. Xun You went to arrange for someone to contact Hongnong and the landlords in Hedong to prepare for the acceptance of the displaced people.
The red rabbit horse is extremely fast and has good endurance, and it passed through the east wall in one day and came to the Taihang Mountain.
However, it is indeed deserted, there are almost no smooth roads, there are mountain streams and river valleys, and once you enter the mountains, the shade of the trees covers the sky and the sun, and it is almost impossible to make out the direction.
Fortunately, Jiang Feng, as a modern person, still knows a lot about this aspect. With some knowledge of survival in the wild, as well as the topographic map of the Taihang Mountains that he had learned before, Jiang Feng could know the general direction of travel.
Two days after entering Taihang Mountain, Jiang Feng finally reluctantly admitted the fact that he was lost. Although Jiang Feng could determine the general direction, he could not find an accurate way out.
Once in the mountains, in order to ensure the water source and the direction of action. The peaks of the river must be walked along the river valley, but not every river valley has an exit, and more often than not, the end of the valley is often a cliff. It is impossible for either a man or a horse to pass.
It's not a matter of surviving in the wilderness, it's about traversing the Taihang Mountains. To survive, you only need to go down the mountain along the river valley, but what Jiang Feng has to do is to go up the mountain first, and then go down the mountain. Obviously, Jiang Feng is now trapped in this stage of going up and over the mountain.
Taihang Mountain, also known as Marble Mountain, Wangmu Mountain, and Nuwa Mountain, is an important mountain range and geographical demarcation line in eastern China. It is located between Shanxi Province and the North China Plain, spanning Beijing, Hebei, Shanxi and Henan.
The mountain range starts from Xishan in Beijing in the north, extends to Wangwu Mountain in the border area of Henan and Shanxi in the south, connects the Shanxi Plateau in the west, and borders the North China Plain in the east, showing a northeast-southwest trend, stretching for more than 400 kilometers. It is the eastern edge of the second tier of China's topography and the eastern boundary of the Loess Plateau.
The mountainous area is cut by Juma River, Hutuo River, Zhanghe River, Qin River, Dan River, etc., and there are many horizontal valleys, which are called "陉" locally, and have the name of "Taihang Eight Mountains" in ancient times, and are important passages for east-west traffic.
The geological base of the Taihang Mountains is a compound monoclinic fold. The east side is a fault structure, with a relative height difference of 1500~2000 meters, and a typical alluvial fan and alluvial plain are developed in front of the mountain. From north to south, there are Xiaowutai Mountain (2882 meters above sea level), Taibai Mountain, Baishi Mountain, Langya Mountain, Nantuo Mountain, Yangqu Mountain, Wang Mangling and other peaks. The rivers in the eastern part of the Shanxi Plateau mostly cut through the Taihang Mountains into the Hebei Plain and flow into the Haihe River system. Only the Qin River system in the southwest joins the Yellow River in the south.
In such a ravine-crisscrossed mountain range, there are not only eight, but thousands of mountain roads. But there are only eight roads that can be walked, and if you try them one by one, I am afraid that you will not be able to complete them in a year.
But at the moment, Jiang Feng didn't have this time, and he urgently needed to find a feasible path for a day.
In the early afternoon, Jiang Feng found a stream, drank a few sips of water, and took out the prepared dry food.
There's no way, it's definitely a waste of time to look for it like this. Jiang Feng thought of a way, he wanted to travel back here, and then go through modern time to find the road to Taihang Mountain, and then come back.
This is certainly possible, but there is a risk. This mountain is not a safe place, there are jackals, tigers and leopards everywhere, if Jiang Feng crosses here, then it is very likely that he will be attacked by wild beasts during the time he sleeps, in this case, once he is sneak attacked, Lu Bu's body has no room for resistance.
If Lu Bu died, his journey would be over. Is it worth it? Jiang Feng is still thinking about it, but there is really no better way right now, there is still a chance to take a risk.
Returns and risks often coexist, and the higher the returns, the higher the risk.
I can't help it, so let's do it. Jiang Feng found a relatively safe place and was about to lie down to sleep, when he suddenly heard a shout.
Jiang Feng stood up and listened carefully, "Help, is there anyone?" ”
It's someone calling for help, great, the person who appears in this place must be a local person, most likely a local hunter. However, in the autumn season, few hunters choose to go up the mountain, especially in the deep mountains.
However, Jiang Feng didn't have time to think about this, and hurriedly ran in the direction where the shouts came from.
When I crossed a small hill, I saw a man dressed as a hunter standing on a rock on the cliff, shouting incessantly. And at the bottom of the cliff, a colorful tiger was going back and forth, apparently treating this hunter as a meal.
Jiang Feng is overjoyed, it is really an endless road, with this hunter, he can definitely find a way to climb the mountain.
"Hey, don't panic, this dude, I'm here to save you." Jiang Feng shouted from afar.
This sound reached the ears of the hunter and, of course, the tiger's attention.
Orion watched a man swaggering towards him, and was startled and said, "Hide away, there is a tiger here." ”
But when he spoke, it was already late, and the tiger saw Jiang Feng in front of him, and thought about it a little, although the people on the cliff were relatively close, they couldn't reach it! I've been here for a long time, and there's no way. This one is different, it's on flat ground, and it's much bigger than the one on the cliff, enough for a full meal.
The next moment, the tiger decisively gave up on Orion and ran towards Jiang Feng. Because Jiang Feng was exploring the way, he went into battle lightly, and his armor and weapons were handed over to Gao Shun for safekeeping, and he only took a Pu knife to defend himself.
However, a Pak knife is enough.
Seeing the tiger running towards him, Jiang Feng did not back down, and the knife in his hand was clenched. Feeling Jiang Feng's momentum, the tiger also slowed down. It didn't feel any cowardice on Jiang Feng's part, so it didn't dare to attack rashly. A man and a tiger stopped ten meters apart, swaying back and forth, looking for each other's flaws.
As the king of beasts, this tiger has never encountered such a situation, and any prey will panic when it sees it and quickly flee for its life. And when it comes to escaping, it is full of flaws, and the tiger only needs to catch up and subdue it with one pounce.
But this man, somewhat unusual, did not run away, but confronted himself. Sensing that his dignity had been challenged, the tiger roared, baring its fangs.
In fact, Jiang Feng doesn't have much confidence now, this tiger is three meters long, and the tail is more than four meters long, and one claw is the size of Lu Bu's face. Lu Bu is considered to be the best among human beings, but in the face of a colorful tiger in the prime of life, it is obvious that he is suffering physically.
However, Jiang Feng was not timid, he had a Pu knife in his hand, which was the key to turning the situation around. And the tiger didn't seem to notice the effect of this Pu knife for the time being, and kept staring at Jiang Feng's eyes, at this time, as long as Jiang Feng's eyes retreated slightly, the tiger would definitely attack without hesitation.
The tiger, a creature that has evolved over thousands of years, is the top predator of the food chain, and has evolved into the perfect killer in its own right. And the most important thing a perfect killer needs is patience. The two sides were in a stalemate for a quarter of an hour, and the tiger was always looking back and forth unhurriedly, but Jiang Feng was somewhat supportive, and long-term muscle tension would inevitably cause a state of relaxation.
And the tiger was waiting for this moment, sensing a trace of Jiang Feng's slackness, the tiger did not hesitate, and a fierce tiger descended the mountain and pounced towards Jiang Feng. Jiang Feng didn't take it lightly, what he was waiting for was actually this moment. The best defense is to attack, and attacking also means exposing one's flaws, attacking against attacking, fighting for who puts the opponent to death first.
Just when the tiger's front paws had already pounced on Jiang Feng's chest, Jiang Feng fell backwards, and at the same time stabbed the tiger with both hands with a clenched Pu knife.
is between lightning and fire, a round of fighting, one person and one tiger both fell to the ground. The hunter on the dangerous cliff was startled, from his point of view, Lu Bu had been thrown to the ground by the tiger, and the tiger's mouth was just biting Lu Bu's neck, with just one bite, the five-centimeter-long canine teeth could pierce Lu Bu's throat, and the huge bite force could crush Lu Bu's trachea and even the cervical vertebrae. Absolutely, one-hit kills
But the next moment, something happened that surprised him, Lu Bu, who was pressed under him, pushed the tiger aside with both hands, and the tiger was out of breath at this time, and the Pu knife pierced its heart directly. Although Lu Bu's neck was only a stone's throw away from it, it no longer had the strength to bite out that bite again.
On this day, Jiang Feng ate tiger meat for the first time, and the taste was average and very chewy. But it's still a little worse than venison and roe deer meat.
But what made Jiang Feng even happier was that he finally got a guide. In order to repay him for saving his life, Orion decided to help him guide the way, and now Jiang Feng could directly return the same way to join his team.