Chapter 023: The Legend of Brother
For a truly successful person, no matter what his living conditions are, he will not self-deprecate his latent intelligence, nor will he depreciate himself to the heights of life that he may reach.
"Well, then tell me my legend, brother, as long as you like to listen, I will often tell you stories in the future." Li Baoqiang whispered in Zhao Xiaoxiao's ear, and the warm snort stimulated Zhao Xiaoxiao's body and mind.
The camera returns to 11 o'clock on December 22, 2012, Qinling.
At an altitude of 3,767 meters, on the Taibai Ridge, the main peak of the Qinling Mountains, the cold wind is biting and the snow is white. A small red dot is struggling to move forward.
"Damn, people are unlucky to drink cold water and stuff their teeth."
The red dot was none other than an outdoor adventure enthusiast, Li Baoqiang, who was moving hard towards the southern slope with his foot broken, ready to find a cave to take shelter from the wind and heal his wounds.
Li Baoqiang finally found a cave on the southern slope, with a depth of more than 20 meters, and the innermost space can accommodate ten people. The ground in the cave is quite dry, Li Baoqiang put down his backpack, sat on the stones, took off his outdoor shoes, took out safflower oil from the backpack, wiped it on his left ankle, and gently rubbed it.
Li Baoqiang lit a cigarette and smoked it slowly, thinking about his thoughts, and the fatigue of outdoor mountaineering in the past few days slowly dispelled the depressed mood.
Li Baoqiang, a native of Shandong, is 25 years old and 175 tall. Former non-commissioned officer of the first phase of the Marine Corps, as a result of long-term field training and missions, has a dark complexion, strong muscles, and vigorous skills. Li Baoqiang was still on active duty half a month ago, and he wanted to stay in the army and transfer to the second non-commissioned officer, but because he did not give gifts to the company commander, Li Baoqiang's military and political quality was excellent, and he did not stay in the army.
This is today's society, talking about relationships, talking about human feelings, comparing family background, once people's future and destiny are combined with money and materials, sooner or later a cup of poisonous wine will be brewed, and such a society will fall apart sooner or later.
With a great nostalgia for the army, Li Baoqiang had no choice but to retire from the army and return home, his father had long since died, his mother lived on a pension, and all expectations were pinned on Li Baoqiang, and now he only returned home with more than 20,000 yuan of discharge money. Li Baoqiang faced his old mother, who had not seen him for five years, and had nothing to say, and he didn't know how to explain.
Li Baoqiang's girlfriend who has been talking about for three years also left him, and the breakup turned out to be that she would rather cry in a BMW than laugh in the back of a bicycle! His grandmother's, this is something that someone who has been on TV said, and you are a township girl who is shameless to dare to say this.
It's not surprising at all, people's consciousness in today's society has been confused, and morality has been degraded, not to mention that Li Baoqiang was able to see his girlfriend a few times when he was on vacation during his time in the army, and he usually only relied on phone calls to maintain contact, and he didn't even experience holding hands or kissing, so it would be good to maintain a friend relationship for three years.
In addition, Li Baoqiang's work also needs to be arranged, it is said that it is a dilapidated factory in a township that is about to close down, what kind of public institution do you want to go to, Li Baoqiang is a widow and there is no one on it.
Although Li Baoqiang felt a little uncomfortable, he calmly accepted the reality, but he had excellent skills in various special forces such as fighting, swimming, shooting, lurking, and driving, and he had participated in the Somali escort special operations team, and had also carried out many secret missions that could not be said, so there was absolutely no problem in finding a personal bodyguard job with these, and the old squad leader, who was already the personal bodyguard of a certain big boss, had already said hello to Li Baoqiang.
There is no grass at the end of the world, why bother to love a flower, I am born to be useful, Li Baoqiang secretly gritted his teeth and swore that sooner or later he would have to mix up with his personal appearance, at that time, a lot of girls chased me, and you village girl will wait to regret it.
In order to relieve the depression in his heart, Li Baoqiang bought a bunch of outdoor equipment and took the train to Qinling, the legendary outdoor adventure holy land.
Because of his proud ability to survive in the wild, Li Baoqiang did not form a group with other travelers. A man brought a national atlas, downloaded a map of the Qinling Mountains from the Internet, and went up the mountain alone. This behavior is known as a single donkey in outdoor organizations and is dangerous and challenging.
After the cigarette was smoking, Li Baoqiang was about to use the liquefied gas stove to cook himself a pack of steaming instant noodles, when suddenly there was a dull explosion outside, the mountain under his feet shook, and the gravel fell from the top of the cave. "Am I relying on an earthquake?" Li Baoqiang was clever and quickly rushed out of the cave. "Bang, bang" Gravel and snow rolled down from the mountain outside the cave, quickly burying the entrance of the cave, and Li Baoqiang was buried alive in the hole.
Heaven and earth will not be so unlucky. Could it be that the legendary 2012 end of the world has really come? Li Baoqiang muttered in his heart.
Supposedly yesterday was the legendary end of the world, the Mayans are really unreliable. Li Baoqiang habitually rubbed his nose and thought indignantly.
Take a look at the luminous watch, the time is frozen at 11:58. The constant aftershocks of the earthquake, as if a sealed demon had escaped from the depths of the earth, lasted for a whole day, and it seemed that the entire earth had erupted. Fortunately, the cave seems to be made of several huge stones superimposed, and there is no collapse, only scattered gravel and sand falling from the top of the cave, otherwise, even the collapse can kill you. Throughout the day, Li Baoqiang kept digging out the gravel and snow at the exit. Unfortunately, he didn't know that the gravel and snow blocking the outside were the size of half a mountain.
Li Baoqiang was tired and paralyzed, in order to save electricity in the dark hole, the flashlight was not turned on, Li Baoqiang simply ate some compressed biscuits and lay down, thinking about his growth experience, thinking of growing up so big, going to elementary school, graduating from high school, joining the army, training, and performing tasks. During the period, I talked about a girlfriend, saying that I had been talking for three years, and the two broke up because they didn't kiss each other, my brother and I are still a child, and the old lady in the family still needs me to take care of it, is it just buried alive, unwilling. To live, you must live, go out and find a girlfriend, take off the virgin hat first, and then say, pushing to a beauty is the first goal in life.
Li Baoqiang thought wildly and slowly fell asleep.
Li Baoqiang woke up hungry and was thinking about a survival proposition: how could such a small space not be suffocated? Where does the air come from? Li Baoqiang suddenly thought that since the entrance of the cave was closed, the air in the small space should have been consumed overnight, how could he not feel suffocated at all, because he was still a former Marine soldier, and he forgot the basic common sense of survival when he was nervous - pay attention to the surrounding environment.
Action is the number one priority. Li Baoqiang turned on the flashlight and looked around. The wings of the nose throbbed and felt a cool breeze blowing on the face. "Where there's wind, there's a passage!" Li Baoqiang became excited. Between the two rocks in the cave, there is a thin crack, mixed with gravel, carefully peeled open, the gap is getting bigger and bigger, and the fresh air is blowing in the face.
The gap is about 30 centimeters wide, 50 centimeters high, and about two meters long, just enough to drill through a person. Li Baoqiang took off his jacket, wore only thermal underwear, and crawled to the other end. The front suddenly opened up, Li Baoqiang subconsciously touched his nose and was stunned.
Looking at the flashlight beam, Li Baoqiang was stunned by the scene in front of him: above the huge cave garden, there are stalactites of different shapes, stone eels of various shapes, and the stalagmites and stone forest landscapes of various shapes generated over hundreds of millions of years are amazing.
The area of the cave is about 3000, the highest height is about 100 meters, and there are large holes and small holes around it, and it is quite clear that there are traces of artificial excavation. Li Baoqiang searched cautiously. Weapons and equipment such as knives, guns, halberds, arrowheads, thistles, and ammunition were discovered, as well as defensive facilities such as hidden tunnels and traps. In addition, daily necessities such as pots and stoves, grain, and vegetables were also found.
There are several inclined holes with "mechanisms" at the entrances, and as soon as a blind entrant steps on the ground, the thistles hanging above their heads will fall on top of their heads, enough to kill people. There is a trap with sharp wooden nails attached to two wheels that can be turned in opposite directions, and if a person falls, he will be covered in bruises. There is also a trap where the surface is just a few wooden planks, but these planks can be turned over, and as many people will fall as many people as they come, leaving no traces on the ground.
The setting of the "door of life and death" is particularly amazing: a wooden door that can be rotated, there are two holes hidden behind it, the wooden door turns to the left, and the person enters the hole on the right, and the wooden door turns to the right, and the person enters the hole on the left, and this left and right can determine the life and death of a person. The thoroughness, sophistication and completeness of the defenses are breathtaking.
Fortunately, because of the long time, these organs have rotted, and they will turn into dust at the slightest touch, Rao is Li Baoqiang has the experience and vigilance of marines, and he has almost been in danger a few times. "Nima, isn't this an ancient Tibetan cave!" Li Baoqiang secretly exclaimed.
"Goo" his stomach screamed, and Li Baoqiang realized that he had barely eaten anything that day, and he also felt cold on his body, so he decided to return to the small cave before.
In the small cave, Li Baoqiang collected and sorted out his clothes, backpack, trekking poles, flashlight, and hurriedly returned to the Tibetan Cave, when a sudden aftershock squeezed the two boulders behind him together, and the gap in the escape was abruptly combined, and there was no way to retreat. The Tibetan Soldier Cave is fine, the karst cave formed over hundreds of millions of years is just dropping some floating dust and sand, "It is really a blessed land", Li Baoqiang touched his nose and secretly muttered.
After a day of aftershocks, Li Baoqiang actually felt that the outside world must have changed. It's just that he didn't expect that change to be earth-shaking. In 08, Li Baoqiang just joined the army, he participated in the Wenchuan earthquake rescue, and witnessed the displacement of the mountains and rivers, full of devastation, and the consequences of this earthquake are estimated to be similar. If you come, you will be safe, Li Baoqiang is this kind of person, Mr. Huo cooks and eats a full stomach, and if someone else is different, it is estimated that he would have found a way to escape first.
Li Baoqiang took out the stove head made of high-strength copper alloy and high-temperature stainless steel parts from his backpack, connected the butane gas tank, poured the last half bottle of water, opened a package of instant noodles, took out an egg from the egg carton, gently turned the butane tank knob, and lit it with the copycat version of the black ice World War II commemorative zippo lighter given to him by his comrades when he was discharged.
"Brush" four blue flames ignited, and instant noodles were cooked. After a while, the fragrant instant noodles were cooked, the blue flames reflected in the dark cave, Li Baoqiang took the combination of chopsticks and ate the instant noodles, and finally ate a hot meal in one day. Li Baoqiang touched his nose with emotion, "If you don't die in a big disaster, you will have a blessing." It's time to get out of the cave and go down the mountain, but there is an earthquake outside the cave, and I don't know what kind of trouble I will encounter on the way back. ”
Li Baoqiang sorted out his outdoor equipment, and sorting out his equipment before departure is also a necessary action for marines, and the habits that Li Baoqiang has developed after just a few years of retirement naturally cannot be changed for a while. A full set of xx brand outdoor windproof and waterproof two-piece jacket pants with a fleece jacket detachable inside.
Li Baoqiang remembered his troubles in the outdoor equipment store: when he saw a set of jackets for 3,000 yuan, he sighed at the jackets sold in the mall: "Such thin clothes, and they are not warm, and they are sold so expensive!" The manager of the mall is also a professional outdoor enthusiast, and he patiently popularized science to Li Baoqiang: "You must not sweat in the alpine area, it will be dangerous if you sweat!" ”。
The three-layer dressing method for outdoor cold environment to be followed when outdoor cold environment activities. Close-fitting perspiration layer: rapid perspiration, easy to dry, do not wear cotton underwear when outdoor activities in a cold environment; Middle thermal layer: play the role of warmth and windproof, such as down jackets, fleece jackets, etc.; Outer protective layer: It has long-lasting waterproof, windproof and breathable performance, providing protection against the harsh external environment, keeping the human body dry, comfortable, warm and safe.
Li Baoqiang gritted his teeth for his own life and bought a full set of jackets, and the manager kindly helped him choose some other equipment. A pair of high-waisted hiking boots; a multifunctional tactical shovel with an excellent steel mouth and serrated teeth; a trekking pole; a set of Li Baoqiang stoves, a can of propane vapor; a Swiss multi-purpose army knife; a sleeping bag; A ten-day pack of compressed biscuits, but the backpack is a large-capacity tactical back that he brought back from the army to accompany him for five years, as well as a zipoo cottage lighter given to him by his comrades.
After finishing up, Li Baoqiang began to look for a way out of the hole.
The way out of the cave is very easy to find, along the main road, Li Baoqiang turned for a long time and finally found the entrance of the cave, the entrance of the cave is in a cliff on the southern slope of Taibai Mountain, the cliff leads to the bottom of the mountain is a sheep intestine path, it is a place where a husband is a pass, and the wonderful terrain of ten thousand people can not be opened.
Only then did Li Baoqiang discover the wonders of this hidden soldier cave. The main tunnel is 2 meters wide and 2.2 meters high. Hidden in the cliff on the north side of the canyon, the cave still maintains the characteristics of the south side of the canyon that is winding, the caves are connected, the hidden traps are dense, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the space in the cave is larger than that of the south, and its defense function seems to be more perfect, enough to make the intruder unable to defend against it.
What is particularly surprising is that the Tibetan caves on the north and south sides of the canyon are actually connected underground. Soldiers can move from one side to the other in the underground without knowing it, and reinforce them at any time.
The original Tibetan Soldier Cave, which winds on the cliffs on both sides of the 3-kilometer canyon, cleverly makes use of the cliffs formed by wind and rain erosion, and excavates military facilities that can be concealed, transferred, and easy to attack. The side chambers, traps, hidden weapons, granaries, wells, kitchen stoves, gunpowder magazines, armories, ventilation holes, and lookout angles in the cave can not only facilitate attack and defense, but also meet the needs of eating, resting, and staying for a long time. The tunnel of the Tibetan soldier cave is as dense as a weaving net, up and down are connected, the left and right echo, extend in all directions, and the Great Wall, canyon, ravine, castle are organically connected, and the three-dimensional military defense system that communicates inside and outside, meets the source left and right, and is at ease.
Due to its long age and distance from people, the Tibetan Soldier Cave has been little known for a long time, and the Tibetan Soldier Cave was discovered by Li Baoqiang by chance.
After descending the mountain, inform the local tourism bureau that the cave will be turned into a tourist attraction and attract a large number of tourists to explore the hidden wonders, and it is estimated that it will become a major tourist attraction, and you will also get a bonus. By Li Baoqiang.
In fact, he didn't expect that the hidden soldier cave here would become the base camp for Li Baoqiang to lead the refugees to survive and fight in the future.