At this time, the wind and snow were a little smaller, and the line of sight was much farther away, Cao Ren fixed his eyes, and sure enough, dozens of people on the hillside five miles away in front of him were dragging a long rope and walking, and there were two people in the middle who were thin and weak, walking staggeringly, and they also needed the help of the people next to them to move forward, as if they were physically exhausted and difficult to walk. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Cao Ren thought that it must be the family members of Emperor Xian, Empress Fu and Liu Yong, and he was overjoyed in his heart, and ordered to speed up the pace.

Seeing that the two teams were getting closer and closer, Cao Ren was even happier in his heart. Suddenly, the soldiers in front of him made a "oops" sound, and they fell to the ground with arrows, and it turned out that Liu Yong's crossbowmen took advantage of the rugged road to walk, crouched behind the rocks, and condescendingly released the arrows. At this time, the mountain wind was cold, and the sound of feather arrows breaking through the air was very well concealed. Cao Ren shouted that it was not good, waved his hand, ordered the soldiers to disperse, and sent an order: Although the enemy is good at shooting, it is not easy to aim in the wind and snow, and the army only needs to use the cover of trees to move forward carefully. Moreover, the opponent's crossbowmen had consumed a lot in yesterday's siege battle, and they had shot so many before, there must not be many arrows left. Cao Ren saw that the mountain road was narrow and his advantage of having more soldiers could not be shown, so he was afraid that Liu Yong would escape by taking advantage of the gap, so he ordered two deputy generals to lead a team each to bypass from both sides, preparing to attack from three sides and block Liu Yong on the top of the mountain.

Sure enough, after half an hour, there were fewer and fewer arrows. After a while, I saw about twenty crossbowmen rushing out from behind the rocks and bushes, taking their bows on their backs, pulling the long ropes left by the team in front of them, and hurried towards the mountain. When Cao Ren saw it, he waved his hand and commanded all the soldiers to chase after him.

Cao Ren saw that the twenty or so people were extremely fast, and they were retracting ropes while walking, and he couldn't help but secretly admire Liu Yong's meticulousness. Last night's snow was very heavy, and a thick layer accumulated on the ground, which not only made it difficult to walk, but also could not see the road clearly. Although these people were agile, Liu Yong's brigade walked extremely slowly, and the blocking just now did not allow much distance between the two armies, and there were still hundreds of steps from the top of the mountain. Cao Ren saw that the troops on both sides had a long detour. But they were all strong men, and they didn't delay much on the way, and they were about to reach the top of the mountain. Cao Ren sneered again and again, it is easy to go up the mountain and difficult to go down. Liu Yong, Liu Yong, where can you run now?

Cao Ren saw that his subordinates were all out of breath, so he encouraged him: "Brothers, Cao knows that everyone didn't have a good rest last night, and he chased for so long. You're all too exhausted to walk. I know you're hard and tired, but think about it, aren't Liu Yong the same? What's more, he still has the emperor and his daughters with him, he will be more tired, more tired, and more afraid than us! Now that the saint is in front, let's grit our teeth and work harder to catch Liu Yong. Saving the Holy One is a great achievement. This general will ask for credit for you in front of the prime minister, and reward you heavily. When the army heard this, their spirits were lifted, and they smiled happily one by one, and rushed to the top of the mountain with quickened pace.

After a while, Cao Ren took the last of his middle road to the top of the mountain, but the scene in front of him made him dumbfounded and puzzled, it turned out that there were only the two people he sent on the mountain. Dozens of Liu Yong's people disappeared out of thin air. Cao Ren roared angrily: "What about the Holy One? What about Liu Yong? Where have so many of them gone? ”

An adjutant general said tremblingly: "General, we didn't see a single person when we came up the mountain. ”

"No one. Won't you follow the footprints? What are you waiting for me to do? ”

Another lieutenant said tremblingly: "Tell the general, we didn't find a single footprint on the mountain. ”

"What?" Cao Ren was dumbfounded and looked around. The top of the mountain is empty, and the steep mountain to the west is relatively gentle, with dense forests on both sides, and a slope in the middle, which stretches into the distance like a huge white silk under the snow. It's just that the snow is flying all over the sky, the north wind is howling, I don't know if there is a boulder or a deep valley in front of me, I can't see a trace, I can't hear a sound, can Liu Yong and others fly with wings?

An adjutant general trembled and said, "General, are we still chasing?" ”

Cao Ren jumped like thunder and said angrily: "Chase, do you know where Liu Yong went?" Where to chase? There are no horses, how can you chase them? ”

Another lieutenant general trembled and said, "General, there is too much wind and snow on this mountain. Everyone can't stand the cold, so let's find a sheltered place before we discuss. ”

Cao Ren saw that the generals' lips were black one by one, and his whole body trembled, and he calmed down. I didn't feel it when I was chasing all the way just now, but at this time, I felt that the wind and snow were like countless sharp knives drilling in from the cuffs, trouser tubes, etc., cutting the skin around the body, up to the heart and spleen. Cao Ren couldn't help but shudder, the consumption just now was extremely high, and now everyone is tired and hungry, just afraid that everyone will freeze to death here if they stay for a while, so they have to send an order to go down the mountain the same way, first find a leeward place to rest for a while before leaving.

After burning the withered branches and roasting the fire for a while, and eating a few pieces of dried meat that he carried with him, Cao Ren felt much better. What to do next is a question he must face, so he can't make a promise, at least he will be reprimanded, and at worst he will be in danger of losing his head. Or, try your luck in Xiangyang again, maybe Liu Yong will come back after a circle? Or try to hold Liu Bei, maybe you can reduce some of the guilt, Cao Ren made up his mind, and after he went back, he gathered people and horses to chase in the direction of Xiangyang, but he was resentful and puzzled in his heart, where did Liu Yong go? Why is there no trace at all?

Cao Ren didn't expect that Liu Yong was below him at this time, but he was already far away on the mountainside; Cao Ren didn't expect that Liu Yong's tool for going down the mountain was the door panel they had seen before but were puzzled. After Liu Yong and others reached the top of the mountain, he took off the door panel on his back, put it in the snow, tied a rope, sat on it, fixed it, and pushed it with his hand, and then slid down from slow to fast. When Cao Ren reached the top of the mountain, firstly, the heavy snow quickly covered the thin traces left by the panel, and secondly, Liu Yong and they were sliding extremely fast, and their sight in the snow was not very good, so they naturally could not be seen.

Liu Yong hugged Diao Chan, Diao Chan hugged Cai Wenji again, and the three of them took a ride, the speed was getting faster and faster, and the trees on both sides fell back quickly, and the feeling of falling or rising rapidly made people tremble, but they couldn't stop. Diao Chan's heart was pounding, and he seemed to be about to jump out of his throat, so he had to close his eyes and lean tightly into Liu Yong's arms, so that he felt safer. But Cai Wenji enjoys this exciting feeling very much, and her favorite thing is that when she rises in the air, it makes people excited and excited, if she is not running for her life, she really wants to shout. The speed of the plough was so fast that in a moment the group was far away from the top of the mountain. The flatter the terrain became, and the speed slowly slowed down, Liu Yong saw that there was a dense forest next to him, and waved his hand. The sergeant behind slid into the woods, then stretched out his feet and twisted slightly, and the plow immediately turned in a different direction, and came to a gentle and deftly stop. The movements are extremely coherent and skillful.

Cai Wenji said excitedly: "How can you do this, it's really funny." ”

Zhou Cang preemptively said: "Miss Cai, you like it." Wait until you get to Fuyi and let the prince take you to play. We used to train there a lot, and it was longer and steeper than here. ”

Cai Wenji looked envious and pulled Liu Yong. smiled and asked, "Will we go next time?" ”

Liu Yong smiled: "Okay." Seeing that Diao Chan in his arms was pale and his lips trembled, he said with concern: "Don't be afraid, let's not slip again." ”

Diao Chan's face was blushing and struggling to get up, but Liu Yong hurriedly stopped and said with concern: "Your feet must be worn out, don't move anymore, I'll give you some medicine in a while." He also instructed Zhou Cang: "Brother Zhou, count the number of people." Let's rest here for a while, eat something, and continue on our way. ”

Because they didn't know where the pursuers were, Zhou Cang and the others didn't dare to make a fire, so everyone had to barely fill their stomachs with dry food and snow. Liu Yong used a silver needle to break the blisters on Diao Chan's feet, applied ointment, wrapped them in breathable linen, and then put on shoes. Liu Yong saw that Zhou Cang and the other troops were separated from the three of them by a distance, and he was very grateful to these brothers for their understanding, and asked softly in Diao Chan's ear: "Do you want to go to the toilet?" ”

Diao Chan blushed. With a light "um", Liu Yong picked up Diao Chan and asked Cai Wenji again: "Are you going?" Cai Wenji clapped her hands and said, "I'll go too." The three of them avoided everyone's sight, and Liu Yong put Diao Chan down. Turn around and walk away.

Diao Chan hurriedly said: "Childe, don't go far, I'm afraid." Liu Yong smiled slightly, but before he could speak, Cai Wenji smiled beside him: "Why don't you let your son-in-law guard by the side." Diao Chan was ashamed, took a sip, and saw that Liu Yong's back was about twenty steps away. He exclaimed, "Yes." ”

After a while, Diao Chan took Cai Wenji's hand and limped over. Liu Yongqi said: "Why don't you let me pick you up." Diao Chan said shyly: "What are you doing here?" Shame on you. Liu Yong suddenly came to his senses, his face turned crimson, so he was silent, picked up Diao Chan and put it back on the climbing plow, waving his hand to call everyone to set off.

Cai Wenji asked: "Big brother, how do you know that you can slide down from here, aren't you afraid that sliding down will be a rocky or an abyss?" Have you been here before? The others also had this question, and they all looked at Liu Yong.

Liu Yong said that he had skied here in his previous life, so he had to say: "I used to come here when I traveled around, and I also slid down here by climbing a plow. This explanation is reasonable, and everyone feels that this time they are really lucky, and they happened to go to the place where Liu Yong had been before.

Liu Yong said to Cai Wenji: "Haven't you sat down enough?" Come on. ”

Cai Wenji smiled: "How to sit?" He sat down with a smile and hugged Diao Chan. Liu Yong leaned over to pick up the rope and pulled it hard, and the climbing plow moved. Diao Chan hurriedly said: "Childe, you are so tired, how can you still let you pull us." ”

Liu Yong didn't stop and said with a smile: "This only requires a little more strength at the beginning, but it is very easy to move." He said to Zhou Cang again: "Order everyone to go on the road, I am still worried that Cao Ren will chase after me." ”

After a ridge, and a gentle slope, the snow did not stop for a while, but the wind was strong, and after walking for another hour, suddenly the wind was fierce, and the heaven and earth seemed to be connected, and all around were white, and it was impossible to distinguish between east and west, north and south. The blizzard hit people's faces with faint pain, Liu Yong turned his back, only to see Diao Chan and Cai Wenji trembling, so he said to Zhou Cang in a loud voice: "It's getting dark, it will only be colder at night, we can't go anymore, we will freeze to death here if we go again." ”

Zhou Cang also said loudly: "I see that the place where we rested just now is good, why don't we go back there?" ”

Liu Yong struggled and said, "How to go back?" Can you still find your way back? I think it's right here, don't get scattered. The two of them tried their best to answer this question, but they still seemed very quiet in this howling cold wind, and man was indeed too small and weak compared to nature.

"How is it here? We only have leather felt and blankets, but we don't have tents, so we don't use them! ”

"Even if you have a tent, you can't afford it. Such a strong wind has already blown away. ”

"What then?"

"Don't worry, I have a way." (To be continued.) )