Outside the Iron Horse Pass. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

It was not a dark and windy night, but on the contrary, a moon hung in the sky like a silver plate, which sprinkled the earth with bright and pure white brilliance and sprinkled it among the mountains and forests, as if it had coated the earth and the mountains with a thick layer of hoarfrost.

The moonlight shines through the gaps in the black foliage, scattered dotted on the forest floor covered with a thick layer of dead leaves, interweaving a mysterious white net-like pattern.

At the end of this dense forest, there is a small tower made of stones, with a cliff at one end, the Iron Horse Pass at the bottom of the cliff, and a huge stone wall at the other end, which stretches along the ridge to the adjacent hill.

On the hills on both sides of the Iron Horse Pass, there are garrison towers like this every two miles.

More than 200 soldiers were stationed in this small city tower closest to Tiema Pass, which was responsible for the defense of this two-mile-wide mountain range. At night, he worked in shifts of twenty men for vigil and patrol, while the others slept in the castle and changed the guard when it was their turn.

The lights in the windows of the small castle tower were lit up, swaying in the wind, and the lights stretched the shadows of everything around them long, swaying from tree to tree, like a slender ghost, adding an almost terrifying atmosphere to this dark mountaintop forest.

"Be careful, everybody. Beware of enemy attacks! A man who looked like a battalion officer carried a torch and led a few soldiers around the city walls, shouting a reminder.

"Lord Battalion Officer, you better save it! How could the enemy sneak up here? A small soldier joked.

"yes, unless they have wings!" The other creature chuckled, his tone full of mockery and disdain for the enemy.

"Either way, you have to be careful! This was ordered by General Zang himself! He said that the enemy soldier, surnamed Song, was resourceful and good at using tricks! The battalion officer said as he walked forward, without stopping.

"The surname Song? It's a life-giving send! A soldier teased.

"That person surnamed Song has long been frightened by our chain of ironclad horses, where can he dare to come and sneak attack!" Another creep pretended to hold his stomach and squatted on the ground, mimicking the appearance of being frightened.

If Song Qi had unfortunately seen this scene, it turned out that he had such an unbearable image in the eyes of the enemy, he might be so angry that he vomited blood and had to stop his sneak attack plan.

But he didn't see it, and he didn't stop his sneak attack plan.

At this moment, at the foot of a mountain less than two miles away from here, Song Qi was leading a group of people who dared to die, looking up at the steep and steep cliffs, looking for the best climbing path.

During the day, they sent spies to explore the road, and found that this cliff was the only place where it could be breached, and the other places that were a little gentler were either built with tall walls or garrisoned by soldiers, and it was difficult to climb the mountain.

Because of its steepness, it became a defensive void. Although there is no defense here, for any general in his right mind, he would not choose to go up the mountain here.

Song Qi actually chose to go up the mountain in such a steep place, and in the eyes of his subordinates, he was indeed a little abnormal, a little incredible, and even a little crazy. However, who called him a pioneer, everyone had to follow him crazy.

In order to avoid the use of devastating fire attacks, Song Qi had no choice but to take risks and lead a hundred raiders who dared to die, trying to climb over this steep cliff and raid the Iron Horse Pass, and the battle was successful.

Although fire attack is a brilliant strategy, the lethality of fire is amazing. Once the fire attack is adopted, then Zang Long's 30,000 ironclad army will have at least 20,000 casualties.

The last time a fire on the outskirts of Duo'an City burned one or two thousand enemy soldiers, it made Song Qi feel guilty and heartache for a month, and now he has a faint pain in his heart.

Therefore, Song Qi persuaded the generals to adopt a surprise attack plan over the mountains and mountains first, and if this operation failed, then resolutely use the strategy of fire attack.

He was the vanguard officer and the highest commander of the army. When he insisted, the generals naturally had to listen to him, although a little reluctantly, but this did not affect the execution. Because the first duty of the soldiers is to obey orders.

These hundred raid daredevils all volunteered to join, including Song Qi himself, Mao Yong, Ao Bao, Hao Peng, Chao Hu, Ma Dai, Wu Biao, Bagan, Li Su, Lai Ming, and other ninety soldiers, many of these soldiers have participated in kamikaze before, and even some small soldiers have participated in kamikaze many times.

They were all dressed in tight civilian clothes, with bows and arrows and ropes on their backs, and some of the minions carried huge kites on their backs.

Song Qi, as the vanguard officer and the head of the army, many people advised him not to participate in such a dangerous operation, in case he had three chiefs and two ends, then the army of tens of thousands of people would be leaderless and become a rabble.

However, Song Qi insisted on taking the lead. He felt that he had denied the strategy of fire attack, so he himself had to lead everyone to a successful raid!

He also knew in his heart that if he didn't take the lead in participating, then the hundred-person death squad might not be able to be organized.

Of course, he still has a certain certainty in his heart about climbing the cliff. He has participated in outdoor rock climbing many times in the past, and even won a place in the competition.

According to the scouts, this cliff is one mile wide, 100 zhang high, composed of several staggered mountain rocks overlapping, the cliff is uneven, there is a place where the gripper settles, it is not 100% steep, there is the possibility of climbing up.

Now when I came to the cliff, I realized that this cliff was not as simple as the pathfinder introduced.

I saw that this cliff spread vertically like a huge folding fan, although the vertical angle was not as exaggerated as 90 degrees, not completely straight, but it was inclined at least 70 degrees or more, and even reached 80 degrees at some heights, and even a huge rock occasionally protruded from the sky in some places, and the angle immediately exceeded 90 degrees.

Under the moonlight, the cliffs were speckled as if the snow had not melted. Although there is moonlight, the vision is not clear, and you can only see the height of thirty or forty zhang in front of you, and then you can't see it clearly, and the fog is foggy.

If it's during the day, at least you can see where to settle and where to grab the grip, so you can find the best climbing path. But that's just if.

On the top of the nearby cliff, there is a white waterfall that goes down majestically, making a loud noise, and the water mist that stirs up floats in the air and falls on people's faces.

People suddenly felt a chill rise in their hearts.

When he set off, Song Qi had a heroic momentum in his heart that Deng Ai had crossed the Yin Ping Road, but at this moment, facing such a high and dangerous cliff, he couldn't help but be discouraged, and secretly gasped, and even trembled a little in his heart.

This cliff is so high and so steep, if you climb halfway through and fall down, wouldn't it be a meat sauce before you get out of the school? (To be continued.) )