This mountain pass is also more than 100 zhang high from the ground. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoSeveral boulders form a doorway through which a path leads to the opposite mountainside. The trail winds and turns, submerged in dead branches and grass, and looks as if it has been abandoned for many years.

After the stone door hole, you will enter the range of the West Mountain, the mountain is covered by ancient ginseng forests, the tall and thick canopy of trees covers the sky, and the sunlight shines through the gaps in the branches, projecting onto the ground covered with fallen leaves, exuding a damp smell.

From the mountainside here, there are dense layers of trees, and unless the soldier's line of sight can penetrate the trees, there is no human figure. Looking at the mountainside from here, you can't see the figure above.

Standing on a boulder next to the mountain pass and looking down the mountain, you can clearly see your army stationed five miles away. Where they stretched out their bows and arrows, but did not attack forward. The enemy defenders were at the gate of the camp at the foot of the hill. The two sides are facing each other across the three-mile road.

Mao Yong threw aside the branch he was holding, waved his hand to everyone, and said decisively: "Let's climb up halfway up the mountain." Then he flashed and entered the woods. He did not take the abandoned path, but walked through the gaps between the trees, and Wu Biao and the others lost the branches in their hands and followed into the woods.

"Ah, what about people? Why is it gone? The soldiers muttered on the mountainside.

At this time, Ao Bao, Ma Dai, Ma Yue and other twenty people also walked on the ridge path. They hadn't gone twenty steps before they were discovered.

"Hey, why are you here again?" The soldier shouted, "Who are you? How dare you trespass on a military place? Go back! ”

"We're collecting medicine." Ao Leopard shook a handful of grass in his hand, and by the time he spoke, they had moved fifty steps forward.

"Those who collect medicine are not allowed to come! This is a military powerhouse, and idlers are not allowed to enter! The soldier warned loudly.

"I don't go up the mountain, so I pick a few herbs at the foot of the mountain." Ao Leopard said slowly, saying that the twenty of them also disappeared into the opposite mountain forest.

After a while, Hao Peng, Jian Long, Leng Xiong, Ruan Chao and other twenty people quickly went up the ridge path. They had barely taken a few steps before they were spotted, and it was presumably that the soldiers on the mountainside had been paying attention to it.

"Stop! This is a military place, don't come here! The soldiers on the mountainside shouted.

"Master Jun, we are the hunters in this mountain." Hao Peng and the others were holding rabbits and roe deer and other prey in their hands, I don't know when they got them, and when they spoke, they had already moved forward dozens of steps.

"Orion can't come either!" The soldier shouted.

"Master Jun, our home is in this mountain. What the hell happened that we couldn't even go home? Hao Peng took the rabbit and pointed to the mountain indiscriminately, and said in a complaining tone, while moving quickly to the bottom of the ridge.

"Don't go any further! Otherwise we'll let the arrows go! The soldier threatened loudly.

"Ouch, don't let the arrows go." Hao Peng looked very frightened, and then stammered: "If you let us pass, we will honor these prey to you." While they were talking, they had already disappeared under the tree opposite, out of sight.

"Someone brought us prey, and it seems that today's luck is good!" A soldier said with a smile.

Another soldier said in a worried tone: "It's strange, there was not a single person who went up the mountain two days ago, why did so many people come today, and they are chopping wood, collecting medicine, and hunting." ”

The first soldier said casually: "It's just a few mountain people, don't make a fuss." ”

The second soldier muttered and said, "Could it be that the enemy troops below the mountain have come up the mountain in disguise." ”

"Don't be suspicious." The first soldier laughed and said, "The enemy's army is five miles away. Besides, there are hundreds of fierce beasts here, and a few of them have touched here, aren't they giving food to the beasts? ”

The second soldier said uneasily, "Shall we report this matter to the Dao Chief?" ”

The first soldier said in a threatening tone, "The Daoist is busy making the method of seven arrows, if you are bold enough, go and disturb him." ”

The second soldier hesitated for a moment, and said a little unwillingly: "Why don't you take a hundred people to defend that mountain pass, and don't let people come again!" Judging by the tone of his voice, it seemed that he was a military leader.

"Good! I'm going to collect the prey, and we'll have a good meal in the evening. One of the soldiers behind said excitedly, he ordered a hundred men, and walked from the bottom of the mountain to the pass where the two mountains meet, and shouted happily into the woods: "Hunter, bring the prey!" ”

"Master Jun, put the prey on a big rock, you take it yourself!" Hao Peng's hearty voice came from the woods. But there was no sign of the speaker.

When the soldiers heard this, they hurried to the pass and looked around to the left and right. I saw a pile of prey piled up on a boulder under a big tree, including rabbits, roe deer, muntjacs, and sika deer. The soldiers said happily, "Now we have a good mouth!" ”

At this time, Mao Yong, Ao Bao and others had quietly climbed to the vicinity of the mountainside. They discussed it, and each of them got ten soldiers to guard next to a cage. Since they only came over sixty people, there were more than a hundred cages on the mountain. Therefore, he can only focus on the cage of the tiger, lion and leopard first, and as for the cage of the wild wolf, he can only leave it for the next step.

Mao Yong hid behind a big tree, less than twenty steps away from the nearest animal cage. His eyes scanned quickly ahead, and he saw that halfway up the hill there was a road that enclosed the mountain, less than two or three feet narrow, and about four or five feet wide at the wide. Every thirty or fifty paces there was a slightly spacious flat land, and on each flat ground was placed an iron cage painted with red lacquer. The iron cage is large and small, the big cage is almost a zhang long, seven or eight feet high, which is for lions and tigers; The small cage is about seven or eight feet long and five or six feet high, which is Guan Leopard's. As for the cages for wolves, there are large and small, with five or six wolves in the large cage and two or three in the small ones. The cages are locked without exception.

Some of these beasts are curled up in cages and napping, while others lie in cages, staring blankly at the outside of cages, and some are circling in cages, making sniffing sounds from time to time.

Next to each cage were guarded by more than a dozen soldiers, who were either leaning against the trunk of a tree or sitting on a stone, chatting in twos and threes to relieve their boredom.

A circle around the mountain from this height is about two miles long, and if one cage is placed every fifty steps, it is estimated that there are a hundred cages.

In this way, it seems that there are definitely more than a hundred beasts here. Mao Yong couldn't help but gasp.

Suddenly, a tiger locked in the animal cage closest to Mao Yong roared in a low voice... (To be continued.) )