Chapter 8 Visiting Xiufeng and fighting Qixian Temple
After Xiao Xiong and his team made a big fuss about Gu Lianquan, the car sped away along the road to the east. Along the way, everyone counted the victorious results of the battle: a total of 23 devil officers were eliminated, all of whom were devil adjutants, including 3 Dazuo, 5 Zhongzuo, and 15 Shaozuo. Due to the fruitful results of this battle, Xiao Xiong whistled happily, and everyone was also very happy.
When it was almost dawn, their car was almost at Xiufeng. Xiao Xiongrang drove the car to a relatively remote mountain stream, and then pushed the car down.
Xiao Xiong asked Ouyang and the Xingzi team members to lead the way, and they found the local sedan chair driver and rented a few four-person sedan chairs. Everyone changed their clothes, and prepared some sacrificial gifts, and the group of people carried the sedan chair lively, and the people who picked up things and walked to Xiufeng.
Along the way, the scenery is truly beautiful and dizzying. Xiao Xiong reveled in this beautiful scenery.
"The beauty of Lushan is in the south of the mountain, and the beauty of the south of the mountain is the number of beautiful peaks", you see that the incense burner peak is like purple smoke, just like a fairyland; The crane peak is shaped like a crane flying, elegant and soft; The twin sword peaks are like hibiscus inserting into the sky, and the momentum is majestic; The sisters are the same as the beautiful girls, beautiful and generous; Manjushri Peak stands like a sharp cone, piercing the blue sky; The peak ridge of the turtle's back is like a turtle meeting the clouds, auspicious and auspicious. These peaks are varied, exquisitely beautiful, and the scenery is beautiful. The peaks truly gather the beauty of Shannan and create the masculine beauty of Xiufeng.
Xiufeng is not only the peak show, but also the waterfall show, the gorge show, the pond show, the forest show, the stone show, the temple show. All the shows gathered, each giving its own beauty, and the spring waterfall is full of fun and gives birth to the feminine beauty of Xiufeng. Here, nature has painted a wonderful beautiful scenery with wonderful brushwork and ink, and has given it to the world.
Dahanyang Peak is the highest peak of Lushan Mountain, its springs are densely covered, Baozhu sows and flows, trickles and gathers, becomes the trend of rushing streams, and pours into the two waterfalls of Xiufeng to the east. One of them rushes out between the Crane Peak and the Turtle Back Peak, because the cliff mouth is narrow, it hangs in the air and falls, and falls into the deep ravine of dozens of zhang.
When Li Bai lived in seclusion in Lushan, whenever the spring and summer were full of water, he would climb the peak and watch the waterfall. Because during the flood season, the rain is abundant, and the flow of the stream increases greatly, and the water of the waterfall falls like a jade dragon falling from the sky, and the silver man hangs upside down and rushes down. It forms a large screen, and in the sunlight, the water surface of the waterfall glows with silver light, which is spectacular. In the process of falling the waterfall water, the countless splashes and rain mist stirred up by the mountain wind blew and turned into clouds of smoke and drifted into the clouds with the wind. So Li Bai wrote about Lushan Waterfall so vividly and vividly.
The waterfall water that flows down is rushing down in the mountain stream, gathering momentum and rushing, falling straight into the famous "Dragon Pond", rolling up thousands of snow waves, stirring up thousands of pearls, turning into a pool of blue water. The water of the pond is turquoise and unfathomable, so that it is rumored that this pond leads to the Dragon Palace of the East China Sea. The swimming fish in the water can be counted, it sees the visitors without being surprised, the back and forth are sudden, it seems to be amused with the visitors, and it is interesting. There is a big seal script on the top of the pond wall, and there are four words engraved next to it: "Divine Dragon Leaps into the Sky". On the east and west sides of the pond, there are two pavilions of "Shuyu" and "Waterfall Viewing" built in Linzhang by the mountain, which is a good place for tourists to listen to the spring and watch the waterfall. Standing in the pavilion and looking around at the Qingyu Gorge, the cliff is an ancient tree, the cane is in the sky, the green shade is covered, the cliffs on three sides, the danger is abnormal. It is really a rare fairyland in the world.
At this time, it was the rainy season of spring, and there was a heavy rain on the mountain last night, and the already spectacular waterfall was even more powerful at this time, and the roar formed by the flowing water flying down resounded through the valley. Facing this majestic and magnificent Lushan Waterfall, Xiao Xiong couldn't help but feel proud, and chanted loudly:
"It is said that the incense burner produces purple smoke, and the waterfall hangs in front of the river.
The flying stream went straight down to 3,000 feet, and it was suspected that the Milky Way had fallen for nine days.
The flying stream went straight down 3,000 feet, and it is suspected that the Milky Way has fallen for nine days......"
When he finished chanting, he let out a hearty laugh. The sound of laughter echoed and echoed in the valley for a long time.
The masculine nature of the mountains and the softness of the water have poured out many emperors, generals, talented and beautiful women from ancient times to the present.
Xiao Xiong, who graduated from the Department of Chinese of Wuhan University, has a soft spot for Lushan, once upon a time, he accompanied his friends and classmates, carried white jade, strolled in the peach blossom garden, wandered in the White Deer Cave, lingered in front of the Five Old Peaks, and dreamed of staying in the Splendid Valley. Lushan, everywhere left their young and dreamy footprints, it is the beautiful Lushan that nurtured them and cultivated their feelings.
Admiring the beautiful landscapes of Xiufeng and reminiscing about the good times of the past, Xiao Xiong hated the beastly invaders even more. It is these jackals who trample on the great rivers and mountains of the motherland, forcibly annihilate and defile the beautiful Lushan Mountain, and destroy our beautiful and peaceful life. Xiao Xiong couldn't help but slam his fist on the sedan bar.
"Boss, are you going to stop?" The team member carrying the sedan chair hurriedly asked.
Xiao Xiong came back from his contemplation and hurriedly said, "Let's move on." ”
The purpose of their trip is to cross Xiufeng, turn Guanyin Bridge, cross Qixian Temple, from Taiyi Village to Lushan, and finally return to Miaozhipu, where Baiyu's house is located. Because this is an important place occupied by devils, they pretend to be rich sons who come to visit the mountains and rivers to explore the spring and flowers in search of flowers, so as to cover themselves and reach their destination safely all the way.
It was already noon when they came out of Xiufeng, and they came to Guanyin Bridge.
The group entered the Qixian Valley. In the east of the valley, there is the first strange peak of Lushan Wulao Peak, in the west there is the main peak of Lushan Hanyang Peak, and in the north there is the magical Taiyi Peak. The surrounding peaks are wonderful, and the valleys are full of fun. They soon came to the Three Gorges Stream.
I saw that in the mountain stream, there were sharp arrows and fierce waves. The torrent crashed against the boulders in the stream, stirring up a white mist that thundered into the sky, and it found a flowing gap in the middle of the boulders and rushed all the way down.
An ancient stone bridge that has gone through nearly 1,000 years - Guanyin Bridge lies horizontally on the Three Gorges Stream. The ancient bridge is magnificent, flying over the cliff hanging rock like a rainbow. The two ends of the bridge are ancient woods, and the vines are draped. Under the bridge, strange rocks sag, torrents rush by. Seeing the water view of the bridge is amazing. There is a round deep pool under the bridge, the water of the pool is turquoise, unfathomable, the name is Jinjing. In front of the bridge, there is a huge boulder like a mainstay, which is engraved with the words "return to drowning" and "water".
Xiao Xiong and the others walked all the way, enjoying the scenery along the way.
Before coming to the Guanyin Bridge, I didn't see the crowd of people who came to enjoy the scenery in previous years, and I only saw the sentry box and barracks set up by the devils at the bridge, and it seemed that there were still a lot of devils stationed here. Probably because this mountain road is a shortcut to Lushan and Jiujiang, the devils specially stationed troops here to set up cards to check passing personnel, arrest protesters, and protect the safety of Lushan and Jiujiang.
Several devil sentries pointed their guns at them and told them to stop for inspection. Xiao Xiong hurriedly asked someone to put down the sedan chair, he hurriedly stepped forward and said a few words to the devil sentry Kiri Wala, and then took out a special pass, and asked his subordinates to quickly hand over a basket of fruits and pastries to the sentry. When the sentinels of the devil saw so many delicious things, they immediately smiled, gave Xiao Xiong a thumbs up and praised them repeatedly, and immediately let them go, but they were not allowed to stay on the Guanyin Bridge.
They didn't dare to stop at the Guanyin Bridge, so they crossed the bridge directly and quickly.
Xiao Xiong hated in his heart, this was the first time he failed to stop on the bridge to enjoy the scenery. He gritted his teeth and thought, "The dog said that this devil! Lao Tzu will definitely give you a good look. I'm not allowed to look at the scenery of my house. Hum! ”
After crossing the Guanyin Bridge, after walking for three or four miles, you can see the Qixian Temple with red bricks and green tiles hidden in the trees.
Qixian Temple, under the Shiren Peak, the temple was built in the early years of the Tang Dynasty Baoli, has a history of nearly 1200 years, it was founded by the assassin Li Bo, and was listed as one of the five major jungles in Lushan. Here, thousands of trees are verdant, streams contend, and the five old peaks and Hanyang peaks stand on their left and right, and the momentum is magnificent. However, due to the Taiping War, the original buildings were lined up, the pavilions were complicated, the monks reached as many as five or six hundred, and the jungle where the incense was vigorous, and now there are only a few left, but there are still some monks in control. When they approached the monastery, they were surprised that they did not even see a single monk.
When the group came to the temple, they were secretly sighing. Suddenly, from the hall of the Mahavira came the sound of a woman screaming and crying, mixed with the silver laughter of the devil Kiri Wala. Xiao Xiong immediately ordered everyone to prepare for battle with gestures. He asked Ouyang Cunfeng to take more than a dozen team members to scout quickly.
Ouyang and the others came to the Daxiong Treasure Hall, and the scene in front of them stunned them and burned with anger. I saw more than a dozen corpses of monks lying in the hall, blood was flowing all over the hall, and several devils were forcibly annihilating two Chinese girls, next to the girls were two bamboo baskets containing freshly picked tea leaves. The two of them had been stripped naked by the devil [***], their hands were tied to the pillars in the temple by the devil with a belt, and their feet were held down by the devil. Just in front of the Buddha, the two devils were smiling silver and annihilating them. There was also a ** devil who had taken off his clothes standing next to him, cheering continuously.
Ouyang Cunfeng made a gesture to Xiao Xiong behind him, and immediately kicked open the door of the hall and led everyone to rush into the hall. Ouyang first pounced on the devil who was still doing evil, thrust the dagger into the back of a devil, and kicked him away from the girl with a strong kick. The rest of the team also wrestled with the devils. Xiao Xiong and the others immediately arrived, joined the battle, and quickly eliminated this group of devils. At this moment, a devil walked out from behind the hall, as soon as he saw the scene in front of him, he immediately retreated outside the hall, picked up the 38 big cover and fired a shot, Ouyang Cunfeng staggered, and his arm was shot. Without waiting for the devil to fire the second shot, Wang Xiaofei raised the gun, and the devil fell in response. The sound of gunfire echoed in the valley and spread far, far away.
"Oh no, the devil can definitely hear it. Everyone is ready for battle. Xiao Xiong ordered.
Xiao Xiong immediately realized that his team had been exposed and was in danger. He did not let the team leave immediately, but immediately sent Ren Jie and Wang Xiaofei to lead two groups of men and horses to the two ends of the mountain road to guard, find a good hidden terrain, and prepare to block the enemy.
He calmed his flustered mood for a moment and slowly sat down on the cushion in the hall. I thought about it quickly, and made a quick plan: it was three o'clock in the afternoon, and it would get dark early in the valley, and it would be dark at about six o'clock. Everything can only be planned when it gets dark. You must withstand these three hours, otherwise you will be wiped out in this Qixian Temple. In front of Qixian Temple is a mountain road and a small stream under the cliff, and there is also a cliff cliff behind it, and the mountain is full of miscellaneous books, there is no road to go at all, especially after dark, it is unimaginable to want to withdraw from there.
What to do?
At this time, there was a cry around him, and he turned his head to see that the two girls who had been raped by the devil were hiding their faces and crying. They were already dressed in clothes that barely covered their bodies, and their bodies were still trembling out of fear. There are two more people here! How do you keep them safe? Xiao Xiong asked someone to bring two pieces of clothes and put them on them. Then asked softly:
"Why are you here?"
"We are the villagers near here, and we come here every year to pick cloud tea, but ......" the girl sobbed and couldn't go on.
"Okay, stop crying. You see, we've killed those beasts, so go home later. ”
As soon as he said this, there was a crackling of gunfire from the east side of the temple, and soon a dense burst of gunfire was heard from the west, and the devil finally came.
Wang Xiaofei led more than a dozen team members to guard the direction leading to Guanyin Bridge. Not long after, I saw more than a hundred devils running towards here. When the devil got closer, he gave the order to open fire. Suddenly, a deafening gunfire rang out in the valley, and the devils in front immediately fell to a large area, and those behind fell on the spot and fired back. Due to the narrow mountain road, the devil could not invest more men and horses to attack, so Wang Xiaofei bought them a certain amount of time.
However, there are too many devils and firepower. They set up several machine guns and fired heavily at our positions. The battle became a stalemate, and it was difficult for the devils to attack for a while. But some of the players who blocked the attack had already been killed and wounded.
Ren Jie and their situation in the west is almost the same as Wang Xiaofei and them, and the current blockers on both sides can still withstand the attack of the devil.
Xiao Xiong looked at his watch, it was already five o'clock in the afternoon, and there was still more than an hour before it got dark. There were only two team members left by his side, and Ouyang Cunfeng rushed to the position when he didn't know why.
He took a closer look at the inside and outside of the temple, and now there were only two of the original triple temples left, and behind the temple were cliffs that were two or three feet high and difficult to climb. There is really no way out, this is a desperate situation.
"But no matter what, even if you die, you have to pull a few more devils on your back." Xiao Xiong gritted his teeth and ordered the two team members to pile up a few more desks by the door and window of the Daxiong Treasure Hall and the Guanyin Hall behind it, and put the remaining guns and ammunition in all places where they could shoot. No sooner had they laid everything out than there was a loud explosion of mortar shells.
The devil's reinforcements brought mortars, and they fired shells continuously at the blocking positions. Due to the small terrain, many more team members were killed or injured soon. Ren Jie and Wang Xiaofei had to lead the team members to fight and retreat.
Towards six o'clock, both groups withdrew into the hall of the Mahavira, and they relied on the solid doors and windows to desperately resist the people. Xiao Xiong counted, and almost all of the remaining personnel were wounded, and there were less than twenty people left. Xiao Xiong asked the seriously injured team members and the two girls to retreat to the Guanyin Hall in the back and bandage the wounds. I led everyone to continue shooting at the devils.
Suddenly, the gunfire outside stopped. At this moment, the voice of the devil was heard: "Listen, people inside, you are desperate." The Imperial Army said that as long as you stop resisting, lay down your arms, and never kill you, they will give you a way out. If you don't listen, you won't be killed! Now give you three minutes to think about it. ”
As soon as Xiao Xiong heard it, he knew that it was not good.
"Quickly retreat to the main hall in the back, the devil will open fire soon." Everyone picked up their weapons and quickly ran towards the main hall behind.
Sure enough, after a while, the devils launched a crazy attack on the Daxiong Treasure Hall, and the sound of machine guns and mortars rang out, and the Daxiong Treasure Hall immediately ignited a raging fire, crackling and burning.
Xiao Xiong, who had withdrawn to the Guanyin Temple, watched as the fire in the Daxiong Treasure Hall grew bigger and bigger, illuminating the night sky that was already completely dark.
"Brethren, time is running out for us. Check the ammunition, leave a grenade for each person, and never let the devil be captured alive. Xiao Xiong looked at everyone and said heavily but firmly.
"Big brother, don't worry, there is still a way to live." One of the girls hurriedly said.
"This place has been surrounded by devils, and there are cliffs behind it, and when the Daxiong Treasure Hall is burned out, the devils will definitely attack here, and then-"
"Big brother, don't say that. There really is a way out. The girl said preemptively. My father and I used to pick tea in this area, and there was a good cloud tea on the mountain behind the temple, and we climbed up from this cliff. The girl affirmed.
She led Xiao Xiong and the others to the back of the temple, pointed to the small stone crevices in the cliff and said:
"No, that's what climbed up this crack in the rock."
"We're not monkeys, how can we climb up?"
"No, I have this." The girl took out a one-foot-long pickaxe with a pointed iron pick from the bamboo basket and walked to the cliff. I saw that she quickly climbed a raised stone, drove the iron pickaxe into the crack in the stone above, and then climbed up with the power of the iron pickaxe, and when her feet were solid, she pressed her body against the stone wall, pulled out the iron pickaxe and drove it into the stone crack. And so she climbed the cliff step by step. Xiao Xiong: They were stunned.
The girl stood on it and said anxiously, "Big brother, hurry up and find the rope, you can climb up in no time." ”
Everyone hurried to the temple to look for the rope. Fortunately, the monks in the temple often go to the mountains to collect medicines, so they have strong hemp ropes. Everyone quickly tied the rope into a few knots and tied it to the wild vine that the girl had lowered from the mountain. The girl pulled the rope up and tied it to the tree.
At this moment, the Daxiong Treasure Hall was burned and collapsed with a bang, and the fire immediately became much smaller. The devils outside were already searching in the direction of the Guanyin Hall with guns.
"Quick! Hurry up and get up. Xiao Xiong hurriedly ordered. He let Ren Jie be the first to go up, and he himself held it up below, and let Ren Jie pull it on top. It didn't take long for the rest of the team to go up, except for a few seriously injured who couldn't hold on.
Xiao Xiong insisted on taking the seriously wounded away, but they had already made up their minds to die, and they said to Xiao Xiong:
"Commander, we have enough to kill so many devils, and it is worth dying again. You see, we can't go like this, so as not to drag everyone down. You leave us the grenades, let's go. ”
Suddenly, a wounded man on guard saw a devil push open the temple door, he pulled the trigger, and the devil fell in response.
"Let's go!" Everyone pushed Xiao Xiong hard. With tears in his eyes, Xiao Xiong handed them all the grenades on his body, turned his head and walked out, and he quickly climbed up. At this time, the gunfire below rang out like firecrackers, and it rang out violently.
Xiao Xiong put away the rope, turned around and followed the girl to the mountain with difficulty.
The gunfire at the bottom of the hill gradually thinned out, and then stopped completely. Suddenly, a loud noise came from the bottom of the mountain, echoing through the valley for a long time. Xiao Xiong's tears couldn't hold back anymore and couldn't help but fall......
Later, Xiao Xiong heard that after the battle of Qixian Temple that day, the devils carried many corpses out of the mountains. Some people also say that Qixian Temple was really blown up and burned down, and not a single tile remains. It's just that the mountain people who went up the mountain to pick medicine and tea later picked up a hemp rope on the mountain behind the temple, and it was still tied in a knot.