Chapter Forty-Eight: The Cliff Behind the Mountain
Hua An put aside Xiaozhu and carefully interrogated the injured bandits, and through the explanation of the bandits, Hua An learned that the thieves' lair was nearby, and the front was extremely tightly arranged, and more than 500 secret sentries were placed around the hundreds of traps scattered around.
In addition, in order to resist the attack of the officers and soldiers, a high wall was built on the front of the cottage, and there was an archer every few steps on the wall, and the important leader of the bandits was personally stationed on the gate tower, and the necessary items such as rolling wood and stones to defend the city were also ready.
With such a tight defense, if the army attacked strongly, it would be difficult to break through without lying down thousands of corpses, and besides, the army was still more than ten miles away, even if it received the news and rushed day and night, it would be until the early morning of tomorrow.
But Hua'an couldn't wait so long, Wang Ling, who had always been in her heart, was in the bandit's lair, and at this time she must be physically and mentally tormented, and she could be ravaged by the bandit leader at any time, or even ...... Hua An couldn't bear to think about it anymore, but he was determined to rescue Wang Ling within two hours.
Could it be that the cottage really has no way back as the thief in front of him said, under Hua'an's repeated questioning, the injured thief finally revealed some of the situation in the back mountain.
It is because it is difficult to climb that the leader of the bandits built his lair here, and no one has ever climbed up from the bottom of the mountain since the village was built, but there are often a group of monkeys running down the steep mountain to the bandits' lair to steal food.
Since the monkey can go up, we will definitely be able to go up, Hua An made up his mind and climbed up from the cliff in the back mountain.
Hua'an, who made up his mind, began to think about the details of the next specific action, the details determine success or failure, and Hua'an did not dare to be sloppy.
He first analyzed his more than 90 people, how to arrange to withstand the bandits' 5,000 men and horses, the disparity in strength is so big, Hua An's heart is as heavy as pressing a big stone, with one enemy and a hundred is just a brave belief, if it really fights, his 90 men and horses are by no means the opponent of the bandits' 5,000 rabble.
Hua An told Wang San and Tie Niu around him about the idea of saving people, and the two of them were silent after hearing it, after all, the enemy is too strong, and climbing the cliff itself is risky, even if it is fortunate to pass the test of the cliff, but rashly break into the hinterland of the bandit's lair, in case it is accidentally discovered, the bandit army will rush up, and his dozens of people will only jump off the cliff.
But Hua'an insisted on his own opinion, he must go up the mountain to save people, and persuaded several elders around him with great painstaking words, and also listed a detailed plan to save people.
In order to facilitate reconnaissance in the mountains, each soldier prepared at least one rope before setting off, and Hua'an decided to bring all these ropes, and for each distance he climbed, he found a strong tree root and tied the rope to the root of the tree and put it down.
This extends all the way to the top of the mountain, and there are more than a dozen ropes for each journey, and once they encounter an irresistible large number of bandits, the ninety soldiers can quickly evacuate from the top of the mountain with these ropes, and the horses are tied to the bottom of the cliff, so that they can quickly escape from the pursuit of the bandits.
Of course, this is the worst-case plan, if you are lucky and succeed in saving Wang Ling who was robbed, you can also successfully rescue Wang Ling through these ropes.
Hua An was even thinking that if he was particularly lucky, he could catch the leader of the bandits and hand it over to Han Qian, which would be regarded as a great achievement.
The most perfect ending is naturally to rely on these more than 90 people to completely subdue the 5,000 rabble of the bandits' lair, but this idea only flashed in Hua An's mind, and he didn't dare to have such extravagant hopes.
"Brother Hua An, whether you succeed or not, I support you." Wang San first cheered up Hua'an.
Tie Niu smashed his mouth, looked at the brothers around him, and said loudly: "For the sake of our team's sweetheart, my life is given up." ”
"Hahaha......" Although the atmosphere was very tense at this time, Tie Niu's words still made everyone laugh.
Hua An looked at the iron bull in front of him gratefully, and saluted the soldiers around him who were willing to follow him.
"Brothers, our team's sweetheart was robbed by bandits, what do you say?" The more Iron Bull spoke, the more energetic he became, and his bright eyes shone with excitement.
"Fight into the cottage and rescue the lady."
"Fight into the cottage and rescue the lady."
The soldiers shouted in unison.
This series of slogans made Hua An embarrassed, Mrs. is not called casually, Hua An and Wang Ling are innocent, which makes Hua An not embarrassed.
But Hua An was even more moved by the strong support of the soldiers, he pointed to one of the soldiers, and ordered: "You, immediately hurry back to the main camp, and tell the commander the truth about the situation here, as long as the main general sends reinforcements, the vanguard light cavalry will be able to arrive in the middle of the night." ”
Although Hua'an's order is suspected of "quenching the thirst of the near with far water", it can strengthen the confidence of the soldiers in a certain way, and as long as the soldiers think that the main army is about to arrive, they will be more high-spirited and courageous.
"The whole team immediately marched towards the cliff in the back mountain."
Following Hua'an's order, the soldiers packed up and headed to the back mountain of the cottage under the guidance of the wounded bandits.
In order to reach the back mountain as much as possible, Hua An asked two of the soldiers to give up their horses and give them to the wounded bandit and the little bamboo girl.
The group quickly arrived at the back mountain that the injured thief said, looking at the towering and unusually steep back mountain cliff, Hua An couldn't help but gasp.
There are a few trees growing on the surface of the cliff, but the root system growing from the cracks in the stone is obviously not strong enough, and the whole mountain seems to be inclined at least seventy or eighty degrees.
"It's so steep, you can really climb it." The soldiers muttered quietly.
Hua An didn't have absolute certainty in his heart, but since he had already decided, he couldn't give up at will, he frowned and thought for a moment, then turned around and ordered: "If anyone thinks they can't climb up, they can stay and take care of Xiaozhu Girl, and watch this bandit, watch my signal when necessary, and set fire to the surroundings to create chaos, so as to interfere with the deployment of the bandits." ”
The soldiers looked left and right, and although they all thought in their hearts that it would be difficult to climb the cliff in front of them, none of them stood up and asked to stay, because to retreat meant timidity, and no one wanted to be looked down upon.
Hua An nodded with satisfaction, walked among the soldiers, randomly selected nine soldiers with a relatively bloated body, looked at Tie Niu and ordered: "Tie Niu, you are not flexible enough, just stay with these nine warriors, and the task below is also very important." ”
When Tie Niu heard this, he opened his eyes and said dissatisfiedly: "Team Zheng, where is my old cow's body inflexible, and I am more flexible than the monkey in climbing the mountain?" You've got to take me, and I'm going to be the first to climb up.
Looking at Tie Niu's stubborn bull energy, Hua An was not too forced, he nodded and compromised: "Okay! Be sure to stay safe.
"Okay, I want to be the first to climb the mountain and see what the team's sweetheart looks like. Hey! ”
"Hahaha!"
All the soldiers were also amused by this silly iron bull.
Hua An also smiled, carrying a string of rope on his shoulder, and took the lead towards the foot of the mountain to find a way to climb.
Wang San and the other eighty soldiers followed closely behind Hua An, and everyone climbed and analyzed which place was the easiest to go.
If you talk about the dexterity of the body, Wang San is definitely the first, so he always climbs in front, followed by Hua'an, when encountering particularly steep sections, Wang San always climbs the mountain alone, and then ties the rope firmly down, and the soldiers behind climb the mountain with the help of the power of the rope, so it is much easier to think about it.
Although all the soldiers are warriors who are one in a hundred, and they always feel that they are physically superior, but at this time, they are only halfway up and many soldiers feel that their backs and legs are weak, and they are weak. Even the Iron Bull, who usually boasted of his body, was tired and panted, and beads of sweat the size of peanuts fell from the foreheads of the soldiers, and in the light of the moon, they were like pearls that could be enchanted, and they disappeared immediately when they fell on the cliff.
"Team, take a break! The brethren were gone. Tie Niu gasped and said.
Hua An turned around when he heard the voice, looked at the panting appearance of the soldiers, and said, "Okay! Warriors rest in place and stay safe. ”
Hearing the order, the soldiers leaned limply against the steep cliff wall, clutching the support they could hold on to nearby, closing their eyes and allowing themselves to recover as much body as possible in the shortest possible time.
Tie Niu took heavy steps, moved to Hua An's side, and used a short break to chat with Hua An, talking about the rise, Tie Niu couldn't help but applaud.
But he made a fatal mistake, the cliff is not as flat as the ground, how can he be so carried away, and at the moment when the iron bull clapped his hands, his feet slipped and his whole body fell down.
Fortunately, Hua An reacted quickly, and at the moment when Tie Niu fell off the cliff, he stretched out his right hand and grabbed Tie Niu's left hand, Hua An's whole body was lying tightly on an oval boulder, and his left hand hugged the stone tightly.
Tie Niu's body was too heavy for Hua An to pull it up with one hand, but Hua An himself was clinging to the cliff, and if he stretched out his hands, he would fall off the cliff with Tie Niu.
The situation is urgent, and Huaan does not dare to slack off in the slightest. While holding on tightly to the Iron Bull, he encouraged: "Iron Bull, hold on, you haven't seen my sweetheart yet, hold on." ”
Tie Niu, who was hanging in the air, said with a wry smile: "I haven't married a daughter-in-law yet, so I can't just die, hahaha!" ”
Hua An felt that the strength of his wrist was getting weaker and weaker, after all, Tie Niu's body was too heavy, but Hua An was still gritting his teeth and insisting, because what he was holding in his hand was his brother's life, and he would not relax no matter what.
"Wang San, come over and help." Huaan shouted.
In fact, at the moment when Tie Niu slipped off the cliff and was caught by Hua An, Wang San was already preparing, but the cliff was too steep, and it would take a lot of time to move it from a zhang away.
Wang San tied one end of the rope on his body to the root of the pine tree in the stone crevice, and the other end was tied into a round slipknot with a thick wrist.
"Iron Bull, grab this slipknot and put your right hand in it." Wang San threw the slipknot in his hand near Tie Niu's dangling right hand and shouted.
Hearing this, Iron Bull grabbed the slipknot and stretched his right hand into it.
"Click......"
At this moment, the oval stone in Hua An's arms made a terrible cracking sound because it could not bear the weight of Hua An and Tie Niu.
Hua An's head tightened, and he urged: "Wang San, hurry up, the stone is about to break." ”
"Brother Hua An, hold on a little longer, it's fine." Wang San said and tightened the rope in his hand, and suddenly the circular rope at the slipknot was tightly strangled on Tie Niu's right wrist.
At this moment, another soldier who rushed over to help pulled the rope upwards with Wang San, and Hua'an also pulled upwards by the way, and with the combined force of the three people, the five big and three thick iron bulls were finally pulled up.
The escape of the iron bull made everyone breathe a sigh of relief, and after a short rest, everyone continued to climb to the top of the mountain under the leadership of Hua An.
Although there are many dangers along the way, from time to time I encounter rockfalls from landslides, poisonous snakes hidden in the cracks of the stones, and the support that is difficult to borrow from the feet. But with everyone's excellent suzhì and tenacious perseverance, they overcame the difficulties they encountered one by one and successfully reached the top.
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