Fu Heng borrowed troops from the governor's yamen and left Taiyuan City that night. These 500 elite soldiers were originally trained by Yue Zhongqi on the Xining front line in the tenth year of Yongzheng. Yue Zhongqi was defeated and Tonglun was removed from the rank of general of Ning Yuan, and he was locked up in Beijing for questioning. This reserve was not used for on-the-spot dismantling. In the past few years, the soldiers have been dismissed one after another, leaving only a few thousand lower-level military attachés who could not be arranged, and were recruited by the former governor of Shanxi as personal soldiers to guard the middle camp. With this opportunity to make meritorious contributions, these martial artists are really eager to try. Fu Heng was afraid that he would not be able to inspire morale, so he distributed all the 15,000 taels of silver allocated by the feudal treasury to them, and set off on the second watch, with a color of hussar oxhide armor, a strong bow and a crossbow, and ten musketeers as Qin cha guards, protecting Fu Heng and Li Shiyao quietly out of the west gate of Taiyuan and marching towards Mafang at a rapid pace. At dawn on the second day, they rushed to the edge of Mafang Town, which is located in the Heicha Mountain Valley.

"Here we are." Liao Qingge, who was guarding Fu Heng's side, saw that the black town was getting closer and closer, and pointed with a whip on the horse, and said, "Zhongtang, there is Mafang Town in front." I've been to this place twice. The name is 'town', but in fact there are less than 200 households, and every autumn the horse dealers come here to exchange horses with the Mongols from the Central Plains, and it is only lively for a few days. ”

Fu Heng was covered in sweat, cold and wet by the wind, he looked coldly at the Heicha Mountain in Hesse in the northwest, glanced at the horse fang with a few points of light, and asked, "Is there a post station in the town?" We are not familiar with the situation here, and if we break in, there will definitely be a report from the bandits. "Back to Zhongtang," Liao Qingge said, "there is only one post station, only a dozen rooms, and there is no special post guard. There is a temple of the king of heaven in the east of the town, although it is dilapidated, the courtyard is not small, according to me, the town is surrounded by a hundred people, and only allowed to enter but not to leave. The rest of the people lived in the Tianwang Temple, and waited for Li Daotai's militia to come before attacking. ”

"It's three regardless of the ground." Li Shiyao was also watching Mafang Town, and secretly couldn't see his face clearly, "There are no officials of the imperial court in the town, a town mayor, God knows what kind of character he is, and everyone with a knife is supported by him - we don't show our identity, it's still right to live in Tianwang Temple." But don't besiege the town. Originally, this place was mixed, and the thieves of the three religions and the nine streams and the strong beams often haunted here. No one cares about anyone's account. The clear appearance of our flag armor is equivalent to giving people news. Fu Heng thought for a while and laughed: "Let's just pretend to be strongmen and light the torch!" Enter the Temple of the Heavenly King! ”

At that moment, everyone listened to the order, lit more than a dozen torches, and did not shout, led by Liao Qingge, and went around along the post road in the east of the town and saw a large empty field next to a temple.

"Rush in!" Fu Heng pointed at the closed door with the tip of his whip and ordered loudly, "Each room should be searched next to each other to prevent anyone inside!" ”

Several goshkha jumped off their horses, shouted, and pushed hard together, but the door was hidden, and suddenly the hole opened with a "bang", and the soldiers rushed in with their swords pressed on their waists. Fu Heng took his entourage and stood in the center of the patio to observe calmly. Suddenly, a soldier rushed out with a torch and shouted hysterically:

"There are three thieves in this house!"

Then I saw three black shadows rush out. I couldn't see clearly in the black ground, two big men. There was also a very small man, holding incense in one hand and a knife in the other, standing at the door, as if he was in a daze. After a long time, a big black man asked, "You Wan'er?" Whoever is the Lord of the Heart, come out and speak! Liao Qingge strode forward, and because he didn't understand the bandits' black language, he asked:

"You Wan'er, who is the master of the heart!"

"Gera chicken bones can't fly, there are worms in the hair!" [1]

The man replied, "You Wan'er? ”

"Gra beef bones can't fly, there are worms in the hair!"

All three of them were stunned, and suddenly burst into laughter. The tall man jumped up and slashed with his sword. Liao Qingge's eyes were quick, and he took the knife in a square, and suddenly sparks flew everywhere, and he said angrily: "Your grandmother! Do you do it before you finish speaking? ”

"You're sons!"

"You are little sons, sons!" Liao Qingge said, "We are from Bauhinia Mountain. If you treat guests like this, we will go back if the sky is unknown! ”

Fu Heng was afraid that this courtyard harbored a large number of bandits, but when he saw that there were only three people, he was relieved, and when he heard that Liao Qingge was alert, he couldn't help but nod secretly. The three of them looked at each other secretly, and the big black man turned around and said to the little man: "Mountain flea, they don't understand our incision, maybe they came from Bauhinia Mountain." Piao Zongfeng said this, there are not enough people on the side of Evil Tiger Beach-" Before he finished speaking, the flea of the Nickname Mountain waved his hand and interrupted, and his voice was sharp and bright: "You are not the leader, tell your leader to come out!" Fu Heng listened to his tone, he was a big figure in the Tuo Peak, and when he saw Liao Qingge secretly looking back at himself, he strode over and asked in a muffled voice, "I am the leader." What's the matter with you? ”

"Buddha Amitayus! Guanyin Bodhisattva changed into a child, and when he saw the five-colored clouds revealing the Khmer post, the Bodhisattva unfolded it, and many lifeless silent words! ”

Fu Heng's heart tightened when he heard this, he had seen the vast volumes of the White Lotus Sect's missionary books collected in the upper study, and they flipped through them casually, they were all slang and unbearable words. I have no memory of the sentence "Guanyin becomes a child" from the scriptures and volumes, anyway, it must be in the White Lotus scriptures. Seeing him ask, he was anxious, and held back a sentence: "The eye thief, the ear thief, the nose thief, the tongue thief, the body thief, and the mind thief are the six thieves, and the vacuum ancestor has passed on my wordless scriptures!" ”

"You are the junior brother of Piao Zongfeng!" The mountain flea seemed to be taken aback, and after a little startle, he waved his hand and asked, "Say nothing and decide to go west?" ”

This poem Fu Heng remembered refreshingly, and immediately said to "The flowers bloom to see the Buddha realize lifelessness, and realize lifelessness and return"! The mountain flea saluted more respectfully, lowered his voice, seemed to pause for a moment, and then asked: "After thinking about it, it will be difficult to kill me, I don't know when Wuji will be born." If the heavenly palace is not tight, have the children ever gone home? Fu Heng was at a loss when he heard this, searched his memory and replied: "There are tables and sparse paths, and there are cards and numbers...... All gods return home and vow to pass, pass the fog and go to the clouds. See the Buddha answer the lotus sect number, and turn 810,000 years together! He said that the poem was quite right. Unexpectedly, as soon as the words fell, the mountain flea changed his tone and said viciously:

"There's something wrong with your incision: one moment it's big like a Buddha, the next it's like a ghost! One moment it's the Zhengyang Sect, the next it's the White Lotus Sect - what the hell are you and which one? ”

"Lao Tzu is the White Lotus Sect!"

"Fart!" The mountain flea shouted angrily, "How can you say this? The source is unknown, how can we accept you? - Let's go! ”

"Take it!" Seeing that he had been exposed, Fu Heng drew his sword in his hand and shouted, "Don't let any of them go!" ”

The three strongmen were all ** lakes, and when they saw that something was wrong, they had already been on full alert, and they retreated together with a whistle. Helplessly, Fu Heng had a lot of people, and he was surrounded by iron buckets. Everyone shouted and swarmed, and in one round, the two big men had been pushed to the ground, but they couldn't find mountain fleas in the chaos. When the courtyard was searching, I heard a sharp strange laugh on the ridge of the main hall, and the sound of chatter was like an owl in the middle of the night, and everyone laughed so that their hearts were crazy, and when they looked up, they were vaguely mountain fleas squatting on the side of the beast's head. Mountain Flea smiled and said, "With your sparse skills, dare to come to Heicha Mountain to break into the ground?" Wait for our Piao Ye to catch that bird, and Fu Heng will settle accounts with you! My two brothers will stay, and they will be honored as guests, and one will die for ten! As soon as he spoke, he raised his hand and left silently. Fu Heng felt numb on his shoulder blades, and when he touched it with his hand, he didn't know what it was, and when he approached the torch, he saw that it was blood, and Liao Qingge next to him exclaimed: "Sixth Master, you are injured!" ”

"It's okay." Fu Heng carefully took off the hidden weapon from his shoulder to watch, but it was an iron thistle, squeezing the wound to see the blood, the color was bright red, and there was nothing unusual, knowing that there was no poison on the dart. After being relieved, Fu Heng felt a pain in his heart. In front of these many people, he had to grit his teeth and endure the pain. He casually threw the thistle terrestris, bandaged it by the military medic officer, and asked the big black man, "What is your position on the pack peak?" What is your name? What about him? ”

The big black man snorted and said, "My name is Liu San." His name is Yin Chang. It's all the personal companion of the mountain master! Who the hell are you? Fu Heng realized that he had just caught two little minions, and he was disappointed for a while, and asked again: "Who is the mountain flea?" ”

"Even the mountain master doesn't know?" Liu San and Yin Chang both raised their heads. Liu San looked at Fu Heng in surprise, looked at the people around him for a long time, and suddenly exclaimed: "They are so neatly dressed, they look like fucking officers and soldiers!" Yin Chang said: "Where did the officials and soldiers come from? Could Grandpa Piao miscalculate? Because of the proximity, Fu Heng saw Yin Chang's bald head, coupled with a mouthful of big teeth, stupid. Just as he was about to ask again, Li Shiyao, who was standing next to him, gently tugged Fu Heng's back placket. Fu Heng understood, and instructed Liao Qingge: "Haosheng asked him, in case he was a spy who colluded with court officials." With a secret smile in his heart, he came over with Li Shiyao and stood still in an empty field overgrown with artemisia grass in the northwest corner. Fu Heng smiled: "What's wrong with you tonight?" Don't say a word, it's just a distracted gloomy one! ”

"Sixth Master," Li Shiyao's voice trembled, and he seemed to be a little frightened and uneasy, "We underestimated Piaogao. His attack on Linxian is fake. It is to lure Daizhou Yanmen Pass to send troops, and set up an ambush to attack the official army halfway! Fu Heng shivered from the wind, and asked for a long time, "How can you see it?" Li Shuyao said: "As soon as we met, Liu Chang said about Evil Tiger Beach. I thought we were bandits who asked for reinforcements in a high profile. The evil tiger beach is close to Baishigou, the terrain is dangerous, and it is the only way from Yanmen Pass to Heicha Mountain......"

Before he finished speaking, Fu Heng was already shocked. Before leaving, he and Li Shiyao looked at the picture zhi, Li Shiyao once said: "Fortunately, Piao Gao is just a thief, if the army is large, if the army is large, Fan Gaojie and they will suffer a big loss." "Although I haven't seen the terrain of Evil Tiger Beach, hearing this name is enough to make people's hearts palpitate. Fu Heng pondered and said, "Linxian is a bait. The tall people and horses are all in Baishigou Evil Tiger Beach, and the cottage is empty, and our method is still feasible. ”

"Not only is it possible, but it's easier to do." Li Shuyao said with a smile, "But there is one thing that the sixth master has to think about, we started early, they withdrew the ambush soldiers and returned to the cottage, Fan Gaojie and they watched the fire from the other side, and we suffered." We started late, Fan Gaojie and their losses were too heavy, and the court still had to blame the sixth master. It's not easy to grasp the timing! Fu Heng secretly glanced at Li Shiyao, he admired this little general judgment very much, and thought it carefully. Sui Gege smiled and said, "Okay, there are yours." You're here to interrogate these two gangsters! Li Shuyao smiled and agreed "yes", changed his face and shouted:

"Drag that chief over to me!"

Liao Qingge was anxious, and when he heard this, he left Liu San aside, lifted Yin Chang, and dragged him over. Liu San knew that his mouth was loose, and shouted tightly: "Old Yin, there must be a door on your mouth!" - The more I look at this group of people, the less authentic they become! ”

"You're authentic, you've got a door on your mouth." Li Shiyao said coldly, "I'll let you try my methods - throw him into the dry pond over there, fill in the soil and bury him alive!" ”

Several soldiers agreed, and threw Liu San, who was tied like rice dumplings, in a dry pond, and dug up the soil to fill it. Liu San first scolded a few words, and then he was silent. Yin Chang was so frightened that he had no master, and kept kowtowing and said, "Good masters...... It's all their own people,...... It's all an ancestral lineage, and it's good to talk about, good guys......"

"Don't be ashamed of your face, he won't be angry!" Li Shiyao smiled fiercely, pressed the handle of the wide-brimmed knife with his hand, and said viciously: "Gentlemen run from Bauhinia Mountain to this threshold, thousands of miles, how easy?" Okay, someone here will answer and take us to Baishigou. Who the hell named him Floating High is the co-owner of the green forest? Say, where is the height? We want to see him! ”

"The peak is in the ...... Evil Tiger Beach ......"

"Is there anyone in the stockade?"

"Yes...... He left three hundred brethren, all of whom were disabled. Can't fight ......"

"Who led the 5,000 people who surrounded the county?"

Yin Chang seemed to be stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "There are no five thousand people in Heshanzhai. Those were all temporary people who were brought in to scare the officers and soldiers, and Xin Wuniang took ......"

"Xin Wuniang." Fu Heng interjected from the side and asked, "Is there another one named Juanjuan?" - looks very peugeot, can dance swords. Yin Chang shook his head and said, "I haven't heard of the name 'Juanjuan'. Wu Niang is the reincarnation of a jade girl before the rosette of the childless old mother, and she is naturally Peugeot! Ouch, that body is so light that it doesn't sink when it stands on the lotus leaf, the apricot face peach cheeks and cherries take a small mouth, take a look at the ...... that one who calls you for three days and three nights" He snorted in a daze, a little indescribable.

Where did Li Shiyao know Fu Heng's thoughts? said on the side: "Don't talk nonsense! She's a jade girl, it's a yaksha, it's our! I just ask you, where did that Bird Mountain flea run now, did it go to Evil Tiger Beach, or did it run to Xin Wuniang? Yin Chang laughed and said: "You ask one and I answer ten, why are you so fierce?" It's all Zhengyang Sect that eats, and it's a motherless one! Li Shiyao patted him on the shoulder and said, "You are more knowledgeable than Liu San." I can't treat you badly, and we're still pointing to you to lead the way!" With a wave of his hand, he ordered someone to escort Yin Chang down.

"I don't think this fool is like a liar." Fu Heng smiled and said to Li Shiyao, "Although I worked hard tonight, I figured out the plan of the bandits. It seems that Piao Gao really took a lot of effort in order to fight the first battle out of the mountain. Since they regard us as Bauhinia Mountain people, that is, they do have contact with the Bauhinia Mountain bandits. Now that you have a thousand militiamen coming from Lishi, you can't guarantee that the people of Bauhinia Mountain are rushing in the direction of Lishi! Li Shiyao nodded and said, "The sixth master is extremely worried! However, I know a little about the situation in Bauhinia Mountain, there are less than 500 people in total, and they may not have the courage to work hard for the high price from across states and counties. Even if they came, hundreds of people walked hundreds of miles of mountain roads, and there was nothing to be afraid of. Fu Heng said with a smile: "Let's pretend to be the Bauhinia Mountain bandits, and let's stay in this Mafang Town for the time being!" ”

Li Shiyao didn't reply for a while. Both of them sat on the stone plaque and meditated. Fu Heng looked at the slowly moving clouds in the sky, and suddenly had a feeling of being in a different world: yesterday he was still socializing with civil and military bureaucrats of all sizes in Taiyuan, but now he was sitting in this broken temple and fighting dumb riddles with the bandits of Da Dao Peak and Bauhinia Mountain. In a blink of an eye, I thought of Juanjuan, the beautiful jade shadow, the superb swordsmanship, the posture on the red velvet rope, the poems given under the moon, and the affectionate glance at parting are all vivid. Maybe in the future, we will have to meet each other in the field, I don't know who spilled the grass? After thinking about it, the feelings are like a spring, and the whole body is hot for a while, and it is cold to the bone marrow for a while...... It's hard to feel like you're in love. Li Shiyao was calculating when the people and horses would arrive from Shi, and when Fan Gaojie would pass through Baishigou, how could he make the officers and soldiers suffer a little and be saved, and the time to attack the peak must be mastered. Just thinking about it, Fu Heng said: "I calculated, we have to pretend to be bandits for six days." A thousand of your men will arrive tomorrow night. These days, people eat horses and chew, and the matter of food and salary is very troublesome. According to my heart, this time I will fight the stockade, which will save trouble. ”

"I have the same heart as the sixth master." Li Shuyao said, "But as soon as we hit the village, the bandits in Linxian County and the Evil Tiger Beach immediately collected their troops and went all out to deal with us." Fan Gaojie: They are not really for the imperial court, they are for their Zhang Dashuai. They will come to our rescue when we call the heavens and the earth to be unforgiving. The credit is theirs and we don't care, but we have lost the reputation of the battle. Sixth Master, we were supposed to save them! And in that way, the tall people and horses are all new forces. A few hundred of us are in danger of annihilation. From heavenly principles, human feelings, military affairs, and politics, if you have to grit your teeth for these six days, at that time, the victory will be all in my hands. ”

Fu Heng listened quietly, patted Li Shiyao on the shoulder, took a deep breath, and said, "I know you're right, listen to you." I'm talking about the mood just now. ”

The next day, Li Shiyao's militia came to Mafang Town one after another. In fact, this group of people are also bandits recruited by Li Shiyao and some mountain people who are half bandits and half people. Thirty-one groups of fifty-one men were armed with spears, large blades, daggers, and some even carried bird guns on their backs, and sickles and woodcutters pinned to their waists.

The local mayor is called Luo Youtui, nicknamed "Oil Hammer", in fact, it was also a stick, and bandits from all walks of life on this ground often haunted, and the gentry and wealthy families were timid and did not dare to receive them, so they pushed him to deal with high-rollers from all walks of life. Seeing that someone occupied the Tianwang Temple the night before, and no one came to contact during the day, but today there are such a large number of people entering the town, all the guest rooms are full, and even the post station is occupied. Luo Youhammer didn't see anyone looking for him, and he was uneasy, as if something big was going to happen. He couldn't sit still for a long time after going around at home for a long time, so he took a dry tobacco pipe and took a few towns to Tianwang Temple to see Fu Heng. Fu Heng thought that he had no gangsterism, so he ordered Li Shiyao to come forward to receive him.

"You're the mayor here?" As soon as Li Shiyao came up, he made a dismount. "Lao Tzu's team of three or four thousand has all driven over. Piao Zongfeng invited us to Baishitan to ask for wealth, and we fucked this kind of bear for a long time! There is no food, there is no grass, and there is not even a ghost shadow to pick it up! This place is so close to the provincial capital, in case the news leaks, I will slaughter your bird town and return to my Bauhinia Mountain! He was wearing a crimson robe, with his arms open, and five or six daggers pinned to his belt, and he lightly smeared some incense ash on his face, much like the god of hair on one side. Listening to the tone of his words, Fu Heng, who was hiding in the ear room and eavesdropping, laughed out loud.

Naluo Oil Hammer was not afraid, he gave Li Shiyao a cigarette, and seeing that Li Shiyao had no reaction, he lit the coal and smoked it himself, and said with a smile: "Mountain master, there are roads in all directions, and the wind comes from all directions." The situation in Mafang Town can't be hidden from you. The people here believe in me and lift me up to serve the strangers. But here, no matter the white or the black, we will do our best, as long as we protect the people of this side of the water and soil, I am worthy of my ancestors. Don't be angry. Those who don't know are not guilty, what do you need, just rush me to ask for the hammer. The surname Luo must be a friend in both ribs! "In this temple lives my mountain master. There are more than 200 people, and there are more than 3,000 of these brothers outside, who have rested here for four days, and have eaten and drunk enough to hurry up, and you can prepare me two hundred stone of grain and thirty carts of grass, and we will be all right, or ......" He looked at the dagger at his waist and snorted. Luo Youhammer was stunned for a moment, but still became a hippie smile, and the rules on the rivers and lakes were not happy to ask for his name casually, so he said: "Good mountain master, you are a good mountain master, this place is poor and bad, and it is a well-known place." There is fodder, and you need a hundred carts to do it in no time. It's just this grain - you old Shengming, I rely on the autumn tea and horse trade to collect a few land taxes, and build a granary to support all the heroes. Even Piao Ye doesn't borrow this grain easily-"

"You don't have to put pressure on me! God doesn't care about the sky, the earth doesn't receive, he is the god of freedom on Huaguo Mountain! Li Shiyao slapped his thigh, "Grain, do you want to give it or not?" The oil hammer smiled, looked a scoundrel, and said: "Give, of course!" The warehouse is in the northwest of the town, you send someone to take a look, and it's only a hundred stones to sweep it up, if you think it's not enough, I can't do it. If you don't understand your anger, kill me with a hammer. Just don't touch the people here, that's your old man's accumulation of yin skills. ”

Li Shuyao calculated in his heart that 1,000 catties of grain and 1,500 people were enough to support it for six days. couldn't help but secretly rejoice, but said in his mouth: "I pity you for not being easy to mix on this ground, and you are still well-understood, so this hundred stones will come over first." You will levy me another fifty stones in three days to make dry food, and I will rush to the Evil Tiger Beach Road to eat. Go ahead! ”

"Mountain Master ......"

"Get out!"

Looking at the back of the oil hammer with his head down, Fu Heng couldn't help but laugh and said, "Shi Yao has you!" Now everything is ready, just waiting for the side of Evil Tiger Beach. I have to send a few people over there to inquire about the news, and the news of our attack on the stockade will be heard just when it starts over there - only one, and I can't let the person surnamed Fan know that I am coming. ”

"Naturally, the sixth master is worried." Li Shiyao said with a smile, "The people in the provincial city will not pretend to be bandits. Let's call the one who has left the stone! ”

The two were laughing when Goshha came in with a man outside. Before he could report it, Fu Heng saw at a glance that it was Wu Blind, his eyes lit up sharply, and he smiled: "The legs are so fast!" I guess you'll be there tomorrow! Seeing that Li Shiyao was stunned, when Wu Blind asked An Bi, he pulled over and introduced: "This is the little manager of Zhao'an Lvlin authorized by the imperial court." With him here, it will be convenient for us to do things. He also introduced Li Shiyao, "On the fifth night, we will attack the Tuo Peak, and you will follow me." The soldiers outside the courtyard called Shi Yao to go to the manager. ”

"I still have the court with me!" Blind Wu took out a letter of sealed letter with fire paint, and handed it to Fu Heng with both hands, "The people in the provincial city have said that the minister of Qin sent him to Yanmen Pass to supervise the army in person. Fortunately, I brought a letter from Lord Yanqing to Kazhongcheng, and when I saw Zhongcheng, I knew that the sixth master was here......" "Okay, Karjishan will do things, I just want people to know that I 'went to Daizhou'!" As he spoke, he opened the court. Qianlong's decree severely reprimanded Fu Heng and asked him to be stationed on the spot immediately after receiving the order. Fu Heng smiled and tucked Zhu's edict into his sleeve. Li Shiyao asked tentatively, "Long live the Lord urging the army?" ”

"It's not." Fu Heng blinked slyly, "Long live and tell us to prepare enough salaries before entering the army." ”

Six days later, Fan Gaojie led 5,000 soldiers and horses across the city and crossed the border to Baishigou. This road is very smooth, in the Dongzhai area across the Fen River into Luliang Mountain, all the way from Yulin to Datong ancient post road. Although it has fallen into disrepair, the people in the mountains are still using coal and grain transportation. He has the military department to investigate, Wuzhai Lan has never supported the army, the magistrate is very stubborn, support grain and grass, but also sent 300 air-dried sheep, the army through the city, every family fragrant flower liquor placed at the door, take a "food pot pulp" meaning. Fan Gaojie naturally restrained the army to "commit no crime in autumn". He, Hu Zhenbiao, and Fang Jin also fell three thousand taels of silver in private. Before meeting Fu Heng, Zhang Guangsi had a meeting with them, and they all felt that it was tasteless to fight with a white-faced scholar. Zhang Guangsi instructed them: "There is no beginning in this battle. Obviously, the emperor wants the sixth master to make a contribution. pave the way for him to become prime minister, and also block everyone's mouths. Militarily, according to our old method, the sixth master should be complimented, and after the battle, he will return to Beijing, and I will give you another meritorious promotion. The three of them were only in a hurry to smash the pack peak, rescue the siege of Linxian, and catch the high to finish, so although the spring was pleasant along the way, the trees spit out new shoots, the peach blossoms were colorful, the cliffs towered to the sky, the mountain streams were turbulent, and they were very good-looking, they also had no intention of watching, only urging people and horses to stay overnight to catch the road.

After crossing the mouth of the boundary river, there is no post road in front of you, and the mountain suddenly becomes extremely grand, and in some places the walls stand thousands of miles, towering above the clouds; In some places, there are rocks and rapids; In some places, the old trees are towering and overgrown; In some places, the clouds are covered with fog and the valleys are sandwiched. After crossing the Great Snake Head Valley, even the three generals had to dismount and walk. Fan Gaojie walked forward with one foot high and one foot low, soaked with sweat and leather armor, and then looked back at the ant-like one-way procession, and told Ma Ben to call the guide and asked, "How far is it from Heicha Mountain here?" Is the road ahead so difficult? ”

"Back to the army." The guide said, "This is already in the Black Cha Mountain." However, there are still thirty miles of mountain road from the peak. The front has passed Shekou Valley, you see that the stones of this ditch are white, this is called Baishi Ditch. When it's not raining, it's a 'road'. When it rains heavily, it becomes a river. I don't dare to go this way in the summer. To the south on the left hand here, is the Evil Tiger Beach, and after the Evil Tiger Beach, it is connected to the post road. ”

"Backwards," ordered Fan Gaojie, "gather the camp at Evil Tiger Beach!" Tell the back head to keep up. If you really can't keep up, call the guard to contain! Fang Jin said on the side: "Junmen, the mountains here are too dangerous, I don't think you should swarm over the front valley, divide it into three, one in the past, and one later, so that there will be an ambush, and you can also deal with it." ”

Hu Zhenbiao was panting and sweating from behind, and yelled at Fan Gaojie: "Have you led any soldiers?" Five thousand people pulled dozens of miles long, like a worm! If I were to float high, I would be blocked at both ends, and the stones would be rolled from the mountain and we would be smashed to pieces! ”

"Collect your gangsterism for me, are you talking to me?" Fan Gaojie's face turned red, "If you dare to talk nonsense and disturb the morale of the army, I will punish you on the spot!" Then he turned around and ordered: "All battalions are assembled on the spot according to the battalion, and the three battalions form a team, which is almost past the pass ahead!" ”

The long snake-like procession slowed down, slowly turning into two rows, then into four rows, and it took half an hour for five thousand men and horses to concentrate on a narrow road two miles long. As soon as Fan Gaojie gave the order to pull out the first time, he heard someone on the mountain singing loudly:

The mountain is high here, and the emperor is far away-

No taxes and no contributions!

Lao Tzu has a sky above his head,

Stomp on Luliang Mountain!

Why are you here?

Please eat a bowl of gnocchi noodles......

As soon as the song fell, I heard a group of people singing loudly:

Please eat a bowl of gnocchi noodles!

With the sound of the mountain song, there was a loud "bang", as if some floodgates had been opened. White stones rolled down the hillside side by side.

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Black words: "Carry the peak, mountain flea!" ”