Yang Peng and Ye Yu Guanyin walked in front of Yelu Hanyu. When the surrounding soldiers saw that the competition was over, they all dispersed.

Yelu Hanyu pointed to a sergeant behind him who was disguised as a native and said, "He said that he heard about a deserted path from the house of an Orion at the foot of Helong Mountain. Then he said to the sergeant: "You can tell Your Majesty the specific situation." ”

The sergeant agreed, and then bowed to Yang Peng; "The villain greets Your Majesty."

Yang Peng said: "Don't be polite, tell me the news you heard." As he spoke, he slowly walked towards the big tent. A few people followed, and the sergeant answered, and then said: "The villain was ordered to inquire about the path, and met a hunter in a deserted valley south of Helongshan, and from where they found out, there was a family of medicine farmers who made a living by collecting herbs, and once passed the peak from the eagle's beak rock in the southwest. ”

Yang Peng and the others all showed surprise, and Yang Peng asked, "Are you talking about the eagle's beak rock, which is difficult for flying eagles to climb over in the legend of the locals?" The sergeant nodded, "Exactly!" ”

Ya Yu Guanyin said: "The local people say that there is no road in the direction of the eagle's beak rock, if the eagle's beak rock really has a road to go up to the top of the mountain, it will definitely be expected by the enemy!" Then he asked the sergeant, "Where is that road?" Have you inquired clearly? ”

The sergeant said: "The villain has to continue to track down with his companions, and the villain will come back first to report." ”

Yang Peng said: "This clue is very important, you go all out to track it down, and you must find that medicine farmer." Once you find it, you can tell them that as long as they help us, there will be no shortage of wealth! The sergeant said yes and ran down.

Ya Yu Guanyin said: "I hope they can find that medicine farmer, otherwise the impasse in front of them is really difficult to open!" ”

Yelu Hanyu said to Chen Xiao: "The soldiers underground are a little stunned, and they want to storm the city and Helong Mountain. ”

Yang Peng said: "This kind of impulse can be had by ordinary sergeants, but we can't have it." With the current situation, it is impossible to storm the city and Helongshan in a short period of time! And even if you attack Xingzhong Mansion, I'm afraid you will suffer heavy losses, and what strength will you have to deal with Ye Hugo at that time! I'm afraid that Dading Mansion won't be able to keep it! If there is no good way to take Xingzhong Mansion in a short period of time at a small cost, we would rather withdraw our troops than mess around with a hot head! The two girls nodded in agreement, and Ya Yu Guanyin smiled: "As long as the eldest brother's head is not hot, then there is no problem!" Yelu Hanyu couldn't help but smile.

At this time, the moon happened to come to the top of the heads of the three of them, and Ye Yu Guanyin and Ye Lu Hanyu looked beautiful under the reflection of the moonlight, just like the fairy generals of the Moon Palace. Yang Peng couldn't help but move his index finger, looked around, and said in a low voice: "There is a stream over there, it's very quiet, let's go over!" The two girls understood what their lover wanted to do, Yelu Hanyu looked angry and ashamed, but Yelu Guanyin looked eager to try, stretched out his hands and grabbed Yang Peng while grabbing Yelu Hanyu and ran towards the stream, and said with a smile: "Didn't the Han people say that the Spring Festival is short?" Let's not waste time! Yelu Hanyu turned his head and glared at Chen Xiao angrily, and the two were dragged by Yelu Guanyin.

Lingering under the moon, playing in the stream, indescribably beautiful, inexhaustible gentleness. ……

Xiao Gan Buli received a report from his subordinates that the defenders on the side of Helongshan had found that the Ming army seemed to be looking for a path up the mountain near Helongshan.

Xiao Gan Buli became worried, and shouted at Xiao Sali: "This matter is not trivial, you have to tell Xiao Da Buye, you must be vigilant!" ”

Xiao Sali said yes, and immediately ordered an officer next to him to give an order, and then said to Xiao Gan: "The marshal doesn't have to worry at all. I am well aware of all the paths that can go up to Longshan, and there are enough soldiers and horses on each path. The Ming army is just working in vain, even if they find the path, hehe, they will find that the path has been garrisoned by our army! ”

Xiao Gan couldn't leave and asked, "Are you sure?" ”

Xiao Sali laughed and said, "Dashuai, you really don't have to worry about this matter at all!" Many of my subordinates are locals, and a few of them who followed Xiao Dabuye's side grew up under Helongshan, and no one is more familiar with Helongshan than them! I dare say there are no paths they don't know about, and all of them are currently lined with defenders! If the Ming people want to find the path to the mountain, it is simply impossible! ”

Xiao Gan nodded inextricably, "That's fine!" ”

Daming inquired about the matter of the medicine farmer and searched for it with all his might. Finally, the emperor lived up to his painstaking efforts, and on the third day, the medicine farmer was really found by them. However, there was one situation that was beyond the expectations of the Ming side.

"Your Majesty, the medicine farmer has found it. However, he was dead, and only two orphans and widows remained. The officer who went to look for the medicine farmer reported to Yang Pengyu.

Yang Peng frowned, "Dead?" How did he die? ”

"I heard that he died of illness. It was buried in the back of their wooden house. ”

Yang Peng thought for a moment, raised his head and asked, "Do the pair of orphans and widows know about the Eagle's Beak Rock Path?" ”

"The subordinates have asked, but they don't know. The wife did not know what to do, and only took care of the children at home, and the children were only seven years old and had never followed their father to Hawksbill Rock, so they did not know about the path. ”

When Yang Peng heard this, he couldn't help but be a little disappointed.

Ya Yu Guanyin said: "Big brother, call the mother and son up and ask, maybe there will be some discoveries." “

Yang Peng nodded and said to the officer: "Where are the orphans and widows?" "The subordinates have already brought them into the barracks." "Bring it in." The officer answered, stepped back, and a moment later led in a young woman and a child of six or seven years old. The woman was young, but her skin was rough and dark, her face was ugly, and her eyes showed trepidation; The six- or seven-year-old child was held in his arms, looking around with curiosity and fear. Both mother and son were barefoot and ragged, and it was clear that life was very difficult.

The officer said to the mother, "This is Your Majesty, salute quickly!" ”

As soon as the woman heard that it was His Majesty the Emperor who was sitting on it, she was startled, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Chen Xiao: "Grass people, grass people meet Your Majesty!" ”

Yang Peng said with a pleasant face: "Don't be polite, get up and speak." ”

Seeing that the legendary incomparably noble emperor was not terrible at all, the woman couldn't help but let go of her panic a lot, and hurriedly responded, holding the child and standing up.

Yang Peng asked, "Your man is gone?" ”

The woman immediately shed two lines of tears, her face was full of sadness, and she nodded.

Yang Peng asked again, "When did he die?" ”

"A year, a year ago. He, he went to the mountains to collect medicine, gave, gave it to the bite of a poisonous snake! Uncle Zhang, tell me. When I arrived, he was, he was dead. ”

Yang Peng nodded and said softly: "A woman's family alone with a child must be very difficult in life. The woman sobbed and hugged her child tightly in her arms. The child hurriedly wiped her mother's tears with a pair of small hands, and cried, "Mother, don't cry! The insects are not naughty! The woman hugged her child tightly and shook her head vigorously.

Yang Peng glanced at Yelu Hanyu, who immediately understood, and immediately ordered someone to take fifty taels of silver ingots and hand them over to the woman himself. The woman had never seen so much money in her life, and she was dumbfounded when she saw it. Yelu Hanyu smiled and said, "This is a reward from Your Majesty to your mother and son." Take the money and go back to live well. ”

The woman came back to her senses, knelt on the ground with a thud, and kowtowed to Yang Peng vigorously, crying in her mouth but unable to speak.

Yelu Hanyu picked up the woman and said, "You don't have to be like this. ”

The woman said gratefully: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty is so good to the grass people!" Grass people, grass people really don't know how to repay Your Majesty! ”

Yang Peng said: "It doesn't matter if you repay it or not, but if you know about the Eagle's Beak Rock Path, just tell me, it will be the best reward." ”

The woman said apologetically: "Your Majesty, this, the grass people really don't know!" The grass people have never been to Hawksbill Rock with my man! My man didn't let the grass people go, he said it was dangerous! ”

Yang Peng didn't have much hope, but when he heard this, he just nodded lightly and said, "Okay, you can go back." ”

The woman was very apologetic, she only felt that Her Majesty was so good to her, but she couldn't help at all, she was so sorry for Your Majesty. bowed to Yang Peng, and then left with the child and the two silver ingots.

Yang Peng's face was thoughtful, and he felt that if there was no good way to defeat the Xingzhong Mansion as soon as possible, I am afraid that he would have to retreat.

"Your Majesty!" The woman had already reached the door, but suddenly ran back and fell to her knees.

Yang Peng smiled: "Are you still fine?" Just be honest, if I can help, I'll help you! ”

The woman was moved and said, "Your Majesty, you are so good! It's even better than my father and mother! Grass people shouldn't lie to you! ”

When everyone heard this, their hearts moved. The woman continued: "After my man died, I, myself and his brother, were all right again. At this point, the woman showed a hint of shyness, and continued: "When my man was alive, his brother often followed him to the mountains to collect medicine, and he also knew about the Eagle's Beak Path. ”

Everyone was overjoyed, and Ya Yu Guanyin said angrily: "Why didn't you say this matter just now?" ”

The woman lowered her head and said shyly: "I, I'm afraid that I and him, his affairs will be known!" Then he looked at Yang Peng and said with great gratitude: "Your Majesty is so good to the grass people!" The grass people can't take care of that much! As long as you can help Your Majesty, the grass people are willing to do it! ”

Yang Peng smiled: "Thank you." The woman looked flattered and at a loss.

Yang Peng said: "Where is your man's brother?" Can you bring him here? If he helps me, you will not only be rewarded with money, but he will also be knighted. ”

As soon as the woman said something about her uncle, she regretted it. However, when I heard His Majesty say that if I helped them, not only would I be rewarded with money, but I would also be knighted, and the feeling of regret that had just risen disappeared immediately, and I promised again and again that I went down with the child in my arms.

On Helongshan, the soldiers of the Liao State did not feel afraid in the face of the Ming army that was jointly camped for dozens of miles under the mountain, and they relied on the steep and steep Helongshan Mountain, and everyone looked very relaxed.

A few soldiers who had no task gathered under a large camphor tree next to the barracks and gossiped nonsense. A young soldier curiously asked a burly veteran with gray hair next to him, "Brother, I heard that you are from this place?" ”

The veteran smiled and said, "Your kid's ears are quite long!" That's right, brother, I'm here and under Longshan, in Dabao Village. Alas, we were soldiers in the Liao army back then, and we became soldiers of Da Liao, and this life is the life of a soldier! Everyone couldn't help but feel emotional, and a soldier said: "We were born with a hard life, and we can only do this business as soldiers!" I'm afraid that if I die, I won't have a place to bury! A soldier next to him also complained: "Being a soldier is not voluntary, and it is not forced!" ”

The veteran waved his hand and said, "Don't say any of these things!" It's useless to say it, and it makes the chief unhappy, if you get a whip because of this, it will be too bad! When they heard this, they shut up.

The little soldier said, "It's not too bad to be a soldier. The uncle in our village, although he broke an arm because of the war, returned home with a large amount of gold and silver and silk from the Southern Dynasty. Now Uncle Ka's family is the rich man in our village, living in a big house, and eating wine and meat all day long, and everyone is very envious! I think Uncle Karma can do it, and I will be able to do it! ”

The veteran patted the little soldier on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Little guy, what kind of years are you talking about!" Yes, I think when our Khitan swept Liaodong and went south to the Central Plains, it was indeed a happy day for us to be soldiers, and we also reaped a lot of benefits! Alas, but, ah, those good days are long gone! Now our opponents are not the useless Liao and Song people, but the Ming people who are more fierce than the tiger wolf! At the beginning, our Da Liao can be said to have entered the Central Plains, but no one expected that the army that came out of the palm-sized place in the sixteen states of Yanyun would be able to compete with our Da Liao army, and there were bloody battles, and our Da Liao was driven out of the Central Plains by them after successive defeats! ”

Shaking his head, "We have been a soldier in the Xi Army, and then we have been working for Da Liao, what kind of opponent has never seen it, but I have never seen it as fierce as the Ming Army!" Those guys, I don't know what's going on, all of them are not afraid of death, they are brave, even if they fight to the last soldier, they will never retreat! Alas, it's a chore to fight with those guys, and if you don't make a good fuss, the guy who eats on the head will fall to the ground! ”

A soldier said: "Brother, I don't think the Ming Army is as powerful as the legend says." Before, when they came to attack the mountain, weren't they beaten down by us before they were halfway up the mountain? ”

The veteran laughed mockingly and said, "Relying on such a dangerous mountain to resist their attack, it is not a big deal!" Then he looked at the little soldier and said, "Anyway, being a soldier now is a chore!" Not to mention that there is no benefit, this little life may be lost at any time! The little soldier couldn't help but look unwilling.

At this moment, a soldier rushed to him and shouted, "Why are you all here, the captain is gathering everyone!" Come on! ”

Everyone hurriedly stood up and ran towards the barracks, and the veteran sighed and said, "It's our turn to guard the spring water path again." "The Spring Trail, one of the many trails in Helongshan, is behind the main peak of Helongshan, between the folds of the two mountains, and the terrain is dangerous, because there is spring water gushing out from the stone gaps, so it is named Spring Water Trail. This spring trail can go directly to the main peak, and it is one of the mountain paths that Dabuyo focuses on defense.

A group of 500 soldiers assembled, led by the centurion, to the spring trail.

The group walked on a steep mountain path in the shade of trees. The little soldier saw a huge rock that looked like a goshawk's beak turn out of the cliff with a thousand walls in the distance, and couldn't help but point there: "Brother, that place looks so dangerous!" ”

The veteran glanced in the direction of his finger and said with a smile: "It's called Eagle's Beak Rock, and it's one of the most dangerous places in this Helong Mountain!" Then he thought, "But I heard that there are local medicine pickers who have found a path in that place, which can climb the Eagle's Beak Rock, and then go around the Tiger and Leopard Gorge and go straight to the main peak!" ”

When the centurion heard the old soldier's words, he turned around and shouted, "Don't talk while marching!" ”

The veteran hurriedly agreed. The centurion looked back.

The little soldier whispered to the veteran, "Brother, we don't seem to have anyone to guard the eagle's beak rock, right?" ”

"Nope."

The soldier immediately showed a worried look and said, "There are no defenders there, what if the enemy comes up from there?" ”

The veteran smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm a local, and I don't know where the path of Eagle's Beak Rock is, how do the Ming people know?" What's more, the rumor I heard is the same as all the rumors in the world, not reliable at all! Nine times out of ten, it's just that Orion is drunk and talking nonsense! This kind of thing happens all over the place! ”

Xiao Bingwu said uneasily: "It's better for my brother to report this matter." ”

The veteran rolled his eyes and said, "Then I'm just looking for a draw!" If this kind of unreliable rural rumor is reported, it will be strange not to be scolded for blood! He patted Xiaobing on the shoulder and said angrily: "You kid, don't always worry about this!" These things are all considered by the generals, we can all think of them, can't the generals think of them? You kid, don't do much, lest you get scolded in vain? Let's do our duty as a soldier, eat and wait for death! The little soldier sighed.

In the big tent, Xiao Da Buye received a military order sent by Xiao Gan Buye, which ordered Xiao Da Buye to be careful and not careless.

After Xiao Da Buye read the military order, he smiled and said, "The marshal and the general are too cautious!" This and Longshan can be said to be on top of the heavenly court, and the Ming army is all tigers, and it is not easy to climb up, not to mention our defense! ”

Ye Kui next to him said: "Since the marshal and the general have ordered, let's be cautious." ”

Xiao Da Buye looked at Ye Kui and said angrily: "Tell me, what else have we not done well?" Needless to say, the main road up the mountain is heavily guarded by heavy soldiers, and all paths are also arranged with ambushes, and the Ming army will definitely not be able to fly up even if it has wings! We have done what should be done, the marshal and the general are too worried! ”

A subordinate general looked thoughtful and said to Xiao Dabu: "General, the last general once heard a rumor. "This general is not subordinate to Xiao Da Buye, because he is a native of Helongshan, so Xiao Sali specially sent him to Xiao Da Buye's command to help Da Buye guard and Longshan. The reason why the Khitan army is so clear about the various paths on Helong Mountain is because of the assistance of this general.

Xiao Dabuye looked at him and asked, "What rumors?" ”

The general said: "The last general heard that there is a path in the eagle's beak rock that can climb up the eagle's beak rock, and then go around the tiger and leopard gorge and go straight to the main peak. ”

Xiao Da Buye and Ye Kui were both shocked, and Da Buye asked urgently: "Is there such a path?" Why didn't you say it before? ”

The general hurriedly said: "The last general has only vaguely heard about it, and he also went to the bottom of the eagle's beak rock back then, but he didn't find the legendary path at all, so he didn't report it to the general." ”

Xiao Dabuye smiled and said, "It seems that it's just a country rumor, and there are many such baseless rumors among the people!" ”

Ye Kui said: "General, for the sake of insurance, I think it is better to send someone to carefully explore the eagle's beak rock." ”

Xiao Da Buye said angrily: "There's no need for this!" Then he returned to the case and sat down, and said, "General Ben is going to rest, you all retreat." ”

The generals bowed down and bowed, and Yuguan withdrew from the big tent.

"Tongga!" Ye Kui stopped the local general.

Tunga turned around, bowed down and asked, "What does the general command?" ”

Yekui walked up to Tonga and said, "I want you to lead the way, come to me to explore the eagle's beak rock." Tonga asked, "Is it General Xiao Da Buye's order?" Ye Kui said angrily: "Is it not easy for me to use Ye Kui's order?" Tongga hurriedly said: "The general has an order, and the last general should obey it!" Ye Kui said: "You go and prepare, and we will set off immediately." Tongga said: "General, I can't do it today!" Ye Kui frowned and asked, "Why?" Tongga explained: "From here to the eagle's beak rock, you must pass under the tiger and leopard, these two places are very dangerous places, the night is dim, I am afraid that if you don't pay attention, you will fall into the abyss, it is too dangerous!" ”

Ye Kui felt that he had a point, so he said, "Then let's do it tomorrow morning." You go and prepare. Tongga promised and ran down.

The next morning, Ye Kui led dozens of personal soldiers to follow more than 100 soldiers led by Tongga to leave the main peak camp and go to Yingbei Rock, passing by Hubao Gorge. This Tiger and Leopard Gorge is a high-altitude canyon formed by overlapping the peak of the main peak and the peak of the Xianren Peak next to it, the strange rocks are craggy and the vines are vertical and horizontal, and the Xianren Peak is covered by the weeds and trees that grow on the cliff, at a glance, there is nothing abnormal, but if you step on it, then the whole person will inevitably pass through the weeds and branches and fall into the abyss below; The Tiger and Leopard Gorge is not big, but there are many tiger and leopard nests, and when a group of people travels, they see the tiger and leopard haunting from time to time, so this place is named Tiger and Leopard Gorge.

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.