Chapter 391: Dominating the Northwest (6)
Alice was stunned: "What? You have to go to the Tianshan Mountain level tomorrow? This is not good!"
The general's face, which was still smiling, sank suddenly: "No?!Why can't you?!Your Majesty has an order, do you dare to disobey Cong? If you miss the defense on the Tianshan Mountain, what crime should you be guilty of?!"
The general's tone was very rude, and the tent that was laughing suddenly fell silent, and everyone looked at Alice and the general, and even a few of the great Taibao's subordinates, quietly put their hands on the hilt of the knife. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Although Alice didn't like the rude tone of the general, but seeing that the other party was concerned about the defense of the Tianshan Mountain, she was not angry, after all, people were also kind, she explained carefully: "The checkpoint on this Tianshan Mountain is different from the camp at the foot of the mountain, because there are gods in the mountain, ordinary people will be out of breath as soon as they go up the mountain, their hearts will beat violently, and they will even lose their lives if they are not careful." General, if you want to go up the mountain, you must first stay at the foot of the mountain for a while, pray to the gods, and get the gods' forgiveness before you can go up the mountain. And you must not talk nonsense or run and jump around on the mountain, otherwise you will be punished by heaven and killed on the spot!"
Alice's words, seemingly gibberish, are actually the northwesterners' own way of coping with altitude sickness, the so-called prayer, in fact, to let people get used to the pressure of the plateau, self-regulation of the body, this is thousands of years, the local people with countless lives summed up the valuable experience.
But the general didn't listen to it at all, and in his opinion, what Alice said was just a deliberate delay in preventing them from going to the Heavenly Mountain.
The general said in a cold voice: "It's just going up the mountain, where did you get so much nonsense? No, I'll go up the mountain tomorrow! If you dare to stop us, you will be fighting against the king's order! This is a great crime of disobedience and beheading!"
Ye Fei's subordinates suddenly made an uproar, and several soldiers pulled out their swords in a hurry, pointed at the partial general and said angrily: "You guy, how dare you be so indifferent to Mrs. Alice, when the sword in Lao Tzu's hand is vegetarian?"
The proud soldiers and fierce generals under the Great Taibao also pulled out the weapons on their waists, and the scene was a hot fight.
When there was a loud sound, the wine splashed, and with a bang, a fire ignited in the center of the tent! But Alice saw that it was not good, and snatched the immortal drunken jar in the hand of a soldier next to her, smashed it on the ground, and kicked a brazier over the high liquor that flowed all over the ground.
Alice screamed: "That's enough! What did General Fei say to you when he left, let you guard the Tianshan Mountain, not fight with friendly troops! Also, this partial general, the Great Taibao--no, it's time to call Your Majesty, Your Majesty sent you, but you are fighting with us? Why don't you put down your sword quickly!"
The general hesitated for a moment, slowly received the knife in his hand, and reluctantly saluted Alice: "Madam, the last general is reckless, but going to the heavenly mountain is His Majesty's holy decree, and the last general will not dare to disobey it, so he is a little anxious." ”
Alice sighed: "That's it, I know your hearts are good, so let's do it, tomorrow you choose four hundred people to go up the mountain--"
The general hurriedly said: "The last general has brought 1,500 people--"
Alice interrupted him: "Four hundred, no one more, the beacon tower on the mountain is so big, no matter how many people can squeeze in, you can't let your brothers stay in the open air? ”
The general took the order in a huff, and naturally, this banquet could not be held, and everyone waited for them to return to the camp.
That night, Alice slept in the tent, tossing and turning and couldn't sleep, her hand touched Ye Fei's empty bed beside her, and whispered softly: "My General Fei, my father-in-law, I really hope you are by your side, the actions of the Great Taibao's subordinates really puzzle me, when, these Qiu Ba, who only know how to bully the common people, care so much about our Tianshan defense line? Could it be that they have other intentions, they want to take advantage of the opportunity of you to take away the wolf rider and annex our territory?!"
The more Alice thought about it, the more she couldn't sleep, so she got up in her clothes and sneaked into the camp under the Great Taibao with a few henchmen, only to find that the soldiers under the Great Taibao didn't even put a sentry, and they were sleeping soundly, which didn't look like a sneak attack in the middle of the night.
Alice asked a group of soldiers to ambush outside the camp of the Great Taibao, and as soon as there was an abnormal movement, she quickly reported it, and then returned to the tent.
The next day, Alice yawned and got up with two panda eyes open, only to find that she had carried her heart in vain all night, and the big Taibao did not move all night.
Alice was completely relieved at this time, as soon as the men and horses of the Great Taibao went up the Tianshan Mountain, they could no longer toss any tricks, as long as they stopped sending food up the mountain, the general had to honestly kneel in front of his skirt and plead with himself, could they still cross the Tianshan Mountain and run to the barbarians outside the territory? Among those barbarians, there are cannibals who eat living people, and they don't need to stick salt to eat human flesh.
The general of the Great Taibao was shouting loudly, ordering the whole team of 400 soldiers selected to be selected, Alice looked at it coldly from the side, these 400 soldiers were all strong men, and at a glance they knew that they were battle-hardened, and they were not the kind of soldiers and ruffians who were old fritters. It seems that although there were some small misunderstandings at the dinner yesterday, the Great Taibao Zhufei General was sincere in guarding Tianshan, and it was ridiculous that he sent people to guard outside the camp of the Great Taibao last night to prevent them from making trouble.
Alice because of the misunderstanding of the general sent by the Great Taibao, she couldn't go, regardless of her own poor health, insisted on personally sending the general and four hundred warriors to the Tianshan Mountain, although the general repeatedly dissuaded, only said to send a few guides, after all, she couldn't be dissuaded, so she had to let Alice go up the mountain with her.
The Tianshan Mountains are steep, there are many places where there is no road at all, the warriors have to climb up with their hands and feet, the stainless steel armor worn on their bodies has become extremely heavy, not to mention that they have to carry a large amount of food up the mountain, Alice looked at the large bags of grain, and felt strange in her heart, this partial general brought too much food, enough for these four hundred people to eat for more than a month, where do they need to stay on the Tianshan Mountain for such a long time?
A soldier next to him suddenly slipped his foot and fell to the ground heavily, he was wearing armor and had difficulty moving, he didn't catch the hand of his companion next to him for a while, and slipped down to the cliff with a scream, only half of his screams were heard in mid-air, and then there was a piercing crisp sound, but it was the sound of steel armor colliding with rocks!
The general stared at the cliff covered with ice and snow at his feet, his face was pale, and his hands were a little trembling, Alice sighed: "This general, I have repeatedly reminded you that on the Tianshan Mountains, you can't wear stainless steel armor, the stainless steel armor is too heavy, not to mention the inconvenience, in this ice and snow, the stainless steel will become extremely cold, and if you touch it with your bare hands, you will even bite the flesh and peel off the skin." Our brothers are all in leather armor and leather clothing. Otherwise, let alone wielding weapons to fight, you won't be able to stand steadily. ”
The general gritted his teeth and commanded sharply: "Listen, take off your armor instead!" Find a sheltered place and put it away, and take it with you when we go down the mountain." ”
Alice echoed: "You can just leave it alone, except for our warriors on this mountain, there are few people, and they will definitely not be lost." ”
The soldiers took off their armor with their hands and feet, and some people were anxious, touching the surface of the armor with their bare hands, and sure enough, their hands were stained on the armor, and they ripped it off, and they were stunned to take off the skin.
After traveling lightly, the soldiers' footsteps were much faster, but Alice hurriedly said: "Walk slowly, walk slowly, walking fast on the Tianshan Mountain is disrespectful to the sacred mountain, the gods will send disasters, and at worst, they will die!"
The general looked at Alice's appearance of taking one step and panting three steps, and felt unhappy for a while, and said with a straight face: "We can't rush like this, the brothers on the mountain are still waiting for us to take over, madam, you go slowly, let's take two steps first." He didn't believe in any gods' word of calamity.
Coincidentally, there was a gentle slope ahead, and the general waved his hand: "Rabbit cubs, run, fast!"
The warriors answered, carrying large bags and small bags, and ran away, and Alice was so anxious that she stamped her feet and shouted in a sharp voice: "Don't run!
As soon as the words fell, several soldiers who were running at the forefront suddenly screamed, clutched their chests and fell, only to see them rolling on the ground, scratching their chests in pain, bloody foam gushing out of their mouths, as if they were out of breath, they were startled, and were about to step forward to check, when they suddenly covered their heads, only to feel that there was a saw sawing their brains, and they screamed loudly in pain.
At this time, the whole team was in chaos, some soldiers vomited violently, some soldiers had no abnormal appearance, but they fell to the ground softly, and could no longer open their eyes, some soldiers suddenly went crazy, pulled out their knives and slashed indiscriminately, saying that they saw demons and monsters, and some soldiers were so frightened that they knelt on the snow, kowtowing desperately, and shouting "Grandpa Kamiyama spare his life"--
These soldiers are all because of strenuous exercise on the Tianshan Mountain, suffering from altitude sickness, some have pulmonary edema, some have myocardial infarction, some have hallucinations, and so on, in fact, if they walk slowly, they will not have such a violent attack, but the general actually let them run fast on the Tianshan Mountain, that is really looking for their own death!
Alice grabbed the general who was clutching his head and screaming, and said hurriedly: "Sit down, sit down, pray to the sacred mountain, and beg the gods to forgive your sins!"
The generals and the soldiers had long been clueless, and they sat down one after another, praying to the sacred mountain, but their move was inadvertently in line with the principle that you can't exercise vigorously on the plateau and breathe slowly, and for a while, except for those soldiers with severe altitude sickness who were still screaming in pain, most of the soldiers felt that the symptoms of chest tightness and headache were relieved.
The general has a strong physique, and he has been boiling his muscles and bones since he was a child, and he has a family martial arts, at this time, he calmed down, adjusted his breathing, and the headache disappeared little by little, and when he opened his eyes again, he saw that the soldiers who were spitting blood had become a frozen corpse in the snow!
Alice said bitterly: "I told you a long time ago that you can't anger the gods on the Tianshan Mountain, fortunately we are still halfway up the mountain, if we reach the top of the mountain, the divine punishment of the gods will be even more severe, and I even saw someone's eyeballs popping out of their sockets!"
With a white face, the general hugged his fist to Alice, and said weakly: "Thank you Madame for rescuing me, and on the next part of the road, please ask Madame for guidance on how to practice the law." ”
Alice sighed: "If you had listened to me earlier, you wouldn't have broken so many brothers, in fact, when you get to the Tianshan Mountain, you only need to slow down and speak quietly, walk for a while, pray to the gods, and then walk a little more, so that you can go up the mountain safely." In my military camp, only my Xianggong Fei, a general, is gifted, can fly back and forth on the Tianshan Mountain, and act like an ordinary person, and the other brothers all act like this, but even so, there are still people who are condemned by the gods every year and die on this Tianshan Mountain. ”
The general looked at the vast ice and snow around him in horror, and the silent snow peaks, as if on the snow peaks that could touch the nine heavens, there were nameless gods who were looking directly at them majestically.
The general slowly kowtowed a few heads, stood up, and said to the soldiers in a deep voice: "Have you all heard what Lady Alice said? If you want to live, listen to her honestly, and you must not make any offending to the sacred mountain! Leave the soldiers who can't walk, and the others continue to go up the mountain!"
The soldiers were obviously a little afraid and hesitant, but they were glared at by the general, and shouted in a low voice behind Alice's back: "You dare to disobey Your Majesty's order?
After this turmoil, only 300 of the 400 warriors were left to move on, and the rest were either dead or had too strong altitude sickness and could only go down the mountain.
Alice looked at the soldiers struggling forward in the wind and snow, and her heart was a little moved, she had always heard that this Taibao's subordinates would be the most harmful to the people, but she didn't expect that there were also some real heroes, they went to the Tianshan Mountain for the first time, and there were many casualties, but they still did not give up their promise to General Fei, and insisted on going up the mountain to help defend.
Alice took out a small piece of medicinal herbs from her arms, caught up with the general, stuffed it into his hand, and said in a low voice: "This is a unique herb in the Tianshan Mountains, called Rhodiola, and holding it in your mouth can make your body more comfortable." ”
The general took the rhodiola in a daze, and in Seri's mouth, he whispered, "Thank you, madam." ”
On the next journey, the general listened to Alice's words, sat up and lay down, and walked without fate, thanks to Alice's guidance, avoided several caves and cliffs hidden under the snowfield, and finally came to the beacon tower.
The veterans in the beacon tower heard the movement outside and walked out one after another, one of them was the white-bearded veteran who had chatted with Ye Fei a few days ago, and he stepped forward: "Mrs. Alice, why did you come up the mountain? Who are these brothers?"
Alice gasped and said, "These brothers are the subordinates of the Great Taibao, who have come to help us guard the Tianshan Mountain. ”
The white-bearded veteran had already learned the news at Ye Fei's place, and he greeted the partial general and hugged his fists: "Thank you, brothers." He glanced at the large bags of grain that he brought with his entourage, and said with a smile: "These many supplies are enough for the brothers on the mountain to eat openly, and we are all about to run out of food." ”
The partial general said with a straight face: "In addition to this beacon tower, what other checkpoints are there on the Tianshan Mountain?"
The white-bearded veteran didn't care about the rude attitude of the general, after all, people were here to help, he led the general to the beacon tower, enthusiastically pointed to the beacon tower or sentry house on several other hills, and ordered his subordinates to divide into a team and go to the side cards everywhere.
The white-bearded veteran said with a smile: "Thank you brothers for coming to help defend it, but the territory in the beacon tower is too small, and you can smell it all with a fart, and you have to squeeze it." ”
The general grinned: "You don't have to squeeze it, you can make a lot of space when you clear it." ”
The white-bearded veteran was stunned: "What is clear--"
Before a word fell, the general suddenly pulled out the steel machete, and slashed at the white-bearded veteran, the veteran was caught off guard, only flashed his waist, where to avoid it, the knife slashed straight from the shoulder to the waist, the veteran only let out a half-scream, and fell from the beacon tower to the snow, and the blood bloomed dazzling flowers on the snow.
The screams of the white-bearded veterans were like a clarion call, and the subordinates of the Great Taibao moved their hands one after another, killing Ye Fei's subordinates who were helping them move supplies and check the terrain, and suddenly, there was a scream on the side card.
All this happened so suddenly, without warning, and because these soldiers under the Great Taibao were brought up by Lady Alice herself, the soldiers on the Tianshan Mountain had no vigilance, and even put their swords in the beacon tower, let alone fight back, after a few breaths, with a sharp arrow, the last of the Fei General's subordinates on the beacon tower fell heavily on the road to escape down the mountain, and all of them were gone!
Alice's health was not good, and she reluctantly accompanied the Da Taibao's men to the Tianshan Beacon Tower, and then sat on the side and gasped, when she saw a killing happening under her nose, she was soft and weak, not to mention stepping forward to help the battle, and she couldn't even shout.
The general walked slowly towards Alice, the steel knife in his hand was still dripping blood, the blade of the snow was indeed not stained, it was really the best steel produced in Houlong Village, cutting people, it was really like killing a chicken, Alice reluctantly struggled to say: "Why--" but immediately closed her mouth, at this moment, why ask why?
The general raised the knife and rested on Alice's slender white neck: "Madam, the last general is on the orders of Your Majesty, I will kill whoever Your Majesty asks me to kill, even if I am an old mother, wife and child in front of me, I can do it." ”
Alice looked directly into the general's eyes and spat out two words from between her teeth: "Brute." ”
At this time, from the nearby border pass, there were bursts of screams, obviously, the Great Taibao's subordinates were also slaughtering Ye Fei's men at several other checkpoints, and after a while, a soldier came quickly and saluted the general: "General, all General Fei's subordinates have been killed by us, not a single one is missed, and our brothers are not even injured." (To be continued.) )