Chapter 678 Attacked Tiger Leaping Gorge
Ma'angang is named because the local terrain resembles Ma'ans.
The middle of this place is low but flat, so the government used this as a basis to open the road, while on both sides are high and raised mountains, which look like a saddle that is laid horizontally.
It is precisely because of such a special terrain that it is a few dangerous places leading to Bazhou along the way, and it is also the golden treasure land for many green forest bandits to rob the caravans. However, today, here, the bandits in a certain Jinzhou village who had their ideas on the head of the grain transport team in Fengzhou hit the iron plate and broke their teeth. Not only did they fail to grab half of the grain, they took the lives of their three leaders, plus dozens of brothers.
In this way, Li Ling and the others passed through Ma'angang successfully, but for them, the real danger had not passed yet. Because after passing Ma'angang, the road was down rapidly, and the convenience was a narrow canyon that was about ten miles long. It was the most dangerous pass in the southeast of Bazhou, Tiger Leaping Gorge.
The so-called tiger jumping gorge is not because there are some tigers entrenched here, but to describe the narrowness of the canyon here, with a hundred feet high cliff on both sides, and a valley that can allow the tiger to jump from one side to another. Just by looking at it with your eyes, you can infer that after entering the canyon, the grain trucks in the team can only pass by alone and cannot be parallel at all. However, horses may be able to run in parallel, but they may also collide with each other.
In this way, if you want to pass through the canyon, you must lengthen the team, which will naturally make it difficult to deal with the entire grain transport team. If there are really thieves in the valley above or in front, a rush will be enough to wipe out this team of about 2,000 people.
When Li Ling saw the canyon in front of him, his expression became extremely solemn. It was impossible for him to know that there were such natural dangers without the local area. At this time, the sky was getting darker, and the wind was blowing out of the valley, making a whimper, adding a bit of ghost energy and pressure, which made many civilians look afraid.
"Sir, should we go there now, or should we camp here first and wait until dawn tomorrow?" Chen Daoshou also stepped forward and asked.
Li Ling pondered: "It's really a bit of adventure than the darkness of Changxia, but time doesn't wait for anyone. Today, our army's morale has been delayed for a long time. If we don't hurry up and hurry up, we're afraid that we will have another day to arrive in front of the army."
"Yes, why not let the general lead a team of troops to explore the way first, confirm safety before letting the team enter?" Chen Daoshou gave his advice, looking eager to try. After seeing Yang Zhen's ejaculation surgery, he no longer looked down on him and just wanted to perform well.
"It's not impossible. You guys are careful." Li Ling nodded and decided to pass the Tiger Leaping Gorge today, so there will be a flat horse behind it, but it will be rested until Desheng Town.
Chen Daoshou took the order loudly, and then quickly mobilized a hundred elite soldiers, led by himself, entered the canyon, followed the road, dada horses and ran forward. In a short while, he went to more than a mile and was about to hide into the darkness.
Everyone outside the valley looked at their backs nervously. After traitors and harassment during the day, no one dared to relax. The Tiger Leaping Gorge is more dangerous than Ma'angang, and there are lush trees above it. It is impossible to confirm whether there are any ambushers hiding at such a night.
"Realistically speaking, there should be no ambush here." Li Ling said loudly in order to calm the people's hearts, "Although this place is indeed a good place to set up an ambush, you see that the mountain is steep and difficult to walk. Even if you only set up an ambush on the hillside, it will take more than half a day to go up. That must be a arrangement that can be made after fully grasping our whereabouts and itineraries. This is not exactly what Fengzhou is, let alone those bandits.
"What's more, we have already killed all the bandits and bandits. Even if someone has this idea, I'm afraid they won't have the courage..."
Li Ling's words really played a role, and many civilians agreed with each other, especially when they saw Chen Daoshou and the others entering the depths of the canyon, but there was still no movement, everyone felt more at ease. Some people were ready to say, "Mr. Li, why don't we go into the gorge now, otherwise it wouldn't be too easy to go on the road."
"Well, that's fine, just do it!" Li Ling looked up at the still calm front, nodded and waved his hand, signaling an army of more than 100 people to lead the way, and then the grain truck team was lined up in a long queue, slowly moving forward, and then the back was carrying loads, using mules and other livestock to transport grain.
Even though these civilians had become accustomed to following orders along the way, the arrangement of the whole team still took a lot of time. They walked and stopped and looked at Chen Daoshou and the others above and were about to arrive at the other end of the canyon. From this point of view, there was really no hidden danger of ambushing here.
After Li Ling entered the team one-quarter, he entered the canyon under the protection of Li Moyun and others. Just as he was riding his horse forward, he suddenly heard a sharp eagle cry above his head. When he looked up, he saw a black mountain eagle hovering on the top of the mountain, as if he was staring at some prey.
Seeing this, Li Ling couldn't help but sigh that the eagle-eye was really sharp. Even at dusk, he could still find his own food in the lush forests. If he could have such eyesight, he would not have to worry about whether the canyon was in danger.
"Cry——" The mountain eagle roared again, but did not fly and hunt, but flapped its wings and quickly rose up, soared into the sky with a cry, circling in the air, and then flew elsewhere.
Seeing this scene, Li Ling's heart, who was already quite stable, suddenly jumped: Something was wrong! Why didn't the eagle go down and hunt? Judging from what it looked like just now, it clearly discovered its favorite prey and wanted to hunt it, but it gave up after falling.
"What made the mountain eagle give up its prey to its mouth, the darkness and the complex terrain of the forest? No, the eagle's eyes are sharp, how could it be affected by this environment? The only thing that can make it give up and leave is the possible danger!" Li Ling murmured, and suddenly turned to look at Li Moyun, "Moyun, listen carefully and take a look. Are there any unusual places on the mountains on both sides?"
Although Yang Zhen has good martial arts and excellent archery skills, he is not as good as Li Moyun in terms of his own cultivation. Especially in terms of the five senses, he is much more than ordinary martial artists with guidance from famous masters.
Hearing Li Ling's words, Li Moyun immediately held his breath and felt it. Although his eyesight could not reach too far due to the darkness, he could still quickly feel some things: "The wind above was broken, as if it was blocked by something.
"It's not the rocks and trees... Also, the forests here are too quiet, and there are almost no insects and birds. When our team passes the gorge, they will alarm the birds and beasts here, unless there are no birds and beasts here. But this is even more unreasonable, now it's spring..."
His words made Li Ling quickly suspicious, and he shouted immediately: "Stop, everyone stops! The front team changes to the back team, turn around and exit first!"
This order made the soldiers and civilians who had just entered the canyon a little confused, but Li Ling's powerful force was here, so they did not dare to question it and began to turn around one after another. However, this time, the special terrain of the Tiger Leaping Gorge became the biggest trouble that hindered everyone's actions. For a moment, the carriages and horses were spinning around, and the people were neighing, which made a lot of chaos.
After seeing this scene, Li Ling's expression changed even more: "No, I was wrong..." Under this chaos, the situation slid towards the worse side.
And just as he was not good at saying it, "Woo--" a sound arrow suddenly flew into the air, and then a continuous bamboo whistle suddenly rose above, and then a shocking killing sound: "They were trapped, kill me, rob food, and kill the dog official!"
"Li Ling, you must capture Li Ling alive!"
"Hahaha, they are in chaos, they are in chaos!"
Amid the chaotic shouts, countless figures emerged like monkeys and ran down from the high mountains on both sides.
At the same time, at the exit of the canyon in front, a loud and harsh horn sounded. A cavalry team had already rushed in decisively, rushing towards Chen Daoshou, who had just noticed something strange and wanted to turn back to help, and rushed to more than a hundred cavalry including Chen Daoshou, who had just noticed something and wanted to turn back to help!
When Chen Daoshou heard the sound of the horn coming from outside, he felt a stern heart. He turned around and shouted, "Be careful!" It is obvious that the enemies outside the canyon are more terrifying than they imagined. They are more patient and capable of capturing opportunities than ordinary enemies.
As soon as the person said that, as soon as he turned around, arrows were flying in front of him. The opponent's riding skills were not under the border army. He could even shoot while galloping, which was very powerful.
Fortunately, these Fengzhou cavalry were also elite troops in the border army. Although they were attacked, they were not panicked. They turned around and came out their swords, danced in groups, blocking them in front of themselves and their mounts, knocking almost all the hundreds of arrows and arrows. Only a few people were shot, but they did not hurt the vital points.
But just in this distraction, the enemies who were already a little far away had already rushed to the front, and the whistling sound of swords had arrived. It was not until this time that they were terrified that there were more than 200 enemies. Although both the clothes and the horses seemed messy, the fearless murderous aura was no weaker than the elite soldiers of Fengzhou who were well-clad.
Especially when a man like a black iron tower was even more fierce. He rushed his horse to run closer in a blink of an eye. With a few thumping waves of a thick wolf-tooth stick in his hand, he smashed several officers and soldiers who were blocking his way forward, and they rushed to Chen Daoshou as if they were entering a no-man's realm. The wolf-tooth stick turned into a black shadow, and then came to his head.
Chapter completed!