Unexpectedly, Chu Xiang rejected this suggestion without thinking. Chen Huaming and Xu Wenchao looked at each other and Chen Huaming said: "On both sides of the Dada National Road, where the defense lines of General Zhou and General Zhu intersect, the enemy's defenses are not that tight. It can be Give it a try.”
"Then here." Chu Xiang said.
After going down the mountain, Xu Wenchao drove the three of them to Luoda. Chu Xiang put on the monk's clothes that he had prepared. He closed his eyes to adjust himself. When he opened his eyes again, he was already a monk with a compassionate face and a peaceful expression.
Wearing a monk's robe with bare shoulders, bare feet and hair, holding a fearless seal in his right hand and an ancient wooden stick in his left hand, this is Chu Xiang's current image.
I was originally worried that Chu Xiang didn't look like a monk, but now that I look at it this way, Chu Xiang can become a monk in China even if he shaves his head, let alone in Burma, a place where the teachings are different and there are fewer restrictions on monks. Chen Huaming is right. I am more confident about the success of this trip.
"Captain Xu, please take us to a place where no one is around." Chen Huaming said to Xu Wenchao.
"Are you planning to sneak through the defense line from here?" Xu Wenchao said.
"Yes, I can't avoid your patrol. It's even harder to avoid the one on the other side." Chen Huaming nodded.
"It makes sense." Xu Wenchao nodded.
Chu Xiang said nothing. From this moment on, he was a monk who kept his mouth shut.
It started to rain, and the jeep bumped in the muddy water all over the ground. Xu Wenchao suddenly said: "What will you do if you are regarded as spies?"
The three of them were now properly dressed as enemy nationals. There was nothing on them that could prove their identities. Without Xu Wenchao's evidence, they were spies sent from the opposite side. If discovered by the defenders, they would be captured and killed.
"We are enemies." Chen Huaming said calmly.
Xu Wenchao understood that from now on, Chen Huaming has completely regarded the three of them as people from the enemy country. No matter what obstacles they encounter, they may be chased or killed by friendly forces.
At the checkpoint in front, Xu Wenchao showed the procedures for Liu Boyong's approval, and the officers and soldiers at the checkpoint asked their superiors for instructions before letting the three people go.
On a deserted road, Xu Wenchao stopped the jeep and the three of them got out of the car. Du Cuiniang glanced around and went to the woods on the right.
Watching the three figures disappear into the woods, Xu Wenchao suddenly felt a little emotional. The dignified Southern War Zone staff officer actually risked his own life and entered the enemy's territory. How could he not be admired? But the two people dared to just follow them. Could it be that Is this the self-confidence of top secret agents? I don't know whether it is better to say that they are bold or dare to take risks.
"There are many poisonous insects and ferocious beasts in the mountains and forests along the edge, and there are also many hidden enemy sentries lurking. Try not to do anything if you can, and you must not reveal your own aura, otherwise we will be in great danger once we attract the opponent's masters." Chen Huaming reminded.
This sentence was naturally said to Chu Xiang.
Snakes have their own paths, and rats have their own paths. In this dense mountain forest, Chu Xiang couldn't see where there was a road at all, but Du Cuiniang could always find a way where there was no road. These roads didn't look like the paths that people would take. , more like a beast coming out.
After entering the forest, Chen Huaming and Du Cuiniang tied up their clothes and trousers tightly, knowing that this would prevent their clothes from hanging on the branches when walking through the forest. Chu Xiang also tied up the monk's robes tightly.
Seeing that Chu Xiang understood, Chen Huaming felt relieved and nodded to Du Cuiniang, who led the way through the jungle. Chen Huaming stayed behind and carefully observed where Chu Xiang walked. He found that Chu Xiang left no footprints at all and did not damage the surrounding branches and leaves. He did not need to remind him at all. He immediately felt a little fond of this strange Shangguan.
Du Cuiniang and Chen Huaming were like clever cats, leaving no footprints wherever they walked. Only by squatting on the ground and looking carefully could they see the traces of someone walking.
In the intermittent drizzle, the three of them walked around and around in the dense forest, constantly avoiding the lurking whistles. After walking for half a day, they advanced less than three kilometers in a straight line.
This is a good weather for sneaking. It has been raining for half a day, and all the wild beasts have huddled in their dens to take shelter from the rain. However, this is also a bit bad, that is, in the evening, hungry wild beasts will come out to look for food.
When it was almost evening, Du Cuiniang stopped, looked around, jumped up on a twisted tree, and called Chu Xiang to come up. After Chu Xiang jumped up, Chen Huaming also jumped up.
The three of them hid in a place with dense leaves on the treetops. Chen Huaming squeezed some juice from a certain leaf onto Chu Xiang's monk's robe. The juice gave off a special smell.
Not long after climbing the tree, various rustling sounds could be heard in the forest. Soon, various birds and animals began to scream and roar, and the whole forest gradually became lively.
Countless snakes, insects, rats, and ants emerged from everywhere and walked across the ground. Apes, cats, and dogs appeared suddenly from time to time to subdue the prey in their sights. More ferocious tigers, leopards, and wolves attacked from their dormant places. Everything in the mountains and forests moved together, staged a series of events. A survival drama of the jungle and the strong.
The chase and hunting of wild beasts in the mountain forest lasted for more than an hour, and then the noise gradually subsided. Snakes, insects, rats, and ants began to scurry back to their nests, waiting for the next dawn.
Without waiting for the various animals in the forest to return to their nests, Chen Huaming signaled Chu Xiang to prepare to set off. Du Cuiniang climbed down the big tree nimbly and walked through the various snake and mouse trails in the forest again.
The sky has darkened. Du Cuiniang and Chen Huaming obviously both have the ability to see in low light. The tangled jungle with vines does not affect their progress at all. Covered by the movements of apes, snakes and rats in the forest, Du Cuiniang's speed is much faster than before. The path we chose was more difficult to walk. Many sections of the path were through bushes. We had to crawl with our heads down and all fours on the ground, otherwise we would not be able to get through the tangled vines.
Du Cuiniang and Chen Huaming cooperated in an extremely tacit understanding. They communicated silently all the way. A simple gesture or a hidden movement can achieve the effect of communication.
After walking for more than ten minutes, Du Cuiniang slowed down. After cautiously observing her surroundings, Du Cuiniang stopped in a bush. The area in front was full of hidden sentries, monitoring everything around her with almost no blind spots. Location.
Chen Huaming picked a leaf and poked more than a dozen holes in it. After Du Cuiniang closed her eyes for a while, she poked three more holes. The holes they poked on the leaf corresponded to the position of the secret whistle in front. , all seventeen secret sentries could not escape the eyes and ears of the two men.
Du Cuiniang drew a route on the leaves, and after the two discussed with gestures, Chen Huaming ate the leaves directly.
After adjusting her breath for a moment, Du Cuiniang signaled that she was ready to set off, and Chen Huaming signaled Chu Xiang to follow Du Cuiniang. After preparations were completed, Du Cuiniang led the way along the planned route, while Chen Huaming stayed behind, and the three of them followed closely.
The three people stopped and walked, sometimes hiding, sometimes walking slowly, sometimes passing quickly, like nimble civet cats, without making any sound. After more than half an hour, the three people passed through the five to six hundred meters of strict surveillance without any danger. area, coming to the middle of the defense lines of both sides.
The defense lines of both sides here take the valley as the center line. Both sides set up defenses on the hillside. The straight-line distance is about one kilometer. It is much safer than places with hidden sentries.
Stopping in a dense bush, Du Cuiniang checked the surrounding situation and said softly: "Our defense line is relatively loose in the middle of the night, and the defense line on the opposite side is looser in the middle of the night. Let's rest here for a while and return in the second half of the night. past."
After Chen Huaming searched around, he picked some leaves and came back. He crushed the leaves and squeezed out the juice, and dripped it on the three people: "Mosquitoes here are very difficult to deal with. If you don't wrap them up tightly, Daluo Jinxian will come." It’s also difficult to do.”
The three of them sat down in the bushes. Chen Huaming and Du Cuiniang found that Chu Xiang's bare feet were as clean as ever. They couldn't help but feel a little shocked. There was mud everywhere in the rainy jungle, and there were moss and rotten branches and leaves everywhere. It was still raining lightly. After half a day's walking, he had walked more than ten kilometers. Chu Xiang's feet were actually clean of any dirt. Such a level of cultivation was not shocking.
Earlier, the two of them saw Chu Xiang dressed as a civilian official, and they thought he was just an ordinary officer. No matter how high his strength was, they couldn't help but admire him for wanting to cross the border to Meng. They didn't expect this general who didn't know his identity. The officer turned out to be a master of the virtual realm.
Chen Huaming and Du Cuiniang looked at each other, then turned to look at Chu Xiang, and found that the monk in front of them with his eyes closed and meditating really had the bearing of a high monk. His expression was neither sad nor happy, there was no dirt on his body, and there was a peaceful demeanor in his silence. Sitting there It was like blending into the jungle there. If it were not here, but in Dai or Meng, both of them felt that they were really a monk with profound cultivation in front of them.
Resting in the bushes until two o'clock in the middle of the night, Chen Huaming crushed the picked leaves and wiped them on the three people's clothes with his juice-stained hands. The smell of these juices is not strong, just enough to cover up the smell of the three people, without appearing obtrusive in the mountains and forests, making it easy for people to detect the difference in the smell wafting in the wind.
With everything ready, Du Cuiniang led the way, and the three of them continued to the opposite side, preparing to cross the most dangerous enemy line of defense.
Knowing that the next few hundred meters would be the most dangerous road, Du Cuiniang kept her speed and did not dare to slow down at all. She paid attention to her steps and observed her surroundings step by step to prevent accidentally touching the enemy's trap. She stopped and held her breath every ten steps. Listening to the surroundings, about half an hour later, the three of them were close to the enemy's defense line. Both Chen Huaming and Du Cuiniang discovered the hidden whistle nearby.
Signaling Chu Xiang and Chen Huaming to stop, Du Cuiniang moved forward alone, cautiously approached the enemy's defense line, observed the positions of hidden sentries in three directions, and then retreated.
Du Cuiniang stepped back, picked a leaf that was about to wither, and poked more than twenty holes in the leaf to mark the location of the enemy's sentinel ahead. Chu Xiang glanced at the holes Du Cuiniang had poked in the leaf, and picked up a small branch. Stab it on it.
There was a hidden whistle lurking where Chu Xiang poked. If Chu Xiang had not understood the will of nature and could keenly distinguish the unnatural aura in this mountain forest, he would not have been able to detect the existence of the secret whistle.
Knowing that Chu Xiang's cultivation was far superior to theirs, and not being completely sure that there was a hidden whistle there, Du Cuiniang and Chen Huaming communicated with gestures for a while, then marked a route through the enemy's defense line on the leaves, avoiding Chu Xiang's mark. The location of the hidden sentry.
