Chapter 252: Plank Road Adventure
At the bottom of thousands of valleys in Jialing, the plank roads have hundreds of twists and turns. -----------Su Che, Northern Song Dynasty, "Four Poems on a Tour to Mount Tai and First Entering Nanshan"
On one side of the stone wall at the top of Dajian Mountain, the Qinglong Expeditionary Army ushered in another dawn. The weather in the mountains was cold in the early morning, with fog floating around and water vapor rising everywhere, blocking this stone wall.
Li Shishi was huddled in the tent, covered with Chen Long's leather armor and battle robe to keep warm. His long eyelashes were shaking along with his rolling eyes. He was obviously on the verge of waking up. Suddenly, the tent above his head disappeared. It turned out that it had been opened by someone with great force. Master Li woke up from his dream. He was startled and screamed: "Who is it?"
Several soldiers from the special forces gathered around, staring blankly at Master Li who was half sitting on the felt mat, holding the half-torn tent in his hand. It turned out that after these soldiers got up, they followed Lu Chang's general order. Lu Chang got Chen Long's instructions and immediately tore up all the tents and tied them into long ropes. Unexpectedly, the great military advisor Li Shishi was still looking for dreams in his tent, and he was negligent for a moment. Carelessly, Li Shishi was exposed in a sleeping position.
Master Li jumped up, holding his hiking stick in his hand, and used the handle of the stick to hit several soldiers on the head like gophers. Fortunately, the weather was cold and I wore a coat to sleep, otherwise the consequences would have been disastrous. Several soldiers stood there with sad faces and were beaten, feeling aggrieved in their hearts. Who would have thought that Master Li's military advisor could sleep so well.
Lu Chang saw this scene from a distance and felt something bad. He came over with a smile to smooth things over and said, "Master, Master, Military Advisor, this is all up to me. I forgot to tell them that this is your military account. Your Excellency has a lot of them, so please spare them." ." As he spoke, each soldier gave each soldier a violent shudder.
Those soldiers took advantage of the situation and begged for mercy, thinking that the matter would be over. Unexpectedly, Master Li asked Lu Chang, "Which one of us is the most powerful?"
Lu Chang was startled, and seeing Li Shishi's serious look, as if he was really asking a question, he hurriedly said: "Miss Shishi is the military advisor of the Qinglong Army, so naturally you are the chief."
Master Li was overjoyed, and with a straight face, he pretended to be serious and said: "Since I am the official, hey, why should I listen to you?" Lu Chang heard that his tone was wrong, and said with a sad face: "Master, aunt" Before he finished speaking, Master Li said He hit Lu Chang on the buttocks with the stick and shouted: "Did you call me Master?" Qianqing really regarded himself as the superior leader. Lu Chang covered his mouth, then grinned and said with a wry smile: "Commander Li, what do you think should be the punishment for them?"
Master Li suppressed his laughter, rolled his eyes and said, "I haven't thought about this yet." Looking at the broken tents in their hands, he had an idea and said, "You guys, please give me a two-hundred-meter long rope first." . As for the punishment, let’s record it first! It won’t be too late to punish me when I think of it.” Lu Chang said with great joy: “You guys will serve Commander Li from now on, do you understand?” Those soldiers were also smart, and they were busy giving military salutes. They all replied neatly: "As ordered!" One of them, who was particularly clever, immediately ran over to move a tree stump for Commander Li, and also took some dry food to honor his master's breakfast. As soon as Li Shishi sat down, the flattering master came up to beat the military adviser's legs, but Li Shishi kicked him aside.
When Chen Long came back from an inspection tour, he saw Master Li happily sitting on a wooden post eating breakfast. Several soldiers nearby tore up the tent and rubbed the ropes. They said hello: "Master, you got up so early!" Master Li saw that Chen Long was wearing a bunt. Even more majestic and tall, he ran over happily and shouted: "Uncle Long! Uncle Long, look at the quality of these soldiers? They were just given to me by Master Lu."
Chen Long glanced at the embarrassed Lu Chang next to him, thinking that he was flattering my special forces team members, but he still said with a smile on his face: "These are the most capable generals under Master Lu! How could he be willing to give them to you?" ?”
Master Li was overjoyed and said: "Mr. Lu, since you are so sincere, let me spare you!" Lu Changru was pardoned and even ignored his master, turned around and patted his butt and left, which was quite unloyal.
Chen Long really likes this eccentric Master Li, and Master Li's talent in Qinggong is not inferior to his own. In time, she will definitely become another peerless beauty in the Three Kingdoms. If he could take her with him and cultivate her, it would be better than being isolated from the world in a paradise. He immediately smiled and said: "Our plan today is the most difficult. Can you tell me, which point on the stone wall should we climb up from?"
Li Shishi frowned and looked at the cliff going up deep into the clouds and mist. He shook his head and said, "Why don't you go up and explore the way first?" Chen Long said, "I think so too." He made a few rock climbing gestures with his bare hands and asked, "How about rock climbing with bare hands?" ?"
Master Li became excited and said: "It's just the two of us, let's go up there and have a look first. I don't know how to rock climb, but your martial arts skills are so good, you can carry me up there!"
Chen Long was burned by this, but he knew that she was as light as a swallow, so it was okay to carry her up. However, he was not willing to be plotted by Master Li, so he smiled and said: "How can you show off your ability by carrying you up? But it can be done like this, I There is a long rope here to string us together, so if we slip, we don’t have to worry about falling."
Chen Long and Lu Chang selected a few special forces members with the best light skills, brought several rolls of long ropes, found a few places with rock crevices, and started climbing with their bare hands. Chen Long tied the rope around Li Shishi's waist with his own hands. After confirming that it was safe, he took the lead to climb up. The stone wall was moistened with water mist and was slippery. As he climbed, Chen Long used his dagger to dig some shallow holes, which also served as a way to prepare some steps for Master Li behind.
The bodies of the two people gradually disappeared into the clouds and mist, and the figures of the special operations team members who climbed up at the same time disappeared. Several people shouted to each other from time to time to overcome the fear caused by loneliness. After many twists and turns, they finally successfully climbed to the top of the stone wall. The top was no more than a foot wide. Chen Long sat astride it and pulled the little beauty Li Shishi up.
Master Li was panting and climbed up to sit down. He felt that the sun was shining brightly on the other side of the mountain wall. He could see the green mountains in the distance at a glance. It was obvious that the towering stone walls completely blocked the clouds and fog. There were completely two kinds of weather on both sides of the mountain. Looking down, under the cliff, there is a rich green valley, and the cool and pure air is refreshing. The east wind blowing along the stone wall made Master Li's long hair fly in the wind, and the little beauty's eyes seemed to be a little wilder for a moment.
Chen Long looked down the cliff and saw that there was no road protruding from the mountain as far as the naked eye could see. In other words, when the visibility is very high, there is no plank road within 300 meters downward.
Lu Chang climbed up with a long rope. Chen Long connected the two long ropes, which were about 400 meters long. He smiled and said to Master Li: "Master, you are the lightest. I will lower you down to have a look." , How deep is the plank road?" Master Li nodded bravely and said: "Uncle Long, wait for me to shake the long rope vigorously, and you can pull me up."
Chen Long tied one end of the long rope around his waist and tied it tightly, then tied the other end to Li Shishi's waist, and then slowly released the long rope. This continued until the long rope was exhausted, and Chen Long had no choice but to wait blankly for Master Li below to respond. Suddenly, the long rope shook violently, and Chen Long was busy pulling it up. When Master Li saw Chen Long, he raised his hand to make a silent gesture and shouted softly: "Oh no, there are troops on the plank road!"
Chen Long picked up Master Li and sat him down. He frowned and asked, "What army? How many people are there?" After thinking about it, he asked again, "Are they leaving Sichuan or entering Sichuan?"
Master Li tilted his head and thought about the direction before replying: "It should be Chuchuan. The plank road is narrow and the soldiers can't be seen to the end. They are all wearing red turbans. I can't tell how many there are."
Chen Long remembered that the Yizhou soldiers did all wear red scarves on their heads, and became slightly nervous. It seemed that Zhang Lu had abandoned his rift with Liu Yan at this life-or-death moment and asked Yizhou Liu Yan for help. And Liu Yan's reinforcements were at his feet, marching towards Hanzhong on the plank road.
Chen Long thought nervously, and there was no room for hesitation now. If he could not seize the Jiange plank road before the Yizhou army, Liu Yan's army and supplies would be continuously transported to Hanzhong through the plank road, which would be disastrous for his Hanzhong war. And by chance, if his expeditionary force can cut off the Jiange plank road, there will be no shortcut between Zhang Lu and Liu Yan, and there will be a glimmer of light in the battle of Hanzhong.
Thinking of this, Chen Long quickly asked Master Li: "How far are you from the plank road?"
Li Shishi said: "I guess there are still dozens of feet! The people below should not have noticed me yet." At this time, more than a dozen special forces members climbed up. Chen Long reached out and tapped Lu Chang, indicating that he should let him go. Follow your own actions. Then he ordered Master Li: "You are responsible for instructing them to put down the rope here and let the people below climb up. Then connect each section of the rope and go down as much as possible. Understand?"
Master Li nodded and asked hesitantly: "Are you and General Lu going down?" Chen Long connected another section of rope to the bottom of the long rope and said calmly: "General Lu and I are going to grab the plank road."
"Just the two of you?" Li Shishi asked with surprise on his face.
"How wide can the plank road be? We are side by side, ensuring that no one can pass." Chen Long said lightly, with infinite pride rising in his heart. Lu Chang looked at Master Li and nodded heavily.
Chen Long and Lu Chang each tied ropes to climb down, and two team members were responsible for lowering the ropes for them. It was too late but not too late. After climbing several times, Chen Long saw the ant-like soldiers zooming in front of him on the distant plank road. When they were dozens of feet away, the long rope was exhausted again. Chen Long untied the rope, and with his extraordinary lightness, he and Lu Chang quickly approached the plank road in the crevice of the rock with some cover.
The stone wall became steeper and steeper, until there were still dozens of feet away from the plank road, and the figure could no longer be concealed. A loud shout came from the plank road: "Alert!"
Feather arrows were shot upward sparsely, after all, it was impossible to gather heavy troops on the plank road to shoot. Chen Long clasped the crack in the stone with his left hand, pulled out the serrated dagger with his right hand, chopped off the feather arrow, estimated the distance, and jumped down. Lu Chang had seen his master's peerless light kung fu, so he wasn't surprised, but the soldiers below let out a few exclamations of surprise, not expecting that there could be such an expert in the world.
Chen Long fell quickly and landed among several crossbowmen. Using his bare-handed skills, he grabbed a waist knife in the blink of an eye and swung it casually, sweeping the warriors slashing at him into the abyss. Immediately afterwards, all the muscles in his body tightened, and his inner strength was released with all his strength. The waist knife was hit hard on the sleepers of the plank road under his feet. There was only a loud "bang" sound in his ears. The waist knife was turned into scrap metal, and at the same time, it caused a storm-like shock. The debris was thrown towards the bewildered Yizhou soldiers on the plank road behind.
If you want to know what happens next, listen to the explanation next time.
