The high mountains and ridges are difficult to walk, but they can still be regarded as cover. Song Che holds a telescope in his hand and explores step by step. Five hundred people marching cannot be exposed.
"Oh, this mountain road is really difficult to walk. You can see it is so close, but your feet are far away." Xu Xiao didn't know how much sweat he had wiped off his face.
The sun in Jiangnan in May is still quite powerful.
Song Che gasped and laughed: "Compared to the Golden Bull Trail in Shushan Mountain and the dangerous plank road in Huashan Mountain, Qili Mountain is really much gentler."
Xu Xiao asked doubtfully: "From what Brother Song said, could it be that he has even climbed these dangerous planks?"
Will Song Che tell him that he not only climbed up, but also fell from above, and then traveled here and became friends with you?
"I've only heard of it, never climbed on it."
"Xu Dutou, Mr. Song, the tiger is jumping over the cliff ahead." Wang Si, who was walking in front, pointed forward and said.
There are many cliffs on the west slope, and they are long and vertical. Tiger Leaping Cliff is even more protruding than other cliffs. It is estimated to be at least 400 feet high.
The cliffs seem to have been cut with a knife, almost perpendicular to the valley, and there are no green plants on the cliffs.
"Unless you have the skill of flying, you can't climb up such a steep cliff." Xu Xiao and the other soldiers were all in the same posture, looking up and shaking their heads in denial.
Song Che frowned and asked Wang Si: "Besides Tiger Leaping Cliff, is there any other place on the west slope that can lead to the back mountain?"
Wang Si pointed to the right side of the valley: "About forty miles to the east, there is a cliff that is slightly lower, but it is close to the east slope, so there may be people patrolling it."
The mountain road is winding, and it takes half a day to walk more than ten miles, not to mention a detour of forty miles, which is obviously not feasible.
"If we don't leave, we will jump over the cliff!"
Song Che took off the quilt covering the wheelbarrow and took out the ladder, hemp rope, flying tiger claw, beef tendon, and pickaxe.
"What do you do with these things?" Xu Xiao asked.
"I want to make a 'giant slingshot'," Song Che tied three flying tiger claws to a rope and asked, "Do you all know about slingshots? Use these flying tiger claws as projectiles and pull the rope to shoot up Tiger Leaping Cliff. Then find another person to climb up, then lift the ladder up and down again, and people can climb up one after another."
Xu Xiao was stunned for a moment and nodded: "It's feasible."
Beef tendon has excellent toughness and can be used as a spring rope. There are lush forests under the cliff, and the brackets can also be made from local materials.
Song Che found two big trees side by side, and asked his soldiers to cut them into poles. In the same way as making a slingshot, he tied beef tendons and bow rests on them, and then attached the flying tiger claws tied with ropes to the bow rests, and a giant The slingshot is now complete.
"Here are ten strong men, let's give it a try first!"
Song Che held the bow rest and asked ten strong men to pull the tendon of the cow. He found the angle at which the tiger would jump over the cliff and shouted: "The force is not enough, keep pulling!"
Ten strong men exerted their strength at the same time, and the tendon of the cow was stretched to three times its length, and the tree trunk also threatened to bend.
“I’ll count to three and let everyone do it together!”
"three!"
"two!"
"one!"
"put!"
"Whoops!"
The flying tiger's claws were released instantly, and the rope flew towards the entrance of Tiger Leaping Cliff. Unfortunately, the angle was a little off, and the tiger's claws hit the cliff when it was about to approach the cliff.
"The strength is enough, but the accuracy is not enough. Let's try again."
Usually it's difficult to hit the target the first time.
The second time the force remained the same, Song Che raised the angle a little higher, and this time he successfully shot onto the edge of the cliff, but after some pulling, the flying tiger claw still fell off.
Adjust the angle again!
Come again with greater efforts!
After shooting seven times in a row, Song Che was exhausted, but Huangtian paid off, and finally on the eighth time, the flying tiger's claws clung tightly to the edge of the cliff.
Song Che pulled hard and it was very strong.
"Then, who's going up?" Song Che looked at the soldiers.
Who would feel guilty about climbing a cliff hundreds of feet with just a rope?
"In this case, I am the only one who will go into battle personally." Song Che rolled up his sleeves and said.
At this time, Xu Xiao grabbed the rope and said, "I'll do it."
Song Che secretly laughed in his heart, I have been waiting for your words!
Now that he is rich and has a lovely wife, he really shouldn't take this risk.
Song Che took out a pair of boots and a pair of gloves from the car, and handed them to Xu Xiao with a pickaxe: "These are special hiking boots, mountaineering pickaxes, and rock climbing gloves. They will be of great help to you when climbing the cliff."
Xu Xiao took the equipment and put it on.
Song Che then instructed: "After climbing to the edge of the cliff, the first thing to do is to remove the flying tiger claws, find a place to tie the rope firmly, and then hoist the ladder and rope up. Let's set up a few more climbing routes. In order to speed up the efficiency... By the way, don’t make any noise after reaching the top, as the mountains and rivers are echoing, so as not to be heard from across the mountains.”
Xu Xiao nodded without saying anything, tied the rope around his waist, took a deep breath, and started climbing up.
Song Che also asked his soldiers to cut hay near the valley and lay it at the bottom of the cliff to prevent accidents.
All that can be done next is to pray silently and look up.
Half an hour later, Song Che's neck was sore, not to mention Xu Xiao who was climbing.
Xu Xiao didn't climb very fast. He climbed steadily every time, fixing the mountaineering picks first, and then stepped up.
With this persistence and perseverance, why worry about the robbers and bandits being immortal?
Unconsciously, another half an hour later, Xu Xiao gathered his strength, grabbed the rope with both hands, used his strength to fly over the eaves and walls, and jumped onto the edge of the cliff in one fell swoop.
"Good, good!" the soldiers cheered.
After a while, Xu Xiao raised his fist high at the edge of the cliff to indicate that the rope was fixed.
Song Che trapped the ladder and rope on the hanging rope, and Xu Xiao pulled up.
After the things were pulled up to the edge of the cliff, Xu Xiao fixed them and threw down a pair of ladders and two hanging ropes.
"Listen to me. First, two people will tie safety ropes around their waists and follow me up the ladder to the edge of the cliff. Then they will fish my unicycle first. When the unicycle is on the cliff, the two on the left will be used as safety ropes, one for each of ten people. As a group, climb the ladder, and the one on the right is used as a hanging rope. Three people form a group, you climb, and we pull on top, so as to speed up efficiency."
"Isn't it dangerous for people to climb by hanging? Let's not talk about whether the hanging rope can bear the weight of two people. What if the stone breaks the rope?" Some soldiers were horrified.
"Don't worry, everyone. I have a clever trick that will make it easier for people who are hanging up."
Along the way, Song Che's intelligence has been recognized by the soldiers. He said that if there is a clever trick, there must be a clever trick.
Then Song Che and the two soldiers began to climb along the soft ladder. With a place to start, it was much easier to climb up, but no one dared to look down, so they just kept their heads down and headed up.
Two-quarters of an hour later, Song Che and the others reached the top, untied the safety rope and threw it down the cliff. The soldiers fixed the wheelbarrow in three places according to the original plan.
In order to prevent the rope from being worn down by stones, Song Che specially cut a batch of grass and placed it under the rope.
"Why do you love your unicycle so much?" Xu Xiao asked while pulling.
Song Che smiled and said, "You will know soon."
