Nanming Engineer

Chapter 56 Wuchang Road

Pingjingguan is one of the nine fortresses in the world in ancient times. It has always been the main road for north-south communication and an important place in the Central Plains. During the Warring States Period, Sun Wu once attacked this place. It seemed that the bottom of the valley was sandwiched in the middle. Wang Huan opened his eyes wide and looked at it, only to feel that the Guanlou in the darkness, with dark shadows, was like a huge boulder sandwiched between the mountain walls on both sides, which was unattainable.The peaks on both sides are as high as [-] feet, and the bottom of the gate is about [-] feet wide. They are firmly locked by the thick wall. Unless you grow wings and fly over, there is only one way to go.

Li Tingyu said in a low voice: "There is no light when it is turned off, but there are no guards?"

Zu Bian said happily, "That's great. Most likely, Li Zicheng's soldiers abandoned the pass, and the Qing army was busy chasing after it. In the end, no one came to guard the pass. It happened to be easy for us."

Wang Huan started to make plans, but he was extremely suspicious. He felt that this situation was too unreasonable. How could such a dangerous and critical pass be left unguarded?Could it be that the Qing soldiers were like monkeys in Baogu Valley, who would go straight to the next place after taking one place, regardless of the place they took?

Li Tingyu also found it inconceivable. He had prepared a large amount of bribes to pass the customs as an excuse to go on a business trip, but now there is no need for it. He frowned and said, "The two teams in front did not warn, maybe there is really no one guarding the customs."

Li Yan said: "It should be, otherwise no matter what happens to the two teams in front, someone will always send out fireworks as a warning. Now that everything is safe, the two teams must have passed smoothly."

Everyone nodded in agreement, Li Tingyu pondered for a while, and sent a man who was nimble and free from night blindness to scout the way, and that man followed the road, groping quietly like a monkey, and after a while, came back the same way, Excitedly reported: "My lords, there is no one in the closed building in front. The door is closed and wide open. It seems that there has been no one guarding it for a long time."

In this way, even the last trace of doubt was dispelled. In the troubled times, it seems that the Qing army has not conquered this land for a long time, and the habit of mobile warfare has not changed. In addition, the march is smooth, and the force is limited, so there is no time to move carefully. He chased after Li Zicheng with all his thoughts, and even gave up on this dangerous checkpoint.

With a big wave of his hand, Li Tingyu led the crowd to take big steps, and walked towards Guanlou along the official road.

Wang Huan walked ahead, watching the tall Guanlou in the dark getting closer and closer, the uneasy thoughts in his heart became more and more intense. The uneasiness reached its peak, and my heart was about to break out of its shell. Especially when I looked up, the iron jack gate hanging above the city gate seemed to fall down at any moment, and then ambushes were everywhere, with fire on all sides, and dozens of people like me Kill it like a turtle in a jar.

However, such a situation did not happen until everyone walked out of the other side of the city gate. This pass has been neglected for a long time.

The people didn't stop at one step, passed directly from the downstairs of the pass, successfully set foot on the road inside the pass, and went all the way, Wang Huan felt as if he was in a dream, passing the world-famous dangerous pass so easily .

Li Tingyu glanced back while walking, and by the light of the torch, he saw Wang Huan's face was livid and his teeth were clenched. It seemed that he hadn't gotten out of the huge pressure brought by the dangerous terrain of Pingjing Pass, and was still immersed in anxiety.He couldn't help grinning, and thought: "This kid is smart, witty, and courageous, but he is a little flustered when things happen. This small pass scares him like this. It seems that he needs to exercise hard."

He stretched out his hand and patted Wang Huan on the back, telling him to rest assured that with him being so bold, everything would be fine.

Wang Huan forced a smile at Li Tingyu, turned his head and glanced in the direction of Guanlou, which had disappeared into the night, the heavy feeling in his heart could not be eliminated, shook his head, and turned back to walk again.

At dawn, the sun rises on the top of the mountain, shining warmly among the high mountains, and a thin layer of mist rises from the moist mountain forest. The white mist swirls around and swims among the tops of trees and grass, covering the entire Dabie Mountains In the dreamlike fairyland, the dewdrops tremble, the morning breeze is gentle, and the little beasts that get up early run out of their lairs, blinking their eyes and looking for food everywhere, which is natural and peaceful.

A drop of water slowly condensed on the iron armor, and slipped in along the gap between the iron leaves. The dew was icy cold, and the skin was cold, and the owner of the iron armor was frozen. Damn, I've been in this damn place for two days, and I don't even have a ghost, what a fucking pain!"

The voice was very low, but in a quiet environment, it still spread out, and immediately attracted a few fierce looks, and the person who spoke immediately shuddered, bowed his head and dared not speak again.

Su Le withdrew his man-eating gaze from the whining vest bannerman, and looked out through the gaps in the leaves again. He was in a very special position, at the top of a high slope, covered by trees. Looking out from here, one can see the official road under the hillside clearly. As long as someone shows up in the valley of the official road, he can spot it at a distance of one mile.

On his sculpture-like straight face, his expression is indifferent, his brows are slightly wrinkled, his eyes are firm and energetic, and his strong and powerful body is clinging to the tree trunk, like a leopard waiting for its prey. The iron armor weighing tens of kilograms didn't feel heavy or strenuous at all.

"My lord, let's have some breakfast." Someone spoke from behind and handed over a piece of jerky.

Su Le glanced sideways, saw that it was his confidant Bannerman Fuquan, turned his face away and still stared at the official path carefully, just reached out to take the jerky, put it in his mouth and took a bite.

Fuquan waited for him to eat a few mouthfuls of meat, then handed him a water bag, and said softly: "My lord, we have been waiting here for two days and two nights, and we haven't even seen the shadow of the Nanman. Could it be that they didn't go this way?" ?”

Su Le choked, stopped biting the jerky, and took another bite with more force, almost swallowing a huge piece of jerky into his mouth, and said in a deep voice while chewing: "No, then Li Tingyu is as cunning as a fox. He will definitely not go to the Nanyang Road where the army gathers. Apart from this road, he has no other way to go. Besides, we deliberately transferred the Han army guarding the pass in front. Under paralysis, they will not Suspected of fraud."

Fuquan opened his mouth, intending to say something more, but saw that Su Le's mouth was determined, and he swallowed the jerky in his mouth, and he stood upright, his eyes stared at the front with a threatening cold light, knowing that something was wrong, Hastily looking down the slope, I saw a figure flashing out of the morning mist at the end of the official road, followed by a second person and a third person, a group of Han people dressed in a procession, came out.

Su Le didn't move, and rushed behind him with both hands. Fuquan understood, turned around immediately, and sent a message in a low voice in the forest. Suddenly, the sound of iron armor being touched in the forest continued, and countless burly figures gathered from the depths of the forest. Shiku led, and stood quietly behind Su Le, counting the number of people, there were about 300 people.

A stocky man in full body armor strode towards Su Le with firm strides, stood beside Su Le, and said harshly, "Su Le, Nanman is here?"

Su Le turned around and said solemnly: "Master Erji, the Nanman has arrived, please wait for Su Le to issue an order later, and launch together."

Niulu of the Qing army called Erji is really full of fleshy forehead, not tall but stout, the neck is as thick as the thighs of ordinary people, and the iron armor is tightly wrapped around the muscular body, maybe he can't find a suitable armor Arms and shoulder armor, a pair of arms are naked, and there are shocking scars all over them. Against the backdrop of the hard muscles like stones, they are even more dazzling. He is holding a huge mountain ax in his hand, and his fierceness is beyond words. .

Erji replied after hearing the voice: "You have the Royal Order of Prince Yu, so I naturally respect you, and I will listen to you later. You only took gold and silver, and you must remember my credit."

Su Le chuckled and said: "That's natural. After today, Mr. Erji may be Jia La Zhangjing."

(End of this chapter)