Dingjiangshan

On the west peak of Mount Jiuhua, a hook was hung on the root of a pine tree and was thrown down into the clouds.

After a few breaths, the rope made a slight impact sound, and the bushes under the cliff shook, as if it had fallen to the bottom.

Ning Huaijin stood on the edge of the cliff and shook the hook lock, confirming that there was a platform for landing underneath, then heaved a sigh of relief, and wrapped Fuyu's rope twice around the two big rocks around the rock wall, and built a A noose is fastened.

"My lord." A young man behind Ning Huaijin stepped forward, looked down the cliff, and said, "The situation below is unknown, for safety's sake, the subordinates should go down first."

Ning Huaijin looked at the pitch-black cliff, and was silent for a while, as if thinking about something, then nodded after a while, and moved away from the open space on the edge of the cliff.

Now is not the time to be brave. I don't know if it's because of the heavy humidity in the mountains these few days or something. Not only did Ning Huaijin's injuries not improve, she even developed a fever. She was getting weaker and weaker day by day.The team he brought out had no knowledge of medicine, even if they were in the mountains, they couldn't get local materials. After the medicine at hand was used up, they had to stick to it.

A few days ago, Shili went into the mountain to hunt a pheasant, peeled the skin and boned it and roasted it over a fire on the other side of the mountain. When he came back, he secretly added a meal to Ning Huaijin behind his back, which at least gave him some energy.

It's a pity that Ning Huaijin's low-grade fever still took away most of Ning Huaijin's strength. Although he gritted his teeth and refused to show weakness, after a few days, he couldn't hide it from the people around him.

Meng Changxun knew that Ning Huaijin's status was valuable and understood his importance, so he didn't dare to procrastinate in this mountain any longer. After a hasty discussion with Ning Huaijin, he decided to lead the army to break through.

Ten miles ago, he went down the mountain at night to inquire about it. Feng Yuan seemed determined to take Ning Huaijin's credit this time, but he still surrounded the mountain to this day.The battalion that stretched for hundreds of miles was brightly lit, and surrounded the entire Jiuhua Mountain like an iron barrel. Unless it was a bird with wings, it would be foolish to try to get out of the enemy's camp.

But Ning Huaijin's injury could not be delayed any longer, so Meng Changxun gritted his teeth and thought of a ruthless move - he led most of his troops to break out from the foot of Dongshan Mountain. At that time, Feng Yuan would definitely divide his troops to surround him. Xishan stood still and chose a good opportunity, perhaps tearing up a chance of life when the defenders were weak.

"Ning Zheng is short of a general, so he may not necessarily kill his subordinates." At that time, Meng Changxun said in a low voice to Ning Huaijin in the shadow of the tree: "It doesn't matter if the subordinates are captured for a while, as long as the prince can take advantage of it." If we break through this opportunity, we will make a lot of money.”

"How can this be done?" Ning Huaijin said in a deep voice, "Isn't this betraying comrades on the battlefield?"

"What kind of betrayal is this?" Meng Changxun clicked his tongue and tried to persuade: "This is a trade-off."

"The catastrophe is imminent", Meng Changxun was less scruples when talking to him, and he naturally brought out some military swear words. He simply sat on the ground beside Ning Huaijin and said, "So, my lord, I have thought about it. I brought If you want to break through, lead Feng Yuan away first. At the West Peak, if you can leave, you can break out and go back to our territory first. I, I only know that you are seriously injured..."

Meng Changxun stumbled and blurred a certain word: "Then it's on the mountain. Even if Feng Yuan doesn't believe it, he can't afford to stay here, and he will withdraw his troops after three or two days."

"So you never thought about getting out of your body." Ning Huaijin said.

"I've thought about it too." Meng Changxun grinned, patted the dust on his knees, winked at Ning Huaijin, and said, "If you're lucky, the lord's breakout went smoothly. When he left, he seemed to be in Tonghuai. If Bai set Feng Yuan on fire again, Feng Yuan's two sides will be involved, and the subordinates may escape if they are not sure. At that time, we will take the waterway and join the downstream of the prince."

Before Meng Changxun finished speaking, there was a very soft sound of broken branches in the forest not far away. Meng Changxun paused and frowned.

"What sound?" Meng Changxun asked.

Ning Huaijin listened carefully for a while, his eyes fixed on the dark forest not far away, but he replied lightly: "Maybe it is something like a bobcat and hare."

"Oh—" Meng Changxun echoed, "Maybe."

"What you said just now, after thinking about it, I think it makes sense." Ning Huaijin turned her head, exchanged meaningful glances with Meng Changxun, and said calmly, "In that case, General Meng must be careful. Take care of yourself first, if unfortunately you are captured, this king will definitely try his best to save you."

There was another gust of wind blowing through the treetops in the woods behind him, and this "breakout" battle, which was related to Ning Huaijin's family and life, was settled in such a few words.

If you want to deceive Feng Yuan, you can't do it if there are fewer people. Meng Changxun originally wanted to take 2000 people away, but Ning Huaijin excused that there were too many people and it was difficult to hide, so he gave most of the soldiers to him, and he only took a few. 150 people.

Most of these 150 people were imperial soldiers who came out of Beijing, and a small part were ordinary soldiers who mixed into the team. Ning Huaijin took these 150 people to rest in place for a night, and in the early morning of the next day, they split up with Meng Changxun's soldiers. And go to the West Peak.

The terrain in the mountains is complicated, and once separated, it is difficult to contact them again.So before leaving, Ning Huaijin discussed with Meng Changxun the specific opportunity to break through.

On the ninth day of You Hour from the day they escaped from the mountain, Meng Changxun would break out from Dongshan. At that time, the sky would be dark, and it happened that the opponent could see the number of people clearly, so that he could surround him with all his strength.

And Ning Huaijin ambushed in Xishan Biaokou in advance, only waiting for Feng Yuan's defenders to chase and intercept Meng Changxun, and took advantage of the opportunity to break out of the weak point.

Most of the soldiers brought by Feng Yuan had already been sent back to the original defense area, and now he has at most [-] soldiers in his hands. If this strategy of attacking east and west can be achieved, Ning Huaijin's chances of winning are still quite high.

Now it is the eighth night, the mountains are covered with clouds and fog, and people can't see clearly from two meters away. Ning Huaijin is standing on the cliff, and the soldiers around him are going down the hooks one by one. Sound of peace.

The weather is good tonight, the moon is bright and the stars are sparse, the moon hangs high on the sky like a disc, the last ray of dark clouds around the waist spread to the side, and silver embers fell all over the ground.

The last soldier fell from the hook beside Ning Huaijin, and a moment later there was a sound of safety.

Shili has already explored the surrounding terrain before. Going down from this cliff, there are two paths that can lead directly to the mouth of the West Mountain. One is a winding path in the deep forest, and the other is a bit more difficult to walk down the mountain wall. a narrow path.Although this road is rough, it is closer. Compared with the forest road, it is more than twice as close.

The moonlight illuminated the square inch in front of her eyes, and Ning Huaijin looked down at the bluestone platform below the cliff, seemingly not knowing what she was thinking.

Shili landed behind him under the cover of the tree shadow, and said in a low voice: "Don't worry, my lord, even if the rope is not safe, my subordinates can catch you."

After Shili finished speaking, he seemed to be afraid that he was still worried about something, so he added another sentence: "Although the fifth brother is gone, counting the subordinates, there are two hidden guards beside the prince. No matter what the situation is, they will definitely protect the prince. comprehensive."

Ning Huaijin shook his head, without saying anything, he raised his head, looked at the moonlight for a while, and then walked towards the hook.

Shili saw that he had already made a decision, so he didn't say anything, and disappeared into the shadow of the tree again.

Over the past few days, under Ning Huaijin's instruction, Shili has never appeared in the eyes of others, and his tracks have been covered up very skillfully, so far no one has known that there is such a number one person as him.

Ning Huaijin tugged at the hook lock, and after making sure it was secure, she sank down and slid backwards on the spot.The wounds on his back shoulder and waist cracked again due to the force, Ning Huaijin gritted his teeth and didn't make a sound.

Fortunately, this cliff is not high, and Ning Huaijin landed before she couldn't bear the strength, so that she can hang in front of her subordinates and maintain a bit of dignity as a general.

"It's not long before the time we discussed with General Meng." Ning Huaijin swayed for a moment, took advantage of the mountain wall to stand firm, took advantage of the situation, looked around, and said, "Now there are two ways to go, one is to go through the dense forest , The second is to walk on the mountain wall. These two roads are narrow and difficult to walk. If they walk together, it may slow down the speed, so it is better to divide the soldiers into two roads."

As soon as he finished speaking, someone in the crowd disagreed and said, "My lord, there are not many people around you, so it may not be safe to separate."

Ning Huaijin recognized this voice, it was a deputy commander of the Forbidden Army, and he could be regarded as someone from Beijing.

Ning Huaijin raised her hand and made a gesture of silence, and continued: "We haven't seen Feng Yuan's pursuers for four or five days. That being the case, there is nothing unsafe in this mountain. The real battle to be fought is at the bottom of the mountain." If you fight a war sooner rather than later, if you can get there first, you can take advantage of it, there is no reason to procrastinate for no reason."

"In the team, those who were not injured stood up, and those who were injured also stood up, and they were divided into two teams." The wound on Ning Huaijin's waist began to ooze blood. He took a deep breath calmly, and covered his waist. Wound, continued: "Those who are healthy and have not been injured, take the road on the mountain wall, and those who are injured will go with me to walk the road in the deep forest. We have already set the direction before, and finally we will gather at the col of the West Mountain— ——Everyone knows the place, it’s the col where we were ambushed.”

There was a small commotion in the crowd, but Ning Huaijin's words were sonorous, and others could not comment, so they could only follow his instructions and divided into two teams on the spot.

In order to ensure that Ning Huaijin could successfully break through, Meng Changxun took over almost all the wounded and only left Ning Huaijin with a few sporadic minor injuries. With such a point, the numbers of the two teams became very different. The injured team only had three or five people.

It's just that Ning Huaijin didn't seem to think that there was anything wrong with such a distribution of people. He said smoothly, "In that case, follow my king's previous instructions. You guys will go with me and go on your own way."