In Ba County, Yuzhou, the meandering river waterway has been blocked by the long autumn rain and low-pressure clouds between the rugged mountains, which has blocked most of the sight, and presents a hazy and elegant strangeness. View.
Even the terraces and gates on the gentle slopes cascading up the mountain along the riverside seem to be immersed in the drenched water vapor and appear to be extraordinarily unreal. Even the Taiping Navy, who has always been harassed, has stagnated because of the skyrocketing river water.
Therefore, the soil groups and officials squatting in these gates rarely get some leisure and spare time to repair and maintain those armor rod weapons that have been damp due to rain; by the way, relax some of their tight spirits.
According to the convention they know, the rain from the end of the fall to the winter, I am afraid it will not be raining for a while. During this period, whether it is the muddy and slippery mountain road or the damp and loose bowstring arms, it will make the thieves who stand on the river bank difficult and difficult to achieve.
Listening to the slang singing faintly from above, feeling the trickling water from the ankle, and the very soft washed and soaked, people need to carefully look for the muddy ground where every step is focused. Team Zheng Wang Qiu Some regret accepting this previous armed reconnaissance mission.
Because they are surrounded by a fence above their heads, as long as they drop a stone casually, they can easily hit them. With special tools, they can get up by fate and can't do big evasive actions. They.
In front of him and behind him, they are irregularly distributed along the mountain in a string, swinging a special climbing pick and hook, which has already turned into a mud-like human body in the process of rubbing and rolling. The mud and the flowing rain struggled.
With the rubber boots in the sucking mud, after a dozen or so steps of extra strenuous trekking and climbing, the intermittent singing finally became clear in Wang Qiu's ear, and there was a faint smell of fireworks and roasted grains. The scent is mixed with the smell of sludge, sweat and rust.
This smell of rust made Wang Qiu's heart uncontrollable; because the weapons used by the genuine Xichuan army and the local official health were often maintained and polished; that is, the unsatisfied tutu and village. Only then will Ding's genus flood these rusty weapons with Buddha's feet temporarily.
This also means that the breakthrough he is looking for may be easier. Suddenly, one of his figures slid down uncontrollably, and was hooked by Wang Qiu's quick-eyed swing of a pickaxe, and he did not continue to fall.
Then the other party gave him a grateful look, then shook his head slightly. Even though there was already a red blood on his body, it was running along the muddy water under the poncho, but he still pressed his mouth, and tried to curl up with his hands and feet while squirming, giving others a way to continue climbing. path.
And this is just the interludes and accidents that happen from time to time during this climbing trip, and not everyone can get timely help, but just like this, it slides down the mountain and disappears without a sound. In the rain curtain.
But in any case, before Wang Qiu exhausted his energy, he finally managed to touch the fence on the edge of the slope; then he spread out the fine iron grappling hook and exhausted the weight of his body and hung the nails on Yudai. The thickest bark on the wall.
Then he slowly leaned up, and through the gap of the wet wooden fence, what he saw was not a tasseled helmet and ear cap, but a piece of the ground surrounded by the fire under the bamboo shed. The cloth wrapped the head and the small round hat; and the simple open-air post on the high place was even more empty.
Only then did Wang Qiu slowly breathe a sigh of relief, and gestured to the other soldiers who had climbed up and leaned against the edge of the fence, and then took out a large piece of slightly damp thick from his arm. Bantang, crushed by the rain, swallowed. After resting like this for a while, there was still nothing in the fence.
He slowly loosened the tarpaulin on his body, revealing the well-preserved crossbow and quiver in his arms; although he was quickly wetted by rain and fog, the string mixed with iron wire is still full of elasticity. He was dragged to half full. Then, I aimed at the group of people who were sitting around the fire and singing songs.
At this time, the rain slowly became dense again, but Wang Qiu still blinked his eyes indifferently; and allowed the cold feeling to accumulate and flow down on his cheeks and temples. Until he heard the extremely sharp whistle.
Suddenly, those crowds surrounded by the fire under the shed, as if they were severely beaten by an invisible whip, suddenly tipped over to the ground; the remaining fish slipped through the net. It was so horrified that he scrambled to stand up, trying to grab the weapons piled up beside him in a daze;
Then, between the blood and light, he threw down with several yatails and fell between the fire, knocking over those pot racks and soup, and a lot of pungent ash came out, and they were burned and scalded. The miserable howl.
At this time, the Shou Ding who were a little further away finally reacted, picking up the guys and screaming and rushing over, and some people rushed to the heights with the sound of the gong, but the figure was only halfway away. , Suddenly the arrow fell over.
And on the other side, the fences and the repelling wood, whose foundations were dug loose, were also dragged and pulled down by external forces, and suddenly collapsed in a large area; and suddenly a large group of muddy lightly armed soldiers came out toward them. Shouding, who hurriedly gathered to counterattack, culled.
The roars of screams, shouts, and swordsman fighting, screams and wailing, and screams, and the sound of the gong that stopped abruptly when it struck, breaking through the denser rain and clouds. , Intertwined ** among the verdant mottled mountains;
At this time, someone in Muzhai on the top of the mountain finally reacted, and counterattack reinforcements were dispatched along the circling path; and at this time, Wang Qiu and others who had already bypassed the fighting and copied to the back road , Has also begun intensive temporary work.
After a while, the enemy supporters who rushed along the mountain road also roared and attacked with knives and guns. Then they were fired by a dozen consecutive crossbows in turn. Raise your hand and push forward steadily.
But at this time, the Lianbow, which is good for rapid close combat and suppression, could no longer break through their basic protective array amidst the clanging blocking and nailing noises; then, Wang Qiu's short-term blocking goal had been achieved.
"Ten steps back and reorganize the battle group and equipment..."
He yelled like this, dragging and slapped hard at the soldiers who had never reacted or were persistent. Let the officers and soldiers who came to aid come out more and more from the Panshan Pass. There was also a sturdy general who was running like flying in iron armor, shouting first:
"Xichuan will be Xian Yufei here, the thieves are not obedient to death..."
His words suddenly changed suddenly. Among the newly excavated traces on the side walls of the road, the soil and mud that splashed and blasted open the canopy suddenly indirectly, like a storm, swept and slapped. Among the officers and soldiers who gathered on the mountain road.
"Go forward bravely and recreate peace..."
At this time, the rapid-fire crossbow machines used to suppress and deter Wang Qiu were also dropped in the array where Wang Qiu was located. Away.
After a while, there was no longer a standing figure on the mountain road, and the remaining officers and soldiers headed by Xian Yufei were also forced to the edge of the mountain while fighting and retreating. Then they roared and yelled in vain. In the sound of useless struggling and slashing, one by one, they stumbled and rolled down the mountain.
After a few more hours, relying on the already occupied gates, the Taiping army and equipment are constantly pouring up the mountains more and more; the situation of offensive and defensive in the mountains has also begun to undergo qualitative changes;
At the moment when the rain stopped for a while, with a few dull and trembling explosions, the largest camp on the top of the mountain suddenly collapsed from the periphery and turned into a rolling rush. A short mudslide under the lapse of time.
And watching the majesty of nature that is rolling like a raging wave splashing and breaking, wrapping up all the trees and rocks along the way, and almost passing by; Wang Qiu, who was splashed with mud all over his face, also has a complexion. Be pale and then afraid. Because he is responsible for leading people to cover the good players from the appearance team and carry out the corresponding tasks.
And in the collapsed camp, there were also chaotic shouts. It was the officers and soldiers and the soil group during the garrison, and there was also a phenomenon of bombing after the morale collapse.
So, after taking the last few fences uphill in a hurry, Zhouchengba County, which was shrouded in mist and rain between the rivers and plains in the distance, was already watching. The riverside road leading up and down to the hinterland of Yuzhou can finally be opened to the Taiping Army without threats.
In the Taiping Army's main formation on the riverside, General Youlang of the Fifth Army, who was in charge of leading the general water and land strategy of the Xiajiang Road, and Wang Zhongba, who was also the commander of the Xiajiang Army, were also listening to the flying reports from the front.
"Report, the eleven gates on Yunzhuan Mountain have been taken down..."
"Report, the naval infantry team has broken through the Xiakou Village..."
"Report, Xuanfeng 2nd Regiment has invaded and occupied Tongguandu..."
"The report, the fourth detachment of the water wheel approached the Baxian wharf again to carry out obstacle clearance operations, and was not hindered temporarily...
"Report, the nineteenth regiment of riding stepping has already detoured from the standby in the northwest of Ba County, and no trace of the enemy's interception has been found..."
However, the latest news made Wang Zhongba stand up involuntarily.
"Report, in Ba County, someone suspected of opening the door and fleeing..."
—I am the dividing line —
On the road from Xiangzhou to Jingzhou, Zhou Huaian also looked at a report in his hand with mixed feelings.
Well, since Zhou Huai'an started to rise with the Taiping Army and gradually became famous all over the world, basically every place he occupies, he can find a group of people more or less implicated by his reputation in the corresponding prison.
Some are like the monk Xuzhong, who are treated as fellow members and suffer from being imprisoned; some are purely forced speculations, and they have mistakenly injured the same surname of the world;
Others are because the doctrines advocated are similar to those of the Taiping Army, and even contain the words "seeking peace" in it, and they are indiscriminately arrested for the existence of merit.
Regarding these unfortunate existences, after Zhou Huaian was rescued and released, he was somewhat compensated and resettled according to corresponding specialties and needs.
However, the person who dared to claim to be his senior brother was still the first one among the few. It would be nothing more than ordinary swindlers who seek fame and reputation. (End of this chapter)