Chapter 8: Crossing the Mountain

It's a mistake at the beginning, and then it's wrong.

It ends with lying. As long as there is one wrong thing, you will do a lot of wrong things to make up for it.

At this time, facing the scattered defeated soldiers and the charge of the enemy, Xue Chongxun was powerless to turn things around...

A few days ago, he planned to capture Shibao City and defend himself, but failed. He also changed his plan to return to China from the mountain curve to the south. As a result, he met a group of snake-sporting Tuyuhun people, which was extremely unfair.

Seeing that they could not resist, everyone scattered and fled in all directions.Xue Chongxun had to turn around and run away. Two people followed him, one of the brigade coach, and the veteran who had chatted with him before.

The fire flashed behind him, and the strings were mixed with screams. It was pitch black in front of him. Xue Chongxun ran wildly regardless of everything, extremely nervous.

Huh... Huh... He opened his mouth wide, and his chest seemed to be suddenly drained, as if he could no longer breathe.

The uncomfortable feeling of suffocation suddenly hit his heart, panic, short of breath, and dizziness.

When I looked back, I saw an enemy general pointing here and shouting something. He couldn't understand the Xianbei language, but a group of horses holding torches were chasing him...

Do you recognize me as the leader?

He fell down and hurriedly got up without caring about the pain. When he looked up, he saw that it was pitch black on the east side, and it must be a hillside blocking the moonlight.

He didn't have to think too much and hurriedly climbed the hillside to the east...

In this way, at least you don’t have to compare speed with a four-legged horse.

A sound like a bellows came from behind. The veteran who followed Xue Chongxun was old and his physical strength was not as strong as a young man. He was already exhausted and panting.

Xue Chongxun turned around and lifted his collar and helped him harder.

At this moment, the veteran suddenly said: Prince, you can save some effort...

Why?

I was shot.The veteran spit out a mouthful of blood, I'm not afraid of death, but it's so fucking Qu Ah who died in this foreign country...

Xue Chongxun then let go of him, and crawled up with his hands and feet. It was okay to wear shoes on his feet, but his hands couldn't stand it. His fingertips had already worn out and hurt his heart.

After climbing like this for a while, his vision suddenly widened and he had climbed to the top of the mountain.

Because he went uphill from the west, and after climbing to the top of the mountain, he saw Xia Xuanyue in the east at first sight.

A bright moon between heaven and earth is particularly spectacular.

The shouting behind him was getting closer and closer. He and the coach continued to run eastward. The coach ran in front and suddenly shouted: Damn, it's a cliff!

Xue Chongxun's mind suddenly buzzed. He had encountered so many things in the past few days, and he no longer cared about being afraid, but he was very unwilling to accept it.

Running to the edge of the cliff, he stretched his neck and looked down. There was a small river below, perhaps a tributary of Sun and Moon Stream.

The river surface is narrow, not sure about the depth, and not sure whether it will be killed by falling to death...

If the water is shallow, it will definitely be thrown into a meat pie!

At this time, the pursuers also climbed up the mountain. Seeing Xue Chongxun stopping by the cliff, they immediately bent down and gasped.

...The moonlight shines on the shimmering river surface, and the water surface is filled with beautiful streams, pearls and treasures, as beautiful as the prosperous Chang'an lights.Xue Chongxun couldn't help but sigh.

Kneel down and beg for mercy!The enemy shouted proudly in Chinese, and it was really a pleasure to let the former conquerors kneel at their feet.

beg for mercy?Of course Xue Chongxun would not beg for mercy. If it is useful to beg for mercy, you can consider it... These Tuyuhun people must have been seeking credit from the Tubo master. If they kill the Tubo Lang nobles himself, can they forgive them easily?

Xue Chongxun replied: A slave who is destroyed!

This sentence immediately made the enemy angry and embarrassed. Go to death!With a sound of strings, arrows burst into the air.

With a whoosh, he didn't even shoot. Perhaps the guy was too embarrassed and angry.

But Xue Chongxun took a step back reflexively and stepped on the air. Ah... His arms were grabbed in the air, but he didn't catch anything and fell down on his back.

……

He was not dead.

Of course, I didn’t find any martial arts secrets under the cliff, and compared it to the lucky ones in disguise.

At dawn, he found only one body by the river.

It was the coach who ran away with him, covered in arrows, and was made like a hedgehog.

The coach of the brigade must have not jumped off the cliff decisively last night, so he became like this...

It really takes great courage to jump off from such a high.

The surroundings are very quiet, the sun rises in the east, and the earth is bright.Xue Chongxun was worried that there would be enemy soldiers searching on the river bank, so he planned to leave the place quickly and hide in the forest.

He touched his waist, and only a pair of empty scabbards were hung. He didn't know where the horizontal sword was thrown. He ran to the brigade coach's body for a while, but he couldn't find any weapons. He only found a knife and two flints.

He also has these things. Seven things were very popular in the Tang Dynasty, just hanging some small tools around his waist. Most of them were just decorations for the nobles.

So he got into the woods with two sets of gadgets.

Now he can't find the map, but he guessed that the east of this mountainous area was Shanzhou or Langzhou, because he had walked so long to the south a few days ago, and it should be Langzhou all the way to the east.

In short, it is easy to control the area in the Tang Dynasty. The difficulty is that there is a mountain range in the east, which is probably an extension of the Qilian Mountains. It is a bit difficult to climb over without knowing the road.

In the past, the Tang army had garrisons on Tuyuhun's territory, but in recent years, political turmoil and dark, the border defense line continued to shrink. Now, there is basically no shadow of the Tang army west of the mountains.

Within two days, Xue Chongxun became like a savage, which reminded him of Robinson Crusoe and surviving in the wilderness forest.

Fortunately, there are woods around, and there is no shortage of firewood. If there is flint, you don’t have to drill wood to make fire. You can only get through it at night.

At first he used branches and vine skins to make bows and arrows to hunt for food, because his archery skills were quite reasonable.

But it was not successful. The homemade simple bow was not strong enough, the sharpened branches were not weighed enough, and no animals could be shot.

He had to pick up some pine nuts to satisfy his hunger.

Later, there was a shallow sand in Riyue Creek. At this time, the river was not polluted and there were fish inside!

Moreover, it was early summer and it was not difficult to find fish, so he made a wooden pole to get some energy back.

In fact, the most unbearable thing is loneliness. People are so crowded animals. It is really uncomfortable to be alone, especially at night. Xue Chongxun, who is used to the prosperity of the city, often feels scared.

The dark woods seemed to be hiding something unknown and terrifying...

He doesn't believe in ghosts and gods, but he is afraid of them in such an environment. It's really something that people can't understand.

After walking like this for more than ten days, I finally found the mountain ridge between the Tang Dynasty and Tuyuhun.

I saw that many mountains were covered with white-topped snow-capped mountains. Naturally, he was not so stupid as to climb the snow-capped mountains. If he had freezed it like that, he would have been frozen to death.

While collecting food to prepare for climbing the mountains, Xue Chongxun investigated the terrain along the mountains and found a place that was barely flat and passed by.

However, some places look relatively flat, and it is really difficult to walk. There is no road in this deciduous shrub forest, so it is naturally rugged and difficult to walk.

A mountain that was clearly visible at a glance was not far away. When it was about to climb it, it took Xue Chongxun more than two days to climb it.

Such a mountain is really a waste of life, and one more is overturned.

While he was struggling, he thought to himself: No wonder most developed areas are on plains, and the conditions in mountainous areas are really hard.

When he came down from a mountain and saw the village surrounded by smoke, he felt inexplicably moved and almost burst into tears!

Have you arrived in the territory of the Tang Dynasty?

My motherland Ah!

Xue Chongxun has never been so patriotic. For the first time, he felt that his country could give people a sense of belonging.

Now he was a little confused. In case of precautions, he planned to take a look first, not to go to Tuyuhun, and he was caught after going through all his hardships.

So he stayed at the foot of the mountain until night, then secretly touched the village, picking the windows with lights on to see.

I heard a woman's voice inside: Master, my skin has dried up, so I can sell it to Dahuacheng.

Dahua?Xue Chongxun thought about it and Dahua was a county in Langzhou. It seemed that he had really arrived in Langzhou!Moreover, these people speak pure Chinese language. What are they not Han people?

He listened for a while, then he knocked on the door and a voice inside said: Who is it?

Xue Chongxun hurriedly said: Open the door...

The man inside heard the voice of a stranger, and suddenly became alert and looked out through the crack of the door. He seemed to be unable to say anything else, and asked again who you are.

Xue Chongxun had to say: I am a general of the Tang Dynasty. I was separated from others during the war. I finally came back. Open the door and help me.

He thought for a while, took off the goldfish bag on his body, and shook it and said: This thing can prove my identity. If you take it to the knowledgeable village elder, someone will definitely recognize it.

You are the only one?

Xue Chongxun nodded and said yes.

After a long time, the man opened the door and saw Xue Chongxun's dirty appearance clearly, and was stunned.

Xue Chongxun groped around his waist for a while, took out a piece of jade and handed it to the man and said: This thing is valuable, you can get me a meal and then find someone to send me to the government, and it is a reward.

The man took it over with a bit dullness and looked left and right. Is this stone worth it?

Stone?Xue Chongxun was stunned, then took back the jade, untied the scabbard on his waist and handed it over: Then you want this, look at the decoration on it, it is gold, how much is the total value for prying it off, right?

The man Jinzi recognized it, and after looking at it for a while, he turned around and shouted: Dalang, go to the hometown of the village and say that there is something important here.

It is said that gold and silver have a price, but jade is priceless... What other street stall goods can the jade he wore on Hedong King?Xue Chongxun immediately felt regretful for this man.

After a while, a father-in-law and three or five villagers came over with a lamp. Seeing Xue Chongxun's appearance, he had to ask questions.

The man just now handed the scabbard to the old man in the village again.

Village Old Master: There is a sentry tower nearby. Why don’t I go to the army if I am a general in the Tang Dynasty?

Xue Chongxun couldn't help but say: Can you give me a meal first?