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- The sun hasn't come out yet, but the sky is already slightly bright.
At midnight last night, the fleet entered the Yellow River from the Hulu River. The flow of the Yellow River was much faster than that of the Hulu River.
Chao Yong punched at the bow of the boat to stretch his muscles.
The cabin space is limited, so the soldiers can only sleep sitting down, and Chao Yong is no exception. After a night, it is inevitable that he will have some back pain.
On the left side of the river is the majestic Helan Mountains, and on the right is the vast desert.
The undulating sand dunes in the distance looked a little black at this time, and everything was very quiet, except for the sound of running water.
The sun slowly jumped out from behind the sand dunes in the east, and the black sand dunes slowly began to shine, until when the sun rose into the sky, they completely turned into golden sand dunes.
The officers and men slowly woke up and took turns going to the deck.
Chao Yong walked to the bow of the ship and asked the person guiding the way: "Where are you now?"
Zhongshidao sent three people who were familiar with the Xixia road. Although there were no forks in this section, the three of them were divided into three groups to ensure that there was always someone on the bow to guide the way to avoid mistakes.
"We will reach the mouth of Qingtong Gorge in another ten miles. There is a stone fort at the mouth of the gorge. If we destroy that stone fort, we can enter the Tanglai Canal. If Shunzhou doesn't intercept us, we can reach Xingqing Mansion in the evening."
Chao Yong nodded and said: "Okay, let's go to the mouth of the gorge to rest."
This section of the Yellow River goes all the way north, and the desert on the right suddenly turns into a mountain range.
There are cliffs more than ten feet high on both sides of the bank, and the river flows through them. Even if a stone falls on the river bank, the speed brought by the height of more than ten feet is enough to smash a big hole in the wooden boat without smashing it.
Li Jun looked at the mountains in front of him. Ye was surprised and said: "I have traveled many waterways, but I have never seen such a dangerous gorge."
Han Shizhong also said: "The mountains on both sides seem to be one. They are split apart. Otherwise, how could the place where the river passes through be so steep?"
The guide said: "The locals said that the mountains on both sides of the river were the Helan Mountains. They were originally one body and the river could not flow through them. The nearby places were often flooded. When Dayu controlled the water, he used a magic ax to create the Qingtong Gorge, and the river flowed Only then can the fields downstream be irrigated.¡±
Li Jun smiled and said, "I wonder if this magic ax is the same as the flat ax of brother Li Kui?"
"Ha ha"
Everyone couldn¡¯t help laughing when they heard Li Jun¡¯s teasing.
The person who led the way smiled and said: "Mythical story. It makes everyone laugh. After passing the Qingtong Gorge, there is a plain. The Qin Dynasty, Han Dynasty, and Tang Dynasty all built many diversion canals, irrigating hundreds of thousands of hectares of farmland on both sides of the river. It is also known as "Shangjiangnan". In autumn, the rice is fragrant, the fish is fat, and the melons and fruits are fragrant. The poet of the Tang Dynasty once wrote a famous poem about the orchards under the Helan Mountain. "
Li Junqi asked: "Can rice be grown here?"
"I don't know when it started. Rice was widely cultivated in the Tang Dynasty. The rice eaten by Xixia people comes from the Yinchuan Plain."
Chao Yong paid attention to something different, and asked: "The Qin and Han Dynasties worked here, so there should be a lot of Han people here?"
"When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty opened the border, he immigrated here to farm. There are indeed many descendants of Han people."
The stone castle at the mouth of the gorge is built on the Helan Mountains on the north shore.
The fleet docked more than two miles from the mouth of Qingtong Gorge, and could not go ashore further.
After everyone got ashore. After activities by the river for a while, Chao Yong left Zhang Qing's four-thousand-man team to rest where they were, and only led Li Kui's one-thousand-man regiment to the cliff at the mouth of the gorge.
The stones in this section of the mountain range are all blue, and a blue stone castle can be vaguely seen on the top of the mountain.
Going north along the river, the mountains gradually become steeper. This section is already the remnant of Helan Mountain, looking north. You can also see the towering mountains behind. However, everyone does not need to climb those mountains, they only need to solve the stone castle hanging above the river bank.
The cliff at the stone castle is only more than ten feet away from the river, which is not very high, but it is more than a mile when you climb up the gentle hillside from the side.
There were still dozens of feet away from the stone fort, and dozens of Xixia soldiers appeared on the stone fort.
The Xixia soldiers in the stone castle still didn¡¯t know where these soldiers in black clothes and armor came from, and they shouted questions on the city wall.
Han Shizhong smiled and said: "They asked where our soldiers and horses are from?"
Chao Yong smiled and said: "It seems that these soldiers and horses have been stationed in Shibao for a long time, and they don't even know about me, Daliang."
The Xixia soldiers in the stone castle saw that the soldiers and horses below did not answer, but scattered and continued to climb up. Knowing that they had bad intentions, they hurriedly asked the soldiers in the stone castle to send off smoke as a warning. At the same time, the soldiers at the top of the city began to carry the stones.
Chao YongThe stone castle had already entered the range of the divine arm crossbows of most people, and they were afraid of the attack by the Xixia soldiers at the top of the city, so they shouted: "Let everyone shoot their arrows."
Before leaving, Chao Yong had already transferred all five thousand divine arm crossbows to these five thousand-man teams. Just now at the foot of the mountain, everyone had cocked their divine arm crossbows, preparing for an enemy attack.
Although the soldiers under Li Kui were a little confused, they still raised their divine arm crossbows and fired upwards. The people behind them could only look at the sky and shoot.
The whole sky darkened, and the arrows fired from behind were at a high angle, and many arrows landed outside the stone castle. However, many sharp arrows fell on the stone fort wall, and some even shot into the stone fort.
The dozens of soldiers on the fort wall were all shot into hedgehogs without firing a single shot.
Chao Yong saw that there was no one standing on the fort wall, so he quickly climbed up.
Han Shizhong and others followed closely behind.
When I arrived at the bottom of the stone fort, I discovered that the fort wall was ten feet high.
Chao Yong jumped up, climbed onto the fort wall, and jumped up.
Dozens of people on the fort wall have all fallen into a pool of blood, and those who survived have lost the ability to move. There are only a few dozen people on the top of the city in such a large stone fort.
Chao Yong jumped into the stone castle, opened the door, and asked the team players to search every room in the stone castle.
"Snapped"
"Snapped"
The soldiers kicked open the door of the stone castle one after another, and carefully used regiment cards to cover the inside to search.
"who?"
Suddenly a loud shout came from one direction.
When Li Kui heard someone, he immediately rushed over with his axe.
Chao Yong looked over and saw a room with obvious signs of fireworks. There is also a chimney on the roof, which looks like it should be the kitchen of the stone castle.
"General, spare your life. We were captured by the Xixia people."
"We are also Han Chinese."
As soon as Li Kui rushed forward, he heard two more Chinese sentences with a Kansai accent coming from inside.
Li Kui heard that they were Han people and shouted: "Bring them out."
"yes"
Soon, the soldiers inside escorted three thin men out.
When the three men saw many soldiers standing guard with knives standing outside, they were so frightened that they knelt on the ground.
Li Kui raised a person's face and saw that the person's face was covered with long scars. There was also a relatively new scar that looked like a whip.
Although the other two people lowered their heads. But you can also see scars all over the face.
Li Kui gritted his teeth and said, "What's the matter with the scar on his face?"
The thin man looked at Li Kuisheng¡¯s ferocity and looked like he was gnashing his teeth. He became even more frightened and said tremblingly: ¡°If you are late for cooking or if you fetch too much water from the bottom of the mountain, the Xixia people will whip him with a riding crop.¡±
¡°You son of a bitch, I¡¯m going to chop them down.¡±
Li Kui cursed loudly. Then he turned and walked towards the fort wall.
Chao Yong walked up to us and said, "Everyone, please get up and talk."
"Thank you, General."
"Thank you, General."
The three of them kowtowed before getting up.
Chao Yong looked at the three people cowering and said, "How long have you been captured?"
"I am five years old."
"I have three years."
The last person didn¡¯t say anything and raised three fingers.
The man with the new scar on his face was afraid that his companion would be misunderstood, so he explained: "His tongue was cut by the Xixia people."
Chao Yong frowned and said, "Why?"
"The Xixia people whipped him with a riding crop and said he was making noisy noises, so they cut out his tongue."
When Chao Yong heard that this was the reason, he couldn't help but cursed: "You bastard."
Han Shizhong even shouted at Li Kui, who had just climbed up the wall: "General Li, leave two alive, Sajia will beat him to death."
Yao Pingzhong was also furious and said: "Go up the wall and beat them."
Sun Li, who had always been steady, couldn't help but walk towards the city wall.
Li Kui originally wanted to hack those Xixia soldiers to death, but when he heard Han Shizhong's shouting, he also reacted. Holding the ax in his hand, he hit the injured soldier hard. Just pick a non-fatal place to attack.
"You son of a bitch, I'm going to let you smoke. I'll let you smoke. Let's see if you still dare to smoke."
The Xixia soldiers who were not dead on the city wall suddenly fell into a dilemma of life and death and let out bursts of crying.
The three of them listened to the screams from the city wall, but they seemed to be hearing fairy music, with expressions of enjoyment on their faces.
A man knelt on the ground and cried: "Thank you, general, for avenging us."
The other two people also hurriedly knelt down.
Chao Yong helped the three people up and said: "You're welcome, we are all Han people, and soon the Han people in Xixia will no longer have to suffer."
The three of them also felt the firmness in Chao Yong's words. One man said excitedly: "We have been waiting day and night, and finally the troops from the imperial court have arrived."
Chao Yong also knew that most of them didn't know that Daliang had replaced the Song Dynasty. He nodded and said: "The Central Plains has changed dynasties. The Song Dynasty has perished. We are the soldiers of Daliang."
The man suddenly realized: "So that's it. I thought it was because the imperial clothes and armor had changed colors. I will definitely set up a longevity tablet for Emperor Daliang when I go back."
The conversation between Chao Yong and them continued amidst the screams on the city wall. After listening for a while, Chao Yong felt that enough was enough and shouted: "No need to torture them, just kill them all."
Several people on the city wall also vented a lot of their hatred. After listening to the prince's order, they sent the Xixia soldiers on their way.
Chao Yong asked: "Are these dozens of soldiers in this stone fort?"
"There were originally five hundred people, but they were all transferred away a few days ago. I heard that they went to Shaanxi to plunder again. The people who were left behind were very envious."
Chao Yong sneered: "I'm afraid those who go to the Central Plains will almost die. Is there a stone fort on Qingtong Gorge?"
"There is no more, there is one at the mouth of the gorge."
"Then you come with us. If you stay here, I'm afraid Xixia soldiers will come."
Standing on the wall of the stone castle and looking down, you can see the rolling river water more than ten feet below. After looking at it for a few more times, I felt a little dizzy. Looking northeast, there are steep canyons and jagged cliff faces. If you want to go over the cliff, you will have to take a long detour.
Chao Yong looked into the distance and saw no more stone forts, so he also withdrew his troops and went down the mountain. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (.) to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go to m to read. - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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