Section 27 From Mount Tai to Mount Wutai
Shi Xiu and Duan Jinzhu led the vanguard to open the way in the front, Zhu Tong was in the middle, and behind Suo Chao. Under the leadership of Shi Xiu, the team set out in a sensation.
Everyone walked deep and shallowly, and from time to time, someone fell down, but no one said a word. The people behind were staring at the white cloth on the arm of the person in front of him and quietly accelerated their pace. People almost walked with their toes instead of walking with their feet. As they walked, suddenly the shadows of the mountains covered the sky, the dangerous cliff was about to fall, and it was a dark and ancient winter. No one could tell which road was the road or which was the cliff. The horse was looking for the way, while the others were touching the way. I don’t know when the road was winding and winding to the edge of the cliff, probably the famous dangerous eagle beak here!
After a while, the large group of people passed by Mount Kuang, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. But at this moment, there was a sound of horse hooves coming from behind. It turned out that the Jin soldiers had just discovered someone walking around and searched for him for a while, but there was no one, so they sent cavalry to chase him.
Everyone was hiding on the spot, holding their breath, holding their weapons motionlessly, waiting for the Jin soldiers to approach. It happened that the wheat had grown very tall at that time, and the wheat waves became the protective color of the Song army, and the Jin soldiers and cavalry rushed over.
At dawn, Zhu Tong led his troops to Wuyan Village and Nantao City east of Dongping. Zhang Rong and Yang Xiong prepared thousands of servings of dry food to wait here, and finally broke through successfully.
Zhu Tong asked, "Didn't Brother Song come?"
Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu looked at each other without saying a word. They were ordered to lurk under Song Jiang and would not talk about Song Jiang rashly. Seeing that the Song army was in bad momentum this time, Shi Xiu reported to Yuncheng openly.
Song Jiang didn't know what he thought, so Kong shouted a few times to go to rescue, but there was no movement. Only Zhang Rong was impatient. Seeing that Song Jiang was not moving at all, he took his subordinates out privately.
When Yang Xiong saw Zhang Rong running out, he went to report to Song Jiang. Song Jiang said, "Zhang Rong, brother Zhang Rong is too reckless. Others are weak. If you go like this, will you still go to the tiger's mouth?"
Yang Xiong then asked for his order: "Brother, don't panic, I'm willing to go and respond."
"Brothers are willing to go, that's the best. You must bring the children back."
Only then did Yang Xiong leave Yuncheng.
Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu didn't say anything, but Zhang Rong was so anxious that he said carelessly: "I, Zhang Diwan, came to join the army, and I was indifferent to him. I took more than fifty braids and asked the governor Zhu to check it out."
Zhu Tong was a little confused about his old love with Song Jiang, and praised Zhang Rong first, and then said: "Brother Song has already agreed to recruit you. On that day, you will have to be a lieutenant."
Zhang Rong said: "I may not be able to wait, so I will join the army now and I am willing to train a small soldier for the regiment."
Zhu Tong said anxiously: "Brother, don't hurt your loyalty."
Suo Chao said from the side: "Zhang Diwan came to join the army, what did he say hurt his loyalty." Although the two were mainly Zhu Tong, Suo Chao was promoted to the League Training Department and was about to be promoted to the League Training Envoy, and his official rank was higher than Zhu Tong. After he said this, Zhu Tong couldn't stop Zhang Rong. In this way, Zhang Rong became a deputy chief under Suo Chao.
Wu Ge, Zhu Tong, Suo Chao and others gradually gained their footholds west of Mount Tai. They were very worried about the war in Bianliang and sent people to ask the Hebei Marching Department for instructions on how to support Bianliang.
I waited until late August before I waited for the reply from the Marine Department: "It has developed steadily in western Thailand, approaching the canal, and Bianliang is as stable as Mount Tai."
The marching department actually forwarded Hu Yangeng's order. Hu Yangeng had already ordered through the Privy Council: "Bianliang attracts the main force of Jin soldiers, while the Hu family army in Hebei took the opportunity to 'restore the Shanxi, Hebei and Shandong and Henan'." The Tianxiong Army, one of the main forces of the six towns of Heshuo, had safely crossed the Taihang Mountains along the Hutuo River and reached the foot of Wutai Mountain.
"Ah, look at the top of the mountain, which is the place connected to the sky, which is called Hongmenyan." The fellow villager introduced, "There are snowflakes falling in the sky at the end of the day. It is fifty miles from the foot to Hongmenyan, and fifty miles from the downhill of Hongmenyan to Hehuai Town."
The team began to go up the mountain along a curved, gravel-covered road. The road first coiled at the foot of the mountain, and sparse villages were distributed on both sides of the road and located in the valley.
The villages in the mountainous areas are not only scattered, but are generally small. The houses are adapted to local conditions and make full use of the mountain situation. Some are drawn between the mountain biscuits. A protruding rock is used as a front gun, and the rocks behind are formed into the rear jade. They are also made of local materials, stones are built with Qi, mountain wood brackets, and stone slabs. It is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and there are some things that have just been collected on the roofs of every household, and the joy of harvest is filled with people's faces.
It was originally poor here, and Jin soldiers plundered. However, after two years of Jianyan, several major battles in Hedong and the continuous establishment of Baojia and the promotion of Xuanyuan Road. Most of Hedong has been centered on Wutai and recovered by the Song Dynasty.
The more you climb, the fewer people will be, and the colder the weather will be. The already lonely mountains and fields appear even more solemn. However, the yellow and white thatch still cheers up in the autumn wind. There are also eagles flying over the mountain, and there are also geese crying in the sky.
The soldiers were walking in this desolate mountainous land. The steep mountain wind penetrated their thin clothes, and the stones on the road were worn out with straw sandals. Someone kicked a stone and rolled down the deep ditch, and a rumbling sound rang out. They walked very quickly and quickly, and they wiped sweat with their hands from time to time. Sweat dripped on the stone-filled road, and immediately formed a thin layer of ice.
However, the hardship of this marching could not suppress the enthusiasm for fighting. Walking on the foot of Wutai Mountain was one of the main forces of the Hu family army, Tianxiong Fushi. Every military man in this group knew that "restoring Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong and Henan" meant the beginning of a counterattack.
They were fished by the enthusiasm of fighting and shouted trumpets in the valleys. The valleys with rare travel were filled with the heroic whistling sounds. The smoke from the stone huts in the valleys and the thin clouds floating on the hills were blown together by the wind, and they could no longer tell which was light smoke and which was flowing clouds. The army was walking through the smoke and clouds.
When they arrived at Hongmen Rock, snowflakes floated. After crossing Hongmen Rock, they suddenly saw lush pine and cypresses. This was a large mountain embrace, surrounded by mountains. They saw the golden green ridge of the temple, and soon they heard the rhythmic sound of ding bells. They didn't know where the sound came from, but when they got closer, they saw the wind chimes of the temple, which were blown by the wind, making such a nice sound.
An elderly monk walked out of the temple, blocked the intersection, saluted the soldiers with his hands together, and smiled and invited the troops to rest and have dinner. A band of musicians in the same black cracked suits played the flute and flute, and beat the leather drums and gongs to express their welcome.
Chapter completed!