The rise of the prince

Chapter 482 The Fox's Den

"Boss, when can we go back?" Old Heitou added some firewood to the fire, rubbing his hands together and said.

The black leopard looked at the bustling valley below, "It's okay to go, the jade-faced fox mother, and I don't see me today!"

There is a water source at the bottom of the valley, which is an old well. Every morning, women in the village go down the mountain in groups to fetch water on time, and then send it back to the hillside.

The terrain on both sides of the valley is not flat, but the slope is not too steep. There are loess kilns everywhere on the slope. Some of these kilns are dug several steps, and people can live in them. Some are not deep, and there are houses outside, and they sleep at night In the kiln, there are rammed earth walls outside.

Adding up the two sides of the hillside, there are thousands of cave dwellings densely packed, with trails connecting in the middle, which look like beehives from a distance.

At the entrance of the village below, where people come and go, there is a rammed earth wall more than one foot high. From one end to the other, about ten feet, it firmly protects the village in the valley. People outside cannot enter, and people inside If you want to go out, you need to ask for instructions.

People can pass over the rammed earth wall, about two steps wide, and there are people patrolling with bows and crossbows.

In the middle is a yellow-brown stone city, built with clay, with wooden sheds built on top, less than two feet above the ground, with only small windows open on all sides, guarded day and night.

On the outside of the rammed earth wall hung dozens of shriveled and white heads in a row, with their chins down and ears up, neatly cut, and the hands were skillful.

It was the head of the Yang family army. In the past, the black leopard would not have dared to imagine what it would be like to fight with the Yang family army.

But that day, Yumianhu set up an ambush and killed more than 200 Yang family soldiers who were chasing them with a crossbow. They were all elites wearing iron armor. Terrified.

After that battle, everyone cheered because they defeated the Yang family army!The jade-faced fox is very popular, and everyone responds to it.

They left most of the carcasses to feed the wolves, and some of them were brought back to decorate the enclosure.

This valley is the Longtan Tiger's Cave, and there is only one road to go, that is, go out from the mountain road in the north, and go south for a day's walk to Yangtou Mountain.

The so-called mountain road is also a dangerous road section dug on the broken wall, enough for five people to walk in parallel. If you stumble, you will be outside the abyss, an ancient road left by the ancestors of the Northern Han Dynasty.

This means that this place is easy to defend and difficult to attack. No matter how many people come, they must pass through the five or six people wide and at least fifty feet long. There is such a place in Mokai, no wonder the jade-faced fox is not afraid of the government and the Yang family army.

As long as dozens of men who are not afraid of death stand on the dangerous road on the cliff at the entrance of the village, there is no way for the other side to attack. What's more, the jade-faced fox has a strong crossbow in his hand, and the other side can't take advantage of it if they want to attack from a distance.

Hei Baozi was depressed, and after all the calculations, he still behaved like a fox with a jade face.

Now he brought more than 500 brothers, as well as Xiongzhai, and people from the surrounding villages gathered here, at least more than 3000, but these people now obey Yumianhu's words, especially after she defeated the Yang family army and hoarded so much After food, wine and meat.

At this time just at dusk, the darkness slowly overwhelmed, the sides of the hillside were filled with fires, and the smell of wine and meat wafted through the air. Everyone was eating meat and drinking, and they were so happy that they were in high spirits. Some men and women quietly left the crowd in pairs and sneaked into the two sides. Houses, cave dwellings or woods.

No one wants to leave. There is plenty of food, wine and meat, and women, and there is no need to worry about officers and soldiers. Everyone is willing to follow Yumianhu.

The jade-faced fox also revealed her true colors, claiming to be the ninth granddaughter of Da Han (Northern Han Dynasty) Rui Zongxiao and Emperor Li Jun, named Princess Jin, an old woman in her 40s, cruel and cruel, and her thirteen husbands lived in this valley , and now it has been changed from eight sedan chairs to 12 people.

After hearing this, the old black head spit and told him, "It's a lie, the Northern Han Dynasty happened hundreds of years ago. After the surrender, the royal family was moved to the capital Kaiyuan by Jingguo to live a good life. Where did she come from?" !"

But other people believed, and after this great victory, they had food, drink, wine and meat, and women. After they supported the Northern Han Emperor even more, no one would think about the truth, and there were men who kept showing favor to her, and they couldn't think about it. Go drill a cave.

Most of the 500 people who accompanied the black leopard did not want to leave at the beginning, only a few with families were willing to go back with him, but the gate of the village was closed, and he couldn't see anyone when he went to the jade-faced fox. Found it!

And as long as they want to leave, they will not be given food, will not arrange a place to live, will starve and suffer cold on the mountain, and will leave behind good wine and meat. If they are lucky, they may even marry women.

A few days later, only the old black head and the black leopard were left trembling on the mountain.

He can't go anymore.
"Old Heitou, the bitches have already made up their minds, if we don't come, she has a reason to beat us.

If I come, I won't be able to go back, she just wants me to die! "The black leopard cursed, he and the old black head only had one fire, with the fur blankets they brought beside them, and they spent the night outside these two days, because the jade-faced fox didn't let them prepare a place to stay.

Many people have been eyeing them for a long time, wanting to snatch their weapons and blankets, but fortunately, the black leopard is a majestic figure, those people just look at them and dare not do anything.

In the evening, they went to the woods beside the village to find some firewood to keep out the cold, and filled their hunger with the bread they brought, but slowly, they were about to run out of food.

The brothers under his command went to vote for the jade-faced fox one by one, and only he and Old Heitou were left, and they couldn't escape if they wanted to. They couldn't get over the rammed earth wall of more than ten feet, not to mention that there were people guarding the top of the wall.

What is even more frightening is that this village not only has food, but also strong bows and crossbows, armored swords and guns, no different from a border town, and from the few words exchanged by these people, it is known that these things come from Xixia merchants.

The sun had completely set, and the sky and the earth went dark, and the old black head shivered a little from the cold, "Boss, we have to find a way quickly, look at the way these people look at us, they want to eat us, and when we are hungry and have no strength, they will dare to do it."
Besides, there are nearly a thousand people in the village, all of whom are old and weak, women and children, and they are still waiting for us to go back. "

The black leopard folded his hands: "Damn it, she relies on this place! That's why she dares not to be afraid of anything, even I can't think of any way to get in, even if General Yang comes.
Let me think, think again"

At noon on the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, after five days of departure, Li Xingzhou and others finally arrived at the legendary Kongcang Ridge. There is loess everywhere, trees are sparse, and the snow only reaches ankles. Water flows from the foot of the mountain.

The mountains are almost empty, but there is a road covered with weeds. After going north, the road is covered with a lot of dead grass.

The half-collapsed pass is in the middle of the road.

(End of this chapter)