The war of resistance against mountains is heavy

Chapter 1695 Mechanism

This is a hazy moonlit night full of endless murderous intent.

This murderous intention comes from the traps set by the bandits and also from the fear of unknown risks.

The more than twenty veterans who climbed up were all lying on the edge of the top of the mountain.

They couldn't squat. The reason was that even though they reached the top of the mountain, the edge was still on a downward slope. The inclination was no longer seventy or eighty degrees, but still forty or fifty degrees. So if they couldn't squat, they could slip down. It's no different from jumping off a cliff.

They couldn't move forward. Of course, they couldn't move forward because there was a mechanism designed by the bandits in front of them, and it was a mechanism that Shang Zhen and the others didn't know about.

It was not for nothing that Shang Zhen and Qian Chuan'er asked Gao Xiaocui before dark.

No matter what the unmarried relationship between Gao Xiaocui and the bandit leader Niu Hai'er was, Gao Xiaocui obviously knew more about the situation on the mountain than Qian Chuan'er's informant Wang Laoliu.

Wang Laoliu said that there was a ditch filled with sharp bamboo sticks at the edge of the top of the back mountain.

But Gao Xiaocui told them that the ditch was still there, but the bandits made another trap. There was a trip wire on the ground. If anyone touched the trip wire, rocks would fly!

That mechanism is placed on the edge of the mountain top, and the stone can knock people down from the mountain.

According to Gao Xiaocui, those stones were piled up into a stone wall.

But during the day, when Shang Zhen was observing the top of the mountain with a telescope at the foot of the mountain, what he saw was very dense bushes. Due to the angle of view, he could not determine how deep and wide the bushes were or what was behind them.

The reason why these veterans who were going up the mountain now stayed behind was because they were following Shang Zhen's orders. Shang Zhen and Big Laoban were rushing forward to investigate.

Under the bright moonlight, Shang Zhen and Da Laobeng, who were walking deeper into the top of the mountain step by step, really saw a bush in front of them, twenty or thirty steps away, and behind the bush was really a bush. stone wall.

The stone wall is as tall as a person and is made of large and small stones.

Now Shang Zhen and the others have reached the top of the mountain, but everyone knows that the top of the mountain is not necessarily flat. Going forward, there is still a slope.

If that stone wall really collapses, the collapsed stones will use the inertia of the collapse to follow the slope and knock people who have just reached the edge of the top of the mountain off the mountain!

Although the moonlit night was very bright, it was not daytime after all, and Shang Zhen couldn't be sure whether the stones were built with soil or piled up.

But this at least shows that what Gao Xiaocui said is true.

Shang Zhen and Da Laobeng moved forward cautiously, and when they arrived in front of the bush, they really saw a long, straightened rope behind the bush.

The two people stopped. Shang Zhen whispered a few words to the old man, and then they separated. The old man turned to the left and the other to the right. He really needed to check.

Gao Xiaocui said that he only knew that there was this mechanism on the mountain, but he didn't know how it was arranged.

At least now Shang Zhen and Da Laobeng don't dare to touch this straight rope.

Shang Zhen walked very carefully. At this time, he actually felt like he was walking on the edge of a cliff. This was also the first time he encountered a so-called mechanism.

War brings many firsts.

Thrilling? Exciting? Of course it's thrilling, of course it's exciting, until you lose your life in this thrill!

After Shang Zhen walked some distance further, he finally saw the end of the rope, but the rope was tied to the root of a tree stump.

This end was a dead end, Shang Zhen knew clearly. It seemed that the agency was on the other side of Big Boss.

After observing for a while under the moonlight, Shang Zhen turned around and returned when he saw nothing unusual.

But when he followed the route that the old man took just now, and when he reached the end of the bush, he found that the rope was gone, the old man had also disappeared, and the stone wall had also reached the end.

At the end of the stone wall was a higher mountain, and their current position was similar to a gap on the top of the mountain.

Of course, theoretically speaking, they could also climb up from other locations, but that would undoubtedly increase the difficulty of climbing.

Of course, Shang Zhen didn't believe that Big Old Man would have an accident. He must have moved behind the stone wall.

He thought for a moment and waited where he was.

After a while, as expected, there was a sound of rustling from the front. When Shang Zhen looked towards the stone wall, the tall figure of the old man appeared.

Shang Zhen looked down at the rope in the bushes thoughtfully. Only then did he realize that the rope had silently loosened and fell to the ground.

It seems that the old fool must have destroyed the mechanism.

"Okay, don't touch that rope, don't touch that wall." Big Boss said simply after meeting Shang Zhen.

"What did they do?" Shang Zhen asked in a low voice out of curiosity. "The rope is connected to the bamboo. If you trip on the rope, the bamboo will pull down the stone wall." The boss's answer was still simple.

Shang Zhen can also imagine that it may actually be a little more complicated than this, but the principle is this.

As the saying goes, "It's easy for those who can, but it's not difficult for those who don't." No matter how simple the mechanism is arranged by the bandits, if they make a wrong move, it will cost their lives, so they will inevitably think about complexity.

"Go and call our people over, and go around like this. Don't touch the stone wall. I'll go check out the ditch in front of you." According to the intelligence, the mechanism of this stone wall has been removed, and what's left is The ditch with the bamboo sticks.

But even though the mechanism that triggered the stone wall no longer works, the stone wall is still there. Based on the terrain here, if the stone wall falls, it will knock over the bushes in front of it and roll down. Go to the foot of the mountain.

His group is still on the edge of the mountain top, that is, diagonally below him. How can he let his own people stand under a dangerous wall?

Shang Zhen and Da Laobeng separated again. He carefully avoided the stone wall and looked forward.

Although it was a place with a big moon, it was not daytime after all.

Just before, when he and Big Laoban first climbed up the mountain, the two of them took a quick look before taking a step.

You can't take steps while watching. Even when he and Big Old Ben first climbed up the mountain, they both looked carefully before taking steps.

You can't take steps while watching. If you don't see clearly and one of your steps is too late, you will regret it!

Shang Zhen scanned forward carefully, but he did not find where the ditch was. There were still bushes dozens of meters ahead.

He frowned and could only keep his eyes on it and move forward.

And when he walked to the bush, he saw that the branches of the bush were still very dense.

Just as he was about to take a step, he suddenly thought, wouldn't the bandits pull another rope in this bush?

Out of caution, he reached out and pushed aside the branches of the bushes in front of him. After confirming that there was no rope in the bushes, he stepped out.

When his feet were firmly planted, he bent down and stretched out his hands to pluck the branches of other shrubs in front of him.

He did this because he was afraid that he would bump into the branches of the bush while walking.

But just when he lifted his foot away from the bush, he felt something was wrong before the foot even touched the ground.

He quickly stopped his forward inertia, pulled back the dangling foot and landed it on the same spot. He moved the bushes again to look.

It was then that he realized something was wrong.

The moonlight is still bright, falling from the sky, and naturally there will be mottled shadows on the branches of the shrubs, but the shadows are obviously much lower.

He lowered his waist and spread the bush further. This time he could see clearly.

It was true that the bushes in front of them were growing on the ground, but the location where they grew was much lower than where they were at their feet.

It turned out that there was a big pit in front of him, and the bush grew from the bottom of the pit. When he looked carefully, he saw a sharp stick with the thickness of an egg or a thumb standing upright at the root of the bush!

I thought this was the deep ditch that Wang Laoliu and Gao Laocui were talking about, but who would have thought that the ditch would be so wide, and the shrubs in the ditch had grown taller, but they covered it up. If I had reacted a little slower just now, I would have stepped in!

But as soon as he steps in, that person is useless!

As long as it falls, it's better to just step on the sign!

Because if a person falls without precautions, he will definitely fall, and then his body will be pierced by a stick!

These bandits are really thieves! He actually hid those signs in the bushes!

This was Shang Zhen's first thought, but he immediately rejected this speculation.

It is estimated that when the bandits came here to bury the signs, they may not have wanted to hide them in the bushes.

But nothing happened. As the years went by, the shrubs grew taller and naturally hid the sign.

No matter what, I can be considered as escaping.

Only then did Shang Zhen notice a cool feeling on his temples. He stretched out his hand to touch it and found that he was already sweating. This was because he was afraid of accidentally falling into the bamboo stick formation.

And then he heard the sound of Xi Hui coming from behind him.

When he turned around, he saw a figure coming. Although he couldn't see the other person's face clearly, he knew it was the old fool when he saw the figure.

But just as he was about to say hello to the old fool, he suddenly heard movement behind him. He subconsciously turned around and saw the same shadowy figure appearing in front of him!

Oops, no, the bandits are here too!