Under the sky

Chapter 302 The long night of suffering

Gu Qingshang and his party came up along the east side of Siming Mountain. It was a deserted area and there was no mountain road to walk on. However, the west side of Siming Mountain faced Chaotian Ridge, and below it was the Shaoyang Avenue leading to Lengshuitan. There were some roads along the way. The village will cut down the mountain to open a trail, and the disciples of Dian Cang will obviously set up sentry posts here to ambush the Qingcheng team.

Where are the Qingcheng team?Gu Qingshang thought.When she left Tongren, Peng Tiancong was still recuperating and had to mobilize civilian workers. She was not sure how long it would take. It could be as slow as not reaching Shaoyang, or as fast as he could arrive at the battlefield later.

There were no messengers, no scouts, no spies, and she didn't even have a map, because she herself was the scout, spy, and messenger.

Liu Zengdao: "They are ambushing in the west of Siming Mountain. Let's go around Siming Mountain from the east and find a way to Shaoyang, so that we can pass the news."

"No, let's go over Siming Mountain and go north." Gu Qingshang said, "To go down the mountain, the west side is faster. There is a road on the west side. We have walked most of the way. As long as we reach the mountain road, we can reach the bottom of the mountain by tomorrow afternoon at the latest. , it can’t be faster than this. We can also set fire to the mountain to attract the attention of the Qingcheng disciples. We don’t know the route around the mountain, and we don’t know if there are any villages, so this circle will be delayed.”

"Junior sister Gu, are you blind? There are all Dian Cang disciples at the foot of the mountain!" Liu Zeng couldn't bear it any longer. "They must have built a camp and outpost. What's the difference between going down there and committing suicide?"

"Isn't this the job of the spy team?" Gu Qingshang asked back, "Take the blind road, set up camp sentry, find out the news, and report back."

"No one! No map! No horses! No guide! There's no fucking road here!" Liu Zeng jumped up and pointed at Jiang Tonglu, "There is a boy who was never born without a father!"

Jiang Tonglu shouted: "Liu Zeng, listen to Senior Sister Gu's instructions!"

"Listen to this!" Liu Zeng pointed at Gu Qingshang and shouted angrily, "Your master is the master! Who is fighting? It's your master! She is the master whether we win or lose, and it's all her world. I Why are you gambling on your life?"

Gu Qingshang said: "Captain Jiang, isn't he gambling with his life? Am I not gambling with my life?"

Liu Zengdao: "Bullshit! Who is Master Qi? You have made great contributions and have a great future. I will be a squad leader at most when I go back, but I will never be more than a squadron leader in this life!" He pointed at Jiang Tonglu and said, "I still have to work hard, you Zhang He's got it on his legs. This son doesn't know which bastard of the leader, maybe there will be a good life waiting for him! How much silver does the squad leader have a month? I risked my life and fought one game after another. Only a fool would die. ! In short, I won’t go this way!”

Gu Qingshang shouted: "Do you want to be a deserter? Like the four at the bottom of the mountain?"

Liu Zeng was immediately speechless when she asked him.

If it had been in the past, Liu Zeng's words would have been enough to make Gu Qingshang furious and beat him up. However, in the past six months, she had gained more experience, especially during the period when she moved to Hanzhong, she had gotten along with many disciples in the army, and now she was depressed. He said angrily: "It is a serious crime for you to contradict your boss!"

After a while, Liu Zeng muttered: "I just object to going west!"

Gu Qingshang said: "This is an order, you must obey it whether you obey it or not!"

Liu Zeng gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! Just for once, I'll hold my fucking dick and fuck it!" He couldn't help waving his arms angrily.

"Find a way down the mountain." Gu Qingshang said, "Be careful, don't get discovered."

Where is the road? Even if you can get a glimpse of the path down the mountain from the gap in the cliff, you can only get a glimpse and cannot jump down. Sometimes even the direction on the mountain is confused. The only guide is Chaotian Ridge, which is ten miles away to the west.

The road was full of rock walls, moss, gravel, groves, broken trees, vines, trickling streams, wild deer, wild foxes, and strange insects that Gu Qingshang didn't know and didn't want to know. Her feet were hurting more and more, and she was worried. Jiang Tonglu's body.Jiang Tonglu's face became paler and paler, and even Liu Zeng was out of breath every time he walked. Gu Qingshang had to shout stop again and again, and she herself needed to rest.

After finally practicing martial arts, his physical strength was much higher than that of ordinary people, but before dusk, Gu Qingshang felt exhausted.If an ordinary person climbed like this, he would be out of breath before reaching the top of the mountain.

"I can't walk anymore!" Liu Zeng gasped, "You can't walk even if you kill me!"

Gu Qingshang shook his head: "If you can't walk, take a rest. If you can't walk, you have to climb down!"

Before dusk, they finally found the trail leading to the west.

"Fuck!" Liu Zeng shouted. He was shocked to realize that he had made a mistake and quickly covered his mouth.

They were not sure where the exit of this road was, but in any case it led to the bottom of the mountain, and there was a high possibility of meeting Dian Cang disciples on the road.Gu Qingshang looked at the tattered leather jacket and trousers she was wearing and the crossbow hanging from her waist. She was afraid that no one would believe her if she said she was a nearby resident.

Maybe she finally saw the road, Jiang Tonglu's feet went weak, and she fell forward. Fortunately, Gu Qingshang kept paying attention to her, and was about to help her, when her calf hurt, she hurriedly reached for it, grabbed Jiang Tonglu's clothes and tugged, finally preventing Jiang Tonglu from falling. fall.

"Why do I get tired so easily?" Jiang Tonglu smiled bitterly, "I have never felt so tired."

"Don't leave anymore." Liu Zeng collapsed on the ground, "If you meet the disciple Dian Cang now, you will definitely die."

Seeing that it was almost dusk, Gu Qingshang nodded, and the three of them stayed away from the road and hid behind a stone.Fortunately, there was enough water in the water bag. The three of them gnawed on the remaining dry food and dried meat stolen from the deserters. It was dusk and they had no tent. They lit a small fire to keep warm. Gu Qingshang took off his cotton-padded jacket. Want to cover Jiang Tonglu.

"It's not cold yet. If you can resist it, wait until midnight, and you will get sick even if you freeze to death." Jiang Tonglu shook his head, "Just wish for good luck."

After listening to the advice, Gu Qingshang put back her clothes and said, "You guys have a rest first and I'll keep an eye on the situation. We'll leave at dawn and we can get down the mountain before noon."

She felt so tired that she could fall asleep as soon as she lay down, but she still managed to keep herself up.Before he finished speaking, Jiang Tonglu suddenly jumped up and put out the fire. Gu Qingshang noticed something had changed. The three of them lay down behind the rocks and looked around. They saw dozens of fires advancing in an orderly manner on the path.

"Why do they go up the mountain at night?" Liu Zeng yelled angrily, "Can't they work during the day?!"

Gu Qingshang immediately deduced the reason: "The Qingcheng team is coming, so why go up the mountain at night?"

Jiang Tonglu said: "Are they going to ambush in the mountains, or set up outposts or observation towers?"

They can't tell what the disciple Dian Cang is going to do, and they don't have the ability to catch one and ask them now.Their understanding of the situation is like the darkness in front of them. They can only see a small part of it, and the rest is unknowable.

"Fuck!" Liu Zeng cursed, "What should we do now?"

Gu Qingshang said: "We can't stay here for long, let's take the blind road."

Liu Zeng said angrily in a low voice: "What nonsense! We don't know the road, so we go down the mountain on a blind path. If we take a wrong step, we will fall to death!"

"Walking slowly along the path, moving quietly by their firelight, you may not be discovered."

Liu Zeng said: "I can't walk anymore."

Gu Qingshang noticed that Liu Zeng's voice became a little distant and he disappeared into the darkness.

"We may search the mountains during the day, but we won't be able to walk by then." Gu Qingshang said, "Let's rest for a while and then go farther."

"You don't know where this path leads, junior sister. Isn't this just a random act of luck?"

Liu Zeng's voice sounded farther. Jiang Tonglu grabbed Gu Qingshang's arm in the dark and tightened it. Gu Qingshang's palms were covered with cold sweat, and his vest was cold with sweat.

"Liu Zeng, come over and talk!" Gu Qingshang said, her calves had no strength.

"Junior sister Gu, why don't you leave first, I'll take a break and then follow." Liu Zeng raised his voice and Gu Qingshang felt that he was about two feet away from her and was walking out from behind the big rock.

"Liu Zeng, let me ask you something again!" Gu Qingshang reached for her waist.

"what?"

A faint sound of breaking wind came, and Liu Zeng groaned, not knowing what happened.Gu Qingshang threw the short crossbow and threw it out with all his strength. He bumped into a fat body in the darkness, knocked him to the ground, and pressed his body on top of him.

"You—" Gu Qingshang followed the voice and put her hand on Liu Zeng's mouth, and the word "bitch" became subtle.Liu Zeng pushed Gu Qingshang away with his knee. Gu Qingshang was afraid that he would make a sound, so she still pressed her hand tightly against his mouth, feeling severe pain in her palm.She pulled Liu Zeng's chin hard to silence him. At the same time, Jiang Tonglu had also pounced on him.It was too dark, so she didn't dare to draw her sword for fear of accidentally injuring Gu Qingshang, so she could only ride on Liu Zeng and press his arms.Liu Zeng drew out his two daggers and swung them wildly in the darkness. Gu Qingshang's thighs suffered sharp pain, and he vaguely saw Liu Zeng stabbing Jiang Tong in the waist.Gu Qingshang took out a crossbow arrow from his waist, used his weak eyesight and the lower edge of his palm to locate the position of Liu Zeng's neck, and stabbed it hard, causing Liu Zeng to grunt.

Gu Qingshang pulled the arrow hard to create a bigger wound, and poked it twice more. He didn't let go until he felt Liu Zeng relax.She was worried about Jiang Tonglu and asked hurriedly: "Junior sister Jiang, are you okay?"

A voice came from the darkness: "I'm fine... He has no strength. I'm wearing your gold armor and I'm not hurt."

Gu Qingshang breathed a sigh of relief and turned his head to the sky, panting.Except for the Yinghu water battle, she had never been so tired. Her palms were in severe pain, and she was hit in the thigh—the damn right leg again.She gasped and sat up, groping for the wound, grinning in pain.She took off Liu Zeng's leather jacket and threw it to Jiang Tonglu, took out the golden medicine from Liu Zeng's body, tore open his pants, poured the whole bottle of medicine, and poured the remaining medicine on the bitten left palm. Suddenly, she remembered the time when she entered Qiyang City. The Dian Cang disciple who was so dismissive of her couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Jiang Tonglu asked: "Why are you laughing?"

Gu Qingshang said: "I remember that when I entered Qiyang City, a disciple of Diancang said that I lost one of my good hands and was no longer tender." Jiang Tonglu used a dagger to cut Liu Zeng's clothes into strips and asked Gu Qingshang to bandage the wound.I don't know whether it was Gu Qingshang supporting Jiang Tonglu or Jiang Tonglu supporting Gu Qingshang. The two walked in the dark, close to the road, relying on the light of Dian Cang's disciples to sneak around.

They walked very slowly. They were very tired. After walking for a short distance to catch their breath, they reached level ground within two miles.

So they were only two miles away from the plains?They might even have gone down the mountain before the disciples of Dian Cang went up the mountain.

They walked through the weeds to find the road, and followed the blind path with their backs to the firelight. Gu Qingshang felt dizzy, and the bleeding on his thigh didn't seem to stop?It hurt, and her whole leg hurt. She used her sword as a crutch to support herself and dragged her right leg. Every step she took was a sharp pain.

A gust of wind blew against her, making her teeth chatter. How long would it take before she could rest?The road was so dark and long. When she left Qiyang Camp, she didn't expect the road to be so long.

"Can you... light a fire now?" Gu Qingshang's teeth chattered. Because of the pain, she wanted to see her wounds.

"Not yet." Jiang Tonglu's tone was equally weak, "We can't go fast anyway."

Gu Qingshang noticed that Jiang Tonglu was swaying and hugged her quickly: "Take a break!"

"Keep walking." Jiang Tonglu said, "We're only a little closer."

Yeah, just a little bit.It's safer to walk now.After walking for a long time, until the firelight disappeared behind him, Gu Qingshang suddenly missed the step and fell to the ground. Fortunately, he didn't sprain his ankle. Otherwise, he would have lost both legs, and he would have had no choice but to wait for death.

Jiang Tonglu finally lit the torch and reached out to help her up. "Thank you." Gu Qingshang responded weakly, and was shocked to see Jiang Tonglu's crotch covered in blood.

What kind of blood is that? Liu Zeng's blood?
"Keep walking." Jiang Tonglu said, "Now that they have sent out scouts, they may still catch up with us."

"You... let's take a break, take a break!" Gu Qingshang hugged Jiang Tonglu and said weakly and anxiously, not noticing that her right leg was also red.

Jiang Tonglu shook his head and shuffled along: "Do you know why those deserters would rather fight with us than go to fight with others?"

The red color was still spreading on Jiang Tong's lower body, and Gu Qingshang was speechless. She didn't know what was supporting this determined girl.This girl has no complaints, no hatred, never excuses, and silently performs her tasks and responsibilities.She wanted this child, and Gu Qingshang knew how distressed and sad she was now.

"Because they know that as long as they kill us, they can continue to hide and they can see where the end is."

"This battle has been going on for more than half a year." Jiang Tonglu said, "It's the most difficult thing when you can't see the end of the road."

The road with no end in sight is the most difficult. If he had known that there was only two miles to go, Liu Zeng might have been able to survive, but he didn't, because he couldn't see the end and didn't know that there were only two miles to go.

"The child's father is still on the battlefield, and he can't see the end yet." Jiang Tonglu said with red eyes, "I think it's almost there."

Gu Qingshang nodded, trying not to shed tears. Like Jiang Tonglu, she knew that she didn't have the strength to cry now.

She supported Jiang Tonglu, or Jiang Tonglu supported her. The two figures just supported each other, walking with bumps and pains. This road will eventually come to an end.

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"I didn't know Peng Tiancong was so powerful." Zhuge Ran leaned on his cane and pointed the tip of the cane on the ground. "I thought that apart from the old beggars and the little beggars, the Peng family was just a bunch of rotten dicks. Who knew there was a person among them?" Can you be tough? This Lantern Festival is not going to let anyone have a good time!"

The plan to use the terrain of Siming Mountain and Chaotian Ridge to ambush failed. Peng Tiancong's team made preparations as if they had expected it. If Gu Dongcheng hadn't commanded it well, they would have suffered a big loss.

"Qiyang's Xu stronghold was also breached, and Qiyang was taken back by Hengshan." Gu Dongcheng said, "To the north is Qingcheng's team, and to the east is Hengshan's team."

"Lan Shengqing is pretty useless." Zhuge Ran pinched his chin, "I'm more afraid of the cat that can't meow."

Gu Dongcheng knew that Zhuge Ran was talking about Jinghu Yin Molan, and said: "The number of teams disturbing the grain road has increased recently. Qingcheng seems to be determined to aid Hengshan, and Lengshuitan may be surrounded on three sides."

"Afraid of not winning?" Zhuge Ran blinked, "What should I do if I can't win? Commit suicide?"

Gu Dongcheng said: "I'm just worried that the situation is dangerous."

"Actually, committing suicide is a good idea." Zhuge Ran stood up on crutches, "The difficulty is how to convince Li Xuanxuan to commit suicide."

Gu Dongcheng coughed lightly to hide his smile: "The deputy commander can still joke, so the situation can't be bad."

"You still have to laugh when the situation is bad, otherwise, are you going to cry?" Zhuge Ran tapped his crutch twice hard, as if to test whether the crutch was firm, and then fell into deep thought.

He originally thought that he could force Li Xuanxuan to abdicate voluntarily and maintain the Kunlun consensus by using troops on both sides, but he did not expect that Li Xuanxuan was so stubborn and risked the destruction of Hengshan to confront them in a stalemate.

"If the cold water beach is not broken, we will be stable. The Beggar Clan is fighting fiercely, can Hengshan withstand it?" Zhuge Ran thought for a moment, "There is something interesting. Li Xuanzhen insisted on confronting each other in Qiyang, but in Changsha he and Xu Fangge came to me. At best, the co-author is planning to wait for Qingcheng and Shaolin's help?"

Zhuge Ran raised his crutch and pointed at Gu Dongcheng's shoulder: "Don't worry, do you know what is the biggest problem of the Hengshan team?"

Gu Dongcheng said: "General leader. The one with the highest position is Lan Shengqing. His talents are not as good as Peng Tiancong and Yin Molan, and even worse than the deputy commander. A wolf leading a tiger is a group of wolves, and a tiger leading a wolf can Let the wolf prevail over the tiger.”

Zhuge Ran said: "This is a sufficient reason, the situation is also divided, and I even flatter you, but it leaves me speechless."

Gu Dongcheng said respectfully: "If Mr. Gu had to ask the deputy commander for advice on everything, the deputy commander would not let me lead the army."

Zhuge Ran smiled and said: "Okay, I really want you to go against that mute cat and see who is better between you and him."

Gu Dongcheng said: "If Yin Molan lets Lan Shengqing lead him, I can win."

Zhuge Ran smiled slightly: "The three of them have gathered together, and they will definitely want to attack in one fell swoop. Hold the cold water beach and wait for them to get anxious. Sooner or later, Lan Shengqing will make a mistake."

Gu Dongcheng replied respectfully: "Yes."

A few days later, Lengshuitan received news that Shen Yongci had died in Tongren, and Zhuge Ran couldn't help being shocked.

Die in Tongren?He is on the front line and there is no more news. Maybe there is something fishy here?Zhuge Ran couldn't help but sigh as he thought about it.

The eldest brother and the second master are gone, and there are fewer and fewer people around Sister Jing. The stinky orangutan should go to express condolences, but he doesn't have the time.He caressed his short left leg and sighed.

He wrote a letter with sincere words to comfort Chu Jingtan. As for Shen Yuqing, Kunming would issue the official document, so forget it if he didn't.

Life can never be perfect. There are always things that everyone wants but cannot get. Whether it is power, wealth, or ideals, there are always a few things that you don't even dare to think about.

The exception is the stinky gorilla. Apart from fighting, I don't see him wanting anything.

Sometimes the things you once wanted are gone.

He thought more than once that maybe there was only a little chance between Chu Jingtan and the eldest brother, but now he thought that Sister Jing and the eldest brother really couldn't get together back then. Even if they got married, the eldest brother would let Sister Jing and Jing go all his life. My sister may not be happy either.

This is how life is, if there is really any regret about Sister Jing...

He was the one who caused his eldest brother to give birth to Tingguan, a loser!

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"What to do!" Zhuge Tingguan screamed and jumped up and down in front of the Nine Dragon Jade Chair. "Second uncle wants to usurp the throne. What should I do! What should I do!" He squatted in front of the chair, holding his head and pulling his hair, shaking uncontrollably.

"Guan'er, calm down." Zhen Chengxue comforted her grandson, "Keep your voice down, don't let anyone hear you."

"Mom... I'm so scared." Zhuge Tingguan raised his head with tears in his eyes and looked at his mother, Zhen, who had a livid face.

(End of this chapter)