Horse on the World

Chapter 870

The Malanhua that King Ning and Zhong Ziqi had been thinking about had indeed entered the mountain. Apart from Mata's old servant Margan, Su Hu from the Dingzhou Supervisory Council and a group of Supervisory Council spies accompanied him.

Most of the spies from the Overwatch Council selected by Su Hu are familiar with life in the mountains, and after some special training, they can survive independently in the mountains. In addition to these people, a few surveying and mapping experts were specially transferred to the team The task of these people is to survey and map the basic terrain of the Shiwan Dashan, and then spread it outside the mountain to facilitate the formulation of countermeasures outside the mountain.
The fringe area of ​​Shiwan Dashan is now the focus of competition between Dingzhou and King Ning. The two sides are gathering sentries and conflicts will occur from time to time. It is true that the Dingzhou Army is not very good at fighting in the mountains. Although the Dingzhou Army has made great achievements in battle, most of their previous battles were won in plain areas, which is completely different from the [-] mountains. In this area, the brigade is completely unable to Expand, here, apart from the dense forest composed of large thick and huggable trees, there are cliffs and cliffs. Many roads can accommodate two people walking side by side, which is considered wide. This is completely different from the previous combat methods and combat experience of the Dingzhou Army. Relatedly, the more you walk into the mountain, the heavier Su Hu's heart becomes.

They can't gain a foothold in the fringe areas. If they show their signs and let King Ning find out, it will be a dead end. Su Hu, Ma Lanhua and the others can only choose some secret roads that are inaccessible to the Shiwan Dashan. Go deep.Fortunately, Margan, an old man who has lived in the mountains for decades, is very familiar with the mountains. Along the way, although dangers happened frequently, they were all accidental. At this moment, they have penetrated a hundred thousand miles. The mountains are nearly a hundred miles away, and King Ning's rule in these places has obviously weakened.
"Miss, after crossing this valley, we will arrive at Mengtu Cave." Margan wiped the sweat from his brow, "Ma Zhen, the owner of Mengtu Cave, is Miss's cousin, we should be safe when we get there." .”
Ma Lanhua sat under a big tree, wiped the sweat from her head, and said worriedly: "The horse is dry, Uncle Ma Zhen has always been at odds with my father. Uncle Zhen drove to the remote place of Mangtudong, and now we are at the end of the road, so we go to seek refuge with Uncle Ma Zhen, will he accept us?"

Ma Ergan said: "Miss, although Ma Dongzhu is at odds with the patriarch, Ma Dongzhu is against the patriarch going out of the mountains. He thinks that once our Qiang people come out of the mountains, they must not be the opponents of those Han people, and the patriarch has always been ambitious. A better way out, the two of them are not out of personal grudges, after all, they are brothers, it’s okay to fight behind closed doors, but when foreign enemies come in, the brothers will naturally join hands to deal with outsiders, not to mention that the patriarch has already passed away, The big enmity is over, Cave Master Ma will definitely accept Miss and join hands with Miss to snatch the Hundred Thousand Mountains back from outsiders."

Ma Lanhua glanced at Su Hu, and said faintly: "I'm afraid that from now on, the Qiang people will no longer be able to truly control the Hundred Thousand Mountains. Even if they defeat King Ning, the people of Dingzhou are stronger than King Ning."
Su Hu stood up and said with a smile: "Miss Ma, don't worry, we in Dingzhou only set foot on the Hundred Thousand Mountains to destroy King Ning. As long as King Ning is destroyed, the Hundred Thousand Mountains will still belong to your Qiang people. We Dingzhou people don't care." Will get involved in it, of course, the premise is that the Qiang people will still be the same as before, and will not get involved in the Central Plains."
"I hope that as General Su said, if you want to kill King Ning, I will also kill King Ning. At least for now, we have a basis for cooperation. As for the future, let's talk about it later! General Su, I want to know, you in Dingzhou The support that people promised to give me, how can I give it to me under the current situation?"

Su Hu said: "Miss, don't worry, we Dingzhou people will definitely do what we said. I don't think it will take long before Miss will see our promise."
Malanhua nodded.

Su Hu turned to Margan, "Old Ma, it's been an hour since I rested, let's hurry up, to be honest, I just want to reach the destination quickly, and then I can have a good meal of wine and meat, and then I can wash up." Take a shower, lie in bed and sleep!"
Markan smiled and pointed to the sun, "Not now, General Su, this valley is not easy to cross, it is now at noon, the sun is high, the temperature is quite high, and the valley is full of miasma, if you go in now, you will die We can only cross the valley after the sun sets and the miasma dissipates."
"Isn't that going to have to wait for a long time?" Su Hu said helplessly. He has gained a lot of knowledge in the past few days after entering the mountain. The special training in the mountains before, only after entering the [-] mountains, did he realize that the previous training was nothing more than It's a piece of cake, here, he really knows what's going on in the mountains, and also understands why the Qiang people in the [-] mountains in the past dynasties have nothing to do.

He took out a small notebook from his bosom, picked up a twig from the ground, and a spy next to him immediately handed over a box of vermilion paint, Su Hu dipped in the red paint, and began to record in the small notebook ．

"General Su, you have been writing all the way, what are you writing about?" Ma Lanhua asked in surprise.

"To tell you the truth, Miss, this time I followed the lady into the mountains, and I have gained a lot of knowledge. What I have seen and heard will be beneficial to my mountain training and combat after Dingzhou, so I will write these things down for future use." People will save a lot of work, and they can also carry out targeted training!" Su Hu said. "We Dingzhou people call it collecting information. Every time we go to a new place or a new environment, we will collect the unique features of this place, and then record them to form a document for inquiry."
Malanhua nodded thoughtfully.
Time passed by every minute and every second, until the moon climbed up the treetops and everyone fell into a drowsy sleep, Margan woke up everyone, "It's time, we should go, this valley is tens of miles away. Long, I'm afraid we have to go out until dawn, once the sun rises, the miasma in the valley will rise again, so we have to speed up our pace to go out." Markan urged.

The sleepy-eyed people followed Markan into the valley. An extremely unpleasant smell made everyone feel sick. Markan found a plant from the valley, picked its leaves, crushed them and wiped them. Under the nose, "Everyone, this grass is called green banana. Knead the juice and rub it under the nose, which can detoxify. Although the miasma in the valley has dissipated, the smell inside is still poisonous. This kind of green banana is exactly A symptomatic antidote."
Margan handed some leaves to Su Hu. Su Hu glanced at them, then turned around and handed them to the subordinates behind him, "Go find some more!"

There is almost no road in the valley, and no one has walked through it for many years. The thick fallen leaves are soft to step on, and all kinds of weeds, small trees, and branches block the way. Markan leads the way, and Su Hu also sends two tall armies. The long subordinates held waist knives and slashed forward with difficulty.

The trees in the valley are lush, but the chirping of living things can hardly be heard, and the common bird singing in the forest can not be heard in this valley at all. By the moonlight, you can often see dead animals in the valley, and there are many birds among them. bird.

"These animals came in by mistake when the miasma was rampant. At noon, when the miasma was thick, even birds flying through the air would be poisoned and fall down." Malgan explained, "In this valley, Humans and animals are simply not allowed to live.”
Su Hu hissed and gasped, "Old horse, among the [-] mountains, how many places like this are there?" "

"A lot, a lot!" Markan said, "I haven't been to some places."
Su Hu nodded, and stopped making a sound, just lowered her head and walked silently. The group of people walked very fast. Although Malanhua was a woman, she grew up in this mountain since she was a child. It was not inferior at all, when the sky was just getting brighter, everyone had already walked out of the valley, and a mountain about a kilometer high appeared in front of everyone's eyes in the distance.

"There is Mangtu Cave, the place we are going to." Malgan pointed to the big mountain, "Because of this valley, few people come to Mangtu Cave, and there are only about a few thousand Qiang people gathered around here." People. It is absolutely impossible for King Ning to send people here."

"It's finally here!" Su Hu let out a long breath, looking back at the valley behind him, Su Hu still had lingering fears.
"Let's go!" Markan led the crowd towards the goal.
A group of people walked in the forest silently, while Su Hu's subordinates formed a standard battle formation to protect the crowd as they walked through the dense forest.Although Margan vowed to guarantee the safety of this place, Su Hu and others dared not be careless at all. The Hundred Thousand Mountains have basically fallen into the hands of King Ning. Who knows if Ma Zhen has taken refuge in King Ning!

With two swishes, the sound of feathered arrows piercing the air came from the dense forest, and with a bang, Su Hu's subordinates surrounded Malanhua and the others in the fastest time, with two chirps, the two feathered arrows shot straight It was inserted straight in front of everyone a few steps away, and it seemed that it was mostly a warning.
Malgan pushed away the Dingzhou soldiers and strode out, "Is it Ma Zhen's subordinate? Please report for me. It's the old slave Markan begging to see Madong!" Markan shouted loudly.
Following the shout, a figure flickered in the dense forest and came out with a big stride, and behind him, the cold light of a sharp arrow could be seen.

"Margan, that Margan?" Walking out of the dense forest was a Qiang man with a big beard. Different from those Qiang people Su Hu saw, this Qiang man was dressed in sackcloth, with a piece of animal skin slanting across his body, half of his arms were naked. He held a long bow in his hand and a straight knife in his waist.

"Madu, it's me, you don't recognize me?" Markan exclaimed in surprise when he saw the person coming. "Is your father okay? Look, look, who did I bring here?"
Following the direction of Mal Gan's finger, Ma Du's eyes widened, "Ma Lanhua, you, aren't you dead?"
(End of this chapter)