Horse on the World

Chapter 920

(I have to kowtow to admit my mistake again. At the end of the last chapter, I proudly said the chapter name of the next chapter, but it turned out to be a bridge flying southward. I checked it today, and I am so ashamed! Everyone sees that I have finished writing the last chapter. It's early in the morning, and my mind is not clear enough, so let's treat it as a little joke!)

Han Yong, Xia Xue, and Qiu Ping stood on the solitary peak, looking at the distant mountain ridge and the dark forest on the steep wall. Compared with the bright lights at both ends, the middle section looked extraordinarily dark. Standing on the edge of the cliff Looking down at the top, it was bottomless. The mountain wind blew past, as if it was blowing through a hole on the rock wall, and it made a humming sound, which was very penetrating.

"I hope we are lucky!" Han Yong muttered.He squatted down and began to fiddle with several eight-ox crossbows that had been installed by the soldiers.

"Only fire one eight-ox crossbow at a time!" Xia Xue said.The eight-ox crossbow produced in Dingzhou can fire four rounds at a time, and the force is still great. The land in Li Xu is not a problem. Going deep into rocks or into the ground, between tree trunks, to make it bear the weight of a person, it must be made stronger."

"Xia Xue is right!" Han Yong said.After loading the crossbow arrows as thick as a child's arm, carefully inspecting the steel wire attached to the back, he raised the head of the crossbow, "Let's start!"

Aiming carefully, Han Yong hoped that the arrows of the crossbow could pierce into the forest on the opposite side and shoot through the tree trunk. This kind of special crossbow arrow has barbs on the arrowhead, as long as it can be inserted into the thick enough tree trunk, there will be enough pull.

Pull the trigger suddenly, there is a crash, in the silent night, the howling sound of the eight-ox crossbow is so harsh, everyone is startled, looking at the opposite side nervously, if the other party is there Sentry, then, the sound of the eight-ox crossbow shooting past will definitely alarm them.

After a while, there was still no movement on that side, but there was an extra steel wire rope between the two mountain peaks.

"Quick!" Han Yong waved his hand and asked the soldiers behind him to quickly fasten the other end of the wire rope to a boulder. He stretched out his hand and pressed hard, and the wire rope sank slightly. Human weight!"

"Shoot another shot!" Qiuping said.Seeing that the strategy worked, everyone was overjoyed.

A moment later, there was another crackling sound, this time slightly lower.The two steel wire ropes were suspended in the night sky, and they were almost invisible. Even if Han Yong and others knew that there was such a thing between the two peaks, it would not be easy to find it unless they looked carefully.

Pressing hard on the two steel wire ropes, Han Yong said: "It's a pity, if there are a few more long steel wire ropes, it would be great, and then shoot a few more to ensure that we can pass safely."

Xia Xue said with a smile: "you can be content, just these few are all owned by Qingning Prefecture. If it weren't for the fact that General Deng's navy is here, I really can't find them. There are only three in total, and I have to keep one more." One is enough to pull the thick steel cable, and two are enough."

"People's hearts are always insufficient!" Han Yong smiled, "You two, then I will be the first to get there!" He stretched out his hands and tightened his clothes.

"Wait!" Xia Xue reached out to stop him, "I'll come first."

Han Yong said dissatisfiedly: "There is a reason for that. How can a woman come first? I'll go. You guys will watch the wind here first."

Xia Xue was a little annoyed, "What's wrong with the woman, I'm no worse than you, General Han, I said I'll come first because I'm smaller and lighter among the three of us. Although it looks quite strong, I don't know why I don't try it myself. At this time, my body will be a little lighter, maybe it will be a double day of life and death. You are at least heavier than me It weighs a few dozen catties, so I'm more confident going up?"

Han Yong was silent for a moment, knowing that what Xia Xue said was right. The steel wire rope spanned a few miles and looked solid, but no one could say for sure. Besides, Xia Xue's martial arts were no worse than his own, and her martial arts path was Slender and top-notch, with better flexibility than himself, on this kind of wire rope, the confidence is indeed greater, and right now, the Dingzhou Army can't afford to lose.

"Then, be careful!" Han Yong whispered.

Qiuping stepped forward and held Xia Xue in her arms: "Be careful!"

"It's okay!" Xia Xue smiled lightly, reached out and tore a cloak, and slowly and carefully wrapped the cloth strips around her hands.He leaned over and tied the last thin steel wire to himself, walked to the edge of the cliff, turned around and waved his fist, "Dingzhou Army, Wansheng!"

"Dingzhou Army, Wan Sheng!" Both Han Yong and Qiu Ping shook their fists vigorously at her. Under the gaze of more than 100 pairs of eyes, Xia Xue closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and stretched her waist A steel pull ring on the leather belt is put on the steel wire rope, and then the whole person slowly climbs up, grasping the string with both hands, and hooking the two feet crosswise, with a slight slip, the person is already suspended in the air.

Everyone held their breath and watched Xia Xue move forward slowly, alternating hands.

The steel wire hangs in the air and looks solid, but the further you go forward, the greater the shaking and the more difficult it is to move forward. Xia Xue moves forward cautiously, her whole body swings from side to side as the wire rope swings, stabilizing her body more than moving forward. It was even more difficult. After only one-third of the progress, it was already dripping with sweat.Although the cloth strips were wrapped around his hands, there were still bursts of stinging pain, obviously worn out.Looking down, she was dizzy at the height of hundreds of meters. She quickly raised her head, took a few breaths, let go of one hand, and moved her wrist. Fortunately, the steel buckle around her waist could replace her Take some of the power.

The side of the lonely peak is already blurred, and I can't see anything clearly. Looking back at my target, Li Xu Zhili, who usually feels very close, now seems far away, and I secretly cheered myself up in my heart. Xue began to move forward again. Right now, she had no way out, either she would succeed, or she would fall from the height of several hundred meters, turning into a ball of flesh.

Han Yong and Qiuping's faces were covered with sweat. Although they couldn't see clearly what was going on in the sky, they still kept their eyes wide open, trying to see more clearly. He wasn't worried that Xia Xue would miss and fall. , what he was more worried about was that if the eight-ox crossbow on the opposite side fell off, the consequences would be disastrous.

"Oops, it's windy!" Han Yong yelled in a low voice. The wind was stronger than before. They might not feel anything when they were standing on the ground, but for Xia Xue who was hanging in the air by only two wire ropes , any slightly stronger wind can bring him disaster.

Qiuping's face was also pale, as Han Yong said, the wind was slowly getting stronger.Pressing his hands to the ground, he dug deeply into the soft soil.

The sudden strong wind made Xia Xue face a great predicament indeed. The swing of her whole body was getting bigger and bigger. Swaying with the shaking of the wire rope.

"Hurry up, hurry up!" she cried inwardly.Alternating hands, Xia Xue speeded up.

The steel wire rope in her hand sank suddenly, and her whole body dropped two meters steeply. Xia Xue's mind buzzed, it went blank, the eight-ox crossbow fell off, it was over!Just as this thought flashed through my mind, the wire rope, which had descended two meters, stopped again.

Xia Xue, who was waiting for herself to fall, found that she was still hanging in the air and did not fall. She was ecstatic, a burst of strength suddenly appeared in her body, and she crawled desperately towards the opposite side like an octopus, and there were still 100 meters left.

90 meters, 80 meters.The wire rope is slowly sinking.

Realizing that her body was sinking more and more, Xia Xue knew that the eight-ox crossbow must be slowly slipping out from the place where it was pierced in. Maybe at some point, she would fall along with the falling-off eight-ox crossbow. go down.

Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up!Not knowing where the strength came from, Xia Xue alternated her hands and quickly climbed to the opposite bank.

Thirty materials, 20 meters, ten meters.Xia Xue had already seen the dark rock wall and the forest above.

Five meters, four meters, three meters... Xia Xue stretched out her hand suddenly, and grabbed a small tree protruding from the rock wall. The ground fell off, slid all the way across the ground, hit the ground, and made a clanging sound. Xia Xue reacted extremely quickly, and quickly released the steel buckle on her waist from the wire rope. Just after completing this action, a crossbow arrow fell from in front of her. cliff to go.

"It's dangerous!" Xia Xue said in her heart that she was lucky, if she slowed down by a minute and a half, she would be a pile of meat by now.

With strength in her hands, she squatted on the rock wall with both feet. Xia Xue climbed up the cliff. Just as her feet landed on the ground, her whole body went limp and collapsed on the ground. an hour.With his mouth open, he was gasping for air, a feeling of escape from death welled up in his heart.

A wire rope fell into the sky, and Han Yong and Qiuping on the isolated peak were stunned. Qiuping rushed to the edge of the cliff and stared blankly at the bottom of the cliff, wanting to cry, but Xia Xue must have fallen too.

Han Yong was silent for a moment, grabbed the wire rope with both hands, and alternately retracted the wire rope upwards. Xia Xue was dead, and they would fire the crossbow again, and try again.

"Han Yong, look!" Qiuping who was standing on the edge of the cliff suddenly exclaimed in surprise.The steel wire tied to Xia Xue's body was still stretched horizontally in the air. If Xia Xue fell, this steel wire should also be hanging down the cliff, not what it is like now.

The two looked at each other with uncontrollable joy, "She succeeded!" Qiuping shouted happily.

After a while, the steel wire rope was pulled slowly and quickly, and it was quickly retracted towards the opposite side. Seeing that the thick steel cable coiled on the ground was also pulled across the sky, more than a hundred special forces on the cliff They all rushed up excitedly.Once this thick steel cable was pulled over and secured, they could cast it there on a large scale.

Half an hour later, Qiu Ping, who opened her eyes wide and looked at the opposite side, found a lit incense head drawing three circles in the night sky, which meant that Xia Xue had fixed the steel cable, and happily grabbed it with one hand. Another cable, "Okay, I'll be second."

(End of this chapter)