Chapter 59

"No! There are villages here. But not now! You see, the whole village has been burned up! " Xiong Jingbian is not only tall, but also has excellent eyesight. At a glance, he can see that the village in the distance has become scorched earth.

"Go and have a look!" Shen Jianxin said with one stroke.

So the four quickly walked through the path and came to the small village at the foot of Tianzhu peak.

Sure enough, this small village seems to have just been captured, burned and robbed by horse thieves. There are broken walls and scorched earth everywhere. Looking around, there is no one.

Xiong Jing took a big step, walked around first, looked at it again, and then came back frowning.

"This village has been attacked by bandits! Every household has been searched, all the rice and grain have been robbed, and nothing is left! "

Taiji shook his head and sighed: "the world is not peaceful! They dare to rob even the garrison. How brave these bandits are

Xiong Jingbian frowned and said: "who knows who did it! Maybe even the garrison above is possible! Our army of Ming Dynasty, hum

These two men are more knowledgeable than Shen Jianxin and Feng xiner when they are wandering in the world. Listening to their tone, they seem to resent the imperial court more than the bandits.

At this moment, Feng Xin'er suddenly exclaimed, "look! There's a man there! Live! Still moving

Three people follow the prestige to go, sure enough, in a black broken wall side, lie prone to a thin figure, hear the voice, shrink more tightly.

Xiong Jing strode forward, explored his hand and picked up the thin body.

"Don't kill me! Don't kill me The little figure yelled.

Feng Xin'er stepped forward and said: "don't be afraid! We are not bad people! We'll help you! "

Maybe the gentleness of the girl's family had an effect. The thin figure was quiet after hearing Feng xiner's voice.

"Who are you? Why are you here? Where have all the people in the village gone? " Feng Xin'er asked softly.

The thin figure, with a sharp mouth, turned out to be only a 12-year-old.

"My surname is Xu. They all call me Aniu. This is my village! I just want to find something to eat! I'm hungry

Hearing the child's hunger, Feng xiner quickly took out a large piece of dry food from the package and handed it to Xu Aniu.

The child was really hungry. As soon as he saw the dry food, he put it in his mouth without even thinking about it. He choked so much that tears came out.

Shen Jianxin quickly handed over the kettle, a mouthful of water, a mouthful of dry food, which let the child back to the soul.

After eating enough, Xu Aniu told the four people all about what happened in the village.

It turned out that the border checkpoint on Tianzhu peak was occupied by a group of thieves who claimed to be holy lotus sect.

They plundered all the villages at the foot of the mountain and burned them up. They also took all the adults up the mountain and made them cattle and horses. Only the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled were left in the village. There were no tiles on their heads to protect them from the wind and rain. In addition, they had to move to the cave on the back of the hillside to die.

Xu a Niu was so hungry that he ran out of the cave, thinking that he could find something to satisfy his hunger in the village.

When Shen Jianxin asked about the number of thieves on the mountain, Xu Aniu was young, but he didn't know clearly. He only knew that there were many thieves on the mountain, and people were everywhere.

To get to wushuangcheng, we have to go through Tianzhu peak, which is the key for the four people.

"Is there any other way around the gate to the opposite side of the mountain?" Shen Jianxin asked.

Feng Xin'er shook her head and replied, "there is no mark on the map! This is a dangerous place for military strategists. If there are no twin cities, this is the place where the defense line of the Daming sea leads directly to the inland. Whoever controls Tianzhu peak is holding the throat between the sea and the land. "

"It's so important here?" Taiji was surprised.

Feng xiner explained: "since ancient times, whenever Japanese pirates landed from the coastline, six or seven out of ten times they passed through here and went inland. Later, the Ming dynasty built wushuangcheng, a town of Beihai. The role of Tianzhu peak level has become less important. "

"The current Tianzhu peak checkpoint only serves as a beacon to report to the police. I don't know why these holy lotus believers want to occupy here." Feng Xin'er shook her head to express her incomprehension.

"The thieves on the mountain, do they forbid anyone to go up the mountain?" Shen Jianxin said in a deep voice.

Xu a Niu nodded and replied: "yes! They don't allow anyone to get close to the checkpoint. Whoever goes up will be killed! "

Shen Jianxin frowned and thought how could there be such a coincidence. He wanted to send wuliuzhenjing to wushuangcheng, and the only way to wushuangcheng was blocked. Is there any connection between the two?

Suddenly, Feng xiner and Shen Jianxin raised their heads at the same time.

"Their goal is no two cities!"

"It's hard to have two cities!" Both of them blurted out at the same time.

Xiong Jingbian and Taiji were stunned and frowned.

Shen Jianxin patiently explained: "there is only one purpose to occupy Tianzhu peak, which is to block the support from inland to wushuangcheng!"

"Yes! There must be something wrong with wushuangcheng! Whether it's to block news or to block reinforcements, the role of Tianzhu peak is too crucial! " Feng xiner infers very seriously.

"So even if we want to make a detour, we can't do it. We have to pass Tianzhu peak as fast as possible to wushuangcheng!" Shen Jianxin is right.

Feng Xin'er lowered her head and touched Xu a'niu's head. She asked in a soft voice, "a'niu, you are a local. Do you know any other way around Tianzhu peak?"

Xu a Niu opened his mouth and thought seriously for a long time. Then he said, "I don't know. Only Fang Yiming in my village knows that he is the smartest man in our village."

"Fang Yiming? Where is he? " Feng Xin'er asked.

Xu a Niu responded quickly this time. He pointed to the towering Tianzhu peak and said in a loud voice: "he's on the mountain! I've been caught by a thief

It's coming back all of a sudden! If you want to pass Tianzhu peak, you have to find this person named Fang Yiming. If you want to find this person, you still have to go up the mountain and enter Tianzhu peak.

"What do you want to do! It's just a gang of thieves. We'll kill them! Get out of the pass Taiji stretched out his hand and made a beheading gesture, which was a bit of prestige.

"Hey, hey! My magic wand is already hungry and thirsty! " Exclaimed tiger excitedly.

Xiong Jing side very simple and honest smile, shake head way: "the enemy situation is not clear, so rashly kill up the mountain, you are really hungry! Let's send food to people! "

"In my opinion, don't worry! Taiji and I went up to the mountain first to explore the reality of the holy lotus sect, and then came back with a tongue. Naturally, the situation became clear. We'll make plans then. "

Although Xiong Jingbian seems to be bold and uninhibited, he is actually bold and careful. Moreover, he has a family background and is a man who knows how to fight. Only in this way can he advance and retreat with evidence and both attack and defense.

Shen Jianxin nodded and said, "good! Then you two must be careful, not for meritorious service, but for life! Xin'er and I went to the cave with Xu a'niu to ask other villagers to see if there was any other way through Tianzhu peak. "

Later, Shen Jianxin said: "the soldiers are dangerous and the battles are fierce. Everyone should be careful!"

"It's OK," said tiger with a smile! Big bear and I have been practicing in the mountains for a while, and the best is field combat! It's just a mountain bandit. I promise you'll catch it

After some discussion, they parted ways and agreed to meet in front of the cave on the back of the hillside before dark.

However, Xiong Jingbian and Taiji sneaked into the wild forest and approached Tianzhu peak under the cover of trees in the middle of the mountain.

All the way up the mountain, you can see green everywhere.

The trees in the mountain are luxuriant, and the spring at the foot is refreshing.

If Tianzhu peak was not occupied by holy lotus believers, it would be a small world resort with beautiful scenery.

The figures of the two men, one in front of the other in the woods, appeared and disappeared. They moved as fast as an ape. Many places that ordinary people could not cross were like walking on the ground and walking like flying.

No wonder Taiji said that he and bear are good at field combat. Although their body methods are not first-class, they are very suitable for running in the mountains and fields. Obviously, they have been trained deliberately.

Xiong Jingbian's stride was steady and powerful. With each big stride, he was no more than two feet away, as if he had measured it with a ruler.

The body method he used is called "xiongjianbu", which is the unique skill of the scouting battalion in the Daming army. It has been carefully polished by the scouting kings of the past dynasties, and has achieved an extremely perfect balance between speed and physical strength.

Three years ago, Xiong Jingbian used this vigorous footwork to keep up with the speed of the war horse. He ran for six hours on the Silk Road of the border and sent an important military information letter to the general of the border.

But that time, Xiong Jingbian also paid a heavy price. He almost took off all his strength and died. He had a full rest for three months. If it wasn't for his youth and talent, he would have died long ago.

Taiji's way of running is quite different from Xiong Jingbian's. He doesn't like Xiong Jingbian. No matter what obstacles he encounters, he strides over them and doesn't stay. Instead, he rushes left and right. When he surpasses the obstacles, he uses his strength to make his speed surge again.

The origin of Taiji's body method is not simple. It is a unique skill handed down from the Buddhist ascetic monks in the western regions. It is called "Xi Da Pu Ben Shu". Taiji is best at sprint. With the help of the power of all things, he can achieve the divine effect of harmony between man and nature in the process of running.

It was an accident, or a chance, that this strange body method fell into Taiji's hands. Once when I was shopping, I was kind-hearted on a whim and helped a black skin and black eyes monk. The other side didn't repay him and gave him this book "Xi Da Pu Ben Shu".

After practicing this running skill, Taiji's body method is like electricity. At the end of the running, it can produce a turning point again and make the enemy unpredictable.

There are six levels of this skill. Although he has only reached the second level, he is barely able to combine strength with Qi and heart with step, which has surpassed half of the lightness skill footwork in the world.

This set of footwork can be regarded as Taiji's skill of pressing the bottom of the box. Only in front of Xiong Jingbian can he confidently perform it.

The two men once tried their best body method. The result is that Xiong Jingbian's endurance is far better than that of Taiji's, but if he moves around in a narrow space, he is far less flexible than that of Taiji.

Unconsciously, the two of them ran to the hillside.

Far away, we can already hear the faint voice.

Two people at this time also stopped running, turn to carefully sneak, try not to make a loud noise, sneak into the mountain, do not ring“

"Big bear, I suddenly thought of a question! There are holy lotus believers and villagers captured by them on this mountain. How can we tell which are villagers and which are believers? " Tegy asked in a low voice, suddenly touching his head.

Xiong Jing Bian Leng a Leng, casually replied: "the villagers' costumes and believers should be different!"

"What if it's not different? What if you make a mistake? You have to come up with a safe idea Said tiger, picking his eyebrows.

Xiong Jing thought about it and said, "act according to circumstances! In my opinion, after meeting people, let's hide and have a look. Those villagers were taken captive to the mountains. Those who were bullied were villagers. Those who bullied must be holy lotus believers! "

"That's a good idea, so do it!" Tiger nodded and replied.