The war of resistance against mountains is heavy

Chapter 1926: Deep into the Bandits’ Lair

When the sky was just beginning to brighten, Shang Zhen and Da Laoben came out from their hiding place.

Da Laoben held a wooden stick in his front hand, and Shang Zhen also held a branch in his back hand. The two of them moved forward at a speed not much faster than a snail.

Wang Chuan admired Shang Zhen and Dalaoben for being great men, but in fact, when Shang Zhen and the other two finally reached the summit, they were already exhausted.

Not long after they successfully reached the summit, the sky had already turned completely dark. It was so dark that you couldn't see your hand in front of you. The only thing that was shining was the stars in the sky.

To be honest, Shang Zhen was much more afraid of the dense traps on the top of the mountain mentioned in the intelligence than he was of these dozens of bandits.

If he hadn't discovered that Zhao Tieying had sent people to cause trouble, he would not have taken the dozens of bandits seriously.

He also adhered to the principle that one must not capsize in the gutter after having crossed many big rivers and streams, so he asked the second kid to transfer Chu Tian's company over.

When it was dark, there were traps and mechanisms in the strange place. Shang Zhen certainly refused to move forward. Even when Da Laoben suggested that he could try to sneak in again, he refused.

The two men hid on the edge of the mountain top, looking ahead, silently chewing dry food to replenish their energy.

However, just when Shang Zhen was about to sleep with Da Laoben, something unexpected happened.

They saw from afar that there was a light on the top of the mountain. Although the light was very dim, they could faintly hear someone shouting. As for the content of the shouting, they could not hear it.

After the lights went out and the shouting disappeared, the two men saw that there was nothing unusual and fell asleep.

But after sleeping for a while, Shang Zhen was woken up by Da Laoben again. At this time, Shang Zhen and the other two actually heard someone whispering.

Judging from the sounds, the two people were about forty or fifty meters away from them.

However, due to their unfamiliarity with the terrain, Shang Zhen and Da Laoben finally resisted the urge to move forward.

They could only listen to the whispers of the two people, but they couldn't hear anything clearly. After the two people left, they analyzed it for a while, but couldn't figure it out, so they could only continue to rest.

There was already a hint of paleness in the eastern sky, and with that little bit of light, Shang Zhen and Dalaoben could at least see the terrain in front of them.

It's a mess here, or as the Northeastern dialect says, there are a lot of rocks sticking out and twisting. What's more, the gaps between some of the rocks are very narrow, so they have to move very slowly if they want to get through.

Shang Zhen didn't know how to describe these stones. Of course, if a scholar like Chu Tian or Chen Hanwen were here, they would give such landforms an accurate adjective, called rugged.

The two people climbed up and down among the rocks, moving forward carefully.

After Da Lao Ben climbed up a large rock that was more than one meter high, he whispered, "Stand still, don't move. There is a ditch ahead."

After Shang Zhen climbed up, he vaguely saw that there was indeed a ditch in front of him - a ditch with rocks on both sides, or this could also be understood as a crack on the top of the mountain.

It wasn't very wide, only about two or three meters. As it was still dark, they couldn't see clearly how deep it was or what was underneath.

Crossing such a ditch during the day is not a problem, but what about at night? That is a big problem.

Fortunately, they didn't touch inside last night, Shang Zhen and Da Laoben both felt fortunate.

If I had slipped and fallen last night, I would have been half dead if not killed, but now there is naturally no problem.

At Shang Zhen's signal, Da Lao Ben raised his leg and jumped forward.

At this time, Shang Zhen himself was already ready to jump forward.

But he saw that Big Ben's front feet had already stepped on the opposite bank of the ditch and his body had already squatted down, but suddenly he let out a low cry and his body bent and stretched like a spring and bounced back!

Shang Zhen was originally behind Da Lao Ben. When he saw Zhang Lao Ben coming back, he instinctively dodged to the side and reached out to pull Da Lao Ben. Da Lao Ben was able to stabilize his body with the help of this force.

"Why are you so startled? What's wrong?" Shang Zhen asked hurriedly.

"It felt like there were bamboo sticks under my feet, I almost stepped on them!" Da Laoben replied. "What?" Shang Zhen was also a little confused.

  It was still too dark. In their understanding, if the bank on one side was stone, then the other side should also be stone. Who could have covered the stone with bamboo sticks? That was stone, not soil!

"Of course I am. I won't make a mistake." Da Laoben answered, his voice a little rougher than usual. It is estimated that even if he usually has a high level of concentration, he must have been frightened!

Yes, I was indeed startled, and after landing I jumped back up!

This situation can be imagined. There must be bamboo sticks all ahead, and there is no place to stand except where he stood.

"What should we do? How about waiting until the sky gets brighter?" Shang Zhen asked.

It is true that Shang Zhen is the battalion commander, but he didn't jump over just now, and he didn't know what the situation was there, so he could only ask Da Laoben.

"Wait a little longer, I almost stepped on it." The stupid guy had no other choice.

The two people could only wait, and after waiting for a few minutes, the visibility finally improved.

At this time, when they looked across the ditch, they saw densely packed bamboo sticks standing on the bank.

There are wooden boards under the bamboo sticks. I think the bamboo sticks were inserted into the wooden boards and placed on the ditch bank.

The bamboo stick is only slightly thicker than the chopsticks, and the ditch can actually be crossed by a person with one big step, but combining the two is really a bit troublesome.

After watching for a while, Shang Zhen suddenly laughed out loud.

When Da Lao Ben looked at him in confusion, Shang Zhen whispered, "What's wrong with this Chen Sankan? He's just playing tricks like a child."

Da Laoben understood that since Shang Zhen said so, he must have an idea.

As expected, Shang Zhen then said: "Stand back and watch me."

The stupid guy retreated as he was told. Shang Zhen squinted his eyes and looked carefully at the ditch bank in front of him. Then he raised his left leg and jumped out.

Shang Zhen's action scared Da Lao Ben again.

It was just a coincidence just now, and that jump was not very big.

Seeing something like a bamboo stick under his feet, he quickly retracted his foot in a hurry, and his toes stepped on the edge of the ditch where there was no bamboo stick.

Since he couldn't rush forward anymore, he could only use the force to jump back.

The bamboo sticks are very dense, how dense are they? It is nonsense to say that they are so dense that no water can get through, but if the forefoot is firmly planted, it is necessary to put three or five bamboo sticks on the sole of the foot.

  Now Shang Zhen actually jumped out. How could Big Laoben not be worried?

But what made Da Laoben more worried was the next moment after Shang Zhen jumped out!

The height that Shang Zhen jumped from was wrong!

Jumping to the other side of the ditch was a flat jump, but in the next moment, Da Laoben saw Shang Zhen and ran directly into the ditch!

But before he could say anything, when he saw that Shang Zhen's head was a little higher than the bank of the ditch, Shang Zhen's right arm had already stretched out.

  Shang Zhen fell down, and his right palm just hooked the stone on the other side of the ditch where there was no bamboo stick!

The battalion commander just jumped over and grabbed him?

Da Laoben recalled the moment when Shang Zhen jumped out, and then he understood.

It turned out that Shang Zhen didn't jump to the other side of the ditch, but instead stepped his front foot directly on the opposite ditch wall.

With the cushion of that kick, the man fell down, and then he grabbed the other side of the ditch with his arms. It was just a few fingertips, and he didn't touch the bamboo sticks.

In this way, Shang Zhen did not jump to the other side, but instead hung himself on the other side of the ditch!

Da Lao Ben couldn't help but laugh, he knew it worked.

With their skills, as long as they didn't step on the bamboo sticks, they could reach the other side. Even though they were hanging on the wall, the next step would be easy to deal with.

(End of this chapter)