Chapter 58 Opening the Way

Xu Jinghong quickly stepped forward and quickly came to the bottom of the cliff under the cover of night, and then raised his head to carefully observe the high cliff that was about to be climbed by himself. Although it is dark and there is almost no light now, Xu Jinghong's eyes can already see things in the dark like the day, so he can clearly see the small bulges and depressions a few feet above.

After a long time, Xu Jinghong took a deep breath while jumping up and began the climbing journey. Although it is impossible for him to see the whole picture of the 60 or 70-foot-high cliff, only from the situation below, he can conclude that the cliff is not unattainable. As long as he does his best, the height of 60 or 70 feet can't help him at all.

You should know that when studying in the police academy in the previous life, in order to exercise the physical and physical coordination of the students, there was a course of rock climbing in the school. Although the indoor and outdoor rock walls climbed at that time were artificial, with many available fulcrums, and the height was not comparable to the Black Mountain Cliff, it was enough for Xu Jinghong to master rock climbing skills. What's more, now he has more strength than himself at that time, and he still has a pure internal force. Presumably this difficulty is not enough.

With such confidence, coupled with the previous calculation of the initial foothold, Xu Jinghong went up very fast, just like a big gecko, and has climbed several feet high in a few times. This scene fell into the eyes of the brothers not far away, which made everyone exclaim again: "This boy really has a trick. Even such a steep mountain wall is as flat in his eyes. What else can be difficult for him?" This is Wang Liehai's voice, which is just a little vague because of a blade of grass in his mouth.

"How can our team's ability be compared with ordinary people? It's just a black cliff. How can it be difficult to live with him? This is Xiong Geng's voice. After being together for so long, his admiration for Xu Jinghong has reached a new height.

Only a few scouts who have climbed mountains and mountains many times are not as interested as they are, but look at Xu Jinghong's rising body with some worriedness and pray for him in their hearts. As those who have experienced the same difficulties, they really know the difficulty of climbing such a mountain. The first few feet are often the easiest because they can be fully prepared, but once they are on a high place, the situation will be completely different.

Sure enough, after reaching a height of more than ten feet, Xu Jinghong's movements slowed down. After going up another two feet, he suddenly stopped, which made the brothers below feel tight again, only thinking that he was a little fierce. In fact, Xu Jinghong had no problem with his strength. He stopped to confirm a safer and easier road. Because he knows very well that it is useless for him to go up the mountain alone. Now the key is to open up a channel for future people to climb the cliff from then on, so he must find the most favorable way to climb.

After careful looking at it, Xu Jinghong had another convenient road in his heart and climbed up again. After such a pause, Xu Jinghong had completely integrated into the dark cliff, and the people below could not see him at all.

And when he was about 50 feet, he was about to approach the top of the cliff, Xu Jinghong found that a difficult problem appeared in front of him. Because of the high place and the great power of the wind, the cliffs here have become very flat, and there are almost no bumps to borrow. Only some gaps between the mountain walls can be pulled in by fingers to pull the whole body. Although this is not difficult for Xu Jinghong, he does not think that other people can still have the strength to pull their bodies up with their fingers after spending a lot of physical strength to climb up such a high place.

This ability of rock climbing with bare hands may not be able to be done by those extreme athletes who pursue climbing in later generations, and they also have the protection of very scientific insurance ropes and other insurance measures. And now the Song soldiers really want to conquer this cliff with their bare hands, which is a little more difficult than those extreme athletes.

"No, I can't let them take this risk. Once someone falls, it is likely to attract the attention of the barbarians above. At that time, we will only have a dead end to hang on the mountain wall!" Thinking of this, Xu Jinghong has pulled out a short knife on his waist and is about to chisel it on the mountain wall.

In order to ensure that he could save the most energy to get up the mountain, Xu Jinghong gave the original long knife to others for safekeeping. However, for the sake of safety, he still wore a short knife, which was also very sharp, but could cut holes in the mountain wall for people to borrow. But when the knife touched the mountain wall, Xu Jinghong suddenly stopped his hand. He suddenly remembered that if he made too much noise and there was the warning of barbarians on it, he would startle the snake. Only go up to ensure safety first, and then pave the road for the latecomers when you come down.

After figured this out, Xu Jinghong began to continue to go up. Of course, he used the mountain gaps that were only one or two fingers thick. At this time, the Xuanmen mind method in Xu Jinghong's body has been completely passively used. Every move of his movements is very appropriate, neither heavy nor light, and his body is as agile as a monkey. In an instant, he easily climbed up to the height of 20 feet and quickly came to the top of the cliff.

When he came to the edge of the cliff, Xu Jinghong pressed his body tightly against the mountain wall, because he could not guarantee whether a barbarian would suddenly appear on the edge of the cliff at this time. If he shocked the enemy above, it would be difficult for him to get out. After staying there quietly and listening carefully for a long time without finding anyone above, Xu Jinghong slowly leaned up and emerged from the edge of the cliff.

sweeping the whole back cliff, Xu Jinghong was secretly happy that there were no barbarians here. Obviously, the barbarians did not expect that enemies would come up from here. In this way, when Song Junzhen came to the ground from here, the barbarians would not find it at the first time. As long as they were unprepared, Song Jun's plan to attack from the future was likely to succeed.

Gently turned over the top of the cliff, and Xu Jinghong lowered his body and quietly walked forward. Since he came up, he must have a grasp of the situation of the barbarians above. Whether it is their military strength or other arrangements, they should be kept in mind and fully prepared for the upcoming attack.

Two feet away from the back cliff is a tall rock, seven or eight feet tall, just blocking the front and back view. Xu Jinghong moved forward little by little against the rock and carefully observed the situation of the Black Mountain Cliff.

The top of the cliff is only two miles round, but it is still flat. There are nearly a thousand barbarians lying upside down in the dark, and the snoring sounded. Obviously, the barbarians are all unprepared. This is because in their opinion, Song Jun has not yet arrived, so naturally there is no need to be careful, and there has always been someone guarding the important road below, and it is even more impossible for anyone to touch it. As for the back cliff, they don't believe that someone can come up unconsciously. It's a cliff dozens of feet high, and the miasma underneath is not a joke. Those who can go up are half immortals. So they can rest safely on the top of the mountain without sending half a vigil at all.

Xu Jinghong resisted the desire to do it and carefully observed the distribution of barbarians on the top of the mountain and the huge stones and trees they had placed on the edge of the mountain. Looking at the stone trees piled up almost higher than this rock, Xu Jinghong was also a little panicked. It seemed that the barbarians were still quite prepared. If they attacked, they didn't know how many Song Jun would die.

In the air extending from this cliff, there is a passage made of iron chains with thick arms. Obviously, that is the passage to the left and right cliffs. And on the cliffs on both sides, there must be a similar number of barbarians, so on the front line of the Black Mountain Cliff, the barbarians should have deployed nearly 3,000 defensive troops.

In addition, the two simple tents are also the object of Xu Jinghong's attention. He can guess that these two tents, which can be regarded as a high-end residence on the top of the mountain, should be the residence of the leader of the barbarian team on the cliff. If he kills the people in the tent, it must be able to panic the barbarians on the mountain for a short time. That can relieve the pressure for Song Jun below.

After integrating everything he saw into usable information, Xu Jinghong silently retreated. What awaits him will be more difficult to go down the mountain than to go up, and he has to prepare for the surprise in the near future, so he has to chisel a lot of holes in the mountain wall while going down. Fortunately, Xu Jinghong can now be sure that the barbarians above can't be shocked by this movement, and he can do things without distracting.

After sliding down from the top of the cliff, Xu Jinghong began to move, holding the top of the cliff with his left hand, and his right hand had waved the short blade in his hand and chiseled it down. Fortunately, the mountain wall has brittle after countless years of wind, sun and rain, so it is not difficult for Xu Jinghong to dig a hole on it. A few times later, a hole appeared.

Then Xu Jinghong used this hole as the support of his body, slid down and continued to chisel another hole below. Soon, he chiseled dozens of holes on the mountain wall at an incredible speed and went down to a height of more than 60 feet.

After a short rest and recovering his body, Xu Jinghong continued to chisel holes. At this time, the sky was slightly white, and Xu Jinghong's hands moved faster. He had to go back to the ground before dawn. But just because it was too fast and too urgent, or maybe the mountain wall was not very strong. When a new recess was chiseled, a large area of rock on the mountain wall fell straight down, making Xu Jinghong's already unstable body also a stag and slid down.

At this time, it was already dawn, and the scouts in the woods could see what was happening on the cliff. When they saw Xu Jinghong suddenly fall and go straight down, everyone was shocked, and some people even opened their mouths and shouted out. Even Wang Junqing, who had encountered many difficulties and dangers, raised his whole heart and soaked his whole body in cold sweat.

In addition to Xu Jinghong's life and death, what makes Wang Junqing more worried is that the barbarians will notice everyone's existence. I'm afraid that it will be too difficult for him and these brothers to retreat. What's worse is that the Song army's plot will also be guessed by the barbarians, so there is only the way to attack the Black Mountain Cliff. After all, he is a general. Sometimes he thinks more deeply and multifaceted than ordinary sergeants, but he can't be blamed for not thinking about Xu Jinghong wholeheartedly.

However, whether they are wholeheartedly concerned about Xu Jinghong, such as old dogs, or worried about Xu Jinghong for other reasons, they are already out of reach at this time. They can only watch Xu Jinghong fall off the cliff. Who told them to be still in the forest at this time, and there are still dozens of feet away from the bottom of the cliff. What?

The people below are desperate, but one person has not given up. This person is Xu Jinghong himself. The strong sense of survival made him try to stabilize himself and save himself even when he suddenly fell. He tried his best to control the balance of his body so that he would not be thrown away from the cliff by centrifugal force. Because only in this way can he have a chance to survive. Otherwise, if he falls from a height of dozens of feet, he will have to die.

At this time, the Taoist skill once again saved Xu Jinghong, because he did not panic, so the skill automatically began to turn rapidly in his body, thus making his fall much slower than ordinary people. Because of this, he was able to control his body and follow his wishes. After falling nearly 30 feet, Xu Jinghong finally seized an opportunity, and his body was close to the cliff again.

Without any hesitation, the short blade held by Xu Jinghong's right hand stabbed him with all his strength. The short knife, which was originally used to open the way for the later generations, became Xu Jinghong's life-saving straw at this time. Because of his full efforts, he fell into the stone wall of the cliff, which made Xu Jinghong's body stop on the cliff wall.

But Xu Jinghong fell from dozens of feet high, but the power of the fall was great. How could such a short knife withstand it? After stopping Xu Jinghong's body, the knife broke into two pieces, making Xu Jinghong's body, which had been stable, continue to fall again.

But Xu Jinghong had already prepared at this time. He also knew that it was impossible to completely stop his falling power with this knife, so after stabbing the knife, he had found another way to save himself. While the knife was broken, his left hand had quickly poked out and grabbed those on his side. How long have the vines grown on the cliff?

At the top of the cliff, there are some weeds and vines growing, and there are also some below it. However, due to the strong wind or other reasons in the middle of the cliff, there are no such strong plants. The place where Xu Jinghong fell is exactly where there are no vines to catch, but after falling to this height, there are already some vines, which is also in Xu Jinghong's design, so he saved his life.

However, those vines are not as strong as Xu Jinghong thought. After being suddenly pulled by these thousands of pounds, they also broke apart. However, at this time, Xu Jinghong had completely stabilized his body. At the moment when the vine broke, he had buckled a stone crack on his side with his right hand, thus stabilizing the falling body again. And as his body stabilized, the large vine also broke and fell.

All this happened too quickly. It was not until Xu Jinghong completely stabilized that the large stripped cliff stone fell to the ground and made a loud noise, and then the vines also fell under the cliff.

The people under the cliff looked at Xu Jinghong, who had stood back in disbelief. They didn't expect that under such circumstances, he could still save himself from danger and escape from the dead door. Everyone showed reverence. What the soldiers respect most is the ability and responsibility. Xu Jinghong saved everyone and committed danger alone, which has shown his responsibility, and his performance on the cliff reflects his ability and firm will, which makes everyone dare not treat him as a scout like himself. Let's look at it. Even Wang Junqing, his eyes on Xu Jinghong have also changed greatly at this time. He knows that he has really found an ideal scout leader this time!

Just when the people under the cliff were stunned, the barbarians on the cliff were finally shocked by the loud noise, and many people had gathered to the top of the cliff to look down. However, after all, it was dawn and the sky was not very bright, so they did not see the scouts in the forest under the cliff. Xu Jinghong was close to the cliff, and because of the angle, they could not see such a person directly below them, so they did not find anything abnormal.

"It may be that the stone on the cliff fell by the wind that caused such a big movement?" These barbarians quickly came to their own conclusions. In any case, they will not believe that someone can climb up from behind and survive safely after such a big noise. If Xu Jinghong really fell and died under the cliff, maybe they would know that Song Jun appeared behind him because they saw his body. Unfortunately, this assumption is impossible now.

After the barbarians on the mountain shrank back, Xu Jinghong climbed down again. At this time, he found that his left and right hands had cracked and the blood was not stopped. The self-help just now made him pull with all his strength. It is logical that his hands were torn. After all, he is not an iron man. Fortunately, this small injury was really nothing to him, so Xu Jinghong just tore off two corners of his clothes and wrapped his hands, and then continued to climb down.

Although it is said that it is easier to go down the mountain, especially rock climbing, it is not difficult for Xu Jinghong to find this kind of support point everywhere. However, in half an hour, he had returned to the ground from the cliff and then flashed back to the woods.

Everyone gathered around with lingering fear, and Xiong Geng's faces were even more afraid. Xu Jinghong just smiled at this: "I have nothing to do, I just have a slight injury on my hand. Although the barbarians didn't find anything, we'd better leave as soon as possible. It's not too late to bring people back here after having a plan with the general.

Wang Junqing nodded and ordered to retreat from the original road. However, before leaving, they still made a little preparation, that is, to take away the grass leaves in the forest that could be used to remove the poison of miasma. This miasma left a deep impression on everyone. They don't want anyone to be unable to act because of poisoning next time!