Midwinter.

The Eastern Caucasus Mountains are covered with snow, and the area covering tens of thousands of square kilometers is vast.

Huge hole.

The silence inside was broken by the noise outside.

A middle-aged man in his thirties came in and said, "Maula, it's not good!"

"The Truchens are coming!"

Mansour quickly got up, and the old man in the mountain beside him was also alarmed and sat up with a cry.

"What? The heavy snow outside is almost two feet deep. How did they get in?"

"Big Mullah, Imam"

(The old man in the mountain recognized Mansour as his teacher and was given the title of imam)

"The Truchin people in the east came from Buyrak, the people in the south came from Lagodehi, which belongs to Azerbaijan, and the north naturally came from Grozny"

"They were all paddling sleds and wearing white clothes. Fortunately, I had an extra eye, otherwise I wouldn't have noticed them at all."

"How many people are there?"

"Not many, they only have 300 people in each camp, and there is only one camp on each side"

"Where's Simeon?"

"There's no movement, Maura. It's freezing cold at Yingzui Cliff. There are ice crystals hanging on the cliff. Not to mention coming over, I can't even get to the top of the cliff."

Mansour finally calmed down.

"There are only 900 people who want to surround us? Ignore him, but we must always pay attention to their movements. There are also many of our people who can ski. Let them dress up as ordinary herdsmen and keep a close eye on them."

"Yes"

......

Another half month has passed.

Heavy snow has completely covered the entire East Caucasus Mountains. At this time, the mountains, rivers, and forests are completely under the power of the white madman. It is impossible to tell where the rivers are, where the roads are, and where the forests are.

At the northern foot of the mountain, there are four large rivers flowing down from west to east.

The westernmost one is naturally the Terek River that flows through Alan City (Vladokoz), and the easternmost one is the Yaksu River that flows through Khasavyurt, which is where the Chechens and Dagestanis are now.

The dividing line between , the middle one to the west is the Asa River, which was the dividing line between the Chechens and the Alans.

The one to the east in the middle is the Argon River flowing through Grozny, which is the mother river of the Chechens.

The four rivers span hundreds of miles, and the distance between each river is at least a few hundred miles. Among them, the Asa River and the Argonne River are all high mountains with an altitude of more than 4,000 meters. There is usually no snow.

There are no roads to walk on, the mountains are steep and densely forested, making it a famous no-man's land in the Eastern Caucasus Mountains.

Although it is also difficult to walk between the Terek River and the Asa River, and between the Argon River and the Yaksu River, due to the gentle mountains, there are still mountain hunters and herdsmen who can travel.

Further east from the Yaksu River is the famous Andi Basin in the East Caucasus Mountains. It is also a famous pasture and is home to a large number of Chechens and Dagestani herders.

The Chechens call this grassland Anji Grassland.

On this day, the tranquility of the giant cave was once again broken by the man from the previous few days.

"Big Mullah!"

Mansour was praying at this time, so he naturally ignored the call and continued to kneel on the ground to pray.

The man had no choice but to kneel down and pray along.

After a while, Mansour sat up.

After praying for a while, Mansourton felt refreshed and asked the man to open the door.

As a harsh crunching sound came, the true face of the giant hole finally appeared before our eyes.

I saw that this cave was extremely high, at least three feet, and it was even more bottomless inside. However, the higher the cave went, the lower it got, until finally there was only a small hole half as high as a person stretching into the distance.

"Dong dong..."

There seemed to be the sound of river flowing in the depths. Mansour's place was right in the middle of the huge cave. In addition to the old man in the mountain, there were at least dozens of young Chechens surrounding him, all of them carrying scimitars.

, carrying a musket.

There are about hundreds of young men outside them, dressed similarly to dozens of others, and all of them are on full alert.

Outside the huge cave is a platform that protrudes from the cliff, about one foot wide, hanging alone in the middle of a steep and straight line. It is still several hundred meters up to the top of the mountain and down to the bottom of the mountain.

The cold wind was howling on the platform, and when I stood on it and looked out, I was dazzled by the whiteness in my eyes. If I waited and watched for a long time, I would have to become snow-blind.

A few hundred meters away, if you stand at the bottom of the mountain and look out, the giant cave is just a small black dot.

On one side of the cave, close to the cliff, there is a rattan ladder made of wild rattan, a specialty of the Caucasus Mountains. When someone comes up, they only need to shake the rattan ladder according to the rules. If it shakes incorrectly, the person on top will be killed immediately.

Broken vine ladder.

There is a vast expanse of white all around, and even in normal times it is inaccessible. It is completely impossible to climb up this vine ladder to attack the huge cave - because only one person can go up the vine ladder at a time.

"Abdullah"

Mansour said.

It turns out that the man who came up just now is the one who gnashed his teeth in the huge cave before. His name is Abdullah. He is Mansour's second disciple, and his status is second only to the old man in the mountain.

"Disciples are here"

"Tell me, what happened again"

"Big Mullah, somehow, the Truqin people easily occupied the Anji Basin!"

Now Mansour couldn't sit still. Although his true strength was hidden deep in the mountains, his men and horses also needed supplies, and the most important source of supplies was the Anj Basin!

"What the hell is going on?!"

"Big Mullahs, although their number is small, they came suddenly and quickly. The local herders are scattered in various places. It doesn't matter if they take over all the chiefs' cat winter areas."

"It's not that simple."

"Yes, at this time, the news that the Truchens had captured the entire Azerbaijan and Dagestan land has probably reached them. It came suddenly, and there were only a few troops around them. When the Truchens arrived, they only resisted slightly.

I surrendered immediately"

"Alas..."

Mansour sighed.

"They are not devout disciples of my sect. They succumbed to evil forces easily. The Truqin people can occupy the Anji Basin, but it is impossible to find the true warriors of my sect."

"Even if we find it, we can't come up. The food we have stored can last for a year. The Anji Basin is bitterly cold and cannot carry so many Truqin soldiers. When spring comes, we will go down the mountain to deal with them."

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading!

"The Eagle's Mouth Cliff?"

"It's impossible for them to come over in such a cold weather, not to mention that we still have a hundred people stationed there, watching day and night, and we still have muskets in our hands. How can we come here? First of all, it is impossible for them to move the artillery that they are proud of to the top of the mountain. They only have muskets.

We still have to cross a ten-foot cliff that even monkeys cannot cross, unless God helps us."

Mansour is very confident.

There are many huge caves like this in the Caucasus Mountains. Before the Islamists occupied this place, they were all called Goliath Cave. Legend has it that the giant Goliath in the Bible dug them out with his giant axe.
p>

During the Great Flood, this became a place where the ancestors of Christians took refuge from the flood.

There is also a secret passage connecting Yingzui Cliff to this cave, which is said to have been dug out by ancestors who had to avoid floods for decades.

The west end of the secret passage is Eagle Beak Cliff!

......

Eagle Mouth Cliff.

Standing at the foot of the mountain and watching the two peaks confront each other, with the cliff between them only 30 meters apart, Actun, who once climbed mountains and waded in Changbai Mountain as if walking on flat ground, was also stunned.

The cliff on the opposite side is almost cut out with a knife. It is tall and straight, reaching several hundred meters. The cliff is covered with frozen ice. Not to mention climbing, there are few places to set foot.

The slope of the cliff on the opposite side is slightly gentler, but you can't go up from here. You can only take a detour from a distance. According to the local Ingush people, you have to go around for at least a hundred miles to slowly climb up to the top of the mountain from the gentle slope.

.

And even when we reach the top of the mountain, facing a distance of thirty meters wide, we still look at the cliff and sigh.

They took advantage of the favorable conditions of heavy snow to ski all the way, and it took them ten days to get here. In normal times, it would have been impossible to get here in less than a month.

However, they still have telescopes.

In the lens, the top of the cliff opposite protrudes outward, resembling an eagle's beak. No wonder it's called the Eagle's Beak Cliff.

There are vaguely human figures swaying above, which means that even if you successfully reach the cliff opposite Yingzui Cliff, you will still be exhausted and it is impossible to climb over using the zipline.

He decided to wait.

Sure enough, at night, torches were lit up on the Eagle Beak Cliff, which meant that they were also on guard duty at night!
To be continued...