Ye Ming saw: The south bank of the Dongta River was brightly lit at the moment, and there were at least thirty heavily armed Feilong Regiment soldiers guarding the Iron Rope Bridge near the Dulongpo Military Camp. It seemed that Gong Pengju had already expected that Ye Ming would run away.
Coming here, we made careful arrangements in advance and strengthened the security force of the cable bridge.
After Ye Ming observed carefully for a while, he quietly retreated into the small pit where Su Xueling was hiding, and said in a low voice: "Sister Ling, there is at least a platoon of troops guarding the Iron Chain Bridge, and the firepower is so powerful that I can't break through by myself.
We can only think of another way."
Having said this, he looked at the mobile phone in Su Xueling's hand and asked: "Does the mobile phone have signal now? Can I make a call or send a WeChat message?"
Su Xueling nodded and said: "The signal is there, but Li Xiaoqin's mobile phone number is restricted from making international long distance calls and cannot make domestic contacts; there is no data on her mobile phone, and she uses the wifi in the military camp in Youlong Valley and Dulongpo.
WeChat, but the wifi in the Dulongpo Military Camp is now closed. I guess Gong Pengju was worried that we would use WeChat to communicate with the country after escaping here, so he turned off the wifi in advance."
Ye Ming asked: "Doesn't Li Xiaoqin often contact Ding Tiansheng? How come her mobile phone number restricts outgoing international calls?"
"I heard Li Xiaoqin mention this, saying that Ding Tiansheng was worried that she would contact her relatives and friends in China by calling her and expose her whereabouts, so she restricted her calling card for international long distance calls. If she wanted to call Ding Tiansheng, she would need to call Gong Pengju.
Borrow a mobile phone; in addition, Ding Tiansheng asked Gong Pengju to supervise Li Xiaoqin, stipulating that she could only have his WeChat ID on her mobile phone, and she was never allowed to use WeChat to contact people in China. So for us, Li Xiaoqin’s mobile phone card is basically
It’s a waste card!”
Ye Ming frowned and thought for a while, and said to Su Xueling: "Sister Ling, according to my estimation, as soon as it gets dark, Gong Pengju will arrange soldiers to come and search the mountain. We must stay away from the Dulongpo camp now, and it is best to go to Silver Elephant Peak.
Climb up there. Although it may be a dead end, this is the only way we can go now. If we continue to stay here, we will be captured by Gong Pengju's people sooner or later."
Although Su Xueling is a strong woman, she is still a woman. Faced with this kind of life and death decision, she has long since lost her opinion, so she nodded obediently and said, "I listen to you. I will go wherever you decide. If we die together, we will die together."
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So, Ye Ming picked up his phone, but did not dare to turn on the flashlight function. Instead, he turned on the night mode and used the dim light emitted by the phone screen to find the path leading to Silver Elephant Peak on both sides of the mountain road he came from - because
He once heard from Shi Xin that he lived in Yin
Some mountain people below Elephant Peak will climb some trails to the top of Silver Elephant Peak to collect medicine. There are several villages near Dulongpo. If there are mountain people collecting medicine in these villages, they may use this road to collect medicine.
A trail is opened somewhere on the mountain road to climb to Silver Elephant Peak.
Sure enough, after searching carefully for more than ten minutes, Ye Ming found a trail going up the mountain more than 300 meters west of where they had just hidden, which was probably leading to the Silver Elephant Peak in the northeast.
So, he returned to his hiding place and whispered to Su Xueling: "Sister Ling, I found a trail going up the mountain on the way here. It probably leads to Silver Elephant Peak. Let's climb to the top of the peak quickly."
Su Xueling's eyes lit up and she asked happily: "Really? Since there is a trail leading to Silver Elephant Peak, will we be out of danger if we cross the peak?"
Ye Ming sighed, shook his head and said: "It's not that simple. Think about it: Gong Pengju must have known that there was a trail leading to Silver Elephant Peak, but he didn't arrange for soldiers to guard it. Why? There is only one reason: this trail leads to
It may be a dead end, and it is impossible to climb Silver Elephant Peak, so Gong Pengju feels there is no need to arrange soldiers to garrison in advance."
Su Xueling nodded and suddenly asked: "Ye Ming, Gong Pengju clearly knows that the only road we just walked from Youlong Valley to this side is the road we just walked. Why didn't he arrange for soldiers to intercept us on the road?"
Ye Ming thought for a while and replied: "I guess there are two reasons: First, Gong Pengju has arranged for four top masters to hunt us down. It is estimated that we cannot escape from the scope of Youlong Valley, so he feels there is no need.
Then arrange for soldiers to intercept us; secondly, my senior brother’s comrade said when he said goodbye to me: He would set his cell phone to be unreachable, leaving Gong Pengju temporarily unavailable.
Fa knew the result of their pursuit. If Gong Pengju wanted to ask questions in the future, he would say that he was shot and passed out, so he did not report to him in time. I guess that the eldest brother has not told Gong Pengju that we have escaped until now, and let Gong Pengju
There was a misjudgment, thinking that it was impossible for us to escape from those four masters, so no one was arranged to intercept us on the road."
Next, Ye Ming carried Su Xueling on his back again and began to climb up the winding mountain path to the summit of Silver Elephant Peak in the northeast.
Although Ye Ming has good physical strength, he is not invincible after all. He has just carried Su Xueling on a mountain road for more than ten kilometers, which has consumed a lot of physical strength. So now when he carries her to climb to the peak, it is already a bit too much. Although he is gritting his teeth and persisting,
He walked, but his pace became slower and slower, and his breathing became heavier and heavier. After climbing four to five hundred meters, he felt as if his feet were filled with lead, and he could hardly lift his feet.
Su Xueling felt that his energy was exhausted, so she hurriedly said: "Ye Ming, put me down and help me climb to the top. There are still several hours before dawn. It doesn't matter if we go slower."
Ye Ming knew that he was at the end of his strength, and if he continued to carry Su Xueling on his back, he would most likely collapse from exhaustion, so he put her down, put an arm around her waist, and carried her half-supporting and half-hugging her to the summit.
Climb.
Because Su Xueling almost walked on one foot, the climbing speed was very slow. It took nearly six hours for the two of them to climb to the bottom of the cliff to the west of Silver Elephant Peak. At this time, that
The Tiaopanshan trail has reached the end, and beyond is the Dongta River.
Ye Ming looked at his cell phone. The time showed that it was 5:40 in the morning. At this time, the sky in the east was already glowing white, and the nearby mountains and ridges showed their bluish-white outlines. The general topography could be seen:
In front of them is the upper reaches of the Dongta River. Someone has built a single-plank bridge on the river, leading to the cliff on the other side. However, looking from here, the path disappears under the towering cliff on the opposite bank.
Ye Ming estimated that this single-plank bridge was erected by mountain people who collected herbs. After crossing the river, they could use climbing tools to climb to the top of Silver Elephant Peak to collect herbs.
However, for herself and Su Xueling, this trail is really a dead end: first of all, they don't have any climbing tools in their hands, so they can't climb at all; secondly, Su Xueling has a sprained ankle, and even if she has climbing tools, she can't follow her.