Although the sea water pouring into the camp did not cause violent waves, it continued to flow layer by layer. It would not take long for the entire military camp to be covered by sea water. God knows how high the seawater flowing into the military camp will rise, and I dare not bet on whether I will be annihilated if I stay in the military camp: "Quick, run to the mountain!"
Dong Dahai was already confused: "Brother, where do we go up the mountain from? We are surrounded by water on both sides."
"Go up the mountain from the direction of the fort."
When I pulled Dong Dahai and ran towards the fort, Dong Dahai suddenly shouted: "Do you think there are steps over there?"
When I looked in the direction of Dong Dahai's finger, I could vaguely see several intermittent steps winding up the mountain.
If the stone steps had not been destroyed, they should have led from the foot of the mountain to the stone cliff. However, now this stone step has been cut off several times by Qing artillery fire. At first glance, it looks like a road that has been cut into several sections. Giant pythons scattered on the hillside.
"Let's talk when we get up!" I looked back at the surging sea water, and quickly rushed up the stone steps with Dong Dahai. I stepped over a section of broken stone steps and instinctively walked to the next one. When I looked forward again, the scenery in front of me turned into a silent military camp: "When did I turn around? Dong Dahai , Dong Dahai..."
Dong Dahai, who had been following me, was now standing on another set of stone steps, more than ten meters away from me, crying: "You are a human or a ghost, why did you fly out all of a sudden?"
Fly out? I clearly remember taking a few steps, so how could I fly out
"I'm a human being. We've been walking together for so long, and you still can't tell that I'm a human being?" I turned around and ran in the direction of Dong Dahai, who was so frightened that he ran away: "Don't come here, you Just wait a moment.”
I only ran two steps before I stopped and stared at Dong Dahai's back.
When people are escaping, they usually run in a straight line as fast as possible, unless they are blocked by something in front of them before turning. After Dong Dahai stepped out of the stone steps, he ran all the way to the left and ran to another set of stairs. Until he stepped on the stone steps, he turned around and ran towards me inexplicably.
I just moved my body and stood in front of Dong Dahai. Dong Dahai, who was rushing over, saw me at first glance and knelt down with a bang: "Old fairy, old fairy, I, Dong Dahai, have never done anything immoral in my life. You are always merciful... You are always merciful and spared me. I have some mercy." …”
"Shut up!" I raised my leg and kicked Dong Dahai to the ground. "Take a good look at whether I am a human or a ghost."
"You, you..." Dong Dahai said the word "you" several times, "You have great magic power and great supernatural powers, so don't play tricks on me. Otherwise, how can I run in front of you?"
I grabbed Dong Dahai and said, "Open your eyes now and watch me move forward."
"I don't dare, I don't dare..." Dong Dahai was so frightened that he didn't even dare to lift his head.
"If you dare not look, I will pluck out your eyeballs." I grabbed Dong Dahai and pushed him down on the stone steps, and ran up the steps myself.
This time, I didn’t look up at the road, but kept staring at my toes. According to the route he walked out, after about ten steps, he would be able to stop at a level with the next set of stone steps, but his toes happened to be on the edge of the next set of steps.
Next step, should he turn around
I deliberately lowered my toes, stepped hard on the edge of the stone steps with my front feet, straightened my back feet suddenly, and sank my whole body toward my toes. According to common sense, this posture should not move at all without external force, but when I looked up, I saw Dong Dahai who was supposed to be standing behind me.
My first reaction was: The mountain must be insurmountable. There is a maze set up here. If Ye Xun were here, we might still have the possibility to go up the mountain, but I could only choose to escape somewhere else.
At the beginning, Ninghai camp shelled the stone steps, maybe because they couldn't rush to the top of the mountain, so they wanted to use artillery fire to force the way. However, the battalion was still blocked on the mountainside. He and Dong Dahai had no time to figure out how to go up the mountain.
I rushed to Dong Dahai: "Go back and see if we can go down the mountain over there."
"Go back? There's a ghost..." Dong Dahai was so frightened that he sat on the ground as soon as he turned around.
The military camp that was originally submerged in darkness did not know when a lampstand made of wooden roots was erected. The brass fire plate supported by three wooden sticks burst into flames, illuminating the entire military camp. .
The surging sea water on the ground was at least more than half a meter, and large red-topped military hats floated on the water, drifting slowly towards the depths of the military camp. At first glance, it looked like soldiers returning to camp.
"Get up!" I pulled Dong Dahai, but the latter couldn't stand up: "No, no... I can't get up..."
"Then you just wait to die!" I put the scabbard on my back, jumped into the water with the long knife in one hand, waded through the knee-deep water and ran towards the back of the military camp.
Sea water poured into the military camp from the camp gate in the direction of the cliff. There was no way to go forward on the left side of the hillside. Although no danger was found on the right side of the military camp, there were two forts there, which meant that the Ninghai Camp had also been strictly guarding that direction. . I didn't dare to bet on whether we could get out of trouble there, so I could only rush to the relatively safe rear camp.
After I ran more than ten meters, Dong Dahai chased me from behind, crying: "Brother, wait for me, don't leave me..."
I just wanted to scare Dong Dahai and had no intention of throwing him down. When I heard him chasing me from behind, I stopped immediately.
The moment I turned around to pick up Dong Dahai, I saw four military caps stained red by the fire, like sharks seeing blood, dragging a herringbone wave, heading straight for Dong Dahai and quietly attacking behind him.
"Be careful!" I rushed to Dong Dahai in a few steps, stretched out my hand to grab the other man's collar and moved it behind me, and the long knife in my right hand also struck down a military cap. The light of the knife flashed through the water, and the military hat floating on the water was divided into two and sank into the water. The other three hats also flipped to the bottom under the water splashed by the blade.
No one under the hat
It only took me a moment to realize that something was wrong. Why did Dong Dahai, who was dragged behind me, lose his voice
When I turned around to look, there were ripples on the water, and Dong Dahai's shadow was nowhere to be seen.
I immediately took a step forward, inserted my hand into the center of the ripples, and touched the bottom of the water. As soon as my fingers touched the zippered skirt, I immediately turned my palms into claws and grabbed the other person's collar and suddenly lifted it up.
But this time Dong Dahai seemed extremely heavy. It wasn't until I pulled him out of the water that I discovered that someone was strangling Dong Dahai's neck from behind. The short knife in the other person's hand was just pressing on the edge of Dong Dahai's neck. Just a slight movement could make him fall. Blood splattered on the spot.
Not only did I not let go, I pulled Dong Dahai up with all my strength. I looked at the person behind Dong Dahai through Dong Dahai's head.
Half of the other party's head was shaved cleanly, and a long braid from the Qing Dynasty was dragged behind the head, and the end of the braid was wrapped around the neck several times. His face turned out to be the same as the commander-in-chief on the round platform, who was also turning over the pale golden mummy.
Before the two of them could stand firm, I let go of my left hand that was holding Dong Dahai's collar. I raised my palm along Dong Dahai's collar, directly grabbed Qing Bing's wrist, pulled it out violently, and followed suit. Then exit one step.
Dong Dahai, who was already about to suffocate, knelt down in the water, but after pulling Qing Bing's hand away, I suddenly took a step forward, raised my head and knocked on Qing Bing's head.
I am 1.85 meters tall, which is much taller than the Qing soldiers. Coupled with the force of the forward charge, a loud noise like the impact of rocks suddenly broke out on the foreheads of the two people. As blood flew from my head, the Qing soldiers on the opposite side couldn't help but take two steps back.
"Kill-" I didn't wait for the opponent to stand firm, then raised the long knife high above his head, went straight to the Qing soldier's head and slashed it down. Although the Qing soldier who was still retreating escaped the disaster of beheading, he was cut into the center of the eyebrow by the tip of the knife. The ferocious knife edge instantly pulled him from the top of his head to his chin, and the other person also fell on his back into the water.
When the water pushed away by the corpse gathered again, a layer of black stains like kerosene suddenly appeared on the water.
I didn't have time to think about whether it was the blood gushing out of the opponent's body, so I quickly picked up Dong Dahai, who was still in shock, and ran all the way to the back of the military camp. Before the two of us had run very far, military hats coming along the water surrounded us from all directions.
Dong Dahai turned back while running: "Brother, run quickly, quickly... the ghost soldiers are catching up!"
I was actually looking back, and I didn't dare to run too fast because there was a general sitting deep in the barracks. The Qing soldiers who turned into mummies could come out of the water to kill people. Couldn't that military commander lead his troops to fight again
However, the Qing soldiers coming along the river have blocked our retreat. Even if the two of us want to turn back, we can't break out of the heavy siege.
When I suddenly accelerated, Dong Dahai stepped on the saber sunk in the water. The long knife was stuck in the crack of the stone, and the blade was turned upward. Dong Dahai slipped and his soles slid along the blade. The blade instantly cut open the sole of Dong Dahai's shoe and cut directly into his toes. Dong Dahai screamed and fell into the water.
The corpses of four Qing soldiers jumped out of the water at the same time, and stabbed Dong Dahai with their guns. Hearing Dong Dahai's scream, I had already turned around and slashed the opponent's steel spear with my backhand.
The four gun barrels were cut off by long knives and flew far away. Dong Dahai, who fell into the water, crawled and swam out of the water behind me. Strangely, the Qing soldiers whose spears were severed by my sword did not continue to pursue them. Instead, they crouched down and dived back into the water.
The four military caps floating on the water immediately divided into two sides and went around me toward his back. A large number of Qing soldiers' caps swarmed in behind him along with the waves.
After turning around, I suddenly lowered my head and ducked under Dong Dahai's armpits, hugged Dong Dahai's legs with one hand, carried him across my body and continued running away. The cliff behind the military camp was our only way out, but I didn't know what was waiting for me over there.