The stranded ships almost blocked the entire river, and there was a large gravel beach right in front of it. The river disappeared miraculously, but there were too many stranded ships, and the big red official ship was not a warship. .
"Hold on everyone, let the boat slow down..."
The guards tried their best to slow down the speed of going straight down the current. Everyone's heart was raised in their throats, for fear that there was something ghostly in the water. No one came to help.
"Boom~"
There was a sudden earthquake on the official boat, and several small broken boats were knocked away. One end of the boat shoveled on the cliff and stopped. The cave entered the mountain.
"What can we do, we can't get in such a big ship..."
Ye Jier stood on tiptoe anxiously. The wide grotto looked like a flat animal mouth. It opened at the bottom of the tall cliff. You could only see the cave entrance with strange rocks. If you went deeper, it would be pitch black, and the tall official ship Can't get in at all.
"The Dragon Guards are on alert, pay attention to the attack above the cliff..."
Zhao Guanren took a binoculars and stood on the bow of the ship to look carefully. There were more than a dozen large and small ships blocked in front of him. Old headless corpses were scattered everywhere, looking miserable and gloomy.
The bloodstains and traces had long been covered with moss, and it was not obvious that they were attacked by anything, but at this time the sky was already bright, and the pool under the gravel beach was crystal clear, and it didn't look like there was anything in the water.
"Yunxuan!"
Ye Jier came over with a few guards and said, "There is a gravel path next to the cave, you should be able to walk in, why don't we send a few people to investigate first!"
"Enter is death, this is a trap..."
Zhao Guanren put down his binoculars and said, "In nature, there are very few things with a right angle of 90 degrees. Right angles are all man-made, but the edge of the cave is a right angle, and the gravel road is too deliberate. Disembark and attack again!"
"man-made?"
The guards were all startled, and Ye Jier hurriedly asked, "Could it be that there are water thieves in the cave?"
"I hope it's a water thief. Water thieves are easier to deal with than monsters..."
Zhao Guanren turned around and said, "The Long Guard quickly cut down the mast and demolished the second-story house. The eunuchs and female guards were in charge of repairing the cabin. The removed boards were erected and nailed to both sides. tow the boat away!"
"yes!"
Everyone jumped into action, the Long Guard quickly set up the springboard, Ye Jier and Qiu Ning personally led the guards, and Zhao Guanren kept running around on and off the boat, personally directing everyone to work, and even letting the skilled Man climbs the cliff with a rope.
"Hmph~ I still want us to marry here..."
Yongning sat on the gravel beach and said contemptuously to Ye Jier: "Look at how many things have happened along the way, we haven't lost even a chicken in Dashun, if it wasn't for my uncle protecting you all the time, You went down to the river to feed the bastard, your country of Ji is really rotten to the root!"
"I admit that there is a problem within us, and I have been negligent..."
Ye Jier said with a sullen face: "But there can be no conflicts between us. This is the result the enemy wants. If the peace talks break down, they will take advantage of it. But you don't have to be angry. As long as Ben Ji goes out, you will definitely be able to get out of here." Let them die ugly!"
"Stop talking big, let's go out alive and talk..."
Yongning beckoned impatiently and asked the maids to prepare food. Naturally, the maids were not idle, and the men were all working hard
Working, they are also delivering food and water one by one, trying to keep everyone energetic.
"My son-in-law! This hole is so deep that there is no light at all..."
A team of guards gathered around the cave with their crossbows in their hands. The gravel road into the cave was two people wide. Judging from the wet marks, they would be submerged in the evening, but the cave was like a large air-raid shelter. Although it was not high, it was more than 20 meters long. Wide, just winding and rugged with no end in sight.
"I see, this is a widened quarry..."
Zhao Guanren held up a flashlight to shine into the cave, and said: "This kind of cave will become wider as you go in, and the stones that have been mined will be shipped out directly, but since you don't know this place, it means that it has existed for a long time. Well, it’s something that goes back and forth!”
"It's not a problem to hide tens of thousands of soldiers and horses here. Since no one came out, there must be monsters..."
The guards looked at him anxiously, but suddenly someone swam over, climbed ashore and said, "Master! There is a boat pulling wood at the bottom of the water, and it can be unblocked as long as you pull the wood out of the river, but it doesn't look like man-made. There are two big holes in the bottom of the boat, and the keel is broken!"
"It doesn't matter so much, quickly pull out the wood..."
Zhao Guanren rolled up his sleeves and walked back. There were many ropes and tools on the broken boat. There were nearly a hundred of them, men and women. After laying wooden stakes on the shore, they fixed the boats that were not stranded, and worked together to drag the logs in the water to the shore one by one.
"Ka~"
A sour sound came suddenly, the boats silted up on the edge of the cliff suddenly moved, and the broken boards on the river floated downstream one after another.
"One two three! Pull..."
Everyone hurriedly pulled the ropes that fixed the boat, and even the maids came to help and dragged the floating boat ashore together, so as not to float down and block the grotto.
"Let's go! The official ship can move..."
The Dragon Guard cheered excitedly, a passage was cleared on the edge of the cliff, just enough for the official ship to pass by, the mast and the second floor of the official ship were dismantled, and they were fixed in the water for renovation, and the rest of the ships were Tethered to the rocky beach.
"Nail more planks to wrap the boat to prevent fire oil attack..."
Zhao Guanren climbed onto the boat to direct the transformation. There is no shortage of wood and tools here. The damaged rudder has been repaired. Everyone packed the boat like a submarine. Lots of buckets ready to fight the fire.
"My son-in-law!"
Two guards climbed down from the cliff, found Zhao Guanren out of breath, and said, "This is really an island in the middle of the river. Although the fog has cleared a lot, we still can't see the shore. We waited on the shore for more than an hour. Not a single boat in sight!"
"No hurry! Let's eat quickly..."
It was noon, the official ship had been fully remodeled, and the heads of the black flood dragons were hung on the bow. It looked majestic and scary, and everyone stopped to eat, and the cooks killed many Jiang. Fish for everyone to try.
"Go to work after eating, pick up your knives, guns and sticks..."
Zhao Guanren took a few guards to the river, untied a boat full of wet wood, pulled the rope behind the boat and let it go into the cave. Zhao Guanren threw a box of matches along the way, and the boat full of kerosene boomed. was ignited with a bang.
"Haha~ My son-in-law has so many ways, this is to smoke the monster to death..."
Everyone laughed eagerly. Wet wood is the easiest to smoke, and the dry wood below is flammable. After the guards fixed the rope to the entrance of the cave, the boat had already penetrated into the grotto, and the billowing smoke kept lingering in the grotto. Jump around.
"There won't be another dragon jumping out..."
The guards held their weapons and waited in full force, while everyone else hid in the
In "Turtle Boat", after waiting for almost two cigarettes, none of the dragons appeared. Instead, there were many chirping and flapping sounds.
"Damn! What a big bat, back up quickly..."
Zhao Guanren hurriedly led the people back to the edge of the cliff, and then heard a "buzz", and the black bats rushed out like a tornado, all of them were like wild cats with wings, and their claws were as sharp as eagle claws. normal bat.
"Man-eating bats! This thing eats people..."
A guard yelled in horror, but before the words were heard, bats rushed over with red eyes and rushed towards the crowd. The guards quickly raised their crossbows and shot them, and the armor-piercing crossbow arrows easily killed them. However, the number of man-eating bats was too large. huge.
"Get on board!"
Zhao Guanren quickly slashed at the man-eating bats with a knife. More than 30 dragon guards were good players, and they all fought and retreated in a busy and unhurried manner. Fortunately, the sun was in the sky, and there were not many man-eating bats that were eager to fight. Most of them were chattering. flew into the forest.
"Cover the fishing nets so they don't get in..."
The guards successfully retreated onto the official boat, and a bat corpse fell into the river. Fortunately, even the top of the official boat was covered with wooden boards, and no birds could fly in if they were covered with fishing nets. The female guards were stabbed to death with knives.
"Huh~"
Zhao Guanren wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said with a smile, "This time, I really hit the right spot. Thanks to the construction of this turtle boat, otherwise the girls in the boat would have suffered!"
"It's still the son-in-law who has the foresight..."
A deputy commander also said with lingering fear: "If we rush in rashly, we will be torn to pieces by man-eating bats, but how can there be so many monsters in this place? Flood dragons and man-eating bats are legends. There are almost no people who have seen it!"
"Everyone I see is dead, of course there are none..."
Zhao Guanren lined up all the guards and walked onto the bow, looked into the grotto through the cracks in the planks, and waited for more than an hour for the smoke to gradually dissipate.
"Let's sail! All the girls go into the house and hide..."
The eunuchs picked up the pennies one after another and stretched them out of the boat through the gap. After cutting off the rope, the official boat started again, drifted slowly along the current into the cave, and entered the "beast" full of smoky smell. Mouth".
"..."
Everyone held their breath nervously, the eunuch carefully supported the penny, the guards raised their steel knives and stared wide-eyed, the girls all hid in the cabin on the first floor, watching timidly through the window.
"Boom~"
From time to time, the official ship made a rattling sound. Even if the second storey was demolished, the height of the official ship could barely pass, but after slowly turning a bend, the front suddenly opened up, as if it had entered a huge gourd. In general.
"It really is a quarry..."
Zhao Guanren put the flashlight on the gap in the bow of the ship. There was a large platform in front of it. The ropes and wooden frames used to transport the stones were still left on top, but the evacuation was obviously in a hurry. Many iron tools were not taken away, and perhaps they did not leave at all.
"There seems to be writing on the wall!"
Ye Jier pointed to the stone steps above the platform, and Zhao Guanren took a look at it with a flashlight, only to see three large characters written in blood on it, but he didn't recognize these characters, but the guards of the Ji Kingdom had all expressions on their faces. Change together.
"Escape! There is a ghost..."
Ye Jier covered her mouth with an exclamation, but before she finished speaking, she heard a "crash", and Zhao Guanren suddenly shone his flashlight on the water, only to see a large number of skulls floating out, rushing towards the official boat with a clatter...