Chapter 1412 Baoqiu Shui(2/2)
These heat-loving insects are lined up in a twisted queue, bypassing a seemingly flat sandy land and drilling into the nest at the bottom of the cliff.
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General Zhendong used the tip of his sword to pick up a piece of ant nest soil, and the charred particles were mixed with bat dung - this is a natural filter material used by fire ants to neutralize sulfur poison.
The old Zhu Wu's voice sounded a little vaguely: "Where there is an ant path, the poisonous fog is three feet thin, and you can follow the traces!"
The soldiers walked forward on the ant path, and their boots were crushing the fire ants that had no time to retreat from time to time.
The most dangerous murderous intent is hidden at the end of the ant path.
When the iron hooves of the war horse stepped onto a rock slab, only a slight "click" sound was heard - like a hungry wolf biting a sheep's knee bone.
"Retreat!" The experienced old man roared and grabbed the reins, but it was too late.
The rock slab shattered with a bang, and boiling mud gushed out from the cracks of the ground, and three cavalrymen and their men and horses fell into the boiling pool.
The whine of the war horses came to an abrupt end, because the sulphur mud had burned their vocal cords, leaving only half-baked bodies floating in the bubbling mud.
"The red ant is the eyelashes of the Mother Earth." The old Zhu Wu knelt down and looked at the fire ant that was running wildly. "When the eyelashes move, the Mother Earth is blinking."
"The Earth Fire Dragon has woken up." Another Hu guide pointed to the collapse edge tremblingly.
There was a dark red veins exposed there, and the heat evaporated in the cracks of the rocks twisted the light, as if a red dragon was turning over under the rock formation.
Zhao Guang rushed forward, picked up the old Zhu Wu and roared:
"The great Han soldiers only believe in Emperor Tianhoutu, only believe in God Haotian, and do not believe in the Earth Mother in your mouth! Find a way!"
"Red ants! Find the red ants and follow them!"
The old Zhu Wu suddenly pointed to the red ant nest that had not been affected by mud. The surviving red ants were fleeing wildly along the valley - the route they chose was a safe route.
"Come on, don't get close to the quagmire!"
Before everyone could pass through the quagmire, a large area of the ground that seemed hard but actually crisp and thin collapsed.
I saw a crack at the base of the rock wall. The river that first merged into the valley but disappeared at some point turned into a dark river and gushed out from the ground.
But the color is no longer normal, but has become a light yellow color that is visible to the naked eye.
"Earth fire! It's the earth dragon that moved!"
The sudden vision made the soldiers retreat instinctively, but unexpectedly they bumped into the sulfur crystals peeled from the rock wall, and the light yellow crystals broke into powder, mixed with mist and penetrated into the nasal cavity.
The soldier suddenly pinched his throat and black blood oozed out of his fingers.
"Cover your mouth and nose! Don't tear off the face towel!"
"Go, go quickly!"
The underground rivers are surging more and more. As the water flow continues to increase, the steaming hot air makes the original sulphur fog thin and the surrounding valleys are once again inclined to be covered by fog.
"Don't stay here!"
Fortunately, there was only one place that collapsed, and with the guidance of red ants, most of the people finally passed the most dangerous area without any danger.
Unfortunately, even though they were prepared, there were still nearly two hundred people who remained in the valley forever.
The further you walked, the thinner the pungent mist became until it disappeared completely, and the sound of water suddenly came from the front.
"General, there is living water!" The cheers of the vanguard soldiers echoed in the valley.
General Zhendong looked in the sound, but saw the hidden river that appeared and disappeared. At this moment, he finally stopped hiding his face, but showed his entire face without hesitation and flowed forward along the valley.
General Guan pulled off the mask, quickly stepped forward, scooped up the water, and splashed it on his face.
I don’t know if it’s an illusion or if I have been in the valley for a long time, but I always feel that the mountain stream still has a faint smell of stone sulfur.
But this is no longer important.
The old Zhu Wu was also kneeling beside the water flowing, coughing desperately while saying:
"As long as we see living water, it means we are about to go out."
"General, there seems to be light ahead!"
As if he had verified the words of the old Zhu Wu, a sharp-eyed soldier quickly pointed ahead and shouted.
General Zhendong, who had washed his face and breathed a long breath, raised his thousand-mile mirror and looked forward.
After looking at it for a while, I put down Qianlijing and a smile appeared on my face:
"It should be just an exit, send someone to investigate."
"Here!"
The scout quickly rewarded it, indeed it was an exit.
When everyone learned that they had finally left the valley, they had smiles on their faces that had survived the disaster.
If there had been no military orders before, the soldiers would have been unable to clamor loudly, and the soldiers would have been unable to suppress their joy and cheered loudly.
The mountain streams emerged from the valley and merged into a rushing river.
General Zhendong stood at the entrance of the valley and looked at the opposite peak. His eyes suddenly froze, and even his face changed slightly.
She raised the Mile Mile Mile again and looked at the opposite side.
A siege standing in the vicinity of the village came into her eyes.
"Is that the traitor's sentry camp?"
When she saw the village, she became nervous, but when she saw the village clearly, she felt relieved:
"How could it be so broken?"
It is obvious that this is a long-abandoned village.
But before she could figure it out, a thought came to her mind, and her face couldn't hide the surprise:
"All this water is the Baoqiu Water (that is, the Chaohe River in later generations)?"
"That's right, sir, this water flow is the water of Baoqiu."
This trip almost cost Lao Zhuwu half his life.
Whether it is the sweeping or the poisonous valley, the passing of a large group of people is completely different from the passing of careful passing of several people.
There are many times when accidents happen that he never expected.
Fortunately, he finally brought the King of Han to the edge of Baoqiu Water.
"That sentry village was set up by Tian Yu, the captain of Huwuwan in the early Wei Dynasty. Originally, there was a sentry village every few miles of Baoqiu River."
"Later, I heard that Tian Yu was transferred by the Emperor of Wei, and the current governor of Youzhou removed all these sentry camps. This was many years ago..."
"Cough cough cough..." Old Zhu Wu coughed several times and pointed to the upstream direction of the Baoqiu Water. "In the past, Tian Yu had a pass at the upstream of the Baoqiu Water, but now it is also abandoned.
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The conflict between Wang Xiong, the governor of Youzhou, and Tian Yu, the captain of Huwuwan, was naturally collected by the Han Dynasty. After all, Ke Bineng was involved in the early years.
Of course, General Zhendong also heard about this.
But she didn't expect that the aftermath of this incident would affect her leading troops across Yanshan this time.
"If Tian Yu was still in Youzhou, how could I have the opportunity to lead troops here? From this point of view, the Han Dynasty should have three rises!"
Although the Wei State Shore was abandoned, General Zhendong still asked someone to search for the upstream and downstream, just in case someone saw his own surprise soldier emerging from the mountains.
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Chapter completed!