Chapter 24: The Basin of the Dead
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After a night of fighting, the confrontation between the Southern Lizheng Power and the Great Dragon Dynasty of the Central Plains finally stabilized the situation in this night's competition.
The southern kingdom, which was originally strong and strong, was originally very good at naval warfare, but at this moment they were defeated like a mountain. Of more than forty warships, only a dozen remain. It was only after last night's battle.
Chu Key, who was standing on the harbor, blamed himself in his heart, if it weren't for his own willful behavior and falling for Jing Suqin's radical method, how could the army of the southern country be defeated like this. Not to mention anything else, coupled with the devastation in front of him, there are few crossbow carts on the harbor that are intact.
If the army of the Great Dragon Dynasty attacks now, what will you do to resist!
"Someone! Check out the ballista carts to see if they still work! Chu Jian frowned and pointed.
It turned out that yesterday's fire did not burn down all of its ballistas, and at this time, everyone found that there were about ten ballistae left.
"National teacher, the exterior is not broken, but the internal structure is ......," the engineer in charge of the inspection continued, very embarrassed, "the most critical parts have been dismantled!" ”
"How long will it take you to rebuild the part?" A glimmer of hope rekindled in Chu Key's heart.
"About three weeks!" The sappers reached it confidently.
Boom! Chu Jian raised his leg and kicked it: "After three weeks, I will no longer be able to correct the big country!" Come! Pull this waste down and cut it down! ”
"The national teacher spares his life!" The sappers begged for mercy and were dragged down.
At this time, Chu Key's heart was full of thoughts about killing Jing Suqin, she didn't expect Jing Suqin to come up with such a 'vicious' method.
"National teacher, look!" At this time, the commander of the water division came over and handed a letter to Chu Key. "Found on the ground."
Chu Jian took the letter and opened it, and after a quick glance, he was furious, and tore it apart instantly, "Jing Su Qin! I'm always at odds with you! ”
It turned out that the letter was left by Jing Suqin, and the content of the letter was also very simple, which meant that Jing Suqin told Chu Jian that the masterpiece of this harbor was his own credit last night, so she didn't have to say thank you. It's all a gesture!
"It's broken!" In addition to being angry, Chu Jian suddenly came to his senses, and immediately grabbed a soldier who was guarding last night and asked, "Have you seen how many people were there last night?" ”
"It should be five or six!" The creep recalled.
"Five or six ......," Chu Jian thought thoughtfully, "It must be the Suifeng team, hurry up and send people to search for Jing Su Qin and their traces in the forty-mile sea area behind the harbor." ”
The Commander of the Sailor came over and asked, "National Teacher, do you mean that Jing Su Qin and the others quickly reached the southern country through the sea area behind them?" That's forty nautical miles, and our ships haven't been lost, so they won't be able to get through! ”
"Don't believe it, this person is scheming!" Chu Jian then asked, "Except for the sea area behind you, this place has not yet been able to reach the southern land!" ”
The commander of the water division thought for a long time, and finally gave a very terrible answer: "Basin of the Dead!" ”
"Which basin do you say doesn't show the slightest sign of raw rice?" Chu Key's heart was shocked, "No one has been in that place for thousands of years, and it is said that no one who has been there has come back alive!" ”
"There are only these two passages!" The sailor said.
Immediately, Chu Jian arranged the search plan, and searched the sea area behind him with all his might, if there was really no Jing Suqin, then he would send someone to inquire near the periphery of the Dead Basin. I won't go to the depths, after all, it's not a place where humans can survive.
She didn't believe that Jing Suqin would go there either!
And at this moment, the spies came to report: "National teacher, the warships of the Great Dragon Dynasty have come to attack the harbor!" ”
"What!" Chu Key's heart was shocked, "Jing Su Qin! I don't share the sky with you! ”
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"Ahh Jing Suqin rubbed his nose, "Who is scolding Lao Tzu again!" ”
Li Yunfang walked behind Jing Suqin, eating fragrant chicken legs, and said casually: "Eighty percent is that little girl of Chu Key, you have made people miserable!" ”
"I said you two can't talk a little more? Sounds no different from bandits! Ye Wutong glanced at the two of them. Anyway, one is a third-grade official, and the other is a prince, and he is still like a bandit.
Jing Suqin grinned: "Fat brother, this place is really cold, I don't know if you know the reason?" Saying that, Jing Suqin also made a very gentlemanly polite gesture.
Li Yunfang was playful, and he also learned from Jing Suqin's appearance and said: "Brother Su Qin, the younger brother never knows, eighty percent of the southern country is too hot, and his mother's southern emperor has established a summer retreat here!" In the end, he really couldn't pretend to be Sven, so he scolded again.
The two of them sang and harmonized, which only caused the brothers to laugh.
After a while, Jing Suqin put away his seriousness and said very seriously: "This place is called the 'Basin of the Dead'. I have learned that this is a very remote part of the southern country, almost no one has ever entered, and it is surrounded by mountains, blocking the hot wind from outside, causing the cold wind to hit here. So his temperature is about the same as the harsh winter all year round. ”
Shi Qian continued: "However, if we can pass through here smoothly, we will have a long way to go to the southern border. ”
Ye Shufeng also grinned: "When the time comes, go into the palace and kill the dog emperor." We're done with it! ”
Ye Wutong held his forehead for a while: "I didn't expect that our team is bandits except bandits." ”
The brothers burst out laughing.
And Jing Suqin suddenly made a stop gesture, and the brothers immediately squatted down. Looking at the snow in front of you, a snow-white place is the most unbelievable situation in everyone's hearts.
There wasn't a single creature in front of them, all of them were snow. In order to prevent his brothers from getting snow blindness, Jing Suqin immediately decided to make a few simple 'eye patches' and distribute them to several brothers.
In short, the climate in the Basin of the Dead is really cold. Everyone's water bag has long been frozen and cracked. There is simply no way to replenish the water source.
In such a place where there is no living thing in sight, water is the most important thing. For an adult, it is difficult for an adult to survive without food for a few days, but if there is no water for a long time.
"No more! I'm dying of thirst! Li Yunfang couldn't stand it at first, and lay on the ground to drink the snow on the ground into his mouth.
Jing Suqin stopped him: "This will frostbite your mouth, not only that, the cold will suddenly cover your whole body, and your body temperature will also drop to a freezing point!" ”
As he spoke, Jing Suqin untied his water bag. His water bag was empty and had no water, so it was not cracked by freezing. I saw that Jing Suqin quickly collected some clean snow, put it in a water bag, and handed it to Li Yunfang: "Warm him up and drink it!" ”
Li Yunfang took the water bag, and he didn't care about the cold, so he placed it directly close to him. In his own words: he has a lot of fat and a lot of calories. Snow water melts easily.
Then the people got up and marched. The perennial snow on the ground was enough to cover the calves of Jing Suqin and the others. After walking for a long time, the group was still walking in a blanket of snow, and other than that, they didn't see anything else.
Looking back at the road I had walked, I couldn't see the footprints anymore. The snow has long since buried it.
Jing Suqin shook off the snow above his head, looked up at the snowflakes flying quickly in the sky, and was shocked in his heart: "Brothers, a huge storm and snow are coming!" Looks like we're going to spend the night here. ”
Then he led a few brothers to quickly find a leeward place. Immediately, the five people lined up, and at the same time, the wind and snow in the sky were a little heavier.
Jing Suqin took the lead in giving the brothers a demonstration and dug up from one place first. After a while, a deep pit the size of a human figure was dug with his bare hands, and at this time, the snow in the sky was much bigger.
The snowfall hit people's faces, as sharp as knives, and everyone couldn't help but speed up their hands.
"Gather some snow together and make a few more small bunkers to place at the entrance of the cave to prevent the storm!" Jing Suqin had already used his feet.
Everyone nodded and followed suit.
In the end, when these big storms came, the five of them dug up their temporary 'small homes'.
It was a long crater, with a rectangular shape at the bottom, large enough for a lying person, and a long passage above him, the entrance of which was covered by numerous ice covers. Formed a great haven!
Jing Suqin lay in the ice cave, slowly thinking about the direction and strategy of the future. They don't know what kind of danger they are about to encounter in this basin of the dead, so they must be fully prepared.
Gradually, the night is approaching, and the wind and snow outside do not decrease as the night falls, but becomes heavier.
Just when Jing Suqin was about to fall asleep, a voice came from the side above his head.
"Big brother, have you slept?" It was the voice of Ye Wutong.
Jing Suqin then remembered that this Nizi was next to him when she was digging a hole just now, so she could be regarded as her neighbor. Looks like this girl hasn't slept yet......
"What are you doing if you don't rest?" Jing Suqin knocked on the rock wall and said.
"I can't sleep, this kind of snow cave is so fun, what else will you do, big brother, I want to learn!" Ye Wutong said. No matter what she has experienced, she is still a young girl in the flower season after all, and the nature of that kind of girl cannot be concealed.
And at this time, there was a cheap voice: "Big brother, I want to learn too!" ”
Ye Wutong scolded: "Fatty, hurry up and sleep!" ”