According to the results of later explorations, the entire territory of Jingjiang Province belongs to the 'karst terrain', the underground is full of karst caves and underground rivers, and the geology is dominated by soluble limestone. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Generally speaking, such terrain has a high possibility of causing induced earthquakes, so when the ground produces obvious tremors, everyone in the city immediately thinks of this reason, and only an old army like Ma Ji will consider it from another angle, that is, a large number of cavalry troops are coming.

How big is big? Jiang Cai's department is only 3,000 people, it is difficult to create such a momentum, then there is only one possibility left, the Yuan people are here!

When the horses and they ran out of the house, they found that the whole city was like this, and the earth under their feet had a distinct tremor, and the floating earth was lifted up by a nameless force, like the galloping of thousands of horses.

He hurriedly led people on the horse and went straight to the north gate, although he felt that it was impossible, how could he see it with his own eyes in order to be sure, even if he was indifferent on weekdays, how could he really take it seriously when it came to the end, such a thought was almost engraved in his bones, and became an instinct, Deng Deyu, who couldn't catch up, looked at the figure of their group in the distance, revealing a thoughtful expression.

As elsewhere, it was the same group of family members who were guarding the north gate, and when they saw them galloping up, they climbed the stairs with great vigour, and did not even dare to ask, while those at the head of the city had already gathered together in groups of three or five, and looked out curiously.

There was no sign of smoke and dust rising from the official road to the north, and Ma Ji rushed up to the city tower in three steps and two steps, and what he saw was such a scene, and he stood at the front of the crowd, and took a clairvoyant mirror handed over by his own soldiers at the rear, and stuck it to his eyes in front of everyone, staring motionlessly into the distance.

There are still two counties in the north, Lingchuan and Xing'an, it stands to reason that even if the Yuan people can cover the troops and launch a surprise attack in Guangxi, it is impossible to bypass the two county towns without being detected, because on this line, there are spies sent out by the army every other time to stare at it day and night, Ma Ji can feel that the city wall under his feet is still trembling slightly, but after watching it for a long time, there is nothing abnormal in the shot.

"Immediately order someone to go out of the city to investigate, at least ......in advance," he blurted out subconsciously, until the people on the left and right looked at him inexplicably, and then he realized that he was no longer the one in charge of the city.

As soon as he thought of this, Ma Ji's heart was a little depressed, and when the movement in the underground gradually became smaller, he also put away the clairvoyant mirror, pushed away the crowd and walked down the city tower, just like when he came, stepped on the horse and prepared to go back, and suddenly a large group of people came from the street below the city, all dressed as civil officials in front, and a little later were those squires, they did not ride horses or cars, most of them looked out of breath.

Seeing his figure, the crowd suddenly froze, and a civil official headed by him arched his hand at him: "It's all in charge, but there is a change?" ”

Ma Ji didn't answer, just shook his head, and then turned the horse's head, intending to leave, but at this moment, the movement that had been already small suddenly became larger again, and this time, the movement only existed on one side. He stopped his movements, turned his head and glanced over there, the group of people behind him first didn't know why, then they all understood something, and they all turned to the other side.

That is the direction of the south gate, and it is also the official road leading to the south.

"Drive!" Ma Ji did not hesitate to beat the horse away, a few pro-soldiers followed, the group of people glanced at each other, they all stomped their feet, picked up their robes and turned around and ran to that end, all at this time, where are there any complaints at all, how to find out first, what happened at the bottom.

Like the north gate, the city head of the south gate was already crowded with people, and Ma Ji carried a horse whip and drove all the way to separate a road, and then squeezed to the edge of the city wall, without any clairvoyant mirrors, and the scene in front of them also stunned them.

At this time, the southern sky could no longer see a little of its original face, all of it was covered by the dust, for a moment, they thought it was a natural phenomenon called "tornado" in later generations, except that the smoke and dust were not columnar, between the gray sky, the rolling dust was like a huge wave, no one knew what would be behind it?

The earth trembled as well, and there was an obvious tremor when his hand was on the wall tiles, Ma Ji's face was dark and uncertain, and he didn't know what it would be like to fall to the bottom here, there was no movement in the big camp under the city, and those cavalry troops were obviously like them, and slowly began to assemble in this direction, and the formation was not to welcome, but to be on guard!

Jiang Cai stood at the front of the horse, a big gun was placed horizontally on the saddle, his face was extremely solemn, behind him, the cavalry army came from behind, with his banner as the center, a horizontal formation conducive to the impact, all of them were the same as their main general, their eyes were staring at the scene in the distance, this atmosphere also affected the large camp a little later, those unarmed foot soldiers, gathered at the edge of the camp gate, curiously looking over there.

Outside the city of Jingjiang is the place where the three rivers converge, and the land is fertile, it is still a harsh winter, and the bare rice fields are frozen to the ground, which looks flat, and now this large flat area is shrouded in smoke and dust, slowly moving in the direction of the city, and as the distance approaches, the movement is getting bigger and bigger, and the earth is like being struck by a huge hammer, making an uneasy trembling.

Jiang Cai, who was staring at the front intently, suddenly found that his mount also seemed to be infected, the four hooves kept swaying on the ground, the hooves grinded in the dirt, making a slight grinding sound, and the horse's head kept swaying from side to side, and the gasping sound between his noses became heavier and heavier, even if he stretched out his hand to gently caress it, he couldn't make it quiet, like a young horse that had never seen a battle for the first time.

Soon, this anomaly spread to the cavalry formation behind them, and a different kind of panic spread among the mounts, and the cavalrymen on the horses had to tighten the reins hard to barely control them and not go away, what was going on? Jiang Cai's face was full of questions, you must know that what they are riding is not an ordinary military horse, before they are captured by the enemy, they have already experienced many battles, this kind of panic seems to come from some kind of instinct, the instinct that animals are born with, just like the fear of the unknown in human beings.

What are animals afraid of? Before they were trained, sound and fire could cause them to be frightened, but these horses obviously don't, so there's only one left.

Beast of prey!

Jiang Cai is not Ultraman, there is no excitement about the monster, only the nervousness of the enemy, the spear is tightly held in his hand, the tip of the gun is facing upward, and the other hand is trying to comfort the sitting horse, but the horror in its eyes is still increasing.

Many times, the perception of animals is far greater than that of humans, especially for danger, just when Jiang Cai hesitated to put on a blindfold on the horse, he suddenly felt a lightness in his body, and the whole person jumped into the air as if he was in a cloud, and then he heard a long neigh, and the horse's hooves were raised high, almost lifting him off the horse.

Suddenly startled, he subconsciously clamped his legs, and at the same time made a leaning forward movement, on the horse that was almost upright, Jiang saw a scene that he will never forget for the rest of his life, directly in the dust curtain of the sky, a curled thick pipe stretched out, like a giant python poking its head out, overlooking those small creatures.

Before the word "......preparation" could be exported, he was once again stunned by the subsequent scene, and even forgot to tighten the reins, and his whole body fell directly from the horse, and he sat on the mud ground with a gun, while the best military horse that had been seized from Lu Gang ran backwards in a puff of smoke, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Confusion began to spread among the cavalry of the brigade, and the cavalry, who had been thrown down like him, watched helplessly as their mounts ran away, and more than half of the cavalry became foot soldiers, but these were not as good as what was happening in front of them, and they even forgot to retrieve their mounts, and all of them opened their mouths wide in amazement.

The monsters that emerged from the smoke and dust were not giant pythons, but long, round tubes, but a part of their bodies, very small parts, their bodies as tall as a hill, four thick thighs, like the pillars of a palace, and two fangs as sharp as knives under their fan-like ears. What's even more frightening is that these giant beasts are all covered with golden armor leaves, and there is a pavilion on their backs.

The one led by the one has appeared outside the dust and smoke, and rushed to the direction of the city with huge steps, and the sound of "dong dong" was like a drum, which frightened the people on the head of the city to change their faces all of a sudden, and they scattered in all directions, and soon there were only a few people left on the city tower, such as Ma Ji.

Just when everyone thought it would rush straight into the moat, the beast stopped by the river, and under the control of the man above, like a frightened horse, raised its front hooves, opened its mouth, and let out a long neigh.

"Moo!"

The cry was like a summoning, and one after another of the beasts followed, all of them stopping by the river as the former, waving long round pipes and roaring there, and the loud sound came after another, and for a long time.

Ma Ji's face was gloomy as water, it was obvious that he recognized what this thing was, it was not a rare thing originally, but many people had not seen it, but counting the hundreds of heads, so many appeared at once, which made him feel another kind of worry.

"This ...... Isn't this the elephant of the people of Bagan? Footsteps sounded behind him, and because it was on foot, the civil officials and squires who had arrived half a day late ran up, and when they saw the scene in front of them, many people who had seen it exclaimed in surprise.

This is indeed an elephant, and it is indeed from Bagan, but it is not an ordinary elephant, but an armored war elephant!