Chapter 792: Five Slopes
This flood is just too big!
Even hundreds of catties of big stones have been washed all the way from Chaoyun Mountain, and there are only nineteen people, who are even smaller than fish and shrimp in the water, they must have been more auspicious!
It was already completely dark, and everyone was tired and hungry, lying on the trees, drenched in the drizzle. Some of the soldiers who had been sick had just gone through a life-and-death run, and now they were drenched in the rain and began to develop high fevers.
The water level has begun to fall, the momentum of this flood is fierce, but it drags mud and water, and the water level cannot be lowered for a long time, the flood peak has passed for nearly two hours, the water is still in the position of the chest, and it is estimated that it will be tomorrow morning!
"We can't wait like this, we have to move forward, otherwise we will be sick if we are not sick and will be soaked in this water!" Xuan Bao frowned and said to everyone, if you wait until the water recedes before you can leave, those patients will not be able to bear it at all!
The people were also cold and hungry lying on their stomachs, and all the dry food had been soaked in water and could not be eaten, so they had to throw it away, and now they had not eaten all day!
Although there is a lot of water, the most important thing is to continue walking, find a high ground enough to accommodate everyone as soon as possible, and dry your clothes, so that your body can recover heat and not everyone will fall ill!
A group of soldiers cut down the branches with their weapons and tied them to the skins of the donkeys they were wrapped around to make stretchers, carrying the girls and the sick men. Originally, Hong Mei was afraid of the hard work of the soldiers and was unwilling to sit on the stretcher, but she didn't expect to be short and disappear when she got into the water, so she was so frightened that the people next to her quickly scooped her up, so she agreed to go on the stretcher.
The remaining soldiers broke a few long branches to serve as pathfinders, and the crowd began to grope their way forward.
Xuan Bao and Xiao Yin have been walking at the back of the team, not because they are greedy for life and afraid of death to let others explore the way for them, but they have never given up, always thinking about the Yin Snake King and them, they will definitely come back!
"Look, what is that?" Ning Xian'er on the stretcher suddenly screamed, pointing to a cloud of white light in the distance and shouting.
Everyone turned their heads to look, only to see that in the dark night, a light suddenly appeared in the sky, flashing and flashing from far and near!
Xuan Bao frowned, and sensed a trace of aura, could it be that a spiritual creature is coming? Is it a spiritual cultivator or a spirit beast? When the white light approached, a winding and thick anaconda appeared in Xuan Bao's eyes, and it was rushing over on the wind and waves!
Xuanbao was shocked, thinking that it was a demonic beast, and was about to notify everyone to meet the enemy, but when he saw a group of figures on the back of the anaconda, his heart moved, and then he shouted with joy: "It's the Yin Snake King! The Snake King is back!"
As I said, the Yin Snake King is not so easy to die! He is a snake himself, no matter how big the flood is, he can't drown the snake, he will definitely come back!
I had already heard Xuanbao's shout in the sound of awakening Sanskrit, and the Yin Snake King came with everyone wading through the water, at this moment he had already recovered his body, with a soldier behind him, and the four polar envoys behind him were also carrying one person each, a total of ten people, all of whom came to Xuanbao's face!
"Xuanzun, we're back!" The Yin Snake King gently put down the person on his back, and then reached out to stroke the person's back, the man coughed, spit out a mouthful of water, his eyes opened, he looked at everyone blankly, and asked faintly: "Who are you?
At this time, the soldiers on the back of the four envoys had already woken up, and just like that person, they looked around blankly, as if they didn't remember everyone at all!
But the crowd didn't care at all, and when they saw their brother returning, they let out an earth-shattering cheer and hugged them.
Ning Wujin looked behind everyone, making sure that there was no one anymore, his expression was a little anxious, and he said to the Yin Snake King: "Lord Snake King, are there only a few of you?"
Everyone quieted down, and they all turned their heads to look at the Yin Snake King. The Yin Snake King and the Four Polar Envoys glanced at each other, sighed and nodded.
The wind made a long sigh and said, "We were scattered by the flood, and we saw only the five of them who were unconscious, and the others were nowhere to be found!"
The hearts of the people were gloomy, and they all bowed their heads. A total of nine brothers died in this great flood, people who have not experienced this kind of scene, can not imagine the horror, now that I think about it, such casualties, it is really not very large!
"Okay, this is not a sad place, let's go!" Ning Hualong said to everyone on the stretcher. The deceased has passed away, and the most important thing is to let the living live as soon as possible!
The crowd continued to walk forward, there were no stars, no lights, and nothing could be seen between heaven and earth except the vast night!
After a whole night's walking, when the sky was hazy, the people finally came out of the water! Or maybe the flood had receded, and now they were all standing on a high slope, surrounded by a ruined wasteland, rubble, wood, the corpses of animals, almost everything!
I don't know when the rain in the sky has stopped, and the dark clouds begin to slowly dissipate, and everyone collapses to the ground, and they can't care about the mud on the ground!
The exhaustion of the whole night has now reached the point of physical exhaustion, and it is really difficult to support! Xuan Bao looked at these exhausted soldiers, and felt a little guilty in his heart, if he hadn't wanted to go back to Jiangnan, these soldiers would not have suffered with him!
Ning Wujin staggered over, and the physical exertion of this night made him, a general, a little unbearable!"Emperor Zun, we've lost our way!"
"Huh?" Xuanbao was a little stunned, looked at Ning Wujin and said, "Aren't we going in the direction of Fengcheng now?"
Ning Wujin shook his head and said, "I can't see it." The flood has destroyed everything here, and I can't even find the official road, I don't know where I am now, and I don't know which direction Fengcheng is, it seems that we can only wait for the sky to clear!"
Only when the sky is clear can you see the position of the sun, and only then can you distinguish the south, south, north, south, and north. The other methods are useless, just after the great flood, the ground is a mess, and nothing can be recognized!
Xuanbao sighed helplessly, and this was the only way to do it now. But the physical strength of the brothers is a problem, many sick people have already burned and started to talk nonsense, although Xiao Yin is a miracle doctor, but it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, there are no herbs, she can only use silver needles to administer needles to patients, but it is a symptom but not a cure.
The Red Rainbow Liuyun guy doesn't know where it went, once Xuanbao can't sense its existence, it means that it has gone far away. It and the rat are both foodies, and they can't endure it for a long time like a human, and it is estimated that they saw that the flood had stopped and the owner would not be in danger, so they ran with the rat to find something to eat.
Without this guy's help now, it would be a little difficult to know where Fengcheng was! Xuanbao comforted Ning Wujin and asked him to rest first, looking at Xiao Yin, who was still busy beside the soldiers, he sighed slightly, I have to let everyone recover as soon as possible!
Sitting on a rock, Xuanbao closed his eyes and relaxed his whole body. He was also very tired and irritable, but he couldn't think of a way at all, and only by calming himself down could he think of a way out of the predicament.
Sure enough, once the mind calmed down, everything around me was silent. There was a gurgling sound in his ears, and Xuanbao's heart moved, there was a river nearby!
Xuan Bao suddenly opened his eyes, but his ears had been catching the voice, and people followed the voice.
Now the place where everyone is is a dirt slope, this soil slope is not high, but it is very long, at this moment the soldiers are lying on the dirt slope and sleeping, now even if there is thunder and rain in the sky, they don't care, wake up and talk!
Xuanbao turned over this dirt slope, ran forward in the direction of the sound, about 2,000 steps, and there was another slope in front, Xuanbao ran up, looked around, and found that this piece of terrain was like this, the land was like a wave, a slope next to a slope.
Now Xuan Bao doesn't care what kind of terrain this is, he only cares about the river in front of him! Below this dirt slope, there is a raging river. The river is fast, and the grass is green!
Xuanbao ran down in surprise, stood by the river, and watched the river rush down from the upstream, the water quality was a little turbid, this was because of the soil, but this disease was not the original color of the river, but after the flood, otherwise the grass on both sides would never be so vigorous!
The grass on the banks of the river is fertile, and the water is rich in fish and shrimp. Xuanbao was pleasantly surprised, and hurriedly ran back to the dirt slope where everyone was resting, and shouted to the soldiers who were still sleeping: "Brothers, there is a river ahead, and there are fish in the river, shout to hurry up and catch fish and fill your stomach!"
As soon as they heard that there was fish to eat, a group of soldiers sat up with wide eyes, and then looked at Xuanbao in surprise, knowing that it was not their own dreaming, and they all shouted "Ulla" and rushed to the river with Xuanbao!
When they saw the small river under the dirt slope, the soldiers did not need to give orders, nor did they take off their clothes, but jumped into the river like dumplings! The water of this small river was quite deep, probably because it had joined the flood.
After a while, someone grabbed a two-pound grass carp with both hands, held it high and shouted: "There are really fish, there are really fish!"
Ning Hualong stood on the dirt slope, looked at the grass under his feet and said to Ning Wujin: "There must be woods nearby, send some people to go upstream, you will definitely be able to find trees, you can pick up some firewood!"
An hour later, a pit the size of a wagon was dug out of the riverbank, filled with water, in which countless fish were jumping and jumping, and the river was filled with the long-lost laughter of the soldiers.
As Ning Hualong said, a thousand steps upstream where everyone is, it is a small forest, which is not very big, but it is enough to provide firewood for everyone!
There are a lot of firewood piles piled up by the river at the downwind outlet, and at the bottom is the wood that Xuanbao lit with spiritual fire, and layers of shelves are set up on top, which is used to dry the branches and roots, and dry the water soaked in the flood, so that it can become real firewood!
After eating food, you can recover your strength, and then sleep beautifully, and when you wake up, you can go in good spirits!
From yesterday to now, everyone has already put their chests on their backs, and this small river is also a reward for God to pity everyone after suffering so much!
Ning Wujin has been squatting on the grass, looking at the map in front of him, and after a long time, he slapped his thigh, and excitedly shouted to Xuanbao and the Yin Snake King: "I know, this is Wudaopo! This is the Fengyu River, follow the river, you can reach Fengcheng!"