Volume 1 Chapter 43 of the Northern Plains
"It's quite strange, but that kid is obviously not thinking about this, and I'm afraid that this Longquan Pass has a fine work that can do it! "The last bad word was not spoken.
"Yes! If everyone in the world knew that this amazing and brilliant Chen Daxia had collected a waste material to get started, would they laugh at your eyes? Lao Ling smiled happily. Chen Yuanhou was not annoyed, he smiled even more happily, and obviously made up his mind
"Laugh, when they know that this kid is great, they will cry. When the time comes, we'll see who has no eyes. ”
In addition to the deployment of troops, Longquan Pass canceled the bazaar that used to be closed every ten cases per month, and the entire mobilized Longquan Pass was noisy for a while. And Wu Shudao, who was far away in the capital, refused the guards arranged by the emperor, and the reason was very good. Then he brought some clothes and money, and hung a fortune-telling banner on the bamboo pole. With the mighty army of refugees, he went north to Longquan Pass.
Zhou Zhe, who was far away in the Medium Mountain, woke up from his sleep in the afternoon. Guarding the side was Wang Rui, whose eyes were red
"What's the matter? You didn't rest?"
"Hmm~"
"It's time to rest, I'm awake. Now is not the time to march. ”
"Okay!" Wang Rui sat down where Zhou Zhegang was sitting, closed his eyes and began to rest. Zhou Zhe actually only slept for three or four hours, but his spirit was much better than before, Xin Chai and Yuan Fang brothers were masters of spiritual cultivation after all, and they just rested for a while and went to the high place to survey the terrain. Zhou Zhe sent someone to lead the way, and also went to a high place, which is actually a highland with a wide field of vision. After converging, the people looked at the terrain of the mountain road leading to the depths of the Spirit Medium Mountain, and began to complicate it. This may be due to the influence of a strong aura, with low bushes and clumps of thorns everywhere. In some places, you can see unknown birds and wild beasts.
"Brother Yuan Fang, how's the situation?"
"The road ahead may not be suitable for cavalry, and there are bushes everywhere, and in some places poisonous insects and beasts, which are very dangerous. Yuan Yuan seems to have been there before.
"The good news is that there is only one way in this direction, at least there will be no bastards from the Qiankun Gate. Fang Fang was a little lucky.
"Can you probably tell the direction of the Spirit Gathering Array?" Zhou Zhe is very concerned about this, they have already arrived here, and there is a sword mountain and a sea of fire in front of them, and if the orcs can go to the top of the mountain, then they can.
"No, the aura here is very disordered, it seems to be boiling, in previous years, in addition to the breeding period of raising wild beasts in the spring, the half-orcs had to come to the spirit medium mountain to worship the sky, and then send out the warriors selected by each tribe for spiritual power infusion. But this time the fluctuations are a bit unusual, and I suggest that we should be able to go north from this road to the main peak. ”
"Is this road sure?"
"There is no map, but judging by the mountains, there is a road. ”
"That's all there is to it. ”
This time, Zhou Zhe did not divide his troops again, considering that it would be difficult to survive the danger of crossing the thorn forest at night, so he gave an order after returning to the camp. A few of his trusted men were left here to take care of the horses, which was regarded as their own way back, and the rest were all armed and equipped, and some of the necessary baggage was carried by a few sergeants with better physical fitness in turn, and the first choice was the recruits from the auxiliary battalion.
Then he first sent Liu Dabeard with 100 short knives out of the sheath and opened the way in front, which was to prevent encountering difficult spirit beasts and group beasts to prepare in advance. The sergeants are dressed like the current special forces, with strong crossbows that can be fired continuously, delicate weapons in hand, 5 special fire oil bombs hanging on the side of the armor for vital protection, and helmets with protective nets can be camouflaged with branches at any time. The wolfskin stitched jacket can be used as a sleeping bag for camping and as an inflatable valve for swimming across the river. Water bladders for water, backpacks for food. Watching them enter the thorn forest one by one, Zhou Zhe was full of confidence in his heart.
Fortunately, there was no danger along the way, except for a few blind spirit beasts and poisonous insects that entered the formation and were shot mercilessly, there was no obstacle, this is the elite of Longquan Pass.
In the evening, Liu Dabeard, who acted as a striker, came back to report that there was a small lake and open land similar to the previous one in front of him, should the thorns on the ground be leveled to carve out a piece of camp because
The road ahead is also a forest, and he has grown wise. I'm afraid I'll encounter a swarm of spiders or something at night.
Zhou Zhe naturally agreed, he was not in a hurry to advance, he had to be steady, and try his best to maintain the combat effectiveness of the sergeant, so that he could have the strength to fight when he drove to the vicinity of the main peak, and provided enough for the Yuan Fang brothers
Setup time.
The vanguard burned a clearing directly around the lake with fire oil bombs, because it was almost all bushes with foliage and hard and thorny thorns, unlike dead trees that had long since dried outside.
The explosion of the fire bombs and the shouts of the sergeants startled the animals and beasts that were not far away. When Zhou Zhe's army drove into the lake, he encountered a few stupid robes and rabbits scurrying around, naturally
Shoot for dinner. By the time they arrived fully loaded, the fire on the ground had been largely extinguished, and a place to camp had been reclaimed.
Originally, I thought that I would just need to defend and camp in accordance with the next steps, but at this time, a loud roar broke the calm of the lake
"Monsters. Everyone formed a formation. Liu Dabeard did not panic, and immediately commanded everyone to prepare for a defensive formation. Then they all waited for the direction of the roar behind the woods
The beast appears.
"Woo~~" Another loud roar came, and such a loud sound made people's eardrums hurt. The shoulders of the sergeants holding the shield swords in the front row trembled, and Zhou Zhe also ordered everyone to start guarding. After waiting for a long time, there was no movement, but the mental pressure of everyone was very great, and the enemy who couldn't see it made such a loud roar was definitely not an ordinary spirit beast or a beast. Everyone sweated nervously, and the hands of some of the recruits were a little shaky.
After holding each other for a while, the sharp-eyed bearded Liu saw the shaking of the woods in front of him and motioned for everyone to aim. And after a while, everyone was dumbfounded, a small fluffy beast with two small antlers, walking on only two legs, waving two small paws on its upper body, and a short tail running out from behind the woods, except for a gray furry, with a big and frightening mouth, almost half of the mouth on its face.
"Whew~~" The little thing roared at everyone again.
"Oh yes~ This little king is a lamb. ~" Liu Dabeard stood in front, scolding and scolding his sore ears. The scene at this moment was extremely embarrassing, and the sergeant who was waiting for him was such a cute pet in front of him, let's kill it! Isn't it too cruel, let's not kill it? It roared in the middle of the night, and it didn't let people sleep. Everyone looked at each other. In the end, Yuan Yuan's words broke the deadlock
"This seems to be a spirit beast that only existed in ancient times, called the Sun-Devouring Heaven Beast. Antlers, legs, claws, short tails, triangular noses, and such a loud voice. ”
"Is this thing dangerous?" Zhou Zhe asked.
"It's not dangerous, the sound waves of this spirit beast are very unusual, and they can penetrate their respective spirit arrays, so in ancient records, this spirit beast was raised to give an alarm. ”
"This~~" Wang Rui blushed on the side, probably because he was afraid of laughing and breaking the cold image.
Zhou Zhe scolded in his heart, a Samoyed-like creature, and then turned around and glared at Lin Xiaoer, who laughed out loud
"Lin Xiaoer, what are you laughing at? "Zhou Zhe's original intention was to slaughter this thing, in case it roared happily, everyone should not rest. As a result, Lin Xiaoer would be wrong, he ran over slowly, took out the jerky in front of everyone, and then threw it to the gadget. Everyone was speechless, Liu Dabeard wanted to order the release of arrows, and then was signaled by Zhou Zhe to let go.
"Forget it. Zhou Zhe knew that Lin Xiaoer was hanging out with the sergeants on weekdays, eating and drinking, making trouble, but in fact, no one really looked down on Lin Xiaoer, and some were just because he was Zhou Zhe's brother and sympathized with his plight. Lin Xiaoer himself is also a little inferior, more often than not, he is just a stupid person practicing the not-so-big hammer in the school field. Zhou Zhe can't always help him solve the worries in his heart, he needs personal companionship. And although this little thing appeared out of place, let it get by!
After this little episode, everyone was busy with their own things, but Lin Xiaoer really became a partner with this furry, and even took out his own jerky to share with it.
"I gave it a name, Lin Xiaomao. He's an orphan like me, it says. Lin Xiaoer said to everyone, and after hearing it, everyone burst into laughter.
"What it says, you just blow it! This thing is nothing but roaring... "That eat hasn't been said yet.
"Whew~~~" A small roar came out again, and the sergeant's face turned white, probably temporarily deaf. The speech is also very loud.
"Lin Xiaoer, you little rabbit cub, if you use him to yell at me again, I won't be able to kill you. ”
"Hey, hey, hey!" Lin Xiaoer put Xiao Mao on his head, and ran away with a flattering smile.
Just when everyone thought everything was safe, Yu Deshui reported the situation to Zhou Zhe
"General!"
"Don't call me General!"
"Yes! General!"
"What's the situation? There is a problem with this lake?" Zhou Zhe knew that Yu Deshui understood water, and his problem could only come from the lake.
"The general is like a god, I just checked on the shore, in addition to the footprints left by some beasts drinking water, there are also traces of beast fighting, as if they were dragged into the water in the end. Yu Deshui pointed in one direction on the shore of the lake. Zhou Zhe looked at the calm lake,
"Take me to see it. ”
When I got closer, sure enough, there were still some blood stains on the ground, and a sergeant from Orion stepped forward to check it and reported back
"It's deer blood! It's been dry for a long time. It's just that the claws on the ground don't look like the traces of tigers, leopards, and jackals. ”
"I haven't seen it either, but it's supposed to be huge. General, why don't I take someone down to have a look?" Yu Deshui asked for battle.
"It's too dangerous to go down. ”
"Yuan Yuan, what do you think?" Zhou Zhe knew that there was a living encyclopedia here. Yuan Yuan didn't jump to conclusions, walked to the traces, pressed the ground with his hands, and roughly measured the size with his hands
"It shouldn't be!" Yuan Yuan fell into thought, and Zhou Zhe waited quietly. After a while, he replied to the divine path, "I only have a simple guess, since there have been ancient spirit beasts such as Dragon Ball and Sun-devouring Sky Beast, this underwater may also be a spirit beast, and it may be a fierce beast type." ”
"Beasts?"
"Well, look at the traces of this claw, the claw is at least the size of three human hands, and the traces left are only traces of crawling, and the soil is quite strong, indicating that the size of this fierce beast is definitely not small. There were no signs of the robe struggling on the ground, indicating that the robe might be dead in one bite. Only a high-ranking beast can do it. Yuan Yuan's analysis was reasonable, Zhou Zhe had to think about it carefully, seeing that the sky had darkened, if he didn't solve it at the moment, if something happened at night, it would be a dilemma.
"Do you want to make a trap and put it nearby?" Orion had a bad idea.
"No, I can't. It's too small. Yuan Yuan immediately denied it.
"Get a robe, inject the paralyzing venom of the dragon balls into the robe, sprinkle some blood into the water, and ambush the rest. "Zhou Zhe doesn't want to drag it out until late at night, so it's better to fight quickly. The sergeants and several people cooperated and the trap was quickly completed. Zhou Zhe's idea was actually based on the law of hunting many animals, early morning and evening, the most suitable for hunting near the water source, he hoped that this high-ranking beast could take the bait, otherwise he would suffer all night.