Chapter 310: Amsey Oasis (Part I)
After Napoleon's return, he began to dispatch troops, and it is clear that for a man of his great intelligence, Ali's prophecy can basically be called "explicit".
Since Napoleon's conquest of Egypt, a full 40,000 French troops have been scattered all over the place, and the glorious scene of 2,000 cannons will never be seen again. The barracks outside Cairo had the largest garrison in Egypt, with more than 15,000 men and 500 artillery pieces, and this force was the strongest force that Napoleon could take to Amshei.
As if pressed for time, Napoleon led his troops in the afternoon in the direction of the Hamna Tower, and in just five days, the Amshei Oasis was close at hand, the entire oasis was located in a basin, at least hundreds of miles in radius, several silver-ribbon waterfalls adorned the lush rainforest, and the faint sound of trickling water and the chirping of birds in between, constituted a magnificent natural picture.
"I don't understand, how can there be an army of the Scorpion King's Grim Reaper in this place?" Napoleon used a telescope to look down on the basin road below the valley. The legend of the Scorpion King is not a secret in Egypt, and it can even be called a household name, so Napoleon effortlessly made a guess that the Scorpion King would bring the army of the Reaper through the sentence "The Scorpion brought the army of the Reaper".
"Do you remember what the legend about the Scorpion King says?" Han Xing pointed out that this is not nonsense, in fact, according to the records of Egyptian history, the Scorpion King is likely to be the monarch of ancient Upper Egypt, who tried to lead the army to conquer Lower Egypt but failed, but was defeated and lost, and the army was completely damaged in the process of retreating, resulting in being killed by the pharaoh of Lower Egypt.
(It is also believed that the Scorpion King was the first to unify Upper and Lower Egypt, and finally the dynasty was overthrown)
"The Scorpion King's army was defeated in Thebes, and in order to escape the pursuit of the enemy, the Scorpion King rashly led his army into the endless Amshei Desert, and finally his army was damaged by the dehydration caused by the sun, exhaustion, and starvation, and he was the only one left alive. He prayed to the god of death, and if the god of death was willing to lend him an army for revenge, he would give his soul to the god of death. And so there is this oasis! ”
Thebes is a very mysterious place name, the capital of ancient Egypt for a long time was in a city called Thebes (which has become a ruined monument); And in ancient Greece, there was also a city-state called Thebes; Maybe it's a coincidence, or maybe it's a translation problem, God knows?
"It sounds like the act of the devil, but this Egyptian god of death is not a thing! I mean, what kind of god would want a man to give his soul to? (shēn) is a Christian (a branch of God that can be called a Christian, whether Protestant or Catholic), Napoleon complained.
"We're just waiting here, waiting for that army of the Grim Reaper to come out?" Napoleon thought for a moment.
"I'm starting to wonder if it's a scam! Even if the Grim Reaper's is in the dense forest at the bottom of the valley, how are they going to get out? Don't tell me they're going to climb this almost vertical cliff? Napoleon kicked a pebble down, watched it crash against the cliff face, and then disappeared into the forest below.
"Didn't I remember the story saying that the Grim Reaper's armies were made of sand?" Han Xing deliberately mentioned it.
"Doesn't that mean they're everywhere?" Napoleon looked at the sand all over the ground with some hair.
"No, I think we can build fortifications on the spot first, and get ready! We don't know how many people the Reaper's army will have, but with fortifications, the soldiers will feel more secure and can minimize casualties as much as possible! Han Xing proposed.
"I agree! Like I said, the greatest general is to get more soldiers home alive on the premise of ensuring victory! This is the greatest significance of the existence of military tactics. Napoleon nodded, summoned Berthier, and asked him to arrange the fortifications.
Before leaving, in order to ensure the safety of Napoleon's life, and also to express his guilt for bringing him in, Han Xing stuffed the revolver strengthened by holy light to Napoleon, "Napoleon, I think you may be able to use this!" ”
"What is this? Pistols? Looks good, but why is the muzzle so small, and how do I shove the projectile through the breech? Also, what's the rule? What is this wheel for? Napoleon took the revolver and looked at it carefully, puzzled.
"This is a weapon I brought from the future, a revolver ... As he spoke, Han Xing took out a bullet from his pocket, stuffed it into the breech, and demonstrated it for Napoleon, and then stuffed Napoleon with hundreds of bullets.
"Interesting, really interesting! With such a device, the ammunition load of the smoothbore gun can be increased from 1 to 5 rounds! The speed and frequency of the shots will be greatly increased, which is really a genius work! Napoleon soon understood the trick, and with a look of excitement, he clumsily pushed the bullet into the chamber with trembling hands.
"I seem to have inadvertently changed the future of this world..." When Han Xing heard Napoleon's words, he suddenly chuckled in his heart, if Napoleon really applied the revolver device to firearms on a large scale, then the combat effectiveness of the French army would be raised to the level close to that of World War I, at least at the level of the end of the nineteenth century·······
Imagine this picture:
When the British redcoats stepped on the drum beat of the grenadier march and used the face riding tactics to approach the French army, they finally passed the first round of Qi (shè), but they were surprised to find that the French army (shè) fired the second, third, and fourth bullets, and it was endless, and the scene was not too exciting······ It is probably the same as the German soldiers in the early days of World War I, marching in a dense line towards the British position (tǐng), only to find that the British army was armed with a five-shot bolt-action rifle Li Enfield's desperate heart (qíng), and then fell in pieces like wheat on a harvester.
While Napoleon was fiddling with the revolver, Han Xing went around to the valley mouth below to join Ali and the others.
"Ali, I have to say, last time your appearance was really like that, even I was deceived by you!" At this time, Ali was carefully wiping his *** wind long scimitar, and when he saw Han Xing coming, he raised his head and said with a smile:
"If you hadn't reminded me, I'd have been exposed! To be honest, I was really scared by Napoleon and almost showed my feet! Speaking of this, Ali let out a long sigh of relief.
"You were pretending to be like that! How do you pretend to be cataracts? And the people who are around your (shēn) board? ”
"Of course those cataract eyes are used for contact lenses! To those on his side (shēn) were his Mamluks, also known as the legendary To! Without waiting for Ali to answer, Sir Hansen, who was carefully adjusting the bowstring on the side just now, jumped over and came over to reveal the secret.
This guy now has a grass-green cloak outside, and it really looks a bit like Legolas, the elven prince in "The Lord of the Rings", but judging by his (jiàn) (jiàn) watch (qíng), it looks more like Deadpool who has taken off his skin (tào).
"He's right·····" Ali spread his hands.
"Alright, Uncle Hanschel, did you three come out camping and have a bonfire, or did you rush to fight for the Grim Reaper's Bracelet? Now that we're all set, let's go! Roy slung his maple longbow over his shoulder, then urged.
"Roy is right!" Ali nodded, and the three of them quickly got up from the large smooth cobblestones, and walked towards the Amshai Oasis.
There is only one road into the basin, and there is no doubt that this is a river in the dry season, and the four of Han Xing and his party are all uneven soft stones under their feet, as if they are walking on the healthy trail of the park in the future.
On the cliff just now, Han Xing had seen several silver jade belts hanging in the Amsey Basin, obviously, there are abundant water resources in this basin, and these waters need an outlet, and the river channel under his feet is probably the only way out of the water flow in Amshei for thousands of years.
It's just that it's autumn now, and although the fierce (rì) commonly known as the "autumn tiger" is still in this land, causing the temperature to fluctuate like a roller coaster, the river is still somewhat affected by the fall of autumn and winter, and the residual water can only reach Han Xing's instep.
As the group progressed, the terrain began to gradually lower down, and the lush (rè) band plants shaded the sun, with only a few rays of light shining through the dense shade and falling on the ground overgrown with vines and angiosperms.
There was a constant sound of clear rustling in the dense forest here, but Han Xing could say with certainty that these were definitely not birds! Because Han Xinggang couldn't hear the sound of birds flapping their wings, but the vines and branches kept creaking, so what could this be?
Thanks to the enhancement of the T-virus, Han Xing's sharp gaze easily spotted one of the initiators of all this in the shadow of the dense shade of the trees:
A low, fluttering primate with large black eyes. If it hadn't been for its sparkling eyes, it would probably have been thought to be a dry corpse! At this time, this obscene-looking dwarf creature was hiding under the shade of a tree and peeping at his group, and if it weren't for the fact that it had a tail unique to primates on its (pì) thigh, Han Xing would have almost recognized it as a monkey!
This is the eerie aboriginal of the Amshei Oasis - the undead monkeys. Everything about Amshei Oasis comes from the generous gift of Anubis, the god of death, whose divine power inevitably contains the law of death. After a long time, drinking the water and eating the fruits here, the monkeys who grew up became like this. Of course, it is also possible that the dead monkey was resurrected here...
In fact, these undead monkeys have taken the most important step in evolution – making and using tools. They even make blow arrows out of hollow wooden pipes and weave simple cages out of sticks and rope. So, in a sense, despite their terrible appearance, these undead monkeys are intelligent creatures!
What few people know is that the same part of the human brain that is responsible for making tools and organizing language sounds incredible, doesn't it? But it's true, because both of them require sketching out a figure, a vague concept (like organizing a statement) in your mind, and then refining it. Therefore, students with strong language organization skills will not be bad in terms of hands-on ability, and vice versa.
In fact, there is a monkey that has learned to use tools, but they are not as hostile, and it took millions of years for humans to evolve from apes to Homo sapiens. And it took thousands of years to build civilization and develop science and technology. By the time these monkeys evolve to build airplanes, we're afraid we'll have already established a galactic empire, so don't worry!