Chapter 363: The Cave and the Underground River
At the entrance of the cave, Alan encountered a heavily guarded checkpoint, and next to the checkpoint, Alan saw several ballistas erected there, which was obviously for air defense, it seems that he could think of it, the horse bandits had already thought of it, after years of operation, this basin has been transformed by him into a solid place. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
After passing the level, the little boss leads Eren into the cave, where Eren constantly observes the terrain. This is a natural giant lava cave, which has been washed out by underground rivers for thousands of years, and you can even see stalactites formed by lava hanging upside down on the top of the cave.
There are many small caves on both sides of the huge lava cave, and Alan walked along the river, and saw a lot of horse bandits gathered at the door of the small cave along the way, but unlike the fully armored and neatly organized bandits seen outside the cave, the bandits in the cave were in groups of three or five, or gambling or drinking, and most of the people were naked in the hot summer weather, they shouted loudly, and some people were playing in the water, so that Alan really felt that he was entering the horse bandits' den for the first time.
The little leader was very popular among the horse bandits, and along the way, the horse bandits around him kept greeting him, and some even wanted to pull him to prevent him from leaving, insisting that he accompany him to have a drink, or roll a few dice, until the little leader said that he was going to see the commander and had something important to say, and everyone had to let him go.
Alan had been taken by the little leader to a larger cavern deep in the cave before stopping, and at the entrance of the cave stood four guards with long swords, which seemed to be where the big boss of Bols lived.
"The Grand Commander is busy with official business right now, and may not be able to see you for a while. ”
As soon as the little leader told him what he was asking for to see Bols, one of the guards turned and entered the cave, but quickly walked back and said to the little leader with a strange expression.
"The Great Commander has all the opportunities, and it is necessary to pay attention to the body. ”
The little leader understood, and his expression became strange, and even his tone sounded a little obscene.
"The Great Commander's body has always been vigorous, and you don't have to worry about it at all. ”
A few people were talking and laughing, and no matter how stupid Alan was, he could hear that Bols hadn't done anything good at this time.
After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, a guard finally came out of the cave, and ordered the little head to lead the way, leaving Alan alone to continue waiting.
In the time of waiting, Alan silently calculated in his heart for the horse bandits who passed by along the way, the strength of a battalion stationed at the mouth of the canyon is about 600 people, plus the guards at the mouth of the cave and the bandits who drink and gamble in the cave, almost 1,000 people, if you consider the rest in the cave, the work outside the cave, and the robbery outside the rift, the total number of horse bandits is at least about 2,000 people, which is equivalent to the number of a wing. And after years of fighting, most of the surviving bandits are elite.
Therefore, if you want to eliminate this horse bandit team head-on, your own strength should be at least about 4,000 people before you can do it, this is still without considering the geographical advantage, if you consider the terrain disadvantage, your own strength is at least ten times more than that of the opponent, and it takes a long time of attrition to win. Even according to the new plan he made before entering the valley, he could transfer half of the horse bandits' troops, and the remaining half was not something that the people brought by Alan and Bloom could deal with, and now it seemed that the small caves in this big cave were as dense as spider webs, and the horse bandits had been operating here for many years, who knows if they had any secret passages to the outside. If the result of their raid is to let Bols escape, then it will be a failure.
In other words, with the current situation, no matter how you plan it, it is impossible to completely annihilate the horse bandits. Alan has been humbly asking Bloom for some knowledge of marching and fighting along the way, and although there is still a long way to go before the experts, these basic understandings are still there.
"Hey, what's the fuss, the Grand Commander is going to summon you at once. ”
While Alan was worried about how to complete the task of suppressing the bandits, the little leader had already come out of the cave, beckoned to Allen, and motioned for him to follow him in to meet Bols.
"It's coming. ”
Alan quickly gathered his mind and walked behind the little leader towards the depths of the cave.
Oil lamps hung on the walls of the cave, enveloping the entire cave in a yellow light, and with the help of the dim light, Alan could see that the cave ** was full of traces of artificial excavation, including the flat ground and the arc top of the tunnel. And the cave ** is obviously not inhabited by Bols alone, because there are many doors on both sides of the corridor, and each door represents a room.
The little leader took Alan to a gate next to the corridor, stopped, there were two doormen standing outside the gate, they opened the door for the two of them, the little leader made a gesture of invitation, let Alan go in first.
When the door opened, a snow-white light shone out of the room inside, and the bright light made Alan squint his eyes for a long time, unable to see normally.
It was a large and spacious hall that was taller and more spacious than the corridor outside, and there were magic gas lamps hanging on the top and four walls of the hall, and the dazzling light came from these magical light sources.
The willingness to use the magic array for lighting can also be seen from this point that the magicians in the Bols horse bandits are very strong, and these magicians can exert greater power when they act in the rift valley with complex terrain.
The bright lights illuminated the entire hall as bright as day, so that Allen, who had become accustomed to the dimness of the cave, had to cover his eyes slightly with his hands before he could see the scene in the hall clearly.
The flat walls, roofs, and straight corners of the walls all indicate that this is a rectangular stone chamber that has been artificially excavated on the basis of the original karst cave, and there are no reliefs and murals on the wall, but there are many weapons hanging on it, such as swords, knives, guns, bows, Axes and so on, there are still two maps hanging on the wall opposite, Alan didn't look at the contents of the map carefully, but he didn't need to look at it to know that it must be the map of the Hig Empire, the whole stone chamber looks more like a big tent used by an army commander, everything is neat and orderly, and at the same time there is a kind of solemn atmosphere.
The hall was about five paces high, ten paces long, and six paces wide, and the floor was covered with a red carpet, on which stood two rows of heavily armed bandits, holding spears in their hands, the tips of which pointed diagonally upward, and murderous.
Two rows of bandits stood facing each other, leaving a beam-wide passage in between, one end of which was connected to the entrance of the hall, and the other to a raised platform.
Through the gap between the two rows of spears, Alan could see that there were steps leading to a high platform, on which were two large chairs, one in the center and the other slightly to the left, and two people sitting on top of it.