Chapter 113: Swallowing the Scroll (2)
Curris watched worriedly as the people crawled out of James' cellar and told the soldiers to arrange for them to retreat. www.biquge.info Many people have not yet fully reacted to the bombardment brought by the enemy's artillery bombardment, and most of them remain silent. James' cellar can store a lot of moonshine, but it can't hold many people. After dealing with these people, Curris's team had to try to find the others, and they had to do so at the risk that the British army had already arrived nearby. The current situation is that after the expeditionary team suffered two surprise attacks on the way, there were inevitably casualties, and the weapons carried were mostly light weapons, which were actually similar to the equipment level of Breth, and if they encountered the Brethian army, they would inevitably have to pay a huge price to get out, but the accompanying civilian casualties would be very large. Curris took a deep breath and prepared to leave, when a sharp whistling sound sounded in his ears, and he secretly cried out for distress, like the sound of the air that Death had flown into, and he called out to the soldiers to lie down. As far as the shouts came, everyone didn't react so quickly, some people were still in a daze, a black whirring thing, quickly fell near Curis, setting off a huge wave of air, Curis accompanied by Warman, as well as dozens of soldiers and people, flew up and fell heavily on the ground, and at the same time the flying dirt and wood covered them up.
Curris was rescued by the surviving soldiers and Warman, who was already slightly wounded, and everyone could see that his injuries were very serious. The neck and back were cut open by shrapnel for several inches, and a viscous dark green liquid was flowing out, and many people who saw this scene covered their mouths and were speechless in surprise. The gray-haired priest, with a cross drawn on his chest, said that these Breezians, who should have been ruthlessly abandoned by God, must have used evil bombs that the devil could make. The same was true of Warman, blood staining his light-colored shirt and drying on his back where the sun was beginning to shine. The sound of the Brethian soldiers firing indiscriminately indicates that they are very close to here, and Warman must direct them to retreat. Warman endured the pain from his wound and led the people to the entrance of the manor, he hoped that the soldiers who could still fight and the ordinary people who were willing to help the army would get weapons from the base under the manor and start to resist, and he hoped to find a suitable place and doctor for Curris as soon as possible. The latter hope is almost impossible at the moment. The soldiers had told the tribes that had been popular in the past to stop bleeding, but to no avail, Warman decided to venture out to sea.
After deploying the rebellious zero-hour command organ, Warman did not dare to delay for a moment, selected a few sturdy soldiers, and secretly slid from the underground waterway of the manor to the seashore on the "Underwater Ghost" diving ship that secretly attacked the Bristle fleet last time. The dive boat slowly opened the surface and dived into the water, leaving only a short breathing tube and heading forward. Maybe all the attention of the fleet around the coastline was on the shore, and no one noticed what the short cylinder in the water behind him was, or maybe on the sea, no one could see the camouflage-colored breathing cylinder, and from the periscope juxtaposed with the breathing tube, it seemed that the enemy's fleet had been left far behind, Warman breathed a sigh of relief, and taught a few soldiers to turn the propellers in turn, accelerating forward, and moving towards the location of the submarine base that he remembered last time. When he gets there, Curis may be saved, but the key is for Curis to have the perseverance to stay there. Curris had been in a coma, and could only hold on to the water that was poured in from time to time, and Warman, in the cramped cabin, very agitated, once again lay down in front of the periscope and watched the course. What appeared in the periscope was the gray-blue sea from time to time, and it was not a gray sky, but a huge black and gray wall, and it was a moving wall. Oh my God, Warman exclaimed, it was a huge warship, change course, change course, Warman shouted. But it was too late.
The fast cruisers in the fleet of Britain, known as the "Blue Rangers", were naturally very fast, and the light ships were close to the water, and they did not notice the short section of things that appeared in front of the ship that was similar to the color of the water, and rushed straight over. The diving boat under the surface of the water made an emergency deceleration and steering, only changing the angle of impact and reducing the force, but not completely avoiding it. After the black wall rushed over, there was not even the slightest abnormality on the sea, and the cruiser departed. Warman and the others were in a hurry, the breathing tube was badly damaged, the sea water was pouring in from the broken place, and the water in the hold was getting more and more, and there was no other way but to hold on to the surface of the side water after the cruiser was gone. Fortunately, the speed of the cruiser was very fast, and in a blink of an eye it was far away, and Warman and the others finally surfaced, and everyone was drenched in water, and the ship could no longer dive into the water, but fortunately, it had broken through the enemy's blockade of the coast. Relying on his memory, Warman instructed his soldiers to hang up their sails and assist them in paddling with manpower, so as to hurry up. Wolman stood on the bow of the ship, in fact, his heart has been full of nervousness, the last time he encountered the submarine base, it was an accident, can there be such a lucky accident this time?
The Imperial Army and Navy of Villes, although they were both royal forces, were extremely unkind to each other. Although the army is the oldest branch of the army, it is customary to value the royal family the most, but it is different in Breth. During the Magna Carta movement, there were divisions within the secret group, and the two power groups vied for control of the future development of Breth. The faction, including the queen's ancestors, has a lot of aristocratic power, but there is no high-ranking spokesperson in the army. On the contrary, the power groups that wanted to change the course and model of development in Breez controlled almost the entire army, or almost the entire army. The faction that controlled the army did not use the army at first, and they used the power of the lower classes of the people to force the royal family and the citizens of the country as a whole to sign the Magna Carta, which was within the scope of their power. The royal family was surrounded by tens of thousands of citizens at that time, almost to the point of precariousness, and had no choice but to sign the charter first. Since then, the royal family has felt that they have begun to bear a heavy shame, and they will not forget to take revenge every day. Soon, the royal family and the nobles who supported it, with the money in their hands, formed a large mercenary army and began to take revenge, targeting several important people in the secret group. And several charter advocates led by Will also began to fight fiercely with the Royal Army in their hands. Later generations of historians have struggled to describe this war caused by the struggle for power within the secret group, not only to record it, but also to avoid the important and trivial. However, people have seen that the royal army of Breez was revoked because he followed Will to the battlefield for Magna Carta, creating a royal rebellion. What is helpless is that as Will's army and the royal army's army were exhausted on the battlefield and both reached the point of exhaustion, the two sides suddenly signed a peace agreement, and the royal family was retained, and of course some power was also reduced. A new structure of power has emerged in the country, and hundreds of years have passed. The hapless army has been saddled with a reputation for betrayal for hundreds of years, not to mention the additional rewards of the royal family, and even normal government funding has been often delayed. The navy is different, this team, which has been established for less than a hundred years, has been the heart and soul of the royal family since its establishment, and has received a lot of extra care. Therefore, the Army has a reason to show its strong combat capability at the time of the last serious defeat of the Marines, so as to win the admiration of the royal family.
As soon as the army came ashore, it followed the method of steady and gradual advance. They are not afraid of the rapid advance of the Frans army to seize the territory, if they can successfully eliminate the territorial independence forces, it is not too late to go back and eliminate the Frans who have milk and mothers. Once the headquarters was established, the detachments searched and advanced in accordance with the deployment, with a focus on capturing officials of the territorial administration and destroying all the institutions established by the independent forces. The detachments did not see many people on the streets after the artillery fire preparatory strike, and the few people who were sporadically wounded and lying on the side of the road were quickly resolved. Since they are not government officials and have been injured, they are simply sent to God. The greatest achievement was the collection of a portion of the so-called United States of Emerik Administration, which the Commander placed in the headquarters as trophies. Among them, he was most concerned about the exchange of fire from the National Museum of the United States, such as the oil painting of the signing of the instrument of the founding of the United States. It was from this that these commanders saw the first consul of the United States, whom they had only heard of but had not seen. The commanders demanded that the soldiers try to find the founding instrument signed by the representatives of the various territories, and even issued a reward order. It is a pity that many soldiers searched the occupied areas again and again to no avail, and the generals of the command became impatient, and the Supreme Commander, General Lee, even began to poke the map with his fingers again and again, so that a hole was poked out of the map.
Warman had been moving forward from memory, and there was almost nothing on the surface of the sea in front of him except the undulating waters. The wind was good, but the soldiers didn't have the strength to continue rowing, so they had to trim and move fast again. Curris's condition looked terrible, and the wound had begun to fester, and the question was raised quickly after the ship's cabin had been soaked in water. Among the soldiers claimed to be able to pray for healing, and they tried for a long time, but to no avail. Warman licked his lips, hoping that the base would appear in front of them again, but the idea was a fantasy. Finally the wind stopped completely, and the ship slowly began to float on the water, and the ghost knew where it would float, and Warman himself felt dazed, languid, and drowsy. Everyone was lying on the boat in a blur.
After a polite greeting and compliment, the water and wine are served and the adults are invited to drink together. Mei Yi drank several glasses in a row, but he was not drunk, it may be that people are in good spirits at happy events. Riding on a tall horse, you can see the people of Hexi clearly. The familiar face in the crowd smiled at Mei Yi, nodded approvingly, and before Mei Yi finished nodding with him, he squeezed out of the crowd and left. Mei Yi looked at Mr. Yi's back and thought of the Xiyi Group, probably never cheering at a certain thing like the ordinary people in front of him, but firmly controlling the direction of the big event. But then again, what does controlling the direction of major events mean to Xiyi Group, and what is the significance, is it just control itself? Mei Yi quickly ended thinking and began to respond to the squire's rotational drinking offensive, lamenting that this posture was much bigger than when Hong Eighteen came to attack the city. Along the way, although the wine was shallow, after all, it couldn't withstand too much drinking, and Mei Yi also began to get confused. I can't go to today's official office, and even after I go, I will go to a secluded place in the back hall to rest and sober up, but it is better to go back to the mansion directly, and talk about official business tomorrow. Playing the horse and returning home, the master staggered and followed, the old man also drank too much, humming a little song in his mouth, and was very leisurely.
In the middle of the night, Mei Yi, who drank too much and had a dry mouth, called a few times and no one answered, so he stopped insisting and got up and poured water to drink. There is no drip in the pot on the table in the room, which is really frustrating. Looking for the kitchen all the way, passing by the backyard, I found that the master's room was still brightly lit, Mei Yi thought that otherwise he would go to the master's room to beg for a drink, and he didn't have to walk a little more. When I entered the house, sure enough, the master was not sleeping, and the old man was still watching something in front of the lamp. Mei Yi said hello, and his eyes fell on the book in his master's hand. Seeing this, the master simply handed the book to Mei Yi. Mei Yi took a look, except for some symbols that looked familiar, but he didn't know any fonts, so he had to return them to his master. The master smiled and explained that this book is actually ordinary but also bizarre. At the beginning of the establishment of the ancestors of the Xiyi Group, it was only a Taoist painting on the mud floor, and few people could recognize it. Later, it was recorded from generation to generation, and thousands of years later, the children of Xiyi were able to understand it, and some of it was explained. It's a pity that the ancestors have been working for thousands of years at that time, and the explanations of future generations are naturally difficult to say right or wrong. Mei Yi had seen these symbols when he was on the island, but the font that came with them was anything but like this. The master heard that the interpretation of these symbols and explanations that have been circulated in the world is actually only a small part of the explanations drawn by the ancestors of Xiyi. Only the intelligent children of the descendants of the Xiyi Group, who only appear every few hundred or even thousands of years, can explain it in a way that corresponds to the ideas of the ancestors. The master told Mei Yi that the book in his hand was the content handed down from ancient times, and it has been handed down to this day after many generations of Xiyi disciples carved and made books, and it was written in a font thousands of years ago, so Mei Yi naturally didn't recognize it. Mei Yi stared at one of the words, thought of something, and asked his master, could Mr. Yi be the kind of Xiyi smart kid who knew this book. The master looked at the word on the cover of the book and said that it was exactly.
Mei Yi had more leisure in the following days, and Mr. Yi sent people to invite him a few times, but he just made tea and watched the scenery, and never mentioned any affairs of the Xiyi Group. Since Hong Shiba's team left Hezhou, all the actions were really the same as Mei Yi had thought, after breaking through Wuling and looting on a large scale, they withdrew from the city, seized the dock, plundered countless ships, and all the bandits sailed down the Jinjiang River and went straight to Nanjing. Mei Yi received a report every few days, and naturally knew the basic battle situation, it seems that these colleagues are similar to their own behavior, defeating but not destroying, shouting and killing loudly, but mostly pretending, they all let Hong Shibai come and go freely all the way to Nanjing, the heart of the imperial court. The thousand-year-old process of Nanjing has become the territory of Hong Eighteen bandits who were still living in the cave more than a year ago, and Mei Yi really suspects that after this Hong Eighteen arrives in Nanjing, the rampant smug will be so fierce that it cannot be more intense. However, this Nanjing is not within the scope of his Mei Yi's supervision, so it is not Mei Yi's turn to worry more. The days of the day have passed, although Hong Shibai defeated and captured many places, but he did not return to the ground in Hezhou, Mei Yi is rarely idle.
It seems that God has to find something for Mei Yi, Mei Yi has been idle for more than a year, during which the master suddenly had a stroke, and he left for a few days, but fortunately, Mr. Yi introduced another one to Mei Yi. Mei Yi knew the approximate origin of this master, but he didn't ask. The new master's surname is Zhao, and he is also well-educated and has been a staff member for many years, and he has very experience. He expressed his views on the holy decree that Mei Yi had just received. Mr. Zhao believes that the hinterland of the imperial court was occupied by Hong 18, and the rich places were ten rooms and nine empty, and the wilderness was thousands of miles, and the people fled one after another. And the prefectures and counties around Nanjing were so big that they were so big that they had no power to resist. In desperation, the imperial court issued this almost pleading-like holy decree to the selected governors. In the holy decree, Mei Yi was asked to gather the people on the spot, step up training, and wait until the food and salary of the imperial court were in place, that is, go north to Wuling and participate in the encirclement and suppression of Hong 18. Probably to encourage Mei Yi to go all out, this time he even added Mei Yi's official title again and changed his crown. Master Zhao believes that this is a good opportunity and cannot be missed.