Li Xuanli and Commander Zhao hurriedly returned to Dragon Scale City, while the Ram Heir, who had just been promoted to the "Commander of the Demon Master Army", rushed to the direction of the Qiandu River alone overnight.

Although the rebellion of the prime minister and Hua Jun caused a riot, Li Xuanli, who was calm and calm, did not make the matter out of control, and quickly handled the matter properly.

At this time, thousands of miles away by the Qiandu River, the unsuspecting defenders were naturally nervously patrolling the defense line. In the area from Reed Bay to the River Temple, where Master You resisted the corpse monster army before, it was Kuang Duwei of Bihai City who was stationed here at this time.

At the fifth watch, a glimmer of light appeared in the sky, and at this time, most of the defenders were exhausted and fell asleep one after another. Occasionally, three or two patrols with lanterns kept patrolling back and forth along the coast.

At this time, two older masters came to meet them, and when they had nothing to do, they sat together on a boulder by the river and chattered.

One of them seemed to be sleepy and kept yawning, while the other took out a small pot of wine from his bosom and threw it to the former, saying, "Brother, you haven't slept for the past few days, okay? Come, drink and refresh yourself! In another hour at dawn, we will be able to sleep!"

The former was not polite, took the flask and took a sip, sighed with satisfaction, and replied: "Isn't it, although there has been no movement on the other side of the strait recently, we also have to be careful! We can't afford to let go of a fish caught in the net! Today's young people don't take these things seriously, we are older, and we have seen some of the world, so we should try to be as careful as possible." ”

The other nodded, and said, "Those young people are not vigilant, and if the situation changes, the main force on the battlefield will have to rely on them! In the end, it is not necessary for us old men to be more valuable, and it doesn't hurt to rest for a while." ”

After chatting and chatting, I talked about Master You, and only listened to one of them: "But then again, it was dangerous half a month ago!

Alas, you said, since the last time the large-scale corpse monster army forcibly crossed the river, and in the end it was not successful, it stands to reason that they should be unwilling to make a comeback? But now half a month has passed, why haven't there been even the slightest rumors?!"

The other thought for a moment and replied: "Who knows, in the past, there were 'water tigers' who secretly climbed ashore from time to time to sneak up and sneak out to patrol alone, but now the water is calm, and even the army of corpses and monsters on the other side seems to have evaporated for no reason! Where did they go, don't you say strange?"

The former pursed his lips and just wanted to speak, but suddenly his ears moved, and he kept looking in all directions, and wondered: "Brother, did you hear any strange sounds just now?!"

On the other hand, the other master also listened attentively, and immediately replied: "Yes! We have heard this strange voice a few times tonight! But I can't see anything in the black rumbling, and I have asked about other values, and they have not noticed anything abnormal." It may be that it is about to dawn, the weather has changed, and the gusts of wind are blowing~"

Still uneasy, the former immediately got up and stared around, and suddenly, he held his hand into a cylinder and listened carefully to the movement on the other side of the river. The next moment, another master, who was attracted by his movements, hurriedly pointed his finger to that side: "Look! What is that!"

The two of them raised their eyes and looked into the distance, and by the dim light, they saw a large black shadow suddenly appear in the sky above the other side of the river! Watch those black shadows skim the river without any breath, and move as fast as lightning! Without even making a sound, they flew over their heads at once, and then disappeared.

If it weren't for the extra attention, who would have discovered these mysterious things that had secretly crossed the river by night?! The latter two pestles stood in place for a long time, and when they saw a flick of flying, several shadows appeared in the sky in the distance, and they also passed over their heads silently.

I heard one of them ask in surprise: "I didn't even see what it was and flew by, and the speed was too fast!Dude, what the hell is this?!"

I heard another person murmuring, "But I heard the wind and saw it...... Iron Winged Ling!" suddenly exclaimed in surprise and shouted: "Quick! Let's hurry up and inform the others! Iron Winged Ling's large-scale dispatch is absolutely nothing good!"

At this time, Kuang Duwei in the main tent was resting, and suddenly heard the commotion outside, and from time to time he heard: "Iron wings are coming, everyone set up a defensive formation!", "Quickly take a shield! Quickly cover your naked body!" and other exclamations were endless.

He rolled over and got up, and before he could even put on his coat, he hurried out of the tent. As soon as he went outside, he saw a person hurrying over, and the former hurriedly called: "It's early in the morning, what are you shouting about!"

The man didn't speak, but hurriedly pointed to the sky, and Master Kuang looked in the direction he pointed, only to see that under the illumination of countless fires on the ground, the swarthy "big birds" above his head roared like meteorites!

"Hiss~ Iron Winged Ling!" Seeing this scene, Master Kuang immediately exclaimed!

The power of these beasts is known to everyone, and its huge body alone stands taller than a human! and it has great strength, and it is more than enough to carry two adults away at the same time. Moreover, its long beak and sharp claws can tear people to pieces in minutes! Not to mention its hard dagger-sharp wingtips, once they identify the target and attack it in groups, even the rockback beast with thick skin and flesh will be cut into a piece of "flesh"!

These thoughts flashed through his mind, and he immediately picked up a shield and a spear and ran to the crowd that was in a mess. After a while, I heard him loudly scold the masters who were so frightened that they shrank together, and ordered everyone to line up in formation for defense.

The rumored Iron Winged Feather is ferocious and bloodthirsty, and as long as it sees a living creature, it will definitely not let it go! But the strange thing is that the "big birds" whistling over their heads today did not pause at all, and only lowered their bodies and flew eastward from a low altitude, but they didn't care about the masters below.

The men took their weapons and shields, and waited for them, when they suddenly realized that something was wrong: the beasts flew away without even looking at them. After a long time like this, seeing that there was no longer a single iron-winged feather flying, everyone was stunned in place, holding their weapons in embarrassment, and they all looked at their Kuang Duwei, and they didn't know whether to feel happy or afraid.

Everyone couldn't help but wipe their cold sweat -- it turned out to be a false alarm! Lieutenant Kuang Duwei casually beckoned one of his guards and said, "Who is in charge here these two days?"

The latter replied: "If you go back to the captain, since there has been no special situation recently, the head of the steward has been replaced. I heard that now it seems that the second prince of Hezhen Kingdom, 'Li Zhaoyang', is personally stationed in this area, and it is difficult to say where his subordinates are. ”

After listening to his words, Kuang Duwei thought to himself: Although Prince Li is not in the same camp as himself, Commander Ling has not been there recently, although it was a false alarm just now, it is good to report to his superiors. Then he said to the escort platoon: "Well, you go to the second prince of Hezhen Kingdom now and tell him about the matter here, Captain Bendu always feels that something is wrong, and it is good to take precautions." ”

The latter immediately took the order to retreat, leaving Kuang Duwei alone in the same place, thinking: It's strange...... What are they trying to do when they come out on such a large scale, not for hunting, but for us? Moreover, in recent years, they have been almost always with the army of corpses, and every time the animals make a large-scale move, these guys will follow......

As soon as he thought of this, Master Kuang seemed to suddenly remember something, and exclaimed: "Not good! Could it be ......?" and hurriedly called the former back and asked, "Have our patrols been interrupted in the past few days?"

The platoon guard master was suddenly stopped, and some of the second monks were confused, so he said: "Back ~ back to the captain, since we have been here for more than ten days, the patrol has not been slackened at all...... And now we have a lot of people, just in this area of dozens of miles, as soon as those livestock move, they can see at a glance~ Du Wei, why do you ask each other like this?"

Even though the other party replied like this, Master Kuang was still a little uneasy, and hurriedly asked again: "Do you know where the topographic map here is?

In the past few years, they don't know how many times they have been stationed along the defensive line, and they have long known the banks of the Qiandu River, and even if they close their eyes, they know how to go. But I suddenly had to find a topographic map, and I really didn't know where to put it for a while.

The two of them rummaged through the main tent for a long time, only to hear the platoon suddenly shout: "Captain Kuangdu, the map is here!"

The latter snatched it, spread it out on the table, and asked, "Do you know of any special places or special terrain around here?"

As soon as he heard this, the latter quickly nodded and replied: "My subordinate's hometown was originally near here, and you really asked the right person this time! In fact, having said that, there is no special terrain in the area around our defense line, and almost a hundred miles on both sides of the bank are low hilly areas and flat river beaches. If you really want to say that the most special place in this place is this, the River Temple! But this is beyond our jurisdiction......"

Looking along his fingers, he saw that forty or fifty miles away, about twenty or thirty miles away from the river bank, really marked a place name - "River Temple". But what puzzled Kuang Duwei the most was that he had the impression that the river temples were not all built by the river?

He immediately pointed to the place on the map and asked, "What is this dotted line?"

When the former heard this, he suddenly said: "Cough! Well, there is a legend about this temple, I wonder if the commander wants to hear it?"

"Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and listen to me!"

At that moment, the guard pai told the allusions to this river temple one by one.

It turns out that this temple is also quite old. Legend has it that a hundred or two hundred years ago, the place was just a low-lying land, and because of the abundant fresh water, the local people farmed and stored water to raise fish, and lived a prosperous life.

However, one year there was a major flood, and it rained heavily for several days, and the water level of the Qiandu River soared. Somehow, the river did not overflow, but this place, which was dozens of miles away, turned into a vast sea overnight! Many ordinary people did not react, and were drowned alive in their sleep!

Later, the water level gradually receded, and everyone followed the current to find the upstream, and found that it was the current location of the river temple, and a huge hole appeared in the ground! When everyone saw this scene, they thought that the river god under the ground was doing something wrong, and they immediately fell to the ground in fright.

In the end, it was the local magistrate who learned the news, and the people who sent the yamen spent a lot of manpower and material resources to block the hole with great difficulty. In the end, the villagers raised funds to build a "river temple" quite far away from the river. Gradually, the flood subsided, and even if there was a heavy flood later, the hole did not gush again, and it was over.

Now that I think about it, it was the river that eroded underground all year round, forming an underground undercurrent. And all of a sudden, the water level of the river rose, and the undercurrent could not withstand the huge pressure in it, and finally rushed out of the ground, forming that huge hole. People don't understand the principle, they think it's ghosts and gods, and they built a temple to suppress it, but now that they think about it, it's a little ridiculous.

But when he thought that there might be a secret passage under the ground that was connected to the Qiandu River, even the guard platoon faintly felt that something was wrong, so he didn't need Kuang Duwei to speak, and immediately said solemnly: "Or, let's go and see?"