Chapter 246: Qingzhou's Dilemma
When Chu Tian walked to the hillside with his swollen and sore face, he immediately saw a fire dragon slowly swimming over from a distance, this should be a cavalry with torches, at least there are thousands of people, and the scale is really not small.
Cavalry troops?
Could it be that they killed them like this? This is too stupid, it is no different from sending them to death!
When thousands of elite cavalry arrived at the entrance of the Qinglong Path, a large number of femme fatales had already rushed out of Qingling.
The Qingzhou cavalry seems to know the snake and scorpion beast very well, this kind of magic beast is very dangerous, especially the poisonous fog that is controlled freely, if it launches an attack on the nearby villages and towns, it will definitely cause very tragic casualties.
"The whole army obeys the order!"
"We must stop the beast tide here!"
"Otherwise, once they spread, the consequences will be unimaginable!"
A femme fatale is enough to poison a squad, the femme fatale is concentrated, and it is still quite easy to deal with, once the femme fatalmon is dispersed, then the poisonous fog is everywhere, how to tell it? Not to mention that it is dark now, there is no way to distinguish the poisonous fog with the naked eye.
"Shoot me!"
"Three hundred paces away!
The Qingzhou cavalry gave up the cavalry's most advantageous charging tactic, and each person went to the air with a longbow at forty-five degrees, and the loss was densely rained down on the snake and scorpion.
Poof!
Several femme fatales were shot.
Enraged, the femme fatale stopped fighting for food and rushed up to launch a counterattack on the cavalry. The Qingzhou cavalry did not dare to be careless, and shot arrows while retreating, and the arrow rain was densely sprinkled, but this attack method was obviously not very effective against the snake and scorpion.
First, there are very many snakes and scorpions, and they are too many to kill.
Second, the snake scorpion shell is very strong and can effectively resist erosion.
Thirdly, the snake and scorpion were shrouded in poisonous fog, and there was darkness as a cover, so the shooter could not aim, so he could only shoot blindly. In this case, it would be good to be able to hit one out of ten arrows.
A large black and thick poisonous fog was rolling and spreading, like a huge tsunami, covering the cavalry.
"Damn!"
"Retreat, retreat!"
The leader of the cavalry brandished his big sword and shouted, and immediately pulled the reins and began to turn around, and the rest of the cavalry began to retreat, at this time, a gust of wind blew, accelerating the spread of the poisonous mist, and in an instant, three or four hundred cavalry were engulfed by the poisonous mist.
The femme fatale's fierce poisonous mist is unguardable, even if it is on the skin, it can penetrate the body along the pores, and only a very small dose can paralyze a monk!
"Ahh
"I can't move!"
The cavalry collapsed to the ground, both men and horses, twitching all over, and gradually losing the strength to resist.
The brutal femme fatales pounced, shredded their bodies with their powerful claws, and began to feast on the flesh. The most terrifying thing about this kind of killing is that the poisonous mist can paralyze people all over their bodies, but they are not completely unconscious, and these people who fall into the femme fatales can only watch their bodies being torn apart and eaten.
The terrible scream sent chills through the hearts of the other cavalrymen.
"Damn brute!" the cavalry saw that the ground was full of struggling and wailing soldiers, and his eyes were red with anger: "Kill, kill, kill, kill them all for me!"
Once again, the cavalry drew their bows and shot arrows.
The femme fatales had hunted enough food and were about to enjoy themselves, but these nasty cavalry repeatedly harassed and attacked, which undoubtedly angered the femme fatales completely. So, the femme fatale completely dropped the food in its hand and attacked the cavalry again.
Snakes and scorpions are social creatures with a very obvious attack strategy, and when they leave the narrow green dragon path, they immediately split into several groups and attack the cavalry from different directions.
Night is the best camouflage for snakes and scorpions.
The femme fatale was pitch black and shrouded in dark green mist, and there was no way to distinguish it with the naked eye, and when the cavalry concentrated on attacking the femme scorpion in front of them, they didn't know that there were already two femme scorpions around the left and right to launch a flanking attack.
"Ahh
"Help, left-wing monster sneak attack!"
"Help, there are also demonic beasts on the right wing!"
One by one, the cavalry fell to the ground, and there were constant screams in the night, and the rest of the cavalry was completely confused, and began to be dizzy, scurrying like headless flies, and finally was dumpled by the snakes and scorpions that kept emerging, and the cavalry leaders were unfortunately killed in it.
"Run!"
"Run!"
Thousands of cavalry came to the rescue, and only seven or eight hundred escaped.
The rest of the cavalry died under the poison of the snake and scorpion, and all of them were reduced to food for the mouth of the snake and scorpion. The snake and scorpion dragged all the human and horse corpses into the canyon, and the poisonous mist followed the snake and scorpion back quickly, leaving no trace of the scene except for blood stains on the ground and broken armor weapons and arrows scattered all over the ground.
Shen Bingyu and Chu Tian were standing on the hillside, so they witnessed the whole process, but they couldn't help it.
Sure enough, it's a terrifying monster!
This group of femme fatales is entrenched in the green mountains, and human mining activities cannot be carried out at all, no wonder that dead fat man would sell so many high-quality resources cheaply.
Shen Bingyu frowned and whispered, "Do you need to notify Zhongzhou and send reinforcements over?"
"Haven't you seen the tragic appearance of the Qingzhou Army! The fighters of the Miracle Chamber of Commerce are very precious and must not be lost here. Chu Tian sighed and said a little depressedly: "I wanted to keep a low profile this time, who knew that I would encounter this kind of trouble." ”
"What should I do?"
"The poison in your body hasn't been cleared yet. Chu Tian said to Shen Bingyu, "We can only go to the city once." ”
Shen Bingyu seemed to have forgotten what had just happened, and said expressionlessly, "Go to the main city?"
"Judging from the situation of Qinglong Path, it is not a matter of a day or two for the snake and scorpion beast to entrench in Qingling, I think Qingzhou City is even more urgent than us, so we can only take a little action for today, to help them!"
As Chu Tian said.
Qingzhou City is in a hurry more than anyone else!
There are tens of thousands of snake and scorpion beasts active in Qingling!
These femme fatales did not appear in the active area of humans before, and in the last few months, for some reason, thousands of femme fatales have flocked to the Qinglong Path and actually occupied the Qinglong Path.
A thoroughfare that runs through Qingling connects the east and west of Qingzhou, and the Qinglong Trail is a vital transportation hub! Such an important passage is blocked, not only will all mining activities be stopped, but you can guess how much negative impact it will have on Qingzhou.
Qingzhou was naturally very anxious, and gathered troops several times to open up the Qinglong Path, but returned with a feather every time, instead of destroying the snake and scorpion beast, it let the snake and scorpion beast eat several times, and Qingzhou City lost its troops and lost its vitality!
Such a group of femme fatales made Qingzhou lose forty or fifty thousand elite soldiers in it!
That's why when Leizhou encountered a catastrophe, Zhongzhou, Nanzhou, and Qingzhou could all be directly helped, but Wu Anjun's Junshu only asked Nanzhou and Zhongzhou for support, and did not mention Qingzhou at all.
Because Wang Cheng also knows that Qingzhou itself is difficult to protect, where can he have the leisure to take care of Leizhou's affairs?
When Chutian arrived in Qingzhou City, the entire main city was in a depression.
Last night's tragic bloody battle made Qingzhou lose more than 2,000 elite soldiers, which made Qingzhou City even worse, how could the people of Qingzhou be happy?
There has been no news in Dongqingzhou for two months.
Dongqingzhou does not border with the rest of the Southern Xia Kingdom, and relies entirely on the Qinglong Trail to transport materials and goods, and now it is no wonder that there is no supply for two or three months! Qingzhou resources cannot be shipped out of Qingzhou, all of them have rotted in their hands, the mines have closed down, the factories have closed, the workers have lost their income, the economy has been greatly hit, and the people have no food to eat, so they will not rebel!
Yu Lao Wu hurriedly ran to Chu Tian: "President, I found it!"
"Really?" Chu Tian raised his eyebrows: "Take me over!"
Ten minutes later, Chu Tian walked into a wealthy merchant's mansion.
I saw a group of fierce giant shark gangs, smashing frantically inside, the guards in the mansion were all beaten, and all the servants were squatting on the ground with pale faces, not even daring to breathe.
"Get out. Boss Yu smashed the door with a fat guy like a pig, slammed it on the ground, pulled out a long knife from his waist, and put it on the fat man's neck: "President, when I found him, he was about to pack up his things and run away, so he just chopped it off with a knife!"
What the hell are these people!
dared to attack the Shen family's mansion, the Shen family is a famous family in Qingzhou!
"Who the hell are you! Dare to commit murder in the main city in broad daylight!" The fat man Shen Yuan's face was full of horror, and when he raised his face with a blue nose and swollen face, he saw Chu Tian and Shen Bingyu walking in at a glance: "You, you, you...... Not dead!"
Chu Tian said with a cold face: "Lao Tzu is not dead, are you very disappointed!"
"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding!" The fat man finally knew why the gang was beating him, "Last night's incident was an accident, and I also lost more than a dozen of my men!"
Chu Tian snorted coldly: "Really?"
"That group of demonic beasts hunts irregularly, sometimes they don't appear for three or five days, I don't know if it's so unlucky, it just happened to come out on a large scale when I was looking at the mine!"
"Hmph!" Chu Tian walked up to the fat man, "You know that the Qinglong Path is entrenched by demonic beasts and is extremely dangerous, but you don't tell me, how can you explain this?"
Nonsense!
If there is no group of demonic beasts, who will sell Lao Tzu's mine at a low price, but sell it to you cheaply? Since it is purchased at a low price, it is natural to bear this risk.
"Stop the anger! Brother Yu is angry!" the fat man smiled and said: "It's true that the Qinglong Path is temporarily suspended, but you must know that Qingzhou will not ignore it, and the Southern Xia Kingdom will not ignore it." It is only a matter of time before this path is opened, and at that time, the mine in Brother Yu's hands will be valuable, even if he doesn't mine it, he can make a lot of money by selling it!"
"Even so, you are wise to see the danger of the mine but not to tell the truth, so we almost died, it is really hateful, give me a beating!"
The members of the Shark Gang were punched and kicked again.
"Stop, stop!" the fat man wailed and roared: "I'll give you another 30 million gold coins cheaper, even if it's an apology fee to Brother Yu!"
The mine with a minimum valuation of 300 million 600 million, the last 100 million and a half was sold to Chutian, and the price was indeed very low.
As the fat man said, the Qinglong Path will be opened sooner or later, Qingzhou's resource reserves are the first of the eight states, if Qingzhou's resources stop producing, it will have an impact on the national strength of the entire Southern Xia Kingdom, which will never be allowed.
Chu Tian waved his hand impatiently: "This fat pig makes people upset when they look at it, lock him up!"
"Spare your life, spare your life!"
Yu Lao Wu dragged the frightened and wailing fat pig away.
Shen Bingyu was a little displeased: "You just spared him like this?"
"It's just a small person, he shouldn't be sincere in trying to harm us. When Chu Tian said this, he suddenly paused, "Besides, I have a plan, this fat pig may be able to help." ”
"What's the plan?"
"The Qinglong Trail has been blocked for three months, and there is still no sign of it being opened, and the Qingling Beast Disaster is threatening the city again. This has led to a sharp decline in the production of resources in Qingzhou, and the prices of many mines and forest farms have plummeted. ”
"You mean, we take the opportunity to buy resources?"
"Clever!"
"We didn't bring much money. ”
"Can't you make money if you don't have any money?" Chu Tian smiled: "Let's go, let's go to the Hou Mansion!"
This Aoki Hou is really useless, and a few little snakes and scorpions can't handle it!
(Recently, the manuscript is urgent, and the increase should be slow, there are more things at the end of the year, and it is also necessary to save more manuscripts for the New Year, and the addition must be carried out on the basis of maintaining normal updates, I hope you will understand and forgive me.) )