It was noon, and the wind was sad.

The miasma of white mist that shrouded the forbidden water obviously dissipated a few more points, faintly revealing a lingering belt of river water and endless flat sand on both banks.

In the dead silence, the sound of wood pulp hitting the water suddenly sounded, and immediately a small boat quickly emerged from the white fog and rushed straight to the river beach on the north bank of the forbidden water.

Tong Jiaohai stood steadily at the bow of the boat, carrying a steel knife and a silk bag on his waist, and the green armor he was wearing was full of pits, all of which were pits of different depths.

He raised his eyes and looked around, but saw that the north wind shook the desert, the poor mountains were bitterly cold, the sun was dull, the sky was even declining, the birds did not fall, the lonely beasts were lost, the land was wide and the sky was long, and he did not know the way back, so it was a wild and exotic scene.

At the end of the line of sight, a tall Guancheng built on the mountain towered majestically, and it was dark and gloomy.

Fortunately, Tong Jiaohai did not see the expected scene of ghouls rampant and evil raging, and spat out a mouthful of turbid air, and the tense heartstrings were loosened.

Immediately afterward, he jumped off the bow of the ship, followed by the other nine armorers standing on the ship.

Similar to Tong Jiaohai's green armor, the black rhino armor on these people was also scarred, and when they landed, there were wisps of fine sand sliding all over their bodies, as if they had just rolled in the sand of the river beach a moment ago.

Tong Jiaohai didn't pay attention to these armor soldiers, but waved his steel knife by himself, slashing at the dead grass in front of him one after another, and when he landed, the grass broke and flew around.

The nine armorers followed suit, and in a short time they checked the surrounding area for several feet to make sure that there were no wild beasts lurking.

Seeing this, Tong Jiaohai had time to look at the armor soldiers under his command, and saw that except for one of them, who was a little unlucky, a big hole was cut on his face, which made him look very miserable, and the other eight people just had different degrees of pale faces and slightly messy breath, and they all had full tails and were safe and sound.

"Hehe, when I was in the royal capital, I heard Shou Changshi say that igniting the rhino horn can illuminate the netherworld, and the leather armor produced in Pengze Water Mansion has a defensive effect on the corpse qi of ghosts, which is really true!"

"Whether it is a green armor or a black rhino armor, it can resist the sand arrows of the forbidden water ghost, and it also has the effect of blocking the miasma mist, and this effect is much better than expected! Today, we have tried twice to cross the river in one fell swoop for the first flag of the Feng Battalion, and this merit has been decided! ”

Tong Jiaohai said, his eyes fell on the armorer with a bloody face: "The power of the ghost sand arrow is really not small, and it can also insinuate and attack the gods, but such sharp means happen to be restrained by Peng Ze's leather armor, just as the captain said, as long as it is not too bad luck to be directly hit in the face, his life should be guaranteed." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at the unlucky guy who had broken his appearance, and then there was a burst of laughter, obviously thinking that their captain was right.

Even the unlucky guy himself grinned happily and replied nonchalantly: "If you go to that point by memorizing words, you deserve to die!" ”

While everyone was talking and laughing, the oars on the forbidden water and in the white fog made a loud noise, and there were small boats one after another, breaking through the fog and rushing to the beach, adding up to twenty.

The carrying capacity of these small boats was limited, the small ones could only seat five or six people, and the large ones could not exceed ten people, and a few of them also carried grain and baggage and a small number of horses, and twenty boats carried exactly one hundred-man caravan.

Tong Jiaohai's gaze wandered for a moment, then suddenly retracted his smile, and walked towards one of the small boats.

It is a small oval boat carrying five people, and it is not made of wood, but is made of ebony sticks and thick wicker as a skeleton, and several large pieces of leather are sewn on it.

Such a ship can be easily carried by several armor soldiers, which is undoubtedly far lighter and more convenient than a wooden ship.

In fact, not only this boat, but also the ten-person boat of Tong Jiaohai, all the twenty ferries present were all leather boats, and similar to the leather armor of everyone, the leather that wrapped the hull of the boat at this time was covered with river sand and arrow marks.

It's just that unlike the rest of the kayaks, the kayak in front of Tong Jiaohai was extremely injured, and many holes were broken open inside and out, and the icy river water had seeped into half of the boat, and the corpses of four armorers were soaked in it, all of them were pierced through the skull and shocked into the sand.

Another man lay in a pool of cold water with a bloody face and a dying face, except for his chest still heaving slightly, clutching a bloodstained ebony oar in his hand.

"What's going on?"

Tong Jiaohai's face showed a look of anger and regret, no matter how he memorized the words, he wouldn't be able to memorize the words at the same time with a boatload of five people, right?

Hearing the question, the only one alive on the five-person kayak barely opened his eyes, but he was so angry that he couldn't even say half a word.

A team dressed in green armor jumped down from a leather boat next to him, walked closer and looked at it carefully for a moment, before he said angrily: "Lord Baiqi, if your subordinates are not mistaken, this leather boat is not all buffalo skin, but mixed with horse and deer skin, and it cannot be integrated with the breath of our leather armor!" ”

"What? Yongchang Town dares to fool us like this? ”

Tong Jiaohai took a moment to distinguish it, and immediately couldn't help but be angry: "Where is this memorizing words, it is clearly a villain!" The official who came to deliver the boat was as fat as a pig, and he was really a greedy and treacherous man! Seeing that Lao Tzu didn't return to the adult, he lit the sky lantern on that guy! ”

When the soldiers gathered around heard this, they were also excited and clamoring one after another.

Along the way, they had already seen the chaos of ghouls breeding everywhere in the counties on the south bank of the forbidden water, and no one could say what kind of danger the north bank of the forbidden water could become.

Under such circumstances, in accordance with the rule of "trapping the battle first, attacking the city first" set by the captain of the school, they took the lead in crossing the river as the vanguard of the whole army.

Speaking of the rules set by the captain, no matter who is in the front camp, no matter what military position is hung on his body, as long as he has not died once according to the rules, he can still only take the salary of the auxiliaries.

Including Tong Jiaohai, many of the soldiers who chose the front armor didn't really care about the military salary, but cared most about the identity of the auxiliary soldiers who made people laugh off their big teeth, even if some thorns and ruffians were not ashamed at first, but proud, they felt that it didn't hurt or itch anyway, and they wouldn't lose a piece of meat because of it.

However, a few months have passed, these people have gradually come back to their senses, and when they meet Li Shenxian's shooting battalion and even the two battalion leaders of Dafengwei on weekdays, they don't need to talk to others, and they first feel that they are shorter than others, which is really not very pleasant.

Therefore, this time, when Tong Jiaohai was not afraid of life and death, took the initiative to ask for help, and begged the captain to allocate 100 people and 20 kayaks to be the vanguard of the whole army, when the captain promised in public that the 100-man team who had made the first contribution to crossing the river could be turned into regular soldiers and receive salaries according to their grades in the future, the 500 people of the selection battalion were all excited, and in order to get this opportunity, they really broke their heads.

Tong Jiaohai was even more recognized by the captain because of this, and truly implemented his military position as a hundred cavalry commanders, instead of the original team leader with only fifty selections under his command.

Who would have thought that just when the whole flag was full of excitement and thirst for meritorious service, everyone had not had time to land on the shore, so they folded five ......

Seeing the turbulence of the crowd, as the leader of the hundred cavalry of the pioneer of crossing the river and even the actual leader of the Xuanfeng Battalion now, Tong Jiaohai calmed down.

He waved his hand to stop the commotion and curses of the people under his command: "Let's talk about revenge later, let's get down to business first!" ”

"Come on, report to the captain that you are safe, and at the same time continue to clean up the surroundings and prepare for it!"

As soon as the words fell, everyone responded in an uproar, and immediately a deer bone whistle arrow whistled into the sky, followed by a second and third arrows.

Tong Jiaohai looked up, but saw that the sky was already full of clouds at some point, making the noon sky darker and darker, without the slightest warmth.

After a while, three deer bone whistle arrows also rose into the air on the south bank of the forbidden water.

Tong Jiaohai can be regarded as a heart on the ground, and the cold pouch on his waist shook suddenly, and immediately there was a gust of yin wind from north to south, penetrating the body.

He turned around, but saw that in the wilderness between the north bank of the forbidden water and the forbidden water pass, countless figures suddenly appeared in an instant among the decaying grass, each holding a sword, gun, bow and crossbow in his hand, in addition to countless cows, horses, dragons, snakes, birds and beasts, feathers, heads and wings.

Whether it is a human being, a bird or a beast, it is black and white, and its strange and dead place is by no means like a living being, and it is wrapped in a cold and cold atmosphere, and it is quickly pressed towards the 100-person team of the front on the river beach.

(End of chapter)