The stranded ships almost blocked the entire river. There was a large gravel beach directly in front of it. The river magically disappeared. However, there were too many stranded ships. The Dahongguan ship was not a warship. If it hit it, it would fall apart.
.
"Everyone, hold on, let the boat slow down..."
The guards used all their strength to slow down the flow. Everyone's heart was in their throats, fearing that there was something else in the water. If they fell into the water all of a sudden, they would be in trouble in such a ghost place.
No one came to rescue.
"Bang~"
Suddenly there was a huge earthquake on the official ship, and it suddenly knocked away several small broken boats, and stopped with one shovel on the cliff. The whole ship was lying across the middle of the river. Only then did everyone discover that there was a cave in front of them on the right, and the river water was flowing into it.
The cave entered the mountain.
"What can we do? A ship as big as ours can't get in..."
Ye Jier stood on tiptoe anxiously. The wide grotto was like a flat beast's mouth. It was opened at the bottom of the tall cliff. Only the entrance of the cave with jagged rocks could be seen. The deeper you went deeper, it was pitch black, and the tall official ship
Can't drive in at all.
"Dragon Guards are on alert, beware of attacks from above the cliff..."
Zhao Guanren took a monocular telescope and stood on the bow of the ship to look carefully. There were more than a dozen large and small ships blocked in front. Old headless corpses were scattered everywhere. It looked miserable and eerie.
The bloodstains and traces had long been covered with moss, so it was hard to see what had been attacked. However, it was already bright and the bottom of the pool under the gravel beach was crystal clear, and it did not look like there was anything in the water.
"Yunxuan!"
Ye Jier came over with several guards and said: "There is a gravel path next to the cave. You should be able to walk in. How about we send a few people to investigate first!"
"If you go in, you will die. This is a trap..."
Zhao Guanren put down the telescope and said: "There are very few things with 90-degree right angles in nature. Right angles are all created by humans, but the edge of the cave entrance is exactly a right angle. The gravel road is also paved too deliberately. Someone deliberately blocked the river, forcing it to
People disembark and then attack!"
"Man-made?"
The guards were all surprised, and Ye Jier quickly asked: "Is there a water thief in the cave?"
"I hope it's a water thief. Water thieves are easier to deal with than monsters..."
Zhao Guanren turned around and said: "The Long Guards quickly cut off the mast and demolished the two-story house. The eunuchs and female guards were responsible for repairing the cabin. The removed boards were erected and nailed to both sides. The remaining people all went ashore to work together to remove the blockage.
Drag the ship away!"
"yes!"
Everyone took action one after another. The Long Guards quickly put up the springboard. Ye Ji'er and Qiu Ning personally led the people to guard, while Zhao Guanren personally directed everyone to work, with people on board and off the boat running around.
Man climbs up cliff with rope.
"Hmph~ You still want us to marry you..."
Yongning sat on the gravel beach and said disdainfully to Ye Jier: "Look at how many things have happened along the way. We haven't even lost a chicken in Dashun. If my uncle hadn't been protecting you,
You have already gone down to the river to feed the bastard, your country is really rotten to the core!"
"I admit that there was an internal problem within us, and I was also negligent..."
Ye Ji'er said with a sullen face: "But there can't be any conflicts between us. This is the result that the enemy wants. If the peace talks break down, they will take advantage of it. But you don't have to be angry. As long as I go out, I will definitely
Let them die in an ugly way!"
"Stop talking nonsense, let's talk about it when we get out alive..."
Yongning waved impatiently and asked the palace ladies to start preparing food. Naturally, the palace ladies were not idle either. The men were all working hard.
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While working, they were also delivering food and water one by one to ensure that everyone had sufficient energy.
"Prince-in-law! This hole is so deep, there is no light at all..."
A group of guards gathered at the edge of the cave with crossbows. The gravel path into the cave was two people wide. Judging from the wet marks, it should be submerged by night, but the cave was like a large air raid shelter. Although it was not high, it was more than 20 meters tall.
It is wide, but winding and rugged with no end in sight.
"I understand, this is the expanded quarry cave..."
Zhao Guanren held up a flashlight and shined it into the cave and said: "This kind of cave will get wider as you go inward. The quarried stones will be transported directly by ship. But since you don't know this place, it means that it has been here for a long time. You can't do it."
Good things that come before and after!”
"It's not a problem to hide tens of thousands of soldiers and horses here. Since no one comes out, I'm afraid there are monsters..."
The guards looked at him anxiously. Unexpectedly, someone suddenly swam over, climbed up to the shore and said, "Your Majesty! A boat carrying timber sank at the bottom of the water. As long as the timber is pulled away, the river can be unblocked, but it doesn't look like it was man-made.
There are two big holes in the bottom of the boat, and the keel is broken!"
"No matter how many things there are, quickly pull out the wood..."
Zhao Guanren rolled up his sleeves and walked back. There were many ropes and tools on the broken boat. There were nearly a hundred men and women among them. After driving wooden piles on the shore, they fixed the unstranded boats and worked together to pull the wood in the water to the shore one by one.
"Click~"
A sour sound suddenly came, the boats accumulated on the cliff suddenly moved, and the broken wooden boards on the river floated downstream one after another.
"One, two, three! Pull..."
Everyone quickly grabbed the ropes that fixed the boat, and even the palace ladies came to help, and together they dragged the floating boat ashore to prevent it from drifting down and blocking the grotto.
"Open! The official ship can move..."
The Dragon Guards cheered excitedly. A passage was cleared on the edge of the cliff, just enough for the official ship to pass by. The mast and second floor of the official ship had been dismantled and were being fixed in the water for renovation. The other ships were being
Tie up by the rocky beach.
"Nail more planks to wrap the boat to prevent kerosene attacks..."
Zhao Guanren climbed onto the boat to direct the renovation. There was no shortage of wood and tools. The damaged rudders were repaired. Everyone packed the boat like a submarine. All flammable items were cleared away and even damaged.
Many buckets ready to put out fire.
"Prince-in-law!"
The two guards climbed down from the cliff, panted and found Zhao Guanren, and said: "This is really an island in the middle of the river. Although the fog has dispersed a lot, we still can't see the shore. We have been waiting on the shore for more than an hour.
Not a single boat in sight!”
"No hurry! Hurry up and eat..."
It was already noon. The official ship had been completely renovated. The head of the black dragon was hung on the bow. It looked majestic and scary. Everyone stopped and started eating. The cooks killed many Jiang.
Let everyone try the fish.
"After eating, let's get to work. Pick up your swords, guns and sticks..."
Zhao Guanren led several guards to the river, untied a small boat filled with wet wood, pulled the rope behind the boat and lowered it into the cave. Zhao Guanren threw in a box of matches, and the small boat filled with kerosene "boomed"
The sound was ignited.
"Haha~ The prince-in-law has so many ways. He is trying to smoke the monster to death..."
Everyone laughed eagerly. Wet wood is the easiest to smoke, and the dry firewood below is flammable. After the guards fixed the rope at the entrance of the cave, the boat had already penetrated deep into the grotto, and the billowing smoke kept lingering in the grotto.
Jump around.
"There won't be another dragon coming out..."
The guards were waiting with their weapons in hand, and the others hid in
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In the "turtle boat", after waiting for almost two cigarettes, no dragon appeared. Instead, there were many chirping sounds and the sound of a lot of flapping wings.
"Damn! What a big bat, move back quickly..."
Zhao Guanren quickly led the people back to the edge of the cliff. Then he heard a "buzzing" sound, and the black bats rushed out like a tornado. Each one looked like a wild cat with wings, and its claws were as sharp as an eagle's claws. They were not like anything at all.
Normal bat.
"Man-eating bat! This thing eats people..."
One of the guards yelled in horror, but before he could finish his words, bats rushed over, their red eyes pounced on the crowd. The guards quickly raised their crossbows to shoot, and the armor-piercing crossbow arrows easily killed them. However, the number of man-eating bats was too large.
huge.
"Get aboard!"
Zhao Guanren quickly slashed at the man-eating bats with his sword. The more than thirty dragon guards were all good players, and they all fought and retreated hurriedly. Fortunately, the sun was in the sky, and there were not many man-eating bats eager to fight. Most of them were chirping.
flew into the forest.
"Hurry up and cover the fishing net, don't let them get in..."
The guards successfully retreated to the official boat, but a piece of bat carcasses fell into the river. Fortunately, even the top of the official boat was covered with wooden boards. No birds could fly in if they covered it with fishing nets. Some of them tried to get in the gaps, but they were all blocked.
The female guards stabbed him to death with knives.
"Huh~"
Zhao Guanren wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a smile: "This time I really missed the mark. Thanks to the turtle boat, otherwise all the girls in the boat would have suffered!"
"The prince-in-law still has the foresight..."
A deputy commander also said with lingering fear: "If we rush in rashly, we will be torn to pieces by the man-eating bats, but how can there be so many monsters in this place? The dragons and man-eating bats are both legends among the people. Really
Almost no one has ever seen it!”
"Everyone I saw was dead, of course there is no more..."
Zhao Guanren lined up the guards and walked onto the bow of the ship, peering into the grotto through the cracks in the planks. He waited for more than an hour before the smoke gradually dissipated. When he saw that it was almost done, he ordered people to set sail.
"The boat is sailing! All the girls have gone into the house to hide..."
The eunuchs picked up their bamboo pennies one after another and stretched them out of the boat from the gap. After cutting the rope, the official boat started again, slowly drifting along the current into the cave, and entered the "beast" filled with the smell of smoke and fire.
"in the mouth".
"..."
Everyone held their breath nervously, the eunuch held his pennies carefully, the guards held up their steel knives and widened their eyes, and the girls all hid in the cabin on the first floor, watching timidly through the cracks in the windows.
"Bang~"
The official ship made a clanking sound from time to time. Even after the second floor of the warehouse was demolished, the height of the official ship was only barely passable. However, after slowly turning a corner, the front suddenly opened up, as if entering a huge gourd.
Normal inside.
"It is indeed a quarry..."
Zhao Guanren placed the flashlight on the gap in the bow of the ship. There was a large platform in front of it. The ropes and wooden frames for transporting stones were still left above. However, the evacuation was obviously in a hurry. Many iron tools were not taken away, and perhaps they were not able to leave at all.
"There seems to be writing on the wall!"
Ye Ji'er pointed to the stone steps above the platform. Zhao Guanren looked over with a flashlight and saw three big characters vaguely written in blood, but he didn't recognize the characters. On the contrary, Ji Guo's guards had expressions on their faces.
Change together.
"Escape! There is a ghost..."
Ye Jier exclaimed and covered her mouth, but before she could finish her words, she heard a "crash" sound. Zhao Guanren suddenly shined his flashlight on the water, only to see a large group of skulls floating out, rushing toward the official ship with a crash...