chewing dragon

Chapter 327
It was noon, the wind was sad and the sun was dark.

The miasmatic white mist that shrouded the forbidden water clearly dissipated a bit, vaguely revealing a river with endless flat sand on both sides.

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

Tong Jiaohai stood steadily on the bow of the ship, holding a steel knife in his hand and a brocade bag hanging on his waist. The green armor he wore was full of pits of varying depths.

He raised his eyes and looked around, but he saw the north wind shaking the desert, the barren mountains and the bitter cold, the sun was dim, the grass was fading in the sky, the birds did not fall, the lonely beasts lost their flocks, the land was vast and the sky was long, and there was no way back, it was like a wild and exotic scene.

At the end of the line of sight, a tall Guancheng built on the mountain stood majestically, and it was so dark that it was hard to see clearly.

Fortunately, Tong Jiaohai did not see the expected scene of zombies running rampant and evil spirits raging. He let out a breath of foul air and his tense heartstrings relaxed.

Immediately afterwards, he jumped off the bow of the ship, followed immediately by the other nine soldiers standing on the ship.

Similar to Tong Jiaohai's Qingxi armor, the black rhinoceros armor on these people was also scarred. When they landed, strands of fine sand slid down all over their bodies, as if they had rolled in the sand of the river beach just moments ago. generally.

Tong Jiaohai ignored these soldiers and instead waved his steel knife, slashing at the withered grass in front of him one after another. The grass broke off and flew around in all directions.

The nine soldiers followed suit, and soon they checked the area several feet away to make sure that there were no wild beasts lurking.

Seeing this, Tong Jiaohai had time to look at the soldiers under his command. Except for one of them who was slightly unlucky and had a big gash on his face, which made him look bloody and miserable, the other eight only had expressions on their faces. There are varying degrees of whitishness and a slightly messy breath, but everything is intact and safe.

"Hehe, when I was in the royal capital, I heard Shouchang Shi say that burning rhinoceros horns can illuminate ghosts and ghosts, and the leather armor produced in Pengze Water Mansion has a defensive effect on the corpse energy of ghosts. This statement is indeed true!"

"Whether it is Qingsi armor or black rhinoceros armor, they can withstand the sand arrows of the Forbidden Water Ghost, and can also block the poisonous mist. And the effect is much better than expected! Today we choose the front camp. The first flag tried twice to cross the river in one fell swoop, and this success was determined!"

Tong Jiaohai said, looking at the soldier with blood on his face: "The power of the ghost sand arrow is really not small, and it can also insinuate and attack the body and spirit, but such sharp means are restrained by Peng Ze's leather armor. Yes, as the captain said, as long as he is not unlucky enough to be hit directly in the face, his life is guaranteed to be safe."

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at the disfigured hapless guy, and then burst into laughter. Apparently they all felt that their captain was right.

Even the unlucky man himself grinned cheerfully and replied nonchalantly: "If you get to that point by memorizing words, you deserve to die!"

While everyone was talking and laughing, there was a loud sound of oars above the forbidden water in the white mist. Small boats appeared one after another and broke through the fog to hit the beach. There were twenty boats in total.

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. Some of them also carried grain and baggage and a small number of horses. Twenty boats could carry exactly one hundred people.

Tong Jiaohai's eyes wandered for a moment, then he suddenly stopped smiling and walked towards one of the boats.

This is an oval-shaped boat carrying five people. It is not made of wood, but is made of ebony sticks and thick wicker as the skeleton, and several large animal hides are covered and sewn on top.

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

In fact, it's not just this boat. Including Tong Jiaohai's ten-person boat, all twenty ferries present are leather boats, and they are similar to everyone's leather armor. At this time, the leather wrapping the hull is covered with Full of river sand and arrow marks.

But it was different from other kayaks. The kayak in front of Tong Jiaohai was severely damaged, with many transparent holes inside and outside broken open. The cold and biting river water had seeped into half of the boat, and four corpses of soldiers were scattered across the board. Soaked in it, everyone had sharp arrowheads pierced through their skulls and sand in their faces.

Another person was lying dying in a pool of blood and cold water with blood on his face. Only his chest was still rising slightly, and he was holding a blood-stained ebony oar in his hand.

"What's going on?" Tong Jiaohai's face showed a look of shock, anger and regret. No matter how hard he memorized the words, it wouldn't be like having five people in a boat memorizing the words at the same time, right?

Upon hearing the question, the only one still alive in the five-person boat managed to open his eyes, but he was so breathless that he couldn't even utter a single word.

A team member wearing green armor jumped out of a kayak nearby, walked closer and looked at it carefully for a moment, and then said angrily: "Lord Baiqi, if I am not mistaken, this kayak is not for It’s all buffalo hide, but mixed with horse and deer hide, and it can’t be integrated with the aura of our leather armor!”

"What? How dare Yongchang Town fool us like this?"

Tong Jiaohai stepped forward to make a distinction, and immediately couldn't help but became furious: "This is not a recitation of words, it is clearly a villain! The official who came to deliver the skin boat was as fat as a pig. He was indeed a greedy and treacherous person. Yes! Seeing that I didn’t reply to the report, sir, I lit that guy’s sky lantern!”

When the soldiers gathered around heard this, they became excited and made noises one after another.

Along the way, they had already seen the chaos of corpses breeding everywhere in the counties south of the Forbidden Water. No one could tell how dangerous the north bank of the Forbidden Water was.

In this situation, their centurion-selected team followed the rules set by the captain to "fall first and attack the city first." They were the first to cross the river as the vanguard of the entire army. They had their heads in their belts, but they did not expect to be attacked. The corrupt officials in Yongchang Town are so harmful, how can we not make people angry?

Speaking of the rules set by the captain, no matter who is selected in the vanguard camp, no matter what military rank he holds, as long as he does not die according to the rules, he can still only get the salary of the auxiliary soldiers.

Including Tong Jiaohai, many soldiers who were selected for the front didn't actually care about the military pay. Instead, they cared most about their status as an auxiliary soldier that made people laugh. Even some thorns and ruffians were not ashamed of it at first. On the contrary, I feel proud that it doesn't hurt or itch, and I won't lose a piece of flesh because of it.

However, a few months later, these people have gradually come to their senses. When they meet Li Shenxian's Shesheng Battalion or even the two battalions of Dafeng Guard, they don't need anyone to say anything, but they first feel short in their hearts. For others, this feeling is really not pleasant.

So this time, when Tong Jiaohai was not afraid of life and death, he took the initiative to ask for military service, and begged the captain to allocate a hundred soldiers and twenty kayaks to serve as the vanguard of the entire army. When the captain promised in public, he made the first effort to cross the river. When the hundred-man team could be turned into pawns and receive pay according to their levels in the future, the 500 people in the forward selection camp were all excited. In order to get this opportunity, they really fought hard.

As a result, Tong Jiaohai was recognized by the captain, and he truly fulfilled his military position as commander of a hundred cavalry, and was no longer the captain with only fifty forwards under his command.

Who would have thought that just when the whole flag was excited and eager for merit, before everyone could land on the beach, five of them were broken off...

Seeing that the crowd was furious, Tong Jiaohai, as the leader of the hundred cavalrymen who crossed the river and now the de facto leader of the selected vanguard camp, actually calmed down.

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

"Come here, report to the captain that you are safe, and at the same time continue to clean up the surrounding area and be ready to respond!"

As soon as the words fell, everyone agreed, and immediately a deer bone whistle arrow shot into the sky, followed by a second and third arrow.

Tong Jiaohai raised his head and looked up, only to see that the sky was covered with thick clouds at some point, making the midday sky even darker and devoid of any warmth.

After a while, three deer bone whistle arrows were launched from the south bank of the Forbidden Water in response.

Tong Jiaohai's heart finally fell to the ground. Suddenly, the bag around his waist shook violently, and immediately there was a gust of wind passing through his body from north to south.

He suddenly turned around and saw that in the wilderness between the north bank of the Forbidden Water and the Forbidden Water Pass, countless figures suddenly emerged from the decaying grass in an instant, holding swords, guns, bows and crossbows in their hands. In addition, there were countless cows, horses, dragons, snakes, birds and beasts. The shape is complete with feathers, head, feet, and wings.

Both humans and birds and beasts are painted in black and white, and their eerily dead and silent place is definitely not like living things. It is also carrying a cold and chilly atmosphere, and it is quickly pressing towards the [-]-man team on the river beach.

(End of this chapter)