East of Baekje, Yunyeong Mountains.
The violent storm has been falling for several days and nights, mercilessly washing away everything in the world.
The pleasant Dachun Valley has already become flooded.
Not far from the Dachun Valley camp, there is a cliff created by a landslide. There is a large stone cave at the bottom of the cliff, and the soldiers of the Starfall Legion are hiding in it to take shelter from the rain.
Ren Ning looked around at the situation inside and outside the cave.
After a while, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Three thousand men and horses may not seem like a lot, but it is definitely a lot.
Fortunately, Wei Junqian's news came in time, otherwise there would definitely be big problems if so many subordinates were hastily relocated when the typhoon hit.
"General," Lei Er's excited voice suddenly echoed from the depths of the cave.
Ren Ning turned around and looked.
Lei Er ran over happily with a few wet soldiers.
"You came back, what did you find?"
Ha ha!
Lei Er remained silent. After saluting, he kept grinning wildly, almost exposing his back molars.
The entire Baekje Peninsula has been raining heavily these days, and it has been raining for several days at a time, and it has not stopped yet.
Although the cave underfoot is large, with two thousand troops and various logistical equipment crammed into it, it can be said that even turning around becomes a problem.
The cave is too crowded to train.
The soldiers either get together to fight or arm-wrestle or play mahjong.
Lei Er, who had nothing to do, obtained Ren Ning's consent and took a few soldiers to explore the depths of the cave.
Originally it was just to kill time, but after this exploration, I discovered that there is something else in the cave.
"This cave was probably an underground river in the past. Later, a landslide outside exposed it to the surface."
Ren Ning's heart moved, "So where does it lead?"
hey-hey.
Lei Er smiled like a fox who stole a chicken.
He didn't answer the question.
"The cave will get smaller and smaller when entering from here, but the first half is not a problem for pedestrians and horses. After about thirty miles, the cave is divided into two, and the right one leads directly to the sea in the south."
"The sea?" Ren Ning was stunned.
Ha ha!
Lei Er's laughter almost suppressed the violent storm outside, "Yes, it's the sea to the south."
"And my subordinates went out and took a look and found that the entrance of the cave was less than a foot and a half away from the sea level."
Half a foot!
Ren Ning was surprised and happy.
He has always wanted to reach Xilong Island, which is closest to the Yuanning Mountains, and destroy all the crops and Japanese pirates farming on it.
It's just that there are high cliffs everywhere in the south. If you want to go up and down from the ocean, you have to climb rocks.
Getting into the water is not a problem for Xingluo soldiers. When he first attacked Huchou Pass in the south, Ren Ning had trained and implemented rappelling.
However, the cliffs here in Baekje are higher than those in Huchou Valley.
After destroying the crops on Xilong Island, it will inevitably lead to pursuit by Japanese pirates.
At that time, they will either stick to the island and wait for help, or they will evacuate and return to the Yuanning Mountains.
Just large-scale abseiling is not a problem, but large-scale rock climbing to escape danger is extremely unwise.
Putting aside physical strength, if a Japanese pirate catches up while climbing up, the soldiers hanging on the cliff and remaining on the water will be just living targets.
Now Lei Er discovered the secret passage, and it was less than a foot and a half away from the water.
Ren Ning pondered for a while and soon smiled.
This height can be solved by just building a few ladders or stacking rubber boats directly.
"The one on the right leads to the ocean, and where does the left lead?" Ren Ning asked again.
hey-hey.
Lei Er was even more happy.
He walked to the map in a few steps, stretched out his hand and touched it hard, "Here."
Ren Ning's eyes also brightened a bit, "East Coast? No, Jiamu River?"
Lei Er smiled and nodded, "The general is right, the exit is Jiamu River."
Kudo Naoto or the Japanese pirates did not just randomly choose a place in the Yuanning Mountains to cut down trees, but gathered around the Jiamu River.
The cut tree poles can be gathered along the winding Jiamu River to the seaside by simply pushing them into the river or loading them on a boat.
There is a shipyard built not long ago by the Japanese pirates.
There the wood can be fashioned into boats of all sizes.
Ren Ning had sent soldiers to carefully explore the Jiamu River before.
It was found that nearly half of the river water came from groundwater, and there was no way to change its course, so we had to give up.
Unexpectedly, a huge typhoon forced two thousand of them to find a place to take shelter, and finally discovered the source...
"After the cave bifurcates, there is almost no water on the right path leading to the ocean. You only need to repair a few narrow places to march."
"The cave on the left will merge with another underground river about twenty miles further. Put a rubber boat on it and follow the river eastward to get out of the ground."
"It's just..." Lei Er hesitated, "It's raining heavily outside now, and when we came back, the underground river was almost full."
They almost had to run back over the mountains and ridges from the surface.
It's okay if we don't encounter flash floods along the way, but whether we can turn back or not is still a question.
"Thank you for your hard work, brothers." Ren Ning patted Lei Er and others on the shoulders, "Hurry up and have a hot meal and have a good rest."
He smiled and said: "There will always be a day when the heavy rain stops, and there will always be a day when the water level of the underground river drops. We have plenty of time."
Lei Er and others went back to eat and rest, and the cave quickly became lively.
"Brothers, get up and start working." You Qianchang shouted.
"Qianchang, it's still raining outside, what kind of work can we do now?"
"Lei Er found a good secret cave, and the general asked us to build a road."
This is business, the soldiers stood up one after another.
Then a long team walked deeper into the cave with torches and tools.
Ren Ning didn't need to take action to build the road, so he stood up and prepared to follow.
The guards quickly stopped him.
"General, although Lei Er has already walked through it once, it is raining too much outside and landslides have occurred in many places. No one knows what will happen deep in the cave."
"You just stay here, and a few of us can go take a look for you."
"Let's go." Ren Ning shook his head, "If brothers can get in, I can get in."
And if he doesn't see the exact situation in the cave for himself, he won't feel at ease.
The guards failed to stop them, so they had to walk around with torches and shields, watching out for falling rocks or other unknown dangers.
Ren Ning walked slowly and carefully checked his surroundings.
As long as the gold finger turns red, it usually means that snakes and insects are infested or the rocks on the cave wall are in danger of loosening and falling.
He recorded them one by one in his notebook and made notes.
"These areas need to be reinforced."
"Understood." The guards agreed one after another.
The cave does not really lead to the end as Lei Er said.
Every half a minute there will be splits, big and small. These bifurcations either lead to dead ends or become too narrow to pass if you walk on them.
Fortunately, Lei Er brought a guide rope with him when he was exploring. Later generations can easily find the direction by following the rope.
After walking and walking, I finally saw the fork that Lei Er mentioned.
Two guide ropes, one on the left and one on the right, extended into the unknown darkness.
The left leads to the Jiamu River on the east bank, and Ren Ning walks to the right without hesitation.
After passing the fork, we walked in a winding way for nearly an hour.
call--
A strong wind blew ahead.
After struggling for a while, I finally heard the sound of waves.
The ocean has finally arrived.
First latest.
