In the Weiler Valley southwest of Reims City, large-scale construction projects have been going on for a long time. With the arrival of Jiang Tian and his party, the moment of final acceptance has also ushered in. It was a tall embankment standing deep in the valley; the product of blocking the river channel with large trees, earth and rocks taken from the local area.
Therefore, the civil engineering dam located in the upper reaches of the Weiler River is the dividing line; the water on one side of the river, which remains high, has formed a temporary small lake along with the large swollen valley. On the other side of the lower river channel, large areas of mud and swimming fish struggling in the puddles were exposed.
"After more than half a month of hard work and repeated attempts, we finally succeeded in blocking the river." A lieutenant of the engineering company next to Jiang Tian also introduced: "But after the precipitation in the past few days, The pressure of the dam also reached its limit early, and water leaks occurred in many places.”
"In that case, don't wait any longer." Jiang Tian looked at the long, slender and turbid water lines that continued to shoot out from behind the temporary dam that was more than ten meters wide and seven or eight meters high; "Yule Starting with you, Lieutenant, let everyone prepare to take action in advance!”
An hour later, as the long bugle sounded, and the drum beat continued to resound on the shore, it turned into several deafening explosions in the embankment standing on the river. As the temporary dam collapsed, it was instantly lost in the surging torrent.
The huge torrent, several meters high, suddenly burst out, like a roaring giant beast, rushing towards the depths of the valley along the height difference in the terrain; the mighty roll swept away everything in its path. The earth, rocks and trees; accumulating huge power, rush into the death place shrouded in clouds.
It was like breaking through some invisible diaphragm in an instant, violently beating the increasingly narrow mountain wall, rolling up the thick black mud on the ground; and there were densely packed skeletons vying to be disturbed and sprang out. However, these numbing existences are like fragile pieces of paper in front of the torrent.
As soon as they met, they were knocked down, overturned, and flew up. They were scattered into pieces and became an insignificant part of the raging torrent. The rushing torrent was rushing left and right in the depths of the river valley, disturbing and scouring the originally silent dead land, turning it upside down.
The roaring and reverberating sound of the water continued for several hours before it slowly subsided and finally disappeared. However, the dead place at the bottom of the valley, which was originally shrouded in gloomy clouds, has completely changed. It was as if the entire ground had been scraped off and turned over again.
When the soldiers of the Free Army punted the boat and slowly pushed forward in the water several feet deep, they could see broken trees and sedimentary earth and rocks scattered everywhere; from time to time, there were also wreckage that had been smashed and embedded in the rocks, or A corner of the skeleton buried deep in the mud; but it has completely lost its activity.
And as the clouds shrouded the river valley, the bits and pieces visible to the naked eye slowly disappeared; the bone-chilling sense of gloominess and the underlying depression of exhaustion also gradually faded away; what was left was only through the broken The clouds, wisps of sunlight reaching the ground are warm.
Obviously, the inexplicable power that maintains the abnormal phenomena in this area has its limits after all. At least, it cannot resist the power of nature's "wonderful workmanship" such as man-made floods. And as the dark clouds dissipated and the Free Army advanced, the end of this great flood finally came.
After rushing and scouring for seven to eight kilometers along the original roads and riverbeds, the power of this artificial flood seemed to have been exhausted. Therefore, the accumulated water is becoming shallower and less, and finally there is only a swamp-like muddy mess between large and small puddles;
However, this did not trouble the Free Army engineering company that followed; they saw that the ships began to run aground one after another, and they threw many willow branches and rattan pedals on the ships; in a blink of an eye, they were among the large muddy swamps. , step by step, a temporary passage several meters wide was laid out.
In the valley behind, there was also a bustle of people. More auxiliary companies and locally recruited civilians who have been summoned are responsible for clearing the ground, guiding and draining the stagnant water; in order to re-pave and repair a road that can be quickly passed by a large-scale army.
The traces left by this flood eventually disappeared at a large turning point deep in the river valley; and here, the soldiers of the mountain company who were responsible for forward reconnaissance also discovered a dilapidated castle on the top of a steep cliff; and finally A dark cloud hung over it that never dissipated.
Obviously, this extremely dilapidated castle is very likely to be the culprit of this abnormal area. But compared to the valley/ancient battlefield that was shrouded in large clouds before, it was more than ten kilometers long; the castle itself as the last abnormal point was nothing.
After a night of in-situ repairs and defenses, in the early morning of the next day, more than a dozen mountain cannons were urgently transported from the rear along the temporarily paved road; they were successively aimed at the top of the cliff at the maximum elevation angle and range. The castle above emits echoes and roars.
Immediately afterwards, dozens of Hale rockets, used to set fire to buildings, rose one after another on the wooden guide rails that had been set up. Drawing a series of large parabolas; one after another crashed into the castle shrouded in clouds; however, something unexpected happened suddenly.
These Hale rockets, which left long smoke trails and tracks, went out the moment they hit the clouds. The power to continue flying was lost on the spot, and under the remaining inertia, they fell like headless flies on the edge of the castle; even the preset internal combustion fuse did not work.
On the contrary, the dozen or so ball projectiles fired by the mountain cannon easily penetrated into the range of the clouds, splashing a lot of debris of earth and rocks on the edge of the cliff and in the surrounding ruins. They were also awakened on the spot by some special beings dormant among them; they were skeletons holding weapons and mummies with rotten robes and armor.
Driven by some remaining invisible thoughts, they scattered in all directions, patrolling and searching for possible invading enemies. It's a pity that they were destined to be disappointed, because more cannonballs followed, penetrating the invisible curtain shrouded in clouds, and roaring among the bones.
Amidst the fierce crashing and crushing sounds, these newly awakened moving bones were like bowling pins that were knocked down and smashed, and were cleared out of a small area in the blink of an eye. Then more densely fired muskets sounded for a while; the remaining bones were knocked down one after another.
Although most of the bones quickly stood up again, and under the influence of some invisible force, they rejoined their damaged and missing body parts; but a new round of shelling came, and amid the bounce of the ruins, Knocking them down and smashing them to the ground with pieces flying.
Although this process seems a bit ridiculous and boring, compared to the Free Army soldiers who have been unscathed so far, the sacrifice of these gunpowder and projectiles is not worth mentioning at all. But after being beaten repeatedly for several rounds, the unknown presence in the ruined castle seemed to be unable to bear it anymore.
The remaining bones that were still able to move suddenly fell to the ground with a crash; then a faint roar came from the ruins, and a large black cloud floated out. Immediately, Jiang Tian saw clearly that this was a group of bats and birds that were obviously a little distorted, forming a dense black cloud.
While breaking out of the shackles of the dark clouds in the sky, the target was almost immediately determined; and he rushed towards the firing array of Free Army artillery and musket companies below the cliff. However, the soldiers who bore the brunt of the attack remained largely unmoved. Instead, he raised his hand and started shooting freely.
On the spot, he shot down and smashed many bat birds in the air. Just as the black clouds of howling bats and birds were about to rush into the soldiers' array, a dozen heavily armored knights suddenly appeared, holding large wall shields and long-barreled weapons in front of them. Then a piece of water mist was sprayed out with a squeezing sound.
The next moment, these long tubes sprayed water mist that dispersed in the wind, turning into raging and spreading flames in the air, wrapping up the black clouds of bats and birds that rushed over. Amidst the roaring explosions and shrieking screams, the black clouds that came one after another turned into charred wreckage falling from the sky;
Although the flames sprayed in the air did not last long before disappearing. However, this massive black cloud of bats and birds was burned with a huge gap, and the remaining others of the same kind were dispersed and frightened away. Only a few fish that slipped through the net hit the shield wall and armor.
Then he was beaten flat and crushed into a pulp by quick eyes and hands; it basically had no specific impact on the muskets and artillery array at the rear. When the remaining frightened bat birds were driven by some kind of force to circle and gather together again, a deep bell suddenly rang.
But it was the priest who arrived at the Redemption Company later and used one of the rare objects obtained from the Holy Land of Reims; a small copper bell mounted on a specially made carriage. As the bells rang one after another, they echoed throughout the mountain gorges; these flocks of bat birds dispersed as if their nests had exploded.
In this kind of bell that can make people feel a moment of peace of mind and stagnant thinking, those severely deformed bat birds just fall down like raindrops. The other bats seemed to be freed from some kind of invisible restraint and summons, and they suddenly flew away.
At the same time, under cover of artillery bombardment and musket fire. Some agile soldiers had already climbed up to the edge of the cliff hundreds of meters high along the badly damaged stairs and roads; they quickly tied up and lowered the ropes and ladders, allowing the heritage knights waiting below to drag them up.
The unknown existence hiding in the abandoned fort seemed to feel some potential threat; and a swirl of dust was once again set off in the ruins, instantly covering some of the soldiers and knights who had reached the top. Then there were rapid roars and exclamations, as well as fierce exchanges and collisions.
Afterwards, people fell down one after another, but were picked up in the air and thrown aside by Jiang Tian with quick eyes and hands. Although they inevitably fell into disgrace and suffered bruises and bruises, no one died. But when the swirling and spreading smoke dissipated, a tall figure standing on the top of the cliff was revealed.
"Dudarhan?" Jiang Tian looked at the figure of the bone-armored horse on the top of the cliff, the knight holding a pale bone spear and a sledgehammer, and instead of being angry, he laughed: Because, since even this thing has appeared. , then obviously the value of existence in the abandoned fort is greater and more important.
The next moment he waved his hand, the headless horseman standing on the top of the cliff was pulled down unexpectedly and hit hard against the rugged rocks.
