Iron Powder and Spellcasters

   Chapter 298 Dead End

  The river water was rising, and the fish in the Pangtuo River were the first to notice it.

  Due to the viscosity and internal resistance of the fluid itself, the surging river is only one kilometer away from the dam, and the waves are almost invisible.

   But there is no doubt that the water level of the Pangtuo River is rising - in a very unremarkable way.

   "Look! That face! Look at those fish!"

  Tai Chi stared, and things like bubbles kept appearing in the river.

   The undercurrent stirred up the silt at the bottom of the river, and the fish mostly hid in the deep water in winter, and now they have to float up for air.

  The lack of markers and hydrological data for the people of Teltown makes it difficult for them to determine whether the rising water levels are normal fluctuations or…

   "You said the two-legged man built a dam?" Tai Chi sullenly asked another subordinate, "Why didn't you find out?"

   Hong Lingyu, who was questioned, was at a loss for words: "Nah Yan, the children have carefully checked the 100 kilometers upstream, and there is indeed no trace of the dam!"

   "Shut up!" Tai Chi roared, "Is it still because of two-legged people peeing into the river?!"

   "That Yan..." Hong Lingyu licked her lips and said with difficulty, "Since two-legged people can build a city overnight, maybe..."

   Before the other party's voice fell, Tai Chi had already slapped the other party's face fiercely: "Shut up!"

   Hong Lingyu was strong enough to eat a whip, and the place where he was hit was burning with pain. He knelt on his left knee and did not dare to speak any more.

   If you want to use the impact of the river to break the enemy, the location of the dam is naturally as close to the enemy as possible. However, the closer you are, the more exposed the dam is.

With a choice between the two, Winters finally decided to build a dam 80 kilometers upstream to intercept the water of the Huiqing River.

   After such a long distance, when the river water released by the dam flows downstream, there are only undercurrents and no waves.

   Sacrifices impact in exchange for concealment and suddenness.

  As a tributary of the Pangtuo River, the channel of the Huiqing River is located on the north side of the Pangtuo River.

   In other words, for the Terdun people who plundered on the south bank, the Huiqing River is an "invisible river" hidden behind the Pangtuo River.

   The canyon side road, which was originally capable of accommodating four horses in parallel, has narrowed into a narrow road that can only be passed by two horses.

  If the water level of the Pantuo River continues to rise, the passage will be restored to a path that can only accommodate one person.

   Worse news came one after another: the two-legged men seized the ford, defeated the guards who stayed at the entrance of the canyon, and were building a new wall to stop the horses, which seemed to completely cut off the back road of the Teltown department.

  The matter has come to this point, and Tai Chi also knows that he has been trapped.

"Building a city in one night? Building a dam in one night?" Tai Chi's face was ashen and his eyes were split, but he couldn't stop laughing: "The leader of the two-legged man thought I was a bull and an ass! Go obediently?!"

   "Can the children turn around first?" A veteran Qing Lingyu asked cautiously: "The rabbit also knows how to leave a few more secret passages. At least take back the exit of the canyon, hold the retreat, and then go forward?"

"Bah! Where's the time?!" Tai Chi's son was furious: "This trail is not as wide as the trip line! How can the children use it? The only way to do it now is to ride a fast horse, push forward, and dash from the other side of the canyon. go out!"

   "Go forward and kill!" Tai Chi straightened his whip and agreed irrefutably: "Go to the 'Huiqu River', and there will be a way when you reach the river!"

   "But?" That old man Qing Yu was not reconciled.

   "What's wrong?!" Tai Chi stared at the other party: "I already said, there will be a way when you get to the river!"

  [Note: The "Huizi River" in the Teltown population is the "Big Horn River" in the Palatu population]

   Seeing what Danayan said, the other Teltown leaders all answered yes.

  …

  Xia Tiefeng County, Heishui Town.

  Tsu Shichang changed hands again, triggering a chain reaction.

  According to the order of the Khan tent of the Terdun people, the troops who captured the south of "that river" should be used as reinforcements, and the second group should attack the north bank.

  Telltown people call that river the Pangtuo River. It may have had a name in the past, but as time passed, even the old people in the Teltown department couldn’t remember what the river was called, so they simply called it “that river”.

   Who knew that most of the people had just crossed the river, and in a blink of an eye they were occupied by two-legged people.

  The Teltown people who invaded Iron Peak County were cut into two parts, and it was difficult for the two to get in touch. Rumors spread among the Teltown people who stayed in Lower Iron Peak County.

  Some leaders are watching, and some leaders want to run away. Other leaders thought it was an opportunity to make meritorious deeds and drove the troops to the river.

   Among the big and small leaders, [Qing Ma] and [Stone Arrow] are the two most inconspicuous.

  Because from the point of view of status, they can not be regarded as the serious "aristocratic" class, they are the thugs of the aristocratic class.

  In the flat Hurd society, their identities are between nobles and subjects. It is more than the next, and it is a little less than the previous.

   At this moment, it is these two inconspicuous Teltown people who are doing a horrific act that they have never thought of before - they are cutting the head of the "bald dog".

  The knives worn by the Hurds were originally used to cut meat and eat, and cutting heads was quite inconvenient.

   Qing Ma and Shi Jian clumsily did this, sawing and prying, and the two strong men took a lot of effort to completely separate the bald dog's head from its body.

  The inside of the tent was a mess. The tables and bowls were knocked over during the tussle. Wine and blood were splashed everywhere, making the originally clean blankets muddy.

   The panting Tsingma looked at the head of the bald dog, and suddenly burst into tears: "You bald dog! Gelma! Why are you forcing me to wait!"

   While crying, Qing Ma desperately used a knife to slash and stab, full of grief, anger and resentment pouring out, the bald dog's original hideous face was completely destroyed to rotten flesh.

  Shi Jian slumped on the ground, looking at Qing Ma who was in madness, his expression was extremely tired.

  The two originally came to bribe the bald dog, but they ended up in a vendetta.

   Ever since the bald dog crossed the river, Tsing Ma and Shi Jian have been closely watched.

  Bald Dog does not hide the greed of his followers who want to annex Qingma and Shijian, and they are in trouble everywhere.

  Especially after the old camp of the bald dog was attacked and burnt down, the bald dog who gained nothing and lost a lot of money simply occupied the camp of Qingma and Shijian as the owner.

   Tsing Ma and Shijian are content with the harvest, they just want to go home as soon as possible.

   Bald Dog's attempt to drive the two to "that river" intensified the conflict, and Bald Dog's behavior of publicly humiliating Tsing Ma when he accepted a bribe was the trigger.

   The temporary winners of this internal struggle between the people of Teltown are Qing Ma and Shi Jian. After all, the bald dogs are separated from each other, and the heads of Qing Ma and Shi Jian are still on their shoulders.

   There will be no accident, the bald dogs will kill Qingma and Shijian, and then divide the property of the three deceased.

   "Stop it!" The tired Shijian said suddenly.

   Qing Ma turned a deaf ear, still grabbing the bald dog's hair with one hand, and stabbed the bald dog in the face with a knife with the other.

  The bald dog's eyes have been turned into blood-stained milk cakes, which is disgusting.

  Shi Jian stood up and punched Qing Ma hard: "Don't go crazy!"

   Qing Ma fell heavily and sat in the **** water, his usually fierce triangular eyes were full of despair: "Why did he force me! Why..."

   "Keep your voice down!" Shi Jian bared his teeth and kicked his companion viciously: "Don't disturb the bald dog's guards!"

   "Bald Dog's bodyguard?" Qing Ma seemed to be caught by the last straw, his eyes suddenly turned cruel: "Kill! Kill them all!"

   "You and I are no more than two people, how can we deal with them?!"

   Tsing Ma quickly stood up and went straight out: "Kill one by one!"

   "What if you kill them?" Shi Jian shoved his companions fiercely: "Can you and I escape?"

   "It was said to be killed by a two-legged man!"

   "Who can you hide?"

   "Then what do you say?" Qing Ma shouted hysterically, "Then what do you say you and I do?!"

   "Shut up!" Shijian slammed down Qing Ma, and he gritted his teeth: "Flee! Only by escaping can there be a way to survive."

   "How to escape?" Tsing Ma was on the verge of collapse.

   "It's just you and me!" Shi Jian racked his brains and calculated: "Except for horses and food and drink, I don't bring anything with me. Run day and night! Run back to the grassland and live!"

   "Even if you run back to the grassland, you and I will have nowhere to go!" Qing Ma cried out sadly: "The fire roaster will not let you and me go!"

   Qing Ma grabbed the stone arrow violently, and his shoulders were trembling: "You and I have dropped it! The two-legged man has dropped! Whether it is a slave or a rider, the two-legged man will give you and me a way to live."

   "Don't be stupid!" Shi Jian's mood gradually became calm: "The two-legged man won't give you or me a way out."

   "I was shot to death by a thousand arrows on a wooden pole, put into a skin bag and trampled to death by ten thousand horses..." Qing Ma looked at the matching knife in his hand: "Why don't you have a good time yourself."

"The Terdun Department can't hold you or me, and a horse that walks alone can't live." Shi Jian had already made up his mind, he squeezed his companion's shoulder tightly, and said viciously: "Chihe Department! White Lion! You and I will go to White Lion. !"

   Qing Ma's body suddenly stiffened, and he was so shocked that he couldn't even speak.

   Later, the flames engulfed the camp, and the rest of the Teltown people were busy rescuing their goods and livestock, and for a while, no one noticed that Shijian and Qingma had fled.

  …

  Central Tiefeng County, in the territory of Niuti Valley, the dam on the east bank of the Pantuo River.

   Stone Arrow and Tsing Ma in the dead end gave up everything, just for a chance to survive.

   And at this moment, Tai Chi can't even see that line of vitality.

   "When you get to the river, there is a way." This is Tai Chi's original words.

The   Tellton people are surrounded by rivers to the south, valleys to the north, and forests to the north, and the retreat route to the east has been blocked.

  Because of Taichi's assurance, the leaders of the Teltown Division pressed their unease and panic, and led their own troops all the way west along the river valley.

  The further west you go, the closer you get to the confluence of the Pangtuo River and the Dajiao River, the lower the terrain on both sides of the Pangtuo River, and it gradually becomes low enough to be climbed.

  Tai Chi dispatched capable riders up the mountain lightly, and went to the north to investigate the enemy. The other side urged the troops to rush westward.

   However, when he got to the shore, Tai Chi had nothing to do - because on the river, a fleet was cruising back and forth.

   The Teltown people had no boats, only rafts.

  Then who those oars boats on the river belong to, of course there is no need to say much.

  Tai Chi could feel the gazes stabbing his back.

   "The way?" Every Teltown chief asked with his eyes: "Where is the way?"

  …

   Niu Hoof Valley, the third line of defense.

  Tamas received a letter—a letter from the people of Teltown.

The    letter is written on sheepskin with carbon black.

   "What is it written?" Tamas handed the letter to the fifth company commander [Lannis], who was illiterate: "I look like Common Language."

  Lannis took the sheepskin, glanced at it hastily, and raised his eyebrows slightly: "It's really a common language... Maybe there are people from us in the barbarian."

   Due to the arrow injury, Tamas's shoulders were high and swollen, and it was very difficult to lift his arms. "What did you say?" he asked wearily.

  Lannis unhurriedly rolled up the sheepskin: "The barbarian chief, please come down.

The    letter was immediately sent to Winters and returned shortly thereafter.

   did not reply, only wrote one more word on the sheepskin:

   "Not allowed".

   [The update rhythm is messed up... This chapter is tentatively regarded as making up for the debt from the weekend]

   [The author thinks of a more reasonable update method, tentatively scheduled to update 246 times a week, which means that there will be a chapter tomorrow, then the next chapter is Thursday, and the next chapter is Saturday]

   [Wait to get back to the rhythm gradually, at least finish writing this part of the plot, and then resume the daily update]

   [Apologize to everyone]

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   (end of this chapter)