After another day, the road to the Shanjiang River Valley was opened.
The army packed up their tents and set off. Ren Baqian was still thinking about how to make Ning Caichen stay. After all, the situation in Tianjing Basin had to be kept a secret for the time being. Ren Baqian wasn't going to place his hopes on Ning Caichen's tight-lipped mouth.
In the end, he realized that Ning Caichen didn't leave after taking the electric baton and didn't seem to have any intention of leaving.
"Are you going to stay here?" Ren Baqian asked casually.
"How can I go home in this state? Why don't you take me in? "Ning Caichen wiggled his body flirtatiously.
His little butt wiggled coquettishly, and Ren Baqian wanted to pinch him.
"Amitabha!" Ren Baqian looked solemn.
However, Ning Caichen couldn't go back to the Ning family in this state.
Ren Baqian felt that if his son became like this … he would beat him to death.
Although it was understandable for a modern person to have gender dysphoria, it was understandable for other people's sons. It was impossible for one's own son to understand.
Not to mention in this world.
Furthermore, even though he had some friendship with Ning Caichen, he didn't think that Ning Caichen would help him keep this a secret. It would be best if Ning Caichen took the initiative to stay.
"If you don't have a place to go, I happen to be short of manpower. What do you think, Brother Ning?" Ren Baqian thought for a while. Ning Caichen knew a lot about Great Xia and was knowledgeable about various places. Having such a person was still useful.
"Then, won't I be Sir Ren's man?" Ning Caichen laughed hysterically.
"Pow!"
Ning Caichen flew into the distance in an arc.
The empress walked away from Ren Baqian's side without looking at him. She didn't even look at him.
Ren Baqian grimaced and felt that the empress's whereabouts were getting stranger and stranger. It was as if she was everywhere and had thousands of clones.
Furthermore, the empress's habit of protecting her food was getting worse.
Although he said this, he still felt a little sweet inside. After all, he held a considerable position in her heart, which was why she behaved this way.
"My maiden heart … has been melted by Her Majesty recently!" Ren Baqian covered his chest and sighed.
Then, he was kicked by the empress from behind.
Riding on the fork-horned cow, Ren Baqian climbed up the rocky hill and looked ahead. There was a few miles of farmland in front of him. Behind the farmland was a river that was more than 100 meters wide.
Across the river was a large plain. There were neatly tended farmlands everywhere, and it was a scene of vitality.
Under the illumination of the sun, it was like a beautiful picture of the countryside.
On the opposite side of the river, there was a hill that wasn't too big. An army was in formation, and their flags fluttered in the wind.
Ren Baqian had long known about this army. After all, they had been entrenched here for two days, and they even put on a defensive stance.
"Do they want to stop us with just these few troops?" Xi Wanya asked in disdain.
"Your Majesty, the winged cavalry requests an order to attack and exterminate this rebel army to show the might of Dayao's army," Gong Zheng requested for the order.
"Approved! Xi Wanya, send someone to attack together with the winged cavalry, "the empress instructed.
"Yes!" The two of them excitedly went to prepare.
Just as Ren Baqian descended to the plain below, a baihu came to report, "Sir, the water level of Li River has dropped a lot since the last time I was here."
"Oh?" Ren Baqian glanced at this baihu. He had come from the south to seek shelter, and his surname should be Qiao. If it was just a drop in the water level, he wouldn't have come to report like this. He was afraid that there was a problem.
"How much has it dropped?" Ren Baqian asked.
"It has dropped by at least one meter! Some of the shallower riverbanks on both sides have been exposed, "the baihu said in a deep voice.
Ren Baqian immediately became pensive.
Although he didn't know much about this, he knew that there was something wrong with the water level dropping by one meter in a month.
It would be fine if it was a small river, but Li River was at least 100 meters wide. Such a wide river had a lot of water. A drop of one meter meant that the water level was much lower.
"Sir, I was thinking about this before. I guessed that the water level dropped because of the lack of rain these days." Another baihu came over and laughed. This person's surname was Xu, and he came from the south.
"Oh?" Ren Baqian responded faintly and asked the baihu who had made the report, "What do you think is the reason?"
"I don't know. What Baihu Xu said is possible, but the water level has dropped too much, so it's a little strange." That baihu whispered, "Sir, you can send someone upstream to take a look!"
"That's right!" Ren Baqian nodded and said, "Guards!"
"My Lord!" The two guards beside him hurriedly urged their mounts forward.
"Take him down!" Ren Baqian pointed at the baihu with the surname Xu and ordered.
"Sir!" Xu Baihu's facial expression changed drastically.
"If I said something that I shouldn't have, please forgive me!" Xu Baihu didn't dare to resist and was brought to Ren Baqian by the two guards with a miserable look on his face.
"I heard that we have to offer sacrifices to the Sea God in the sea and the River God in the river. It's fine if nothing happens, but if something happens, we will chop him up and offer him as a sacrifice to the River God! "Ren Baqian said faintly.
Xu Baihu's facial expression immediately changed.
"Sir, I didn't mean it!"
"Don't be nervous. If nothing happens, you will naturally be fine." Ren Baqian smiled amiably. "Unless you are certain that something will happen?"
Some of the baihu in the surroundings were shocked when they heard what Ren Baqian said.
"Detain him and keep an eye on him. If he escapes, I will offer you two as a sacrifice to the River God!" Ren Baqian told the guards to detain Xu Baihu and went to see the empress.
"Your Majesty, ask Protector General Xi and Captain Gong not to rush into action. Let's go ahead and take a look first."
"What did you discover?"
"A little speculation! I want to see it with my own eyes, "Ren Baqian said.
"Alright!" The empress knew that Ren Baqian must have discovered something for him to say this.
A moment later, she called Xi Wanya, Zong Shen, and Gong Zheng over and went to the riverbank to take a look.
Ren Baqian stood by the riverbank and looked around. He immediately saw what he wanted to see.
"Your Majesty, Protector General Xi, Deputy Protector General Zong, and Captain Gong, take a look. The surface of the river was originally nearby, but there are still traces of it here. This shows that the water level here has always been very stable.
At this moment, the water level has dropped by a full meter here. "
"What did you discover?" the empress asked directly.
Ren Baqian pointed to the two bridges that had been cut off and said, "There was originally a bridge here, but the other party didn't cut it to prevent us from crossing the river. They wanted us to cut wood and build boats to cross the river.
If the other party built a dam in advance to store water and waited for us to cross the river before breaking the dam to release the water, our army would naturally suffer heavy losses when the water rushed down. Your Majesty, we will know once we send someone upstream to check. "
"What Sir Ren said makes sense," Gong Zheng immediately said and then laughed. "However, this person underestimated our winged cavalry. Do we still need to build boats in this river? As long as we throw the tree trunks into the river, we can cross it. "
"Then, the winged cavalry will attack the enemy? Currently, there are 700 winged cavalry warriors, and we won't be able to easily lose them, "Ren Baqian said. The number of winged cavalry warriors had reached a very dangerous level. If they were to lose more of them, it would be difficult to fight the following battles.
"Gong Zheng, send someone upstream to check!" the empress said.
…
At this moment, on a hill opposite them, a young man was watching dozens of winged cavalry warriors rush upstream from the river.
Had these barbarians discovered them? It seemed like they were smarter than he had thought! However, that was all they could do.
Everyone thought that he wanted to break the dam and attack them while they were crossing the river.
In fact, according to his plan, even the two sides of the river would be swept away.
This included the current location of the aboriginals.
Unless you return to the mountain now, it will be too late when you discover the surging river!
Even if I can't completely wipe you out, I can at least make you lose half of your troops!
Losing half of your troops and losing your rations, let's see how you are going to fight this battle!
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