Chapter 24 (1/2)

The Jacob river.

This is the most convenient way to get in and out of the Andes mountains.

According to historical records, in the age of the Andes Empire, this is a river hundreds of meters wide running through the East and west of the Andes mountains.

It originated in the Andes basin, the deepest part of the Andes Mountains, now known as the Andes inland lake, and then flowed all the way through manyujunling, most of the Asia Minor plains.

Finally, it was injected into the zanbi inland sea, where thousands of sails once shuttled. The Andes Empire controlled the western territory of nuota by virtue of this waterway.

With the earth shaking explosion at the end of the Andes Empire, the mouth of the upper reaches of the Jacobs river was blocked by collapsed mountain roads, which changed the whole territory of Ashan.

In just a few decades after the big bang, the Andes basin, where the capital of the Andes empire was located, became a huge inland lake.

Once one of the great arteries of Ashan's continent, the Jacob river has become a small stream.

Under the irrigation of the Jacobs River, the leader of Manyu army, who was called the four major grain producing areas together with the Asia Minor plain, the Jiangnan plain and the Huayu plateau, has become a barren land filled with sand and dust.

Compared with the peak period, the area of zanbi inland sea has been reduced by half. It is said that it is still shrinking. In another 300 years, the once inland sea will become a saltwater lake.

The water originally transported by the Jacobs river was diverted to the south, forming the present desperate Nu River, and rushing all the way into the once Jiangnan plain, which is now the desperate swamp.

The Bastille was built in the narrowest place where the Jacobs used to be.

The most densely populated area of Andes mountain people, of course, is the ancient river course of Jacob. One third of the cultivated land in the Andes Mountains is distributed in and around this ancient river channel.

It is also the mountain people around the ancient river course who are the worst victims of the Bastille disaster. After the disaster is over, there are mountain people who are attracted by the fine cultivated land to move here, and then they come in again.

Then there were mountain people moving in. Even though they knew the danger, they couldn't stand the temptation to eat a full meal, which became a vicious circle.

Bolton took the Bastille troops into the mountains. Of course, he had to take the Jacobean River, and only the Jacobean river. It was the choice of a small group of troops to walk along the ridge.

Bolton's march was neither slow nor fast. Every day he went up the mountain and stopped at sunset. He could walk fifty or sixty miles a day for three consecutive days, but only one hundred and fifty miles away from Bastille.

Although the road was not smooth, it was only a day's rush for the Bastille mountain Corps.

The bull Erikson was full of doubts. He said that saving people was like fighting a fire. His master was also a man who knew the soldiers. He would not even know such a simple problem. At the current speed, he would wait for the rescue to become a pile of white bones.

Moreover, they are now wandering in the Andes Mountains, which is extremely dangerous. Who knows whether there are Andes mountain people lurking in the surrounding mountains. Although the sharpshooter sentry has been spread out, the number of sharpshooters is still relatively small compared with the huge mountain forest. It is difficult to find those mountain people hunters who are proficient in camouflage in the wild.

If you come across those who are too bitter to be killed and give them a few chills, you can't prevent them. Depending on the evil they have done over the years, there is no shortage of such people in the Andes mountains.

Erikson talked to old Burton once, but the other side still went his own way. He put all his doubts into his stomach. He just arranged the defense and garrison work of the team faithfully and dutifully. The temporary camp at night was also as perfect as possible to prevent all kinds of night attacks, not to mention dripping water, but it was the best under the current conditions.

In addition to loyalty and personal force, he was able to be relied on by old Burton for decades. In addition to loyalty and personal force, he also had real talent and practical learning in unifying the army. Even if he had not, he had already formed a set of his own model for decades.

But along the way, it was quiet and frightening. There were no mountain people who took cold shoulder to revenge, and the Andes mountain people village they met were also destroyed. There was no living person. It was as if there was no conversation in Andes mountain except them.

Not only the old Burton and them, but also the soldiers below felt that there was something wrong with the atmosphere. One by one, they became restless and suspicious.

”Lord, it's not the way to go on like this. The soldiers are too nervous. Our formation collapses before the fight starts. What I worry about most is that we have been watched.”

”Relax, relax.” Old Bolton said with a smile, ”you're scaring yourself. It's normal for you to stare at us bravely. But it's a little exaggeration to say that we're being targeted. The old vulture and the stupid bear, one of whom has already been interrupted, and the other is a fool with no brain. If you're smart, you'd better lie down in the nest. If you're smart, you'd better lie down in the nest They really dare to come out and clean them up

Man is a very fickle creature, especially the impact of the environment can not be ignored. Before the deployment of troops, old Burton was nervous and suspicious. He always felt that there were 100000 soldiers hidden in the mountains ahead.When the soldiers came out and saw the miserable appearance of the Andes mountain people's village, they were full of pride. There was no big difference between the Andes mountain people now and the Andes mountain people 30 years ago. They were still a group of loose sand whose backbone had been broken. They had been bleeding him for 30 years. Even a giant, they were also very weak.