Chapter 2 Meteors Descend from the Sky
In 230 BC, the eighteenth year of the reign of King Qin. Zhao Guo Fanwu (northwest of present-day Shijiazhuang City) west.
At this time, it was the middle of the night, the moon was dark and the stars were sparse, and in the dim starlight, you could vaguely see that there were more than a dozen figures, stepping on a small dirt slope, and in the silent night, you could hear the "sonorous" sound of the impact of gold and iron very clearly.
Looking down from the dirt slope, I saw a black sky in the mountains, and the nearby trees and rocks turned into various black shadows of different sizes in the darkness, like countless fierce beasts and evil ghosts with teeth and claws, ready to swallow up the pedestrians at night.
I only heard someone whisper: "General, let's wait here, if we go further, I'm afraid we will be discovered by the patrol of the Qin army." β
Then another peaceful voice sounded: "What time is it?" β
Someone else replied, "It's about the third watch." β
The voice of the general from before said, "It's okay, everyone just wait here, be cautious, don't make any noise." so as not to be discovered by the patrols of the Qin army. β
As soon as he finished speaking, a figure shook immediately, and the sound of "sonorous" sounded continuously, and everyone split up to stand guard around this mound, and by the side of the general, there were only seven or eight people left, but after a while, the sound of qiΔ disappeared without a trace, and everyone seemed to dissolve into the darkness, and there was silence on the small dirt slope, which also showed that this group of people was very well-trained.
Waiting in the dark, the time seemed to be very busy, and beside the general, someone was also a little breathless, and whispered: "The hour should be almost up, why hasn't there been any movement yet." Is there a mistake. β
The general still said in a calm tone: "The master is proficient in the art of celestial numbers, and his calculations will never be wrong, so let's wait patiently here." β
Although his tone was calm, it naturally brought a convincing feeling, and the others were not talking, but waited quietly.
After a long while, and I don't know how much time passed, someone suddenly exclaimed: "General, look, it's a meteor." β
Although he was speaking to the general, the others heard it too, so everyone looked in the direction of his finger, and saw that in the black night sky, there was a little red and yellow light flickering, dragging a long, shiny tail, and falling diagonally.
Everyone's eyes were immediately attracted by the meteor, and found that the meteor was gradually enlarged, at first it was only the size of a projectile, and then it reached the mouth of a bowl, and then it was like a water tank, and it was getting brighter and brighter, and it could be seen clearly, it was a big fireball, blazing, dragging a long flame tail, like a small sun, although it could not be said to be as bright as day, but it could also illuminate the area within a radius of thousands of meters.
In addition to the dozens of people on the small dirt slope, there were dozens of horses under the dirt slope, and at this time the horses seemed to feel something, and they all became frantic and roared in their hooves.
And as the fireball got closer and closer, bigger and bigger, and it became brighter and brighter, not only illuminating the earth, but also half of the sky was lit up red, and everyone was exclaimed, and there was a ** shout: "The meteor is going to fall." β
At this time, another person said: "General, now that this place is illuminated by meteors, our whereabouts will soon be exposed, so let's leave here as much as possible and go back to the camp." β
The general's eyes were fixed on the meteor that was getting closer and closer, and said, "Don't worry, wait for the meteor to fall, and see where the meteor falls!" β
Before the words fell, the big ball of fire fell with a roar, only to hear a loud "boom", deafening, and the strength was overwhelming, and the earth shook violently, and everyone on the hillside was also shaken and fell to the ground. And in the southwest, about a few thousand meters away, a huge mushroom-shaped fire cloud rose into the sky, and the flames soared into the sky, reaching a distance of hundreds of zhang high, and did not disperse for a long time.
Everyone got up from the ground, and the general pointed to the cloud of fire and said, "Let's get on our horses and hurry to the place where the meteor fell to take a look, and it seems that what the teacher said should be there." β
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Gao Yuan got up from the ground, looked left and right, and found that there were little fires all around him, dozens of big trees were torn down at waist level, and they fell to the ground horizontally and vertically, and they were still burning. And by the light of the surrounding fire, you can see that you are actually in a huge pit.
Gao Yuan rubbed his eyes, carefully recalled what had just happened, and couldn't help but think: Could it be that he fell off the plane? But there was no damage to my body except for some shock pain, and it would be strange if it really fell from the plane.
And at this time, Gao Yuan found that he was still holding the talisman in his hand, Gao Yuan's heart moved, and then he remembered that this talisman was very strange on the plane just now, first it was a fever, and then it emitted a dazzling light, it was difficult to find out what happened to him, is it related to this talisman.
At this moment, only the sound of horses' hooves was heard, and I saw a group of knights, galloping down from the edge of the pit, with about 20 people, and the knights on horseback were all wearing helmets and armor, holding spears and spears, all dressed in ancient times, and rushed to the front of the plateau in the blink of an eye.
And Gao Yuan was also stunned, what did this group of people do, how did they dress like this, is it difficult to shoot film and television dramas in ancient costumes? Did you fall from an airplane to a film and television set? Therefore, Gao Yuan looked left and right again, but except for this group of knights, he did not find any photographers, gaffers or other staff.
A knight pointed at the plateau with the spear in his hand and said sharply: "Who are you?" β
The tip of the spear was less than half a meter away from the tip of the nose of the plateau, and under the light of the fire, it shimmered with a cold light, and the plateau could even feel a cold chill.
Out of the agent's instinct, Gao Yuan also summoned a hint of danger, the knight in front of him was definitely not joking with himself, and this spear could stab at him at any time.
At this time, there was another person among the knights: "He must be a spy of Zhao State, arrest him first." β
When Gao Yuan heard this, he was stunned again, and suddenly an idea suddenly appeared in his heart, did he travel to ancient times?
But this is not for Takahara to think about at this time, because the knight who pointed his spear at the plateau spat the spear forward, but the direction of the tip of the spear changed slightly, allowing him to pass the plateau in the face and stab him in the shoulder.
However, Gao Yuan was also prepared, and immediately leaned to the side, let go of this shot, and immediately pulled out the pistol in his right hand, and raised his hand to the knight to shoot it.
"Bang!" In a flash of fire, the knight's horse let out a mournful roar, its hooves weakened, and it fell to the ground, although the opponent was obviously full of hostility towards the plateau, but before he understood what was going on, the plateau still did not want to hurt people first, so the first shot was only against the horse.
Dodge, pull the gun, shoot a few actions almost in an instant, the other knights did not see what was going on, only to see that Gao Yuan did not know what was in his hand, only to hear a bang, a flash of fire, a war horse fell to the ground and died, so they couldn't help but be surprised, the other war horses screamed, and all the knights instinctively restrained their war horses and took a few steps back.
Then the man who had given the order again said, "Go up, everyone go up together and kill him." β
He has warned the other party, but the other party still wants to kill himself, then the plateau is not polite, and no matter who the other party is, he immediately raised his gun to shoot, and there was a "bang", the knight who gave the order screamed miserably, and fell down from the horse, and the other knights were also shocked and angry when they saw it, and they shook the reins, smashed the horse forward, and at the same time waved the spear in their hands and stabbed at the plateau.
After killing a person, Gao Yuan did not spare his hands, and shot again and again, because the distance was too close, and there were dots of fire around him, and he could see very clearly, so Gao Yuan was almost a gun without a miss, and the guns were fired continuously, and more than ten knights were killed in a row. The remaining six or seven knights did not know what kind of treasure was used on the plateau, but they were all frightened and fled. In the blink of an eye, he ran away.
Gao Yuan also breathed a sigh of relief, although he had a pistol, he now only had two magazines on his body, and there were fifteen rounds in each magazine, plus one magazine in the pistol, there were only forty-five rounds in total, and one magazine had been exhausted just now. If there were a little more of these knights, I am afraid that they would be really dangerous.
But at this time, Gao Yuan's heart was still confused, he didn't know where he was now, if he traveled to ancient times, then what dynasty would it be in? The knight just now said that he was a spy of the Zhao State, so it should be the Warring States Period, but there were more than 200 years before and after the Warring States Period, so what time period was he in?
Although he knew that he should leave this place immediately and wait until dawn, Takahara could not help but be curious, and came to the side of a knight, only to see that the armor he was wearing was composed of rectangular pieces of iron, like a waistcoat, the length of which reached the waist, a tight-sleeved shirt lined with black cloth, black cloth trousers, and short boots. The style is very similar to the terracotta warriors and horses visited by the plateau in Xi'an. Therefore, it is estimated that it should be the army of the Qin State.
After looking at it for a while, Gao Yuan also looked around, trying to find a war horse, but found that the war horses had disappeared without a trace, Gao Yuan was thinking about looking nearby, and heard the sound of horses' hooves again, but this time it came from another direction.
Gao Yuan's heart was also nervous, and he hurriedly changed a magazine, and at this moment, another team of cavalry rushed down the big pit and appeared in front of Gao Yuan's eyes, fortunately, the number of this group of people is not much, only more than 20 people, Gao Yuan is also a little relieved, and their clothes are different from the previous team of soldiers, the inner clothes are made of red cloth, obviously not the Qin army.