SFS Chapter 1038 Anliang City
Chapter 1038 Anliang City
The boat traveled forward for a short while before it became completely dark.
Now, they can only rely on the lanterns on the boat for lighting.
Fortunately, the water flow has slowed down considerably by now.
If they maintain that same speed, crashing into something is almost inevitable when they can't see clearly in the distance.
The three of them walked a short distance and then shouted a few times.
This method actually worked when the distance was obscured.
"Help! We're here!"
"Someone help us! There are people here!"
Upon hearing the response from afar, Qin Lang immediately responded.
"Don't move, we're coming right now!"
Soon, the ship followed the sound.
Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the four people were actually lying on several large wooden planks.
In order to have something to hold onto, all four of them had parts of their bodies submerged in the water.
Having been floating in the water for so long, they were severely exhausted.
Qin Lang managed to drag the four of them onto the boat.
After boarding the ship, Lu Qingqing noticed that two of them had wounds of varying degrees on their legs and backs.
She took out medicine and clean water from a bundle at the stern of the boat and cleaned their wounds.
The other two, while not having any major wounds, did have some minor scratches.
Thinking of the human and animal corpses soaking in the water, Lu Qingqing cleaned the wounds on each of them.
After being rescued, the four repeatedly expressed their gratitude.
This time, all four of them carried a bundle.
However, the bundle had been soaked by the flood.
When Lu Qingqing saw someone wanting to eat the pancakes that had been soaked in the flood, she quickly stopped them.
They were given clean bread and water.
Upon seeing this, one of the older men among the four quickly took out two silver ingots from his bundle.
"Young brother, I have no way to repay your life-saving grace, but this little bit of money is a token of my appreciation."
You absolutely must accept this!
Seeing this, the other three also took out their money.
Lu Qingqing didn't take money from the group. Instead, she let them catch their breath before they went boating together.
Perhaps because the terrain has become flatter, the ships are now moving very slowly.
Seeing that she really didn't want it, the four men put the money away.
After eating something and regaining some strength, I picked up the long oar and started rowing.
The boat continued onward into the night, with the crew taking turns rowing.
Not long after, he shouted out.
In the quiet night, the shout carried for quite a distance.
One by one, several more people were rescued from the boat.
When thirteen people were on board, the boat was already close to its carrying capacity limit.
As the ship sank significantly, everyone on board sat quietly, not daring to move even slightly to the side.
Fortunately, after traveling a while longer, the ship arrived at Anliang City.
At this time, Anliang City was basically submerged by water.
Through the dim light of the lantern, one can vaguely see...
Of the city walls, only the highest corner tower remained visible; the rest were completely submerged by the flood.
At this moment, the corner tower was packed with people.
Upon seeing a boat approaching, they shouted for help.
Hearing so many shouts, Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang did not rush to get too close.
Judging from the sounds, there are at least several dozen people on the corner tower of the city gate.
On the one hand, their ship simply couldn't hold that many people.
On the other hand, at this time, even if the two of them have some martial arts skills, it's hard to say whether the people who boarded the ship might suddenly launch a sneak attack.
The people rescued from the flood were all scattered.
The people behind them didn't know who was in cahoots with whom, and without figuring it out, they didn't dare to make a move rashly.
Thinking this, Lu Qingqing directed her people to turn around and head towards the north of Anliang City.
As soon as their ships had gone a little further away, the people on the corner tower behind them started cursing.
The people on the boat couldn't help but feel indignant upon hearing this.
Neither the boat's owners, Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang, spoke, and the others only muttered a few words in hushed tones before falling silent.
Lu Qingqing ignored the curses coming from the city wall behind her.
She instructed everyone to continue following the directions of the man on the boat who knew the way, and to continue heading towards the mountain north of Anliang City.
Not long after heading north, they rescued three more people.
However, only one of the three, who was seriously injured, managed to board the ship.
By the time he boarded the ship, it was already sinking quite badly.
Lu Qingqing helped the other two find a larger plank and tied it to the back of the boat with a rope.
In this way, as the group rowed forward, the two people on the planks behind could also keep up.
Further along the way, people continued to shout for help.
Based on their situation, Lu Qingqing decided that if they could hold on a little longer, they should wait for the ship to return.
If their position couldn't hold out for much longer, they would find some planks or similar objects nearby and drag them to the stern of the boat.
However, this significantly increased the load on the ship.
The rowers on the boat chanted in low voices as they rowed with all their might.
Often, after a short time, a new group of people has to be brought in.
When they finally arrived at the mountain north of Anliang City, they found that there were so many people on the mountain that people were even standing on the edge of the flood.
Lu Qingqing had looked at the map before, and besides Anliang City, this was the only place with relatively high terrain nearby.
She directed the boats toward the water's edge.
But before they could even get close, people on the mountain had already set their sights on the boat.
Seeing the group of people waiting on the shore with weapons, Lu Qingqing raised her bow and arrow.