In the east of Jingling, Hengshan Mountain is towering like a deep and unknowable valley. No one can predict what the consequences will be. When this uneasy suffocation noise and anxiety spread in the army, even Zhou Yu cannot have a perfect explanation.

Because, what is the ending of escaping into the mountains? He couldn't reply with certainty.

"Governor, Cai Zhong is not as capable as Cai Mao. What are we afraid of him?" Xu Sheng stomped his feet and stepped on a shepherd's grass beside him and said to Zhou Yu.

Xu Sheng always disagreed with Zhou Yu's plan to escape from the mountains. In his opinion, instead of taking a risk to a place that had never been predicted, it would be better to fight the enemy vigorously and fight happily. Whether it is dead or alive, as long as there is still a little strength, Xu Sheng's knife will never stop.

"Don't worry, Governor, Wen Xiang and I will not come back to see you if we do not break through the Jingzhou military defense line." Ding Feng said loudly.

Zhou Yu showed some fatigue on his fair face, and he said slowly: "Wen Xiang, Cheng Yuan, although Cai Zhong has limited abilities, he has seven thousand elite troops in Jingzhou. Once our tired army is entangled by Cai Zhong, Wei Yan, who is chasing behind, will immediately form a force of encirclement and annihilation."

Whether it is martial arts or strategy, Cai Zhong and Zhou Yu cannot be compared. Even compared with Xu Sheng and Ding Feng, he is one level worse, but the strength and weakness on the battlefield cannot be judged by the ability of the general. At this moment, facing Cai Zhong's seven thousand elite Jingzhou players, Zhou Yu knew that he could never impulsively confront head-on.

There are enemy soldiers blocking the road in front and pursuers following behind. At this time, escaping into the mountains and temporarily hiding is actually a good way. As the commander, Zhou Yu's pressure is much greater than that of Xu Sheng and Ding Feng. Xu Sheng and Ding Feng can not consider the life and death of the entire army, and just shout and cheer, but Zhou Yu cannot.

Zhou Yu knew that Cai Zhong, who was blocking the road ahead, was actually just a cover, and the real killer was Wei Yan who was biting like a mad dog.

"But the governor, the army's dry food is only enough for three days. If we enter the barren mountain, if we cannot find a way out in time, why don't we starve to death?" Xu Sheng said again.

Zhou Yu pondered for a while and said firmly: "If you stay here, you can only sit and wait for death. He ordered the soldiers to bring all the dry food and drinking water that they could collect and march towards Hengshan!"

The effect of Zhou Yu's training in Chaisangkou for nearly a year was fully reflected at this moment. Based on Xu Sheng and Ding Feng's temper in the past, no one except Gao Chong could order them to do things they were unwilling to do. Now, the prestige established by Zhou Yu in the army has won the trust of most soldiers.

Hengshan Mountain has peaks and rolling peaks block the roads that people can pass through. This section of the primitive dense forest is untraceable. Apart from the ferocious beasts, even those who claim to be the smartest cannot conquer it.

On the first two days after entering the jungle, Zhou Yu's army was able to rely on the local hunters who were forced to lead to Jingling to follow the vague and easy-to-find path. However, on the third day, even experienced hunters could not tell the direction. As a result, after a big circle, Zhou Yu's soldiers found that they had returned to the place where they had just entered the jungle.

"This ghost place is so fucking evil. I won't go. Brothers, follow me to fight out!" Ding Feng yelled.

At this time, the reason and calmness of the soldiers gradually lost. Ding Feng's words received a loud response from the desperate and helpless soldiers. Although Zhou Yu repeatedly dissuaded them, they could not let their irritating emotions be exaggerated. Finally, under the leadership of Ding Feng and Xu Sheng, more than a thousand soldiers took the lead in getting out of the jungle and trying to move towards Jingling.

However, they did not know that a catastrophe was slowly approaching.

In the sky, the fog in the jungle began to dissipate. When Xu Sheng walked out of the dense forest, he was surprised to find that a newly built earth moat in front of him blocked the way.

On the earthen moat, a yellow-clad "Wei" flag flying.

This is the banner of Wei Yan, a powerful general under Kuai Yue. Since Zhou Yu escaped into the mountains, Wei Yan did not relax his efforts to pursue and suppress. He believed that Zhou Yu would never be able to pass through the vast forest to reach the other end, so he decided to dig deep into the trenches and wait for the prey to appear on the edge of the jungle.

"General, the enemy has appeared!" A Jingzhou army led his bow and jumped across the trench to report to Wei Yan.

A hint of pride flashed across Wei Yan's purple face, and he asked in a deep voice: "How many people are there?"

"About a thousand."

Wei Yan laughed and said, "It seems that this deep mountain forest is much more powerful than a strong bow and hard crossbow. In just two days, Zhou Yu lost one-third of his troops. He passed my order and the crossbowman aimed at the enemy's soldiers and shot!"

A round of airtight rain of arrows shot down.

No obstruction or obstruction.

In an instant, as if cut by a sharp sickle, Xu Sheng rushed out of the jungle. Ding Fengjun was knocked down by a large area of ​​arrows. Xu Sheng, who was rushing in front, had just avoided a few random arrows. Suddenly, another arrow came quickly in front of him. Xu Sheng wanted to block it, but his limbs were tired and exhausted. After two days of hard marching, both Xu Sheng, Ding Feng, and the warriors under them had a little slow reaction and skills.

"Keng!" Xu Sheng reluctantly raised his knife and cut the arrow into two pieces, but the sharp arrow had not yet faded and still shot towards Xu Sheng's abdomen. Xu Sheng was unable to avoid it at this time, so he could only let the arrow pierce the armor and penetrate his body.

Blood-stained signs!

"Wen Xiang!" Ding Feng, who was beside Xu Sheng, held the shaky Xu Sheng and said hurriedly.

"Get away quickly!" Xu Sheng showed a painful expression on his face, and the severe pain from his abdomen made the straight and strong man frown.

After the first round of shooting, none of the two hundred soldiers rushing in front were still standing.

The second wave of arrows followed made Xu Sheng and Ding Feng despair. In addition to the more than 300 soldiers who had not yet stepped out of the dense forest, Wei Yan only used a strong bow and a hard crossbow to make Xu Sheng and Ding Feng's seven hundred soldiers lose their ability to fight.

If you don't retreat, the last three hundred people will die here.

Ding Feng no longer hesitated. He waved his knife with one hand to protect the vital points and dragged the injured Xu Sheng back to the jungle with the other hand.

Wei Yan, who had been waiting for the rabbit, seemed to have known that Zhou Yujun could not make it out. Although he was a little stupid in waiting for this method, he would definitely gain something. As expected, Xu Sheng and Ding Feng hit the gun.

Xu Sheng, who had just crawled out of the jungle and wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, fell down like a mowed grass in a blink of an eye.

Even Xu Sheng, who had always been brave and good at fighting on the battlefield, was injured this time. The excessive blood loss made Xu Sheng's mind approach coma. The wounded soldiers who had not had time to retreat could only wait for the arrival of death when facing the Wei Yan soldiers approaching step by step. Screams came from time to time, and Ding Feng was already in tears. He could hear that this was the enemy killing the injured prisoners.

In the jungle, Zhou Yu leaned silently under a big tree embraced by three people. His mood was like the fog in front of him. Faced with such a crushing defeat, what's the use of Ding Feng's disobedience?

When standing in front of Zhou Yu again, regret filled Ding Feng's heart. If he was not so impulsive, if he could think about it carefully and listen to Zhou Yu's advice rationally, those soldiers who had been born and died on the battlefield and who were once unstoppable would not have died like this.

"Governor, this failure is our fault." Ding Feng said in pain.

Zhou Yu sighed and said slowly: "Chengyuan, I don't blame you. This is why I, the commander, did not convince you very well. How is Wen Xiang's injury?"

Ding Feng lowered his head and said, "There are too much blood and I've been in a coma. Governor, what should we do now?"

Zhou Yu stood up and said, "No matter what, we can't give up. When we go back, we see that it's a dead end. Therefore, our only choice is to walk forward and go to the other end of the dense forest."

What kind of place is on the other end? Zhou Yu didn't know, and he couldn't answer.

However, he had the confidence to go on.

Everyone was speechless. At this time, no one raised any doubts about Zhou Yu's words, including Ding Feng. When everyone was desperate, they handed over the decision to the person they trusted the most, and this person was Zhou Yu.

Toward east, toward east-.

With a touch of tragedy and a touch of helplessness, the remaining two thousand soldiers embarked on a path of death.

The mountains along the way are undulating, and the majestic and steepness of Hengshan is gradually revealed, on both sides of the road where the soldiers are marching, either green forests or deep canyons.

"Follow up, don't fall behind!" Zhou Yu's shouts kept echoing in the empty mountains.

Once you leave the brigade, you may get lost. In the deep mountains of the jungle, there is a paradise of ferocious bears, leopards, tigers and snakes, which is not something that people can control...

The surrounding forests were dense and there were no gaps. A large tree was next to each other, and thick and thin vines were wrapped around the tree. Zhou Yu led a Danyang soldiers to open the road first, splitting the vines blocking the road, jumping through the gurgling stream, sometimes, and even could only line up to drill through the gaps between the branches and leaves of the big tree.

Deep in this jungle, there is a leech that is smaller than the little finger, which is particularly good at sucking the blood of humans and animals. After sucking the blood of humans, it can swell to a larger than the fist, and the wound that the leech crawls into is very likely to take away a person's life.

On those grounds where no one has walked through, a thick layer of wet leaves is paved, which is very soft when you walk on it. The leaves are filled with the morning mist. If you step on it a little heavier, yellow-green water filled with the smell of rotten leaves will appear. This water is poisonous. Once it is sprinkled on the wound, it is very likely to cause the wound to ulcer and then take away life.

At the same time, dead branches and leaves and feces left by wild animals accumulate year after year, rotting and fermenting, emitting an unpleasant gas. The deeper you go to the mountains and jungles, the more toxic the smell becomes stronger. Some people go into the forest and are unable to return. They are not completely lost but suffocating and suffocating after being poisoned.

Xu Sheng was carried on a rack made of two branches. Ding Feng tied the armor to the branches and fixed it, and then asked several strong soldiers to carry it in turn, while the other wounded soldiers were not treated by Xu Sheng. Their wounds were getting worse day by day because they could not receive timely treatment.

On the fourth day of the march, the dry food reserves were all gone, and more and more soldiers were left behind. Sometimes, Ding Feng didn't even know if he could open his eyes the next day.

Xu Shengshi was awake and he was sleeping. The doctors who accompanied the army tried their best to find some bleeding-resisting herbs to boil Xu Sheng's injured abdomen. These herbs were temporarily collected during the march. Even the doctor was not sure whether it was useful. Everything could only be based on Xu Sheng's luck.

Another morning, when Ding Feng woke up, a soldier beside him had no breathing because he was overworked. This situation happened almost every day, and the number was increasing day by day.

"Governor, when will it be the end if we go like this?" Ding Feng sighed. At this time, he was like a beggar, wearing tattered clothes and his face was dirty. The only thing that could prove his identity was a sword with a name inlaid in his hand.

Zhou Yu reached out and picked a leaf stained with dew, put it in his mouth, and said, "Chengyuan, look at the stars in the sky!"

When Ding Feng heard the sound, he looked into the sky and saw stars in the night sky. Although it was a rare and good weather, he could not see any difference after looking at it for a long time.

"Look, it's the direction of the Big Dipper. Looking along this line, the shining star represents the north." Zhou Yu said excitedly.

The sun, moon, stars and stars are all running repeatedly according to certain rules. Although Ding Feng had heard of these mysterious things with witchcraft colors before, he never paid attention to them.

Ding Feng said in confusion: "Governor, you mean that we can walk out by following the direction guided by the stars."

Zhou Yu nodded and said, "We have been walking in correspondence with the stars in the sky for the past five days. If I did not make any mistakes, now we are about to walk out of the dense forests of the mountains and mountains, which may only take one or two days."

One or two days, a hint of excitement flashed across Ding Feng's face, but then he went down sadly. He said, "Governor, the soldiers in the army have eaten up all the dry food, and the soldiers have also killed all the war horses in the army. Although these two days are not long, if they are hungry, we will be unable to move on no matter how close the road is."

Zhou Yu pondered for a while and said, "I have my own way of doing this. You don't have to think too much, there will naturally be food at that time."

Ding Feng looked at Zhou Yu's face and still didn't believe it, but he could only take care of Xu Sheng in disappointment. Looking at Ding Feng's back as he was leaving, Zhou Yu's face showed a trace of determination. He waved his hand to summon several followers and gave a few instructions. These followers were a little hesitant, but under Zhou Yu's severe urging, he lowered his head and retreated.

By noon, a tempting fragrance came from the depths of the dense forest, an irresistible temptation for the soldiers marching hungry.

"What kind of wild game is this?" Ding Feng lifted the lid of the marching pot and saw that the meat inside was so chaotic that it was cooked.

Somehow, Zhou Yu's eyes were red, and he forced a smile and said, "Divid all of this to everyone."

Ding Feng said: "Governor, you can eat a little too." After that, he reached out and grabbed a piece of bone with a lot of meat and wanted to hand it to Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu turned his back and said with a sob: "I'm not hungry, you guys will split up."

Ding Feng heard Zhou Yu's voice strange, and looked up at the several personal soldiers behind Zhou Yu. They all remained silent, with tears in their eyes. They were almost spitting out of their eyes when they looked at Ding Feng's eyes.

"Governor, where is your horse?" Looking at this scene, Ding Feng felt something and asked anxiously.

"Governor's horse—— Governor killed the horse!" A young master could no longer hold back his tears and started crying loudly.

Zhou Yu's war horse has a very nice name - "White Dragon". This name was born by Zhou Yu. When he followed Sun Ce across the river south, the horse was with Zhou Yu. It can be said that he was born through life and death. Later, Zhou Yu and Xiao Qiao ran away. It was this horse that came to them from Wucheng and then arrived at Shucheng.

This horse was once a witness of Zhou Yu's acquaintance with Xiao Qiao. It is precisely because Zhou Yu always had time to help Bai Long dress up and choose the ingredients he prepared for it.

But now, Zhou Yu resolutely killed his horse!

"Governor, you shouldn't have killed such a good horse!" Ding Feng said.

Zhou Yu wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes and said slowly: "If there is no food to satisfy your hunger, none of us, more than a thousand people, can go out. If we can save everyone, it will be worth my horse even if it dies."

On December 22, the fourth year of Jian'an, the arduous 19th day march finally ended. Only 836 people walked out of the vast mountains and jungle alive. During this march, more than 1,500 soldiers disappeared and died. They were ultimately unable to conquer this deserted forest.

However, in the hearts of Zhou Yu and Ding Feng, they are also heroes.

The injured Xu Sheng finally survived with his tenacious vitality. I don’t know if the herbs were really effective or by accident, but his wound miraculously healed.

Zhou Yu led this army from Jingling to the east, then to the north, and finally to the east. When they walked out of the primitive jungle, their place was already in the Guangzhou boundary of Lujiang County. From here, they walked down the Huai River and could reach Shouchun after walking more than a hundred miles. From Guangzhou to the north, they were in the Runan County boundary of Yuzhou.

After arriving here, Zhou Yu felt relieved with a heart in his arms. Shouchun is now guarded by Zhang Liao and Gao Shun. Zhou Yu is from Shucheng, Lujiang County and is quite familiar with the terrain of this area. He knows that the most difficult days have finally passed.
Chapter completed!