Ugly man is hard to marry

The road ahead was blocked, there was no water source, and poisonous insects invaded at night, Du Yishan's army had reached a desperate situation.

All the generals discussed, and now there is no other way but to retreat.

"No! I have fought for so many years, and I have never been defeated. Let a river ditch and a few bugs scare my troops back? I can't afford to lose that person!"

"The water in the camp is only enough to eat for a few days, and there are those poisonous insects that cannot be killed and cannot be defended fly over to bite people, and they cannot attack the river. how?"

"This... I can't retreat anyway!"

After discussing together, all the generals insisted on their own opinions, divided into two factions, and quarreled together.

Du Yishan looked at Li Zhong, Li Zhong smiled wryly, and shook his head at Du Yishan.

This time the emperor placed high hopes on the Southern Expedition. If he did not break through the Heavenly King's Mansion and capture Xiao Guancheng, the emperor might not give up. Being punished, if the emperor gets angry, it is very possible to kill them all.

Du Yishan stopped the generals, "Shut up, everyone! At this moment, I don't want to think about how to get out of trouble, but I want to show off my quick tongue here. Fortunately, you are all veterans who have experienced many battles. You will show such a face after a defeat, and you will be arguing behind your back. What's the benefit in the war? Why do you have the face to eat the salary of the imperial court?"

The generals were silent and all bowed their heads.

That's right, what do you say about those useless things at the moment, it's true to think of a feasible way.They are arguing and arguing here, isn't it a waste of time?

Du Yishan thought for a while, since he couldn't retreat, the only solution for now is to go elsewhere, try to find a way to bypass the Yanchi River and attack to the opposite bank.

Hearing Du Yishan's words, Su Mi couldn't help shaking his head, his brows furrowed, "It's not impossible to bypass the Yanchi River and reach the west bank directly. It's just..."

When all the generals heard that there was another way out, they all got excited and reprimanded: "There is another way to go directly to the Heavenly King's Mansion, why didn't General Su say it earlier? It caused us to lose our soldiers and generals, and suffered such a big loss."

Su Mi hurriedly stood up and explained: "It's not that I won't say anything. It's just that that road is also a dead end. It's even more dangerous than storming the Yanchi River. It doesn't make any difference whether I say it or not."

"How can you say that! We are all from other places. Only General Su, who is stationed in Nanren, knows the local customs and customs best. You have to tell the truth about everything, so that we can discuss countermeasures."

Su Mi sighed, and had no choice but to say: "The Yanchi River crosses the southern rein, running through the north and the south. If you want to detour, you have to go through the place where the water is shallow downstream. Go southwest for three days. You can go to a bend, where the water is the shallowest and the river is narrow. When it is not raining, the army can pass by just wading through the water."

Before he could finish speaking, a general said anxiously: "Then what are you waiting for? From there, you can naturally find water sources on the west bank of the river. Xiao Guancheng will not even poison the spring water in front of his house, right?"

Su Mi shook his head and said, "It won't work! If it works, the imperial court will send troops several times, and they won't return in vain."

The generals hurriedly asked the reason, Su Mi gave a wry smile, and sighed: "If you want to cross the river from the bend, you have to pass through the Valley of the Medicine King. The Valley of the Medicine King is not easy...there is dense jungle and miasma, and ordinary people Going in, you will be poisoned by miasma even if you take a breath. The temper of the valley owner is even more weird. Outsiders are not allowed to enter the valley. It came out alive. The people in the South Rein are more afraid of the Valley of the King of Medicine than the Palace of the King of Hell. If you want to go there, it is absolutely impossible, no..."

Du Yishan weighed the pros and cons, and asked Su Mi, "How many people are there in the Valley of the Medicine King?"

"I don't know. The people in the valley have never had contact with outsiders. There are only countless rumors that spread vividly, saying that the owner of the valley there is good at the technique of Qihuang, can sow beans into soldiers, call wind and rain, and is proficient in the art of war. People. As for how many people there are in the valley, and what the valley looks like, no one can tell clearly."

Du Yishan seemed to believe it or not, and asked again: "Anecdotally, there is probably moisture. I wonder if General Su ever sent someone to explore in the valley?"

Su Mi was taken aback, Yaowanggu was rumored to be miraculous, and ordinary people were frightened when they heard it. The generals sent by the imperial court to attack Nanxuan a few times ago were only frightened by Xiao Guancheng's poisonous insects, and they were scared out of their wits Hearing him talk about Yaowang Valley, he didn't even dare to try, so he asked for an order to withdraw his troops, and fled back to the capital like being chased by ghosts.

Speaking of which, after living in Nanxuan for so many years, he was also deceived by rumors, completely forgetting the saying that seeing is believing.

With a blushing look on his face, he replied, "No."

Du Yishan thought carefully, now that the city cannot be broken, and there are poisonous insects infesting, if he camps here again, the situation will only get worse and worse.

The soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and they could barely drink clean water. It was July and the weather was hot.

Rather than waiting to die here, it is better to take the medicine king valley, one can avoid poisonous insects, and two can also find new water sources.The most important thing is that if you pass through the Yaowang Valley, you can sneak across the Yanchi River, directly enter Xiao Guancheng's lair, and then catch him by surprise without anyone noticing.

After the plan was completed, Du Yishan lightly tapped the sand table, and immediately ordered: "General Sima, you take a team of elite soldiers to stay here. The tents will not be dismantled, and all the luggage will be left here. Pretend that the army has not evacuated. I have deceived Xiao Guancheng on the other side with blindfolds. The rest of the soldiers and I will withdraw quietly, head south to take the Valley of the Medicine King, we must find a way out, cross the Yanchi River within ten days, and attack the Heavenly King's Mansion directly."

For a ten-day period, Du Yishan asked General Sima to stand by the Yanchi River for ten days. If they hadn't captured the Heavenly King's Mansion after ten days, he was asked to retreat quickly and report back to the court, saying that Du Yishan had died in battle. .

Hearing this, the generals felt like a big stone was crushed in their hearts. This is already the way to break the boat, and it is their only way of life now.If they can't make it through the Yaowang Valley, they can only retreat, and the emperor will not let them go when they return to the court. Not to mention their beheading, they will be stigmatized as defeated generals.

Instead of this, it is better to risk your life, maybe there is still a glimmer of life.

The discussion has been decided, and the generals will act separately.

Make two portions of drinkable water, leave most of it for General Sima who is staying in the camp, and leave the rest for a small portion, Fang Yunxuan is in charge of escorting, and go to Yaowang Valley with Du Yishan.

In addition, [-] elite soldiers were left behind in the camp. Every day at dawn, they pretended to attack the stone bridge, pretending that a large army risked their lives to attack, so as to deceive Xiao Guancheng's eyes and ears and prevent him from becoming suspicious. plenty of time.

Not much to say, taking advantage of the darkness, Du Yishan quietly led the army out of the camp.

Everyone dressed lightly and traveled all the way south without stopping. After a day and two nights of rushing, they finally reached the depths of a dense forest.

Looking from a distance, there is only a piece of greenery, tall trees are next to each other, and the weeds on the ground are as tall as a person, and it is very difficult for people to walk in.

Du Yishan reined in the horse's rein, and after a closer look, he found that the trees in front of him were a bit strange in shape, staggered left and right, and front and back faced each other in a very orderly manner.Looking to the right, there is still a wooden sign standing in the weeds, which reads: "The medicine king is deep in the valley, trespassers will die."

The eight large characters are all black and red, and I don't know what kind of blood was used to write them, and there are long traces of blood flowing at the end of each word.

Everyone rushed for a day without stopping to rest, Du Yishan asked the army to rest on the spot.

The soldiers were tired all day, and they were all tired. They finally had a rest, and they all found places to rest.There are trees everywhere here, but there is no open space, only the wood sign is not growing around, which is relatively clean. A few soldiers rushed forward and chopped it with their knives. They wanted to chop off the wooden sign and put it under their bodies so that they could sit and rest for a while.

Du Yishan saw it at a glance, and hurriedly stopped drinking. Before he could speak, he heard a strange sound, the knife was chopped on the wooden sign, and a white smoke from the top of the wooden sign immediately sprayed on the face of the soldier who chopped the sign.The soldier screamed, covered his eyes with his hands, and rolled all over the floor, "It hurts to death! My eyes, my eyes!"

Everyone was startled, and hastily pulled the soldier away, and dragged him over to have a look. There were burn marks on his face, and they didn't know what was in the smoke, which actually blinded the soldier's eyes.

"Everyone stands by and is not allowed to touch any plants or trees here."

Du Yishan ordered all the soldiers to retreat for a mile before setting up camp.

I have already arrived at Yaowang Valley, and there is no turning back when I open my bow. Now that I have arrived here, I have to find a way to get there.

Du Yishan sent Wei Chongyan to explore the road, and told him to be careful in everything, and to report back immediately if he found any trouble.

Wei Chongyan got the order to go, and walked forward from the place where the wooden sign was erected. There was a lot of green everywhere, either trees or grass, tall trees, weeds everywhere, without even a sign. I can't tell.

Wei Chongyan took a closer look on the horse, and found that the front, rear, left, and right were covered with green vegetation. He stood up on the saddle and looked into the distance. It was also a sea of ​​green without any variegated colors. After looking at it for a long time, he felt dizzy. There was a burst of dizziness in front of my eyes, and I couldn't stand upright on the horse, and I almost fell down.

Wei Chongyan secretly said: "Evil door!"

Could it be that a ghost hit the wall?In this blue sky and white day, how come you can't even tell the direction?The most hateful thing was that they had just turned around, and they couldn't even find the way they came. There were 20 of them, and it stands to reason that they would have left some traces when they came here by stepping on weeds.

But after turning around, those weeds seemed to be alive, and they returned to their original shape one after another, just like those that hadn't been stepped on, and they couldn't tell each other apart.

Everyone was startled, Wei Chongyan also felt a chill down his spine, he has fought for so many years, he has seen a lot of strange things, and he has dealt with some people who are proficient in Qimen Dunjia, but it is all done on the ground through calculations, It can only be done by formation.They traveled all the way, Wei Chongyan has been secretly observing, and found no traces of formations where they walked. If it wasn't for the valley owner of Yaowang Valley who had become a fairy and reached the realm of turning everything into his own, it would be them. Really saw the devil.

They searched like headless flies, but still couldn't find a way out. Wei Chongyan and others seemed to be trapped in a cage made of trees and weeds. They rushed left and right, but they couldn't get out.

The more they walked, the more frightened they became. The soldiers simply squatted on the ground, crying with their heads in their arms.

Wei Chongyan's heart was even more confused, and he wanted to stop, but felt that he couldn't bear it.These days they have been terrified, and brothers die every day, and sometimes the brothers who eat together during the day may be bitten to death by poisonous insects that came in from nowhere at night.The scythe of death hangs over their heads all the time. Under such circumstances, they can still survive until now, which is considered strong.

Letting the soldiers stand by, Wei Chongyan walked forward alone.In fact, I don’t know whether it is going forward or backward. Once the sense of direction is lost, people are like falling into a jar, and they can’t stop climbing on the bare bottle wall. All efforts are like a waste of energy. Where to go It's like doing useless work.

Wei Chongyan didn't go far, but still got nothing. He was so angry that he punched the tree trunk next to him, shaking the tree trunk twice.

Hearing a loud click, before Wei Chongyan realized what was going on, he felt his eyes go dark, his feet felt numb, and he and his horse fell into the pit together.