As a transit station for foreign trade, Yaojiadian has extremely rich reserves of grain and mountain goods; But for the rate of consumption of tens of thousands of troops, it was only three rations. The soldiers of the Qin army, who were full of ambition and had enough to eat, regained their former spirit and sharpness; And the last three veterans of the Northern Army who were in charge of the rear were still in that sad place, Yaojiadian, and set a fire......

These three people are all Hou Ganquan's old brothers, and they are also the fish that slipped through the net in the battle of Yaojiadian! Each of them was scarred, and they had a deep grudge against the mountain people of the Five Elements Mountains; Coupled with the twelve life debts of the old brothers of the Northern Army, the resentment and anger accumulated in his heart can be imagined.

Therefore, the fire they set can be regarded as a demonstration of revenge, and it can also be regarded as a sacrificial activity to comfort Hou Ganquan and the other twelve old brothers in the heavenly spirits. However, the final result of this arson, which was originally "form greater than content", was much beyond everyone's expectations!

Because just when the soldiers of the Qin army were eating and drinking, a swishing north wind suddenly blew in the sky......

At present, it is the height of summer, and the Five Elements Mountains are located in the hinterland of the Central Plains of the Huayu Continent, which is a continental climate, not an ocean climate. Even if the temperature and pressure change due to the alternation of day and night, the wind will only blow from the southeast, not due north!

So, this is a strange thing that seems to be unremarkable, but in fact it is extremely abnormal.

It was also when the north wind was blowing that such a small incident happened in Gangnam Province at the same time. A middle-aged man dressed as a cultivator, carrying a blood-soaked and unconscious Taoist with a silver beard on his back, ran all the way from the southern foot of Zhongshan Mountain and directly broke into Jiankang's Chengtian Palace......

Heaven and earth are unkind, and all living beings are suffering.

After a previous defeat, Niuxingou in the Five Elements Mountains gathered most of the mountaineers from nearby villages. When the north wind rose, they were still immersed in the grief of losing their loved ones, crying and wailing, and the white tent covered the sky. A naughty boy who was about five or six years old repeatedly dragged his mother, who was crying for his grandfather and father, and said in a milky voice:

"Mother, look, it's red......"

"Uh......h Dog, how can your child's life be more bitter than Coptis chinensis...... Come, kowtow to your father and grandpa......"

"Mother...... It's red......"

This woman who was kneeling in front of the brazier thought that her child was overly sad and her mind was not very clear! At this time, she turned around, and wanted to hug her hard-working dog baby and cry sadly, but she was burned by a touch of blush from the sky......

"Huh? This is...... Yue Lao Zu, Yue Lao Zu! Come out and see, is this a fire cloud from the south? ”

The woman's voice was extremely sharp, and it instantly spread to the spiritual shed not far away. An old ancestor with a white beard, holding a willow stick, walked out of the spirit shed tremblingly. He wanted to open his mouth to rebuke the woman for not knowing the rules; But as soon as he raised his eyelids, he was shocked; Then he quickly sniffed, and after catching a faint smell of burning, he immediately widened his cloudy eyes:

"What a fire cloud, this is a wildfire! Folks, there's a mountain fire! Niu boy, come out quickly, take the big guy, hurry up and run to Dongshan! ”

The wisdom of the old people is the pearl of the years. As the so-called clouds are born in the northwest and fog grows in the southeast, the most common wind direction in the Huayu continent is the sea breeze from the southeast and the mountain wind born in the northwest; Since the current fire is coming from the south to the north, they can only escape if they move quickly to the east.

Yue Lao Zu's hysterical roar immediately shouted out all the people in the mourning hall; An old man with mottled hair and a sturdy body walked out of the mourning shed while muttering "Where did the mountain fire come from without thunder"; However, when he looked up again, he raised his nose and smelled it......

"Damn, it's on fire! Whoever brings a handle, carrying an axe and a shovel, follows me to stop the fire! The eldest wives and sisters-in-law of each village and village, with the old people and their children, ran along the stream to the east mountain! Hurry up, don't rub around! ”

This half-grown old man, called "Niu Boy", is also a shrewd, capable and prestigious man; With just a few words, he raised everyone's vigilance to the highest point.

Most of the mountain people gathered in Niuxingou today are women, children and the elderly, except for the dozens of descendants who participated in the siege of the Qin army for the first time. Now with this prestigious backbone to distribute work, everyone goes their own way, holding children and carrying old people; There are also dozens of young and strong students, who quickly found all the tools, and followed the "cow boy" and rushed out of the ditch first...

Niuxingou is the first village north of Yaojiadian. The reason why it is called "ditch" is because it is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and there is a mountain stream flowing in front of the door. Every spring season, the climate here is cool and pleasant, there are more flowers and plants all over the mountains, the fragrance lingers for a long time, it is really a fairyland on earth, a paradise.

But a gust of north wind that should not have appeared reawakened the flame that was about to be extinguished in Yaojiadian, and quickly spread at the southern foot of the Five Elements Mountain with the help of the oily whitebark pine as a medium; And this natural deep mountain valley has become a dead end that cannot be escaped......

When the mountain people carried hoes and shovels and rushed to the mouth of the Niuxin Valley, the menacing fire had already pounced on the front door, and the people's beards were scorched in an instant, and they couldn't breathe at all......

The crowd quickly retreated to the other side of the stream flowing at the mouth of the valley, and then they barely breathed back; The women and the elderly who followed closely behind were also stunned by the wildfire in front of them......

"They all stood here and watched, and let me go east along the stream, and if I continued to rub it down, the fire sealed the mouth of the valley! Take off your clothes, brothers, and make a fierce man in the stream, and follow me to the way ahead! Leave the big trees alone, it's too late! Cut down all the small trees first, hurry up and ......."

The cowboy roared wildly as he pointed to the stream flowing from east to west, guiding the ladies and the old people; Dozens of juniors also quickly stripped naked, jumped into the stream and got wet, and rushed to the edge of the fire with their shoulders......

At the same time, next to the official road more than ten miles south of Yaojiadian, Chen Ziling was riding on the back of an old horse, ready to loudly announce the march of the whole army. However, a smell of burnt paste came to his nose, and when he looked back, he was stunned by the fiery red that rose in the mountains.

After thinking for a while, Chen Ziling shouted angrily:

"The person who is in charge of the back of the line, out of the ranks!"

The three veterans of the arson army of the Northern Army, you look at me, I look at you, and they walked out of the queue with a big grin. They came to Chen Ziling's horse, clasped their hands into fists, bowed and saluted:

"Chen Shuai, the person responsible for supporting the grain transportation team is none other than us."

"So this wildfire, also the three of you?"

"Back to Chen Shuai, we just burned an empty granary before leaving; There was no ignition belt, and he carried sulfur, saltpeter and other things that ignited the fire......"

"Look at the style of your military uniforms, you are all old men of the Northern Army...... Are they all our three Qin masters? ”

"I'll wait."

"Then have you burned down your house in the Qinling Mountains?"

Chen Ziling said lightly, and the three of them were speechless. Anyone who is a backer of his hometown must know the horror of wildfires. When a wildfire strikes, whether it is mountain goods, wild beasts, wood, or herbs, all of them will be reduced to charcoal. The harm is so far-reaching that it can last for years, if not decades.

As the saying goes, listen to the sound, listen to the gongs and drums; With Chen Ziling's current meaning, I am afraid that he is going to ask these three people for their crimes!

Looking at Chen Ziling, whose face was like frost and his eyes were like electricity, an elderly man replied with a stiff neck:

"Chen Shuai, you have lifted the ban in the army, even if we caused a mountain fire, we have not committed the capital crime of cowardice and surrender to the enemy. Moreover, this is Zhongzhou of Northern Yan, not Qinling; It was the bandits and people of Zhongzhou Road who died, and they were not my fathers and fellow villagers in the land of Sanqin......"

These words also happened to hit Chen Ziling's throat. But at this time, he had already started to kill, and he didn't want to spare the three beasts lightly. He seemed to be silent, but his mind was quickly thinking about the loopholes in the other party's words; However, when his gaze casually swept over the soldiers of the Qin army in front of him, he suddenly found that the eyes of each soldier revealed a little impatience or disapproval......

At this time, Chen Ziling knew in his heart that in the minds of the soldiers, these three people were not bandits who killed civilians, but heroes who helped them breathe a bad breath! At this time, if three people are forcibly killed, it will definitely hurt the morale of the army and damage their morale......

After thinking about this, Chen Ziling also instantly vented his indignation, and the word "chop" that should have blurted out turned into a "departure" in a long sigh......

Tens of thousands of Qin soldiers left the scene of the crime in a mighty manner; And Cai Ning and the two hundred mountain soldiers he carefully selected happened to arrive near the Five Elements Mountain at this time. He heard a rumbling sound of footsteps in the distance, so he immediately stopped the procession and hid in the mountains and forests next to the official road.

However, before Qin Jun could pass in front of him, the half-grown child beside Cai Ning suddenly pointed to the sky in the distance and let out an exclamation:

"Master Jun, that's my home!"

Cai Ning followed his hand and looked at it, only to see that the sky not far away was already dyed with a layer of red, which was obviously a sign of a raging wildfire. He clenched his fists with both hands and stared at Chen Ziling, who was the only one on the horse, and kept the other party's appearance firmly in his heart. Then, he waved silently, and led everyone around the mountains and forests, straight into the Five Elements Mountains......

It's a pity that when they got around to the official road south of Yaojiadian, the Five Elements Mountain Range had turned into a sea of fire; And once the wildfires have gained momentum, they are beyond human power.

Cai Ning grabbed the young man who was desperately trying to rush into the fire, waved his hand to knock him unconscious, and handed it over to a strong soldier behind him to take care of; Immediately, he looked at the sea of fire in front of him, and after being silent for a long time, he only said in a low voice:

"Let's go back."