On the northern slope of Canglang Peak, a towering tree in the dense forest is several feet higher than the surrounding trees, and a platform is built between the branches. With his head in his head and a feather feather on his head, Ge Luofeng, who was wearing beast armor, stood on the platform, and his thick arms swept away a few branches in front of him and looked at the undulating flat domain of the grass waves in the mountains. Looking at the tents of the Jiannan Army set up on the grass, and the soldiers and horses of Jiannan who were busy back and forth like ants, his thick eyebrows were furrowed tightly, and his expression was very grim.

A clear birdsong sounded under the big tree, and Ge Luofeng looked down, and on the ground below the trunk of the tree, two subordinates in black beast armor were standing on the ground and looking up, the leaves in their mouths blowing the chirping of forest birds.

Ge Luofeng waved his hand downward, holding a thick vine in his hand, his body swinged, and he slid down from the canopy with a thud, and his hand loosened in mid-air, and landed firmly on the ground.

"See the Lord of the Kingdom." Two subordinates dressed in black animal skin armor hurriedly knelt down and saluted.

Ge Luofeng clapped his palms and said in a deep voice: "How is the matter?" ”

A middle-aged man with a thin face on the left nodded and said, "It's all done, according to the requirements of the chief priest, the earthworms are mashed into mud and mixed with the powder of cockscomb grass and the powder of Aracea root, and the whole ten buckets are sprinkled on the flat ground where the grass has been cut." ** As the lord of the kingdom expected, he chose to camp on that dry land. After a while, the wind will emit the smell of medicine, and they will have something to see. ”

Ge Luofeng showed a smile on his face, nodded slightly, and said: "It's very good, if you want to go deep into our country and the like, how can I not treat them well." Tonight is enough for them to see. The order was to go down and evacuate south at once, and to set up more obstacles on the way ahead. In addition, the Huadian Dam between the two peaks of Wutai and Lianhua is also prepared. After tonight, if Wang Yuan is smart, he will withdraw his troops immediately, and if he wants to attack south, we will prepare a big gift for them in Huadianba. ”

The two barbarian generals nodded again and again, and the barbarian general on the right, with a dark face and a black snake tattooed on his face, said in a low voice: "Doesn't the lord of the country plan to take advantage of the chaos to attack the camp tonight?" After a while, the ** camp is in chaos, maybe we have a chance to give them a bigger blow. ”

Ge Luofeng waved his hand and smiled: "No need, come to the border of my Nanzhao country, I don't even need to use my soldiers, between Cangshan and Erhai, any living thing is my soldiers and horses, so why bother to fight with them." Our losses are already big enough, and I don't want to risk the precious lives of my Nanzhao soldiers. Without further ado, let's withdraw overnight. ”

"Obey the orders of the lord of the country."

……

The sun disappeared behind the western peaks, and the color of the sky immediately became blue and deep, and the stars that were hidden by the sun's brilliance began to shine, flashing above the blue sky, and in less than a stick of incense, the stars became brilliant, and night had fallen.

On the plateau, among the mountains, it seems that you are closer to the sky, and the stars are brighter. Even if there were bonfires burning everywhere in the barracks of the army, it could not hide the light of the stars, and many soldiers after eating dinner reclined on the ground before going to bed, looking up at the stars in the sky in a daze.

In Wang Yuan's big tent, a meeting after dinner had just begun, and more than a dozen middle- and high-ranking generals of the army, including Song Jiangong, Liu Jun, and Liu Dehai, were summoned here to discuss tomorrow's itinerary. Wang Yuan ordered Liu Jun to place the terrain sand table made of sand in the center of the ground, and Wang Yuan personally held a thin stick and pointed between the terrain.

"Generals, you must speed up your journey tomorrow, today you have only traveled fifteen miles a day, and at this rate, it will take you five or six days to reach Nongdong City, which must not be tolerated. As you know, the roads you have traveled will become more and more difficult to supply as the army goes deeper. It was difficult for General Li Mi to ensure the supply of grain and grass for the army. If we do not speed up our march, we will consume a lot of food and grass that is not necessarily consumed, and sooner or later we will lead to a crisis. Therefore, tomorrow no matter what, the two peaks will be connected, there is no ideal place for the army to camp between Canglang Peak and Wutai Peak, and only after Wutai Peak can there be Huadian Dam in front of Lotus Peak for camping. And this place is nearly thirty miles away from Huadian Dam, which means that tomorrow will have to walk twice as far as today. ”

"Deputy Marshal, what you said is very reasonable, if you continue to delay like this, not only will the supply of grain and grass be difficult, but also the morale will be greatly damaged. However, you have also seen that there is constant harassment along the way, and there are even boulders blocking the road, and the lowly job is also very headache, and you can't be fast if you want to. Song Jiangong frowned.

Wang Yuan nodded and said, "I know all these situations, so I must make adjustments tomorrow." First, send an additional 1,000 soldiers and horses to lightly load and unload their armor to open the way in front and quickly clear the barricades. And you can't let the small forces of barbarians in the woods do whatever they want, so you must send your soldiers and crossbows to search along the edge of the woods as you enter the forest. I just don't want to fight with Ge Luofeng in the mountains and forests, but it's not that I'm afraid of even his small group of soldiers and horses, so I put on double-layer jumpsuit armor for these crossbowmen to guard against ** in the dark. When encountering brute soldiers, just drive them away, and don't go deep into the forest. ”

Song Jiangong nodded and said, "Okay, this is also a way, although it is a little dangerous." ”

Liu Jun said: "Father-in-law, why don't you let me take someone to take charge of the search in the forest, General Song must concentrate on opening the road, and also guard against the ambush and blocking of barbarian soldiers in front." Anyway, I don't have much to do in the Chinese army. ”

Wang Yuan thought for a while and said, "Searching in the forest is an extremely dangerous errand, can you do it?" ”

Liu Jun patted his chest and said, "Father-in-law, don't you still believe in my ability?" I've fought so many battles. ”

Wang Yuan pondered for a moment and said: "Okay, you take four thousand soldiers and horses to divide into two teams, search and advance along the edge of the woodland, keep in touch with General Song, and once you encounter a large force of barbarians, you will directly retreat into General Song's formation, and you must not risk fighting with them." ”

Liu Jun excitedly arched his hand and said, "Obey!" ”

Wang Yuan glanced at Gongsun Lan, who was sitting in the corner. Gongsun Lan understood that Wang Yuan wanted to go with Liu Jun to protect Liu Jun tomorrow, and it was not a great thing for the soldiers and horses to be attacked, and Liu Jun must not have an accident. So he nodded slowly.

Wang Yuan turned his head, pointed to the sand table and was about to speak again, when suddenly he heard a terrifying noise outside the tent, and the soldiers let out screams like they had exploded.

Wang Yuan dropped the wooden stick in his hand and walked out of the tent quickly, shouting in his mouth: "What happened? Has anyone attacked the camp? ”

The guards outside shook their heads blankly, but when they heard the sound of horror and shouting coming from the corner of the northwest camp, Wang Yuan immediately rushed over with everyone. But dozens of soldiers were panicked around a soldier rolling and howling around the campfire.

"What's going on?" Liu Jun rushed forward and asked.

A gang leader knew Liu Jun and hurriedly said: "I don't know, Huang Sanlang just talked to us, and suddenly he fell to the ground and screamed, which scared us all at a loss." I'm afraid I'm crazy. ”

As he spoke, the soldier on the ground stopped howling and suddenly stopped moving, and one soldier stepped forward to check, flipped his body over, and suddenly let out a startled sound. But under the bonfire, the soldier's air holes were bleeding and his face was swollen, and he had died of exhaustion.

Wang Yuan and the generals also rushed here, seeing this situation, his brows tightened, and he suddenly heard a loud scream, and the soldier who had just stepped forward to check covered his wrist and shouted: "Snake, there is a snake!" ”

In an instant, the soldier could no longer stand on his feet, and could no longer shout between his tongue, but let out a terrible scream, and his body fell to the ground and rolled endlessly, just like the soldier's symptoms just now.

At the same time, everyone also saw that under the dead soldier, a large snake with a black head and an orange body hissed and spat the snake letter and stood upright, and its two black eyes stared at the people gathered around.

Liu Jun drew his sword and stepped forward, and the big snake was stabbed in two pieces, and the two bodies writhed on the ground, and the boss with his mouth open was still immortal. Liu Jun scolded, and when he stepped forward, he had to cut a few swords, and suddenly heard Gongsun Lan hurriedly say: "Don't make a sound, listen!" ”

The crowd listened with bated breath, and all they could hear was rustling and rustling in the long grass of the camp outside, as if there were countless things running through the grass. This is not the sound of blades of grass blown by the wind, it is clearly the crawling sound of something unclear.

Wang Yuan reached out and grabbed a burning firewood from the bonfire and threw it into the long grass in the distance. Countless poisonous snakes wriggled in the grass, swimming in the direction of the camp. In all directions, everywhere, there were dozens of firewood shining within a radius of a few feet.

"Ahh

"Ahh

"Poisonous snake!"

The crowd had only been there for a few breaths, and dozens of terrible screams could be heard from all directions, and the soldiers who were guarding the perimeter of the camp had already bitten dozens of poisonous snakes. The sound of the snake letter spitting out was everywhere. A large number of poisonous snakes broke through the low mud walls built on the edge of the camp and poured into the camp.