406. Four poisonous springs
Meng Shu and Meng You traveled all the way, and on this day they came to Sanjiang City, and the lord of this city was none other than King Duosi. King Duosi is the marshal of the Bald Dragon Cave and is known as the first wise man of the Southern Barbarians.
He set up a banquet in the city to warmly entertain the two brothers Meng Hui and Meng You, during the banquet Meng Shu told him how he had lost to the Qi army, and finally said that he wanted to go back and ask his wife Zhu Rong to go out of the mountain to deal with the Qi army. When King Duosi heard this, he smiled and said: "How can you use your wife to deal with the Han people, just leave it to me!" ”
Meng Huo's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said, "Duosi, how are you going to deal with those Han people?" ”
"King, how have you forgotten that this wild land is full of snakes, insects, rats and ants, and then there are these summer-like forests all year round. It is difficult to get out of this forest, not to mention the lack of water in the forest, and there are also four poisonous springs. As long as those Han people are introduced into the depths of the forest, it will be difficult for them not to die! King Doth laughed after speaking.
Meng Huo raised his eyebrows after hearing this, and said in his heart: "It's really a poisonous plan." "Those four poisonous springs are a dumb spring that he knows, and if a man drinks them, he cannot speak, but he will die in ten days. The second is to extinguish the spring, this water is no different from the soup, if people bathe it, then the skin and flesh are rotten, and the bones will die.
Three said black springs, its water is slightly clear, if people splash in the body, then the hands and feet are black and die. Fourth, the soft spring, its water is like ice, if a person drinks it, there is no heating in the throat, and the body is weak like cotton and dies.
These four poisonous springs do not know how many barbarian lives have been harmed, and the Han people do not know the depths, and when they enter the forest, they will be difficult to save the gods when they eat the poisonous springs by mistake. Thinking of this, Meng Huo immediately said: "Okay! Doth will do as you say. Send them into the woods! ”
Duo Si laughed and said, "Your lord, you can rest assured that you will live here with me, and within ten days, all those Han people will die in this forest." ”
Meng Shu clapped his hands when he heard this, so he and Meng You were not in a hurry to leave, so they stayed in Sanjiang City, wanting to see the tragic situation of the Qi army.
King Duosi lived up to the title of the first wise man in the Southern Barbarians, and after accepting the two brothers Meng Huo, he immediately sent someone to kill all the soldiers and soldiers who had been secretly following Meng Huo, and all the corpses were thrown into the woods.
By the time the later people found the corpses, they had been gnawed by wild beasts. Han Fei was immediately furious and gave Wang Ping a death order to find the person who was secretly attacking. According to Han Fei's estimates, this time it is likely that Meng Yu invited helpers again.
King Duosi was suspicious, and introduced Wang Ping's Wudang Fei Army into the depths of the old forest step by step, Han Fei and the others waited on the avenue for a while and never saw a soldier return, and he immediately knew that it was not good. I can't imagine being ambushed in this deep mountain and old forest.
Thinking of this, he sent several troops to investigate, and at the same time searched for the nearby natives, hoping to find someone who could solve his doubts.
When the army arrived, it felt like the weather was getting hotter. It's like a steamer in this woods, not to mention armor, and you can't even wear clothes. In such an environment, the water is depleted too quickly, and the army is at risk of running out of water.
Han Fei immediately felt bad when he heard the news, it was really fatal to make a water shortage at this time. Thinking of this, Han Fei sent several teams of people to find water.
This is not good, the water is found and the result is a poisonous spring, and the soldiers who took water in three places all died by the spring without exception. The only soldier who fetched water did not die, but he became mute, and he opened his mouth but could not speak.
When Han Fei heard the news, he immediately knew that it was broken, this was to the hinterland of the Southern Barbarians. These four poisonous springs really existed, but I didn't expect to be encountered by myself today. How good is that?
While instructing the soldiers to camp on the spot, Han Fei struggled to recall, how did these four poisonous springs break? He thought about it all night, but he didn't have a clue. As a last resort, Han Fei took out the men and horses and returned to the way he came to get water.
At this time, there was an extreme shortage of water in the camp, and in order to take care of the people, the drinking water of the war horses was always stopped first. But that's only for two days. If there is no water after two days, they will be in danger.
For the first time, Han Fei had the idea of retreating in his heart, and while he was thinking, Fa Zheng came in from outside the tent and said, "Strategist, now that we are trapped here, the water has not been found yet, or we should withdraw first." Shall we come back when we are ready? ”
Han Fei looked at the view and shook his head and said, "Hold on for another day, if it hasn't changed, then we will withdraw." ”
Fa Zheng shook his head and wanted to persuade him again, but Han Fei blocked his words back with a wave of his hand. Then Han Fei got up and said, "I'm going to go to those springs to have a look, maybe there is a way for me to make some water myself." ”
Fa Zheng nodded after hearing this, so he followed Han Fei out of the camp, Han Fei asked people to take him to see the four poisonous springs, and at the end he smiled and said, "Xiaozhi, you don't have to retreat this time!" I came up with a way to get water. As he spoke, he explained to Fa Zheng the principle of distilled water.
Fa Zheng listened and glared at the avenue: "Is this really okay?" If this spring water is boiled, it will not be poisonous? ”
Han Fei smiled bitterly: "It's not that it's not poisonous if it's boiled, but when the water is distilled, it's pure and non-toxic water." Fa Zheng still didn't understand, and Han Fei didn't bother to explain. He had a cauldron served directly next to the dumb spring, and then set up a shelf to make a suggested distillation equipment.
A pot of spring water boiled, the heat rose and was absorbed by the cloth covering above, and finally cooled down the end of the cloth and dripped into the pot beside it. It's easy to say, but it's not easy to do, because there are many people working at this time. After working like this for an hour, I finally had a pot of bottom water.
Seeing that there was water, Han Fei was about to go to drink it, but he was stopped by his personal guards. One of the guards volunteered to test the poison himself. So he scooped up a glass of water and drank it in the presence of those around him.
He thought he would be poisoned, but after drinking water again, he found that nothing happened. Everyone cheered, and at this moment they all believed that they could really get water out of the poisonous spring.
Of course, Han Fei was also very happy, he really relied on his own ability this time to lead everyone to find a way to survive.
Then everything is easy to say, with the method of making water, it just takes some effort. Seeing that the army's drinking water had been solved, Han Fei once again devoted his energy to finding Meng Shu and his helpers. The hard work paid off, and finally the Wudang Feijun discovered that it was the King of Duosi in Sanjiang City who was playing ghosts.
So Han Fei took the men and horses directly to Sanjiang City, and at this moment, everyone in Sanjiang City was still waiting for the news that Qi Jun was poisoned and died. As a result, what was waiting for was the siege of the city by the Qi army!
(End of chapter)