Chapter 36: Mushrooms

It has been six days since entering the mountain, and in these six days, the white pole soldiers have let the Zhejiang soldiers see what it means to cross the mountains and mountains. These white-pole soldiers who grew up in the mountains were like fish in water as soon as they arrived in the mountains, and they ran fast.

On weekdays, the marching Zhejiang soldiers can compete with the white pole soldiers without losing the slightest wind and marching speed, but as soon as they enter the mountains, they are dumbfounded.

Walking on a mountain road is not the same as having flat ground, and people's calves are straining almost all the time. At the end of the day, the calves of the Zhejiang soldiers were almost swollen, and if it weren't for Zhang Dou's special instructions to ask the soldiers to scald their feet with hot water every night, these Zhejiang soldiers would definitely not be able to hold on.

After walking like this for six days, Zhang Dou, who was slightly closer to Qin Shi, whispered: "Big brother! We are going to be the king of the mountain, and this is too deep into the mountain. If that's the case, you'll be half tired from walking to rob and rob, let alone fighting! ”

Qin Shi on the other side asked in a whisper, Zhang Dou smiled and said, "Stone! Who said we were going to be the king of the mountain? Looking at Qin Shi's puzzled face, Zhang Dou explained.

"We gave the old slave a stick by the Hunhe River, and the old slave will definitely not give up. Naturally, he didn't think that we would go down to the Hunhe River to commit suicide, so he would soon send someone to hunt us down. Zhang Dou said.

"Chase and kill, chase and kill, it's a big deal to fight with them!" Qin Shi snorted angrily and said, as long as Qin Shi now mentioned the old slave, he would be furious.

Zhang Dou gave Qin Shi a slap in the face, "You know how to fight, everyone has fought hard, what to use to kill all the Jurchens, and what to take to avenge the relatives who died by the Hunhe River!" As soon as he mentioned avenging his relatives, Qin Shi immediately wilted.

"So! We have to get rid of the Jurchens' pursuit and find a place to stay. With a place to stay, we can recruit people, train soldiers, craft weapons, and when we have enough strength, we can find the old slave to fight to the death! ”

"That's right! As long as we have a large number of people and soldiers, we will fight until Sheng Jingsheng captures the old slave and breaks him into thousands of pieces! Qin Shi followed.

"What if the Jurchens find out about us and follow them into the mountains to chase us?" Qin Shi asked.

"Hey, hey!!" Zhang Dou let out a few evil laughs, "That's great, Jiannu doesn't have a war horse like not having two legs." When we get to the mountains, our brothers are afraid of whom, and when the time comes, they will definitely have no return! ”

"That's what the big brother said! What I am best at fighting in the mountains is what I can't wait for Jiannu to catch up with soon. Qin Shi said excitedly, he was excited at the mention of killing the Jurchens.

Dai Shan took 1,500 people and several nearby guides to chase the traces left by Zhang Dou, and also followed into the Thousand Mountains. Dai Shan's thoughts are very full, thinking that their Jurchens have been a fishing and hunting people since ancient times.

It was common to go into the mountains to hunt at that time, and sometimes in winter, they had to brave the cold to go deep into the mountains and forests to hunt. But those things happened before he was born.

Since Nurhachi's rise more than 30 years ago, they have made fighting a war their master's skill. With military exploits came rewards, and the Jurchens began to live a good life.

How could the Jurchens, who had lived a good life, return to the hard days of fishing and hunting back then? So in the past few decades, except for some old people who still remember how to hunt in the mountains and forests, and those young Jurchens no longer know how to survive in the mountains.

If it weren't for Nurhachi's dispatch of a hundred experienced hunters, Daishan would have starved to death in the mountains.

At first, he thought that Zhang Dou was just going into the mountains to become the king of the mountains in order to escape the pursuit of the Jurchens. At most, they will build a camp for dozens of miles into the mountains and defend the village.

So he chased down after only five days of food, and when he reached the fourth day, he was confused. According to the reports of the guides and hunters, the traces left by Zhang Dou were at least three days ago.

In this way, Zhang Dou has been deep in the Thousand Mountains for at least seven days. In other words, before they could catch up with Zhang Dou, the food would run out, and the whole army would have to go hungry at that time.

When Dai Shan heard this result, he fell into a dilemma. If the pursuit continues, once the army runs out of food, there is a risk of starving to death in the mountains.

But let Zhang Dou go like this, then he will definitely be punished by Nurhachi when he goes back. At that time, his position as the Great Baylor will not be guaranteed, let alone the position of the Khan King in the future.

He thought for a long time before asking the hunter, "If Benbel continues to go deeper, can you guarantee that the army will be fed?" ”

The hunters were also silent, it was no joke to enter the mountain, let alone so many people entering the mountain at the same time. Remembering that it was the beginning of spring, the animals were all active, and it was not difficult to find something to eat, they hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"Lord Belle! It's spring, and it's not hard to find something to eat. But it is difficult to ensure that the army is fed at every meal, but at least the soldiers can have something to eat at every meal. ”

After listening to the hunter's words, Dai Shan finally made up his mind ~ chase!!

But on the sixth day, the hunters found their cups. Zhang Dou almost swept away everything he could eat on his way, and he didn't even leave a single wild vegetable.

In order to ensure the food of the army, they could only travel far away to collect food, and in the end, Dai Shan had to let the armor soldiers with good archery skills also join the hunting ranks.

In this way, it will take more than half of the time they spend collecting prey every day, but fortunately, Zhang Dou's team is also collecting food while walking, and they will not let Zhang Dou get rid of it, so they have been following Zhang Dou for 3 days.

Davar used to be an excellent hunter, but since joining the Golden Jurchen, he has given up his daily life of fishing and hunting to start a non-stop campaign.

Because of his skill in bowing and horses, he soon became a vest of the Zhenghuang Banner, and he also participated in the battle of Sheng Jing. As the most elite force of the Zhenghuang Banner, they did not participate in the previous war of attrition.

He only participated in the final blockade against the Ming army death squads. Although several days have passed, he can still remember the unwilling eyes of the fallen Ming army veteran.

This time he was sent to hunt down the remnants of the Ming army, and years of fishing and hunting told him that this Ming army was not easy to deal with. Sure enough, as soon as they entered the mountain, they were in trouble.

He not only had to explore the traces left by the Ming army, but also carefully avoid the traps laid by the Ming army. They also hunted and sent to the army to feed the armor soldiers.

Since he has not caught much prey recently, he has only been able to eat one meal of food for two days in a row. This is a kind of torment for him, who is accustomed to eating every meal of big fish and meat.

Today, he took 3 hunters out to investigate the traces left by the Ming army. They hadn't gone far when a large mushroom appeared in the dense woods in front of them.

This is a rare good thing in the mountains, the mushrooms are delicious and juicy, and they can also relieve the oiliness of eating meat all day, which is definitely a good thing.

Originally, there would have been some of this thing in the mountains after a rain, or after the early morning dew. But the Ming army in front of them was like a locust crossing the border, sweeping up everything that could be eaten and hurrying over.

When they saw the mushroom's eyes, they immediately pounced. Davar was no exception, and he was in front.

But as soon as he ran near the mushroom, he suddenly felt his heart skip a beat, and this feeling had saved his life many times on the battlefield.

Every time you feel this way, there is always a deadly danger that befalls you. Instinctively, he slowed down and let the other three run ahead.

Just as the men approached the bracken, a huge log swung down from the tree. The log struck a hunter in the chest with the sound of the howling wind, and the hunter screamed and flew out with blood.

Before the other two people could react, a pegboard fell from the sky and slapped on the top of one person's head. The hunter was instantly beaten to pulp, and he couldn't die anymore.

The remaining hunter saw the tragic death of his companion, and he hurried to the side. Davar in the distance closed his eyes in pain, the most correct thing to do now was to stay where he was, the mechanism had been activated. It is impossible for a mechanism to attack in a short period of time, and it is indeed the stupidest thing to do to escape, which will only attract other organs and die faster.

Sure enough, this hunter just wanted to run next to him and "poof!" "I fell into a trap. Then came the screams of the hunter, and Davar knew that he must have been pierced by a sharpened stake at the bottom of the pit.

At this moment, he looked at the bush of mushrooms and couldn't help but take a few steps back. Just a small piece of mushroom cost the lives of 3 Jurchens, when did the lives of Jurchens become so worthless?

He couldn't care about the bracken anymore, and he had to hurry back and tell Lord Belle. The Ming army discovered them and most likely laid an ambush ahead.

Just as he was about to turn around, Davar felt a slight pain in his neck. Then a feeling of dizziness came, and then he fell into darkness.