After the mouth of the Red Leaf Valley was blocked, Yuan Fu decisively ordered to turn around and go south.

On the way south, Yuan Que is still worrying about the future of the army, although he does not want to admit it, but Yuan Que knows that the road from Dabie Mountain to the Central Plains has been blocked by Zhou Yu, and now, Yuan Jun only has two choices, one is to borrow Jiangxia, and then from Lujiang and Huainan all the way through.

Fighting all the way from Lujiang and Huainan, this is something you don't have to think about.

With Yuan's current strength, it is impossible to penetrate Lujiang and Huainan County.

Therefore, Yuan Jun actually has only one way to go, and that is to try his luck in Jiangxia.

However, it was this last way to live, and Zhou Yu was unwilling to leave Yuan Wei.

Less than fifty miles south of the Red Leaf Valley, Xu Sheng, who had changed from a guard to a striker again, ran back and reported that another Jiangdong army was blocking the way ahead.

When Yuan Wei rushed to the front in a hurry, he saw that another Jiangdong army had already held the pass ahead, and this Jiangdong army also built a simple fortress at this pass, if there were siege equipment, such a fortress was not a problem at all, but unfortunately, Yuan Jun had even thrown away the baggage now, where to find siege equipment?

At this time, Yuan Wei had to admit that from the very beginning, he had fallen into Zhou Yu's calculations.

"Childe, attack it." Liu Ye took a breath, and then said, "Instead of running so tired, and taking the physical strength of the soldiers to run back and forth in vain, it is better to simply attack the pass ahead, maybe you can still kill a bloody road, if you continue to run like this, my army may really have no luck." ”

"yes. Son. Give the order to attack! ”

"Childe. As long as you give the order, I will definitely take the pass ahead! ”

"Childe, Ziyang is right, we can't run like this."

Liu Ye's voice fell, and Ji Ling, Gan Ning, Yang Hong and others also persuaded each other.

Yuan Fu shook his head slowly, the current Yuan army was tired, hungry, and sleepy, both physical strength and energy had reached the limit, and under such a premise, he launched a strong attack on the pass in front. What are the chances of winning? The Jiangdong army on the pass ahead looked like they had been recuperating for many days, waiting for Yuan's army to pull out of the village.

If Yuan Jun really went to pull out the village, he would fall into Zhou Yu's calculations again.

At that time, the fortress of Yuan Jun was not taken, but it wasted all its precious time, just waiting for the Jiangdong army behind him to catch up, and Yuan Jun really had to wait to be killed.

No, you can't fight with the Jiangdong Army here!

Taking advantage of the fact that the pursuers behind him were still some distance away, and while the Jiangdong Army behind him would have to catch up for at least half a day, Yuan Jun had to jump out of the encirclement designed by Zhou Yu. I don't believe that Zhou Yu can really lock all the roads. In this Dabie Mountain, is there really no other way to go?

At that moment, Yuan Wei called Ding Feng to him and asked, "Ding Feng, how many roads are there to the outside world here?" ”

Ding Feng was really familiar with Dabie Mountain, and replied: "Four, from here to the north through the Red Leaf Valley, you can go to Anxi County in Runan, we have already walked this road before, to the east is the Panshi Valley, which is the road we came over, to the south over the pass guarded by the Jiangdong Army in front, and then return to Xunyang, in addition to a road." ”

Yuan Wei hurriedly said: "The rest of this road, but where does it lead?" ”

"Valley of Broken Souls." Ding Feng said in a deep voice, "This road is rugged and difficult, and it is very difficult to walk. ”

"Broken Soul Valley?" Yuan Fu's heart skipped a beat for no reason, and he frowned and said, "What kind of place is this?" ”

Ding Feng replied: "It is a valley, there are cliffs on the left and right sides, but in front of it is a piece of Daze, Daze is called Broken Soul Ze, a radius of about forty or fifty miles, there is a fishing village near Daze in the valley, there are more than a dozen families, there is a wharf at the entrance of the village, and the boat across Daze is the boundary of Xunyang, I once followed Ah Weng when I was nine years old. ”

Yuan Wei said: "So, the Valley of Broken Souls is not a dead end? ”

Ding Feng nodded and said, "As long as there is a ferry, you can cross Daze." ”

Yuan Wei asked again: "Is there a river connection between Broken Soul Ze and Peng Lize?" ”

Ding Feng replied: "No, this broken soul Ze is different from other Daze, other Daze have rivers injected, and there are rivers overflowing, but this broken soul Ze only sees the river injected, and never sees the river overflow, so according to old legends, the ancient water gods worked together to break the soul here, so it was named Broken Soul Ze, and the Broken Soul Valley was killed because of the broken soul Ze." ”

Yuan Wei nodded silently, in this way, this Broken Soul Ze should be connected to the outside world through the underground dark river, so that there is no need to worry about Zhou Yu transferring the water army to intercept it, as long as the Jiangdong Army's water army cannot enter, as long as Yuan Jun can control the small fishing village and control the boat before the Jiangdong Army, this is undoubtedly a way to live!

Moreover, after the Yuan army crossed the Broken Soul River, he only needed to scuttle the ship, and he could block the Jiangdong army behind him on the opposite bank, and then calmly return to Xunyang.

However, Yuan Di could not help but consider another possibility, a more terrifying possibility.

Could this Broken Soul Ze be in Zhou Yu's calculations as early as possible? Could Zhou Yu have known about the existence of Broken Soul Ze a long time ago?

Before this, the Jiangdong Army's series of encirclement and interception, will it be just to drive his army into the Broken Soul Valley, reunite and annihilate it, if this is the case, Zhou Yu is afraid that he has already searched all the ships in that small fishing village, if this is the case, Yuan Jun entered the Broken Soul Valley, but it is really to call the heavens and the earth, and they can only wait for death!

What to do? Now what? It was obviously too late to send a team of men and horses to explore the path of the Broken Soul Valley, because the Jiangdong pursuers behind him would soon catch up, and Ding Feng also said that the mountain road leading to the Broken Soul Valley was rugged and difficult, and even a small team of men and horses could not rush back in a short time, so he had to make a decision immediately!

Is it going to the Valley of Broken Souls? Or storm the pass ahead?

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Zhou Yu woke up and felt that his mood had never been better.

Last night, Yuan Wei finally led the army to the path to the Broken Soul Valley, and after more than half a month of headless flies in the Dabie Mountain, Yuan Wei finally got into the pocket array designed by Zhou Yu, so far, there is no suspense in this battle. Yuan is already dead!

"Respectfully. Woke up so early today? ”

Zhou Yu danced the sword twice in the courtyard. Sun Ce's voice sounded behind him.

Zhou Yu put away the sword and said to Sun Ce: "I haven't danced a sword in the past few days, and my hands are rusty." ”

Sun Ce saw that Zhou Yu was in a good mood, so he immediately stepped forward and pulled Zhou Yu's arm outside, while lowering his voice and whispering: "Gongjin, don't dance the sword, I have already made an appointment with Da Qiao to meet in the Zizhu Forest last night, and Da Qiao will also bring Xiao Qiao out." You hurry up and follow me to the Purple Bamboo Forest. ”

Zhou Yu couldn't help but walk out, but he struggled and said, "Bo Fu, you haven't eaten breakfast yet." ”

"Gee, what's breakfast?" Sun Ce was impatient and said, "Don't you hear it, it's beautiful and delicious?" ”

Zhou Yu was dragged out by Sun Ce, and he stumbled under his feet and almost fell, so he rushed to and said, "Hello, don't talk about it, Bofu, I can walk by myself." Don't drop you. ”

At that moment, the two of them left Qiaojiawu Fort, and only brought a dozen riders and retinues to the purple bamboo forest in a hurry.

The Purple Bamboo Forest is a bamboo forest behind Qiaojiawu Fort. It is very quiet, ordinary Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao often study and practice the piano here, Sun Ce met Da Qiao in the purple bamboo forest last time, and fell in love at first sight.

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In the purple bamboo forest, Big Qiao and Little Qiao are strolling.

Xiao Qiao held a fan in his hand, while driving away mosquitoes and flies, he frowned and said, "Sister, what are you doing in the purple bamboo forest these dog days?" Are you worried that the mosquitoes here are hungry or what? ”

Da Qiao glanced at Xiao Qiao, and said coquettishly: "Let you accompany me out to relax, just so much complaining?" ”

Xiao Qiao took Da Qiao's arm and said coquettishly: "Sister, if you want to relax, we can go to Peng Lize, how good would it be to go boating on the lake?" Not only can you taste the lake, but you may also be able to meet Childe. ”

"Childe?" Da Qiao glanced at Xiao Qiao with strange eyes, and whispered, "Sister, you really don't know?" Didn't Yuan send someone to send you a letter or something? ”

Xiao Qiao was confused and asked blankly, "What do I know?" Why did he send me a letter? ”

Da Qiao saw that Xiaobai really didn't know, so he was afraid that telling the truth would make his sister sad, so he quickly changed the topic and said, "It's nothing, I'm just talking about it casually." ”

"That's not right." Xiao Qiao noticed the abnormality and said, "Sister, you have something to hide from me." ”

Da Qiao didn't dare to look into Xiao Qiao's eyes and said, "No, what am I hiding from you?" ”

"There must be." Xiao Qiao said, "Sister, you have a habit of lying when you don't dare to look into other people's eyes, you don't dare to look at my eyes now, you must have something to hide from me." ”

Under Xiao Qiao's repeated questioning, Da Qiao could only tell the truth and said, "Sister, has your son-in-law already run away." ”

"Childe, did he run away?" Xiao Qiao's face suddenly turned pale when he heard this, but soon, Xiao Qiao regained his smile and said, "Sister, don't tease, Gongzi has already made an alliance with Sun Ce, how can he run?" Besides, he really wants to leave, and he has to wait for Liu Ziyang to marry your sister before leaving. ”

Speaking of Liu Ye, Da Qiao's pretty face became gloomy, and he sighed and said, "I won't marry Liu Ye." ”

Seeing that Da Qiao was unhappy, Xiao Qiao showed a look of self-reproach on his face, and said: "Sister, I hurt you in the last martial arts competition, otherwise, I'll go over and tell him and let him cancel your marriage contract with Ziyang." ”

As soon as Xiao Qiao's voice fell, a voice immediately picked up: "Miss Xiao Qiao wants to see Yuan No, but she can't." ”

Xiao Qiao turned around when he heard the sound, and saw Sun Ce and Zhou Yu coming over from the path in the purple bamboo forest, Xiao Qiao immediately looked back at Da Qiao, this little lady Bingxue was smart, and immediately guessed that Da Qiao must have made an appointment with Sun Ce a long time ago, and the reason why Da Qiao had to call him out was mostly to be a matchmaker for Zhou Yu and her.

"Sister, you really have a heart." Xiao Qiao stabbed Big Qiao, turned around and walked back.

Seeing that Xiao Qiao was leaving, Sun Ce gently bumped into Zhou Yu and motioned for Zhou Yu to step forward to intercept him.

Zhou Yu naturally wouldn't miss such an opportunity, so he stepped forward to stop Xiao Qiao's way and said with a smile: "Miss Xiao Qiao, since you are already here, why rush to leave?" I heard that Xiao Qiao girl is good at music, and she has been obsessed with music since she was a child, so it is better for you and me to learn one or two in the purple bamboo forest, when this hot summer, if you can have fun with Xiao Qiao girl in the purple bamboo forest, it is also a good thing. ”

"It's a good thing for you, but not for a little girl." Xiao Qiao turned around and walked around Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu naturally didn't want to dodge in front of Xiao Qiao again, if he really did this, he would become a disciple.

When Zhou Yu turned around, he looked at Xiao Qiao's graceful back with a melancholy face, and asked, "Little Qiao girl, is Zhou Yu really so unbearable, is she really so unable to enter your eyes?" ”

Xiao Qiao paused when he heard this, then turned back to Zhou Yu and saluted, and said softly: "The governor is serious, the governor is famous in Jiangdong in the year of the weak crown, and he is a rare young hero in ancient and modern times, presumably the piano skills are also extremely high, but unfortunately Xiao Qiao is only a rough rhythm, and it is really difficult to reconcile with the governor Qinse, and I hope the governor will forgive me." ”

Xiao Qiao's words have two meanings, both that her piano skills are difficult to compare with Zhou Yu, and that she is not worthy of Zhou Yu, a young hero, because Qin Se and Ming generally refer to the love of husband and wife. (To be continued......)