Half of their guards were deployed in the dense forest below the snow line, and they didn't expect to come not only with enemies, but with a large number of snakes. Of course, the guards in the dense forest had no way to deal with them, so they were bitten one after another.

The leader of the guards ordered the horns to be sounded and the guards everywhere to retreat.

When the guards heard the trumpet, they ran up the hill.

The leader of the guards counted the guards who had returned, and gasped. He sent thirty or forty guards to guard the woods, and less than ten returned. The others are definitely not in love, because there is no problem with the snake, and if they don't come back, then there is only one possibility, that is, they have fallen.

The chief of the guard immediately ordered the heralds to give the order, and all the men retreated to the top of the hill, forming a tight protective ring near the rocks to protect the governor.

Since there were only seventy or eighty of them, they could only form a protective ring around the huge rocky mountaintop, and there was still at least five or six steps between them, so they could not form too tight a protective circle.

The next scene made everyone's scalp tingle. They saw snakes crawling up from the woods below, densely packed all over the mountains, and in the moonlight, they made a terrible hissing sound.

The guards all drew their swords and waited for them. The snake came quickly, and in a few moments it was closing in on their protective circle.

As he approached, the leader of the guards gave a loud order to use any means to attack, and someone released a hidden weapon. However, for this army of thousands of snakes all over the mountains, these hidden weapons shot out are like stone oxen entering the sea. It can barely stop the snakes from swimming.

This situation was already expected by Yi Xingchen, because the hexagram with a big murder in this hexagram was the Xunmu hexagram. There is a snake in the gossip. Therefore, Yi Xingchen had already thought that it might be a snake. But he didn't expect so many snakes to appear.

Seeing the dense snakes surging up like a tide, Governor Li on the cliff couldn't help but change color on his face, in the face of thousands of troops, he had never done so, but this time it was different, he was facing a super large number of terrifying snakes.

And they only have a few dozen guards, and under the frantic attack of the snake, from time to time some guards fall. Because there are too many snakes to kill. In front of each guard fell the corpses of countless snakes. But. The snake behind it went forward one after another, and pounced forward without any hindrance. As long as you get a bite, it will quickly become poisonous. Therefore, although the guards were strong in martial arts, they could not fight against thousands of poisonous snakes, so they could only slowly retreat, further narrowing the encirclement and covering each other. In this way, they retreated to the precipice of Governor Li and them.

One by one, the guards fell, and the protective ring grew smaller and smaller. Yi Xingchen knew that he couldn't wait any longer. He said loudly, "My lord, I found a cave, and we hid in it." ”

Governor Li could command his army to fight the enemy with thousands of troops, but he faced tens of thousands of snakes. He was helpless, this is not the time to talk about the art of war, the only way is to kill. Or hide, or lie down.

As soon as I heard Yi Xingchen say that there was a cave. Governor Li hurriedly said, "Okay, let them come together." Let's all hide in the cave. ”

Yi Xingchen said: "No, there are only enough people in that cave for two or three people to hide." ”

A place where only two or three people can be hidden is not called a cave, but only a grotto. Governor Li followed Yi Xingchen down the rock, went around to the steep side of the rock, and sure enough, he saw a depression in the lower part of the rock. This place is very shallow, let alone three people, it is good to be able to hide two people. However, the surrounding space is still too large to resist poisonous snakes.

Yi Xingchen hurriedly said to the leader of the guards: "Quick, come and hold the stones, build them around, and form a protective fortress." ”

The leader of the guards agreed, and struggled to bring large rocks from all sides to build a protective wall. A passage opening is exposed. At this moment, the guards had been bitten by poisonous snakes one after another, and had retreated to a place less than ten paces away from them, leaving only the last seven or eight guards, still fighting desperately with the poisonous snakes like crazy, and the rest of the guards had been bitten and poisoned and fell.

The leader of the guards said to Governor Li and Yi Xingchen: "Two adults, hide in quickly, I will guard the entrance of the cave." ”

Governor Li went into the grotto, and Yi Xingchen followed. The leader of the guards also retreated to the entrance of the cave. The grotto was so small that the three of them could hardly turn around when they entered, so the head of the guards could only guard the entrance of the cave.

He held the long sword, panting, looking at the dense group of snakes, and found that his hands were trembling, he had never been like this in the face of countless strong enemies, but this time, he couldn't stop the hand holding the sword was trembling.

Governor Li sighed and said to Allure: "I'm sorry, Brother Yi, I didn't listen to you, it turns out that you are right." Your hexagram is really accurate, but I have once again been stubborn and self-serving, causing so many brothers to die because of me. ”

Yi Xingchen had already scolded this stubborn old man's ancestors for eighteen generations in his stomach, but what was the use. However, Yi Xingchen did not despair. Because that hexagram only represents the object of the big murderer, and the latter represents the process of Xiao Ji and Da Ji, and the final result is a small murderer, which will not be fatal. Therefore, as long as you withstand the big murder, you will be able to usher in Xiaoji, and the danger will pass at that time

Therefore, Yi Xingchen said to Governor Li: "Adults don't have to blame themselves, natural disasters are impossible to prevent." We're still trying to get through it. ”

"With so many poisonous snakes, how can they survive the catastrophe? You can't kill it at all. ”

Yi Xingchen said: "Yes, how could there be so many snakes at once?" It's weird. ”

Yi Xingchen remembered that he read martial arts novels when he was a child, and in Jin Daxia's "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" that he had seen, Ouyang Ke and Ouyang Feng's uncle and nephew were good at driving poisonous snakes to attack, could it be that there were such people who drove poisonous snakes to assassinate Governor Li?

This possibility is very high, but they have no way to verify it now, because at this moment, the mountains are full of poisonous snakes, and they cannot break through and find the snake slaves behind who drive the poisonous snakes to attack.

The remaining seven or eight guards finally fell one by one.

When the last guard fell, Yi Xingchen knew that the end was coming. The only person who can stop the end is the leader of the guards with a sword at the door. But the leader of the guard himself was so frightened that he could barely hold his sword.

Governor Li actually somewhat understood that the leader of the guard alone would not be able to resist these tens of thousands of poisonous snakes.

The vipers finally swarmed towards them, and the leader of the guards roared wildly, and the long sword in his hand flew into a stream of light and shadow. The snakes that rushed up were slashed all over the place by him, and the corpses that were broken in two flew in all directions. However, the snake behind was not frightened by this momentum at all, and rushed ahead like crazy.

Yi Xingchen listened and watched from behind, and finally, he heard the screams of the head of the guards, and it was obvious that he had been bitten by a poisonous snake.

The venom of the snake attacked very quickly, and in a moment, the leader of the guards quickly became numb all over his body, dizzy, and his strength was quickly lost. He smiled sadly, turned back to Governor Li and said, "Sir, take care......"

Immediately, the leader of the guards collapsed on the ground, and countless snakes pounced on him and bit his body. Yi Xingchen had already taken out the sharpened iron dagger that had been captured from Palace Master Yin from his boots.

The leader of the guards fell at the entrance of the cave, blocking most of the hole, and the shot could only penetrate through the remaining half of the hole and the cracks in the rocks.

Yi Xingchen pressed his hand against the back of the corpse of the leader of the guards, and the poisonous snake bit his arm and arm.

However, he fell in love at first sight wearing protective gloves, the snake's fangs could not be pierced, Yi Xingchen felt no signs of pain and poisoning, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, he used his left hand to attract the poisonous snake to pounce and bite, and the short sword in his right hand slashed over, splitting the snake into two parts. Because the corpse of the leader of the guards blocked most of the entrance to the cave, not many snakes could enter through the hole.

Governor Li behind him saw that Yi Xingchen's outstretched left hand was constantly bitten by snakes, and he went crazy and cut off the snake that bit his arm with a dagger, and sighed in his heart: "It's over, Yi Xingchen will fall sooner or later, what tricks do you have, the next thing is yourself!" ”

Although Governor Li commanded thousands of troops, he was only a civil official, and he did not know martial arts, and in the face of so many poisonous snakes, he had no choice but to sit back and wait for death.

Just when Governor Li was waiting for Yi Cheng to fall and greet the poisonous snake's fangs, he found that Yi Xingchen was slashing those poisonous snakes like crazy, but there was no sign of falling. I can't help but wonder.

The poisonous snake was killed a lot by Yi Xingchen, but blocked the remaining half of the hole, so that very few poisonous snakes in the back could attack it. Eventually, the viper's corpse sealed the hole and no viper was able to storm in.

Because the entrance to the cave was blocked, the light could not shine in, and the moonlight outside was like water, but there was nothing to see in the cave, only a strong smell of blood.

Governor Li heard Yi Xingchen gasping for breath, and hurriedly asked, "Brother Yi, how are you?" ”

Yi Xingchen was already exhausted, he was desperately slashing and killing those poisonous snakes, with the defense of his hands at first sight, he dodged the poisonous snake's fangs, because the hole was very small, and he used his arm to attract poisonous snakes, so the poisonous snakes did not pounce on his head and body, so that he was not bitten by snakes. I don't know if there was a bite through my arms after being bitten by countless poisonous snakes. If that's the case, it's only a matter of time before you fall.

He was so tired that he couldn't even speak, and sat on the ground with his ass on his shoulder, snorting and panting.

Governor Li couldn't see Yi Xingchen's expression and movements, and when he heard Yi Xingchen's breathing so fast, he thought that he was also poisoned, and his life was instantaneous, so he couldn't help crying: "Brother Yi, it's all my fault that I didn't listen to you, and I was tired that you died for me......"

"I'm not dead, my lord. We're not in danger for the time being, and the snake can't get in. Yi Xingchen breathed for a moment before finally spit out a few words. (To be continued......)