Nearly 100,000 barbarians slowly stopped, and the mountain road, which was not too wide, was crowded with people.

Staring ahead, Mrs. Zhu Rong asked the barbarian who reported the news, "Where have the Han people gone?" ”

"It has been out of Yizhou, and it has been pushed here for dozens of miles!" Riding on horseback, the barbarian answered.

I didn't expect the Han people to take the initiative to attack, Mrs. Zhurong frowned tightly, and said to the barbarian who reported the news: "The Han people leave Yizhou and will have to pass through hundreds of miles of mountains and forests. The miasma in the mountains and forests is pervasive, and if you explore it again, I want to see how the Han people can live in the desolate mountains! ”

Bowing in response, the barbarian who reported the news turned his horse and quickly went in the direction of Yizhou.

Seeing his departing back, Mrs. Zhurong shouted to the barbarian army: "Move slowly, and wait for the Han people to cross the jungle and face the attack!" ”

With her orders, the 100,000 barbarians marched much slower than before.

In the ranks of the barbarians, thousands of war elephants are unusually piercing.

The war elephant, which was even taller than the Han war elephants, marched slowly, twitching its long nose, and from time to time several war elephants let out long chirps.

In order to rescue Meng Shu, Mrs. Zhurong used almost half of the barbarian army, which can be said to be the mobilization of the whole clan, and most of the war elephants that could be put into the battlefield were requisitioned.

In terms of numbers, the barbarians were more than five times that of the Han army, and for this battle, Mrs. Zhurong could be said to have made a bloody investment.

She knew very well that once she lost this battle, not only would the barbarian king Meng Shu's status in the barbarian race be difficult to protect from now on, but even she would be involved in a bloody storm of infighting.

Barbarian women don't attach much importance to the relationship between the sexes.

Many women give birth to children who don't even know who their father really is.

Mrs. Zhurong is different, she is the woman of the barbarian king, although she calls Meng Huo all day long, Meng Huo is her only man after all.

It's not that she is so loyal to Meng Huo in her heart, there is only one reason why she doesn't let any man touch her, that is, the Manchu man who touches her will pose a great threat to Meng Shu's status!

It is not terrible to be the target of being contested by men, what really worries her is that once the barbarians fight among themselves, they will completely lose the ability to compete with the Han people.

led the army to advance to Yizhou, and she was even a little apprehensive in her heart.

After all, the battlefield is in the territory of the Han people, whether it is the geographical environment or people, the barbarians do not occupy any advantage.

Suddenly getting the news that the Han people had entered the barbarian realm, she was mixed.

The joy is that the battlefield has shifted to the environment that she and the barbarians are familiar with, and the worry is that fighting in a familiar environment will not be able to use the Han civilians to hold the Han army hostage, but the Han people will have the opportunity to slaughter the barbarians.

Mrs. Zhurong slowed down the speed of the army's march and advanced against the Han army, while the Han army led by Zhuge Jun was guided by the guide and drilled into the mountains and forests, marching towards the hinterland of the barbarians with a not very fast progress.

The Han army had the experience of fighting in the mountains in the past, but the mountains in the north were different from the mountains and forests in the south.

In the mountains and forests in the north, the trees are relatively sparse, at least people walk in the mountains and forests, there are still some places to stay.

The mountains and forests of the Nanban are in a state of undeveloped all the year round, and the roots of the trees in the south are grown, and the gap between the trees is very small, and in some places even people cannot drill through it sideways.

What's worse is that due to the abundant rain, the fallen leaves in the forest rot and deteriorate under the action of the rain, and the forest is full of fog with toxins.

These fogs, also known as miasma, are unlikely to come out alive as long as people or animals burrow into the miasma-filled forest.

The elephant soldiers led by Dian Wei followed the guide to the front.

Due to the dense trees in the mountains and forests, and the large physique of the war elephants, Dian Wei led the elephants in an extremely rough way.

War elephants lined up the mountain, the war elephants that walked in front rolled their long trunks, uprooting the small trees that blocked their way one by one, and on the side of the war elephants, there were some Han soldiers armed with axes and saws.

Some of the stout tree elephants were not strong enough to uproot them, so the Han army, armed with axes and saws, would come forward and cut down the trees to open the way for the army behind.

"Not good!" As they were on the way, Dian Wei suddenly heard a shout from the guide who was leading the way.

Turning his head to look at the guide, Dian Wei found that the man who led them the way was pale, as if he had seen a ghost.

"What's wrong?" Furrowing his brows, he asked the man who led the way.

Raising his arm and pointing forward, the guide was trembling violently, even his lips were twitching, and he said to Dian Wei: "Miasma...... Miasma...... Malaria! ”

Looking in the direction of the guide's finger, Dian Wei saw a thick fog in front of him.

The fog is thick and spreads very quickly.

Originally, they thought that the miasma was just hovering somewhere in the mountains and forests, but Dian Wei and the elephant soldiers did not expect that they would actually spread to the periphery.

"Water! Burlap! Seeing the miasma that was spreading towards them from a distance, Dian Wei hurriedly shouted.

He was led into the woods by his guide, who had already inquired with him along the way.

When encountering miasma, you only need to soak the sackcloth with water, and then cover your mouth and nose with the sackcloth, so as to avoid the miasma as much as possible.

Although this method is useful, if the miasma is too thick and delayed for too long, people and animals will still be unable to bear it.

At Dian Wei's order, all the elephant soldiers took out the sackcloth from their bosoms, opened the water bladder, soaked the sackcloth with drinking water, and then tied it to their faces, covering their mouths and noses tightly.

The elephant soldiers made such a move, and the soldiers of the Han army on the side and behind also followed suit, and it didn't take long for the entire army to cover their mouths and noses with sackcloth.

The soldiers tied sackcloth dipped in water on their faces, and the cavalry and elephant soldiers tied their noses and mouths with sackcloth for their horses.

The war horses are okay, and they are used to wearing chewing heads on weekdays, but as for the war elephants, because the nose and mouth are not in one place, it makes the elephant soldiers take a lot of trouble.

After doing this well, the Han army behind slowly withdrew, and although the elephant soldiers who opened the way in front did not receive a direct order, they knew that Zhuge Jun had given the order, and they all followed and retreated.

The miasma in the forest was getting closer and closer, but the speed at which the Han soldiers retreated was not too fast.

Fortunately, they didn't go far into the forest, but the scene of half a pillar of incense, the Han army at the back had already withdrawn from the forest, ran to the clearing, and looked back at Tong Ze who was coming out of the forest worriedly.

More and more Han troops withdrew from the forest, and when the first war elephant came out of the forest, the Han army running to the clearing could already see that the thick miasma was about to reach the edge of the forest.

Wrapped in miasma, the elephant soldiers and war elephants who were still in the forest were a little flustered.

The scene in front of them became more and more blurred, and in the end, they could only follow the voices of the people in front of them to find the way, and they couldn't even see the real figures in front of them.

The elephant soldiers who entered the forest walked out one by one, but Dian Wei and more elephant soldiers were still wrapped in miasma.

Miasma is not only toxic, but the temperature is a little higher than that of fresh air, and the pores of the person will shrink in this situation, and it will be difficult for sweat to be discharged.

Some elephant soldiers couldn't stand the heat, so they took off their armor to cool themselves down a little.

They didn't know that if they took off their armor and their skin came into direct contact with the miasma, even if they didn't die immediately, they would definitely be attacked by some miasma.

More and more elephant soldiers came out of the forest, and at first the elephant soldiers who came out of the forest were all neatly dressed and armored, and later, more and more elephant soldiers took off their armor.

The elephant soldiers who took off their clothes and armor, and those who walked out of the forest first were only sweating profusely, and there was nothing serious, but later, when the Han soldiers saw the elephant soldiers who appeared in front of them, many of them had chickenpox on their bodies.

The elephant soldiers with chickenpox on their bodies lay on the elephant's back, moaning uncomfortably, and the situation was extremely painful.

"Wounded doctor!" Seeing that many elephant soldiers had chickenpox on their bodies, Zhuge Jun, who led the army to leave the forest first, hurriedly shouted: "Quickly heal the poisoned soldiers!" ”

The wounded doctors of the army received orders and ran towards the war elephants that had emerged from the woods.

One by one, the elephant soldiers with chickenpox were helped down by the Han soldiers, and they lay on the straw mats laid out by the Han army, letting out a sad moan.

One of the wounded doctors was about to squeeze the chickenpox for the elephant soldier in front of him, when a shout suddenly came from the edge of the forest: "Don't squeeze the chickenpox!" ”

Hearing the shout, almost everyone's eyes were focused on the edge of the forest.

The guide who led the way for the army and the wolf who rushed out of the forest with the last group of elephant soldiers, and it was the guide who shouted.

When they got to the elephant lying on the ground, the guide turned over and got off the elephant's back and said to the wounded doctors: "There are herbs in the forest, which can cure miasma, if the blisters are burst, the toxin will spread all over the body, but in two or three hours, you will definitely die!" ”

The guide lived nearby, he had been dealing with barbarians since he was a child, and the Han army wounded doctors would not disbelieve what he said.

The miasma that had spread through the forest had reached the edge of the jungle.

The wind that swept through the jungle stirred up the miasma, and the thick miasma blew away, and finally disappeared into the vast wilderness.

Listening to the groans of the poisoned soldiers and looking at the miasma that permeated the forest, the muscles of Zhuge Jun's cheeks twitched violently a few times.

The soldiers of the Han army are all warriors who have experienced life and death on the battlefield, even if the elephant soldiers have not fought for many years, they have the unique fortitude of the Han army flowing in their blood.

If it weren't for the pain, the poisoned soldiers would definitely not let out a half-moan!