Chapter 1368: Hundred Miles of Escape
"Have you seen a man with a short figure and a very rough appearance?" The leader of the cavalry was none other than Xu Huang, and when he arrived at the city gate, Xu Huang pretended to ask the officers guarding the city gate.
Hearing Xu Huang's words to the officer from afar, Meng Shu was suddenly shocked in his heart, knowing that it was the Han army who found out that he had escaped from the city, so he hurriedly quickened his pace and ran towards a field outside the city.
Standing at the city gate, Xu Huang only cared about asking the officers questions, as if it was difficult to go out of the city to chase after him if he didn't ask clearly.
The Han army officers guarding the city gate were also answering Xu Huang's questions sentence by sentence.
As he answered the question, his eyes glanced out of the city from time to time.
Seeing that Meng Shu had run away, the officer hugged his fists and said to Xu Huang: "General, Meng Shu has already gone far!" ”
Nodding, shaking off the reins, Xu Huang clamped his legs towards the horse's belly, and shouted loudly: "Follow General Ben out of the city to search!" ”
The hundreds of Han soldiers who followed him responded in unison and rushed out of Chengdu City on horseback.
Hundreds of Han soldiers rode fast horses, and after leaving the city, they rushed straight in the direction of Meng Shu's escape.
Meng Huo, who had already burrowed into the field, crouched in a deep grass, looking at the Han soldiers who were searching for him in the vicinity with apprehension.
led hundreds of Han soldiers to rush into the grassland where Meng Huo was hiding, and while pretending to search, Xu Huang shouted to the soldiers: "All the troops listen to the order, Meng Huo dares to deceive the prime minister, if he is found, there will be no mercy!" ”
After Xu Huang shouted this, hundreds of Han cavalry responded in unison, pretending to search everywhere.
Seeing the Han army led by Xu Huang passing in front of him, Meng Shu swallowed a mouthful of saliva and did not dare to leave immediately.
Hundreds of Han cavalry, under the leadership of Xu Huang, pretended to search, but in the end they found nothing.
"Let's go! Look elsewhere! He didn't go too far, Xu Huang reined in his horse, shouted at the soldiers, and led them into the distance.
It wasn't until the soldiers of the Han army walked away that Meng Shu, who was hiding in the grass, let out a long breath.
Seeing hundreds of Han soldiers riding away, he bent his waist and jumped towards the jungle in the distance.
Growing up in Nanban, Meng Shu is most familiar with the mountains and forests, and he has absolute confidence that as long as he gets into the mountains and forests, the Han army will not be able to find him at all.
Out of Chengdu City, things are not as simple as Meng Yu imagined.
The Han army led by Xu Huang was like an undispersed ghost, falling behind him all day long.
The Han army launched several searches, and although each search allowed Meng Shu to dodge in the end, it still scared him into a cold sweat every time.
After entering the forest and walking through it for three or four days in a row, Meng Shu could only rely on drinking some mountain springs and finding some wild fruits every day to satisfy his hunger.
After being the king of the Southern Barbarians for so many years, Meng Shu has never suffered like this.
Early on the morning of the fifth day, as he lay resting in the canopy, he had just opened his eyes when he heard the sound of people talking from under the tree.
Along with the sound of people's talking, Meng Shu also heard the rustle of the horse's hooves on the soft ground.
The sound of horses' hooves was getting closer and closer, and looking under the tree through the canopy, what appeared in Meng Shu's sight were hundreds of Han soldiers riding war horses.
Leading this team of Han troops is still Xu Huang, who he is already familiar with.
When he came to Chengdu, it was Xu Huang who led the troops to escort them all the way and escape from Chengdu, and it was Xu Huang who led hundreds of Han soldiers to search all the way.
Although Xu Huang never found him, Meng Shu still had a kind of fear from the bottom of his heart for this Han army general.
Especially when searching for him on the first day, Xu Huang once issued an order, as long as the Han army found him, he would be killed directly without asking the reason!
Looking at the hundreds of Han soldiers passing under the tree, Meng Shu swallowed two mouthfuls of saliva, and didn't even dare to snort.
With hundreds of Han soldiers searching the mountains, Xu Huang was also a little apprehensive.
The order given to him by Xu Shu was not to capture Meng Huo, let alone hurt Meng Huo, and to ensure that he successfully returned to Nanban.
The reason why he led the troops to search for Meng Shu was not so much that Xu Huang was chasing him, but that he was protecting him.
The fierce beasts along the way, Xu Huang and the soldiers of the Han army cleaned up, which is also the fundamental reason why Meng Shu walked for several days, and could only find wild fruits to satisfy his hunger, and even a wolf or a wild boar could not be seen.
only cared about running for his life, the original wisdom was ordinary Meng Huo, where would he think of so much.
Squatting on the tree, he watched hundreds of Han soldiers pass in front of him, and it was not until the Han army walked away that Meng Shu slipped down from the tree.
Glancing in the direction of the Han army's departure, Meng Shu hunched his waist and quickly jumped into a bush, and under the cover of the bushes, he jumped in the direction of the Nanban.
Under the encirclement and interception of the Han army, Meng Huo ran for more than ten days in a row, passing through a dense rainforest, and finally got rid of the Han army.
Seeing that he was about to reach the barbarian realm, he was walking through the rainforest when he suddenly heard a thunderclap from the sky.
Looking up at the top of his head, what Meng saw was a dense canopy of trees.
The canopy of the trees is very closely connected to each other, and the light that passes through the canopy is only a little bit.
After the thunder, the sky gradually became gloomy, and the jungle, which was originally very poorly lit, soon fell into a gray color.
By the dim light, Meng Shu groped his way forward, looking for the most suitable place to shelter from the rain.
Walking through the jungle was already very hot and humid, and once his clothes were soaked by the rain, it was difficult for them to be air-dried, and even if the rain stopped, he still had to endure the pain of his damp clothes.
After walking for a while, Meng Shu found that the two large trees in front of him had almost grown in one place, their crowns were tightly connected, and even the trunks were partially connected.
Seeing these two big trees, Meng Shu almost didn't even think about it, and got into the junction in the middle of the big trees.
As soon as I got into the junction of the big tree, I was able to dodge, and the leaves above my head came from the "rustle" sound of being knocked by fine particles.
After the rustling sound of the leaves, Meng Shu watched as large raindrops first smashed into the canopy of the trees, and then dripped on the thick fallen leaves.
It was raining heavily, hiding between the two trees, watching the big raindrops crash on the thick fallen leaves, Meng Shu subconsciously hugged his arms.
Ever since he entered the jungle, he had always felt enveloped in a heat that made him feel very depressed, even though the air in the forest was very fresh.
The big raindrops fell to the ground, and Meng Shu, who was holding his shoulders with his arms, was sheltered by two big trees.
The rain in the jungle often falls suddenly, and it goes suddenly.
Since he was a child, he has lived in the Southern Barbarian Realm, and Meng Shu knows this.
He also knows very well that the smell of the rainy jungle is fresher than usual, and it will make people feel more refreshed and comfortable when they get on the road.
Looking up at the "rustling" canopy of trees beaten by the raindrops, Meng Shu frowned slightly, waiting for the heavy rain to stop.
Leaving Chengdu, at first he walked through the mountains and forests, and the Han army followed all the way, until he got into this dense rainforest, and the Han army stopped.
Without the Han army chasing all the way, Meng Shu, who entered the rainforest, only had to beware of snakes, insects, poisonous ants, and some fierce beasts that often appeared in the rainforest.
Compared to the Han army, snakes, insects, rats, ants and ferocious beasts were not too much of a threat to Meng Shu, after all, he had lived here for many years and already had a set of methods to deal with these rainforest beasts.
Squatting between the two big trees, looking up at the heavy rain, Meng Yu faintly heard a sound completely different from the raindrops falling on the canopy of the trees.
There was a sound of "silk" above his head, and when he heard this sound, Meng Shu's brows furrowed suddenly.
From the sound, he could tell that on the trunk of the tree above his head, there was a large snake, and the attention of this big snake was obviously focused on him.
Meng Shu, who was not carrying a blade on his body, squatting between the two trees, subconsciously reached out and grabbed the ground on the side.
The ground was covered with soft fallen leaves, and there wasn't even a single stone that could be used as a weapon.
The voice above his head was getting closer and closer, and Meng Shu's hand was pulling wildly among the dead leaves.
Suddenly, one of his fingers touched a long, hard object.
From the touch, he could feel it, and the touch of his hand was a stick.
The stick was not very thick, but for Meng Xu, it was enough to be used as a weapon.
Grabbing the stick, Meng Shu almost didn't even think about it, and broke it from the middle.
With a "click" sound, the stick was broken at the waist, and the break in the middle formed a relatively sharp edge.
Holding the stick tightly, Meng Shu's nerves tensed.
He knew very well what was making the "silky" sound, this huge python, once it strangled people, but in the blink of an eye, it could suffocate people to death, and then the whole person would be swallowed by it.
finally escaped from Chengdu, and of course Meng Shu refused to become the food in the belly of the python.
Death, although terrible to him, is not terrible to be swallowed by a python, then transformed into feces, and excreted from the body.
Listening to the sound above his head, Meng Shu looked up with his face up.
Due to the obstruction of the tree trunk, he could not see the big snake that made a "silky" sound, and could only feel a cold chill approaching him.
Clenching the stick in his hand tightly, Meng Shu's heart almost rose to his throat.
The muscles all over his body were tense, especially the muscles in his thighs, which were as tight as a stone.
Holding the stick tightly, Meng Shu's eyes narrowed slightly, and when the big snake appeared, he jumped up and dealt it a fatal blow.
was looking up with his face upwards, and suddenly, a huge snake head appeared in Meng Shu's sight.
Seeing this snake head, he almost let out an exclamation, and the muscles of his thighs were also weak, and he sat on the ground with his buttocks.
Even the stick that was clenched tightly in his hand almost fell off because of the weakness of his muscles.
However, Meng Shu is a man who has been the king of the Southern Barbarians after all, although he is already shocked to the point of being sore and soft and wild in his bones, he supports him and is ready to make a fight with all his might!