Chapter 1339: The Big Python in the Forest
The quiet night passed quietly, and when the dawn dispelled the darkness and cast the sun on the earth, the silent Han military camp gradually regained its vitality.
More than 100 Han soldiers who were poisoned by miasma in the first day, after a night of recovery, although their bodies were still poor, they were able to barely stand up with the support of people.
Fortunately, they were all elephant soldiers, and they didn't need to walk on their legs at all.
The soldiers of the Han army put them on the back of the elephant, and the elephant soldiers, who were originally riding on the back of the elephant, drove the war elephants while supporting them, and were caught in the herd of war elephants and entered the jungle again.
Before entering the jungle, each Han soldier received a few herbs.
The guide told Zhuge how to use it, once he saw the miasma, he only needed to chew the herbs and put them in his mouth, and the miasma would be difficult to invade them.
The elephant soldier at the front was obviously much more cautious than the first time he entered the jungle.
As they marched, the soldiers looked around, alertly concerned about the danger that might come their way.
When you first enter the forest, the trees are close together, but you can still open the way.
The deeper you go into the forest, the smaller the gap between the trees, and the Han soldiers armed with axes and saws are also constantly cutting down the trees.
The war elephant at the front, chirping, uprooting weeds, shrubs, and small trees in the road with its long trunk, clearing the way for the army behind.
The pace of the march was extremely slow, and it had walked for nearly an hour, not even a mile.
Following the team moving slowly like a snail, Zhuge Jun was also full of anxiety.
To cross the forest and reach the area where the barbarians gathered, it would take at least a hundred miles.
These more than 100 miles are full of grassy forests, and if they travel at this speed, even if the soldiers do not sleep, it will take at least ten days to pass through the forest.
Tightly frowning, following the team and marching slowly, Zhuge was eager to set fire to the forest immediately.
But he also knew that once he set fire, it would not only burn a forest, but he was afraid that a radius of hundreds of miles would be engulfed by fire.
Zhuge was anxious, and the soldiers of the Han army were also full of anxiety.
The soldiers of the Han army who walked in the front cut and sawed with axes, and knocked down the thick trees one by one, opening up a not very spacious passage for the Han army behind.
The deeper you go into the jungle, the more difficult the road becomes, and the soldiers of the Han army who are responsible for opening up the road are sweating like rain, but they dare not take off their clothes and armor.
The Han army that entered the forest the day before and was poisoned made them feel jealous in their hearts.
Although there were herbs, they were not confirmed, and the soldiers did not dare to take risks lightly, so they were a little more vigilant.
Moving forward in the jungle while opening the road, the elephant soldiers and the Han soldiers who walked in the front, everyone was cautious.
"Snake!" As they were marching, a Han soldier suddenly pointed to the big tree in front of him and let out an exclamation.
Everyone looked in the direction of his finger, and sure enough, they saw a long python hanging from a tree in front of them.
Most of the soldiers of the Han army were born in the north, and there are snakes in the northern jungle, but most of them are small snakes, and they have never seen a giant python.
The giant python that appeared in front of the soldiers was as long as two or three people stacked together, and the python body was as thick as the mouth of a bowl.
The soldiers of the Han army who heard the shouts stopped one after another.
After many years of fighting on the battlefield, they had never seen such a huge snake, and when they saw this python, the soldiers were also taken aback, and the Han soldiers who were close to them drew their swords one after another, staring at the python that was hovering in the tree with a pair of eyes.
The python's body coiled around the trunk of the tree, spitting scarlet letters, and a pair of black bean-like eyes stared closely at the soldiers of the Han army, as if in front of it was not tens of thousands of troops, but countless sumptuous dinners.
With their swords in hand, the Han soldiers stopped their march.
After a while, Zhuge Jun, who found that he had stopped in front, said to the soldiers behind him: "Come forward and ask, why is the front stopping!" ”
"No!" With a fist in response, the soldiers turned over and dismounted, and ran towards the front quickly.
It's not that the soldiers don't want to ride their war horses forward, it's mainly that the road is too narrow, and they don't walk faster on foot when they ride war horses.
Not long after the soldiers left, he turned back again, and when Zhuge Jun approached, he clenched his fists and bowed down and said, "General Qiqi, I found a giant snake in front of me......"
"The serpent?" Zhuge Jun was well-read, but he knew that there were pythons in the jungle in the south, and when he heard that a giant snake was found in front of him, he hurriedly turned over and jumped off the horse, waved to his own soldiers and said, "Go with General Ben to see!" ”
Several personal soldiers immediately followed him with a greeting, surrounded Zhuge Jun, and walked forward.
Walking to the front of the team, Zhuge Jun saw at a glance that many Han soldiers had drawn their long swords, staring vigilantly at the python hanging on the tree.
Seeing that Zhuge Jun was coming, some of the Han soldiers in front of him turned their heads to look at him, and their faces were still a little busy.
From the looks on the faces of the soldiers, Zhuge Jun could see that they were very jealous of the giant python.
It is no wonder that the soldiers of the Han army will have scruples when they see the big snake, the soldiers are all grown in the north, and it is impossible to see this kind of big snake.
"Where is the snake?" Separated from the Han soldiers who were blocking in front of him, Zhuge Jun strode to the front and asked the Han army at the front.
"General Huiyu, there!" A Han army officer standing at the front raised his hand and pointed to a large tree not far away.
Following the direction of the officer's finger, Zhuge Jun looked up at the tree with the giant python coiled.
Seeing the giant python, he frowned, and shouted to the soldiers behind him, "Call the guide!" ”
"General, can we shoot this snake?" As soon as the soldiers who had received the order left, an officer asked Zhuge Jun.
"Don't be busy!" Swinging his hand, Zhuge Jun said: "Stay with the army, listen to what the guide says, and then make plans!" ”
When the officer heard him say this, he did not say anything more, and stood beside him with his sword, but his eyes did not blink at the great serpent entrenched in the tree.
Soon after the soldier who had been ordered to find the guide left, he led the guide to Zhuge Jun's side.
The army stopped its march in a panic, and the guide was talking to Dian Wei to ask him to lead the army to continue to move forward, but he received an order summoned by Zhuge Jun, and he didn't dare to delay for a moment, and immediately followed.
When Zhuge Jun approached, he arched towards Zhuge Jun with both hands and fists, and said, "General, you can order the army to continue marching!" ”
"Keep going?" Turning his head to look at the guide, Zhuge Jun raised his hand and pointed at the big tree, and said to him: "There is a big snake blocking the way in front of you, how to move forward?" ”
"It's a python." Glancing at the serpent perched in the tree, the guide said, "If a man or beast passes by it, perhaps it will attack." Tens of thousands of troops passed under the trees, and no matter how hungry it was, it would not dare to devour the living! ”
Looking at the guide, Zhuge Jun had a half-believing look on his face.
After a long silence, he instructed the soldiers on the side: "Pass the order, no one is allowed to approach the big tree where the big snake is, and the front army will make a detour!" ”
Zhuge Jun's order was issued, and although the soldiers of the Han army at the front were still a little apprehensive in their hearts, they still followed the order, turned around, and walked to the other side.
Seeing that the Han army had turned around, the guide sighed softly and looked up at the big snake entrenched in the tree.
Living on the border with the barbarian realm, he could often see this kind of big snake.
The locals and barbarians are not very familiar with the fear of the big snake, but the soldiers of the Han army are not locals, let alone barbarians, and they are somewhat afraid of the unknown.
It's just that with such a detour, the distance that the Han army will have to walk in the future will be a little more.
In the mountains and forests, the Han army first encountered a miasma invasion, and then encountered a giant python blocking the way, while suffering successive setbacks, the barbarian army that was walking in the opposite direction with them had reached the other side of the mountain forest.
More than 100,000 barbarians lined up outside the mountains and forests, and although their formation was scattered, due to their large numbers, they looked very imposing.
Standing outside the mountains and forests, looking at the dense jungle, the expression on Mrs. Zhurong's face was still solemn.
Hundreds of miles of mountains and forests, although even if barbarians enter, there will be some damage, but it is impossible for everyone to fold in the jungle.
When the Han army entered the jungle, it was absolutely impossible to break into it rashly, they would definitely find a guide who was familiar with the environment, as long as there was a guide to lead the way, it was only a matter of time before they got out of the mountains and forests.
A fierce battle was placed before the eyes of the barbarians.
Although there were more than 100,000 troops under his command, Mrs. Zhurong, who had fought with the Han army earlier, would not despise the Han army because of their large numbers.
"Madam, it will take at least twenty or thirty days for the Han people to cross the jungle." Staring at the jungle, Jinhuan Sanjie came behind Mrs. Zhurong and whispered to her: "I will definitely be able to rescue the king, Madame just rest assured." ”
Without saying a word, Mrs. Zhurong just nodded.
Meng was captured by the Han Chinese, and the generals who followed her lead were likely to become the leading figures in the future barbarian civil strife, including the Golden Ring Three Knots.
Talking to him too much would not do much good to rescue Meng Shu and the Wen Dìng barbarians, and all Mrs. Zhurong could do was to remain silent and wait for the confrontation with the Han people.
Standing behind her, the golden ring and the three knots bowed their heads, their eyes sneaking a glance or two at her round buttocks from time to time.
Riding on horseback, Mrs. Zhurong's buttocks were squeezed by the saddle, round and bulging, staring at the full part, Jinhuan Sanjie only felt that the lower half of her body was very uncomfortable, and she hated to immediately press her down the horse, and turn her into her own woman in front of all the barbarians.