Chapter 42: Encountering the Beast Tide

In the blink of an eye, it is already the weather of April, not too cold nor too hot, just suitable for the road, the road is lined with endless spring colors, the purple and red flowers are blooming all over the mountain, the trees have drawn new shoots, the grass has emerged tender green, and galloping thousands of miles in the breeze only feels like a kind of enjoyment.

Di Yue is good at riding and shooting, and he did not hide in front of the three princes, after all, if he arrived at the front line one day earlier, he could reduce the casualties on the battlefield one day earlier, and the war did not wait for anyone, and he felt that it was really cruel to start a war in such a beautiful season, and human beings had missed how much beauty and happiness they had lost for the sake of profit and to satisfy their own desires.

Because of the schedule, the three princes traveled lightly, with only a team of twenty escorts, and the group galloped in the breeze, smelling the fragrance of flowers in the air, but everyone did not have the heart to appreciate the beauty presented by nature, with an urgent temperament, riding a good horse that could travel 800 miles a day, galloping towards Kyushu.

Although there is Di Yue, the only woman who is casual, the three princes saw that Di Yue, who was working day and night, did not show that they could not insist, so the three princes did not delay any more time and rushed to Kyushu with the team.

has been working day and night for two days and two nights, although the third prince is also good at riding and shooting, but after all, he is used to eating and drinking, although he is anxious, but his body has reached the extreme, and he is so tired that he can't hold on.

How many times did the third prince secretly observe Di Yue, and wanted to hear her cry about being tired, so that he could justifiably order everyone to take a break, but Di Yue did not complain along the way, but followed the team to keep the position in the middle of the whole team without hurry, but seemed to be more suitable for this kind of rushing life than them, and had the leisure to look at the scenery and hum a little song, which was much more comfortable than their group of big men.

The third prince doubted where Di Yue could endure hardships so much, but because of his face, he couldn't ask, didn't he say that he was not as good as a woman as a man.

Along the way, the group took remote and sparsely populated paths, so as not to be known to the enemy about their plans, so they relied on dry food all the way, and nutrition could not keep up with their consumption at all, and they were already showing weaker and weaker as they got behind.

It was already the evening of the third day after leaving the Prince's Mansion, and the group stopped as usual to rest on the side of the road, eat some dry food and drink some water, and were preparing to continue their journey.

Di Yue, where they are now, is exactly a hundred miles of dense forest, there are a lot of birds and beasts on the mountain, there are no traces of people in a radius of a hundred miles, I heard that few people take this road, and the three princes and their people are also the first time to set foot on this road, but they have heard that there are many jackals, tigers and leopards on the mountain, and there have been attacks on passers-by, so few people choose this road, it seems that it has been abandoned for a long time, but the shadow of the road can still be found.

There are priorities, although it means that there is danger here, but the three princes brought this time are all candidates who have been determined after extremely strict layers of screening, all of them are strong in martial arts, and they are elite warriors in the escort team, and there are few people, there is no big movement, so the three princes believe that they can pass through this area safely.

They walked a trail halfway up the mountain, and it was really smooth and smooth along the way, but the animals on the mountain were already very active this season, and from time to time a beast came out of the roadside and startled their horses.

At this time, Di Yue and the others leaned and sat under the trees on the side of the road, and put the horses nearby to let them eat some fresh young grass, everything was in order, running according to the established track, although everyone was exhausted, but no one spoke, they were all silently eating to preserve their strength.

Di Yue sniffed the fragrance of the air, closed his eyes and took a nap, because according to the plan, they had to continue on their road for a while.

In this quiet air, there was a sudden sound of rapid running, getting closer and closer to them, the footsteps were particularly dense, from far and close to the place where they were less than five hundred miles, startling countless birds, everyone was caught off guard by this unexpected situation, and they all drew their weapons, surrounded Di Yue and the three princes in the middle, and waited for them.

At this time, it was close to dusk, the afterimage of the setting sun hung on the branches of the trees in the west, the sky was dyed orange by the setting sun, and the whole air was filled with the smell of dim imminent darkness, and everyone's vision began to blur, and they could no longer see the real scene in the distance.

For the sudden arrival of uninvited guests, everyone was very worried, it stands to reason that although the beasts on the mountain have already come out to move this season, they should not be particularly active, they just pass from here, and they pass through the periphery, and do not pass through the center, how can it attract the attention of a large group of beasts.

There is some unknown fear in everyone's hearts, after all, beasts have a commonality, many of them do not stop until they reach their goals, if they encounter animals living in groups, the situation will be even more severe, and everyone constantly adjusts their position for the danger so far.

Originally, they ate the dry food brought in the package and ate it with water, and did not make a fire, at this time Di Yue's first reaction was to make a fire, if they encountered a dangerous beast in the wild, the beast generally did not dare to approach when there was a fire.

Di Yue hadn't experienced such a situation, but she forced herself to remain calm at the moment, trying to search for her memories of how to deal with such situations.

But just by the sound, I knew that the number of beasts rushing over was huge, and they were twenty or so people, and they couldn't fight so many beasts fiercely, so they could only avoid their edges and adapt to the situation.

As the sound got closer and closer, Di Yue saw that it was a group of roe deer that took the lead and rushed out, followed by a group of wild boars and wolves, and countless beasts behind them, and the dust raised made the originally blurred vision even more blurred, but everyone knew that this was a group of beasts, and when they came, they would definitely be trampled to death.

"The third prince is a herd of beasts, the number is uncountable, and they are coming towards us, and they are less than three hundred miles away from us."

One of the guards looked at the ancient tree next to him and reported urgently.

"No, it's a beast tide, we need to get out of here."

Looking at the frightened birds flying around, Di Yue said undoubtedly, the number of beasts stationed on these endless mountain peaks must be particularly huge, looking at this formation, it is estimated that they are all alarmed.

"Get on the horse and go."

The third prince gave an order, everyone turned over on their horses and quickly drove the horses, and at this time, these well-trained war horses had long been affected by the herd, and they wanted to spread their hooves and run early in the morning, and when everyone untied the reins, they naturally fled without their lives, and everyone struggled to control the horses under their crotches and rushed in the direction where they came.

However, the development of things did not go as they expected, the beasts rushed straight behind them, the horses were frightened, and they could no longer run away uncontrollably, in the chaos Di Yue and the large army were separated, behind him was the chasing beasts, Di Yue could not turn back to find a partner, he could only drive the thousands of miles of good horses under him to run forward desperately.

Until he could no longer see the traces of other people, Di Yue knew that now he could only rely on himself, Di Yue, who had suffered a lot of bumps on horseback, once held the horse's belly and gritted his teeth, and the horse was already panicked and could no longer be controlled.

The horses that had been out of control, which could be controlled by Di Yue's wishes, rampage forward one by one, panicked at all, and passed through the waves of thorn vines, Di Yue's clothes were scratched in many places, and her body was also stained with blood, although the injury was not serious, but it was enough for her to hurt, she was shocked and scared, and she was covered with wounds, Di Yue felt that this battle was not much worse than when she was chased and killed by the coalition forces.

Looking at the endless herds of beasts behind him, and seeing that they were about to catch up, Di Yue hurriedly spurred the horses.

Suddenly, the horse under him paused, and the horse's hooves raised high almost fell Di Yue off the horse's back, Di Yue hugged the horse's neck with all his might, and then turned around to look at the road ahead, only to see that there was no way ahead, and there was an unfathomable cliff below, and the horse's front hooves were just stepping on the edge of the cliff at the moment, watching the stones continue to fall down from the place where the horse's hooves were close together, until there was no sound and shadow, and no echo was heard for a long time.

Di Yue felt a little desperate in her heart, as soon as she left the prince's mansion, she was in danger again, and she might have a little chance to turn around in an ordinary situation, but now she has to experience falling off a cliff again.

I have just experienced the destruction of the country and the death of the family and was chased and killed by the coalition forces, and then I was chased by mountain bandits and fell off the cliff, and now I am chased by the beast tide and is on the verge of falling off the cliff.

Seeing that the beast tide was only two hundred miles away from her, Di Yue clenched the reins and pulled back desperately, but the horse's front hooves had begun to sink, and the center of gravity had already tilted forward, Di Yue knew in his heart that the horse was no longer saved.

Looking back to find a way to save him, he saw a towering ancient tree five meters away, and then looked at the reins in his hand to estimate the length, and it only took one heart emperor Yue to have an idea in his heart.

I saw a lightning flint, Di Yue lightly held the reins in one hand, jumped to the tree with a light tiptoe, and then pulled the reins tightly.

With the help of Di Yue just now, the horse's front hooves sank a little lower, which was already very dangerous, and the horse let out a mournful scream, fluttering its hooves, which was like this, accelerating the speed of its fall.

Originally, the weight of the horse was already difficult for Di Yue to support, and now due to its further movements, it kept swinging, and Di Yue, who was standing on the tree, was about to be pulled down by its reins, Di Yue had to use one force, tied the reins three times around the tree, and then retracted the rope with force.

With Di Yue's help, the horse has escaped from the depression on the edge of the cliff of the most dangerous place, but the situation is still very dangerous.

But seeing that the beasts were getting closer and closer, Di Yue's heart became more and more flustered, and after making sure that the reins were tied firmly enough, Di Yue jumped on the top of the ancient tree several times in succession, the ancient tree has lush branches and leaves, and it is an excellent hiding place.

Horses, horses, I can only help you get here, and you can ask for the rest.

The war horse had experienced countless lives and deaths, and seeing that he was no longer in danger of falling into the cliff, he quieted down, and walked to the tree with his horse's hooves to lie down.