From waking up and becoming conscious until now, so many days have passed, Qin Feng has always felt the desolation of the entire earth, the endless desolation as far as the eye can see.

The population of the huge county and county seat is pitifully small, and there are people who are constantly sick and dying every day in the city, especially those infected with typhoid fever, and the mortality rate is extremely high in this era, and this disease is also an infectious disease.

In the wild, the weeds, which are taller than the people, often slope to cover the road surface, and there is not a decent official road in sight, and the sky is full of large trees, and the woods are overgrown with shrubs and thorns.

During the period of escaping for his life, Qin Feng only saw a small amount of farmland, some wheat seedlings and rice growing in a sparse manner, some scattered thatched houses nearby, and not even a decent village, and other places were either barren mountains and mountains, or wasteland overgrown with weeds and wild artemisia.

This is the troubled times of the late Han Dynasty.

This is still Lujiang County, which has not suffered from the Yellow Turban Rebellion, if it is the north, Qin Feng does not dare to imagine what kind of scene it will be, it may really be uninhabited for a hundred miles!

In order to prevent encounters with the Jiangdong army, Qin Feng could only take the men and horses to pick a small road, and sometimes there was no road at all, so Qin Feng sent people to cut a road with a knife in front.

In such an environment, Xiao Qiao's carriage had long been unable to be a daughter, so she could only abandon it on the spot, Qin Feng asked her to ride forward on a thick fur mattress, because she couldn't ride a horse, and specially sent a groom for her to lead the horse forward.

"Report—" An anxious shout came from the back of the line to the front.

Qin Feng turned his horse's head and walked to the side, turned his head to look behind, and a knight galloped towards this side.

"Law - Captain Qiyu, the Jiangdong Army caught up, fifteen miles away from our rear team, under the banner of Zhu Zi!" The knight stopped his horse.

Qin Feng's expression froze, the Jiangdong army was chasing so fast, he immediately ordered: "Order the whole army and the baggage battalion to discard all materials except clothing, armor, weapons and food, and everyone should advance lightly and speed up the march!" ”

The order was quickly conveyed, and the soldiers were still a little reluctant and reluctant, but when they heard that the Jiangdong army had caught up, everyone couldn't care about it, and they threw away all the superfluous things.

Qin Feng rode his horse back and forth on the side of the team, shouting: "Run, run, run, if you don't want to be caught up and killed by the Jiangdong Army, run, hurry, stop, and rest when you run to a place where there is water, there is a water source thirty miles ahead, run quickly!" ”

The soldiers suddenly felt a sense of urgency in their hearts, and they all riveted their strength to run forward.

Under the threat of death, everyone's nerves were highly tense, and no one wanted to die, and when they knew that the enemy behind them was close at hand, unprecedented potential erupted.

Qin Feng watched these people still have full physical strength after running for more than half an hour, and he had to sigh that although the material living standard in this era is low, they can all bear hardships and stand hard work, and their physical fitness is very good, and many soldiers are still not left behind in heavy iron armor.

Fifty miles to the northeast by a small river.

A Jiangdong Army was slowly advancing.

On the banner of the leading general, there is a word "Zhou".

The handsome Zhou Yu rode at the front of the line on horseback with a helmet and armor, and he was draped in a snow-white fur coat with a sword hanging from his waist.

"General, General!" A small school came galloping on horseback.

Zhou Yu turned his head to look at the shout, and walked to the side to let the team pass.

"General Qiyu, General Ling Cao is here!"

Zhou Yu listened to the junior colonel's report, and raised his eyebrows, "Ling Cao? How did he get here? What about people? ”

"In the back, it's coming soon!"

After a while, Zhou Yu really saw Ling Cao galloping towards this side on horseback.

"Meet the General!" Ling Cao stopped in front of Zhou Yu and hugged his fists in salute.

Zhou Yu asked, "I received a letter from the lord, which mentioned that you have led an army to chase the bandit Qin Fengbu, shouldn't your department be behind the bandits?" Why did you come to me alone? ”

"Hey, don't mention it, it's a big shame this time!" Ling Cao sighed, and then told him what had happened before.

Zhou Yu's face kept changing when he heard this, and when Ling Cao finished speaking, he said for a long time: "No wonder Qin Feng didn't go west to Jiangxia according to our preset route, but ventured north, it should be that he has realized that he is being used as a chess piece, and he wants to jump out of the chessboard!" ”

"Who is following the bandits now?"

Ling Cao said: "It's the five thousand men and horses of General Zhu's passage!" In addition, the 5,000 people led by General Han are only fifty or sixty miles away from here, and they are coming from the southeast! ”

Zhou Yu took out the map and looked at it, and after a while, he raised his head and said: "It seems that Qin Feng wants to take his bandit army into Dabie Mountain, once they enter the mountain, it will become more difficult for our army to encircle and suppress, but I have ordered Jiang Qin to set up more observation posts, once he finds the traces of the thief army, he will light the beacon fire, and then gather men and horses to intercept it, hoping that he can stop the thief army before our troops arrive!" ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Yu seemed to think of something and asked, "Is there anything important that you came to me?" ”

“······ Yes, during my captivity, Miss Joe went to see me! Ling Cao hesitated for a moment but still spoke.

Zhou Yu's expression changed, and he immediately grabbed Ling Cao's arm and asked, "Does she ······ Are you alright? ”

Ling Cao said: "Miss Xiao Qiao doesn't seem to be very good, with a sick face, she ······ If you have something to say, let me bring it to Gongjin! ”

"What did she say?" Zhou Yu had eagerness on his face.

Ling Cao hesitated, and couldn't say anything when it came to his mouth, but looking at Zhou Yu's expression, he could only grit his teeth and say, "Miss Xiao Qiao said that from now on, you and I will be in love, and the two have nothing to do with each other······ Ah, Gong Jin, Gong Jin······"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Yu opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood, and the whole person fell off the horse.

Suddenly, the whole team was in a mess, and more than a dozen people gathered around Zhou Yu.

Ling Cao shouted, all of them retreated a little, pushed some away, and immediately helped Zhou Yu to a big tree next to him and leaned against the trunk, and then turned back and shouted: "Bring the water bag!" ”

Soon a small school sent a water bag, and Ling Cao immediately opened the water bag plug and poured water into Zhou Yu's mouth.

Zhou Yu took a sip of water, choked on the cough, and came to his senses, he immediately grabbed Ling Cao's arm and said in a weak voice: "Quickly send someone to give Jiang Qin an order, if the chasing soldiers do not come, even if you fight to the last person, you must not let go of the thief army!" ”

Ling Cao hurriedly conveyed Zhou Yu's order, and when the order was delivered, he turned his head to see that Zhou Yu had fainted again.

"General, General······"

This Jiangdong army lost its backbone after Zhou Yu fell into a coma, and he didn't know whether to continue to advance or camp on the spot, after all, Zhou Yu's situation was worrying, if he continued to march, the consequences could not be predicted, and if Zhou Yu had anything, no one could take responsibility.

The military medical officer quickly rushed over, and after checking Zhou Yu's pulse, the medical hall said to Ling Cao and Zhou Yu's generals: "The general is in a hurry, the pulse is weak, it is not suitable to be bumped again, and he must recuperate!" Prescribe a pair of prescriptions and give the general a suit to see how it works! ”

"Then let's make a prescription, don't rub it off!" A lieutenant said.

Officers, you look at me, I look at you, and no one spoke.

Ling Cao knew that this situation was no longer suitable for hurrying, and it was not appropriate to leave Zhou Yu in the middle of the road, so he could only camp on the spot and wait for Zhou Yu to wake up.

Qin Feng led the people all the way for thirty or forty miles, and the soldiers were a little tired, and it happened that there was a stream in front of him, he looked for it on the map, and sent down this stream to be one of the sources of the water.

"Don't run, walk forward!" Qin Feng rode his horse and shouted by the stream.

The team at the front slowed down, ran instead, and walked all the way up the stream.

At this time, a hunter with a bow and arrow came in front, and the hunter saw such a group of soldiers and horses trying to dodge, but was discovered by the spies in front and was brought over.

Qin Feng jumped off his horse and walked over to say hello: "Brother Tai, don't be afraid, we are not bad people, you are the hunter near here?" ”

Orion hesitated for a moment and nodded, "Yes!" ”

Qin Feng summoned a soldier, "Come, give this strong man some money!" ”

The soldier took out a string of five baht coins from his coat and handed it to Orion.

Orion was a little at a loss for what to do with the five-baht coin, "I don't know what the official wants me to do?" ”

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I just want to ask you about something, do you know where there is a way up the mountain near here?" Qin Feng asked.

Orion said, "Six miles northwest you can enter the mountains, but there is a garrison there!" ”

Qin Feng hurriedly asked, "Do you know the number of soldiers and horses?" ”

Orion scratched his cheeks, "This······ I don't know how many people there are, but there are more than a hundred tents, and there are beacons they have built all over the hills around here, and I don't know what they are doing with them! ”

Qin Feng's mind was running rapidly, this Dabie Mountain was reached, but it was not possible to enter it by going in, he had to find a way into the mountain, he immediately said to Orion: "In addition to that place, are there other ways to enter the mountain?" ”

Orion thought for a moment and said, "There is a path leading to the top of the mountain, but there are also soldiers and horses there, about a hundred people, and these people have built a stone fort there, and it is difficult to get there!" ”

"Where is this path?"

"Five miles to the east!"

"Can the strong man take us to see it? Don't worry, you just have to take me there!" After Qin Feng finished speaking, he asked the armorer next to him to give Orion a piece of gold cake.

Orion Ben was unwilling, it was too dangerous, but he agreed when he saw the golden cake.

Under the guidance of Orion, Qin Feng led his army to the path into the mountains.

But Qin Feng's men and horses didn't have to go long before they were discovered by the Jiangdong Army's beacon tower sentry on a nearby mountain, and beacon smoke quickly ignited on the beacon tower.

"Captain, look!" Juniper shouted as he pointed to a few nearby hills.

Qin Feng looked up and saw that the beacon smoke was all lit on several nearby hills, "It's been discovered, speed up!" ”

After a short time, Orion took Qin Feng and the others to a forest, "General, please see, that is the only path into the mountain in the vicinity, and the stone fort on the ridge is what they have built in the past few days!" ”

Qin Feng looked in the direction of Orion's finger, and saw a small mountain beam leading to the top of the mountain, this small mountain beam was flanked by extremely steep slopes, overgrown with dense shrubs and thorns, and only three or four people could pass through at the same time, and there was a stone fortress more than a zhang high on the mountainside.

"What's the matter, this is really a master, don't open it, how do you fight this?"

Qin Feng is in trouble, this is a hard bone, and on the other side, there are more than 1,000 Jiangdong troops at the intersection of the mountain, and it is not easy to fight on both sides!

"Captain, the Jiangdong Army behind me is at most forty miles away, what should I do?" Juniper asked in a low voice.