The sun has long since set.

But the mountain fire once again put a layer of red makeup on Dahong Mountain!

The animals are screaming.

The birds are wailing.

Together, burnt organic and inorganic matter releases the smell of death.

In the face of this fire, the flames of burning the city and burning the village are just the flames that children play with!

But thousands of candles shone on more than 100,000 Chu troops, making them run wild among the mountains and jungles like more than 100,000 moths fighting fires.

Chasing the flames and heat!

"Watch the speed! Conserve your stamina! Don't panic! ”

"Now that we have exhausted all our strength, how can we cross the line of fire in the future!"

"The front army accelerates!"

Xu is mountain wind blew the southern sparks, and Xu is someone deliberately directing the fire.

Before the Chu army rushed out of Dahong Mountain, a fiery snake had already hurried in front of them.

The generals of the second army in the middle and rear immediately shouted to rectify the formation, so that the soldiers under their command could retain the physical strength to fight to the death against the flames.

The front army led by Xiong Ao had broken away from the formation and collided head-on with the fire snake!

"Ahem~ I'm choking!"

"Quickly pull a strip of cloth down, wet it with water, and cover your mouth and nose, otherwise the smoke will enter your body and you will definitely die!"

"Hugh wants water! We don't have enough water to bring with us, use urine! If the urine is empty, dig until the soil is wet, and then put the noodles in the pit to breathe! ”

"Ah!! I'm hooked! Save me! ”

When there were still dozens of feet away from the ignition point, there were bursts of coughing and screams from the front army.

When there were still more than ten zhang to the ignition point, the scorching air wave had already made the soldiers feel a stinging pain in their throats with every breath.

From time to time, the soldiers' clothes were set on fire by the flames, and they fell to the ground and rolled back and forth in pain.

Looking at the endless sea of fire in front of him, Xiong Ao didn't dare to continue moving forward.

The most ruthless in the world, but fire and water.

The monstrous flames will not give him any face just because he is from the royal family!

He could only stand away from the ignition and shout at the top of his voice:

"Soldiers, the opportunity for meritorious service has arrived!"

"As long as we can open up a way out of the mountain for the army before the mountain fire hits, all the servants of our front army will be pardoned as commoners, and the common people can give ten hectares of land!"

"Think of your family! Think of your kin! ”

"For the sake of the family, for the sake of future generations, what if you give up this life!"

The mourning of the front army gradually subsided, and the fear and despair in the eyes of the soldiers were replaced by heat.

In exchange for his family and future generations, he will never be a slave again.

It's worth it!

A soldier wet a strip of cloth with urine and tied it to his face, and walked resolutely towards the fire with a shovel in his hand.

Behind him, more and more soldiers followed, picking up the roasted soil to the point of agglomeration with the iron shovels in their hands, and throwing them towards the fire point!

Xiong Ao breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this.

The former military servants came from various nobles, and Xiong Ao obviously did not have the power to pardon so many servants to become commoners, and he was reluctant to give so many acres of land to a group of untouchables.

That's a real benefit!

The only benefit that the former army can create for Xiong Ao is to open up a road, and after it is used up, how many people can survive in the former army?

Why did Xiong Ao compete with many powerful people for the sake of a few servants?

Fortunately, the weakness is in hand, and they have to believe!

Xiong Ao hurriedly drank the order: "Order!" ”

"The left and right sides are armed with axes, and the soldiers go out to cut down trees on the left and right, and be sure to cut an empty path before the wildfire approaches to stop the wildfire."

"The middle and back parts hold the clay, put them in the basket, and carry them to the front."

"Cover the fire with earth at the front!"

"The front, middle and back three rotate every quarter of an hour!"

"As long as we are brave, the wildfire will be extinguished!"

The former soldiers chanted in unison:

"Yui!"

With the good hope that the family and future generations will no longer have to be slaves.

The front army of the Chu army frantically stirred the shovel, and baskets of sand and soil were splashed into the flames.

A soldier choked to death in smoke and was stunned by the heat.

The scorching ground burned through the soles of their shoes, and the former soldiers wrapped their clothes around their feet until their feet were so hot that they could not stand, and they fell to the ground in despair, watching themselves being burned to the ground.

With only manpower and rudimentary tools, the front army of the Chu army achieved its own limit, slowly but firmly forging the way forward.

But, somehow, the speed of the sea of fire in front of them spread far faster than the speed at which they opened their way!

"Captain Xiong!" From a distance, seeing Xiong Ao, whose armor was soaked with sweat, whose hair and beard were burned to the point of bending, and whose head and face were covered with a layer of black and gray, Jing Chou shouted in a scorching voice: "What are the remnants of Erbu? ”

As he spoke, Jing Chou took off his helmet and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Xiong Ao turned around and was stunned: "How did Vice General Jing come to the front army!" ”

Jing Chou said angrily: "The general has already led the Chinese army to arrive!" ”

"Why hasn't the road been blazed yet?"

Xiong Ao didn't know whether it was urgent or hot, and the water stains on his forehead became more and more crystalline: "Deputy General Jing, it's not my department that doesn't need to die!" ”

"There are only more than 8,000 of our 20,000 soldiers and horses left."

"However, the mountain wind is too strong, the fire is too strong, even if our department tries its best to develop, it can't keep up with the speed of fire expansion!"

"Fortunately, many trees have been burned now, and the speed of our development has also increased."

"Our department promises that the task will be completed within three hours!"

Jing Chou wiped his sweat again: "Three hours? ”

"It's better to dig a grave for Ben as soon as possible!"

Jing Chou looked at the generals beside him and said in a deep voice: "Once the main fire in the south approaches, our army will all turn into ashes!" ”

"I hope that you will share your worries and fight for your clansmen!"

All the generals understood the seriousness of the problem.

At this time, it is no longer possible to divide the high and the low, and only by betting on every available manpower can they live!

All the generals bowed their hands in unison: "Only! ”

Qu Ou shouted behind him: "Qu disciples, step forward." ”

"Extinguish the fire!"

With 50,000 Chinese troops and private soldiers of all ethnic groups thrown into the fire, the speed of opening up the road is getting faster and faster.

But the casualties of the Chu army are also skyrocketing.

The front army of the Chu army was wiped out!

The Chu army suffered more than 10,000 casualties!

Under the accumulation of blood and life, a passage ten zhang wide and one hundred and twenty zhang long finally split the sea of fire, connecting two mountains and forests that had never caught fire together!

Seeing the slightly scorched leaves in front of him, the eyes of the Chu soldiers were a little confused.

Is it a hallucination?

We, out?

The brain, which has been smoked by the heat wave for a long time, has become trance.

It wasn't until they slapped themselves a few times that the Chu soldiers finally believed what they saw.

"We rushed out! We rushed out!! ”

"Baby, what are you still doing with a shovel? Come on! ”

"But the general ......"

"The general's fart! Let's live first! If the fire continues to spread, you and I should both die! ”

The way to life lies ahead!

In the face of life and death, command and humility seem so insignificant!

The main army, county soldiers and servants of the Chu army, who were located in the front, left and right parts of the central army, all threw away the tools in their hands, and the girl rushed towards the dense forest in front of them, and only the private soldiers and soldiers of all ethnic groups remained in place.

A few timid deserters quietly looked behind them, and saw that there was no joy on the faces of the generals of the various departments, and some were just apprehensive and vigilant.

The clan soldiers of the noble generals also approached their own masters, even if the southern fire was approaching, they did not have the slightest intention of grabbing the road and rushing out first.

The deserters did not understand why, only that they knew that the Warlord had not stepped forward, so they were full of joy and mixed in with the fleeing army.

Looking at the soldiers who were out of the heat wave, Xiong Ao couldn't help but have hot eyes.

As the person who has been close to the sea of fire for the longest time, Xiong Ao's body is almost unable to hold on!

Panting heavily, Xiong Ao asked in a low voice: "Vice General Jing, do you want to go out with me?" ”

"The fire situation in the south is getting closer and closer to our department!"

"If you don't leave, I'm afraid it's going to be too late!"

After Jing Chou pondered for a moment, he spoke in a deep voice: "All departments gathered their soldiers and horses, and all the remnants of the soldiers under the command of the front, left, and right captains were merged into the rear of the Chinese army. ”

"The middle and rear parts of the Chinese army are all holding shields and preparing to charge."

"The rear army was ordered to reorganize and fight, and the knights were transferred to the front of the rear army, and all of them were on horseback and stood by!"

The generals obeyed the order and left.

Jing Chou looked at the fleeing soldiers, but he did not order to stop them, but muttered sincerely: "I will survive!" ”

If these soldiers can rush out, it means that the road ahead is unblocked, and Xiang Rong's judgment is wrong!

It's a pity.

On the other side of the night, another pair of eyes were also looking at these fleeing Chu soldiers.

"Before the mountain fire burns, run all the way from the main peak of Dahong Mountain to the edge of the mountain forest."

"Ben will set fire to widen the sea of fire three times in a row, but you still dig a passage."

Ying Cheng, who was riding a horse, couldn't help but sigh and praised: "It is worthy of the Chu army!" ”

"I have heard for a long time that the Chu army is good at leaving, and today the general finally understands it."

If it weren't for Ying Chengcheng who had already taken into account the characteristics of the Chu army's good walking, this battle might have really let the Chu army slip away!

Even if Ying Chengcheng made arrangements for this early, the Chu army still broke through all the way to the edge of Dahong Mountain.

Now Yingcheng is standing on the flat ground, and the scenery is standing in the mountains and forests.

But the distance between the two is less than three miles.

The mountains and forests in front of the Chu army are the last barrier between the last two armies!

The corners of Su Jiao's mouth twitched slightly: "You can still turn around so fast between the mountains and forests." ”

"Are they still human!"

Although Su Jiao was still young, he was also well-informed and had confrontations with soldiers from many countries.

But the speed of rapid marching in the mountains can catch up with the speed of rapid marching in the plains of other countries, Su Jiao has really never seen it!

Ying Chengyun said lightly: "Soon it won't be." ”

"Fire Bolt Ready!"

At the sound of the order, 3,000 crossbowmen loaded their fire bolts into their crossbow arms, and then approached the torches in front of them, igniting the linen cloth soaked in oil.

Three thousand points of flame suddenly rose, and Ying Cheng shouted in a deep voice: "The target is directly ahead, the elevation is five, release!" ”

It has not been arrayed three times.

Three thousand arrows of fire soared into the sky, and then fell to the earth like three thousand meteors!

Most of the bolts were blocked by trees.

A few fire bolts that fell sporadically were enough to ignite the oil that had already been poured into the forest!

"Boom~"

With the sound of the explosion of the air flow rubbing, the flames rose again.

But this time, the flames were no longer in the distance, slowly attacking the Chu army.

Instead, it bloomed directly on the side of the Chu army, and spread rapidly under the help of oil and southwest winds!

"Nope! No! This is not a wildfire, but someone deliberately set it on fire! ”

"There are enemy troops in front of you who are deliberately setting fires, retreat! Retreat! ”

"I can't retreat, there is fire in the rear! There is fire on the left and right! We are surrounded by fire! ”

"No !!"

In the face of the flames that lay ahead, they could still carry the sand to extinguish them.

But in the face of the flames blooming under their feet, how can they escape!

The Chu army was only three miles away from escaping the dense forest.

But this last three miles of road has become the scorching purgatory with the highest number of deaths!

All the Chu troops who rushed into the dense forest died here!

Looking at the Chu army struggling in the forest, listening to the cry in his ears, smelling the smell of barbecue, Ying Cheng crushed the strange thing in his heart, turned around and commanded lightly:

"Return to the army."

"Array!"

(End of chapter)