Chapter 57: The Prairie Swamp of Escape and Pursuit
"This grassland is so beautiful. The green waves are thousands of miles, and the air is mixed with the fragrance of grass, but it is a pity that I have grown so big, and it is the first time I have enjoyed this kind of beauty. Zhou Shan reveled in the beauty of the grassland, stretched her arms, and breathed to her heart's content.
"yes, I feel it too. The sky is high and the earth is wide, and the heart is relaxed. Dong Yun looked up at the blue sky, her body and mind were integrated into it, and her spirit was sublimated.
"Hehe, sister, although we have learned about the softness of the grassland from the books we have read, we have really found how vulgar and powerless those languages are when we are in them. How can the beauty of the grassland be described?" Yueyu told her feelings.
"Don't say anything, just experience it. Yueting felt that their voices would desecrate the feeling of this beautiful scenery.
"Is it really as good as you say?" Wang Yan really felt a refreshing feeling. But he prefers to look up at the mountains and appreciate the majestic and upright momentum.
No one answered, and the four women around him seemed to be transformed into sculptures, revealing a comfortable and peaceful demeanor. A gentle breeze caressed their bodies, gently lifting the sleeves of their skirts. At this moment, they are so relaxed, so otherworldly.
Wang Yan said that the reason why they were in such a mood was because they thought that it was impossible for the enemy to chase after the fire had been set on fire with great difficulty.
However, when Wang Yan was looking around boredly, he inadvertently turned around, only to find that on the cliff of Pingfeng Mountain, the figure of the enemy had appeared again.
"Oops! I forgot to destroy the hole carved out of the cliff, and the enemy is chasing after me. Wang Yan rubbed his eyes, and after confirming the doubt, he raised the alarm.
"Ah, they're really haunted!" Zhou Shan exclaimed angrily.
"Brother, we, we... Run!" Yueyu tensed again.
"In this vast grassland, where else can we hide, let's fight hard!" Dong Yun didn't want to run anymore, anyway, sooner or later he would die, it was better to save his physical strength and kill a few more enemies.
"Don't be impulsive, they won't have much strength, they will be the least able for a while. It's not time to fight hard. "Wang Yanzhi said that if he fought hard, the five of them would simply kill themselves, as long as the enemy had not caught up with him, he would not be able to stop fleeing.
"Do you want us to run until we don't even have the strength to hold a sword, and then we can catch it?" Dong Yun disagreed, but sat on the grass, ready to recover more physical strength and fight the enemy.
"Sister Dong Yun, we must also pay attention to methods to kill the enemy, I know that there is a swamp in the northwest of this grassland, we can introduce the enemy into the swamp, so that the enemy will be restrained, and we can destroy the enemy more. Yue Ting recognized the direction, pointed to the northwest of the grassland, and persuaded Dong Yun. The knowledge from the books made Yueting think that there was still hope.
"Swamp, you can guarantee that we won't get caught up in it?" Dong Yun understood the danger of swamps, no one would want to enter that kind of place.
"Can't!" Yue Ting replied very dryly: "Anyway, it's a death, so why not try?"
"Yes, even if we have no hope, we will annihilate the enemy and bury us!" said the king in a resolute tone. I've seen the danger of the swamp in the forest, and although I don't know if the prairie swamp is also so terrifying, I don't think it's too bad.
With the idea of dying together with the pursuing enemy, Wang Yan, Zhou Shan, Dong Yun, Yue Ting and Yue Yu, the five of them were in a good mood. The footsteps also became lighter.
"Where are they going to flee to?" The officer who led the team stood on the grass below the cliff, looking at the figures of the fugitives who had changed direction and were about to disappear at the end of the grassland, and let out a puzzled voice, Qingyue City was not in that direction.
"What's the nonsense? Don't chase it yet!" Red Shadow Guard slapped the officer in the face: "Look at the soldiers you are carrying, a group of wrecks. The next cliff wasted so much time. “
The officer who led the team with "......" covered his face and did not dare to make a sound. Looking at the soldiers on the cliff, who were still carefully climbing down the mountain, their eyes were gloomy. There is absolutely no problem with the soldiers he leads to guard the city gate, because of his own carelessness, the fugitives escape from the city gate they guard, and these soldiers who follow him become the main force chasing the fugitives. I had never been trained in such a difficult climbing technique, and I was wearing armor, and the soldiers could behave like this, and I should be proud of myself as an officer, but right now, hey......
"Sir, can we take off our armor? We won't be able to run long with this armor on. One soldier applied to the officer leading the group, already feeling a little tired.
"Be quick, and this time you'll have to catch up with the fugitives anyway. The adults are angry, and if I can't catch the fugitives, I won't be able to protect you. "The officer who led the team pronounced the words 'I can't protect you' very heavily and reminded the soldiers to pay attention.
"Brothers, catch up with the fugitives and repay the sir's usual care!" shouted the soldier who had taken off his armor and took the lead in pursuit.
"Chase!" the rest of the soldiers were encouraged, and they took off their armor one after another, taking only the weapons they had with them, and followed closely.
"Soldiers, you are all good. The officer leading the team looked at the soldiers who were bravely chasing after him, and his heart was very excited.
"My lord, let's chase it too. "The officer who led the team treated the Red Shadow Guard with absolute respect.
"Hmph!" Red Shadow Guard snorted coldly, and he replied. If it weren't for his physical injuries, how could he have given these officers and soldiers the first credit for capturing fugitives?
The chase on the prairie begins, and the chase and escape are compared with speed, endurance, and perseverance. Whichever side lasts to the last side will win the victory.
"Swamp, swamp. How far is it to get there?" Yueyu kept muttering. After a long run, her legs were already weak. If it weren't for them holding hands and supporting each other, Yueyu felt that she would have been lying on the ground and couldn't move, and now she was almost being dragged forward by Zhou Shan and Dong Yun.
In fact, Zhou Shan, Dong Yun, and Yueting are not much better than Yueyu, not so much that they are running away, but that they are supporting each other, which is more accurate.
Wang Yan followed behind them, and from time to time sprinkled the medicinal powder from the porcelain bottle he was carrying on the grass behind him. As long as it was not a medicinal powder for healing and antidote, he gave it to the enemies chasing behind him without reservation. He believed that the chaotic footsteps of the enemy would inevitably cause the powder to fly into the air and be inhaled by them inadvertently, and when the time came, those coma drugs, anesthetics, and poisons would have a certain effect and affect the enemy.
"Look, there's fog ahead!" Zhou Shan and Dong Yun were surprised when they discovered this incredible scene at the same time. As long as you hide in the fog, no matter how powerful the enemy is, you will never want to spot them.
"Sister, you are mistaken, it is the swamp gas emitted, poisonous. Not only was Yue Ting not surprised, but it was like falling into an ice cellar, and the cold feeling extended from the top of her head to the soles of her feet. It's all to blame for themselves, just trying to lure the enemy into the swamp, but ignoring the existence of the swamp.
"Shan'er, Yun'er, you don't want to think about it, how can there be fog on the grassland? Yueting is right, this is the common biogas in the swamp. Biogas is very toxic. Luckily, I have some antidote that can help us resist the toxicity of the biogas. Wang Yan said, took out the antidote, and handed it to Zhou Shan, Dong Yun, Yueting, and Yueyu, each of whom had one: "But this antidote can only make us last in the biogas for half an hour, and if we can't get out of the range of the biogas, or if the biogas can't be dispersed, we will definitely die." “
"As long as there is hope, you can't give up. Zhou Shan took the antidote and walked towards the swamp full of biogas.
"Sister, you are our role model, don't leave us. Yueting and Yueyu took the antidote successively and chased after Zhou Shan.
"There's no choice, right?" Dong Yun smiled at Wang Yan, took the antidote, and followed.
"Don't run around, hand in hand, and walk in my footsteps. I have looked for herbs in forest swamps and have experience. Wang Yan ran in front of Zhou Shan and squeezed her hand.
The five men stepped into the swamp filled with methane gas and disappeared once more.
The soldiers who were the first to chase here, unaware of the severity of the methane gas, watched the fugitives enter, and chased them in. As soon as I inhaled the methane gas, I immediately felt dizzy and weak, and I didn't even have time to escape, so I fell to the ground and lost consciousness.
The soldiers who arrived later saw their companions who had entered the methane falling to the ground, and were frightened by this strange phenomenon, and hovered outside the methane, hesitating.
"Why don't you chase it?!" the Red Shadow Guard reprimanded the soldiers who didn't dare to advance.
"Lord Qiqi, this fog is really weird, and the people who chased it in fell to the ground, and we didn't know what to do. A soldier had the courage to report the situation, and pointed to the figure looming on the ground in the swamp gas for the Red Shadow Guard to see.
"It's biogas, it looks like it's a swamp. These fugitives must have been prepared to bring us here. Red Shadow Guard just sniffed and judged the real situation: "Which of you has the antidote?"
"My lord, we haven't even heard of this biogas, how can there be an antidote?" The officer who led the team told the truth, this time the chase was really too difficult for a strong man.
"**, I have eaten in vain for decades, and I don't even know how to do it. What's the use of leaving you, go and die!" Red Shadow Guard raised his knife and slashed at the officer leading the team, venting his anger.
With a "dang" sound, another red shadow guard blocked the cut with a knife, saving the life of the officer leading the team: "He is still useful, only he can command these soldiers." When the fugitive is caught, we will report it truthfully, and the city lord will naturally punish him severely. “
Then, the Red Shadow Guard looked at the officer leading the team.
"Listen, now let your soldiers take time to rest, and by noon the strong sunlight will dispel the swamp, and you will be able to enter the swamp to capture the fugitives. If your soldiers are good enough, I can consider letting you go. The Red Shadow Guard looked up at the sun that was about to reach overhead, and his words left a glimmer of hope for the officer leading the group.
"Thank you, thank you, sir......" The officer who led the team wept with gratitude, and his head was saved.
Sure enough, less than half an hour had passed, and the swamp gas in the swamp began to dissipate, and Wang Yan's figure of them advancing cautiously in the swamp was exposed to the eyes of the pursuing enemy.
"Haha, ha, they didn't go far. The officer leading the team burst out laughing, it was easy to catch the fugitive.
"Hurry up!" the officer leading the team immediately gave the order, urging the resting soldiers.
"Obey!" The soldiers looked at the fugitives who were only five or six hundred meters away from them, and they were also very excited, and they could finally catch the fugitives and return to the mission.
Unaware of the great danger contained in the swamp, the soldiers rushed into the swamp.
"Help!"
"Help me, I'm stuck in the mud!"
"Save me, sir, save me!"
It didn't take long for many of the soldiers who ran into the swamp to get bogged down in the quagmire, their bodies sinking deeper and deeper as they struggled, and the cries for help came and went.
The soldiers, who did not fall into the quagmire, were once again frightened, looking at their companions who were gradually being swallowed up by the quagmire, and were at a loss for what to do. No one dared to run around anymore.
"Order your soldiers to move on and catch the fugitive. "The Red Shadow Guard knows that the soldiers will only follow the orders of the officer who leads the team.
"But the soldiers who are stuck in the quagmire, someone has to save them. "The officer who led the team was distressed, and he couldn't even protect his soldiers well, and he had no shame to face them.
"How dare you disobey my orders!" Red Shadow Guard didn't take the lives of these soldiers seriously, he only had fugitives in his eyes.
"Subordinates obey orders. The officer leading the team knew that he could not resist, so he had to give orders against his will to the soldiers who were not stuck in the quagmire.
"Catch the fugitives first, then rescue the soldiers who are stuck in the quagmire. Violators, behead!"