At the border of the Great Han Dynasty, where Yunnan and Wu Creek met, in the dense forests, birds would occasionally soar into the sky and land back down.
If you looked carefully, you would find that there seemed to be a torrent in this forest. This torrent was densely packed, like a huge python strung together in this forest.
This was an army, an army that could walk in the forest mountains as if they were walking on flat ground. The barbarian army moved.
"Slow down, slow down!" An old man among the barbarians shouted out of breath, "Are you rushing to be reincarnated? Why are you running so fast?"
The old man stopped and gasped for breath. He was originally in the front army, but now he was in the rear army. He was about to be left behind by the main army.
"Hmm?" At the front, Huzi, who had been leading the army, frowned. He ran towards the back of the army from the front.
When he reached the rear army, he saw the old man.
"Mr. Wenhe, are you all right?" Huzi asked the old man with concern, who was Jia Xu.
"I can't. You go first. I can't run anymore!" Jia Xu was on the verge of collapsing. Although he had been in the forest all this time, he still couldn't catch up with the Shaman Stream Tribe.
They walked in the mountains as if they were walking on flat ground. For example, Jia Xu wanted to go around a cliff, but these Wu Xi barbarians did not care at all. They directly jumped over it with the rattan.
How could he, Jia Xu, endure this?
These Wu Xi barbarians did not wear shoes. Their feet were different from those of the Han people. Their toes were more powerful, and they could even grab themselves from the trees.
"This is not Wu Xi!" Huzi reminded Old Poison. They had left Wu Xi and were heading towards Yi Province. If they were near Wu Xi, those beasts would have become food for the Wu Xi barbarians. But it was not possible here. This was a large undeveloped forest. If they left Jia Xu here, they might have to collect his corpse.
"Mr. Wenhe, come on!" Huzi suddenly knelt down and said to Jia Xu.
"Hmm?" Jia Xu was stunned.
"Come on!" Huzi was going to run with Jia Xu on his back.
"Can I?"
"Yes!" Huzi immediately ran with Jia Xu on his back. Huzi was worthy of being the king of the barbarians. Even if he had Jia Xu behind him, he would not get in the way.
It was an exaggeration to travel three thousand miles a day, but it was true.
"Mr. Wenhe, after passing this mountain, we will enter Yi Province!" Huzi said to Jia Xu. It could be said that Huzi was the most Han person among the barbarians. He also knew his task, which was to enter Yi Province and attack Zhao Wei, so that Liu Zhang could have enough troops to fight against Pang Shiyuan in Jingzhou.
Now in Yi Province, Zhao Wei was in Jianning. Huzi was about to go to Jianning.
"Wait!" Jia Xu stopped Huzi.
"Huzi, is this the direction to Jianning?"
"Hmm!" Huzi nodded. In this dense forest, if one were to say that Huzi was the second most familiar with it, he wouldn't be the first. A place with mountains and forests was a paradise for the barbarians.
"What about this direction?" Jia Xu asked another direction.
"Hmm?" Huzi thought for a long time and said, "Yunnan!"
"Okay, let's go this way!" Jia Xu said to Huzi.
"Ah?" Huzi did not understand, "Mr. Wenhe, we are going to Jianning to help the master, not to Yunnan!"
"Going to Yunnan is helping the lord!" Jia Xu said to Huzi.
Huzi was even more confused. Yunnan and Jianning were two completely different places. Weren't they going in opposite directions?
Although Huzi did not understand, he had an advantage, which was that he would not chase for too long. "Okay, I will listen to you!" Huzi only listened to one person, which was the former barbarian princess Qian Yu. When Qian Yu left the barbarians, she gave Huzi an order to listen to Jia Xu. Therefore, Huzi obeyed.
Soon, the barbarian army went to Yunnan.
Although the barbarian army was good at traveling in the mountains and forests, their army was too large. There were more than ten thousand of them. There were also many people in Yunnan who could travel in the mountains. Therefore, the movement of the barbarian army was discovered.
However, in Yunnan, General Zhao Yi, the second son of Zhao Wei, did not seem to care at all.
"What did you say? There is an army coming to Yunnan, and it is near the Bald Dragon Cave? " Zhao Yi looked at the report in his hand. Not only did he not take it seriously, but he also laughed.
"Are you out of your mind? How could anyone pass through the Bald Dragon Cave? " Zhao Yi said casually. People in other places might not know, but Zhao Yi, who had lived in Yunnan for so long, knew! Yunnan was in the subtropics, so the forest here was dense. In addition, there were few people. Therefore, a lot of dead trees and animal corpses were piled up on the ground. The high temperature made it easy to produce bacteria.
The number of dead animals was more than the number of eaten animals. There were more and more corpses, and the decaying trees were piled up year after year.
In the end, these decaying trees and corpses turned into swamps. After years of accumulation, miasma was formed, which was a kind of poisonous gas. If a person accidentally inhaled it, they would be dizzy and unable to stand properly. In the worst case, they would be poisoned by the miasma and lose their life.
The miasma accumulated more and more, and in the end, it liquefied and turned into four mouthfuls of poisonous water. The first was the Mute Spring, and its water was sweet. If a person drank it, they would not be able to speak and would die within ten days. The second was the Death Spring, and its water was no different from soup. If a person bathed in it, their skin and flesh would rot and they would die. The third was the Black Spring, and its water was clear. If a person splashed it on their body, their limbs would turn black and they would die. The fourth was the Soft Spring, and its water was like ice. If a person drank it, there would be no warmth in their throat and their body would become weak and they would die.
With the poisonous water and poisonous gas, very few people went to the Bald Dragon Cave. Those who went there would fall seriously ill upon returning. Very few survived.
Who would go to such a hellish place? Not to mention thousands of people, even if you had a hundred or two hundred thousand people, they would die if they were blown by a strong wind, inhaled a mouthful of miasma, or accidentally touched the water.
Now, this scout actually told her that they found traces of the enemy in the Bald Dragon Cave. Was this a joke?
Did they really think that she, Zhao Yi, was easy to bully?
"Bastards, could it be that you dare to bully me just because my father went to war?" Zhao Yi wanted to use this as a pretext to make a fuss.
He was Zhao Wei's second son, and his eldest son was his eldest brother. This time, he had gone with Zhao Wei to attack Yi Province, and he was left behind in Yunnan.
This treatment showed that his father loved his eldest brother. He wanted to train his eldest brother to fight in the army and establish his prestige in the army.
Who wouldn't want power? Even Zhao Yi was no exception. He was already full of resentment for being left behind in Yunnan. Now, this lieutenant came to provoke him. Wasn't this courting death? He remembered that this lieutenant in charge of the scouts around Yunnan seemed to be one of his eldest brother's men.
He, Zhao Yi, wanted to touch his eldest brother's men.
"I don't dare, I don't dare!" The lieutenant quickly lowered his head.
"Don't dare? I think you're very daring. Could it be that you're Liu Zhang's spy? "Zhao Yi immediately put a big label on the lieutenant.
"Second Young Master, I'm innocent!"
"Innocent? I don't think you're innocent at all. You lied about the military and wanted to make my army panic. What are we waiting for? Drag him out and behead him!" Zhao Yi shouted to his subordinates.
"Yes!" Zhao Yi's personal guards stepped forward to take the lieutenant away.
"Second Young Master, I'm innocent. My subordinates really did see the army in the Bald Dragon Cave." The lieutenant shouted loudly. He was very familiar with his subordinates. Those scouts wouldn't lie to him.
"You still dare to quibble? Then tell me, what kind of people could be in the Bald Dragon Cave? Are they gods? Lying about the military is a crime punishable by death. Men, drag him out and behead him! "Zhao Yi was now determined to get rid of the lieutenant and arrange for his men to take his place.
Zhao Yi's wishful thinking started again. Didn't his father bring his eldest brother to the army? Now that he was the one in charge of Yunnan, why didn't he take this opportunity to strengthen his own strength? He could kick away his eldest brother's troops and replace them with his own men. This way, he, who had control of Yunnan, might have the strength to fight against his eldest brother.
"Let's see who dares!" The lieutenant finally understood. It didn't matter if it was a military report or not. Right now, the second young master's target was himself.
"Second Young Master, my position as a lieutenant was conferred by the lord. It was also appointed by the eldest young master! If you want to kill me, you'll have to ask the lord and the eldest young master first! "The lieutenant said to Zhao Yi.
This Zhao Yi was already dissatisfied with his elder brother. Now, this scout was just rubbing salt into his wound.
With this, the eldest young master became even angrier.
He had been suppressed by his eldest brother for so many years. He didn't expect that he would still be suppressed. A mere lieutenant dared to threaten the second young master.
"Ask? I am the governor of Yunnan. I have the authority to do everything in Yunnan. Why do I need to ask? Men, take him down! "Zhao Yi continued to speak.
"What? Do you all want to rebel? Zhao Yi said to the people on the other side of the river. "Don't forget that Yunnan is our Zhao Family's Yunnan!" Zhao Yi continued.
This lieutenant was one of the eldest young master's men. Now that the second young master wanted to kill him, all of this was considered the lord's family's matter. Since it was a family matter, they wouldn't get involved. They immediately wanted to drag this lieutenant away. After all, even if he killed him, it wouldn't be their fault.
Therefore, such a large head was quickly delivered to him.
As for Zhao Yi, he seemed to be addicted to getting rid of dissidents. He had replaced a few of his elder brother's subordinates. Not only that, he was also preparing to extend his hand to a few of his father's old brothers who had fought alongside him.
In a short period of time, the soldiers and horses left behind in Yunnan were completely wiped out.
The original soldiers who could fight were gone. The generals and officers also closed their doors.
Zhao Yi supported his subordinates one by one. It could be said that more than half of the 50,000 soldiers stationed in Yunnan were under Zhao Yi's control. They were all under Zhao Yi's control. It didn't matter if you were a talented general. As long as you were the second young master's man, you would listen to him. Zhao Yi's men were all important.
Zhao Yi's actions caused many people to be angry, but they didn't dare to say anything. They wanted to send men to contact Zhao Wei, but they couldn't find anyone to send.
Zhao Yi enjoyed the feeling of having power in his hands. He was a retired emperor for a few days.
However, Zhao Yi didn't know that there was really a troop of soldiers in the dark spying on Yunnan.
"This Yunnan City opens its gates every morning at five in the morning, and changes guards at five in the afternoon!" Jia Xu said as he looked at Yunnan City through a telescope.
"Why don't we attack directly?" Hu Zi asked Jia Xu.
"Attack directly? Haha, we won't suffer such a big loss! " Jia Xu said with a smile. It wasn't that Jia Xu was afraid of suffering a loss. It was because the soldiers that Hu Zi brought were all barbarian soldiers from Wu Xi. It was fine if they fought in the deep mountains and forests, but if they were sent to attack a city, they would suffer heavy losses. Not to mention that these barbarians wanted to make it easier for them to travel through the forest and China, so they were all bare-chested.
These barbarians only had one weapon in their hands. They didn't even have two bows and arrows. As for siege weapons, they didn't even have a single one. Wasn't it courting death?
Therefore, Jia Xu was currently looking at the pattern of Yunnan City's defenses.
He finally knew when the guards would change shifts.
"Prepare for battle at five in the afternoon!" Jia Xu said to Hu Zi.
Right now, Zhao Yi was full of ambition. He held the power of Yunnan in his hands. He was the local emperor of Yunnan. Whatever he wanted, he could get it.
However, some time ago, some blind people really did come out from the deep mountains and forests. Many barbarians had come out from the ancient forest.
This made Zhao Yi laugh. The people of Yunnan were not unfamiliar with the words of the barbarians. This was because there were good and bad things among the barbarians.
Before his father, Zhao Wei, came to Yunnan, he had attacked a barbarian tribe. This barbarian tribe was a cannibalistic tribe.
They captured the Han people and used them as food. They either killed them or ate them.
From time to time, they would rob the Han people of their things.
How could this be tolerated? Therefore, Zhao Wei sent out troops to destroy this barbarian tribe. It was because of this that Zhao Wei was able to gather the people's hearts and become the ruler of Yunnan.
Originally, Zhao Yi was still complaining that he relied on his father to increase his reputation in the Yunnan Coal Industry. Now, this mission to increase his reputation had come!
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