Day 3.

Nearly 10,000 officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty had already traveled hard for three days in the airtight mountains and forests.

In three days, the army had walked for at most a hundred miles.

This rolling mountain ridge looks like a maze.

If there was no young guide who had followed Tang Saier for many days, he would have been lost in this mountain yesterday.

The heat makes everyone's mood heavier.

The sweat on my body tightly bit my clothes, making me feel uncomfortable.

This is not the most troublesome thing.

hot.

Once you endure it, it will pass.

In this forest, there are things that are even more unbearable than stuffy.

Mosquitoes, flies, insects everywhere.

Just stop for a moment and you will be covered in mosquitoes.

If you are not careful, a huge blood bag will appear on the exposed skin.

The most severe military orders have been issued in the army.

No one is allowed to expose his skin.

Zhu Zhanji's face was covered with a veil prepared in advance by the army, and he stood at the entrance of the cave next to the valley river.

A group of civil and military officials gathered next to him.

In the distance, under the alert of the scouts in the army, most of the officers and soldiers silently took off their military boots, rolled up their trousers, and stood downstream of the river, wanting to let the cool river water bring the heat in their bodies.

Water reaches halfway.

People can cross the river, but the army's supplies cannot get through here.

A military officer stood on the shore, scolded in a deep voice, and called out the soldiers who went into the water.

No one knows what will exist in the river water in this mountain ridge.

There were officers and soldiers who had just climbed up from the water and had dark lees covered with dark lees on their calves.

The military commander cursed softly, took out the fire note and blew it on, and hurried over.

The fire snatched the leech, then quickly stretched out the other hand, pulled it out accurately, bringing out a blood thread.

After doing all this, the military commander had a gloomy face and raised his hand and slapped it hard on the back of the officers and soldiers' heads.

This is a scholar who abandoned his pen and joined the army.

The military commander was beaten without delay.

Among the young army and guards, there was no distinction between civil and military, nor was there any distinction between official ranks.

Only military positions are of high or low status.

The superior general and the school officer have unparalleled rights.

The young officer and soldier who were caught up with him blushed and his head was lowered.

Not angry.

Instead, he was upset about himself, why so many people were only leeched.

The farce in the river ended soon.

Small fires were set up on the flat ground by the river.

It has not rained for several months and the air is extremely dry. As long as the pine trees in the mountains are cut down, they can be used to cook hot water and food immediately.

The mountain spring water brought by the military logistics company is waiting in the pot to boil.

Zhu Zhanji quietly looked at the army in front of him who was resting and had no intention of interfering.

The sound of footsteps came from the cave behind me.

Yu Qian and Zhu Xiu returned with a team of scouts.

Yu Qian and Zhu Xiu arrived behind the grandson and silently clasped their fists and bowed.

Yu Qian glanced at the bad boy around him.

Zhu Xiu rolled his eyes and whispered: "Go back to Taisun, this cave is like a few pastures in the past, and there are all traces of people. Now, all the supplies have been moved away."

Zhu Zhanji nodded slightly: "Where is the water source?"

Zhu Xiu hesitated for a moment and still answered: "The undercurrent water source in the cave has been polluted and our army cannot use it."

"Have you found the departure..."

Before he could finish his words, Zhu Zhanji shut up.

All the traces found in the past few days indicate that the remnants of Jiaozhi are gathering deep in the mountains.

Their strategy is very clumsy.

It is to drag the Ming army to death in this vast mountain.

Zhu Zhanji also made up his attention and wanted to try to decide the outcome with the other party.

Both sides know it well.

Sure enough, Zhu Xiu spoke: "All the traces are heading south."

Yu Qian interrupted at the right time: "Our army is exhausted. In just a few days, nearly a hundred people have withdrawn from the base camp without war. If we don't seek a battle, our army will probably not be able to hold on..."

Qi Zian had just arranged military affairs and walked over and spoke immediately after hearing the sound.

"Taisun, I am now worried that the other party will take advantage of our place and take a detour to get out of the mountains and sweep the base camp with the gathering of people."

Zhu Zhanji's face was as normal, but he was already worried.

He is the core of this army. Even if there are so many difficulties, as the head coach, he cannot reveal a trace of worry and tension.

By this time.

Zhu Zhanji already understood that his original idea was a bit simple.

The remnants of Jiaozhi's previous dynasty chose the strategy of exhausting the enemy.

And he just thought that when all the enemies gathered together, it was a decisive battle.

But he didn't expect that the other party would avoid it again and again.

On the edge of the river beach, tired Ming soldiers lay.

The scouts with the heaviest military affairs had almost no chance to rest.

The creeping valley in front of me is like a natural chasm.

Suddenly.

As he was staring at the river where the water was constantly flowing, Zhu Zhanji's eyes lit up.

He called the young guide over.

“How long is this river? How is it going?”

The guide thought that Taisun was looking for shallows in the river and searching for a place to cross the river.

Immediately answered truthfully: "Go back to Taisun, the direction of this river is from northwest to southeast, downstream of ten miles, and there are shallows that allow the army to cross the river. In addition, dozens of miles, you can reach the enemy's location."

Zhu Zhanji shook his head and a smile appeared on his face.

He already knew that this river was probably coming from Yunnan.

In this way...

This river almost crosses this mountain.

in this way.

sufficient!

He looked up at the sky and then looked at the treetops on the top of the mountain.

There is no wind today.

The treetops stand upright.

He raised his hand, but found that there was no feather fan or a Lun towel in his hand.

Only the military robe and armor covered with mud.

Unable to be a little disappointed, Zhu Zhanji shook his head and sighed.

Qi Zi'an and others were puzzled and couldn't help but ask: "The grandson... After the rest, will he go downstream to cross the river?"

"Cross the river?"
To be continued...