Country and Beauty

Xie Fei led his fifty thousand soldiers over the Kunlun Mountains, and entered the Qinghai Plateau and the Ba Shu transition zone. The terrain started to change, and the rugged mountains started to gradually decrease, as well as the rivers and grasslands. Because of the intersecting of the Mojianghe River and the Gegu River from south to north, the river courses of the two rivers are zigzag, the forked river is overgrown, the ground is low, the current is stagnant and marsh is formed, the aquatic plants are annual, the roots are crisscrossed, the network is in pieces, covering the water retention. Under the meadow, the water was dark and muddy. There was no knee in the shallow part, and no roof in the depths. From afar, it looked like a grey-green ocean, with no hills, no trees, no birds or beasts, and no signs of human life. There were no villages, no roads, north, south, east, and west, boundless.

The fifty thousand soldiers looked at the seemingly endless grassland and marsh. Wisps of smoke, steam, and self-ignited smoke were emitted from the marsh. The dark clouds were low and had the possibility of rain at any moment. It was simply a mysterious and unfathomable land of death. Everyone was no longer confident.

The terror of the grassland and swamp was no less than the ruthlessness of the desert! It was like eating people without spitting out their bones.

Xie Fei looked at the grasslands in front of him. This was the place where the Revolutionary Red Army had travelled 25,000 miles in the long journey, crossing the Jinsha River through red water, forcefully crossing the Great River, flying over the Luding Bridge, traversing the golden mountain with its year-long snow, and passing through the desolate marsh and grasslands. Half of the 80,000 Revolutionary Warriors had perished here. Right now, Xie Fei was leading his army through the White Dragon Desert and the Kunlun Mountain Range, only missing the last stage, the Swamp Meadow. Passing through the Swamp would be the border of Ba Shu, and since the army was fighting fiercely in the Qin State, everyone's eyes were focused on them. As long as Xie Fei passed through the Swamp of Grasslands, he would definitely be able to break through Chengdu in one go.

As the Saintess of the Caulis Amaryllis, Ming Zhu knew too many legends about the grassland and swamp, making it difficult to escape from her clutches with traps and a sense of danger rising in her heart. The former blessed her dress and asked: "Duke of Qin, are you really going to pass through this desolate area?"

Xie Fei smiled: "Do we have any other choice? Cheng Guo had a greedy nature, bloodthirsty and warlike, brazenly invading our Qin Army, destroying our city, massacring our people, this enmity will not be avenged, and my people will not have lived up to it. "Passing through, the soldiers surprisingly said," The Ba Shu will perish. "

Ming Zhu was a little worried, "But if we cross over, it will be endless, filled with traps and lost, how many soldiers will be able to survive?"

Xie Fei sighed: "If we try, at least half of us will survive, but, if we openly attack Ba Shu from the Hanzhong, the number of casualties in our Qin Army would not necessarily be lower than fifty thousand. Furthermore, Ba Shu mountain is craggy and difficult to attack. If that was the case, then he might as well risk it all and ignite the flames of war. There was no right or wrong, so what if his clothes were dyed in blood? The final stage of the phoenix's rebirth is the critical stage! "

Ming Zhu seemed to understand, but she could feel the incomparably strong confidence of the man. Was he not afraid of death, or was he not stingy towards death? In short, Xie Fei treated death as death and his desire to give it a shot infected her, causing her courage to increase a little.

Xie Fei turned around and looked at the group of loyal soldiers beside him. Some of them were the original Yang Family Death Soldiers, but now, there were only 31 left. Some of them had been following Xie Fei all the way from the Qu Yang. There were also soldiers recruited from the Cyan Plains. He was already familiar with half of the more than fifty thousand young faces, and when he had set off from the Upper State, he had fought through bloody battles, died together with, passed through deserts, climbed over mountains and mountains, and had also improved a lot. Suddenly, he thought of a military song, and could not help but sing loudly: "Smoke rising, rivers and mountains in the north, dragon banner rolling, horse hisses, sword aura as cold as frost;".

Ming Zhu heard this song for the first time, but following Xie Fei's debut, the bodies of the over fifty thousand elite Qin Army warriors started to boil with passion. This song released the army spirit, bringing out the loyal soldiers' loyalty, righteousness, courage, and blood, as well as the spirit of the soldiers themselves, burying their bodies in the ground and sacrificing their lives to protect the nation, as well as excavate the lands, forming a army spirit tune with the voices of the over fifty thousand Qin soldiers. It was like a accompaniment, causing this song to be extremely penetrating and cohesive, causing people to feel a surge of love for their home.

The four guardians of Ming Zhu, Li Li, Li Xiu, Ban Hong, and Ban Shou, although they did not understand Chinese, nor did they understand the lyrics, they could also feel the penetrating power of the lyrics, causing them to be silently moved.

Xie Fei suddenly laughed out loud, "How many times can one fight for one's life, if one does not fight now, how long will it take? "Soldiers, after passing through the marshland, we will enter the territory of Ba Shu. Ba Shu barbarians do not know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is, brazenly invading our Qin State. Today, the King of Japan has sworn to the heavens that he will not return to the army until Ba Shu is destroyed."

"If I don't destroy Ba Shu, I swear I will not return to the army." Over fifty thousand Qin soldiers s roared in unison, the sound was loud, the world changed color, and the spirits and ghosts were shocked.

Xie Fei ordered: "Leader Ge Li, lead the five hundred soldiers and dismount from their horses to explore the path ahead. Set up markings along the way so that the army can advance!"

"Yes sir!" Ge Li firmly said.

Xie Fei continued to speak: "Do not move stably, do not split up and walk in a line, you must step on the grass roots and move forward along the meadow. If a soldier is careless and falls into a quagmire, do not struggle or go save him, because the deeper you sink, the deeper you sink, and you will need to use a rope to pull you up!"

"Yes."

Xie Fei thought for a moment, and suddenly discovered that there were a lot of wooden pillars that could be used to support the tents. Xie Fei continued to speak: "The frontlines do not need to bring any weapons and equipment, this is the death trap, the enemy will not come here, every wooden pillar that you guys bring, maybe this is something to save your lives."

On the other side, the battle between Li Qi and Li Qi had finally reached its final stage. Zhuge Mingyue deliberately allowed Qin Hui to retreat, showing the enemy how weak she was.

However, Li Qi believed that Zhuge Mingyue was a method to lure the enemy deeper, and did not lead the army to underestimate the enemy. Instead, he planned things step by step. , on the other hand, had completely suffered through Li Qi. Li Qi had learned from experience and used all kinds of traps that Qin Army had placed in front of him to leave everything to Du Ceng. Du Ceng was helpless as she had to allow the five hundred Heavy Infantry soldiers to take off their equipment, move forward lightly in order to scout the path ahead. Like this, although Du Ceng was safe, her speed was slower. Three days later, Li Qi's army finally closed in on the Chen Cang Cheng, while the eight thousand over Qin Army Army under Zhuge Mingyue's command all retreated to the Chen Cang Cheng.

Zhuge Mingyue had already arranged for the soldiers to dig the trenches on the left and the traps on the right in the wilderness outside the city. Without time to fill in the trenches and traps, Li Qi led the army and set up camp in the center. The camp arrangement of the army was the most common, with the front, middle and back battalions lined up.

In fact, Li Qi did not even realize that death was right above him. Zhuge Mingyue did not evacuate the entire Qin Army army into the city. Instead, she hid the close to eight thousand elites inside the big tent. One must know that, including Zhuge Mingyue, Wang Meng and Shui Ruyan, there were not more than a thousand Qin Army s in Chen Cang Cheng.

That night, the most critical moment had arrived as Qin Army's Thunder Strike was about to be launched. Late at night, the Qin Army pretended to be camping and went out to attract the attention of the army.

In his dreams, Li Qi heard a soldier's report that the enemy was secretly camping. Li Qi quickly got up and went to the front of the formation with Master Military Officer Fan. He realized that there were only five hundred Qin Army attacking and that they had already retreated to the city. Li Qi did not dare to be careless, immediately following that, the Qin Army went out another 500 people to pretend to be camping. Li Qi gradually felt that something was amiss and hurriedly asked the Military Advisor what was going on.

"It must be the enemy's plan. The enemy wants us to be exhausted, so we can't rest well tonight, and we won't be able to have the best attitude when we attack tomorrow. This can only mean one thing, there won't be many enemies defending the Chen Cang Cheng!"

Hearing that, Li Qi's heart was at ease, he then ordered, "Leave a thousand people to guard, the rest go back to sleep, recuperate and attack the city tomorrow!"

Seeing that the time was ripe, Zhuge Mingyue sent out a signal to the soldiers hiding in the ground of Qin Army to attack. The soldiers who were guarding the enemy camp were caught off guard and were killed and scattered by the Qin soldiers.

Seeing that the Qin soldiers was about to catch Li Qi, but Zhuge Mingyue had forgotten about one thing, and that was Li Qi's own brute force. As Li Xiong's son, he had learned to practice martial arts since he was young, and under the protection of several bodyguards, Li Qi actually managed to open a path of blood as he fought.

When Li Qi was in danger, he released a valiant aura. Ba Shu did not lack brave warriors, and no Qin soldiers would be able to approach him. Gradually, more than ten thousand soldiers had gathered around Li Qi, the matter was to be considered a failure, if it really failed, it would be difficult for Li Qi to fall for it the next time.

Just as Li Qi was being attacked, the army in front of him was in a mess, they had no intention to fight and anxiously returned to the camp. Du Ceng who was at the back saw that she could take advantage of the situation, and anxiously ordered her five thousand strong heavy cavalry troops to rush out. In the darkness of the night, the Qin Army's heavy cavalry, like a god of death, caught up with the soldiers of Cheng Guo to open up a path, and rushed towards the camp where Li Qi was.

All the soldiers that were blocking the road fell to the ground like weeds that had been swept by a scythe. None of them could stop the Qin Army's heavy cavalry army, and none of them could make the heavy cavalry slow down their advance.

The fierce battle lasted until the afternoon of the next day when Li Qi was brought before Zhuge Mingyue with all kinds of tied up. Li Qi's face was covered in stains of sweat and mud. His body was covered with wounds from the intense battle, and a few of them were still bleeding. The Genuine Army's Master Fan Fen was slightly better than Li Qi. Because Fan Lie was better at cooperating with Qin Army, when they had just arrived, he had already surrendered.

Zhuge Mingyue smiled flirtatiously, walked up to Li Qi and asked: "Can you speak Chinese?"

Li Qi looked at Zhuge Mingyue with a lost expression and nodded.

"Very well, let your troops retreat. You shouldn't have come to this place." Zhuge Mingyue said to Li Qi.

Maybe because Zhuge Kongming was once the Prime Minister of Shu, Zhuge Mingyue had some feelings for Ba Shu. In any case, Ba Shu would sooner or later become the territory of the Qin State, and sooner or later, Ba Shu would become the people of the Qin State.

Li Qi did not speak, some unhappiness could be seen in his eyes.

Zhuge Mingyue said coldly: "You don't accept it? Back then, your clan's ancestors submitted to my ancestor, Ge Liang. Today, you have lost to me, Zhuge Mingyue, and your clan's members will perish in this land.

Li Qi was somewhat enlightened, and said: "The victor is the king and the loser is the bandit, I have nothing to say, even if I do not attack the Qin State, in the future, will the Qin State not attack my Da Cheng Kingdom?"

Zhuge Mingyue smiled slightly, thinking that maybe she was right, but in order to have a good teacher, the Qin State must have a righteous cause. If you guys had not invaded the Qin State in vain, this moment would have been very late, but since then, the time had been brought forward.

Zhuge Mingyue said: "I am Jin Chen, since you dare to rebel, you should know, treason has never had a good ending, using the lives of your clan members to exchange for some unrealistic things, is it worth it? We Chinese have more than a hundred times the number of people than you. In the past, I was unwilling to argue with you guys, but did you really think that the Great Qin was weak enough to be bullied? "

Zhuge Mingyue's words carried a faint power as she looked at him with contempt.

Li Qi lowered his head. After all, the one who had become his prisoner was him, so he had no choice but to lower his head.

Zhuge Mingyue's tone softened as she said to Li Qi, "Qin State cannot be equated with Jin State. Qin Army has already exterminated all the kingdoms in the Western Regions, and now that the Western Regions are all under my Great Qin's jurisdiction, I don't want to exterminate your entire clan. This time, I'll let you leave. If you want to resist to the end, do you understand by killing chickens and honoring monkeys? I don't mind letting your Ba Clan people become chickens for my Great Qin to restore Ba Shu's peace.

Zhuge Mingyue's words caused Li Qi to tremble. He knew that these words were not false, even the Qin Army s of the Mingyang Pass s could easily exchange for ten of their soldiers, let alone the Steel Cavalry. Li Qi nodded. Keeping one's life was more important, only by leaving behind one's life could one have a future.

However, when they returned, they only had around thirty thousand soldiers. There were even a few thousand injured, and a hundred thousand loads of rations and fodder had all been destroyed, so the number of casualties in the hands of the Heavy Infantry Regiment led by Du Ceng definitely numbered over thirty thousand.

Zhuge Mingyue retreated back to Shang Bang Royal City, but Great Qin's Military Department President, Du Ceng, led ten thousand over Qin Army's Heavy Cavalry Soldiers and stationed them at Chen Cang Pass, eyeing the Hanzhong covetously.

The weather in the grassland area was harsh and the sky was cloudy. Every May to September was the rainy season in the grassland, making the bog that was already muddy and stagnant even more bog country. It was now the 12th floor of the weather, but it was much more stable. At the very least, no one knew when or where they would end up in a life or death situation. As a result, when they rode their horses into the grass, everyone's hearts were raised to their throats, and they were extremely vigilant. They were afraid that if they didn't pay attention, they would fall into a quagmire.

"Poof! Poof!" The legs of one of the war horses suddenly became weak, and he fell into the quagmire. "Ah, help …"

Although Xie Fei had told the Qin Army before not to struggle when falling into a quagmire, there were a few people who found it difficult to maintain their calm in this life or death situation. This swamp was very deep. The more they struggled the deeper they sank into it. The knights who fell into the swamp were often burning with anxiety as they struggled together with their war horses. Soon, both their horses and men were swallowed up by the mud and disappeared without a trace. Although there was a forward scout, there were still people in the army that would fall into a quagmire from time to time.

The soldiers in the front all became alert. Suddenly, dozens more people fell into the quagmire, and the horses screamed in fear. They also struggled faster and faster. Some of them reached out to pull, but their strength was pushed too far into the quagmire.

Xie Fei suddenly came to his senses, and released his inner strength and roared: "Stop! Abandoning the horses, we march in single file. "

Since then, the speed had slowed a lot, but the safety factor was much higher. The weather conditions of the swamps were related to the location of the swamps, such as those in the Sanjiang Plain and the Yellow River Delta in the Northeast. If in autumn and winter, easy fog, summer fog is sometimes biogas, not fog, easy to poisoning.

The fog was a common occurrence during the four seasons of the year. The marsh, river, and mud marsh were mixed into a world, and in addition to the moisture and marsh gas, there were also gases produced by the decomposition of plants. The mixture of these gases was the most dangerous for humans and animals.

The vegetation on the swamp was mostly poor growing plants, covered with peat moss, juniper leaves and golden moss, pickled vegetables, and pig-cage grass. The animals were mostly voles and muskrats, and there were also olives, spider spiders, and nematodes in the soil. However, there were no mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, etc.

When the Revolutionary Red Army had entered the grassland, more than 80,000 soldiers had passed through the grassland in five days, and tens of thousands of soldiers had died. In just three days, they had passed through this Sea of Death. However, they had also left behind almost four thousand of Qin Army's elites, including three red-clothed cannons and twelve Fu Lang Cannons. Although the era's steel was hard to forge and the cannons were hard to build, Xie Fei did not care about the loss of these cannons.

Xie Fei's eyes were brimming with tears, her entire body shivering unknowingly, as though he was completely numb to it. If one were to fall in, it would definitely be a nine out of ten chance of death. However, there was also a relatively large portion of people who died from the cold, having insufficient strength in their bodies.

Three days later, the swamps and quagmire on the grass dwindled, and in the distance, towering mountains could be seen.

"Look, Big Mountain, we're coming out of the swamp..." The soldiers walking in the front cheered. Many of them heard the cheers and relaxed a little before falling to the ground, dizzy and dizzy. Some even cried out in excitement as they finally walked out of the Dead Swamp, where the Duke of Qin once again led his soldiers to prove this miracle.