Tian Hu's younger brother Tian Bao was originally urging the soldiers to assemble at the foot of the mountain, preparing to cross Lishan to Zezhou tomorrow morning, but at this moment, he saw the light of fire on the mountain.
The entire mountain turned into a volcano, night turned into day, thick smoke drifted down from the mountain, and even the foot of the mountain was extremely choking.
A thin general ran towards Tian Bao and shouted anxiously: "Sir, there is a fire on the mountain, what should we do?"
This thin general was Tian Hu's confidant, his name was Zhao Neng. He was very afraid of the fire and was very worried about Tian Hu.
Tian Bao said: "We will leave immediately."
"Uh... leave? Aren't we going to save the king?" Zhao Neng said in disbelief.
"Save? How to save? The whole mountain is on fire, whoever goes and who dies...go and save him!" Tian Bao said coldly.
At that moment, Tian Bao hurriedly gathered troops and horses, gathering a total of about 20,000 people, and then quickly left here with these 20,000 people without hesitation, heading towards the distance.
Tian Bao knew that someone deliberately set fire to the mountain. They should be the enemies who conquered Weisheng and Fenyang. Since they can burn Tian Hu on the mountain, who knows if they have any other plans, so for now, it is better to flee far away.
.Besides, even if there is no other plan, if the fire comes down, he will not be able to deal with it, right?
"These enemies are so cruel... They even set fire to the mountain... That's ten thousand lives..." Thinking of this, Tian Bao felt chills all over his body and had goosebumps all over his body.
In fact, Tian Hu's army was much more brutal than Liangshan's army, killing hundreds of thousands of people. But people often can only see the shortcomings of others, not their own.
Tian Bao unknowingly developed a fear of those mysterious enemies occupying Wei Sheng and Fenyang. He wished he could stay far away from here and never encounter those people in Liangshan again.
"Sir... the king is dead, won't you become the King of Jin from now on?" Tian Bao's cronies followed Tian Bao and said loudly.
"Haha...haha... Big brother is dead, and I will be the supreme leader from now on... Big brother only took away 10,000 people, and there are still 60,000 people in Puzhou... By then, these 60,000 people will be mine, I can
Occupy a place in Puzhou...even if it doesn't work, you can...you can recruit people!" Tian Bao said with a smile.
He was suddenly interested in the word "recruitment". In the past, when Tian Hu was here, there were five prefectures and fifty-six counties, with millions of people to rule and oppress. At that time, he was the "King of Jin"
That's true, but now there is no territory and no people. Now if I become the "King of Jin", I don't know if I can survive.
And if he is "recruited", with his current strength of tens of thousands of troops, he will definitely be able to get a good official position, and then he will become a legitimate "official of the imperial court", and he will be able to dominate and be more powerful than others.
It is much safer now, and the reputation is much better. We are no longer "grass bandits", but real "officers and soldiers".
"Recruitment... Very good, then I'll recruit you. I never thought that I, Tian Bao, would be able to become an official of the imperial court in my lifetime..." Tian Bao laughed wildly, and he galloped forward and kept running forward.
The tens of thousands of soldiers following him also ran forward quickly. When they saw the fire rising from the mountain, they were as frightened as a bird, fearing that the enemies on the mountain would rush down and kill them all.
Originally they were tired and hungry, and some had not even eaten for two or three days, but now they were running as fast as they could in their lives...
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The fire on the mountain was getting bigger and bigger, and the smoke was billowing. Hu Sanniang and others all retreated far away.
Hu Sanniang looked pale at the fire in the distance.
Although we have fought many battles and killed many enemies, they were all killed on the battlefield, not like burning people alive like now.
She was fearful and worried at the same time, and all kinds of complex emotions came to her mind.
At this moment, she felt very helpless and suddenly wanted to escape from the battlefield and never care about such things again in the future.
The rest of the people were not in a good mood either. No one would have a good feeling if they were burned alive like this.
Although Tian Hu's subordinates are all a group of villains who do all kinds of evil... although they have poisoned many people and everyone deserves to die... but burning them to death like this seems a bit excessive.
But... if they are not burned to death, they will cross Lishan. With their strong numbers, they will be Liangshan's formidable enemy. I don't know how many Liangshan soldiers will die by then.
When I came out of Liangshanbo this time, I never expected that there would be so many battles... Thousands of people have died in Liangshan, and no more people must die!
These are the direct descendants of Liangshan. Their parents and relatives are waiting for them in Liangshanbo. Hu Sanniang must try her best to bring them back... If burning the enemy can reduce the death of her comrades, then she will definitely choose...
The truth is this, but everyone still feels heavy-hearted.
"I'm afraid this fire will burn for many days." Shi Xiu couldn't help but said when he saw that everyone was silent and the atmosphere was heavy.
"Yes... the mountains are densely forested and may not be extinguished for more than ten days... We must find Tian Hu's body and see if he is dead," Hu Sanniang said.
If Tian Hu dies, Tian Hu's remaining rebels will be leaderless and will inevitably be in chaos. Even Tian Hu's younger brother Tian Bao does not have Tian Hu's authority, and he cannot completely, truly, and completely control the remaining rebels.
Tian Hu has many generals under his command. When the time comes, those generals will have different ideas, and the entire team will definitely fall apart. By then, the threat to Liangshan will be greatly reduced.
But if Tian Hu had not died, he might have returned to Puzhou, gathered an army, and continued to threaten Liangshan.
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In the early morning of the next day, people discovered that the sky was already covered with clouds.
There was a cold wind on the mountain, and the fire gradually became smaller. Not long after, it actually started to snow in the sky, and it was falling very densely.
Snowflakes are like goose feathers, falling on people's heads and clothes, and everyone turns into a snowman.
The mountain fires began to extinguish under such heavy snow, and gradually only clouds of thick smoke could be seen, and finally the thick smoke almost disappeared.
Hu Sanniang had already gathered 2,000 troops together at this moment. This heavy snowfall was beyond her expectation. The mountain fire that was supposed to burn for more than ten days was extinguished in one day. But it was okay, she just took the opportunity to find Tian Hu's whereabouts
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At that moment, Hu Sanniang, Yang Xiong, Shi Xiu and others led an army of 2,000 into the mountains and began to search for Tian Hu's whereabouts.
Along the way, there were burnt corpses everywhere, and a stench emanated that made people want to vomit... The expressions of those corpses struggling before death were lifelike... Many people strangled their own necks and died.
It’s just a matter of fighting the wildfire, the thick smoke can suffocate people to death. It seems that these people are all suffocated to death...
Seeing so many dead bodies, Hu Sanniang couldn't bear it anymore, so she lay down on the ground and vomited all the food she had eaten in the morning. Then she took out a water bag and rinsed her mouth, and then she felt a little better.
"Tian Hu is wearing a dragon robe... everyone, pay attention carefully." Hu Sanniang said.
Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to find Tian Hu based on this characteristic. The clothes on many people were burned to ashes. Even if Tian Hu was wearing a dragon robe, it was made of cloth. If it was really burned, it would be a ball of ashes.
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"Colonel Hu, I'm afraid it will be difficult to find Tian Hu." Shi Xiu said.
"There is no other way but to search... Besides, if Tian Hu is not burned to death, he might still be lingering on the mountain, so we must search the mountain..." Hu Sanniang said.
"I decided to go to Puzhou to learn about the information there. The people there should know Tian Hu's whereabouts best. If Tian Hu is really among the 10,000 people, it will be difficult to escape from such a fire." Shi Xiudao
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"Okay, you go." Hu Sanniang nodded.
Yang Xiong led 2,000 people forward and saw many dead bodies along the way, but he was not sure whether they were Tian Hu or not.
After walking for a long time, everyone was a little tired. Yang Xiong was about to order everyone to take a rest when he suddenly found a mountain stream in front of him. What was particularly strange was that this mountain stream was not burned and there were many trees.
Yang Xiong hurried towards the mountain stream. When he arrived, he found that the mountain wall was extremely steep and there seemed to be footprints on the side.
"Come on, someone seems to be coming down here! It must be the remnant of Tian Hu!" Yang Xiong shouted loudly.
After a while, hundreds of people came here, and Yang Xiong led the hundreds of people to climb down.
"You all should be careful...it's snowing now and the road is very slippery..." Yang Xiong kept instructing his men as he went down.
The height of the mountain wall was about tens of meters. Everyone stumbled and climbed down. Fortunately, no one fell down and everyone was safe.
"There are a lot of footprints here... look for them carefully," Yang Xiong said excitedly.
It seems that someone really climbed down here and escaped with his life. No matter what, they are the remnants of Tian Hu and must not be let go. If it is Tian Hu himself, he will have caught a big fish.
Everyone searched carefully in the mountain stream, and finally found that there was almost no other way out of the mountain stream, that is, whichever way they could just go up or down.
After searching for a long time, in the end the footprints were no longer found. I don't know if those people escaped or are still here.
Yang Xiong stood on a big rock and looked around, but found nothing except the mountain wall.
He jumped down a little discouraged, thinking that those people might have escaped. Mount Lishan is so big that it can't be covered in a few days, and it is basically impossible to find those people.
He jumped down from the stone and was about to gather the soldiers and lead everyone away from here. At this moment, a small stone suddenly flew towards Yang Xiong's face.
This pebble was definitely not blown by the wind, but was thrown by someone, hitting Yang Xiong directly between the eyebrows!
The power of the stone was not very strong, but there was still a red dot between Yang Xiong's eyebrows. Yang Xiong roared angrily, and swept the big knife in his hand toward a dense forest ahead!
"Boom!" Immediately, a bush in front of him was cut open by his broadsword, and then Yang Xiong saw a very secret hiding place in the bush, and more than ten people jumped out of it.
The leader was a tall man, wearing a tattered dragon robe, and there were many people following him. The most eye-catching one was a girl of fourteen or fifteen years old. The girl looked just as beautiful as Hu Sanniang.
, there seems to be a smile on his face at this moment.
"Haha...Tian Hu!" Yang Xiong was overjoyed and slashed at Tian Hu's head with his broadsword.
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