"Young Master Zhuang, something's not right!”
"Logically speaking, there should be many ferocious beasts in such an old forest. Let alone wild boars and poisonous snakes, there should not be too few tigers and leopards.”
"But we've been walking for several li, and besides some rabbits and pheasants, we haven't even seen any jackals. It's really strange!”
The Xiang Commandant asked with a puzzled expression.
"Don't tell me you're saying that you shouldn't enter the forest again?”
"This is the route that uncle personally set. Do you have any objections?”
"Isn't it better if there are no poisonous snakes or ferocious beasts? We can reach Lu County faster. Perhaps we can rest outside the city and enter the city after dark!”
Xiang Zhuang's face was ashen." If you continue to spout nonsense and disrupt the morale, do you really think I won't dare to kill you?"”
"Young Master, what is this smell?"
The lieutenant was about to distinguish something when he suddenly smelled an extremely strange smell. He immediately turned his head in surprise and was almost scared out of his wits.
In a slightly empty space nearly a thousand steps away, a streak of fiery light suddenly sprang up and spread toward the unprepared Xiang disciples at an extremely fast speed.
"Oh no!"
"There was indeed an ambush!"
"Young Master Zhuang, run!"
"This son of a b * tch is too vicious!”
"They're not giving us a way out at all!"
Looking at the fire that is rising at a flying speed and burning brighter and brighter, the Xiang Commandant immediately stomped his feet anxiously. Seeing that Xiang Zhuang, who is at the side, is scared out of his wits, he hurriedly pushed Xiang Zhuang and cursed as he ran.
It was autumn now, and the trees in the forest were relatively dry, especially the yellow leaves on the ground, which were the best kindling.
Moreover, the other party had obviously used a lot of kerosene in an extremely crazy manner, which was the source of the smell that he felt was wrong just now.
Perhaps it was because Xiang Zhuang had committed too many sins on a daily basis. At this moment, a gust of wind suddenly blew. The wind helped the fire. In an instant, the area within a radius of several miles had completely turned into a sea of fire!
"Damned Qin people!"
"And that stupid Young Master Zhuang!”
Although the lieutenant was running as fast as he could, how could a human run faster than a fire? Furthermore, they were in a forest filled with obstacles.
Soon, he choked on the thick smoke caused by the fire and was immediately swept into the sea of fire!
"It's over, it's all over!"
Looking at his comrades who had been completely engulfed by the sea of fire, the lieutenant closed his eyes in despair.
To be able to set up such a shocking net, the other party had clearly planned it long ago!
At this moment, it wasn't just them who were unlucky, but also their family and friends who stayed in Si Water City!
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The flames that soared into the sky could be seen clearly even from dozens of miles away on the other side of the river.
"The situation is not good. Pass down the order. The front army will change into the rear army and prepare to return!”
Xiang Liang, who was leading the rest of the main force, suddenly pulled on his warhorse and shouted.
"Uncle, why did you return?"
"This fire might have been lit by a hunter. It's not rare in autumn!”
Xiang Yu, who was sitting on his Dark Stallion and wielding the Overlord Spear, heard the order to retreat and said gloomily.
"Ordinary mountain fires, no matter how big they burn in the end, will not spread so quickly!”
"And from the direction, the area of fire is very likely to be where Xiang Zhuang and the others are!”
Xiang Liang sighed and said,"If I had known earlier, I would have listened to Zifang's persuasion and not come to this muddy water!"”
"Then we should go and save them!”
Although he was extremely arrogant, he still attached great importance to and was generous to the people he liked. When he heard that his good brother, who had played together since childhood, was in trouble, he immediately became even more anxious.
"There's a Sishui River in between. It'll take at least four hours for the entire army to cross the river!”
"By the time we get there, I'm afraid there won't be anything left!”
"Moreover, with such a large fire, the Qin people will definitely be alarmed. At the very least, they will send people to check on the fire. It is basically impossible for our army to continue attacking Lu County!”
Xiang Liang shook his head.
"Uncle!"
Xiangyu gritted his teeth and looked unwilling.
"Yu 'er, obey my orders!"
Xiang Liang said ruthlessly.
He had no children of his own, and Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Yu had been taken care of since they were young. Now that Xiang Zhuang was in trouble, his grief was no less than Xiang Yu's.
However, he is the clan leader of the Xiang clan after all, so he must consider the future of the Xiang clan.
They have already lost the Xiang clan and the others, which can be considered a great loss. If even the last elite is buried, then the Xiang clan will really be completely destroyed.
"Uncle, I can't accept this!"
"You go back first. I'll bring someone to take a look!”
The corner of Xiangyu's lips had already bled from biting so hard. He turned his horse around and sped toward the river bank.
"Quick, stop Yu 'er!"
"Don't let him do anything stupid!"
Seeing Xiang Yu leave, Xiang Liang became anxious.
Most of his older brothers had died together with his father Xiang Yan, so there were very few of them.
Now that Xiang Zhuang was in danger, if anything happened to Xiang Yu, then the Xiang clan would really be finished!
However, Xiang Yu was the Xiang clan's number one warrior in a thousand years and was greatly admired by the Xiang clan's descendants. In addition, there were many relatives and old friends of the rear army in the vanguard led by Xiang Zhuang.
Therefore, not many people went to stop Xiang Yu. Instead, many people quickly caught up with him, wanting to cross the river with him to save their brothers.
The Xiang family soldiers, who had already lost their formation due to the sudden halt of their rapid march, were now in even more chaos. All kinds of people and horses were overturned.
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