The Era of Generals

The Doman Canyon is located on the border of Anluo Province. It is just a small canyon in the Poisonous Mist Forest. Not many people know about the Doman Canyon, but if it is about the Poisonous Mist Forest, there are several places adjacent to Anluo and its surrounding areas. The province has a good reputation.

But this name is notorious.

The Forest of Poisonous Mist is not far from Heluo Ancient Road, only more than seventy miles away, but the environment is quite different.

The Heluo Ancient Road is full of yellow sand, but the poisonous mist forest is miasma, dense forest, mire and swamp, which is an undeveloped area.

And precisely because of this geographical environment, it has also become a hiding place for many imperial criminals. There are some criminals, and there are also many murderers.

The environment of the Poisonous Mist Forest is a bit like the Valley of the Wicked in Chen Ze's previous life novels. The people hiding in it are all heinous villains, and everyone's hands are stained with blood that can't be washed away.

But also because of this special geographical environment, Anluo Province sent troops several times to try to wipe them out, but unfortunately they returned without success.

First, the complex environment is not conducive to the advancement of the army, not to mention that if there is too much movement, the people hiding in the poisonous mist forest may disperse like birds and beasts, and return after the army leaves.

Secondly, the Forest of Poisonous Mist is located in the border area, too far away from the surrounding cities, and there are no commercial and official roads nearby.

Over time, the Forest of Poisonous Mist has become a sanctuary that is tacitly approved by the government. Of course, this requires you to be able to successfully escape into the Forest of Poisonous Mist.

So this is also an important reason why the Heluo Ancient Road was gradually abandoned.

The Forest of Poisonous Mist is not a large and complete forest, but a collective term for a range of hundreds of miles.

There are many kinds of poisonous snakes and beasts hidden in the east, a miasma and poisonous forest in the east, a quagmire and swamp in the west, and sometimes in a seemingly peaceful dense forest. life maze.

Except for those who know that they are bound to die but have no choice but to go to the forest of poisonous mist to try their luck, ordinary people avoid it for fear of not being able to, let alone get close.

But today, a group of people who are not afraid of death came to the edge of the poisonous forest.

Chen Ze, Li Quan'an, and the Xuanjia soldiers headed by Meng Yang.

Starting from the Bo'an barracks, they rode their horses and galloped for seven days. They finally arrived at the Poisonous Mist Forest, and they abandoned their horses and approached on foot when they reached the nearest city to the Poisonous Forest.

At this time, everyone was wearing bamboo hats to cover their faces, and a wide cloak to hide their weapons. They were completely dressed like people in the world. What's more, everyone was carrying a huge burden on their backs, which looked full of weight.

In order to hide their whereabouts, they don't take the big road, but rely on the five swords and shields to open the way with steel knives in rotation, and they specialize in sneaking in dense forests and uninhabited places.

Although someone opened the way, there are many lush trees, poisonous insects, mosquitoes and ants here, and every step is extremely difficult.

This shows the endurance of the Xuanjia soldiers.

Even though they were marching in such a difficult environment, no one uttered a cry of suffering, and everyone just buried their heads in silence, without any complaints.

From this point of view, Chen Ze is very satisfied with people like Meng Yang.

As for Meng Yang and the others, they also looked at Chen Ze with admiration for the commander-in-chief who looked like a son.

Although the terrain here is difficult, they are not unexperienced. They have even gone through even more difficult roads, which is nothing to them.

But Chen Ze looked so weak, Meng Yang and others thought that Chen Ze couldn't stand it not long after they got into the forest and asked to retreat.

Who would have thought that Chen Ze not only didn't retreat, but he didn't even frown, but he was still at the forefront of the team, and he helped to cut two swords to open the way when the sword and shield were rotating.

Moreover, Meng Yang could also see that Chen Ze was not trying to hold on, but was really used to this kind of environment, and even vaguely, Meng Yang felt that Chen Ze seemed to be at home.

He didn't know that Chen Ze had done this kind of field marching training dozens of times in his previous life. Walking in the dense forest was as simple as walking in his own living room, how could he not be able to bear it.

While walking along the road, Chen Ze ordered people to collect all the branches and shrubs cut along the way, and tied them into bundles. After walking for half a day, everyone held a bundle of wet firewood the size of a bucket in their hands. Only then did I finally give up.

This is also due to the excellent physical fitness of Xuanjia soldiers. If you want to replace ordinary Qingyang soldiers, you may not be able to add bricks and tiles to carry a bundle of wet firewood when you are already carrying heavy loads, let alone walk away. In a dense forest with no road at all.

Meng Yang wanted to protest Chen Ze's inhuman behavior several times, but when he saw that Chen Ze was also carrying a bundle of wet firewood on his shoulders, he finally shut up.

After walking like this for about a day, when everyone's physical strength was about to reach the limit, they finally found an open low-lying flat land in the dense forest.

Including Chen Ze, everyone heaved a sigh of relief.

There were already people waiting here in the depression, but it was Chen Ming, the scout who left the pathfinder first.

Walking through the dense forest where they couldn't tell the direction, Chen Ze and the others relied on the marks Chen Ming had left along the way in advance, otherwise they might still be building bridges across mountains and rivers at this time.

"Young master!"

Seeing a group of people walking out of the dense forest, Chen Ming stepped forward and knelt on one knee to salute Chen Ze.

"how?"

As the sun was setting, Chen Ze asked Chen Ming while directing everyone to set up camp.

"The subordinates have already explored, and there is still a half-day's journey to the Doman Canyon. There is no sign of human activity within a radius of ten miles."

Chen Ming replied.

According to incomplete statistics, there are at least 4 to 5,000 imperial felons hidden in this land of a hundred miles, and after years of operation, dozens of different forces, large and small, have formed, and their strength should not be underestimated.

Although these forces operate independently and even fight with each other, when foreign enemies invade, they will definitely let go of their personal grievances and unite to the outside world!

The Forest of Poison Mist is the only place where serious offenders from the three surrounding provinces can escape the arrest of the government. It is their last safe haven, and no one wants to lose it.

Therefore, if officers and soldiers dared to go to the Poisonous Forest to take people, no matter who they took, it would inevitably cause fierce resistance from all the forces inside. This was a tacit understanding among all the people in private.

If today you just watch others suffer and remain indifferent, who else will help you when disasters befall you in the future?

When approaching the Forest of Poisonous Mist, Chen Ze had informed everyone of the purpose of his trip, and the purpose of sending Chen Ming to explore the way first was also to avoid other villains in the Forest of Poisonous Mist.

"The subordinates at the Duoman Canyon also went to take a look to confirm that the ghost is still inside!"

Chen Ming then said again.