After resting for a few days at Baiya Mountain, the soldiers subsided from the heat, Zhuge Liang activated the three armies, continued to pursue Meng Huo, and about five days later, came to the shore of Lushui.

The water is only a few tens of zhang wide, but the current is extremely turbulent, surging down, and it is difficult to sail. Wang Baoyu saw through the telescope that Meng Huo had built stone walls and other fortifications on the opposite bank, which seemed to be very strong, and if he wanted to break through here, it was inevitable that he would be damaged.

"This Meng Shu is really stubborn! Endless. Wang Baoyu said with annoyance.

"In contrast, Wu Chen of South Vietnam is an open-minded person, which is really a blessing for Baoyu." Zhuge Liang said with a smile.

"Hehe, I have a traitor, Wu Chen's favorite daughter married Mo Qianxun, and his captain and second son led the army to rebel. Moreover, he also lost the map seal that symbolized the power of South Vietnam, and could not mobilize soldiers and horses, and his eldest son was more than benevolent, but he was not good at fighting. For all the reasons, surrendering in good faith is his best choice. Wang Baoyu explained with a smile.

"I also love my wife and daughter a lot, or I can gain something here." Zhuge Liang nodded.

But all normal men in the world love their wives and children, Wang Baoyu couldn't help but feel sad when he thought of this, and the two of them talked, and the final topic still fell back to attacking Meng Huo.

The assault was still vetoed, and it was necessary to be patient with Meng Huo, and it was necessary to outwit and reduce casualties.

At this time, Ma Dai came over and asked for orders: "Prime Minister, the Lushui is turbulent and cannot be crossed, and the upper reaches of the river must be shallow. ”

It's a good idea, Zhuge Liang nodded, and said: "What the general said is reasonable, you can lead 20,000 soldiers and horses to go, disturb his army, break his defenses, and the army can take advantage of the situation to cross the river." ”

Ma Dai wanted to make meritorious contributions, and immediately happily led 20,000 soldiers and horses to leave, Wang Baoyu was vaguely worried: "Sir, Meng Yu should also know that the upper reaches are weak, won't he lay an ambush?"

"The upstream is relatively empty, it is not easy to hide soldiers, and Ma Dai can watch it from afar, if there is danger, return immediately, you can be safe." Zhuge Liang said.

"Sir is really thoughtful!" Wang Baoyu gave a thumbs up.

"There is still a mistake in Baimi, and I think hard day and night, but I am still afraid of omission." Zhuge Liang waved his hand and said objectively, and the next thing also proved the correctness of his words.

At dusk, Lu Kai, who was in charge of the guide, returned from reconnaissance of the terrain, and when he heard that Ma Dai had gone upstream, he was shocked, and hurriedly said: "Prime Minister, the upstream is a place where miasma is dispersed, and the day must not be passed!" ”

As soon as he heard this, Zhuge Liang immediately frowned, he was really unguardable, and hurriedly ordered: "Mr. Ji Ping, you immediately lead someone to chase Ma Dai back." ”

"Don't forget to bring the miasma repellent." Wang Baoyu reminded.

Lu Kai nodded, and hurriedly took a large number of miasma exorcism pills and five thousand elite soldiers to chase after Ma Dai. However, Ma Dai had already walked for half a day, and he was in a hurry to make meritorious contributions, and the speed of the march was so fast that by the time Lu Kai caught up, it was already close to noon the next day.

At this time, in front of Ma Dai, there is a dense forest, the leaves are red, the breeze blows and comes with a faint fragrance of leaves, and the thin water flows through the forest, gradually converging into lushui.

Despite the small size of the woods, Ma Dai vigilantly ordered a group of about 2,000 soldiers to enter the woods, but what happened next was something he did not expect.

Soon after the soldiers entered the woods, they coughed desperately, choked their necks, and then fell to the ground, foaming at the mouth, unconscious.

Ma Dai panicked, realized that the forest was poisonous, and hurriedly ordered the army to retreat, and at the same time asked the soldiers to cover their mouths and noses, and dragged the soldiers who had passed out with all their might.

I don't know if this poisonous gas has no smell, it drifts far away with the wind, or it can penetrate through the skin, the army is poisoned by different Cheng Dù, and Ma Dai himself also has some reactions.

Just when Ma Dai had nothing to do, Lu Kai came and exclaimed: "General, this place is called the miasma forest, and it can still be smuggled at night, and it must be harmed by miasma during the day." ”

"Alas, it's a pity that I'm greedy for merit and don't know geography, so I killed the soldiers in vain." Ma Dai let out a long sigh and looked at the unconscious soldier, feeling very uncomfortable.

There are many folk methods to remove miasma, acupuncture and moxibustion, taking medicine, etc., but at the moment, only the miasma pills brought by Lu Kai have never been verified, and I don't know what the effect is. It was not advisable to delay for too long, Lu Kai hurriedly asked people to stuff the fallen soldiers with pills in their mouths and pour them with water.

After about half an hour, all the poisoned soldiers came to their senses, and their spirits were quite good, and they seemed to be better than before.

"Hua Tuo is really a divine doctor!" Lu Kai praised from the bottom of his heart.

Ma Dai finally breathed a sigh of relief, and after thanking Lu Kai, he insisted on staying, staying until night, and then marching through the Guò woods to attack Meng Huo.

At the same time, Ma Dai thought of a plan, the downstream water flow was too turbulent, and it was even more difficult for the army to cross the river, so he asked Lu Kai to leave all the soldiers he led, wanting to temporarily cut off the water and reduce the casualties caused by crossing the river.

Lu Kai felt that this plan was feasible, so he left all the miasma pills and the soldiers, and quickly returned to the camp on horseback alone, telling Zhuge Liang about the situation.

Zhuge Liang was very moved by Ma Dai's spirit, and immediately ordered the army to prepare to cross the river and attack Meng Huo.

Ma Dai instructed the soldiers to prepare a large amount of earth and stones, and when the temperature turned cooler at night, he tried to pass the miasma forest, and sure enough, it was the same as Lu Kai said, although the soldiers were a little breathless, and the strongest reaction was nothing more than a feeling of weight on their backs, but there was no fainting.

Ma Dai was overjoyed in his heart, and ordered 5,000 people to stay here, cut off the water, it was impossible to cut it off completely, as long as the downstream water flow was shallow, and the situation lasted for two days, he could declare it complete.

However, Meng Shu on the south bank heard that Zhuge Liang's army had come to the north bank, and consciously relied on the rapids of Lushui and the fortifications built to block the army, so he was very relaxed and drank a little wine leisurely.

"King, my heart is always unstable, if Zhuge Liang sends troops to attack from the upstream, the place where we are will be in danger!" Mrs. Zhurong frowned.

"Madame, and relieved, the miasma forest upstream is not passable, not to mention that I have been busy with the long-term garrison, so I can be safe." Meng Shu said disapprovingly.

"Father, Zhuge Liang has let you go three times, why bother fighting, it's better to surrender directly." Hua Yan changed his tone the day before yesterday and suddenly spoke.

"Oh! Why? Meng was surprised.

"The strength of the two sides is judging each other, and if they continue to fight, they will inevitably anger Zhuge Liang, and they will become enemies at that time, but how can it be good?" Hua Fei pursed his small mouth and said.

"Zhuge Liang and I are either my death or his death, why are you afraid of becoming enemies!" Meng was unimpressed.

"My daughter doesn't want to fight anymore." Flower Mane snorted and turned away from the tent.