Chapter 256

The fire swallows the sky, strike halfway across the river!

Upper reaches of the Shuoqoushui River.

Duan Yu led more than 1,200 cavalrymen to stand behind an earthen mound at a river crossing point in the upper reaches of the Shuoqoushui River, watching the raging fire burning on Mount Tanhanshan in the distance.

At this time, the surging fire was completely beyond Duan Yu's expectations.

The big fire ignited by Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, Chen Qing'an, and Zhang Xun from the southeast, west, and north almost swallowed the entire Mount Tanhanshan.

And the fire was gradually surrounding into a huge circle of fire.

Those burning trees were like fire towers rushing to the sky. In the moment the wind blew, the flames burning on the treetops were like jumping red elves, jumping from the treetops of one tree to the treetops of another.

Not only did Duan Yu not expect this situation, but even Gao Shun and Zhang Liao and the others did not expect this effect.

At this time, flocks of birds on the entire Mount Tanhanshan were startled and flew away.

Animals with heat and charred hair from being burned kept running out of the forest.

It's just that so far, no herdsmen have been seen running out of the mountain.

Duan Yu was not surprised by this point.

Let alone the Xianbei herdsmen at this time, even the Han people generally didn't know what the correct way to escape was when encountering such a large-scale mountain fire.

Facing this kind of mountain fire, hiding anywhere was basically useless.

Even if the mountain fire didn't spread to the entire Mount Tanhanshan.

But as long as the fire all around was big enough, and after surrounding it, it would drain the air in the mountain hollow.

At this time, the only place that could be considered a way to live was the Shuoqoushui River.

Therefore, Duan Yu divided his only 1,200-plus cavalrymen into two groups.

They guarded the two river crossing points of the Shuoqoushui River where the fire was currently the smallest.

From the morning when Mount Tanhanshan was ignited, Duan Yu had been waiting patiently.

Until the time came to noon.

Tie Shitou, who was monitoring the Shuoqoushui River in the distance, suddenly ran down from the earthen mound, shouting excitedly: "They are coming, they are coming!"

"Brother Duan, the Xianbei people are out, they are out!"

Duan Yu, who was closing his eyes and resting under the earthen mound, suddenly opened his eyes.

After getting up, Duan Yu came to the back of the earthen mound in two or three steps, and his gaze looked at Mount Tanhanshan in the distance.

At this time, the black thick smoke almost blocked the sunlight.

There was smoke scattered all around Mount Tanhanshan, like the morning fog.

And in that smoke that was like fog.

A group of people were stooping, covering their mouths and noses, and running quickly from an exit of a mountain hollow toward the outside of Mount Tanhanshan.

"Not Xianbei people, they are Han people!" Duan Yu's gaze narrowed.

The clothes of those people clearly had no characteristics of the Xianbei people, and they were all wearing Han robes.

"Han people?"

Tie Shitou and Wang Hunu, who were following Duan Yu, were both stunned.

Then they carefully looked at the hundred-plus people who ran out.

None of the hundred-plus people who ran out of Mount Tanhanshan were riding horses, they were all on foot.

As the group of people got closer and closer to the river bank of the Shuoqoushui River guarded by Duan Yu, Tie Shitou and Wang Hunu also saw clearly.

This group of people were indeed all Han people.

"Brother Duan, could it be Wang Rou and the others?" Tie Shitou turned his head to look at Duan Yu.

Duan Yu's gaze searched among the crowd.

I saw that among the group of people, there were two middle-aged men covering their faces under the protection of a group of people holding swords.

It's just that the distance was still far, and the two were covering their mouths and noses, so it was a bit unclear for a while.

The portraits of Wang Rou and his brother Wang Ze had already been engraved in Duan Yu's mind.

Looking at the group of Han people who ran out, Duan Yu narrowed his eyes and waited patiently.

The purpose of this group of people must be the Shuoqoushui River flowing in front of Mount Tanhanshan.

Sure enough, it did not exceed Duan Yu's expectations.

The hundred-plus people who fled from Mount Tanhanshan, their bodies all baked to emit heat, went straight to the Shuoqoushui River, which was only a few dozen meters away from Duan Yu.

They didn't notice Duan Yu who was monitoring them at all.

A group of people rushed to the riverbed of the Shuoqoushui River like crazy, and then plunged into the river water.

Regardless of whether the river water in front of them was deep or shallow, they jumped into the water like dumplings.

The reason why Duan Yu chose this position was because this was a crossing point for entering and leaving Mount Tanhanshan.

The traces of frequent trampling at the crossing, the shallow beach for crossing the river at this time, and the footsteps of livestock often walking on both sides of the river were enough to prove all this.

On the earthen mound behind Duan Yu, six hundred-plus cavalrymen had already boarded their warhorses.

They were just waiting for Duan Yu's order.

Suddenly, Duan Yu, who was watching the crowd, narrowed his eyes, and his eyes locked on a thin figure who had just been pulled up from the river by guards.

Wang Rou!

It's Wang Rou!

Duan Yu widened his eyes, and a smile appeared on his face.

"Finally caught you!" Duan Yu raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

Chasing from Jinyang to Mount Tanhanshan had already exceeded a thousand miles.

Just the time had been nearly ten days.

From Taiyuan Commandery, to Yanmen Commandery, and then to the current Monan Mount Tanhanshan.

Finally found.