Summarizing their current situation - there is no shortage of water sources... Yizhou has many mountains and rivers, and forest streams are everywhere. As long as it is slightly filtered and boiled, it will be quite high-quality drinking water.
There is a shortage of food...dried meat, dry food and other food are only enough to last three days, and this is still under the premise that Zhao Yun and Cao Ang continue to go out hunting.
If one day they are unlucky and Zhao Yun and Cao Ang catch nothing from hunting, the current food supply will not last even two days.
When he got up early this morning, Yi Xiaotian took the rest of the people who were unable to hunt and went up the mountain to collect wild fruits and vegetables. Some common mushrooms can also be used as food...
After patching things together like this, Cao Ang and Zhao Yun each brought back a hare near noon, so today's meal was barely settled.
Of course, before making the decision, Yi Xiaotian also confessed some things to Qin Mi - after all, the other party was already their companion through life and death, and there was no point in hiding it from the other party. Besides, Huang Quan was not nearby now, and with Qin Mi's
From a personal standpoint, he shouldn't have much reaction to the identities of Zhao Yun and Cao Ang.
So Yi Xiaotian said it directly——
As expected, Qin Mi not only did not overreact, but seemed to have expected it, and looked quite happy and relieved.
"Hey... Actually, I had already guessed the identities of the two warriors around Master Yi, but I didn't expect that these two people had such a big connection. It's no wonder that Master Yi didn't dare to reveal his identity in front of General Huang easily at that time. If Huang
If the general knows that they are the famous Changshan Zhao Zilong and Cao Cao's eldest son Cao Ang, I'm afraid it won't be my turn to chat with you here."
"That's natural. General Huang is loyal to Yizhou. Even if I tell him our purpose and learn the identities of Zilong and Cao Ang, General Huang will definitely turn against us."
"Master Yi is really lucky to be able to tell me these things - now imagine that even if the journey ahead is difficult, I won't be so worried."
"Haha... How can there be such a magical weapon? Now that we are on the same boat, we have to rely on Mr. Qin to open the way for us - it is us who should say this. With Mr. Qin here, we will not be afraid of this trip to Yizhou
There is no way out."
Yi Xiaotian and Qin Mi exchanged business blows, and the atmosphere among everyone became less tense.
Similarly, because of Yi Xiaotian's honest behavior, Qin Mi tried his best...
Relying on his memory, he drew a simple map of the current area for everyone, and relying on his many years of experience living in seclusion in the mountains and forests, whether it was observing the position of moss or measuring the proportions of shadows, he determined the time and calculated their current location.
Location.
That afternoon, before the sun went down, Qin Mi gave his final answer.
Under the call of Yi Xiaotian, everyone came to the map drawn by Qin Mi. Because there were no banknotes, Qin Mi used local materials to spread out a sand table with sand from the surrounding river beach, and then used tree branches to draw some patterns on it.
Simple points and lines.
"Everyone, next I will explain our current position - this will also become an important basis for where we should go next. Of course, the final decision on where to go is still decided by Zhuang Yi. I am just providing
Some barely reliable news, the reason why I say it is barely reliable...is mainly because we really don't have much time left, and there is nothing to hide. Now we must rush to the next city before we run out of food.
Supplies...hence this map."
Qin Mi held the branch in his hand, pointed to a point and explained:
"This is our location - based on our route over the past two days and the surrounding environment, first of all, the mountainous area we are in should be a mountain range called Pingshan located to the west of Bodao City."
As he spoke, Qin Mi drew a simple symbol of a mountain range on the map.
Zhao Yun and King Cao were thoughtful, while Fan Ling stood aside and tried hard to understand Qin Mi's words.
"Actually, we only need to walk thirty or fifty miles back east to reach Bodao, a larger city nearby. However, in my opinion, the current situation in Bodao may not be optimistic -"
"How do you say this?"
Yi Xiaotian raised questions in a timely manner. In fact, he knew the reason why Qin Mi said this, and he was just doing this to explain to others.
"To put it simply, it's because our escape route was very changeable before. We generally ran all the way to the southwest. Although the speed is not slow, it is definitely not as stable as the army..."
"The guy named Chen Dao has been chasing us before. It is expected that he has violated military regulations. If he goes back empty-handed, he will definitely be punished by his superiors..."
"Besides, his situation is similar to ours. He has been chasing us for more than ten days. He is in short supply of food. If he wants to return to the army, he must supply supplies as soon as possible..."
"In this case, it shouldn't be difficult to guess where he would choose to resupply, right?"
"So that's it..."
Zhao Yun nodded and said:
"If we rush to Bo Dao nearby, we are very likely to meet Chen Dao again. At that time, a chase will inevitably occur, which will only make our situation worse."
"That's it...that's why I said we have to go all the way until it gets dark - if we can't go back, we can only continue to go south and west."
"But another problem is the barbarians..."
"Yesterday we mentioned that in recent years, the barbarians in southern Yizhou, under the leadership of the young leader Meng Huo, have swept away almost all the tribes..."
"The news I heard recently is that the barbarians who were originally entrenched in Yunnan and Yongchang counties are planning to besiege Yuexun County. If this is true...if you blindly go west, you will very likely encounter the barbarians -
—So looking around, the only two places in southern Yizhou that can be considered safe areas are Zhu Ti and Zang Da.”
"The city closest to us in the south is called Nanguang. I happen to have an old acquaintance in Nanguang. If we go to Nanguang, we may be able to get his help."
"The most important thing is that the whole of Yizhou is not peaceful at the moment. I know that you, Master Yi, want to rush to Chengdu as soon as possible to join your family, but my suggestion is that before the situation is clear, we'd better not leave Nan rashly.
On the Guang side... If Liu Bei wants to seize Yizhou, he must take Langzhong - Zitong - Fu County - Luocheng... Unless necessary, he will never pour troops into the south - and they are all close to him.
Liu Zhang should not be unresponsive yet..."
Qin Mi drew three lines on the ground, which in turn represented the three difficulties Liu Bei would encounter before attacking.
He tapped each of the three lines with a branch, and finally his eyes fell on Chengdu:
"As long as Liu Zhang can guarantee that Chengdu will not quickly break through the city and the situation reaches a stalemate, it will not be too late for us to go north."
"That's all I have to say. You can speak freely without worrying about my face. We are definitely taking the best route at the moment. What I say is not necessarily the best way."
