Zheng Zhifeng felt that it was just a forest. Even if one tree was cut down, it would be the day when it was cut down. It would be a matter of time before it was cut down.

Of course, Zheng Zhifeng and the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were doing this. Even if it was slower, it did not allow the Japanese ronin who had just arrived here to intervene.

These roninmen were all assigned to Zheng Zhihu's men to trouble the barbarians who originally lived on this land.

After all, it doesn't matter whether the Japanese ronin killed the barbarians or the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty killed the barbarians. It doesn't matter if the Japanese ronin killed the barbarians or were counter-killed by the barbarians. It's just a matter of silver, and the silver will be taken back in the future.

If the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were killed or injured, that would be a real trouble. It would be better to take the soldiers to clean up this damn forest.

As time progressed little by little, a mere forest naturally did not stop Zheng Zhifeng and others.

Not to mention that the Ming army has begun to use artillery forward in carpet style. Even if there are no cannons, it is not too big a problem to push the carpet style into the forest.

The difference is just a matter of the speed of time.

A small flag team that disappeared without a trace after entering this nameless forest was also found, and no one survived and all died together.

There was no trace of blood and flesh on the corpse, only white skeletons and some tattered cloth strips were left. Muskets, waist knives, crossbows, fire folds and other messy things were scattered around the skeletons.

Through the still messy traces around, we can see what these soldiers fought against. Zheng Zhifeng could even imagine the tragic moment through the bullet marks and swords around.

Among the several skeletons, except for the four silences, one is facing north and maintaining a kneeling position.

However, the bones on the calves of this kneeling skeleton were divided into two pieces, with deep tooth marks on it, which were obviously bitten by something, and the waist knife that the owner of the skeleton wore during his lifetime was horizontally located in front of him.

Zheng Zhifeng's face was a little gloomy, but her originally fair skin turned a little dark due to the wind and sun on the sea and the sunlight after coming to this land. She couldn't tell anything for a while.

The bright sun hangs in the sky, and beams of sunlight pass through the dense branches and leaves in the forest and sprinkle on the ground. The water vapor that evaporates after being exposed to the sun and mixes with the sunlight beam, forming a picture that looks like a grand scene in a fairy.

As for Zheng Zhifeng behind him, because the Ming army had already cleaned up all the trees and lacked the obstruction of branches and leaves, the large sunlight made Zheng Zhifeng's back feel a little hot.

One cold and one hot, just one step away.

Zheng Zhifeng has seen dead people, and there are brothers who die in front of him on the battlefield.

It is inevitable that the battle will be worn on horseback and no major issues will be taken.

Walking to the bone that was in a kneeling position, Zheng Zhifeng felt that her back was getting hot, and even her clothes felt like she was about to be ignited.

But Zheng Zhilong felt that his whole heart was chilling. He looked up at the corpses and woods in front of him. A chilling feeling rose from the bottom of his heart, and his back was itchy.

A forest, five fully armed soldiers died here quietly, and they could not convey any news.

If their corpses were not found today, no one would have known about it.

Especially the bone in front of me who was in a kneeling position was obviously unable to walk after my legs were broken, so I finally chose to commit suicide.

After hesitating for a while, Zheng Zhifeng slowly squatted down, gently stretched out her hand, and reached out to a wooden sign hanging between the bones and necks.

Zheng Zhifeng felt that her movements had been as light as possible, but before he could fully lift the wooden sign, the corpse in front of him could no longer remain kneeling and scattered on the ground.

Perhaps it was because I had been in this dark and humid forest for too long. The whole wooden sign was wet and slippery, and some moss grew on it, which made people unable to tell what was written on the handwriting, so I could only clean it up little by little along the marks.

Zheng Zhifeng didn't believe in evil, and repeatedly rubbed the moss on it with her hands, and used her nails to clean it up little by little along the marks on the wooden sign.

"The small flag of the first hundred households in the South China Sea Fleet of the Ming Navy"

After cleaning for a long time, Zheng Zhifeng finally cleaned up the wooden sign and could barely see the marks on it.

Zheng Zhifeng endured it for a long time. When Feng Gang saw these five corpses, the tears that were already spinning in his eyes could no longer be held back and slid down the corners of his eyes.

Ignoring the falling tears, Zheng Zhifeng got up and choked and ordered: "Carry all the bones of these five brothers and take them back to the camp. The rest of them evacuated from this forest!"

After all the corpses of a small flag were collected and everyone retreated from the forest, Zheng Zhifeng looked at the forest in front of her and gritted her teeth and said, "Change the flower bullet! Bomb me! I want to wipe this forest completely!"

Zheng Zhifeng's order was completely executed, and the forest, which had been completely wiped out after a day, was declared smoothed out.

As for the fire caused by the flowering bullet, Zheng Zhifeng was not worried at all, and none of the Ming soldiers were worried.

The moisture here is too great. Even if it catches fire, it will turn into dark fire in a while, and then turn into black smoke. There is no problem that causes a big fire.

Not to mention that an extremely wide fire trench has been dug out of the forest in advance. Even if a big fire broke out, it would not be able to burn the direction of Zheng Zhifeng and others.

Zheng Zhifeng, who returned to the big tent, had a gloomy face, took off her armor and jumped into the pool in the tent, burying her head deeply into the water.

Zheng Zhilong, who had already left the pool and wiped his body dry, was wearing a thin robe. After Zheng Zhifeng's head was lifted from the water, he asked, "What's wrong?"

Zheng Zhifeng said angrily: "The brothers from that small banner have been found, but none of them will survive."

Zheng Zhilong nodded: "What was expected. They were so big that they couldn't get out of the forest, and the ammunition and supplies they carried were doomed to not last long.

To put it bluntly, even if they did not encounter any fatal danger, water shortage and hunger alone could kill them, even if the people who were replaced by Jinyiwei went in."

Zheng Zhifeng, with red eyes, said angrily: "The five brothers who came from the Ming Dynasty together did not die at the sea where the barbarians were fighting, nor in Luzon, but died in such a forest!

If I hadn't ordered them to explore this damn forest, they wouldn't have died so worthless!"

Zheng Zhilong sighed, walked around to the position where Zheng Zhifeng was, squatted down and patted Zheng Zhifeng on the shoulder and said, "They are soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, this is fate!

When I didn't give this order, I would also give this order. People would die. The difference is that it might be someone else's death, not these five brothers.

No matter what, these five brothers also tell us one thing, that is, the forest is dangerous and must not be easily entered, and their death is worth it."

Zheng Zhifeng knew that his eldest brother Zheng Zhilong was comforting himself, and what Zheng Zhilong said was also true.

When a soldier fights, how can one not die?

Either die on the battlefield or on the way to the battlefield, how many people can survive in a hurry after going to the battlefield?

There was only one Zhao Zilong who entered and exited Changbanpo seven times, and the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were not as capable as Zhao Zilong.

But if you understand, you will feel uncomfortable in your heart. If you can't resist this, you can't resist this.

He held the water and washed his face with hatred, and then spit out the water that accidentally seeped into his mouth. Zheng Zhifeng said: "What a shitty forest, I have ordered it to be completely erased. There will be no forest there again in the future!"

Zheng Zhilong was stunned when he heard this, then patted Zheng Zhifeng on the shoulder and smiled and said, "If you erase it, you will erase it. Don't be so reckless again in the future."

Zheng Zhifeng nodded, then soaked in water and stopped talking, making people unable to understand what he was thinking.

Zheng Zhilong sighed again, no longer caring about Zheng Zhifeng, but instead ordered someone to prepare wine and food.

There is no way for others to replace such knots, and there is no way to persuade them. They can only rely on themselves to get out.

After coming out, he became a qualified military commander.

If you can't get out, you will either follow the article in the future or become a useless person.

But Zheng Zhilong didn't want to watch Xiaowu become a useless person, so he could only do his best.

The wine and food were ready soon, some simple fish and a pot of wine.

The fish are fish in the sea, and the meat is a small beast hunted by the personal soldiers. After being carefully cooked by the fleet chefs, it has a unique taste.

As for alcohol, because drinking is strictly prohibited in the army, but alcohol is also carried for disinfection, the guys in these fleets have invented the way to mix water into alcohol hundreds of years ago. It is enough to drink it without killing people and dare not ask for too much.

Zheng Zhifeng drank the wine in the cup in one gulp, and asked with red eyes: "Brother, are you talking about the death of these people worth it? Will they hate me? Will their families hate me?"

Zheng Zhilong filled Zheng Zhifeng with wine again, but then held Zheng Zhifeng's hand that wanted to hold up the cup, stared at Zheng Zhifeng's eyes and said, "It's worth it! I won't hate it!"

After slowly letting go of Zheng Zhifeng's hand, seeing that Zheng Zhifeng did not want to hold up the cup again, Zheng Zhilong breathed a sigh of relief and then said, "Just as I told you just now, if you don't order you, I have to let me go. If they don't go, they have to have other comrades.

This is fate, as a soldier's fate.

In front of such a forest, there is actually no distinction between soldiers and generals, even if you and I lead the troops in.

Brothers like this who died because of the road exploration were killed, not on the sickbed, nor on the marching road. This alone is worth it!”

After sighing again, Zheng Zhilong continued, "Lao Wu, I know you feel uncomfortable, I feel bad, they might as well die on the battlefield with Franji people, so that I can feel better in my heart.

But no, someone must explore the road. If you want to occupy this land for me, someone must make sacrifices!

Not to mention these five brothers, even if they are the second brothers who lead troops outside to eliminate the barbarians, who can guarantee that he must be safe? Who can guarantee that you and I must be safe?"

Zheng Zhifeng nodded, picked up the wine glass in front of her and drank it all. She slapped the wine glass on the table, then reached out and grabbed the wine pot from Zheng Zhilong's hand and filled it with her red eyes and said, "I know, I understand, but I just feel uncomfortable!"

Looking at Zheng Zhifeng who had drunk it all over again, Zheng Zhilong said helplessly: "Then what? Can you make them alive or can I make them alive?

What we need to do now is to collect the good brothers and bring them back to the Ming Dynasty so that they can enter the Martyrs' Temple to enjoy blood.

Then what? Then we have to continue exploring this land until we have thoroughly understood the situation here, until we have completely become my own ownership of the Ming Dynasty!

In this process, brothers will inevitably die constantly, because of diseases, because of war with barbarians, because of beasts, because of invisible dangers.

But so what? Can we stop exploring?

Let’s not talk about whether Your Majesty will spare us, nor do we have to say whether we will be right to these dead brothers after we stop. Just tell me that you can get through your own hearts?”

After picking up the wine glass in front of him and drinking the alcohol mixed with water, Zheng Zhilong's eyes also turned red: "What's the hell?"

You see the land here, but it still has no intention of entering autumn. You can produce grain by sprinkling seeds. Why should you belong to those barbarians? Why can't you belong to my Ming Dynasty? Well?!

I tell you, this place must be from the Ming Dynasty, and it can only be from the Ming Dynasty!

As generals of the Ming Dynasty, we brothers must learn to consider problems from the perspective of generals, rather than looking at them with the idea of ​​pirates like before!”

After taking back the wine pot from Zheng Zhifeng and drinking a glass by himself, Zheng Zhilong's tongue was already a little knotted: "From now on, you will be smart, and you will see the problem longer than your brother.

But this time, Lao Wu, you, can’t!

You can’t just think about brotherhood. You still have to remember that you are the Marquis of Jinghai of the Ming Dynasty and the pioneer in the development of this land!”

With a bang, the wine pot in Zheng Zhilong's hand fell to the ground, and the wine spilled all over the floor. The last thought in his mind was that there was less water...

Zheng Zhifeng laughed, and with red eyes, she wanted to pick up the wine pot on the ground, but she didn't expect to grasp the balance of her body. She fell to the ground with a thud, and fell down to the stool under her butt.

After the personal soldiers outside the tent rushed in, Zheng Zhilong lay on the messy table, Zheng Zhifeng fell to the ground, and not far from his head was a wine pot with wine dripping outwards. The two of them had already started to snore.

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