According to the earliest drawings, the ghost wood box should contain silver needles and Gu insects, but after the blueprint was obtained by Chu Xiang, the silver needles were replaced by short iron spears, which were more lethal than before. . There is only one point, the iron spear cannot contain Gu worms, it can only injure people and kill people, but there is no need to worry about being controlled by the brain and in turn killing each other.
Xue Huaiyue gave an order, and a large net made of black and gold was torn apart in front of the fleet with a "squeak", blocking part of the iron spear that was shot from the opposite side. At the same time, thousands of ghost wooden boxes on the Great Chu ship were also turned, and sharp blades flashing cold light flew across the sea, piercing through the rigid ghost corpses layer by layer, dull howls came one after another, but not a few people fell. , but began to slowly push the second mechanism of the ghost wooden box together.
Even with the black gold net as a defense, Da Chu still suffered heavy casualties. Xue Huaiyue saw it in his eyes, stepped on the bow and ordered loudly: "Retreat first!"
Zhuo Yunhe shouted: "The whole army retreats!"
While speaking, the second batch of iron spears had come through the wind, Shen Qianfeng stepped on the side of the ship with one foot and jumped, the internal force roared into the sea, the huge waves were raging, and a short-term barrier was erected between the two armies.
"It's not the way to go on like this." Duan Baiyue shook his head, "Yao'er, set fire to it!"
"Okay!" Duan Yao pulled a big net with one hand and jumped off the big boat, a strong smell of kerosene filled the air. Sikong Rui said in shock: "Hey, you just let him go? There are a group of living dead people who have already died."
"He can." Duan Baiyue stared at Duan Yao, and saw that he moved quickly all the way, flew up and climbed a phoenix, whistled and rushed to a high place, rushing straight towards the coffins floating on the sea .
A large number of ghost corpses slowly raised their hands and aimed the ghost wooden box at the sky.
Chu Yuan frowned: "Let Yao'er come back!"
"Someone is secretly commanding this batch of zombies." Duan Baiyue said, "80% of them are on the opposite ship."
Chu Yuan heard the meaning of his words and grasped his wrist.
Duan Baiyue: "..."
Duan Baiyue said: "Isn't it enough to just take a look?"
"Let Yao'er come back." Chu Yuan repeated it again.
Duan Baiyue patted his hand: "Don't worry."
"Hey, so many." Duan Yao felt a chill in her heart as she looked at the densely packed coffins below. Hundreds and thousands of zombies just sank to the bottom of the sea, and the fish and fishermen were considered bloody mildew for eight lifetimes.
There was a short whistle from the big boat, and Duan Yao's eyes flashed coldly, and before he even signaled, the big phoenix had already led him up suddenly, looking like a golden lightning from a distance, no matter how fast those iron spears were, they couldn't catch up. Halfway through the journey, they all crashed back into the sea.
On the deck, Chu Yuan and Sikong Rui both breathed a sigh of relief.
Duan Baiyue: "..."
"Good job." Duan Yao patted it on the neck and coughed twice, "Just hold on a little longer, I'll treat you to beef when you go back."
The big phoenix spread its wings and took him down in a high-altitude circle. Duan Yao saw the opportunity and threw the kerosene-stained fishing net into the coffins. With the other hand, he immediately took off the bow and arrow on his back. The three arrow feathers carried the spark through the big net. The sky-high flames ignited in mid-air, reflecting the surrounding black fog into golden red.
Duan Yao is very satisfied with herself.
The flaming big net covered the coffin, and the dry planks and corpses were a large piece of it, but even so, in the vast fire, iron spears were still shot out, and countless burning zombies continued to follow the instructions. The ground moved stiffly, moving the ghost wooden box again and again, like a doomsday hell.
The fishtail army had already retreated to a safe area, and Ye Jin couldn't care less, and together with the military doctor, transferred the injured soldiers to the ship for medical treatment. Xue Huaiyue had already issued an order for the entire army to retreat, but Duan Baiyue's expression changed, she suddenly broke away from Chu Yuan, and whistled a phoenix.
"You!" Chu Yuan staggered two steps off guard, unable to pull him in time, only to watch the man and Phoenix leave the main battleship quickly.
"It's for Yao'er." Sikong Rui quickly explained, "It's not that Brother Duan is trying to be brave."
Chu Yuan frowned and looked over. Sure enough, he saw that Duan Yao did not come back after lighting the fire, but went to the top of the stationary ship again. He should have wanted to find out more news.
After flying close, Duan Yao just planned to let the Phoenix fall a little further, but heard a movement behind him, and was wary of turning back before he could see clearly, and was swept away from the Phoenix by a palm wind raised by Duan Baiyue - just avoiding the enemy. A cloud-piercing arrow.
The previous phoenix circled and dived downwards, took Duan Yao back on his back, ignored his orders, and flew back to the Chu army camp with people.
Sikong Rui pulled Duan Yao off Phoenix's back and patted it comfortingly.
"Are you okay?" Chu Yuan asked.
Duan Yao shook his head, still in shock.
After a while, Duan Baiyue also turned back to the big ship. At this time, the Chu army had already distanced itself from the coffin. Under the attack of the mines, countless zombies were blown to pieces, and their speed became slower and slower, until they finally completely disappeared in the fog.
The army temporarily retreated to rest, Chu Yuan and Xue Huaiyue hurriedly went to visit the injured soldiers, Duan Yao stood on the deck and defended with no confidence: "I just wanted to go and have a look, but I didn't expect there were still people alive on that boat. "I didn't expect to be able to shoot arrows suddenly.
"How can you command so many zombies without a living person?" Duan Baiyue said solemnly, "I only let you set fire, and I didn't let you do anything else."
Duan Yao lowered his head and said nothing.
"Okay, okay, what are you talking about for so long, walk around and eat." Si Kongrui squatted in the back for a while, he couldn't wait, he came out with a smile on his face, sent Duan Baiyue to see the emperor, and pulled him by himself. Sitting on the side with Duan Yao, "What do you want to eat? Brother, I will cook it for you."
Duan Yao was holding the cracking cloud knife, angry and twisting it hard.
"Brother Duan is also worried about you." Sikong Rui patted his head, "Seeing you went to the enemy camp, he chased after you without saying a word, almost throwing the emperor into the sea." It was very shocking.
Duan Yao covered her ears.
"It's true what I'm lying to you." Si Kongrui leaned closer to his ear and said firmly, "Tonight, 80% of us will be kneeling on the washboard." We didn't expect it at all.
Duan Yao: "..."
"How is it?" Duan Baiyue asked.
"It hurts a lot of people." Chu Yuan sighed, "Thanks to Yao'er, otherwise I'm afraid there will be more than this number, what about others?"
"I was trained by me, and 80% of them are still angry." Duan Baiyue poured a cup of tea by himself.
Chu Yuan frowned: "What did you train him to do? In this battle, Yao'er can be regarded as the best."
"If you get used to it, next time I'm afraid I won't know how high the sky is." Duan Baiyue shook his head. "On weekdays, I demolish the house and unveil the tiles. I can do whatever I want. It's up to him to be self-willed when it comes to military operations. Otherwise, no one can replace him when he suffers in the end. 7."
"Do you want me to coax?" Chu Yuan asked.
"You have enough things to worry about, so don't worry about that kid." Duan Baiyue said, "Go back and rest for a while, I'll go see Senior Mu Chi."
Chu Yuan nodded and stroked his cheek with one hand: "Alright, that's hard work."
Duan Baiyue asked Sixi to accompany him to dinner first, then turned around and went to the other side of the big boat, and sure enough, he saw the old man Mu Chi sitting alone on the bow.
Nan Moxie grimaced, pulled Duan Baiyue aside, and whispered, "This old man is a stubborn one, but he has to find someone to keep an eye on, or he will jump into the sea."
"Go and coax Yaoer." Duan Baiyue said, "Leave it to me here."
"Okay, okay." Nan Moxie was relieved and ran fast. Duan Baiyue sat next to the old man Mu Chi and said, "Senior."
"How are everyone's injuries?" the old man Mu Chi asked.
"The military doctor is treating." Duan Baiyue said, "Senior don't have to blame yourself too much, we are not lost in this battle."
"The other side uses the dead to beat the living, and it will be a big loss for Chu who wins or loses." The old man Mu Chi waved his hand and sighed, "You don't have to persuade me, it's all sins that cannot be washed away."
"Actually not necessarily." Duan Baiyue said, "It's hard to say now, but if there is a way to take all these zombies for their own use, and deal with the rebels in the past, it can be considered to be able to regain a city."
"Is there a way for the lord?" Old Man Mu Chi's eyes lit up.
Duan Baiyue nodded: "But it's not completely determined yet, senior might as well go back to rest first. After I have discussed with the emperor, if this plan is feasible, I'll be the first to tell senior, how?"
Although the old man Mu Chi was dubious, he also knew that the time was pressing, and Duan Baiyue had a heavy responsibility, so he should do big things, instead of standing here all the time to comfort himself, he also nodded, turned and slowly returned to the cabin.
On the other side, Nan Mo said wickedly and righteously: "After you go back, ask Aunt Jin to give your brother an acupuncture, every day, and one end."
Duan Yao sniffed and nodded desperately, "Yeah!"
"Good." Nan Moxie said kindly, "Then let's go to dinner?"
Duan Yao said, "I want to eat grilled fish."
"There's no grilled fish to eat this time, there's a lot of chaos everywhere. The army is eating steamed buns and pickles, so they can only fill their stomachs." Nan Moxie handed over a cup of hot tea, and went to the kitchen to find food for the little apprentice. After the steamed buns and pickled vegetables, he just found a salted fish from the cupboard and brought it back to deliver porridge to him.
Duan Yao reluctantly took two bites, and didn't have the heart to go out again. She went to bed early, but it was not half an hour before she was pulled up again.
Duan Baiyue sat beside the bed and handed him a packet of grilled fish, hot and sprinkled with chili powder.
Duan Yao: "..."
"Eat, kid, I didn't say I wanted to eat fish just now." Duan Baiyue looked at him.
Duan Yao cried out "Wow".
Duan Baiyue: "..."
After a cup of tea, Duan Baiyue looked disgusted and forcibly pulled the slug away from herself: "Have you cried enough?"
Duan Yao hiccupped, but not yet.
Duan Baiyue tore the clothes on one side and wiped it on his face indiscriminately.
Duan Yao wants to cry again, why can't he start lightly, his brother is a barbarian.
Duan Baiyue carried him to the table, opened the paper bag and put it in front of him.
Smells pretty good.
Duan Yao concentrated on eating fish and meat.
Duan Baiyue laughed: "Aren't you angry anymore?"
Duan Yao moved to the other side of the table, not really wanting to ignore him.
Duan Baiyue was very patient, and accompany him to finish the meal, before he said, "You went to the top of that big ship today, did you notice anything abnormal?"
Duan Yao looked at him silently.
To be reasonable, I was slapped by the palm of my hand before I even got close. Why are you still here to investigate
"I know you didn't see anything." Duan Baiyue said, "I mean, did you smell anything?"
Duan Yao frowned slightly: "Smell?"
Duan Baiyue nodded.
Duan Yao thought for a while, and being guided by him like this, she felt that there was really some smell, but she couldn't tell what it was.
"Hesitating is there?" Duan Baiyue took out a small bottle from his sleeve, opened it and handed it to him, "Smell and look at this."
Duan Yao approached, her eyes lit up: "Yes, no, but it's very similar."
"Do you know what it is now?" Duan Baiyue asked again.
"I know." Duan Yao replied readily, "Pink ginger flower."
Pink ginger flowers are not flowers, but female insects. It lays eggs in spring, summer and autumn, and in winter, thousands of thin nematodes hatch. Because of the strong smell, it is easy to be caught by other insects and has long been extinct in the southwest. When Duan Yao was ten years old, it was Gu Yunchuan who sent a pink ginger flower as a gift, which was the first time everyone saw this thing.
There is only one female worm, and naturally it cannot give birth to nematodes, so after the winter, I can only watch the worm slowly stiffen and die, and it is quite regretful.
"So someone brought a puppet made of pink ginger flowers to control the nematodes in those zombies on the big boat?" Duan Yao said, "Isn't it possible that as long as you find a way to destroy the female worms, the zombies will die naturally?"
"The truth is this." Duan Baiyue said, "But what to do, we have to discuss it again, and let's talk about it tomorrow morning."
"Well." Duan Yao nodded, "Okay."
"Sleep." Duan Baiyue rubbed his head, "Don't think about giving your brother an injection next time."
Duan Yao: "..."
That's what Master said, so I just said "um".
very innocent.
Seeing Duan Baiyue's return, Sixi hurried forward and whispered, "The emperor ordered it, and this is reserved for the prince."
"Did you sleep?" Duan Baiyue asked.
"It didn't take long for the rest." Si Xi said, "Just now, General Xue came again."
Duan Baiyue nodded, but didn't have the heart to eat, and when he pushed the door, he saw Chu Yuan leaning on the bedside and looking at him.
"I knew that I didn't fall asleep again." Duan Baiyue said, "When I came back, I went to the military doctor's camp to take a look. Ye Guzhu has already gone back to rest, and there are thirty or forty wounded waiting there. , the military doctors will take turns to go into battle, and they can be bandaged by tomorrow morning at the latest, so don't worry too much."
"Where is Senior Mu Chi?" Chu Yuan sat up.
"It's alright for now." Duan Baiyue said, "Yao'er also went to sleep, it's almost time."
"It's so late?" Chu Yuan rubbed his temples, "Xue Huaiyue came here just now, not long after leaving."
Duan Baiyue took his hand and kissed him: "Go to sleep."
"I don't want to know why he came here?" Chu Yuan said, "I thought that even if the rebels had ghost wooden boxes, they would not be able to compare with the number of Da Chu, and it must be the opponent who would suffer the loss. But I didn't expect that they would use dead bodies. In this way, even if we win, there will be heavy casualties and grievances will be won.”
"Leave it to me." Duan Baiyue said.
"I'll leave everything to you." Chu Yuan withdrew his hand and said with a headache, "Let's not talk about this, you should rest earlier."
Duan Baiyue helped him to lie back on the bed, and after washing himself, he lit the incense soothing, and then leaned aside.
Chu Yuan moved up and put his pillow on his arm.
The corners of Duan Baiyue's mouth curved, and her palms patted his back lightly, listening to the breathing of the people around her becoming more and more steady, but she became more and more energetic, and kept staring at the top of the bed.
When the sky was about to dawn, Chu Yuan asked confusedly, "What time is it?"
"How long has it been since I slept." Duan Baiyue hugged him tightly, "Whatever the time, close your eyes."
Chu Yuan wanted to push him away and sit up, but he felt that his whole body had no strength, and it was very comfortable to be hugged by him, so he fell back to sleep softly. Duan Baiyue covered him with the quilt again, and after coaxing for a while, he snuffed out the incense sticks on the table and gently exited the door.
"How is it?" Ye Jin asked outside.
"I slept all night, and it was very stable." Duan Baiyue said, "That fragrance is good, thank you."
Ye Jin breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good."
"Where's Alliance Leader Shen?" Duan Baiyue asked.
"I haven't woken up yet, I've been busy all night, and only rested at dawn." Ye Jin said, "I went to see the old man Mu Chi this morning. He said you have a way to deal with those zombies?"
"Last night, I was afraid that senior couldn't think of jumping into the sea, so he said something random." Duan Baiyue said as he walked.
Ye Jin was suddenly discouraged and talked nonsense.
"But there is another thing." Duan Baiyue said, "Has the owner of the valley ever heard of Pink Ginger Flower?"
Ye Jin shook his head: What is it? "
Duan Baiyue sat on the railing and said, "Gu worm."
"So?" Ye Jin hesitated.
"Yesterday, when I went to rescue Yao'er, I smelled a strong smell in the sky of the big ship. It was powder ginger flower." Duan Baiyue took out the small bottle again, "This is ginger powder used to ward off cold, it smells like ginger powder. very similar."
"Pink ginger flower, what can it be used for?" Ye Jin asked.
"Pink ginger flower is the female worm, and it is the daughter worm that controls the zombies." Duan Baiyue said, "In witchcraft, the female worm can be placed in the puppet to direct the zombie's actions."
Ye Jin's eyes lit up: "What do you mean, if you meet again next time, you will simply blow up that big ship?"
"This is one way, but I have another idea." Duan Baiyue said, "Just take the puppet back."
Ye Jin took a deep breath, yes, enough hooligans.
Duan Baiyue said: "So maybe I have to use the Gu King of the Valley Master."
It is possible to borrow nature. Ye Jin looked at him: "Isn't there in the Southwest Mansion?"
"Yes," Duan Baiyue nodded, "but it's not enough, that ship doesn't look too small, it would be a waste of time to find it alone."
That's it. Ye Jin stretched out two hands, very generous: "I have ten."
Duan Baiyue: "..."
Duan Baiyue said from the heart: "I admire."
The shadow guard of the Chasing Shadow Palace drove a small boat and found a lot of wild fruits on the nearby island for the injured Chu army. Naturally, there was also Master Miaoxin with him. As a monk, it is natural to be compassionate, which is very reasonable.
"How's it going?" Nan Moxie took the dark guard aside and asked after looking at the free time.
Anwei said beamingly: "It's good."
Nan Moxie was surprised and said, "Very good?"
"Yeah." The dark guard said, "Although this master doesn't speak, he won't interrupt us. He just sits there." He would not turn his face and fight, so he hurriedly talked about the anecdotes in the whole piece of Shu, and praised the son and the young palace master in different ways, by the way, he implicitly and euphemistically expressed, "We are not. It is very clear who the palace lord is".
Nan Moxie said with relief: "In the next time, this master will be handed over to the young heroes." At least before Wangcheng's wedding, there can be no more troubles.
Anwei agreed, and went to Miaoxin with the tofu soup.
It's good to eat vegetarian together.