outside the city
Soldier A marched quickly. It had rained yesterday and the ground was full of mud. It was slippery and rotten. If he was not careful, he would fall solidly into the muddy water.
Li Zhengyuan was still urging: "Quick, quick!"
The armored soldiers did not complain, because dozens of plumes of thick smoke rose from the city. The black smoke covered them and they could be seen from a distance. The Taoist officials could even see the blood shining into the sky, and all of them looked gloomy.
The soldiers walked on foot, the Taoist officials beat their horses, and the team moved quickly, and the county seat was right in front of them.
Suddenly, a horseman came rushing forward, rolling down his saddle covered with mud and water, and reported: "Sir, there are hundreds of demon soldiers inside, and they have been killing people wantonly."
“Where is Kochi Prefecture?”
"Kochi County personally led the government officials and soldiers to kill them, resulting in heavy casualties."
Li Zhengyuan was startled. The yamen officers and soldiers resisted the monster soldiers. They were about to die for their country. He said coldly: "Okay, he is a man - you lead the way quickly!"
Then he ordered the people around him: "Captain Ge, take a few Taoist officials and seal off the county gate. Don't let any of the demon soldiers escape."
"Yes!" Lieutenant Ge was stunned for a moment and said, "Yes."
Following the order, this person surrounded the city gate, and the main force followed Li Zhengyuan into the city.
"Monster, run away." After rushing into the city, thick smoke billowed from the wooden houses, and demon soldiers could faintly be seen lighting fires. The people were driven away by the fire and had to escape from their houses, but the demon soldiers chased them and killed them one by one.
Screams came one after another, people fled in panic, and corpses littered the streets.
"I'll fight you!" When he was cornered, a man rushed up with a hatchet, but the demon soldier killed him on the spot with just one blow.
"Kill, kill, kill!" A demon general in the middle smiled ferociously, playing with a head in his hand. It was the head of Magistrate Gao. He seemed tired of playing with it, so he put it on with a rope.
Li Zhengyuan just turned around a street. Monster soldiers were chasing a group of people. A woman with blood spattered on her body, holding a child in her arms, ran with the crowd. She stumbled and fell to the ground.
"No"
The woman's face was full of fear and she was about to get up. The demon soldiers were already behind her. The woman held the child tightly in her arms and saw the light of the sword falling.
"Bound" was shouted out, and the demon soldiers paused.
"Shoot!" Several arrows fell, and the demon soldier waved his sword to block them. There was only a popping sound, and he was hit by several arrows. However, the demon did not die. He stabbed the woman, and blood spattered. The woman used her body to protect it. The child was killed immediately. Li Zhengyuan's face was ashen. The demon soldiers were so ferocious that he drew his sword and said, "Kill all these demon soldiers."
"Kill!" Soldier A was angered by the ferocity of the demon soldier. He shouted and rushed forward, hacking the demon soldier to death. While the people were fleeing in the distance, when they saw the court officers and soldiers approaching, they felt light on their bodies and sat on the ground crying loudly. Wail.
"Why don't you retreat quickly and wait to die here?" A captain shouted, and the people just woke up from a dream and continued to run away.
"Puff puff puff!" Armored soldiers surrounded them, Taoist officials cast spells on the side, and archers shot arrows to divide the demon soldiers.
The screams continued, the fighting was very cruel, the monsters were very powerful, but the armor soldiers were all wearing armor, they were all elites, not inferior by much, and they cooperated with each other tacitly. For a time, both sides suffered casualties.
Li Zhengyuan looked at the battle situation, looking at the bloody battle calmly. The soldiers stood around quietly, waiting for the next order.
"Although the demon soldiers are strong, they are still twice as weak as the demon world."
"Generally speaking, demonized soldiers are stronger than those without demonization, but they are not much stronger."
A scream came. It turned out to be a monster with faint traces of a bear killing an armored soldier, and armored soldiers had gathered around it.
"Stab!" Shi Chang gave an order, and the armored soldier stabbed straight with his spear: "Kill!"
The three spears pierced deeply, and the sound of piercing the flesh was chilling. Even the monsters screamed loudly. However, the monster soldiers were tenacious. Although they were hit by several spears, they did not die for a while. The long swords were slashed out, and a armored soldier could not escape. , groaned, having been stabbed.
The "killing" chief stabbed the demon soldier in the heart with his spear. This time the demon soldier couldn't bear it any longer and knelt down, twitching all over and died.
The shouts of killing gradually became louder, and the number of demon soldiers became smaller and smaller. Seeing the disadvantage, a sudden group of demon soldiers broke out of the formation and fled towards the city gate for their lives.
Li Zhengyuan said calmly: "Captain Fan."
"The mark is on."
"You cooperate with Lieutenant Ge and annihilate them."
"Yes!" Lieutenant Fan responded and led his soldiers away. Suddenly, there were constant shouts of killing in the distance.
Li Zhengyuan was patrolling at this time and saw dead bodies piled up on the street. Blood was everywhere on the ground. Many of the dead bodies had their eyes wide open, showing that they were dying with their eyes open.
Li Zhengyuan saw a female corpse with a very beautiful face, holding a baby, her eyes widened. He couldn't help but sigh slightly, and reached out to cover her eyes, but in a blink of an eye, the eyes of the female corpse opened again.
Li Zhengyuan sighed and stood up. The sound of killing in the distance gradually subsided. Soon, a Taoist official came to report: "All the demon soldiers who rushed into the city have been wiped out."
Li Zhengyuan looked at them and let out a heavy breath: "These demon soldiers are not strong and are obviously newly formed, so it is not difficult to suppress them, but no matter how strong they are, it is not possible for the common people to resist."
"It looks like at least thousands of people were killed."
"If there is no demonic energy, no matter how many dead bodies there are, it will be difficult to transform into a corpse. But if the demonic corpses are lined up among them, and the corpse is infected, there may be a risk of corpse transformation. If you wait for it, organize the burning immediately. No matter how much resentment you have after losing the body, it will be useless. Rely on."
As he said that, Li Zhengyuan's muscles twitched. If there were some cases, Taoism could be used to solve it, but now he could only set it on fire. The Taoist official responded, and soon the flames started to burn, and there were fireworks everywhere.
"Sir, the child of the woman just now is still alive."
As the corps leader said, Li Zhengyuan looked over. The child was covered in blood and his body was shaking from time to time: "Mom, mom, don't, don't kill mom."
The captain's lips were a little chapped, and he listened to the child shouting: "I just feel sorry for this baby."
"Pick him up and put him in a safe place - no." Li Zhengyuan remembered what happened and said coldly: "The demon soldiers divided their forces and secretly attacked the county town. There must be a demon general. Have you seen the demon general?"
A Taoist official came over in a hurry: "Sir, Master Gao died in battle and his head was cut off. I'm afraid it was the demon general's doing."
"Damn it, the demon general has escaped." Li Zhengyuan hammered his armor, and the anger in his heart could not be concealed: "No matter who you are, I will cut off your head to pay tribute to the tragic dead soul - ah"
At this moment, a person came over: "Sir, please remind me. Your Excellency is here and will summon you immediately."
Li Zhengyuan was startled and calmed down his anger. His face, which had been through the fight, had a little bit of water chestnut. After a moment of hesitation, he said, "Take me there immediately."
At that moment, Li Zhengyuan followed the Taoist official to a room, opened the curtain and entered. He saw Feng Tidian inside, and quickly bowed: "Master Tidian."
I saw a young Taoist sitting upright again, very unfamiliar, with a very high posture, I was secretly surprised, and thought to myself: "Who is this person? He has extraordinary bearing, I have never seen him before, and his identity is still above the level? Is it possible that the imperial court still wants to pay attention to it?" Is there a hidden organization?”
Seeing Li Zhengyuan's confusion, Feng Min did not explain and said, "What was the result of this encirclement and suppression?"
Li Zhengyuan listened and reported: "To remind you of the numbers, in this siege, we lost 300 armored soldiers, 230 demon soldiers, 2 Taoist officials, 2,000 civilians, and 2,000 demon soldiers. I will run away, I am guilty, please punish me."
After Li Zhengyuan finished speaking, he knelt down to plead guilty.
Feng Tidian was distracted after listening to the report. When he saw Li Zhengyuan, he kowtowed and after a while he said, "I understand. You will hand over the job immediately and return to Beijing immediately."
"What?" Li Zhengyuan was shocked: "How can I go back when Duo Pao Ze died in battle, the people were massacred, and the culprit has not bowed his head? Please allow me to take the blame and carry out the encirclement and suppression."
Feng Tidian was a little moved when he heard it, but he yelled: "This is an order from the imperial court, do you want to disobey it?"
(End of chapter)