However, Wang Banxia was also confused. He had never heard of any rebellion in the south, so why would the army come here
"Hurry up, hurry up, let the team behind catch up, Qixia Mountain is ahead."
"Kill all the black dogs, drain their blood and store it to prevent a surprise attack from the demon Lu Liangsheng."
"Pace yourself and take good care of Master Wang!"
Lu Liangsheng?!
Wang Banxia's smile froze. He could hear voices coming from the crowd. He heard them clearly and shuddered all over. A soldier who was supporting him asked in a low voice:
"Master, do you want to pee?"
"No, I don't want to... I don't want to."
He waved his hands repeatedly, hesitated for a moment, and used his half-baked technique of asking questions and observing qi to calculate and observe the qi around him. The sound of the wind between the mountains on both sides seemed to whistle in his ears, and he could vaguely "hear" the sound of the flow and entanglement of spiritual energy.
His face suddenly changed and he squeezed the wrist of the soldier next to him.
"Go and inform your general quickly, don't go any further. The spiritual energy in the mountains is conflicting, there must be something fishy ahead!"
The soldier did not dare to delay, he let go of his hand and ran forward.
…
The sun was shining brightly in the small courtyard of the mountain village. Lu Liangsheng opened his eyes, walked out of the room and looked at the Taoist who was washing by the water tank.
"Here it comes." he said softly.
Lu Xiaoxian, who came out with breakfast, was stunned. There was no sign of her brother and the Taoist priest in the courtyard.
…
At this time, in front of the team, Kong Fan issued an order to block the road. The cavalrymen around him ran, ready to drive out and capture the vendors or villagers on the road leading to Lujia Village. The war horses rushed out a few steps, neighed long, and stopped their hooves. No matter how the knights above whipped and urged them, they would not move forward.
"Go! Let's go!" "Damn you, you've delayed our military mission. I'm going to kill you and eat you!"
Seeing dozens of cavalrymen waving whips and shouting curses on the spot, Kong Fan frowned and urged his horse to catch up from behind.
"What's wrong with you guys?!"
The moment he stepped forward, the horse under him suddenly swung its head in panic and raised its front legs. Kong Fan finally calmed it down, and then he heard a large number of frightened birds flying out from the forest on both sides, circling at the foot of the mountain, not daring to land.
call-
The next moment, the trees hanging above the road shook violently, a strong wind blew, the pebbles on the ground rolled, and the mud and dust flew all over the sky. The long dragon that was still marching suddenly covered its mouth and nose, and the soldier carrying the flag hugged the flagpole tightly and squatted on the ground.
boom!
boom!
boom!
As the drum beats, Kong Fan and the soldiers wiped the dust off their faces and squinted their eyes. What they saw was countless black flags fluttering in the wind, surrounding a large flag with the word "white".
Countless figures were arranged in neat array, advancing with their feet moving forward in unison, raising a cloud of dust.
At the very front, in the center of the hundred chariots, under the canopy, a general drew his sword and raised it high, roaring.
"Prepare-"
Behind him, the dense array, as uniform as Lin Changge, pressed down with a bang, and the murderous intent swept over like an overwhelming force.
The scene of the war smoke made Kong Fan's pupils shrink.
"Where did the army come from?!"
However, the opponent did not give him the chance to form a battle array. The figure on the chariot raised the sword and slashed down from the air.
"attack!"
Kong Fan turned around and yelled, "Fight the enemy!!"
Above the sky, a rain of arrows like locusts covered the sky in a dark mass. Thousands of arrows were thrown towards the army, piercing into the winding ranks of the Chen Dynasty. Countless crackling sounds were heard, and some people screamed miserably and fell down holding the part of their body that was hit by arrows.
Wang Banxia was mixed in the panicked crowd. He was squeezed so hard that he staggered and almost fell. He stretched out his hands to feel around.
"What's wrong? What happened?!"
At this moment, no soldier answered him. They were all rushing forward to defend, or walking around in panic and unable to find their position. The footsteps of the unknown army rushing towards them from afar exploded on the earth like a tide in an instant, and rushed over like a tidal wave.
Then, the two armies collided with each other.
Not long after, a huge pit was dug on the flat ground, and Kong Fan was tied up and dragged into the pit in a daze. There were many captured subordinates around him, and they looked at the soldiers standing by the pit with fear, whom they had never seen before.
Then, start shoveling the soil and throwing it down.
at the same time.
At the northern foothills, an army that had been crossing mountains and ridges stopped. More than 10,000 people stood on the edge of the cliff, looking at the mountains in the distance. Frightened expressions appeared on their faces. They couldn't even hold the weapons in their hands, and they dropped to their feet with a clang.
The view extends through the woods to the mountains.
Amid the surging sea of clouds, a huge long body slid through the mist, and its dense green scales reflected the sunlight as patches of blue-black light.
"What kind of monster is this?"
Chen Bizhi swallowed his saliva. In his sight, there was a solitary peak in the sea of clouds, with broken rocks falling from time to time. The huge long body was wriggling and extending upward. An unimaginably huge human head was connected to the snake's neck, and there were several smaller heads around the head, which were swallowing and spitting out snake tongues, and seemed to be opening and closing their mouths to whisper.
The army of tens of thousands retreated tremblingly, and after a moment, they turned around and ran, leaving behind even their weapons, fleeing madly from the mountains. From afar, they met another army that was also running madly.
These were the five thousand men led by Ren Zhong who were heading west.
"Why are you back?"
"There's a giant bird with flames all over its body over there. It can roast people to death standing on the top of a mountain... General Chen, what about you?"
"It's the same here. On the mountain over there, there's a giant snake with several heads and human faces. The scales on its body are almost as big as the houses. How dare we go over there!"
"Both our armies are not doing well. Perhaps General Kong's side will be better."
"Yes, after all, with an expert leading the way, we should be able to proceed smoothly."
The two men made a plan and returned along the same route with their troops. When they found the General Kong they had mentioned, the flags and weapons were scattered all over the ground, and the ownerless war horses were licking their masters' heads while swinging their tails.
The vast field between the mountains on both sides was filled with people buried in the soil, with their heads sticking out, crying and screaming. The same was true for Kong Fan, with his head sticking out, his face turned blue as he looked at the two generals who had returned in a panic.
Next to him, the brown and yellow warhorse licked his face, was silent for a moment, and then squeezed out a little sound.
"Retreat! Go back—"
The sunlight was slanting, and spots of light passed through the gaps between the trees and fell on the shoulders of two people on a nearby hilltop. Lu Liangsheng looked down the mountain, and a Taoist priest on one side was squatting on the ground, holding his stomach and laughing.
"Hahahaha... I thought you were going to kill them all, but I didn't expect you to use this method."
"The blood flowed like a river, which damaged the feng shui of Qixia Mountain."
Lu Liangsheng stroked his green robe and no longer looked at the embarrassed army below. He sighed, flicked his sleeves and turned around. Compared with the Northern Zhou Dynasty, or the people under Yang Jian in Chang'an, such generals and soldiers had no fighting power at all.
"Every success will be followed by failure. They are frightened and will not come for the time being. Let's go back."
"Then, next, we just have to wait for August 15th?"
The Taoist followed the scholar, sweeping away the branches blocking his way and gesticulating excitedly.
"You were on the tower of the Imperial City that day, it was indescribable. What are you going to do? How about including me? When there are many people, I can show my face as well."
As they chattered away, their figures became blurred in the woods, and in a flash they reached the mountainside. In the distance, smoke was rising from the village at the foot of the mountain to the west. Lu Liangsheng lightly tapped the Yuelong Sword at his waist.
"The next step is to refine the sword, and..."
The last word was not uttered. He returned to the small courtyard with the fence and set up the easel. The Toad Taoist came over with a bowl in his hand, stood on tiptoe beside the scholar, leaned over to take a look, and quickly looked away. Lu Xiaoxian wanted to look, but was pushed away by him.
"Don't look at it, or you'll have nightmares at night."
On the scroll, the brush and ink depicted a scene of gloomy air, mountains of swords and iron trees, which made people feel nervous. However, Lu Liangsheng did not feel anything, as if he was immersed in the painting. His wide sleeves fluttered in the wind, and the tip of the brush moved quickly to outline evil ghosts with green faces and fangs. The sky in the painting was dark, and ghosts were wandering around, dragging long tongues, with heads sawed off, without eyes, and with their stomachs ripped open, all very lifelike.
The ghostly aura above made the Taoist priests who were good at catching ghosts shiver a little.
The painting has not yet taken shape, but the lower corner is already famous.
— "Soul Burial in the Underworld"
The wind blew, and the old trees in the yard shook. Soon the western clouds turned red. Far away in a devastated field, someone woke up in a daze.
Wow-
The old crow stood on a branch, blinking its scarlet eyes. Under a large rock, Wang groped half-blindly and stumbled onto the road.
Where are the people
Hello, where are you
He shouted a few times, his words echoing in the wilderness, "You brought me out here, can't you take me back?"