Hu Xiong was calm by nature. Even though he had served in the army on the front line of Izumo County for ten years, he had never seen the mutated fire fox from Shazhou. At this time, he did not show the slightest doubt, but quietly waited for explanation to Yuan Zheng.
At this time, only Xiang Yuanzheng said: "Your Highness, the last general has been serving in the Izumo County local army before joining the imperial army. He has been stationed on the front line for nearly thirty years. It is already more than fifty years ago. From The sand thieves in Shazhou often come to cause trouble and are the main enemy of our garrison. Sometimes in order to chase these sand thieves, our local army will also rush into Shazhou and directly attack the lair of these sand thieves!"
Hu Xiong nodded after hearing this. Since he had served in the army in Izumo County, he naturally knew these things about the military. Moreover, Hu Xiong was able to accumulate military merit and be promoted to the rank of general because he pursued the sand bandits, wiped out a medium-sized sand bandit nest, and beheaded more than 3,000 people, and he was recognized by the military! Therefore, when Hu Xiong heard Xiang Yuanzheng talking about chasing the sand bandits, he felt quite sympathetic.
Xiang Yuanzheng continued: "In that year, the last general was promoted to the realm of marshal, held the rank of general, and was stationed in Sanfeng City. It happened that the sand bandits invaded the border, so the last general naturally led his army to attack, and he continued to attack this group of more than ten thousand people. The people's sand thieves have returned to Shazhou territory."
Sanfeng Castle is an important town on the border of Izumo County. There is a Sanfeng Mountain in front of the pass. The three peaks on the mountain stand side by side. Only the two canyons between the three peaks can pass large groups of troops. It is regarded as an important road connecting Liang and Shazhou. It is an absolute must for military strategists. Fight for land.
Sanfeng City is located here, which is equivalent to the gateway to Liangzhou. It has blocked at least 30% of the sand bandits who invaded Liangzhou. It is a military fortress that cannot be missed! Xiang Yuanzheng is qualified to take charge of Sanfeng City and is already considered one of the top figures in the frontier army. If he had not had such qualifications, he would not have been transferred to the Forbidden Army and promoted to General Jinwuzuo.
According to Xiang Yuanzheng, a group of sand bandits numbering over 10,000 people fought out from Sanfeng Mountain at that time, trying to bypass Sanfeng City and plunder the rear. However, Xiang Yuanzheng was proficient in the art of war and led his troops to cut through and cut through. This team of more than 10,000 sand pirates was cut into several sections, and then attacked one by one, killing these sand pirates and fleeing in defeat.
For the border troops of Izumo County, incidents of sand bandits attacking the border naturally happen from time to time, but it is rare for sand bandits to mobilize a team of more than 10,000 people. Often, several sand bandit teams gather together to form a coalition. There is such a scale. After Xiang Yuanzheng defeated this group of ten thousand sand bandits, he wanted to take the opportunity to expand his victory. It would be better if he could raid one or two sand bandits' lairs in one go. So, Xiang Yuanzheng led his army to pursue and kill them all the way to Shazhou, and as expected, they successfully broke through a sand bandit's lair.
Logically speaking, it is a good thing to break through the sand bandits' lair and loot all the gold and silver treasures accumulated by the sand bandits to use as military resources. But this time, Xiang Yuanzheng's army suffered a big loss!
When Xiang Yuanzheng led his army into the sand bandit's lair, he found that all the sand bandits who stayed in the lair were killed. The sand bandit's lair had turned into a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood!
It was not Xiang Yuanzheng's army that killed all these sand thieves, but two mutated monsters!
The Sand Scorpion is an extremely common magical beast in Shazhou. It is distributed in all deserts and Gobis in Shazhou. At most, the varieties are different. The vast majority of sand scorpions are low-level monsters that are less than the third level. Sand scorpions above the third level are very rare.
The two monsters that appeared in the sand bandit's lair were the relatively common blue-armored sand scorpions. They could only be regarded as second-level monsters, and their combat power was not strong. At most, the toxins contained in the scorpion tails were more troublesome.
There are at least hundreds of sand bandits left behind in the sand bandits' lair, and there are even some Yuan Jiang-level warriors among them. It stands to reason that if you want to deal with just two green-armored sand scorpions, it would be no better than crushing two ants to death. the difference. But the fact is that all the sand bandits who stayed behind were killed by two green-armored sand scorpions!
The reason for this is naturally because these two green-armored sand scorpions are not ordinary goods, but mutated monsters that have mutated! Just like the mutated firefox, after mutation, these low-level monsters can even exert more power than sixth-level monsters, which is really incredible.
For these mutated monsters, while they possess great power, they have also completely lost their minds and turned into monsters that only know how to kill!
The two sand scorpions that Xiang Yuanzheng saw back then were just like the fire fox in front of him. Although there was no change in appearance, their eyes were filled with blood red and they looked evil!
The mutated blue-armored sand scorpions have extraordinary strength, otherwise they would not turn the sand bandits' lair into a sea of corpses and blood. However, when Xiang Yuanzheng led his army to kill them, they were attacked by the two green-armored sand scorpions. There are also many losses!
The mutated Green-armored Sand Scorpion was a living killing machine. Seeing the Liangzhou soldiers rushing over, they naturally killed them without any ceremony. The Liangzhou soldiers were caught off guard and caused a large number of casualties in a matter of seconds!
Fortunately, Xiang Yuanzheng had been promoted to the realm of marshal at that time. After trying his best, he finally suppressed the two mutant sand scorpions and killed them with great effort! However, under the attack of the mutated green-armored sand scorpions, Xiang Yuanzheng caused more than half of the army casualties, and could only escape back to Sanfeng City in embarrassment.
After this battle, Xiang Yuanzheng has always had a question in his mind, that is, the Blue-armored Sand Scorpion is just an extremely common second-level monster. Why are these two mutated ones so powerful
Xiang Yuanzheng reported what happened this time to the top military officials, and hoped that the military would authorize him to investigate the origins of these mutated monsters. However, the response Xiang Yuanzheng received was that the military asked him to keep the secret strictly and not to leak the mutant monsters!
Only then did Xiang Yuanzheng finally understand. It was estimated that the mutated monster involved a big secret that was beyond his reach, so he could only suppress all the questions in his heart.
Later, Xiang Yuanzheng was transferred to the Forbidden Army, and rose all the way to General Jinwu Zuo, becoming a powerful figure in the imperial capital. Only then was he qualified to have access to some secrets in the army, and knew the origin of the mutated monsters. .
There is a reason why the Cangnan Empire classifies information related to mutant monsters as highly confidential and prohibits all information from being disclosed to the public. Because the reason why mutated monsters appear is actually related to the Hu royal family, and this matter must not be leaked to the outside world. Otherwise, it will have a great impact on the image of the Hu royal family!
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