Chapter Seventy-Six: The Long Sword Arrives!
The rain some time ago, the sun during this time.
The two alternated with each other, torturing people to death, and now hundreds of skeletons have been found.
Although she knew that the plague in the barracks was most likely caused by these remains, as well as the remnants of flesh and blood on the remains, Pan Mei did not dare or was unwilling to dispose of these bones.
Many of them have spent most of their lives on the Great Wall.
When you live, you stay here, and when you die, you should return to your hometown.
Pan Mei was not sure that the plague must have come from these bones, so she did not dare to rush to deal with it. Several military doctors who joined the army at the beginning were infected with the plague, and red spots appeared all over their bodies, and their whole bodies were as hot as stoves.
This is the case with everyone in the barracks, even the generals stationed there. However, he ran fast and hurried to the state capital, received the best treatment, and his condition gradually stabilized.
But most of the soldiers are miserable, and the military doctors can't help themselves, let alone them.
There were some villages around, and there were some old doctors in the villages, and when they heard about these things, they brought some food and some herbs from the village, which was enough to maintain the needs of the barracks.
Several old people walked out of the village to the foot of the Great Wall, and never returned.
As soon as the soldiers felt sick, they walked out of the barracks and lay down at the foot of the Great Wall next to the place where they used to pee.
There used to be some rubbish thrown there, but now it's full of armor and some corpses. There were only bones left, and they were the first to die, and their bones were there, and no one wanted to deal with them, and no one wanted to approach them.
The corpses of those who had died of illness began to stench, and in this desolate state, many crows and vultures were hovering in the sky, making a noisy sound.
For the soldiers who knew they were sick, these vultures were not annoying birds, they were their home.
Maybe they won't be able to go back to their homeland, but they all understand and understand the difficulties even more. They only hope that these vultures will fly high in the air with their flesh and blood, and they will be satisfied if they can see their homeland from afar.
A soldier with chapped lips and white lips had not eaten for three days, and he had been lying here for a long time, the vultures of the sky hovering above him, constantly calling for friends and preparing to enjoy the upcoming meal together.
The soldier's face was ugly and he smiled.
He didn't want to waste the food in the barracks, the doctors had died many times, and he knew that he was hopeless, so he walked out of the barracks and lay among the corpses.
Not far from him is the place where he and his comrades-in-arms are farther away than anyone else.
The place was close to their laughter and laughter, but now, he didn't even have the strength to climb over.
And in the distance, there is his hometown, his brother and parents, and even his wife, who has passed through the door, and the children who have only seen one eye.
The soldier raised his hand and beckoned to the vultures and crows in the sky.
Vultures and crows have never been seen, and food beckons to them.
The soldier looked beside him, he was lying among the corpses, the stench penetrating his nose, but he felt a little warm and welcoming. At the last moment, he was with his brothers, and the only regret should be that he didn't return to his hometown.
His hand slowly lowered, and several vultures swooped down on the food from above.
......
Pan Mei's raised hand did not wave it in the end.
The soldiers with bows and arrows beside them also loosened their bowstrings, closed their eyes, and let the vultures greedily eat their brothers' flesh with their long beaks.
They are closed
I couldn't bear to look at it anymore.
Wang Pu walked up and patted Pan Mei on the shoulder, he was originally a great strategist, but the great generals here ran away, and the great prince was not in place, and he was unwilling to go, so he became Pan Mei's strategist.
When the general left, it was Wang Pu who passed on a fake military order to let Pan Mei preside over the overall situation, which stabilized the situation.
Wang Pu and Pan Mei are about the same age, but he always wears a green shirt, and he is moody on weekdays, always stroking his long hair, and looking thoughtful.
Today, he looked at Pan Mei, who turned her face and blushed, and nodded, with sadness in her eyes.
"This is the best destination, no one dares to collect the corpses now, if you kill the vultures, the plague will be even worse. The strategist and strategist looked at the sky, with hope on his face, and said with some anger: "Maybe when they reach the sky, the brothers can also take the opportunity to see their hometown from afar." ”
Pan Mei was silent, not knowing what to say, and tears fell down her cheeks.
He took a deep breath and nodded.
Now there is a shortage of food, the plague is everywhere, they are almost at the end of the road, and even the people who rescued them have sacrificed a lot.
Pan Mei used to kill the enemy, but she just felt that everyone moved forward bravely, and more people could always survive. As long as he is brave and strong enough, he can protect many people. But now he understands that there are some things that are useless for him to try.
Wang Pu sighed and said: "Our military rations are about to run out, and the state government will not send food, but we can no longer ask for food from the people, and their mortality rate is not low, if this disease spreads, you and I are sinners." ”
Pan Mei understands the reason, but he doesn't want to sit still, for people like him who have fought on the battlefield, there is never a word of surrender.
But now, it seems that he has to sit still, to surrender.
"There's no way around it?"
Pan Mei wanted to hold on a little longer, but Wang Pu shook his head.
"If we don't want more people to suffer, we have to build a cage for ourselves, be a bird in the cage, and not be in contact with the outside. ”
This decision is difficult for Pan Mei to make, and in this way, it means that the radius is closed for dozens of miles. But in this way, the soldiers would not die of disease, but also starve. What's more, there are still inexplicable things that keep attacking soldiers.
He looked at Wang Pu and nodded heavily.
Wang Pu smiled when he saw Pan Mei's reaction, and the military advisor who would later resist Yoo Seung-lang on the battlefield found a sharp and merciful knife.
"But we have a silver lining. ”
Pan Mei turned her head sharply and looked at the calm man.
"I wrote two letters and sent them to Chang'an, one of which was sent to the Mansion of the Marquis of Zhongyi, and the other was sent to the Bihan Division. ”
Pan Mei was a little puzzled, it stands to reason that their affairs should be sent directly to the Ministry of War, to Xun Fa of the current Ministry of Acting Officials and Shangshu Ling, and to the Bihan Division and the Zhongyi Marquis Mansion?
Besides, now the world knows that the Marquis of Zhongyi left Chang'an, but no one knows where he went, is it useful to send the letter to his mansion?
Pan Mei looked at Wang Pu with doubts.
Wang Pu touched the long hair on his chin, smiled slightly and said: "Zhongyi Marquis Xu Chang'an is not in Chang'an, but the new master Qi Fengjia of the Confucius Temple is here, and Jiang Ming, the Zhiyong Marquis of the Jin Palace, they will definitely pay attention to the Zhongyi Marquis Mansion." The probability of sending it to the Marquis of Zhongyi's Mansion for them to see it is much greater than the probability of sending it directly to their mansion for them to see. ”
Pan Mei nodded and accepted the statement.
The relationship between Jiang Ming and Xu Chang'an, Qi Fengjia and Xu Chang'an is known to the world. This approach is naturally the smartest.
"Nabehanji
Why?"
Wang Pu sighed and said, "The beginning of everything started with strange things killing our soldiers, that kind of unaware way of killing, can you do it?"
Pan Mei shook her head.
"The soldiers are all left with only one skin and bones, and the flesh is completely gone, don't you still think that you shouldn't let them intervene? Although it is said that in front of the cultivators, human life is like a mustard, but what if it is 10,000 people? What about 100,000 people? If they are facing the Iron Floating Slaughter or the Mountain Formation, even if they are as strong as they can open the mountain and crack the rocks, they can't win so easily. ”
"But if you talk about weird means, you have to rely on them!"
Pan Mei understood, Wang Pu's words not only had an explanation, but also comfort.
"It's all up to the military advisor. The general, who had killed people on the battlefield, bent down and bowed to Wang Pu.
Wang Pu hurriedly helped him up, knowing that Pan Mei had accepted it, and that he had concealed some facts because he was afraid that the general's pride would affect his plans, and now it seemed that the lives of the soldiers were more important than the general's pride.
"General Pan, lately, all the people have been patrolling together and going to the toilet, so the frequency of strange deaths of soldiers is decreasing, but tonight I also ask General Pan to find a dead soldier and deliberately leave the team. ”
Pan Mei's eyes widened with anger, and she suddenly shouted, "You want to fish, but are you sure to deal with him?"
Wang Pu didn't nod or shake his head, but said, "Mountain people have their own tricks!"
......
At night, a soldier in armor abruptly left the group and ran to the side with his stomach clutched.
Wang Pu stood on the Great Wall, staring at the soldier.
But when the soldier lifted his pants, everything was fine.
There was a master before, saying that the strength of that thing would not be too strong, it was most likely a demon beast, and his spiritual intelligence was not high, so he came up with such an idea.
If he doesn't take the bait in this way, it can only mean that this thing should have a high level of intelligence.
Seeing that the soldier was about to return to the team, a white shadow suddenly appeared, Wang Pu shouted, and a green shirt appeared in the darkness, and this person held a ring ruler in his hand and hit the white cloth.
At the same time, the soldier also drew the knife that he had hidden a long time ago, and slashed at the white shadow's body. But this knife went down, but it was like cutting on a golden stone.
"Mr. Ho!
The white shadow didn't care about cutting his soldiers, and rushed directly towards He Chen.
After He Chen received the letter, he hurried over, and after analysis and judgment, he decided to hide in the dark first, so that the success rate of trapping was high.
So he found Wang Pu first, and then he made such a plan.
"Pan Mei, get out of here!"
When the soldier drew the knife, Wang Pu knew that the soldier was Pan Mei. He will never risk with his own soldiers, and it is himself who will take risks.
The white shadow rushed towards He Chen, He Chen hurriedly turned attack into defense, but he didn't expect that the white shadow just shook a shot, turned around and fled.
He Chen knew that the strength of this demon beast was similar to his own, they were all little grandmasters, and their speed was faster than his own, so he could only sigh when a red light fell from the sky, blocking the whereabouts of this white shadow.
At this time, everyone saw this white shadow clearly, he was not a human, like a huge ape, covered in white hair, but his eyes flashed with a strange green light.
It looked at the sword with fear in its eyes.
But when He Chen saw the red big sword, his face immediately turned overjoyed, and he shouted into the air: "Little uncle!"
(I can't remember why I was called Uncle Xiao, you can go back to the third volume to see who He Chen is and who his master is.) )