Chapter 1180: Gopher-inducing
In the vast wasteland on the border between Guanlong and Tuyuhun, the Tuyuhun army, which had forced the northern remnants to submit in the Guanlong War, had split into many branches at this time, and was fleeing with wolves.
In fact, in the Battle of Guanlong, the most important reason why this army of Achai Zhen was able to make it impossible for the northern remnants to reach Tianwu River was because the number of troops of Achai Chen's army far exceeded that of the northern relics, and there were several powerful cultivators arranged by He Bayue in their army at that time.
When the border army of the Southern Dynasties under the command of Chen Baxian came to Guanlong with the assistance of the Northern Wei Emperor, this Tuyuhun army had no advantage in numbers, and their commander A Chai Zhen did not know where to go, as for the several powerful cultivators arranged by He Bayue, they had also been killed by Chen Baxian and Zhen Fuxing and others, and the fate of this Tuyuhun army was actually doomed.
The only thing that could keep them from being defeated in a short period of time was Achai's private army, which was equipped with a large number of sophisticated ordnance.
But after the appearance of Shaba Hota's army, the advantage of this private army was quickly lost.
Strictly speaking, the armaments of Achai's private army may really surpass all elite armies, but the number of firearms in Xia Ba Ying's army occupies an overwhelming advantage, and the most important thing is that many of Xia Ba Ying's troops are flying in the sky.
After a large number of Shaba sergeants riding on the Flame Floating Massacre carried out the first round of intensive firearms attacks on this private army, the private army of Achaizhen directly began to rout.
They were enough to crush several times the attacking enemy forces on the ground, but they were helpless against such an attack from the sky.
The frontal battle ended faster than the battle outside Tianwu River, at least more than half of the Tuyuhun soldiers directly chose to surrender, and only a small part of the army wanted to flee back to the party, if it weren't for the fact that the area around Guanlong and Tuyuhun was a very complex tundra desert and hilly area, among which there were many valleys where they could hide, and these Tuyuhun troops were very good at escaping in this terrain, otherwise I am afraid that just Xia Baying's army would have been able to completely intercept them in the encirclement.
Achai Zhen had an alliance with Xiaba Hotaru at the earliest time, because he valued the firearms of the Xiaba tribe, and his private army also used an astonishing number of firearms in the battle, so this battle that did not last long was the first time in history that a large number of firearms were used in a large-scale war.
In the dark night, in the hundreds of miles of wasteland on the border of Guanlong and Tuyuhun, there were burning fires everywhere.
In the vicinity of the area where Sheba's army had defeated Achai's private army, in a gorge in the middle of two hills, the blazing fire burned like a volcano that was constantly erupting.
The bodies of the soldiers and cultivators who died in this battle, whether they were on the Tuyuhun side or on the side of the Northern Wei Dynasty and the combined forces of the Southern Dynasties and Xia, were all transported here, and then incinerated in a centralized manner.
In the Southern Dynasties and the Northern Wei Dynasty, there was no such custom of cremation, even if the army was out of the war to fight the dead, even if they did not have the ability to send the remains of the war dead back to their hometown, they would generally choose to bury them on the spot, and then send the army to collect the bones and send them back to their hometowns when they were able to do so in the future.
This is not only respect, but also a way for the world to thank and remember them, and it is also a way for all living people to remember the peace that these soldiers bought with their lives.
At such a time, such a large-scale incineration of the remains of the war dead naturally made many people difficult to understand, especially when they heard that the army around Tianwuchuan had also received orders, and the bodies of those sergeants and cultivators who died in the battle of Tianwuchuan also began to be incinerated on the spot, many generals of the Northern Wei Dynasty couldn't help but be angry.
"Who gave the order?"
Several Northern Wei generals came to the valley, where the fire was always burning, and they and the nearly 1,000 soldiers who followed behind them stopped the convoy carrying the remains in the valley.
"I know that the current border army has reached its limit, even the transportation of grain and grass is a little unsustainable, and I also know that a large number of corpses are decomposing in the early spring, and it is easy to break out of the plague, but do we have to make such a choice?"
"Even if it is absolutely impossible for us to send the remains of the sacrificial soldiers here and Tianwuchuan back to their hometowns at present, even if we bury all their bodies deeply, it is better than their bones being scattered!"
One of the generals even drew a long knife full of gaps, and he stuck it into the ground in front of him, his eyes blood-red.
At this time, if someone breaks in, he will really draw a knife and cut it.
"It's my order. ”
Just then, a voice rang out from a hillside not far away.
The general hadn't heard whose voice it was, but someone in the crowd around him had already heard who it was.
"Holy!"
With the sound of a tidal wave, all the Northern Wei people present knelt down and saluted the person who walked up the hillside.
The Emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty walked in front of this general, he looked at the general who was kneeling on the ground, but his eyes were full of grief, and said slowly: "Lord Demon Sect was defeated at the hands of He Bayue in Shangqiu. ”
The general's breath paused, and the valley suddenly fell silent.
While almost all the people of the Northern Wei Dynasty were shocked by this news, they didn't quite understand why the Emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty would call the Demon Sect by such a title as "Lord Demon Sect".
Although before the Demon Sect rebelled against the Northern Wei Dynasty, almost all the people of the Northern Wei Dynasty used the title of "Lord Demon Sect" to call the Demon Sect to express their respect for him, but after the Demon Sect became the biggest traitor of the Northern Wei Dynasty, very few people in the Northern Wei Dynasty called him by such a title, let alone the Emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty.
The general was a little dazed.
"Lord Demon Sect was controlled by these descendants of the Emperor before, but in the battle of Shangqiu, he chose to fight for the human world. The voice of the Emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty sounded extremely clearly, "Tonight, he has left the world. ”
There was a heavy breathing, followed by absolute dead silence.
Everyone in the audience was shocked, and even couldn't believe it... They couldn't believe that the Demon Sect, who had influenced the Northern Wei Dynasty for many years, had been respected by countless people and hated by countless people, had passed away.
"According to the military information transmitted from Shangqiu's side, the Heavenly Mandate Blood Box has fallen into the hands of He Batyue, and He Batyue can devour the vitality of these dead people and become stronger. In order to defeat him, we had to burn all their bodies. The Emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty looked at the general, and then he looked up at everyone in his sight, and said slowly and calmly: "From today on, our Northern Wei Dynasty... All those who died in battle were burned in the fire, and if I were to die in battle, I would not be buried. From now on, as long as they are in the Northern Wei Dynasty, as long as the Northern Wei Dynasty is still there, all the war dead will be burned with fire, bravely killing the enemy before their death, and they will not be afraid of burning themselves with fire behind them, which is the pride of our Northern Wei Dynasty. ”
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"Does it really work?"
Chen Baxian was on the hillside where the Emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty was before, he looked at the sad but proud Northern Wei people, he couldn't help but turn around, looked at Bai Yuelu and asked.
The Southern Dynasty paid more attention to etiquette in this regard, and paid more attention to the burial of the earth, and this practice of incinerating the remains, in a sense, was also contrary to his consistent cognition, especially the incredible number of corpses that must be burned in front of him, especially in the future, the entire north will do this, even if it is not in the Southern Dynasty, he is also a little difficult to accept.
"In some of our texts, there is a record of this. ”
Bai Yuelu didn't answer him, because at this time, Zhen Fuxing's voice had already sounded, she glanced at Chen Ba first, and then looked towards the back side of the valley, "But they are more sure that it is useful than us, this is their suggestion and request." ”
Chen Baxian was slightly stunned, he followed Zhen Fuxing's gaze, and he saw dozens of monks who could even be described as ragged.
He knew that those were the ascetics of Mobei.
These ascetic monks in Mobei seem to be all sitting cross-legged on the ground, all chanting in one direction.
It is easy to be respectable with his extremely pious spiritual beliefs, and his face involuntarily became solemn.
These ascetics are saying goodbye to the Demon Sect that has left the world.
Their faces were unusually calm, but if they would be sad, then tonight, for the departure of the Demon Sect, they should be the most sad people in the entire world.
This group of monks is not very old, according to what Zhen Fuxing said to him before, the oldest group of ascetics have died outside the Tianwu River.
At this time, there are not many tantric ascetics in Mobei, except for the dozens of people now.
"They have a definite record, and they've always followed the Demon Sect... The moment everyone dies, some vitality will be released immediately, but even if it is long after death, it will still continue to release some vitality that can be absorbed by the Heavenly Mandate Blood Box. Even if it is already very thin, but the number of dead people is large, and people like He Batyue who have cultivated to enter the realm, they can continue to absorb the death qi and constantly turn into their true essence. ”
Zhen Fuxing looked at Chen Baxian, and then said: "But they are sure that the flames of the human world can dispel the darkness, and they can also purify these vitality, and can make these dead people completely return to heaven and earth." ”
At this moment, a young monk walked out of the group of monks, walked over, walked up to Zhen Fuxing and Bai Yuelu, bowed to them, and then said many words.
"What did he say?"
This monk used their Mobei language, Chen Baxian couldn't understand him, he just felt that this young monk should have said something extremely important, because it could be seen from the changes in Bai Yuelu and Zhen Fuxing's expressions alone.
He said that this kind of place of abundant death, especially the place of fresh death, was like a place of spiritual cultivation for Hobatyue. He Batyue will definitely be attracted by this large amount of fresh dead energy, and we are doing this now, so that when he arrives, he will find that there is not much vitality to use here, so that he can pounce on it, but according to them, this He Batyue... This He Batyue is too able to forbear, if he has enough time to react in the future, he will definitely hide, even if he slowly improves his strength, he will also accumulate his true yuan to an extremely strong level, he thinks that it is foolproof, I am afraid that he will strike again, and suddenly deal with a cultivator who is extremely important to the human world. This time it was Bai Yuelu who answered Chen Baxian first, Bai Yuelu groaned, and said slowly: "They think we should not give him such time to grow, they want to attract He Batyue over, lead him somewhere, and try to kill him before he is not so powerful." They decided to try to help us do this by using a gopher trap. ”
"What is the means of attracting gophers?" Chen Baxian also somewhat agreed with the words of those ascetics in his heart, but he didn't know what the means of attracting gopher weepers were.
"The gophers in the desert of Mobei are not the same as the gophers of your southern dynasty, there are few creatures in the desert of Mobei, the weaker the creatures, the more difficult it is to survive, so the gophers in Mobei have many natural enemies, for a long time, the gophers in Mobei have become extraordinarily cautious, but for some herdsmen in Mobei, these gophers are their indispensable food source. Bai Yuelu looked at him and explained seriously: "For thousands of years, they have also had the means to hunt this kind of gophers, and they will place a piece of food that is delicious for these gophers at intervals not far from the caves of these gophers, and these gophers will gradually move to the area where they hunt with these foods." ”
Chen Baxian's face was slightly pale, he was not stupid, so he instantly understood the thoughts of those ascetics.
First try to make Hobalt jump into the air, so that Hobalt is more eager to replenish his strength, and then they will use themselves as bait, step by step to try to lure Hobalt somewhere.
"We're going to pick a place. ”
Bai Yuelu looked at Chen Baxian and said, "But we can't kill him, this place should be the place that Lin Yi and the others will choose." ”