On the hillside in the distance, there is a beacon tower.
Beside the beacon tower, a Taoist man sat cross-legged.
A bay-red horse was carrying a bag and grazing quietly, as if it didn't care about the war at the foot of the mountain. A calico cat sat upright next to the Taoist, seeming to be imitating the Taoist's behavior and staring down.
But after all, she couldn't help her lively and active temperament, turned her head and asked the Taoist:
"what are they doing?"
The Taoist didn't squint his eyes, just stared down, and at the same time replied to her in a low voice:
"fight."
"Is this a war?"
"yes."
"Why so many people?"
"Because there are so many people."
"Why is this happening?"
The cat seemed unable to understand war, and his eyes were full of pure curiosity.
"Don't cats fight too?"
"right……"
"right."
"Why do you always invite mountain gods?"
"It's easy to use."
"Isn't the mountain god tired?"
"It's the magic that turns a stone into a weapon."
"How to turn a stone into a weapon!"
"One of the five elements of magic. I told Empress Sanhua when I was in Yidu. Depending on the level of cultivation, you can turn earth into walls, turn stones into soldiers, point at mountains to clear roads, and sit on mountains to become gods. .”
"forgotten……"
"It doesn't matter."
"It seems very powerful."
"Want to learn?"
"Am I that good after learning?"
"It depends on you."
"The Sanhua Empress has great magical powers and powerful magic!"
"..."
Song You stopped talking and looked down silently.
After a while, he turned around and said to the calico cat beside him: "I know a lot of magic. I told Empress Sanhua once in Yidu five years ago, but when Empress Sanhua had just transformed, she was not interested in practicing. I don’t know much about magic and magic. Secondly, talking about it is not intuitive enough after all. Now that Sanhua Empress’ fire method is considered successful, on this basis, you can also consider learning something else. This time it will be Show some to Empress Sanhua, and if Empress Sanhua wants to learn something, she can choose another one."
"Hmm! Why do you have so many?"
"I am powerful."
"This way is more precious than precious!"
"..." The Taoist retracted his gaze and continued to look down. After a while, he uttered a sentence from his mouth, "People are not the same."
"Meow..."
"It's even more different with cats."
"Well……"
The cat seemed to understand, but didn't ask anymore. It followed him and continued to look down, with only one tail wagging behind it, as if sweeping the floor.
The offensive and defensive battle below continued for some time.
Several times, people climbed to the top of the city.
However, the city's command was proper, so I don't know if there was any surprise, but it didn't look dangerous anyway.
It seems that they don't know what is going on with the stone giant, so they are a little wary. The Saibei people have not sent out new demons, and it seems that their morale has long been gone. The sun is setting in the west, and it is almost dusk. As the sound from below comes, it is similar to Dayan. With the sound of gongs, the Saibei people also withdrew their troops one after another.
Many corpses were left under the city.
The most eye-catching thing is undoubtedly the headless bear corpse.
Song You once again raised his eyes and looked into the distance, and saw a figure on the west wall. His face could not be seen clearly from a distance, but he could only see his tall and straight figure. He was also looking into the distance, as if he was looking for something.
Soon he saw the figure on the mountain here.
The eyes of both parties crossed each other across the distance.
"Let's go."
Song You stood up and stepped down.
The calico cat immediately stood up, stretched, and followed him. The bay-red horse also took steps and followed him down the mountain.
The main gate of Yuanzhi City faces south, and there are urns on each side.
Song You came from the west and walked through the west gate.
The west gate had obviously been attacked recently. The city walls and gates were damaged. There were traces of swords, axes, and stones, as well as huge scratches from unknown objects. Some arrow clusters were even embedded in the city wall.
The Taoist, a cat and a horse walked slowly, with a calm expression, looking at this military town full of scars.
It is a war and a trace of history.
"boom……"
The door to the west slowly opens.
Inside the gate is the urn city. I don’t know how many soldiers are buried. The ground and walls are stained red with blood. Standing inside is a group of soldiers. The leader is wearing heavy armor and a bright red cloak. He is tall and looks at him.
The generals and soldiers behind them were all in full armor, and some even had their faces invisible, only a pair of eyes exposed.
The dusk light was shining from behind the man and the maroon horse, through the slowly opening city gate, and shining on the soldiers all over the city. Facing the light of the setting sun, every sword mark, sword mark, and pit on the armor was revealed. The mottled light and shadow appear real and thick.
"Bang!"
General Chen was the first to clasp his fists and said in a calm voice: "Sir, long time no see."
All the generals behind him clasped their fists.
A neat sound.
The Taoist stopped at the gate of Wengcheng and looked at him with his staff.
"haven't seen you for a long time."
"Thank you sir for your help this time!"
"Easy to do."
"Sir, please!"
General Chen turned around and made a gesture of invitation.
"good."
The Taoist also took steps to follow him in.
All the officers and soldiers around him turned around and got out of the way, and they all secretly stared at him.
The Taoist walks calmly.
…
In the martial arts hall, on one side stood the military general who had just come off the city wall, and on the other side stood several counselors. The general and a Taoist were in the middle.
There was a calico cat squatting at the Taoist's feet, with its head raised high, staring at these fierce people.
"Finally, sir." General Chen saluted again, "Sir, please help me."
"General, don't panic, speak slowly."
General Chen remained calm and spoke slowly:
"I remember clearly the time when Mr. Sir left Changjing in the spring of last year. I originally thought that I would stay in Changjing for a while. However, during the handover of spring and summer last year, urgent documents came from the north, and the Saibei people once again invaded the south in large numbers. This time the attack was fierce, several passes fell one after another, the north was in panic, and the government and the public were shocked. Only then was Chen ordered to return to defend the north.
"After returning to the north, I realized that it had only been more than ten years since the Saibei people were defeated. Why did they dare to attack again so soon...
“It turns out there are demons helping out!
"If there are three or two monsters, it's not something to be afraid of! Among the generals like us who have been fighting in the military formation all year round, which one of our generals has not killed a few monsters under his command? Usually, the army training is mostly in the wilderness, and there are a few old soldiers who have not killed them. Have you seen these things? However, there are a lot of demons in the Saibei Army, and they all have some abilities, and some also have some weird abilities..."
General Chen paused for a moment when he said this, and narrowed his eyes. Although there was no fear on his face, there was also a bit of helplessness:
"When it comes to the confrontation between the two armies, I, Dayan, have elite soldiers and strong generals, so I am not afraid of Saibei. However, after all, we are not good at conquering demons. The demons have weird methods that have made it difficult for us to guard against them. If it were the bear demon today. Such demons are no more than a few fierce generals at most, but in the Saibei Army, they are more than that.
"Although there are a few experts in our army who know how to subdue demons and demons, we can't do anything to them.
"Chen knew that Mr. Chen was just going down the mountain to travel around the world, so he didn't want to disturb him. However, he was really helpless and had to ask Mr. Chen for help. If he caused any trouble, he should first accuse him."
"Don't worry, general." Song You said, "Where do the monsters in the Saibei army come from?"
"Sir, do you know Zhaoye City?"
"Know."
"Did you know that Zhaoye City was once occupied by demons?"
"On the way down, I met a group of riders coming out of Zhaoye City. I heard them talk about it, but they couldn't explain it clearly."
"Chen didn't know much about demons. He had met demons when he was marching and fighting, but he didn't know much about them. However, Chen also sent people to inquire about Zhaoye City. Later, he heard from Commander Zhang I have guessed the details of the demon." General Chen said, "The demon is called the King of Huangsha by the soldiers. It should be the god believed by the Saibei people who are close to us. The people there call him Huangshatian. . But later, the people from Saibei went south and invaded a large area of Yanzhou, causing countless casualties. There were even piles of corpses outside Zhaoye City. Somehow, Huang Shatian turned into a demon and swallowed Zhaoye City in one go, and then occupied the city. As the king, neither we nor the people of Saibei dare to enter a hundred miles radius. Until Yanzhou is recovered, Zhaoye City is still a demon country in our territory of Dayan. I don’t know how many demons on the northern grasslands are attracted by it and enter Zhaoye City. , and became a general under the demon king’s throne.”
"The gods are possessed..."
Song You muttered, lost in thought.
"Later I heard that the gods from the sky often descended to the lower world to fight against the demons of Zhaoye City. In May of the fourth year of Mingde, my husband and I were both in Changjing. The demon king of Zhaoye City was suppressed, and the nearest army The guard general was told the news in a dream by Lei Gong. After coming to investigate, it turned out to be true, so we re-entered Zhaoye City." General Chen said, "However, the demon king of Zhaoye City died, and the demon soldiers and generals under him But he sent many of them out, and they all saved their lives."
As he spoke, General Chen couldn't help but sneer, and then said: "This demon king can be considered loyal."
"Why would they help the Saibei people?"
"We don't know that."
"That's it..."
Song You continued to look thoughtful.
Seeing him like this, General Chen didn't bother him, but he didn't speak. Everyone in the tent, including the generals and advisers, kept silent and only looked at Song You in silence.
It wasn't until Song You came out of his thoughts and turned his attention to General Chen that he saluted again:
"gentlemen."
"General Wuyou is good at destroying demons." Song You said slowly, but without any ambiguity, "Demons should not interfere in human wars. It happened that I had been walking in the north for more than a year, so I used the general's camp to rest for a while. Time. However, offensive and defensive confrontation in military formations is not what I am good at."
"Don't worry, sir!" General Chen immediately handed over his hand, "As long as you, sir, can resist the demons for our army, as for the soldiers and horses in Saibei, it is naturally our responsibility as warriors!"
"Just call me if you need me."
"Thank you sir!"
The rest of the people also saluted.
In fact, few people know who Song You is, and no one has heard of the inheritance of masters in Lingquan County, Yizhou. At most, those who know more about Taoism know that there is a Qingcheng Mountain outside Yidu City, and no matter who has attained Taoism on it, The Jianghu sects that practice swordsmanship and martial arts are quite famous. Not far away is Xishan, where the Xishan sect is located.
Most of the people present didn't know much about the rumors about Hezhou and the pacification of the Heyuan Demon King. They just saw that the military commander valued him very much, and with his prestige, they naturally didn't have much doubt.
Even doubts do not affect respect.
They came all the way to help out, how could there be any reason to be negligent?
Only a few military advisors had heard the legend from Hezhou, and seeing the Taoist was like seeing a god.
"correct……"
The Taoist's voice came out again.
The Taoist looked at General Chen again and asked, "Is there a strange man named Xing Wu under the general's tent?"
"Sir, do you know Mr. Xing?"
"When I first left Changjing, I met him and heard that he was coming to the army to join General Chen."
“Mr.
"The strange man camp?"
"The National Preceptor has Juxian Mansion in Changjing, and our army also has a camp of strange people in the north. Most of the camps are filled with strange people and strangers. They all have their own abilities and are all loyal people." General Chen paused and said, "Chen I am planning to introduce the masters from the Qiren Camp to your husband. If you need anything, you can contact them. Since you and Mr. Xing are old acquaintances, I would like to invite you masters to come over."
With that said, he waved his hand and someone went out.
Song You also looked outside and waited silently, wanting to see what kind of folk weirdos there were in the army.
(End of chapter)
