Mo Qianli picked up his gun and mounted his horse, leading three thousand cavalrymen and hurried back along the mountain road. Time was running out, and the most important thing for him now was to capture Rongcheng. Once Rongcheng is captured, the Xigui Army's supply lines and reinforcements can be cut off. Every extra day that he holds on, the court's chances of winning will increase!
The sky is getting darker and the bright moon rises little by little.
"General Mo, take a rest. Even if you are not tired, your horse is tired..." The cavalry behind them shouted loudly. Their horses were not as good as Mo Qianli's steed. They were already too tired to run anymore. , I'm afraid he will die suddenly on the spot.
Mo Qianli looked back and saw that the horses were indeed exhausted, so he reined in his own horse and said, "Hey... everyone, let's take a rest."
As if they had received an amnesty, the cavalrymen quickly reined in their horses, dismounted in a hurry, took the horses aside, and comforted them, feeding them with grass.
Mo Qianli threw down the reins. His war horse was extremely spiritual and recognized its owner. Even without the reins, it would not run far. He let the horse move on its own and sat down on a big rock by the side of the road to rest.
"Mo...General..." Mo Qianli had just sat down when he heard an extremely weak call from the woods behind him. With doubts in his heart, he stood up and shouted into the forest: "But the brother of the Yulin Army? Are you injured?"
It was so quiet in the forest that not even the leaves were shaking.
"General Mo, are you calling us?" A deputy general heard Mo Qianli's call and hurried over to ask.
Mo Qianli pointed at the dense forest: "Someone just called me inside. The voice was weak. It should be that a brother from the Yulin Army was injured. Please take a few people to have a look."
When the deputy general heard the words, he did not shirk. He greeted two people and went into the forest: "Where are you, brothers? How many people are there?" Several people entered the forest, and after their figures were obscured by vegetation, there was no movement.
"Vice General Wang! Vice General Wang!" Mo Qianli shouted twice, but Deputy General Wang who entered did not respond. Mo Qianli reached out and slowly touched the long knife on his waist: "Alert!"
As soon as the word "warning" was blurted out, there were countless roars in the jungle, the vegetation and leaves rustled, and countless black shadows jumped out of the forest and pounced on the cavalry and war horses resting on the roadside.
Mo Qianli's long sword came out instantly, and with just one strike, he cut the two black figures rushing toward him in two. He blew a whistle with his backhand, and the war horses came in response. Jump onto the war horse and draw the sword from the horse's side. With the war horse and weapons in hand, I felt a little calmer, but when I looked back, I was still shocked and stunned.
Three thousand cavalrymen have been entangled by countless figures... In fact, they are more like corpses than figures. They have either severed arms and legs, or intestinal bleeding, or a few black holes in their heads. , clearly looking like he has been dead for a long time!
Among the corpses, some were wearing armor from the Yulin Army and some were wearing armor from the Xigui Army. The two armies were mixed together, making it extremely chaotic.
"Retreat!" Mo Qianli didn't know what was going on, but the top priority was to get out of here first. God knows how many such monsters there are in the forest?
A group of cavalrymen went to find their horses, but at this time they were already in a mess. Not to mention the horses, some people were so panicked that they didn't even know where their weapons were thrown, and they were running around on foot. He panicked and jumped off the cliff, causing numerous casualties.
"Don't mess around! Follow me!" Mo Qianli shouted loudly, taking the lead, turning his horse back, and fighting a bloody path. The cavalry followed, either on horseback or on foot, in a chaotic manner.
Of the three thousand cavalry, only less than a thousand were left in the end. They followed Mo Qianli's footsteps and retreated to the way they came from. Most of them had lost their horses. Fortunately, those monsters didn't chase me.
"Mo...General Mo, what the hell were those things just now?" A cavalryman asked. He was lucky enough to ride out on a horse. As for whether the horse belonged to him, I'm afraid it was only him. Just found out.
Mo Qianli shook his head slowly: "I don't know."
"I...I know." Another cavalryman escaped on foot, out of breath from exhaustion: "General Mo...that's...a walking corpse."
"Walking corpse? What is it?" Mo Qianli frowned in confusion.
The cavalryman took a few sharp breaths and said: "That monster has appeared in the capital before. It was at the East City Gate, when the martial arts conference was held... In the middle of the night, countless such monsters appeared at the East City Gate. People in the capital They all call them walking zombies. They seem to be able to move and run, but in fact they are all dead people..."
"I remembered! When the imperial court moved all the people in Dongcheng, my second uncle's family was in Dongcheng, and he was also ordered by the imperial court to go to Nancheng. It turns out that these things were causing trouble!" Another cavalryman remembered. shouted hurriedly.
"These things can bite people, and those who are bitten will die soon. Over there in Dongcheng, more than a dozen families were bitten to death. Later, it was the court's Marshal Qian Ning Qian who killed the corpses with one person and one weapon. She was beaten back..."
Others were shocked when they heard it: "Is such a thing really happening? How come we haven't heard of it!"
"This matter is confidential. You are all from the Yulin Army and are stationed outside the city. It is normal to have never heard of it! I was still in the Imperial Guard at the time, and I was sent to clean up these corpses that night. Can I still deceive you?" The soldier reported his family status, and it turned out that he was recruited from the Imperial Guard.
Mo Qianli looked solemn: "Didn't the imperial court continue to pursue these monsters?"
"General Mo, you don't know something!" Mo Qianli's words seemed to have asked the cavalryman's innermost thoughts, and he couldn't help but show off the information he knew: "The imperial court naturally investigated, and later the body was taken away by the Haixing Guards. The limbs were untied one by one, and it turned out that there was a kind of bug inside the body that was causing trouble and controlling these corpses."
"The Heavenly Guards reported this matter to His Majesty. Later I heard that when His Majesty saw this kind of insect, he ordered that the matter should not be pursued any further, and then it was dropped." The knight spread his hands and said.
"Hahahahahaha, old man, I only have this little secret, and you have exposed it all to this kid who doesn't know where you came from. The old man will have to make you an adult later!" An old voice came from the forest. , everyone looked in surprise and saw an old man slowly walking out with his hands behind his back.
Without Mo Qianli's order, everyone held weapons and looked at the old man warily. Anyone who can come out of the woods at this time, even if he is alive, will not be a good person.
"Who is it? Tell me your name!" Mo Qianli resisted the urge to chop him down with a knife, but decided to ask first.
When the little old man heard Mo Qianli's question, he looked impatient: "Still asking! Still asking! You are a general of the imperial court, how can you recognize a countryman like me? I just gave my name, so you I haven’t heard of it either! Then, my name is Bai Sai, has the general heard of it?”
Mo Qianli was a little speechless. He had never heard of Bai Sai and didn't know his identity.
"What are you doing here?" Mo Qianli clenched the big knife tightly in his hand. This old man was definitely not a countryman. How could a countryman not be afraid when he saw such an array of soldiers and horses? However, we must not take it lightly when encountering such a slippery man.
Bai Sai shook his head and sighed, and simply sat down on the ground: "The child has no mother, it's a long story... A big shot asked me to do something before, and I did it, but he forgot about me. I can't help it. I have no choice but to wait for him here..."
"What a mess! Who are you?" Mo Qianli was angry. This person was clearly playing a trick on him.
Bai Sai smiled sadly: "Fuyin Division, Bai Sai."
Mo Qianli was startled when he heard this. He had naturally heard of Fuyin Division. When Zhou Ziru suppressed the rebellion of Chu Xiang, most of them were killed by the Chu Xiang army, and the camp was robbed again in the middle of the night. That time, I heard that it was Fuyin Division who robbed the camp, and the losses were quite heavy. One of the five battalions of troops was missing!
"The Ge family of Chu Xiang launched an army to rebel, and they have already been executed. How dare you still rebel!" Mo Qianli asked with a glare.
"Ha..." Bai Sai chuckled disdainfully and said: "The boy from the Ge family has a long love for children but a short temper for heroes. For a woman, he ruined the inheritance of his ancestors. I have long seen that it is difficult for him to achieve great things, but it is a pity that the director did not listen. My... no, I came to follow King Xigui, he is a man who can do great things! He is a man of great talent and great strategy!"
Mo Qianli looked at Bai Sai, who was talking eloquently, and sneered: "Hahahaha, King Xigui is the one who does big things? Not necessarily, right? Now he has fallen into the trap of our Prime Minister?"
Bai Sai's heart moved, but he still rolled his eyes: "Bragging!"
Mo Qianli waved his hand and pointed to the back: "This road leads to Yucheng. There are three dangerous places on the road. Prime Minister Zhou ordered me to set up an ambush at the third place and wait. When King Xigui passed by, he ordered the big rocks to be thrown down to seal the retreat. . It’s hard for the King of Xigui to return to Xigui. Isn’t it like catching a turtle in a urn at this time? Is this what you said, the King of Xigui is talented and has great strategies? Hahahaha..."
Bai Sai was shocked when he heard this: "What! King Xigui... his retreat has been blocked!"
"Can this be fake? I'll give you a rope, tie yourself up, and I'll send someone to take you to see it!" Mo Qianli felt somewhat proud when he saw Bai Sai's surprised look. His share of the credit for pacifying Xigui cannot be avoided.
Bai Sai clenched his fists and was so angry that his veins popped out. Zou Wu, the third son of King Xigui, once brought people to Beijing with the intention of assassinating the emperor. Liang Silla and Shi Nuo were also taken away together at that time. I heard that there was a big commotion in the capital, but it failed in the end. No one who went to the capital came back.
If the court pursues the case, sooner or later it will be traced to him. It would be okay if King Xigui wins. The world is so big that there is always a place for him. But once King Xigui is defeated and the court tracks him down, where can he escape?
"I participated in the rebellion of King Xiang of Chu before, and now I am following the rebellion of King Xigui. Your Fuyin Division is really stubborn, wait..." Mo Qianli's words were stuck in his throat before he could finish his words.
I don't know when, a group of corpses surrounded them. Many Yulin Army corpses opened and closed their mouths, shouting incoherently: "Mo... General..."
