Tan Zhi frowned: "You mean, there were enemy troops outflanking Zatoichi? Did they bypass the Wulin Ferry where they attacked?"
Li Lang gritted his teeth: "I don't know the specific situation. I only know that when I took these demon thieves through Zato City later, I found that the demon thieves with the same equipment as Wulindu were burying our sergeants. They also stripped off their clothes and armor. It turns out that the demon thieves smuggled ashore from other places and used a small force to attack Zatoichi. There were not many people there, there should only be about a hundred or so people. They can all be wiped out.”
Behind Tan Zhi, Captain Axiba's voice sounded angrily: "There are one or two hundred defenders there, how come not even one of them escaped? How is this possible?"
Li Lang shook his head and said: "Young people don't know about this. If someone escapes to report the news, you here should also know about it. As for the firewood pile over there, when I saw it, I found it was also wet. Obviously, Zatoichi There should also be internal agents of the demon thieves there, who have blocked all the reports and escape routes there in advance, so no one in the entire Wulin can report the news to Zatoichi."
Tan Zhi's lips curled up: "I see, it seems that the demon thieves have laid out the plan in advance to trick us. They have a clear grasp of the situation at the ferry, as well as the strength, layout, and division of troops there. We all know the situation. Then we suddenly take action and kill them all in one fell swoop.”
Having said this, he took a deep breath and looked at Li Lang: "Li Lang, are you sure it was Yingjiu's soldiers who did this?"
A trace of panic flashed in Li Lang's eyes, but it disappeared for a moment, and he nodded: "Yes, they are under the banner of English. They are led by a general who is about eight feet tall and tall. He is about forty years old and has slightly dark skin. , their subordinates all call him Lord Yingtan, that is, Yingjiu, the leader of the thieves."
Tan Zhi softly said "Oh": "Master Yingtan? Does he have a red tumor about the size of a small fingernail in his left eye?"
Li Lang nodded repeatedly and said: "Exactly, exactly, there is a small red sarcoma, very obvious."
Tan Zhi continued to ask: "Then does he still have a two-inch scar on his right face, which is about to reach his eye?"
Li Lang said without hesitation: "Yes, yes, it's too obvious. The ferociousness of this thief can be seen at a glance."
Tan Zhi suddenly laughed: "Li Lang, how long are you going to lie to us? There are neither tumors nor scars on Yingjiu's face. I just made it up to test you. You are not a prisoner at all. You are the traitor who has been hiding in our army!"
Li Lang's expression changed, and he suddenly jumped up from the ground and rushed towards Tan Zhi. However, Tan Shihuai and Axiba, who were beside Tan Zhi, both took out their swords and cut off his right wrist with one strike. When it fell, the knife stabbed directly into his heart. Two streaks of purple-black blood flowed from his mouth. There was a trace of murderous intent in his eyes. He fell to the ground less than five steps away from Tan Zhi.
Tan Zhi frowned, and moved his hands back to move the crowd away: "Everyone, be careful, all move back."
As he retreated, he took out a kerosene bottle from his arms and threw it on Li Lang's body on the ground. Hu Daquan picked up a torch and threw it directly on Li Lang's body that was full of kerosene. A wave of heat hit his face. , The fire and wind were fierce, and the corpse was quickly surrounded by flames. The corpse in the flames actually bounced directly from the ground a few times, as if it was alive. The remaining left hand was still pointing. Tan Zhi, who was more than ten steps away, finally failed to get up and fell into the fire again.
Asiba's face turned pale when he saw it: "What, what's going on? We obviously killed him, how come this body can still stand up again in this fire?"
Luo Huainan's voice on the other side was also trembling: "Could it be that this is the legendary ghost soldier, the immortal monster? It's scary, it's too scary!"
Tan Zhi nodded: "This is the demon thief. He is not afraid of death. He even wants to hurt us even if he turns into such an evil thing. I have doubted Li Lang from the beginning. They will never let a captured Jin As a military officer, when you are the leader, even if you let him be in the front, there must be someone around to control him, but this Li Lang always acts alone, there is only one explanation, that is, he himself is the biggest leader."
"So this Li Lang, he is indeed a close guard around Brother Daogui. I have known him from a few years ago. If it weren't for someone like him who was an internal agent, how could he have conquered Wulindu all at once without even a signal? How about sending it out? Whether he is disguised or a spy who joined us early in the morning, he will be the most terrifying enemy. If the demon thief wants these people to come over, he must also arrange at least a few ghost soldiers, immortals and the like to make things easier. After being exposed, he can surprise our generals and create chaos, just like him."
As he spoke, he pointed at Li Lang, who was motionless in the fire and was turning into charcoal, and said: "They probably don't know about the arrival of our reinforcements, so they only sent more than two hundred people. They just want to deceive the gate of the village to open. Once they enter the village, they will first control the beacon fire and then attack you, Lord Luo. I think they probably used this method to attack Wulindu. It may not even be a direct attack, but a surprise attack. They arrived under the banner of Yu Yue's Jiangzhou Legion or Zhu Chaoshi's troops, and then after entering the camp, they made sudden moves with the cooperation of traitors like Li Lang."
Tan Shihuai kept nodding his head. When he heard this, he said, "What's going on with those two red and one black beacons? Do they know these secret codes of our army?"
Tan Zhi sighed: "Li Lang and other spies have been sneaking into Wulindu for a few days. They should have figured out the meaning of these beacons. Why did they light the signal to signal the enemy's incoming attack? I still don't understand. If If it were me, I should have given the safe signal."
Captain Axiba suddenly said: "If it was a safe signal, then these two hundred people would have no reason to come to the Matou camp and trick the camp gate into opening. The demon thief had planned it early. The purpose of landing at Wulindu was not there. Their plan was to seize the Ma Tou Camp and then attack Jiangling, but they didn’t expect that you, General Zhi, would personally reinforce them and see through their treacherous plan!”
Luo Huainan said with lingering fear: "It's so dangerous, so dangerous. If General Tan hadn't come here in time and I was here instead, he would have been a ghost by now. So what should we do next?"
Tan Zhi's eyes flashed coldly: "Send a signal and tell Jiangling that Wulindu has been lost and Ma Tou camp is safe. Our troops will firmly hold the camp here to welcome the enemy's imminent attack!"
