"Drive, drive!"
In the sound of urging, the horse's hooves stamped rapidly. full content
Li Fan and his party rode their horses on the official road, and the scenery on both sides of the road quickly receded.
It was already June 15th, some time had passed since the incident broke out, and their group of reinforcement experts from the headquarters finally set foot on the soil of Beiqi Province.
Just a few days ago, an emergency report suddenly came from the Northern Qi Dynasty, saying that the vicious incident of cloth demon reproduction had spread into the city. If Zhong Cheng, a local resident of hundreds of households, had not dealt with it promptly and mobilized every household to set fire to the house, who would not have known it. What will be the result.
But even so, they still lost two strangers and watched dozens or hundreds of civilians being killed.
To this day, the number of victims is still rising, and half of the huge Yelu City has turned into a hell on earth.
The headquarters no longer hesitated, and immediately issued a series of orders, instructing nearby ministries to rush for reinforcements. Experts from the headquarters were also recruited, and elite manpower was gathered to rush there.
Li Fan and his party were the selected elite. They changed horses without changing people along the way, and continued to gallop north day and night.
Finally, at meal time, everyone finally stopped to rest at a post station near their destination.
Everyone was very tired. Except for Li Ao, who could still rely on drinking to satisfy himself, everyone had deep circles under his eyes and looked exhausted.
But thinking about the situation in Yelu City, they still didn't dare to rest, and trotted away eating, drinking, and defecating.
"I don't know what the situation is now. We have no way to receive timely notifications after we come out. I hope it won't be too bad."
"It's hard to say, but it's best to prepare for the worst."
Among the people traveling with them, there were some from the Demon Suppression Division and some alien masters recruited from the private sector. The common feature of most of them was that they had mastered the ability to control alien fire.
Because Northern Qi spent precious lives to find out some basic information, the headquarters simply sent someone with the corresponding strange power over.
Among the people, the ones with the highest status were undoubtedly Li Chuan and Hong Ti and Lin Xing, the governors of the Qiao Feng Zhuying Ertang.
Among them, the latter two went to the scene as supervisors to supervise the local hundreds of households to deal with evil spirits, but Li Ao was a real elite general and a master in charge of fighting.
Because he had saved the Holy City, the department also had high hopes for him, hoping that he could continue to work hard and create more miracles.
"According to the news from over there, those cloth demons can transform people's clothes, pants and other objects into similar demons. The same can be said for other bed sheets and cloth..."
"The transformed demon has the strength of a ten-year-old child. It doesn't look strong at first glance, but with one or two people climbing on it, it is enough to interfere with the actions of ordinary people. With four or five more, it can wrap around the neck and strangle them. , causing threats to life, if there are more than ten, it is bound to be a disaster.
What's more, the larger the cloth demon has, the greater the strength, and can even be far stronger than ordinary people. The cause of death of many people is that they were strangled to death by the long strips of cloth coming out of the cloth shop.
There are also many long flags and curtains, as terrifying as pythons..."
"Generally speaking, bed sheets from wealthy families are turned into cloth monsters that are more difficult to deal with. Ordinary clothes and pants are just ordinary items..."
"Master Hong, can those cloth monsters really turn our clothes into monsters? Is it possible that we will have to go into battle shirtless?"
Someone asked a strange question. Everyone had different expressions when they heard it, and they also pricked up their ears curiously.
Hong Ti looked troubled: "This... I don't know much about it, but according to the report from Northern Qi, this is indeed the best way to deal with it.
Otherwise, if you are suddenly entangled in a fight, or even pinched vitally, you will be swarmed by cloth monsters and strangled to death.
Of course, those who are confident in their skills can continue to wear it, because the condition for those cloth monsters to transform into the same kind is to be in contact with the cloth for more than two breaths and use the power of treachery to continue to infect.
If you can use flames to repel them in time, or release strange power to protect yourself, it probably won't be that easy to transform. "
When everyone heard this, they looked at each other.
This sounds easy to say, but how can it actually be so easy to do?
In battle, the power of treachery is precious, how can there be any spare energy left in the body?
"Tigers sometimes take naps, let alone humans. It seems like it's better to take them off."
"Fortunately, we all carry leather armor with us. This kind of thing is not within the scope of the cloth demon's transformation..."
Unknowingly, a few more days passed.
Along the way, elite soldiers and generals stationed in various places continued to join, and the team continued to grow.
Local officials, detectives, strangers among the people, the Demon Suppressor, and spies from the Jin Yiwei.
Li Chuan, Hong Ti, and Lin Xing discussed it and decided to divide their troops into two groups. He and Hong Ti would continue to rush towards Yelu City, while Lin Xing gathered reinforcements behind them.
So, on June 20th, Li Fan and Hong Ti took five skilled soldiers as the vanguard and finally arrived at Yelu City, a large city in the southern part of the Northern Qi Province.
The situation they saw was already extremely bad. Along the way, hundreds of miles in radius had been tightly sealed, and ordinary business travelers were not allowed to enter or exit.
This is because the local government has learned lessons from the past and immediately controlled the traffic arteries of all parties to prevent the evil special rules from acting on those business travelers and bringing disasters everywhere.
But this kind of treatment also means that Yelu City has completely become an isolated city. It may be able to hold on for ten days and a half, but over time, it will definitely be undefendable.
Finally, the city head was in sight.
"Stop, who are you?"
The city gates were closed tightly, and the soldiers guarding the city lit fires, held long bows, and shouted loudly.
Li Fan glanced at the people next to him, and a loud voice stepped forward quickly and said: "We are the royal guards of the Holy City, and we have been ordered to come here on official business."
"Your Majesty the General has ordered that the entire city be sealed off and no doors are allowed to open. Please prepare the official letters and vouchers first. We will come down immediately for inspection."
After careful inspection, the responsible officials from Yelu City finally arrived and apologized to Li Fan and others.
"My lords, I'm really sorry..."
"Okay, the situation is urgent, so there is no need to say more polite words. Please tell us what the situation is now."
Since the city gate could not be opened for the time being, everyone's horses could only be placed under the outer wall of the city for the time being under the care of dedicated personnel, while they went up in a hanging basket.
Li Fan finally stepped onto the wall of this city, and the first thing he said was to ask about the current situation.
But before the local official could answer, he took a few steps forward and looked inside, and was immediately stunned.
The neighborhoods visible to the naked eye turned into a tight military formation with several steps and one post. A large amount of kerosene and firewood were moved out, and the doors of people's homes, tables, chairs and other items were also piled up.
This is exactly the posture of war.
