After traveling for a day and two nights, the group finally arrived at a valley in the south of Li County, where Lu Yan ambush.
In the early morning, the sky was still dark, and several tree shadows stretched by the moonlight were cast on the narrow mountain road, swaying in the wind, making people feel uneasy.
Suddenly, a bird song came from the quiet valley.
Like the scream of an eagle being strangled by its throat, it was strange and harsh, and everyone's already tense hearts tightened and tightened with the sound of the bird's song.
"Boom!"
There was a loud sound of rocks collapsing and rolling overhead, and several huge rocks rolled down. When they landed, there was a loud noise, causing smoke to fill the sky and the earth to shake.
The way forward was blocked, and the team immediately became chaotic.
Screams, footsteps, chaos.
As the leader, Captain Zhao quickly made a judgment and ordered the army to turn around and retreat.
Before the order could reach the rear, a group of soldiers came on horseback and blocked everyone's retreat.
The mountain breeze blew up the bright red shirt behind the person.
The faint morning light illuminated the cold light in the visitor's hands.
The two parties faced each other, and their swords were at war.
Captain Zhao angrily raised the spear in his hand, raised his arms and shouted: "Where did this blocking dog come from? Why don't you report it to your door immediately!"
Several tall figures appeared on the empty hilltop. One of them stood on the rocks and shouted loudly: "Everyone below the mountain, listen, I am Lu Yan, the deputy general of General Zhao Ying. This operation is only to capture Qi Shengji."
His subordinates are traitors and will not harm innocent people. Please follow the instructions and don't run around!"
"Bullshit General Zhao! They are damn barbarians!" Captain Zhao scolded, waving his spear on the ground, encouraging everyone: "Don't be deceived by them, pick up your weapons quickly, and follow me to destroy Jiang's thieves!"
"Kill, kill!" Captain Zhao's soldiers raised their swords and shouted at the right time, stirring up the atmosphere. However, there were only a few people in the civilian army who responded.
It shouldn't be like this...
Captain Zhao was panic-stricken. He searched for Hu Xianfeng in the crowd and shouted urgently: "Hu Xianfeng, lead your people to fight!"
Hu Xianfeng glanced at him coldly, walked up to the crowd and spoke loudly, with a sonorous tone, like beating a drum: "Listen to me, everyone, we have all been deceived. Qi Sheng did not intend to lead us to support Yuzhou at all, he wanted to lead us
rebel!"
"He wants to lead us in rebellion!"
"What? Rebellion?!"
The crowd roared with excitement, and the word "rebellion" quickly splashed through the crowd like hot oil splashed into boiling water.
There are people who believe it and people who don’t believe it, and there are different opinions.
Luo Dashan and others quickly took this opportunity to spread the news about Qi Sheng's evil deeds to the people around him. The victims came forward to give their own testimony, and coupled with Hu Xianfeng's own prestige, most people chose to believe it.
When Lieutenant Zhao saw what had happened, he jumped over the wall in a panic and slashed straight at Hu Xianfeng with a big knife, hoping to kill him.
Meng Yuan, who was hiding in the crowd, drew his sword and flew up, cutting off the horse's legs with one strike. The horse whined and fell to the ground. Captain Zhao fell from his horse, and his spear pierced the cracks in the stone, making a "clanking" sound.
"You brat, you still dare to play sneak attack!"
Captain Zhao roared angrily, snatched away the sword of the person next to him, and slashed at Meng Yuan fiercely.
Meng Yuan calmly accepted the move, glanced at the screaming and wailing white-haired old man behind him, and loudly warned Hu Xianfeng: "Brother Hu, you lead everyone to retreat first, and leave this place to me!"
Hu Xianfeng cut off one man's wrist, looked at him with a serious look, and said in a voice as deep as a bell: "Brother, take care!"
After saying this, while fighting with the soldiers who rushed forward, he directed the chaotic people to retreat, "Don't panic, line up and evacuate in an orderly manner!"
"Want to leave? You have to be able to leave!" Captain Zhao sneered, "The generals will obey the order. Anyone who retreats will be regarded as a deserter and will be killed without mercy!"
Captain Zhao's soldiers responded in unison, dragging their sharp blades and slashing at the unarmed civilians, attacking with such ferocity that no one could survive.
Hu Xianfeng and his team and Lu Yan's team entered the battlefield without hesitation.
The hot blood splashing everywhere dyed the blade of the sword red and blurred the young and passionate faces.
"Don't be afraid, everyone, keep at it. If we have more people, we will definitely win!" Meng Yuan encouraged everyone loudly.
Hu Xianfeng echoed gruffly: "Yes, keep at it, beat them, and then we can go home!"
"Go home! Go home!"
Inspiring cheers and shouts followed one after another.
Everyone was no longer afraid. The young people who were given weapons bravely raised their swords to fight against the enemy, while those without weapons waved wooden sticks to contribute their own strength.
Tens of thousands of people versus more than a thousand people, victory seems to be within reach.
But after a while, someone discovered something strange. Captain Zhao's soldiers were knocked down and got up again, knocked down and got up again...the number had no tendency to decrease at all!
Some of them had broken arms, some were lame, and some even had their necks wiped, but none of them died. They didn't even seem to feel the pain. They kept swinging their knives like numb and cold-blooded puppets.
It's a puppet!
They are all puppets!
Meng Yuan finally realized that something was wrong, got rid of the pursuit of several people, jumped onto the boulder on the side, and called Lazy Ball to ask about the situation.
"Puppet people?" Lazy Ball was shocked, "But we had already eliminated all the puppet people in Fan Yue Mountain that day."
Meng Yuan frowned and said in a deep voice: "Obviously, the puppets here are from a different group."
How could someone as cunning as Qi Sheng give up the sharpest weapon in his hand to others without reservation?
So the puppets in Chen Bitian's hands are only a small part of the many ghost armies!
Understanding this, Meng Yuan's expression became even more anxious. Everyone present, except for Hu Xianfeng and his party, Lu Yan and his two thousand soldiers who had received professional training, the others were ordinary people with no combat experience. It was difficult to deal with ordinary enemies, so why?
Maybe he can defeat the fierce puppet man!
If they stay here, they will die in vain!
Looking around, the valley shrouded in white mist was filled with blood. People kept screaming and falling down, and the corpses were piled up one on top of another, forming a small hill.
This land has become a Shura field.
If no measures are taken, the consequences will only become more tragic!
Meng Yuan lowered his eyes and looked at Lazy Ball, and asked eagerly: "Do you know how to completely get rid of the puppet?"
Lazy Ball nodded crazily, "I know, there is a formation that can..."
Halfway through the words, the tips of the ears that were raised high drooped again, "But I won't... It would be great if Qingqing was here."
A dull pain flashed through Meng Yuan's heart, but he quickly calmed down and said, "Let's go ahead and clear the way. I'll stop them and rescue the others first."
"But there are so many of them, can you stop them all?" Lazy Ball raised his head, his big wet eyes full of worry.
"Give it your all."
Meng Yuan left four words behind and joined the battlefield regardless of his own safety.
On the battlefield, as long as you go all out, even if you lose, you will lose with honor. This chapter has been completed!