Except for the sound of the procession entering the city, there was no sound in the entire Fenglai Town.
Mang Ku raised his head and looked at the sky, feeling a little uneasy in his heart.
He clearly remembered that it should be noon at this moment, but the sky seemed to be already evening.
"Be alert all around!" At this time, the army had crossed the suspension bridge behind the city gate and gradually entered Fenglai Town. Mangku shouted at this time.
The surrounding soldiers were more or less affected by this strange atmosphere. They all clenched the swords in their hands and looked around cautiously.
Before entering the city, there is a long corridor. The already dim sunlight cannot shine in here, making this corridor look even more eerie.
Mang Ku led his army and walked in the corridor. Every time he set foot, every time his feet stepped on the sand and gravel on the ground, the soft sound made Mang Ku's heart couldn't help but tremble.
Finally, he walked out of the corridor and came to Fenglai Town.
The moment they entered the town, the army sped up without any orders. They gathered in the open space in front of the town and took up stances. They pointed their swords at the surroundings and nervously stared at the city walls and surrounding houses that might serve as bunkers for the Liao ambush.
Mang Ku stood in the center of the team, looking around nervously as well, his eyes scanning everything around him again and again.
But the situation remained like this for nearly half a quarter of an hour, but there was no movement at all around.
Mang Ku could not help but murmur in his heart. He frowned and secretly wondered if there was something wrong.
The adjutant beside him looked up at him: "General, this..."
Mang Ku obviously knew what he wanted to say. He thought for a while with a calm face, and then said: "Leave three thousand people on standby, and the remaining people will come with me to the city gate to have a look."
When the soldiers heard this, they all responded. Mangku quickly counted out the men and horses and led them to the city gate cautiously.
Two thousand soldiers were walking together. Even if Mangku had deliberately asked everyone to lower their voices, the Liao defenders on the city gate should not be unaware of this movement. However, during the process of walking up, there was something on the city gate.
Just like the city, it was silent.
Finally, they arrived at the city gate.
Mangku originally thought that at this point, there would either be no one at the city gate, or there would be a large number of Liao ambush troops waiting for them.
But the sight that came into view at this moment was far beyond Mang Ku's expectations.
At this moment, on the city wall, there were nearly a hundred Liao soldiers standing sparsely on the outside. They stood there motionless, no different from the previous scene when Liu Zizai called for formation under the city.
Seeing this scene, Mang Ku was about to step forward, but as soon as he stepped forward, the adjutant beside him stretched out his hand and grabbed Mang Ku: "General, be careful!"
Mangku heard the words but ignored them, and just took a few steps forward to himself.
When the adjutant saw this, he had no choice but to stop him and could only lead the soldiers to follow quickly.
It is very strange to say that this time, Mangku's footsteps no longer deliberately lowered his steps, but the Liao soldiers standing on the city gate remained motionless, as if they did not notice anything strange at all.
generally.
Just like that, Mang Ku led a group of soldiers and walked straight behind them. Mang Ku stretched out his hand and touched them gently.
When he touched one of the soldiers, the soldier's body fell straight to the ground and made no sound.
Such a change was beyond everyone's expectation. When the adjutant next to him saw this, he also walked towards another Liao soldier standing on the city gate and stretched out his hand to touch the Liao soldier's body.
Then he fell to the ground and lay motionless on the ground.
Are they...dead?
…
The army got the news and quickly entered the city.
Li Danqing stood with everyone in the open space in Fenglai Town, looking at the corpses of Liao soldiers being carried down one by one by the soldiers. He frowned, looked at the Mangku next to him and asked: "You
You mean, these Liao people were already dead when you went up?"
Mangku didn't dare to hesitate, and nodded in response: "Yes."
When Li Danqing heard this, he no longer asked any more questions, but looked down at the corpses of the Liao people.
The armors worn by these Liao corpses were all covered with thin ice, and there were some frost marks on their faces. The weather in Luwu County was cold, so the possibility of such frost and ice forming on the living people was not high. Obviously
The deaths of these Liao people did not just happen.
It is very likely that these Liao people were already dead before the army arrived.
"So... I was not playing the harp to a cow just now, but talking to a dead person?" Liu Zizai, who was standing by, thought of his "pretentious" cry under the city gate, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed.
But at this time, Li Danqing had no intention of teasing him. He squatted down and groped for a while on the corpses of the Liao people.
"There are no obvious external injuries. The weather is too cold, and it may be difficult to tell the exact time of their death from the degree of rigor mortis. Let's call the police to take a look and see if we can find out the cause of their death."
Li Danqing quickly issued the order, and several gangsters did not dare to neglect, so they called in soldiers and carried away the bodies of several Liao people.
Then, Li Danqing stood up, and Gongsun Zhi beside him stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, this matter is indeed a bit strange..."
"Where are the Liao people making trouble? Why are so many bodies of Liao people left behind? Besides, these Liao people don't look like they were killed on the battlefield."
"The actions of the Liao people this time are full of weirdness. It is not easy to figure it out." Li Danqing shook his head and said.
After saying this, he turned to Gongsun Zhi and asked: "By the way, besides these hundreds of corpses, are there any other discoveries?"
Gongsun Zhi said: "I have sent people to search the town. So far, except for the bodies of these Liao people, no trace of other people has been found in the town."
"What about the people in the town? Are they all gone?" Li Danqing frowned and asked.
Gongsun Zhi shook his head: "There are no traces of living people in the city."
"Who opened the city gate just now?" Li Danqing asked confused.
Gongsun Zhi was obviously unable to answer this question. He was about to say something, but at this moment, an exclamation suddenly came from not far away: "Come here quickly!"
The sound came from the west side of Fenglai Town. Upon hearing this, Li Danqing and others quickly led the army towards that place.
They had only taken a few steps when a soldier came to greet them and led them all the way. After crossing a long street, they came to a rather spectacular-looking mansion.
A plaque fell on the ground in front of the house. The plaque was cracked, half of it was missing, and it was stained.
There are some things that look like blood stains, but the words "Town Lord's Mansion" are vaguely visible. I think this place should be the mansion of the previous town Lord of Feng Lai Town.
The soldier who led the way was pale and didn't say much, so he led everyone into the mansion.
There was a large open space at the entrance of the mansion. The scene in the open space made everyone who saw the scene tremble in an instant, and their faces suddenly turned ugly.
There was no fierce ambush in the open space in the mansion, nor were there any rumors about the underworld soldiers that everyone had been worried about.
What was there was piles of piles piled up like rotten grass, several feet high...
Corpse!
Among them, there were old people in their sixties, children waiting for food, men with dark faces, and women with expressions of horror on their faces.
The cold weather in Luwu County prevented these corpses from decaying, so that the expressions on their faces seemed to remain at the moment before they died.
The fear and sorrow seemed to be what happened a moment ago, but they were frozen in that moment forever.
Only the blackened bloodstains on the ground told that this massacre was a tragedy that had long been a foregone conclusion.
"Bastard!" Liu Zizai finally couldn't help but cursed angrily.
This man clenched his fists tightly, and veins popped out on his forehead.
"These Liao people are really transformed into beasts!" he said angrily. He looked like he wanted to kill the Liao people's camp right now and cut down the seven in and seven out.
Everyone was silent. Of course they did not lack Liu Zizai's passion, but if it was just like this, the scene of thousands of innocent souls falling in front of them would eventually look pale, and after all...
"After all, we were a step too late." Li Danqing said as he looked up at the group of Liao people who had piled up corpses like weeds.
He did not choose to escape. His eyes swept over the corpses one by one, trying to remember the appearance of each face, and along with it, digest their grievances and unwillingness one by one, and remember them all in his heart.
"Send someone to bury them. Use the household registration list brought from Wanshusi to check them one by one. If they can be distinguished, they should erect monuments and bury them. If they cannot be distinguished, bury them together." Li Danqing said.
Gongsun Zhi nodded in agreement and quickly called a large group of soldiers to start working on the matter.
Immediately, he took another deep breath to calm down the tightness in his chest, and then walked to Li Danqing's side and spoke.
"But we still haven't found the person who opened the door just now. We searched all over the town and still found no trace of living people. I'm afraid there are some weird things hidden behind this, especially why those Liao people died in the city.
If you don't check clearly at the door, your subordinates will feel uneasy." Gongsun Zhi said this.
The Liao people finally occupied Luwu County. Although Fenglai Town is not a high-rise city, it is still an important place in Luwu County. It is really unreasonable for the Liao people to give it up so easily.
Gongsun Zhi's worries are definitely not unfounded.
Li Danqing understood his concerns, he nodded, and immediately said: "Put the corpses of the Liao people in one place and let the heavy soldiers guard them. At the same time, let the workers speed up the progress and check if there is anything weird about the corpses."
,As for the matter of opening the city gate..."
Having said this, Li Danqing suddenly paused, looked back at the corpses of the people on the ground, and then spoke again.