Chapter 222: Step by step
Chen Ning and Kan Jing took the Bull Demon King back to the camp, Chen Ning asked the Bull Demon King about their situation, the Bull Demon King shook his head and said: "After eating a little bitter skin and meat, there is no big problem, but the only thing that is unpleasant is that we defeated the zombie army, but they think that we lied about our military achievements." Instead of treating us as heroes, we are treated like liars, which makes us angry. In addition, Zeng Cheng's dog thing also took away my pair of gauntlets. ”
Chen Ning said: "I will come back with you in the gauntlet, don't worry." ”
After Chen Ning finished speaking, he looked at Kan Jing again: "Over there in the residential area, how is the situation?"
Kan Jing: "Zeng Chengcheng's subordinates tossed the entire Hukou Pass to the ground, even the captains of our Black Legion, they dared to arrest and detain them, and Zeng Chengcheng's subordinates naturally would not give any mercy to the rebels who had supported the rebels. If it weren't for the fact that we have been asking everyone to refrain from patience in the past two days, it is estimated that the soldiers and civilians at Hukou Pass would have fought with Zeng Chengcheng and these gendarmerie teams a long time ago. ”
Chen Ning: "Gather more than a dozen representatives from the residential area, as well as all the officers and lieutenants of our legion, and I will calm everyone's emotions so that the situation will not get out of control." In addition, I remember that today is the first seven days of the righteousness of more than 20,000 old people in Zhaolao, and I want to arrange for the soldiers and civilians of Hukou Pass to worship together tonight. ”
The seventh day after death is called the first seven, and it is said that the soul of the deceased will return on this night to see it. The first seven is a very important part of the folk funeral, so Chen Ning plans to pay homage to all the soldiers and civilians to remember the residents and Black Army soldiers who died to protect the Hukou Pass.
Soon the representatives of the residents, as well as the officers of the mainstay of the Black Legion, all arrived at the command post.
Different from the excitement and joy when everyone had just won the battle a few days ago, now basically everyone's face is more or less unsightly, Chen Ning can see that Zeng Cheng and his group of people have come here, and they have indeed tossed this place enough.
Chen Ning told everyone about the plan to worship the brothers who died in the war and the relatives of the people tonight, and everyone agreed with Chen Ning's proposal, and they all opened their mouths, saying how to worship and so on.
Just when everyone was discussing how to worship the sacrificed Zhao Yucai and other residents, as well as thousands of Black Legion soldiers, a group of uninvited guests suddenly broke into the command post.
This group of uninvited guests was naturally a group of gendarmes who had been with him sincerely.
Zeng Chengcheng was holding a white handkerchief in his hand, as if he had just been to some smelly place, and he was still covering his mouth and nose with a handkerchief at this time, he put down the handkerchief when he came in, and looked around at the people in the command post while coming in, and said with a smile: "Hehe, everyone is real, I don't know what is being discussed, why don't you notify me to come and listen?" Or are you discussing how to collude?"
Before Chen Ning could speak, Qin Yingqi had already said in a deep voice: "Today is the first seven sacrifices of more than 20,000 old men of Zhao Lao, we are discussing worshipping the dead, do you want to join us?"
Zeng Cheng laughed when he heard this: "Are you talking about the mass grave buried in the middle of the mountain? I have already asked my soldiers to dig up a lot of corpses!"
"What?!"
"Damn!"
"Are you still human, Zhao Lao, they are all buried in the ground, you actually dig up human corpses, it's too much. ”
"You are blaspheming the undead, blaspheming the heroes who sacrificed their lives to protect the tiger's mouth. ”
When everyone heard that Zeng Chengcheng had ordered his subordinates to dig up the bodies of the deceased in the mass grave, whether it was the officers of the Black Legion or the representatives of the residents, they were all filled with indignation and stood up one after another to accuse Zeng Chengcheng.
Zeng Chengcheng didn't take it seriously, he didn't even take the people at the scene in his eyes, he only stared at Chen Ning, and said with a smile: "Hehe, a group of former rebels, and I have already investigated, the cause of their death is not killed by zombies, otherwise they would have been infected with the zombie virus and become zombies, where is your turn to be buried?"
Generally, people who are killed by zombies will choose cremation, so as to prevent the corpse from becoming a zombie. Of the soldiers and civilians who died in Hukou Pass, only more than 20,000 old people such as Zhao Yucai were buried, and the rest of the sacrificed soldiers all chose to be cremated.
When Zeng Cheng said this, he looked at Chen Ning with a sneer: "Chen Ning, if I remember correctly, you said in your report that more than 20,000 people sacrificed their lives to protect the Tiger Pass and asked the empire to posthumously crown them as martyrs and provide them with bereavement for their relatives. But now, according to my investigation, I found that these people did not die fighting with zombies at all, how do you explain it, is this considered a lie about military exploits?"
The people at the scene were angry, Chen Ning asked everyone to calm down, and then said to Kan Jing: "Colonel Kan, you come to tell the captain of the gendarmerie about the contributions and sacrifices made by Zhao Yucai and his gang of old men to protect the Tiger Pass Pass!"
When Kan Jing heard this, he told Zhao Yucai and his gang of old people about it, including jumping from the city with his grandson in his arms, and preferring to die rather than eating the rations of the Black Legion soldiers, so as to ensure that the Black Legion soldiers could eat enough and have sufficient strength to protect the Tiger Pass. also included Zhao Yucai and other old men who were generous and righteous, committed suicide for righteousness, and were willing to use their bodies to provide food for Hukou Pass.
After Kan Jing finished speaking, he looked at Zeng Cheng and said coldly: "Our army commander asked Zhao Yucai and other residents to evacuate several times, but they would rather die than retreat, and finally sacrificed. However, in order to protect the Hukou Pass, in order to prevent the zombie army from going around and returning to the rear of General Fu's army, he made a great contribution. May I ask Captain Zeng, do you think such people are considered martyrs?"
Zeng Chengcheng and his subordinates were shocked when they heard this, they were only responsible for dealing with soldiers who violated discipline on weekdays, but they had never tried to go to the battlefield in person, let alone experience the struggle and battle in such a desperate situation.
After listening to these heart-shaking stories, the gendarmes looked at the soldiers and civilians who were glaring at them all over the room, and they felt a little weak.
Zeng Chengcheng was still able to stabilize his mentality, he found that the Black Legion was really not simple, and his top boss had told him that the Black Legion's record was likely to be true, and he had basically determined that the Black Legion had not lied about his military exploits, but there was one thing that made him wonder how Chen Ning, a ninth-level general, managed to kill an eleventh-level zombie tyrant, even if it was only an eleventh-level tyrant with early strength.
Zeng sincerely said to Kan Jing whether it would be approved by the superiors, and then he turned his head to look at Chen Ning: "Okay, after my investigation in the past few days, your record is basically true." ”
The soldiers and civilians at the scene couldn't help but show joy when they heard Zeng Cheng's words, after all, everyone is a hero, and it feels uncomfortable to be treated as a liar, and now the gendarmerie is forced to correct everyone's name, which is naturally the best result.
However, Zeng Chengcheng immediately said to Chen Ning: "But I have a new question now, Chen Ning, you are only a ninth-level warrior, how did you defeat the eleventh-level zombie tyrant, don't you think there is anything wrong with this?"
When Kan Jing heard this, her mood instantly became nervous, she and Chen Ning tried every possible way to keep a low profile, but they didn't expect that Zeng Chengcheng still doubted Chen Ning's strength and identity, because it was impossible for a normal person to defeat an eleventh-level zombie tyrant.
Chen Ning was about to speak, but the Bull Demon King couldn't bear it anymore, and said loudly: "What's the big deal about this, I'm afraid you don't know that our legion commander has always been strong when he is strong." When he was in the Blue Bird Base, he defeated the sixth-level instructor with the strength of the fourth-level; when he was in the martial arts, he repeatedly defeated the seventh-level opponent with the strength of the sixth-level; in the battle outside Qingxiu City, he killed the tenth-level zombie lord with the strength of the eighth-level; this time, he defeated the tyrant of the eleventh level with the strength of the ninth, what's the problem, haven't you seen a strong man?"
The Bull Demon King listed Chen Ning's records one by one, and everyone realized that Chen Ning always overstepped his opponents, and it turned out that Chen Ning's own strength was strange from the beginning.
Zeng Cheng narrowed his eyes: "It seems that our Chen Ning Legion Leader not only has a problem, but also a big problem, you have repeatedly crossed the level to kill opponents, it's too abnormal, right?" And the Black Legion has lost more than 10,000 zombie brain cores, I make a bold guess, Chen Ning, you are a dark cultivator at all, using zombie brain cores to cultivate, that's why your strength is so weird!"
As soon as Zeng Chengcheng's words came out, the hall was instantly shocked, but everyone was skeptical.
Zeng Cheng pressed step by step, and he asked aggressively: "Say, Chen Ning, are you a dark cultivator, if not, how do you explain your strength to always overstep the level and defeat the enemy?"
At this moment, a handsome man wearing a bright military uniform with steel wings suddenly came in from outside the door and said heartily, "I can explain!"
In an instant, everyone at the scene looked at the door in astonishment, and Chen Ning was a little stunned when he saw the person coming, because this handsome man turned out to be Bai Yuhao, and Bai Yuhao was followed by more than a dozen Iron Winged warriors such as Su Luo, Da Luo and Xiao Luo.