The fire spread from all directions, and the withered reeds became a purgatory on earth, and countless people were howling and crying out, but no matter how much they struggled, they could not escape the fate of being engulfed in flames. 2. Zhong Ruhai was completely desperate, curled up in a shallow pit. This knee-deep shallow pit was barely managed out by the subordinates with all their strength and digging up the knives and arrows in their hands. When the wetlands have dried up, the exposed ground is as hard as iron, and it is not easy to dig a shallow pit that can only accommodate one person to hide.

At this time, Zhong Ruhai was on the verge of collapse, calling out one name after another, these names belonged to his personal guards, but there were few responders.

He licked his chapped lips, and the saliva in his mouth seemed to have been dried by this terrible fire, as if he could breathe fire from his throat if he opened his mouth again.

Zhong Ruhai wanted to cry, but he could only open his mouth and howl, his eyebrows and beard had been scorched, and even his head was stuck together piece by piece. In his ears, there was the sound of a fire crackling and burning, and it was a scream that drowned out wave after wave.

In the face of such a tragic situation, as the main general on the verge of battle, there is no way to do it, and even he himself has to endure in torment, hoping that the nightmare will pass as soon as possible. However, even after that, endless hell awaits them. Either they were burned to death by the fire, or they escaped by luck, and life is better than death.

The scorching air wave carried a strong smell of burnt paste, mixed with the smell of barbecue fat, if in normal times, Zhong Ruhai would have been salivating, but now he felt disgusting. He kept his nose and mouth as close to the bottom of the pit as he could, intending to absorb some moisture that wasn't there, but when he opened his nose, he inhaled a puff of smoke.

Suddenly, Zhong Ruhai coughed violently. He was completely desperate, and if he continued like this, if he was not burned to death, he would have to be smoked to death by thick smoke.

"General, Ruhai is sorry for you, you can only report it in the next life!"

Faced with a desperate situation, Zhong Ruhai raised his neck and roared loudly, a wave of heat suddenly hit, and there was a hot pain on his face and neck, and then he didn't know anything when it was dark in front of him.

The fire burned until three poles above the sun, and because the isolation zone was cut out in the dry reeds early, it did not spread to the mulberry forest of Laomapo. Yang Xingben was like a stone carving, standing motionless for half the night.

"There's a gasp!"

"It's a big life, and such a big fire didn't burn him!"

The soldiers who had surveyed the flames suddenly exclaimed in one voice and one in a lower voice.

Apart from the very few who escaped, only one person survived. Yang Xingben was also very curious about who this person who could survive the raging fire was. However, when I saw this person, he was no longer human. Or it can be called a monster, the head is burned clean, the top of the head and face are covered with large and small bubbles, and there are even large swaths of peeling skin in a few places, revealing red flesh and charred ash, which is unbearable to witness.

The iron armor on this person's body is still complete, and although the limbs are not visible, it is conceivable that the inside is not much better than the exposed flesh and skin.

"Water, water...... Water ......"

The monster gasped for breath and screamed for water.

Yang Xing ordered someone to take a leather water bag and feed him, and the clear water flowed down from the height of the half-human, and fell on the monster's nose and mouth, only to see him open his mouth wide, greedily enjoying this hard-won water.

"This person can't survive, give him a good time!"

The skin on the body is almost all barbecued in a good place, and it is obvious that it will not survive. However, before death came, he had to endure the pain of purgatory. Yang Xing had no intention of torturing this person, so he decided to give him a good time.

"No, don't kill me...... I...... I am...... Ma Bujun commanded the envoy...... Bell...... Zhong ......"

There were not a few words, but he seemed to have exhausted all the strength of his body, Yang Xingben was stunned when he heard this, and his face changed slightly.

"You are Zhong Ruhai?"

At the time of the war, he naturally had to know the enemy's main generals and all kinds of detailed information. This monster is actually the first capable officer under Yin Ziqi, and he doesn't want to end up like this.

"You can't live, if you don't kill you, you can only slowly endure the suffering. ”

Yang Xingben said coldly, for a moment he felt that Zhong Ruhai's godless eyes were red as if there was liquid dripping, but he felt that this might be an illusion, this person's eyelids had long been mutilated by the high temperature, where could he still cry?

"No, I'm going to suffer from it...... Affliction ...... Right...... I'm sorry, General......"

Yang Xingben sighed, this Zhong Ruhai is still a loyal person, and he wants to end his life in this way to repay the favor of the general.

At this time, the soldier who cleaned up the fire came back, and Yang Xingben no longer paid attention to the stalactites and prepared to lead the army back to Changshi Township.

Before leaving, he explained:

"Pick two captives and let them carry Zhong Ruhai back, maybe they can see that Yin Ziqi before they die. ”

……

Yin Ziqi stayed in the barracks overnight because of the arrow wounds, until the news of the defeat came back at dawn, and he suddenly felt that the five thunders were thundering, and it was really hard to believe that the 30,000 Youyan elites were killed and wounded in one night, how could this be possible? Obviously, they were Tang soldiers who were ordered to pursue and fight, how could the whole army be killed?

He stood for a long time before he recovered from his shock and distraction.

"It must have fallen for the trick of the surname Qin. ”

He burst out laughing.

"It's a good means, and it's really a good means to be willing to use nearly 10,000 warriors under his command as bait. This person, this person ......"

was talking to himself, and suddenly a soldier hurriedly reported:

"Vice Admiral Zhong is back, Vice General Zhong is back!"

"Is it Zhong Ruhai? What did he do when he came back? He lost all my 30,000 elites and came back?"

One of the soldiers choked up and replied:

"General, the general go and take a look, and again, a little later, I'm afraid, I'm just afraid, I'm afraid ......"

Without waiting for the soldier to finish speaking, Yin Ziqi endured the pain in his body and ran out. Although he said it ruthlessly, he was actually very worried.

Running out of the tent, seeing Zhong Ruhai, who was no longer human, lying on half of the door panel, Yin Ziqi only felt that the blood in his whole body was surging upward. Is this still the brave and sturdy Zhong Ruhai?

The two soldiers who came back from carrying Zhong Ruhai choked up and cried:

"All of them burned to death...... Vice Admiral Zhong was lucky to hide in a shallow pit, and he was lucky to ......"

Looking at Zhong Ruhai, who was not humanoid and was worse than dead, Yin Ziqi trembled all over and was almost speechless. Suddenly, he glared angrily at the two soldiers.

"How come you don't even have the slightest wound on your body?"

The two soldiers threw themselves to their knees.

"The two of us were captured by the Tang soldiers, and the leader of the Tang soldiers was a man surnamed Yang, and after a few words with Vice General Zhong, he asked us to carry him back. ”

Burst!

A mouthful of blood spurted out of Yin Ziqi's mouth.

"The surname Yang is too deceitful!"

I saw him let out a long exhalation, and he fell backwards on his back.

"General, General......"

Suddenly, the generals were in chaos, and they went to support Yin Ziqi, who had fainted.

After a busy job of treating the wounded in the army, Yin Ziqi finally woke up leisurely, but he spit out a mouthful of blood in one mouth.

"Zhong, where is Zhong Ruhai?"

An injured doctor told the truth:

"Zhong Ruhai died half an hour ago!"

Perhaps stimulated, Yin Ziqi actually howled and cried. The people next to him only said that he was suffering Zhong Ruhai's death, but in fact, only he knew that he was crying about the 30,000 elites who were burned clean by a fire.

Although there are only more than 50,000 people in this western expedition, they are all elites brought by Youyan, and each of them can be used as ten. Originally, it was planned to use these 50,000 elites as the backbone, and then use the local strong men as supplements, take advantage of the situation to counterattack and completely defeat the Tang soldiers. How can I think that the defeat is so miserable.

This kind of pain is more unwilling, Yin Ziqi knows that he has not used all his strength, in his eyes, yesterday's battle is just a mutual test between the two sides, who would have thought that Tang Bing planned so deeply!

Yin Ziqi regretted not being at the beginning, in the final analysis, he was too light on the enemy, and the enemy was too cunning.

It's a pity that there are no ifs in this world, defeat is defeat, and we can only plan based on the current actual situation.

After calming down, Yin Ziqi planned to get up, but his body seemed to be out of control, and he fell back on the couch when he got up.

A wounded doctor rushed to help him and said:

"The general must not move, the general is now a wind evil into the body, and he must rest for a hundred days to recover, otherwise, his condition will deteriorate rapidly!"

"Get out, get out, get out, who is going to listen to your noise?"

Seeing that Yin Ziqi was emotional, for fear of stimulating him again, the wounded doctors looked at me, I looked at you, and shook their heads in unison, sighed, and retreated.

In fact, what the wounded doctors said was only half of the whole truth, Yin Ziqi already had an old problem in his head, and he was injured by an arrow last night, and today under the strong stimulation, the new and old patients are all working together.

"What should I do, what should I do?"

These wounded doctors are all Han Chinese who were captured from Luoyang, and they didn't have any good feelings towards the rebels, but now that they see Yin Ziqi become this virtue, even the most stupid people know that the rebels are going to be finished.

"This traitor looks like a grasshopper after autumn, and he will be able to jump in a few days, so we might as well sneak out!"

"The army is on guard, how easy is it to escape? ”

One of the wounded doctors smiled triumphantly, took an object from his bosom, and shook it in front of everyone's eyes.

"See what this is?"

"Access tokens?"

"Exactly, just in the name of purchasing medicinal herbs, mix out of the camp, the world outside is so vast, don't you go wherever you want?"

That being said, there are concerns.

"In case, if you are taken by these dogs, you become a deserter, but you will be killed!"

"Look at your guts, don't you know the truth of being alive in death? If you continue to stay in the barracks and look at Yin Ziqi's half-dead virtue, sooner or later he will be broken by the Tang soldiers!"

"Do you want to go to the Tang Dynasty?"