Chapter 39: The ghost soldiers enter the city
The soldiers in the Liangshan battalion had already been ordered to rest early, and they were not allowed to go out of the tent without military orders, and the whole camp was very quiet, and even the patrols were light-footed, and they all stayed away from one place at a time, and occasionally glanced in this direction with a panicked face.
A one-zhang high earthen platform has been erected in the camp where the two generals of water and fire are stationed, and the red and black flags are planted all over the place according to the yin and yang Taiji, and two long tables are placed on them, and fire candles, incense burners, offerings, and peach wood swords are placed on them in turn.
"The hour has come!" The pro-soldier holding the incense stick saw that the fire had burned to the red line, and immediately opened his mouth to tell the time.
The two red and black generals scattered their hair when they heard the sound, smeared their faces with chicken blood graphite, put on red and black robes, carried a three-foot-high gourd on their backs, and each held five Lingqi on the altar.
As time passed, the fog became thicker and thicker, and the red-armored general put down the peachwood sword that he had waved for more than half an hour, took off the big red gourd behind him, pinched the magic trick, and said something in his mouth, and the five-colored fireworks erupted from the gourd, permeating the altar but being restrained by the red and black flags and not spreading, like a five-colored cloud cover.
The black armor general also took off the black skin gourd behind his back, pinched the magic trick, and also recited the words, a puff of black smoke came out of the gourd, and when it touched the five-colored fireworks, an infinite mist was suddenly born.
"Fog Rise!"
"Lingqi!"
With the two generals pointing their flags, the dense fog that continued to rise on the altar mixed into the surrounding fog, and with the direction of the wind, a thick fog gradually shrouded Hantan County.
When there was no longer a trace of smoke on the altar, the two took the gourd and changed their clothes.
The black-armored general stood on the stage, scanning his five hundred elite soldiers, all of whom were dressed in black and black armor, with loose hair, wearing ghost masks, holding a soul-hooking iron rope in one hand and a life-killing scimitar in the other.
Nodding with satisfaction, the black armor general stuck five black flags behind his back, took the lead in reciting the incantation, and the five hundred ghost soldiers followed closely, and the strange incantation slowly resounded throughout the camp, and many soldiers were awakened, but they couldn't go out because of the military order, but they didn't have the slightest sleep.
"Pretending to be a ghost."
Dong Ping, who was still wearing armor in the big tent, sneered, said disdainfully, lowered his head and continued to deal with military affairs.
The surrounding soldiers who were in charge of guarding were originally a little uneasy, but when they heard it, a stream of blood rushed up, but they all straightened their waists, and a stream of qi and blood spread, protecting the big tent, and even the fog couldn't get close.
As the spell ended, the surrounding fog slowly wrapped around the five hundred people, forming a layer of natural camouflage, with this foggy weather, the five hundred people became looming, plus the black-clothed ghost-faced iron rope scimitar, not to mention the cowardly, even if the bold one saw it, he could be scared out of trouble. Not to mention combat effectiveness, this makeup technique can also give a high score.
Very satisfied with the effect, with a wave of his hand, the black armor general took the lead to Hantan County, and the five hundred fog hidden ghost soldiers behind him followed closely behind, like ghost soldiers traveling with the ghost general, but from the outside world, he could only see a large cloud of dense fog moving.
After seeing the other party leave, the Red Armor General did not rest, but ordered the soldiers to prepare their guns and ammunition, keep the fire, and after waiting for a while, they left the camp from the other side and led the troops to quietly lurk outside the city.
He made a good calculation, if the action went well, the ghost soldiers caused chaos in the city, he opened the city gate and led the troops into Hantan County to make a big fuss, and if he didn't do well, he would capture the entire county. If the situation is unfavorable, he can also take over the black armor general, and he will not lose too much.
The abnormal weather did not make the people who went to bed early and got up early have any special reaction, even the rich families were at most regarded as scenery appreciation, and at most some literati and rioters held back a few lines of disease-free poetry.
But this change made Yan Yi, who has the expertise of a defense expert, instinctively vigilant, although he didn't think that there was a human factor here, but he still strengthened his vigilance. What's more, there is a special existence like a trialist by his side, their imagination has already broken through the sky, as a person in the same boat, they will not sit idly by and watch Hantan County suffer, so they will naturally remind a few words.
Maybe the trialist is slight, and Yan Yi won't believe it easily, but Qingyun is different.
Qingniu is a warlock, especially Qingyun and Qingniu, all of them are cultivated by themselves, and when the other party opens the altar, they feel some abnormalities, although they think it is an illusion, but after a while, the fog is so thick that they are about to reach out and lose their fingers, even the sluggish Qingniu has found something wrong.
"Order the city defense battalion to strengthen its vigilance, double the patrols, and notify the guards in all important areas to be vigilant and pay attention to fire prevention!" Yan Yi made a decision immediately, with Yan Xu and the county order behind him, when necessary, he grasped the military and politics, and there was no need to discuss with others, which could play a huge role in a crisis, and would not delay a little time.
The city defense battalion is a reserve battalion, a mixture of 3,000 forbidden troops and 2,000 prisoners, and after this period of integration, it has been divided into five brigades, two of which are responsible for the night guard of the city wall, another is responsible for night guard patrols, and one stays in the battalion ready to support at any time, and the last one takes turns.
Although this is a great waste of manpower and material resources, in some respects it has much combat effectiveness and reaction ability that is not inferior to that of daytime. At least the county order and the wealthy households in the city are very supportive of this, after all, the trialists on the Liangshan side were in the city before, and they could be called panicked, otherwise they would not easily agree to Yan Xu's transfer of troops into the city to play a night net.
You must know that these civil officials and rich people are very afraid of this, after all, their power and wealth have no effect on the violent machine of the army, and this feeling that it may get out of control at any time is not very good.
At present, there are tens of thousands of troops in the county, and there are thousands of patrols and guards at night alone, and they no longer have to worry about being robbed by strongmen in the middle of the night, so they can sleep soundly.
This concentration of fog is an exaggeration to say that you can't see your fingers, but it's true that you can't see anything ten steps away. Even these forbidden troops knew how dangerous it was now, and with the military orders that came, the 1,000 forbidden troops resting in the nearby houses went up to the city wall with torches in hand, and 2,000 people stood on the city wall to patrol and guard, unless the fog lasted all night, otherwise no enemy could sneak into the county without alarming them.
Even the black-armored generals under the city were dumbfounded, even during the day, there were no two thousand people patrolling the city walls, this density, unless the five hundred fog hidden ghost soldiers could really be invisible, there was no possibility that no one would be alerted to enter the city.
The black-armored general is also difficult to ride a tiger at the moment, although Dong Ping was not notified of this operation, but in the same big battalion, who can hide so many movements? If you really want to return in vain, let alone Dong Ping's white eyes the next day, it is difficult to explain it to his own brother alone.
After all, one of the purposes of this night attack was to avenge the brother who suffered a little loss during the day, and he didn't let his brother retreat during the day, so he lost some people, and it was his turn, and he went home after going around like an outing, even if his brother didn't say anything, there would be a pimple in his heart.
The black armor general smiled bitterly, not that he thought too much, but that people's hearts are like this, so even if he knew that he was taking risks this time, he had to be tough.
Remove the black water hyacinth on his back, inside is the heavy water he has worked hard to condense, it is a killer weapon to save his life, and he will never use it when he is idle, but now he can only use it to save the emergency, which is not a small price.
took out a jade bowl from his bosom and carefully poured half a bowl, and the black armor general put away the gourd distressedly. The refining of this thing is very time-consuming and labor-intensive, and this half bowl is the accumulation of half a year, and it will be a real loss if you don't get a huge harvest this time.
After the Black Armor General did this, he threw the water in the bowl into the sky, and before it landed, it turned into a dense fog waterfall, which exaggerated and submerged most of the city wall. The patrolling forbidden soldiers were like falling into the water, they couldn't breathe, and the pine oil torch in their hands was extinguished before they struggled a few times, but after a while, they became wet, and their clothes and armor were dripping down, not to mention foggy days, even if it rained, it didn't get wet so quickly.
Such a strange situation suddenly made the patrolling forbidden army panic, but at this time, this place could not run, and they could only form a defensive formation with squads as described in the training.
The five hundred fog hidden ghost soldiers who had been waiting for a long time threw the iron rope in their hands, and turned over on the city wall very neatly, and the bloodthirsty scimitar killed all the forbidden troops who were still flustered in the dense fog and did not form a defensive formation like killing chickens, if it weren't for the too thick fog, even the fog hidden ghost soldiers were not adaptable, and the forbidden army that formed a defensive formation was more difficult to gnaw, and the hundreds of forbidden troops on this city wall would not even leave a single living mouth.
"Quick! Fast! Don't delay, one team will set fire to the front, one team will go to the warehouse to set fire, and the rest will go to the prison with me! "The black-armored general who has made a lot of money can expect to earn back the capital this time, whether it is rescuing the four Liangshan heroes who were captured, or burning down the warehouses in Hantan County, or even causing riots in the county, he can make a lot of money, if all three are successful, he will make a lot of money.
"Yes!" This kind of weather is too suitable for the Fog Hidden Ghost Soldiers, and they are even confident that they can capture the entire county town alone, of course, this is obviously unrealistic.
This abnormal situation even Yan Xu was alarmed, and asked everyone to lead a team of soldiers and horses to guard the area divided before. Fortunately, this kind of dense fog comparable to a rainy day makes arson, the biggest means of destruction, unable to play a role, otherwise Yan Xu would really be anxious.
Yes, there is no way to set fire, maybe the black armor general is also a well-hidden tease, his half bowl of heavy water makes the weather that is already dense fog even more serious, if it weren't for the influence of the spell, it would have rained a lot, and even then it would be wet everywhere, even if oil is splashed, the fire fold will be soaked before it blows.
The helpless fog hidden ghost soldiers could only give up the great cause of arson, concentrate on killing, relying on this terrifying shape, invincible, no soldier could keep calm in the face of them, and they were hacked to death on the street with their backs exposed.