Chapter 3: Bathing in Fire
Outside the tent there was a jumble of footsteps, and someone else muffled their voices.
Zhu Mu, the commander of the Qin army, suddenly opened his eyes in the darkness, got up in his clothes, and strode towards the outside of the tent. As soon as the curtain was opened, a group of soldiers ran toward the valley with torches and spears and knives.
"What's going on?" He asked in a deep voice.
Han Chi, the deputy marshal who was guarding the tent, had already stepped over, blocking him intentionally or unintentionally, bowing down and saying, "It's not a big deal." I saw that you had already rested, so I made arrangements without authorization, and asked the coach not to blame. ”
Isn't it strange? A gloomy cold glow flashed in Zhu Mu's eyes, and the afterglow swept around, and the relatives who were originally guarding in front of his tent were all gone at this time.
"It's not a big deal, it's up to you." He bowed slightly, his tone was calm, as if he didn't notice anything wrong, and turned around to return to his account.
"Yes." Han Chi bowed respectfully behind his back, but his fingers secretly poked into his sleeve and took out an object. His eyes suddenly became fierce, and with a wave of his hand, he fiercely rushed towards Zhu Mu's vest.
In the moonlight, the dagger in his hand flashed a strange blue.
The scene changes in an instant.
A muffled snort escaped from Han Chi's mouth, the murderer's hand was hanging strangely at this time, but the poisoned dagger was in the hand of another person.
"You ......" his face was as pale as paper, his eyes wide with disbelief written in it, and his body trembled with fear. He failed! Zhu Mu, Zhu Mu actually escaped! Before he could even see Zhu Mu's movements, and before he could react, his hand was broken by Zhu Musheng! Jumu! Jumu is so terrible!
Zhu Mu only played with the dagger in his hand with great interest, and didn't even give him a look, "You want to kill me?" ”
His tone was relaxed as if he was talking about the weather, but a cold sweat broke out on Han Chi's forehead, "No, it's not, misunderstanding, misunderstanding." ”
"Misunderstanding?" Zhu Mu raised his eyebrows, the corners of his clothes moved, and his shot was as fast as lightning.
Han Chi's eyes flickered, and his throat tightened in the next second.
Zhu Mu's hands were already clasped around his neck, and his fingers gradually tightened.
Han Chi's face turned red, only to feel that it was becoming more and more difficult to breathe, and his consciousness began to blur a little.
"Make it clear to me! Otherwise, if I miss......" Zhu Mu raised his chin slightly, and said that.
Han Chi suddenly snorted, "I said, I said!" ”
He hurriedly said, for fear that Zhu Mu would really strangle him with one force.
Zhu Mu snorted disdainfully, and the strength in his hand loosened slightly.
As soon as Han Chi's throat relaxed, fresh air instantly filled his nostrils, and he hurriedly took a deep breath, barely settling his mind before he wanted to slow down. The powerful aura of the person on the other side pressed him to keep saying in one breath, "It's Jinghejun!" There was a fire in the valley, and the Jinghe army shouted for help in the valley! ”
A fire in the valley? How could it suddenly catch fire? Zhu Mu frowned, and asked, "You said that you made arrangements, what did you arrange?" ”
"I ......" Han Chi's tone paused, obviously hesitating to report the truth.
Zhu Mu ran out of patience, and his fingers tightened suddenly, "Say!" ”
"Ahem!" Han Chi was a little out of breath by him, his teeth chattered, and he barely squeezed out a few broken words, "Boss, you, you first, let go of me first!" ”
Greedy for life, afraid of death, and dishonest. Zhu Mu squinted at him trembling and begging for mercy to himself, he really wanted to strangle him like this.
"Say!" He still let go of his fingers.
Han Chi only felt that he had walked at the gate of the Yama Hall again, where did he dare to hide anything? Busy with everything that should be said and what should not be said.
"Now that there is a fire in the valley and the Jinghe army is in chaos, it is really a good time for us to send troops to wipe them out! We just ordered to send troops to attack the valley, and I think that by this time we have already won a great victory! As he spoke, he hurriedly flattered: "When we return to Yongcheng, the emperor will definitely remember your great achievements!" ”
A big deal? I'm afraid this is his own good calculation! If he was really assassinated by him tonight, then he could have planted his death on the Jinghe army, and then took the credit for annihilating the Jinghe army, and from then on he would be promoted to the rank of knight! A murderous intent flashed in Zhu Mu's eyes.
"Stupid." He said coldly.
"Huh? What, what? Han Chi's eyes widened in surprise.
"What do you think I'm not attacking these days? Is it because I can't touch them? Zhu Mu said, his fingers gradually becoming stronger, "No, I want to watch them fight the trapped beasts, I want to slowly torture them to death!" ”
Han Chi rolled his eyes when he pinched him, and his still intact hand grabbed Zhu Mu's hand vigorously, and a series of muffled sounds came out of his throat, "Loose...... Pine...... Open ......"
"Who wants you to be smart? Who asked you to give the order to storm the valley? Fire? Do you really think the fire was an accident? Who do you think Zhou Yi is? Just because you want to fight him too? The anger around Zhu Mu became stronger and stronger.
Loosen up, let go! Han Chi shouted loudly in his heart, but his mouth could only hiss.
Looking at the swollen and purple face in front of him, Zhu Mu gently hooked the corners of his mouth, and his eyes flashed with a pleasant and evil light.
"You deserve it too?"
As soon as he finished speaking, his wrist flicked, and the sound of bones breaking was especially clear in the night.
Han Chi was like a puppet with a broken string, glaring, hanging his head, and drooping his shoulders.
He's dead.
Jumu shook off his body in disgust, and walked to a small tent next to the main tent.
His horses were kept there. As long as he rode his horse, he would be able to catch up with the soldiers who were sent to their deaths!
Make it! It's still too late!
He had only taken a few steps when he heard a sharp sound of breaking through the air.
"Whoosh-"
Zhu Mu lifted his breath upward, his body was vertical, and he had jumped two steps away, and when he stood still, he saw a feather arrow stuck in the place where he had just stood.
Zhu Mu's body stiffened, and he slowly turned around, and through the light of the flickering torches, he could see the arrows aimed at him all around.
It's too late.
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"Kill!" Qin infantry in chain mail rushed down the valley with their weapons held high.
But the valley was empty.
The leading soldier was stunned, and raised his hand to stop the soldier behind him.
"What about people?" He frowned, his gaze swept around him, and there was nothing but a flash of fire.
"I saw the people in Jinghe's army shouting for help just now, why is there no figure at this moment?" He muttered, but it was the soldier who had just noticed the fire in the valley first, "Are they all burned to death?" No way? Even if you burn to death, you won't be burned so clean, right? Not even a single bone left? ”
He couldn't help but take two more steps towards the place where the flames were at their peak, and looked carefully with his eyes wide open in the heat, trying to find one or two pieces of Jinghejun's bones.
"Hiss-" Suddenly there was a neighing of horses in the empty valley, and the leading soldier was startled, and he took a step back unconsciously, and he heard the sound of horses' hooves, and something broke through the flames and came towards him!
Yes! Is that! That's a man riding a horse! Is that......
"Jinghe Army!" The leading soldier exclaimed.
Everyone couldn't really see it behind him, at first they saw the flame break and thought it was the fire spreading, at this time, they were all shocked, and the next second, they saw a flash of fire, and the head of the leading soldier had already left his neck and flew high, and he even maintained a surprised expression on his face, which showed how fast the person who cut off his head was!
They looked at the killer's hand again.
A burning horse, immediately sat a burning man.
My dear, all like this, are you still alive? The soldiers of the Qin army were dumbfounded.
Xie Jue beheaded a person, and he felt very happy in his heart, seeing that Qin Bing was stunned, he couldn't help but pretend to bluff: "I am the envoy of the Yama Palace, and I have come to ask for your dog's life on the order of the King of Hades!" ”
Really! Really! This one isn't alive anymore! Qin Bing saw that he was on fire all over his body, but he still looked calm, where would he still suspect that he was a messenger of the underworld? At the moment, their faces were white, their legs trembled, and some people were wet between their legs.
"Run...... Run! I don't know who shouted first, and the Qin soldiers suddenly came back to their senses, turned around and ran towards the mouth of the valley. Everyone wanted to escape from this ghost place first, but they were afraid that they would be beheaded by the messenger of the underworld if they were one step slower, so they pushed and shoved as they ran, and tore off the people who ran in front of them, and it was actually civil strife.
"Snort." Xie Jue pursed his lips disdainfully when he saw this scene, stretched out his hand to untie the burning cloak he was wearing and threw it into the fire, and untied the robe soaked in ice water inside, patted the horse in several places where it was on fire, and when the fire was extinguished, he turned over and dismounted neatly and patted hard on the horse's buttocks.
"Go!" He snorted softly.
The horse neighed, spread its hooves, and ran away.
Xie Jue carried the knife on his shoulder shirtless, put his fingers together and put it in his mouth and whistled.
"Kill!"
The shouts came from behind the rocks, full of momentum, and the Qin army who fled in a hurry was stunned.
Someone had the audacity to cautiously glance back, where was there any messenger from the underworld riding a fire horse and burning all over the place in front of the flames? There is only a skinny teenager with a topless body!
"Phew!" The soldier spat on the ground, turned to his companion and shouted, "Don't run!" Grandpas have been deceived! ”
As soon as he finished speaking, his head fell to the ground.
The soldiers of the Jinghe Army who cut off his head also smacked him hard, "Phew! You, grandson, dare to call yourself grandpa in front of your grandfather? Grandpa will let your grandson see how powerful grandpa is! ”
What's grandpa's grandpa's? The Qin soldiers were still stunned, a little confused about the situation, and the Jinghe army here had found an opportunity to cut off a few more heads.
The Qin soldiers finally reacted, what messenger of the underworld? It's the people of Jinghe Army who are pretending! The people of the Jinghe Army did not die! They have set up an ambush here and are waiting for them! Bah! Damn it!
The Qin soldiers raised the weapons in their hands and swung them down vigorously.
The soldiers of the Jinghe Army endured the cold and starved for many days, and their bodies were not as good as these Qin troops who had three meals and clothing, and gradually, more and more soldiers of the Jinghe Army fell.
"Brothers, kill!" Lin Yuan struggled to cut off the head of a Qin army, but he didn't watch out for a spear stabbed obliquely, the spear was stabbing him under the ribs, he spat out a mouthful of blood, his body shook but he didn't fall, but reached out and grabbed the spear tightly
Zhou Yi glanced at Lin Yuan, frowned, quietly changed his body, and slashed the Qin soldiers who wanted to take the opportunity to sneak attack Lin Yuan, but he had to deal with the enemy in front of him on the one hand, and Lin Yuan on the other, he was really a little overwhelmed, and it didn't take long for him to hang on his body.
"Kill!" The soldiers of the Jinghe Army roared, and they swung their knives vigorously, as if they wanted to vent their forbearance these days with the strength of wielding their knives.
"Kill!" Zhou Yi raised his eyebrows and shouted, the movements in his hands were not slow at all, "Let's kill one by one!" Come two, we'll earn one! ”
"Earn one!" A rough male voice immediately responded loudly.
Zhou Yi looked at it when he heard the sound, and saw Xie Jue dancing with a big knife surrounded by several Qin soldiers with his bare body, slashing and stabbing horizontally. He was thin and thin, and he didn't have a few muscles in his arms, but he swung the knife very neatly and decisively.
This kid! Zhou Yi laughed, "Good boy! You are the same as your third brother! He's a businessman! ”
Xie Jue also smiled, but he couldn't answer his words anymore, a knife stabbed into his stomach, and a long cut was made on his body, and the blood flowed endlessly.
"Kill!" As he spoke, he raised the knife in his hand for the last time and slashed at the Qin soldiers in front of him, his mouth was spitting blood, his teeth were red, and he looked extraordinarily infiltrating.
"I'm dead! You're dead too! He grinned, spat out a blister of blood, and finally collapsed.
Sister, third brother......
"Good boy!" Zhou Yi was still laughing, but his eyes were wet. "Good boy."
The wind was blowing, and the fire in the valley was getting more and more intense.
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It was early morning again, and the valley was filled with smoke.
"Your Majesty. Zhu Mu, the commander of the Qin army, has been shot dead on the spot! ”
The middle-aged general, who was wearing Mingguang armor and wearing a head, looked at the people standing on the cliff, lifted his battle robe, and knelt down on one knee.
"Hmm." Emperor Xuan of Jin, who was standing on the edge of the cliff, replied without looking back, and looked at the scorched black land in the valley with heavy eyes, "Have the corpses of the soldiers of the Jinghe Army been retracted?" ”
When the middle-aged general heard this, he remembered the tragic situation he had seen when he went to collect the corpse, and couldn't help sighing, and sighed: "The fire was too big last night, and the corpses of many soldiers were burned to the point that there were no bones, and the remaining corpses were incomplete. ”
"Really?" Emperor Xuan of Jin's tone was light, and he couldn't hear his joy or anger, "In this case, then there is no need to identify them, let's bury them here together!" ”
Buried here? The middle-aged general was surprised, does the emperor mean to build a well-dressed mound for Jinghe Army here?
He was still figuring out the holy will, so he heard Emperor Xuan of Jin say again: "Fill the valley." ”
Filling the valley? The middle-aged general couldn't believe his ears. Filling in the grain and making graves, this is something that has never happened before!
But no matter what, the emperor is happy.
He straightened his face, and the knee that was originally propped up also knelt on the ground at this time, slowly bowed down, and nodded his head to the ground.
"The emperor is kind! The soldiers of Jinghe Army Jiuquan will also feel the emperor's grace. He said respectfully, with a hint of deliberate excitement in his tone.
As the king of a country, Emperor Jin Xuan can listen to the words of the emperor's grace five or six times a day, and he has long been tired of hearing them.
"Alright, alright." He raised his hand and scolded with a smile: "You know how to say good things." This is what Jinghe Jun deserves, and after returning to Beijing, I will posthumously seal them. ”
When he had finished speaking, he did not look at the valley again, turned around, threw up his sleeves and strode away.
"Go back to the palace!"
In the palace, there is another damn one.
When you're dead, you're clean.