Chapter Eighty-Nine: The Death of the Raccoon Dog
The sky gradually became gloomy, and the atmosphere was extremely dead, and the sky should have been shining with bright sun, but at this time there was no light in sight, and it was all gray. The woods outside the city, from a distance, have long since disappeared from emerald green, only bare branches swaying in the wind. The birds that used to sing are long gone, and only the empty nests hang on the dead branches.
Everyone's hearts were nervous, even if they were battle-hardened veterans, they couldn't help but be a little worried. "Report! Report! Three hundred meters away, the Han army was found! This sound broke the dull atmosphere like thunder, and everyone's hearts chuckled, the time to come is still coming.
"Let's go down!" I said with a frown. "Grandma's, it's really ghostly, these Han soldiers, are they more powerful than 'monsters'?" Zhao Meng stomped his foot and said.
There was silence as hundreds of pairs of eyes looked at me in unison, waiting for me to give instructions on what to do. I coughed and said, "Pass my military order, all soldiers are on crossbow arrows!" ”
"Yes!" Everyone answered, and for a while, hundreds of bows and crossbows were neatly facing the city, just waiting for my order.
Finally, a dark shadow could be seen in the distance, and then a very noisy sound could be heard, with footsteps, human voices, the neighing of war horses, and many voices intertwined. By this time, it was completely dark, and it was impossible to distinguish which was a person and which was an object. Closer, closer and closer, two hundred meters, one hundred meters, fifty meters, into range. Zhao Meng was a little impatient: "Don't hesitate, release the arrow." ”
"Wait." I waved my hand to signal not to let go of the arrow yet, "Something is wrong, the Han army has strict military discipline and will not be so reckless." I said, leaning closer and looking down at the city.
The black shadow stopped twenty meters below the city, but there was no intention of attacking the city, and I couldn't help but wonder in my heart, what kind of trouble was this? Just when I was wondering, a heart-rending scream came from the city, and the original black shadow had now divided into two groups, no, several. The first regiment was the Han army, which numbered very little, less than twenty people, and all of them were wounded, and there were scratches and bite marks on their arms and faces, which could be described as incomplete.
The leader of the Han army was the general who commanded before, at this time he was blind in one eye, and his leg seemed to be lame, and he walked to the front tremblingly, and knelt down in front of the city gate, and everyone was a little surprised, only to hear him say: "Please, there are a lot of adults, let us go." We surrender, is it not possible to surrender? ”
"Phew, now I know that begging for mercy, it's too late! Why didn't you let us go before, like a mad dog, biting people everywhere. Zhao Meng said indignantly.
"Yes, yes, mad dog, we're mad dogs, we're sincere, let us go. We will remember your great kindness. The man said with a smile, but from his clenched teeth, he could still see that he was unwilling, and if it wasn't for his last resort, he would never give in.
"Don't be confused, Hanquan. Releasing them is equivalent to letting the tiger return to the mountain, how did so many brothers die, have you forgotten? Bing Yan said, "Ah! "At that moment the man suddenly vomited a mouthful of blood, green, and fell to the ground, but his eyes were still open, and he looked at me with some resentment, and raised his hand for a moment, and then bent down like a dead branch, and then did not move." Die well, this kind of person, it's not a pity to die. Zhao Meng glared at him and said.
The bleak amount of the moonlit night, the death of that man, couldn't help but make my heart tremble. In the moonlight, I could clearly see that there was a long scratch on his neck, which was already dark green, and I was afraid that it had been two hours ago, and he was able to run here, but even so, he still couldn't get rid of the fate of poison, because there was no antidote to this poison, and even if I let him go, he wouldn't survive.
"Help us." The Han soldiers under the city wailed, the sound made people get goosebumps, a barbarian soldier couldn't help their bitter pleading, put a rope down, the Han soldiers below saw this rope, as if they saw a life-saving straw, they climbed towards the rope, but before they could catch the head of the rope, they died of poison one by one, the death was extremely hideous, the barbarian saw their miserable situation, frightened and fainted, and the rope in his hand also fell off. When several Han soldiers who were not dead saw the rope falling to the ground, they suddenly lost hope and were unwilling to die in pain, so they chose to kill themselves one by one and fell under the city.
Everyone was shocked into a cold sweat, and several soldiers who were about to go down to the city to open the city gate were already so frightened that they didn't even dare to move.
I calmed down a little and said, "No one can go down without my orders!" Before I could finish speaking, I heard another scream, and one of the soldiers fell to the bottom of the city. I was trying to save people, but it was too late, this tower was more than five meters high, and the soldier fell headfirst, where is his life. It's not that it's that it's that he has the same scratches on his face, which means that the "devil of hell" has gone to town.
I didn't have time to think about it, even though I gestured for everyone to retreat, and just a few steps back, I saw a hand stretched out from the back of the dead soldier, which was purple and bruised, and it was this hand that dragged the soldier down the city, and we didn't notice it at all, and I was a little panicked, I didn't know if there was anything else in the city.
Under the bleak moonlight, many dark shadows appeared under the city, and that figure was not the "devil of hell"? These monsters surrounded the city like zombies, and the city was impenetrable.
"What are you doing in a daze, release arrows." Zhao shouted hoarsely, but the soldier froze in place as if petrified, motionless. What's more, he has put down his crossbow arrows and knelt on the ground, covering his face with his hands.
The "devils" smelled the breath of people, and climbed up along the city wall, their long nails were their best climbing tools, the speed was amazing, the coin climbed the ladder much faster, and in an instant several had climbed to a place less than a meter from the city tower.
"Grandma, go down!" Zhao Meng picked up the knife and slashed towards the "Hell Devil" below, although the "Devil" has lost his humanity, he can still feel pain, after all, it is a physical body, not a piece of iron and copper, and half of his head was cut off at once, and he fell down screaming, and fell heavily into the pile of dead people.
But the terrible thing is that even if half of his head is cut off, the "devil" can still move, looking at Zhao Meng viciously with the only remaining eye, and saying these cursed things with a mouth of "woo wow".
"Not dead yet!" Zhao Meng said indignantly, turned around and grabbed the bow of a brute, drew the bow and shot at the "devil", the "devil" leg bone has been broken, where can he dodge, he was shot in the throat, spit out green blood, and died.
"See it all, this thing is not as terrible as you think, as long as we all ...... together" Before he finished saying the word "unity", he was planted to the ground, and he had an extra pair of hands on his feet, it was the "devil" who succeeded, if it wasn't for Zhao Meng grabbing the city wall with one hand when he fell, he would have been dragged down.
"Let go, you let me go." Zhao Meng said over and over again and kicked the head of the "devil", although the "devil" was kicked left and right, he had no intention of letting go. "What are you talking to it, get it right!" As I spoke, I had already hit the "devil" who was holding him tightly, because the "devil" just wouldn't let go, so the dart hit its hand, and the "devil" was in pain, and the green blood flowed down its arm, but it still dragged Zhao Meng's foot and pulled one of his shoes down.
"Let's go to the western sky!" Zhao Meng sneered at the "devil", shook his foot suddenly, and the "devil" couldn't grasp it firmly, was thrown out, and disappeared into the pile of corpses. Zhao Meng because he was too strong, he grabbed the city wall and fell straight down, I hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed his hand when he fell a meter, and others also came to help, which pulled Zhao Meng up.
Zhao Meng breathed a sigh of relief, beads of sweat the size of beans appeared on his head, and at this time he wiped the sweat and said: "I was really scared to death just now, if I really fell, I would have to be crippled if I didn't die." "It's okay, you have to pay more attention in the future, and your luck may not be so good next time." I said.
Zhao Meng smiled at me: "It's okay, didn't you always say that my old Zhao Fu has a big life, and Lord Yan refuses to accept it?" "Okay, okay, don't play tricks, it's not safe now......" Before I could finish my sentence, I heard a "help". I looked at the source of the sound and couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, several "devils" had already entered the field, and the soldiers closest to them were thrown to the ground before they could react. The "devil" doesn't care so much, gnawing at the soldier like a mad dog.
"If you don't resist, you have to die!" The barbarian king's words woke up the soldiers who were still stunned. "Fight!" "We don't have soft eggs!" The soldiers were in high spirits, picked up their spears again, and stabbed at those "devils", those "devils" were thrown to the ground, and dozens of spears were stabbed on the spot, and in an instant there were dozens of transparent holes on each of their bodies, and green blood flowed out, which was extremely smelly, and people couldn't help but feel a little sick.
"Good! That's what you want! Zhao Meng slapped his face and said. Suddenly, there was a "be careful" in my ears, and I turned my head to look, but I happened to collide with a "devil", and the "devil" started a frenzy, and before I could react, he grabbed me, and the long nails pierced my eyes, and when I reacted, it was only half a minute away. It was too late, but it was too soon, and a white light flashed, and if the "devil" fell to the ground and rolled on the ground in an instant, I saw that it was a raccoon dog, and I couldn't help but rejoice.
The raccoon dog fought with the "devil" and had the upper hand in only a few rounds, but to my surprise, the "devil" suddenly roared, hugged the raccoon, and fell into the city together. "Raccoon!" I was suddenly shocked, and subconsciously ran forward, but it was still too late, and the raccoon fell down with the "devil" and disappeared into the pile of dead people.
The corpses under the city have been piled up into a hill, and the deaths are different, but without exception they are all one word - miserable! It's so miserable that it makes people unbearable, makes people's scalp tingle, and makes people's hearts tremble. I kept shouting about the raccoon downwards, but there was no response, and it was so dark that I couldn't see the tanuki's location. After a long time, there was finally some movement, and the raccoon dog picked up the dead body from its body and crawled out of the pile of dead people.
"Raccoon, quick, come up." I saw that the raccoon was fine, and I was afraid that it would be in danger below, so I hurriedly told it to come up quickly. The raccoon responded, and had barely walked a few steps when suddenly its face became very ugly, and I could faintly see something on its feet in the moonlight.
"What's wrong, raccoon?" I couldn't help but ask anxiously, but the raccoon was silent, trying to break free. At this time, everyone gathered around, and suddenly one of them said, "Look, there's a black thing on its feet." ”
I followed what he said, and sure enough, I saw it, but it was not a dead branch or anything like that, but a hand, and I realized that the "devil" who had just fallen into the city and not killed it, and then it reacted and restrained the raccoon.
Because the distance is too close, the color has been dimmed, I am afraid of accidentally injuring the raccoon, so I dare not rashly release the arrows, at this time I can only watch from the city, there is no other way, I can't help but feel a little ashamed in my heart.
Suddenly, with a wild roar, it shook off the "devil" that was grabbing its ankle like an autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, and the "devil" was thrown far away and disappeared into the darkness, and dozens of corpses flew out at the same time.
Seeing that the raccoon was fine, I was a little relieved. But at that moment, the raccoon suddenly coughed violently, spat out a mouthful of blood, green, and fell to the ground as soft as a marshmallow.
"Are you poisoned? Raccoon! I clung to the edge of the wall and shouted to the raccoon below, the raccoon was speechless at this time, but turned sideways, and in the moonlight I saw three more blood marks on its waist, which must have been left by the "devil" when he flew out. "No, I'm going down." I clenched my fists and said, "No, Hanquan, you can't go down." "But can I leave the raccoon alone?" "If you go down rashly like this, not only will you not be able to save it, but you will also affect yourself!" Ice Goose grabbed me and said.
I turned my gaze to the raccoon, which coughed violently, shook its head, and motioned for me not to go down. I just stood up. It wiped the blood from its mouth with its claws, took a long breath, and let out a deafening roar at us.
"Raccoon, stop, you're hurt, it's going to hurt your internal organs!" I tried my best to say, at this moment, I suddenly felt a tremor, countless black shadows fell down the city, in the moonlight, I saw that it was the "devil of hell", I immediately understood the intention of the raccoon, when it fell, it saw that there were many "devils" on the city wall, worried about our safety, but also knew that he was deeply poisoned, did not want to affect us, to sacrifice himself, to buy us time to escape.
"Let's go, Hanquan, don't you understand? If we don't leave, none of us will be able to leave, so don't let the raccoon make a senseless sacrifice. Bingyan said as he tugged at my sleeve.
I gritted my teeth, pushed her hand away, and paused and said, "How could I not understand! But I'm going to stay, the raccoon is born and dies with me, how can I watch it die! ”
"Now that you've decided, I can't say anything. As the saying goes, 'husbands sing and women are harmonious', and since I am married to you, I am your person. If you die, I will never live. Ice Goose said, gripping my hand tightly.
I suddenly felt my eyes sore, but I held back and didn't cry. The Barbarian King and Zhao Meng were silent for a while, and said, "I also want to stay." The soldiers looked at each other, but none of them wanted to leave, and said in unison: "Since the leader wants to stay, it is naturally incumbent on us to wait." From the day we left the mountain, we had the determination to die in battle. ”
Li Wu and other Han soldiers sighed one after another: "Where can you go?" It's better to make a break, if you can kill one, it's one! ”
"Okay, since everyone doesn't want to go, let's make a break today." I said aloud, and everyone answered, and in an instant, hundreds of arrows were wound. "Whoosh" and shot at those "devils". Although those "devils" are physically unusually strong, after all, they are mortal fetuses, and most of them have been hit by arrows, and for a time, more than a dozen "devils" have been planted in response.
"Okay!" Zhao Meng took the lead and shouted excitedly, everyone laughed, and the tense atmosphere disappeared immediately.
The wounded "devil" rolled on the ground, screaming incessantly, and the sound was both ugly and piercing, as if hundreds of crows were crying in unison. The rest of the "devils" showed their fierce faces, opened their mouths wide, showed their sharp fangs, and pounced on the raccoon dogs like crazy. "Look at the darts!" Before I finished speaking, two snowflake darts flew straight out, one hit a "devil's" heavenly spirit cover, and it burst its skull, and it was killed. The other hit a "devil" in the chest, and the dart passed through its chest, bringing out a string of intestines, but the "devil" did not die immediately, and fell to the ground wailing, and the intestines were all over the place.
Even so, the situation of the raccoon is not encouraging. On the one hand, it hurts the body, which is very toxic, and if you don't suck it out, you may be in danger of life. On the other hand, although most of the "devils" have been eliminated, there are still a few remnants, and these remaining "devils" are already in a state of almost rage, and they will kill anything that is alive if they see it. At this time, I surrounded the raccoon, because I was afraid of hurting the raccoon, I didn't dare to rashly order the arrows, and the sight was not too good, I was afraid that it would be difficult to hit, even if I hit, I am afraid that it will not cause too much damage to it.
A "devil" bore the brunt of the attack, and in an instant he came to the raccoon dog, opened his mouth wide and bit the raccoon dog's neck, the raccoon had already taken precautions, and the moment it opened its mouth, it had slapped its palm on the ground, until its shoulder bone was completely broken, and it could no longer get up. The raccoon didn't give it a chance to breathe, and stepped on the head of the "devil", which didn't matter, and its brain burst out when it stepped on it, and it didn't move. Even though he saw his companion die so miserably, the remaining "devils" were not moved at all, but reacted even more manicly. Although the raccoon dog is brave and good at fighting, it has no choice but to "two fists are hard to defeat four hands", Gu Dong can not take care of the west, and when it is caught off guard, a "devil" bites its retreat like a hungry wolf, and it can't be shaken off. I couldn't help but sweat for it.
The raccoon roared angrily, and a turn turned over to press the "devil" under him, and the "devil" just let go of his mouth slightly, where did the raccoon give it a chance, and his front paws hit the "devil" neck like a hammer, only to hear a sound of bone cracking, and the "devil" suddenly separated his head, and the stench of green blood splashed his body. The raccoon suffered a recurrence of internal injuries, and at this time, it was as uncomfortable as ants crawling all over the body, and it could no longer support it and collapsed.
"Arise, raccoon! Don't fall, you're invincible! "I was very worried, and I was busy cheering it up. The raccoon was already a little delirious, and barely stood up with its front paws, a little staggering, like duckweed in the rain. Seeing this, all the "devils" pounced on it and gnawed on the raccoon. The raccoon wanted to break free, but dozens of "devils" weighed on its body of nearly 1,000 catties, making it unable to move, coupled with the recurrence of the old injuries before, the raccoon was already dying, and suddenly it was out of sight, and was covered by the figure of the "devil".
"Raccoon! Raccoon! I shouted over and over again, but there was no response. All of a sudden, I felt like I had fallen into a bottomless abyss, and my whole body was broken with cold water. I covered my face and crouched down silently, unable to believe what my eyes were seeing. "This is not true! This is absolutely not true. Raccoon dogs don't die! The raccoon will not die! You can't die, raccoon! ”
Just when I was almost desperate, I suddenly felt like I was going to fall, and I hurriedly grabbed the wall, so I didn't fall. I looked down with some suspicion, but I saw the form of a raccoon dog, and I rubbed my eyes, I couldn't believe it was real.
At this time, the raccoon was already scarred, several pieces of flesh were missing from its front legs, and there were scratches on its face and head. The "devils" pressed on the raccoon were all shaken away, the nearest ones were no longer moving, and the rest were also broken hands and feet, rolling on the ground in pain.
The raccoon took a few steps forward slowly, smiled wryly at me, and seemed to say something, but because of the distance, its voice was so weak that I could not hear it clearly. But from the shape of its mouth, I can already guess that it is saying, "Master, I still won this battle." At that moment, its eyes lost their luster, and it fell to its knees, never moving again, only those eyes still looking at me.
"Raccoon! Raccoon! "It was like a bolt from the blue, I couldn't hold back my emotions anymore, and tears welled up in my eyes. I put down a rope and jumped off despite the dissuasion of Bingyan and the others. Running quickly to the raccoon, I stretched out a finger and reached out to its nose tremblingly, testing its snort, and I didn't feel a trace of breath for a long time, I picked up its head and looked at it, "It's not true!" This is not true! Raccoon, you tell me that you are not dead, you are joking with me, are you......" I hugged it tightly, but I didn't feel a trace of warmth, only a cold feeling.
"Raccoon!" I collapsed to the ground, my mind blank, tears welling up in my eyes again.