Chapter 70: Night Attack on the Dunes
Liu Bei told Lu Zhi about this matter with a pale face, and Lu Zhi's face instantly became solemn, as a general in the empire and from Confucianism, of course he knows some about these myths and legends, maybe the people will only think that these are myths, but he knows that these are really not just myths, according to various ancient secret records, these things do exist.
I can't imagine that Taiping Dao is so deeply intentional, so it seems that it is necessary to raid the sand dunes tonight anyway, otherwise once Zhang Liang breaks the formation that seals the drought fish, then the entire Han Empire will be in danger, Lu Zhi slapped the table angrily, "These Taiping Demon Dao are simply crazy!" It is rumored that I will order a raid on the sand dunes tonight, and be sure to capture the thief Zhang Liang! ”
"No!"
Everyone got up and hugged their fists, and Liu Bei said bluntly: "Teacher, in tonight's battle, Xuande is willing to lead the people of the headquarters to be the vanguard of the front!" ”
Lu Zhi nodded and said, "Bao Hong, you and Liu Bei each bring their own soldiers and horses as pioneers!" ”
"No"
The two gladly accepted the order
"Wu prisoner, each of you will lead an army to ambush left and right, waiting for the opportunity to move!"
"Yes!"
"Wu Lan stayed in his own position, and placed a wide banner of straw men to confuse the enemy troops in Guangzong City"
Wu Lan nodded to show that he understood, and after Lu Zhi finished speaking, he got up and waved his sleeves: "The prince and I will lead an army to follow closely behind, and we must take down the sand dunes in one fell swoop tonight!" ”
"Yes!"
Soon the five lieutenants went down to prepare for the night attack, Lu Zhi left Liu Bei behind, and Lu Zhi said to Liu Bei, "How is Xuande Youzhou?"
Liu Bei said in a deep voice, "Most of the Yellow Turban Army in Youzhou has been wiped out, some time ago, the students eliminated a Yellow Turban Army that invaded Zhuo County and killed their leader, and now there are only a small number of Yellow Turban Army left in Youzhou, and it should not be able to become a climate."
Lu Zhi nodded and said, "That's good, I've always been worried that the enemy will fight guerrilla warfare with me, if that's the case, I will suffer for the teacher!" ”
Liu Bei laughed and said, "Fortunately, the enemy doesn't know how to use soldiers"
Lu Zhi smiled and touched his beard and said, "Do you have any news of Gongsun?" ”
"Senior Brother Gongsun?" Liu Bei was stunned, if it weren't for Gongsun Chan to bear all the blame, Liu Bei would have to shed his skin if he didn't die, and later although Liu Yan helped, but because the mountain is high and the road is far away, there has been no news of Gongsun Chan, he is grateful and grateful to Gongsun Chan, Liu Bei shook his head and said, "I only know that he ran to the bitter cold place outside the gate, and then there was no news"
Lu Zhi said with a smile, "That kid has now returned from Guanwai and taken over the affairs of the Gongsun family, and now he is the governor of Liaoxi County."
After listening to Lu Zhi's words, Liu Bei was sincerely happy for Gongsun Zhan, but Liu Bei was happy and there was also a trace of loss in his heart, now Senior Brother Gongsun is already a captain and he is still a white body, Lu Zhi saw Liu Bei's thoughts, he patted Liu Bei on the shoulder and said, "Xuande, don't be anxious, when this war is over, the court will definitely reward you for your merits, and you should be able to have a good future with your merits!" ”
Liu Bei nodded, and the two chatted for a long time, and time passed quickly.
There is no moon tonight, the night is like a thick inkstone, so deep that it can't be dissolved, there is no fire in the entire Han army camp, a team of armor soldiers are ready to go in the dark, Lu Zhi ordered the army to leave the camp quietly, people pick up the bell, Lu Zhi instructed Wu Lan to stay behind and followed the army.
Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei took five hundred volunteers and Bao Hong, the captain of the Tun cavalry, and secretly left the camp at nightfall, and at this moment the two teams were less than a mile away from the Dune Palace, Liu Bei came to Bao Hong's side and whispered, "General Bao, the front is almost to the sand dunes, how many of us are easy to expose, why don't I take my subordinates to see the situation first",
Bao Hong, as a lieutenant of the Tun Cavalry, is a little despised by Liu Bei in his heart, if he is not a student of Lu Zhi, he would not have taken care of Liu Bei, after listening to Liu Bei's words, Bao Hong disagreed, but his face was not revealed, he smiled and said to Liu Bei, "Xuande, this is not good, although I don't care about this, but my subordinates will think that you are robbing military merits, and it will not end well when the trouble comes!" ”
Liu Bei was stunned, he didn't expect Bao Hong to say such a thing,
"But"
Bao Hong raised his hand to interrupt Liu Bei's words, and he said with a smile: "Xuande, the water here is very deep, at least it may be that the people below have emotions, and if it causes a mutiny in the army, even if the Zhonglang General comes forward in person, he can't protect you!" ”
Liu Bei frowned, not saying much, he couldn't imagine that this Bao Hong's seemingly bold face actually hid such an ugly heart, it was really unseemly.
The closer to the Dune Palace, the more desolate and dry the surroundings, there are a few boulders outside the Dune Palace that do not know what year, standing there quietly, these boulders are black as if they were blackened by fireworks, they do not know how many joys and sorrows have been put here in what year, the Dune Palace of that year was very prosperous, the platform is high and the sky is high, and the pavilion is towering above the clouds. Nine-curved railing, decorated with jade carved gold. The brilliance of the thousand-story pavilion, the shadow dissolves and the stars reflect the moon. Strange grass and strange flowers are fragrant, and they do not take off at four o'clock; Rare birds and beasts are loud, and it is rumored for ten miles, but it is a pity that all these things have finally dissipated in the long river of history with the passage of time.
Today's Dune Palace has long been dilapidated, leaving only ruins and broken walls, and the Yellow Turbans rely on these ruins to build defenses here. The antler arrow tower is readily available, and there is a huge platform called the dune platform in the middle of the dune palace, the surface of the platform is paved with bluestone, and the sun, moon, stars, mountains, rivers and rivers are carved on it.
The platform, which once served as the burial place for the First Emperor, is now surrounded by a few thick logs, and a large black curtain is propped up to form a large improvised tent.
Now there is a person standing on the platform of the dunes, his blood-red eyes look a little strange in this darkness, this person is none other than Zhang Jiao's younger brother General Zhang Liang, Zhang Liang seems to be waiting for something on this platform, suddenly a point of light shines on a place above the platform, Zhang Liang looked up, a hole deliberately left in the curtain, it turned out that I don't know what, the original moonless sky, actually appeared in addition to a full moon, and this point of light is the afterglow of the moonlight sprinkled on the world through the curtain.
Zhang Liang clasped his hands together and made a strange movement towards the moon, this is called zombie moon worship, zombies grow by absorbing the resentment of heaven and earth, but they also like the moon very much, and they like the moon worship as much as the demon clan.
After Zhang Liang made that strange move, he quickly walked to the location where the point of light was, and he waited for a month to wait for this full moon moment, because if he wanted to open the dune platform and enter deeper underground, he had to go through a special way.
Zhang Liang's finger lightly clicked on the white point of light, and as soon as his finger was forced, the stone surface near the point of light actually sank in, and then there was a clattering sound around him, and the sand dune platform slowly opened from the middle to both sides, revealing a pitch-black corridor.
Zhang Liang turned his head and howled, and in an instant, there were bursts of howls in all directions, and then a lot of black shadows appeared around the dune platform, these black shadows walked in concealment, walking stiffly, and the moonlight shone on their faces, revealing a hideous and terrifying face, this yellow turban camp has long been left without living people, only a camp full of zombies, Zhang Liang's howl is to summon these zombies without sanity, he wants to use these zombies to protect this camp, because he wants to go to the underground palace to liberate the seal, Unleash the Drymath!
Outside the Dune Palace, Liu Bei and the others had already heard this unusual cry from a distance, these cries came and went, which made Liu Bei a little upset, and these people's war horses seemed to be frightened, and began to move uneasily, many people were dismounted by these war horses, these armor soldiers looked at their war horses in surprise, what made these war horses who got along with them day and night abandon them and run away in a panic.
The people here turned on their backs, and the howling in the Dune Palace suddenly stopped, and the moon hid in the clouds again at some point, and the entire Dune Palace was shrouded in darkness, which looked a little terrifying.
Liu Bei and the others' war horses are now completely out of control, no matter how they whip and appease, these war horses will not take a step forward, these abnormalities have caused the soldiers of the empire to be a little hairy, Liu Bei also frowned and looked at Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Guan Yu's closed eyes suddenly opened, and his face was a little ugly and said to Liu Bei, "Big brother, there is something strange in this Dune Palace!" ”
Zhang Fei also nodded, he sniffed hard with his nose and said, "There is a smell of rotten flesh here, it stinks to death"
Liu Bei came to Bao Hong's side and said, "General Bao, there may be something strange in this Dune Palace. Let's hold off for a moment and wait for the teacher to come."
Although Bao Hong understood it in his heart, he still said strongly, "What if you are weird, as a soldier, you should focus on completing the task, how can you stop acting because of random speculation!" ”
Bao Hong didn't pay attention to Liu Bei but continued to march towards the Dune Palace with his own troops, the Tun cavalry battalion was all cavalry, and now the war horses were incapacitated one by one, Bao Hong had to take his subordinates to move forward on foot, Liu Bei looked at Bao Hong and sighed without listening to persuasion, and said in his heart that this Bao Hong is so competitive, he will suffer a big loss on the battlefield, and the most taboo thing in the army is to fight for merit.
Zhang Fei looked at the departing Bao Hong, and said angrily at his back, "Phew, a little lieutenant dares to look down on people, it's really not a thing!" ”
Let's say that Bao Hong walked to the Dune Palace with the Tun Cavalry Camp ten meters away, at this moment he could already see the dark gate and arrow tower from a distance, Bao Hong showed a smile at the corner of his mouth, because he found that there was no one on the arrow tower, God help me, Bao Hong waved his hand The armor of the Tun Cavalry Camp quickly rushed into the Dune Palace, Bao Hong followed, and after he entered the Dune Palace, he was obviously a little stunned, because in this empty camp, many black shadows were slowly turning around, and the moon passed through the dark clouds at this moment, Bao Hong looked at these black shadows in front of him with some twitching corners of his eyes, and by the moonlight he could see the faces of these black shadows clearly, these faces were hideous and abnormal, and the green eyes looked a little weird in the moonlight, and these black shadows were not human beings at all!!
It turned out that the whole camp was full of dead people.
The moon is silent,
People are silent,
The battle between the living and the dead broke out at this moment