Zhang Liao sat on a war horse, standing quietly under the ruin-like west city wall, looking at the bloodstains in the ruins, as well as the skinless corpses that were trampled on horizontally, and his heart was sad and speechless.

After a long time, he said: "Zhang Yi, take the brothers to clean up and collect the bones of these heroes."

"Whoa!"

When Zhang Yi was cleaning up the battlefield, the various squads of the war cavalry gathered here one after another. In less than half an hour, the army was assembled. After some statistics, Zhang Liao had to accept with a heartache that the 3,000 cavalry he led had lost more than 10% - more than 300 casualties!

Zhang Liao sighed slightly in his heart.

Never before has there been such a huge loss since the birth of the War Horse!

Three or four hundred casualties is definitely a big number for the war cavalry troops, and it is not easy to bear. This was a big blow to Zhang Liao, who had just led the war horse.

Even in the face of tens of thousands of troops, with 3,000 devastating front cavalry charging into battle, it is impossible to have such a loss! And right now, it's just some beasts that are causing this loss!

At this time, Zhang Yi held a corpse and arrived in front of Zhang Liao.

"Commander, this is Lord Jincheng Taishou Wang Xu" Zhang Yi handed over a private seal, and his voice was low: "This is his seal"

Zhang Liao turned over, stretched out his hand to hug Wang Xu's corpse, sighed and tidied up his broken clothes, put them on the ground in an orderly manner, and took a step back to give him a military salute. Wang Xu died a miserable death, unrecognizable, and at a glance, he knew that he was corroded by venom, and even the bones of his face were exposed. A large hole was broken in his chest, his internal organs were gone, and his thigh and one hand were missing

In the ruins of the entire city wall, there are basically corpses like this, with stumps and broken arms, and it is difficult to assemble complete corpses.

Zhang Liao's heart was low, and he said in a muffled voice: "Wang Taishou is good, these soldiers are good, and the brothers who died in battle are also good!" They are all heroes, and they will be in the Hero Altar! ”

said. Zhang Liao's voice was raised: "They will be worshiped forever and live forever in people's hearts!" ”

The cavalry of all battles all looked solemn, and even showed longing on their faces! The generals died in a hundred battles, and the soldiers died in battle. It is an honor to be a soldier and die on the battlefield!

Wait for Zhang Liao and the others to clean up the battlefield, collect the bones of the war horses under his command and all the heroes who died because of guarding Yungo, and then search Yungo in detail. After making sure that there were no more fierce beasts in the city, at this time, Fan Chou also led the army to arrive.

All the armies gathered outside the West City to see off the hero. They erected piles of flames, cremated the bones of heroes, and packed the ashes in clay pots one by one, to bring them back to Lingzhou, put them on the hero's altar, and worship them by all the people.

Nearly 10,000 troops stood solemnly for a long time. Salute in unison, and the atmosphere is solemn.

Zhang Liao and Fan Chou stood together.

The two of them are old acquaintances, and they used to serve under Dong Zhuo, although they are not too familiar, but at least they know each other.

Facing the pile of firelight, Zhang Liao lowered his head, raised his head again, and said: "General Fan Chou, then we will march to Anyi and Linqiang to recover the lost territory." There must not be too many fierce beasts in these two places. But also be careful. ”

Most of the fierce beasts that broke through Linqiang and Anyi continued to attack Yunwu, and now they were all wiped out by Zhang Liao, so Zhang Liao concluded that the two fallen county towns were among them. There aren't too many beasts.

Regarding Zhang Liao's reminder, Fan Chou didn't care: "We are born as human beings, why are we afraid of wild beasts?" ”

Zhang Liao shook his head and said, "General Fan Chou knows that I have three thousand battle horses, and the battle damage is more than 10%!" ”

"Huh?!"

Fan Chou turned his face sideways. His expression froze.

The combat effectiveness of the war horse is beyond doubt, even if Fan Chou's temperament is a little rough, but he also knows it deeply, and even envy it. However, he didn't expect that in the battle with the fierce beast, in an hour, three thousand unrivaled war horses would lose more than one percent!

"Shhh

Fan Chou took a breath, finally restrained his indifferent look, and solemnly said: "So, these beasts are really powerful!" ”

"It's more than that." Zhang Liao said: "General Fan, there are various types of these fierce beasts, to be honest, the kind of big ones are easier to deal with." You see that the stumps and broken arms are all caused by those small beasts. They have sharp claws and are able to tear human beings apart with a light eye, and these beasts are very intelligent, they can sneak up and attack vital points. They often hide in the house, on the roof, in the corner, and jump out when people are unprepared! The soldiers were dressed in second-order armor, and it stands to reason that they would not be broken by this kind of fierce beast, but the attack speed of these fierce beasts is very fast, making it difficult for people to react, and they can also find the neck, face and other key points to attack, which caused such a big loss! ”

The more Fan Chou listened, the more stern he became: "Could it be that these beasts still have wisdom?" ”

Zhang Liao shook his head and nodded again: "There should be some spirituality, but I don't understand, these beasts are of different species, why are they gathered together, it stands to reason that the types are different, and they should fight each other when they meet?" ”

Fan Chou was also slightly speechless.

"Also, these brutes appeared very suddenly, very unreasonably. Where do they come from? I've never seen or heard of it before," Zhang Liao looked thoughtful.

"What do you think?" Fan Chou smiled and said, "Let's just do our own thing, these things are considered by the lord." ”

Zhang Liao also smiled and said, "That's right. ”

"Then let's do it," Fan Chou smiled, and said: "The advance party will send the ashes of the heroes and the corpses of these beasts back to Lingzhou, and the ashes will be put into the altar. Then we will rest here for a whole day, and tomorrow morning we will kill Ben Anyi and Linqiang, and regain the lost territory. ”

Zhang Liao nodded: "It should be like this, at night, we may not have the advantage, and it is good to fight during the day." ”

Shenzhou grassland.

Li Zheng, Xi Zhicai, Jia Xu, Tian Feng and others looked at the large pile of fierce beast corpses piled up in the clearing, and they all looked solemn.

The corpses of these fierce beasts had just been transported back from Jincheng County, and there were six giant beasts that were chained and their limbs were broken, and they were imprisoned in the beast training ground.

At this time, Li Zheng's face was pale.

His attention was already drawn to the dinging sound in his mind.

"A non-local space-time imprint system update has been detected, please be patient."

After this prompt, the core of the system fell silent. in the mind. The glorious core gradually retracted its light and fell silent.

Li Zheng's brows furrowed.

Not the Temporal Seal?

What is this?

At this time, the drama on the side spoke: "These beasts have sharp minions and are diverse. The means of attack are not single, and it is indeed difficult to deal with, but I didn't expect that even the Bladebreaker War Horse would have such a large loss rate. ”

"It's unexpected, but it's also reasonable."

Jia Xu said: "Don't you know. And now the coastal areas have become a world of animals? The princes suffered heavy losses and had no power to fight back. It is only in Liangzhou that we have the ability to kill fierce beasts. In this way, it is reasonable to lose some soldiers and horses. ”

Tian Feng's expression was solemn, and his brows were furrowed: "Lord,"

Li Zheng came back to his senses.

"Judging from the intelligence transmitted from all over the country, the situation in the Central Plains, Jingzhou, Youzhou coast, and along the river is extremely erosive." Tian Feng said: "Millions of people were killed and wounded. Millions of displaced people, alas, how innocent are the people? Is there anything we can do? ”

Li Zheng looked helpless: "What can I do?" The sea beasts are huge in number, invincible in water warfare, and our two naval armies are difficult to resist, and now they have withdrawn to the great river and the upper reaches of the great river, what can we do to help them? ”

The crowd was silent.

Li Zheng commanded two naval armies, each with 30,000 soldiers and horses, thousands of advanced warships, and a pig dragon riding in his hand, in this era, it can be described as the first navy.

But in the face of the herd of sea beasts that gradually spread to the middle and upper reaches of the large rivers and river basins. But the navy couldn't resist and retreated. Those large ships and sturdy assault ships that usually seemed to be huge had no advantage at all in front of the huge sea beasts. Only the pig woman dragoon. It's a little useful, but that's about it.

Both naval armies had lost a lot of troops and warships, and now they had retreated to the middle and upper reaches, camping in places where the water was narrow, the water was turbulent, or there was a difference in terrain, and they built fortifications on both sides of the river, and placed a large number of offensive and defensive equipment. It will contain the attack of the sea beast and temporarily intercept its spread.

But in general, it is still in a passive position and cannot take the initiative to attack.

Now, under Li Zheng's rule, even Luoyang City has been abandoned. Zhang Qi's naval army only held on to Xiaopingjin to ensure the safety of this section of the waterway in Guanzhong, and tried its best not to let it spread to the interior of Guanzhong.

As for the Great River Basin, the naval army of Gan Ning's subordinate had gradually extended downstream and was about to control the river in Jingzhou, but now it had to retreat to Yufu and hold on to Yizhou.

"My lord," Jia Xu pondered, "the rest of the princes' territories are millions of displaced people, they can't afford to raise them, but we can afford to raise them." Why not open the door and recruit in large numbers? ”

Tian Feng frowned: "Isn't it robbing while it's hot?" ”

Jia Xu smiled slightly: "Anyway, they can't afford to support it, we are thinking about the people, right?" It's impossible to provide food to the princes for free, right? ”

Tian Feng tugged at the corners of his mouth, and he had nothing to say.

"Okay," Li Zheng also smiled: "Just do it, Mr. Yuan Hao, after you go down, you will convey this order." ”

Tian Feng was helpless, so he had to nod.

Li Zheng smiled, turned his face to look at the corpses of various fierce beasts in front of him, and his heart fluctuated a little.

Among these fierce beasts, such as the ones with sharp claws and the size of horses, they are similar to the velociraptors in Li Zheng's cognition, their appearance is almost the same, and even their hunting habits are almost the same.

And that kind of huge beast comparable to a giant beast is the appearance of a horned dragon.

If there were no other fierce beasts such as flesh-ball beasts and wild boar-like beasts on the side, Li Zheng probably thought that he had returned to the ancient period of the earth.

Looking at the corpses of these fierce beasts, Li Zheng thought a lot.

First of all, Li Zheng was puzzled by the origin of this beast tide.

Judging from the intelligence, although some of these fierce beasts are very cunning, they are beasts after all and have no real wisdom. Why do they gather in groups, regardless of species, to attack human settlements?

The number of these fierce beasts is so huge, but the variety is complete on land, sea and air. In the eastern coastal areas along the rivers and rivers, sea beasts are majestic, while in the west, on the edge of Li Zheng's territory, there are also land beasts that are violent. In this way, the distribution range of fierce beasts is frightening, and where do they come from?

It is so abrupt, and there is such a huge number and variety, if it were there early in the morning, it is impossible that people will not find it.

And that's it right now, as if it suddenly came out of nowhere.

Secondly, Li Zheng was also shocked by the ferocity and peculiarity of these fierce beasts.

One is the diversity of attack methods that lead to a variety of attacks. It's like that kind of beast like a ball of flesh, and it can spew extremely corrosive venom! Even ordinary gold and iron can't withstand corrosion!

Second, it was the landing of sea beasts.

Because the beast tide was too shocking, Li Zheng scattered countless blue birds, all over the eastern coast, along the river, and along the river, so he got a lot of unknown information.

When those sea beasts first landed on the ground, they still had distinctive aquatic characteristics on their bodies, such as fins and fish scales. After these sea beasts landed, they were gradually changing, and their fins evolved into amphibian-like limbs in a short period of time, and the scales on their bodies gradually changed to the direction of scales.

It's as if they have evolved in a short period of time! From an aquatic animal, to an amphibian! Adapted to land survival!

Therefore, these former sea beasts have gradually changed the way they spread at the beginning, no longer just the water, but also the land! (To be continued.) )