Chapter 411: Burial
Due to excessive blood loss, the green horn has been in a semi-comatose state. He listened to Yu Poison's words in his ears, and wanted to scold him, but he couldn't raise any strength, so he could only close his eyes, and he was helplessly waiting for the doom to come.
Huang Long, who was sitting on the ground and was completely conscious, was not as indifferent as the green bull horn.
Looking at Yu Poison's muscles twitching violently and his face full of cruelty, Huang Long turned over and crawled to Yu Poison's feet, because his hands were tightly bound, he couldn't hold Yu Poison's ankles, he could only look up at Yu Poison, crying and shouting: "Qu Shuai! Qu Shuai! It's all green horns! ”
"It's all the green horns that instigated the last general......" When he cried, Huang Long's eye sockets really flowed muddy tears, he lowered his head, his head was almost attached to the poisonous foot, and howled with a handful of snot and tears: "The last general is loyal to Qu Shuai, if it weren't for the green horns instigating it, even if the last general died, he would not dare to murder Qu Shuai......"
Huang Long's cry did not move Yu Poison, but made Liu Wei and Deng Zhan on the side disdain him.
"Get out!" Yu Xuan pulled back one foot, kicked hard at Huang Long's shoulder, kicked him backwards and flew out two or three steps, his butt hit the ground first, and he fell on his back, before turning his head and shouting to the Black Mountain Army that was gathering to stop the pursuit and killing: "Escort Qingniujiao and Huanglong to the top of the mountain, and use the heads of the two of them to pay tribute to Lei Gong!" ”
Several Montenegrin soldiers responded, strode forward, and lifted the green horns and yellow dragons like dead pigs and walked towards the top of the mountain.
"Your Highness!" Seeing a group of Montenegrin soldiers carrying the two away, Yu Yu turned around, walked quickly to Liu Bian, clasped his fists with both hands, bent his knees, knelt on the ground with a "poof", looked up at Liu Bian, tears welled up in his eyes, and said to Liu Bian: "Your Highness personally captured these two people, under the Nine Springs of Lei Gong, you must be grateful for Your Highness's kindness." From today onwards, even if the last general is smeared with liver and brain, he will definitely repay His Highness. If there is disobedience, heaven and earth will not tolerate it! ”
"General, get up!" As he spoke, Liu Wei's title for poison had been changed from "Qu Shuai" to "general", which showed that he had regarded poison as his own. He bent down, helped Yu Poison up, supported Yu Poison's two big arms with both hands, and said to Poison: "Seeing that it is about to fall into the night, the general can order the soldiers to light torches and return to the barracks with this king tonight." This king knows that you are short of food, and the soldiers are probably hungry, so when they return to the camp, they want them to eat a full meal. ”
"No!" Helped up by Liu Wei, Yu Poison first responded, and then turned his head and shouted to the Montenegrin army around him: "Light the torches and bury all the corpses." After paying tribute to General Lei Gong, we will return to the camp with His Highness. What a full meal tonight! Get a good night's sleep! ”
The Montenegrin army was short of food and grass, and the food was generally distributed to the sword and shield men as the main combat force. Ordinary miscellaneous soldiers have not eaten a full meal for several days, and some of them are even hungry all the time, and their mouths are so bitter that they almost forget what corn tastes like.
Hearing that they could have a full meal in the evening, all the Montenegrin troops on the hillside let out a cheer. Some people with normal vision have already started to make torches.
Torches were lit, reflecting the nearby hillside, and the Montenegrin army, whose visual strength had decreased after the sky darkened, could barely see the scene in front of them under the reflection of the torches lit by their companions, and they also tied up torches.
More and more torches were lit, the sun set below the horizon, and the hillside, which had gradually sunk into darkness, was so bright that even the veins of the fallen leaves on the ground could be seen clearly.
There were more than 2,000 people under the command of Qingniujiao and Huanglong who were killed, and many more had fled from the hill and fled for their lives.
The Montenegrin army on the hillside dug deep pits and threw corpses into the pits. Some of those who had not been completely killed would let out a groan of pain as the Black Mountain Army moved them.
The defeated soldiers who have not yet died, some of them have been made well, and when they meet the Black Mountain Army who have good thoughts in their hearts, they are hit with a sword in their hearts, and even if they lose their lives, they are thrown into the pit.
Those who were not well made also let out a groan of pain, but their moans were completely ignored by the Black Mountain Army carrying them, and they were thrown half-dead into a pit full of corpses. What awaits them will be buried in the dirt while they are still alive.
Shovels of dirt with fallen leaves filled the deep pit, gradually burying the routs who had been thrown into the pit.
Some of the people who were thrown in while they were still alive raised their arms and tried to struggle to crawl out of the pit, but the Montenegrin army who buried them did not pay any attention to this, and just shoveled up the dirt and threw it on them.
"Your Highness, please!" After watching the soldiers of the Black Mountain Army bury the corpses for a while, and wait until the deep pit is filled with floating soil, Yu Poison made a gesture of invitation to Liu Bian, and said to Liu Bian: "The last general is brave, please go and watch the killing of Qingniujiao and Huanglong!" ”
Nodding slowly towards Yu Xuan, Liu Wei took Deng Zhan and Guan Hai, raised his feet and walked towards the top of the mountain. As soon as the servants walked past Yu Poison, Yu Poison hurriedly followed, and walked side by side with Guan Hai behind Deng Zhan. Five hundred dragoons, shields in one hand and swords in the other, lined up in a long procession, closely following the four.
The procession of dragoons passed by, and the Black Mountain Army, armed with torches, also followed behind and rushed towards the top of the mountain.
On the top of the mountain, Liu Wei saw at a glance that on a huge bluestone, there was a corpse full of arrows from head to toe.
The arrows on the corpse had not been moved, although the Black Mountain Army in charge of guarding them wanted to help Lei Gong pull out the arrows, but once the arrows were removed, he would be a blur of flesh and blood, and it would be even more ugly than being full of feathered arrows. In desperation, the Montenegrin army who disposed of the corpse had no choice but to give up, simply placed Lei Gong's body on the bluestone, and waited for Yu Poison to return to the top of the mountain to dispose of it.
The upper body of the green ox horn and the yellow dragon tightly bound by hemp rope knelt in front of the bluestone with their heads bowed. Maybe he was tired of shouting, or maybe he was desperate to be able to live, Huang Long lowered his head at this time, knelt quietly in front of the bluestone, and didn't say a word.
"Set up firewood!" When they reached the top of the mountain, when Liu Wei and the others stood still, Yu Yu Strode forward, stood behind Liu Wei's side, and shouted at the Black Mountain Army next to the bluestone.
A group of Montenegrin troops hurriedly responded, and they all came to find firewood from all around, and soon set up a pyre like a hill.
"General Lei Gong, please!" When the soldiers of the Montenegrin Army piled up the pyre, Yu Poison waved his arm and shouted again.
The two Montenegrin soldiers jumped on the bluestone, lightly lifted Lei Gong's body, and slowly handed him to a group of Montenegrin soldiers standing under the bluestone.
The eight people standing under the bluestone raised their arms high, supporting Lei Gong's corpse. When he was stable, he turned around and walked towards the pyre with heavy steps.
Lei Gong's body was carefully placed on the pyre by the eight Montenegrin soldiers, and when his body was leveled, the eight Montenegrin soldiers took a step back, clasped their hands into fists, and bowed deeply towards the corpse.
Liu Wei, who had been standing on the sidelines and watching, saw this scene, also clenched his fists and bowed deeply to Lei Gong's corpse.
Deng Zhan and Guan Hai, who were standing behind Liu Bian, also followed Liu Bian's example and saluted Lei Gong's corpse very respectfully.
The five hundred dragoons who followed them, although they did not salute, all took off their helmets with solemn faces, clamped them under their armpits, straightened up, and saluted to Lei Gong on the pyre.
Tens of thousands of Montenegrin troops all around were holding torches, and the torches were bright, and the pieces of torches reflected the mountain as if it were day.
Seeing Liu Wei saluting Lei Gong's corpse, Yu Yu was even more excited and burst into tears. He clenched his hands into fists, bowed deeply, and bowed to Liu Wei, his lips moving, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything.
Maintaining the posture of bowing and saluting, after a long while, Yu Poison straightened up, waved his hand towards the Black Mountain Army in front of the pyre, and said as if there was something blocked in his throat: "Throw the green bull horn and the yellow dragon to the general on the pyre!" ”
After receiving Yu Poison's order, several Montenegrin soldiers hurriedly stepped forward, dragged the two of them towards the pyre.
Qing Niujiao, who was already semi-unconscious, felt that he was being dragged by someone, although he had the intention to struggle, but he didn't even have the strength to shout, so he could only let the few Montenegrin soldiers who dragged him throw him onto the pyre like garbage.
Huang Long, who hadn't spoken for a long time, was grabbed by the collar by two Montenegrin soldiers, and shivered violently, trembling all over, his eyes widened, and while being dragged to the pyre, he shouted loudly to Yu Poison: "Qu Shuai spare his life!" Qu Shuai spares his life! ”
Yu Poison didn't pay attention to his shouts at all, just had a cold face and waved his hand at the two Black Mountain soldiers who were dragging the Yellow Dragon.
Throwing Huang Long on the pyre, a Black Mountain Army officer, first turned his head to look at Yu Poison, saw Yu Poison nodding at him, and then pulled out the long sword from his waist, pierced the tip of the sword into Huang Long's ankle, and gently picked it up.
With Huang Long's miserable howl, the sharp tip of the sword broke one of his tendons, and blood splattered out in an instant, spraying a large red blood stain on the leather armor on the chest of the Black Mountain Army officer. Before Huang Long could recover from the pain, he let out a second howl, and the hamstring of his other foot was also broken by the Black Mountain Army officer with a long sword.
The reason why the Black Mountain officer did this was because the green horn was half dead, and he could not afford to run down the pyre even if he did not break his hamstrings; But the Yellow Dragon was full of spirits, and as soon as the hemp rope that bound him was broken by the flames, he would immediately jump down from the pyre.
"Ignition!" When the Black Mountain Army officer broke Huang Long's two hamstrings, twisted his face and nodded at Yu Poison, Yu Poison's eyes narrowed slightly, his cheeks twitched violently a few times, and he let out another shout.
burned people alive and buried them for Lei Gong. In Liu Wei's opinion, it is really cruel.
But the Montenegrin Army has the Montenegrin Army's way of doing things, although Yu Poison has already served him, but in this kind of matter, Liu Wei didn't have much to say, so he just stood aside and watched the two Montenegrin soldiers throw torches on the pyre.
The flames were blazing, and with the terrible howl of the Yellow Dragon, thick smoke rose and snaked into the sky.
As the flames rose, the black smoke thinner. By the time the red flames rose more than a person high, the thick black smoke was so thin that it was almost invisible to the naked eye.
Through the flames, Liu Wei could even see the yellow dragon still rolling and wailing on the pyre. Listening to the mournful wail, Liu Bian's heart also faintly felt a trace of unbearability.
I don't know how long it took, but Huang Long finally stopped wailing. The sky-high flames had completely enveloped him, burning him to ashes along with Lei Gong's corpse and green bull horns.
The fire burned for a full hour, until it was completely dark, and the flame grew smaller.
Standing not far from the fire, Yu Poison stared at the fire that was still surging with cold eyes, and shouted to a group of Black Mountain soldiers nearby: "Bury the ashes, and we will follow His Highness down the mountain!" ”