Chapter 36: Espionage
"Hundreds of thousands to millions......" Snow Girl said with a blank face.
But this sentence pierced Xu Yang's heart, what is the concept of hundreds of thousands? If it's just cannon fodder for this kind of large-scale battlefield, it's enough to consume a month and a half, if it can reach a million people, Xu Yang really feels that his scalp is a little numb! The number he was thinking about now was not enemy soldiers, but ghosts.
"Are you two sure there are so many ghosts in Julu City? Won't be mistaken? Xu Yang cautiously asked again.
This time, the Snow Maiden still replied with a blank face: "No more, no less, there should be some kind of big array in Julu City, so that the souls of the soldiers who died on the battlefield cannot escape, and finally become a puppet controlled by the people behind the scenes!" Although I am not familiar with this kind of Huaxia formation, I think that being able to gather so many ghosts and monsters must be the effect of the formation! ”
All right! If you want to talk about Zhang Jiao, Xu Yang feels that this guy is really opening any plug-ins now. Now the imperial court troops outside Julu City can be said to be the strongest combat power of the current Han Dynasty, the future monarchs of the Three Kingdoms or the founding generals are there, plus Huangfu Song, one of the sixty-four generals in ancient and modern times, and others have not been able to attack for a long time.
"Which of you two would like to go to Julu City to investigate? Those who stayed behind helped me clear the ghosts around the camp first......" Xu Yang thought about it for a while, and decided to investigate in his own way first, as for seeing Huangfu Song and the others, let's wait until they have a better plan. Anyway, the army is in command of the siege or something, there are five or eight of him, and forty without him.
At the beginning of December 184 AD, Zhang Jiao guarded Julu City and confronted the imperial army for ten months! The elite of the imperial court troops were exhausted, and famous generals from all sides gathered, but they were frequently succeeded by Zhang Jiao's demon magic, and they did not find a way to crack it.
In the Yellow Turban Julu City, Zhang Jiao was holding a nine-section tin staff, wearing a yellow old Taoist robe. Twenty of the thirty-six square Qu Shuai of the Yellow Turban are here, and the thirteen holy messengers of the Guardian are all here.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the imperial court has been attacking the capital of our Holy Sect for a long time. The generals of the northern land and the artificial generals and Guangzong have also achieved certain results, and they are ready to attack the imperial court eagle claws with us from the rear, I don't know what your opinions are? Zhang Jiao's voice was loud and very penetrating and majestic.
When the commanders of the Yellow Turbans heard that reinforcements were coming from the north, they could not hide their excitement.
Zhang Mancheng was the first to stand up and said: "General Yutiangong, now that the imperial court army is far away, there is no result in the face of my Holy Sect Jiancheng for ten months, and the morale is extremely low. The subordinates think that it is the best time for our holy army to attack in one fell swoop and unite the general of the earth and the artificial general to completely defeat the imperial army! ”
"The subordinates feel that God calculates that what they say is reasonable......
"Tree Bottom and Others seconded!"
Although the group of Qu Shuai has a lot of mud legs, but after Xu Yang's training of the Yellow Turban Thirteen Holy Envoys and some training by Zhang Jiao, the current Yellow Turban Army has a feeling of a small court.
And after such a long time of war, the commanders of all sides of the Yellow Turban are also regarded as battlefield killers, and after the results of the first battle of the Yellow Turbans in various places, they all obeyed Zhang Jiao's order to return to Julu in time. Such a retreat process, coupled with such a long time of defending the city, made all the commanders deeply understand the importance of the unity of government orders and the implementation of orders and prohibitions on the battlefield.
It can be said that the current Yellow Turban troops do not lack unified leadership, or lack resources and military discipline as they did in history. Rather, it is an elite army that has experienced the baptism of iron and blood and eliminated a lot of dross. This is also one of the important reasons why the Yellow Turban was able to rely on Jiancheng to confront the imperial court for so long, of course, Zhang Jiao did not die because of Xu Yang's intervention, this is the fundamental reason.
Seeing that the morale below was available, Zhang Jiao showed a smug smile. Once upon a time, he almost thought that his thousand-year-old hegemony would be in vain, but now as long as the imperial army is annihilated under Julu City, it is not impossible for the holy army to attack Luoyang in one fell swoop!
"Okay, then General Ben will arrange the next battle deployment!" As soon as Zhang Jiao said this, the nine-section tin staff in his hand suddenly lit up with a pale yellow light.
Airplanes!
Zhang Jiao's face changed, and the thirteen Yellow Turban Holy Envoys below, including the Divine Calculation Envoy Zhang Mancheng, also showed a look of incomprehension.
"The Thirteen Holy Emissaries stay, and the others will go out first,......" Zhang Jiao's majestic voice said without any resistance.
The other parties in the main hall withdrew respectfully, leaving only the Yellow Turban Thirteen Holy Emissaries, that is, the Yellow Turban Thirteen General who had been trained in Xu Yang, stayed.
"General Tiangong, what's going on with this light?" After the idlers and others evacuated, Zhou Cang, a straightforward man, was the first to ask.
In fact, Bo Cai and Peng Tuo in the back also wanted to ask, but because they had lost the battle, they subconsciously lowered their positions among the thirteen people, so they didn't speak.
Airplanes!
The nine-section tin staff once again erupted with a pale yellow light, casting an image in the main hall. In the image, there is a large camp on the side of the imperial court, and there are ghosts controlled by Zhang Jiao from time to time in the original camp, observing the movements around them.
Suddenly, everyone in the hall only felt a chill in their bodies, a kind of heart-deep chill, as if they were in the ice and snow. With this strange wind blowing, all the ghosts that originally roamed the imperial court camp disappeared, and the projection ended here.
"It seems that there is a capable person from the imperial court!" Seeing that the ghosts he controlled were all blown away by a gust of cold wind, Zhang Jiao just muttered in some surprise.
Zhang Jiao was quite calm when he said it, but the faces of the thirteen holy envoys below were not good-looking. Their Tiangong general doesn't praise people casually, although these thirteen of them have skills, they are still "useless" in Zhang Jiao's eyes, so they can make Zhang Mancheng a little better.
For the court side, Zhang Jiao is even more disdainful. These people do have some ability to fight, but they are so-so, under the spell of General Tiangong, they are a group of scum, which can be seen from the previous battles!
And now Zhang Jiao will actually take the initiative to praise the capable people on the side of the imperial court, which makes the Yellow Turban Thirteen Holy Envoys a little curious in their hearts about what kind of character this is.
I saw Zhang Jiao twisting a few spells in his hand, silently reciting obscure spells in his mouth, and within a few seconds, a figure appeared in front of everyone.
This is a woman in a pure white ancient costume, perhaps because of the hesitation in a white dress, the woman's face is also pale for a while, and even a wisp of blood is missing. The moment they saw this woman, everyone shivered unconsciously, and the familiar chill just now lingered in their hearts again.
"Scatter!" Zhang Jiao spoke slowly, his tone was very soft, but with undoubted coercion, this sound made the image of the Snow Maiden dissipate directly, and the chill in the hall also subsided.
Zhang Man below knew some spells, and he was personally taught by Zhang Jiao, so he naturally understood what was going on with the chill emanating from the image. That's the legend that when a person's cultivation reaches a certain level, everything related to him will be affected by that breath, just like Zhang Jiao is very convinced of every word he says now, this is Dao power!
"General Tiangong, what is the strength of this person?" Zhang Mancheng asked cautiously. Even though he knew that the other party's strength was not good, Zhang Mancheng did not publicize it, but asked cautiously, after all, he would not do anything to destroy his prestige with the morale of others!
Zhang Jiao dispersed the image of the Snow Maiden, and the nine-section tin staff was in his hand, his eyes were cloudy and he didn't know where to look, and he spoke for a long time before he spoke: "The level is not low, and the strength is not high!" ”
The level is not low, and the strength is not high! This sentence made everyone present seem to understand it, but no one continued to ask.
"Come out!" Suddenly, Zhang Jiao shook the ground with a nine-section tin staff, and a majestic sound with mana pierced the entire hall, aiming directly at the front gate of the hall.
Boom!
The invisible voice struck in front of the empty temple, but it made a solid sound.
A naked young man without a shirt was directly exposed to the air, and there was still a smear of blood on the corner of his mouth, obviously affected by the attack just now.
"Hey...... It's kind of interesting! Go back and report to the owner...... Bye! The wine-swallowing boy wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and immediately prepared to flee.
But where is Zhang Jiao so easy to get along, this is still his carefully built base camp, for Zhang Jiao, if there is no magic to defend against ghosts and monsters, then it is called Xiu Tease!
A burst of intense light emanated from the nine-section tin staff, and the originally hidden formation in the main hall was immediately revealed. A series of mysterious sigils glowed with golden light around the main hall, and the wine-swallowing boy who was about to break through in the light shield suddenly stopped.
"The vision is good, it's a pity, it's a pity!" Looking at the wine-swallowing boy who stopped there and didn't dare to leave, Zhang Jiao said regretfully, like the face of a senior master!
Of course, it would be even more perfect if the drunken boy didn't have a calm face now. It's just that the calmness of the drunken boy was completely ignored by Zhang Jiao, maybe he was confident in his own formation!
"You're a man of some good deeds. Among ordinary people, you can cultivate such a technique, you are good, but it is a pity that although you are in this trapped formation, you don't know that I have been trapped in the world for thousands of years, and I also have some understanding of breaking the seal......" The wine swallowing boy said calmly, as if he was talking about a trivial matter.
Twisting his beard lightly, every word in his mouth was the power of the formation, and he suddenly said: "Close!" ”
"Broken!"
Unwilling to be trapped by the formation, a blood-colored aura erupted around the drunken boy. These breaths instantly condensed into a small embroidery needle, and the body of the wine-swallowing boy quickly became smaller and attached to the embroidery needle.
Sou!
The embroidery needle rushed straight towards the shrinking trap array, and immediately hit the golden sigil of the trap array, making a piercing buzzing sound.
The light of the nine-section tin staff in Zhang Jiao's hand changed again, from golden yellow to a dull earthy yellow, and as the trapped array contracted, the defensive power of the rune became stronger again.
Burst!
A mouthful of essence blood spurted out, but it sprayed directly from the top of the embroidery needle onto the yellow sigil. The original shining sigil immediately lost its light, and the embroidery needle took advantage of the situation to break through and escape!
Zhang Jiao's face in the main hall was neither happy nor sad, but the thirteen holy envoys on the side couldn't believe the scene in front of them. You must know that in their eyes, Zhang Jiao is an invincible existence, and since Zhang Jiao learned the three volumes of Taiping Technique, he has never met an opponent.
"General Tiangong, where did this person come from? But the accomplices who just killed our puppeteers? Zhang Mancheng asked puzzled.
Because he was in the Julu Hall just now, he suddenly broke in and out, and Zhang Mancheng and the others really had no place to use their skills. I can only care about it at this time, and I can also prevent myself from being plotted by this powerful character!
Zhang Jiao, who was in the first place, showed a smile, but said disapprerovingly about what happened just now: "There are some ghosts and ghosts who walk in the Tao, this is interesting!" What kind of people are in the court? ”
It's a pity that Zhang Jiao still doesn't know that these two ghosts with Taoism were brought by Xu Yang. If Zhang Jiao knew about this, he didn't know if he would vomit three liters of blood.
Half an hour later, the drunken boy dragged his tired body back to Xu Yang's camp, and told him about what he had found in Julu City.
"Did you meet Zhang Jiao? How does he act? Seeing that the wine-swallowing boy was injured, Xu Yang knew that there was only Zhang Jiao, a demon dao, who had such strength in the entire Julu City.
I was a little curious about Zhang Jiao's strength before, but now I just know about this guy by drinking wine. After all, the drunken boy is extremely difficult to deal with as a ghost, but he didn't expect this to happen just by going to Zhang Jiao to explore the camp.
"Ahem...... The exorcist was a little special, and the spell he launched was without warning, but his strength was very low. If I were in my heyday, I could crush him with a little finger......" The drunken boy boasted as he coughed up blood.
Are you still in your prime? Xu Yang almost didn't kick this guy to death directly, if my pet and mount have full strength, I still use you scum to talk nonsense here?
"Tell me something I can understand, how strong is he compared to you now?" Xu Yang said, silently took out the evil jade in his hand, and gave this guy a little warning to let him speak well.
The aura of restraining the ghosts reappeared, and the drunken boy realized that he had been a little unanswered, and he had got carried away. He immediately said with a smile: "Master, the strength of the exorcist is two levels higher than mine." However, there is a formation set up in his main hall, and I have been injured a little in order to get rid of that formation......"
Two grades! In other words, Zhang Jiao is a real saint-level Taoist, and it seems that this guy should be the only one in Huaxia. Of course, those old god sticks in Taoyuan Township can't be counted, because they can only be regarded as scattered cultivators, not Taoist priests. Strictly speaking, all the Taoist priests in the Huaxia game area are Zhang Jiao's disciples and grandchildren, and this old Taoist is really demonic!
Airplanes!
The door of the Great Sumeru Secret Realm opened, and Xu Yang said, "Go in, you have a day's time inside." ”
This is Xu Yang's reward for letting the Wine Swallowing Boy and the Snow Maiden do things, so that they can cultivate for a day in the northern realm of the Great Sumeru Secret Realm. As for what if these two people don't come out? Heheda, in other places, Xu Yang may still be worried, but these two ghosts in the Great Sumeru Mountain really can't make any waves! The Angel of Death, Cyra, has been idle as the guardian of Mount Oh Sumeru, so I guess this guy will welcome someone to make trouble!
After sorting out the information provided by the wine swallowing boy, Zhang Jiao really set up various formations large and small in Julu City. And the number of those ghosts is also many times more than the outside, these ghosts are the ghosts of the soldiers on both sides who died in the recent Battle of the Yellow Turban, and they were restrained by Zhang Jiao in a certain formation and cannot be reborn.
And several brave charges of the imperial court were stopped by the Yellow Turban soldiers, and there is also the credit of these ghosts. Because these guys will directly attach the Yellow Turban soldiers on the city wall during the battle, in this case, the combat ability of the Yellow Turban soldiers will be greatly improved, but after possession, it will have an impact on the lifespan of the possessed person.
If you don't possess the body, you will die in battle, so what does it matter if you shorten your life a little! Coupled with Zhang Jiao's old way, the Yellow Turban soldiers' trust in General Tiangong is very high, and they will inevitably dedicate themselves to the cause of General Tiangong.
After thinking about it for a long time, Xu Yang suddenly felt that one head was two big, rubbed his forehead and muttered: "Whew...... It seems that in order to break the yellow scarf, the key is to crack these ghosts first. This ghost thing is really not funny, there is still a big gap between the wine swallowing boy and the snow girl and Zhang Jiao, and the ghosts from the Wa Kingdom don't know the situation in Huaxia, and the two of them can't count on ......"
After thinking about it for a long time, Xu Yang found that he really didn't have any good way to restrain the ghosts. This is a pure ghost, not the black light in the Yellow Turban Evil Technique before, General Zhu Jun also thought about using black dog blood or anything before, but he has no achievements, Xu Yang is really big.
In desperation, Xu Yang called Guan Yu and Huang Zhong again. There is no way, in the entire army of Bright Moon City, Xu Yang can fully trust and make some achievements in this matter, it may be them!
To put the situation simply, Huang Zhong was the first to speak: "Lord, the absolute evil things of the Jiuyang Heaven cultivated by my subordinates have a certain restraint effect. But if there are really as many ghosts and monsters in the enemy as the lord said, I am afraid that at least tens of thousands of people will have to follow their subordinates to cultivate this Nine Yang Heavenly Technique in order to turn the situation on the battlefield around......"
After speaking, Huang Zhong gradually lost his confidence. Let's not talk about whether this method is feasible or not, this Jiuyang Heavenly Absolute Huang Zhong's qualifications are extremely high, so he can cultivate to this level. But how many people in this world have such strength? And even if there were, how long would it take to find so many people? How long will it take to teach them?
Instead, Guan Yu thought about it and said, "General, can we find some people who specialize in restraining ghosts to help us deal with these ghosts?" Although that corner is considered the ancestor of the Taoist priest, I am a big Han and a vast land, and there are countless capable people, and there may be other capable people who can ......
"Yun Chang, do you know any capable people in this area?" Xu Yang asked, after all, Guan Yu had killed people and fled for his life, and it was understandable that he was in the rivers and lakes and knew about some strange people and strange things.
"This ...... A certain family doesn't know. However, when traveling to Penglai, I once heard that there is a fairy mountain on the sea, maybe ......"