After the war, the jungle seemed to be quieter than ever.

The faint light of the early morning is reflected in the vast green forest, and a thin white mist rises, enveloping the coolness of summer and diffusing a trace of blood.

At the southern end of the jungle, under the Luoshen Peak, corpses were strewn all over the field, lifeless.

Due to the hot and dry weather, after a night, the bodies of most of the soldiers began to decompose, emitting a pungent fishy odor.

This is a great temptation for the birds and animals in the forest.

Flocks of hyenas, jackals, vultures, crows, opossums...... Rushing into the battlefield littered with corpses, they salivated, frantically nibbled and gulped.

There were still many figures on the battlefield shaking, and their eyes were more disgusting and greedy than these beasts.

Most of these people came from the surrounding large and small gates and gangs, and when they learned that there was war in this area, they also hid in the jungle early, hoping that the war would be more tragic so that they could loot more money.

They meticulously turned over each corpse, expertly peeling off the armor worn by the soldiers.

Among the dead corpses, the silver armor level is the most favored, not to mention that most of the armor and weapons of these generals are of the highest quality, which can be exchanged for good prices, and there are many valuable things in the storage devices on their bodies.

Although they came from different sects, these wealthy people did not have any conflicts between you and me, because the corpses all over the ground were enough to make them return with a full load.

There was a man standing at the mouth of the jungle, staring coldly at everything in front of him, and let out a deep sigh!

He is Gao Qing, the leader of the Lanling Birds who experienced yesterday's battle.

After leading the soldiers to repair in the jungle for the night, he still couldn't bear to leave, he didn't want the soldiers he brought out from thousands of miles away to be in the wilderness like this.

"General Gao, our army has lost a total of one hundred and thirteen brothers, but ...... But because there were so many corpses, and many of them were blurry and unrecognizable, we only found ...... Only the bodies of seventy-two brothers and the remains of some birds were found, and they were buried together in the jungle according to the general's instructions. ”

A certain soldier from Lanling came to Gao Qing's side and choked up in return,

During the battle that day, in order to avoid too many casualties, Gao Qing adopted the wait-and-see guerrilla tactics, which largely preserved the Lanling soldiers and lost more than 100 people, which was also a little relief for him.

After listening to the soldier's report, Gao Qing did not say anything.

He took a deep breath of the cool air in the forest, turned and walked slowly to the built tomb, bent down to pick up a handful of new soil, and sprinkled it on the grave.

"General, let's erect a monument to our brothers!"

Seeing this situation, the deputy general was also quite sentimental, and his sorrow was beyond words.

"Yes, erect a monument to the brothers!"

"Yes, erect a monument!" ......

The adjutant general's proposal was echoed by the soldiers gathered around the tomb.

Several soldiers took the initiative to carry the stele prepared in advance to the grave.

"Okay!

Gao Qing stared at the high mound with reddish eyes, and his tone was a little angry.

"Brothers, Gao Qing was ordered by my grandfather to take you to raid Wanqiu, but I never expected that my first expedition would end up in such a disastrous defeat, not only so that more than 800 brothers were captured, but also caused you to die here.

As soon as Gao Qing's voice fell, he immediately knelt down in front of the monument and kowtowed.

"Go all the way!"

Seeing this, all the soldiers also knelt on the ground with their hands brushed, chanted in unison, and kowtowed.

If it weren't for the fact that the general had seen the strangeness of Xuanyuan's battle formation and ordered us to evacuate in time, I am afraid that there would be far more than these dozens of brothers in the grave. ”

The adjutant general tried his best to persuade and was sincere.

"It's just that this is the Xuanyuan realm, we still need to be cautious, I don't know how to write this inscription?"

The adjutant general leaned sideways to help Gao Qing and asked tentatively.

Gao Qing suppressed the grief and indignation in his heart, stood up, and shook the spear in his hand.

I saw the spear peak rotate, lightly outlined on the stone tablet, and there was a burst of sand flying, and the iron and stone were sonorous.

Two big characters are engraved on the stone tablet - loyal soul.

The Lanling soldiers gazed at the inscription, full of sorrow and relief.

For them, who have fought on the battlefield all their lives, throwing their heads, spilling blood, and shrouding their bodies in horse leather, in order to be a "loyalty".

Be loyal to your own country, to your king.

However, what these Lanling soldiers didn't understand was that the "Loyal Soul" inscription written by Gao Qing was not only for the sacrifice of the Lanling soldiers, but also for every body that fell on this battlefield.

After carving the inscription, Gao Qing led only two-thirds of the remaining bird team to worship again, and hurried to Biyuan Pass.

At the same time, there was another army that was preparing to rush to Biyuan Pass.

That was the 50,000 horses led by Jiang Li, the national teacher of Lanling, who set up an ambush in Dayu Valley.

Unlike the army led by Gao Qing, these Lanling soldiers were still immersed in the joy of "victory".

Although it was a busy night, everyone was full of energy.

In order to show off his talents in front of the soldiers, and to make up for the loss in Wanqiu, so as to ask for merit in front of King Lanling.

After a successful ambush at night, Zikui immediately ordered the battlefield to be cleaned up.

He ordered the soldiers to concentrate all the dead bodies in the depression in the valley, and to count the exact data of the "enemy army" killed, and at the same time to compile and keep all the booty in a book.

It is not difficult for 50,000 Lanling soldiers to clean up the battlefield.

However, the Oyuya Mountain Road is relatively long and narrow, the roads are slippery, and there are still a large number of rocks piled up on the road after the war, which undoubtedly increases the burden of work.

In particular, many soldiers were crushed under the boulders, and the Lanling soldiers needed the cooperation of many people and spent a while to open the passage, break through the barriers, and take out the corpses that had been crushed and deformed.

However, fortunately, the Lanling army was still quite disciplined, and the soldiers were in a state of excitement after the "big victory", and they did not show much fatigue in the busy work all night.

It is worth mentioning that many "clever" Lanling soldiers not only do not feel tired, but also enjoy it.

When Zikui ordered all the loot to be confiscated, they had an extra heart.

Armor, bows and arrows, knives, war horses, spirit beasts, these large categories are naturally not easy to start, but in the valley only a small number of torches left over from the defeat of the coalition army to illuminate, the light and shadow everywhere are dim, and there are many people, many soldiers also take the opportunity to get some oil and water when cleaning the road and carrying the corpses.

Most of the soldiers who died in the Great Yu Valley were ordinary armor soldiers, and naturally they did not have a rich collection of bronze armor and silver armor level soldiers, but it was still easy to get some coins or something.

In the early morning, the cleanup was nearing completion.

The bodies of nearly 30,000 coalition troops were indiscriminately discarded in a large ravine dozens of meters deep, and the piles of bones were shocking and terrifying.

Zikui rode on the back of the blood wolf, looking at his big hand, very majestic.

You must know that without injuring a single person, tens of thousands of horses that can destroy "Xuanyuan", and the person who leads the other party is still the famous Xuanyuan God of War, which is not a miracle.

Just as Zikui was about to concentrate his generals and give the order to withdraw the army, the pointing and whispering of the soldiers around the depression attracted his attention.

Experience has taught him that this does not bode well.

"Commander Chen, is there something going on over there?"

Zikui glanced at the several soldiers beside him, and noticed that this longbowman commander named Chen Xuming frowned, and when he was thoughtful, he concluded that he knew something about it.

"Returning to the national division, the soldiers are all talking about ......"

Chen Xuming swallowed and seemed to have some scruples.

"If you have something to say, you don't have to be taboo. ”

Zikui lowered his voice to hide his inner anxiety.

This Commander Chen couldn't figure out the current situation, so he had to step forward and whisper next to Zikui.

"National teacher, in fact, last night, there were a lot of soldiers discussing, all said that when they cleaned up the battlefield, they found that the valley was scattered all the battle flags of Chiyan and Qi Sect, and they didn't see Xuanyuan, after dawn, the soldiers saw the clothes of these corpses piled up in the depression, and they all said that they didn't seem to be like the clothes of the Xuanyuan people, so they ......."

"Hmm!"

Zikui snorted coldly and raised his hand to stop the commander Chen Xuming from continuing.

The already small eyes meowed into two slits, and the cold air was suddenly released.

No matter how softly Commander Chen's words were, they sounded like a thunderbolt from the blue.

Reality brutally told him that it was not a complete victory, but another complete defeat, so complete and so funny.

From the clouds of the spring breeze, he fell into the abyss of a dream, but it was not as simple as breaking bones.

Jealousy, resentment, hatred, anger, unwillingness, all the most painful and unbearable emotions in this world, spread uncontrollably in every vein and nerve of man.

But he had to pretend that nothing happened, but fortunately, after years of forbearance, he already had such skills.

Zikui knew very well that if the suspicions of the soldiers were not dispelled, if the news of the ambush of his allies reached the ears of the king of Lanling, if Wanqiu was not broken and the ambush was not successful, and the two crimes were punished together, then what would happen to him and his family.

He had to come up with a way to turn the tide as soon as possible.

While meditating, Zikui looked forward to seeing the "God of War" military flag crossed on the rock wall on the mountainside not far away.

He knew very well that the pennant swaying in the morning light was a deterrent and warning deliberately left by Xuanyuan Heng, and perhaps a humiliation.

However, no matter what it is, he can only accept it all, because he needs to use this flag as a life-saving straw to turn the tables.

"Hum ......"

Zikui's inexplicable strange smile successfully attracted the attention of many generals and soldiers around him, and also very skillfully concealed the panic in his heart.

"I said soldiers, this Xuanyuan Heng really deserves to be called the Xuanyuan God of War, I really can't imagine that in order to escape this catastrophe, he deliberately used the banner of Chiyan and Qizong to hide people's eyes and ears, in a vain attempt to hide the sky and the sea, fortunately, General Gao Qing had already sent me a message, so I was not fooled. ”

Gao Qing sent people to spread the message, and many soldiers did know about it.

Zikui cleverly made a fuss about this matter, which can be regarded as a brain-opening.

When the Lanling soldiers heard this, they were all skeptical, and more or less agreed.

Zikui, who has always known how to observe words and colors, took advantage of the situation to play and continued: "I heard that General Chen is the best at bow and arrow skills, can you open the eyes of the soldiers and shoot down the battle flag on the rock wall in front of them blindfolded." ”

can show his skills in front of everyone, Chen Xuming can't ask for it.

After a brief glance in the direction Zikui was pointing, he immediately took out a ribbon to cover his eyes, took out two heavy arrows with his backhand, and opened the bow.

Two dark beams of light flew out with everyone's expectant eyes.

As soon as the two arrows came out, the third heavy arrow had already broken away from Chen Xuming's longbow and went straight into the sky, roaring away.

"Boom. ”

The flagpole on the cliff was cut off by the barricade.

"Phew. ”

The rope on which the flag was hoisted was also cut by another silhouette, and the battle flag flew and fell from the rock wall.

It is not too difficult to hit the target with two arrows in unison, and there is no shortage of longbowmen who can achieve such attainments in the Lanling army.

But in the case of blindfolding, the difficulty is not comparable.

All the soldiers were impressed by Chen Xuming's exquisite skills.

It's just that they don't understand why Chen Mingxu has to send out a third arrow in a row because two arrows are enough to achieve their goal.

And the direction is still towards the air.

Just when everyone was full of doubts, that is, when the "God of War" flag was flying, everyone found that a black dot in the air was falling rapidly.

Yes, that was the third arrow that Cheng Xuming shot back after he shot into the air.

Just at the moment when the battle flag fell on the pile of corpses in the depression, it pierced into the middle of the word "God of War".

Nail the flag firmly to the corpse of the dead pawn.

"The general is good at archery!"

"Good ......"

The soldiers applauded and cheered, and let out bursts of exclamation.

"General Chen's skills are amazing, and if he really lives up to his reputation, the national division has opened his eyes today!"

Zikui took advantage of the excitement of the soldiers and praised loudly.

In fact, Zikui knew very well that the distance of the flag on the rock wall was only about 100 meters in a straight line, and it was just a piece of cake for Chen Xuming to shoot down blindfolded.

He just wanted to borrow the banner to tell the soldiers present that the army that was ambushed last night and the dead bodies in the depression in front of him were Xuanyuan's soldiers.

Unexpectedly, in order to show his skills, Chen Xuming can be regarded as using his housekeeping skills.

You must know that the unbelievable last arrow not only needs to rely on the just right blow of the first two arrows, but also takes into account the trajectory of the flag flying down in the air, and also accurately calculates the height of the arrow rising into the air, the speed of the air current, and the angle at which the flag flies.

In this way, the final timing, positioning, and fixed point can be completed, and the perfect "coincidence" can be realized in an instant.

And all this is just relying on a brief observation in front of the blindfold, which cannot but be called "miraculous".

However, when this came to inspire Zikui to play on the topic, he struck while the iron was hot and added fuel to the fire.

"I have brave generals like General Chen in Lanling, as well as you brave soldiers, who will be invincible and invincible!"

"Invincible and unstoppable!" ......

Shocked by Chen Xuming's wonderful performance, and under the impetus of Zikui's incendiary tone, the Lanling soldiers were full of momentum and had put their previous doubts behind.

Zikui was relieved to see that the situation was developing smoothly according to his own vision.

In order to be safe, he also needs to add a "fire".

So he gestured to the soldiers to stop shouting and continue to show more "wonderful" acting skills than Chen Xuming.

"These tens of thousands of Xuanyuan soldiers can die under the arrows of our Lanling soldiers, and they can be regarded as dying without regrets, and they should die well if they sacrificed their lives for their country. Hey, let's cremate these bodies! Even if it's a home, give them a home. ”

Zikui sighed with empty eyes, folded his thin skin, and pretended to be sad and regretful.

Zikui knows that if you want to cover up the facts and block the mouths of Youyou, you must burn all the unknowable hidden dangers.

However, the 50,000 Lanling Army is not all fools, how can such a lie be hidden from everyone's eyes.

Many generals just pretended to be deaf and dumb for the time being, after all, in the absence of absolute evidence and the conflict of relative interests, why should they offend the high-ranking and powerful Lanling National Teacher.

What's more, they are also involved, and no one wants to have a bad reputation as a defeated general, and now this ending should be what everyone present is looking forward to, and it is not a nostalgic thing to turn a blind eye.

Therefore, Zikui's current seemingly beautiful cover-up, just like Yang Xuming's archery, just used just the right force to cleverly find a cut-off point at just the right time to obtain a temporary balance.

As for how long this balance can be maintained, it can only depend on how much ability Zikui still has.

Under Zikui's order, the Lanling soldiers quickly collected the dead grass and branches in the valley, accumulated them on the pile of corpses in the depression, and lit a raging fire.

In this way, another Lanling army, along the faint morning light, accompanied by the billowing smoke rising in the valley, marched towards Biyuan Pass with a different mood.