Chapter 50: The Holy Army Section 2
Escaping in the wind and snow is not an ordinary difficulty, for normal humans, just dealing with the knee-deep snowdrift is a problem, but the masked man easily sent the prisoner on his back, dodged out of the ruins, and ran in one direction without looking back, their actions caused a commotion not far away, and the light of more than a dozen flashlights all hit.
"Over there, I see it, over there!"
"Chase it and catch it alive!"
There were constant cries of bandits behind him, even on the back of the masked man, the suspicion of the death row prisoner never stopped for a moment, if he hadn't been rescued by him, he would have died in that dungeon, what was the reason for such a strong and completely strange man to come to the rescue? Is it just for a woman? It's a pity that he is too weak, and after struggling on the death line, he still has a feeling of being overwhelmed, coupled with injuries and illness, after a while, the prisoner naturally passed out.
"This Nima's are all chased to the side of the mountain, and they are still chasing!" Zhang Jiaming carried the death row prisoner on his back, and ran all the way to the foot of a mountain near the river, just walking along a solid frozen area by the river took a lot of physical strength, who knows, these dead-eyed subordinates are all working hard, they have to play the play in place, and they have chased all the way to the foot of the mountain and are still behind. It was another desperate hard run, running straight through the sweat, and then I looked back, fortunately, seeing that the task was successfully completed, these turtle eggs were relieved, and they went home one by one.
"Niang Xipi, it's the right way to find a place to build a fire first!" Zhang Jiaming shook the snowflakes on his head and carried the death row prisoner into the heavy snow.
In addition to the lush forests and trees in the southwestern mountains, the karst lava terrain also provides the local people with a star-like mountain cave. Zhang Jiaming is a local, and he is not vague about the mountains and landforms, and he often exercised his physical fitness in the mountains of various places when he was young. After carefully analyzing the heavy snow, he was still able to find the place he was looking for - a cave that was not deep, and was probably used as a temporary shelter by the local cattle herders, not far away. Through his perverted werewolf vision, this cave, which almost does not exist in the eyes of normal people, could not be clearer in the heavy snow.
The wilderness survival course that he had made up for was not in vain, and as soon as he threw the prisoner into the leeward hole, Zhang Jiaming was busy opening it, and he took a broken wood knife, slashed it, gathered a large pile of firewood, and piled it all up in the cave, and after a while, a large pile of bonfires was built, and after a while, the prisoner slowly woke up in the warmth.
"Little brother.... Little brother, what are you?? Looking at the life-saving benefactor who was squatting and watching a shallow cauldron, this big death row prisoner was full of confusion.
"Don't move, I'll help you get medicine, it'll be fine in a while!" Where is Zhang Jiaming's good medicine, it's nothing more than the leaves provided by the old ginseng in the mountains!
After a while, the water was hot, Zhang Jiaming took the ginseng leaves, and he was extremely stingy this time in order to spy on the military situation, so he could only give up his old roots.
"Come, drink, just rest for a while." Zhang Jiaming leaned down, helped the big man to sit up, and brought some dried firewood and grass to pad the man's back, so he took the boiled ginseng tea with confidence and slowly fed the man.
"This is good medicine, don't think about it for the rest of your life! Hehe, don't worry, don't choke. Waiting for the man who had finished drinking the medicine to lie down, Zhang Jiaming himself was lying on his back next to the fire, lighting the fire and checking a few weapons beside him.
In the past, these precious ginseng teas were used on key people, such as: Qin Zaixi's father is the best example. And this time it was used on a man who had a very superior physique, and the effect was even more obvious! After a while, the man's bright eyes were completely widened, and he looked at Zhang Jiaming with a smile.
"Little brother, I owe you my life." nodded very seriously, and the man's face was full of sincerity.
"Don't say if you owe it or not, it's the same person who has fallen to the end of the world, why should you know each other when you meet!" Zhang Jiaming crooked his brain, do a show, do enough, don't open your mouth and close your mouth to mention any kindness, lest it be too fake for people to see the flaws, big grinning, naturally it is true.
"Yes, but, with my brother's skills, it's not too difficult to live alone around here, right?" The man didn't think it was wrong, and his face was still filled with a faint kind smile.
"Hey..." Zhang Jiaming let out a long sigh, as if there were thousands of sorrows and anguishes that had nowhere to vent.
"Little brother, you and I met in Pingshui, since I have received your great favor, I will not easily forget. As you know, your sister and I know each other, and we have some contact with each other.... Don't get me wrong, I mean, everyone is in trouble, and it is right to take care of each other, at the beginning, I took my men into the beast's den, just to test the other party's reality, or to win them over, but unfortunately, I know the face of the person but do not know the heart, I fell into their trap, and even involved two loyal soldiers, I feel ashamed! "It's obviously not the kind of long-winded character, but it's a lot of unnutritious nonsense.
However, Zhang Jiaming is also a human being, and he knows that it is best to be a silent listener at this time.
"Your sister is a good person, I actually came here to take it with me, give some conditions, and let these bandits let them go, it's a pity...... Treat others with yourself.... Alas, I always forget that there is such a thing as the human heart.... Ahem, ahem. Speaking of the excitement, the man coughed repeatedly.
Zhang Jiaming was unmoved, and continued to play the tragic role of a bereaved relative, holding a dagger with a gloomy face in the shadow of the firelight, constantly poking an unlucky log.
"Little brother, I know you're sad, and I understand your feelings, but if you listen to me, your strength alone is still too weak after all!" Holding on to the body that had just recovered a little, the man stood up, and Zhang Jiaming found that this man, who had shrunk a lot, had a straight face, and Zhang Jiaming couldn't help but look pale! Isn't that the complexion of a sick and infirm person?
"I think you're good, if you don't have a good place to go, just follow me?" The man is not the kind of person who drags mud and water, and he is very simple, so he put forward the meaning of solicitation.
"This big brother, you're alone! Is there a mountain to take you in? Zhang Jiaming pretended to be stupid and shook his head, looking like an old man who had been wandering the rivers and lakes for many years, which made the big man smile.
"You are my savior, I have nothing to hide from my benefactor, I will just say a word, you follow me to my place first, after seeing the situation over there, stay or not, whatever you want!" Looking at Zhang Jiaming's vigilant look, as if he was afraid that others would sell him into a pyramid scheme den, this man almost had to make a sound.
"Big brother, I'm messing around with a few poor buddies on this mountain, and I've been entangled in saving my sisters back home! Anything else, I really didn't think about anything. Zhang Jiaming also pretended to be simple and simply pretended to the end: "Look, several younger brothers in my family are waiting for me to fire at them on the mountain, I will go with you alone, I don't worry about them." ”
"You still have brothers?" The big man squinted his eyes and looked at Zhang Jiaming as if he had picked up a treasure.
"A few junior brothers, they have been following me, alas, this snowy mountain, I haven't found decent food for several days, you see, we can only eat some of these." Zhang Jiaming took out a handful of black whirring things from his arms--poop fried with rice bran mixed with soil yams. "Big brother, don't laugh, we don't have much stock for this thing." Scratching the back of his head with a slightly embarrassed look, Zhang Jiaming grinned embarrassedly.
After a not-so-sumptuous meal and a deep discussion, the two reached a consensus - go over and see the situation before making plans.
The heavy snowstorm finally cleared up three days later, Zhang Jiaming also knew where to get a tattered animal skin for the eldest brother who called himself Li Huamin to put it on, afraid that he would not walk steadily enough, and cut a strong branch as a crutch, and supported him all the way, so he walked smoothly to the place where he wanted to go - at the foot of a mountain near the outskirts of LZ, standing on the hill not far from the destination, Zhang Jiaming secretly compared the map, but did not find out what the name of this ghost place was.
Looking at the scene below the mountain from afar, Zhang Jiaming was amazed in his heart!
In his imagination, these religious types of armed forces have always been relatively conservative and dull, such as the priest forces under his command, but the scene in front of him has changed him greatly.
The mere fact that a huge man-made concrete embankment is breathtaking, with countless flags fluttering above the embankment and the wind blowing through the hunt, making these battle flags, which were originally used to boost morale, spread their wings in the wind, just like a goshawk soaring in the sky looking down on all beings. In Zhang Jiaming's field of vision, he only saw groups of soldiers wearing shiny iron armor, holding spears, and shouldering a large shield of equal height patrolling this barrier neatly, their armor shining in the winter sun alone was enough to dazzle the eyes of ordinary people, and occasionally, loud and energetic shouts continued to come from this steel-like strong barrier. Behind each massive battlement was another group of armed warriors on the lookout for an enemy who might attack at any moment, and from a distance, it was a truly fortified city.
At the lower end of this embankment is a jungle of steel and cement piles! In the midst of it were countless piles of zombies that had turned or were turning into rotten flesh, and these corpses had been extending from the base of the gray-black embankment to more than a dozen miles away! Just looking at that staggering number makes people have to quietly applaud the great achievements of this group of humans who rely on cold weapons to fight!
The most striking thing is not these, a huge black cross made of unknown material that steals all outside attention, it stands silently on the concrete platform in the middle of the embankment, and all the defenders arch it, as if this is the ultimate purpose of their guarding.
Zhang Jiaming has observed that there are no less than 300 guards next to this main platform, plus patrolling and fixed guards, this organization has at least 2,000 people on this artificial embankment!
Satisfied with the shocked expression of the little brother he recruited, Li Huamin's face was triumphant, he put down his crutches here and knelt down very religiously, facing the direction of the embankment, and chanted words in his mouth for a while, before he staggered to his feet and motioned Zhang Jiaming to continue walking, at this moment, it was only about eight or nine o'clock in the day.
Walking in a place full of corpses is not the first time for Zhang Jiaming, even if there are still many zombies with mutilated limbs still crawling over, it does not make him feel any discomfort, on the contrary, under Li Huamin's observation, he easily poked all the zombies that were not yet dead to death viciously - with a broken wooden stick that he had just picked up, the skillful and streamlined means made Li Huamin nod silently. Zhang Jiaming was responsible for opening the road and cleaning up the zombies that were too close, and Li Huamin followed behind slowly, and it took a long time for the two to finally stand in front of the closed steel gate - in fact, this gate is the sluice gate of a reservoir. Zhang Jiaming was also able to see the real name of the reservoir clearly: a line of regular script was written at the bottom of the iron gate - Dashan Reservoir!
Looking up, no one looked out except for the flags waving and the freshly melted snow dripping.
"Monk Li Huamin went out on a mission and has now returned to the team, please open the door to the brothers on duty above!" Hanging his head for a while, Li Huamin raised his head and shouted as if he had saved enough strength! After waiting for a while, a small steel door on the left side under the iron gate was pushed open, and a team of armored warriors quickly rushed out, and after a while, the column was lined into a wild goose array, almost consistently, these sturdy warriors had grim faces, and the kind of arrogance unique to the victorious army in their eyes was inside, and even the momentum was not necessarily the slightest friendliness, looking at their armor stained with dried blood, Zhang Jiaming's heart was secretly tightened - this meowing atmosphere was seriously wrong! Looking at the eldest brother Li Huamin who led the way, Zhang Jiaming's face was full of panic, and he had already held the broken firewood knife at his waist with his hand.
"Don't panic, that's what we're like here." Comforting Zhang Jiaming in a whisper, Li Huamin stood a few steps forward, "I bother you brothers to communicate with the knight chief on duty, and say that the monk Li Huamin has completed the task and asked the grand master to meet him!" ”
No one responded to half a sentence, and all the armored samurai had solemn faces.
"What is this?" Zhang Jiaming habitually touched his head and looked surprised, are these people unsmiling and used to having a rigid face all day long? Although the soldiers under his command were miserable all day long by Qin Gengsheng and a group of devil-like instructors, they still talked and laughed in their spare time! Wangwang is also Li Huamin, who has a depressed face, and both of them look helpless.
After a long stalemate, I saw two figures come out of the steel door hole, one was wearing the gray-brown robes of those foreign monks, but the man was bald, and the other was a middle-aged man with heavy armor and a lot of animal skins.
"Grand Master is busy directing, and can't listen to your report right now. Brother Li Huamin, welcome back. "The beard in armor solemnly raised his hand on his chest, and of course Li Huamin had to return the salute." You have a few minutes to explain to me the progress of the mission you carried out more than a month ago, and..."The beard looked at Zhang Jiaming: "What about your attendant?" Are they? ”
"They have given their lives for the cause of the Holy Lord, may our Lord take their souls." Li Huamin hung his head very reverently, drew a cross on his chest, and the group of people heard the words, all of them did the same thing in a neat manner.
"Recently, there have been a gang of outsiders moving around the area, and the Grand Master has asked everyone from all walks of life to be careful, and we have caught some guys of unknown origin." The bearded eyes never left Zhang Jiaming for half a minute, "I reserve my opinion on this friend you brought, but, as the officer on duty, I have the right to detain him, so I will temporarily detain him, and after you explain to the supreme regiment leader, I will make other arrangements!" ”
Li Huamin had no choice but to make a reluctant expression to Zhang Jiaming, and whispered to apologize: "Little brother, you bear with it first, we have strict military discipline here, even if it is my position, I can't mess around." "Zhang Jiaming is not strange - the army has to be like this, otherwise the army at home would have become a vegetable market long ago, and any idle people can enter it at will, so what secrecy is there?
When he got inside, the steel door behind him was quietly closed, Zhang Jiaming sighed secretly in his heart, damn it, he finally got in!