Chapter 21: Anomalies
The army crossed the mountain pass without hindrance and officially penetrated into the outside of the fortress.
was different from Zhang An's imagination, Zhang An originally thought that the outside of the plug should be green grass, and the wind blows the grass and saw the cattle and sheep, but everywhere he looked, it was desolate.
The yellowed grass is scattered on the yellow ground, and the white bones of livestock can be seen at any time.
The green-eyed wolves followed the army closely, as if they could pounce on it at any moment, regardless of the absolute difference in numbers.
Zhang An was surprised by what he saw, but Cao Chun and the others, who had already been to Saiwai once, were even more surprised.
"What's the situation?" Cao Chun was stunned, pointing to the miserable scene in front of him, "I remember that during the last northern expedition, this was not the case outside the Saiwai." Although the scenery is not as beautiful as the beautiful mountains and rivers of the Central Plains, it is also a green grassland, which makes people feel refreshed. ”
"It seems that something is happening in the north that we don't know about. Since discovering that the barbarians had completely withdrawn their troops, Guo Jia, who was smiling less and less, said to himself, "I wonder if this strange situation happened before or after the barbarians marched?"
Zhang An, who heard Guo Jia talking to himself, thought of Guo Jia's abnormal behavior recently, and finally couldn't help asking, "Guo Junshi, do you know something?"
"It's not for sure. Guo Jia shook his head, "Before I can't be sure what I think in my heart, saying it will only add to my troubles." ”
Lu Bu didn't care about anything unusual outside the plug, what he cared about was where the barbarians were.
The army continued to advance, only with a little more caution because of the unusual sight, and marched at a rather slow pace.
On the night of entering the fortress, one of the scouts who had been scattered out did not return on time.
Lu Bu didn't care, anything could happen on the enemy's territory, not to mention looking at the green glow of those evil wolves before, even if the scout was besieged by the wolves, it was not surprising.
Instead, Guo Jia asked in detail which direction the scouts were going.
The night passed, and the scouts did not return to the camp.
By the next day, the three teams of scouts had not returned to camp.
On the third day, the five teams of scouts did not return to camp.
After questioning, it was discovered that the scouts had all disappeared in the same direction, and even the most dull people should know that something must be wrong.
So Lu Bu announced the suspension of the march, and he personally went out and took Zhang An to check the direction of the scout's disappearance.
There was no objection.
Although it was quite inappropriate for the main general to leave the army lightly, Lu Bu was sometimes a guy who couldn't listen to other people's persuasion at all.
Of course, the main thing is that they can't stop it.
Early in the morning of the fourth day, Lu Bu and Zhang An left the barracks lightly.
In addition to Lu Bu and Zhang An, there are also fifty elites of Lu Bu's lineage, and they are wolf riders.
Fifty wolves rode out in small groups of ten people to guard and probe around, and returned to the team every half hour to report.
Lu Bu and Zhang An rode their horses unhurriedly, discussing martial arts while heading towards the southeast where the scouts had disappeared.
After Zhang An returned to the camp safely, Lu Bu strengthened Zhang An's training.
After camping every day, Lu Bu must practice with Zhang An for two hours, even on the march, Lu Bu will not let go of Zhang An, and from time to time he will attack Zhang An, in the name of strengthening Zhang An's ability to deal with crises.
Of course, nominally as a guide, in fact, the first military general of the Three Kingdoms beat the aspiring otaku who was the savior.
However, after Zhang An reached the threshold of condensing qi into liquid, his physical fitness was greatly strengthened, and his recovery ability was not the same as before, although he was beaten by Lu Bu very badly, he was able to hold on.
But compared to Lu Bu's guidance, Gao Shun's training is unspeakably miserable.
Gao Shun took out the same set that he was training Zhang An in the trap camp that day, and I don't know where he got a set of special armor, weighing hundreds of catties, after wearing it, Zhang An felt like a humanoid Gundam.
And Gao Shun's training is actually very simple, that is, let Zhang An wear this suit of armor and run with him when he is marching, and he will not stop until he camps at night.
In addition, because the two have the same talent, Gao Shun is also guiding Zhang Anqi in the application, so that Zhang An has gained a lot and learned a lot of practical skills.
The wolf rode around to probe around, while Lu Bu and Zhang An fought while talking.
After being picked off the horse by Lu Bu's Fang Tian Painting Halberd condensed by internal qi again, Zhang An returned to the horse and asked curiously, "Feng Xian, what realm is above the Gang Qi?"
Lu Bu pondered for a while and said, "Your current realm is too low, and you don't understand the specific feelings, but there is one thing you can know, that is, in this realm, the qi between certain and heaven and earth is no longer distinguishable from each other, so the qi is inexhaustible." ”
"Heaven and man are one?" Zhang An asked with an eyebrow.
Lu Bu glanced at Zhang An in surprise: "Your description is quite accurate." ”
"That's right, I'm also a cultural person. "Zhang An is a triumphant man.
Lu Bu shook his head and smiled, "Your handwriting can't even be compared to so-and-so, and you are embarrassed to say that you are a literati?"
This sentence made Zhang An's old face blush.
Zhang An lived in an era where science and technology were so developed, how many people would learn how to write with a brush? It has been a long time since he came to this node, but Zhang An is still not used to writing with a brush.
Ignoring Zhang An, who had a hurt expression on his face, Lu Bu raised his eyes and looked into the distance, thoughtfully.
"Fengxian, have you found anything?" asked Zhang An curiously.
"I didn't find anything, just a feeling of unease and depression. Lu Bu said solemnly, "Zhang An, if things change, remember not to leave So-and-so's side." ”
Zhang An said with a smile, "I'm not a weak scholar, there's no need." ”
"So-and-so wasn't joking with you. Lu Bu Zhengse said, "This kind of uneasy and depressing feeling has only been experienced once, and that was when the mountain pass was ambushed. ”
Zhang An restrained his smile and asked, "What do you think will happen?"
"It's just that I don't know anything, which makes someone upset. Lu Bu said viciously, "If a certain person discovers a barbarian, he will definitely kill him." ”
On the afternoon of the third day of leaving the army, a wolf rider came to Lu Bu, clenched his fists and said, "Tell the general, there is a discovery." ”
"Lead the way. Lu Bujian finally found something and stretched out a few colors.
Under the leadership of the wolf rider, Zhang An and Lu Bu came to a big pit.
"What's going on?" Zhang An glanced at it and found that the pit was full of dead people.
Judging by their equipment, they should be the missing scouts.
Lu Bu counted the number of people and said, "The number matches, all those missing scouts are here." ”
The missing scout was finally found, but instead of being happy, the two frowned deeply.
The scouts had no scars on their bodies, but they were all white, their skin clinging to their bones as if they had been stripped of their flesh, and they were more skeletons in human skin than corpses.
Lu Bu motioned to the wolf rider beside him to drag the corpse out of the pit, after all, it was the remains of his own soldiers, how could they expose the corpse to the wilderness.
Something unexpected happened, when several wolf riders jumped into the pit and were about to drag the corpses out, a thick black mist suddenly emerged from the pit, covering the figures of several wolf riders.
Lu Bu's pupils shrank slightly, and Zhang An's brows furrowed tightly.
They all felt a cold killing intent from this black mist.
But before the two of them could make a move, the black fog immediately dispersed.
In the blink of an eye, the wolf riders fell to their deaths in the pit like scouts.
Lu Bu turned over and dismounted, jumping into the pit without hesitation.
The black mist reappeared, enveloping Lu Bu inside.
In the next second, a brilliant blood-colored flame lit up in the black mist, and the black mist burned out in an instant.
"How?" Zhang An also dismounted, walked to the edge of the pit and asked.
"That black mist will drain people's life. Lu Bu frowned and jumped from the pit to the ground, "Even the strength of a certain person was extracted at that moment. ”
Zhang An was surprised this time, now Lu Bu is not unexpected, and the title of the world's number one military general is well deserved.
As strong as Lu Bu actually caught the way, then ordinary soldiers are estimated to be more or less than enough to be swallowed by this black mist.
"But this black fog has been eliminated somewhere, and it should be safe. Lu Bu raised his head and let out a long wolf howl, and the scattered wolf riders gathered towards the place where Lu Bu was.
"I'll go down and try. Zhang An touched his nose and jumped into the pit despite Lu Bu's objections.
Without the slightest reaction, probably the black mist of the evil sect had really been wiped out by Lu Bu.
The remaining forty wolf riders rejoined the group and dragged all the remains out of the pit.
Zhang An and Lu Bu discussed for a while, especially at Zhang An's insistence, Lu Bu decided to cremate the remains on the spot.
After all, after being infected by that strange black mist, no one can say what will happen to these corpses.
Zhang Anke doesn't want to see the Three Kingdoms version of Resident Evil.
After disposing of the body, Lu Bu decided to go back to the camp first.
There was such a strange thing that had never been seen before, and Lu Bu was a little unsure alone, so it was better to ask Guo Jia, a wise man, for his opinion.
More importantly, Lu Bu was afraid that the camp would change, so he decided to rush overnight and return as fast as possible.
Bringing all the ashes with them, the group hurried back to the camp.
The way back to the camp was uneventful, and it took only one day to return to the camp in a hurry.
Looking at the camp safe and sound, Lu Bu breathed a sigh of relief.
After giving a gag order to the accompanying soldiers, Lu Bu returned to the big tent and summoned Guo Jia and several people to come to discuss the matter.
After listening to Zhang An and Lu Bu's descriptions, Guo Jia fell silent.
After a short silence, Guo Jia's judgment surprised Lu Bu and other generals.
"Withdraw the troops, quickly withdraw from the outside of the Seychelles. Guo Jia had a calm face and said in a stern tone, "The army must be withdrawn!"
Lu Bu said quite unwillingly, "But I have nothing to gain from this advance, so I will withdraw the army like this, some of which is unreasonable, right?"
Gao Shun and others also agreed.
"The reasons for the withdrawal are already there. Guo Jia said, "Don't worry, the lord will definitely not blame him." Feng Xian, you now write a military report, write down this matter in detail, and send someone to send it to the lord quickly, rest assured, the lord will not blame us after knowing about this matter. ”
"Fengxiao, what is the reason?" Cao Chun's heart was no less unwilling than Lu Bu, the tiger and leopard cavalry trained by one hand was wiped out, and as a result, the army was about to withdraw before the blood of the barbarians was touched on the blade, how could Cao Chun be willing.
Looking around at the crowd, Guo Jia sighed.