In order to reduce casualties, Ye Yunyang suggested increasing the number of troops from 1,000 to 1,000, and only sent three teams tonight to set up ambushes in three favorable terrains.

Most of the three teams are veterans who have participated in the round-up of giant octopuses.

Ye Yunyang and Yin Falcon each led one, and the other team was led by the deputy general of the Southern Barbarian Army, and the three titled national teachers each had a team, and their task was to stabilize the morale of the army, plus kill monsters at critical moments.

Ye Yunyang was followed by Zheng Zhiyuan, accompanied by Dongfang Yixue and Liu Yuying.

With Ye Yunyang in charge, the soldiers looked full of confidence, and they arranged their positions according to the requirements, tied fifteen oxen to the ambush site, and waited for night to fall.

Because of the outstanding effect of the fire attack, Dongfang Yixue and Liu Yuying prepared more than thirty sixth-level talismans, all of which were fire-based.

At eight o'clock in the evening, everything was ready, and the soldiers began to eat dinner.

After the meal, the two daughters made tea together, and Ye Yunyang took out two beast cores to play.

Suddenly, the beast's core shimmered slightly.

He was stunned for a moment, thinking that he was dazzled, but the beast core immediately flashed again.

"What's going on?" he quickly placed the core on the table.

The second daughter heard the sound and felt strange to see this situation, since she got them in the morning, she had not left his sight, this phenomenon was definitely the first time.

"Maybe this is normal for the nucleus. Dongfang Yixue guessed.

The next scene shattered her guess completely, and the light from the beast core shone brighter, and it lasted longer than before.

Call......

A figure flew in the sky, Zheng Zhiyuan landed in front of the three of them, and said in a deep voice: "Little uncle, the monster has appeared, and it is even bigger than the last time!"

"It's so early!" Ye Yunyang took out his pocket watch and glanced at it, the time was just past a quarter past nine.

You must know that the five monsters that were killed before all appeared in the middle of the night.

Zheng Zhiyuan nodded and said, "I also think it's strange, so I observed it for a while and made sure it was correct before reporting it." ”

Ye Yunyang's expression returned to normal, and asked, "From which direction did you come from, and how far is it from us?"

"To the southeast, there are still more than ten miles away. ”

"All the soldiers obey the order and prepare for battle!"

A minute later, the soldiers were in their positions.

According to the terrain, this time they set up an arc formation, and all the troops were arranged opposite the entrance to the valley, since there was only one way in, there was no need to worry about monsters appearing from behind, and the soldiers could enter the position in advance.

Ye Yunyang stood behind a modified bed crossbow, the device for firing ten crossbow guns at a time was replaced, and the arrow magazines for loading crossbow guns were added on both sides, which could automatically load arrows with the action of hanging strings.

In the firing position of the bed crossbow, a simple sighting device is installed, which corresponds to the Doji at the very front.

Fifteen buffaloes, realizing the danger coming, became restless, and made a cry as they ploughed the ground with their hooves.

Almost in the blink of an eye, the giant octopus rushed into the mouth of the valley and flicked one of its longest tentacles, curling up the two buffaloes in front of it at the same time, and curling them into the mouth with the same speed.

Ye Yunyang ordered loudly: "Torches, fire oil beckoning together!"

The five hundred people of the second echelon threw out the oil jar at the same time, and then threw out the torches, and the raging flames sealed the mouth of the valley at the same time, and also illuminated the valley.

"The bed crossbow shoots freely, the target is the octopus's eyes, release!" he was the first to press the crossbow machine, and the crossbow whistled out.

After the bed crossbow becomes a single shot, all the kinetic energy is concentrated on a single ballista gun, and both speed and lethality are greatly improved.

Sou......

The ballista flew past the corner of the octopus's left eyebrow and stabbed into its head, more than two feet deep.

The octopus let out a scream, its outer skin was more than a foot thick, and although the crossbow gun missed its target, it had already pierced its outer skin and injured its internal tissues.

Through previous anatomical studies of the octopus that had been killed, it was revealed that all of the organism was concentrated in the head, which was not well developed and disproportionate to its massive body, only the size of a winter melon, located behind its two eyes.

Unless it hits the eye directly, it's hard to hurt its brain.

The soldiers fired one after another, but no one could hit the eye, and the crossbow was almost all stuck in its head.

After eating the fourth buffalo, the octopus realizes that it should deal with these pesky humans first, and rushes towards the frontal position.

"Frontal defenders, fire oil waiting!" Dongfang Yixue was in charge of this section of the defense line, and she decisively ordered.

Hundreds of jars were thrown from above, shattering, and the viscous grease began to trickle down, and when the octopus pounced, its tentacles began to slip, and its speed decreased.

"Ignition!" Dongfang Yixue said in a deep voice.

Dozens of torches fell from the sky, igniting the oil on the ground.

Call......

The flames rose more than a foot high, and the tentacles of the octopus were curled up as it struggled in the flames.

Zheng Zhiyuan picked up two crossbow guns and asked, "Uncle Xiaoshi, I'll go!"

It was not easy to shoot the octopus in the eye directly, so he nodded and said, "Be careful, don't force it!"

"Understood!"

The octopus tumbled down from a great height and extinguished the flames on its body.

Zheng Zhiyuan seized the opportunity, jumped to its side, and threw the crossbow with his right arm, hitting the octopus in the left eye.

He then used the force of his body to roll and threw another ballista as well, hitting the octopus in the left eye.

The octopus let out a miserable scream and waved a few tentacles at Zheng Zhiyuan.

Syllable......

Zheng Zhiyuan was hit by a tentacle, and his body smashed to the ground uncontrollably.

At the same time, the octopus's head deflected, and it fell heavily to the ground, killing in anger.

"Senior nephew, are you okay?" Ye Yunyang asked aloud.

Zheng Zhiyuan jumped up from the ground, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and said proudly: "I'm fine, it's just a little injury!" Uncle Junior, this guy is dead, should we take the beast core now, or transport the body back?"

When it came to the beast core, Ye Yunyang reached out and took it out of his pocket, and the two beast cores only flashed for a moment, and then they no longer emitted light.

He was happy in his heart, it seems that this thing can sense the appearance of demon beasts, great!

"Of course, I'll take it now!" he said without thinking, "As for the corpse, there is no need to transport it back, and this place is a good place to bury bones." Soldiers, let's clean up the battlefield and get ready to go back to the city!"

"Yes!"

While the soldiers were busy, Ye Yunyang found Dongfang Yixue with the beast core and said, "You have something to do, this thing can sense the appearance of demon beasts and make them into early warning devices." ”

Dongfang Yixue nodded and said, "No problem, although I am not proficient in refining, I am still capable of such a task." ”

......

Imperial capital, Prime Minister's Mansion.

There were more than a dozen people sitting in the living room, all of whom were confidants of Prime Minister Li Fuchen.

The atmosphere was tense because no one spoke, and everyone was silent.

It was because Li Fuchen's face was ugly, and he failed to bring down Ye Yunyang at the court meeting yesterday, which made him feel a lot of frustration and caused him to be depressed.

Originally, according to his arrangement, things must have been foolproof.

In order to ensure that nothing went wrong, he and his henchmen fabricated charges, and together with other courtiers, they made full preparations, and did not hesitate to persecute the emperor in the court.

I thought it was a heavy punch, and there was no chance of turning over if I could beat Ye Yunyang.

Who would have thought that the plan and the beginning were flawless, but in the end they lost in front of an octopus tentacle and a beast core.

Although the emperor did not make a final statement, and yesterday ended the court meeting in a cold manner, with his understanding of the emperor, Ye Yunyang had already escaped.

Even if these people continued to exert pressure, the emperor would use the pretext of killing the sea beast to help Ye Yunyang exonerate.

The most ideal result is likely to be that Ye Yunyang's merits are offset by his demerits, and his merits are not punished and his merits are not rewarded.

If the emperor is a little favoritistic, it will be impunity and merit will be rewarded.

If this kind of result really happens, Li Fuchen and others' actions yesterday are tantamount to giving themselves a loud mouth.

No one spoke, making people's hearts panic, Zhang Ziping took the lead in breaking the calm, and said cautiously: "Prime Minister, we can't just forget it, right?" As the old saying goes, there is no turning back when you open the bow, if you can't completely bring down the surnamed Ye, he will definitely take revenge on us." ”

Someone chimed in: "Yes, although the surname Ye is not very old, he is resolute in doing things, and his methods are vicious, he will not let us go!"

"Then continue to go to the emperor and ask him to order Ye Yunyang to be killed, otherwise you and I will have trouble sleeping. ”

Everyone gritted their teeth and said that they wanted to kill Ye Yunyang, but no one could put forward constructive opinions.

Since it is a bunch of nonsense, of course Li Fuchen doesn't like to hear it.

He said angrily, "Shut up! If you all want him to die, will he die? Don't just use your mouth, use your brain, okay?"

Everyone blushed, and Zhang Ziping muttered: "Although the surname Ye has violated the law of the country, but he killed the demon beast, and the county lord of Yuying is by his side, it is difficult for the emperor to punish him." ”

Someone whispered: "In my opinion, the emperor does not want to punish him at all." In the past, we put pressure on Your Majesty, although we have already shown initial results, but then we fell short, we can't use the same method again, and it is estimated that it will not be effective. ”

Li Fuchen frowned, he was just about to speak, but the housekeeper hurriedly walked in from outside and said, "Xiangye, my lords, it's not good!"

"What's going on, fuss. Li Fuchen said with displeasure.

The butler replied, "The envoy of the Ghost Face Legion has arrived, claiming that he wants to form an alliance with the Great Han, and has brought an official letter of alliance. ”

Li Fuchen raised his eyebrows: "So fast? The ghost-faced concubine and Princess Luo Yue are very accurate in grabbing points, who is the messenger?"

"Princess Ying Qi of Daqin, that is, Ying Luoyue's niece. The butler said with a wry smile.

Li Fuchen also began to smile bitterly: "I actually sent a princess to deliver the letter of alliance, the sincerity is really great enough! It can be seen that in addition to their move for self-preservation, a very important point is for Ye Yunyang, as long as the big Han and the ghost face army unite in the alliance, the so-called crimes such as defection to the enemy and rebellion will no longer exist." Ladies and gentlemen, our plan has failed completely. ”

Although he is very reluctant to admit defeat, the facts are in front of him and cannot be denied.

With their understanding of Emperor Liu Qi, such an alliance is unwanted, and the emperor will gladly agree.