Chapter 162: Defeat and retreat
Since that night, Mo Cong and Qin saw the zombie army marching forward, and the two were held hostage by Jian Lao, as for where those zombies were going, the two of them did not know.
"! Where did all these demons come from? Inside the big tent of the Chinese army, Mu Lei's face was blue and dark, and his anxious eyes were firmly fixed on several of his subordinate generals who were standing with their heads down.
Originally, the Mulei army was already overwhelmed, and captured several enemy cities in one go, killing the enemy army to retreat to Baoping City. Wooden mines lined up their troops and surrounded the enemy in a formation like an invisible net, and according to this momentum, in less than half a year, the north could be pacified and the Shining Mei was completely recovered. And during this period, Mu Lei trapped the enemy and did not attack also had his troubles, because Shan Mei was specially occupied by the Demon Dao army for many years, burning, killing and plundering, ** excessive, and the general trend of collecting spars and catching laborers, resulting in most of the cities in Shan Mei being barren and uncultivated. Only a few large family forces are trying their best to cling to the old land, and they can still produce some food, but that is undoubtedly a drop in the bucket for Mu Lei's millions of troops.
Mu Lei was ordered by the Holy Lord of the Snow Land, and it took less than half a year to recover most of the Shining Mei Special Land, during which he only waited for the autumn harvest of grain, which can be said to be all ready only to owe the east wind, as long as the army of grain and grass arrived, Shanmei could easily take it, and he could also go back to the Holy Lord to ask for merit.
Now, several senior generals in the barracks are furious when they see the commander, and their faces are full of sadness, so they have never fought with zombies before, and the zombie army specializes in sneak attacks at night, and they don't know where to hide during the day, and they don't let everyone panic in the army.
"General!" Looking at Mu Lei's face, one of his cronies reported to the official: "According to reliable information obtained by his subordinates, this time a person named Wu Zimou invited a dark ** master out of nowhere and cast a demon spell, so it led to our defeat." ”
"Oh?" Mu Lei raised thick black eyebrows, a pair of ringed eyes shot a cold light, his face was very surprised, he looked at the person who spoke, and said, "Is the news reliable?"
"Infallible!" replied the general without hesitation.
As the saying goes, there is me in the enemy, and I have the enemy, and the war is originally false and real, and it is difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood. Among them, there are unknown soldiers, and there are also concubines who accompany those high-ranking generals, and all kinds of characters continue to secretly transmit news from the enemy camp. The general who spoke was specifically in charge of this matter, but this time Wu Zimou's sudden entry into the enemy camp was really abrupt, so the news was delayed for a few days. It was the speed of the soldiers, but in these few days, Mu Lei lost his troops and suffered a lot of losses.
"Grandma!" Mu Lei was furious, slapped his hand on the table, and said, "What is the origin of that person?"
"This," seeing that Mu Lei's eyes were like thunder, flashing with lightning, stabbing the general in fear, because the specific origin of Wu Zimou has not yet been discovered, but there is no joke in the army, if you answer carelessly, you will inevitably lose your head, the general turned his eyes around, and said timidly: "The subordinates have ordered those spies to do their best to investigate, but it will be known in three or five days." Even though the words were tactful, after finishing speaking, the general still secretly looked at Mu Lei's face, and a thin cold sweat was already oozing from his forehead.
"Rubbish!" Mu Lei scolded, pointing at the other generals in the room and scolding, "Raise you bunch of waste! You!" Mu Lei shouted, and looked at the person who had just spoken.
The man gasped, his face turned pale, and he straightened up.
"I order you to find out the details of that Wu Zimou and the mage for me within three days, and you guys, after three days, you must come up with a way to deal with zombies, and if you can't do it, come to me." After that, Mu Lei said fiercely: "Close the camp, take strict precautions, and get out!"
"Yes!" Seeing that Mu Lei was in full swing, none of the generals and officers standing in the big tent of the barracks dared to add fuel to the fire, and they saluted one after another, hoping to anoint the soles of their feet. There was only one elderly military advisor left in the barracks and Mu Lei's young lieutenant general. The old military advisor had white hair, his hair was in a high bun, his thin body was wearing a gorgeous black robe, and the jade belt of a civil official was tied around his waist. When Mu Lei was discussing with a group of generals just now, the old man only listened quietly but did not say a word.
Mu Lei turned around, the anger on his face was swept away, and he respectfully bowed and said, "Old man, I don't know what you have to do!"
The old man was originally a military advisor sent to Mu Lei by the Holy Ancestor of the Snow Region, and he had a lot of qualifications, and now he is assisting Mu Lei, the old man does not rely on the privileges given by the Holy Lord, although he sat still, his thin and old face was extremely kind, and he smiled slightly: "General, the old man doesn't have a way to break the zombie, but I know that the Holy Lord must have the human hand to break the monster."
Before the old man finished speaking, Mu Lei looked sad on his side, waved his hand and said: "Old man, you also saw it that day, I boasted in front of the Holy Lord, and I will definitely take the Shanmei Special Land within two years, and the Holy Lord allowed me to send troops, and now if I go back to ask the Holy Lord for help, I will inevitably be laughed at by the people of the same dynasty!"
"Haha!" A smile bloomed on the old man's old face, revealing a mouthful of white and neat teeth, and said with a pleasant face: "General don't worry, the old man wrote a letter, and the general quickly sent someone from his cronies to Yingtianguan, and asked her to come forward and invite that person." After saying that, the old man twisted his beard lightly, arched his lips, and motioned for Mu Lei to send the cronie in the big tent.
Secretly went to invite, Mu Lei felt that this was a good idea, but when he thought of Yingbao, he had concerns in his heart, and asked, "Old man, Yingtianguan won't tell the Holy Lord, right?"
"Haha! But this person can only be invited by the Holy Lord and Yingtianguan!" The old man deliberately betrayed a relationship, seeing that Mu Lei's face became more and more anxious, he smiled and said: "The general can rest assured, I have already told her in the letter, she will never say anything to the Holy Lord." ”
Mu Lei was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly said to a young lieutenant in the room who was less than thirty years old: "You take two people, and quickly send this letter from the old gentleman to the Yingtian Mansion, and you must keep it secret and not let anyone know, go and return quickly! If the matter is done well, I will reward you, and if it is not done well, I will cut off your head!"
The little lieutenant was witty and liked by Mu Lei, although the big tent was big, he was busy with things just now, but Mu Lei and the old gentleman all listened to the words in their ears, knowing that this matter was not only related to the victory or defeat of the war, but also related to Mu Lei's reputation, so he said with a serious face: "Please rest assured, general, I will help you do it!"
"Okay!" Mu Lei patted the shoulder of the little captain, although the captain was not tall, he had thick eyebrows and big eyes, a good appearance, a plump and handsome man, and a witty person, the more he looked at it, the more he liked it, and said with a smile: "Go!"
Seeing the little lieutenant out of the big tent, Mu Lei was about to turn around and thank the old gentleman, when a soldier panted and broke into the big tent, nodded to the ground on one knee, and said breathlessly: "General, it's not good! zombies are coming to attack the camp again." ”
Mu Lei was shocked, and the successive failures made Mu Lei frightened of the zombie army, and forced his composure in front of the soldier, and hurriedly went out of the big tent to meet the enemy.
In the dark night, the fire was bright, and a large number of zombies were overwhelming, although the camp was surrounded by rolling wood and thunder stones, and the log fence was erected high, but it could not withstand the sharp teeth of the zombies, and a few clicks clicked, and a wooden fence fell to the ground.
The flying zombies swarmed up, and in an instant, the shouts and cries in the barracks were endless, and the sharp nails of the flying zombies cut the bellies of countless soldiers, and the red and green blood and water lay on the ground. The gnawing zombies that followed closely behind had no heads and no brains, and they bit people when they hugged them, and they gnawed away the people's brains in a moment. What's even more terrifying is that those dead corpses lying on the ground, once the blood runs dry, they stand up strangely with their mutilated bodies and become new zombies. And those zombie legions had no rules to follow, scurrying around the camp, and for a while there was a mess in Mulei's barracks.
"Don't panic, everyone, don't panic, listen to my orders!" Mu Lei saw that the formation was scattered, and drew his sword and shouted. Suddenly, a flying zombie sprang out from behind the camp and headed straight for the wooden mine.
"General be careful!"
The soldiers around Mu Lei hurriedly surrounded Mu Lei, and the flying zombie swept his arms and cut off the heads of the two soldiers from the necks, and there were still several skin connections between their heads and bodies, one drooping on the front chest, the other hanging on the back, and the blood gushing from the neck cavity, which was even terrifying.
Mu Lei hurriedly swung his sword to split, and a red light flashed, and the flying zombie broke in two. The black pants on the lower body fell off, revealing the pelvic bones and two thin legs like straw, flying in the air. The upper body still had attack power, and it became lighter and lighter, floating in the air and knocking down two more soldiers. Seeing his soldiers fall to the ground, Mu Lei hated and was angry, and took out several swords in a row, splitting the upper body into pieces, but saw the two dry thin legs and headless flies scurrying around, Mu Lei was about to raise his sword to split, the two thin legs knocked over the brazier that was burning on the iron pole, the brazier was filled with oil, and when it hit, the brazier was upside down, and a basin of burning oil was poured on the thin legs for two days, and the fire instantly burned brightly, illuminating the frightened faces around them. The fire rattled and rattled on the thin legs of those two days, and in a moment burned the two thin legs to ashes.
Mu Lei couldn't help but look at the soldiers around him, Mu Lei was overjoyed, and said in his mouth: "Hehe! "General, hurry up and withdraw! The soldiers can't stand it!"
The two generals ran to Mu Lei and reported in a panicked manner.
Mu Lei raised his eyes to watch, the barracks were full of fire, the soldiers were already in chaos, although he had a good plan this time, he was not prepared at this time, if he fell in love with the battle, the casualties would be bigger and bigger, and his soldiers not only could not come back from the dead, but became the enemy, so he waved the sword in his hand and said: "Withdraw!"
The sergeants also didn't care about pulling up the camp, fled in embarrassment, and this time withdrew for dozens of miles. Counting the number of people, the casualties of this battle were 50,000.