Chapter 36: Waiting for Death
Under the military order, the soldiers were slightly restless, but in the face of Guanlan's full of anger, how dare they say more, and soon follow the order to divide into two groups, more than 30 remnants of the army are stationed, and the other 180 people are prepared with the six ugly Guanlan, and immediately start to return under the banner of clearing the surroundings.
After three hours of non-stop marching, the team went around in a big circle, entered the mountains, rested for a while, and then began to trek between the mountains and rivers, and found another way to return.
The six uglies faintly smelled a sense of crisis in the air.
As the perception increases, the six ugly find that they seem to have some kind of strange intuition about the unknown, and the generation of a sense of crisis similar to this must predict the existence of extremely strong enemies ahead.
Sure enough, soon the six ugly encountered a moving enemy, this is a team of fat and ugly toad demons, all of them are comparable to calves, and the demon general in it is even more protruding belly and chest, full of pimples with a short knife on his waist, and a rich demonic aura straight to Xiao Han.
The eyes of the six uglies narrowed slightly, the overall strength of these toad demons surpassed the fifth order of the little demons, and they were not the opponents of the six uglies when they fought alone, but the formation of an army of monsters under such a number was not something that this Black Fire City soldier could bear.
It seems that the toad demon is not going to the Black Wind Mouth, but going straight to the territory of the human race, and the Black Fire City is near its route, as for whether it will be exterminated along the way, it is unknown.
He memorized the direction of the toad's march in his heart, took a detour, and quickly ran to another place......
After more than half an hour, the six ugly returned to the queue with a cold face, immediately adjusted the route of the queue, led by him, and began to turn back and forth in the mountains and wilderness, Guanlan came to the side of the six ugly in a few steps, walked side by side, and asked with a solemn face:
"Discovery?"
The voice of the six ugly was not loud and very soft, but it was very clear in Guanlan's ears: "There are at least four armies of insect demons in front, bees, honey ants, cantharids, and grasshoppers, all of which are directly taking the western realm, which is roughly the same as what we do." ”
Guanlan's face suddenly became extremely embarrassed, the rugged mountain road may be a dangerous place for the human race, but it may not be the case for monsters, let alone those insects, monsters and flies, if this kind of place is discovered and attacked, the half-travelers, even him and his entourage, may not be able to escape.
When Guanlan peeked at it, the six ugly faces were indifferent, just leading the people and horses in the mountains and fields to stop and go, or turn, or detour, and never met the demons, while the golden eyes continued to wander around, feeding back the latest news at any time.
The sky gradually brightened, and at that time, those tired soldiers finally got time to rest, and suddenly they all fell crooked on the grass on the road, snoring, thanks to the training of the six ugly some time ago, these soldiers are all survivors of the training, otherwise they would have been paralyzed on the side of the road.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the six ugly left alone again and went to explore the surroundings......
An hour later, the six ugly returned, rested with the soldiers for an hour, and marched again.
Such a long trip and short break, for two days, the whole team of soldiers continued to trek in this state, at the beginning of the day can still support, and on the second day, even Guanlan is a little struggling, only gritted his teeth and held on.
The soldiers who couldn't hold on began to fall sporadically, and then some people began to sneak away, willing to live in the wilderness and suffer the danger of jackals, tigers and leopards rather than continue.
"It doesn't matter. The next time you rest, you can make it clear that you will wait, if you don't want to leave, stay where you are, wait for us to return, and be willing to follow and continue to move forward. ”
"However, if they encounter the demon clan, they are afraid that they will not be spared!" Guanlan said with some relatives.
The six ugly smiled slightly, and looked at Guanlan with deep and indifferent eyes: "Then what do you think is the purpose of me bringing them?"
Guanlan was stunned for a moment, and then remembered the reason why the six ugly insisted on bringing the soldiers with him, and suddenly woke up, is this all what he planned from the beginning?
Soon arrived at the next resting place, Guanlan conveyed the meaning of the six ugly, and sure enough, dozens of people chose to stay, so Guanlan ordered them to set up a camp here, and left a large amount of grain and grass, which was enough and supplied.
When they hit the road again, there were only one hundred and thirty people left, and all of them were elites who had been in battle for a long time, or veterans who were familiar with the rules of the battlefield, and they all gritted their teeth and chose to follow behind the six ugly Guanlan and continue to move forward.
I thought that this would continue in the coming days, but what I never expected was that when the sun set, the six ugly began to announce their stationing, and told them that they would not continue to march tonight, but rest and recuperate, and they would continue tomorrow afternoon.
The soldiers were overjoyed, and immediately put yesterday's dissatisfaction with the six ugly behind, and praised their good deeds, and when the soldiers settled down, Guanlan found the six ugly in a hurry, and asked: "Why are you stationed here, it's hard to have no chasing soldiers?"
"Yes, the pursuers are far away, enough to rest for a day and reserve strength. The six ugly turned around and pointed into the distance: "Hurry in this direction, you can reach Black Fire City in half a day at most, so there is no need to rush to the road." ”
"But didn't you say that there are youkai who have roughly the same route as us, so you're not afraid to catch up tonight?"
The six ugly shook their heads and said bluntly: "This is for you, although there are demons on this road, they are not on the same road as me, so you don't need to worry about this festival." ”
Guanlan was stunned and said, "There are so many people who are left behind, why?"
"It is precisely because its demons are not on the same path as us, so they need to travel quickly, and if they are really on the same road, I am afraid that this verse will be saved. ”
"Why is this?" Guanlan didn't know what to do, and said straightforwardly: "What you want is that these soldiers are falling?"
A hint of hideousness flashed in the eyes of the six ugliness, and he smiled lightly: "Exactly! There are too few monsters going to Black Fire City, I'm afraid I can't attack them, so I can only try to lure as many monsters as possible, so that it can be done, without these fallen soldiers, where is the bait?"
"......" Guanlan was greatly shocked by what the six uglies said, and at this moment he finally understood what the six clowns planned, he planned to use these scattered soldiers as bait to lure the demon army to follow their tracks to the Black Fire City, launch an offensive, and then take advantage of the situation to kill the general and others.
For the sake of his own desires, he did not hesitate to drag the people of the city to death, such a mind is not only vicious, but also far-sighted, Guanlan is like a baby compared to it, and they are also Hou generals, but the depth of their minds is simply very different, and the gap is different.
The six ugly looked at Guanlan's shock in their eyes, and suddenly remembered their previous life, the family's desperate move in a year, and the pleasure of eradicating the enemy entirely, this feeling can still make him excited in this life, the world is brutal, why do you have to be kind?
Human life is cheap, why cherish it?
The six uglies have no guilt, they are also going to die, they are going to die in the defense of the pass, or they are dying in their own plans, is there a difference? Anyway, they are all the lives arranged by the Heavenly Dao, since this is the case, then why do you have to classify this, what is the reincarnation of cause and effect, retribution is unpleasant, the mistakes of the sky, and the human and demon bears it, so there is such a reason?
Phew! It's all those gods and Buddhas, and they make up nonsense, and living is the biggest truth!
After a night and a half days, the soldiers who had rested and recovered their physical strength finally began to march again, and the marching speed here was greatly slowed down, and the six ugly adjusted the speed according to the news transmitted by the golden eye, so that the demon army always remained behind him for about thirty miles, not far and not close, and lured them to come with a large amount of residual breath on the human race.
When they arrived at Black Fire City, the one hundred and thirty people behind them did not increase or decrease, and all of them returned to the city, but the leader of the team was not the six ugly Guanlan, but a Guanlan entourage, and officially told the second general:
"The demon clan is coming, the two generals let me lead the team to retreat, they are still resisting the enemy, I am afraid that something has happened, and please prepare for defense quickly, the demon clan is only attacking the city in an instant!"
Hearing this news, the second general was also shocked, all the troops in the Black Fire City now are only about 200 people, even if you add the more than 100 soldiers brought back by Sui Hu, it will not exceed 350 people, even if you add their 20 or so people with Sui Hu, they are still short of troops, and they are not the opponents of the demon clan.
"How many are the demon clans?" Before the general could make a sound, the Hou general asked for him: "Is there a number?"
"There are about 1,000 demon clans in two brigades, and there are more than 800 of them when the villain leaves, and when they arrive, they will be mentioned...... There should be about seven hundred, or less. ”
Hearing this, the second general and the others breathed a sigh of relief, although the wall of Black Fire City is not too high, it is still enough for the demon clan with a number of no more than a thousand, plus all kinds of equipment, it should be enough to temporarily recruit people from the displaced people in the city, and the situation is much better than imagined.
However, in order to stabilize the situation, the second general immediately sent his followers to investigate, find out the number of demon clans, so as to make appropriate responses, and at the same time mobilize manpower and began to arrange defensive preparations.
In this way, the disposition of the six ugly Guanlan has been ignored intentionally or unintentionally, not forgotten, but temporarily ignored, and since the two are still fighting monsters outside, life and death are unknown, there is no need to rush how to deal with it.
Even this attendant, the lieutenant general simply incorporated him into the team at random and did not do anything.
However......
The retinue sent by the second general never returned, and when the city wall announced that there were monsters coming, it was already two hours later, and when the second general climbed up to the top of the city and looked into the distance, a heart sank directly to the bottom - what seven or eight hundred demon clans appeared in front of them, but at least two thousand or more, four to five brigades of demon clans, appeared from four directions, surrounding the entire Black Fire City, and the water was impassable.
The second general was anxious and angry, and ordered someone to bring the Suihu, but the reply was that the Suihu had disappeared and was missing!
Looking back now, this Sui Hu's actions are indeed a bit strange, more than two thousand demon clans can be regarded as seven or eight hundred, which is almost equivalent to the strength of a division, so how could Sui Hu be wrong? Moreover, if the six ugly Guanlan is still fighting against the demon clan outside, how can he bring back more than 100 soldiers, this is obviously a huge flaw!
There is also his entourage who went to spy on him, but he did not return and disappeared for no reason!
All of this seems to be just to boost their confidence, so that they can stay in the city safely and not make any plans to escape!
A shadow gradually shrouded the second general's heart, and he clearly felt that in the darkness, a pair of pupils were staring at him, and the fierce light was revealed.