Chapter 75: Frontier Barracks
At night, the braziers around the barracks in the border city were blazing. In the dark night, the neatly arranged camp tents shone through, passing through the passage in the middle of the barracks, and the Qingyang Empire's frontier protection flags were planted on both sides, guarded by a soldier a few meters. The tent at the end of the passage was a little abrupt, half a section higher than the others, and several thick ropes stretched and strengthened in all directions around the top posts, and the corners of the tent occasionally blew in the evening breeze, making a crackling sound.
"Report!"
A long voice came from outside the barracks, and several soldiers at the door brushed their spears to stop them.
One of them asked in a cold voice: "You are a city guard, why did you come to the border protection barracks at this point?"
"The centurion of the Lu League wants to bring a few people into the city, according to the regulations, the time has passed, and the living must report to General He when they enter the city" The person who came was the Taidong guard, and there was no need to report to the general for such a trivial matter on weekdays, but for some reason this is like a change of rules today, and the general wants to know about the big thing.
The guards have always been in the hands of Lord Taidong, and they don't live in the camp in front of them, although they have been here a few times, they have never been there.
This huge barracks is inhabited by soldiers who protect the frontier, and they have always cared about things in the city on weekdays, so why do they intervene now?
Taidong's guard pondered for a long time and said, "Can I go see the general?"
"Wait!"
A soldier at the door dropped two words and walked towards the depths of the barracks like the wind. The Taidong guard stood in the doorway, craned his neck to see what was going on inside. The soldier who stopped him turned sideways to block his view and said, "Wait, don't be foolish." ”
"Okay!" Taidong's guard shrank back, thinking to himself: This status of protecting the frontier and protecting the city is different, and you can't even look at it.
Outside the city gates at this moment
Mu Xiao and the others stood in the middle of the road, and a few mosquitoes flew in from time to time, trembling!
Syllable!
The sound of slapping mosquitoes broke the surprisingly quiet atmosphere for a while, Mu Xiao rubbed his fingers and shook it, looked at Taidong who was close in front of him and quipped: "The border city is so heavily defended that even mosquitoes can't fly in, and it is really a blessing for the people to have a fierce general like Lord Taidong to defend the city." ”
As soon as Mu Xiao said this, Tai Dong replied with a smile: "The border city is the fortress of the country, and this is also a helpless move, I hope you will wait for a while." ”
"I guess I won't be able to go to Niluo Street tonight," the black dragon looked at Yang Dajin and smiled.
At this moment, there was a dense sound of neat footsteps behind the city gate, and the gate slowly opened without Taidong's order, and the bright fire gate expanded with the crack in the door, illuminating the entire city gate. There were dozens of soldiers guarding the frontier with big swords, and at this time, they rushed like wolves and tigers, and Mu Xiao and the others were surrounded again.
In the firelight, a somewhat mellow soldier came out with a big sword. He looks like he's in his forties, and his greasy face is shaking with fat. He is Li Baiya, the deputy general of the border city, the second-in-command of the Xinjiang Barracks.
"General He has an order, Lu Meng and the others will take it back to the Xinjiang Protector Barracks first, and then deal with it when everything is clarified" Li Baiya gave an order, and all the soldiers set up Mu Xiao and others.
Yang Dajin was just about to resist, but Mu Xiao, who had already made up his mind, said lightly: "Since you are going to the barracks, everyone will be safe when they come." ”
"Hmph!" Although Yang Dajin was dissatisfied, he could only snort coldly when he remembered Mu Xiao's eyes before.
Lu Meng looked at the others with a guilty face, he didn't expect to be arrested by Li Baiya before he entered the city, it seems that in the past few days, Taidong, the commander of the thousand, is not easy to do. Otherwise, how could he be so stubborn because he was in friendship with him? Could there be something wrong in the barracks?
Taidong saw that Li Baiya and they had already gone away
muttered: "This Li Baiya is a bit abnormal" turned his head sideways and said to the guard who went to report just now: "Han Yu, take the two of you to secretly investigate and see what is going on." ”
"Yes, my lord," the guard nodded in response, and took the two of them to follow Li Baiya's group from afar.
The city gate was closed, the archers on the city wall were withdrawn, and Taidong looked in the direction of the frontier barracks, his expression becoming more and more solemn. He jumped down and swept towards the city, the surrounding soldiers were used to this Taidong Lord coming and going, after all, he was a sword powerhouse, and the height of this city tower was a matter of one step for him.
At this time, Mu Xiao and the others were brought into the barracks with Lu Meng, Li Baiya was a few meters away from them, and a group of people walked into the barracks under the firelight, and the soldiers on both sides were talking.
"What's going on?"
"I don't know"
"Today's sudden martial law, I'm afraid something big is going to happen. ”
“......"
Li Baiya glanced around as he walked, and suddenly shouted, "What are you all talking about?
For a while, the whole barracks was silent, only the sound of the brazier burning, and the footsteps of everyone, and the others retreated into the tent in silence.
Passing by the abrupt tent in the depths of the barracks, Lu Meng glanced at the tent curtain, just when a gust of wind passed, faintly visible through the gap, a man in armor in the tent was tied hand and foot tied to a large chair.
General He! Lu Meng trembled, retracted his gaze and did not dare to take another look. There were turbulent waves in his heart, and it seemed that Li Baiya had really rebelled. Seeing that the barracks cell was not far from the corner and entered, Lu Meng became more and more uneasy. Although the cells here are only used for temporary detention of soldiers who violate the rules or commit other minor crimes, there is no punishment in it. Once inside, it's not easy to get out.
The further you walked in, the more weird the atmosphere became, and at this time, there were more than a dozen soldiers beside him, and Li Baiya walked in front and grinned.
"Vice General Li, why did you bring us to the dungeon? Without General He's order, you don't have the right to do this!" Lu Meng paused and asked in a cold voice.
Li Baiya's round figure slowly turned, and the expression on his face became hideous: "General He, hahaha" He suddenly let out a sneer: "Lu Meng, you are his last henchman, when I clean you up, there is only General Li in this barracks." ”
Everyone was shocked, Li Baiya was going to rebel! Even the soldiers who were holding Mu Xiao were shocked. They also thought that Li Baiya was ordered by General He to go to the city gate to arrest Lu Meng, but they didn't know that Li Baiya planned all this.
Brush ......
The soldiers who were holding Mu Xiao and them let go of their hands almost at the same time, and a tall soldier stepped forward, looked at Li Baiya and said coldly: "Deputy General Li, we are all under the orders of General He, since tonight's matter is not General He's intention, forgive me for being unable to obey my orders, I will go to the camp to find the general." ”
The soldier turned around and was just about to leave, when Li Baiya let out a sneer: "General, do you people really think that if you follow him, you will be able to enjoy glory and wealth in this life? Let me tell you, the surnamed He has been stunned by me, and when he wakes up, this frontier protection camp is no longer in his hands." You people really insist on following him to death, and you don't want to eat and drink spicy food with me Li Baiya?"
"I'm telling you to drink pee!"
Yang Dajin's long sword, which was already on fire, came out of its sheath in anger and swept in front of Li Baiya at once.
"You're looking for death!" Li Baiya shouted backwards, and the big knife in his hand blocked Yang Dajin from slashing a sword.
Mu Xiao didn't care so much at this time, there was such a big commotion here, and it didn't take a while
The entire barracks had to be chaotic, and the barracks of nearly 10,000 people were in chaos, and it was no joke. shouted at Yang Dajin, who was fighting with Li Baiya: "Dajin, withdraw!"
Yang Dajin was also neat, and swept forward with a sword, retreating a few meters at the same time.
The sudden change overwhelmed the soldiers who were escorting a few people all the way. But what is certain is that Li Baiya is snatching military power, and as a soldier protecting the frontier, he switched to his lord without the will of the Qingyang royal family, which is rebellion. At the moment, it is absolutely impossible to cooperate with Li Baiya.
"Centurion of the Lu League, let's go to the general's tent first" A soldier said and turned around and ran towards the big tent, and the rest of the people followed, Li Baiya behind him with a black line on his face.
When Lu Meng and the others entered the camp, they were dumbfounded by the scene in front of them. More than a dozen people in the camp tent were lined up, unconscious, they were all generals below General He, a middle-aged man with his head hung down on a big chair, and his weak breathing came and went, Lu Meng and others screamed several times.
Before everyone could think about it, the sound of dense footsteps was coming towards the outside of the tent. Li Baiya had already appeared at the door of the tent at this time: "You can't run away, haha!"
"Li Baiya, what kind of intention do you have to poison the generals?" Lu Meng was furious at this time.
As soon as these words came out, all the soldiers who rushed to hear the sound outside were shocked, and they all thought that their leaders were discussing important matters in the military camp tent, but they were actually poisoned?
It is roughly divided into two parties, one is Li Baiya's people, and the other is the general's subordinates who have been poisoned. Seeing the chaotic barracks, although it was still in a state of confrontation and did not really move its swords, it was on the verge of attack.
Mu Xiao looked at Li Baiya, who was in the face of victory, and said: "Do you really think that you can stop a few of us with a mere Sword Venerable Realm?" I entered the barracks with you to see what your purpose was, and it was really because of ambition, putting the lives of the soldiers at risk, regardless of the safety of the people in the border city, and actually making a big show of seizing power here!"
Mu Xiao's voice became louder and louder, and the soldiers in the barracks could hear it clearly, but Li Baiya still looked shameless, looking at Mu Xiao and the others: "How do you know that you can escape from the palm of my hand?"
Brush ......
Li Baiya's four figures rushed out from behind the tent, and a strong aura suddenly swept in. Dressed in black and wearing a mask on his face, he fell beside Li Baiya without saying a word at this time.
"Kill them" Li Baiya ordered, and he retreated a few meters.
The four black-clothed powerhouses suddenly attacked Mu Xiao and the others, and the latter shouted coldly: "Black Dragon, clean up the surname Li." ”
In this case, you can't go back!
After Mu Xiao finished speaking, he volleyed into the air, swept over the heads of the four black-clothed people, and the Sanssouci Sword spun in his hand a few times and slashed downward, and the vast power suddenly exploded. The black-clothed powerhouse was shocked, but it was too late to retreat at this time.
boom
A loud bang suddenly exploded from among them, and the four of them shook to the side, looking at Mu Xiao who had landed at this time in horror. Originally, he thought that Mu Xiao was just a swordsman, but the sword that broke out just now had obviously surpassed the power of the swordsman.
Li Baiya fended off the black dragon's attack while keeping an eye on the battle on the other side. The black dragon had already entered the realm of Sword Venerable in the forest, and his speed at this time was much faster than before, and when Li Baiya was distracted, his body suddenly changed, and a palm slammed into his chest.
At the same time that Li Baiya was shocked back, the black dragon was shocked back a few steps, and he was secretly shocked in his heart, it seemed that his control over the power of the Sword Venerable was still too rusty. It was simply a thousand enemy injuries and eight hundred self-inflicted damage, and the aftermath of the power shook the black dragon himself.