The three of them walked into the tent. The two briefly explained how they invited Qiu Lichuan down the mountain. Originally, there was no need to report it, but because the matter of the Demon Bead was very important, Qiu Lichuan would definitely not give up easily, and Haibao had to tell the master all this.

Zhang Chengjian was silent for a while, and said, "So, half of the way the mountain lord Qiu went down the mountain to inquire about the whereabouts of the person called the sleepy worm?"

Haibao said: "Exactly. ”

Zhang Chengjian said: "All the people in Qingyang County have migrated away, and the county order has also been demoted to the people, and I don't know where to flee." Since the demon beast came, the people in the prison have all been filled with the army, and first ask people to check the roster of people in the general. Then someone was sent to investigate.

Saint Zuoyu said: "Master, I don't know how many troops there are in that imperial court, how many men and horses can be deployed?"

Zhang Chengjian said: "When I came, it was an army of 100,000, and now there are less than 30,000 left." King Yun's 30,000 reinforcements will arrive the day after tomorrow. ”

Haibao said: "These more than 70,000 troops were ambushed by demon beasts"

Haibao was worried, "What is the current situation?

Zhang Chengjian said: "I took the elite regiment to investigate carefully, and found that the behavior of these demon beasts was premeditated and planned, so there must be a leader." If you can subdue this demon king, then these demon beasts will be in chaos, and it will be much easier to destroy. The problem is, I don't know where this demon king is hiding, and how he commands these little demons. Therefore, at present, it is only possible to set up checkpoints in the front to prevent the demon beasts from moving forward, and set up checkpoints in the rear to block the people, and an order has been issued in the whole army to not allow the soldiers to act alone, especially at night, to avoid unnecessary casualties. ”

Haibao and Saint Zuo Yu didn't know anything about the current form, so they couldn't express their opinions.

There was silence.

Zhang Chengjian said: "You have just arrived, take a good rest first." In the past two days, the capable people invited by King Yun have almost arrived, and when the time comes, everyone will discuss it together, and maybe there will be a good way. There will definitely be a place where you will be needed, and it will be time for you to show your talents. You live in the tent next to you, and the soldiers of the elite regiment are near here. ”

At that moment, the two of them said goodbye to the master, and someone took them to their residence. That Saint Zuo Yugui was a prince and had a separate camp, while ordinary soldiers and members of the elite regiment were ten people in one tent. Originally, there were twenty people in the elite regiment, Haibao went to Lingshan, and the remaining nineteen people occupied two camp tents, and Haibao came, living with the members of the elite regiment and filling the vacancy of that one.

Hypertherm was the only one in the tent, and he didn't know where everyone else had gone. Haibao remembered Mo Xi and didn't know where he lived. I got up and walked out, trying to look for it, but as soon as I opened the tent door, a young man came over with a bare-chested towel on his shoulder, and there were still some droplets of water hanging on his strong muscles. The man was stunned when he saw Haibao, and then excitedly opened his arms and hugged him, shouting, "Haibao!"

After an exaggerated hug, Mo Xi punched Haibao in the shoulder and said, "You're back!"

Haibao said: "What are you doing here?"

Mo Xi said: "I have nothing to do in this barracks, I went out to play a little, sweated profusely, and took a bath, it was really happy!" ”

The two walked out of the tent, and Mo Xi said: "I heard that you went to Lingshan, this trip must be very exciting!"

Haibao immediately thought of the ancient wooden array, and briefly talked about the scene of his breakthrough into the ancient wooden array and the ancient wooden phantom array. He was not a person who could speak well, and when he experienced it, he felt that it was amazing and wonderful, but when he said it from his mouth, he felt dull and tasteless.

Mo Xi listened very carefully, and when he heard the important point, his hands were clenched, and his brows were tightly locked, as if he was breaking into the ancient wooden array.

After talking about what happened to him, Haibao asked, "I don't know what the situation is here, isn't it very pleasant to fight those demon beasts?"

Mo Xi said: "Don't mention it! I have fought twice in total, but I haven't seen a few in total." In the past two days, I stayed in the camp tent, and I didn't fight, I didn't train, and I was very bored!" "Those ordinary soldiers practice every day, but the elite regiment is under the direct leadership of the general, and they all have their own martial arts paths, and the general just lets them train freely, and they do not practice intensively like ordinary soldiers.

Haibao said: "Where are all those demon beasts? Why don't you go and have a good fight?"

Mo Xi said: "I just don't know where they are." It is said that they searched village by village, but there was no trace of those monsters during the day. At night, they take advantage of the unpreparedness and sneak attack. Sometimes only three or five came, sometimes dozens or hundreds. Although it was basically wiped out every time, there were still demon beasts at night, and it was said that the more than 70,000 troops in the imperial court were wiped out in this way, do you say this demon beast is very cunning?"

I see. No wonder the master said that those demon beasts were organized and premeditated, so it seems that there must be a demon king behind it.

Haibao said: "Isn't it possible to just sit and wait for them to come by themselves?"

Mo Xi said: "It turns out that when our Demon General comes, of course it can't." The general thought about it, and one night when those demon beasts came, he deliberately ordered us to leave some alive, and when they were defeated, we would secretly follow them to see where they went. And guess what?"

Haibao said: "Found their nest?"

Mo Xi said: "No, they retreated for four or five miles, and then collectively committed suicide by throwing themselves into the river! You said how ferocious this demon beast was, and he didn't even care about his own life." ”

Haibao said: "This is really incredible, is it really suicide?"

Mo Xi said: "At first, we were also suspicious, but then we waited until the corpses of those demon beasts floated up and salvaged to see that they were indeed dead." ”

Haibao said: "So, I don't know where those demon beasts are hiding?"

Mo Xi said: "Later, the general came up with another idea. He told us to make some clothes out of animal skins, and told us to put them on, and to dress up as wild beasts, and to take us out in the middle of the night to check them out. In one graveyard, we found the shadows of some monsters, and when we went to check, they disappeared again. At that time, the general was sure that these things must be hidden in the cemetery, but because it was dark at that time, he did not dare to rush in to search, so he waited in ambush around, once those demon beasts came out, we could fight with them, even if they didn't come out, when dawn, we could go in and search. ”

"I haven't seen any movement in the cemetery for a long time, but I don't know that a large group of demon beasts came behind me, four or five hundred, half-hidden in the wild grass at night, and are outflanking us. Luckily, we found out early and immediately set up a position to defend all directions around us. At this time, those demon beasts in the cemetery also came out, there were twenty or thirty of them, it turned out that they had discovered us just now, but they just hid and went to ask for reinforcements. Those brutes were very vicious, attacking us in front and back, but fortunately we were all specially trained, and if it were ordinary soldiers, I am afraid we would all die. The battle was fought very hard, and in the end all those demon beasts were wiped out, and we were all okay, only a few of us suffered some skin injuries. ”

Hypertherm breathed a sigh of relief.

"When the day came, we searched the graveyard and found that their burrows were actually in the tombs, and the exits were very hidden. With this experience, we went to the nearby graveyards to search one by one, and sure enough, there was a group of demon beasts hidden in each graveyard. In this way, about two or three thousand demon beasts were eliminated in one day. Later, the general sent people to find some residents who lived in this generation, and according to their descriptions, drew a map of the distribution of the cemeteries of this generation. ”

Haibao said: "This method is good, but there are countless graveyards, and we need to send more people to search separately." ”

Mo Xi said: "The problem is here. Later, the general sent out dozens of people, but few returned. Those monsters were too ferocious, and ordinary soldiers were no match for them at all. Risking the lives of many people for a small victory, the general couldn't bear it. Therefore, in the past two days, the general has just ordered us not to act rashly for now, and wait until we come up with a countermeasure. ”

Hypertherm remembered the pig monsters he had eliminated in Hawksbill Village a year ago when he had just escaped from prison, and his combat power was about the same as that of a normal soldier. Now it seems that these demon beasts are obviously much more powerful and intelligent than they were then. Is it because the overall combat power of the demon beasts has improved, or does it happen that the demon beasts they encountered in Mo Xi are more powerful than those there?