Chapter 120: The General
Since the Demon Venerable Weeping Crane was subdued by the Demon Seal, the Demon Sect was defeated and retreated under the attack of the Han Barbarian Alliance, and finally disappeared, and has never appeared since.
Of course, the four halls of the Demon Sect naturally fled separately, preparing to survive for a lifetime.
Xuanyin, white bones, withered leaves, yin cultivation, the descendants of the four halls are wandering around, although there are still many masters of cultivation among these descendants, but they have not dared to be born as a chaotic world.
It is rumored that Yin Xiu is hidden in the vast jungle of Qishan, living in a simple place, only accompanied by plants, trees, mountains and rivers. The dead leaves return to the misty jungle and breathe with the heavenly volcano.
And the white bones have been migrating north, and it is rumored that they even crossed the entire barbarian region, and then continued all the way north, stepping into the polar snowy region.
Speaking of this, Master Wuzen nodded slightly, and then sighed, I don't know if he was happy for the world, or sorry for the ending of the four halls of the Demon Sect.
"Then, what about the entrance to the hall? It's Xuanyin Hall, where did Xuanyin Hall go?"
Although Xu Chen didn't have the strength to get up, it was obvious that he was very interested in this story, clenching his hands tightly, the muscles of his whole body tensed, waiting for Wu Chan's final answer.
"Xuanyin?haha!"
Wu Chan smiled coldly, as if mocking with disdain, "Xuanyin's fate is not good, in fact, Xuanyin escaped with Yin Xiutang at the beginning, and the reason why this is so is because Yin Xiu and Xuanyin protect an important person together. ”
"The descendants of the Demon Venerable?"
Xu Chen interjected.
Wu Chan smiled slightly and nodded, "Yes, whether it is a god or a human or a demon, you must always let your blood flow, and every living being must work hard to live, this is instinct, and it is understandable." ”
Speaking of this, his eyes flickered slightly, and he sighed with emotion: "What's more, not all of the young masters of this Demon Venerable are the bloodlines of the Demon Sect. ”
In fact, the Demon Venerable Weeping Crane is not a real Demon Sect or a Demon Clan, he is an inconspicuous general of the Han people, and he was still serving the Han people at the beginning of the Han War.
However, in a siege battle of the barbarians, the army he led failed to complete the task, and after the barbarians captured the city, they began to kill and kill, commonly known as slaughtering the city.
Because, at this time, the general's remaining army was no more than a hundred people, and he lost the ability to fight, so he mixed in with the common people in order to protect himself, and the barbarian slaughter was on the one hand to avenge the general's previous hard resistance, and on the other hand, to eradicate the obstacles behind them.
After all, after the barbarian subcity was captured, they had to continue to move forward and continue to loot the materials of the Han people, and the barbarians would never leave so many people behind them, because so many civilians now seemed to be cowardly and powerless, and even greedy for life and afraid of death. However, it won't be long before one devil will be released, and that is hunger.
When the devil of real hunger is released, a bloodthirsty army will appear behind the barbarians, although they can be out of order, but they are enough to bury the barbarian army into the Central Plains.
At that time, according to the wheel of the barbarians, as long as it was a man and it was higher than the wheel, he was beheaded, without exception.
However, just as the barbarian army was wantonly killing, the reinforcements of the Han suddenly arrived and caught the barbarians by surprise, because the barbarians were all cavalry, and after losing a few hundred people, they quickly fled, ready to reorganize and attack again.
Many of the people of the city were saved, but the general who defended the city was directly tied up for not fighting and inaction.
Speaking of this, Xu Chen nodded slightly, and said softly: "Yes, he really deserves to be killed, after all, if it weren't for him, so many civilians wouldn't have died innocently." ”
"Huh!"
Wuchan sneered, but looked extremely bitter, "Yes, the people at that time also thought so, but whoever said that he should be killed, the world will only speculate on it, just one mouth, and say anything, because they are not in the position of a general, give a bone, even a mad dog can bark twice, those accusations are simply nonsense." ”
Xu Chen's eyebrows suddenly tightened, and he looked at Wuzen stupidly.
"Don't look at me like that, am I not right? Be sober!"
Wu Chan's face was filled with a layer of anger, "In a war like this, no one is not innocent, even if it is a general, what can he do? Without his previous battles, I am afraid that the people in the city would have been slaughtered a long time ago, do you really think that the surrender of the general can be exchanged for peace? The slaughter of the city is the habit of the barbarians, and it will not change because of any submission." In the end, he only had more than 100 people, and he had no combat effectiveness, so why couldn't he hide first? They all said that he was a general and received the favor of the emperor, but apart from the armor on his body, what was the difference between him and ordinary civilians?
"Ordinary people have been cultivating all year round, and have been cowardly for generations, and when the general resists the barbarians, they will only hide in their houses, trembling and waiting for victory, or waiting for the city to be destroyed, but has there ever been a person who bravely joined the army to relieve the urgent need of the general? No! Otherwise, how could there be more than 30,000 barbarians who could capture a city with a population of more than 100,000?"
"Who doesn't have fear, who doesn't fear death, why put all that fear on one person?"
This is a dignified word without Zen, and it does not look like the words of a monk at all.
At that time, the general was not directly executed, but was used in a more useful position, and he became a general again, but unfortunately he had only more than a thousand men under his command, and these people were all so-called deserters on the battlefield without exception.
The general went out again, but unfortunately, everyone knew that it was going to die, more than 1,000 people went to fight against 20,000 barbarian cavalry, this was just a different way of execution.
However, what the world did not expect at that time was that people were animals that could be shameful and courageous.
The general was equally sad and angry about the barbarians' massacre, and he was also extremely remorseful for not shedding the last drop of blood.
With deep guilt, the "death squad" led by the general eventually turned out to be a "death squad", infantry against cavalry, short knives against bows and arrows and spears, 1,000 against 20,000 people, but in the end it ended with the general's complete victory.
The general's men lost twelve of them, while the barbarians lost a record of more than 3,000 dead.
However, the imperial court's decree was that he and all his subordinates should die on the battlefield, and there was no other ending, even if he won the great battle, he must die.
In this way, the gates of the city were closed and the general was not allowed to enter the city, and from time to time bows and arrows and falling stones were fallen, and many people climbed the city wall to throw stones and insults themselves.
They still have courage against their own people.
Because there was no food, the general finally took the more than 1,000 people to hide in the vast jungle, and it was proposed that they could attack the city or join the barbarian army, but the general refused, and he only said, "We have done something wrong." ”
Since then, more than 1,000 people led by the general have become real outcasts, and the barbarians and Han Chinese have negotiated a truce for a month, with the aim of exterminating the remnants of the general in the jungle together.
The barbarians regarded the generals as enemies, and the Han people regarded these people as traitors.
However, neither side expected that the troops led by the general would become invincible, and the barbarians could not enter the jungle with a whole group of cavalry, so they lost almost half of their combat effectiveness, and the combat effectiveness of the Han people was even more conceivable.
Although for a period of time, the general's troops retreated again and again, but it was difficult to kill many people.
In fact, for the general, the real danger was starvation, and sure enough, in the end, the Han barbarian coalition army no longer entered the jungle, and it was blocked on the periphery, and the general's troops were to starve to death.
The general's troops were exhausted during the fierce attack, but without the attack, they trembled with fear, for he had no chance to plunder food.
Eventually, everyone went out to forage for food, and the food they were talking about was actually the rotting corpses lying in the jungle.
When they laughed and ate the flesh and blood of their own kind, they didn't say they were animals, but said, "Hehe, we're not fucking humans anymore." ”
As you can imagine, they are becoming more and more bloodthirsty, and even their eyes are slowly turning red and becoming terrifying.
However, the corpse is also limited, there will always be a day when it will be eaten, and the general can do nothing about it, because he is the only one who does not eat his own kind, and his body begins to slowly emaciate, and the emaciation is not in shape, and the emaciation is powerless.
That night, his mind began to blur, and his mouth began to make one last mutter, "Save these children, I'm afraid they'll kill each other tomorrow." ”
And in the dark, he seemed to hear a distant voice, "I can help you, but you need to risk your soul to me." ”
After pondering for a long time, the general said softly as he was dying: "Okay, as long as you don't let them starve again." ”
"Rest assured, they will never feel hungry again. ”
After saying that, the voice smiled slightly, and disappeared from then on.
"Who are you?"
"Are you leaving?"
"Haha, it's another dream, is this just the end for me?"
After saying that, the general's consciousness dissipated, and he thought that he was dead.
However, the next day, the mountains in the vast jungle began to shake, and the mountains and forests rose and fell, as if they were dancing the last dance, as if they were bidding farewell to the general.
An hour later, the top of the mountain burst open, and black-red magma erupted, flooding all the nearby jungles, and the magma fire burned for a full month.
In such a fire, no creature can come out alive, this is the common answer of the Han and the barbarians.
However, they were wrong, when the fire was extinguished, the volcano stopped erupting that day, when the magma cooled and solidified, more than a thousand black and bright war horses rushed out of the forest, and on each tall horse sat a warrior who was also completely black, they stared at red eyes without exception, they all held standard short knives in their hands, led by an ordinary person wearing rattan armor.
Yes, these more than a thousand, these thousand so-called traitors, they are no longer hungry, not that they have food, but that they no longer need food.
"Kill!"
These were the last words of the general.