the enlightener says

"General!" Qin Ke, who came late, was covered in scarlet, and the Bodhisattva sword in his hand was still dripping with blood.

From the moment he entered the block, he killed more than [-] people all the way, before finally reaching here.

But he knew that he was too late after all.

After seeing Zhu Ran's figure, he ran all the way until Zhu Ran's side slowed down, as if the passage of Zhu Ran's life could be slower in this way. He held Zhu Ran's arm and threw down the Bodhisattva sword while flustered He pulled out the scarf from his arms, trying to block the blood on Zhu Ran's armor.

The handkerchief was given to him by Cai Yan, it was not big, and it only took a few breaths to change from the original white to bright red. Zhu Ran looked at Qin Ke calmly, without a trace of fear of death in his eyes.

"It's useless." The corners of Zhu Ran's mouth twitched slightly, there was a faint humming in his ears, and his breath became more and more disordered, "The lungs are broken... unless... I am a master of the master realm, or the Mohist." The chief physician is here to learn, otherwise...no one can save me."

Qin Ke bit his lips tightly, and murmured with great guilt: "I know a very good doctor, she is in Jianye City..."

"That little girl that Gongjin likes, right?" Zhu Ran smiled again, "She does have great potential. If she studies hard all her life, her achievements... will not be inferior to that master. It's a pity that she met Gongjin. The scourge, I am afraid that the future will be delayed in the future."

Qin Ke was speechless.

"Let me down, I still have a few words to tell you." Zhu Ran patted Qin Ke on the shoulder lightly, "Call the people from the school affairs office back, and chasing them now will not help, if there have been casualties Too much, but it’s not beautiful.”

Just now, when Qin Ke finally arrived, everyone in the school office saw Zhu Ran's appearance, and chased Gong Wu all the way like crazy, even the formation of those dead soldiers couldn't resist.

But when Zhu Ran said that, Qin Ke could only grit his teeth, and said to the detective captain guarding him: "Wu Guang, take my token and tell the general to let them come back, so don't chase them any more."

The detective captain known as Wu Guang nodded, took the token with both hands respectfully, stomped his feet suddenly, and chased after him like a gust of wind, and his figure quickly disappeared behind a residential house.

Zhu Ran finally sat down on the ground with great effort. He was no longer the tall and straight general with the constant loss of energy and blood. His face was pale, his lips were trembling uncontrollably, and his once fierce face was blurred by blood and sweat. angry look.

Qin Ke also half-kneeled in front of Zhu Ran, and said in a low voice: "General, I'm sorry, I'm late, I'm too incompetent..."

Speaking of the last few words, her voice was choked and weak.

"No." Zhu Ran leaned on his knife and said with a smile, "Anyone makes mistakes, just like today...I also made a big mistake, which is why I fell into such a death situation, but I didn't I don’t think I’m incompetent, at least I’ve survived until now, you’re here, and I still have enough time to explain things to you.”

"General, please tell me." Qin Ke said sadly.

"Three things." Zhu Ran nodded, and handed the bloody talisman to Qin Ke, "The first thing is, you have to hand it over to Fengxian for me. Now that the army is attacking the city, the army in the city must A strong general sits in charge, otherwise there will be chaos."

"...Okay." Qin Ke reached out to take the tiger talisman, and at the same time clenched Zhu Ran's trembling knuckles. Immediately felt the hot blood in his palm, felt the resolute and upright physique of this fierce tiger, and was in awe.

Holding it is like holding the entire Jingwu.

"I'll leave it to him." Qin Ke sighed slightly, his voice low.

Although Qin Ke never thought that Zhu Ran would entrust the tiger talisman to such a young Abu, but as his closest friend, he always believed that Abu's talent on the battlefield was not weaker than those veterans.

"The second thing. If you can catch up here, the school office must already know that Gao Cheng is the mastermind behind the scenes. So I will only talk about the most important thing. I thought the monster mentioned in the letter referred to Luo Fengchu. But now it seems that it may refer to the woman from the Gao family."

"Monster?" It was too late when Qin Ke came, so naturally he had no chance to meet that monster-like woman, but Zhu Ran said that this woman must be very important.

"That's a woman who is good at disguise. She can transform into someone else's appearance without any flaws. Most importantly, her illusion is so powerful that even I... have been tricked inadvertently." Zhu Ran's expression was a little bit Tired, her voice became softer, "If you meet her, don't say a word to her, don't make eye contact, just kill her with a sword."

How could a woman make Zhu Ran so afraid?Thinking of this, Qin Ke nodded slightly.

Seeing Qin Ke's response, Zhu Ran's expression finally relaxed a lot, but it was precisely because of this relaxation that his complexion quickly turned gray, almost a body drained of strength.

"The third thing is my private matter..." Zhu Ran smiled with some relief, and said, "When I was young, I received some advice from General Huang. I thought I would have a chance to repay my favor in the future, but now it seems that I can’t report it anymore, so I can only bless his descendants... You can take this knife with me for many years and give it to that kid Huang Yao. Although he is not as good as you in martial arts, he has an extra good weapon. On the battlefield, it can be regarded as one more treasure by your side.”

After Qin Ke listened quietly, a sense of sadness rose in his heart for some reason. He looked at Zhu Ran who had closed his eyes as if he was about to fall asleep and couldn't help but said: "General..."

After opening his mouth, he lowered his voice again, as if he was afraid of disturbing something: "General, I need to make arrangements for my relatives and family members. Do you have anything to say?"

Zhu Ran didn't open his eyes, but leaned on the handle of the knife, feeling the uncomfortable edges, and said tiredly: "As a member of the army, I have already realized something, and my family has rewards from the palace. , the family can live their lives in peace, and they don’t need others to worry about it. As for my sons... they are not generals. After I die, it doesn’t matter if they just eat and wait for death, or start a small business in Jianye, let them go.”

This is probably the biggest regret of a man who has been in the military for decades, but fortunately he is not without successors. At least in his opinion, those young, enthusiastic and proud students in the Imperial Academy are the old ones. It is a continuation of human beings, and there must be a day when it will shine.

"Qin Ke."

"Yes."

"Jing Wu's safety...is in your hands."

Qin Ke didn't continue to answer, because Zhu Ran had already died quietly. This experienced general walked through the final journey with a kind of courage and calm that ordinary people cannot possess.

The corners of Qin Ke's eyes were slightly wet, he stretched out a hand to wipe it, stood up and bowed vigorously to the end.

"General, let's go." Qin Ke clenched the tiger talisman in his hand, knowing that tonight, and after tonight, everything can only depend on themselves.

Chapter 781 Abandoned City

Under the pressure of dark clouds, the city of Jianye has already lost its usual peaceful atmosphere.

Countless living corpses are like ants densely climbing up the towering city wall, turning a blind eye to the falling feather arrows, just looking up with empty eyes.

The fire oil on the top of the city was poured down, which wetted their armor, and the sharply sharpened weapons became slightly shiny, but then flames fell from top to bottom, and in an instant, countless The living corpse hissed in pain.

Not to mention those recruits who have never seen such a terrifying scene, even those veterans who have experienced many battles and some even have gray temples have never seen it.

Back then, the Tang Kingdom went south to make a massive invasion, but they failed to penetrate within a hundred miles of Jianye City. Who would have thought that the heart of Jingwu would meet such an opponent and such a terrifying way of attacking the city?

The food stored in the city is still very sufficient, and every soldier carries dried meat and bread, as long as they are hungry, they can take out a few bites in a hurry, but kerosene is not a special item. Sprinkling again and again, the big tank is gradually bottoming out.

"Don't mess up! Keep rolling down the log!" Abu stood on the highest point of the city, his eyes were as sharp as a falcon, but both his body and the wooden pole of the eucalyptus were already covered with blood, which gradually rose up under the heat of the torches. A foul-smelling steam.

Within half an hour, two crenels at the top of the city were breached, and the strength of those living corpses was surprisingly great. Once they reached the top of the city, they would kill them all. Under the panic, the defenders at the top of the city were unable to resist.

Because of this, Abu led his people to charge and kill several times in a row, and finally killed all the living corpses at the top of the city, guarding the entire defense line of the north gate.

"Although I know their weaknesses, but..." Abu whispered to himself.

Flame is useless in melee combat, and the worm in the abdomen of the living corpse is far less fragile than imagined, and its hard appearance is almost comparable to Xuanwei's Xuanweizi of Wang Xuanwei.

What's even more disgusting is that as time goes by, these bugs seem to be constantly building nests in the abdomen. The filth they spit out is not only hard to penetrate with a knife or gun, but also expands the lower abdomen of the living corpse.

At a glance, these living corpses are as bloated and heavy as women who are six or seven months pregnant.

It's like... chrysalis?

Abu's body felt chilly, and it was hard to accept his speculation, but he thought it was possible, but if these things were really forming chrysalis, what kind of ugly things would fly out of such chrysalis?

In the palm of his hand, the tiger talisman he took from Qin Ke seemed to be heating up. He thought he already understood the weight of responsibility, but when he really took on the responsibility of the safety of this Jianye city, he was almost out of breath.

At this moment, he suddenly saw the top of the west city suddenly bright, like boiling flames spewing upwards, his heart sank immediately, and then the words of the orderly who ran over in a panic made his palms tremble even more.

"Report! In General Dong's department, suddenly a live corpse that was set on fire jumped up to the top of the city and crashed into a pile of kerosene, causing heavy casualties... The west... can't stop it!"

Unable to restrain himself, Abu yelled: "What is General Dong doing! I said that the kerosene should be kept far away and piled up separately. No matter how the living corpses can run, can they fly over the crowd with their wings?"

"Yes..." The messenger trembled in shock from Abu's roar, and said with some embarrassment, "It's General Dong who said that it's convenient to get closer..."

The messenger couldn't continue, he felt Abu's sharp gaze was like a steel knife, although it was not the first time he worked under Abu's command, it was the first time for such a majestic Abu.

Could it be that as long as it is an individual, once he holds power, will he become so tall and distant?

Abu was silent. In fact, from the moment he lost his temper, he realized that he was a little out of control. General Dong's problems were what he expected.

Although he has now taken over the Tiger Talisman and has become the supreme commander of the armed forces, in the eyes of the veterans, he is still that fledgling, fledgling Taixue student.

If Jing Wu hadn't reached a critical juncture at this moment, and the enemy was at hand, I'm afraid they would not easily obey orders.

As for those minor details, these veterans are confident that they have been in the army for many years, and they don't take his warning to heart.

"Abandon the city." Abu looked at the gradually dimming flames in the west, knowing that there might be chaos there, he opened his mouth and began to give orders.

"What?" The orderly thought he had heard wrong.

"Abandon the city!" Abu nodded heavily, as if to make sure that his decision was correct. He looked at the fierce fighting on the top of the city, and from time to time, living corpses climbed up the top of the city, enduring the slashing of several long knives , still madly rushing into the crowd, struggling for a while before really dying.

These bugs seem to be able to learn. If the fire hurt them like a cripple at the beginning, now as these bugs build nests and chrysalis one after another, the power of the flames has begun to weaken.

"The wounded soldiers in the city turned into living corpses, and the barracks were in chaos. The morale of our army has reached the bottom. Counting General Dong's troops, a total of five places have been lost. Since they can't be recaptured in one go, they will decline again and be exhausted. Difficult to garrison. These living corpses are unconscious and will not get tired, but we are human, after all, we cannot deal with such an offensive continuously."

Abu recalled every detail of his deduction with Zhu Ran on the sand table, and clenched his fists, "If you leave now, you still have time to regroup and deal with it with street fighting. If you don't leave now, once you are completely defeated, the enemy army Then they will drive straight into the palace with a destructive momentum, and then there will be no power to recover."

"Go!" Abu hissed to everyone at the top of the city, "After the Sixth Battalion ends with me, the others will retreat into the city first!"

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Jian Ye City, the military camp.

Huang Yao cut open the bloated belly of the living corpse with a single knife, and watched helplessly as a foul-smelling liquid flowed out of it, and then the worm, which had not yet formed but already had a certain shape, churned in his stomach and almost spit it out.

"Damn, what the hell is this thing?" Panting heavily, Huang Yao retreated into the formation, and only then had time to carefully observe the insect corpses that were about to be trampled to pieces by the infantry phalanx.

It looks like a butterfly, but it's the size of a human baby. Its face is a fusion of human features but it looks like a complete bug. The four pairs of tentacles have gray hairs. Just looking at it makes people feel disgusted. .

"The more I look at it, the more I want to kill all these things." Huang Yao sighed with emotion, and then gave another order. The entire phalanx held up its long hair, pressing forward like a tiger with its teeth and claws.

This barracks is the one with the worst disturbance of living corpses. Nearly a thousand wounded soldiers turned into such inhuman things in it. The incident happened at night, and the entire barracks was not psychologically prepared.

Days of defending the city made these soldiers extremely tired. Coupled with the deep night and thick black clouds, the entire barracks was like a boiled oil pan. Just pour a pot of water into it, and it would immediately boil and splash.

When Huang Yao realized that the "night terror" was happening, it was already too late, and the entire camp of more than [-] people was in chaos.

The soldiers in the inner circle were either eaten by the living corpses, or went crazy with fright, and ran out desperately, while the soldiers in the outer circle panicked and shouted everything.

Some people even yelled loudly, "The city is broken! The enemy is coming in!" Huang Yao just took a look at the man, and cut off the man's head with a knife.

"In the frontier army, a person like you is enough to die more than a dozen times." These were Huang Yao's last words to that head, and then he began to run around in the camp, looking for someone among the rebellious army. The various generals in the group, connected with the relatively calm personal guards, gradually controlled the situation step by step.

Now, nearly 3000 living corpses are oppressed step by step into the encirclement by the [-] people he led. Although these things don't know fear or pain, Huang Yao's side relies on the strict phalanx and strict discipline. It is the encirclement completed.

After the strangulation started, Huang Yao finally breathed a sigh of relief, looking at the already messy camp, and sighed.

He has learned how to use soldiers for many years, so he naturally knows that such chaotic soldiers are no longer useful. Even if this group of flustered and demoralized guys are thrown on the battlefield again, don't expect them to inspire any blood.

Their greatest possibility is to drop their helmets and armor under the fierce offensive of the enemy, or even hit their own people in turn.

"Perhaps if General Zhu is present..." Huang Yao didn't know that Zhu Ran had died yet, and Qin Ke didn't have the time and opportunity to send Zhu Ran's saber "Guo Wei" to Huang Hansheng's nephew.

The sound of the horn in the distance seemed very low, like a cry in the dark night, Huang Yao shook his shoulders, turned his gaze to the city, and said in disbelief: "Which method of warfare do you really want to use?"

But the horn sounded for a long time, and the rhythm and turning point in it had clearly conveyed the meaning. Huang Yao also had to believe that the defenders at the top of the city really began to retreat in an orderly manner, and planned to enter those houses to fight in the streets.

It seems that everyone's life is not going well.Huang Yao smiled self-deprecatingly, then his face immediately changed to a solemn look, and he shouted: "Hurry up, clean up these things within a quarter of an hour!"

Chapter 782 Street Fighting

On the battlefield, nothing is more important than time, and sometimes even just a moment can determine the outcome of a game.

Tonight's battle is destined to be a contest about time.

If the army camp in the city was not in chaos, even if tens of thousands of living corpses attacked the city together, they might not be able to cross the thick city wall. Qingzhou Ghost Riders are not good at attacking the city, even if they have twice the number, it will not help.

If Gao Changgong wanted to break through the city, he had to break into the city before the city's reorganization was completed, laying the foundation for victory. Speed ​​is the most important point of this offensive.

Sun Qing sat firmly on the horse, looked at the city that had been completely covered by the living corpses, stretched out his hand and tore off the cloak he was wearing.

The cool wind blew the cloak into the distance, and his black battle armor was completely exposed to the night. The ferocious tiger head stared deeply at his chest, accompanied by the flickering of the silver spear head, as if he would pounce out at any time.

Behind him, thousands of Qingzhou Ghost Riders stood quietly, and they were also waiting. Although they never really left the barracks these days, everyone had a premonition that a big battle was coming.

Until he was actually led onto the battlefield.

"Wait another quarter of an hour." Sun Qing looked at the distorted and potbellied living corpses, and his eyes showed disgust like other Qingzhou ghost riders. Although he really wanted to win, he still despised such a method.

It's just that since the battle has already started, no one can stay out of it anymore. In order to ensure that his troops will not be harmed by the group of living corpses who don't distinguish between enemies and friends, he can only wait for a while.

At that time, the gates of the city will be opened wide, and the ghost riders of Qingzhou will move like thunder, and they will directly tear apart the formation of the living corpses, seize the center of the city, and destroy the large formation in one fell swoop.

Compared with him and Qingzhou Ghost Rider, those county soldiers were not so lucky.

Gao Changgong always treated these non-directed troops as cannon fodder, even at the risk of being swallowed by living corpses, these people would be driven forward.

Until they exhausted the last drop of blood, they were turned into living corpses and got up to fight again.

Thinking of this, Sun Qing couldn't help recalling the eyes Zhang Mingqi looked at him before he died, the eyes mixed with anger, disdain, struggle, and pain, as if he was questioning him: "Jing Wu you want is like this Is it?"

"I don't know." Sun Qing lowered his head and said softly, even though he knew Zhang Mingqi couldn't hear him.

The black cloud became lower and lower, and tens of thousands of living corpses finally poured into this peaceful and peaceful city in the past.

Seeing that the tall city gate was finally opened by a few men in black who mixed in with the crowd of living corpses, and the phalanx of the county soldiers began to move forward, Sun Qing took a deep breath, and suddenly grabbed the flag in the hands of the lieutenant-general beside him. Charged towards the gate of the city.

Rumbling horseshoes sounded, billowing smoke and dust covered the city gate in an instant, and the living corpses in front of him were densely blocked in front of them like a black barrier. Sun Qing rode forward without hesitation, stabbing with a spear in one hand, He directly killed a road and stepped on it.

The following Qingzhou Ghost Riders also swung their weapons like him, killing the living corpses who tried to hurt them. In the rapid charge, each of their shots carried the power of running horses, which could directly penetrate the leather armor and penetrate deep into the lower abdomen.

But not every Qingzhou Ghost Rider can pass by so gracefully. As the group of living corpses began to notice a cavalry army rushing out from behind them, they also turned their heads and swarmed away.

Amid the painful hissing of horses, Sun Qing saw with his own eyes the three Qingzhou ghost riders being overturned by those crazy living corpses. The horses struggled, but were torn into pieces.

When Sun Qing finally saw a wide area ahead, at least thirty Qingzhou Ghost Riders disappeared into the queue.

He stared indifferently at the front, the hooves of the war horses were thundering like thunder, and nothing could block his way.