[Sword III] Seeking Wings

Before we knew it, the time was approaching, and the grain truck arrived at Fengyeze.

The Spike Army was actually not there.

Only the ruins and corpses piled up in the smoke filled the eyes, revealing how tragic the victory and defeat had been on this battlefield about an hour ago.

Most of the stronghold of the Evilman Valley at the foot of the mountain was bombed and collapsed, which is the trace of the god machine thunder.

——Obviously, although the two camps cooperated to help the Guandao area this time, the fighting that was going on in Maple Leaf Sawa Uchihara did not stop because of this.

It is estimated that Hao Qi on the mountain took advantage of the opportunity to go down the mountain to join forces with the wicked, and threw a few mines into the opponent's stronghold along the way.

"...then show the Wolf Fang Army the appearance of killing each other, so that they can believe that this battle can be won."

Seeing that there were actually no casualties in the villain's stronghold covered in rubble, Tang Xiaoyi was so sure.

"—But just blowing up our fortifications in a fake way, Haoqi, you guys are very good at playing?! Wait! We will definitely take over all your strongholds!"

She bared her teeth fiercely at the silhouette of Chi Xiao beside her, and then looked up to see the situation of the Haoqi stronghold on the mountain.

The building is barely intact, but the banner has fallen.On the commanding heights, only the gray flag of the Spike Army fluttered crookedly in the wind, unattended.

——The Spike Army seems to have taken this place not long ago, and then evacuated hastily. Not only did the battlefield not be cleaned, but many supplies were not taken away in time.

Tang Xiaoyi drove across the cluttered ground, looking back at the direction of Ziyuan Mountain from a height.

The main force of the Spike Army there was still pursuing arrogantly, without any sign of support from Maple Leaf Lake.

...So, where did the enemy troops evacuate from here?

She thought, stopped the grain truck, and the three of them went into the stronghold together.

***

Previously, most of the corpses of the Wolf Fang Army were on the mountain road. Tang Xiaoyi was still amazed at how masterful Cang Dae Jun Niang’s swindling plan was, how he could make the Wolf Fang Army think they had won a big victory without losing much of their own troops. He chased straight to death.

But now, she has to admit that there really is no wolf in the world who can be caught without giving up children.

——In the stronghold area, the corpses of the red and blue-clothed warriors and the gray-clothed Spikes overlapped layer upon layer. In some narrow rooms, the corpses almost filled the door frame.It has been a long time, but the blood on the ground is far from solidified because of too much. In the middle of the night, there is no moon, and there are still visible ripples in the pool of blood below the feet, as if waves from hell. Any trace of life is swallowed up.

——Obviously, the villains and Haoqi who stayed behind here joined forces in the end, and all of them died in battle to defend this last stronghold from Spike.

——The unprecedented victory of the Wolf Fang Army wiped out the "fraternal cannibalism", and the defenders of the stronghold, which was empty of troops, were convinced that the opponents outside had lost their positions and panicked. Only then did they let go and pursue Ziyuan Mountain.

With the sacrifice of more than a thousand people, the mobilization of nearly [-] troops against the enemy should be an excellent conspiracy.

but……

Tang Xiaoyi looked down at the corpse all the way.

Although she hasn't seen anyone she knows so far, her shoulders can't help but tremble.

Chi Xiao quickened two steps, and led her straight to the chief general's room.

In the room, behind many villains and heroic warriors who died protecting each other back to back, they found a small note on the ground.

It said: "The grain carts will take the official road and go to Luoyang quickly."

——Now that Maple Leaf Lake has fallen, the main force of the faction has withdrawn to Ziyuan Mountain in the distance. It is indeed the most reasonable way to send the grain trucks to the nearby Luoyang area, which is in the same fierce battle and almost cut off resources.

Under the note are the signatures of Cang's father and Jun's wife. They cannot be used as a sign to represent the road guide and tax payment certificate, but they can give the three people a reason to pass the customs with money.

And next to this note, there is another folded thin paper.

——The customs clearance certificate issued by the Shence Army, stamped with the seal of the general.

——It allows them to pass through all the checkpoints from Fenghua Valley to Luoyang smoothly without spending a penny.

The document is in the handwriting of a military lady, but it is extremely scribbled, and there are even bloody places in the ink stains dragging along the edges, which is obviously written hastily during the war.

But how is it possible?

The customs clearance seal belongs to the main general of the magic strategy who stationed troops behind the official road.How virtuous that army is, Tang Xiaoyi has already seen it personally, how could their general suddenly send the seal to the fierce battlefield, and help release it so cooperatively?

No matter how powerful Jun Niang and the others are, it is impossible for them to replace the master of magic tactics who commanded tens of thousands of people overnight, right?

Thinking of this, Tang Xiaoyi found another thing in the mess on the floor.

Army lady's red embroidered bag.A note was pasted on the seal, which said "unpack on March [-]th"—five days later.

It should be for her.

Tang Xiaoyi put it away, and gave Chi Xiao another blue embroidered bag of the same fabric style but in a different color in the corner.

"This should belong to Father Cang. It's a task for you." She saw the same words "Unpack on March [-]th" on it, and also saw an extra small red flower pinned to the note.

"Huh... I even rewarded you with a little red flower. What good things have you done along the way? Let me tell you about it." Feeling depressed, Tang Xiaoyi hurriedly picked a topic to ease it.

Chi Xiao didn't answer, but suddenly leaned against the wall as if he lost his strength.

"Hey, what's the matter?" Tang Xiaoyi was startled, and then thought that the bloody smell in the cramped place might be harmful to the weak, so he quickly grabbed his arm and led him out of the room.

The two met Modin who was waiting outside the door, went back to the grain cart, and drove towards the Luoyang official road on the back of the mountain.

***

After crossing the mountain peak and seeing the scene on the other side, Tang Xiaoyi almost exclaimed.

There are tens of thousands of Shence Army attacking, and they have driven all the Spike Army on the mountain to the flat ground below the mountain.

——It was the group of soldiers in the Shence Garrison camp that I saw this evening.

But now, when they rushed towards the enemy army fiercely, they didn't have the slightest bit of cowardice and laziness before, as if they had changed from head to toe.

——or rather, become less human.

With Tang Xiaoyi's eyesight, he could see the abnormal faces and eyes of those Shence soldiers.

It is the same as the furious mace seen in the checkpoint battlefield in the afternoon.

——Obviously, someone released that unknown poisonous gas in the Shence camp.

She could also hear these soldiers yelling in eerie voices, "Untouchable, dare you hit me? I'll kill you!" "... At the same time, they chased the obviously frightened Spike soldiers, and there were all sorts of messy attacks.

——It seems that the function of poisonous gas is not simply to make people violent, but to guide the original desire in people's hearts, so that it can be turned into attack power.

——And what she didn't know was that when the three of them drove away from the Shence camp earlier, Chi Xiao accidentally encountered a camp of civilian men who were forced by Shence to work as coolies. With such ruthlessness, why not fight the Spikes?" This is the reason why the aimless and berserk Divine Strategy Army attacked this place collectively.

"...I never expected that the customs clearance seal was brought in this way, and the crisis in Maple Leaf Lake would be resolved in this way."

Tang Xiaoyi pursed her lips in thought, and continued to look around.

Because Shence's attack had no rules, the number of corpses between them and Langya was almost five to one along the way. If more than 1 Spike soldiers died here, the main force of Shence's original over [-] would not be established.

In a pile of corpses, she also saw several generals of Shence, including the chief general with the seal.

——In this way, Jun Niang and the others can not only replace the gate guards, but also shuffle the entire Shence Army.

"...Daoist, according to your judgment, who poisoned the Shence camp?" Tang Xiaoyi asked after a moment of silence.

From the current point of view, she believes that this person, or the faction he belongs to, basically has the same position as them.

In the evening, the poisonous gas on the checkpoint battlefield should also be related to this person.The local violent mace soldiers who were aroused to kill would actually kill each other if left undisturbed, and the three had seen it many times with their own eyes.Presumably this person intends to wipe out the remnants of the enemy there.

"But this method...is too wicked, it's a crime." Thinking of this, Tang Xiaoyi muttered subconsciously.

——If it wasn't for Chi Xiao's purification that time, the villages and towns near the checkpoint would have become pollution restricted areas.

——And this time, the tens of thousands of civilians who were conscripted to build official roads next to the Shence military camp could no longer be spared.

As far as Tang Xiaoyi knew, Father Cang and Army Mother couldn't do such a thing.

The fact that they first planned to let the three of them pass the test with money, and then hastily used the seal of Shen Ce to write documents, also shows that Shen Ce came to rescue at this time, which was unexpected by them.

"...Hey, Taoist priest? I'm asking you something. Who do you think did this immoral thing?" Tang Xiaoyi leaned over and asked again after not hearing the answer for a while.

Chi Xiao still didn't answer.

He fell asleep.

***

Bypassing the weird "war" between Shence and Langya, the grain cart came to a barely clean flat land.Tang Xiaoyi decided to stop here overnight.

"Hey, wake up! You were on duty in the middle of the night!" She shook Chi Xiao's shoulder violently to wake him up.

"I'm not on duty, let me sleep. This place is safe, you and Modin can take turns." Chi Xiao glanced at her, closed his eyes and turned sideways.

"Just kidding, Modin has no martial arts or experience in the world, what kind of vigil should I use? I haven't closed my eyes for twenty hours, so I can't stay up all night tonight.

——On the other hand, you have already slept all afternoon, and just slept from Xu to midnight, isn't that enough?Even if your body hasn't fully recovered, you still have to work hard now, okay, hero? "

Tang Xiaoyi frowned, still tugging on Chi Xiao's sleeve reluctantly.

"No." Chi Xiao pulled back his sleeves and simply turned his back.

"...What's the matter with you?" Tang Xiaoyi's expression became serious when he heard the slight but strange weakness and irritability in his voice.

"...Are you really uncomfortable? Let me have a look." Seeing that his face was indeed a little pale, but his physical strength seemed to be fine, she wanted to check his wrist pulse to confirm, "I don't know medicine, but common sense Or—what are you doing?!"