Chapter 314 The Land of Death
Aken and Green Wing followed the sound of the flute to the ancient city not far away, which is another cemetery, but different from what they met by the ancient river of the Qom River. The cemetery is very strange, and it is also next to a dry ancient river.
There are only dozens of ancient tombs in the cemetery, each of which is surrounded by a circular wooden pile in the middle. Outside, seven circles are formed by wooden piles more than a foot high and formed into several rays, which are in the shape of the sun.
An ancient woman sat in the cemetery with her back to them, as if she was playing the resentful reed flute.
The paper crane on the shoulder of the green wing unexpectedly flew up. Even when the paper crane fought from the army, it did not move. Now it seems to be like facing a big enemy...
"Who are you? Why did you attract us here?" Aken asked softly.
The woman did not look back, but the flute tuned slightly, but Aken and Green Wing immediately understood the answer. She was talking about her loneliness and hoped that someone would accompany her.
Aken turned his eyes and said, "You can leave here with us to seek a more colorful life than to stay here for thousands of years."
Green Wing looked at Aken doubtfully, but did not ask questions. He still stared intently at the woman in front of him in case of possible attacks.
The woman still expressed her meaning with the sound of the flute, saying that she could not leave (unable to leave) this place. I just hope someone can accompany her painful and lonely life.
The sound of the flute expressed its meaning as flexibly as language, which did not make them feel difficult to understand at all. I didn't feel any inconversion.
"If you leave us, we will only get a soulless body, and you are still lonely. But if you can find a way to leave with us, you will get a rich and vibrant life. Aken continued to whisper**.
The sound of the flute sank, obscure and hesitant, as if thinking about Aken's proposal...
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The ancient city of Loulan, the new moon is like a hook.
The bright moonlight shone thousands of miles of sand and the sea, and the dry sand sea, with a breath of death. Only the Tang sergeant with bright armor stood with a knife on the head of the ancient city, with flesh and blood.
In this dead country, this group of fresh lives is like bait in a pond.
A Tang soldier on duty suddenly found that there was some movement on the Gobi in the distance, as if those dead business corpses, slowly got up...
This Tang soldier thought he was too sleepy and dazzled. I rubbed my eyes hard and looked carefully. I was so shocked that my scalp was numb and my hair stood up!
Those mummified corpses have limped towards the ancient city!
Tang Bing was shocked and took down the horn at his waist. The sound of "woo-" and the dull voice made everyone wake up from their dreams! It even shocked the dead sand sea outside the city! On the dry land, countless piles of soil arched, as if there were countless dry tumors arched on the dry skin.
The dry tumor burst, and those skeletons and corpses in the sandstorm emerged from inside! More dry tumors in the distance are arched, ruptured and stacked layer by layer. Looking around, there is no end!
Zhang Fan stood at the head of the city and looked at the sea of mummies and skeletons in front of him, and his heart sank. Aken Green Wings, you should be all right!
More than 2,000 soldiers are in their positions, and 500 cavalry are also ready to go. Zhang Fan's defense skills have been opened, and the defense of the head of the city and the Tang army and armed merchants defending the gap between the north and south walls has increased!
Zhang Fan called the 100-person team as the leader of the lieutenant and ordered them to command the battle. I came to the pagoda in the east of the city and recited the Buddha's curse. Through the blessing of the pagoda, I painted the ancient city with a layer of golden Buddha light!
The ten-meter-high pagoda, a pillar of Buddha light soared into the sky, illuminated the night sky of the sand sea, and lit up the whole ancient city of Loulan! On the five-meter-high loess wall, the huge Sanskrit symbols lit up and swam, protecting the whole earth city.
The army of mummified skeletons outside the city also began to pour into the ancient city. In the sky, there began to be countless resentful souls, condensed black smoke clouds, and rushed down to the ancient city!
When the black resentment smoke came into contact with the golden Buddha light, those resentment immediately disappeared in the hiss. But more resentful souls rushed down and rushed into the city from the gap of Buddha's light defense.
The Tang army archer, under the order of the leading lieutenant, flew hundreds of sharp arrows into the air, but the sharp arrow passed through the resentment spirit, but the formation blessing and spiritual morale attached to the arrowhead still dispersed the resentment spirit!
The mummies and skeletons outside the city hit the wall of Loulan, and their bodies were immediately "squeaky!" by the golden moat light. Make a sound!
But these mummified corpses and skeletons seemed to have received some irresistible instructions. While sobbing and screaming, they struggled to climb to the city despite the damage of Buddha's light! However, many of them were burned into ashes by the Buddha's light and blown away by the wind before they climbed to the top of the city!
But more mummed skeletons surged up and climbed up desperately. Oh, they have long been dead. These mummified corpses and skeletons made the walls of the whole ancient city full without gaps! Look at the soldiers at the head of the city and feel numb!
The gap between the north and south walls is full of countless mummified skeletons trying to pour in! The soldiers guarding the gap collided with this group of immortal army in advance! The long gun stabbed from behind the shield can pierce three or four mummies in one shot. Those pierced mummified corpses were mentally damaged by the formation, turned into soot and dust, and dissipated!
But more skeletons came again! Tang soldiers struggled to carry these immortal monsters with shields and let them scatter them on the defensive formation! But the pressure on Tang Jun's hands is getting bigger and bigger!
The battle at the head of the city has also started tragically! Tang Jun slashed and killed these disgusting undead monsters! The defense of these mummified skeletons is not very high, and the weakening of the Buddha's light on the wall is even more fragile to an extreme!
When you are hit by a horizontal knife, you will become powder, but there are too many immortal monsters to kill!
Those armed business travelers were not very powerful when they saw these undead monsters, but also rushed up and cut them fiercely, fighting, and killed the first batch of mummified skeletons!
But it's not the warriors' turn to rest, and more undead monsters climbed up! The lieutenants of the Tang army had been on the battlefield for a long time and immediately let the reserve team rush up and replaced the previous group of Tang soldiers. However, those armed business travelers were murderous and refused to obey orders. The leading lieutenant was angry and had no choice but to let them go.
But the combat effectiveness of these civilian armed forces was not as good as that of the Tang army. They used up all their strength and soon could not support them. They retreated without waiting for the order. Tang Jun, the striker, has increased the pressure!
Even the defense line of some armed business brigades who retreated blindly collapsed for a moment, causing casualties of some businessmen. Fortunately, Lieutenant Tang, who commanded, immediately let the reserve team rush up and blocked the gap!
These mob are not enough to achieve success and have more than failure! The lieutenant of the Tang army immediately dispersed these armed business brigades and reassigned them to various Tang army ranks. Each five-person team of the Tang army was equipped with five or six armed business brigades. In this way, the discipline of these wuhes was greatly enhanced, and there were few Wulong incidents that were not allowed to be ordered. The combat effectiveness of urban defense has increased significantly!
The defense of the Tang army was based on the commander and formed a formation to assist in defense. It occupies a favorable terrain, and naturally it is invincible. However, although there is no formation to deal with, there are too many, and the tireless army is very tired for a long time. Those unreliable armed merchants gradually collapsed, but were dragged down the city by mummified skeletons and screamed to become one of them!
Defensive troops are starting to suffer casualties!
Zhang Fan's own soldiers were already ready. Seeing that the city was in a bitter battle, they immediately ordered the cavalry to attack!
The defenders of the South Gate opened a passage under an order. Those mummified skeletons that were pouring in immediately rushed in like a tide. But I didn't expect to hit a cavalry unit head-on!
Five cavalry, the wind rushed out of the gate and trampled the mummified skeleton that had just rushed in into powder. Just relying on the impact, they plunged into the undead army outside the city!
Outside the ancient city, a triangular arrow hits the ocean of undead monsters like a broken bamboo! There is no blood sprinkled, no limb remnants, only countless undead monsters are impacted into ashes and scattered!
Five hundred cavalry circled around the ancient city, and the pressure of the sergeants at the head of the city suddenly subsided. The ancient city is not big, with a side length of more than 300 meters. The cavalry bypassed and killed at a high speed, but those skeletons and zombies could not be killed!
When the horsepower was about to run out, the head of the city played a flag, and 500 cavalry rushed back and entered the city to rest. The boundless undead army surged up again, and the Tang army at the head of the city fell into a bitter battle again...
Some of the caravans that followed the Tang army were not businessmen, and some of them were also tortoise monks who went to the Tang Dynasty to communicate. At this time, they were also helping in the pagoda. Help Zhang Fan maintain the operation of the pagoda.
Zhang Fan got out of the pagoda and ordered the guarding Tang soldiers to guard them and climb to the top of the city to check the war. Countless mummified skeletons under the city were killed, but there was no decrease. Hesitant in my heart.
After careful observation, Zhang Fan nodded. It turned out that these undead monsters were not really killed, but after being attacked, they turned into dust, but after a short time, there was a raised mound on the ground, which emerged from it.
Zhang Fan recited the Buddha's mantra and controlled a skeleton. He saw this skeleton struggling in front of Zhang Fan, but it could not escape. After a while, he was turned into a flying ash by the Buddha. But Zhang Fan did not give up, and he still couldn't stop cursing.
I saw a transparent figure in the flying ash coming out and sighing and flying into the air...
This is what really transcends it! Zhang Fan knew that he could surpass the immortal monster. But how can you surpass these many resentful ghosts alone!
Zhang Fan sighed, took out the 'King Kong pestle', lit up the spiritual sword skill, cast a spell in his mouth, and swept away the immortal monster! The two light swords of King Kong pestle sprinkled a light and shadow on the head of the city. Those skeletons and mummies were turned into flying ash, and they were surpassed by Zhang Fan's spell!