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Chapter 167
Everyone agreed that the main purpose of this battle is to solve Liang Danhuo. As for An Lushan, it is beyond the scope of everyone's ability, but now, at least as far as the Exorcist Division knows, the heart demon is still from Never had a real chance to play.
In the past, there were monsters such as Snakes, Bear Monsters, Drinking Fortune and Liang Danhuo, collecting food for him, that is, paying tribute to the living or the dead. An Lu Mountain has never blatantly appeared on the battlefield, catching people with great fanfare. Li Jinglong also thought about this question-why did An Lushan not play?
There must be a reason, but they don't know the inside story. When Li Jinglong read the ancient documents in Luo Yang Exorcist Department, he got a certain possible explanation: Heavenly Tribulation. The changes of the unjust souls between the heaven and the earth, one death, one alive, the birth, death, transformation, transformation, and transformation of demons are all closely related to the pulse of heaven and earth.
Legend has it that monsters slaughtering wildly will lead to a fine from heaven, that is, thunder catastrophe. If they cannot survive thunder catastrophe, they will be wiped out. However, if Jiao wants to become a dragon, breaking through a certain restriction, it will also lead to heaven. Hao Prison used to be cautiously laid out in Chang'an, step by step, and that's why.
But no one has seen the robbery, and they don’t know what to do before they will cross the thunder pond, so Li Jinglong speculates from this, whether Hapri or An Lushan, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, they are constantly trying. Try not to touch a certain line.
This thread is: directly kill a large number of mortals.
As for the large number, neither the Exorcist nor the enemy, or even Di Renjie, can estimate an accurate figure. So Anshi united in a rebellion, used mortals to slaughter mortals, and then inhale hostility, it is always safe. In other words, if mortals can be killed, monsters will never be killed. If a monster can kill, An Lushan will never do it himself.
"Our goal is to force An Lushan." Li Jinglong analyzed for a long time, and finally said, "Get rid of Liang Danhuo and the army will withdraw to Tongguan. It is better for the rebels to withdraw to Luo Yang."
"What is Liang Danhuo's weakness?" Ashnajon looked at Ah Tai. Among the number of people, only Ah Tai has officially played against her. Moreover, this guy is really the most difficult to deal with. Paint the skin, and it will release the blood fog. Kill, kill, and still fly, even if it was never so difficult for Wu Qiyu back then.
"How was the blood pool broken back then?" Ah Tai suddenly remembered the past. In the war to subdue Wu Qiyu, neither Qiong nor Lu Xu participated in it.
Li Jinglong suddenly found a strange connection between the two. Could the blood pool created by Wu Qiyu be related to Liang Danhuo? What is happening right now seems to have become an invisible giant web, intricate and interrelated.
"Five-color light," Li Jinglong replied, "Later, it was broken by heart."
"When it bloomed into blood mist, she was hidden in the mist." Lu Xu said, "If you can see her body, the magic weapon may be a fatal blow to her."
"I hope Zhao Zilong can bring back useful news." Li Jinglong said helplessly, "That's it."
Li Jinglong always wanted to wait for the night to come so that Lu Xu could take him to the north of Saibei, but Gao Xianzhi ordered a hurried march. If they did not keep up, they would soon fall behind. In addition, Li Jinglong still hadn't recovered, and riding speed was already behind.
"Heart lamp can get rid of it." Lu Xu said.
In the dark night, after a short rest, the large army set out again.
"Yes." Li Jinglong was very tired. He marched for days, making his whole body pain unbearable, and lack of sleep made him feel irritable. Lu Xu rides the horse, keeps up with Ah Tai, and protects him from left to right.
Lu Xu suddenly said: "The light of the heart is still in your body, Jinglong."
Li Jinglong smiled bitterly, "Lu Xu, don't comfort me anymore."
Lu Xu suddenly said, "Why don't you believe it? Is it because your heart is shaken?"
In the Exorcist Division, only Lu Xu knew what was hidden in Li Jinglong's heart. Ah Tai heard it in his ears but did not leave, but followed in silence.
"It's not that I didn't believe it." Li Jinglong said suddenly, "Even if I believe it now, what good is it for us to win the war? You tell me the heart light is still on my body, and I can't even pull the bow. Hold this Break the sword and rush to An Lushan to die. At that time, will the heart lamp come out to protect me?"
Lu Xu didn't say a word.
"I also hope that a miracle will happen." Li Jinglong said, "But in fact, every time I hope a miracle comes, it will never take care of me. Later I thought, I don't expect a miracle anymore, I can rely on myself. That's it?" He said with a wry smile: "But even if all the calculations are forgotten, after all, the most fatal blow will be encountered at the most critical time."
In the dark, there was only the sound of horses' hoofs, and Ashnajon suddenly said, "I'll go ahead and find the way."
Ashnajon went away. In the dark night, Ah Tai said slowly: "Speaking of the blood demon and the blood pool, I suddenly remembered something."
Li Jinglong was silent and did not answer, Ah Tai said again: "The people who were there when the heart lamp was first released are not here now, but I remember that afterwards, you all talked about it. When you got out of trouble, it all relied on your burst of power. ..."
Lu Xu had listened to Hongjun about it, but not in detail, and listened with bated breath.
"Yes." Li Jinglong said solemnly, "I think of it now, it seems like a world away."
He rode forward without rushing, looking into the dark distance, as if it was a road without a future, leading to boundless despair and abyss.
He remembered the reason for the sudden burst of light on that day, and he understood.
Hongjun was strangled by the monster at the back of his neck, a dagger was placed on his ears, and he sank into the pool of blood, helpless, watching the monster cut Hongjun's ears. Hongjun was extremely painful, tears in his eyes, as if he was begging for mercy, and as if calling his patron saint, recalling the emotions at that time, Li Jinglong only felt that there was a force erupting in his heart.
"I only have one thought." Li Jinglong said, "I don't hesitate to protect him, even if he is broken."
Lu Xu hesitated: "Then... after letting him come back, his ears will be cut again?"
"Can this be the same?" Li Jinglong couldn't bear it.
Ah Tai said: "One night, Trandot told me that she guessed the reason why the heart light no longer appeared..."
Li Jinglong couldn't help thinking about the moment in the blood pool. When Hongjun suffered in front of him, he finally awakened the light of his heart. But just before gaining this power, he seemed to have acquiesced to a certain fact in a few short breaths of lightning. That is, he has always been Hongjun's patron saint.
It seemed that fate had destined him to be a certain god, and the purpose of coming to the world was to protect Hongjun. However, they had never seen each other, and all their memories were sealed. When a certain scene appeared in front of him, the seal was finally completely broken, and the heart lamp became a part of his soul.
"...I understand." Li Jinglong replied.
The moment the heart lamp appears, it is born because of Hongjun; the moment the heart lamp disappears, it is also extinguished because of Hongjun.
Li Jinglong finally figured out at this moment, whether the heart lamp admits himself is no longer important. In fact, the heart lamp has never admitted him. This way of dispelling the dark light was born only because of Hongjun.
He needed him, so in an instant, the bright light burst out.
"The reason for losing my heart light is..." Li Jinglong said, "I think Hongjun may not need me anymore."
This is his most painful thing from beginning to end, and it is also his demon.
"How come?" Ah Tai said.
"How come?" Lu Xu replied.
Li Jinglong stopped and stared at the front in silence. Ah Tai said, "Get back to how you felt."
"It's difficult." Li Jinglong said, "You don't know me..."
"Because we are working hard in the future to make him become a demon and completely dissipate in this world?" Lu Xu said, "because of this, it is necessary to avoid all of this from happening, right? Big Wolf also said that, he You cannot suffer for the common people in this world. No one is born to have to do this."
Li Jinglong took a deep breath, and Ah Tai said: "You just have to think, if you can't summon a heart lamp anymore, Hongjun will have to give his life to die for us, that's enough."
Although Hongjun was not by his side, Li Jinglong remembered countless past events for an instant, and familiar emotions surged in his chest.
"Maybe he will hate me." Li Jinglong said, "but I still hope that he will live well."
Lu Xu and Ah Tai glanced at each other and did not answer again. Li Jinglong still rode his horse forward. After a long silence, the sound of rushing horses broke the long silent night.
Ashnajon hurried over with a torch in his hand and said, "I saw camping ahead!"
In the dark, the marching team had an unnoticeable riot. The two sides were bounded by the river. The An Lushan camp was actually nearly ten miles closer than the scouts were exploring!
The intelligence error caused the march to lose their first move. Fortunately, the rebels never found their tracks. Gao Xianzhi had issued an order in front of him. The whole army took an offensive formation. The forwards took a rest, and under the command of the sound of arrows, concentrated their attacks and set fire to the enemy camp. .
In the dark night when he couldn't see his fingers, the carp monster climbed up to the shore, shivering from the cold. It pulled a piece of square cloth around its head and looked around. It was just a few steps out of the way and was shocked, seeing the monsters. Camp.
Is the camp so close this time? ! The carp demon seemed to understand something, and came close to peep in between the tents. At that time, there was a huge tent in the middle of the camp, which was very tightly guarded, with guards patrolling everywhere. The account was brightly lit for a while.
"What is this? I haven't seen it last time." The carp demon said to himself.
The carp demon tried to get close to the tent. It retracted its feet and hands, lay on its side and moved it gently. It had just been raining in the spring. The ground was very wet, and the fish was covered with mud. It looked like the ground. In the dark night, the guards on the patrol didn't notice their feet.
So slowly, the carp demon approached the tent step by step, got to the edge of the tent, and squeezed in along the seam between the big tent and the ground. The scales of the fish were accidentally hung by the side of the tent, and two or three pieces were scraped off, and the pain almost cried out.
Liang Danhuo held an ancient wooden dagger in his hand and stood in front of a giant bird. The giant bird was covered with human skin, and the translucent skin was covered with flesh and blood.
Liang Danhuo's dagger was painted full of runes, and a green light appeared in the runes. She chanted the spell, and suddenly the giant bird lit up and moved with it. The carp demon instantly yelled in horror. After Liang Danhuo used the spell, he was actually exhausted. The naked body of the naked red flesh and blood also dried up, obviously consuming too much mana.
A monster came over immediately behind him and supported Liang Danhuo flatly. Liang Danhuo staggered, walked out of the tent, and said before leaving, "Keep here, don't let anyone in."
People can't come in, but it didn't say that demon can't come in, the carp demon thought. After Liang Danhuo left, there was no demon in the tent. The carp demon cautiously walked towards the giant bird and circled around it. Only the demon bird was covered with human skin, its wings half open, and the bird's head was extremely hideous. The bird bones are covered with human skin, like a huge leather kite.
The skin is also full of tattoo runes. Among them, several skin carp monsters recognize that they are the skins that Liang Danhuo has replaced before—it looks like some powerful monsters prepared by the rebels. If you can remove the skin on the wings If you puncture it, maybe it won't fly.
In the dark night, the Tang Army rustled, hiding in front of the woods, facing the stream. On the opposite side of the stream was the endless Shan County Plain, and on the plain was An Lushan's 50,000 garrison.
Gao Xianzhi ordered an ambush and prepared for a sneak attack. This time there were tens of thousands of people who came out and set fire to the camp. He might be caught off guard. But just across the stream, the camp was dark, and there was no bonfire. The big camp was like a monster that chose people to eat, and there was a whisper in the darkness.
"It shouldn't fail." Lu Xu whispered, "If all this fails, Tang Army should stop fighting."
In the months since Luo Yang retreated to the west, Tang Army has been defeated repeatedly, either surrendered or collapsed along the way. Lu Xu marched with Geshu Han before, and he had never seen such a useless army.
"No way." Li Jinglong frowned irritably, and replied, "They are all militiamen temporarily conscripted from the market. They don't even have the armor, and they can't compare with your frontier army."
"Hush." Ashnajon said from the river, "There is no ambush on the East Road."
"It's you." Li Jinglong said to Lu Xu.
Lu Xu was as light as a swallow, spread his arms and leaped towards the river. When he fell to the surface, Ashnajon threw a branch, which happened to fall under Lu Xu's feet. Lu Xu stepped on that branch and flew across the river.
"A reed crosses the river." Li Jinglong could hardly believe what he saw, and whispered, "It's a supernatural skill."
Lu Xu circled the plain on the other side of the river. He didn't dare to get too close to the enemy camp. He soon returned and said to Ashnajon, "Are you blind or stupid? So the eight monsters are not seen on the plain?"
"What monster?" Ashnajon looked blank.
In the darkness, the eight earth-swallowing beasts that swallowed human corpses in Luo Yang stood outside the barracks, lined up.
"How to fight this?" Ah Tai asked again.
"Are you brainless?" Li Jinglong couldn't bear it.
"This is to respect you! Long history!" Lu Xu said.
Li Jinglong suddenly forgot that there was this monster under An Lushan, but he didn't expect the restraint technique at the beginning. After thinking and thinking, he said, "Ah Tai blasted their mouths with a fireball. Lu Xu, you take one of them. Lead one by one to solve it. Joan, you go and inform General Feng that you will not attack the camp for the time being. We will talk about it when the enemy is resolved."
Ashnajon went to report the letter. Li Jinglong observed the other side for a long while, and suddenly said: "It's really not possible. If you can't beat it later, you can summon the dragon. What about the dragon scales for life?"
Ah Tai: "Mine is in Trandot's hands."
Lu Xu: "I gave it to Big Wolf. They went to the north."
Li Jinglong: "..."
There were no dragon scales on several people, Ah Tai suddenly remembered, and said, "There is a piece in Zhao Zilong."
"Who let it go to the enemy camp?" Li Jinglong said.
Lu Xu: "Isn't it you?"
Everyone looked at each other, the only life-saving dragon scale was actually on the carp monster, and the carp monster was sent out by Li Jinglong.
Ah Tai said, "There should be another slice in Joan, don't be nervous, hope he didn't hand it to Hongjun."
Li Jinglong: "..."