Chapter 1408 Carrion? God?

Dazhai, the coalition army of the southern border states and chieftains, was built on the hillside and stretched for tens of miles.

The place where the camp was set up was very close to the border town defended by the Dianzhou guards of the Xia Kingdom. Even in the camp, one could clearly see the movements of the soldiers of the Xia Kingdom on the opposite side of the city.

The reason for this arrangement is to lure the soldiers of the Dianzhou Guards out of the city to attack the camp.

After all, what the people behind the war in southern Xinjiang wanted was not siege, but war, fighting, and even death!

It doesn't matter whether the person who died was a native of Xia, a native here in southern Xinjiang, or a foreigner from Siam, Jiaozhi and other vassal states.

As long as they are killed in anger, despair, madness and other emotions, they are the delicacy that the mad god desires in the blood moon.

The power contained in its flesh and soul is exactly the nourishment that the group of mad gods in the blood moon long for.

In the southwest corner of the coalition camp, there is a small camp area, which is where Ashankui's soldiers are stationed.

Today, the soldiers of the Xia Kingdom guarding the city were uncharacteristically, not only did not go out of the city to fight, they did not even launch stone throws and bed crossbows in the city as usual, but launched a counterattack when the coalition army ants attacked the city.

But after repelling the coalition forces in Pancheng, there was no movement again.

This abnormal scene made the coalition army very surprised. They didn't understand what kind of medicine these Xia soldiers were selling in their gourds.

The leader of the coalition forces had no choice but to suspend the offensive after driving the coalition forces to climb the city several times and was repelled.

To be honest, they didn't care about the lives of ordinary soldiers, and they wished that more people would die so that they could better please the gods.

But they can't force the ordinary soldiers too much. If there is a mutiny, it would be bad to take their own lives.

Moreover, these dignitaries are also wondering whether Xia Guo's frontier army is uncharacteristically planning some kind of strategy? It must be adjusted and guarded, and someone should be sent to investigate.

Still the same sentence, although they want to set off killing and death, the one who is unwilling to die is themselves.

When Qin Shaoyou and the others rushed to Yonghua County, Mao Gui took a few confidants and took a shortcut to the coalition camp.

Just saw the soldiers under Ashankui, they withdrew and rested in the camp.

These soldiers had just fought a battle not long ago, and they looked embarrassed and dirty. Their bodies were either covered in blood, or covered in mud, and there were wounded people crying.

There were more than a thousand native soldiers sent by Ashankui to join the battle, but after the fighting in the past few days, only five or six hundred remained, and most of them were wounded.

The general leading the team was a dark-skinned man named Dong Yachang.

Seeing Mao Gui's arrival, he was somewhat surprised.

"Why are you here? But what order does the master have?"

No wonder Dong Yachang was surprised, A Shangkui sent people to deliver orders before, and they were all his trusted servants.

Although Mao Gui served as the general manager under A Shangkui, it was not his turn to send orders.

So Dong Yachang couldn't help guessing, could it be that Mao Gui did something to please A Shangkui and become his confidant?

At the same time, he couldn't help muttering, did Ashankui send Mao Gui to pass the order at this time, did he know that the troops suffered too many casualties and planned to let them withdraw?

Mao Gui got off the horse and took a girdle from the horse's back.

Turning his head and looking around, he saw that the camp wall was relatively simple, and there were other chieftain troops stationed beside him, so he could easily see the situation through the camp wall, so he said, "Go into the camp and talk."

Without any suspicion, Dong Yachang led Mao Gui into his military tent, and then asked, "What order does the master have? It's so mysterious. Do you want us to retreat?"

Mao Gui didn't speak, he just opened the bag in his hand, and took out a human head from it.

The facial features of this human head are distorted and deformed, appearing very abstract, like a patchwork monster.

But Dong Yachang is also used to fighting, he was not frightened by this weird head, but took a closer look, and after recognizing this head, his expression changed and he exclaimed:

"This... is this the master's head?!"

Immediately after, he raised his head, stared at Mao Gui with wide eyes, and asked, "Why did the master become like this? What happened at home?"

Only then did Mao Gui tell Dong Yachang what happened in Pingnanguan in detail.

Dong Yachang's expression changed several times, but he didn't say anything in a hurry.

After Mao Gui finished talking about the Pingnan Pass, he added persuasion:

"A Shangkui communicated with foreign enemies to make trouble, but he was poisoned by Gu poison and didn't know it. Under the influence of Gu poison, he turned into a monster and killed his family and relatives. It can be said that he deserves to die!

Now that Ashankui's family is dead, and Pingnan Pass has returned to the imperial court, the group of red-clothed envoys sent me to call you back, so that you should not continue to work for tigers and follow foreign enemies to rebel.

They said, as long as you return to Pingnan Pass now, you can forget about the past, after all, you were all bewitched by that traitor A Shangkui.

But if you persist in your obsession and go all the way to the dark, not only will you die, but your family members in Pingnan Pass will also be implicated!

Dong Yachang, you and I are close friends, that's why I asked the group of red-clothed emissaries to pass on orders to you, just because I was afraid that you would mess up and ruin the lives of yourself and your family.

Listen to me, Ashankui is dead, we don't need to risk our lives for a dead person.

And the group of red-clothed messengers also said that as long as you bring the person back, not only will they not pursue your crimes, but they will also protect you as an official.

Didn't A Shangkui make you an official of Qianzong? It was just A Shangkui's private seal, not to mention that the imperial court did not recognize it, nor did the chieftains of other families.

But the red-clothed emissary said, as long as you abandon the dark and turn to the bright, then you, an official of Qianzong, will be recognized by the court and become a real official of the court!

You know, even when A Shangkui was alive, he was just a chieftain of a thousand households. If you can become President Qian recognized by the court, you will be no worse than A Shangkui. "

There is still a big difference between chieftains of thousands of households and chieftains of thousands. Chieftains of thousands of households belong to the emperor of one side, who has great military and political power.

Born Mao Gui and Dong Yachang did not know this.

They only know that the imperial court will not pursue their crimes of accomplices, and that they are willing to change from 'temporary workers' to full-time workers, which is enough.

Dong Yachang was still hesitating after listening to Mao Gui's words, even if he heard that the red-clothed messenger would not pursue his past responsibilities, he did not express his opinion.

But after hearing Mao Gui say that he can continue to be the general manager, and he is an official official recognized by the court, he was finally moved and asked: "Can the words of those red-clothed envoys be counted?"

"Why can't they be counted? They are the son of the emperor's own army, acting on the emperor's orders, and have the power to seize life and death."

Mao Gui was a little anxious.

He has now joined the Red Clothes Emissary and received a total reward.

Whoever questioned the authority of the red-clothed emissary at this time is questioning the overall authenticity of his court.

This is something he would not allow anyway.

Mao Gui quickly escaped from the bosom of the "imperial decree" that Qin Shaoyou handed over to him, and showed it to Dong Yachang.

"They also gave me a written note."

Dong Yachang took a look. Like Mao Gui, he didn't know many words, but he still read it seriously, especially when he saw Mao Gui's precious face, he no longer doubted it, nodded and said: " After I go back, I will ask the red-clothed messenger to make a written statement!"

Now that he had made up his mind, Dong Yachang no longer hesitated, and immediately called his cronies and asked them to gather troops and prepare to return to Pingnan Pass.

At the same time, with some hesitation, he turned his head and asked Mao Gui: "Are we leaving like this? Do you want to inform the leader of the coalition army?"

When Mao Gui heard this, his expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly stopped him.

"You have always been smart, so why are you acting stupid now? The leader of the coalition army is a foreigner, how can he allow you to go? If you let him know that Ashankui is dead, even if he doesn't kill you to seize the soldiers, he will kill you next time." When the city is under siege, you are forced to fight for everything!"

Dong Yachang's face changed suddenly, because he knew that Mao Gui's words were not scaremongering, those people from other countries would really do that.

But Dong Yachang also had his own worries: "What if they become angry and send troops to Pingnan Pass?"

"They are busy dealing with the officers and soldiers of the Xia Dynasty now, and they have no time to deal with us. Even if they send troops, they are just a partial division. We can completely block them with the wall. When the reinforcements from the court arrive, the crisis will be solved. We can still be here In the process, if you show your loyalty and ability, you can't say that after the chaos in southern Xinjiang is settled, you can still win the official position of a general."

Dong Yachang was moved, and immediately changed his words: "Then just leave the camp and leave. If someone asks, just say that you have an order and go out to perform the task."

"now it's right."

Mao Gui let out a long sigh of relief and nodded repeatedly.

Dong Yachang quickly summoned the soldiers under his command, and only told several confidant generals that Ashankui was dead, and they wanted to rush back and surrender to the court.

But for ordinary soldiers, they only said that they were going out to perform missions, and they didn't even tell them where they were going, for fear of leaking the news.

And after they left the camp, they met someone who came to question them.

Dong Yachang only said that he was ordered to go out to perform a mission, and these people did not doubt it.

This is the current problem of the coalition forces.

Although they pushed out a leader, there are not many people who have the power and ability to take charge.

Dong Yachang said that he had obeyed the order, but even if someone suspected it, he had to go through a lot of tossing before he could receive a reply if he reported it to his superiors.

This is the case at this moment.

When the people who interrogated Dong Yachang received the stop order from above, Dong Yachang had already disappeared with hundreds of soldiers.

The news quickly spread to the ears of the coalition leader, which aroused a lot of anger, and he issued several orders to dispatch troops to hunt him down.

"Even if you can't get the person back, bring the body back to me!"

The leader of the coalition army is the king of Siam, but he speaks fluent Xia dialect. He only listens to the voice and ignores his appearance and attire, so he thinks it is a Xia countryman speaking.

After giving the order, when the wizards and generals left the big tent, the Siamese king turned his head and glanced at the other kings of the southern borderlands, as well as the big chieftains of Dianzhou and Cangwu, and said in a deep voice: "This matter reveals the truth. Weird, I think I need to report to the gods, what do you think?"

When they heard the word 'god', the rulers and chief chieftains of the Fanbang all trembled, showing a bit of fear.

However, they also knew that the retreat of the Pingnanguan soldiers was really weird. If they did not report to the gods, something would go wrong and affect the plans of the gods. All of them would have to die.

So no matter how frightened I was, I had no choice but to nod and agreed to the proposal of the King of Siam.

The Lord of Siam didn't talk nonsense anymore, got up and left the military tent, and ordered the guards outside to withdraw a hundred paces away.

After returning to the military tent, he, together with several other kings and chief chieftains, opened a sealed confidential box in the military tent, and lifted out a bronze beast statue of adult size from it.

This bronze beast statue was covered with all kinds of talismans, as well as silk and paper with mantras written on it.

These incantations include both Buddhism and Taoism in the Xia Kingdom, as well as witches and Gus in southern Xinjiang, and even some incantations and talismans of Fusang Onmyoji and Western Nestorianism.

Several kings and chieftains carefully placed the bronze beast statue on the table, and then formed a circle, stretching out their hands together, uncovered the talisman paper covering it, took out the dagger, and cut their own flesh. On the wrist, blood dripped on it.

A crackling sound immediately resounded in the military tent.

The cover on the back of the bronze beast statue opened itself like a mechanism, revealing a mass of carrion inside.

The carrion beat like a heart.

In the center, a human face emerged.

At the same time, the eyes of the Nine Heavens Demon Patriarch statue, which was carried by Qin Shaoyou in a bamboo basket, suddenly shone!