Tang Qi Tan

Chapter 506
On the second day after the Free Army arrived near the city of Lance, Jiang Tian had already led people to appear in the Ville River Valley southwest of Lance City.It's just that after entering the river valley, you can see that there are scattered corpses and suspected ship hull fragments scattered on both sides of the river bank more than ten meters wide.

And when the first reconnaissance team went westward to the interior of the valley for about several kilometers; as the terrain gradually rose, the air began to smell like rotten eggs, and there seemed to be no hot spring sulfur; It was mixed with another decadent smell that had been deposited for many years.

And the forest vegetation and vegetation seen along the way also showed signs of decay, dryness, and withering that were completely opposite to this season; at first it was just a little bit on the edge of the branches and leaves, but as the team continued to deepen, it began to appear. Large tracts withered and withered.

In the end, even the grass was completely dry and fallen from the bushes, and the big trees were only a few bare twisted branches; still stubbornly hearing in the smelly air.But once you press it with your hands, the inner bark, which has already been brittle and dead, will peel off in large pieces.

Here not only the singing of birds has disappeared, but even the singing of insects in the soil has disappeared; occasionally you can see roads from ancient times that have been maintained and repaired; dumped abandoned carriages and the wreckage of dead horses; It looks like it's been a long time.

Not only the carriages began to become brittle, but even the body of the draft horse was shriveled and withered; but according to the information provided by the local government, this abnormal area that suddenly appeared was only a dozen days ago.Even seven or eight days ago, some people escaped from it with scars all over their bodies.

It's just that this person was too seriously injured, and died quickly due to subsequent infection and unknown heat poisoning; it was just some mutterings before his death, mentioning words such as ancient battlefields and the recovery of the army of the dead.It also further proves the anomalous area deep in the valley.

In fact, during the celestial change that affected the entire continent hundreds of years ago, large and small anomalous areas were formed among the countries in the Western Continent; in a disguised form, traffic and communication were cut off, and some cities, cities The town and the territory of the vassals have thus become an isolated island besieged by aliens.

Under such circumstances, the Rose Dynasty, which originated from the descendants of King Altorford, was still on the rise, and its rule quickly collapsed.Due to the lack of supply and supply in the surrounding areas, a large number of non-agricultural people gathered in the capital; severe famine and plague even broke out in the city of Seine.

Then the corpses that could not be dealt with at all piled up like a mountain, which gave birth to many changes like ghosts walking in the night inside and outside the city; and the royal guard and the city defense army also suffered heavy losses under the exhausted coping; in the end, they could only be ordered to shrink their strength Guard the palace castle.

And let the citizens of most of the urban areas struggle to fend for themselves amidst famine, plague and the endless emergence of aliens; coupled with looting and looting in the middle of the crowd; during this period, a large number of tragedies that violated human relations occurred, It was also the predecessor of the Catacombs.

That is to say, the struggling city residents, in order to escape and hide from the persecution of aliens and others, dug many tunnels and holes under the city of Seine; Buried, or trapped and suffocated.

Therefore, when the victors were determined in the chaotic battles among the surviving princes in other provinces, and they led the army to break through many abnormal areas and arrive at the city of Seine; what they saw was a huge dead city with a population of only one or two.And the royal family who had long lost their hearts hiding in the castle also ushered in the end.

On the other hand, as the provinces enter the capital region, the northwest channel of the Seine River Basin/Paris-Gee Basin; the Ville Valley is also an ancient battlefield where wars broke out many times from ancient times to the present.It can be traced back to the Roman dictator Caesar's "Gallic Wars", which was ambushed here.

Then from Emperor Vespasian, to Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, and then to the era of Emperor Aurelian, the tribes in the Gaul area in the mountains continued to rebel and were suppressed; It broke out in the Weiler Valley, which was an important node of the ancient highway.

Later, when the Western Roman Empire began to crumble and die.The last provincial legion led by Sigrius, the last governor of Gaul, was also defeated in the nearby valley by the founder of the Frankish Kingdom, the great leader Clovis; thus establishing the first dynasty of the Frankish Kingdom.

Later, the founder of the Carolingian Dynasty, Pepin III and his brother Carloman had a civil war; King Charlemagne and his brother Carloman II had a battle of succession; many wars were fought inside and outside the Ville Valley.Waiting until the Frankish Kingdom collapsed, the Rose Dynasty rose from the wreckage.

When King Altorford marched into Paris, the last battle, the "Battle of the Crown", also took place in the Ville Valley; not to mention, the subsequent succession of the Lily Dynasty, the Acacia Dynasty and the White Iris Dynasty, as the provincial princes Officially entering the capital must go through the battle.

Therefore, in this river valley, the ruins of ancient battlefields for an unknown number of generations have actually been buried layer by layer.In the end, Jiang Tian's team reached the edge of the abnormal area.Even though it was midsummer, the temperature here was obviously several degrees lower, and even the wind that blew was chilling.

In addition to the large and cold shadows naturally formed by the steep mountain walls on both sides in this area, there are even thick and lingering clouds in the sky, which somewhat block the sun.Therefore, looking down from a height, one can faintly see the withered bones scattered on the ground, and it seems that armor and clothing are still left.

However, Jiang Tian did not take it lightly, following him waved his hand from a high place; the soldiers waiting for orders below did not hesitate to bring a small group of goats, and then whipped and stabbed their rears, bleating and screaming Chaotically drove into the general range covered by this cloud.

And as the flock of fleeing sheep gradually approached, the bones scattered on the rocks in the valley and on both sides of the road suddenly turned their heads with a soft clicking sound as if they had been stimulated by something; They got up one after another and picked up the knives and guns that were half buried in the soil.

Facing these intruding living creatures, they chased and slashed and threw them away; in a blink of an eye, these goats who couldn't dodge were bleating and screaming, were nailed to the ground, and then swarmed up and were rusted. Stained knives and axes intersected, killing and dismembering the bloody mess on the ground.

But there were also two goats that were far away. After being frightened, they ran around in a hurry, dodging the projected rusty weapons one after another, and fled towards the source in a panic.And these awakened and slaughtered corpses also hurriedly chased after them, but barely stopped at the edge of the cloudy sky.

It was as if there was a fuzzy boundary restricting and restricting them; facing the goats that were intercepted not far away, they remained indifferent.The next moment, he lowered the remaining weapon in his hand, turned around with a crackling sound, and returned to the original place, and threw himself or scattered on the ground again.

However, since the soldiers of the Freedom Army came, how could they easily let them go?The next moment, many fine iron chains were thrown out to trap the few corpses that were behind, and under the reverse drag of the horses, they were pulled out of the range covered by the cloud with lightning speed.

This time, it was like stabbing some kind of hornet's nest. Not only did the fallen corpses get up again, but many dirt bumps were raised on the ground, and more corpses emerged from the flying sand.It was almost a swarm of bees rushing to the edge of the cloud, and scrambling to throw their weapons.

Then, amidst the clanging noises, the soldiers of the Free Army who had been prepared for a long time used long shields and curved shields to deal most of the damage to the block; only a few fish that slipped through the net injured the towed The pack horse wailed loudly on the spot, and was immediately calmed down.

However, those skeletons that were entangled and struggling endlessly had also been dragged out into the sunlight beyond the cloudy clouds; in an instant, puffs of gray smoke rose up.Then it turned from pale blue-gray to pale, and the joints seemed to have lost traction and connection, brittle and cracked all over the place.

As for Jiang Tian, ​​who was overlooking from a high place, he could see something else.These resuscitated bones of suspected ancient soldiers not only possess a certain degree of reaction mechanism, as well as remaining speed and strength; they also know the simple tactics of dormancy, camouflage and group aggregation.

Jiang Tian even suspected that even if they were smashed with heavy weapons within the range of the cloud, there was even a chance that they would repair themselves; there might be a hidden hierarchy and order between them.Because Jiang Tian saw that the bones buried in the ground were obviously better than those exposed.

Not only are the limbs and torso thicker and more complete, but the armor and robes on the body are also kept more intact, no longer the wisps of shriveled skeletons; although the color is dark, the texture and texture can be vaguely seen, pieces of tattered robes and cloaks, Cloaks; less rust on weapons.

Therefore, Jiang Tian just raised his hand slightly, and caught one of the few armored beings among them, and threw it out of the range of the cloud in an instant, and violently threw it into the pile of rocks on the other side.However, the remnant armored skeleton suddenly struggled, and fled away with a loud bang.

However, driven and attracted by some inexplicable force, it hadn't been able to rush more than ten steps towards the cloud, before it knelt down under the sun again covered in ashes and smoke.As the smoke evaporated and disappeared, the rusty yellow and red remnants of the armor on his body were also scattered on the ground piece by piece.

Immediately, the mummy with gray beard and hair was exposed, and it seemed that the outline of the former life could still be vaguely seen; but the one who remained motionless seemed to be truly rested.Afterwards, a small pile of accessories was found from the mummified corpse with remnants of armor, and they were all collected and presented to Jiang Tian.

However, in the hunter team of the special service company, someone exclaimed in a low voice: "This seems to be the family emblem of the former Earl Alvin. However, the main branch of this family should be at the end of the previous Lily Dynasty. , completely extinct in the Battle of Bailu."

So under Jiang Tian's direct order, the soldiers of the Free Army who were present next began to conduct various extreme tests against the skeleton soldiers shrouded in the cloud.Constantly drive living things in, lure and inspire more Bone Rise from them, and then pull them out.

As a result, corpses of various ages and styles of clothing appeared in front of the soldiers of the Free Army one after another; from ancient Roman centurions wearing wolf hoods and muscular breastplates; to knights who fought against the royal power by local nobles nearly a hundred years ago In war, common winged helmets and mirror armor.

And as Jiang Tian used his own ability to cooperate with the repeated doll behavior of the soldiers of the Free Army, after luring and pulling out hundreds of corpses one after another; A little bit of lifeless bare ground was exposed.

During this period, the corpses, which were tossed and disturbed endlessly, even launched a brief countercharge beyond the range of the cloud; it seemed that they wanted to regain one of the corpses wearing a crowned helmet and ostrich feathers; The firearms projected head-on exploded into pieces.

Arms, thighs, ribs, etc. flew around and scattered all over the ground. Of the hundreds of corpses that were exposed to the sun and were covered in smoke, none of them could escape back.Therefore, not only was the ground cleared up, no matter how much the Free Army soldiers tried, no bones emerged from the ground.

However, Jiang Tian also discovered a problem that cannot be ignored in the continuous reciprocating probing and offensive experiments.It is a living creature that has been driven into the range covered by the cloud, but there is no difference over time, but after a long time or more times, it will start to lose hair and become weak.

The first few goats that were driven in were severely exhausted and emaciated; not only did large areas of fur fall off, but even obvious cracks appeared on the horns of their heads.It was as if there was some invisible existence that continuously absorbed their life and vitality.

Therefore, Jiang Tian finally gave up for the time being and continued to explore in depth; he released a large pile of cement prefabricated panels and other building components from the "Dimensional Bubble" module on the spot.The soldiers on the scene dug ditches and erected them, and then assembled them into a simple fortress.

A company that was nearby to observe and be on duty was left behind.The next step is to focus on solving the enemy who is now entrenched in the holy land of the kingdom/ancient city of Lance, resolutely resisting to the end.But they are not the old aristocrats or kingdom officials in the traditional sense, but the local clergy.

The leader has a lot of background. Among the five archbishops of the Kingdom Church system, the Northwest Archbishop is second only to the capital archbishop in status and rank; The highest church executive.

However, his original permanent residence of the diocese was in the capital of the Champagne province - the church in the city of Chalon; but amidst the continuous turmoil in the kingdom, he brought a group of clergy and a library of books and documents to the holy city Reims, and integrate local forces, beyond the Burgundian dynasty.

Now it is even declaring that the Freedom Army in the south is heresy, calling for a crusader jihad to fight against.

(End of this chapter)