Emperor’s Battlefield: I, Zhu Houzhao, like to push horizontally

Chapter 36 Eyes can also deceive.

quarter of an hour... two quarters of an hour...

In the blink of an eye, half an hour passed, and there was still no movement in the Skeleton Valley.

Zhu Houzhao took back his telescope, was silent for a moment, and said to the ordering soldier next to him: "Order the mortars to fire!"

"Yes!"

Unable to help but look at the direction of the valley again, the orderly soldier gritted his teeth and raised his hand in salute.

He knew that once the bombardment started, the small group of brothers who had just gone in would have no hope of coming back.

"Everything..."

The 105 howitzers could not be transported in, so the team's only artillery support was the 60 mortars.

Zhu Houzhao used the last quota and the original platoon guns in the army to form a mortar battalion, with a unified caliber of 60.

The reason why this caliber was fixed was because the artillery shells they brought in only had 60 shells.

A round of artillery shells roared out, carved out a path, and arced into the valley.

Rubbles flew, dust flew, and explosions followed.

Zhu Houzhao looked with a telescope, the doubts in his eyes getting deeper and deeper.

There were no bones flying around, and there was nothing else except stones and some broken weapons and armor.

This made Zhu Houzhao have some doubts in his heart.

According to Zhao Kuangyin, they killed many skeletons when they broke through. It was impossible for the bones to melt away in such a short period of time. How could there not be any bone fragments flying in such a fierce bombardment?

And more importantly, why are there only broken weapons and armor here? Where are the bodies of Zhao Kuangyin's soldiers who died in battle?
The more I thought about it, the more suspicious I became.

After the bombardment ended, Zhu Houzhao gritted his teeth and waved again.

"The second team, organize their equipment and start marching towards the valley."

"Wait a moment!"

Before the team could take action, Zhu Houzhao stopped them again and said to the commander of the mechanized infantry regiment next to him: "Give them a radio and turn on the communication."

Captain Jibu understood what Zhu Houzhao meant.

Zhu Houzhao planned to use the radio to communicate over short distances and conduct real-time communication.

Soon, the team entered the valley.

Zhu Houzhao raised his telescope and listened to the response on the radio.

"Report, we have arrived at the entrance of the valley. Except for broken weapons and broken armor, there are no skeletons found on the ground."

"Report, I have seen the inside of the valley and found the remains of Battalion Commander Chen and others."

"Send one person in first, and the others will cover outside."

Zhu Houzhao took the microphone and issued new orders.

"Yes!"

The captain of the second team responded to the microphone and nodded to the deputy captain standing next to him.

"Old Song, go and be careful!"

The vice-captain was a bearded man. He handed the submachine gun to the person next to him, pulled out the pistol from his waist, lay down in the rubble, and crawled forward slowly.

Everyone's vigilance was at its peak, and the team members raised their guns, aiming at any place where enemies might appear.

One meter, five meters, ten meters...

In a blink of an eye, the vice-captain climbed into the mouth of the valley and climbed to the deepest point among the rocks.

"Vice Captain Chen has entered the valley and no skeletons have been found."

"We have entered the valley, but there is still no news..."

"Bang bang bang..."

The radio station next to me kept ringing the squad leader's report.

But suddenly a burst of gunshots interrupted the report, and a muffled groan and chaotic sounds came from the other side.

As soon as Zhu Houzhao turned to look at the radio station, a rush of reports came from inside.

"Report, Captain Wang was killed in battle. He was killed by the deputy captain. He is still shooting at us. Please ask for instructions whether to kill him..."

"Your own people beat your own people?"

Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a moment, then an idea flashed in his mind and he understood something.

"Ignore him, withdraw!"

After picking up the transmitter and shouting, Zhu Houzhao stood up and jumped over the bunker under the stunned expressions of the people around him and walked towards the valley.

"Hurry... follow up!"

The commander of the mechanized infantry waved his hand and quickly led Zhu Houzhao's guard platoon to follow Zhu Houzhao and protect him as he headed towards the valley.

"Your Majesty, have you discovered anything?" The leader of the Jibu regiment who followed up asked the doubts in his heart.

He was also by the radio station during the whole process, and he also heard the content, but until now, he still hasn't figured out what's going on?

Why didn't the skeleton appear?

Why did the people sent there kill each other?

If it were a real army, this situation would not be an accident.

But they are different.

They are comrades who can entrust their lives to the people around them. They would rather die than harm the people around them. How could they kill each other?

Zhu Houzhao pointed to his eyes.

"I guess it's a mental effect that messes with their brains or makes them see things differently than we see them."

"In popular parlance, this is called ghost covering one's eyes."

"In terms of gods, demons and ghosts, this may be an illusory influence."

"In short, the skeletons that Uncle Zhao mentioned may not exist. Everything is an illusion he saw."

"And the skeletons they killed did not come out of the cave at all, but were their own people."

The leader of the machine team looked shocked.

There is even such a saying.

In fact, this is not to blame for his lack of knowledge.

As soldiers of the Imperial Space, they are born to fight from the moment they are born, and the knowledge instilled in their brains are also various combat techniques.

There is no understanding of such mysterious things until you have been promoted to a certain level.

Although he can learn in reality, he was promoted by Zhu Houzhao in less than half a month, so how could he have so much time to learn and understand.

"This kind of thing is very troublesome to explain. You can just learn more about it in the future."

"The battlefield of the emperor is not the battlefield of one clan. The enemies we encounter in the future will be even more bizarre. You officers must pay attention to this."

"In future wars, I can't always follow you. If you encounter various enemies, it's up to you to decide how to fight."

"A soldier only needs to learn how to kill the enemy and how to obey orders."

"But as a high-level commander, these are far from enough. If you want to keep defeating the enemy, you have to keep learning."

After saying a few words from the bottom of his heart, Zhu Houzhao quickly met the retreating team.

Glancing at the squad leader who was carried back, Zhu Houzhao sighed helplessly.

He was shot straight in the forehead and there was no way he could be saved.

Let the team members withdraw first, Zhu Houzhao, the leader of the mechanized infantry team, and others, under the leadership of a team member, cautiously approached the entrance of the valley.

"Kill, kill, kill...kill you skeletons..."

As soon as everyone arrived at the entrance of the valley, the deputy captain's roar rang out.

One of the guard soldiers wanted to stick his head out to take a look, but Zhu Houzhao stopped him with his hand.

Are you kidding? The other party still has a gun in his hand. Although he doesn't know if there are any bullets, he can't take the risk.

After judging the approximate location of the sound, Zhu Houzhao stretched out his hand, and the Tianjing Jade Cup appeared in his hand.

Zhu Houzhao slightly estimated the distance in his mind and threw it hard in the direction of the roar.

The heavenly essence jade cup, which exuded milky white light, drew an arc and disappeared above everyone's heads.

There was no sound of the cup falling, but the roaring stopped.

"I... what's wrong with me?"

"This is your Majesty's treasure!"

Doubts and surprises rang out.

"Why are you still standing there, why don't you come back."

After confirming that his soldiers had returned to normal, the mechanized infantry leader stuck his head out, looked at the bewildered deputy captain holding the Heavenly Essence Jade Cup, and started to curse.

The vice-captain, who was being scolded without knowing what was going on, did not dare to say a word and ran back holding a cup that exuded milky white light.

"Your Majesty."

Handing the cup to Zhu Houzhao with both hands, the vice-captain, who had many scars on his body, lowered his head in shame.

As a soldier, he actually asked you to come up to save me. This shame has been brought to my grandma’s house.

Zhu Houzhao didn't say anything. He patted the other party's waist and asked him to go back and rest first. Then he exposed his head, looked inside the valley, touched his chin and began to think.

Although it is certain that the influence of this illusion can be counteracted by using the Heavenly Essence Jade Cup, the unknown danger involved is still uncertain.

How did those corpses disappear?
If this question is unclear, then it is still difficult to get this treasure.

(End of this chapter)