The Necromancer of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 65 The Way to Become a Dead Corpse

Yuan Xu sat in the middle army with a ghost piano in front of him.

On the wall of Huai County, the battle flag fluttered, and the Cao army defending the city was ready to defend against the enemy.

Cao Jun drew his bow and set his arrows, aiming at the army of dead bodies outside the city.

The sound of the piano fluttered, and Yuan Xu played the ghost piano.

The army of standing still corpses moved forward. At first, their speed was very slow, but after taking twenty or thirty steps, they began to speed up.

Corpses swarmed towards the city wall, the scorched ground suddenly sank, and pieces of dead bodies fell into the deep pit.

Those who fell in first were about to climb to the ground, and those who followed behind smashed them down again.

The dead are different from the living.

When the living find danger, they will stop in time, but the dead will not.

They jump into the pit one after another, just like there is delicious food in the pit, whoever jumps slowly will not be able to eat...

On the top of the city, Guo Jia, who had been watching, saw the dead body falling into the pit, and immediately ordered: "Fire the rocket!"

Cao Jun, who was waiting in full battle, opened his bow and set up arrows, and released countless rockets towards the outside of the city.

The flaming arrows fell into the deep pit, and instantly ignited a raging fire.

The dead body that fell into the pit was burning with flames and was still climbing towards the ground.

The corpses following behind were not afraid of the fire, and jumped in one by one.

There were too many corpses, and although the pit was dug deep, it was eventually filled up.

Between the city wall and Yuan Xu's camp, a barrier of flames appeared.

Countless dead bodies passed through the fire and rushed towards the city wall.

Many corpses also burst into flames after passing through the barrier.

Outside Huai County, there were running fireballs everywhere.

The army of corpses rushed to the bottom of the city, and when they climbed to the top of the city, they slid down one after another.

Guo Jia explained to Cao Jun in advance that he also painted oil on the surface of the city wall.

Not only that, Cao Jun also piled up dry firewood splashed with oil under the city wall.

The burning dead body rushed forward and lit the dry wood. From Yuan Xu's perspective, the entire city wall seemed to be wrapped in flames.

The flames burned the murderous corpses, and billowing black smoke rose from the foot of the city wall.

Yuan Xu stopped playing the ghost piano, and looked at the looming city wall in the flames expressionlessly.

"My lord." Pang Tong, who was standing beside him, said, "If this continues, the city may not be able to be destroyed even if all the corpses are burned."

"It's only a matter of time before the city is broken." Yuan Xu replied, "It's just that Guo Fengxiao reminded the whole world how to deal with me this time."

"Or, I will lead the troops to attack the city." Gan Ning on the other side said: "The living are smarter than the dead after all, at least they know how to avoid the fire."

"Smart is smart, but also more fragile." Yuan Xu shook his head: "I can summon the dead bodies after they are burned, but the death of soldiers will bring far more troubles than that."

"Guo Fengxiao is playing with fire like this, when will he be able to attack the city?" Gan Ning was a little anxious.

"No rush." ​​Yuan Xu replied, "When the fire is always exhausted, our army of the dead is endless."

He didn't intend to let the Taiyuan army soldiers attack the city, so Gan Ning didn't say any more.

The flames burned, and the city was so hot that no one could stand it.

General Cao Jun poured cold water on his body, but he would be dried soon.

Buckets of cold water were sent to the city wall. Cao Jun poured water on his body while firing flaming arrows out of the city.

The siege lasted from sunrise to sunset.

Following a tune played by Yuan Xu, the army of the dead retreated one after another.

Flames were raging outside the city, and the retreating corpses retreated beyond the range of Cao Jun's arrows.

Many dead bodies were still burning with flames.

The soldiers of the Taiyuan Army fetched water and poured it on them.

The dead body, which was splashed with water in time, stood there blankly.

Those who failed to splash the water were burned to ashes in the fire and collapsed.

As night fell, the raging fire was still burning.

Looking at the Taiyuan army camp outside the city, Xiahou Dun said to Guo Jia: "The fire will always go out, and there are still many murderous corpses. If we don't do anything, the ditch will no longer be effective."

"What do you want to do?" Guo Jia replied, "As long as our people leave the city, Yuan Xianxin will immediately let the dead bodies pounce on them. The soldiers are already terrified. Who dares to go out with oil?"

"Then what should we do?" Xiahou Dun asked, "We can't just rely on the things at the foot of the city wall?"

"Order the soldiers to defend to the death." Guo Jia said: "How many days can we defend? As long as Yuan Xianxin is held back, the lord will have a chance to defeat Yuan Shao in Cangting. The Yuan family is defeated, what kind of disturbance will be caused by Yuan Xianxin alone? "

Xiahou Dun didn't say anything.

He didn't think the war in Cangting would have much impact on Huai County.

If Yuan Xu cared about the success or failure of the Yuan family, he would not rush to help Cangting, but instead ran to attack Huai County.

As the night darkened, the flames gradually died down.

The burning corpses had already turned into ashes, and some of them were still moving, but they had already turned into powder. Every time they moved, they would drop a lot of slag, and it was impossible to stand up again.

Xu Huang leaned against the battlements and fell asleep not long after.

After losing the Tianjing Pass, he had already had a deep fear of Yuan Xu.

Ever since Yuan Xu came outside the city, his spirit had been tense, and he couldn't bear the drowsiness, so he fell asleep leaning against the battlements.

As he was falling asleep, Xu Huang felt someone gently pushing him.

"Who!" He opened his eyes suddenly, and grabbed the weapon beside him.

"It's me." He heard Xiahou Dun's voice.

"Yuan Rang scared me." Xu Huang breathed a sigh of relief: "It's so late, don't rest, tomorrow morning, Yuan Xianxin will definitely attack the city."

"What I want to discuss with you is tomorrow morning." Xiahou Dun said, "We defend the city during the day, and we rely on the fire to stop the dead. Although we can throw some dry firewood and oil under the city, the trench will be of no use at all.

"Yuan Rang means..." Xu Huang vaguely understood what he was going to say.

"I'll go to the city." Xiahou Dun said, "No matter what, the trenches cannot be abandoned."

"Out of the city?" Xu Huang's eyes widened in surprise: "Although many dead bodies were burned, Yuan Xianxin brought many more..."

"I have two things to do when I leave the city." Xiahoudun interrupted him: "One is to restrain Yuan Xianxin so that he cannot drive the corpses to approach the ditch, and you need to take the opportunity to lead someone to pour oil into it for the next battle tomorrow. The second is to try to break into his barracks. Capture the thief first and capture the king. As long as you kill him, aren’t those dead bodies just for display?”

Xu Huang actually agrees with Xiahou Dun's statement.

The army of dead bodies was driven by Yuan Xu, as long as he was killed, the siege of Huai County would be over.

"Did you ask Feng Xiao?" Xu Huang asked.

"If you ask him, do you think he will agree?" Xiahou Dun said, "Only you and I know about this matter."

"It's too risky for Yuan Rang to do this." Xu Huang waved his hands again and again: "Feng Xiao is the general, I think we should ask him."

"Because he is the chief general, we both have to share his worries." Xiahou Dun asked, "Just say yes or no?"

Xu Huang hesitated for a moment, then asked, "How many people do you want to take out of the city?"

"Two hundred elite cavalry. Surprise the enemy camp. There are too many people, but it will get in the way."

(End of this chapter)