Blue, Red and White Dark Abyss Cauldron

Chapter 112: Evil Spirits Make Trouble (1)

At night, the military camp suddenly became very lively. It turned out that the soldiers who had been out were returning to the camp.

Chu Xiaomu roughly estimated based on the number of tents that the Zhongjing Army had about 4,000 soldiers. However, most of them were out and had not returned, so there were about 1,300 to 1,400 soldiers in the camp.

The soldiers saw the unfamiliar faces of Chu Xiaomu and others and came to watch the fun. Zhang Hou smiled and soon became one of them.

At mealtime, someone led them to the tent where the meal was served, and each of them received a portion of mutton and two dry biscuits. The mutton had a faint smell of mutton, and the dry biscuits had a fragrance of round-leaf wheat straw. Everyone ate with relish and enjoyed themselves very much.

Yingdan ate only half of the mutton and dry biscuits before saying she was full and couldn't eat any more.

The leading soldier looked at him incredulously and said, "How can you think of joining the army when you only eat so little? How can you have the strength to defend the pass and kill the enemy?"

Yingdan hesitated and said, "No... I didn't... Oh, it's not what you think..."

Yang Dou took the rest of his food and ate it all in a few bites. Chu Xiaomu was quite worried when he first saw him not saying a word all day, but now he saw that he had a good appetite, even better than on Baihua Island, and finally felt relieved.

In the next few days, Chu Xiaomu, Yu Aqi and others had nothing to do every day. They just ate and slept. Their days were leisurely but extremely boring.

Lin Zhen, Zhang Hou and others agreed to go to the city to have a look, but when they arrived at the camp gate, they were stopped and not allowed to leave. The soldiers guarding the camp said that it was Li Zhongjun's order not to let them leave the camp. They had to return in disappointment, sighing at the blue sky.

Everyone can eat enough and sleep enough every day, and their bodies are becoming stronger day by day.

Seeing that Yang Dou ate a lot at every meal and was getting fatter day by day, Chu Xiaomu advised him to eat less. Yang Dou just nodded in agreement and continued to eat as much as he could. He changed his usual noisy personality and became submissive, stupid and silent.

Chu Xiaomu knew that he must be overly upset because of Huai Xiaomeng's death, and he couldn't help but feel worried.

One night, when everyone was sleeping, a horn suddenly sounded outside the tent, followed by a bustling crowd and the neighing of horses. A soldier ran to Li Qi's tent and reported to him loudly: "Central army, an evil spirit has entered the camp!"

Chu Xiaomu and the others were startled awake and hurriedly put on their clothes and went outside the tent.

Torches were lit everywhere outside the tent, but the strong wind blew at night, causing the flames to flicker.

The horses in the pen seemed to be disturbed by something and broke through the fence and fled in all directions in the camp.

The soldiers kept shouting, trying to catch the fleeing horses. Some soldiers were already wearing armor and holding guns, rushing to the racecourse. It seemed that the evil spirit was at the racecourse.

Li Qi, wearing a gray-white cloth robe and holding a long spear, walked out of the central army tent. Seeing a horse running by, he stretched out his left hand and grabbed the reins. Then he lightly tapped the ground with his right toe and climbed onto the horse's back. He asked a soldier beside him, "Where is the evil spirit?"

The soldier pointed at the racecourse and said, "Return to the central army. It seems that in the horse pen at the north end, I heard that the evil spirits are sucking the blood of horses and have injured more than a dozen horses."

Li Qi frowned slightly, turned his horse's head and galloped towards the northern horse pen.

When Chu Xiaomu and others heard that evil spirits had come into the military camp, they were very curious and followed the soldiers to see what those evil spirits looked like.

When he ran to the northern horse stable, he saw hundreds of soldiers surrounding one of the stables, shouting and yelling, as if they were confronting an evil spirit.

Chu Xiaomu and others couldn't see the situation inside the pen clearly, so they climbed up the fence of the stable to watch.

In the firelight, more than 20 military horses were seen lying in the stable, most of them motionless, obviously killed by the evil spirits. Some of them were still twitching and wailing in pain, and it was estimated that they would not be able to survive.

In the circle formed by the soldiers, there were three monsters with pointed heads and wide mouths, making strange noises and jumping around, occasionally waving their claws and pretending to attack the soldiers. However, many soldiers were holding spears, so these monsters did not dare to pounce on them.

Li Qi shouted, "Where did this evil spirit come from? How dare you cause trouble in my Bicheng?!" The sound was like ringing a large bronze bell.

The soldiers made way for them, and Li Qi rushed in on his horse, thrusting his spear at one of the monsters.

The monster was not afraid at all. It suddenly jumped more than ten feet high and pounced towards Li Qi, stretching out its sharp claws and grabbing his face.

Li Xi was riding his horse at full speed, and when he saw the monster rushing towards him, he pulled the reins lightly, and the horse stopped immediately and moved to the left, leaving the monster empty. This was a sudden move, the monster rushed quickly, and Li Xi also moved quickly. The soldiers were worried about the safety of their commander, and they almost broke into a cold sweat. They shouted and thrust their spears at the three monsters.

The three monsters leaped around in the crowd with great speed and strength. They swung their claws and kicked hard, knocking down several people in an instant.

The soldiers of Bicheng were all brave and did not retreat. Many of them were quick-witted and stabbed the monsters in the body. However, these monsters had thick skin and flesh, and although they suffered some injuries, they became even more ferocious.

Li Qi seized the opportunity, unleashed his Force, and stabbed one of them through with one shot.

The monster jumped a few times on the ground and then stopped moving. A pool of pus and blood flowed out of its wound, which was fishy and smelly.

Li Qi shouted loudly: "Zhongxun Camp, listen up and deploy the double goose battle formation!"

A large group of soldiers responded in unison: "Yes, sir!" Then they advanced and retreated. The soldiers who were originally crowded together in a mess were immediately divided into three layers neatly, with spears held straight in their hands, and surrounded the two monsters.

The remaining two monsters, seeing their companion's tragic death, bared their bloody fangs at the soldiers and made strange noises. Their eyes were as big as bells, emitting a green light in the darkness, and they stood on the ground with their two thick short legs half bent, like two hungry wolves squatting on the ground.

The soldiers shouted again, and the circle of guns tightened a few feet. The two monsters were pinned down by the dense array of spears and finally dared not move.

Li Qi shouted, "Where did this evil spirit come from? Why did it come to my Bicheng to cause trouble?!"

But the two monsters just opened their mouths and made strange noises, but they couldn't speak.

Li Qi thought that these monsters were just like the wild wolves and hyenas on the grassland, just more ferocious beasts, not spirits.

A soldier saw the monster's shape and recognized it, shouting, "General, this is a sheep-hoofed monster unique to Biyuan. We haven't seen it for more than ten years. I didn't expect it to appear again now. They like to suck the blood of animals and humans the most. They are very harmful. We must not leave any trace of this evil behind!"

Li Qi waved his hand, and the soldiers thrust out with their spears, killing the remaining two monsters.