bookpub Chapter 112 Hanging corpses on the city wall as a warning
Chapter 112 Hanging corpses on the city wall as a warning
The army of Xuanling Kingdom.
Nangonghai's tent.
"Master, Luo Heng and the others haven't come back after going out for such a long time, is there any problem?" Tang Jing, the elder of Xuantianmen, said.
"What's the problem? Since Huo Yang wants to go to Tianyunzong, he will definitely choose to set off late at night. It is estimated that they have already completed their mission and are on their way back."
Since the head of the sect has said that there is no problem, the elders have nothing to worry about.
After leaving Nangonghai's tent, he went back to his place to rest.
According to the location given by Huo Yang, Yang Li led fifty men to find the corpses of the men in black, and brought them back when the sky just dawned.
then.
Yang Li asked people to move all the corpses to the city wall, tie them up one by one with ropes, and hang them vertically outside.
In the morning, almost an hour after the sun rose.
Nangong Hai, who was washing in the tent, seemed to be in a hurry when he heard General Zheng begging to see him at the door.
"come in."
"Master Nangong, something serious has happened."
"General Zheng, with my Xuantianmen here to help you guard, what big things can happen? Don't panic, speak slowly."
Nangong Hai was washing his face while listening to Zheng Yong's report.
When he heard that all the people sent out last night were killed.
Nangonghai threw down the facecloth and rushed out, heading straight to Xiran City two miles away.
Came to a location less than 100 meters away from Xiran City, and looked at the 24 corpses hanging on the city wall.
Nangong Hai was completely dumbfounded.
In the last battle in the extreme north, the factions suffered heavy losses.
Although the Xuantian Sect he led escaped in the end, most of the disciples above the Golden Core stage died in that battle.
In the past few years, he finally got a respite, the situation of the school has improved, and the number of disciples above the Jindan stage has increased a lot.
Unexpectedly, overnight, he lost another 22 Jindan stage disciples and two Nascent Soul stage disciples.
"How could this happen."
Nangong Hai had an unbelievable expression on his face.
Tang Jing and Chen Yukuan, two elders who received the news, also rushed over at this time.
The people hanging on the wall are all the disciples they have cultivated in the past few years, how can they not feel sad.
But the three of them couldn't figure it out.
Obviously they sent people to assassinate Huo Yang, why did their people die in the end.
You know, even for the masters of the transformation stage, it is not easy to kill 24 opponents with a golden core cultivation level or above at the same time.
How did Huo Yang do it?
In today's world, among all sects, only Yun Lan from Sky Cloud Sect and Xia Qi from Sky Star Valley have reached the Void Refinement stage.
But these two people are not in Xiran City at all now, so it must not be them.
"I don't care about the door. I will go to the city and kill Huo Yang to avenge our dead disciple." Tang Jing said viciously.
"Elder Tang, are you crazy? If you go in and kill Huo Yang now, won't you confirm our participation in the national war?" Nangong Hai said after calming down.
"Then what should we do, should we just let these disciples die in vain?"
"Of course not. Let's go back to Zheng Yong now and ask him to find a way to contact the spies in the city anyway, so that we may know how they were killed."
Although Zheng Yong is a general, the specific identity of Nangong Hai was sent to him by the monarch Xiao Ao before he came here.
Therefore, Zheng Yong did not dare to neglect what Nangong Hai ordered him to do.
After noon.
Xuanling Kingdom's spies lurking in Xiran City passed the collected news to Zheng Yong.
After reading the contents of the letter, Nangong Hai immediately rushed to the scene of the crime with the two elders to investigate the situation.
"Do you feel it? There seems to be a residual evil spirit in the air around here."
"Indeed." Elder Tang Jing replied.
Could it be that those disciples were not killed by Huo Yang, but by the Ming clan?
But the Hades have disappeared for a long time, and various sects have been scattered outside looking for their traces over the years.
If they want to hide their identities and wait for the opportunity, they should not dare to kill so blatantly.
If the two of them met by accident yesterday, and the Ming clan wanted to kill people to hide their identities, Nangong Hai would understand.
But what he couldn't figure out was, since it was to silence, why did they only kill the people from Xuantianmen, but let Huo Yang go, isn't it strange?
Nangong Hai kept shaking his head.
Can't figure it out, really can't figure it out.
"Master, do you think it is possible that Huo Yang colluded with the Mingzu?" Elder Chen guessed.
"This possibility is not impossible, but the probability is not high. Huo Yang was a disciple of the Sky Cloud Sect, and now he is the leader of the rebel army. If he really colluded with the Mingzu, even if we don't kill him, the Sky Cloud Sect And definitely won't keep him."
"How about we go to Tianyunzong to ask?" Tang Jing suggested.
Nangong Hai looked at Tang Jing and said, "Ever since we left them and fled in the extreme north last time, Xuantianmen has become the target of public criticism. Wouldn't it be asking for trouble if we went to Tianyunzong at this time?"
"Then don't care about it?"
"Take care, of course we have to. Not only do we have to investigate the ins and outs of the matter, but we also need to help Xuanling Kingdom regain its lost ground as soon as possible."
24 disciples died in the sect, how could Nangong Hai, as the master of the sect, not feel distressed.
But he knew that if he wanted to revive Xuantianmen, he had to win Xuanling Kingdom first.
Only by mastering the Xuanling Kingdom, obtaining the dragon veins, and accepting the inheritance of the Emperor, can he have the bargaining chip to fight against the various factions.
After returning to camp.
Nangonghai called Zheng Yong to the combat command shed and began to deploy the next siege plan.
Huo Yang hung the corpse on the city wall to warn Nangong Hai not to participate in the national war.
But the matter has come to this point, the Xuantianmen led by Nangonghai has no way to retreat.
"General Zheng, give orders immediately to let the soldiers rest well during the day and wait for my order at night. We will continue to attack the city and strive to capture Xiran City before dawn tomorrow."
"No problem, I will tell the lieutenant general to inform everyone immediately."
After Zheng Yong left, Nangonghai looked at the city of Xiran marked on the map.
Clenching his fists, he said viciously: "Huo Yang, even if the disciples in my sect were not killed by you, they all died because of you. Tonight, I will use your head to pay homage to their dead souls."
Huo Yang, who has been healing since he came back, has recovered a lot after a whole day of recuperation.
Although the spiritual power has not recovered much, it has not affected normal activities.
During dinner at night, Yang Li reported to him what happened during the day.
"It seems that your strategy has worked. For a whole day, there was no movement from the enemy's side."
"Don't take it lightly. Based on my understanding of Nangong Hai, he is definitely a person who is willing to let it go. Let everyone not relax these few nights and must maintain a high level of vigilance."
"Don't worry, Lao Huo, after fighting for so many years, I still understand the principle of being always prepared."