books44 Chapter 394: Caution is unnecessary
Chapter 394: Caution is unnecessary
But Li Zhi thought about it carefully, the people accompanying him this time were all young people in their early twenties. The man in front of him was obviously in his forties or fifties.
"Who are you?!" Li Zhi asked vigilantly.
The man who was struggling to shovel dirt to put out the fire heard the captain's question and slowly turned his head to look at Li Zhi. Due to his old age, his movements seemed very slow.
"Captain, I'm Hu Ye, the person in charge of the parking lot." He spoke slowly and his voice was weak, like an old man.
"No, it's impossible. Hu Ye is only fifteen years old this year. You can't be him! Catch him!" Li Zhi listened to him and concluded that he was lying. He then ordered the team members around him to control the "Hu Ye" in front of them.
"Captain, captain, I really am Hu Ye." Hu Ye had no idea how terrible what was happening to him was.
"Hmph, Hu Ye is only fifteen years old. Look at you, even fifty years old is not enough. Tell me, did you set the fire? And who instructed you to do so?!" Li Zhi's voice was full of majesty.
Li Zhi was almost certain that the arsonist was the man pretending to be Hu Ye, and he questioned him more severely.
"You won't cry until you see the coffin, right? Come on, bring a bucket of water!"
Soon, someone brought a bucket of water and placed it in front of the "fake Hu Ye".
Hu Ye looked at his reflection in the water and was shocked.
The shadow in the water had wrinkles all over its face, like dry bark, and its eyes were droopy and lifeless.
Huye touched his face in disbelief, and it felt like he was touching a piece of dry cloth. He raised his hands in front of his eyes and was even more shocked.
How can he look only fifteen years old? Anyone seeing him would think he is a fifty-year-old man.
"This, what is going on..." Hu Ye looked at his old face, collapsed on the ground, and said helplessly.
Li Zhi was also stunned when he saw all this. Hu Ye's expression did not seem to be lying. But if he was Hu Ye, it would be incredible. How could he age dozens of years overnight?
Li Zhi was thinking, possible reasons flashed through his mind quickly, but they were all denied one by one.
He looked away from Hu Ye and suddenly realized that the other people around him were also aging rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"You, what happened to you?" Li Zhi was shocked, and his heart was full of doubts. Why is this happening...
The subordinates were completely confused as to why the big boss would say this. Until they saw the wrinkles quietly growing on each other's faces, they seemed to suddenly understand and began to caress their cheeks obsessively.
No one was spared, and everyone aged rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, but the flames not only did not go out, but became more and more intense.
"Hurry, get out of this sea of fire!" Touman led all the people he could gather and ran quickly out of the tent.
By linking the rapid aging of his men with the intensity of the fire, Touman seemed to have found the answer. This fire was fueled by human life!
It was so weird, what kind of fire was it that could absorb a person's vitality? Touman couldn't believe it, but the facts before him forced him to believe it.
If this continues, my army will be wiped out before the battle even begins. Who, who on earth, would use such a cruel method to kill me?
Allowing the army to age rapidly will not only seriously weaken its combat effectiveness, but will also affect the future of the entire tribe.
It must be Meng Tian! It must be Meng Tian!
He kept plundering the resources of the Central Plains, and the direct victims were the people of the Central Plains. Meng Tian was ordered to come and destroy him.
Thinking of this, Touman became more certain. Meng Tian, oh Meng Tian, you are so cruel to use such an unorthodox method!
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Zhang Liang was still standing on a tall building in the distance, watching all this coldly.
"Have you noticed it?" Zhang Liang's voice was low and he was talking to himself. "Unfortunately, you noticed it too late."
At this time, Wang Xin also arrived with the remaining troops, and what came into view was the Xiongnu camp that was about to be destroyed. The raging fire surrounded the entire Xiongnu camp. Wang Xin felt the crisis in the air and immediately stopped the troops from advancing, quietly observing not far from the Xiongnu.
Zhang Liang also noticed Wang Xin's troops and was about to signal them to stop, but Wang Xin had already stopped.
He still has some brains, Zhang Liang thought. Having guarded the border for so many years, he is indeed quite cunning. If it were any other general, he would have rushed in to clean up the mess long ago.
Wang Xin looked around and saw Zhang Liang on the top of a mountain not far away. His figure in white was particularly eye-catching in the dark night. He then looked at the blazing fire in the distance. The air wafting from there was full of the smell of death.
Wang Xin's impression of Zhang Liang changed.
Zhang Liang abandoned the original plan of night attack and adopted fire attack instead. This was indeed a brilliant move. In this dry season, fire attack was more lethal than night attack and caused less losses.
This young man's wisdom and means far exceeded his imagination.
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Touman's body was also aging rapidly, and he was having trouble breathing. He raised his hand and looked at his sagging skin. It turned out that this was what aging felt like.
This inexplicably burning evil fire actually uses human life as fuel and cannot be extinguished. One can only watch oneself grow old.
Zhang Liang saw that the fire had almost died down, so he retracted the Red Lotus Magic Flame. The Red Lotus seeds had been burned out, leaving only ashes.
The Red Lotus Demonic Flame gradually died down, and the aging of everyone also stopped. But even after it stopped, everyone was already old and frail, with hunched backs and wrinkled faces.
Wang Xin also witnessed the fire subside, and led his troops to approach the Xiongnu camp cautiously. However, when he got closer, he found that his caution was unnecessary.
Standing in front of the Hun camp, he saw a scene that he would never forget in his life.
Despite the fire, there was no sign of burning on the buildings in the camp, and there was no smell of burning in the air.
What was going on? Was the fire he saw just an illusion?
He rubbed his eyes hard, then opened his eyes wide and looked carefully again, but the scene in front of him had not changed at all.
Zhang Liang walked over to Wang Xin and together they looked at the Xiongnu camp ahead. He chuckled and said, "You are not mistaken, General Wang. Let's go. The Chanyu is waiting for us there."
After saying this, Zhang Liang went straight to the Xiongnu camp. He wanted to meet the Chanyu Touman. He wanted to bring the Xiongnu under his command and make them a powerful army.
Wang Xin followed Zhang Liang in. There was no young person in the Xiongnu camp, only weak old people lying on the ground.
The old men reached out to them for help, speaking gibberish.
"This..." Wang Xin was a little confused. Where did so many old people come from in the Huns' camp and why were they asking for help?
"They are just Hun soldiers." Zhang Liang looked at Wang Xin's confusion and said calmly.
What? Wang Xin looked at Zhang Liang with a look of disbelief.
Are these Xiongnu soldiers? Are you kidding me? Xiongnu soldiers are all brave and strong, how can these old men compare to them?