Chapter 48 Chapter 48: Soulless Night Run (20)

The centurion also felt the chill in Gu Yueyi's words, and he was also one of the people who witnessed it that night.He took a big gulp of the porridge, trying to drive away the chill with the warmth of the porridge.A few birdsongs were heard from a distance, slightly shrill, the centurion was taken aback for a moment, got up with the porridge bowl and walked to the battlement. "What?" Gu Yueyi walked behind him and asked. "General, look at the sky." The centurion pointed to the mid-air, staring intently at the birds circling in mid-air, "that bird is a night owl."

"Night owl?" "It's a kind of carrion bird. It's all black, and it screams like people crying. My family used to be a hunter and lived in the woods, but we accidentally shot this kind of bird and threw it away. eat." Gu Yueyi was silent for a moment, then nodded: "Eating dead people, right?" "Yes, so there are the most on the battlefield. This kind of bird seems to be able to sense where a big battle is going to happen, and will wait nearby. If there is a dead person, it will jump down and eat meat. Our locals say that it is the murderous and dead spirit that can call it. It must have been there before the war, and it can feel it. They are all countrymen's words, the general don't care about my nonsense, but," the centurion shook his head, "I always feel that someone nearby is watching us. "

"Someone? Looking at us?" Gu Yueyi was startled, looking out of the city, there was only a wasteland full of corpses, and the swaying dark forest far away.He concentrated, and heard the rustling sound of the wind passing through the leaves again, from time to time, on the battlefield outside the city, the armored gun was still standing straight, poking the dead man's head on it. "These night owls have been refusing to come down. There are so many dead people, but they are flying around in the sky, as if they are reluctant and afraid, and dare not come down to eat meat." The centurion said.

"Perhaps the Li army left scouts behind, maybe hiding nearby, did you send someone to explore the woods ahead?" "The subordinates sent someone to look for it, but they found nothing." The centurion said, "However, the scouts can't scare the night owl. On the battlefield, sometimes it is still fighting on one side, and it dares to fly on the other side." Come down and peck at the corpse. Unless there is a huge army hiding nearby, we country people say that the night owl is afraid of the anger of the living." "The anger of a living person?" Gu Yueyi was taken aback.

A heavy impact sound suddenly came from below, and the soldiers sitting around the fire suddenly silenced the sound.They are all the most elite Izumo cavalry shooters, even recruits have the most keen sense of hearing, and can determine whether the arrow has shot into a tree, armor or human body by the sound of hitting the target.This voice came from below, and below was the gate of Shangyang Pass.The heavy thud repeats slowly, like...someone knocking on the door. Gu Yueyi clasped his waist knife: "Are there any brothers down here who haven't come up to eat?" The centurion clasped his waist knife just like him, pursed his lips tightly, and shook his head slowly.

The heavy knocking on the door continued, one after another, shaking people's hearts numb. Gu Yueyi cautiously leaned half of his body out of the battlements, trying to see the situation outside the city gate clearly.But he couldn't see clearly in the night, the moonlight was blocked by the city wall, and it was pitch black in front of the city gate.Gu Yueyi couldn't find any signs that there were people active there. Although it was cold these days, the corpses outside the city were gradually emitting a strange smell. The soldiers were reluctant to go out of the city, and there was a dead place outside the city.But the crashing sound continued, as if someone was indeed there.

"Go down and have a look." He put down the porridge bowl in his hand. More than fifty soldiers drew out the horn bows around their waists, and silently followed behind Gu Yueyi.They quickly went down to the city and formed a half-moon formation behind the city gate. This is one of the strongest bow and arrow formations. When arrows rain from the half-moon formation to a target, the enemy will be attacked from all directions. Totally defenseless.Izumo riding and shooting are absolutely sure, their bows are very hard, and more than fifty sharp arrows can shoot any enemy back in the first instant.

"Xuan Yi." Gu Yueyi whispered. The sergeants pointed their arrows at the ground, half-drawn their horned bows, and put their hands holding the arrow feathers to their cheeks. "full moon." The sergeants moved their bows neatly, and the more than fifty bows all focused on one point in the gap between the city gates. The impact sound continued, slowly and muffled.The sergeants looked at each other, and the sound made them feel very uncomfortable, as if there was a strange rhythm in their minds that kept repeating, booming and booming. "I'll open the door." The handsome young sergeant stood up.

The centurion hesitated for a moment, he didn't know what was outside the city gate, maybe it was a wild beast or something, but such a thing made people feel uneasy, and he couldn't bear to let this young man with junior qualifications open the gate.However, he still nodded. No matter what the young man brought it up, he couldn't use his youth as an excuse not to let him go, and in front of the coach, everyone needed a chance to perform.