The day after the Free Army arrived near Reims City, Jiang Tian had already led his men to appear in the Ville Valley southwest of Reims City. But after entering the valley, you could see zero-to-nothing on both sides of the river bank more than ten meters wide.
The stars were scattered with washed-up bodies and what appeared to be ship hull fragments.
And when this advance reconnaissance team went west deep into the valley for about several kilometers; as the terrain gradually rose, a rotten egg-like smell of hot spring sulfur began to appear in the air; however, it seemed that
Mixed with it is another rotten smell that has accumulated for many years.
The vegetation in the mountains and forests seen along the way also showed signs of decay, dryness, and withering that were completely opposite to this season. At first, it was just a little bit on the edge of the branches and leaves, but as the team continued to deepen, it began to appear.
Large areas withered and withered.
In the end, even the grass from the shrubs was completely dry and withered, leaving only some bare twisted branches of the big tree; it was still listening tenaciously in the smell-filled air. But once you press it with your hands, the inside has already become brittle and necrotic.
The bark of the tree will peel off in large areas.
Not only have the chirping of birds disappeared here, but even the chirping of insects in the soil has disappeared. Occasionally, you can still see roads that have been maintained and repaired since ancient times; carriages dumped and abandoned aside, and the remains of dead draft horses; just
It seemed like a long time passed.
Not only did the carriages begin to become brittle, but even the bodies of the draft horses were shriveled and withered. However, according to local information, this abnormal area suddenly appeared only a dozen days ago. Even seven or eight days ago,
There were also people who escaped with bruises all over their bodies.
However, this man was also seriously injured and died quickly due to subsequent infection and unknown heat poison; he just murmured to himself before his death, mentioning ancient battlefields and the resurrection of the army of the dead.
It also further proves the abnormal area deep in the river valley.
In fact, during the celestial changes that affected the entire continent hundreds of years ago, large and small abnormal areas were formed among the countries in the Western Continent; transportation and communications were cut off in disguise, and some cities and towns were also affected.
The town and the vassal territory became an isolated island trapped by aliens.
Under this situation, the rule of the Rose Dynasty, which was descended from King Alstorfor, was still in its ascendant period and quickly collapsed. Due to the lack of supply and maintenance from surrounding areas, a large number of non-agricultural people gathered in the capital; an outbreak even broke out in Seine City
Severe famine and plague.
Then there were piles of corpses that could not be dealt with at all, and many changes occurred inside and outside the city, like a hundred ghosts walking at night; the royal guards and city defense regiments also suffered heavy losses under the exhausted efforts; in the end they had to be ordered to shrink their strength
Guard the royal palace castle.
Later, when the Western Roman Empire began to collapse and die, the last provincial army led by Sigrius, the last governor of Gaul, was also defeated by Clovis, the founder of the Frankish Kingdom and the great leader, in a nearby valley.
Founded the first dynasty of the Frankish Kingdom.
Not only is the limbs and torso stronger and more complete, the armor and robes on the body are also in better condition, no longer just the strands of a shriveled skeleton. Although the color is gray, the texture and texture can be vaguely seen, with pieces of tattered robes and cloaks.
Cloak; weapons rust less.
This time, it was like poking some kind of hornet's nest. Not only did the fallen corpses get up again, but many earth bags were raised on the ground, and more corpses emerged from the flying sand. Almost swarm of bees rushed into the dark clouds.
Covering the edge, they rushed to throw out their weapons.
In other words, in order to escape and hide from the persecution of aliens and other people, the struggling residents of the city dug many tunnels and holes under the Seine City; and then, they were blocked in them and starved to death, or were trapped in the tunnels that collapsed.
Buried, or trapped in it and suffocated to death.
Therefore, Jiang Tian just raised his hand slightly and took a photo of one of the few beings wearing armor. He instantly threw it out of the range of the clouds and roughly smashed it into the pile of rocks on the other side. However,
The armored corpse suddenly struggled, turned around and fled with a clanking sound.
Arms, thighs, ribs, etc. were flying around and scattered all over the ground. Among the hundreds of skeletons that were exposed to the sun and covered with smoke, no one could escape. Therefore, not only was the ground cleared, no matter how the Free Army soldiers did
After testing, no bones emerged from the ground.
Therefore, in this river valley, the remains of ancient battlefields for countless generations have actually been buried in layers. Finally, Jiang Tian’s team reached the edge of the abnormal area. Even in the middle of summer, the temperature here was significantly lower by several degrees, with continuous blows
The wind that comes makes me shudder.
The citizens of most urban areas were allowed to struggle to fend for themselves amidst famine, plague, and endless alien species; coupled with the looting and chaos taking advantage of the situation, a large number of tragedies against human ethics also occurred during this period.
The predecessor of the underground tomb city was also born.
However, Jiang Tian did not take it lightly at all. As he waved his hand from a high place, the soldiers waiting below did not hesitate to bring a small group of goats, and then whipped and poked their backs, making them bleat wildly.
They drove chaotically into the general area shrouded in dark clouds.
Then from Emperor Vespasian, to Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, and then to the era of Emperor Aurelian, the tribes in the Gaul region of the mountains continued to rebel and were pacified; there were many tug-of-wars.
The explosion occurred in the Welle Valley, an important node of the ancient highway.
During this period, the corpses that were tossed and disturbed endlessly even launched a brief counterattack beyond the scope of the clouds; it seemed that they were trying to recapture one of the corpses wearing a crowned helmet and with ostrich feathers still remaining; and then, they were
The firearms thrown in the face exploded into pieces.
However, now that the soldiers of the Free Army are here, how can they let them go so easily? The next moment, many fine iron chains thrown out caught the skeletons that were lagging behind, and they were dragged in the opposite direction by the horses.
, with lightning speed, it was pulled out of the range of the clouds.
However, driven and attracted by some inexplicable force, before it could rush more than ten steps towards the clouds, it knelt down under the sun again covered in gray smoke. As the smoke evaporated, it disappeared.
, the rusty yellow and reddish armor fragments on his body were also scattered on the ground piece by piece.
On the other hand, as the northwest passage of the Seine River Basin/Paris Gui Basin where other provinces enter the capital region; the Ville Valley is also an ancient battlefield where wars have broken out many times since ancient times. The earliest can be traced back to the Roman dictator Caesar's "Gaul"
War Chronicles" and encountered an ambush here.
Later, there was a civil war between the founder of the Carolingian dynasty, Pepin III and his brother Carloman; a war of succession between King Charlemagne and his brother Carloman II; and many wars fought around the Weiler Valley and beyond. Until the Franks
The kingdom collapsed, and the Rose Dynasty rose from the ruins.
Jiang Tian, who was looking down from a high place, saw something else. These resurrected bones, which were suspected to be ancient soldiers, not only had a certain degree of reaction mechanism, as well as remaining speed and strength; they also knew how to lie dormant and disguise themselves.
A simple tactic for teaming up with the crowd.
And as Jiang Tian used his own abilities to cooperate with the repeated matryoshka behavior of the Free Army soldiers, and after luring and pulling out hundreds of corpses one after another, it seemed that even the area shrouded by the clouds had shrunk a bit; and
A little lifeless bare ground was revealed.
The first few goats that were driven in were severely depleted of blood and emaciated. Not only did large areas of fur fall off, but there were also obvious cracks on the horns of their heads. It was as if there was some invisible presence.
Continuously sucking away their life and vitality.
Then, amidst the clanging sound, the Free Army soldiers who had been prepared used long shields and curved shields in the air to block most of the damage; only a few fish that slipped through the net injured the towed ones.
The packhorse caused a whimpering sound on the spot, which was immediately calmed down.
Immediately, the mummy with gray beard and hair was revealed, and it seemed that the outline of life could still be vaguely seen; but the motionless one seemed to have truly rested. Then a small pile of personal accessories was found from the mummy with the remaining armor, and all of them were collected.
Presented to Jiang Tian.
It was as if there was a vague boundary that restricted and restricted them; facing the goat that was intercepted not far away, they were indifferent. The next moment, they lowered the only remaining weapon in their hands and turned around with a click.
Returned to the original place, jumped again or scattered on the ground.
Therefore, Jiang Tian finally gave up his plan to continue exploring inside; on the spot, a large number of cement prefabricated panels and other building components were released from the "Dimensional Bubble" module. The soldiers present dug trenches, erected them, and then assembled them.
It's just a simple fortress.
When King Alstorfo marched into Paris, the last battle, the "Battle of the Crown", also took place in the Ville Valley; not to mention, the subsequent succession of the Lily Dynasty, the Acacia Dynasty and the White Iris Dynasty, as provincial princes
A necessary battle to officially take over the capital.
Jiang Tian even suspected that within the scope of the clouds, even if they were smashed with heavy weapons, there was even a chance that they would repair themselves; there might be hidden classes and orders between them. Because Jiang Tian saw those buried underground.
The bones are obviously more intact than those exposed.
Facing these living creatures that rashly broke in, they chased, slashed and threw them away. In the blink of an eye, these goats that could not dodge screamed, were pierced by nails on the ground, and then swarmed up and were rusted.
There were stains of knives and axes, hacking and dismembering, leaving a mess of blood and flesh on the ground.
As a result, corpses of various ages and clothing styles were presented to the Free Army soldiers one after another; from ancient Roman centurions wearing wolf hoods and muscle breastplates to knights from local nobles who fought against the royal power nearly a hundred years ago.
In war, wing-shaped helmets and mirror armor are common.
However, those skeletons that were trapped and struggling had been dragged down into the sunshine beyond the clouds. In an instant, gray smoke evaporated. Then it turned from pale blue-gray to pale white, and the joints It seemed as if the traction and connection between them had been lost, and they were brittle.
In addition to the large, cold shadows naturally formed by the steep mountain walls on both sides of this area, there are even thick and lingering clouds in the sky, which somewhat block the sunlight. Therefore, looking down from a high place, you can vaguely see the decayed trees scattered on the ground. The bones seemed to still contain armor and clothing.
However, during the continuous probing and offensive experiments, Jiang Tian also discovered a problem that cannot be ignored. That is, there is no difference in the living creatures that are driven into the range of the clouds, but as time goes by or the number of times increases, , began to lose hair and became weak.
So under Jiang Tian's direct order, the Free Army soldiers present began to conduct various extreme tests against the corpse soldiers shrouded in the clouds. They continued to drive in living creatures, luring and stimulating more people. Resurrect the corpse and extract it.
However, someone in the hunter group of the special service company who was traveling with them exclaimed in a low voice: "This seems to be the family emblem of Earl Alvin. However, the main branch of this family should be at the end of the previous Lily Dynasty. , the heirs were completely extinct in the Battle of Bailu.”
But there were also two goats that were far away. After being frightened, they scurried around, dodged the rust-colored weapons one after another, and fled towards the place where they came. And the corpses of those who had awakened and killed were also chasing after them. , but stopped at the edge of the clouds in the sky.
And as the fleeing sheep gradually approached, the bones scattered on the rocks in the valley and on both sides of the road suddenly turned around and came over with a soft clicking sound, as if they had been stimulated by something unknown; the next moment, there was a crash. They all stood up and picked up the swords and guns half buried in the soil.
Therefore, when the surviving princes in the outer provinces decided the victor in the chaos and led the army to break through many abnormal areas and arrived at Seine City, what they saw was a huge dead city with a population of only ten or two. They were hiding in the castle. The royal family, which had long been heartbroken, also came to an end.
A company was left to observe and guard nearby. The next step is to focus on solving the enemies who are now entrenched in the kingdom's holy land/ancient city of Reims and are determined to resist to the end. But they are not the old nobles or kingdom officials in the traditional sense, but It was derived from the local clergy.
The leader has a great background. Among the five archbishops in the Kingdom's church system, he is the northwest archbishop whose identity and rank is second only to the archbishop of the capital. He was also the only one who survived the oath-taking movement that led to the great schism in the church. The highest church official.
But his original diocese's headquarters was the church in Chalon, the capital of the Champagne province. However, amid the continued turmoil in the kingdom, he came to the Holy City with a group of clergy and a collection of books and documents. Reims, and integrated local forces, transcending the Burgundian dynasty.
Now they have declared the Southern Free Army to be heretics and called for a crusade to fight against them.