Jiang Yan Hai also smiled and said, "One general can make thousands of bones wither. Therefore, for this honor of yours, you should also let more soldiers live."
"I will." Commander Lin nodded immediately, and then she turned her head and looked at Jiang Yan Hai seriously. "Colonel Jiang, I heard General Deng say that you don't seem to believe that Taotie was eliminated by us?"
"No, it's not that I don't believe that Taotie was wiped out by you, I just said that the Taotie led by Beast King was wiped out, but when did Taotie only have one Beast King?" Jiang Yan Hai said in a calm tone.
"What do you mean?" Commander Lin's expression changed immediately.
"Commander Lin, let me ask you a few questions." Jiang Yan Hai did not answer, but asked instead.
"Say." Commander Lin said immediately.
"First of all, let's not talk about anything else. Although Taotie is a monster, it is said that God punishes the world. So, Beast King needs a lot of food to reproduce, so how much food can it eat? You and I have seen its size. One person? Ten people? One hundred people? Or one thousand people? Even if it can eat a thousand people, does it need to go to Bianliang?" Jiang Yan Hai asked the first question first.
Commander Lin was stunned for a moment, and then she immediately frowned. Their understanding of Taotie came more from historical records, and they only fought against Taotie a few times. Although they eliminated Beast King, they were far from understanding him well.
"I think you should send someone to dissect Beast King. Although it can eat many things, I don't think it can eat 100 people." Jiang Yan Hai said with a smile without waiting for her answer.
"All the Taotie who died in the previous battles were taken away by other living Taotie. According to historical records, these dead Taotie were also used as food."
"Who will be supplying so much food to?" Jiang Yan Hai asked the most critical question.
"Maybe those ordinary gluttons also need food, but we haven't seen it before, or they just give food to Beast King first, and then eat it themselves." Commander Lin raised his head and said.
"Well, it makes sense. From a biological point of view, ordinary gluttons also need food to replenish energy." Jiang Yan Hai nodded. In fact, what Commander Lin said can be analyzed by Jiang Yan Hai. There is no perpetual motion machine in this world. Even ultra-high-tech products like star gates require energy to open.
If Taotie could exist forever without eating and only feed one Beast King, then there would be no need for so many people.
Just commit suicide a few and feed them to Beast King. Wouldn't this allow unlimited reproduction? So what Commander Lin said is probably true. These ordinary gluttons also need to eat, but Beast King must be given priority.
"Biology?" Commander Lin was stunned for a moment.
"It is a theory that studies all animals and plants." Jiang Yan Hai briefly explained, and then asked the second question with a smile, "So Commander Lin, after getting enough food, why did Beast King choose to eat on the battlefield, thus giving you an opportunity?"
Commander Lin was stunned for a moment. Just as she was about to say something, Jiang Yan Hai continued directly, "A Beast King who knows how to feint to attract our attention, secretly plays tricks on Chen Cang, and attacks our vital points, targeting the commander, do you think it can sense the danger on the battlefield?"
"If it lets its gluttons carry thousands or even tens of thousands of Bianliang's bitten corpses away from Bianliang temporarily, find a place to feed it, and then it reproduces on a large scale, and then attacks Bianliang, do you think we can stop it?"
Jiang Yan Hai's question made Commander Lin's face look blank because she really couldn't answer these two questions.
The previous intelligence has told everyone on Great Wall, Commander Lin and their approximate method to eliminate Beast King.
If Beast King's brain doesn't work well and is just a beast, then the method of eating on the battlefield is understandable.
But as Jiang Yan Hai said, a Beast King who can even master the tactics of darkening Chencang, do you think it will not be aware of the danger? Or is it that after running for eight hundred miles, it will be so hungry that it will die if it doesn't eat? No matter how you look at it, this reason is nonsense.
"How many times did you attack Beast King?" Jiang Yan Hai asked another question with a smile.
"Three times, the first two times were blocked by its Guardian Taotie, but the third time it was successful." Commander Lin frowned and said.
"Then, given Beast King's intelligence, if it may not have realized the danger the first time, then why did it stay there and let you attack it after being attacked?" Jiang Yan Hai asked tentatively.
Commander Lin's eyebrows on her pretty face are almost twisted into a knot, yes, why? This doesn't make sense.
Jiang Yan Hai didn't ask, she hadn't thought about it herself, but when Jiang Yan Hai said this, she felt that there was definitely something wrong with it.
"Colonel Jiang, if you have any ideas, please speak up." Commander Lin took a deep breath and raised his head seriously.
"I think they will definitely come back, or I think they are more than just one Beast King." Jiang Yan Hai expressed his guess. "As for why it is in a hurry to replenish food, I can't figure it out for the time being. If the corpses can be transported faster."
Yes, Jiang Yan Hai and Commander Lin asked for Taotie's body, but Commander Lin rushed here in a hurry, but the body must be transported by horse-drawn carriage, and the speed is not that fast. In this era, it would take at least a few days to arrive at 800 miles.
As for whether the corpse will stink, Jiang Yan Hai they have no idea for the time being, because there is no Taotie corpse here Great Wall now.
It would be best if Taotie's corpse could be dissected, preferably Beast King's corpse, but now it seems that Beast King's corpse is probably gone, mainly because it was blown into many incomplete parts and has been burned by the city guards for fear of causing a plague.
"I have sent people to greet the convoy transporting the corpses, and will make them speed up and move forward day and night. As for what you said, Colonel Jiang, I hope this is not a fact. I will step up Great Wall's patrols." Commander Lin took a deep breath and said seriously.
"This is best." Jiang Yan Hai nodded.
"Colonel Jiang, I hope your guess is wrong." Commander Lin looked at Jiang Yan Hai seriously and said.
"I hope so too." Jiang Yan Hai also looked at her and smiled.
However, contrary to expectations, Jiang Yan Hai's crow's mouth came true three days later. In other words... it was not a crow's mouth, because it was a reasonable inference based on facts.
Otherwise, too many things have been explained differently. You can't blame all these mistakes on the editor. If this is a movie, forget it, but this is a real world, so there must be a reason for such things to happen.
On the morning of the third day, with the shrill cry of "Taotie found" from the patrolling soldiers, the atmosphere of the entire Great Wall, which had been relaxed for a few days, suddenly became serious. All the Shadowless Imperial Guard once again rushed to the city wall in an orderly manner and began to prepare for defense.
Jiang Yan Hai naturally rushed to the city wall as well, but when Jiang Yan Hai and the others got on the city wall this time, together with Jiang Yan Hai, Commander Lin and all the generals, they couldn't help but gasp!
What caught their eyes was dense green gluttonous food. The densely packed green gluttonous food was not scary. It was not like they had never seen it before.
But the scary thing is that at the front are the Guardian Taotie that they have seen at least thousands of times before, guarding next to Beast King! Those are the Guardian Taotie who can resist the ultra-long-distance attack of the trebuchet by opening the Bone Shield around their heads!
There are at least thousands of these Guardian Taotie at this moment! What's even more frightening is that they open their Bone Shield to form a completely erected protective shield, and under their tall bodies are densely packed ordinary gluttons rushing to a large number.
"I..." To be honest, Jiang Yan Hai almost wanted to curse.
"Remote attack!" Commander Lin immediately became anxious and gave the order directly!
The surrounding war drums instantly resounded throughout Great Wall, and the trebuchet on the city wall started to operate again, and hundreds of flaming stones were once again thrown out.
"Boom" "Boom" countless stones directly bombarded these Guardian Taotie Bone Shield.
It's just that most of the stones burning with flames are basically useless, and some are effective, mainly because these Guardian Taotie's Bone Shield are now on a flat surface, and their ability to resist blows is naturally weak.
When they protected Beast King before, they formed Bone Shield into a perfect hemisphere, protecting Beast King. When the stone from the trebuchet hit it, most of its force was directly removed.
But even so, some effective stones have only smashed a few effective Bone Shield, and most of them have made no achievements.
These Guardian Taotie are running like crazy. When they get close to a certain distance, the trebuchet is no longer able to attack and has entered the minimum attack distance of the trebuchet.
Even the trebuchet is useless, let alone Eagle Army's bow and arrow.
"Commander Lin, tell Crane Army to stop inconsiderately committing suicide and stop carrying out zipline attacks." Jiang Yan Hai said directly.
Commander Lin next to him was silent for a moment. She knew that under such circumstances, the flying rope attack was completely useless.
"Order Crane Army to retreat and assist in the attack." Commander Lin gave the order directly.
"Yes! Crane Army retreats and assists in attacking!" The messenger directly conveyed Commander Lin's order.
"Colonel Jiang, what do you think they want to do?" Commander Lin asked, looking at the Guardian Taotie who had already approached the city wall, but Shadowless Imperial Guard was temporarily helpless against them.
"You will know soon, be prepared for close combat." Jiang Yan Hai smiled bitterly.
Jiang Yan Hai didn't explain, because he didn't need to explain.
The Guardian Taotie that had already rushed under the city wall directly spread out their Bone Shield three in a row, and then arranged into a straight line that stretched for nearly two hundred meters.
Under some Guardian Taotie standing near the city wall, ordinary Taotie directly stacked their bodies on top of each other to act as support points for these Guardian Taotie.
Then the second batch of Guardian Taotie climbed up directly on the Bone Shield of the first batch of Guardian Taotie, and then approached the city wall again, accumulating the second level.
The second layer is shorter than the first, and they form a complete bevel.
In this way, layer by layer, these Guardian Taotie are constantly superimposed, and the parts close to the city wall are superimposed crazily at a speed that can be seen by the naked eye.
Judging from this speed, a complete triangular slope will be formed in at most ten minutes, and in the distance, the ordinary Taotie parked outside the attack range of the trebuchet has been waiting for too long.