Chapter 32: The Siege of the Stone Tower
Without the guidance of Rocco and Dai Xinlan, Xinghe wandered aimlessly in Haoyue City, Xinghe didn't know a single word, and he didn't know any of the names of the shops on both sides of the street.
After wandering back and forth in the streets for a while, Xinghe was attracted by the shouting in the small square where the two streets intersected.
Xinghe squeezed from the crowd to the front, it turned out to be a young open-chested and strong man selling a bunch of iron-like things, and the people around him just watched around, and some people would pick it up and weigh it a few times, but very few people actually bought it.
Xinghe also picked it up curiously and looked at it, it was really an iron piece, but it was wrapped with a colorful film on the outside.
The man saw Xinghe holding his own things, and hurriedly walked over to introduce Xinghe.
This is a kind of spiritual iron piece invented by himself, both strength and hardness and toughness are more than ten times that of ordinary iron sheets, which is very suitable as a weapon, but in this Haoyue City, those who know the goods do not bother to buy low-end materials like him, and those who want to buy them are not knowledgeable for fear of being deceived by men.
There is also the fact that the man has set up a stall for a day, and there is almost no gain, so he keeps reducing the price in a hurry, so that people who wait and see will not act easily.
The moment the donkey egg touched the iron piece, it felt a force flowing into the body, and the color of the colorful film on the iron sheet immediately lightened and then disappeared.
The man didn't pay attention at first, but when he handed the best colored iron material in his hand as a sample to Xinghe, the seven-colored film disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The man discovered Xinghe's ability, and the two scuffled without saying a word, and quickly became friends after the patrol team in Haoyue City came, of course, Xinghe still had to pay for the money.
In a cheap restaurant, the man looked at Xinghe's empty money bag and asked about Xinghe's future plans, and Xinghe said that he wanted to save his junior brother.
"You need money to do everything in this world. The man uttered the only philosophical words of the day.
Xinghe nodded undeniably, and the man saw that Xinghe recognized his statement, and hurriedly made persistent efforts to continue to advocate his remarks.
As soon as he spoke, the man was interrupted by a rough man, the rough man came specifically to find a man, he was the man's first customer today, and the only customer, the rough man took the fine iron in the man's mouth and went back, I don't know who he was looking for to verify, anyway, he recognized the man's thing, this time he came to show his identity and invite the man to join, and the salary offered was ten days and one gold, this condition was very tempting, and the man also readily agreed.
When the man and the rough man left, they seemed to think of Xinghe, and asked Xinghe if he would like to go together, Xinghe now has nothing to do, nowhere to go, and when he heard that he could have ten days and one gold, he naturally agreed.
"It's okay to join us, but it's definitely not up to 10 days and 1 gold. The rough man deliberately pointed out a sentence.
The man saw the fading color in Xinghe's eyes, and whispered a few words next to the rough man.
The rough man's expression was dazed, and he immediately asked Xinghe to show his true colors.
There are many people, Xinghe only condensed his arms, and the rough man looked at Xinghe's milky white arms, his eyes were shining, and he immediately agreed, and raised Xinghe to five days and one gold.
This time, it was the man's turn to look unhappy and complain to the rough man about something, and Xinghe was obviously satisfied with this condition, and left here after the rough man and the man.
Xinghe and the man followed the rough man to a military camp, Xinghe and the man were placed separately, and before parting, the man introduced his name to Xinghe: Duan Caiming.
Xinghe's position is Wu Chang, and he said that he had five soldiers under him, but he knew that he had only seen four of them the night before leaving, and Xinghe greeted them with a smile, but the four people just looked at them coldly, which can be said to be numb, or rude.
Since entering the barracks, Xinghe has never seen a rough man again, and he has not even seen Duan Caiming again.
The only person he had ever seen was his centurion, an old man who didn't look too shrewd, an old man who looked like he could be Xinghe's grandfather, he walked over and looked at Xinghe, and only said: "There is a tough battle tomorrow, remember to gather at the school yard in the morning." "And left.
Xinghe has only been here for five days, and he was sent to the battlefield without even following the drills, which is somewhat different from the war imagined by Xinghe.
In the evening, he found his four subordinates and gave them the questions in their hearts, but several of them did not answer directly, maybe they didn't know the real reason, but just asked Xinghe not to disturb their rest.
Early the next morning, Xinghe was woken up by the sound of earth-shattering drums, put on the armor he had brought and came to the school yard as promised, where the phalanx of soldiers had already been stacked, and the flags were fluttering, looking imposing. Carefully observe that in addition to the energetic generals on the stage, the rows of soldiers below are tired and empty-eyed.
Xinghe was embarrassed to find his place in the team, and the centurion didn't tell him where to stand last night.
In order to teach this young man who doesn't understand the rules, has no respect for his superiors, and has no discipline, the general incorporated Xinghe into the pioneer battalion, and now Xinghe has no subordinates.
The troops belonging to the Galaxy are on the road day and night, they want to rush to Stone Tower City in the shortest possible time, and they plan to capture Stone Tower before the main force from Stone Tower City returns, so as to cut off the north-south passage.
Since the specific number of defenders in the city was not known, their vanguard battalion besieged the city first, cut off the river into the city, and explored the weak points to prepare for the general attack of the main force.