1

By the 27th of September, five days had passed since Yuan Qizhi sent his troops, and the army had missed a lot of trips due to the rain for several days. According to the original plan, everyone should have met in Liucheng and held a feast to celebrate the achievement, and at this time, the army was still more than 200 miles away from Liucheng. According to this itinerary, the date of meeting may need to be postponed for six or seven days. At the same time, Zhong Li and the others had already taken the first step out of Liucheng, captured Shicheng, which was separated by a mountain, and formulated a defense plan, preparing to drag Dai Ying's Beifeng here, waiting for reinforcements to arrive.

At this time, Zhong Li's plan to go out of the city has begun to take shape. The city wall is about 400 zhang long, about 1 zhang high, and 5 feet wide, and the outer and inner two wooden walls are rammed with mud mixed with straw. Most of the logs are taken from the upstream and go downstream. The dirt is the soft mud used to dig the moat, mixed with the forage left in the city. The moat was three zhang wide but dug shallowly, enough for the city wall to dig deeper, only more than half a man deep, but because of the rain and the big stone stream, it was very muddy, and it was not easy for the infantry and cavalry to cross. The riverside is more than two feet away from the city wall, and consists of two half-man-high slopes. If the infantry crossed the river, covered in muddy water, it would take a lot of effort to climb the dirt slope. There is an arrow tower in the middle of the city every twenty zhang, more than two zhang high, and a bow and crossbow are prepared on it. Zhong Li ordered someone to build a five-zhang high tower as a command.

After the city was repaired, the scouts reported that the vanguard of the Northern Front had arrived outside the city, so Zhong Li could not wait for the internal facilities to be completely repaired and improved, and led 3,000 soldiers and horses into the city to garrison first. Hu Yang and Xia Mao stayed in the city, one led the cavalry to increase at any time, and the other led the bow and crossbow to support the city defense.

2

When everything was arranged, it was already afternoon, and Zhong Li went to the tower to admire his work. Although this out of the city is not big, but the five organs are complete, the inside and outside are orderly, from the moat one by one to the inside, there are arrow towers, bows and crossbows on the city, spears and stone throwers, antlers in the city, bows and crossbows in the inner city multiple lines of defense, want to break through must take a lot of twists and turns. And now that the weather is wet and cold, the only fire attack that Yu Mucheng fears is useless. In this way, as an emergency position, it can be said that it is foolproof.

Thinking like this, Zhong Li suddenly felt that something was missing. It turned out that the Black Dragon Army was rushing all the way, and there were not many military flags left. So he hurriedly called Qin Lang and led him to send people to make 200 military flags.

However, it didn't take long for Qin Lang to rush back, saying that although there was enough cloth and flagpoles in the army, there was less dye for flags. There is a lot of black ink, but there is no trace of red. In addition, there are few in the army that can do printing and dyeing, even if it is a painting, there are few that can paint a sample, after all, the "dragon" of this Yuanpan Dragon Banner is a dragon with a strip type like a jade pendant of the Warring States Period, and it is also decorated with a variety of patterns such as moire, water pattern, scale pattern, back pattern, gluttonous pattern, etc. Although Zhong Li knows a little about painting, it takes a lot of effort to paint such a flag.

"Isn't it possible to keep things simple?" When Zhong Li was worried, Gu Yu somehow appeared again. But everybody has been busy for a few days, and no one cares where she wanders. "It's a black circle with a head, and no one will think of it as another flag, right? What's more, you are a black dragon army, what is the hindrance if you don't add a red background? ”

Zhong Li thought that this was indeed the case, so he rushed to the warehouse management office to ask for two hundred white sails and pen and ink, and then called everyone. He held the pen in public, and with a big stroke of the pen, he painted the head and body of the coiled dragon in one go. Qin Lang took the flagpole, picked up the dragon flag and waved it in front of everyone.

When everyone was talking, Zhong Li spoke: "The army must not be nameless, nor can it be without a flag. On the battlefield, the yellow sand is all over the sky, but this dragon flag is something that needs to be held, and it is also a place that can be trusted. Now the form is urgent, and it is too late to rush the original one-yuan pan dragon flag, so I can show it to the brothers, and this flag is still my dragon of Shuoguo. If you think that this flag is missing the original red, don't worry, the enemy army has arrived outside the city, and some blood will dye this flag red! ”

After finishing his words, seeing that everyone's eyes were condensed and his fists were clenched, Zhong Li also had a pleasant face. Just as I was thinking about what to say next, the alarm suddenly sounded in my ears. The alarm is not a bell and drum here, but a siren that haunts my head, with a rapid frequency and one after another. But he knew what it was — it was an emergency alarm from the stealth module.

Zhong Li's face instantly became nervous and gloomy, and the green tendons on his forehead also appeared. When the people saw that the situation was not right, they hurriedly asked about the situation, and compared them to the fact that they could not hear the voice.

"There may be something going on over there." Zhong Li replied.

"Someone looking for you?"

Zhong Li hesitated for a moment, and Gu Yu saw the clue. "It's not going to be an emergency call, is it?"

Zhong Li nodded, "It's not a big problem. He tried to reassure the crowd that the stealth module's emergency alarm would only sound in the event of an anomaly in the life support system, usually caused by fire, earthquake, power outage, violent damage, etc. In other words, his very real life was under threat.

"Let's go back quickly!" Everyone knows what he is facing.

Zhong Li seemed to be a little hesitant, and the more he hesitated, the more anxious everyone became, just like seeing him lying quietly on the railroad tracks, and the train would come whizzing at any time.

"If you really die, you won't have to fight this battle. What's more, several of your deputies are not vegetarians either. Gu Yu persuaded.

There was no need to say anything more, Zhong Li disconnected.

3

Pale ceiling, the first scene when you open your eyes is the familiar pale ceiling, half dyed by the red light of the alarm. Because the stealth module is semi-upright, the metal wall clock on the wall that can be seen with a slight downward gaze tends to be nine o'clock, and the small print on the metal wheel under the wall clock reminds that today is September 16. Sunlight shines through the window screens on the dark walnut bookshelves on either side, which are books he is only familiar with the cover and spine, mostly historical and cultural books, and some handmade books that he collects everywhere. He is pictured with his parents, brother and sister, who is only four years old, on the outer edge of the third shelf.

He tried to inhale a certain amount of air, and there was no smell of anything burning, and there was no smell of dust. At this time, the half-human-tall round barrel robot turned its tracks and drove away smoothly in front of him, and at about this time it finished cleaning up the house, watering the flowers on a balcony, and was returning to the wall to recharge according to the predetermined trajectory.

Zhong Li suddenly shouted angrily: "You are here again!" ”

"No, you don't know when you're going to ignore me." While an older young woman in a white shirt and a pale green fiber dress leaned against the wall and walked unhurriedly, she poked the plug back to the stealth cabin with one hand as she spoke, and the red light went out instantly.

Zhong Li sighed, and didn't mean to get up from the sneak cabin. After thinking about it for a long time, he finally decided to ask, "Tell me quickly, what's the matter?" ”

"Can't you care about your brother?" She walked from the wall to the stealth pod and faced Zhong Li. "Also, don't use your half-bottle of old vernacular, this is a modern civilized society."

Zhong Li glanced at her, "It's okay, I'll go back." By the way, I have to delete your identity first, and you have nothing to do to come to me. ”

"Delete it, delete it, your access control has no roots in me."

"Zhong Hui, is it interesting to show you off with me?"

"Don't talk to you, I'll have to go out with your brother-in-law in a while. Get down to business. At this time, the cylindrical robot was very eye-opening and brought a solid wood chair with soft finish, which made Zhong Hui's eyes feel a little more proud. Are you still messing with Yuan Qizhi? ”

"What's wrong?"

"He's been ...... recently," Zhong Hui changed his words halfway through the sentence, "It's useless to tell you a bunch of them, it's just that I found out that he added unknown instructions to the game, and I haven't figured out what it is." ”

"Oh, as far as I know, he's been updating the game's realism experience, and now he even has such a thing as eating chili peppers and going to the toilet." Zhong Li thought for a moment and then said, "As for the unknown instructions, he won't tinker with this technology for himself, and now we are invincible." ”

"I don't care about you, if it's really a game plug-in, I won't bother to pay attention." She stared at Zhong Li's eyes, her expression a little serious, "Pay attention to yourself." ”

"Got it."

"Hmm."

"Are you alright?"

"It's okay."

4

When he returned, everyone had already dispersed, and it was only a few minutes back and forth to Zhong Li, but the sky here was already dark. Returning to the camp alone, because of the construction of the city, there were obviously fewer acquaintances along the way. The occasional soldiers who come and go, most of them are a piece of data, that is, they greet each other with a smile, and it is nothing more than a few customary instructions.

For the first time in a few days, Zhong Li cared about the bluestone slab under his feet. In the soak of mottled water, the cool light is reflected in the cool light, and it is a little slippery under the feet, and the places that are not often stepped on are relatively rough, and there is moss growing in the backlight. The more meticulously he observed, the more he had a slightly awkward admiration for Yuan Qizhi. While admiring how much code and instructions he used to complete such a simulated virtual world, he also wondered what was necessary, or what reason made him spend more than forty years pondering the experience and changes of grass and trees.

Thinking so, he remembered that when he first came here, there seemed to be some things that didn't reach this experience, such as the smell of earth when it rains, but if something grows or buries something in the soil, most of the time it doesn't affect the taste. Now, it seems that there is an extra piece of moss and a few more bricks, which have an effect on the taste.

He has long known that Yuan Qizhi is still working hard to update the game, but only now does he slowly understand what Yuan Qizhi is working towards. Compared to the legion leader of "Shuoguo", the "Almighty King" in the eyes of most players, he seems to want to be the god here, to be precise, he is the creator here - the creator who still cares about his children. Of course, he also has an identity that he is happy to serve - the father of the girl he likes.

Zhong Li, who was out of his mind, had already walked out of the city, and the smell of rice wafting in the wind made him come back to his senses.

"If you want to do it carefully, it's better to be more detailed." He thought like this, and saliva had soaked his entire mouth. When the army is out, there are dry and wet, meat and vegetarian, salty and light hot rice, not to mention that there is no need to worry about the consumption of grain and grass.

Sunset stole a gap out of nowhere and dyed the westernmost corner of the cloud, which had remained unchanged for several days, purple, which made Zhong Li want to eat elsewhere for a while. So he returned to the main city, and walked up the slippery stone steps to the city walls, and then along the uneven and puddle-strewn top of the puddles of the walls to the towers out of the city. He put the steaming food into the basket, tied the basket to a rope, and then tried to lift it, but when he saw that it would not spill, he climbed the ladder up the tower in three or two steps.

When you don't want to touch the top of the tower and look up, the first thing that catches your eye is a black skirt and small black boots.

"Did I steal the general's position?"

With the sound of the clattering template, the boots turned generously with light steps, and Zhong Li was busy bringing himself back to his senses. Raising his head, although Gu Yu's skin and flesh did not move, his eyes were like two peach petals, and he was smiling at him highly. On the other hand, Zhong Li, this kind of overlook is no matter how heroic the sword eyebrows are, no matter how clear the bones are, so placed on the soles of the feet, how to look like a gourd in the ground.

Zhong Li was speechless for a while, so he climbed up first and said, "Why are you here?" ”

"I'm afraid it's the same as the general." Gu Yu stared at the rope behind him, so Zhong Li remembered to bring the basket up.

"Have you used it?"

"If Dai Ying doesn't come again, I'm afraid she will grow meat." She jokingly looked at the steamed buns, greens, tofu, bacon and chicken soup in the basket. "I'm afraid your army's food is the best I've ever seen."

"Don't you grab the granary."

Gu Yu shook his head lightly, "There is still a taste." ”

"Really?" As soon as Zhong Li mentioned it, he felt that this was indeed the case. Although he didn't eat much of other food, compared to his own legion, the taste of the food here was really unusual. "You have to thank Lao Yuan for this."

"Yuan Qizhi?"

Zhong Li could only nod when he moved his mouth.

"That's what you call him?"

"That's what it's called behind his back, and he should know it." Because he wanted to speak, Zhong Li hesitated a little when eating.

"I thought the commander of the first regiment in the world was."

"Then you're really wrong." Zhong Li took a sip of soup and cleared his throat. "I haven't seen him go to battle, but there aren't many people in the world here who dare to fight him alone. Although it should not be as outrageous as the rumors outside, what an ancient god of war, but Shuoguo's world is indeed cut out by him with a sword. But he has no shelf, only those who have no ability have to stand up. ”

"Only when there is not enough can we open out."

"Yes. There's another point that I feel. ”

"What?"

"The world can be said to have been founded by him, so he is different from others, from a perspective that stands on his feet."

"God's perspective?" Gu Yu's eyes flashed with a fox's look.

Zhong Li hesitated a little, although he also thought that Yuan Qizhi was the god of this world, but in the end he still corrected: "It's more like a father looking at his son." I think he's still human-oriented. ”

"Oh, that's a lot of sons." Gu Yu said with a smile. "General, use it slowly, I'll go rest first, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep well tonight."

When Gu Yu went down the ladder, Zhong Li gentlemanly took the handle, and he caught a glimpse of his "Molong" flag flying all over the city.