In a blink of an eye, it was the end of August, this day was the day when the cold snow returned to school, An Ran said goodbye to the reluctant girl in the morning light, and then under the sunset of another world, he waited for the arrival of the smoke.

Jin Wuxi fell, the sky was like a dome, and the long sky shrouded the entire whistling grassland. On the paper-like horizon, there was a group of disguised charlatans moving slowly. The reason why they said to move slowly was because they had abandoned their horses after leaving the northern city wall and had come to this place on foot.

Fan Yuntian crossed his hands on the back of his head to make a pillow, and the NPC kid had a dogtail in his mouth, knocked on Erlang's legs, and lay on the long grass to staring at the crowd gradually approaching from afar.

"It's finally here," he said, "and we've been wandering up and down this bastard grassland these days, and we don't know how many wild monsters we've killed, and I'm going to go crazy if we continue like this." ”

"Don't you like the prairies?" An Ran said while handling the carcass of a wild wolf with Lin Xiao, "I've only been annoyed for a few days since I came to the grassland?" ”

"The sky is blue, the grass is green, the sheep are white—phew!" Fan Yuntian spit out the dogtail grass in his mouth and sat up suddenly, "Only the fucking herdsmen's faces are varied, and they have to face it every day, annoying, annoying, annoying!" ”

"Don't bother," An Ran said with a smile, "We still have to watch them for many days, if you don't have a good relationship with these foreign herdsmen, can you sneak into Ulan Bari City?" Dream on! ”

"Hey!" The NPC kid sighed softly, then stood up and raised his arm above his head and waved vigorously, "Sister Yanluo, we are here!" We're here! He shouted.

Dressed in a coarse cloth coat with a red checkered flower embroidered on the neckline, he walked in front of them.

"It's been a long time since I saw Fan Yuntian!" The girl said hello sweetly, and then immediately looked at her sweetheart.

"It's going well, isn't it?" The handsome young man smiled and asked, "Is there a traffic jam?" ”

"It's okay," the girl said with a smile, "There are not many cars on the highway, and there are many people on the way to school, but I can't stop Miss Ben who is riding a bicycle." ”

"Hey!" Everyone's lady, who is also dressed as a herdsman woman, is not satisfied, "Can you two not show affection as soon as they meet?" We're going to have a whole bunch of people standing here! Do you want to leave this whole Wuthering Prairie to you two dozen rolls? ”

"Oh! You're here well, aren't you? An Ran scratched her hair a little embarrassed, "This dress is ...... Gee! It's like a flock of sheep sellers. ”

"It's okay," everyone's lady glanced at An Ran, "Your friend has said hello all the way down unimpeded, oh!" By the way, let me introduce you to our new members, although your boss An Ran is well-known in the Tai'an Gang, everyone knows about it, but this group of guys around me are all good at blocking one side. ”

"That's, that's," An Ran smiled, "None of our brothers in the Tai'an Gang are fuel-efficient lamps. ”

"Ma Yuan has seen Mr." A young man in white armor with a fleshy face hugging his fists.

"Don't be so restrained," An Ran walked to Ma Yuan's side and patted him on the shoulder, "It's going well in the capital, right?" ”

"Everything is going well, although there have been some small disputes with the local gang during the period, they have been resolved one by one, and the rest is for the owner of Shangguan Lou to talk about cooperation, this gentleman knows."

"Hmmm! You handled it very well," An Ran affirmed: "It is not easy to handle the rudder affairs in an orderly manner in this big dye vat in the capital, and we can only think about the affairs of the prince's side in the long run, and then we have to complete the task at hand first." ”

"Everything is under the orders of the sir!" A not-good-looking NPC youth hugging his fists.

After that, they got to know each other in laughter, many of them had already met on WeChat and the gang chat channel, and they were not very strangers to each other, only a few people needed to brief themselves and say a few words. As for the 'drinker', 'pretentious', 'Jing Tingai Game' and others who knew before, they were already too familiar to be familiar anymore.

The autumn breeze gently blows across the earth, and the weeds sway slightly. At the bottom of the gentle slope there are herders tending to the flocks of sheep, which will only be driven into the folds when the sun has completely set over the horizon. Two of these herders are their employers, and An Ran waits to help them drive the sheep, and sits on the floor to talk to her Tai'an brothers about what they want to do next.

What we are doing this time will be a very long and difficult task, and the reward will not be abundant, I will not dare to say, but I dare to pack a ticket What you will do next will be something that we dare not think of in the real world, and it will make you remember for the rest of your life that this game is not in vain. It is also very dangerous, and once it fails, even us players will be unbearable, especially Ma Yuan, Fan Yuntian, Lin Xiao, and the three of you are not adventurers, so be prepared to sacrifice as a last resort. An Ran looked at the three NPCs

"Lin Xiao is willing to shed blood for my brother Paoze!" The man, dressed in herdsman's clothes, said loudly.

"Ma Yuan is willing to follow Mr. and go to the soup and fire." The NPC youth with a fat face and a fist in his hand.

"Cut!" Fan Yuntian shrugged his shoulders and his face was not shaved.

An Ran glared at the NPC kid and continued: "In this mission, we are acting as scouts, first, to investigate the enemy situation on the whistling grassland; The second is to infiltrate the city of Ulaanbari to lay a certain foundation for our army to attack the city in the future, and strive to minimize the unnecessary casualties of our army when attacking the city. ”

"How you arrange it, we will all listen to your boss Enron." Wang Wangcai, whose game is called 'Drinker', said.

A bunch of people sitting on the grass were waiting for the handsome young man's next step.

"Don't you see those herdsmen down the slope," An Ran shook his hand and looked in the direction of his finger, "There are many such herdsmen in this grassland, they are nomads from the north who have migrated here, and they do not belong to Dajin or the people of Rohan. But these people will trade with the Rohan army and civilians near the Whoothering Steppes, and our task now is to blend in with this group of foreign herders, gain their trust, and then travel with them to Ulaanba Richeng. ”

"How can we gain their trust?" Chen Jingting, who has always had a big nerve, scratched his head and asked.

"Are you stupid?" Fan Yuntian slapped the young man's head with a chestnut attack, "Of course it's a task!" When you meet the master, you don't know how to scream, you are far worse than your second junior brother. ”

"I have a second junior brother?" Chen Jingting, who didn't know the pain, didn't cover his head, but asked in surprise. Then he saw An Ran staring at himself and Fan Yuntian with warm and angry eyes.

"Why don't we have more than forty of us and wait for you two to finish talking first?" An Ran said.

"Hey, hey, hey!" The NPC kid instantly lost his confidence and smiled, "You come, or you come to Brother An Ran." ”

Chen Jingting, whose game is called 'Jingting Love Game', points his head like a chicken pecking rice.

"You're the man!" The handsome young man scolded and began to say, "What Fan Yuntian said just now is right, these herdsmen have a large number of sheep, cows, and horses to take care of, and they also want to prevent the invasion of jackals on the grassland, so they will release a lot of related tasks, whether it is us players or their NPCs can participate." There are fifty-three of us in total, and we can divide into groups of six to take over the tasks issued by these herdsmen to do things for them, and the remuneration they give is not much, of course we can't not do it at all, collect a small amount of remuneration to make a good impression on them, and then wait until the cattle, sheep and horses grow up, and then go to Ulaanbari City with them. ”

"Is it according to the grouping of our previous monster farming leveling?" A young man with thin lips and a little provocative ear asked.

This person's game name is 'Nai Tou San' is a new member of the gang, he was a famous assassin in the same county, he is a loner, because of the challenge of the same famous 'Jing Ting Love Game' and lost, the two sides do not know each other, and finally this person joined the Tai'an Gang, his goal is to compete with Chen Jingting's titular master Fan Yuntian.

An Ran and him didn't talk much in the gang chat channel, but the brothers in the gang all said that although this person seemed cold, he was actually a very good person.

"Hmmm! Divided according to the six professions," An Ran nodded, "Because we will do things separately next, each of the eight groups should have warriors, warrior monks, assassins, swordsmen, archers, Taoist priests and mages, so as to maximize the effectiveness of each team, otherwise wouldn't it be sorry for the careful arrangement of the Lone Smoke Boss." ”

Everyone nodded yes.

So the individuals were divided into groups in a way that complemented their professions. Except for some veterans who have not come, they all belong to the top players in the Tai'an Gang's skills, level, and consciousness, even if the rudders from various counties do not often farm monsters together to level up, but with their abilities, I believe that it will not take a few battles to cooperate seamlessly. Since there will be three more people in a group of six, An Ran, Fan Yuntian, and Lin Xiao will play the role of a panacea even if they are a team of three, and usually everyone will do the tasks that their own team receives, and once they need to help in a certain team, these three people will have to go.

Even if they were dressed in disguise, it would be suspicious for a team of fifty-three people to go to the herdsmen's tribe en masse, so they simply split up between the groups on the hillside, and each team had a team leader, who took the lead in undertaking the work given by the herdsmen, which was also a way for many players born here to take on the mission.

The sunset has fallen into the horizon, just like the washed sky has appeared early stars, because there are many herdsmen on the grassland, and many players are unwilling to do some thankless work such as watching sheep and driving sheep, so the task is much smoother than imagined, when the herdsmen are ready to take the cattle and sheep village, they have the opportunity to follow an enthusiastic adventurer.

The sun sets and the moon rises again, and the rain passes and the sky is clear.

Perhaps for these fifty members of the Tai'an Gang, these times on the grassland may be a little too dull or even boring, they do some trivial things every day, cleaning the sheepfold, looking for pastures and water sources, driving sheep and watching the sheep, and perhaps the most thrilling thing is to clean up some wild beasts that try to enter the pasture and take away the sheep, or all kinds of disputes between villages. But it is this kind of dull day that can make a hurried player stop and take a good look at the world and the customs of China; Take a look at the joys and sorrows of the NPCs; Let's see if these guys, known as stats, have feelings for players?

They will, for example, there are the kind of ranchers who are as mean as Zhou Peel and want you to work for them endlessly, and of course there are the honest and kind herders who invite players to their homes for dinner. Some people have been counted by the herdsmen, and some have been given mutton by the herdsmen.

Time passed in a hurry, and the weather had become cold, and the herdsmen changed their cotton clothes.

In the blink of an eye, it is the beginning of winter, and this is also the time when the herdsmen must send the fattened cattle and sheep to the city of Ulan Bari. Go to the city and sell cattle and sheep to the people and soldiers of the Rohan kingdom, in exchange for an unfair sum of money, and then buy some daily necessities on the spot to survive the winter. This has been the case for these foreign herdsmen every year, and it is a delicate relationship they maintain with the people of the Rohan Kingdom.

So on a sunny day but a howling cold wind, An Ran walked to Ulan Bari City with his Tai'an Gang brothers and herdsmen.

******

Once again, the walls of Julu City were wounded, and the black bricks were covered with white marks of stones and arrows, like a lonely man scratched by the claws of a strange beast. And this persevering beast is the southern frontier army of the Jin Kingdom, which has failed to attack twice, and at this moment they have assembled in the Jeddah Gorge for the second time, preparing to attack this old city again.

The sky was slightly bright, the clouds covered the entire sky, and the sound of iron armor and spears towered above the earth, and the Jeddah Gorge, which was ten miles wide, was overwhelmed. Hundreds of catapults loaded with rolling stones lined up one after another, at the forefront were the foot soldiers with shields in their hands, behind the foot soldiers were the crossbowmen who had drawn their bowstrings and were ready to shoot at the sky, and thousands of soldiers with their shoulders fighting the ladders were ready to go, all waiting for their general's orders.

Cheng Dayi rode on a black horse, and the tall man squinted at the enemy general wearing a hat-shaped iron helmet on the black city head, and endless anger surged in his heart. And he's going to kill today, not only to kill, but maybe more.

He remembered that when the army first came to Jeddah Gorge, it could be said that the flags were waving, and the soldiers were all neat and vigorous. Most of the soldiers believed that a small giant deer city could only be torn apart by their flood. In order to avoid the destruction of life, Cheng Dayi also personally stepped forward, with a kind look on his face, he went to the enemy's city to persuade him to surrender, and then Wu Liangha just smiled contemptuously and interrupted him with a sharp arrow with hatred.

"Get out! Invaders," shouted the Humpty Dumpty General, who was standing at the head of the city, "swallow your nonsense in your belly, and let your men come with you!" ”

Then the army swarmed up, and the result was that the black walls were unharmed by the onslaught of the army. When the southern Xinjiang army had to retreat to Jichang City for a temporary rest, more than 20,000 soldiers under Cheng Dayi's command lay on this land forever, and Cheng Ziqi's first siege ended in failure.

"It's true that this place is called Julu City, but this deer is going to eat people." At that time, the man's words were still circling around Cheng Dayi's ears.

"And what about today?" The tall general in brass armor thought, "Will it knock out its teeth when it eats us today?" ”

He stared coldly at the city wall a hundred meters away, and found that the Uliangha and his soldiers at the head of the city were also looking at him coldly. Cheng Dayi bit his lip and raised his arm and pressed it down, "Attack!" He commanded aloud.

There was a roar, and the sky suddenly darkened, as if a flock of birds flew by, it was a rolling stone cannonball from a catapult, and hundreds of rolling stones as big as a drum bench smashed towards the head of Julu City with the sound of whistling wind. The archers, who had already drawn their bows and crossbow strings, let go at the same time, and thousands of arrows were fired at the enemy at the head of the city with a buzzing sound like locusts crossing the border.

The vanguard warriors wearing iron armor were in a group of five, and they gathered the large iron shield weighing 100 catties above their heads, and then the whole person hid under the iron shield and began to rush forward, and the leather armored soldiers with hooks and ropes and ladders on their shoulders followed closely behind, trampling the dull sound of the earth; The sonorous sound of armor colliding with weapons; The screams of the soldiers' throats, all of which may become a swan song in the next second, may be a swan song in the next second, and these sons who see death as if they were at home may fall in a foreign land in the next second, letting the scorching sun dry their blood and let the cold wind blow their bones cold.

Don't tell me that no one is afraid of death, in fact, if you see the soldiers who fell in the war, they are probably just ordinary people, they may be men who farm in a small village; It could be a small trader in a town; Even many people may still be the kind of robbers, murderers, rapists, etc., these people also have their own relatives and concerns, if there is a choice, who would want to die?

But this is war, it doesn't bother to care where you come from, whether you are a good person or not, it never listens to you. The person who is embraced by it will start to tremble and be afraid, and then when you see the brothers who have been with you day and night falling one by one, you will become numb, or avenge your comrades; Either in order to survive on their own, and to achieve this result, they must fight the enemy with all their strength.

Cry? Beg? Wetting your pants? Run away? Come on! In front is the enemy's strong bow and crossbow, behind is the boss's hanging sword, rushing may live like a hero, retreat will definitely die like a bear, how do you choose? You have no choice but to charge, praying in your heart that the dense arrows will not hit you.

War creates tragedy and heroes, but not everyone who becomes a hero has an ironclad faith, and if they have to choose, they would rather live with this good name.

The soldiers who had already entered the range of the enemy army ushered in the first arrow, it galloped down from the high city wall, and the 'bell' hit the iron shield held high by the soldiers, and then this arrow flew over Xuan'er's lonely sideburns in the desert. Then countless arrows poured down like a torrential rain, and there was a clanging sound above the iron shield like iron balls falling on the steel plate, and the lucky ones were still charging, and the unfortunate ones had fallen to the ground wailing as sharp arrows pierced their bodies, and there were always corpses and wounded left behind wherever they ran, and the blood stained the land crimson.

Wearing the golden dragon pattern armor, the desert lone smoke closed his lips tightly, he did not lead his Tai'an Gang brothers and NPC soldiers to take the lead in the first siege, they understood that this is a war, and there are only two outcomes of the war - victory or defeat, so as a general, you are not a thousand enemies, what qualifications do you have to rush forward recklessly like this?

The middle-aged man once again saw the group of players dressed in various professional costumes above the city, and the dark red banner behind them fluttered in the wind, what a familiar name 'Eternity'! An Ran once said that a gang he encountered before entering Qingyun Mountain was called 'Eternity', once upon a time, a group of players who were still practicing at the foot of Qingyun Mountain had come to Rohan to cooperate sincerely with the enemy country?

He could only watch as a group of players in robes stood on top of the castle and gestured, their mouths chanting, green dust drifting in the air of the castle tower like morning mist, and the 'rejuvenation technique' used by the Taoist priests collectively enveloped a large number of enemy soldiers and players armed with bows and crossbows. Due to the distance, the stone projectiles and arrows fired by the catapults had difficulty reaching the crowd, and more often they were fired at the black walls. Even if it hits, as long as it is not killed in seconds, the Taoist priests on the tower of the city have the ability to pull the wounded soldiers back from the death line.

And the foot soldiers of this side are still rushing forward quickly, the stone bullets of the catapult, the crossbowmen and the arrows can only give them a momentary cover at most, these foot soldiers have to withstand a round of arrow rain attacks every dozens of steps they run, although of course the team is also mixed with the Tai'an gang and some other gangs of military monks, but as adventurers in the mouth of NPCs, they are too few after all, and these mages, warriors, archers, swordsmen, warriors, monks, and assassins who are like national treasures in the army, may not be suitable for them in every battle, For example, in this kind of siege warfare that requires a charge, before the city is captured, warriors and warrior monks can take the lead in charging; Mages and archers can also hide behind and release arrows and skills, but what can swordsmen and assassins do? Is it the first rank of general in a million-strong army? It's a siege, not an adult fairy tale, and they don't have the ability to do that even if they want to.

I watched the Taoist priests in the crowd keep casting spells and adding states, but I also saw the soldiers on my side keep falling, and the desert lonely smoke held the knuckles of the handle of the knife and gradually turned white.

"It's a bit tricky! We seem to be repeating the mistakes of the first siege, and what should you do if you are faced with this kind of system copying the script of the first battle? ”

This man with a green beard on his chin and a Chinese character face remembered his brother An Ran who was far away in the north at this moment.

******

One hundred miles northeast of the Jeddah Gorge, it happens to be Hada County in the Arislan grassland, 'Hada' has the meaning of mountain peak in the Rohan language, this county is also worthy of its name, its northwest is an endless green grassland, and the southeast is the towering Ma'an Mountain.

The county seat is not big, but now it is home to 200,000 elites of the Rohan Kingdom, and the big mountains called 'Ma'anshan' happen to be branches of the Qingyun Mountain Range, like a giant axe cutting off the route between Hada County and Xiliangcheng.

Can manpower change the world? In other words, whether those NPCs in the hooligan gathering place can make a hole in the belly of Ma'anshan like a drop of water piercing a stone, I believe it will not be long before we can find out. At this moment, the 200,000 elites stationed in Hada County and the Chahar Department are still waiting patiently.

At the foot of a mountain in Ma'anshan, an old man in a white robe was bored looking at the huge culvert on the stone wall. The sound of tinkling was incessant, and there were many people coming in and out, pushing wooden carts to transport dirt and gravel holes.

"How's the battle going in Julu City?" Ye Hong turned his head and asked the group of people who were following him.

"According to the news from the front, the enemy army has organized two siege battles - today is the second - Julu City is still safe and sound, the enemy army is menacing, but it seems that the thunder is indeed heavy and the rain is small, General Wuliangha can even set up a table at the head of the city while watching the battle while drinking goat's milk, thanks to the adventurers arranged for us by Ye Xianshi." A man wearing a hat-shaped helmet and a lancet at his waist said with a smile.

His last sentence made the rest of the group laugh a few times.

The old man in the white robe just stared at them lightly, and the laughter stopped abruptly.

"You have to be cautious in everything," Ye Hongmo clasped his fingers, "It's not time for you to laugh yet, what are the casualties on both sides of the enemy?" He continued.

"Hui Yu Immortal Master," the man immediately became serious when he clenched his fists, "According to statistics, in the first battle, our army suffered more than 1,000 casualties, and the enemy army fell under the city about 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers. However, if the current situation continues, the number of deaths in this siege battle will only be much higher than the first time. ”

"Good!" Ye Hong affirmed: "Let Uliangha continue to consume them, only defend and not attack according to the geographical advantage, and at the appropriate time, we must pretend to reach the difficulties to give the enemy a certain confidence." ”

"Yes!" A man with a lancet hugging his fist.

"If the enemy suffers losses in the Jeddah Gorge and cannot advance, they will inevitably find a way to detour from the west coastline to the Arislan grassland, which is a journey of thousands of miles, and the enemy will become exhausted after days of marching.......," Ye Hong said while thinking, "Go and inform Chibala, who is stationed in Shuanghuri Prefecture, and ask him to arrange for men and horses to harass the enemy army on the west coastline, and must not meet the enemy head-on and run away if he can't beat him." ”

"Yes!" Another young soldier clenched his fists and left.

"Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed," the old man stroked his beard and looked at the swarthy culvert, "Lord Chahar, let your people make holes and hurry up!" As if you hadn't eaten, don't forget that your compatriots in Julu City are still bleeding. Once the cave is opened, take your men and horses to the apricot grove to meet the adventurers, and someone will tell you what to do. ”

"The last general will strictly abide by the decree of the immortal master!" Wearing a white cymbal crown and a gray sundress, the tall man bowed and obeyed like a dog.

The tall old man with long sideburns and a long sword in the sheath didn't care about Chahar who was bowing down and holding his fists, he only took two steps forward slightly and then stomped his feet and flew into the air, the long sword seemed to feel his mind out of the scabbard, it obediently supported his feet, and one person and one sword turned into a rainbow.

"How can you get a dog-eat-dog and lose both?" The old man flying in the air rubbed his temples and said to himself, "Big and small things are involved, hey! The old man is really too difficult. ”