Volume 3 Chapter 13 The Mysterious Tower

The third prince hurriedly asked, "What are you afraid of?" ”

Baozi didn't answer the third prince, he instructed the orderlys, "Please take my people to rest, I want to have a good chat with my dragon brother." ”

When Kong Dechang was leaving, he said worriedly, "Captain Bao, I think, let's still be together."

Baozi smiled, "Don't worry, they won't dare to touch you." ”

The third prince said in a big way, "Don't believe me, you are friends of Baozi, you are my honored guests, rest assured." ”

After everyone left, Baozi let out a sigh of relief and said, "Brother, this ghost gate is more unpredictable than the human world." ”

"What do you mean?"

"Li Si's performance"

"Hardcore traitor"

"He died so suddenly that it didn't fit the situation or the character." Baozi said

"You've only known each other for a few days!" The third prince didn't care.

"Li Si was a soldier guarding Liaodong at the end of the Ming Dynasty and died in the Battle of Songjin against foreign races. At that time, the Central Plains treated the Manchus as we treat foreign captives, they are all barbarian invaders, Li Si died on the battlefield to resist the invasion, and he has been guarding the ghost gate for a long time, it can be said that he has been loyal and protective of the country for hundreds of years, how can he be willing to submit to the later Japanese administrators? ”

The third prince touched his head, "I know this, didn't you say something about him, he is getting more and more numb, and he doesn't take bad things as bad things?"

"That's a kind of collective assimilation," Baozi said, "You close off a group of people, cut off from the outside world, teach them ridiculous slogans, and at first they are disgusted, but after a while you will find that they begin to identify with it, and then it is the truth." ”

"But," Baozi said, "I clearly saw his consciousness lucid today, after he was out of control." Especially when I explained the trajectory of his thoughts, I noticed that there was a renewed hope in his eyes, which is not something that can be feigned. So, I firmly thought that he would pin the knife to his waist, but I didn't expect that... ”

"Okay, there is no more of him, and there is no less of him" The third prince said, "After Houji left you, you were indeed indecisive"

"No," Baozi shook his head, "He died suddenly, and he seemed to be about to speak, when he suddenly stopped." ”

"Is there a plot for this?"

"Let's assume that he doesn't trust the people he comes with"

"You mean, he was forced to die?" The third prince began to analyze along the lines of the bun.

"Not only that, but I guess he also told me by dying that there are spies in our team!" "If there is no danger, he can naturally choose to cooperate, and the reason why he chooses extreme results is that he tells us that it is not safe at the moment. ”

"This kid is scared," the third prince said indifferently, "My army is here, and the canyon pass is guarded like an iron bucket, even if there is a fine work among those three people, how can he pass on the information of Li Si's surrender?" ”

"The three people I brought with me are all new acquaintances, and I don't dare to say that I am absolutely at ease with anyone, so you should be more concerned about this matter." Baozi didn't know the reason for it for the time being, so he made a bottom and asked the third prince to strengthen the monitoring of the only three people in the team he led.

"The city on the opposite side is the key, Brother Baozi, help my brother think of a good way to break the city" The third prince scratched his head and worried.

Baozi hurriedly excused himself, "You have experienced it for thousands of years and a hundred years, and you have seen a big battle, I am a hairy boy, what can I do?"

"My experience is outdated," said the third prince, "and the opponent is the army of industrial civilization." It would be nice if Li Si didn't die, at least he had been stationed in this city, so he could provide a section of the city, and we could study tactics" The third prince realized the importance of Li Si.

The war has entered a stalemate, and whoever can carry it down will win the final victory.

Baozi inspected the camp with the third prince, the shortage of food is the biggest problem, the main food of those yin spirits, the salina grass, does not have much nutrition, the soldiers have been eating for a long time, some of the faces are swollen, some soldiers have no strength to cast spells, the tail of the fox and the weasel is exposed behind the armor, and the half-human and half-demon look extremely embarrassed.

"Don't you have a few giant eagles, why don't you take them out for reconnaissance?" Baozi asked the third prince as he walked

"It's strange here, it seems to have a huge gravitational pull, and the giant eagle takes off and falls off after a few blows. I was going to fight in three dimensions, but now I've changed it to flattening. ”

Baozi and the third prince climbed to the top of the cliff along the path of the canyon cliff, from which they could see both the way and the interior of the city, but they should have foreseen the possible prying eyes of the other side after the commanding heights were occupied at the beginning of the design, and the city wall was built tall and inclined with a large arc inward, and in this place where there was no shortage of stones, the other party could have the luxury of building any huge building with huge stones. As a result, there were almost no military deployments within visual range.

"Brother, I've been here a long time ago, and I can't see anything." The third prince said, "Our catapult has not enough range, even if we push it to the top of the cliff, we can't hit the city." ”

"Even if it hits the city, it will have no effect, the other party's stone structure fortifications are too strong." Buns are supplemented.

"Brother, you see that the city wall is not, it is inverted within 75 degrees, and the whole city is like an inverted basin! I wondered, they weren't afraid that we would climb up, who was so stupid to build such a wall! ”

Baozi didn't have an answer, and he continued to observe. In the heart of the city, a tall lighthouse-like building looms visible, around which almost all the fortifications are built, as if it were the core of the army's resolute defense. Baozi looked at it for a long time before asking, "What kind of building is that?" ”

"Monument, right?"

"There is such a large monument? Who to commemorate? The two men muttered to themselves, but they couldn't come to a conclusion. The dead moon faded, and the shadows of the distant city faded.

In the distance, military trumpets sounded in the camp, and the communicators went from camp to camp shouting "Shelter from the wind!" Typhoon shelter! "The gale is coming again, and the troops seem to have become accustomed to the regular arrival of hurricanes, and they have flattened their tents and taken refuge in the tunnels that have been dug long ago. A pro-soldier ran to the two of them, "Two gods, a hurricane is coming." This is a canyon, and the wind will increase sharply when the wind passes, so if you don't take shelter from the wind, you may be worried about your life! ”

The third prince pulled up the bun, "Brother, go, go and hide in the pit dug on the cliff." ”

Baozi waved his hand, "Look again!" ”

The third prince couldn't go on his own, so he had to accompany Baozi to continue to observe the camp.

The wind suddenly rose, the sand and gravel on the plain flew sideways, and a black and dirty front rushed towards the canyon, like the arrival of the huge tide in Qiantang, which was quite spectacular. There were many figures running in the opposite city, and they were also sheltering from the wind. Baozi understands why the city wall will be trimmed inwards at the risk of being climbed, this is to slow down the impact of the wind, if it is built to be the same as the city wall in the world, I am afraid it will have been damaged in the daily gale.

The flying sand had swept into the canyon, and a loud rumbling sound was approaching, like an army of horses. The third prince couldn't bear it anymore, "Brother, hurry up and get down the tunnel!" ”

"Wait!" The bun is still as steady as Mount Tai, and his eyes are fixed on the movement in the city within the visual range.

In a small field of vision, the figure of a small group of soldiers suddenly flashed. They ran out of the houses in a panic and sneaked into the steamed bun-shaped hideouts, all of them wearing the steel helmets of the national army, and even the faint blue sky and white army emblems could be seen. This is the national army? How can there be equipment for the Japanese army? How did they get systematically taken underground by the Japanese army?

"Let's go!" The third prince didn't care about his face, and ran into the pit with the bun in his hand.

At the moment of turning, the tower suddenly flashed with purple light, like a lighthouse appearing on the vast sea, but the lighthouse only flashed once, and the picture was fleeting.

"Third prince, have you seen it?"

"See what?"

"There was a flash on the top of the tower"

"No, oops, let's go into the tunnel!" Thousands of egg-sized stones swept in like a meteorite belt, and the wind was stronger through the canyon, and the stones catapulted and collided at a very high speed, accompanied by the roar of thousands of horses, and instantly squeezed into the canyon, and the canyon fell into a violent world of flying sand and rocks, bouncing and dancing.

Baozi and the third prince also hid in a tunnel next to them, and the tunnel was full of soldiers who were sheltering from the wind. Most of them looked calm, and seemed to have adapted to this regular life. The third prince took out a large front door cigarette case, took out a cigarette and lit it, and in the smoke, red sparks flashed and flashed, reflecting his pale face with a stubbled beard.

"Did you learn to smoke?"

"Sad," the third prince smoked greedily, "There are not many cigarettes, and I can only smoke dried salina powder in the future." ”

There was a roar of a train overhead, and the hurricane arrived on time.

"What did you just say?"

"Purple light flashes on the tower"

"I didn't pay attention, who is as adventurous as you, we usually hide in the pit early to avoid the wind, and no one has seen the light flickering on the tower."

"No, I have to go out and have a look"

"Pull it down, if you go out, it's equivalent to buying a plane ticket to Black Cliff!"