Unlike cities built in the past for convenient transportation and economic development, cities and towns in the new era often have to take into account the existence of foreign enemies, and the demand for protection is much higher than that of convenient transportation.

Haiming City, is a typical coastal city, the northeast is surrounded by the sea on both sides, the defensive pressure is more than the plain haode, there are three entrances and exits of the West Gate, the South Gate and the North Gate.

On the other side of the sea there are piers and beaches, and sea freight is the guarantee of the city's prosperity and safety.

Most of the city defense tasks are handled by the city guards, they belong to the nature of the semi-army, and the reason why they are called semi-army is because compared with the old era, the inconvenient transportation and poor information allow the city defense troops in various places to often have a very high degree of autonomy, they can operate independently, recruit troops independently, and even have their own personnel departments and military courts.

Their emblems are the steel halberd and the rock lighthouse, the bloodthirsty halberd made of steel, which represents the fighting spirit of fighting to the death, and the immovable lighthouse that represents the eternal protection of the city.

The corresponding city defense guard is mainly responsible for the security of the city, they are not only the police in the new era, but also assume the role of the city defense reserve.

The emblem of the thorn sword and shield, the sword and shield, also represents the protection of the city, and the thorn is the spirit of "prudent use of power in hand".

However, both the city defense army and the guard force are inseparable from the support of the Night Watch Association, and their ordinary soldiers can often only be selected from ordinary citizens, and there are still many deficiencies at a high level.

And the professional night watchman who has been selected and trained from an early age, from a special preparatory school, from the vast expanse of the land, and from various battlefields, as long as he is willing to join the guard or the city defense army, can immediately rise to a relatively high official position.

After all, their improvement in combat effectiveness is immediate, and with their experience and knowledge from the battlefield, just by teaching and training, the combat power of ordinary soldiers can be greatly improved.

But the guards and city guards are closely related to the city, and joining them often means taking root in the city, and for professional night watchmen who target the dark places outside, it is not much of a choice.

The emblem of the night watchman is a hand carrying an oil lamp, and the emblem of the lantern bearer represents illuminating the way forward in the dark.

If the city guards and guards stationed in the city and guarding the safety of the party are the guardian shields of humans, then the night watchman is the sword that takes the initiative to attack while guarding.

Searching for all kinds of resources that the city urgently needs, scouting and clearing the herds that are gathering, and even encircling and suppressing the old gods, seizing the souls of the gods and building more artificial solar furnaces are all their jobs.

In order to avoid Liliang's abuse, the Night's Watch Code of Conduct puts non-interference in local civil affairs as the first rule, and if you choose to join the military or government department, this code is useless.

Therefore, joining the local military and police is often the choice of injured and retired night watchmen, although they do not have to return the insignia to the association, but they often go further and further away from the association, and the active night watchman who often has to go out hunting, is already two different things.

But the ideal is one thing, the reality is often another.

"Weishenme wants to fight to the death with those abandoned beasts, I should exchange my liliang for power and money, this is what I deserve."

It is impossible to expect every night watchman to be of high moral character and not seek personal gain.

A person like Catro who is in the prime of life, but who "retreats bravely" and takes the initiative to go to the second line is still haode, and the one who uses that extraordinary liliang as a prestige, and even proclaims himself king, and establishes his own kingdom, is the most troublesome.

But in any case, the presence of night watchmen of the local troops did strengthen the protection liliang.

But now, things are not good.

The captain of the Ximen City Defense Brigade died in battle some time ago, and the new captain has not yet been in place, and among the three deputy commanders, two were sent to the hospital in the fight with Hongling, and now, only one deputy commander Zhan Pengfei is left to lead the team.

Last night's beast herd was extremely restless, and the energy originally stored had lost more than half of it in the long night.

It is estimated that when the solar furnace is activated, the beast herd will naturally disperse as before, and the energy supply will follow again, when it is close to dawn, the city defense army is indeed a little slack, thinking that it can be charged immediately, and a large amount of energy reserves are wasted by the strafing of the Guangling Tower, and the sudden extinguishment of the solar furnace just now makes many large-consumption defense facilities unusable.

"Damn the Parik Chamber of Commerce, the energy supply has not been in place, I will say that the merchant is unreliable, if the Prism Tower and the Mirror Enchantment can still be used now, it will not be so passive...... Hongling, that damn orangutan, if she hadn't sent Vincent and Wenbee to the hospital, how could we have been so passive. ”

The sound of sirens reverberated back and forth between the city walls, and although he was full of complaints and anxious in his heart, Zhan Pengfei, as the temporary commander, kept waving to the city with a leisurely smile, giving confidence to his subordinates and companions.

"Is there a response from the city guard and the troops of the other defense districts?"

But for Yan Bishui, the adjutant who had followed him for more than ten years, he did not hide the anxiety in his tone.

“…… The other defense districts said that they were also in trouble, and although the offensive was not as fierce as ours, they did not dare to draw people over, and as for the guards, ......."

"What's wrong with the guards? Overnight, everyone is tired, we need reserves. ”

Zhan Pengfei retracted his gaze on the battlefield and rubbed his temples tiredly, the situation in front of him was really not good.

Unlike the wild instinct and patience of the abandoned beasts, after a night of fighting, the soldiers were already exhausted, and the Guangling Pagoda, which was expected to be able to be used, automatically ceased fire, which was even more demoralizing.

"They conducted large-scale combat exercises and assault training at midnight yesterday, and it took two hours to return from outside the city, and the people were tired, even if they reassembled, I am afraid it will not be a matter of a while."

"Damn, weishenme at this time...... Are there no other reinforcements? The Night's Watch Guild? ”

"You also know that the last time Calamity Red caused trouble, many of the Night's Watch were taken to the hospital...... Recently, the mission has been very stressful, and there is a shortage of reinforcements. ”

"How many?"

The adjutant smiled wryly and held out four fingers in embarrassment.

"Four squads? Forget it, barely enough. ”

“…… It's four people, or the half-crippled team that just came back yesterday. ”

"Weishenme will be like this?! A permanent night watchman squad? Isn't the total number of people more than fifty? According to the rules of the club headquarters, there should be at least four permanent squads. ”

"There is a shortage of manpower, one person is used for two people, and the fuel collection task of the solar furnace has been heavy recently, which has forced the association to send most of the combat power...... The number of night watchmen still in the city is estimated to be less than twenty, and they are either recuperating in the hospital or have just returned from a mission outside, exhausted. ”

"So, when you can't find anyone for help, you come back empty-handed? And bring a batch of lambs? ”

It's a bit too much to say that he is empty-handed, and the adjutant still came over with a group of unfamiliar faces to help, just looking at the group of newcomers who are wearing military uniforms, but standing lazily, Zhan Pengfei knows that these fresh faces are probably still recruits who can't help.

Although we can understand the reality of the current shortage of manpower, it does not mean that we can accept the increasingly urgent situation on the battlefield.

"The deputy team, in fact, there are some other methods, but some are not in accordance with the norms."

"Huh?" Zhan Pengfei vaguely guessed the adjutant's attention.

"The guards from the Ink Research Institute came to help, anyway, it's safe over there now, if a night watch team and two brigades of city defense troops come to help, there must be enough manpower."

Zhan Pengfei was a little hesitant, the security level of this ink research institute is the highest in Haiming City, if there is a problem, this responsibility is not light.

"Besides, now it's the abandoned beast attacking the city, there is no problem on our side, can the abandoned beast still fly over the city wall and raid the ink research institute. Brother Zhan, you have to know how to be flexible. ”

Adjutant Yan Bishui is his buddy for many years, his words are indeed reasonable, hesitated for a moment, considering that the Ink Research Institute should indeed be very safe, Zhan Pengfei nodded.

"I'll give the order."

The right hand probed into the air, and the ring inlaid with crystals bloomed with dazzling purple brilliance under the infusion of soul power, and in the next moment, a floating armored double-headed eagle appeared.

"Give a message to Captain Zhang Jie, who is stationed at the Moyan Institute, the West City Gate is a bit troublesome, and I want him to bring someone over to help."

After finishing speaking, the two heads actually repeated it once, exactly the same as Zhan Pengfei's tone and voice.

This is a military-specific communication soul beast, two-way memory, and extremely reliable on the chaotic battlefield.

Looking at the soaring armored eagle, Zhan Pengfei and Yan Bishui breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

"By the way, there is actually a place where people can be dispatched to help, the docklands ......"

"Are those mercenaries from the docklands? Those bastards who are willing to do anything for money are not something to be trusted. ”

The dock area is close to the sea and has a lot of contacts with the outside world, among which there are many gray organizations, and there are many killers and hooligans.

Where are the black shili of the Crazy Dragon Gang, if the city defense is really tight, seeing that it is all in the same boat, it is possible to spend money on temporary hiring.

"Well, it's them, but specific" The adjutant came over, Zhan Pengfei willingly leaned his ears over, at the critical moment, since he had already used illegal means, no matter how illegal the method was, he was already mentally prepared to write an inspection afterwards.

"My way, that's you"

"Huh?" The adjutant's voice became quieter and quieter, Zhan Pengfei couldn't hear it clearly, and took the initiative to lower his head and get closer.

"You're going to die, what do you care about when you die!"

As soon as the astonishing words fell, Zhan Pengfei didn't react, but a sharp pain in his waist came.

"Yan Bishui, you're crazy!"

Instinctively, a punch hit the old friend's smiling face.

"Poof!" This was the sound of the dagger being pulled out of the flesh and blood, and at the same time as Yan Bishui was knocked away, the dagger was also stirred in Zhan Pengfei's body, causing a more serious wound.

Reaching out and touching his waist, his hands were full of blood, his head was dizzy, and the knife was poisonous!

Zhan Pengfei looked at the adjutant in front of him in surprise, he couldn't believe the scene in front of him, this is an old subordinate who has followed him for nearly ten years, so many years of fateful feelings, weishenme will betray.

But the scene in front of him made him suddenly realize.

The "Yan Bishui" who had been hit hard by himself had already shown its prototype on the ground, which was an ugly shapeshifter advanced abandoned beast - the Lurker.

He was calm at first, calmly that his old friend and subordinate did not betray him, and then, he was angry and worried, it is not a secret that the ability of the deformant to eat the brain and take away the memory, the lurker can be so perfectly disguised as Yan Bishui, I am afraid, his old friend is already more than lucky.

In the next moment, the development of the situation did not give him a chance to sigh superfluously.

One by one, the recruits had taken on their original forms, a group of pitch-black shapeshifters.

In order to have a bird's-eye view of the whole field, Zhan Pengfei chose to command from the top of the sentry tower at the highest point of the city wall, and now the nearest soldier is also under the city wall.

"Damn."

Knowing that it was too late to call for help, Zhan Pengfei assumed a fighting posture.

And when he moved slightly, the wound on his waist and abdomen was bleeding profusely, and the venom on it was even more dizzy.

"Thirty years of crisscrossing the battlefield, I will actually die at the hands of these unruly guys, no, I am the only commander here, if I die, what will happen to the city gate damn Hongling! I ¥%......%¥%"

The big blood loss made his eyes blurry, inexplicably, he remembered the fiery red shadow, if she hadn't sent the two deputy chiefs to the hospital, how could he not even feel at ease to die.

Perhaps it was the excessive blood loss that caused me to hallucinate and hallucinate, but a figure that should never have appeared here appeared in front of me.

"What's wrong with me?"

A voice sounded, the cold words were full of malice, and just when he came to support, he heard the commander saying bad things about himself, it was Hongling, and he was also extremely unhappy.

"You... You, Hongling! What are you here to do? ”

The narrow phoenix eyes were narrowed into thin slits, and Hong Ling looked at the man who had just said bad things about herself with dangerous eyes.

"Come to help! What, I'm not welcome? Then I'll go back. ”

"Stop talking stupid, clean up those guys!"

A strange teenager, however, was already standing beside him, tearing his clothes into strips of cloth and making himself an emergency hemostatic bandage.

Jiang Shang and Hongling have already arrived.