Chapter 40: Beacon Fire

On the steppe, far from the forward sentry of the camp.

More than a dozen soldiers, a small campfire, and a simple beacon built next to it, these are all the belongings of the outpost.

"Damn, I really want to change careers and start business!" Sitting in front of the campfire and munching on half-baked potatoes, Shifu scolded angrily, "It's all fucking Shifu, others eat chicken legs and drink wine, but Lao Tzu is gnawing this shit in this place!"

Unlike Captain Shifu's dissatisfaction, the dozen or so soldiers under him seemed very leisurely.

"Boss, we also want to eat chicken legs and drink good wine, but you don't want to think about how hard their training is, if I have to choose ......" Speaking of this, the fat soldier burped and then stuffed the remaining potatoes into his mouth, whimpered and said: "Let me choose, I must choose this, do you say it!"

As soon as he said this, the soldiers who were lying around looking at the stars because they were bored agreed one after another.

Seeing the appearance of his subordinates, the husband sighed helplessly: "Alas, with a group of subordinates like you, I really feel hopeless for promotion!"

The soldiers laughed, in fact, they liked their current life very much, although the outpost seemed to be very dangerous, but after all, this was near the capital of the Empire, and it was also the camp of the Central Army, who would dare to come to the wilderness? Even if the food was not very good, it was not dangerous, and there was no need to train on duty.

In comparison, this is already a paradise!

Looking at the moldy and hairy beacon tower, Captain Shi took off his military boots, and suddenly a foul smell wafted away, but these soldiers under his command didn't seem to smell it, and they still ate and drank what they should eat.

"Boss, do you think the army of the Heavenly Spirit Principality will still fight?" the fat soldier also leaned over to Captain Shifu's side and asked in a low voice.

They knew very well that they had stepped into the territory of the Principality of the Heavenly Spirit after crossing the Goethe Fortress not far away, and although the two countries had not fought for a long time, it was their duty as soldiers to take precautions.

"The last time there was a war was sixteen years ago, and the Heavenly Spirit Principality lost more than 200,000 people, I wondered, this war will start soon!"

The fat soldier then asked, "Last time our empire won because of the war demon Rhyart Hayard, but now if we fight again, can we still win?"

As a veteran who has also been in the army for more than ten years, he is very aware of the combat effectiveness of the army of the Principality of Heavenly Spirit, especially their military technology, which is simply a few streets away from many other countries, although the situation on the continent is now maintaining a delicate balance, but the ambition of the Principality of Heavenly Spirit has never disappeared.

"I said, why are you farting so much today?Potatoes are stuffed in the anus!" Captain Shi glared at him and said, "Our President of the Central Army is also a famous general, if the army of the Heavenly Spirit Principality dares to come, he will definitely look good!"

Captain Shi was a little disdainful, although in terms of military technology, the Heavenly Spirit Principality occupies this absolute advantage, but their small territory and small population also limit their strength, not to mention that their Heavenly Spirit Principality is surrounded by enemies on all sides, if they rashly start a war against the Cold Moon Empire, I am afraid that they can only suffer from it.

At this moment, a figure quickly passed by and galloped towards the camp of the Central Legion!

Captain Shi and the soldiers were stunned for a moment, because they didn't see it very clearly, there seemed to be a person just now, a person wearing a military uniform, but how could that military uniform not seem to be the military uniform of the Cold Moon Empire?

"It looks like the uniform of a soldier of the Heavenly Spirit Principality!" the fat man muttered.

As soon as he heard this, Captain Shi immediately grabbed his collar and roared loudly, "You must be the uniform of a soldier of the Heavenly Spirit Principality?"

The fat man immediately nodded: "It's the military uniform of the scouts of the Heavenly Spirit Principality, but it's ......"

In the next moment, before the fat man finished speaking, Captain Shi had already shouted: "Enemy attack, there is an enemy attack, notify the captain below, hurry up and release the wolf smoke!"

A moment later, a raging fire ignited in an instant on the simple beacon tower that had become moldy and hairy, and the white and thick wolf smoke instantly rose with the wind, and it went straight into the sky in a few breaths.

Seeing the white wolf smoke rising from the lit beacon fire, the fat soldier muttered again in a low voice, "Is there a scout with a waist drum?" After saying that, he shook his head, and then put the last potato in his pocket, "It seems that the potatoes have eaten too much, maybe they are blocked to the eyes!"

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Central Army, inside the big tent of the Chinese Army.

At this time, Joan and his sister were chatting, and it was a middle-level officer who walked in briskly with a heavy expression, "My lord!"

"What's wrong?" Seeing the unusual look on the officer's face, Qiu An seemed to sense something, and said with a slightly awe-inspiring expression.

"The forward sentry is full of wolf smoke! There is an enemy attack!" the officer standing in front of the big tent pointed into the distance, and at this time, on the Goethe plain, a white wolf smoke slowly rose, which was particularly dazzling in the dark night. Seeing that the President did not speak, the officer then asked, "Your Excellency, please make a quick decision!"

In fact, Joan didn't want to give orders, but this was a plain, a place between the Goethe Fortress and the capital, so how could it be so good that the wolf smoke could be lit? Could it be that an army crossed the Goethe Fortress and came here? If so, then why didn't the fortress light a beacon fire or even fire a warning shot?

However, because the rear is the capital, even if he has doubts in his heart, Qiu An does not dare to be careless, hesitates again and again, and then shouts: "The front school field of the three military camps is formed, and the archers are ready!"

"Yes!" the mid-ranking officer saluted straight, then ran down quickly to deliver the order.

At this time, Xing Xue beside Qiu An showed an expectant look, she had grown so big but she hadn't experienced a real war.

Fortunately, Qiu An also looked at her very seriously at this time and said, "You follow me, don't run around!"

A moment later, Qiu An appeared in the school yard of the Central Army with Xingxue, where an elite army of 25,000 people had been assembled at this time, which was the establishment of a regular army of the Central Army under the command of Qiu An, and its strong combat effectiveness was comparable to that of a regular army of 100,000 people in other ordinary formations.

This is also all the combat troops that Qiu An can deploy in the large camp of the Central Army at the moment, as for the other troops stationed in the direction of his flank, Qiu An has not asked them to assemble for the time being, after all, the battle situation is unknown now, and it is undoubtedly quite dangerous to rashly let them let go of the flank defense.

"Prepare to meet the enemy!"

With President Joan giving a deafening order, tens of thousands of troops marched out of the barracks in an instant.

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