Early in the morning of December 14 the inner defensive circle of the Manoch Fortress

In the early days of the construction of the Manoch Fortress, it was also considered that if the enemy bypassed the front of the fortress and carried out a surprise attack from the rear. Therefore, at the beginning, depending on the terrain, it abandoned the design of opening the gate on the ground of the fortress. Its gate was opened in the middle of the fortress, about fifteen meters high.

Except for daily food and a weekly supply of fresh water, the gates are not open at any other time. Even the food supply was only changed to a daily supply at the beginning of this year, because the nobles stationed in the fortress complained about the freshness of the food.

You must know that on the Gobi Desert, which is close to the desert, the preservation of food, especially fruits and vegetables, can only keep it fresh for a considerable period of time in the oasis. In other places, the fruit will dry up in a maximum of three days after getting it.

In other words, that is, whoever it is. To get in and out of the fortress, you have to rely on wheeled human lifts located on top of the city walls.

Around seven o'clock in the morning, half an hour before the garrison's supreme governor, Marquis Malvi Ulysses, issued a warning deployment for the regular meeting. The rebels, who were mixed with the daily food supplies, entered the fortress smoothly with the assistance of Nei Ying. At this time, except for the necessary guards, soldiers with federal citizenship basically stayed in the upper three tiers.

"Hey, over there, those two. Why does it look a little raw!"

The guards in charge of the inspection could tell at a glance that there were several faces among the coolies transporting supplies. Habitually touching his waist, ready to pull out the long sword he was wearing.

Everyone froze in place, and the air felt like it was about to condense.

"Hey, sir, you don't know. Didn't this be some kind of ghost bard the day before yesterday! That night, my coolies ran away. I couldn't help it, so I borrowed a few from others first, and I should be in an emergency. ”

The one who spoke was a middle-aged man with a fat head and a fat brain, and his fat body made it impossible to tell whether his neck still existed. Although the thinning hair is very shiny, it still can't hide the fact that it is bald.

"If you're a slave, why don't you be shackled?"

Hearing that it was a slave, the guard immediately rebuked. It's just that his nervous face has eased a lot, and he is no longer as tense as before.

"Yes, yes, come, put on those two. "What you're saying is that it's all the work of that unlucky poet!" "It's a little bit of a small thing, and I hope you can take it." ”

The person in charge of transporting the supplies, after watching the two slaves put on the chains, hurriedly turned his eyes to other places. Although he flattered the guard in charge of the inspection, he was very bitter in his heart. From time to time, he took out a silk handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead. At the same time, shove a few gold coins into the guard's hand, hoping that the damn check will be over soon.

"How embarrassing is that!"

Although the guard said this, he did not mean to return the money.

"Isn't this an official to take care of, otherwise how could I encounter such a good thing. ”

"You're a clever guy, it's done. "Safety! ”

The guard gestured to the other side of the hallway.

With a rumbling sound, the iron fence leading to the inside of the fortress slowly rose, and the people disguised as coolies transporting supplies finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Finally came in.

"Food is sent to the storage room on the second floor, and water is sent to the lowest level, where someone receives it. Remember not to look around, not to ask questions and talk, and not to walk around. "Daldor, you old boy is going to drink with me. ”

The guard didn't seem to want to accompany him, and after leading the man to the elevator leading to the lower level, he gave a few words of warning, grabbed the merchant and walked towards his residence.

"I ...... I'll send the goods over first and come back...... Go back to Ali and drink with you again. ”

As the supplier, Daldor, with a look of embarrassment, said while his eyes looked at the crowd of people transporting the goods from time to time. It seems to be there, asking for someone's opinion.

"No, no, if you hadn't come, there wouldn't be a single bird in this hellish place. "Don't worry, you can't lose your people. It's a big deal, Lao Tzu will accompany you a few. ”

Daldor, who seems to be very heavy, is so responsible for the task of middle-level guards, and a certain guard captain dragged him away.

The second floor of the fortress is a material reserve area

Here is not only food, drinking fresh water. Even the necessary armament and ammunition of the fortress are also on this level. So, there is a squad of about forty people stationed on this level.

In fact, the food was originally placed on the upper two floors. But in order to satisfy a certain vanity of the nobility, the food was stored in the lower second floor.

Everything was as planned, when the supplies arrived on the second floor, the guards took the opportunity to check a lot of fresh fruits in the name of checking them.

As a matter of practice, this is considered a daily benefit for the soldiers stationed at the ammunition depot, and is tacitly accepted by the commanders of the fort. For them, it's just not too much. After all, under normal circumstances, people on the upper third floor would hardly come here.

So, after bringing the coolies responsible for transporting fresh water to the elevator leading to the lowest level, the guards immediately couldn't wait to find a corner and enjoy today's "spoils".

As for why the fresh water had to be sent to the bottom floor, it was because there were several special "guests" held here.

As soon as he landed, a fierce cannon fire rang out outside the fortress.

"It's time!"

The guard in charge of receiving it was stunned for a moment, completely unable to understand why these people came up with these words.

"Poof!" "Wow!", "Whew-Wow-Wow"

One of them suddenly drew a short-handled axe from the bottom of the water cart and pounced on the nearest guard. The blade slashed diagonally from his left shoulder, slashing out from the base of his right thigh, and the man was instantly split in half. The guard couldn't close his eyes until he died, and he couldn't believe it was real.

Another wooden vat of a water truck, suddenly broke. The Stellan Brave, who had been waiting inside for a long time, made a 720-degree rotation with his body at the moment of leaping out, and threw three throwing spears at the same time. Three Federation soldiers were pinned to the wall as they prepared to close the access gates.

"Quickly seize the lifter, and a team is responsible for finding people. The second team followed me back to the upper floor. ”

Only eight people were carrying fresh water, and all of them were shackled. This is also the reason why the federal guards dare to let these people be slaves and do things alone. But they didn't expect that there would be twenty people hiding in the waterwheel.

After successfully taking down the first floor, the guards stationed at the ammunition depot still did not notice.

The guard in charge of receiving it was stunned for a moment, completely unable to understand why these people came up with these words.

"Poof!" "Wow!", "Whew-Wow-Wow"

One of them suddenly drew a short-handled axe from the bottom of the water cart and pounced on the nearest guard. The blade slashed diagonally from his left shoulder, slashing out from the base of his right thigh, and the man was instantly split in half. The guard couldn't close his eyes until he died, and he couldn't believe it was real.

Another wooden vat of a water truck, suddenly broke. The Stellan Brave, who had been waiting inside for a long time, made a 720-degree rotation with his body at the moment of leaping out, and threw three throwing spears at the same time. will prepare