Chapter 25: The Night Watchman
Lao Feng's voice was loud and quite deterrent. Therefore, although it was still dark in the attic, the movement suddenly stopped.
It turned out that the four of them all thought that their martial arts could not be underestimated, however, they couldn't give full play to the small space.
Just now, Ji Kang'er hugged the back of the owner of the Pu Dao and rolled on the spot, the hairy monkey pounced, the three of them twisted into a ball, and the old soldier stood aside with a stick and was undecided......
Thanks to Lao Feng's timely arrival, Ji Kang'er thought to herself.
He stood up with difficulty with one swollen eye, polished the flint, and saw the veteran beside him skillfully holding two pig iron rods between the middle finger and index finger of his right hand like chopsticks, and he was secretly glad that the fight just now did not go on while feeling respect.
The owner of the Pu Dao and the hairy monkey also climbed up in front of Lao Feng with an embarrassed face.
Seeing them stumbling to their feet one by one, dumb and not daring to make a sound, and standing honestly in front of him, Lao Feng asked, "Why are you two here?" Seeing the commander, the two deserters immediately confessed and became honest, but they did not confess immediately.
It turned out that the young man who occupied Ji Kang'er's eldest brother Pu Dao was called Tang Ming, from Nanjun, the southernmost county of the Great Zhou Dynasty, who was framed and imprisoned ten years ago, and was assigned to the border to guard the border.
Another boy who is three or two years older than Ji Kang'er is called Zhao Gouwa, this Zhao Gouwa is a thief with a mouse's eye, who annoyed the local government because of many thefts, and was ordered to confiscate the army to the Great Wall, and became a night watchman who could not return to his hometown for the rest of his life.
At first, the partner who planned to escape with Tang Ming was requisitioned to the Black Reef Cliff to guard the side on the day of his departure, but Tang Ming lacked manpower, so he had to choose Zhao Gouwa to go on the road together. Zhao Gou'er admired Tang Ming because of his extraordinary skills, and he had always longed for escape, so he gladly accepted the invitation.
The two secretly traveled to the only liquor store in the wasteland, and caught up with the approaching snowstorm, and the road ahead was unknown, so they had to take the risk and stay overnight.
The two then bought off the veteran and the shopkeeper to hide. Unexpectedly, his immediate boss Lao Feng also happened to live here.
Based on experience, the veteran disagreed with the two men leaving the liquor store in a snowstorm to avoid their superiors, so they discussed in the attic. Several people were insisting on their own words, and unfortunately they were overheard by Ji Kang'er, a chicken thief.
Lao Feng looked at the original furnishings in the messy attic in front of him so pompous, he couldn't help but look around strangely when the wine had not yet dissipated, and Ji Kang'er took the opportunity to hurry to Lao Feng's side......
Just when the four of them didn't know how to deal with their boss Lao Feng, a black crow delivering a letter came in from the chimney and flew down on Lao Feng's shoulder.
Old Feng Xu was drunk, and he didn't catch the black crow's calf four times in a row, and even Ji Kang'er felt a little shameless for him.
Ji Kang'er was quick to see and helped, and helped untie the secret letter on the black crow's leggings and handed it to Lao Feng.
Lao Feng tried his best to stand firm, opened the paper scroll and read it three times, but he still didn't see what was written on the paper. Seeing this situation, Ji Kang'er hurriedly helped him sit down, and after he was stable, Lao Feng saw the line clearly: "The demon wolf soldiers are coming, please return quickly." โ
Lao Feng waved his sudden divine sense, and was shocked by these few lines of words, and finally returned to his original position, he pressed his temples and ordered: "The matter you are waiting for will be discussed in the future, and now everyone will immediately go to the Great Wall and enter the battle." โ
Ji Kang'er's eyes widened and asked, "Including me?"
"Yes, including you. Mao Monkey, go find a set of equipment for the fourth young master...... Ji Kang'er, you follow behind Tang Ming, I don't have the energy to take care of you. Old Feng left his words and walked down the stairs.
As soon as the words "Fourth Young Master" came out, except for Tang Ming, the other three people all glanced at Ji Kang'er and pursed their mouths.
No matter how noble your status was before, since you came to the border, except for the general and the general, everyone else here is equal, and you can win respect by military merit and eat by ability.
Naturally, there was no shortage of people to teach him the rules, and these people muttered to themselves: "Let's see, stinky boy, you will suffer from it!"
Ji Kang'er gritted her teeth and told herself: "Alas, it's better to be a person with your tail between your legs!"
Lao Feng didn't want to investigate why the soldier in front of him became a deserter, and Tang Ming no longer had the energy to continue to have his "dream of escaping from Huangliang". At this moment, the enemy is currently in danger, and only by resisting the wolf soldiers together and keeping Bears Ears Town can it be possible to survive.
Tang Ming waved the dragon bone glaive, and was about to cut the latch of the door that was frozen to death, and the veteran shouted behind everyone: "Tang Ming, stop! โ
"Brushโ" A pot of boiling water was poured over the latch.
"Jingle bellโ" The veteran threw away the copper kettle in his hand, removed the latch, and stood aside.
As soon as the door opened, a blizzard lunatic pounced in.
"General Feng, please, Tang Ming, please!" the veteran gave a military salute.
Lao Feng took the lead in snatching the door.
Tang Ming asked very unhappily in the back: "Why does the old guy have to bother to open the door so much?
"We have to keep the latch, although I'm afraid it's hard to go back to this old bone, but this wine shop, we still have to keep a good ...... for the brothers who take over later."
Tang Ming rolled his eyes speechlessly, and rushed straight out with the Dragon Bone Glaive in his hand.
Ji Kang'er dragged a very ill-fitting, half-new and old armor and stumbled into the ice and snow world.
Six people are the same person, and the military etiquette is purged. The battle armor made a grinding sound in the gallop of the war horse, and to Ji Kang'er's ears, the sonorous sound was particularly morale-boosting.
At this time, Ji Kang'er's blood was surging, and he unconsciously gave birth to the heroism of a soldier. However, everything was rusty and clumsy, and it was almost reluctant to climb up when he got on the horse, and after riding the horse, for a time the armor was cumbersome, the sword was squeezed, the saddle was hard, and the cold wind poured into the neck......
Lao Feng saw that Ji Kang'er was so embarrassed, frowned and said to him: "Leave the long sword on your body here first! โ
Ji Kang'er clenched his beloved short sword and replied: "I want the sword to be in the people." โ
Seeing this situation, Lao Feng didn't persuade anymore, he took a big sip of spirits, and then, pinned a wine gourd around his waist, stabbed his riding boots, and shouted loudly: "Go!"
A hundred miles away on the south side of the Great Wall, Lao Feng was on the head, Tang Ming and Zhao Gouer were the right wing, veterans and hairy monkeys were the left wing, Ji Kang'er was in the center, and the six-person team was like a black arrow, piercing the cannibalistic wind and snow like the wind, and went straight to Bears Ears Town.
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After about an hour or so, a silver dragon appeared lying in the wasteland in front of the team of six. The dragon-like Great Wall became clear little by little in front of Ji Kang'er's eyes.
The horse galloped quickly, and it took Lao Feng and his party another half an hour to arrive at Bears Ears Town. Standing in front of Bears Ears, you need to tilt your chin to the top of your head to barely look through the cold air at the majestic Great Wall in front of you, the top of which reaches into the sky.
Ji Kang'er raised his head, and through the battlements, he vaguely discerned: the Great Wall was full of various offensive and defensive weapons, and the battlements made of snow-white boulders were set off by these weapons, which were majestic and majestic.
The scenery here really lifted his spirits.
It turned out that since midnight, thousands of wolf soldiers have been crawling towards the Great Wall from the Black Forest outside the Great Wall, ready to attack.
On the day of the first watch, this wolf soldier column led by the ghost king's uncle Erhur launched the first attack on the Great Wall, and since then, the first small battle between the Great Zhou and the Ghost Fang Demon Clan this summer has started in the Great Wall Bear's Ears Town.
After receiving a letter of help from the black crow, a team of 100 people from Xizhui Loulan Town immediately rushed to Bears Ears Town and rushed to the rescue.
When Lao Feng and his entourage arrived at Bears Ears Town, it happened that the fourth attack of the wolf soldiers had just been repelled by our side, and the garrison of Bears Ears Town drove the wolf soldiers who had successfully climbed the Great Wall back to the Black Forest at the cost of more than half of the casualties.
When the soldiers saw General Feng returning, they were all as high as if they had been beaten with blood. Lao Feng was surrounded by several leaders to listen to the battle situation, and the other four soldiers dismounted with Lao Feng and threw themselves into the intense and busy preparation for the next battle, only Ji Kang'er was obviously left aside.
He thought that at least one or two people would notice his unfamiliar face, however, the high-quality Ji Jiajun was returning to his position automatically, and was in full swing to prepare materials, treat the wounded, and repair the fort...... Everyone is focused, professional, and orderly, which shows that Ji Kang'er is redundant.
Seeing that everyone was busy, Ji Kang'er really couldn't find what he could do, and after a while, he finally found that a white-haired veteran was limping towards the cloud frame (note: the composite climbing device of trebuchet and cloud ladder), he quickly stepped forward with the eyesight to help, and was pushed away by the veteran and said angrily: "Get out of the calf, Lao Tzu can walk by himself." โ
Ji Kang'er stumbled and fell into the snow, and the ill-fitting heavy armor pressed on his body, forcing him to crawl in the snow for a long time before he was able to get up.
He patted the snow on his buttocks boringly, and comforted himself: "Okay, well, okay! Ji Jiajun is really good!"
In his heart, he was secretly scolding: "Ji Hao, you who have been stabbed by a thousand knives, all the night watchmen are skilled, and there is no one who is good at stubble, how can you let your son of waste dim sum be accommodated?!"
Complaining is complaining, Ji Kang'er is not really discouraged. He glanced at the night watchmen all around, one by one, either with a face full of flesh or a beard, or a horizontal scar, missing arms and legs......
Ji Kang'er, who has a delicate face and is a little weak, looks a little out of place in this group of people. Ji Kang struggled to shake off the heavy armor of the protective body, he was dressed lightly in civilian clothes, shivering in the cold wind, but he felt spirited: "Lao Tzu is also a rough man, if you don't believe it, let's see!"
For a while, his heart was full of heroism, and he turned around to look for the veteran. Finally, he looked up and saw the figure of a lame old man looming above the Great Wall, next to the trebuchet in the trench.
The white-haired old man was holding the piece of flint the size of a millstone and limping to the trebuchet.
The battle flag with white characters on a black background hit the flagpole in the wind and snow, making a "crackling-" sound, making Ji Kang'er, who was looking up, seem to hear the call of the eldest brother: "Kang'er, come-come!"
"Big brother, I'm here!"
Ji Kang'er rolled up his arms and sleeves and walked towards the cloud frame, but was hit by an eight- or nine-year-old child. Seeing that the child was carrying two big arrows taller than him towards the cloud frame, Ji Kang'er blushed unconsciously, how could he go to the top of the Great Wall empty-handed?
He turned around and saw a pile of half-human-high arrows piled up not far away, and hurriedly ran over to grab three at the same time, but unfortunately it was too heavy for him to catch it. This big arrow is much longer than the sword in the Daidi military camp, and the arrow is very large, and it is specially made to deal with the demon wolf soldiers.
Ji Kang'er had no choice but to carry a big arrow and walk onto the cloud frame with difficulty.
The person in charge of Kering is also a seven or eight-year-old child. Seeing that Ji Kang'er only carried an arrow, the child unconsciously looked away, trying his best to hide his contempt.
Ji Kang'er wants to straighten her waist and not embarrass the old Ji family. It's a pity that his waist pole at this time is like the waist pole of an old lady who has been carrying weight for many years, and he can't stand up. This embarrassment made his face burn.
The cloud frame carried Ji Kang'er and the child, and rose rapidly towards the top of the Great Wall in the wind and snow, bringing up the wind and snow at high speed, like a blade blowing Ji Kang'er's tender face that had not yet grown a beard. Outside the cloud frame, Ji Kang'er's falcon kept circling upwards around the rising cloud ladder.
With about half a burnt incense gongfu bell, the cloud frame came to a trench that was more than 150 zhang (1 zhang = 3.333 meters) above the ground.