Chapter Seventy-Six: The Watchtower
Zhang Yuan looked at the magic gun reload in his hand in a daze, and for a while he didn't understand why Lian Shangwu stuffed this thing into his hand. It's unlikely that the soldiers who go up to operate the magic guns will have to bring their own ammunition.
Seeing that Lian Shangwu's back was gone, Zhang Yuan simply didn't bother to catch up and ask, but since the other party had given him something, he should have a useful intention.
Zhang Yuan was thinking as he held the thing in his hand and played with it, but suddenly caught a glimpse of a jade hand quietly reaching out from the side and taking the magic bullet in his hand. Without thinking about it, he knew that this must be Li Ran's hand, Zhang Yuan immediately withdrew his hand, took off the backpack on his back and stuffed the purple-black round ball ammunition into it.
Seeing that Zhang Yuan had discovered it, Li Ran could only mutter, and then asked, "Hey, that guy just gave you won't be Fafjnir's magic bullet, right?" This is the first time I've seen the real thing, I've seen it in books before, after all, there was no such magic gun here. ”
Zhang Yuan nodded when he heard this, Li Ran saw Zhang Yuan's statement, quickly took two steps closer, and asked curiously: "Then what is he giving you this thing for, should it be for you to keep as a souvenir?" ”
Zhang Yuan didn't know the answer to this question, so he could only shrug his shoulders and replied: "Then I don't know, didn't you just stand here just now, didn't he tell me anything?" Whatever the hell, just think it's a souvenir for me. ”
Li Ran saw that Zhang Yuan didn't want to say it, and thought that he knew but didn't want to tell himself, so he could only pout his lips and say no more. After Zhang Yuan put away the magic bullet, he remembered that he had to hurry to the temporary lookout in the city.
Previously, Siwei had captured four magic spears from the Ganghe people, and now all of them are in Jinguan City. Of course, according to Spbie's promise to Hanse, one of these four magic guns would be distributed to Hansey City as a reward for meritorious defense, but the procedure that should be followed still needs to be followed, which is also to reflect the majesty of the Western Military Department.
As a result, everyone didn't expect that Ganghe people would use troops in a dangerous way this time, and they actually dared to directly set up a teleportation array in Jinguan City, and sent a large number of troops over. With the resumption of the war, these four Fafnir were naturally all used by Spir, and he immediately ordered his subordinates to build four watchtowers in the city, and set magic guns on these defense towers.
Zhang Yuan looked from the place where he was separated from the army, and from a distance, he saw a tall building like an optimus jade pillar standing between heaven and earth, which looked extremely abrupt among the surrounding several storey houses, and even the majestic city wall that had amazed Zhang Yuan was dwarfed. Needless to say, this building is one of the watchtowers, and when Si Zhi assigned Zhang Yuan the task, he only told Fafnir that he was on the watchtower, and did not tell Zhang Yuan which watchtower to go to, so Zhang Yuan ran straight to the one in front of him.
Although there is no military discipline here, it is required to reach the watchtower within a certain time limit, but now after all, it is wartime, and Zhang Yuan does not want to wander around the city, otherwise he will have a headache if he encounters any accidents.
Li Ran saw Zhang Yuan hurrying forward with his head down, and she could only follow behind, but at this time, she thought in her heart that even if Zhang Yuan was unwilling to tell herself the purpose of the magic bullet, she would always have a chance to know if she followed.
After walking for a long time, Zhang Yuan knew what was a dead horse running on Wangshan, and the watchtower had just looked not far away, but it took more than an hour to walk to the bottom of the watchtower. Zhang Yuan was originally going to stand and take a breath, but when he looked up, he was so shocked that he didn't even dare to breathe.
This tower only feels high from a distance, but when you look closely, you can see how amazing it is. It turns out that the watchtower is not only spectacular in its towering height, but also in its amazing footprint. Zhang Yuan visually inspected it, and this cylindrical tower had a diameter of fifty meters, to say the least. Don't underestimate the diameter of 50 meters, although 50 meters doesn't seem like much, a normal adult can run it in ten seconds.
But according to this size, the base of this tower is a full 400 square meters, so the top of the tower may have more than 300 square meters, no matter how much there is space for four or five classrooms. If there is such a large area, it is definitely not a problem to deploy double-digit magic shooting troops in one direction.
What shocked Zhang Yuan the most was not only the size of the watchtower, but he learned about the specific situation of this war, according to the information he received, the time when the battle began yesterday evening.
From yesterday evening to now, it has only been a little more than half a day, and the defenders of Jinguan City have not only reacted, but also built four watchtowers in the city. If the other three watchtowers were the same as this one, the world would be built so fast that it would take a few hours to accomplish such a feat.
However, this world is also a place where magic really exists, of course, it can't be measured by the standards of Zhang Yuan's world, and after seeing Si Wei's ability to build a city, Zhang Yuan quickly put away his surprised expression.
Just as Zhang Yuan was looking at the whole picture of the defense tower, the sergeant stationed in front of the tower also noticed the two people walking over, and a soldier immediately walked out of the sentry post under the tower and stopped Zhang Yuan and Li Ran who were advancing.
"Who are you and what are you doing here?"
When Zhang Yuan saw someone coming out, he also quickly turned his tired appearance, straightened his back and replied, "We are students of the Western Military Magic Academy, and we were ordered to come here to assist in the defense. ”
The soldier scratched his head, what are the students of the Western Army Demon doing here? However, the other party was also considered his own person, and the soldier no longer spoke in the stern voice just now, but asked according to Zhang Yuan's words: "The students of the Western Army Demon, aren't they all formed a reserve and a baggage battalion, we don't lack reserve troops here, why did you come here?" ”
Before Zhang Yuan could speak, a man dressed as a sergeant major walked over from behind the sentry post, patted the previous soldier on the shoulder, and said, "Okay, just leave the matter here to me, go back to your position." ”
"Yes." As the soldier walked away quickly, the sergeant major also smiled and continued to walk towards Zhang Yuan and the others.
Zhang Yuan knew that most of this person was arranged by Si Zhi, so he hurriedly asked, "May I ask who you are?" ”
"My name is Sihai, and I am the personal guard of the chief chief, and I am ordered to be in charge of the Magic Gun Fafnir and the guards of the ranged troops here. What's your name, please? ”
"My name is Zhang Yuan."
Si Hai heard that the person in front of him was the person Si Zhi had ordered to join the magic gun unit, so he naturally didn't dare to slack off, and then said: "Okay, classmate Zhang Yuan, your affairs have been arranged by the young master, but the order I received only said that one person was coming, may I ask who this is?" ”
This time, before Zhang Yuan could speak, Li Ran himself stepped forward and replied: "My name is Li Ran, and I am also a student of the Western Army Demon, and I came here to assist in the defense with Zhang Yuan." ”
Si Hai frowned, in his memory, he had not received the relevant order to welcome a female student named Li Ran, so naturally he couldn't let him go casually. Originally, Sihai still had a pleasant expression just now, but now when he heard Li Ran's words, his face suddenly changed, and he looked at Li Ran with a stern gaze.
"I'm sorry, the order I received was only to greet Zhang Yuan, so I don't have the authority to let others in. This student should also have a task assigned by the college, so please go back. ”
As he spoke, Si Hai slowly raised his right hand, and there were already faint wisps of elemental flow between his fingers, as long as the girl named Li Ran in front of him made any extra moves, he would not hesitate to cast an attack magic.
Zhang Yuan saw that the situation was wrong, and quickly stood up to explain to Si Hai, and when Si Hai heard that Li Ran was actually Li Zhang's sister, he slowly put away the magic power in his hand. Li Zhanzhang is also a famous young general in Jinguan City, and Sihai also got news that Li Yanzhang is going to be transferred to Hanse to be Ai Rong's deputy, that is, the second-in-command of the town guard.
But there is an attitude that should be there, but the principle cannot be lost, Si Hai said with a look of embarrassment: "Miss Li, I am also acting on orders, and I must not let superfluous people go over without an order, please understand." ”
"Then I order you to let you go now, is that okay?" A familiar voice suddenly came from the side, Zhang Yuan and Li Ran immediately looked back, and Si Hai immediately showed a respectful expression: "Si Hai has seen the young master." ”
Si Zhi slowly walked to Zhang Yuan's side, patted Zhang Yuan's shoulder, and said to Si Hai: "Okay, let's not stand here either, classmate Zhang Yuan has walked for a long time, let's take everyone in and rest for a while." ”
"Yes!" Sihai received the order, and hurriedly walked to the front to lead the way, and the soldiers stationed in the outpost saw that the commander was a guide, and they didn't need to be instructed at all, so they pushed the deer in the way away, and their movements became more and more numb.
Si Zhi was quite satisfied to see that these soldiers were full of energy, after all, these were all soldiers under his father's command. He nodded and said, "Okay, very energetic!" ”
After passing the checkpoint, Zhang Yuan and his party walked to a bunch of camp tents, which were inhabited by soldiers of the magic shooting unit, they were expensive soldiers, and the other soldiers stationed here could only be placed in nearby houses that were not destroyed, sleeping on hard earthen beds.
Under the leadership of Si Hai, everyone quickly walked into the bottom of the watchtower, and what appeared in front of Zhang Yuan was a huge magic array that was enough to squeeze down a hundred people, and it was used to teleport to the top of the tower at a glance. And around this big magic array are many small magic arrays, these small magic arrays are relatively simple, and the function is only to speed up the recovery of magic, when the magic of the soldiers of the magic shooting unit is exhausted, you can go to the lower level to replenish the magic power by yourself.
Rao is these magic arrays with no technical content really surprised Zhang Yuan for a while, he didn't expect the defenders to be so well prepared. You must know that this watchtower is built higher than the city wall, and even the Gangga soldiers who occupy the city wall can't escape the magic shot of the head and face, and if the Kircher army can continue to output for a long time, the Gangga people will really have a hard time.
Sihai led the group into the teleportation array, he looked around, and after confirming that everyone had entered the array, he ordered his subordinates to activate the teleportation array. With a flash of white light, Zhang Yuan and the others disappeared from the same place.