This is Nanping Pass.

This is a military earthen city built in the northernmost part of the south of the Tang River and the southeasternmost part of the Rongtianling Mountains.

Because it is closest to the source of Mobei, in the dry season, the floating soil blown by the knife-like northwest wind falls on the tall city wall, on the simple barracks, and on the soldiers' quilts...... The pervasive floating earth seemed to cover everything in the city

Every night before going to bed, the soldiers shake the quilts, and a layer of fluttering sandstorms will be shaken.

However, at this moment, this earthen city was stained with unprecedented humidity.

And what brought the wetness was a heavy rain that had not been seen in decades.

The heavy rain not only covered the northern part of the Rongtianling Mountain Range, but also drenched half of the Tang Dynasty. Three days and three days after the fall of the Heavenly Valley, there was no end to time, and the rain seemed to have no end.

"This heavy rain...... When is it going to be big?"

Wang Danian stood on the wall, looked up at the dark sky, exhaled fiercely, and when he thought of the water in the city, his mood couldn't help but become a little darker than this dark sky.

Wang Danian is a veteran, joined the army at the age of sixteen, joined the Haoqi League Shence Sect, in a flash, he has been in the army for 20 years, and he has also been in Nanping Pass for 20 years.

During this period, Nanping Pass changed hands between the wicked and heroic, and Wang Danian experienced countless battles of all sizes, starting from a lowest-level soldier, crawling and rolling for twenty years, and now finally climbed to the position of centurion.

Historically, no more than ten people could hold the position of centurion as mortals. And Wang Danian is one of them.

For a mortal, this is already a very rare honor.

Of course, this position should also be the end of his career, and Wang Danian is also content, and he has no extravagant hope to go further.

Barring no surprises, he will remain in this position for another five years.

Five years later. Even if he doesn't want to, he will also be discharged from the army.

And the treatment of veterans has always been very good.

Looking at the moon rising on this wall for another five years, after the wind gathers clouds, Wang Danian will be relieved and return to his hometown.

When the time comes, he can marry a good daughter-in-law and have a baby...... Well, it's better to be a boy, so that you can teach him knife and gun tactics and tell him about the grandeur of the old father's battle at the border.

In this way, enjoy your old age in peace. Of course, at the same time, he also suffers from the hidden dangers of old injuries brought about by his years of riding career.

Such a future...... Seems pretty good too?

In normal times, when thinking of these, Wang Danian will always inadvertently put on a smile and be full of longing for his future life. But at the moment, he really couldn't be happy.

"What the hell is raining...... Wang Danian muttered.

He felt that such weather ......

It's dangerous!

It's a baseless speculation, at least. There is no indication that his fears are well-founded.

All of this is more based on Wang Danian's years of military career to cultivate a skill, as if he has an instinctive sense of smell and foreknowledge of danger.

Although he couldn't explain the reason at all, he had always trusted his hunch and intuition.

"Lord Wang...... Are you going to worry about it? According to me, in this weather...... Not to mention the wicked people on the other side of the river in the west, even those wolf cubs in the north probably have to be frozen into dogs......"

Talking. It is Wang Danian's personal soldier, Yang Xile.

This is the egg of the recruit who just came in the year before last, and the person is as his name suggests. He looks very happy, has a baby face, and has a very happy personality, and never knows what sorrow is, nor what fear is.

In a big battle with the Valley of the Wicked last year, the young gang leader of the Dragon Palm Gang slapped him casually, almost killing Wang Danian.

But...... As a result, Wang Danian did not die, not even the slightest injury, but Yang Xile lay in bed for more than half a month.

Since then, he has become Wang Danian's personal soldier and will never leave.

"Rabbit cub, how did Lao Tzu teach you on weekdays?"

Wang Danian turned around and slapped Yang Xile on the head and scolded: "The more it seems safe, the more you can't slack off." You have to remember that you are never the only one who thinks like this, and you are also your enemy!"

"Your Excellency, you mean...... Is it possible that the enemy will take advantage of this weather to sneak attack?" Yang Xile asked, touching his head.

He has been with Wang Danian for two years, and he has long figured out his temperament, and of course he will not only think about the original meaning of his words.

Wang Danian snorted.

Yang Xile thought sideways for a moment, and then said with a smile: "But my lord, the wolf cub in the north has never taken half a step south in the past few years, and even if he goes south, he will definitely not choose this kind of weather to come down."

After a pause, he added: "Everyone knows that the poisonous people of the Wolf Tooth Army are the most afraid of the cold, and as soon as they go out on this rainy day, they are afraid that they will be frozen into popsicles if they can't walk a few steps." And those wolf cavalry, the entire wolf tooth army is full of only 10,000 people, and coming to Nanping Pass here is simply to send them to death, so there is no need to worry. ”

"What about the west?" Wang Danian asked deliberately.

"As for the wicked people on the west...... Didn't General Feng say a few days ago that the Famous Sword Conference had reached the last moment, and ordered us all to stand still and wait for the notice from above. In the past six months, the Kunlun Pass has also been very calm, and I can't see that there is any intention of going to war. ”

Wang Danian nodded when he heard this, and was very satisfied with his answer, his heart had finally not been taught in vain in the past two years.

After half a ring, looking at Lord Wang's expression, Yang Xile suddenly sighed very rarely: "Actually, Lord Wang, over the years, the two sides of the heroic and evil have fought and killed...... can be killed and killed, beaten and fought, after all, it is our Datang people who fight Datang people, to put it mildly, it is a dog biting a goose, and the nest is ...... The palms and backs of the hands are full of meat, and the dead are all Tang people!"

Wang Danian glanced at the kid behind him quite unexpectedly: "Yo ho, look at your kid who is usually heartless, I can't imagine that you have such a high consciousness?"

"It's all adults, you teach well!" Yang Xile smiled and sent a sycophant in time.

Wang Danian didn't care either, he was already immune to such a clumsy sycophant, and just continued: "It's precisely because of this that our Xie Alliance Lord and that Wang Snow Demon thought of electing the monarch of the Tang Dynasty by holding a famous sword conference." If it can be resolved peacefully, it will be better to settle it peacefully......"

"That's it!"

"But what's the matter with you kid?"

"Huh?"

Wang Danian suddenly straightened his face and said, "Don't think that after following Lao Tzu for two years, you kid can see through everything." How the boss decides, that's a matter for the top, and it's not your kid's turn to worry about it. What you have to do now is to patrol the city well! Don't think that you can be lazy by slapping a few sycophants, be careful that Lao Tzu rewards you with a hundred military sticks!"

"But my lord, I'm not on duty today! Xiaohua is still waiting for me to go back...... She said that it goes well with spicy soup on a rainy day, and I promised her that I would invite her to eat it on a rainy day, and now it's just ......."

Yang Xile's face suddenly became bitter, and he looked up cautiously at the centurion in front of him, and his voice gradually weakened.

Seeing that the latter didn't react much in the middle of the sound, his courage grew up again, and he sneered: "My lord, don't you often say that you have to be true to your word, and you say that the eldest husband will not stand up without faith......

Wang Danian was angry and funny, and scolded with a smile: "You kid, when it comes to big truths, you will use Lao Tzu's words to stand up to Lao Tzu?"

"Hehe, it's all adults who teach well, teach well......"

", what......"

Wang Danian waved his hand, and then walked towards the other side of the city.

This rainy day, like a scoop, is cold and wet, Yang Xile does not need to be a personal soldier on duty, he can accompany the chick to eat Malatang, but Wang Danian is different.

He was a little relieved, and he always wanted to go around and watch closely. As a mortal, he was able to sit in the position of centurion, in large part because of this habit of seeking consideration and safety in everything.

After walking around the city wall, Wang Danian returned to the place just now.

glanced at his demeanor, but he saw Yang Xile, who should have run away to find Xiaohua a long time ago, standing not far away, motionless.

"What are you doing there, little flower, still waiting for you......"

Through the rain curtain, Wang Danian asked from afar, but Yang Xile remained motionless, as if he didn't hear it.

Wang Danian frowned, and then raised his voice again, but the latter still did not react.

At this time, a strong wind suddenly flew in with cold rain, and Wang Danian subconsciously squinted.

Bite!

I don't know if it's an illusion, but in the wind and rain, he seemed to hear the sound of a piano, and then, the joyful young man standing at the top of the wall fell silently.

"Enemy Attack!" (to be continued......