Chapter 245: The front line is tight
Leaving the volcano on a sunny day, Dowling rode his horse and walked leisurely.
When he came, he was lying half-dead in the carriage, and now he had the opportunity to take a good look at the northern scenery of the Shenwu Empire.
This place is located in the northernmost part of the Shenwu Empire, and it is only a few hundred miles away from the extreme north of the mainland.
There is a cold wind blowing here, the wind is not strong but very penetrating, and the people I see on the road are wearing furs and mink hats.
"I wonder if they miss me?" Dowling muttered with a blade of grass in his mouth.
"Quitting alcohol shouldn't be able to beat me anyway!" All that flashed through Dowling's mind was the idea of how to educate him to quit drinking after he returned.
The more I think about it, the more slow I feel, but the distance is indeed too far, even if he walks non-stop, it is estimated that he will have to walk for two months, and if he stops halfway, it is not too much to walk for three months.
Dowling looked back at the towering Lihuo Mountain Range, and said in his heart, Master, take care.
On the lookout platform of the South Peak of the Evil Hidden Society, the Thunder Lightning Heavenly King looked down the mountain with his hands behind his back, and he saw the shadow of Dao Lin as far as his eyes could see.
"Don't worry, I tried it that night, and he was very determined, and I didn't lose my temptation, this kid is good." The Ghost Heavenly King slowly walked behind the Thunder Lightning Heavenly King and said.
"You're embarrassed to say, what if he doesn't hold it?" The Thunder Flash Heavenly King said angrily.
"If you don't hold it, you don't keep it, no one will suffer anyway!" The Ghost King covered his mouth and smiled.
The corners of the Thunder Flash Heavenly King's mouth twitched, and his heart throbbed.
"Okay, let's go back and guard, before the president comes out, we all have to be prepared." The Ghost King put away his playfulness and said.
Dowling walked all the way and stopped for about half a month, and finally came to a big city, rode to the city gate, and saw three big characters engraved above the city gate - Wan'an City.
"I can finally get a good night's sleep." Dowling rode into the city, but it was very desolate, and there was not a man in the street except for children and women.
And his appearance has also attracted attention, and many pedestrians have pointed at him, which makes him very puzzled, is it possible that there is something special on him?
Puzzled, Dowling found a restaurant, and it turned out to be a woman who received him, and the one behind the counter was also a woman.
"Could it be that I have entered the daughter country?" With doubts, Dowling followed the female junior and walked in.
found a window seat to do it, and Dowling asked for three catties of beef and one catty of good wine.
"I would venture to ask, why haven't I seen a man?" The female junior was just about to leave, and Dowling asked out loud.
The female junior turned to look at Dowling.
"Why are so many people watching me when I entered the city?" Dowling continued.
"The reason for looking at you is that the men in their family have all gone to the front, but you, a man who looks quite athletic, can walk around leisurely." The female junior said in a non-kind tone.
"To the front? On what front? Dowling asked suspiciously.
"The entire Shenwu Empire knows it, so you don't have to pretend to be stupid, isn't it interesting?" The female junior said angrily.
Dowling was stunned by what he said, this woman is sick, right? Start scolding yourself for no reason?
The middle-aged woman behind the counter on the side walked over at this time, pulled the female junior behind her, and then smiled apologetically at Daolin.
"Don't be angry, my girl didn't mean to target you." Said the middle-aged woman.
"I'm not angry, I just don't understand why?" Dowling shook his head and said.
The middle-aged woman looked Dao Lin up and down, and saw that he was not dressed in a particularly expensive manner, but it was not an ordinary family, and she thought that this should be a small official or a child of a certain family.
"Do I have any questions?" Dowling touched his face and asked.
"You really don't know?" The middle-aged woman asked.
"What do I know? I've just come down from the mountains, and I've never been into the city or town, so how can I know what's going on. Dowling said with a bitter face.
"I see, don't eat, that guest officer, leave quickly, don't stay in the city, otherwise it'll be too late." The middle-aged woman said with an urgent expression.
"Why? Could it be that someone still catches me? Dowling thought it was funny.
"yes, someone really caught you!" The middle-aged woman nodded.
Dowling frowned when he heard this, in broad daylight, he didn't do anything bad, who wants to arrest him?
"Hurry up and serve meat and wine, even if you leave, I have to eat before leaving." Dowling said with a smile.
The middle-aged woman saw that she couldn't persuade her, so she hurriedly went to serve wine and meat.
After a while, three catties of sauced beef and one catty of self-brewed liquor were served.
Dowlin picked up a slice of cut sauce beef and ate it with relish, this knife skill is a bit poor, this beef is cut thin and thick, obviously it doesn't look like a chef should do it.
"Boss, just tell me what's going on, what did your daughter mean by going to the front before?" Dowling asked after taking a sip of liquor.
"Half a month ago, a major battle broke out between the two empires of Lieyang and Akatsuki and us on the border, and the front-line soldiers suffered countless casualties."
"Especially in the western realm, it is said that the Burning Sun Empire has sent a million troops, and our western frontier soldiers are only 480,000, and it is by relying on natural dangers that we have defended the country."
"But after the other party's repeated consumption, our situation is also very bad, coupled with the untimely allocation of materials, several times have been rushed to Hewu Mountain by the Burning Sun Empire, and it is the soldiers who fought to the death to snatch the mountain back."
"That's why there is an empire-wide mobilization, and all men over the age of 16 and under the age of 60 must go to the front, this is a national war, a big war that is a matter of life and death."
"My daughter's attitude just now was bad because her newly married husband and father were also on the front line."
The middle-aged woman said as she spoke, tears welling up in the corners of her eyes.
Dowling only felt a tightness in his chest when he heard this, he took a glass and poured it down, the spicy wine ran down his esophagus into his stomach, and then he let out a long breath before he exhaled the breath he was holding in his chest.
"How long has it been since the battle began?" Dowling asked eagerly.
"My husband and they have been walking for more than ten days, and it is estimated that they will be at the front line in more than half a month." The daughter also came over with the rain from Pear Blossom.
Dowling didn't know how to comfort him, because it wasn't until the middle-aged woman mentioned it just now that he remembered that he had signed up, and if he hadn't had an accident, he should have been fighting bloodily on the front line now.
"Boss, do you have any pen and paper?" Dowling asked.
"I'll get it for you." The middle-aged woman turned around and walked to the counter and took the pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
Dowling took up the pen and wrote a letter, folded it, and put it on the table, then reached into his bosom and took out an ingot of one hundred taels of silver and pressed it on the letter.
"There is something please, I sent this letter to the imperial capital for me, I temporarily changed my mind, I plan to go to the front line for a spin, kill a few puppies and have a good time."
"We'll send the letter for you, but we don't want the money, just ask you to go to the front line and see my husband and son-in-law to help me take care of one or two."