August 17, Lan Kingdom, Guannan Plain

The south wind, which had been blowing for several days, stopped every night. The strong smell of fishy snarls unsurprisingly came from the side of the big city again.

On the watchtower made of oak, young Zhao Wuliu poked his head out from under the pillow in despair.

It didn't work. In the middle of the entire Kannan Plain, a pungent stench is everywhere, and there is no way to avoid it.

He simply got up, pinched his nose and walked to the railing, and spat hard to the north.

The watchtower was a stone's throw from the great city to the north, less than eight hundred paces, and could be within range of a bed crossbow stuck on the city walls.

Of course, saliva can only float a few feet away weakly.

If it weren't for the commander of the pro-military battalion who led the team to overhaul in the big array not far from his feet, Zhao Wuliu really wanted to scold a few words with his throat.

If it is a tailwind, the scolding can be spread farther away, and the people of the Ul country in the big city can hear it.

The fidgety soldier caught a glimpse of the dotted torches in the darkness not far away.

These guys are ruthless enough.

They had been busy in the Secret Ritual Great Array for a day and a night, and they still refused to rest. The farthest torches had already followed the trade road by the watchtower, and had approached the edge of the great array four hundred paces below the city.

As everyone knows, even birds and animals, the trade route leading to the merchant gate of the city is the only safe place in the entire Guannan Plain.

Beyond the road, the vast plains were densely covered with countless detection circles and secret traps, which, together with the crystal core turrets during the dispersal period, weaved a large net of northern and southern denseness, firmly sealing every route from the city to the depths of the hinterland of the Lan Kingdom.

This time is the second time that Zhao Wuliu has seen people from the pro-military camp since he became a soldier. They were sent directly from the battalion to inspect and repair the circle. It's a lot earlier than last year, and it's noticeably more serious. It's been a whole day, and I haven't seen them stop.

Zhao Wuliu didn't feel very good.

At the beginning, his father asked relatives to give a lot of money on credit, so he was stuffed into the business patrol.

In the past two years, the team has been desperately setting up blocks, and they haven't pulled out much oil and water. It's really enough to count on paying off the old man's debts in the past few years of service.

Since the closure of the big city, there has never been a caravan again. The soldiers of the Jiangzhou Mansion guarding the trade route have not opened meat for several days.

In fact, everyone has long been in the mood to fight the autumn wind, and they only hope that the order to retreat will be issued one day sooner.

This battle is about to start, and it is time to disarm.

Although he was young, he was not blind in his eyes and his ears were still very smart. Even if he is blind and deaf, this sky-high stench will still remind him from time to time that the people of Wei are going to come this time.

The head of the great city was always dead, and there was no movement at all.

The closer you get there, the stronger the smell becomes.

He couldn't figure it out. I heard the veteran say that the people of the Ul Kingdom drove a large number of spirit beasts into the big city, maybe they wanted to do some evil magic.

The forbidden spell laid by the big handsome is so easy to break. Otherwise, it will not be able to stop the Northern Barbarians for more than ten years.

The point is, how can the barbarians of the Ul Kingdom endure this damn stench? Did they all cut off their noses?

While thinking wildly, Zhao Wuliu suddenly noticed that the light of the few small torches in the night seemed to be shaking.

The amplitude is not small.

He felt a little dazzled. How did the night sky in the north gradually light up?

The soldier rubbed his eyes, covered the light of the oil lamp beside him, and tried to look forward.

The big city, which has been dormant in the dark night, is really glowing!

On the continuous south city wall, every boulder is constantly conjuring up colorful light, gradually weaving a light curtain.

The tremor from the ground was still very subtle at first, and gradually the earthquake became more and more violent, and the watchtower began to shake, and Zhao Wuliu soon became untenable.

But the young soldier fell to his knees on the floor and forgot to run away. He even forgot to breathe. Just facing the blinding white light, his eyes widened in horror.

The long wall that stretched for five miles seemed to have turned into a crystal python that came to life.

On the big city, the boundless thick white light finally burst out, and countless white light arrows burst out from the sky and all around. However, in just a moment, all the white light suddenly disappeared at once.

On the city wall, which gradually faded from its light, five large dark red cavities slowly cracked.

The location of the hollow was originally the five gates on the southern city wall.

This was the last image that the young soldier saw.

A powerful shockwave finally swept in. Zhao Wuliu's body was light, and along with the fragments of the watchtower, they flew into the sky together.

Lan country, Guannan, the first tun

The two baggage teams that were on the same road for a short time parted ways halfway. After the fierce Yunzhou horse team disappeared into the night for half an hour, the mixed pack team finally arrived at the first tun in the middle of the night.

The thick Tuen Mun made of fine iron is open to the south of the enemy. The front of the army is full of city walls, but it is not wide. Layers of repulsive horses were piled up from the periphery of the city wall to the foothills on the left and right, filling the entire valley mouth to the brim.

The Guannan Plain has a gentle terrain, vertical and horizontal roads, and a wide secret defense line, but the deployment is loose in the front and tight in the back, weak in the north and strong in the south. Deadly crystal nucleus turrets and arcane traps are scattered across the frontier, mostly detective circles.

If you want to stop the Ul Iron Cavalry from attacking the hinterland of Lan Country, it is far from reliable to rely on the secret art array in front of the big city.

Fortunately, there are only two valleys between the Guanqian flat land and the Jiangzhou river network area. These two dangerous places are locked up by the first and second tuns.

Eighteen years ago, Da Shuai concentrated most of his limited spiritual power resources in two valleys.

These two "Death Canyons" are shrouded in dense fog all year round, and the air is full of scattered spiritual power, and no one dares to enter it rashly on weekdays.

Until more than half a month ago, the pro-military battalion sent people to venture into the valley to replace the crystal nuclei for each node of the large array in the valley. has been busy until today, and it is not over, but people have broken several times.

This matter is quite unlucky, but General Wang, the guard general of the first tun, can't say anything. It was the people who died in the pro-barracks, and he didn't have to worry about the pension. It's not reasonable, the first tun still has to be expressed.

General Wang was transferred from Haizhou in rotation the year before last. This time, the marshal secretly ordered the states to send troops, and Haizhou sent a total of 4,000 foot soldiers and 1,000 siege soldiers operating torch stone carts.

He is very confident in his family's torch stone car. So he tried his best to win the siege camp. Eighty towering torch stone carts and thirty-five iron-arm bed crossbows were crammed into the first canton, which was enough to seal the valley once and for all.

It's just that the heavy convoy was delayed for more than half a day after unloading the ship, and until now, together with most of the siege soldiers, is blocked on the road behind, and only a hundred-man team has come to fight the front station. The camp set aside for the first tun was empty.

The first to arrive was the fire oil of the siege camp. As soon as Kong Desheng, the guard of Yongshun Station, entered Tuen Mun with a mixed pack team, the Haizhou sergeant, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately cheered up, worked in pairs, carefully unloaded the large wooden barrels onto the flatbed trailer, and then gently pushed away the stacks.

Hades breathed a sigh of relief, and beckoned the people of Fangyi to pull away the empty cart and gather at the edge of the camp to rest.

As soon as he pulled out his cigarette pouch, a Haizhou sergeant with a meaty face came over from nowhere, grabbed the cigarette pouch rod, and was about to throw it out.

Who knew that after two strokes, the cigarette pouch rod was still firmly in the hands of the shriveled villagers. The sergeant's face turned red: "I don't know what kind of place this is?

"Master Jun. Hades smiled and pointed to the cloth bag tied under the cigarette stick, "We understand this." Be careful all the way, naturally you don't dare to light a fire, just chew tobacco leaves. ”

Under the touch of Sergeant Haizhou, he felt that this cigarette stick looked like it was made of pure copper. Although the thought of breaking it was immediately broken, it was not enough to snatch the humiliation of a shriveled peasant, and his face swollen even redder. Under the watchful eyes of the happy post soldiers and people, he was so angry that he stumbled and couldn't say a whole sentence.

A tall man flashed out of Fangyi's ranks, and he put his arms around the sergeant. The sergeant's figure was also extremely stout, but after all, he was not tall, and he was easily dragged to the periphery by the big man's neck.

"Big brother, big brother is angry! My mule hasn't unloaded the bucket yet! Come, come! You are tired to take the handle, and we will both move the bucket at the same time. ”

The big man who drags people is Eryong. On weekdays, he is simple and stunned, and he is extremely patient and kind to the children in the village. However, Hades encountered a small stumble here, and he was the first to rush over.

Captain Haizhou, who was in charge of escorting the oil oil, respected Kong Yishou who took the initiative to help along the way. At this time, there was a conversation with the post keeper without a match. Suddenly found the excitement here, hurried over, and wanted to separate the two people who were pulling and pulling.

Brother Kong smiled. I beg you to rest patiently for a while. Loading and unloading is a big matter, safety first, safety first. ”

Fangyi people can't suffer anywhere. Kong Desheng was not worried, but squeezed out a smile at the captain: "Okay." ”

Before the words fell, there seemed to be a faint strange sound from the north side of the oil field.

The oil yard is hidden at the back of the first tun. Nothing was going on outside the military camp, and no one could really hear it.

Those with good ears stood up one after another, and discerned carefully. It doesn't sound like the sound of horses' hooves.

Like ocean waves?

The people of Fangyi are all veterans who have been decommissioned, and many of them have fought with the marshal on the vast sea.

Listening to the plausible sound of waves in the distance, the people in the oil yard all stopped what they were doing and exchanged their heads and ears to each other in confusion.

Hades and Yichi's faces changed in unison.

This voice, a few days ago on the official road of Wei Kingdom, my ears heard a cocoon.

Soon, the ground beneath his feet began to tremble like a wave. The Jiangzhou sergeant stationed in Tun hesitated for a while, turned over and wanted to go to the front to find out, but was pulled by the post guard and grabbed the reins.

Kong Yishou asked eagerly: "Who is on duty tonight in the big array outside the tun?"

As if in response to his words. The night sky north of Juntun suddenly lit up.

In the valley not far away, a dull roar came and went, and colorful arcane flashes stained the night sky.

The rapid sound of bangs quickly joined together from north to south. A violent chill rose in everyone's hearts.

"Enemy attack!"