C33 (1/2)
It had to start two months ago.
Most of the outer city wall that Zhao Handong had constructed had been repaired, and the rest of the Profound Handle that had been staying at the Phoenix City Pass had suggested to leave as well. Even though it was more important to flatter the governor, he could not simply throw away his position in the province.
Shi Keren pulled Zhao Handong along, although he was no longer there, the wall was more or less built, and with the rest of the members of Phoenix City Pass present, it would not be good for him to drag the few of them to contribute anymore. Thus, with Shi Keren's tacit approval, Zhao Handong pulled Ling Zilu and a few other officers of Phoenix City Border Army along as he carried the title of Phoenix City Pass as the deputy commander and sent them off with wine.
In the banquet, Zhao Handong was continuously toasted by several people, and it was quite a large number of them. When the people of the north spoke openly, and he had a carefree temper, he waved his hand, signalling all the food rations of the reinforcements that returned to the northern province to be sent over!
After the feast ended, Ling Zilu was not too happy, but he secretly went to find Zhao Handong to have a talk. What he meant was that although his Phoenix City Pass did not lack money nor food, but he could not send them in such a way.
Normally, there was nothing wrong with Ling Zilu's suggestion, but with Zhao Handong's alcohol, he smacked his lips towards Ling Zilu for a while, telling him that Kong Sheng was not present, and that he, Zhao Handong, was the one in charge, and did not take up any of your Red Camp's rations, you, Old Ling, should not mix in too much.
Ling Zilu had been a martial artist for many years, and he did not have a good temper, but he was, after all, born with Aristocratic Family, so he did not need to curse at this boss, and turned around to leave. On the third day, he did not participate in the send-off assembly either. He directly brought along his Red Camp and left the southern gate in the name of practice. In other words, the actions of the two people who were infuriated, surprisingly saved their Phoenix City Pass.
Early in the morning on the third day, a welcoming meeting for the northern province brothers was held outside the southern gate. Commander Shi Keren, the commander of the northern war zone, was the first to speak. From a high point of view, he looked forward to the bright future of the northern war zone and the empire. Then, all the provincial officials expressed their support for the establishment of the northern war zone. In the end, it was the final stage of the Conference. As the host, Zhao Handong took the stage and made a speech, thanking the various provinces for their support. After the rations have been distributed, the people's militia teams of each province can set off.
But just as Zhao Handong was about to finish speaking, before he even finished reading the names and titles of the northern province s, he heard a tsunami like cry. Initially, Zhao Handong thought that they were setting up an army camp to cause trouble. After knitting his eyebrows together, he decided to finish reading the script.
However, the cries of alarm grew louder and louder as they got closer and closer. Following them were the sounds of footsteps and screams. Zhao Handong's face finally changed, this was not nonsense, this was an explosion!
Shi Keren and the others also realized that something was amiss. Everyone was born into the same line of descent, and they knew the consequences of raiding a camp. If one of them did not deal with the situation well, the entire city would collapse or even mutate. The several officers immediately ignored everything else and began to arrange their own troops in order to guard against the chaos.
In this way, the most awkward thing was Zhao Handong who was a landlord. At the moment, other than the ten-odd guards around him, there was not a single person left. They could only stick together with Shi Keren and hide within the people's militia formations of other provinces to watch the city's gate. At the same time, the captain of the southern gate was frantically running towards the city gate. He had to hurry up and inform his subordinates to close the gate, because if it was really chaotic, then he definitely couldn't let them rush out from the city gate.
However, just as the captain of the city gates ran out of the city, not even a few breaths of time, an even louder noise rang out. The city gates that were already half closed suddenly opened, and a large number of people's militia surged out from within like a sealed bottle, rushing out at an extremely fast speed.
”Those who escape, fall into chaos, or disobey orders, die!”
Under the lead of their respective straps, the people's militia soldiers shouted in unison. They fiercely thrust the shields in their hands into the ground, causing ”thump” sounds that caused even the ground to slightly shake.
The people's militia soldiers who had escaped from the Phoenix City Pass were stunned for a moment. Some of them even began to flee in other directions, while others directly waved their hands and shouted, ”Brothers, run! The monster had entered the city! If you don't run now, you'll lose your life! ” Before he could even close his mouth to shout, an arrow more than a foot long pierced into his mouth. The arrow pierced through his throat and emerged from the back of his neck. This person's face was filled with fear and shock as he fell to the ground.
Zhao Handong put down his bow decked with horn of an animal with a cold face, his single eye flashed with a cold ray of light, and he roared out loud, ”Those who escape, make a mess, and disobey orders, die!”
When some people were killed by the arrow, the people's militia soldiers calmed down for a moment, but after a while, they let out another boom, and once again rushed towards the northern province army formation with long swords held, their movements becoming even more orderly. It was obvious that they would rather fight their way through here with their robes than return to the Phoenix City Pass itself.
”Support!”
The provincial people's militia Soldiers obviously did not plan to kill this group of comrades. The provincial people's militia Soldiers clearly did not plan to kill this group, and the provincial people's militia Soldiers evidently did not plan to kill this group of comrades.
It was at this time that Phoenix City Border Army appeared at the city gate. Compared to people's militia, their retreat was much more orderly. There were many soldiers in the front lines who would run to the back of the troop to rest for a while, then raise their shields and raise their weapons as they waited.
Even so, their actions caused Zhao Handong to be extremely shocked. Phoenix City Border Army relied on defense, so it was important not to retreat. If the Border Army s do not retreat, then the city wall will not lose; if the city wall does not lose, then the Phoenix City can be preserved. Once Border Army was withdrawn, what about Phoenix City Pass? What about the northern province behind the Phoenix City Pass?
Zhao Handong looked in the direction of the Border Army. Finally, he saw a nightmarish scene through the crack between the Border Army Soldier s: A group of weird-looking ”soldiers” chasing after his Border Army brothers. Their movements were nimble and their strength was incomparable. They would often be able to knock Border Army Soldier, who was wielding a pair of heavy shields, back a few meters with a single punch or leap one to two Zhang high up in the air to surprise the Border Army team.
”What exactly is this thing?” Zhao Handong and Shi Keren looked at each other, and saw panic and helplessness in each other's eyes. However, this was not the time for discussion. The only thing he could do was to quickly form a team and rearrange his formation to fight the enemy!
Under the desperate resistance of the Phoenix City Border Army, the province people's militia s that were prepared to move back home rearranged themselves in a formation, and encircled the southern gate of the Phoenix City Pass. Even the Phoenix City Pass s who escaped with a panicked look on their faces slightly calmed down, and panted behind the province people's militia, finally no longer had any thoughts of escaping.
When Phoenix City Border Army was pushed out of the city gate step by step, exposing those strange soldiers to the daylight, Shi Keren, Zhao Handong and the tens of thousands of provincial people's militia soldiers simultaneously sucked in a cold breath.