After the immortal disappeared

"The beacon tower needs to be strictly guarded!" He thought about it and asked a magician to add a barrier.

Longmoutang itself is guarded by a talisman formation, which is not normally turned on. There are several magicians stationed in the army. Isn't it easy to do this job?

But when he spent money to add a barrier to the beacon tower, the guard didn't have time to report it - and even after he reported it, it wasn't approved so quickly. He had to wait at least ten and a half days - so he had to pay for it out of his own pocket.

The next night was uneventful.

Every minute this barrier is open consumes energy. No matter how economical the defensive barrier built by the magician is, at least half of the Xuan Crystal will be used up if it is opened for ten hours every day.

Two days is a whole piece!

He was able to be sent to Longhou Post in the mountains to guard the gates. He had no money and no connections. Who didn't know that the gatekeeping tasks were heavy and the salary was small? After two days of doing this, he couldn't do it anymore.

He also asked for help from the top, but his boss scolded him. Xuan Jing is such a valuable strategic material. Do you want to use it to deal with invisible threats?

The most important thing is that there is no end to this kind of defense. Do you want to defend for one or two days, ten days and a half, or one or two years?

Thousands of dollars were spent without even a sound being heard. If his boss dared to approve it, his boss's boss might think he was lining his own pockets.

So the barrier will soon be unable to hold up.

On the third night, the beacon tower was lit again, this time three beacon stoves were lit.

But there was no war on the Western Front, and the mountains and forests were very quiet.

Looking up, the beacon fire at Longji Pass quickly rose up. The guard's vision went dark, and he couldn't help but look up to the sky and roar:

Brother on the high platform over there, can't you wait a moment?

But this time, the soldiers guarding the beacon tower finally caught the real culprit:

Wild monkeys in the mountains.

These monkeys will steal torches in the camp, or use tree branches to make fire in the camp, and then throw them into the beacon tower.

The guard was very angry: "This is unreasonable. How can a monkey light a beacon fire for no reason?"

Of course, all the soldiers were speechless, and no one dared to say a word.

Only in the middle of the night did a confidant quietly tell the guard general that there were many wild monkeys in the mountains. They had come to steal the dry food of the soldiers a few days ago, but the latter burned several of them to death and shared the meat. Maybe the monkeys had a grudge, so they did this.

Is this a big deal? The guard immediately sent people up the mountain to catch the monkeys.

But the mountains are the home ground of monkeys. How can soldiers be flexible here? After all the effort, I only caught three or four. As a result, the monkeys became even more angry and threw stones directly into the checkpoint and camp. The guards were accidentally hit with blood on their faces.

The worst thing was that there was another false alarm in the capital. The prince was so angry that he replaced the guard without saying a word.

…

The same night, Panlong City.

Just as the thin man was about to leave home, gongs suddenly sounded outside, and someone shouted, "Ji-kou-preach-preach!"

Panlong City's large-scale pre-war mobilization propaganda has finally begun.

Crowds gathered to listen to the man on the street interpreting the announcement in a broken voice.

First of all, the heroic and majestic King Xiluo has issued a relocation order, and the citizens of Panlong Wasteland immediately returned eastward to their homeland.

Secondly, the Jinxi Corridor is controlled by the Baling people, and the terrain is difficult and difficult for ordinary people to pass. Panlongcheng decided to open another route to Nantongguan, Hebi and Changhe to return to Xiluo.

Once again, Panlongcheng declared full-scale war on the Xixi Kingdom:

It is intolerable for Xilan to disturb my border defense, kill my people, and cut off my commercial goods.

Anyone who blocks my way back to my country will die!

The first time the preacher read the proclamation, there was a commotion.

Through the door, the thin man could hear the sounds of running and exclamations coming from outside, as well as the sounds of neighbors opening doors.

"We're going to fight cilium! We're going to fight cilium!" Countless people cheered.

The sound waves were noisy, one wave after another.

In his memory, no street preaching has caused such a big response.

When the preacher read for the sixth time, there were already crowds of people outside the door. More and more residents began to chant after him, and finally turned into a heroic statement that soared into the sky:

"Anyone who blocks my way back to my country will die!"

In this way, the crowd is excited.

The thin man stood at the door and looked at the huge crowd. The little nephew clenched his fists beside him and shouted in the same milky voice: "Anyone who blocks my way back to the country will die!"

The thin man was so funny that he slapped his forehead: "Life, death, do you know what P is?"

The little nephew looked sideways at him with bright eyes: "Why don't you understand? We are going to fight, and then we can go home!"

The thin man took a deep breath:

"Yes! We are going to beat up the psylvia and step on it to find a way home!"

Like all cheerers, he was full of desire and heroism.

Just as the Broken Knife Squad expected, there was no need for war mobilization or morale boosting. As long as an announcement was made, the fierce war between the soldiers and civilians in the city would naturally reach its peak.

If someone were to look at Panlong City from a distance at this moment, they would find a huge dragon-shaped shadow faintly appearing above the city. It looks like light and shadow, but also like flowing clouds. In fact, it is a concrete representation of the prosperity of luck and energy.

The name "Coiling Dragon" is true.

…

The life and death of his predecessor was uncertain, and the newly-appointed Longthroat Gate guard was trembling with fear. He first went to see the beacon tower, and then looked at the monkey hiding on the mountain peak making faces at him, and decided to poison him.

They hid poison in food and threw it to the monkeys, and sure enough, dozens of them were killed by the poison.

However, the remaining monkeys were even angrier. Even the monkeys from other mountains came over and threw stones at them. They also chose to make noise in the dead of night to disturb the officers and soldiers from their dreams. They even repeated the same trick and tried to enter the beacon tower many times. Throw burning branches.

Fortunately, the sentinels took strict precautions, so the monkeys didn't succeed again.

But as a result, everyone was nervous, couldn't sleep well at night, and had no energy during the day. If the casualties were not counted in this war between humans and monkeys, the monkeys still had the upper hand. After all, there is only a thief who can steal for a thousand days, but there is no reason to guard against thieves for a thousand days.

And the crown prince also said that if the beacon fire was accidentally ignited again, the officers and soldiers at all checkpoints would lose their heads.

The leader only issues orders and says this is not allowed and that must be done. The people below have to do it even if they can't do it. The superiors only want results.

So how to do it?

The guard was also forced into a hurry and made a decision that would delay future generations-

Add a cover to the beacon tower!

The specific method is to find a merchant who passes the customs to get a large piece of tarpaulin, sew it together, cover the beacon stove of the beacon tower, and then apply a layer of mud and plaster, and then sprinkle a thick layer of sand and soil.

Of course, they have done experiments on flat ground, and the guard personally threw a few torches on it.

Very good, it doesn't burn.

There is plenty of time for them to calmly put out the torches.

The most important thing is to save money, which is a hundred times more than opening a barrier.

According to the rules, this is of course not allowed, but with the threat of death, who cares about the usual rules?

This is called "there are threats from above, and there are countermeasures from below."

Anyway, we have to get through the upper level first.

So the canvas cover was put on the beacon tower.

The palace envoy sent by the palace to supervise suddenly came and was furious when he saw them doing this: "How can this be done? Withdraw, withdraw!"

The guard asked him to stay and watch for half a night.

Sure enough, in the middle of the night, the monkeys came in groups to set fire.

The burning branches were thrown on the sand cover, and they went out and could not be lit.

The monkeys were so angry that they screamed and screamed, and the officers and soldiers below laughed, and finally got their revenge.

"If there is an enemy outside the pass, we still have time to put away the cover." The guard begged the palace eunuch, "Otherwise, if we remove the cover now, the beacon fire will start again, and our lives will be in danger." The palace eunuch nodded repeatedly: "You are right. Remove the cover." "Eunuch!" "The king ordered us to supervise the beacon tower, we must ensure that everything is normal here!" The palace eunuch snorted, "Your cover is blocking the beacon stove, dare you say it's normal? We let you pass now, and if the king blames us later, we can't get away from it. Okay, don't talk nonsense, and withdraw quickly." The guard could not persuade him, so he could only order people to remove the sand cover, and cursed the dead eunuch a hundred times in his heart. No one noticed that there was someone hiding in the night on the mountain peak, who saw all of this, and then handed a handful of dates to the monkeys running over. The dates were big and sweet, and the monkeys were grinning. This person is Lao Yu, a temporary new member of He Lingchuan's team. He gestured and made "mumble" sounds, and he could actually communicate with the monkeys.

Even if the guards below heard it, they would only think it was the monkeys calling.

Two days later.

Longhougang was peaceful, and the monkeys suffered a setback and seemed not to come. So the palace messenger ended his supervision and hurried back to the palace to report.

As soon as he left, the commander of Longhou Pass breathed a sigh of relief and quickly said to his men: "Cover the beacon stove!"

"Sir?" Didn't the palace messenger not let him?

"He can go back to the palace after his mission, but we have to guard here. If something happens again, it has nothing to do with him, but we will lose our heads." The commander sneered, "If it were you, what would you choose?"

So everyone worked together to cover the beacon stove. Everyone knew that the day after tomorrow would be the coronation ceremony of the new king, and nothing could happen at this critical moment.

...

The south gate of Panlong City.

A large number of people and horses were gathering, and countless torches illuminated the place like daylight.

Zhong Shengguang stood up, drew his sword to the sky with a clang, and began a passionate speech.

There is no doubt that Zhong Shengguang is far more appealing and infectious than General Nan Ke.

His mobilization was interrupted by cheers from the audience several times.

The whole audience was enthusiastic. Everyone listening below felt their blood boiling, and they wanted to rush out and kill 800 enemies.

"Spiritual rain, come quickly!"

It started to drizzle in the sky.

Sun Fuping also showed this trick when he mobilized the soldiers of Black Water City to go to the desert, but the rain was not so wide.

More than 30,000 Panlongcheng soldiers who went on this expedition, each of them was blessed with spiritual rain, and they felt lighter, stronger, more comfortable, and more motivated.

This is General Hong's use of Panlongcheng's Yuanli to make the soldiers equally benefit from the rain.

"Half a month later, you will have a whole lamb feast and drink Fengquan wine in the capital of Xijue to celebrate our victory!" Zhong Shengguang's voice resounded throughout the venue, "Now, let's go!"

Fengquan wine is a specialty of Xijue. The price of selling it in Panlong City is not low, and not everyone can afford it.

The soldiers shouted and turned around collectively, heading out of the city gate.

The onlookers cheered and threw flowers to the soldiers.