Night shrouded the Dragon Snake Mountains in the easternmost part of the empire.
Wang Zongwei leaned against a large rock and stared motionlessly at the canyon in front of him.
The canyon in front of him was like a large crack suddenly torn open in the plains. The jagged eagle-beak rocks on both sides of the mountains blocked the original dim light in the sky. Because of the low terrain, many black waters in the surrounding mountains and forests meandered into small streams.
Entering this canyon, over the years, most of the white shale in the canyon has been dyed black, and the bottom of the canyon is filled with thick black silt.
This is the Heidi Canyon in Yangjiantian Mountain.
The Yangjiantian Mountain area designated by the Yunqin Army is the four long and narrow ram's-horn-like branch mountains of the Longshe Mountain Range. These four long and narrow ram's-horn-like mountains are intertwined. The Black Di Canyon is located in the "yang's horn" of the easternmost mountain range.
" place is like a crack in the "goat's horn".
Wang Zongwei is a sergeant of the third division of the Yangjiantian Mountain Patrol Army. Among the Yunqin border army establishment, ordinary sergeants are only divided into three divisions. If Lin Xi does not have an official rank, even if he is a cultivator and has just joined the border army, he will only be a sergeant of the first division.
In terms of status, the first division is the new recruits, the third division sergeants are all experienced elite soldiers who have accumulated a certain amount of military merit, and the higher up are the tenth rank non-commissioned officers.
The canyon he was staring at at the moment was impossible for the Yunqin border troops to move through, let alone cross.
There are some swamps that look like crusty black soil on the surface, which can easily swallow up an army of hundreds of people. However, the cave barbarians have a natural instinct for these swamps, and they can easily pass through them without any casualties.
Plant a place.
This "goat's horn" has been extended into the great wilderness, the territory of cave barbarians. Some of the moisture with a unique rancid smell in the great wilderness has been able to blow through this black canyon. In addition, the patrol army has been seriously short of manpower since last autumn.
, in order to ensure that more people in the brigade have enough physical strength, the number of secret sentries in charge of guarding at night has been reduced from the original sixteen people to eight. At this moment, he is the only one watching this black canyon area, so he must always keep alert.
Absolute vigilance.
When he felt a little tired, he very slowly put a piece of thick black grass blade into his mouth and held it under his tongue.
A scalp-numbing bitterness kept emanating from the unique black snake orchid in the Dragon Snake Mountains, constantly dispelling his sleepiness.
This is when the Gray Scorpion is active.
There was a rustling sound in the forest around him, and a thumb-sized gray scorpion with a highly poisonous tail could clearly be seen crawling, with a faint cold light shining on the scorpion's tail.
With a crash, something like a dead branch suddenly fell from the tree not far from him, but it swam away very quickly.
It was some unknown poisonous snake.
Wang Zongwei remained unmoved, just looking at the black canyon with vigilance.
Suddenly, his eyes suddenly froze, and an unusually tall figure appeared quietly from the mist that filled the valley bottom like a ghost. It moved forward slowly with an extremely agile and cautious attitude, and then stopped, silently facing behind it.
making gestures.
A biting chill even surpassed the bitter taste of the black snake plant in his mouth, and filled his whole body, making every pore on his body feel chilly.
Savage!
Just from the figure that is a head taller than an ordinary person and the large area of exposed skin, he can be sure that this is a cave barbarian!
But the cave barbarians either don't appear, or they appear with dozens to hundreds of people, a swarm of rapid attacks. When will there be such a forward exploration guard like the Yunqin army marching?
The cave barbarian, who has been stupid for decades and has never changed his fighting methods, when did he change like this?
Wang Zongwei suddenly fell into extreme shock when he looked at the strange figure who looked unusually tall and heavy, but was agile and cautious, like a ghost, completely inconsistent with his cognition.
…
"I think he was always waiting for us to give him a chance to prove himself."
Deep in the mountain forest behind Wang Zongwei, dozens of sergeants were resting in black leather sleeping bags hanging on the trees. They were all used to this way of resting, and the march during the day also consumed a lot of their physical strength, so they were in urgent need of sleep.
To supplement, these black-armored soldiers who are still fully armed in black sleeping bags have slept very soundly.
Xin Weige and Kang Qianjue had just finished discussing tomorrow's march route in a low voice outside the camp, and then talked about Lin Xi, who they had left behind in the patrol camp in the middle of Yangjiantian Mountain.
Hearing what Kang Qianjue said, Xin Weige sneered: "How can we give him a chance? He is not a new recruit from the first division, he is a seventh-grade patrol officer, and he is a practitioner
…If he disobeys orders even a little bit, we won’t be able to restrain him at all.”
"I understand what you mean, but he is a cultivator after all." Kang Qianjue looked at Xin Weige and muttered: "We have treated him like this these days, and he has no intention of strong backlash. Maybe his
His temperament is not as aloof and rebellious as those practitioners, maybe we should ask him what he means... to see if he is willing to treat himself as a first division sergeant, completely obey our command, and learn to adapt here first."
"You should understand." After a slight pause, Kang Qianjue looked at Xin Weige and sighed: "Even the pioneer camp of Yangjian Tianshan wanted a practitioner, but so far he has not been recruited. Even if he endures here
If we don't live there, if we really go back, I'm afraid we may not be able to recruit new practitioners. Moreover, this year, all aspects will be much more difficult than in previous years."
Xin Weike fell into silence for a moment.
…
On the slope outside Heidi Canyon, Wang Zongwei, whose whole body was filled with a biting chill, did not immediately warn, but still looked at the burly black shadow in shock but as calm as a rock.
Because any experienced Yunqin elite soldier will remain calm enough in this situation. At this distance, he still has a certain amount of time to wait and try to observe how many people there are on the other side and what kind of warfare they have.
force.
If you give a warning hastily, you may lose an opportunity to encircle and suppress a small force of cave barbarians.
The caveman who exuded a strange aura was pressed against one side of the cliff. This position could only be seen by Wang Zongwei, who was facing the mouth of the canyon. It was impossible for the secret sentries of the patrol troops in charge of the forests on both sides of the canyon to detect his traces.
.
After walking forward five or six more steps, the cave barbarian stopped again and seemed to make a few more gestures to the back.
One after another, burly black shadows came out of the fog behind him, and moved forward with unusual agility and caution.
There were more and more ghostly black shadows. In just a moment, the mist behind the cave barbarian seemed to be filled and pushed away by these overlapping black shadows.
Wang Zongwei's breathing paused momentarily.
Then, with almost all his strength, he blew a wooden whistle on his chest, making a sharp sound like a night owl's roar. His whole body jumped out of the ground, and flew through the air at the fastest speed in his life.
Entering the mountain forest behind, they rushed towards the patrol camp deep in the forest.
This is not a scattered group of cave barbarians who have nothing to hold on to and take advantage of the night to enjoy the autumn breeze in the Longshe Mountain Range. This is a large group of cave barbarians!
…
Xin Weige was silent for a moment, opened her mouth, and was about to answer Kang Qianjue, but at this moment, a shrill piercing sound sounded in the forest!
Xin Weige and Kang Qianjue's expressions instantly changed and they ran towards a hillside ahead.
The black-armored soldiers in the forest behind them all woke up at the first moment, and most of them drew out their swords and cut off the ropes hanging the sleeping bags, causing them to fall to the ground below with the falling sleeping bags.
Let yourself wake up completely in an instant.
There was a big tree on the hillside where Xin Weigai and Kang Qianjue rushed to. It was the highest point among the nearby mountains and forests for several miles.
Just when the two of them started running wildly, a shrill warning sound sounded from the tall tree that might normally hide many tree snakes.
A sergeant climbed up from the tree at the fastest speed, jumped down, and faced the two generals who were running wildly. He shouted in a breathless voice: "The cave barbarian brigade!"
Xin Weike and Kang Qianjue didn't stop at all and continued to move forward.
Just by listening to the sound, they knew that the first person to warn was Wang Zongwei in front of the Blackland Canyon. At this moment, Wang Zongwei's warning sound was still ringing, which meant that they still had a certain amount of time to see clearly what kind of opponent they were.
, to issue the most correct order.
When they reached the top of the slope and gasped violently, Xin Weige and Kang Qianjue saw their opponents clearly.
"Retreat! Stone Tower!"
At this moment, Xin Weike's pupils shrank violently and let out a loud command sound.
The sound was so loud that the smell of blood instantly filled Xin Weidai's throat before he could even breathe.
Wang Zongwei was still running desperately, and was less than a hundred steps away from the two of them.
The open grassland outside the Blackland Canyon has been completely flattened by a group of burly figures running wildly.
At this moment, these burly figures running wildly are no longer as sneaky as before, and are completely filled with extremely powerful wildness. Even though they look like just black shadows in the dark night, the muscles on their bodies still look like strips of rocks.
They were generally hard and cold, and their whole bodies were full of explosive power. The ground was shaking under their footsteps. Their extremely fast running seemed to not consume their physical strength at all. Running on the slightly sloping mountainous terrain, they actually ran faster and faster.
, the more you run, the more powerful you become.
In the black canyon behind, there are still figures jumping out.
There were already more than sixty cave barbarians in the sights of Xin Weige and Kang Qianjue alone.
Sixty cave barbarians are already equivalent to the Yunqin border army's 200-person establishment. They are already a large group, and are simply not something that the combat power of their patrol army at the moment can compete with!
All the black-armored soldiers had crawled out of their sleeping bags and pulled out their weapons.
Hearing Xin Weigai's explosive roar, all the black-armored soldiers did not stop at all. They all shouted sharply and retreated towards the mountains and forests behind at full speed. Only one of the sergeants stopped briefly.
He struck out a spark with a sickle-shaped flint, and just one spark caused the fire that had been prepared in front of him to burn violently, emitting extremely thick blue smoke.
They didn't know what happened specifically, but from this military order, they already knew that the incoming enemies were impossible to defeat. Only by escaping to an abandoned stone tower they found when they came, could they possibly survive.
A chance to survive.
Wang Zongwei is running wildly.
Xin Weige and Kang Qianjue also turned around and ran as fast as they could.
All the soldiers of the Yangjiantian Mountain Patrol Army retreated with utmost determination.
At this moment, a distant dark cloud floated in the sky towards the crescent moon, which originally looked extremely dim in the Dragon Snake Mountain Range.
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This chapter came early. There will be another update tonight)