Yongchang County, the southernmost part of Heyu City, and the north bank of Fubo River, have three military towns. In terms of scale alone, these three military towns can all be called small towns, or castles. The city walls here are towering, built along the river, and the vast crowds. The mountains facing each other across the river are extremely beautiful in terms of scenery alone.
The three military towns are all named after water. From west to east, they are Zhenshuiguan, Linshuiguan and Wangshuiguan.
Night fell on this day, with the bright moon in the sky and the stars dotted, but the lights in Zhenshui Pass were turned off early. Except for the night watch soldiers on the city wall, everyone fell asleep early.
The soldiers on the city wall hold torches one by one. Like other military towns, they are constantly moving around and patrolling. However, the south wall is different. Bonfires are lit at intervals here, and elite archers are waiting beside the bonfires. , every hour, an archer would ignite a rocket and shoot it towards the dark night sky in the south.
The rockets drew huge arcs in the air, landed on the Fubo River, and then ignited flames. They turned out to be unmanned boats. These boats were connected with iron ropes and formed a row. I don’t know why they could Stopped in the middle of the river, the fire on the boat illuminated the nearby river surface brightly. From a distance, it looked like a row of red lanterns lining the streets during the New Year.
The river surface was calm, and there was no sign of anything strange. Just like in the past, the archers looked around for a while and then left one person to wait here. The others returned to the bonfire, without the solemnity of the previous bows and arrows. They were joking and pushing each other, quite For ease.
Suddenly, I don't know who shouted first, "There are monks flying from the north." Some other archers also looked northward, and their eyesight was naturally better.
Ordinary people will soon discover that in the night sky north of the military town, a khaki light streaks across like a shooting star, flying towards here!
Then, a bronze bell rang three times on the north city wall. The soldiers in the military camp closest to the north city wall quickly put on their armor and climbed onto the city wall in groups. Three of them were quite eye-catching. The leader was a leopard with a leopard head and eyes and a swallow's jaw. Huxu, wearing a heavy armor, carrying a gold star on his shoulder, and a silver belt around his waist, is none other than the captain of this city, a distant nephew of Wang Hui, named Wang Sanhuan.
The two people behind the captain were an old man and a young man, two military princes. The older one was very tall, with a face like tree bark and no moustache. The younger one was much shorter. He had an angry look by nature. , with raised eyebrows and raised eyes, looking a bit sinister.
The three of them did not line up with a group of soldiers to climb the city wall. Instead, they used their own methods to climb the several-foot-high city wall out of thin air. They were obviously good players.
The young military commander had just climbed up the north city wall and saw a ray of light falling from the sky and landing one mile north of the city. He couldn't help but glared and said, "Master Captain, this person came from the direction of Heyu City, but he didn't press the button." The implementation of the rules is a bit strange, should the people below be allowed to form a formation?"
"Well," the fierce-looking Captain Wang Sanhuan frowned in thought. After thinking for a while, he nodded slowly and said, "That makes sense."
The older military commander on the other side said, "Looking at the way this man wields a sword, and his aura of uprightness and calmness, he is clearly an orthodox monk of our human race. He landed outside the city instead of breaking in without permission. He obviously knows some truth." Yes, we are being too cautious by ordering the sergeants to form a formation to greet us. We are trying to provoke
If someone laughs, it would be better to wait for him to come closer, ask questions first, and then respond later. "
"Hmm..." Captain Wang Sanhuan frowned again in thought, then nodded again after thinking about it, "It makes sense."
The young military commander was obviously a little unconvinced. He glanced at the figure approaching in the darkness in the distance and said to the older military commander, "Junjun Zhang, if this person can wield a sword, he is at least a monk of the fourth realm, not even a fifth-level monk." Jing and even the great monk were not sent by He Yucheng or Yicheng. If they were disguised as Yaoyi, wouldn’t we suffer heavy losses?!"
The elder military commander chuckled and said, "Mr. Wang, have you forgotten that our captain is also a monk in the third realm? Even if there is any accident, the captain will be able to handle it. Then we will lead our soldiers to form an army. Array, even if the great monk comes, he will still hate this place, what are you afraid of?!"
The young military marquis glanced at Captain Wang Sanhuan, who had obviously relaxed his brows, and couldn't help but snorted bitterly. He glanced at a Baijiang who was one of his own subordinates on the distant city wall and stopped talking.
While the three of them were talking, the person from far away had already walked down the city wall. Using the torches on the city, one could clearly see that the person coming was a burly man in a light blue robe. He had a big sword on his back and his face was firm and angular. It was clear that it was Xiao Zhan.
Seeing that the captain and the older military commander had no intention of speaking, the young military commander shouted to the man at the bottom of the city, "Who is coming? What are you doing here at Zhenshuiguan?!"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Zhan from the city raised his hands and said, "Xiao Zhan, a swordsman practicing Wangchuan, came to Zhenshuiguan on the orders of the prefect. I have something important to ask to see the city lord general!"
The young military marquis glanced at the captain next to him and saw that he had no intention of doing anything.
He expressed his stance and shouted to the city again, "Since I came under the order of the prefect, do you have any proof?!"
"Yes," Xiao Zhan said without hesitation, "but this matter is of great importance, and I must present it to the city lord in person."
The young military commander snorted coldly and shouted, "Bold maniac...!"
"Come up to the city wall." Before the young military commander could finish his words, he was interrupted by Captain Wang Sanhuan, who was half-talking, and shocked both the young military commander and the older military commander!
"No, Captain!" The two said in unison this time.
"Why not?" Captain Wang Sanhuan's voice was already filled with a certain amount of majesty and a certain amount of displeasure. Before the two of them could speak again, he said in an unquestionable tone, "Everyone should step back ten feet and form a formation to be on guard." , I will meet this Taoist priest, please come up!"
The young military commander and the older military commander looked at each other and felt that the captain today was a little different from the past. However, under the current situation, they could not openly disobey the military order. They had to let their subordinates form a formation on the city and below the city to be on guard. However, the two of them themselves Return to Captain Wang Sanhuan and stand next to him.
Xiao Zhan, who was under the city, saw the soldiers on the city wall retreating and forming a formation, and then he shook his sleeves. The ground beneath his feet suddenly lifted up, and he was launched into the air. He took a single step and climbed up the city wall.
Captain Wang Sanhuan's eyes changed slightly as he watched Xiao Zhan's movements.
When Captain Wang Sanhuan was looking at Xiao Zhan, Xiao Zhan was also looking at him. He glanced at the gold star on his shoulder and nodded and said, "Wangchuan Xiao Zhan, I have met Lord Captain."
Captain Wang Sanhuan returned the gesture and said, "No need to be polite, Taoist Xiao. Just now, Taoist Xiao said that he was here on the orders of the Grand Administrator.
We need to talk about it, and we said we have certificates. Now can we take out the certificates and take a look, right? "
Xiao Zhan glanced at the two people behind Captain Wang Sanhuan, nodded and said, "I do have the order of the prefect, but this prefect is not the Meng family of Yongchang but... Luo Chuan, the prefect of Li County. !!”
As soon as he said this, everyone present was shocked! !
