Hanling City, inside the City Lord’s Mansion
After Xiaochi Town in southern Xinjiang reached a treasure hunting agreement with Shui Lianggong, Han Qi hurried back to Hanling City and started a tight organizational deployment.
"Send the order, order the Wolf Guards to immediately recruit 40,000 slaves from the mine, and assemble outside Hanling City in three days to be on standby!" Han Qi issued an order, and the ordering soldiers rushed away in a hurry after receiving the order.
"Lord City Lord, in my humble opinion, this treasure hunt is probably Shui Lianggong's conspiracy. He wants to find a reason to mobilize the elite main force of our army to defend the city, and then sneak attack on Hanling City..." After Liubei came back from Koike Town, he was worried and always felt that something was fishy, so he couldn't help but said it bluntly.
"Well, it is indeed very possible. That's why the city lord asked General Wolf to transfer 40,000 slaves from the mine to pretend to be soldiers and mix them into a 100,000-strong army. This way, 40,000 elite soldiers can be freed to guard the city. Besides, This time Shui Lianggong will also lead an army of 100,000 people to go to the Far East with us. Once his army comes out, the city will be empty, so I don’t think he dares to play any tricks." Han Qi said confidently.
"But the Far East Territory is frozen for thousands of miles and life is barren. No one has set foot on it for thousands of years. If Shui Lianggong wants to attack the Lord of the City, then the Lord of the City will be in danger!" Liu Bingwei reminded again, still worried.
"Haha... General Liu is overly worried. His Shui Lianggong's strength is the same as mine, and he has stayed at the "Third Level Early War Spirit Level" for many years. However, I now feel a slight sign of a breakthrough. And this time I plan to You and General Wolf will take them with you. If Shui Lianggong has ulterior motives on the way, the three of us will be able to subdue him immediately with the thunderous power of the three of us. As for his subordinates, they should not just surrender." Han Qi said on his face. A confident smile appeared.
"The city lord is wise, but the general is worrying too much..." Seeing that Han Qi had already made a plan, Liu Bingwei said no more. Just thinking about Sui Lianggong suddenly forming an alliance this time and wanting to go to the Far East to hunt for treasure, Liu Hewei still felt uneasy in his heart.
Han Qi still continued to lay out his plan before leaving. Thinking of the countless thousand-year-old treasures, Han Qi felt even more enthusiastic and happy: as long as he had these treasures, he no longer had to spend so much manpower to slowly mine the spiritual mines. To improve their own strength; as long as they have this batch of treasures, the overall strength of Hanling City is expected to enter the list of "fourth-class counties", to achieve the goal of overpowering one side, and then annex all the cities that usually run against it... .Thinking of all these things, Han Qi even wanted to set off immediately.
Han Ling City, Ling Mine
Wolf Guard looked at the order he had just received from the city lord. After pondering for a long time, a cold smile flashed across his lips, and then he ordered the ordering soldier beside him:
"The order is passed, everyone must return to camp today, and all the carriages must be gathered at the entrance of the valley to be on standby, and we will set off for Hanling City early tomorrow morning!"
"Yes!" After receiving the order, the orderly soldier quickly exited the camp. Looking at the leaving orderly soldier, an adjutant next to Wolf Guard asked in confusion:
"The Lord of the City is recruiting 40,000 slaves urgently, what about the mine?"
"Of course, give it all away. The Lord of the City has to do a very important thing this time. Except for taking away people, everything else must be given up. We must not delay the Lord of the City's treasure hunt plan!" Lang Bingwei said with sharp eyes and a firm tone. .
Soon, the order to assemble was spread to all departments in the mining camp. Many soldiers rushed to tell each other and communicated quickly to ensure that all branches were informed. At this moment, Qiye was walking back to the camp carrying the mine spirit stone. Seeing many soldiers running past him in panic, Qiye felt something was unusual, as if something had happened.
After returning to the mining camp and turning in the mineral stones, Qiye found that the atmosphere in the entire mining camp was extremely tense. People in twos and threes were running back and forth, talking... From the hurried expressions, Qiye smelled a hint of uneasiness. I have been in the mining camp for so many years, but I have never seen a scene like today. What happened? Qiye murmured in his heart...
After entering the camp, Qiye inquired carefully with his fellow miners and learned that it turned out to be Wolf Guard who was quickly gathering slaves in the mine and would set out for Hanling City early tomorrow morning. Qiye never expected that the incident would happen so suddenly and that the manpower must be gathered in such an urgent manner, so it must be a very important thing, and it is probably likely to escape death... Qiye thought to himself:
Ever since he became sensible at an early age, Qiye has known that nothing good has ever happened in this slave mining camp: today he does not know where he will die tomorrow. This is the reality that every slave in the mine knows very well; this is where he is. The end of destiny, the tragic ending, is nothing more than a matter of whether the end comes sooner or later. Even though it is so clear, any disturbance in the mine still affects the fate of the slaves all the time...
"Damn! Why now? As long as you give me a little more time, a little more time... you can, you can..." Qiye secretly clenched her fists unwillingly, but she didn't expect that when she was working hard to accumulate her own strength, The accident happened so suddenly. If you give yourself some more time, you will be able to get out of the current predicament and escape.
But exactly at this time, exactly at this moment, something like this happened! The strong reluctance made Qiye gnash his teeth with hatred and dig his nails into his heart. Thinking of the unknown misery that will usher in tomorrow, Qiye couldn't help but burst into tears: Could it be that he was about to face the end of his fate so soon? ? ?
After a long time, the tears had dried up. Qiye wiped away the traces of tears, stopped the useless sobs, gradually calmed down, and calmed down to think carefully:
On second thought, maybe this is not entirely a bad thing. On weekdays, the mines are strictly supervised, and even if I have achieved some success in practicing Shadow Step, I am afraid it will be difficult to escape the arrest of the spiritual cultivators of the supervisors. Maybe there might be a chance to escape on the way to Hanling City... Thinking about it this way, Qiye felt a little more balanced. This was the only consolation he could think of.
For a long time, after Qiye had stabilized his mood, he finished eating the tough rice cakes in big mouthfuls, then he lay down early and raced against time to start tonight's concentrating practice...
Late at night, a pitch-black jackdaw flew out of the white tent of the mining camp and flew out of the valley under the perfect cover of the night...
At dawn the next day, "Uh huh~~" a long and deep horn sounded in the silent mining camp.
"Gather the whole camp! Gather the whole camp!" The messenger quickly conveyed the gathering order to each camp. The slaves walked out of the camp sleepily and gathered from all directions into the gathering place in the center of the mining camp. Many people stayed up all night, their eyes were dim, and their faces were pale. Xiao Qiye was silently submerged in the crowd of slaves, staring at the three-meter-high military podium at the front through the gaps in the crowd.
Soon, the Wolf Guard in silver armor walked up to the military podium and glanced coldly at the crowd. He opened his mouth and gave a brief order:
"Count the number of people in each battalion and get ready to get on the bus!"
Qiye turned aside and saw that more than a thousand elevated carriages that usually carried spiritual ore were ready outside the mining camp. Subsequently, the supervisors of each slave camp began to count the number of people in each camp, and the slaves who had completed the count were pushed onto the elevated carriage by the soldiers. Dozens of slaves were crammed into a carriage, just like loading animals, without any room for free movement.
The entire mining camp is almost entirely staffed by male slaves, with only a few female slaves. Qiye was stuffed into a carriage carrying female slaves. In addition to washing and cooking for the soldiers, the female slaves in the mining camp also had to be played with and vented for fun by the soldiers... Anyone who disobeys will be beaten with thunderbolts, even beaten to death. Therefore, every female slave has scars all over her body. When she sees the female slaves with disheveled hair, bloodless faces, half-clothed bodies, and incomplete skin, Qiye burns with rage and infinite sympathy, and even women suffer. When treated like this, what hope is there? Qiye carefully maintained the gap so as not to touch the bleeding wounds on their bodies.
At dawn, forty thousand slaves were loaded into carriages. Then, two by two, they set off for Hanling City. The convoy drove out of the mining camp, and in the empty mining camp there were only large tents standing quietly. Looking back at the gradually receding mining camp, Qiye thought of the passing of Grandpa Luo Mu and his master, the only people who felt warmth during his fate and suffering. Now that his death is uncertain, he wonders if he will still have a chance to avenge them?
Supervisory soldiers on horseback stood guard on both sides of the convoy as the convoy moved forward in the winding river valley. Qiye checked the surrounding environment in the carriage and was alert to the patrols of the supervisors. There was no chance of escape along the way: on one side of the carriage was the river rushing under the cliff, and on the other side was the rock wall with nowhere to escape. The convoy is still moving non-stop towards Hanling City, and the mountains on both sides of the river valley are getting lower and lower. After a whole morning of march, the convoy has driven out of the mountains and accelerated on the wide plain.
Looking across the plains of Pingchuan, the golden winter sunshine lies lazily on the grassy slopes. Fish are chasing and playing in the stream, and the clear waves are rippling. Although it is cold winter, the breeze is cool and cool, and the grass is decaying but the forests are dyed. The wind blows the grass low, the waves surge, it's endlessly wonderful....
Seeing this scene, Qiye's eyes flashed with tears of excitement. This was the first time that I walked out of Dachuan and saw the world outside. The beautiful scenes that greeted his eyes deeply attracted Qiye's eyes, causing Qiye to put aside the idea of escape for the time being. Standing in the carriage, Qiye stared at the winter evening scenes that flashed before his eyes one after another. After leaving the mountains, the convoy speeded up, and the bumps along the way failed to wake Qiye from the intoxicating beauty.
After a long time, Qiye reluctantly withdrew his dry eyes. After calming down his excitement, Qiye had an even stronger idea of escape. However, the carriage kept running at a high speed, and the supervisory soldiers on both sides of the convoy were also following closely on horseback. Qiye had no choice but to give up this idea for the time being. The fast-moving convoy passed through barren villages and headed towards a huge castle towering on the horizon...
Although the castle seemed to be right in front of us, Wangshan was so overwhelmed that the convoy did not reach the outer wall of the castle until the early hours of the evening. Looking at the dark and towering huge city wall, a deep shock filled Qiye's heart. The solid city wall more than ten meters high stood in front of Qiye like a king looming over the world, making Qiye feel the overwhelming majesty for the first time.
