Liaodong, Tanzhou, Chifeng City

This is the junction of Tanzhou and Jizhou. After passing Chifeng City, you enter a continuous mountain range.

The mountain is not steep, but it stretches for nearly a hundred miles. There are few people in the mountain. Passing through this mountain range means that you have officially entered the Chang family's sphere of influence.

When Chen Yue was seriously injured and unconscious in the capital, Ma Ling'er protected him and entered Liaodong via Pinghan Road. He entered through Chifeng City, so this is also an important border area.

Although it is a border land, the city walls of Chifeng City are not tall and strong, and are a little low. They are far inferior to Wuguan, Shuofeng City and other border cities.

There is a reason for this phenomenon.

When Liaodong was still in the hands of the Jin people, they never paid attention to repairing the city. They also did not think that the Chang family border troops in the east would dare to invade Liaodong from Chifeng City, so Chifeng City became more and more dilapidated.

After the Liang army regained Liaodong, because the relationship between Chenyue and the Chang family was good, there was no need for heavy military garrison; in addition, a large number of civilians needed to be recruited to build the Yunjin defense line on the front line, so they also did not have the energy to build Chifeng City into a grand pass, but only slightly repaired and strengthened it.

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Therefore, over time, at first glance, the Chifeng City is not as majestic as Wuguan.

Night fell on the vast black land of Liaodong, and the sky and the earth completely merged into one. It was the end of the month, the moonlight in the sky was even darker, the stars were dim, and you couldn't even see your thumb outside Chifeng City.

Only a long string of torches were stuck at the top of the city for lighting, and a few guards patrolled the city wall regularly. The slowly moving firelight brought a bit of popularity to this border pass.

Now the Liang army is fighting on both sides, and the fighting is tight on both ends. A large number of soldiers and horses are on the front line, so there are very few garrisons left in the cities in the interior.

Even if Chifeng City is a border gate, the entire city will only have more than 3,000 defenders.

"boom!"

A bolt of lightning suddenly flashed through the air, lighting up the entire sky, and then there was a deafening thunder.

"Boom!"

"Da da da~"

The raindrops fell without warning and soon turned into a downpour.

"It's raining! Take shelter from the rain!"

"Be quick! Enter the awning!"

…

The top of the city suddenly became a mess, and the defenders got into the wooden houses usually used for resting to take shelter from the rain.

There are some small cracks in the roof, and from time to time raindrops seep down from the top and drip on everyone's heads.

A soldier cursed and took off his military uniform:

"This weather is so damn bad. It rains heavily at any time. It's really a disaster."

While talking to the soldiers, he squeezed hard, and the water dripped on the ground.

In such a short time, the heavy rain turned them into drowned rats.

Another soldier said nonchalantly: "The weather in this area is like this. It might get worse in a while. Just get used to it."

"Hey, wouldn't it be nice if I could heat a glass of wine at this time?"

"Come on, stop dreaming. Aren't you afraid of being beaten with a military stick?"

"Afraid! Why aren't you afraid? But if you can drink some wine, it's not impossible to get a beating with a military stick."

"Come on, you are an alcoholic."

"Hahaha!"

The soldiers in the wooden house laughed loudly. It was good to make a few jokes when they had nothing to do.

At a glance, most of the soldiers in the room had young faces, mainly new recruits, and only two corps commanders were veterans who had fought in the war.

"boom!"

"Boom!"

"Da da da~"

Dense raindrops pattered on the roof and the weathered city bricks. The sound of rain sounded noisy, but it was easy to calm down.

Seven or eight soldiers sat together in a group, warming themselves around the newly lit stove in a daze. No one broke the silence, just waiting silently for the rain to stop.

After a while, a corps commander stood up first, put some damp clothes on his body, and muttered:

"Okay, it's time to take turns to go to the top of the city and watch. It won't work if no one is watching for so long."

A young man beside him laughed and said:

"Boss, why don't you take a rest for a while? It's raining so heavily, what's going to happen?"

Chifeng City has been quiet for so many years, and there has never been an incident. It is raining heavily outside, and who wants to go out on patrol at night?

"Shut up!"

The corps commander glared at him fiercely: "Don't be so playful. We usually make trouble, and military orders and regulations must not be abolished."

Be quick, come two people and come out with me!"

"Okay~"

The two soldiers stood up with grimaces. The three of them each held a coir raincoat and rushed into the heavy rain. The raindrops swallowed them up in an instant.

It was pouring heavily and it was impossible to light the torches, so the three of them could only rely on the oil lamps erected on the battlements for lighting.

The corporal commander carefully held the lamp and poked his head outside the city. He looked left and right. It was dark outside the city and he couldn't see anything.

There were originally several pots of fire outside the city, but now they have been extinguished by the heavy rain and there is no light at all.

"Boss, nothing happened. How about we go back first?"

A soldier behind him spoke cautiously, his eyes almost blinded by the heavy rain.

The bamboo hat on top of his head looks the same whether he is wearing it or not. It is just a decoration in such a heavy rain.

"Shut up!"

The Wu Commander had a cold face, without looking back, and murmured with his eyes widening:

"There seems to be some movement outside the city."

At this moment, the other two people became nervous instantly. They looked left and right in the dark and listened carefully with their ears raised.

The corps commander is a veteran, much more experienced than these two new recruits.

"Ding~ding~ding~"

"Crackling~"

"Wow~"

There seems to be a little bit of other sounds in the dense rain, which is very clear.

If there is, if not.

The captain's eyes widened, and at a certain moment he felt a gust of cold wind passing by at an extremely fast speed.

The team leader instinctively ducked back, a sense of danger welling up in his heart.

"Whoosh!"

A sharp black arrow instantly flew past where he had just stopped, almost grazing the captain's cheek.

"Puff~"

Before the captain could react, two black figures jumped in from outside the city, their bright blades filled with murderous intent.

The two recruits were still in a state of confusion. The moment they saw the black shadow, they pulled out the scimitars from their waists.

"careful!"

The captain's eyes bulged, he shouted coldly, and already pulled out the scimitar from his waist.

"Chichi!"

"Pfft pfft!"

The black shadow that jumped into the city was obviously a good player. He drew his sword very quickly and with ruthless movements. He killed two soldiers of Liang who were still stunned with one sword without any effort.

Both young men have only joined the army this year, which means that only new recruits will be placed in Chifeng City. If the veterans had been transferred to the front line, they would have been transferred to the front line.

Without even seeing the enemy's face clearly, the two recruits went to hell.

The two figures collapsed softly to the ground. The blood quickly mixed with the rain, and the ground was bright red.

The captain's eyes were about to burst. He drew his sword to face the enemy and shouted at the top of his lungs:
Chapter completed!