March 12, 290 in the Imperial Calendar of the Britannia Empire.

20:13 pm.

Within the Luolin Empire, Huming City.

On the wall of Huming City, the national flag of the Luolin Empire fluttered with the night wind.

Huming City is one of the most important cities in the northern territory of the Luolin Empire.

And the reason is also very simple.

Because it is the headquarters of the northern defense line of the Luolin Empire!

Over the years, the Britannia Empire has frequently launched attacks on the Rollin Empire, and has carried out five large-scale attacks.

In order to better resist the invasion of the Britannia Empire, after the Britannia Empire launched the "Fourth Southern Offensive", the Rollin Empire began to prepare to build the northern part of the Empire specifically to resist the Britannia Empire.

Line of defense.

After spending a huge amount of manpower, material resources, and financial resources, a huge defense line was finally established in the northern part of the empire with the three cities of Zeng'er City, Onton City, and Alsi City as the center.

In fact, in terms of population, area, and wall height, Huming City can only be regarded as an ordinary city.

However, because the geographical location of Huming City is very advantageous. The distances from Huming City to Zeng'er City, Angton City, and Arsi City are all about the same, and the distances are also relatively close. Therefore, the Luolin Empire established a general headquarters for the northern defense line.

In Huming City.

However... the current sloppy defense of Huming City is really hard to believe. This is the headquarters of the northern defense line of the Luolin Empire, and it is the most important city on the northern defense line of the Luolin Empire...

The sun has already set. Although it is already dark now, there are still a large number of soldiers standing on the walls of Huming City, standing guard and on guard.

However, the soldiers standing guard on the walls of Huming City are all listless, and there are even many people who are chatting and laughing together.

No one is taking serious precautions.

"ha……"

A soldier with a big beard who was standing on the city wall yawned loudly, and then said to a companion with a mustache who was standing next to him:

"It's so boring. How long have we been standing here? When can we change shifts? Standing guard or something, it's so tiring..."

The bearded soldier and the mustachioed soldier, it was their turn tonight to stand guard on the city wall, watching out for anyone approaching the city.

After listening to the bearded soldier's complaint, the little bearded soldier smiled bitterly and said:

"Bear with it for a while. The shift should be changed soon. Just bear with it for a while and continue to stand guard and be alert."

As soon as the little bearded soldier finished speaking, the bearded soldier spat disdainfully and said:

"What should we be wary of? We are here in Huming City? We are at the rear of the northern defense line! How could an enemy come here? If the enemy wants to come here, they must at least penetrate the northern defense line before they can come? That's really not true.

Understand the purpose of standing guard here! It’s so funny to guard against enemies who have no chance of coming here!”

"That's right." The little bearded soldier said as he adjusted his stance and shifted his weight from his left leg to his right leg so that his left leg, which had been bearing the weight of the whole body, could rest. "This is just

It's just superficial work. Superficial work is still necessary, isn't it? This is also where the general headquarters of the northern defense line is located. If there is not a single soldier standing guard on the city wall, then it's really impossible, right? So, isn't it?

You'd better stand guard properly. If the squad leader finds out that you don't stand guard properly, you'll have to be punished."

After hearing the word "Squad Leader" from the little bearded soldier, the bearded soldier's shoulders shrank and a look of fear appeared on his face.

Judging from his appearance, he seemed to be very afraid of this "little captain".

"Tch..." the bearded soldier said in a displeased tone, "Obviously the people at the top are not very concerned about Hu Ming City's defense."

After saying that, the bearded soldier raised his chin towards the city, and then continued to say to the little bearded soldier:

"Look! If the generals in Huming City are really concerned about the defense of Huming City, they should set up a large number of secret sentries outside the city and put in a large number of torches for good lighting, so that the soldiers on guard on the city wall can see clearly below.

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"But look outside! There are no hidden sentries outside the city! There are no torches that can be used for lighting! It's pitch black under the city and you can't see anything clearly! How can we be on guard against this? It's so dark, even if

If anyone really comes under the city wall, we won’t be able to detect it!”

After saying that, the bearded soldier spat again bitterly.

After listening to the series of complaints from the bearded soldier, the little bearded soldier showed a wry smile again and said:

"So I've said it before, Hu Mingcheng's defense is just superficial work... Just bear with it."

The bearded soldier is not the only one who is dissatisfied with this meaningless standing guard.

At this time, everyone on the city wall was basically very dissatisfied with this meaningless standing guard.

The reason is that the generals responsible for managing Huming City are too careless about the vigilance of Huming City.

Not only were there no hidden sentries outside the city, nor were there any torches that could be used for lighting.

It would be fine if there were no hidden sentries outside the city, but it would be too much if there were no torches outside the city that could be used for lighting and people to take care of the torches.

As soon as night falls, everything outside the city becomes pitch black.

Without the lighting of torches, the people standing on guard on the city wall would not be able to see clearly what is happening below the city!

If you can't even see clearly what's going on outside the city, why should you be on guard?

Therefore, the generals in Huming City did not pay much attention to the defense of Huming City, which chilled the hearts of the soldiers responsible for guarding the city.

Almost all the soldiers responsible for city security have inner activities like this:

Since those generals don't care about the defense of the city, why should I care so much?

Therefore, every garrison soldier on the "night shift" basically looks listless, and it is difficult to find anyone who is seriously standing guard and on guard.

But even if you stand guard carefully and are not alert, you can't see clearly what's going on outside the city anyway.

"Humph!" the bearded soldier continued to complain, "I see, those generals must have the same idea as me! They feel that Huming City is located at the rear of the northern defense line and is very safe! So there is no need to be like this

Be on guard seriously! You don’t even need to station a large number of soldiers! I feel that instead of wasting troops by placing soldiers in Huming City, it is better to put soldiers in frontline strongholds such as Zenger City!"

The little bearded soldier continued to smile bitterly, silently listening to the complaints of the bearded soldier.

at this time

Click.

On the wall next to the mustached soldier, a strange sound suddenly came from the city wall.

"Um?"

The mustachioed soldier gave a slight "hmm", then frowned slightly and thought to himself:

Is it my imagination... I always feel like there was some strange sound coming from there just now...

The little bearded soldier, who was cautious by nature, decided to lean against the city wall where the strange noise had just been made to take a look at the situation.

The little bearded soldier made up his mind, tightened the spear in his hand, and then slowly moved towards the city wall that made the strange sound just now...

...

"Although it is right to put all the troops on the frontline strongholds, the total number of troops currently stationed in Huming City is only 3,000. Is it still too few? I think there should be at least 5,000 troops stationed in Huming City.

Huming City is enough. After all, Huming City is the 'brain' of the northern defense line. It would be too few to only have so few people to protect the brain... huh? Brother, what's wrong with you?"

The little bearded soldier who had been chattering just now suddenly found that the little bearded soldier had left his position on guard for unknown reasons.

And lay down on the ground near the city wall.

The lying posture is extremely weird...

The bearded soldier frowned.

Looking at the little bearded soldier lying down in an extremely weird posture, the bearded soldier couldn't help but have an ominous premonition in his heart.

In order to find out what was going on, the bearded soldier tightened his grip on the spear in his hand, and then took small steps toward the bearded soldier who was lying on the ground.

While moving in small steps, he continued to ask tentatively:

"Brother? Brother? What's wrong with you?"

There was not much distance between the two, so the bearded soldier quickly came to the side of the little bearded soldier lying on the ground.

After arriving at the little bearded soldier's side, the bearded soldier's eyes immediately widened in horror!

The mustached soldier lying on the ground had the main artery in his neck cut open.

Large streams of blood were spurting out from his open wound, soon staining the stone bricks under the mustache soldier black.

The bearded soldier has also experienced several battles and can be considered a veteran with combat experience.

So he could tell at a glance that the mustachioed soldier was already dead. Even if he still had a breath, he would still be close to death.

The little bearded soldier whose throat was cut to death still had his eyes wide open.

The mustached soldier's eyes, which had lost their luster, still retained a hint of fear and confusion.

Looking at the bearded soldier who was dying in such a miserable state, the bearded soldier immediately felt that his legs were weak and he almost sat down on the ground.

However, the bearded soldier was a veteran who had experienced several battles after all. He reacted quickly and stabilized his body that almost fell to the ground.

"have……"

The bearded soldier immediately opened his mouth and shouted loudly.

However... Before the bearded soldier could shout out the words "Something's happening!", he felt an extremely powerful hand stretch out from behind him and cover his mouth, making him unable to make any sound.

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Chapter completed!