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Zhongdu, Longyang, an ancient city that has been around for thousands of years, and the former capital of the previous dynasty, has experienced wars, and is majestic and lingering on the ancient land of Central and Southern China. (Please remember me)

In the morning mist in the sky, the entire Longyang Prefecture City was closed with four gates, and the air was full of life.

In the city, on Qinglong Avenue, which is twelve meters wide, occasionally a few people pass by, whether they bow their heads and walk closely against the houses on the roadside, humiliating and numb.

In the middle of the road, from time to time, a team of light cavalry with thin iron and light armor jumped past the horse, with an arrogant look and no scruples. However, these people were newly established "inspection teams" of the Western Allied Forces, specializing in patrol and arresting rebels.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way, battle report, battle report!" A figure crawling on the horse's back pierced the morning mist and ran from one end of the avenue.

"General Jose has made a great victory and has been defeated. The enemy soldiers in the East China Sea province are continuing to advance towards the Bohai Prefecture!" The Western Alliance soldiers on the horse galloped wildly while shouting these words in Imperial Chinese and Western Luleding, obviously to let the Han people on the roadside hear the achievements of the Western Alliance.

"Damn it, I was defeated again." Several people walking on the roadside looked up one after another. There was hatred, numbness, but more sadness in their eyes.

A country can be occupied, a nation can be bullied, but a heart cannot be suppressed, and a passion cannot be buried.

"What are these soldiers doing? If they are defeated, they are not as good as us!" In a shop with doors and windows on the side of the road, a figure was sticking to the door panel, listening to the movements outside, looking back for a moment to say angrily to everyone in the house.

"Don't talk nonsense, let's not talk about it for now that this may be a psychological war between the Westerners. Even if the Han soldiers in the East China Sea Province were defeated in one battle, what does it have to do with others? Lei Dongfeng's subordinates are not so cowardly. Killing Westerners sorrows is called raising their breath." A gentle female voice with a bit of evil spirit said softly.

"Sister Roland, have you fallen in love with General Lei? Since you entered the middle, you have mentioned him a lot." A man laughed.

These people are the beautiful Roland and her subordinates.

"Sun Er, you are looking at me. I have a good temper recently and dare to say anything. Isn't you still silence yourself!" Roland's willow eyebrows were tree-like, and his evil aura suddenly showed.

"Yes, yes, little one should be damned, but my elder sister, I'm serious. Now the Westerners have closed the city gates and imposed controls on the air. Yesterday, I tried to put a flying pigeon outside the city without letters. Before I left the city, I was shot down by their archers. If this continues, it's meaningless for us to stay here." The man who started joking slapped him in the face a few times and said seriously.

"If you can't let it go, wait patiently. If it really doesn't work, gather all the existing carrier pigeons and let them fly together. Can they shoot one of them, and still shoot all of them?" Roland thought for a while, and bit her teeth lightly.

"But this will reveal us." Sun Er hesitated. Putting a carrier pigeon will not attract attention. More than a dozen or even dozens of carrier pigeons will fly together. Even a fool can know that something is wrong here.

Moreover, in order to prevent the activities of underground resistance organizations and the activities of Han soldiers and cavalry personnel in the city, the Western coalition forces in Longyang have specially set up an "inspection team" composed of elite cavalry, divided into several groups to patrol day and night in the city. If the situation is discovered, they will arrive at most ten minutes.

"You should know that there are many people who sacrificed for this country now. We used to be rats living in the dark, but even mice must bite the enemy hard. Since we have accepted this task, we must first complete it. Wait for another day. If no operator appears, Sun Er, you will be responsible for releasing the carrier pigeon in the early morning of tomorrow. The rest of the people and I will destroy the Longyang Ordnance Field as planned..." Roland's face turned cold and he said in a deep voice.

"Yes!" A few men who hadn't looked good just now immediately stood up and said seriously.

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On the morning of April 8, 999, the Empire Era was in the central and southern provinces of the Empire, Liangchuan Fort 30 miles west of Longyang, Zhongdu.

Early in the morning, Jing Zhan got up and finished washing up, and asked someone to bring Rio Bella, the centurion of the Swordsman Order of the Kingdom of Sisley.

After a night of rest, Leobella's injury has healed a lot. Last night, Jing Zhan's arrow was shocked because Juan was desperate to help Leobella. He was already merciless, so the angle and strength of the shooting were not considered vicious.

Therefore, after pulling out the arrow, bandaging carefully, and recuperating for a night, Leobera was not only slightly inconvenient to walking quickly, but she could no longer see any abnormalities after putting on her armor.

It was just because of some blood loss that his face was a little pale, so that his red nose became even bigger and more conspicuous.

"You usually report your duties today. I will go with you. Don't have any other ideas. If I can't come back before dark, those who stay here will die with your men and that cute boy!" Jing Zhan said coldly.

"Don't worry, sir..." Leobella's back was soaked. Jing Zhan's attitude was rare and gentle last night. Leobella didn't think anything was there, and even thought that this Han general was easy to talk to.

At this moment, once he showed his cruel and cold-blooded side, Leo Bella suddenly felt like she was being targeted by a poisonous snake.

Jing Zhan also deliberately said that it was before tonight. He discussed with Ling Yun last night that he would not return tomorrow morning. Ling Yun led the team to retreat, which was to prevent Leo Bella from having the idea of ​​slacking off.

After a few people had breakfast, Jing Zhan did not bring many troops, but only the captain Anbang and five Han soldiers, wearing the one-piece armor of the Sisley soldiers and a helmet that covered his face. As long as you don’t look carefully, it will be no different from the Sisley soldiers.

In fact, those five Han soldiers, Jing Zhan, were specially selected for soldiers with mixed blood. At that time, the empire was strong, and it was common for Westerners to intermarry with people from the empire, especially on the northwest border and on both sides of the mainland highway. This was a wide range of situations.

For example, Anbang, his hometown is in the border area of ​​the northwest province of the empire. His grandmother was the daughter of a Western merchant traveling to and from the mainland. Once he encountered a robber and was saved by Anbang's grandfather. The merchant married his daughter to his grandfather. Therefore, Anbang had obvious Western Land bloodline, but now he deliberately dressed up, but he was even more unable to distinguish his nationality.

According to Jing Zhan's instructions, Leobella chose two honest and calm confidants in the army. These two were soldiers from Leobella, a lord, and they went to report Leobella.

After the arrangement was made, Jing Zhan, Leo Bella and his group of eight people rushed towards Zhongdu Longyang.

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Liangchuan Fort is located on the left side of the road between the Yellow River Ferry and Longyang. If you walk east for only one mile, you can step on the Zhongnan Avenue paved with gravel and loess. In addition, the horses of Jing Zhan and others are also fast. From Liangchuan Fort to Longyang, the group drove the horses in less than two hours and saw the tall and majestic city walls in Longyang.

During this journey, some Han soldiers' bodies, destroyed materials and vehicles, as well as several broken flags, can be seen on both sides of the road.

Even the closer you get to Longyang, the yellow land on both sides of the road emits a dark red color. Under the dense morning mist, the once prosperous Central South Avenue is now as cold as hell.

"A lot of our soldiers have died here." Jing Zhan has been frowning slightly since he saw the body of the first Han soldier, but he did not go down to bury him impulse.

"Well, the war was very fierce at that time. In order to delay me... our army's pursuit, the soldiers blocked all the way, and suffered heavy casualties. Even the Lord of the Mingyue Knight said, 'The soldiers from Central and Southern China are brave soldiers'..." Leobera also had a deep face.

"You don't have to be afraid. War will inevitably lead to death. You are just the weapons of those people. Weapons are not guilty. Those who use weapons to invade our empire. Those who initiate this war are unforgivable." Jing Zhan said coldly.

Leobera was speechless, but felt a hint of recognition of Jing Zhan's cold attitude.

After a moment, several people came to Longyang City. Sure enough, the ancient Longyang City, which was once crowded, was closed tightly at this moment, and the suspension bridge was hanging high. In the morning mist, this huge city was like a blue-gray monster, entrenched here coldly, overlooking the crowd.

"Who, stop!" Through the morning fog, several light infantrymen from the Kingdom of Falls walked out of the checkpoint outside the city gate.

"It's me, the centurion of the Third Battalion of the Second Swordsman of the Sisley." Leobella hurriedly showed off the token.

"Oh, it turned out to be Old Leo. Today is so foggy, we thought you would come very late." An officer from the Kingdom of Falls smiled, with a gentle attitude.

From this point of view, we can see that Leo Bella not only has prestige in her 1000s, but also has a good relationship with the soldiers of these other countries. You should know that although the Western Land countries are collectively called coalition forces to the outside world, in fact, there have been constant frictions between various countries, especially the seven major countries, for thousands of years. If the Holy See had not adjusted the straits of the Holy See, they would have been in civil unrest.

"Well, go and go back early, so as to avoid those little bastards causing trouble when I'm away." Leo Bella smiled.

"Well, go ahead, there are quite a lot of people coming to report their duties today. I won't talk to you later when I'm busy." The officer of the Falls Kingdom glanced at Jing Zhan and others briefly, and waved his hand.

Soon, the suspension bridge hanging high in front of him was slowly lowered, and then the huge and heavy city gate was opened, revealing the black city gate corridor, like a monster opening its huge mouth.

"Longyang--" When Jing Zhan's horse hooves stepped on the streets of Longyang, he was always calm and inexplicably excited.

This is probably the first time that Han soldiers' horses stepped on this land that belonged to the empire two months after Longyang's fall? Although they were sneaking in quietly today, they must return to this place openly in the future!

However, I don’t know when I can return to Longcheng in a blatant way to worship the brothers who died in the distant land.

When Jing Zhan thought of this, his mind, which had always been as calm as ice, was slightly aroused.

"Jingtou, what's wrong with you?" An Bang saw what his commander was wrong, quietly lifted up his mask and asked.

"Put down the cover!" Jing Zhan shouted lightly.

"Here." The Han soldier hurriedly put down his cover.
Chapter completed!