"Everyone, cheer up and light up all the rainproof lanterns. There must not be any blind spots in the entire camp..." In the heavy rain, Shi Dafeng, who was patrolling the military camp in a raincoat, wiped the rain off his face and gave orders loudly.
Tonight in Yulong Mountain, the sky is dark because of the heavy rain. The thunder in the valley echoes for a long time. The leaves on the mountain are rustling in the rainstorm, and there are ghosts crying and wolves howling. Looking around, if there is no light, the visibility is only about ten meters. There is rain and fog everywhere. Tonight is almost the darkest night in recent days.
Such weather was a huge test for the soldiers guarding the camp of Longya Army at the foot of Wangtian Peak in Yulong Mountain. No one dared to relax at all. The entire camp had arranged three times the number of patrol personnel tonight. The entire Wangtian Peak and the cave under Wangtian Peak, which was called Jiuyou Cave by the mountain people in Yulong Mountain, were tightly surrounded. This Jiuyou Cave was the secluded cave of Yuan Tianfeng, the first emperor of the Han Empire, in Yulong Mountain, which was now widely rumored in the northwest.
Until now, Shi Dafeng still finds it incredible that this is the legend of the secluded cave residence of Yuan Tianfeng, the great martial emperor of the Han Empire. Although all the evidence proves that this is the place, Shi Dafeng just doesn't believe it. This disbelief is not due to any other reason, but because his boss, Yan Liqiang, has had some abnormal attitudes and behaviors recently.
Based on Shi Dafeng's understanding of Yan Liqiang, if this is really the retreat cave of Yuan Tianfeng, the first generation of Emperor Wu of the Han Empire, in Yulong Mountain, then after discovering this cave, Yan Liqiang would not use any cover to the outside world, and would not bring out the Seven Tribes of Shatu, which would make it more obvious. Yan Liqiang would not mobilize 10,000 troops to guard here, and then go in alone to see, because this is not Yan Liqiang's style at all. Even the powerful secret method of the Five Animals Play can be shared with everyone by Yan Liqiang, let alone something left by a Martial Emperor whose shadow cannot be touched? Even if he is guarding outside now, Yan Liqiang will definitely take him in to see, so what's the big deal? But just two days ago, when Yan Liqiang came out of the cave, he told Shi Dafeng very seriously that no one was allowed to enter the cave without his order.
Yan Liqiang seldom gave Shi Dafeng any orders in such a serious manner. Even when they wiped out the seven Shatu tribes and raided the Snake God tribe, Shi Dafeng had never seen such a serious look on Yan Liqiang's face, so he felt that this matter was a little unusual.
What's even more abnormal is that Fang Beidou is the only person who can enter the cave in the past two days, and outside the cave, Fu Changde comes here more frequently. The actions of both of them are mysterious. From the faces of Fang Beidou and Fu Changde, Shi Dafeng vaguely feels an inexplicable heavy atmosphere, as if there is something that the boss doesn't want him to know or get involved. It doesn't feel like there are some secret techniques or books in the cave, but rather like there is some monster.
A few days ago, Yan Liqiang came out of the cave. Shi Dafeng directly told Yan Liqiang about his doubts, but Yan Liqiang just patted Shi Dafeng on the shoulder and told Shi Dafeng very solemnly not to ask any questions, but just to guard the entrance of the cave and prevent those gangsters from the northwest from breaking in.
"Dafeng, as the saying goes, worry makes you confused, so I can't tell you the reason for this matter for the time being, because I know that if I tell you, with your temper, you will definitely not be as calm as you are now. You may do something because of worrying about my safety, and the result may be counterproductive. So, if you want to help me, just pretend that you know nothing and wait for orders outside. Fang Beidou will bring my orders to you. When this matter is settled, I will tell you everything!"
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"Sir, there seems to be something wrong on the mountain road over there..." When Shi Dafeng, who was patrolling the camp, came to a key pass guarded by the camp, an officer guarding the pass immediately came over and reported his discovery to Shi Dafeng.
"what's the situation… "
"It seems someone is approaching..."
When Shi Dafeng heard this, he immediately frowned and said, "Let's go over and take a look..."
The strategic pass faces a valley not far away. There is only a stone path leading to the valley that winds up along the rock wall. Only after passing through here can you reach Wangtian Peak and Jiuyou Cave below Wangtian Peak. The Longya Army built three arrow platforms with sandbags and wood in this strategic place. In addition to several teams of archers, there are also six cannon crossbows and three honeycomb crossbows on the arrow platforms, forming a tight crossfire. These two things are two powerful war tools that were drawn by Yan Liqiang and then manufactured by the Manufacturing Bureau. They are real weapons of war. After the Manufacturing Bureau manufactured them, they took a batch of samples to Baishishan Pass for trial use, and they had not been used yet. This time, something happened in Yulong Mountain, and the 10,000 Longya Army brought the two powerful war tools here.
The mountain path extending from below, guarded by the three arrow platforms, was pitch black. Only during lightning and thunder could one vaguely see the swaying leaves, which looked ghostly.
"Just now our rainproof lantern was still on, but just now, it went out..." said the officer stationed at the arrow platform, pointing to the dark mountain road below.
"Looking at the weather tonight, some people are trying to take advantage of the situation..." Shi Dafeng came to an arrow platform, squinted his eyes and looked at the mountain road below and sneered. Then he ordered the officers around him, pointing to the crossbow in front of him that looked like a tank turret, "Equip this turret with three armor-piercing explosive arrows..."
"Yes..." Hearing Shi Dafeng's order, the Longya Army soldiers on the arrow platform quickly opened the boxes stored in the arrow platform warehouse. Six soldiers carefully carried three armor-piercing explosive arrows over and replaced the three ordinary crossbow arrows in the crossbow cannon.
Shi Dafeng personally sat in the shooter position of the crossbow, adjusted the firing port of the crossbow, aimed at the mountain wall a few hundred meters away, and then stepped hard on the shooting pedal under his feet.
Three armor-piercing flaming arrows were fired from the crossbow at once, making a sharp whistling sound in the air that was ten times louder than the sound of wind and rain. With terrifying power, after breaking several small trees as thick as arms in the distance, the three arrows formed a V-shape and suddenly penetrated into the rocks of the mountain wall, causing rocks to fly everywhere. They also burned in the heavy rain, illuminating the area around the mountain wall.
Several screams were immediately heard from below the cliff and in the surrounding bushes. In the sudden light of the fire, several figures in night clothes were obviously frightened and began to retreat. The surrounding bushes also shook.
Shi Dafeng roared at the mountain road below from the arrow platform, "This arrow is a warning. If you still don't know what's good for you and dare to extinguish the rainproof lanterns we set up below, you won't be so lucky next time. Let's see how many lives you have to survive if you dare to force your way in..."
In the midst of the blazing fire, Shi Dafeng had someone light a rainproof lantern and place it at the intersection below.
The defense of the Dragon Tooth Army is very tight, but this tight defense can only be used against ordinary people. In the eyes of King Wu and masters at the level of King Wu, it is only used to scare people.
Just when Shi Dafeng was showing off his power on the arrow platform to intimidate some daring men, eleven ghostly figures had already easily avoided the heavy defenses of the Longya Army camp at several key checkpoints in the heavy rain, and without alarming anyone, they directly entered the Jiuyou Cave on Wangtian Peak.
(End of this chapter)