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Chapter 17 Fortress
Karen Tribe

"Where are you going?" The three patriarchs put their hands behind their backs and stared at the daughter in front of them with a headache.

He looked left and right, and lowered his voice worriedly.

"A lot of soldiers have come to the tribe in the past few days. They are being pissed off by the Yunchui scouts. My dear girl, don't come out first."

"Daddy, Yunchui and Xiliang elephants are fighting, what's the matter with us little ants?"

Yingpan muttered in dissatisfaction.

"If my daughter doesn't come out, don't those Xiliang soldiers know that Daddy, you have a child with a cloud-like face?"

The chiefs of the three clans were at a loss for words and fell silent for a long time.

He was speechless and had no choice but to flick his sleeves, "Auspicious, take the girl back to the tent. Keep an eye on her, and don't allow her to come out these days."

After finishing speaking, the three patriarchs sighed wearily after seeing their daughter's beautiful face.

It was because he knew that his two children looked different from other Xiliang people, so he sent his son to Yunchui to study abroad early.

And the girl in front of her has grown slim in the blink of an eye, she cannot be imprisoned, nor can she be hidden for long.

The two countries are fine in peacetime, and no one cares about it; but when the two countries are in war, her life is estimated to be in danger based on her appearance.

Thinking of this, the three patriarchs sighed again.

The two masters quarreled, and Jixiang kept shrinking his head as the background board.At this moment, she had to move over with a bitter face.

"girl……"

"Let's go." Yingpan didn't embarrass the maid who grew up with her, turned around and walked towards her boudoir.

As she walked, she tore off the veil from her face.

She was not deeply involved in the world, but she was also aware of her father's embarrassment and her own situation, so she deliberately wore a veil to cover her face before going out.

I thought that Xiaoma's foot injury was almost healed, so I just took advantage of the sunny weather to go out for a ride.

But when he met his worried father, Yingpan had no choice but to give up.

The auspicious little tail followed behind.

She hesitated for a while, and couldn't help but speak.

"Girl, don't be angry."

"My servant heard Brother Alun say that this battle will not be fought for the time being. When those vicious soldiers leave, Jixiang will go out with the girl to have fun."

boom!
Yingpan stopped, kicked the mud piled up on the side of the road hard, and didn't make a sound.

She looked up to the east.

This battle cannot be fought for the time being.But sooner or later it's going to fight, isn't it?

East side
On the border of the Yunchui Empire, the fortress of Yanzhen.

Three days ago, Ren Ning met the second group of Yunchui scouts who went westward, and they rushed back to the country.

At this time, he was under the city gate, looking up at this majestic fortress, with strange lights in his eyes.

Ren Ning has some understanding.

No wonder people say that a fortress is a city, but an ordinary city is by no means a fortress, nor is it qualified to be a fortress.

For example, Xingji City, as the imperial capital of Yunchui, its city wall is about four feet (12 meters) high, which is considered first-class in ordinary cities.

As for the Yanfeng Fortress in front of him, its city wall is nearly ten feet high (30 meters), which is almost three times the height of the city wall of the imperial capital.

Basically, there are no ladders that can reach the top of the city.

After verifying the password and checking the frame, the suspension bridge was lowered, and the West City Gate slowly opened.

Ren Ning's car slowly entered the doorway.

Walking in the long doorway, his eyes lit up a little more.

This is a fortress built for war.

There are only two east-west gates in the entire fortress, and the other places are all high walls, which can be drilled seamlessly.

And the width of the wall at the city gate is more than ten feet.What is even more surprising is that the door opening in front of him is not straight, but a big "S" shape.

Ren Ning's eyes flashed.

When the ancients wanted to break open the city gates when attacking the city, countless soldiers usually pushed thick and long ramming pillars to break or crook the city gates.

Once the door is successfully broken, the enemy can drive straight in.

But that is an ordinary city, and this is a fortress.

There are five gates in its s-shaped opening.Even if the outermost city gate is breached, there are still four gates inside to protect it.

In addition, the door opening is not straight, and the long ramming pillar will basically be stuck in front of the second gate, unable to move anymore.Therefore, there is no way to talk about breaking the door.

Ren Ning looked up over the door opening.

The door opening is more than one foot high, and the top is in a semi-arc shape, with some dark holes left every half a foot on the top of the arc.

These holes are about the size of the tail finger, some are used to shoot arrow sticks, others are used to put oil or set fire.

When the enemy attacked the city, they could open the outermost city gate to let them enter the long gate, and then close the gate to beat the dogs.

A burst of arrows or fire, or even a combination of both, few of the unavoidable enemies survived.

Therefore, when attacking the city, if you want to pass through this gate, it will be a full road to purgatory.

As for the five gates, each gate is controlled by a different general.Therefore, it is basically impossible to open the door to meet the enemy from inside the fortress.

Ren Ning sighed.

It is worthy of being a famous military fortress in the continent.In this era of cold weapons, as long as there are food, grass and water sources in the fortress, it is almost invincible.

Not long after, I walked through this s-shaped doorway and finally entered the fortress.

Ren Ning looked around.

The size of the fortress is about the same as that of Yunchui's small and medium-sized cities, and it has everything in it.The only difference is that there are no ordinary people coming and going, usually only soldiers stationed in it.

The scout battalion he belongs to is not far from the west gate.

When the car returned to the camp, the muscles on Ren Ning's face twisted uncontrollably.

In the huge scout camp, many soldiers were planting vegetables in the loose soil, all sweating profusely.

Not long after, the car arrived in front of a small stone house, and he was carried down.

"Brother, your home is here, you should have a good rest first."

Ren Ning cupped his hands to express his gratitude.

He didn't enter the house, his eyes moved to the left, and fell on the stable next to the house.

The Yanfeng Fortress is a city, and most of the time there are only 15 soldiers stationed there, so almost every soldier can be allocated a house to live in.

The fate of scouts or cavalry is connected with horses, so their houses are usually equipped with stables and even racetracks.

It's just that the stables in front of me are empty.His mount fell in the vast grassland to the west.

Ren Ning touched his ration bag subconsciously.

There is no life-seeking grass that Zhuifeng found inside, but only two spikes, one long and one short.

Turning around and entering the familiar room, he touched it casually, and it was covered with dust.

Ren Ning didn't care either.

His body was already badly injured, and he was jolted for three days and three nights. Now that he had returned to a safe place, he couldn't hold on anymore.

Quickly shaking off the dust on the bed, he fell asleep.

However, before sleeping for a long time, Ren Ning woke up.

His mind is still not clear, but his hand has habitually touched the dagger at his waist.

However, it was empty.

Before going to bed, he took off all his clothes and put them on the table next to the bed.

"Are you awake? Are you hungry?" A gentle voice came over.

Ren Ning opened his eyes abruptly.

The other party was not surprised, and took a step back cautiously.

"So it's you, Mrs. Zhang." Ren Ning struggled to sit up.He apologized to the other party, "It scared you, I'm sorry."

"It's okay." The woman looked at him calmly, "I'm used to it."

Mrs. Zhang follows her husband's surname Zhang, but I really don't know what her real name is Ren Ning.

Like Ren Ning, her husband also joined the military.

In this era, once one becomes a member of the military, if there is no amnesty from the imperial court, all men from generation to generation will have to join the army, without exception.

If these people and their descendants do not join the army, they will violate the law. The only way to survive is to go into the deep mountains and old forests to become bandits, or hide away from outsiders for life.

This is also the reason why Yun Chui is so big, Ren Ning only went to Yanfeng Fortress.

After enlisting in the army/registration, he has nowhere to go.And only in the army can he stand out.

It's just that Ren Ning doesn't want to be a scout anymore.

(End of this chapter)