"Lord Commandant."
"My lord."
“.……”
The Northern Wind City's commandant brought dozens of personal guards up the city tower. The lieutenants and the hundred generals all paid their respects.
With his hand on the hilt of his sword, the commandant stood by the city wall and looked over. He saw several groups of ten riders running around the city, while the main force of hundreds of barbarian wolf riders stood two miles away.
"Is there any news about this group of cavalry?”The commandant asked after a while.
"Commandant, they suddenly appeared. Our scouts didn't report back. If we want to know the identity of this group of cavalrymen, we'll probably have to ask the merchants and Outsiders below the city.”
At the side, the lieutenant reported.
"Order the cities to be on guard. In addition, put down the basket and let the leading merchant come up to answer.”
"Here!"
Immediately, messengers went to the other three walls to deliver the order. In addition, a basket was slowly lowered. The soldiers on the city wall shouted for their leader to come up to the city to answer.
Then, a merchant dressed in Da Qian uniform entered the basket. Several soldiers pulled the capstan, and the basket slowly rose.
After a while, the merchant was brought to the commandant.
"This commoner pays his respects to my lord. I hope that my lord will have mercy on the people of Da Qian and allow them to enter the city.”Upon seeing the commandant, the merchant immediately bowed and begged loudly.
"The barbarian wolves are still outside. When they retreat, I will let the others in. Now, I have something to ask you.”
"Yes, thank you, sir." The merchant stood up.
After sizing up the merchant, the commandant asked,""You have cultivation?"
"Yes, sir. This commoner's family has a long history of learning. In addition to some family assets, he practices martial arts. However, after several decades, he was only at the later stage of Light Jin.”
"The late stage of light jing is not considered weak.”The commandant said with a smile.
One had to know that the commandant he led was only at the late stage of Light Jin.
Of course, even if they were both at the later stage of Bright Jing, and even if their cultivation techniques were of the same grade, their strength would still be different.
As a commandant, he was able to guard a city, so his combat strength was not weak. In addition, he was in his prime, and this merchant in front of him looked to be at least fifty years old. His blood essence and strength were naturally inferior to a martial artist in his prime.
"I'm ashamed, ashamed." The merchant no longer mentioned his cultivation and only smiled awkwardly.
"Alright, let me ask you, which tribe of Barbarian Wolves are chasing after you?”
Entering the main topic, the merchant's expression changed when he heard the commandant's question. He said anxiously,"Sir, these are the scouts of the Iron Wolf Tribe. The leader is a thousand-man commander, a warrior of the Iron Wolf Tribe.”
"We met them a thousand miles away in the north and were chased all the way here.”
"If I hadn't made the prompt decision to give up on the goods, and if I hadn't met with the help of the Qinghe Tribe of the Shiwei Tribe, we would have long been dead souls under their blades.”
"Oh? Iron Wolf Clan." As the general of the border town, the commandant had naturally heard of the Iron Wolf Tribe.
The Iron Wolf Tribe was a large tribe with a hundred thousand soldiers and hundreds of thousands of herdsmen. With a large mobilization, they could arm more than 200,000 cavalrymen.
The Iron Wolf Tribe had always been the vanguard of the invasion of the Great Qian Dynasty from the south. The Youzhou border army had fought with them the most.
"Did you see their main force?”The commandant continued to ask.
"No." The merchant shook his head.
Seeing the other party shake his head, the commandant nodded to himself.
Sentry Cavalry would usually be able to travel at least a few dozen miles. Even on the grasslands, it was normal for them to travel a hundred miles.
If these hundreds of merchants and Shiwei people really saw the Iron Wolf Tribe army, they would not have the chance to escape to North Wind City.
"Alright, I understand. You go and rest first.”With that, the commandant summoned his personal guards." Men, take this gentleman to the lower city to rest. Give him some food."”
"Here!"
Two bodyguards stepped forward and brought the merchant down the city.
About fifteen minutes later, a bodyguard returned and reported to the commandant,""Milord, after the merchant saw the food, he wolfed it down as if he hadn't eaten for a long time.”
The commandant nodded, finally relieved.
After another hour, perhaps seeing that they couldn't gain any advantage, the several hundred barbarian wolf cavalry turned around and retreated.
After the barbarian wolf cavalry retreated, the commandant ordered half of the city gates to be opened, allowing the civilians and Shiwei people outside the city to enter.
At the same time, the commandant sent a messenger to report to Border Town behind him.
At night, the merchants and Shiwei people who were arranged to stay in an empty warehouse finished eating the food provided by the military camp and unloaded it early. Outside the warehouse, there was a group of soldiers stationed to monitor them.
Around the clock, the moon in the sky was blocked by dark clouds. From all sides of North Wind City, shadowy figures slowly approached the city.
A mile away from the north gate, there were thousands of elite Werewolves in black leather armor crawling on the ground.
Inside the warehouse in the city.
Swoosh! The miserable and meek merchant opened his eyes. Not only him, but the nearly 200 people also woke up at this moment.
Everyone turned around and looked at the leader. However, the leader did not give the order immediately. Instead, he took out a black leather armor from the bag beside him.
After taking off his brocade robe, he placed the leather armor on the bed.
The others followed suit and were soon fully equipped.
The scabbard was slowly unsheathed without making a sound. With a wave of his hand, half of the strong men rushed out with short daggers in their hands.
Then, outside the warehouse, the sound of a sharp blade piercing into flesh could be heard.
"Let's go!"
The leading merchant waved his hand, and the others filed out. There were even 50 people who dragged the corpses of the North Wind City soldiers into the warehouse.
After a while, fifty Great Qian soldiers walked out from inside. They were all wearing armor and headed towards the north gate.
As for the others, they headed straight for the Rearguard Commandery.
…….
"Kill them!"
Suddenly, a loud battle cry rang out in the city. Over a hundred elite killers were fighting with the guards of the Rearguard Commandery!
"What happened?" A patrolling lieutenant heard the commotion and turned to look.
"Report!" A soldier galloped over and dismounted to salute. He reported loudly,"Commandant, a spy has entered the city and is attacking the Rearguard Commandery!”
"Damn it!" When the lieutenant heard this, his expression changed and he immediately ordered,""Everyone, follow me. Support the commandant and eliminate the spies!”
"Here!"
The lieutenant led a 100-man squad in the direction of the Rearguard Commandery. Along the way, the patrol squads they encountered were recruited to join them. There were also other patrol squads that had already approached the Rearguard Commandery.
Not long after, a lieutenant who had gathered five to six hundred soldiers rushed to the Rearguard Commandery. When he heard the shouts and shouts coming from the Rearguard Commandery, he looked at the soldiers lying on the ground at the entrance of the Rearguard Commandery with bloodshot eyes.
"Soldiers, follow me and kill!"
"Kill, kill, kill!"
The soldiers behind him shouted three times before the swordsmen and shield-bearers rushed in through the open gate of the Rearguard Commandery, followed by the spearmen and archers.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh... As soon as he entered the mansion, a piercing sound came from the dark night, followed by a scream. More than ten soldiers of North Wind City were killed by arrows.
"Raise your shields!"
"Ha!"
Shieldbearers holding tower shields stepped forward and set up a shield formation. After that, the army slowly advanced.
Xiu, xiu, xiu, clang, clang…This time, the arrows were blocked by the iron tower shields and did not hit anything. At the same time, the archers behind aimed at the dark area and released their arrows.
In the darkness, several screams rang out, and the flying arrows stopped.
"Enter!" The lieutenant shouted, and the army continued to advance.
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