Chapter 193

March 12, 290 in the imperial calendar of the British Empire.

At 20:13 p.m.

Within the territory of the Lorraine Empire, Huming city.

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

Huming city is one of the most important cities in the northern territory of the Lorraine empire.

And the reason is simple.

Because it is the headquarters of the northern defense line of the Lorraine empire!

Over the years, the British Empire has frequently launched attacks on the Lorraine Empire, and has carried out five large-scale attacks before and after.

In order to better resist the aggression of the British Empire, after the British Empire launched the "fourth attack on the South", the Lorraine empire began to build a northern defense line specially used to resist the British Empire.

It took huge human, material and financial resources to finally establish a huge defense line centered on Zenger City, Anton city and alchi city in the northern part of the Empire.

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

However, because of the superior geographical location of Huming City, the distance from Huming city to Zenger City, onton city and alchi city is almost the same, and the distance is also close, so the Lorraine Empire set up the general headquarters of the northern defense line in Huming city.

However... It's hard to believe that the defense of Huming city is careless now. This is the headquarters of the northern defense line of the Lorraine Empire and the most important city of the northern defense line of the Lorraine empire

The sun had already set. Although it was already dark, a large number of soldiers were standing on guard on the wall of Huming city.

However, the soldiers standing guard and on guard on the wall of Huming city are listless, and even many people gather together to laugh.

No one is seriously on guard.

"Ha..."

A small soldier with a beard standing on the wall yawned greatly, and then said to a companion with a beard standing next to him:

"How boring! How long have we been standing here? When can I change shifts? I'm so tired to stand guard... "

The bearded soldier and the bearded soldier, it's their turn to stand guard on the wall tonight to guard whether there is anyone near the city.

After hearing the little soldier with beard's complaint, the little soldier with beard smiled bitterly and said:

"Bear it. You should change shifts soon. Bear it again and continue to stand guard and guard."

As soon as the voice of the little soldier with moustache fell, the little soldier with moustache spat disdainfully, and then said:

"What's on guard? We're in Huming City, aren't we? It's the rear of the Northern Line of defense! How could an enemy come here? If the enemy wants to come here, at least they have to break through the northern defense line before they can come? I really don't understand the meaning of our standing guard here! It's really funny to guard against enemies who can't come here! "

"That's right." As he spoke, the little soldier adjusted his standing posture and put his center of gravity from his left leg to his right leg, so that his left leg, which had been bearing the weight of his whole body, could rest. "This is just surface work. Surface work is still necessary, isn't it? This is also the headquarters of the northern defense line. If there are no soldiers on guard in the city wall, it's really impossible to say, isn't it? So you'd better stand guard. If the team leader finds out that you don't stand guard well, you must have a good meal. "

After hearing the word "team leader" said by the little soldier with moustache, the little soldier with moustache shrunk his shoulders and looked a little scared on his face.

Looking at him, he seems to be afraid of the "team leader".

"Cut..." the bearded soldier said in an unhappy tone, "obviously, the high-level people are not very concerned about the defense of Hu Mingcheng."

After that, the little soldier with the beard put his chin down towards the city, and then continued to say to the little soldier with the beard:

"Look! If the generals of Huming city are really concerned about the defense of Huming City, they should arrange a large number of secret sentries outside the city and insert a large number of torches for lighting, so that the soldiers standing on the wall of our city can see below. "

"But look outside! There are no secret sentries outside the city! There is no torch that can be used for lighting! It's black paint under the city. I can't see anything clearly! How can we be on guard? It's so dark that even if someone really comes under the wall, we can't find it! "

Then the bearded soldier spat again.

After hearing this series of complaints from the little soldier with beard, the little soldier with beard smiled bitterly again and said:

"So I said that the defense of Huming city is only superficial work... Bear it."

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

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

The reason is that the generals in charge of managing Huming city are too careless about the vigilance of Huming city.

Not only were there no secret sentries outside the city, but there were no torches that could be used for lighting.

Even if there is no secret sentry outside the city, it is too much to plug in any torches that can be used for lighting and arrange people to take care of torches outside the city.

At night, the outside of the city was blackened with black paint.

If there is no torch lighting, people standing on the wall can't see the situation under the city!

I can't see what's going on outside the city. What else should I be on guard?

Therefore, the generals of Huming city did not care about the guarding of Huming City, which chilled the hearts of the soldiers responsible for the guarding of the city.

Almost all the soldiers responsible for the city's security have such inner activities:

Since those generals are not interested in guarding the city, why am I so interested?

Therefore, every guard soldier on the "night shift" basically looks listless. It is difficult for you to find someone who is seriously on guard.

But even if you stand guard and guard carefully, you can't see the situation outside the city anyway.

"Hum!" The little soldier with the big beard continued to complain, "I see, those generals must have the same idea as me! I feel that Huming city is in the rear of the northern defense line and is very safe! So there's no need to be so careful! Even a large number of soldiers do not need to be stationed! I think it's better to put the soldiers in the front-line strongholds of Zenger city than to waste their troops in Huming city! "

The little bearded soldier continued to smile bitterly and silently listened to the little bearded soldier's complaints.

Just then——

Click.

——On the wall next to the little soldier with moustache, a strange sound came suddenly.

"Huh?"

The moustache soldier gave a light "um", then slightly frowned and whispered in his heart:

Is it my illusion... I always feel like there was a strange sound just now

The careful and cautious little soldier with a mustache decided to lean against the city wall that had just made a strange noise to see the situation.

The determined little soldier with mustache tightened his long gun, and then leaned slowly towards the wall that made a strange noise

......

"Although it's right to put all our troops on the front-line strongholds, the total force stationed in Huming city is only 3000. Is it still too small? I think it's enough to have at least 5000 people stationed in Huming city. After all, Huming city is the "brain" of the northern defense line. There are too few people left to protect the brain... Huh? Brother, what's the matter with you? "

The bearded soldier who had been chattering all the time suddenly found that the bearded soldier had left his guard position without knowing what.

And lay down on the ground near the city wall.

Lying down is also extremely strange

The bearded soldier frowned.

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

In order to find out what happened, the bearded soldier clenched his long gun, and then moved towards the bearded soldier lying on the ground.

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

"Brother? brother? What's the matter with you? "

They were not far apart, so the little soldier with big beard soon came to the side of the little soldier with little beard lying on the ground.

When he came to the side of the little soldier with moustache, his eyes immediately opened in horror!

The bearded soldier lying on the ground had his neck artery cut open.

A large stream of blood was gushing from his cut wound, and soon blackened the stone bricks under the little soldier with a moustache.

The little soldier with big beard has also experienced several battles and can be regarded as a veteran with combat experience.

So he saw at a glance that the little soldier with a moustache could no longer die. Even if he still had a breath, he was not far from death.

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

The bearded soldier's eyes, which had lost their luster, left a bit of fear and confusion.

Looking at the bearded soldier who died in a terrible state and died in peace, the bearded soldier immediately felt his legs weak and almost sat down on the ground.

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

"Yes..."

The bearded soldier immediately opened his mouth and shouted.

However... The sentence "there's a situation!" Before he shouted out, he felt an extremely powerful hand stretched out from behind him and covered his mouth, so that he could not make any sound.

Then, the bearded soldier felt a sharp weapon close to his neck, and then made a sharp stroke