frightfiction 429 [Shado-Pan Black Guards]
429 [Shado-Pan Black Guards]
But the trouble goes beyond that.
The yak couldn't stop.
"What to do, what to do?" Lao Li shouted for help.
There is nothing the land spirits can do.The yak had been frightened by the mantid for a long time, and no matter how he screamed, it would not work.
In the previous bumps, the rope that passed through the armpit of the big yak's front hoof and bound the lower edge of the board at the shoulder blade position had been completely loosened.The wooden plank hung crookedly on the side of the yak. If it weren't for the land elf cousin Yak Xiang who was holding on to Angmar with all his strength, he would have fallen off halfway.Now, seeing that he could not stop his mount, Yak Zang, who was riding a yak with him, quickly took out his knife and began to cut the "life-saving" rope.
But it was precisely because of this that Angmar, who was lying flat on the wooden board, was able to see clearly the Mogu Pass under the night sky, and truly understood the meaning of "looking at the mountain and running to death".
While his fellow travelers were panicking, Angmar felt a strange sense of shock in his heart.When I woke up in the afternoon, I could see the towering Setting Sun Pass at the end of my field of vision, but it took me a whole night to get close to it.
Under the cover of the flames leaping in the brazier, facing the Jinxiu Valley, the majestic urn city tower with a height of nearly 60 meters stands upright. The doorway for people to walk below is only less than four meters high, with steel winches connected to it. The gate is suspended inside the door opening. Once attacked, it will fall down immediately to completely seal the passage.
At both ends of the city tower, there are [-]-meter-long city walls extending out. Although it is slightly shorter than the city tower, it is still at least more than [-] meters high. The huge stones used to build it are all five meters long, four meters high, and three meters wide. , a giant long strip of stone weighing an unknown number of tons.
In the previous life, Angmar had estimated the construction time of Panlong's Spine based on the level of ancient engineering. Of course, in this world of high magic, such speculation is absolutely imprecise, but it is enough to explain the city wall to a certain extent. of grandeur.
Just building the Panlongji city wall in the Jinxiu Valley section may require tens of millions to [-] million man-hours of labor.This does not take into account factors such as stone mining, chipping, and transportation time.If not, the amount of man-hours required would soar ten or even twenty times.In order to build it, [-] workers need to work at least thousands to tens of thousands of hours without sleep. If you include the necessary rest time for workers, the number of workers who were injured and died under brutal slavery, and the time required for digging and transporting stones. required time
The amount of work will also double and soar.
Even with the help of magic and the outstanding engineering skills inherited from Titan creations, it would probably take at least nearly ten years to build the Dragon Spine city wall in the Eternal Blossom Valley section.I don’t know how many innocent workers from Pandaren and other races died from exhaustion in the process.
Not to mention, the Krasarang Jungle in the south also has a winding wall that is twice as long as the Vale of Eternal Blossoms section; the Kun-Lai Summit area in the north is not only more than twice as long as the Vale of Eternal Blossoms section, but also has an incomparable tundra terrain. Complex and difficult to build
All in all, I really don’t know how many years it took to build the Great Wall, and how many innocent bones were buried under the wall.
But it is undeniable that Panlong Spine does provide unparalleled defense power for the Eternal Blossom Valley and its surrounding areas.Whether during the rule of the Mogu Empire or in the long years after the overthrow of the Mogu, it was the greatest reliance of all races to resist the centuries-old reincarnation of the Mantid.
What is different from the ordinary urn city is that these sections of city walls form an inward-convex defensive urn city behind the only city gate leading to the Dread Wasteland and Mantis Plateau in the Splendid Valley section of Panlong's Backbone, rather than an ordinary convex-outward urn city. style.In the thick night, the gate tower of Setting Sun Pass, which is twice as tall as the Wengcheng tower, looms.There are many torches on the bridge and crowds of people. Whenever a mantid breaks through the gate of Setting Sun Pass and enters the urn city, it will be like a turtle in an urn, and will be shot into a hedgehog by the intensive firepower from all directions.
The arrival of the land elf caravan alerted the city wall guards.
Not only were the Great Wall guards on the city wall fully loaded with their crossbows and turned their crossbows, they were all aimed here. The monks and black-clothed guards in the garrison camp outside Wengcheng were also alerted. Within two breaths, nearly a hundred of them were in full helmets. A's pandaren guards surrounded them. They must be on the alert, otherwise they would never be able to dispatch them all in such a short period of time. This shows that the Shado Trace Party attaches great importance to the task of guarding Sunset Pass and the recent tense situation.
"who"
"We have no malicious intention to save lives." During the rush, Lao Li, who was rushing at the front, found sharp arrow clusters with cold light pointing at him. He yelled hurriedly and pulled back desperately to tie them to Lao Shitou's nose ring. The reins.
Lao Shitou woke up from the pain. He wanted to stop his rushing momentum, but his legs gave out and he fell to the ground, throwing Lao Li away.
The old stone stopped, but the remaining two yaks carrying three land elves and Angmar were frightened by the pandaren guards who gathered around them. No matter how the land elves who had raised him since childhood stopped him, Couldn't stop at all.
The size of the Kun-Lai Summit yak is not comparable to that of ordinary cattle. It is comparable to the kodo beast, and it runs with great power.If this momentum continues, the end result will only be to disperse the crowd and crash headlong into the city wall with the passengers and cargo on their backs.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way." When he finally saw that he was getting closer and closer to the city tower, Old Yak Boots simply gave a warning, grabbed his nephew and jumped down.A monk with quick hands and eyes flew up and caught them one by one.
Angmar suddenly woke up from his trance. At such a critical moment, his mind was full of endless thoughts. The first thing he felt was that his spirit seemed a little abnormal.
Then he realized that the yak under him was about to hit the city wall. He tried his best to turn his head, but saw that the yak holding the reins was hanging in the air and was about to fall. Even so, he still tried his best. cut the rope that binds oneself
"Don't worry, let go," Angmar said anxiously. Judging from his current physical condition, it would be difficult not to be injured in such a violent impact, but it would definitely not be fatal.But this land spirit is different. Nine times out of ten, his life will be taken away.
The constantly upturned Yak Felt responded to Angmar with practical actions.Every time it fell and hit the cow's back hard, the little land elf would straighten his right hand holding the knife and draw toward the rope.
"Jump down quickly"
Yak Felt turned a deaf ear.
Suddenly, a flexible fat man jumped on the running yak. His fat body was not affected by the bumps at all. He hugged the yak felt and used his legs to bring the land spirit out of danger.
Then a few cold lights suddenly came, accurately cutting off the ropes that bound Angmar. Before he realized what happened, he rolled down the board.
Before he landed, a big fat man flew up from nowhere and caught Angama firmly with his belly. Angama felt that the furry belly was extremely warm. He rolled on the ground several times to cushion him, and then stood up. He looked at the white-skinned man in his arms doubtfully.
Angmar was unscathed.
The pandaren's eyes in front of him were small but sparkling.Wearing a black short coat, he is dressed like a domestic practitioner, with two strands of moustache on his face, and an extremely serious expression, which is in sharp contrast to his extremely fat body.
"How did you get close? Weren't there any night patrols on the road to stop you?" He gently put Angmar on the ground, raised his head and looked at Lao Li and the three land elves who were helped up by the black-clothed guards, and they continued like interrogations. He asked the question in a deep and powerful voice, calm and authoritative, and very oppressive. He was obviously an accomplished monk and probably the leader of the black guards here.
boom
boom
Two yaks hit the city wall one after another, making a loud noise and died instantly.The blood mixed with brain matter spilled out and dyed a large area of wall stone red, which was shocking.A broken horn spun through the air and stuck diagonally into Angmar's face.
A look of pain suddenly appeared on the land elf's face.For them, yaks are not just camels, but more like family members.
"No, I, we met the mantid and attacked them. They all died. Our yaks were also frightened by the mantid," Lao Li said in shock.
"What?" The fat monk's eyes suddenly widened, "Where did you meet him?"
"It should be just two or three quarters away," Lao Li replied.
The fat monk glanced solemnly at his colleagues beside him and signaled to them.The latter nodded and immediately led dozens of black-clothed guards towards the direction of the land elf caravan. After a while, these flexible fat men in black disappeared into the night.
"Master, these are normal goods." A young pandaren monk finished checking the goods carried by the yak and walked to the fat monk and said.
The fat monk's expression softened slightly, and then he glanced at Angmar and asked questions one after another like he was interrogating a prisoner.
"Who are you? Why are you approaching Setting Sun Pass during curfew? Where did this white-skinned foreigner come from?"