80 kilometers south of Pingsha Valley, Hui'an City Hui'an City is a small city, a small city that can only be regarded as a third-class city according to the standards of Taixia City.
The area within the city wall is only less than 30 square kilometers, and the city is full of market towns and large farmsteads outside the city, Taixia Chengping has been peaceful for a long time, as one of the nine great states of Taixia Zhongzhou, it has not encountered any war for hundreds of years, and therefore, Hui'an City still maintains the appearance when it was first established, although the city wall is equipped with steam city defense equipment, but the height of the city wall is only about ten meters.
To a certain extent, Hui'an City has been regarded as an ancient city, residents living in Hui'an City talk about Hui'an City, but also quite proud, in a place like Zhongzhou, although the first class of big cities are everywhere, but like Hui'an still maintains the original style of the small city, but it seems to have a special temperament, intriguing.
Longxi County is the granary of Zhongzhou, Hui'an rice and Hui'an wheat are also famous, because Hui'an local grain is excellent, and because Hui'an is close to the Huihe River, the water quality of the Huihe River is suitable for winemaking, and several famous wines brewed by Hui'an's winery also have a good reputation in Longxi County, among which the most prestigious Shuangjing famous wine is exported to Zhongzhou, and even in Xuanyuan Hill can be seen.
Hui'an City is famous for grain and wine, the grain and wine here are exported to all over the country, hundreds of years down, the people living here because of the accumulation of hard work and wisdom of their ancestors, life is better than a generation, to now, the whole Hui'an City and its surroundings are rich and peaceful, even the buildings in the farms near Hui'an City, all show a unique elegance and sophistication under the rule of Taixia Shenzhou, there are barbarians from many subcontinents come to Hui'an City, looking at the vast farmland outside Hui'an City, The garden-like farm and the neat buildings with a strong Chinese style in the farm all exclaimed, this is simply a paradise on earth.
It was August, in the morning, the sun had just come out, and in the field outside Hui'an City, as far as the eye could see, it was a piece of golden, and the breeze was blowing, and the golden wheat and wheat waves were rolling, which was pleasing to the eye In the past few days, the wheat outside Hui'an City has matured, taking advantage of today's good weather, in many fields, as soon as the day dawns, there are a large number of farmers who are ready to harvest with steam machinery, because of the holy war, in recent years, the price of grain has risen steadily, especially this year, the increase is still a little larger than last year, this is a bumper harvest year, looking at the heavy ears of wheat in the field, the farmers outside Hui'an City are all smiling, and the joy of harvest flows in their hearts In a place like Zhongzhou, the city gates of the city are not closed, 365 days a year, 24 hours a day, except for the rotation of the soldiers stationed at the city gates, the city gates here are generally not closed.
Even the local elders here in Hui'an can't remember when the city gate of Hui'an City was closed last time, it seems that there was one in the second holy war, and after that time, there was nothing to make the gate of Hui'an City close again.
Today, however, it is an exception.
In the morning, the north gate of Hui'an City is bustling, suddenly, a team of neat and rapid footsteps came from Zhengde Street connected with the north gate of Hui'an City, and the people who entered and exited the city gate on the north gate were surprised, with the footsteps, a team of thousands of heavily armed soldiers of Hui'an City had rushed here under the leadership of a leading officer.
The sharp-eyed people could even see that together with these soldiers, there were also several criminal arresters and officials from the Hui'an City Court Lieutenant Office.
"The city lord has an order, immediately close all the gates of Hui'an City, immediately close all the gates of Hui'an City, first-class combat readiness, all the steam city defense equipment on the city wall are fired, pressurized" Before they could reach the city gates, the officer leading the team yelled.
This roar, as well as the anxious posture of this team of soldiers, made the north gate of Hui'an City commotion, everyone didn't know what happened, especially the north gate now, there is still a long convoy waiting to go out of the city, the front of the convoy has gone out of one-third, and two-thirds are in the city, hearing that the north gate should be closed immediately, the convoy did not leave the city gate, but hurried to continue to go out of the city.
"What's the matter, I asked you to close the city gate immediately, hear no" The officer who led the team rushed over, and saw that the airlock in the city gate had not moved, and the trucks were still leaving the city in an orderly manner, so he couldn't help but be furious, and rushed over with a few soldiers and two court lieutenants to arrest him.
Seeing this officer coming over with an angry face, the team stationed here at the city gate did not make a sound, but the team leader who led the team was a little embarrassed, and he didn't know how to speak, but a person who looked like a steward greeted him with a smile, "This military master, this is the convoy of Shuangjing Distillery, and it is about to unload the airship take-off and landing base outside the city, the convoy has gone out now, as long as it takes two minutes, the convoy can all go out, and the people stationed at the gate of the city are all local children of Hui'an City, and everyone is familiar with each other, Just now I asked them to give me two more minutes so that the convoy can leave the city, please don't blame the military master, just two minutes."
Hui'an City has been peaceful for too long, so that at this time, the urgent order to close the city gate came, everyone was a little baffled, and the soldiers stationed at the city gate did not have that sense of urgency, but for the sake of the other party's acquaintances, Shuangjing Wine Workshop is famous in Hui'an City, and there are usually some people who have contacts, so they should delay the city gate for two minutes to let the other party out of the city.
With a "choking" sound, the officer leading the team pushed the steward away, and suddenly pulled out the long sword he was hanging, and with a wave of the long sword, without saying a word, he slashed down on the neck of the squad leader of the team stationed at the city gate, making everyone's faces change at once The sharp long sword stopped squeezing the skin on the neck of the squad leader, the sharp blade had already cut the skin on the neck of the squad leader, and blood beads rolled down, the squad leader's face turned white all of a sudden, and his feet were a little weak, just this second, he thought that his head was about to be cut off.
"I'll cut off your head before the gates are closed in half a minute," the officer said in a cold voice.
The officer here made a move, and the two arresters who followed the officer here didn't say a word for a long time, and the two people each ran to the two trucks that were going out of the city at the city gate, showed their waist cards, and ripped the truck driver directly and rudely off from the driver's seat, and then the two cars retreated at the same time, slammed into the vehicles behind, and let out the place where the city gate airlock fell.
As soon as the two cars collided, they got out of the way, and a lot of Shuangjing famous wine in clay pots on the car broke at once, and for a while, the fragrance of wine overflowed everywhere.
"What are you doing, these wines are going to be sent to Zhongzhou City, the father of the Chengmu of Zhongzhou City is one hundred and twenty years old, Shuangjiazi has a big birthday, the old man used to like to drink our Shuangjing famous wine, and he asked Shuangjing Famous Wine to hold a birthday banquet, delaying the delivery time, can you afford it You are a foreign military household, what's the big deal, even the Lord of Hui'an City will give us Shuangjing Wine Workshop some face" The face of the steward who was rudely pushed away by the officer became extremely ugly, and his voice suddenly became sharp, and he began to show his teeth and claws Zhongzhou City is the state city of Zhongzhou, and it is also a first-class big city, the lord of Zhongzhou City, the official rank is equivalent to the county guard of Longxi County, not only comparable, but also closer to the assassin Shi and others, and the status relationship is stronger than that of the county guard of Longxi County, and it is easier to be promoted.
"Fuck off" Seeing that the steward was still chattering in front of him at this time, the officer kicked the steward directly in the stomach, kicked the steward out of the air, and fell outside the city gate, almost out of breath at once.
This kick that the officer didn't use all his strength, it was just a lesson, he really had to use all his strength, this kick was enough to kick an ordinary person to death, but even so, this time, after the steward was kicked down, he didn't get up for a long time.
By the time the steward got up, the airlock of the city gate on the north side of Hui'an City had fallen, and the city gate had been closed.
The steward jumped at the gate of the city and scolded, and before he could scold a few words, he heard the exclamation from the city gate, and as soon as the steward turned his head, he saw a black smoke rising up from a market town a few kilometers outside the city of Hui'an.
Could it be that there was a fire The thought had just risen from the steward's head, and black smoke rose from the farmstead in the other direction outside the city What's going on Seeing the fire in two places outside the city, those who were blocked outside the city immediately climbed into the truck and looked towards the place where the black smoke was emitting.
"Ah, how did the people in Fu'an Town escape, what's going on" exclaimed the man who climbed on the roof of the car The gate of Hui'an City was closed urgently, and the farms and market towns outside the city were filled with smoke, and someone ran out of these few pieces of information in the mind of the steward, his face turned white, and something must have happened Although the steward was a fox and a tiger just now, but his brain was not stupid, he looked at the city gate that had been closed behind him, the steward suddenly understood something, and then suddenly cried and shouted, and slammed the thick metal city gate hard, "Ah, open the city gate quickly, let me in" Outside the city gates, there was already some commotion And on the city gate, all the soldiers, including the officer just now and the two Hui'an City Lieutenants who came with them, all of them changed their faces at this time At the city gate, because of its height and the several telescopes placed on the gate, it is easy to see what is happening in the town of Fu'an.
The smoke and fire were burning in the center of Fu'an Town, and many of the people who were busy in the fields put down their work and prepared to put out the fires, but before they could run back from the farmland, more and more residents living in Fu'an Town rushed out of all parts of the town shouting and crying and ran into the wheat fields Just two minutes later, before the first person to run out of Fu'an Town had run 1,000 meters, several blood-red figures had already rushed out of the town, caught up with the last few people in the wheat field, and in the blink of an eye, they tore those people into the wheat field: