It is now late at night.
There is one hour left before we reach Jiangling City.
The temperature at the mountaintop was extremely low, and the cold wind made their bones ache. Even though Zhou Cheng and the others were fully armed and wrapped up, they could still feel the biting cold.
Zhou Cheng let out a cold breath, looked at the black rat carrying Grand Tutor Cheng, and said, "Didn't you say that if we take this shortcut, we only need to cross a high mountain and walk thirty miles north to see Jiangling City?"
"Why is it that one mountain after another keeps appearing, and there's no end in sight?"
Black Rat was panting heavily: "Young Master, you are absolutely right."
"After crossing that mountain, there are still thirty li to go, and those thirty li are all mountains."
Zhou Cheng: "......."
That's enough.
They've already left.
Thinking about his father's current situation, Zhou Cheng dared not stop; he had to get there as quickly as possible.
Cheng Taifu, with his frail and delicate body, collapsed from exhaustion halfway there, even more so than his second sister and Madam Zhou. Now, with Black Rat carrying him on his back, he was filled with worry as he thought of his daughter far away.
Suddenly!
A light flashed before Cheng Taifu's eyes.
At first glance, he noticed a wisp of fire slowly rising on the mountaintop.
"Firelight?"
"Why is there a fire so late at night? And what's more..." Grand Tutor Cheng stared intently at the opposite side, then, as if remembering something, his expression suddenly changed, and he called out to Zhou Cheng, "Nephew Cheng!"
"Nephew Cheng, look quickly."
"Is that a watchtower?"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Cheng looked in the direction that Grand Tutor Cheng was pointing.
On the opposite mountaintop, a tall tower is being built, and the beacon tower at its top is ablaze with fire.
And on!
Zhou Cheng then heard a sentry's alarmed shout from three or four hundred meters away: "It's bad! It's bad!! The enemy has opened fire! Zhou Zhenguang and the other traitors must have broken out of the city!"
"Quickly light the beacon towers! Once the flames are lit, the 40,000 troops behind the mountain will surely be able to see them!"
"quick--"
At the very top of the tower, two soldiers rushed toward the point of ignition.
They had just taken out their tinderboxes.
There hasn't been a chance to take any further action yet.
A loud "bang!" was heard.
The companion holding the tinderbox suddenly had a gaping hole in his forehead, and blood spurted out, splashing onto the face of the sentry next to him.
The sentry's expression froze. He turned his head in astonishment to look at his comrade who had suddenly collapsed to the ground: "Who! Who is it! What, what exactly happened...?"
There were no hidden weapons.
There were no knives or guns.
There were no arrows.
Nothing was captured.
The sentry only vaguely heard a bang, and then his comrade was killed on the spot.
The tinderbox fell to the ground. The sentry looked around tremblingly, and after a long internal struggle, he reached out to pick up the tinderbox and try to light it again.
A loud "bang!" was heard.
"ah!!"
A bullet from afar pierced the sentry's arm.
Next.
Footsteps echoed below the watchtower.
Zhou Cheng climbed to the top of the tower at top speed, his gaze meeting the sentry's terrified look: "Who are you! I am a key soldier of the imperial court, what do you want...?"
"What did you just say about Zhou Zhenguang?" Zhou Cheng stepped forward.
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