Chapter 1056, Major General Enters the City

Wang Clan’s sudden war against Zhou Clan shocked the entire Barrier Alliance.

The First Field Division of Wang Clan’s group army crossed over to Luo City at lightning speed, arriving at Zhou Clan’s northern defenses, and although Zhou Clan had prepared for this, now that Zhou Clan’s guards were lax, even their military discipline was lax, so much so that they were losing ground in the first week of the war.

The Zhou Clan, led by Zhou Chimeyang, began to leave Barrier 73 and relocate the Zhou Clan’s political center to the south.

This cowering attitude also chilled the hearts of the Zhou Clan’s generals, and many said that the generation of Zhou Shiji and Zhou Shou Shi was the last glory of the Zhou Clan.

In this clamor no one pays attention to the fact that the Northwest 144th Barrier is at this time an off-road vehicle, driving alone towards the even lonelier 178th Fortress in the distance.

Today’s Northwest was bustling and prosperous after opening up to commerce.

The more than ten barriers in the entire Northwest that originally belonged to the Zong Clan were like a huge matrix, building and developing around the clock with Barrier 144 as the center.

Only Fortress 178 stood in the more remote northwest, mottled but majestic.

Nowadays, merchants were less inclined to go to Fortress 178 because there were more soldiers from the Northwest Army there, so doing business in Fortress 178 had always been far less profitable than the other barriers.

Moreover, the other fortresses in the Northwest were only a couple hundred kilometers apart, but if they wanted to go to Fortress 178, they could only leave from the nearest Barrier 141 and then cross nearly four hundred kilometers of no man’s land.

There was no place to refuel or eat on the road, everything was desolate.

Because there were few vehicles coming and going, the dust storms caused by nearby erosion would often cover the highway with a layer of yellow sand.

Ren Xiaosu drove the buggy alone and sped past the highway, the huge yellow sand was raised by the wheels, like the buggy was dragging a long tail, like a meteor crossing the wilderness.

He had departed from Barrier 144 in the morning, and by the time he arrived at Fortress 178, it was already evening.

Ren Xiaosu had been here before, but when he saw the towering fortress again, he still felt shocked in his heart.

This was a fortress that was completely different from the other barriers, everything was built for war, on top of the walls were dense firing stacks, and in the cracks of the walls there were holes like honeycombs of cannons.

From the outside, this fortress gave people an extremely depressing sense of shock, while inside, one could see the complex construction inside the fortress walls.

Different roads led to different parts of the fortress walls, there were wide tracks for the transportation of artillery, and there were also “horse paths” for soldiers to pass through.

Ren Xiaosu could even imagine how lively the walls would be when the war came to this fortress one day.

Xu Xianchu waited outside the gate of the 178th Fortress early, when he saw Ren Xiaosu, he made it easy to get out of the car and then Ren Xiaosu embraced him cordially: “Long time no see, let’s go, the commander is waiting for you.”

Ren Xiaosu smiled, “Long time no see, Lao Xu.”

Xu Xianchu suddenly felt, Ren Xiaosu called this old Xu extraordinarily skillful and cordial, as if they have never been separated.

This made Xu Xianchu feel that Ren Xiaosu was absolutely sincere in treating him as a friend!

The two of them walked all the way to the middle of the fortress, Ren Xiaosu was going to drive, but Xu Xianchu stopped it with a smile, “The commander specifically explained that from now on, you need to walk.”

Ren Xiaosu was surprised, “Didn’t you say that you need to walk only when you walk through the sentry posts, how come you’re starting now? Is there such a rule?”

“Ao, it’s not a rule,” Xu Xianchu laughed, “Rather, it’s that the commander wants to show everyone in the fortress what their Major looks like, so that they don’t fail to recognize him in the future.”

Ren Xiaosu froze for a moment, at this time, he realized that people started to continuously rush on both sides of the road, not for any other reason, just to take a look at his own Major General.

Everyone had a kind smile on their face, and the residential buildings along the roadside were packed with onlookers from the Fortress.

Xu Xian Chu explained with a smile, “178 Fortress people take pride in enlisting in the army to guard their homes, if someone in the family can be selected to join the Northwest Army, it’s something that can shine, and you’ll have to treat the neighbors to dinner. People love us, so it’s normal to be curious about what you, the Major, look like.”

Ren Xiaosu was dumbfounded, “It’s a bit exaggerated.”

Xu Xianchu glanced at the young girls gathered nearby, then said with a smile, “If people didn’t know that you and Miss Xiaoguan have a solid relationship, there would be a lot of matchmakers stopping you on the road right now. It’s sad to say that when we came out from Barrier 113 together, you were a drifter and I was a downtrodden private force officer, but now that time has changed, you’re already the Major Marshal of our Northwest!”

At this time, an old man by the roadside laughed, “Comrade Xiao Xu doesn’t need to be presumptuous, you are the King of Pots in our Northwest! It is said that you have a black pot that can cover the sky and the sun!”

Xu Xianchu reservedly said: “Old Mr. overpraise, overpraise!”

Ren Xiaosu: “……”

He didn’t even know that Xu Xianchu had already been called the King of Pots ……

And what the hell is this black pot that can cover the sky, how big is Xu Xianchu’s black pot in the end ah?

“That ……” Ren Xiaosu asked carelessly, “How big is your black pot?”

Xu Xianchu smiled and said, “Not as exaggerated as covering the sky and the sun, it’s just a few dozen meters in diameter.”

“That’s big enough!” Ren Xiaosu lamented.

At this moment, there were actually a few veterans standing in their military uniforms by the roadside, all of them already had gray hair and their bodies were hunched over, but the military medals they wore on their chests were polished and glistening.

The Major Marshal’s entry into the city seemed to everyone as if it was a ceremony, and from today onwards the power in the Northwest would alternate little by little, until Zhang Jinglin finally placed all the power in his hands safely in Ren Xiaosu’s hands, and only then would it be considered as the end.

A veteran soldier watched Ren Xiaosu walk past the long street and muttered in a low voice: “I heard that this Major General is particularly capable of fighting, I just don’t know if he will be as compassionate to the new recruits below as Old Commander and Commander Zhang.”

Another veteran laughed and scolded, “Do you need to worry about this kind of thing, you old rascal? Who are you!”

These old soldiers were all very old, they had all retired from the army when Zhang Jinglin became the commander, and when Zhang Jinglin entered the city as the Major General that year, they were standing on the street like this, looking away.

The old commander they were talking about was not Zhang Jinglin, but Zhang Jinglin’s previous one now.

At this time, someone next to him laughed, ”In the previous battle with Zong, the Sharp Sword Company had won many battles under his leadership, yet not a single person had died. So he will guard this place just like all the generations of fortress commanders, don’t worry everyone.”

A few veterans turned around and suddenly discovered that Zhang Jinglin had stood beside them at an unknown time, Ren Xiaosu also spotted Zhang Jinglin’s figure and greeted him with a smile, “Mr. Zhang.”

Zhang Jinglin stepped out from the crowd, “Ready? Once this decision is made, there’s no turning back.”