My God, I am the emperor, the lord of mankind.

Chapter 177 Sentry
"Boy! You follow at the end-"

The cave was dark and gloomy, accompanied by bursts of rustling sounds of unknown creatures crawling across the wall above his head.

The old man in his fifties who was leading the whole team and carrying a special musket, with half of his beard already turning white, looked at the young man who had just reported the situation to Yu Dayou and whispered.

Several nearby clan beijing soldiers in their 20s and 30s, holding torches, also heard it, but no one raised any objection.

The team going down to the cave is arranged according to age. Zhu Yingxun, the leader of the team, can walk at the front, and others will naturally have no other opinions.

The lights in the cave flickered, and from time to time a puff of white smoke rose from the torch, silently showing that the dampness and darkness of the shark cave were different from human beings' likes and dislikes. It always showed that although they were humanoid, they were completely different creatures from humans.

The entire cave was built underground, and the sharks used their unique technology to reinforce it to ensure that it would not collapse and allow water vapor from the swamp to smoothly fill the cave, ensuring a comfortable and livable environment.

Zhu Xiangyang looked at the old pawn in front of him. He was usually a man who cherished his life and often showed off his many descendants to everyone.

His sons also inherited his merits and had many children.

Each one seemed to have given birth to at least a dozen children, and the few who survived were at least five or six.

But problems also arise. It is obviously not feasible for such a large family to rely on the clan's salary, not to mention that there are a large number of Ming Dynasty treasure notes that have depreciated among the people.

So it is obvious that the newly established army that joined the imperial court was nominally affiliated with the Beizhen Fusi. It was established to defend against the Mongols. In fact, it was to assist the imperial army and the imperial guards in completing various tasks for the emperor. The northern defense troops stationed in the capital became their only choice.

Zhu Yingxun should be the oldest of these Northern Defense soldiers.

However, regarding being drafted into the battlefield at such an old age, his mentality was not as broken and decadent as many people thought.

According to what he said, being able to drag a handful of old bones to fight for the country and make a living is not only beneficial to the country and the people, but also saves one person's rations for his family.

By the way, I can also send a regular amount of money to my family every month, so that my grandchildren's lives will not be as tight as before.

The northern soldiers returned to the Fusi of Beizhen and were under the direct jurisdiction of the inner court. Naturally, the distribution of their food and salary was also under the supervision of the Si Li.

There is no need to go through the complicated series of operational procedures from the central government to the imperial court through the imperial bureaucracy, so the distribution of food and salary can be considered quite fast among many departments.

This also greatly changed the attitude of many clan members who were suddenly recruited by the imperial court to fight on the front lines.

After all, any time you contribute to receive a piece of money, for ordinary people, it is a rare happy event in a difficult life.

Zhu Yingxun always jokes with everyone, saying that he has no intention of dying on the battlefield, and plans to return to his hometown to raise his grandson after saving some money.

On weekdays, he behaves much more relaxedly than others during battles.

But today, looking at the unprecedented serious face of the old man in front of him, Zhu Xiangyang vaguely had an unknown premonition in his heart.

The shark passage explored today is much deeper and longer than any previous one.

Zhu Xiangyang couldn't help but think as his feet stepped on the wet and cold ground.

The soil is hard, cold and damp, and the entrance of the cave is obviously much wider than the average shark lair, two to three times as wide.

There were three openings in front of them, and Zhu Xiangyang and the others chose the one on the far left. The sharks were cunning, and the underground palace they built naturally protected each other from the real and the fake.

"Be careful! Put this on!"

Zhu Yingxun watched the surroundings vigilantly. In front of him was a water curtain corner. The sharks liked to set up sentries in such places. He took out a pack of women's powder from his arms and distributed it to everyone. "I don't know if there are any of those shark hounds here - just in case something happens, just put some on your body."

Those hunters in the sea are extremely sensitive to smells. Applying this will not prevent the North Defense soldiers from being discovered, but they can throw the scented powder when escaping to buy time for their own escape.

In fact, according to Zhu Xiangyang's own estimation, it is probably possible.

After all, the shark cave this time was obviously different from the small tribes we encountered before.

There may not only be those dog-like monsters living in the sea here, but if you are unlucky, there may also be sacrifices from the sea tribe.

After walking for a while, the faint noise in the depths of the cave was getting closer and closer. Everyone extinguished their torches and walked forward in the dark in the cave.

"You, you, you, let's go and deal with the sentry, and you guys hold down the firecrackers. If things go wrong, set off the firecrackers to repel the enemy - to attract the imperial army."

Zhu Yingxun ordered four people in succession. Their task was very simple. They were to explore the correct path and then move forward as much as possible. If they encountered danger that they could not resist, they were allowed to escape and seek help from the Forbidden Army.

If you're lucky, the Imperial Guards who are also exploring the road might be nearby and can support the rescue in time.

Zhu Yingxun took out a bundle of iron chains from his arms and put on leather gloves to prevent possible corrosion of the shark's blood.

He gripped the dagger tightly, and the people behind him also brought their equipment. Everything was ready. They nodded and bowed forward in the dark.

Zhu Xiangyang and several other people held this five-eyed gun. Each eye was as thick as an arm, filled with gunpowder, and filled with fist-sized solid iron bullets.

This blunderbuss is so powerful that it can no longer even be regarded as a personal firecracker, but can be called a portable artillery.

The reason why several men were able to suppress it by working together was due to the combination of the exquisite firearms casting technology in the other world and the unreasonable weapon-refining skills of cultivating immortals.

Zhu Xiangyang stared nervously at the corner of the cave in front of him.

Nervous sounds of rolling and fighting came, accompanied by the sound of a dagger piercing flesh and blood, low roars, gasping, blood spraying, and the sound of corrosion on the stone wall——

Fortunately, for a moment, the fighting stopped, and Zhu Xiangyang breathed a sigh of relief.

If the shark wins, it will definitely howl to warn its companions in the cave of an intruder.

The three of them walked forward slowly holding firecrackers.

The scene in front of me was more tragic than imagined.

Zhu Yingxun looked gloomy, and placed with the shark's fish head was the body of a northern defense soldier.

Now there are many large corroded pits on his body, revealing the mutilated internal organs and pale bones under the skin.

Zhu Yingxun wiped the dagger and took off the bloody battle chain from the shark's neck.

There was a long tear trail at the connection between the shark's head and body, and under the connected scales there were shocking stab wounds.

Apparently these northern defense soldiers locked it up with chains immediately, and then used daggers to stab its neck, which was relatively weak in defense.

(End of this chapter)