At this moment, Ren Xiaosu and the others had not ventured deep into the wilderness, so they could occasionally see the herdsmen letting their sheep out. They could also see herdsmen on horseback galloping past in the distance.
The two Sheep continued to follow them as they trotted along. Although their legs were short, they could run quite fast.
Zhang Jinglin laughed heartily. "That's a story the old Commander made up to trick everyone into becoming sentries!"
Ren Xiaosu listened quietly. During this period, he had heard many things about the outpost from Big Bluff and Zhang Jinglin.
At this moment, Ren Xiaosu saw a flock of sheep and looked around for something.
However, Ren Xiaosu could not find anything even after searching for a long time.
Zhang Jinglin and Ren Xiaosu shook hands with the sentinel. "Thank you for your hard work."
The sentinel said to the two of them, "Commander, Young Marshal, I'll be sending you off here. Follow the mountain path I'm pointing out for another 30 kilometers, and you'll reach the next outpost."
The main reason was that there were hundreds of sheep scattered on the grassy slope, and they all looked similar, so it was very difficult to tell them apart.
The area where the outpost was located was filled with undulating mountains. Zhang Jinglin and Ren Xiaosu followed the sentinel along the patrol path. Standing on a certain mountain peak, they felt a sense of grandeur.
Before Sheep fell unconscious, she used her remaining consciousness to pray that she would not wake up in a pot.
Zhang Jinglin sighed and said, "We're all good young men. If it weren't for the sake of protecting our homes, who would be willing to come to a place like this?"
The sentinel smiled and said, "It's not hard at all."
Ren Xiaosu said, "Big Bluff told me that there was a story circulating in the Northwest Army. It said that there was a sentinel who did not have anything to eat during the winter. The heavy snow sealed off the mountains, so supplies could not be transported in. Therefore, he could only walk over 40 kilometers on foot to find a herdsmen's family and ask for some food. In the end, the herdsmen's youngest daughter took a fancy to the sentinel and said that he would only be given food if he married her. In the end, the sentinel had no choice but to comply. "
After saying that, they parted ways.
"The fortress has an operator in charge of the outpost, and there are both men and women among them. To them, it's already a stroke of luck if they meet a female operator. But it doesn't matter if they meet a male operator. They can still talk for an hour."
"They're the flags of Fortress 178. As long as they're here, the Northwest territory still belongs to us," Zhang Jinglin said.
Ren Xiaosu suddenly said, "I think I have some ideas for the Prosperous Northwest 3.0 plan, but I haven't thought of the specifics yet. I'll let you know once I've thought it through."
The corners of Zhang Jinglin's lips curled up a little.
"How wicked." Ren Xiaosu also started laughing. "But the Great Hoodwinker also said later that he regretted his decision to become a sentinel for five years. But if not for those five years, he would have regretted it for the rest of his life."
Just now, Ren Xiaosu's gaze was as sharp as a knife as he scanned them. It made them tremble in fear, but they could not figure out why this servant's senses were so sharp.
Sometimes, dark clouds would drift over from the sky. A minute ago, the dark clouds were still very far away, but the next moment, they were right above their heads.
Zhang Jinglin patted the young sentinel on the shoulder. "How can it not be tough?"
Sometimes, the crimson, fish-scale-like clouds in the evening sky would look like a magnificent oil painting. The colors were mesmerizing.
However, there was a huge beam of light piercing through the dark clouds. The beam of light pierced through the dark clouds, making it look as if a hole had appeared in the sky.
The scenery of the Northwest was different from that of the Central Plains because every inch of land here exuded a vast and lofty aura.
Suddenly, Ren Xiaosu turned around and was surprised to see the sentinel who had sent them off was still saluting him from the top of the mountain. His body was as straight as a flagpole.
The two goats looked at each other with lingering fear in their hearts.
Zhang Jinglin asked, "What are you looking for?"
However, when they climbed over the mountain that Ren Xiaosu and the others had left from, they immediately saw Ren Xiaosu staring at them with a smile.
Such a strange scene was something that was very rare in the Central Plains.
"They used the best years of their lives to plant the military flag for the Northwest, huh?" Ren Xiaosu said.
Zhang Jinglin continued, "Although this can relieve the loneliness of the soldiers, we can't be so casual in the face of war. If someone were to occupy the line, it would cause the transmission of information to be delayed, and it would be troublesome. That's why we asked them not to make calls like this. Then the stronghold made a rule that if there was no enemy activity, every outpost could only make a call to the stronghold at a fixed time a week. The soldiers at the outposts looked forward to this day every day, and then they would take turns to call back. "
Ren Xiaosu did not know whether to laugh or cry. He knew that some of the big outposts here kept a few cows and goats. However, these cows and goats could not be slaughtered, and they were considered public property of the stronghold. The soldiers could at most drink some goat milk.
"Are you surprised? Are you surprised? "Ren Xiaosu said with a chuckle.
However, Ren Xiaosu did not care about this. He strode forward at lightning speed and grabbed the leg of a sheep. The sheep struggled with all its might, but it could not break free no matter how hard it struggled.
Saying that, Zhang Jinglin and Ren Xiaosu returned the greeting, then turned around and continued forward.
But what they felt the most was the loneliness of these Sentinel soldiers.
The two sheep were startled and immediately lowered their heads to eat the grass. After eating a few mouthfuls, they even raised their heads and bleated twice, looking pure and innocent.
Ren Xiaosu picked up the boulder again, while Zhang Jinglin nimbly sat down on the boulder again and leisurely admired the beautiful scenery.
"I'm looking for the two sheep I saw yesterday." Ren Xiaosu said, "I didn't see them following us yesterday, but I keep feeling that there's something wrong with them."
After descending the hill, Zhang Jinglin said to Ren Xiaosu, "If the conditions allow it, I'd even like to stay here and accompany them for a few more days. Do you know that every outpost here is equipped with a telephone line that can be used to call the stronghold's headquarters? In the beginning, the soldiers at the outposts would always call back because they were too lonely. They would even specially report something like losing a sheep. The sheep would go missing in the morning and be found again in the afternoon. They would never get tired of it. "
Saying that, Ren Xiaosu punched the sheep's head, knocking him out completely.
Immediately after, Ren Xiaosu said, "After Big Bluff heard the story, he took the initiative to become a Sentinel. In the end, when he arrived at the outpost, he realized that the herdsmen were all men, and their families were all in the stronghold. The story was a lie!"
After they climbed over a small hill and disappeared, two of the sheep suddenly broke away from the herd and chased after the two of them.
"Sure." Zhang Jinglin smiled and said, "Your version 1.0 and 2.0 are already surprising enough. I'm looking forward to your version 3.0."
Seeing that the situation was not good, the other sheep turned around and ran. Ren Xiaosu did not go to catch him. Instead, he smiled at the sheep that had been caught and said, "You walked right into the trap!"
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