Sid Warren sat on a knee-high stone, smoking a thick cigarette, and sighed softly as he watched the dim sunlight scattered from the top of the Luoshan Mountains to the sky.

He was an old resident of Eilena. From this mountain plain where there was no Eilena town, the Sid family took root here. His ancestors were first travelers, and later became hunters in the mountains. Later, they reclaimed wastelands from home, farmed and farmed, and gradually settled down on this plain. But in the Sid generation, because of accidentally offending people, they were taken away all their property and became slaves. They lived at the bottom of society, and they didn't even have the qualifications to be human. Sid thought that his life was over, but he encountered a lifeless Gastenth. He drove away the big landlords in a few seconds, gave him the identity of a new farmer and four acres of land, and gave him hope again.

However, this stable hope did not last long. Just planted a crop of earthy potatoes on his own land, and the war began. First, the Western Military Region and Prince Elliot, and then the Republic of Neglu, Elena's army fought and was beaten to the door of his house by the enemy. Sid signed up to join the army, but he was too old to help. The adults responsible for managing the army organized him into a militia sequence, allowing him to take care of several trails on the Luo Mountains every day when he was farming, so that any enemy spies would touch them. At the beginning, nearly two regiments of soldiers were also responsible for this job. But later the battle situation was tense, and two companies of the Luo Mountains were left to him alone, responsible for taking care of the entire mountain area.

A man guarding the small half of Luoshan Mountain.

After smoking the last cigarette in his hand, Sid knocked the cigarette pot on the stone, knocked off the pyroxene inside, and hung it on his butt. He stood up, looked up at the sky, bent down to pick up the pyroxene that was gradually extinguished.

It's time to have a meal, so the guards at night will naturally take over by the mountain patrol column, so he doesn't need to worry too much.

But at this moment, a rustling sound came out of the woods. Sid, who was already familiar with this sound, knew that someone had passed the path and entered the mountain. These days, Ailena was nervous. Although there were not many people who wanted to enter the mountain through this path, there were still a few. He could deal with the single one, and he also killed two suspected spies who could not match the code. When two or three or five people appeared together, he blew the alarm and called the two left-behind soldiers of the company to deal with it together. In this way, he could be considered as guarding the peace of this mountain area.

Sid was an old mountain citizen. He knew that there were many people coming when he heard the sound. While he retreated, he hid himself behind the bushes, he took out the trumpet. Now in war, the two left-behind mobile companies were moving very fast. As long as he sounded the trumpet, someone would soon come to support him.

The rustling sound in the woods became louder and louder. Suddenly, someone walked out of the woods, and then, one by one, two, three by four, and more than twenty people walked out of the woods one after another. Those people gathered at the exit of the trail and surrounded one person in the middle.

Sid reached out to get the trumpet and stopped in the air. He didn't know those people, but he knew those clothes. They were the gray uniforms unique to the soldiers of Elena. They were neither ostentatious nor mighty. No country's army would use colors, but they were favored by Chairman Gastens. Since those people were wearing gray uniforms, they must be Elena's troops. Sid breathed a light breath and stood up from his hideout.

In just a while, the sound of horse hooves appeared from afar. Nearly two hundred people from the 4th Company of the border guard column, responsible for guarding the Luoshan area, appeared near the location of Sid's trumpet. As soon as Gastens and Lesen saw these people, they let go of most of their worries. These people were wearing Elena's gray uniform, and they should be their own troops. However, to be on the safe side, Gastens arranged for Lesen to go to dock with Sid first, confirm their identity, and then walked out of the woods.

"President!!!!!"

The soldiers of the Third Company and the Fourth Company were both surprised and happy to see Gastens. They did not expect Gastens to appear in front of them in this way. After confirming the identity of the chairman, they surrounded him and spoke in a slight manner. Gastens reached out to comfort everyone and asked about the recent situation. The news about these soldiers was more informed than Sidd, and Gastens soon figured out the general situation.

The army of the Republic of Negru had already reached the bank of the Liuyin River and could launch an attack at any time. Prince Eliot broke through the Xinsha Pass, and Elena could be occupied by the enemy at any time.

"There's no time, let's go to Alena!"

Hearing this, Gastens no longer had the intention of chatting. Before he rushed back to Elena, he was worried that when he was away, the Negro Republic would take the opportunity to cause trouble, but he did not expect that Elena would actually dare to tear up the covenant and take advantage of the situation. Now that Elena is in such a situation, it is largely due to Elena's proposal to form an alliance. Without that proposal, Gastens would not have brought production brigades and guerrilla brigades to destroy the enemy's steam cannons, and Elena would not have concentrated a large amount of defense on the west side, thus making the east side empty and taking advantage of Elena's loopholes.

"We will settle Elliot's account again. The most urgent task now is to rush back to Elena immediately!"

Since Gastens made the decision, the soldiers naturally implemented it unconditionally. The Third Company and the Fourth Company even had more than 20 horses for Gastens and arranged for the Fourth Company to escort, before saying goodbye to Gastens reluctantly. The old farmer Sid Warren stood on the side of the dirt road, watching the chairman riding on his horse and drifting away from the soldiers, and then let out a long breath. The Third Company commander Carrey Warren, who stayed there, came to him, took off the tobacco pot from his waist, and then took out the pyroxene and tobacco from his waist, and then took out the pyroxene and tobacco from his waist. He put it in a few seconds, put it next to his mouth, took a deep sip, and then let out a satisfactory moan.

"He is the chairman..."

Sid murmured to himself, his eyes still resting on the Chairman and his group. They were racing on horseback, bringing a tiny scattered dust under the setting sun.

"Not that," Carey Warren nodded, "I've seen the Chairman several times before. Once, our team trained, and the Chairman came to see us and was still shooting with us on the field. He was also very good at shooting targets, and his hit rate was not much worse than our best comrades. At that time, I thought he was young, but now I still think he was young."

"He is the one who is favored by God. He is our chairman at the age of eighteen. When you were eighteen, what were you doing when I was eighteen? I didn't know anything. He is the chairman and the one who is favored by God, so it is naturally different from us." Sid did not hide his simple belief, "But the chairman came back with these people? Where is the large army? What about our production brigade and guerrilla brigade? It's not easy to win the enemy with just these twenty people, right? I heard that there are 70,000 or 80,000 enemies. How can we win with just these twenty people?"

Sid's question was difficult to deal with. He took a deep breath of smoke rings and stopped for a long time before giving the answer with some uncertainty.

"Maybe there is an ambush outside and ready to seize the enemy's back. The chairman is so powerful and he uses troops like a god. We can't understand it, so it's normal for us to not know it."

"Yeah, that's natural," Sid nodded, took the cigarette pot from Carrey's hand, took a sip, and then smiled and spitted the cigarette ring on Carrey's face.

"Little Carey, the Chairman is back, so do we still have to run away?"

Sid asked about the notice that Carey had brought before, because the enemy had already broken through the intersection of Luoshan Mountain, it was no longer meaningful to guard these trails on Luoshan Mountain. According to the orders received by Carey, old peasants and militias like Sid could evacuate tomorrow, take the guys and flee into the mountains, and wait until the battle was settled before going down the mountain. Sid didn't want to leave, but now seeing Gastens back, he naturally asked about this matter again.

"Of course not," Carrey scratched his head, his face full of trust, "When the chairman is back, we can naturally beat those Nigru dogs. Since we can beat them, why should we run?"

"That's right," Sid nodded and handed the cigarette pot to Carrey. Carrey took it and took a last bite, helped Sid knock out the pyroxene inside, and handed him the cigarette pot together.

"I'm leaving, and there are patrol missions, so I can't spend all the time with you. As the Chairman's return, don't talk nonsense as the Chairman's instructions just now. We are still waiting to give the enemy a good look!"

"I know, I know," Sid smiled like a mouse crawling into the granary, "Of course I won't say it."

"That's good."

Carrey Warren said goodbye, then turned around and said goodbye, leaving. Sid stood there and watched Carrey's team go away, then looked back at the dim sunlight on the top of Luoshan Mountain, carefully placed the smoke pot and pyroxene, and set off on the way home.

Songs gradually rang in the vast forest. It was an old song sung by the Sid family for generations. It tells the story of a hunter hunting in the mountains, meeting a beautiful fairy, and falling in love. The old and melodious songs echoed in the forest and gradually floated, making the Luoshan Mountain at dusk also bring a hint of joy.
Chapter completed!