“This?”
Lin Ran was stunned, he hadn’t seen such a thing at all, let alone heard of such a thing.
The old man, however, smiled as if he had already guessed it.
“It’s normal for Commander Lin not to know about this item, because this kind of thing will not be given to you at all in this Skywolf Domain!”
“What do you mean?”
Lin Ran frowned slightly.
At the same time, he gestured to Li Ba, who understood and hurriedly helped the old man up and sat down on a chair at the side.
“This is a long story, so let’s forget about this seat, if Commander Lin doesn’t mind, you can follow me, old man, and I will go down for a walk, and then it will all be understood!”
“Good!”
Lin Ran nodded, although this old man was only a floor sweeper, he had obviously been at this South City Gate for quite a few years, there were many things that he might be able to learn from him.
The two of them went down the stairs at once, and Wang Yifeng and the others followed.
Underneath the city tower were the fortification buildings of the South City, a place where those stationed in the South City would rest during the week.
For example, now that Lin Ran’s army was stationed in the South City, those who had to stand guard on weekdays naturally rested in this South City building.
When the crowd arrived inside the building, the old man led them to a courtyard.
The gate of this courtyard was very dilapidated and when pushed open, there was even a “creaking” sound, making people very uncomfortable.
When the door was opened, a wide courtyard appeared in front of the group.
But what was inside the courtyard made the crowd frown slightly.
It turned out that the whole courtyard was empty and there was nothing but a very strange shed not far ahead.
That’s right, a shed.
And underneath the shed, there were wooden plaques placed, each with a person’s name written on it.
“The wooden plaques here are all the men who died in the battle at the South City Gate, a total of two hundred and ninety-nine whole since I got here! That’s one short of three hundred!”
The old man said, while using a cloth to gently rub and test these wooden plaques with great care.
“Senior, what do these battle deaths have to do with these tokens?”
Lin Ran asked, puzzled.
The old man smiled blandly and then turned one of the tokens over, followed by Lin Ran, who saw that behind this token, there was actually a token that was identical.
The words “Battle Ranking” were written on it.
“What is this all about?”
Lin Ran couldn’t help but ask.
If this situation was anything to go by, I was afraid that there were at least two hundred and ninety-nine of these tokens here.
“This token is a list of lists!”
The old man said, sitting down on a stone to the side and recalling.
“This Battle List token was first issued by the Mysterious Alliance, and once you refine it, you can view a list of lists, and this list is called the Battle List!”
It turned out that back then, the Mysterious Alliance had just started a war with the enemy, and the hearts of the people were still unstable according to the time.
In addition, the battle lasted too long and the battle line was stretched out.
As a result, a lot of news and supplies were communicated very slowly, and gradually the hearts and minds of the people became disorganised.
After a fiasco, the Mystic Alliance took out such battle lists and distributed them.
At that time, the number of people in each war zone was at least tens to hundreds of thousands.
And the battle list was distributed with at least 200,000 pieces in each war zone, in order to ensure that each person had one in their hands.
As for the function of this Battle List token, it was even simpler.
The Mystic Alliance used its own and what it obtained from its enemies as a reward for those on the Battle List.
The ranking of the Battle List was based on the number of enemies killed on the battlefield and the strength of the opponent.
This Battle Ranking token was a great effort by the Mystic Alliance, even if you only helped to build a common cause, he could automatically record the score based on your contribution!
It was considered the fairest kind of contribution ranking at the time.
Once such tokens appeared, the warriors on the front line were visibly motivated to fight.
Some did it in exchange for money, others for merit and glory, while many more did it for advanced gong methods and resources.
To put it bluntly, as long as you held a Battle Ranking token and contributed on the battlefield, the things you could exchange for would definitely satisfy you and even drive you crazy for it!
“In the earliest days, the Skywolf Domain also had Battle List tokens! Unfortunately, ninety percent of the tokens have now been lost!”
The old man sighed.
“What about the remaining ten percent?”
Lin Ran asked.
“The remaining ten percent? Some of it is here, the rest is all in the City Master’s Palace!”
The old man said.
“Over 200,000 tokens, ten percent is not bad, why did Long Mo never mention this?”
Lin Ran frowned.
This clearly didn’t make sense.
“It’s simple! He doesn’t want you guys to have contact with the outside world!”
The old man said.
Lin Ran and the others were instantly shocked at his words.
Sure enough, this Long Mo really did not want them to have contact with the outside world.
Only then would he be the absolute hegemon of this Skywolf Domain, and everyone would have to obey his orders!
“Then these tokens, Long Mo doesn’t even know about them?”
Lin Ran asked once again.
The old man smiled at his words, however.
“How would he know, it’s been almost ten years since he’s been in this Southern City!”
Said the old man with a bitter smile, and then recounted.
It turned out that this South City used to be a military fortress as well, and its importance was no less than that of the North City.
But later, because the terrain of the South City was easy to defend and difficult to attack, the people of the Wolf Clan gradually gave up their attacks on this place and all gathered at the North City Gate, causing the status of this South City Gate to gradually decline.
It eventually became a ghostly place where no one came.
Later, it became a place for Long Mo to send his men.
Some of his men had achieved great success in battle and it was not convenient to deal with them openly, so they would be sent here.
Those who were used to fighting on the battlefield were suddenly sent to this Sh*tty place, where they could only sunbathe and drink tea every day, and they would soon make mistakes.
So Long Mo had a reason to get rid of the other side.
Over time, this South City also had a name, the South City Prison.
But almost no one who was sent here, be they soldiers or commanders, ended up in anything good.
And as more and more battles were fought at the North City Gate, those war list tokens from back then were either lost on the battlefield or taken away by the Wolf Clan.
Eventually only ten percent remained.
Ten years ago, there was a new commander named Liu Feng!
This Commander Liu Feng, who was upright by nature, had offended Long Mo and was eventually sent here as well.
But before Long Mo could find a reason to kill him, the battle started.
The northern city gate was almost breached and Liu Feng was urgently called to fight at the northern gate.
This Liu Feng commander was so strong that he froze with less than 200 men and repulsed the other side’s 1,000 men.
In the end, he even got a war general token from the other side.
This was something that even Long Mo did not know.
It was by virtue of the Station General Token that Liu Feng knew that such a thing existed, so he left the token behind secretly and used it anonymously.
Unfortunately, Long Mo didn’t intend to let him go in the end and found a reason to have him arrested.
But Liu Feng was prepared and used the battle records he had accumulated in exchange for a death-free token, so until now he was still imprisoned in the dungeons of North City!
“So many years have pa*sed? I’m afraid there must be 200 to 300 people being held in the North City dungeon nowadays! All of these people used to be brave and good fighters on the battlefield, but unfortunately, they were all captured because they offended Long Mo!”
Speaking here, the old man looked towards Lin Ran and spoke.
“So, ever since Commander Liu Feng was imprisoned, this Southern City has had its own rules, but any new Commander who comes here will get a Battle Ranking token until all the tokens here are given away!”
