Night.
The evening breeze in July has lost the heat of summer, and the coolness blowing on people makes people shiver.
Zhao Yi stood in front of the hut. He was only wearing shorts and a short coat. His two bronze arms were exposed. Goosebumps were blown by the wind.
He shook it a few times out of habit, and then stuffed his penis into his crotch, not caring whether he peed on his hands.
It was unbearably cold.
This is really no place for people.
He shivered, rubbed his hands quickly a few times, and hurried back to the hut.
This hut is where he will eat and live. He will stay here for ten days before going back.
Today is already the fifth day. To be precise, it will be the sixth day after midnight. At present, there is still less than half an hour in the ion hour.
He was not alone in the hut, there were two companions, one was about as tall as him, named Zhou Yu, and the other was a little short but a bit fat, named Hu Tian.
It is said to be a hut, but in fact the main structure is a cave. It is a large hole dug out of the mountainside. The entrance of the hole is made of branches and leaves to form a shed.
This not only provides protection from wind and rain to a certain extent, but also has the effect of concealing the public's eyes.
The cave is not as gloomy as other caves, but rather warm.
I saw a copper pot being placed on a stand. The firewood below was still burning, and the copper pot was steaming up.
There are simple beds set up on three sides of the cave wall, and two people are sleeping soundly on two of them.
As soon as Zhao got into the hole, his small eyes suddenly shone. He rubbed his hands together, opened the lid of the copper pot, and eagerly picked up a piece of meat from the inside and threw it into his mouth.
It was hot and spicy, and he couldn't close his mouth, but he forced himself to swallow the meat into his stomach, and said with an intoxicated look: "Damn it! This is life!"
"Hey! Now if that bastard tells me that our soldiers in Nanli County can't even eat, I'll crush his balls!"
Zhao Yi grinned, then picked up a pair of chopsticks from the side and started eating from the small copper pot.
It wasn't until the meat and vegetables were almost finished that he put down his chopsticks, walked to a wooden bed, and woke up Zhou Yu, who was still sleeping.
"Old Zhou, it's time for shift change, it's your turn to stay on night duty!"
Zhou Yu rubbed his groggy eyes and said drowsily: "Why does it smell like alcohol?"
Suddenly, he suddenly opened his eyes, glared at Zhao Yi, and said, "You damn old Zhao, did you eat all the hot pot?"
"If you don't get up again, I won't even leave you that little bit." Zhao Yi said with a "hehe" smile.
"Into your mother!"
Zhou Yu didn't feel sleepy anymore. He suddenly rolled up from the bed and walked to the copper pot in three or two steps with his shoes on. Seeing that there was no food in the pot, he yelled: "Old Zhao! You are so fucking serious." Cruel! I thought you wanted me to sleep first out of kindness, but after doing this for a long time, you were plotting against me!"
Zhao Yi hummed a little tune and got into bed, not to mention how beautiful it was.
Zhou Yu cursed a few more times, finished the last bit of meat in the pot, then took out a large piece of beef from the cave, cut it into slices and put it into the pot, then got up and left the cave.
The first quarter moon has hung over the mountains to the west, and the cold moonlight spreads to the earth. The night is driven away, and there is actually a bit of daylight.
Zhou Yu was stronger than Zhao Yi, but he still couldn't stand the mountain wind that blew at any time. He hurried back to the cave and put on his general uniform and fish scale armor together.
He took the bow, arrows and spear with him, and then he came outside again.
Ever since he was young, he has always been cautious in doing things. Without this caution, he would have become the target of the Xia people that day.
Therefore, this was just an ordinary vigil, but he was still very attentive and stared at the bottom of the mountain.
With the help of the moonlight, the scenery under the mountain is relatively clear. Although not every flower or grass can be seen, larger movements can still be seen.
There were no accidents, no big movements.
Zhou Yu didn't want any movement. If there was any movement, it would be big trouble.
The first quarter moon gradually sets from the top of the mountain into the mountains, and the night becomes darker and darker.
When the world reaches its darkest moment, it is also when people enter deep sleep.
Zhou Yu's legs were numb from standing and his body felt cold. He had to walk back and forth to relieve his stiff limbs.
There were intermittently purring sounds in his ears, like thunder, and he cursed, "Fuck you, motherfucker."
He regretted more and more. If he had known this, he should have stayed on watch first. In that case, he would have eaten and fallen asleep by now.
Hold on a little longer!
He kept comforting himself that in a few hours, he would be able to go back to bed, and then he would have to eat all the meat in the pot.
After making this idea, he finally felt better and continued to look down the mountain.
At this moment, his eyesight was dazzled, but he returned to normal in an instant.
"what?"
He quickly looked down the mountain, but found nothing.
However, years of caution still allowed him to take off the bow and arrow hanging on his back immediately. No matter what happened just now, it was always good to be on guard.
He bent his bow and nocked an arrow, aimed the arrow cluster around him, and then walked quietly to the side.
The arrow cluster was aimed at a bush at the foot of the mountain, where the shadow that had just flashed was.
He drew the bow string to full capacity in an instant and shot an arrow into the dark grass.
The arrow flew across like a meteor, and with a "swish" sound, it sank into the grass with incomparable accuracy.
However, after a while, there was no movement in the grass, and the arrow remained invisible in the grass.
Zhou Yu thought that he might have been dazzled just now, and nothing came out. Even if there are things, they are probably small animals.
There are many creatures in the mountains, and many ants, insects, birds and beasts only come out at night.
He comforted himself in his mind, put down his bow and arrow, turned around and walked back.
"Boohoo!"
The next moment, several feather arrows suddenly appeared and accurately hit him in the back of the heart, knocking him to the ground.
Two people suddenly appeared in the calm grass. They were like savages, wearing raincoats made of weeds and leaves. When they squatted down, they almost blended into the grass, making it difficult to spot them.
The two of them whispered something incomprehensible, then jumped out of the grass and headed towards the hut.
Although they were halfway up the mountain and the slope was a bit steep, the two of them were not slow at all and quickly found the location of the hut.
Inside, Zhao Yi and Hu Tian were sleeping soundly. They didn't expect that an enemy would touch them, and they were killed in their sleep.
After pulling out the secret whistle, the two quickly retreated from the mountainside and came to the foot of the mountain.
As these two people appeared, dozens or hundreds of figures appeared one after another under the mountain.
These people were also dressed like savages, their skins were as black as coal, and their faces and foreheads were smeared with the blood of some kind of animal.
A group of people gathered together, chatted for a while, dispersed, and moved to other places on the mountain.
The night is dark.
This group of people are like ghosts, appearing and disappearing rapidly on the mountain, constantly harvesting the lives of sleeping people.
Somewhere in the grass.
One person was wearing red fish scale armor, with two feather arrows stuck in his back, and blood flowed from the wounds.
Suddenly, a hand stretched out from behind and pulled out the two feather arrows stuck in his back.
"Hiss! It fucking hurts!"
Zhou Yu shook his groggy head and got up from the ground. He touched his forehead, opened his palm and took a closer look. It was all covered with blood.
He had been shot before, rolled down the mountainside, hit his head on a rock, and cracked his forehead.
The collision also knocked him unconscious. Fortunately, it was the collision. Otherwise, how could he survive if there was some movement?
He stared at the two bloody arrows in his hand. Fortunately, he had developed a habit of putting two boards under his clothes when performing tasks. It was the board on his back that saved his life.
He threw away the two feathered arrows and saw that the night had faded, and he hurriedly ran towards the hut on the mountainside.
As soon as they saw the cave, the strong smell of blood hit their nostrils, and the two heads rolled to the ground. The two people on the bed had turned into headless corpses, and blood dripped from their necks.
Both men had been dead for some time.
Zhou Yu's body suddenly softened. In just a few hours, when they met again, they were already separated by heaven and earth.
He dragged his steps heavily, not knowing how he got to the bed.
Looking at the two headless corpses, he chuckled and said, "You idiot, are you still competing with me to watch the night? Just die!"
Tears streamed down his face as he spoke, and past experiences played in his mind like a movie.
He, Zhao Yi and Hu Tian joined the army at almost the same time. The three men were initially assigned to different centurions, but they belonged to the same battalion and they all knew each other.
After the recent battle, their entire school was reorganized and the three of them were grouped together. Zhao Yi was the commander, and he and Hu Tian were both team commanders.
The three of them have been together for a long time, and their friendship is even closer than that of brothers.
Zhou Yu cried very sadly. Suddenly, he remembered something and secretly said, "No!"
Then he quickly got up from the ground, took out a burning log from the fire, quickly walked out of the cave, climbed to the top of the mountain step by step, and lit the prepared hay.
Soon, a fire broke out, and thick smoke billowed into the sky.
After doing this, Zhou Yu was completely relieved. He looked east along the ridge.
After a long time, he didn't see any movement, and his expression changed.
"How is that possible? Have they taken out all the hidden sentries?"
Zhou Yu's face became extremely ugly. He knew very well that many hidden sentries similar to theirs were set up along the ridge. Now that there is no movement at all, there is only one possibility, that is, all the hidden sentries have been cleared.
"Damn it! How did these savages discover our secret whistle?"
Zhou Yu couldn't figure it out. These secret outposts were very secretive. Even if one or two were discovered, it was impossible to discover them all.
Cursing "What a fucking evil person", he didn't care about collecting the bodies of the two companions and hurried down the mountain.
