In the past few days, the whole territory of Qi Ling has been experiencing some hints of freezing weather. Although autumn still comes later than last year, it is better than in previous years. The sky should be vast and cloudless, but now six consecutive days have passed. On the seventh day, the entire Qiling area seemed to have been severely affected. Whether it was the dangerous area adjacent to Huayan Mountain in the south or the closest area to Shiwan Mountain on the west road, except for the clouds and the continuous autumn rain, it was difficult to find a safe life. Character.
There are Zhennan troops stationed in the south all year round, and there is nothing to do in the world. However, in the past year, it has been quite busy. Everyone knows that Bai Qiji, the Zhennan general, has always had good plans and far-sighted ideas. Better than ordinary people, but the layout that has lasted for more than a year has really made most of the soldiers and military officers stationed in the southern border very confused about the context.
To the west of Huayan Mountain, there is a place named Shiyingzhe. It is not the place name that people in Yi Zhang named Su for this place, but many idle people who came around Huayan Mountain to enjoy the natural dangers or explore the terrain. The name passed down by word of mouth was just a joke at first. However, after the troops were stationed in the south of Qiling, the name of the place became more and more widespread. Especially among the military formations, everyone felt that the name of this place was very particular. Bai Jianjian is very true. Shiyingzhe is a rare low place among the towering mountains of Huayan Mountain. The narrow pass is located only more than 200 feet away from the flat ground. The pass is two to three hundred paces wide. The surrounding mountains are not dangerous. From then on, the mountains around the pass are climbed. Although the detour requires some dangers, it is already a place where the mountain is dangerous and the monkeys have to worry about climbing Huayan Mountain, and the top is flat and gentle.
The name "Ten Battalions Chisel" probably comes from this, but I don't know whether the original intention is that the soldiers of the Ten Battalions worked hard for a long time to open up such a place, or that the pass can allow the Ten Battalions to pass through quickly and rush straight from Huayan Mountain into the border of Yizhang. .
The higher the pass, which is considered the easiest to pass by ordinary people, the more military camps there are and the defenses are tighter.
Therefore, Yansiguan, which has been showing signs near Shiyingzhuo Pass recently, always feels tired. Even though he has a foundation in boxing and has already jumped out of the shackles of ordinary martial arts, he is not far from the Shiyingchou Pass. Working hard all day long can never be considered a pure idle job.
There is a low hill a few miles north of the pass, which belongs to the territory of Qiling. He spent countless manpower digging canals to clear the ground, and emptied the entire hillside. At the foot of the mountain, there are many secret passages crisscrossing it. After the completion, the place was abandoned and turned back to the army. Therefore, the Yizhang guardsmen at the pass dug by the Tenth Battalion had been on tenterhooks for a long time, but now they are gradually relieved. Even though the two places are still secretly sending out sentries to compete with each other, sometimes life and death, but heavy troops are coming to attack, while the world alliance is still there. In peacetime, there is not much possibility.
When the stars hung high in Yansi Pass at night, he returned to the mountains to rest.
But then he met the soldier who looked very bored. The latter knew that Yan Siguan was very unhappy to see him, so he handed over dry food and two coins of dried meat, along with half a bag of wine, and took away a dozen coins Bamboo sticks, then he clasped his fists and left. Yansiguan, who was only covered in dust and with marks all over his armor, picked up the dried meat and took a look at it. It was clear that he was hungry, but he still didn't move. He turned around and borrowed the dim light. The hole carved in the mountain rock looks towards the Shiying Pass.
It only takes two coins to dry beef, which is not commonly seen in the army. However, Qiling has been recuperating in recent years, especially in agriculture. Countless fertile fields have been opened near Shiwan Mountain. Almost everyone in the country can have enough food, and cattle can be slaughtered for food. This kind of thing is still clearly against the law, but here, if you can get three taels of dried meat every ten days, you are violating the rules you have set. Although you may not be able to make a lot of food, you can't think of it elsewhere. A good thing that I dare not even think about.
A smart man who was good at arithmetic and garrisoned in Tushan once calculated in his spare time that this place only had only 200 soldiers, weapons, armor, hard bows, good arrows, and good horses, which actually accounted for less than half of the cost. Every year, Qiling's army selects the best, regardless of whether it's swords, horses, bows, arrows, fire, or ropes, which shows how much they value this place. But the more this is the case, the more confusing it becomes. If you plan to explore Yi Zhang here, you don't need to spend so much money. You will waste money and food and not necessarily gain much advantage. It seems that Yizhang's hidden sentry riders stationed behind the pass are not inferior in their methods. Their swords, horse and armor are also of the highest quality. Even if they are defeated, they will only injure the enemy ten points and lose eight points to themselves. They boast of breaking the sky, and the net share is less than one or two percent. of cheap.
Yan Siguan hated this soldier the most, but when they first arrived here, they were from the same hometown and joined the army in the same year. Their friendship was not bad. Yan Siguan, who was a bit dull and taciturn, was already alienated from his peers. If you have to find the closest friend in the army, joining the army seems to be the most suitable person.
But since coming here, Yan Siguan has become more and more taciturn, and his expression became even more gloomy when he saw him joining the army. Many soldiers here secretly speculated that the general of Zhennan was in vain. The military academy lieutenant must have had a serious dispute with Junjun. Furthermore, since Junjun was originally from a literary background, Tongyan Siguan would definitely be difficult to deal with.
Yan Siguan, who had been sitting for a long time, finally picked up the bamboo stick in front of him and lowered his eyebrows to look at it one by one. The bamboo stick was less than one finger wide and could only write a dozen words. Apart from the name, age, family status, there was nothing else. Others, a dozen bamboo sticks and a dozen lives, are like corpses wrapped in horse leather. They come in the breeze and leave silently, leaving only these few words.
At a glance, there are many acquaintances and two strangers who have just arrived here. Among them, the eldest is close to Bu Dou, and the youngest is not yet crowned.
In less than a month, more than a dozen people were killed. The autumn wind that came in through the holes in the rocks made Yan Siguan's throat roll for no reason. He picked up the half-skin bag of strong liquor and drank most of it, and then his face became smooth and smooth. Lan put more than a dozen bamboo sticks in front of the light one by one, and soon the flames licked them until they were scorched black, and they shrank down.
Then the armor was removed and the injuries were examined. When it was Yan Siguan's turn, the doctor who was accompanying the army was already a little blurry, but he still carefully turned Yan Siguan's body, which was full of muscles and scars, over and over again. Finally, I found a small hole on my back. Although it was not deep, the surrounding fingertips were all purple and bruised. I had to cut it open with a knife, and then covered it with detoxifying herbs. I told Yan Siguan to remember to drink the decoction in the past few days. It is said that although the poison is not deep, it can still kill people. Fortunately, Yan Siguan has a solid foundation and strong body after practicing martial arts for many years, so the poison did not occur early. Even so, do not take it lightly.
In a few words, the doctor accidentally revealed that a few days before joining the army, he went out with a few people to search for letters, and he was hit by a poisonous arrow feather. He almost lost his left arm and cut out a piece of rotten flesh the size of his fist. It is worth leaving a life, and now I am running around and sending messages non-stop. The remaining poison is hard to get rid of, but I just refuse to listen to the advice. If Yan Siguan is vacated, it is best to go and persuade me in person. If the remaining poison enters the heart along with the qi and blood. pulse, life-threatening.
The night is covered with clouds, and there is no sky.
"You always have to bring something with you when visiting a doctor. We are from the same hometown, so why should we bring two taels of wine."
The living quarters of the soldiers were narrow. Although they were separated from the soldiers, hundreds of people had to be accommodated in this low hill. The boundary was really tight. When entering Yansiguan, one had to lower his head and bend down to avoid the overhead. Mountain rocks, lest they fall into pieces and bleed.
Joining the Army, who had a sallow complexion and was dripping with sweat, was completely different from before. He waited for Yan Si to pass through the door and started teasing him unceremoniously. Although the residual poison was still strong, he was in a good mood.
"Those two sips of wine are not enough for me. Besides, if I can really bring back some items, I would rather bring hundreds of lives from the other side of the mountain and bring those horse-leather-wrapped robes back from the King of Hell."
The two looked at each other and smiled silently.
"Three of the corpses of the dozen or so soldiers were snatched on the spot. The rest either didn't care, or they took a detour and went too far into Huayan Mountain. Thinking about it, there is no way to survive. Our team is extremely hidden. The deep hidden sentry was originally intended for harassment and must not be easily exposed to the world, so even if it is thought that those few are not dead, they must not be able to come out together. This is a rule in the army and is more important than life and death."
Yan Si nodded and remained silent.
"I will write down the rest of the family members one by one and send them to the homes of those who died in the battle one day. Although the reward will not make the family rich, at least it will be able to keep food and clothing for a few years. It can be considered that General Bai can replace the Qi Ling army. The soldiers have the most solid support. With this money, even if you die in battle, your wife, children, and children can still make a living, which is also a good thing."
Yan Si was silent for a long time, but he still lowered his eyebrows and spoke, but the meaning behind his words was really difficult to hide, "I still can't guess the general's thoughts. Most of the soldiers here are the elite of the Zhennan Army. Not to mention Whether they are talented generals or not, they are all capable, brave and good at fighting. It is a pity that they were sent here to die in vain."
"Who says it's not?" Joining the army shook his head, sat up unsteadily and leaned against the hard rock behind him. He suddenly became very angry, "The boy named Li Sikui in Younan camp has outstanding concealed weapon archery skills. He has accumulated a lot of money in the past year. The thieves, who should have been in the tens of thousands before they reached the age of the crown, died silently on Huayan Mountain. I took the few men and attacked west of the pass several times, but I was short of manpower. , even the corpse was not snatched back, and Li Sikui was seen with six or seven arrows embedded in his body and his head cut off."
"If I wanted to get married early that year, my son should be about the same age as him."
It is a matter of course to be at the border to find out the true and false situation of the enemy, especially in such an important place as the Tenth Battalion. Since it is to find out the true and true situation of the enemy, the two countries are tacitly and secretly fighting each other. Someone will die in a foreign land, but although both of them are I never mentioned it, but I wanted to ask General Bai, the head of Qiling military attache, why he was like this.
The lights of Wanjia Peace are thick, and the blood of Zheng Husband is still warm in front of him.
This is a nursery rhyme sung by a soldier who lived in the east of Qiling Province not long after Yan Siguan joined the army. Even though Yan Siguan had been a martial arts student for many years, he still couldn't tell whether it was clever or not. He just thought it was pretty good. But when asked more carefully, the poor soldier who was missing two front teeth and had a bad ear said that he remembered this sentence.
Now, the bones of the ballad singer, who was not very good looking but quite capable of playing, have been buried not far from here, exposed to the wind and sun for nearly a year.
