Another half month later, Ren Ning led ten people towards the east city gate.
The spirits were about to be sent back to their hometowns. They collected the bones according to the soldiers' last wishes and prepared to send them back to their hometowns.
To put it bluntly, it’s just digging a grave.
Gu Datou couldn't ask for a day off, so he begged him to go forward, and finally followed Ren Ning out of the fortress as he wished.
"Old Ren," he asked Ren Ning haha, "how long can you take this family leave?"
"Starting from Qingming Festival, six months."
"Fuck, it's actually been half a year!" Gu Datou's eyes turned red with envy.
He has been in the army for six years, but has never been able to take a vacation.
"Datou," Gu Datou is a celebrity in the fortress, and the soldiers of the Starfall Legion next to him also recognize him. "Work hard to gain military merit and get promoted. When you become a personal guard or even a general like Ren Ning, it will be easier to apply for leave."
"That's right." Others agreed with a smile.
Hold!
It’s really a matter of which pot should not be opened.
Gu Datou cursed angrily, "A bunch of bastards!"
hehe!
Ren Ning smiled and comforted him: "There is nothing to envy. Six months sounds like a long time, but most of it is spent on the road, and the time I can stay at home is probably not more than five days."
The fortress is stingy.
The rest of the soldiers, including Ren Ning, were on vacation, and the fortress coincided with the time when the spirits were sent back to their hometowns. They had to escort the fallen heroes and their families back together.
There will be a long procession of carriages carrying women, children, and ashes in coffins. Even a thousand-mile horse chasing the wind will not help at all.
Starting from the fortress and going from west to east, the time spent on the road is almost two months.
In addition, the women and ashes must be sent to their hometowns all over the world one by one. Half a year is actually not long at all.
"This is still the smoothest situation." A veteran next to him had experience in sending souls back to their hometowns before.
"Many brothers are illiterate, and there are differences in dialects in different places. The address of my hometown when I was in the army was all messed up, or there was no such place at all."
"When I sent these brothers back, the sky was so big that it was not easy to find the exact address of their hometown."
In fact, every time a spirit is sent back to his hometown, some of the ashes cannot find their roots. In the end, it was either entrusted to nearby good people for safekeeping, or brought back to the fortress for burial.
While chatting, the group of people rode out of the fortress and headed southeast.
The eastern part of the fortress is still an open area, with large and small military villages scattered inside, as well as five large mass burial grounds.
Among them, four burials are for the garrison soldiers who died here for more than 600 years, and another burial is for the invading Xiliang soldiers.
In just one meal, Ren Ning and his party arrived at their destination.
Xiaotianyuan.
When he heard this place name for the first time, Ren Ning had a strange expression on his face.
Later, when I inquired about it, I found out that this was the earliest martyrs' cemetery established near the fortress.
The terrain near the cemetery is unique, and the wind always makes loud whistling sounds when it blows here.
However, the veterans guarding the mausoleum unanimously said that this was not the roar of the wind, but the shocking roar of the soldiers buried here who were unwilling to die in battle and wanted to get up and continue fighting.
So he was named Xiaotian! The roar is shocking.
Ren Ning raised his eyes and looked up.
Xiaotian Garden occupies a vast area.
Wherever you look, there are densely packed tombs, arranged in circles.
Some of the tombs have tombstones, but most of them are just nameless small mounds of soil.
The entire cemetery is composed of several low hills, and there is also a low hill in the middle.
There are dozens of huts on the top of the hill, which are the residences of the veterans guarding the tomb.
Ren Ning and his party walked along a path to the hut.
After walking a few steps, a gust of wind blew from behind.
Even though it was spring, the wind blowing nearby was still chilly.
However
Woo~woo~
A sharp howl suddenly sounded from around the cemetery.
Oscillating back and forth among the tombs is breathtaking.
Chai Feng is not afraid of anything. At this moment, the dark horse couldn't help but hesitate to slow down and look around. It wasn't until Ren Ning made a sound that it started running again.
Not long after, Ren Ning and the others reached the top of the mountain.
Many soldiers from the fortress had already arrived in front of the hut on the top of the mountain. Many people, like him, carry tools such as hoes, shovels or picks in their hands.
Ren Ning got off his horse, told the others to wait aside, and walked obediently to the crowd and lined up.
The line is not too long.
For every person in front who enters, someone will come out of the house of the veteran guarding the mausoleum.
Everyone who went in was scratching their necks as curiously as Ren Ning, but those who came out looked confused.
Looking at their appearance, the people behind were even more curious.
"Brother, what happened in the house?" Someone in front couldn't help but grab a chief who had just come out of the house.
The man's face was complicated: "What's the rush? You'll know after you go in."
After speaking, he summoned his subordinates, recognized the direction, and walked away shaking his head.
Ren Ning listened attentively.
Although the stone house in front is simple, its sound insulation effect is first-class. He has sharp ears and eyes, but he can't hear anything clearly.
Since he couldn't hear clearly, Ren Ning didn't listen.
He looked at the environment and people on the top of the mountain boredly.
Unknowingly, another team came in front of the hut, and a middle-aged chief with a kind face lined up behind Ren Ning.
"Yingchuan County, Gu Qishui." He cupped his hands towards Ren Ning, stretched his neck and looked at the hut in front of him: "Brother, do you know what's going on inside?"
"Xingluo County, Ren Ning." Ren Ning introduced himself.
He shook his head regretfully: "I don't know, everyone who came out of it said nothing."
Huh!
Gu Qishui leaned back in astonishment, "Are you that super marksman Ren Ning?"
He laughed and looked at Ren Ning up and down, "I have admired his name for a long time."
Ren Ning smiled.
He glanced at Gu Datou not far away.
If it weren't for this guy going to the martial arts arena every day and bragging about his prowess every day. He himself is not so famous.
"It seems that Brother Ren has also taken a vacation?" Gu Qishui asked.
Ren Ning smiled and said, "I have been working on it since before the Chinese New Year. He saw that I was pitiful some time ago, so he approved it."
"That's great." Gu Qishui said with a happy face, "Your Xingluo County and our Yingchuan County are neighbors. Maybe we can go together when we go back."
After saying that, he reached out his hand and patted Ren Ning's shoulder affectionately.
However, Ren Ning's eyes flashed fiercely, and there was already a dark saber in his right hand.
call out!
The saber penetrated the opponent's long leather armor in one stroke, and the arm he slapped was destroyed.
boom! Before Gu Qishui could react, Ren Ning's left elbow hit his chin like lightning.
Phew! The sound of sore teeth sounded, and Gu Qishui looked up to the sky and spat out a mouthful of blood, which contained several teeth.
"you……"
Ren Ning was decisive and showed no mercy. Gu Qishui didn't finish a word, fell to the ground, rolled his eyes and passed out.
"I'm willing to do this to you!"
Gu Datou was the first to react and roared angrily.
call!
The sandbag-sized fist punched hard on the neck of the horse beside him.
Bah!
The war horse screamed.
The soldier brought over by Gu Qishui had just drawn out his spear when he punched both men and horses to the ground, causing him to fall unconscious.
He stepped forward and kicked the person hard, Gu Datou knocked him unconscious.
Wow!
"Don't move! If you move, shoot without mercy!"
The Xingluo soldiers brought by Ren Ning did not hesitate to drop their hoes and draw their swords, and quickly controlled the people brought by Gu Qishui.
"what's the situation."
The top of the mountain fell silent and suddenly became chaotic.
The commanders of each corps and the subordinates brought by the personal guards gathered together, drawing their swords with a loud noise, and watching each other.
