Life is unpredictable and it is difficult to predict what will happen next.
A few days ago, I was practicing immortality on the mountain. I hurriedly ran home, but I caught up with the war.
There is no time to hide when local conscription is called. This is indeed the time to defend our country.
A hot-blooded man should indeed wear armor and go into battle, throwing his head and blood.
Now that you've caught up, it's your fate.
If he had been so hungry that he was skin and bones and weak, he would indeed be in a panic, and no matter how clever he was, he would probably never come back.
Now, after all, he is a somewhat capable person, and he kills people like crazy, so he is a little excited to go to the battlefield and kill enemies.
Although there is still no guarantee of survival, the chance of survival has definitely increased greatly.
I made some arrangements when I got home and almost emptied the Qiankun bag. I only brought weapons, elixirs and some change. I tried not to bring unnecessary things, lest I die outside and give others an advantage.
Early the next morning, I took the wine gourd and went to the county government office to report.
I deliberately drank a gourd of spirit wine at the gate of the city to strengthen my courage at critical moments.
"Small boat..."
"haven't seen you for a long time····"
Indeed, many people came to Zhoujia Store, including several former friends whom I knew.
I don’t know anyone else. The village was too small when I came out, so I basically never go back.
Not many of my friends could even recognize them by name. They just remembered that they looked familiar and we got together to chat.
As we chatted, we heard and remembered other people's names. After all, we always have to use a name when shouting at each other.
However, rural people usually use nicknames. For example, teenage boys are called old women, and some are called grandpa directly. That is the real grandpa, who is several generations older...
Rural people live together in clans, and when people of similar age get together, their seniority can vary greatly.
Zhou Xiaozhou's seniority in Zhou's store is neither high nor low. Some people call him Uncle, and some call him Uncle. It's not surprising to call him Grandpa.
After all, they are all members of the same surname. Going to the battlefield together requires a tight unity.
If the new soldiers were directly brought to the battlefield, the casualties would definitely be huge, but the casualties at Qingshi Pass were relatively large, and reinforcements were delayed, so they had to bring in new soldiers to fill the gap.
Troops were sent to the villages surrounding the county, with thousands of people.
These thousands of people were not given any weapons or armor, and were taken directly to Qingshi Pass.
Although the county seat is only twenty miles away from Qingshi Pass, Zhou Xiaozhou seems to have never even left the east gate. This is the first time he has gone in this direction.
I used to get very scared when I came to the east gate, and even said that enemy arrows would shoot here and kill people.
It's more than twenty miles away. Who can shoot that far?
I find it ridiculous now, but I really believed it before.
Before entering Qingshi Pass, I saw a rather gruesome scene. A large number of corpses of sergeants were pulled out and arranged in rows and rows, densely packed.
"Quick, quick, take off a suit of armor and put it on, find a weapon and take it..."
Some sergeants kept urging these recruits to remove the armor from the corpses.
The armor on these corpses is not very good, at most it is light armor, which is better than nothing.
Moreover, it was stained with blood, even shot through by arrows, and the arrows were still stuck in the corpse.
They were the defenders of the city, and most of them were shot to death by arrows.
There were a lot of new recruits, and when it was Zhou's turn to come here, there were no more corpses to pick up, so he could only admit that he was unlucky.
Although picking up corpses is a bit scary, not even having to pick up corpses is even scarier.
I don’t even have any protection on my body, what should I do?
And there are no weapons.
Zhou Xiaozhou is not short of weapons, but he is also short of armor. He also wants to get a strong suit of armor to wear so that he can feel more at ease.
"Those who have not received weapons and armor should wait outside the city. They are not allowed to crowd and sit down where they are."
It was quite cold, so I could only sit outside the city and wait for the corpses to be brought out before a replacement could be brought in.
Qingshi Pass is not that big and cannot accommodate 20,000 garrison troops. If too many people enter, it will become crowded and it is easy to be shot by stray arrows.
Zhou Xiaozhou was a little confused, hadn't a large number of troops been dispatched to the county town long ago, why didn't they come over again?
Is it just to protect the county?
I don't understand how the troops are arranged.
At this time, the enemy did not forcefully attack the city, but fired cold arrows into the city from time to time.
Occasionally, scattered corpses would be pulled out, and the number of substitutes who went in was very small.
Probably about 3,000 people came in as substitutes, but after recruiting 7,000 to 8,000 people, more than half of them could only sit outside, starving and exposed to the cold wind.
No food.
The local government and the military did not cooperate well.
The local officials felt that it was none of their business to send people here.
In the afternoon, many people couldn't stand it anymore and began to curse.
Let people come to die, at least give them a full meal!
If you don't want to die, that's what happens when your heart breaks.
It's wrong to deny food. Who wants to starve to death...
No one paid attention.
The military said they did not want so many people and did not prepare food for so many people.
After spending time in the evening, they dispersed and went home.
If you want others to come back tomorrow, it's impossible, and it's not a good thing.
And I have a reason to refuse confidently.
Zhou Xiaozhou noticed someone from the enemy flying over with a sword to spy.
There were also immortal cultivators from the Xichang Kingdom participating in this war.
The Jiuchong Mountain area is not under the control of any country. People from the surrounding countries go to Jiuchong Mountain to practice, but Xichang is not included.
Xichang Kingdom and Wu Sheng Kingdom were feuding, and their people did not dare to go to Jiuchong Mountain through Wu Sheng Kingdom. Later, they developed and expanded the immortal cultivating sect in their country and became a self-contained entity.
The Immortal Cultivation Sect in Xichang Kingdom can even be regarded as a country-protecting sect, and they are very happy to fight for the country.
This may not be the case for Wu Shengguo. No immortal cultivating sect will pay attention to him. At most, they will help out if they pay a high price.
Flying with Sword as a scout is really good.
This Xichang scout bypassed the Qingshi Pass and dared to scout in the direction of the county seat in broad daylight. Perhaps he was convinced that no immortal cultivator would fight for Wu Shengguo.
Therefore, as long as he draws the height beyond the range of the bow and arrow, he is safe.
There are at least several immortal cultivating families in Qingshi County, and there must be more powerful immortal cultivators. Whether they are willing to cause trouble for themselves is indeed a question that needs to be considered. Whether they are willing to fight for Wu Shengguo is an even bigger question.
It's hard to be ungrateful at ordinary times and want others to take charge of the battle for you at critical moments.
Zhou Xiaozhou was thinking about the flying sword at this guy's feet. How could he get it?
He already has half of the four major items for cultivating immortals, the Qiankun Bag, the Flying Sword, the Magic Robe, and the Magical Weapon. What he wants most is the Flying Sword, and the Magical Robe doesn't matter. He doesn't like the attire of a Taoist priest.
The scout of Xichang was flying at a height of four to five hundred meters, so the magic weapon flying sword would definitely not be able to hit him. He took out the small bronze mirror and looked at the guy for a while, but the distance was too far and there was no reaction.
I had no choice but to follow him and wait for the opportunity to strike.
If he killed an enemy scout, he wouldn't be said to have evil intentions and kill people indiscriminately, right?
