[Sunny, a group of riders are heading towards the three quarters of the hour. The night has not returned yet. On the third day of the first lunar month of the 60th year of Taikang, Liu Yue, the beacon commander of Dingfeng Fort]
After Liu Yue wrote down today's content in the record book, he sighed and stood up.
I'm afraid I won't be able to come back.
After walking out of the residence, he appeared at the highest point of the beacon in a few flashes.
After looking around for a while, when I looked in the direction of Zishi, there was still no figure I wanted to see, and I finally looked lonely.
Going down to the beacon tower, the soldiers who were in charge of today's shift cupped their fists and saluted.
"Feng Shuai!"
Liu Yue smiled and nodded in response, and then asked.
"Is there anything unusual?"
Chief Sun Ke said quickly.
"Hui Fengshuai, there is nothing unusual."
Liu Yue frowned vaguely when he heard this, but did not show the worry in his heart.
"Okay, I understand."
As he spoke, he patted the soldiers on the shoulders and smiled.
"It's the Chinese New Year, and brothers have to take turns. Thank you for your hard work."
"It's time to wait. Sun Ke, go to the warehouse to get some drinks so that the brothers can warm up."
As soon as these words came out.
Sun Ke was immediately overjoyed.
These beacon garrison soldiers are isolated in the grassland, and it is not easy to transfer supplies on weekdays.
Even a bowl of turbid wine is in high demand.
So he thanked her loudly immediately.
"Thank you for your handsome reward from Feng!"
Liu Yue glanced at the subordinates in front of him, whose skin was roughened by the wind and frost on the grassland, and shook his head, saying no.
Then he said with some emotion.
"I know that guarding this place is quite hard, brothers. Please bear with it a little longer."
"It is expected that by this time next year, everyone will be able to reunite with their families at home."
The beacon garrison rotates every three years.
Most of them were soldiers from the border city of Youbei.
Their garrison was lucky enough to survive the bloody Shura field last year.
Although the process is not glorious.
But the accusations that ignited the flames of war are enough.
Therefore, he was exempted from accountability afterwards, and when the barbaric dogs retreated, he was ordered to return to the fort.
After hearing Liu Yue's words, all the garrison soldiers looked in a daze.
In a blink of an eye, it turns out that he has been guarding the border for two years.
But when I think about it, the garrison period will be over at the end of this year, and I can go home then.
All the garrison soldiers suddenly became happy, with genuine smiles on their faces.
One of the guards couldn't help but said.
"Yes, you can go home at the end of the year."
"I've been away from home for more than two years, and I don't know how tall or strong my skinny monkey will be."
These words immediately aroused the resonance of others.
"Who says it's not the case? When I left home, my little boy couldn't even call me grandpa. Now...hey..."
"And my daughter, I guess she's going to get her haircut this year, and I don't know if she's going to be married to a good family."
Wearing this armor, they are all soldiers.
But after taking off this armor, they are just ordinary people when they return home.
When you are away from home, who doesn’t miss your wife, children, and parents?
However, Sun Ke, the commander-in-chief on the side, saw that his brothers were all muttering about trivial matters in front of Feng Shuai, so he quickly interrupted.
And he changed the topic.
"But speaking of it, this year seems to be easier than last year."
"At least it's not as cold as last year, right?"
This time last year, the north wind on this grassland was like a knife, mixed with wind and snow.
Standing on this front platform, I can't even open my mouth.
This Chinese New Year, the weather seems to be getting warmer all of a sudden.
When the wind blows on my face, not only does it not hurt like Ling Chi, it even feels a little comfortable.
It was as if I had suddenly stepped from cold winter to warm winter.
He does not mean that.
Hearing Sun Ke's words, Liu Yue, the beacon commander of Dingfeng Castle, was a little startled.
His eyes subconsciously looked towards the direction blowing from the north.
While he was frowning and thinking, his expression suddenly changed, and his body instantly rose into the air.
After a while, without waiting for his figure to fall again, he wrapped himself in the power of true energy and shouted in a deep voice.
"Enemy attack! Light up the smoke! Prepare for war!"
…
Fengbao, also known as beacon fire and beacon fort.
It is a military barrier between the foreign races on all sides and Dayongbian City.
If there is a large-scale invasion by aliens, it will serve as an early warning.
Each fort has no garrison quota.
But the number is generally maintained at half a song, between two hundred and three hundred.
At this time, the wolf smoke ignited in the sky above Dingfeng Castle, soaring straight into the sky.
It can be seen even from forty or fifty miles away.
Other beacons were seen in the distance.
Naturally, a group of more than 2,000 barbarian youths who were more than 20 miles south also saw it.
Temu Aguda, who was being surrounded by a group of barbarian youths sitting at the head of the group, looked at the wolf smoke in his sight and didn't understand what it meant for a while.
"There should be a beacon ahead. They were attacked."
Tai Ji's movements were meticulous, imitating the Yong people's manner, using a knife to cut the meat in front of him, and speaking calmly and slowly.
Such an awkward action naturally made many young people on the side feel dissatisfied and secretly laugh at him.
Gritting and chirping like a girl!
They, the descendants of the wolves in the prairie, should tear them up.
But they were laughing in their hearts, but they didn't dare to show it.
Because in the eyes of many of them, the deputy commander is a lunatic.
The kind that smiles and greets you one moment, and can pluck your head off the next.
Who wouldn't be afraid of such a person?
But after hearing this, Temu Aguda frowned.
"How do you know this?"
Taiji, who had already prepared a portion of meat, thought for a moment and placed it in front of Temu Aguda.
Then he chuckled.
"Aguda, you are no longer the slave you were before. You must be good at learning."
"Ask more, listen more, and you will know."
Hearing Taiji mention his identity as a former slave of the Beggar's tribe, a flash of dissatisfaction flashed in Temu Aguda's eyes.
But before he could say anything, someone from the group of people surrounding him jumped out.
He glared at Taiji.
"Insolent! Commander, call him by his name in front of his face!"
"Taiji, you..."
But before he finished speaking, his eyes blurred, and then his eyes turned uncontrollably.
Taiji threw the head in his hand in front of everyone like a ball.
He said with a smile.
"It's really strange. How did such an idiot survive in the first place?"
As he spoke, he continued to unwrap the meat unhurriedly, regardless of the blood on the knife.
There was blood on the meat, but Taiji didn't care.
"Thank you, master, for giving Tai auspiciousness and a full belly."
Taiji, who put away his smile and looked solemn and pious, tasted it.
Then he wiped the blood on the corner of his mouth and said indifferently to Tiemu Aguda.
"Aguda, you have changed."
Temu Aguda, who had gradually adapted to the status of the commander of these two thousand cavalry, suddenly didn't know what to say when he heard this.
Eat meat in silence.
After a few mouthfuls, he suddenly ordered.
"Quick food! After the meal! Let's go to rescue..."
After saying that, regardless of how the barbarian youths around him reacted, he sighed.
"How do you know I didn't study?"
"How do you know that I didn't ask or inquire? But..."
After Taiji heard this, he raised his head and looked at Temu Aguda quietly.
I saw this genius of the same race who had been praised many times by his master, with a confused look in his eyes that showed a bit of grievance, even humiliation.
"Taiji, they don't believe us...barbaric dogs..."
Dingbeicheng was empty and there were not many defenders.
But after the owner left, they were kicked out.
Even a lot of supplies that the owner left behind when he left were intercepted by them.
In order to save food, they even resorted to hunting wolves to satisfy their hunger.
This is nothing like what they thought at first.
No matter how much expectations we had in our hearts, there is now a huge gap.
Not to mention other barbarian youths, even Tiemu Aguda was a little... dissatisfied.
They never expected that people like themselves, who followed their masters and killed countless tribes, could be judged for military merit and receive rewards like the Yong people.
All they want is to have a roof over their heads and be given some measly respect.
But just this little thing... they refused to give it to themselves.
Taiji looked at Temu Aguda, and after a moment, he suddenly smiled.
"Aguda, you have become greedy."
"I remember when you crawled to your master on your knees, you just wanted to survive in a humble way."
greedy?
maybe.
There is a wolf in everyone's heart.
greedy.
This is human nature.
Compared with people like himself, Tai Ji is like an alien.
Smiling every day.
Even every time I ask questions from those Yong people, I face challenges and even insults from those Yong people.
He also smiled and bowed with a humble expression.
This kind of behavior is something Temu Aguda can't learn, nor does he want to learn.
Because he, Temu Aguda, has his pride.
The pride of once being the young leader of the Temu tribe.
"You said...does the master not want us anymore?"
When Temu Aguda said this, his tone was difficult and a little confused.
And that hope that perhaps even he himself didn't feel...
But Taiji felt it.
Taiji, who originally wanted to say something else, suddenly didn't want to say anything anymore.
There was even a bit of hope in my heart that I would be happy to see it come to fruition.
After all, he and Temu Aguda are different.
He is embarrassed.
Even the owner helped him make up for the missing front legs, making him look like a wolf.
But he clearly knew that he was still embarrassed in essence.
But Ao cannot survive independently.
But Temu Aguda was different, he was a born wolf.
Even a wolf.
And how could the alpha wolf be willing to act like a barking dog in front of his master?
Temu Agu was struck by the smile on Taiji's face, which made him smile a little uncomfortable, and couldn't help but frown.
"Why are you laughing again?"
Hearing this, Taiji chuckled and shook his head in denial.
"nothing."
That's what he said.
But his heart was filled with joy and he shouted happily.
'Aguda! Be brave enough to betray your master! '
'Without you, the rebellious alpha wolf, how could we show the loyalty of Taiji, the loyal dog? '
At this moment, he was even imagining the scene where he, as a loyal dog, would lead his master to kill all these dirty, stupid insects.
'That must be very...pleasant...haha——'
I accidentally caught a glimpse of the crazy fire in Taiji's eyes.
Temu'a's back felt slightly cold, and he glanced at him with disgust.
"You are such a madman!"
With such a curse, Temu'agu suddenly lost his appetite for the wolf meat in his hand.
Huo Ran stood up and said in a deep voice.
"The time has come to be loyal to your master!"
"Pack up your gear! Mount your horse! Get ready to go!"
The barbarian youths who heard what Temu Aguda said were somewhat reluctant.
But he quickly dropped the meat in his hands, packed up his things, and got on his horse.
These are all things they learned from following the trapped camp.
Since Temu Aguda took charge of them, he has implemented it very thoroughly.
On weekdays, anyone who moves too slowly will be whipped down with a whip.
And pain has always been the fastest and most convenient way to remember.
Soon, a group of more than two thousand riders galloped away in the direction of the beacon fire.
But during this rapid march, Temu Aguda suddenly heard an unexpected voice coming from his ears.
"Leader, how about... we don't go..."
"The Yong people treated us like that, it's not worth our dying for them..."
Temu Aguda's face darkened.
Looking back for a moment.
I saw a sharp gaze, looking at me without hesitation.
Temu Aguda said in a deep voice.
"It's not for the Yong people, but for the master. Don't make a mistake."
When the young man heard this, he grinned with a hint of ridicule.
"My master has been back south for a long time. When did he think of us?"
"Perhaps they have forgotten us a long time ago, maybe..."
A complex look flashed in Temu Aguda's eyes.
"you mean?"
The young man seemed to be interested when he saw Temu Aguda, and there was a hint of joy in his brows.
"Let's go! We can't stay in this Youbei grassland, we can go to Bingzhou!"
"If Bingzhou is not enough, you can still go to Liangzhou!"
"The commander now has more than two thousand of our descendants, where can we go?"
"When the time comes, we can use [Ironwood] as our surname! We will support the leader as the clan leader!"
"With the clan leader's ability, once he becomes powerful in the future, he may not be able to become the overlord of the grassland!"
"Become the Great Khan respected by countless tribes and people!"
have to say.
This person's remarks were obviously well thought out.
Sounds extremely tempting.
After all, for countless years, many overlords on the grassland started with little capital.
Not even as good as the current Temu Aguda.
They can all succeed, so why can't he, Tiemu Aguda?
What's more, they have a huge advantage.
That is, they are all the essence left over from the death screening of each tribe.
Almost everyone has a good talent for cultivation.
As long as you give them time, they can grow up quickly even without the blessings given by their master!
And it doesn’t matter even if the transformation cannot be completed in a short time.
Because all of them are still young!
There are endless possibilities when you are young!
After saying this, the young man who was transmitting messages to Temu Agu showed a bit of fanaticism in his eyes.
He believed that no one could resist such temptation.
Not even Temu Aguda can do it!
Sure enough, after hearing this, Temu Agu turned his head and seemed to be thinking for a while.
Then suddenly he raised one arm, signaling the rapidly advancing army to stop.
After turning the horse's head, Temu Aguda looked directly at him and said in a deep voice without transmitting a message.
"You mean you're alone?"
When the young man saw this, he looked at the people around him with a slight hesitation.
Then he rode out into battle and said decisively.
"of course not!"
After saying that, more than a hundred riders soon rode out and came together with the young man.
"That's what we mean too!"
"As long as the commander is willing, we can serve as the commander-in-chief and let the name of Commander [Ironwood] ring throughout the grassland!"
"That's right! As long as the leader nods, he will become the leader of our clan!"
"As long as the patriarch has orders, we will obey them."
Temu Aguda's face was expressionless, showing no emotion.
After a moment of silence, he glanced at the figures behind him and said in a deep voice.
"Just you? Is there anything else?"
Seeing that Temu Aguda did not agree immediately, the hundreds of riders flashed a look of eagerness and anxiety.
His eyes also swept across the figures of the other cavalry, and he eagerly repeated what he had just said to Temu Aguda, changing his title.
After a while, dozens more riders rode out into battle.
Taiji looked at the people in front of him playfully, and then looked at Temu Aguda, as if wanting to see how he would make a decision.
At this time, Temu Aguda suddenly looked at him.
"Taiji, what do you think?"
Taiji laughed and waved his hands.
"You are the commander, I am just the deputy commander, you can make up your own mind."
When Temu Aguda heard this, he pondered for a moment.
"Just you?"
After saying that, no one came forward anymore.
Suddenly he touched the sword at his waist.
Unlike most people.
This long knife was a gift from his master.
It’s called [Zhenliao].
Temu Aguda suddenly smiled, with a bit of relief.
"Our Guiyi camp cannot tolerate such traitors who are disloyal to their master."
As he said that, he raised his sword out of its sheath and pointed his hand at the nearly two hundred knights in the field.
"Kill them all."
…
(End of chapter)
