Chapter 15: The Terran Backbone
On the way back, Ouyang Ting's words from the black-robed general sounded in his mind from time to time.
"He's right, Terran, that's right!" this is the affirmation of this sentence by the weak chicken.
The road to the border city of the Southern Regions was complicated, and on the way, Ouyang Ting had seen a team similar to them several times from afar.
The leader was also a group of black-robed warriors, and it was obvious that the place they were going was different from the one Ouyang Ting was in.
In the staggering, the black-robed warriors did not communicate with each other, but only stopped for a moment, and hammered their chests with their right fists as a tribute to their comrades. After the ceremony, they left non-stop.
It was in this simple way of communication that Ouyang Ting felt something different again.
That's a feeling similar to the brotherhood of your own family. Fulfilling, ethereal, yet tangible.
"You're still young, and there's still a long way to go. The weak chicken connected by blood felt the change in his mood and said slowly: "There was an old saying a long time ago that where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. ”
"Jianghu?" Ouyang Ting was very unfamiliar with this word.
"Yes, it's sophistication. The weak chicken nodded and continued: "You have to learn a lot, there has never been absolute goodness in this world, and your entanglement with the Chen family is just the tip of the iceberg of human sophistication." In the future, you will have more and more profound experiences. ”
"People are sophisticated..."Ouyang Ting muttered thoughtfully.
"You can take your time, anyway, in my opinion, the rules for men to stand tall in the world are very simple. When a friend comes, good wine and good meat, when a jackal comes, he will be killed. Of course, you Terrans are a little more complicated. After all, it is the sophistication of human feelings, not the sophistication of beasts. The weak chicken shrugged.
Ouyang Ting's gaze slowly became strange as he watched.
"What the hell are you staring at me like that? The weak chicken was a little hairy by his staring.
"You, are you really public?"
"it, can't it be my voice, you used to count on me to be a mother???"
.....
Since Ouyang Ting didn't plan to be the first deserter of the clan, his heart gradually calmed down.
Along the way, looking at the great mountains and rivers of this human race, I also had infinite longing for the future.
Climb over the hills until you can see in the distance behind the high wall known as the Terran Backbone.
Ouyang Ting, like everyone else, was shocked!
Although it is a dirt road, it is close to the border, and the traces of repair and widening are very obvious. The horses were very smooth at slow gallop.
It was only when they walked in the valley between these two mountains that they were more and more shocked by the miraculous existence of the high wall.
To their right and left, there were two hills that were not too high, but these hills were two stretches of mountains that reached into the sky.
The huge wall, which is already faintly visible, is like a towering blade slashed between two mountains, and the middle part of the wall stretches for several miles.
In their eyes, the walls and the mountains were just as deep and dark as they were hidden in the clouds.
The high walls above the mountains are noticeably shorter, but they stretch beyond the ridges into the distance on either side.
Even the weak chickens couldn't help but praise from the bottom of their hearts: "Miracle Project..."
It has been around for a long time, and it would not have been amazed if it had built a wall of this magnitude in the world before the catastrophe.
But now it's different, it's a world with no technology and no machinery.
To create such a line of defense with both hands, it will cost a lot of money and blood.
"Whip up, speed up!" the black-robed general shouted and rushed in the direction of the giant wall.
"Drink!" everyone excitedly waved their whips and whipped the horses under their seats.
Camp?
When the team was already very close to the giant wall, Ouyang Ting was surprised to find it.
Just a few miles from the left and right under the high walls, two places that resembled ethnic settlements came into view from afar.
"Huh~~~" At this moment, the black-robed general stopped with a pull on the reins.
"Now let's start calling surnames, and the surnames I have called will be listed. As he spoke, he took out the roster and said loudly: "Chen, Roche, Ouyang, Platts..."
In a moment, after the black-robed general had more than ten surnames in a row, he raised his horsewhip and pointed to the camp on the left and said, "Your camp is there, I hope you can meet the people you want to see there." My name is He Xiao, and I am honored to be your guide!"
As he spoke, he pointed to the clan wall behind him and said, "In addition, you are welcome to the border battlefield, the largest pass of the Southern Regions clan wall - Longkou Pass!"
After speaking, he explained two sentences to the black-robed warrior beside him.
Then the samurai immediately stepped forward and motioned for them to follow.
"Lao He, don't leave it here!, drive!" The black-robed warrior arched his hand at He Xiao, turned around and rode away.
In this way, the team split into two, and Ouyang Ting followed the warrior towards the large camp on the left.
Could it be the Hou clan of the Hou clan among the surnames?
It seems that as the weak chicken said, people are indeed different. Thinking of the face of the Liu son, Ouyang Ting couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
The terrain was flat, and the camp was not too far away, but it was only a matter of moments.
When the more than 300 of them arrived at the gate of the camp, they found that the camp was far wider than they had thought when they looked at it from a distance.
It may seem small to describe it as a camp, but to be exact, it is a city, a large walled city that is closely connected to it by a clan wall.
The periphery of the walled city is blocked by bricks and stones, and the walls are about two feet high, extending in a circular shape on both sides, although they are still outside the walled city, the buildings inside can be seen from afar.
The tall bluestone buildings rise one by one, and it can be seen that there are many people living on each floor.
Regardless of the height of these barracks, all barracks passages had stone stairs at the ends of the passages connected to the city walls, leading to the stone passages of the clan walls that swirled upwards.
"The Commander is back!" Several warriors in the same black robes and black armor were already standing at the gate of the walled city, and they couldn't help but smile and greet them one by one when they arrived.
"Is it arranged inside?" asked the black-robed warrior who was guiding them.
"Well, you're in line, just bring it in. The man who greeted him at the door nodded.
Ouyang Ting glanced at him suspiciously, he hadn't said much along the way.
The black-robed warrior nodded and slowly entered the gate of the city with a horse rope, Ouyang Ting and they naturally didn't want to speak casually when they first arrived, and followed the team into the city.
As soon as they entered the city, everyone couldn't help but be stunned when they saw the scene inside.
The first thing that catches your eye when you walk into the walled city is a large martial arts arena, it is hard to say how big it is, but this area, I am afraid that it can accommodate nearly 10,000 people to practice at the same time.
And at this moment, the martial arts arena is not empty, and there are thousands of people standing neatly inside.
The men were unarmoured, but dressed in smart black shirts, and the line was straight in silence, and at the head of their line was a small flag fluttering in the wind.
There are surnames written on the small flag, presumably, these are veterans of various ethnic groups!
Everyone thought of this question in an instant, the clan family, these are teenagers who have left home for the first time, and the big brother and clan uncle in many people's memories may be in that crowd.
The team boiled all at once, and everyone poked their heads into the eyes with some excitement, wanting to see their surname flags.
Of course, Ouyang Ting and the clansmen behind him were no exception, and they all straightened up excitedly and searched through the crowd in front of them.
The queue and the banner also have a clear correlation with the clan level, and at a glance, the Chen clan flag at the top of the line was discovered by them.
According to this law, Ouyang Ting and the others quickly found the clan flag they were looking for.
I saw that at the end of several surnames that were hidden behind Chen, a slightly thin team of about twenty or thirty people appeared in their sight.
On the clan flag, which was obviously washed a little white, the word 'Ouyang' was painted very brightly.
Ouyang Ting's heart surged with heat.
"Quiet!" The black-robed warrior was obviously used to seeing this scene, but he was very reasonable, and only after the teenagers had calmed down a little did he speak.
"Great Commander, the newly recruited soldiers of all ethnic groups, a total of three hundred and sixty-four people have arrived at the camp!" the black-robed warrior bowed and said in a high voice.
"Well, hard work. Give the order!" A voice came, and Ouyang Ting and the others realized that there was a middle-aged man in a white robe standing on the wall behind them.
The man was dressed in a robe, but his bulging muscles were a sign that he was not a scholar.
Especially the terrifying three scars on the face with horizontal eyebrows and no anger and self-authority, it makes people feel a fierce ferocity!
"Welcome to the left camp of Longkou Pass, I am the commander of the left camp Wu Lie, and you will be my soldiers in the future. "The white-robed general revealed his name, which can be regarded as a common name for this group of recruits.
After speaking, he waved his hand and said, "Today, you entered the camp, and the journey was hard, so I won't say more." Report to your flags. ”
"Order!" replied the black-robed warrior.
Then he shouted: "All tribes, pick up people!"
It was only then that the statue-like line began to move, and a group of people slowly walked over in order of surname.
When they got closer, there was a bang, and the formation dispersed with a bang.
"Haha, little cub, why are you here too?"
"Huh, you're the second brother's kid, you're so old?"
“。。。。 ”
Suddenly, the martial arts arena, which was originally a little solemn, turned into a large-scale confession scene, all of which belonged to one clan, except for a few clans, most of them were tribal people.
This commotion made the entire martial arts arena look like a vegetable market, but even so, those black-robed warriors and the martial arts commander did not stop them, just smiled and shook their heads and walked away.
"Uncle Ping!" Ouyang Ting shouted when he saw the person carrying the Ouyang clan flag in the crowd.
"Hey, Xiao Ting, why are you here?" The middle-aged man carrying the flag walked over with a smile when he saw Ouyang Ting.
"Uncle Ping. ”
The people behind Ouyang Ting all stepped forward and shouted affectionately, Ouyang Ping, the elder of Uncle Kun's generation, is Uncle Kun's close cousin.
Although he is a little older, he has only been here for a few years.
Because the last group of people had a sudden change in their family when the conscription was approaching, and their mother died and needed to keep filial piety.
Ouyang Ping was also a bachelor, and when he saw Ouyang Kun looking at the family tree and worried, he came to make up for it as soon as his heart was horizontal.
"Let's go, it's too crowded here, hurry up, go back to the barracks with my uncle, and talk about it later." Ouyang Ping carried the clan flag and smiled, leading the juniors to turn around and squeeze out of the crowd.
But just a few steps away, suddenly Ouyang Ping in front of him stopped.
"I don't know what the general commands?" Ouyang Ping bowed and said.
Ouyang Ting stood behind him and looked at the front with a slight look in his eyes, is it still here?
The team blocking Ouyang Ping's way was holding a clan flag with a word written on it, "Chen"!