Ergou is the second generation of immigrants from Jishi County, and it is also the latest batch of recruits of the Young Guard, because the Young Guard is the prince's pro-army, so the source control of the soldiers is extremely strict, and the vast majority of the soldiers are from Liaoxi County, Jishi County, Langya County and other places called the old area by the king, Liaoxi and Jishi County are the fundamental places where the Han Dynasty started, and Langya County also occupies a very special position in the local system of the entire Han Dynasty because of the relationship between the queen Ye Jinger. The new generation of the Young Guards are literate, which has become one of the most basic requirements of the Young Guards.

After Ergou finished middle school, he was not admitted to a higher school, just last year the Young Guards recruited soldiers in Jishi County, he just turned sixteen years old, and he applied for the exam with the mentality of giving it a try, you know, it is very difficult to join this army, but Ergou did not expect that he was actually admitted.

Ergou's family is still good, as a second-generation immigrant, his family now owns a piece of land in Jishi County, regardless of the income from the land, in the slack season, everyone in the family can easily find a temporary job in the city, and the salary is settled every day, which is very profitable. The first two elder brothers in the family have already built new houses, and they have separated from each other, only he still lives with his parents and was admitted to the Young Guard, which makes his parents happy and worried, for ordinary people, wearing the distinctive military uniform of the Young Guard, it will impress the people around him, and the worry is that if he joins the army, he will have to fight, and it is naturally dangerous to fight.

But Ergou didn't realize all this, because he was surrounded by this great joy, and these days, all he had gained in the village were envious glances and flattering greetings.

After more than half a year of hellish training, Ergou was drawn to Wuguan with the troops, and the first battle he faced. It is an incomparably cruel battle of guarding the martial arts.

Now he was a crossbowman, wielding a Divine Crossbow at the top of a fortress where he could clearly see all the scenes on the battlefield not far ahead.

In the trenches, rivers of blood flowed and arms were broken. The stump, the head that had lost his body, filled his eyes, in addition to blood red, it was still blood red, and at the age of sixteen, his stomach churned, lying on the body of the divine crossbow, retching for a while. The body trembled slightly. I only felt a burst of urine coming.

It's nervous. He said to himself in his heart, hold on, just pass this level. Before stepping on the front line, the squad leader told himself that there is nothing here, they are enemies, and if they don't kill the enemy, the enemy will kill themselves. When you go to the battlefield, don't treat the person on the other side as a human being. It's just like the chickens and sheep you killed at home.

But it's really hard to do that! Ergou looked at a head that was collapsed by a grenade not far from the dark castle, and it was surprising that this head and face were actually very clean, so clean that Ergou could see the other party's face clearly, it was a young face. It won't be much bigger than himself, and at this moment, the two eyes widened, as if they were looking at Ergou.

"Boy, take a sip of wine and steady yourself!" A hand on his shoulder. A small pot was handed to his mouth, and he looked back to see that the man was his squad leader.

"Squad leader, drinking on the battlefield is against military discipline." Ergou said nervously.

"This is a small point that I secretly got from logistics, you are a recruit, the first time you go to the battlefield, you must be uncomfortable to show, take a few sips, the wine rushes to the head, forget everything, survive this battle, you are also a veteran." The squad leader smiled, the squad leader was not a few years older than himself, at most in his early twenties, but he was a veteran for several years. He is also a native of Jishi County and comes from the world-famous Baiyang Village. "Don't be afraid, it's fine. When there are newcomers in our class, we all do this, and when I was a recruit in the past, the squad leader did the same. ”

Ergou took the small pot, tilted his neck and poured a few sips, choking and coughing, causing his companions on the fortress to laugh, in this class, Ergou is the youngest, of course, he will be taken care of a lot.

"The Chu army is about to fight, this is a tough battle." The squad leader carefully put away the jug with a little wine left, and said to Ergou: "They have filled in the trench, and then you have to aim and shoot." Aren't you shooting at the top three targets when you're a recruit, let's see today. ”

"Understood." Ergou, who had drunk a few big sips of wine, was hot at the moment, and sure enough, as the squad leader said, the retching and nausea felt a lot better, he shook the crossbow and said loudly.

The Chu army poured out of the trench, densely packed with human heads, and the eyes of the two dogs were filled at once, and at the front was a row of huge shields, and the soldiers of the Chu army crowded behind the shields and advanced forward. At a distance of two hundred paces, the squad leader's voice suddenly sounded in Ergou's ears: "Shoot!" ”

Ergou was excited, slammed the trigger, and there was a strong vibration in his hand, and the Shenji crossbow that was installed on the base of the iron frame kept bouncing backwards, and the Ergou desperately controlled the Shenji crossbow and controlled the shooting line, so as not to let the crossbow arrows he shot become a flying scenery.

The Chu army in front was covered by shields, but this time the shot was aimed at the edge of the trench, and for a while, on the fortress at the forefront, all the divine crossbows were howling. Rows of Chu troops, who had just climbed out of the trench not long ago, fell to the ground like leeks being cut.

With a sound of the card, the pre-loaded crossbow arrows in the Shenji crossbow were shot out in a very short time, the second dog body fell back, took a step back, and a comrade who had been waiting on the side snapped open the arrow box of the Shenji crossbow, and another soldier on the right immediately stuffed another arrow box in, closed the baffle, and the card was reset with a sound, Ergou stepped on a step, once again controlled the crossbow machine with both hands, and turned his head to the Shenji crossbow, Ergou found that in this short period of time, the Chu army in front had advanced to about 100 steps, With a shout, these Chu troops rushed out from behind their shields and rushed towards the bunker at high speed, and behind them, they had already been swept out of the void by the crossbow of the divine machine.

"Cross left and right, cover shot!" The squad leader's voice rang out again.

As usual in training, hearing the voice of the squad leader, Ergou turned the Shenji crossbow half a body without thinking, but it was aimed at the bottom of another fortress more than a hundred steps away from him, and almost at the same time, he saw that the crossbow machine over there was also aimed at his side.

When the enemy rushes above a certain distance, the crossbow on top of the fortress can no longer shoot at the enemy in front of and below due to the angle, so at this time, mutual cover is crucial.

The sound of the crossbow machine roared again, and the cross-fire knocked almost all the Chu troops who rushed to the ground, but there were still a few survivors who survived, and these survivors roared, lit the grenade in their hands, and still came towards the fortress.

Ergou saw a grenade flying up from his side, but he couldn't do anything, he could only watch, and a shield suddenly appeared next to him, it was the squad leader, clank, the shield blocked the grenade back, and then an explosion came, and a wail came from below.

Ergou was scared into a cold sweat, it was not absolutely safe to be on top of the fortress, and if the grenade just now was thrown up, he would definitely not be able to escape.

Replaced with another arrow box, and the squad leader shouted in his ear: "Shoot accurately, if you miss a few mongrels , it may cause us harm." ”

"Got it!" Ergou said loudly. Turning the body of the crossbow, he suddenly found that in his sight, the open space was already crowded with Chu troops at the moment, and just when they turned the nose to cover each other, more Chu troops crawled out.

There are ten soldiers in their fortress, Ergou and the other two control the crossbow machine, and the remaining seven people are responsible for covering, at this time, the second dog can no longer care about much, the crossbow machine keeps howling, shooting down the enemies in the range one by one, and there is no need to aim. The other seven people lit their grenades one after another and threw them under the fortress, and the sound of explosions rang out endlessly, even the reinforced concrete fortress felt shaky at the moment.

Shooting forward, then turning the angle, shooting towards the cover of the fortress not far from him, Ergou mechanically repeated these two movements, suddenly, his eyes froze, several grenades exploded above the fortress he was covering, and he clearly saw that the body of a comrade in the uniform of the Guards was thrown high, and the crossbow body was crooked and fell down. The Chu army below cheered.

The bodies of several comrades-in-arms appeared on the fortress, and Ergou could see the blood on their bodies, and they threw their grenades downward, and the Chu army, who was still cheering just now, was immediately blown up.

But soon, the comrades were shot down by the arrows fired from below, and their bodies planted the fortress. Anger suddenly filled Ergou's chest, he roared, wrenched, crossbow arrows roared and flew in that direction, one by one Chu soldiers with crossbow arrows stuck in their bodies, and fell under the fortress.

A grenade exploded behind him, and Ergou heard the scream, but he didn't have time to turn back, he just kept holding the machine until the crossbow arrow in the Shenji crossbow was shot, took a step back, and waited for his comrades to get the arrow, but he took off a grenade from his waist, lit the fuse, and threw it under the fortress. When he heard the familiar sound of the card reset, he lunged on it again and began to shoot.

At this moment, the previous feeling of nausea and vomiting was gone, and the pupils of the eyes were densely filled with each other's figures.

After the first line of defense, Wu Ya looked at the tragic battle ahead, the invention of gunpowder has indeed changed the mode of combat, this kind of tragic casualties, it was unimaginable before.

"Give the order to retreat and abandon the first line of defense."

"Division commander, we haven't collapsed yet, the first line of defense can still hold on, how long has the war started, are we going to give up the first line of defense?" Behind him, the deputy division commander roared.

"Hold on a little longer, even if we kill more enemies, our people are about to die, we want victory, not face." A cruel smile appeared on Wu Ya's face, "Soon they will know what price to pay." (To be continued.) )