There was already a camp on the top of the mountain, and when they came to the top of the mountain, they saw Xu Xiang at the gate of the camp waiting for them with everyone.

The two of them were already numb in their legs, and they dragged their heavy bodies forward, kneeling in front of Xu Xiang.

"Young master, we came back late, and let the young master wait, I am really very guilty, please punish the young master."

Xu Xiang helped each of them up with one hand, and there was no trace of blame on his face, but a hint of relief, "You have behaved very well, since you went up the mountain, there are a total of 1,916 people, and now there are 1,916 people who have climbed to the top of the mountain, which makes me very satisfied with you!" ”

"Now that everyone is back, let's start lining up, I'll just say a few words, and we'll have dinner!"

When Jing Shu heard this, he shouted loudly, "Line up!" ”

Everyone quickly stood up on top of the camp according to the original team, although they were all exhausted now, but Xu Xiang's praise just now made everyone full of strength.

"First of all, I'm so relieved to see that all of you have made it to the top of the mountain! I've seen all of your performances, and if I see your spirit for the first time, I am full of appreciation for you. Today's performance makes me very satisfied with you! ”

"So, from today on, I officially accept you and become my comrade-in-arms of Xu Changsha!"

Xu Xiang walked slowly on the stage and continued, "Many people may ask, why do I use the word comrade-in-arms to describe the relationship between you and me? ”

"What are comrades-in-arms? If we go to the battlefield together, then we are comrades-in-arms who can trust each other with life and death! It's like a chopstick, it's easy to break, but when multiple chopsticks are put together, it's hard to break! On the battlefield, your comrades-in-arms are your back and the support of your life! With comrades-in-arms, you are not alone, and you will eventually be invincible! ”

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"Then since we have become comrades-in-arms, I hope you will do six words, 'don't abandon, don't give up'! Even if our comrades are seriously injured or die heroically, we will never abandon them, because unity is our only strength! Even if we are in danger and surrounded by enemies, we will never give up, because victory is our only faith! ”

"I, Xu Changsha, make a vow on the top of the dome today! I will never abandon any of my comrades, not even if they die in battle! I will never give up any hope of victory, even if it means giving my own life! ”

"Don't abandon! Don't give up! ”

"Don't abandon! Don't give up! ”

All the soldiers roared loudly, and the sound shook the sky, startling the sleeping birds and beasts in the mountain peak.

At this moment, these warriors are lit with a raging fire in their hearts, like a candle that never goes out, slowly illuminating this black and gray world.

It is now more than 1,900 people here who have become the mainstay of the Great Chu Emperor's army, which later shocked the world.

"From now on, I am officially your bishop! And your Captain Jing is the deputy instructor who is responsible for your daily training, You Qingling will be your martial arts instructor, and Xu Yi will be your leading instructor! In the future, you don't call me a young master anymore, there are only non-commissioned officers and instructors in the army, and there are no masters and servants! ”

"Yes! Instructor! ”

"Instructor Xu Yi!"

"Young master....." As soon as Xu Cheng responded, he was glared at by Xu Xiang, and he was so frightened that he immediately shut up.

"I repeat, there will be no master and servant in the army in the future. Also, when a superior calls a subordinate, answer loudly! Do you hear that? Xu Xiang said loudly at the top of his voice.

"Yes!"

"Instructor Xu Yi!"

"Here!" This time, Xu Yi became smarter.

"Arrange it and let everyone eat, they must be hungry already."

"Yes!"

After Xu Xiang finished speaking, he called You Qingling and Jing Shu to his camp tent, and arranged the training tasks and marching plans for the next day with them while eating dry food.

It wasn't until late at night, after the two had been sent away, that he sat down, pulled out some paper, and began to draw something on it.

Until he left Zhongning City with his team, Qin Zhiwei and Huo Lingzhuo attacked the city as if they were dealing with him. He knew that these two were perfunctory to him!

However, he can't help them for the time being, who calls himself really ineffective!

The two of them seemed to have discussed it, or they couldn't accept that they had mastered the Dragon Order so quickly.

Therefore, Xu Xiang desperately wanted to form his own forces as soon as possible.

In his life creed, either don't do it, or do it to do your best!

So, he didn't intend to take over any of the armies inherent in this era, he intended to build an army of his own. And now, the prototype of the later Great Chu Emperor's army is already on his paper.

It is not so easy to form a strong army.

Now it is the most urgent thing to help Xuanyuan Ding recapture Ningdu, and now it is okay to have the 10,000 Chengfeng Army of the Changsun Clan, which is the strength that Xuanyuan Ding has at present, and the power owned by the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow, he does not plan to completely subdue it, he can only use it, or subtly take it under his command.

But, no matter what, loyalty to him must come first. Otherwise, he'd rather not!

His original idea for his army was to form a modern army with thermal weapons, but now it is clearly not possible, and the conditions do not allow it at all.

Although the Chengfeng Army is equipped with the weapons of a modern corps, it does not use modern training methods, which also determines the limitations of their development.

Although it is now the middle of March and the weather is getting warmer, the summit of the mountain they are on is now nearly a kilometer high, and it gets colder and colder at night.

Outside the tent, the wind was blowing, and the campfire was blown by the wind and swayed from side to side.

The light of the bonfire imprinted a person on the tent, Xu Xiang glanced out and asked, "Who?" ”

"Master, it's me." Yang Dianfeng's voice came from outside the tent.

"Oh, Old Yang, don't stand outside, come in." Xu Xiang put down the pen, and saw that the curtain was opened, and a cold wind blew in, so cold that he wrapped his clothes.

Yang Dianfeng walked in with a wooden basin, there was still a trace of heat in the wooden basin, he put the wooden basin in front of Xu Xiang, and said, "Young master, it's getting late, you can wash up and rest early." ”

"Well, I see, you go down and rest early." Xu Xiang nodded, it was indeed very late now, and he would have to get up early tomorrow.

Xu Xiang got up, walked over and put his hand into the wooden basin, feeling the temperature of the warm water, and his face showed an expression of enjoyment.

He wrung out the towel, washed his face, and took off his boots.

A stench overflowed from his feet, he hurriedly soaked his feet in the wooden basin, today he also climbed the mountain for a day, his feet sweated a lot, and he didn't take off his boots until now, the smell is inevitable.

Seeing that Yang Dianfeng hadn't left yet, Xu Xiang asked, "Old Yang, do you have anything else?" ”

Yang Dianfeng showed a hesitant look on his face, and under Xu Xiang's puzzled gaze, he asked as if he had opened up, "Young Master, I have a question for you." ”

Xu Xiang pointed to the carpet next to him and said, "Sit!" If you have any questions, just ask. ”

"Ma Shouxin and the Xinghuo Hidden Guard treat the young lady like this, why do you want to keep his life?" Yang Dianfeng's face seemed to have a deep hatred.

Everything Xu Xiang and Jiang Shenyu went through, he saw it in his eyes.

In his heart, Jiang Shenyu's status is already on par with Xu Xiang. At first, he only thought that Jiang Shenyu's injury was due to an accident, but he didn't expect that the truth was deliberately done by Ma Shouxin, so he already hated Ma Shouxin to death in his heart.

"Do you think Ma Shouxin did such a thing because he hated me?" Xu Xiang asked.

"Isn't it? When he was in Sin Chew, he had always been hostile to Your Highness. Ma Shouxin is simply a despicable and shameless villain, why do you care if he is the eldest prince's person? In my opinion, it's better to kill it directly! ”

"Do you think he would dare to do such a thing without the acquiescence of my eldest brother?"

Xu Xiang smiled coldly, except for him, everyone in the Xu Mansion thought that Ma Shouxin would harm Jiang Shenyu only because he resented Xu Xiang, they didn't know that all this was secretly instructed by Xu Hong, even Xu Yi and Yang Dianfeng were no exception.

"Your Highness, you ...... Don't guess! The eldest prince is like a brother and sister to you, how could it be? Yang Dianfeng's face was full of disbelief.

"I'm not guessing." Xu Xiangfeng said lightly, and then told Yang Dianfeng the ins and outs of the whole thing in a bystander-like tone.

Yang Dianfeng is the most trustworthy person around him, no matter what he does is right or wrong, and no matter how down-and-out and dangerous he is, he is always by his side.

After listening to Xu Xiang's narration, Yang Dianfeng showed an angry look on his face and said, "Your Highness, since the eldest prince is so disregarding brotherhood, let's not go back to Chu again!" ”

"No, I'll go back eventually." Xu Xiang shook his head, his feet were almost soaked, and he raised his feet to wipe the water stains on his feet with a towel.

"Why are you going back? Even if you can return to Chu safely, he will secretly be against you! ”

"It's okay, I haven't been to see my brother for a long time, and when I'm done here, I'll go back and meet him." Xu Xiang said, "Besides, my father and mother both died outside Xingzhou City, no matter what, I still have to go back to worship them." ”

Speaking of the former monarch of the Chu State, Yang Dianfeng didn't say anything more. After all, filial piety is paramount, and no one can say anything more.

He got up silently and picked up Xu Xiang's footwashing water, "Then I won't disturb the young master's rest." ”

"Go ahead."

This peak is called Ningshan Mountain, and the height is about 1,000 meters, and they reach the summit from the north side of the mountain around the mountain road. The south side of the top of the mountain is relatively gentle after all, and the southern slope of this Ning Mountain is the junction of Zhongning City and Tongxin City.

After crossing the southern slope, there is a mountain forest, about 300 meters above sea level, and the people of Tongxin City call it the Killing Forest.

Killing Forest, as the name suggests, as long as it is a living being, it is difficult to survive after entering this vast mountain forest.

As a result, this mountain forest is rarely inhabited, and there are many fierce beasts in the mountain forest, and the land in this mountain forest is extremely loose, and the heavy winter rains have turned some places into swamps.

The people who live outside Tongxin City, even if they go to the mountains and forests to cut firewood and hunt, are only within a radius of five miles.

The deeper you go, the more dangerous it becomes.

Last year, when the grain harvest failed in more than a dozen villages outside Tongxin City, some of the brave people planned to go deep into the mountains and forests to hunt, but few people were able to get out.

After this year, because there was no way to get food, the starving to death, and the departure of those who left their hometowns, these villages were empty, and only these rows of grass huts and wooden houses that had not been repaired for a long time can prove that some people once lived here.

Although the southern slope of Ningshan is gentler than the northern slope, it is not like the northern slope that is spiral-shaped and can slowly climb up the peak.

Therefore, it is extremely difficult to climb up the mountain from the south slope, while it is very easy to descend with ropes.

Early in the morning, after breakfast, Xu Xiang took the nearly 2,000 people down the southern slope.

"The bishop has ordered that everyone must come down before noon before they can eat! So go down the mountain faster, and at the same time remember that we are all comrades-in-arms and help each other! Don't give up, don't give up! Jing Shu began to order.

"Don't abandon! Don't give up! The soldiers responded loudly and began to tie the ropes in an orderly manner, descending the hill step by step.

The descent was faster than they had expected, and they had already descended before noon.

At the foot of the hill are large barren fields, and the shadow of the village can be seen not far away.

Xu Xiang ordered the soldiers to rest in place, and asked Xu Cheng to take ten people to the village to check the situation.

It didn't take long for Xu Cheng to run back with someone, and he also brought a man in rags and a foul smell all over his body.

The man's face and clothes were covered in mud, his hair was a mess of knots, and lice could be seen crawling on top of his hair.

"Hey, hey, hey......" The man's eyes were glazed and he was smiling stupidly, not like a normal person.

"Xu Yi, who is he?" Yang Dianfeng frowned and asked, feeling a little dissatisfied with Xu Yi in his heart, how could he bring such a sloppy person to the young master!

"This is what I brought from that village. I searched the whole village, but there was no one but this madman at a broken well. Therefore, they brought him here. Xu Yi replied.

Xu Xiang looked at the man, and the man also looked at him with a curious look, and the two looked at each other.

What Xu Xiang saw in this man's eyes was a hollow piece, no different from a fool.

"Jing Shu, you choose a hundred people to be responsible for guarding, and the rest rest rest in place. Mingying, Lao Yang and Xu Yi, you come with me to the village to have a look. Xu Xiang decided to go to this village to see the situation.

"Then Instructor Xu, this person ......" Xu Yi pointed to the man and asked.

"Take it with you."

After saying this, he walked towards the village, and before he could enter the village, he smelled a foul stench, which carried a hint of decay, which made him very unwell.

At the entrance of the village, a stone monument was erected, on which the words Ningpo Village were written, and the plaque at the entrance of the village had been half gone, and it was already covered with dust.

"Young Master." Yang Dianfeng handed over a piece of cloth, and Xu Xiang took it and covered his nose with a cloth, which made him feel a little better.

The whole village was empty and lifeless, and the rows of grass huts on both sides were crumbling by the wind.

There is a wooden house in the center of the village, which looks slightly more imposing than the others, and there is a wooden tent in front of this wooden house, and a flagpole is erected in front of the wooden canopy, and a broken cloth flag is hung on it, and the word "tea shop" can be vaguely seen written on the cloth flag.

In the wooden canopy, some tables and stools were crooked, and the ground was full of fragments of porcelain bowls, in addition to this, some broken linen cloth was blown by the wind, revealing pieces of white bones, which looked particularly terrifying.

Xu Xiang frowned and walked into the wooden tent, and he pinched a white bone with a cloth.

"Young Master!" Yang Dianfeng saw his young master picking up the white bones, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly called out. "Young Master, what are you going to do? Just let your subordinates do it for you. ”

Xu Xiang ignored him, looked at the white bones carefully, and then put them down, "These people have been dead for no more than three months, as if they were poisoned." ”

"Huh?" Yang Dianfeng showed a look of surprise, he was still a little apprehensive about this village full of death, and said, "These have nothing to do with us, why don't we continue to hurry, young master?" ”

Xu Xiang shook his head, judging from the number of houses in this village, there are at least a hundred or so households, and a village like this should be regarded as a big village.

In such a big village, there is not a single living person except for that fool, which is a bit abnormal.

"Xu Yi, bring that fool here." Xu Xiang stood up and said.

"Good!" Xu Yi nodded and said to the soldiers behind him, "Bring him here!" ”

The fool was still looking at Xu Xiang with a smirk, and the horn had already begun to flow out of the corners of his mouth.

"Are you from this village?" Xu Xiang tried to communicate with him.

"Hey, hey, hey......" the fool didn't say a word.

At this moment, a petite, crisp and hostile little girl's voice suddenly came, "Who are you?" Let go of my dad! ”

The crowd followed the direction of the sound and saw a little girl dressed in tatters, carrying some verdant fruit in her clothes, looking at them with hostile eyes.

The little girl was less than a meter tall and looked to be about seven or eight years old. His long hair was dirty, and his face was covered in dust and dirt.

"Yaya! Yaya is back! There is something to eat...... Hey, hey, hey......" The fool saw the little girl suddenly speak stupidly, and the two soldiers broke free without him noticing.

They were about to arrest the fool back, but Xu Xiang said, "Don't arrest him." ”

The fool quickly ran to the little girl, like a child begging his parents to give him pocket money, and circled around the little girl, his eyes kept staring at the green fruit in her clothes, and his mouth read, "Yaya, Yaya, eat!" ”

The little girl's eyes seemed to be full of doting, and she took out the fruit and handed it to the silly man.

The silly man took the fruit, took a cheerful bite, and ran away again.

"Daddy! Slow down! ”

Although her eyes kept looking at her father, she put on a defensive posture towards Xu Xiang and others, and was full of vigilance against Xu Xiang's uninvited guests.

Xu Xiang walked slowly towards her.

"You...... What are you doing? Don't come here! After all, the little girl was just a child, and she was still a little scared in the face of adults, and she retreated slightly.

Xu Xiang saw that he seemed to be scared of this little girl, so he quickly stopped and said, "Little girl, don't be nervous, I'm not a bad person." ”

"Who knows if you're a bad person! The word bad guy doesn't have the word bad guy written on his face! The little girl didn't seem to trust his words, and still backed away.

Xu Xiang couldn't help but smile, he didn't expect this little girl to be so old and so smart and know how to protect herself.

"I'm really not a bad person! You see, if I were a bad person, what time would I be wasting with you against a kid like you? Xu Xiang explained with a smile on his face that he thought was very kind, but he didn't know that his smile was like a strange uncle in the eyes of the little girl.

"And...... Look at you like this, even if I'm a bad person, I can't get anything from you, right? ”

The little girl's brain reaction was not as fast as that of an adult, and she couldn't turn around for a while, so she had to say, "If you're not a bad person, don't bully me as a child." You should get out of here quickly! ”

"No, we're passing by here and looking for a living person to ask something."

"Then you don't have to ask, except for me and my father, everyone here is dead!" The look on the little girl's face became very sad.

"All dead? How did he die? ”

"Uncle, I'm just a child, how would I know?"

"Big ...... Uncle? "Three black lines appeared on Xu Xiang's face, do I look so old?