The sky was so hot that it seemed to be on fire, and the blue sky hung with a fireball-like scorching sun, throwing out endless light and heat, baking the ground and even the clouds in the sky as if they had been roasted, and disappeared without a trace.

There was not a trace of wind, and the tall Songcao on both sides was deaf and weak, but in this scorching afternoon, on the ten-mile path on the outskirts of Yongning City, there were two delicate and lovely maids carrying food boxes one after the other, walking slowly.

These two people are naturally Xiao Yue and Xiao Zhao.

"Sister~" Xiao Yue, who was walking behind, took small steps, while wiping the fine fragrant sweat on her forehead with a handkerchief, "Are we really going?" ”

"Reasoning, let's deliver food to the barracks so abruptly...... It's a bit abrupt. Xiao Zhao sighed softly, her sweat-soaked forehead tightly pressed against the corners of her forehead, making her look a little embarrassed, "But this is also a helpless thing......

"You ......"

Xiao Yue opened her mouth and was about to speak, but Xiao Zhao rushed to speak again: "The altar master has explained, no matter what Liang Zheng says or what he sees, we have to pay attention." But now he spends almost twelve hours a day in the barracks, we can't see anything, we can't hear anything, turn around and ask, how do you and I explain? ”

Xiao Yue didn't say much after hearing this, this is the truth - since the regiment practiced and built the town, Liang Zheng has been greedy all day long, although he is his personal maid, but the words he has said to him all day long do not add up to ten sentences, seeing that the altar master is about to do something, but the situation on his side is getting more and more out of control, this one is not handled properly, it may lead to the loss of the entire operation, and the Holy Sect's years of planning are in vain, and the consequences are unimaginable.

Xiao Zhao saw that her sister no longer objected, so she naturally didn't stop talking - she also had her own reasoning, but unlike Xiao Yue's concerns, she had another plan in her heart.

She had to prove something with her own eyes before she could decide what she was going to do......

After all, if you take this step, you will have no way out.

The two sisters had their own thoughts, but no one spoke, only silently carrying the food box on the path leading to the regimental training camp, walking about a meal, seeing a section of the wall faintly exposed in the forest in front of them, and the flag hanging high above them, the sisters were happy in their hearts, knowing that it was here, and were about to step up their pace to rush over......

Suddenly!

"What people!"

There was a snort in the grass around him, followed by a murderous aura, which blew up the hairs all over his body, Xiao Yue subconsciously touched his waist, but was held down by Xiao Zhao.

Because she could see what was coming out of the grass......

It was a soldier in an orange brocade uniform, wearing a beautiful three-cornered hat, a musket in his hand and a snow-bright bayonet, staring at them for a moment, his eyes reflecting a complete chill.

"We are Lord Liang's personal servants, and we are here to deliver food to your lordship." Xiao Zhao hurriedly said, but his heart was shocked.

Although the martial arts of themselves and Xiaoyue are not at the peak, their long-term training has already made them perceive something different from ordinary people, even if it is because of the hot weather and a slight distraction, they will not even be able to notice that they are hiding from people so closely.

Unless he's a stone carver......

Also, judging from his figure and footsteps, this person's skills are ordinary, but the murderous aura that he exudes in an instant makes even Xiao Yue, whose martial arts are much higher than him, subconsciously want to defend himself......

Is this the soldier trained by Liang Zheng?

She didn't think about it anymore, because the other party heard their identities and had already spoken again: "So that's the case...... You wait, Wu Dali, a few of you are staring at the post, and I will go in and report to the commander. ”

There was a loud roar in the surrounding grass.

Xiao Zhao and Xiao Yue involuntarily glanced at each other, but they both saw horror in each other's eyes.

It turns out that there are still so many secret sentinels hidden around him......

These soldiers are simply ......

"On such a hot day, aren't you depressed that you are hiding in it like a stake?" Xiao Yue couldn't help but ask anymore.

"We're standing guard." One soldier replied casually, nonchalantly, as if it were just a normal thing.

However, Satsuki couldn't help but shudder.

The sentry-like sentry is not the slightest disturbance even in the scorching heat—otherwise it is impossible not to be noticed by yourself......

What a strict discipline it was—and it had apparently penetrated into everyone's bones, as could be seen from the natural expression on the soldier's face in front of him.

If such a soldier is placed on the battlefield......

Just thinking about it, the soldier who went in to report came back again, and bowed slightly at Xiao Zhao Xiaoyue: "You come with me." ”

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On the school grounds, there are neat queues everywhere, including those standing in military postures, walking in formation, shooting, and fighting bayonets...... The shouts of killing were deafening, and the training ground was in full swing. The second daughter followed the soldier, looking around curiously as she walked.

"Sister, look over there!" Xiao Zhao suddenly lost his voice and exclaimed.

Xiao Yue, who was walking on the right, couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, she was paying attention to the terrain of the barracks, inspecting the distribution of sentry posts, and was shouted by her sister like this, and also looked in the direction of her finger......

Then her eyes straightened.

For right in front of them, on a field on the left, several rows of soldiers with bayonets were marching in unison, majestically and vigorously.

There were about fifty of them, arranged in a tight phalanx, about an arm's length apart from each other, and the first two drummers were playing a melodic march, while the phalanx behind them walked calmly to the beat of the drums.

But that's not what really shocked them......

What really shocked them was that in the direction they were traveling, more than a dozen assembled machine crossbows were constantly pouring a dense rain of arrows into their midst!

Although the arrows landed in the middle of them under the control of the machine and did not hurt anyone, if any of them took the slightest half step, they would definitely be shot as hedgehogs on the spot.

However, the soldiers in these queues did not move in a hurry, and their steps were calm, like machines, calmly facing the death that might come at any time.

"Don't be afraid, two girls, these arrows are all wrapped in heads." The soldier who led the two daughters saw that they were all watching, so he had to stop and explain.

"I see...... Xiao Zhao stroked his chest, "I thought they were really not afraid of death." ”

"These are all new recruits, so they have this kind of preferential treatment." The soldier waved his hand disapprerovingly, "If it's a veteran who is more than a month old, you have to replace it with a real arrow, don't believe it, look at the right." ”

When the two women looked at it together, sure enough, a field of the same size was also separated on the right, and the soldiers in the field were also lined up in a neat phalanx, but they were not advancing, but half-kneeling on the ground to reload and fill.

But at the same time, around them, there was also a rain of arrows like flying locusts.

It's just that the sharp arrows didn't fall, but were directly inserted into the ground around them, which was obviously a real arrow.

And before their eyes, an arrow grazed the leftmost soldier's cheek steeply, and was driven into the ground less than half an inch from his body, the feathers of the tail still vibrating......

And yet even so!

The soldier did not even shake his hands, his face remained unchanged, and he repeated the action of loading the ammunition calmly and quickly, as if it had just been shot at him not by an arrow, but by a cloud of air.

"Oh my God...... Can these still be considered human? Xiao Zhao shouted in a trembling voice.

"Girl, what are these words?" The soldier glanced at Xiao Zhao with some displeasure, "This practice is also for our good, if you really go to the battlefield, the sword and arrow have no eyes, the situation can be a hundred times more severe, this is to let everyone not be in chaos, and if you are in chaos, you will die quickly." ”

"But......" Satsuki asked, "don't you think he didn't treat you as a human being at all?" ”

"Nonsense!" The soldier's eyes immediately widened, "If the adults don't treat us as human beings, how can they pay a full 3 stones!" ”

"3 stones?!"

"To be a soldier is to die in battle." The soldier said, "Three stones of silver, one stone more than the officers and soldiers of the guardhouse, and in case of death in battle, there is a generous pension...... Not to mention anything else, just this one is worth our life for Lord Liang! ”

"Hmm......"

"Don't you know, since I joined the town army, the people in the village have different eyes on me, and Uncle Liu, who is on the other side of my family, is asking every day, when will our town expand its recruitment, he will also send two babies to join the army." The soldier's eyes showed a strong sense of pride, "What's more, the whole army is one and the same, even the adults are no exception, what else do we have to say?" ”