During this time, Shi Luosheng and Liu Zixuan followed Shi Zhen to learn the art of war every morning, practiced martial arts with Ling Zhen in the afternoon, and meditated on themselves in the evening to practice internal strength. Half a year passed in a blink of an eye, and Shi Yu found the two of them on this day: "After the spring of next year, the two countries of Song and Chu will go to war again." Ogura Castle is also recruiting now, so you two can sign up later. Later, when you go to the army, you can only rely on yourself when you encounter problems, and you have to help each other. Luosheng, you don't have to worry about things at home, I will take care of it for you, wait until I go back and say goodbye to your mother and Ling Zhen, and then let's go. ”

Although the counties and counties also recruit soldiers every year, they can't recruit many people every time, except for those who really can't eat, who is willing to be a soldier, and the imperial court has to take compulsory measures to let the people of school age go to military service. As for the recruitment stations in various places, as long as someone comes, they will be approved to enlist in the army, not missing arms and legs.

Shi Luosheng's process of joining the army was also very smooth, and no one cared if they were really fifteen years old. On the second day of enlistment, these recruits were sent to Yuzhou City on the border of Song and Chu, and the border army stationed in Yuzhou was commanded by the general Deng Yuanjue, who was known as the pillar of the Song Dynasty, and General Deng was also the head of the Deng family, one of the five great families of the Great Song Dynasty.

Although the Song State is the weakest country among the five countries, Deng Yuanjue is recognized as the first general of the five countries, and even Tian Wuji, the general of the Qi State who has been famous for more than 30 years, said that he was inferior to Deng Yuanjue after studying many examples of Deng Yuanjue's battles. Thinking about it, if it weren't for Deng Yuanjue's existence, with less than 30,000 troops in the Great Song Dynasty, how could he stop the pressure of the 200,000 army of the Chu State. In the past ten years, the Chu army has never been able to break through the city gate of Yuzhou, even if the commander of the Chu army was later replaced by Xiang Tong, a famous general of the Chu State who was as famous as Tian Wuji.

Shi Luosheng and the two were selected into the forward battalion after the recruit unit arrived in Yuzhou City, according to the previous practice, the forward battalion did not accept recruits, because the forward battalion carried out more dangerous tasks, and after inexperienced recruits came in, it was easy to die. In the last war that had just ended, the forward battalion suffered too many casualties, and although some of the troops were replenished from other battalions, the personnel were still not fully manned. In desperation, they had to choose some strong ones among the recruits to supplement, and Shi Luosheng and the two looked very strong after half a year of martial arts, so they were also picked up by the forward battalion.

The current commander of the forward battalion is called Wu Teng, who is a fierce general under Deng Yuanjue. Wu Teng not only fought bravely, but also trained his troops very strictly in peacetime, and because of this, the forward battalion was the strongest combat effectiveness among all the battalions under Deng Yuanjue and even in the entire Great Song Dynasty.

At this time, Wu Tengzheng was standing on the school ground in military uniform and lectured to the officers and soldiers of the whole battalion: "Today, some of our new brothers have come to the forward battalion, some have come from other war camps, and some have just enlisted in the army. The forward battalion is the battalion with the strongest combat effectiveness in the entire Great Song Dynasty, the battalion with the most military achievements, the battalion with the fastest promotion rate of soldiers, and the battalion with the most serious casualties. In order to minimize casualties, the Forward Battalion will also be the most heavily trained battalion. If any of you are worried that you will not be able to accept this harshness, please stand up now, I will not laugh at you, because it is a smart decision, but if no one comes forward, I will assume that you are a qualified Striker Battalion soldier, and since you are a qualified Striker Battalion soldier, you have to accept everything from the whole battalion. Okay, do you want to stand up now? ”

"Nope!"

"Nope!"

"Nope!"

The soldiers below were roaring. "Very good, since there are none, then our training will start now, and everyone will run fifty laps around the school field to warm up." Wu Teng's style has always been so vigorous and resolute, and he directly arranged physical training after the training.

"What, this is the time to start training? I haven't put down the equipment I just received. Several recruits were muttering quietly.

A ten-division commander who was in charge of training recruits scolded: "What so much nonsense, don't want to run and stand up as soon as possible, General Wu just said very clearly, if you don't stand up, you will default to you being a qualified forward battalion soldier, do you think you are a qualified forward battalion soldier now?" ”

The recruits didn't dare to speak anymore, fifty laps was really a warm-up for these veterans who trained every day, and these recruits had been left behind one after another since the thirtieth lap, and after running down fifty laps, only a few dozen of the more than seventy recruits who had newly joined the forward battalion had completed the whole race, and Shi Luosheng and Liu Zixuan were among them.

Wu Teng on the school field spoke again: "Do you newcomers see your own gap? After the military training in the evening, the whole battalion will accompany you for another thirty laps, and if you want to quit now, you will approve it now. If you don't want to quit, go back and pack your things immediately, listen to the password and gather again. ”

The subject of the evening training is martial arts, and they work in pairs and practice against each other. This is also the tradition of the forward battalion, the new recruits will generally be given a dismount first, not only to let them know the gap between themselves and the veterans, but also to find the good seedlings in the first time, which is also conducive to directly looking for talents among the recruits.

Since these trainings are designed for recruits, it is natural that the recruits who are now in a group are also good fighters among veterans. The average recruits will be their opponents, and after a few groups, they all have been beaten with blue noses and swollen faces. It wasn't until Liu Zixuan's turn to play that the situation of the recruits being beaten up changed a little. Liu Zixuan was simple and rude, facing the fists of the veterans opposite, punch to punch, Liu Zixuan has been brute force since he was a child, and then he also practiced the internal strength taught by the monks, plus the internal skills of the Tiandaomen practiced in the past six months, one punch went down, and directly dislocated the wrist of the veteran on the opposite side, which attracted a burst of applause from the recruits next to him.

After two more groups, it was Shi Luosheng's turn to play, and Shi Luosheng did not fight hard like Liu Zixuan.

A false dangling of the left hand first attracted the veteran's defense, and another real punch in the right hand knocked the veteran to the ground, and the recruits cheered again. The performance of the two immediately attracted Wu Teng's attention, and Wu Teng said to the lieutenant general beside him: "These two are good seedlings, call them to my camp after the drill." ”

The training was still going on, when a herald came to report: "General Wu, the spies have found that a group of Chu troops is secretly heading to Xishan outside the city, and the general has asked you to send a few people to touch it and have a look." ”

Wu Teng took the token and called a scout: "Dong Hai, take your brothers to Xishan to see what those Chu soldiers want to do." ”

After speaking, he glanced at Shi Luosheng and Liu Zixuan in the recruit team: "Bring these two recruits with you, they are on a mission for the first time, you bring more." ”

"Order".

Dong Hai was a ten-captain of the scout unit of the forward battalion, and after receiving the task, he took his ten brothers and two recruits, Shi Luosheng and Liu Zixuan, to Xishan.

"Dong Tou, I found them, they are gathering on the top of the mountain, there are about two hundred people, I can't see what they are doing." After arriving at Xishan, Dong Hai asked his subordinates to go in groups of two to find out the whereabouts of the Chu army, and it didn't take long for one of the groups to come and report to Dong Hai.

"Gather our men and go up and have a look." Dong Hai ordered.

A group of thirteen people, either armed with thick-backed broadswords or holding bows and crossbows, slowly approached the Chu army on the top of the mountain.

At the junction leading to the top of the mountain stood four sentry Chu soldiers, and behind them was the large camp of the Chu army.

Dong Hai lowered his voice: "There are four people in front, kill three, and the remaining one is alive, don't make a sound." Li Hou'er, Fang Lin, Xue Fei, the three of you use a bow and crossbow one by one, I will touch it and grab the leftmost one alive, and when I hear the sound of the mouse, I will release the arrow. ”

Shi Luosheng hurriedly said: "Dong Tou, let me touch it, I still need you to command it here." ”

Dong Hai glanced at Shi Luosheng with slanted eyes: "What, rookie egg, do you want to compete with Lao Tzu?" ”

Shi Luosheng hurriedly said: "No, no, Dong Tou, you misunderstood, I want to ......"

Dong Hai waved his hand and interrupted Shi Luosheng's words: "Okay, okay, Lao Tzu understands what you mean, and Lao Tzu has your intentions, but now you still carry out the order." ”

With that, he turned around and disappeared into the night, and after a while there was a squeaky rat cry on the left.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh

Three crossbow arrows slashed through the night, and the three Chu soldiers who were on the opposite side fell down in response, and the Chu army on the far left turned his head to check when he heard the sound, only to see a huge fist smashed towards his head, and he didn't even know anything before he could make a sound. Dong Hai picked up the stunned Chu army and disappeared into the night again.

"Tell me, who is your leading general? What are you doing in West Mountain? Dong Hai asked the Chu army who had just been woken up and captured.

The captive's eyes rolled, and he was hesitating whether to tell the truth, when Dong Gao took out a knife and plunged it directly into his thigh, and immediately bled profusely. Dong Hai said coldly: "If you don't tell the truth, the blood will be gone." ”

The captive looked at Dong Hai with some horror: "The leader is our General Chen Cheng, we have a total of 1,000 people, there are 200 people on the top of the mountain, and 800 people will arrive later, I don't know what I am here for, I am just a small soldier on guard, begging the general not to kill me." ”

Dong Hai's eyes widened, and he said angrily: "Why are you still alive without knowing anything?" Waste of food. With that, he plunged a knife into the prisoner's chest.

Dong Hai wiped the blood stains on the knife and said, "Our mission is not over yet, Chen Cheng's status in the Chu army is not low, he is the confidant of Xiang Tong, the general of the Chu State, if it is not an important matter, Xiang Tong will not send him, and a few of us will stay to continue to explore the purpose of the Chu army's coming." Shi Luosheng, Liu Zixuan, the two of you go back to the city and tell General Wu about the situation here, and let him be careful. ”

Shi Luosheng knew Dong Hai's temper and didn't dare to say more, so the two of them took the order and left. On the way down the mountain, Liu Zixuan was a little disappointed: "We didn't do anything on our trip, so we went back and told General Wu that there were a thousand people on the mountain, the leader was called Chen Cheng, and the rest of Dong Tou continued to explore on the mountain, please General Wu be careful, the two of us will complete the task?" ”

Shi Luosheng said with a smile: "Dong Tou is taking care of us, staying to find out the news will be in danger of life, there are still 800 people under the mountain to go up the mountain, and the leader is the henchman of the general of the Chu State, just two are very important, Dong Tou is afraid that if they are discovered, they will not even be able to pass the news back, huh?" Wait, somebody's coming, let's hide. ”