The soldiers of the brigade came out more silently than they had come. www.biquge.info They dissipated like flowing water soaked through the mountains, disappearing into the darkness out of sight.

Ma Zhong still stood on the high lookout and watched.

Zhang Ping turned his head to look at him when he walked out of the camp, and countless thoughts flooded his heart.

Looking back at the soldiers of the Wandering Army around him, these soldiers seemed to have received some mysterious baptism, and each one was a little different.

Baili Chuan was thoughtful, but there was light in the eyes of Baili generals.

Wang Li was beside Zhang Ping, Zhang Ping had a good impression of this knowledgeable guy, and couldn't help but share his feelings with him. "Wang Juncheng, your Sima is really not simple."

Wang Li smiled faintly, and also had his own thoughts.

Ma Zhong insisted on staying there for a while, but Wang Li didn't persuade much, he knew that Ma Zhong had a lot of regrets for those family members who died in vain. Some knots in my heart must be untied by myself.

Fan Jiang and Zhang Da lit a large fire at the gate of the camp, and the two of them were still doing their personal escort work. Although there are no enemies here, the beasts of the night are always unguarded.

Since following Ma Zhong, their ideas about the future have been completely different.

The soldiers of the Wandering Army have been fighting for more than a decade, but their dire situation has not changed in the slightest. For them, the difference in the future is nothing more than dying here, or dying there. Die now, or die at that time.

However, with Sima's arrival, the road in front of him seemed to be clear all of a sudden. More and more people are beginning to have a secret hope. Just as Sima just said, the prodigal army really needs a way to live.

Among them, Fan Jiang and Zhang Da are the most excited. The two of them already have good martial arts, and they are brave people. Now he is trusted by Wang Li and relied on by Sima. In the original Wumeng Captain Battalion system, that is, Li Sizheng can be compared with them.

While keeping watch by the fire, they still did not forget to be proficient in martial arts and work hard. Ma Zhong is actually looking forward to them very much, as a general under the tent who can also be seen by Zhang Fei, who is an enemy of 10,000 people, the two still have a huge space to grow.

Wang Li and the Baili brothers returned to the place where the baggage was stacked with soldiers. His soldiers neatly gathered the dead branches they had collected into several piles and lit a raging fire.

It was too late, and they had no intention of sticking here, so they hastily began to set up camp. The cart was lifted, then propped up, tightly in a circle. The cars were then strung together with hemp rope and began to cover the baffles with wet mud.

Others were digging trenches, with a peculiar three-man plough that could break through hard soil and a dump truck that could quickly transport it to landfill.

The excavated new soil is covered in the camp, and after the soil is tamped, it can avoid the trouble of underground snakes and rats to the greatest extent.

Zhang Ping estimated the time, and the camp was being built faster than he could have imagined. Zhang Pingrao has entered the military camp a lot, and many of his ingenuity is incredible.

The fire-burned areas of the camp were set up as barracks for the military attachés. Among them, there is naturally one of Zhang Ping's, and Zhang Ping is quite satisfied with this.

After seeing a large number of casualties on Bainiling, Zhang Ping realized that this well-trained battalion of Wu Meng Lieutenant was actually filled with a large number of recruits. The unit they brought out was originally no more than a junior soldier doing some auxiliary work. Most of those in the battalion had just enlisted from Zhongling.

Recalling the previous events at this time, Zhang Ping felt more and more that these people were really well trained.

Zhang Ping had a hunch that this new force that was about to rise would naturally be the destroyer of the old order.

However, Zhang Ping did not have the slightest worry about this, because in the old order, there was no civil official right to speak. And this strange Sima in front of him has already focused on cultivating scholars. This can be an extremely important signal.

Zhang Ping was lying in the tent, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Ma Zhong was incomprehensible, this person seemed to be full of some kind of contradiction, but he included it very well.

Cold-blooded peace of mind, and compassionate.

The soldiers of the night vigil took some firewood from the fire, extinguished it in the earth, and set it aside in neat yards. They also had to survive the night on the firewood.

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Just before dawn, the king woke up.

He put on his robe and went out of the tent, and it was still dark and gloomy, and it was the darkest time of the day.

He slowly paced towards the soldiers on the night watch, and opened his mouth to ask, "When will Sima come back?" ”

The soldier stood up and replied, "Not yet back." ”

"Huh?" Wang's brows furrowed, and his gaze became a little stern.

The soldier hurriedly replied, "The fire on the ridge has not been extinguished, and there has been no other movement. ”

As the two were talking, the torches on a high slope outside swung in circles and shook a few times.

The soldier breathed a sigh of relief, "It's also lit now, nothing out of the ordinary." As he spoke, he took a torch from the fire and responded to the signal.

There was no movement on the ridge here, and Wang Li groaned, "I'll go and see it too." ”

Out of the gate, Ma Zhong looked at the sentry outside, but he didn't go to the dirt slope, and after a change of thought, he walked directly to Bainiling.

The soldiers guarding the camp wanted to follow, but Wang shook the sword on his body and said solemnly, "Stand your post." ”

The soldier gave up.

The king walked along, thinking about the events of the previous night.

Unknowingly, when he arrived in front of the Bainiling camp, there was still a fire burning at the gate of the camp, Fan Jiang was dozing, and Zhang Da, who was in rotation, was on guard.

Hearing Wang's powerful movements, Fan Jiang woke up in shock and raised his head to take a look, and then continued to sleep listlessly. Tired all night, neither of them had the energy to say hello.

Wang Li walked through the wall full of corpses with a flat face, and he looked up to see that there was still the figure standing on the tower.

Ma Zhong had already discovered Wang Li, and he lowered his head and asked, "Why are you here?" ”

Wang Li looked up.

He stood there like a god.

Wang Li thought for a moment and spoke carefully, "My lord, you seem to be a little different from before. ”

Ma Zhong was silent for a while. There are countless words that I want to say, but I don't know what to say.

However, in the face of his confidants, there are some things, but he can't help but say them coldly.

"I hate myself, but I know better than anyone what the Rangers want. I understand better than anyone what Koto wants. Know better than anyone what the world wants. ”

"I thought about it a lot, and a lot of feelings came to my mind. I've tried to be at ease, I've tried to resist, I've tried to get myself dirty. It wasn't until I personally ordered the women and children to let them enter the battlefield that I realized that I was still running away. I'm in this troubled world, in this world tormented by fire......"

"I have to risk my life to let myself sleep soundly, I have to take the soldiers to loot to keep myself fed, I have to play with the life and death of a city and a city, so that I can stand tall in the sky!"

Ma Zhong's tone was calm, but he said more firmly.

"I have to give the soldiers of the Shanyue battalion a way to live. I must give the soldiers of the Nanban battalion a way to live. I have to give the soldiers of Captain Wu Meng's battalion a way to live. I have to give Jianchang people a way to live. I have to give Zhongling people, Shangrao people, and Jianping people a way to live. ”

Wang Li trembled when he heard this, and knelt deeply on the ground.

"Is this an obligation? Is this an unshirkable responsibility? ”

Ma Zhong said softly, "Tonight, I thought about it a lot. No, neither. ”

"Who is this to me!"

Wang Li knelt on the ground and looked at Ma Zhong. Although this man is still just an insignificant little military attaché, Wang Li is already convinced.

He slammed his head down and said in a trembling voice, "I am willing to die for my lord, at the cost of my life!" ”

Hearing this, Ma Zhong laughed, and that kind of arrogance seemed to swallow the stars that were about to part.

"Come up, it's going to sunrise."

Wang Li climbed up the watchtower, glanced at Ma Zhong quietly, and then looked at the slightly bright east.

The mild autumn day showed a hint of outline, and Wang Li looked at the newborn sun and had a realization in his heart.

- Even if there is only a glimmer of sunlight in the sky, the fire loses its brilliance.