"Lord Xie Junhou." Zhao Yue bowed her head and thanked her.

Liu Zheng opened his mouth, wanting to say more to this soldier who took the initiative to join the Han army, but he couldn't trust Zhao Yue's loyalty, and he couldn't tell what kind of person Zhao Yue was. He thought that if he said it himself, and Zhao Yue couldn't control his mouth, and these words spread among the recruits of the Han army, it would not be his life alone, and he could afford it.

Thinking of this, Liu Zheng turned his head and left, but he couldn't help laughing: An ordinary soldier, why is he so eye-catching?

After sending Liu Zheng away, Zhao Yue closed the door and began to look at the house that no one had lived in for a long time with Cao Ping, cobwebs were all over and dusty, I am afraid it will take a while to clean up.

Cao Ping sighed listlessly: "Alas, in such an old place, in the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, how many soldiers have lived, they must be able to fight well, I seem to have seen their ending, that is, to die on the battlefield." What do you say, Brother Changjiao? ”

Zhao Yue smiled and counted down the younger brother who was younger than herself: "So much dust, hurry up and open the door of the house, and don't be lazy, clean up the house together, it's not too early, we have to hurry up, we have to get up early tomorrow, maybe we have to practice." ”

After speaking, Zhao Yue felt a little regretful in her heart, and she forgot to ask Liu Zheng when he was practicing.

"Got it, Brother Changjiao." The young Cao Ping opened the door very obediently like a sensible child, the moonlight outside was as clear as water, looking at the night sky, Cao Ping let out a sigh that did not match his age: "I really hope to win a hundred battles and not die on the battlefield......"

It took about half an hour and a lot of effort for Zhao Yue and Cao Ping to clean up this hut of less than twenty square meters. The corner of the wall covered with cobwebs before was hung by Cao Ping with yellow flowers picked in the wild, and the two beds made of soil were also covered with tattered bedding.

There was only a few cases in the room, which was placed on the bed on Cao Ping's side, Cao Ping thought that something was wrong when he was sleeping, so he decisively threw it to Zhao Yue, and he turned his head and snored loudly.

Zhao Yue shook his head helplessly, after a few days of hurrying, this half-grown young man should also be tired, thinking of this, he did not wake up Cao Ping, but took advantage of the darkness of the night to take a few cases out of the house.

When Zhao Yue came, he observed the environment near the barracks, and after leaving the fence gate of the barracks, there was a small stream in the woods that were not deep. He took them to the creek, washed them with clean water, and then returned to his room in the barn, carefully placing them on his bed. He completed this series of actions lightly, for fear of waking up the sleeping Cao Ping.

At night, Zhao Yue sat on the bed, habitually took out the things given to him by her mother Xian, and looked carefully under the faint candlelight.

He wanted to know very much what it was, and he had to be patient, to follow his mother's orders, to look at it when he was successful or frustrated, and he would look at it every day whenever he could, as if he could see his mother.

In the end, Zhao Yue fell asleep with that thing in his arms, and in his dream, he became a general wearing armor and a war horse under his crotch, overcoming obstacles and invincible all the way...... Outside of the dream, it was a cool night, and the chirping of insects could be heard from time to time in the woods near the barracks, as if they had no idea that troubled times were coming......

In the next period of time, Zhao Yue and other recruits were able to eat two meals a day, but they did not complain about not having enough to eat, because most of them came from poor families, and they couldn't eat at all before, but now they have food to eat, and they are more or less food and clothing.

There is nothing to praise about these meals, they are just the lowest standard, they are usually prepared by the soldiers in Luoyang City, and then sent by the convoy in charge of supply to the military house outside the city, which can be delivered in about a quarter of an hour, so the meals that Zhao Yue and the others eat are still hot.

At noon that day, the sun was hot, and the recruits ate half of the nests in the bowls in the barracks, one by one like wolves and tigers.

Zhao Yue and Cao Ping squatted in front of the house and chatted.

"Brother Changjiao, we've been in Luoyang for a while, but I don't think we are like soldiers, we haven't practiced." Before Cao Ping could swallow the nest in his mouth, he said vaguely.

Zhao Yue was also a little puzzled, since the first day here, he had been waiting for the drill, but now that a few days have passed, let alone the drill, they haven't even been to the school ground. Even, even Liu Zheng never appeared again.

Zhao Yue has been trying to find Zhang Duan for the past few days, wanting to tell him that he has arrived in Luoyang safely, but he is afraid of delaying the practice, so he can only be patient. It's just that after so many days, they are like idlers, who don't know what to do after eating every day.

Cao Ping always eats quickly, and he finished eating in less than a while, he wiped his mouth, and said to Zhao Yue beautifully: "Brother Changjiao, you see that we don't have anything to do all day now, why don't we go to the city together in the evening, there must be a lot of fun and beautiful things there." ”

Zhao Yue frowned and said, "You know how to play, what if there is a training order suddenly coming down today, and we are not here, what should we do if we make Lord Junhou angry?" ”

"Oh." Cao Ping lowered his head, his face full of reluctance, but he still listened to Zhao Yue's words.

In the evening, as the sun set, the soldiers stood at the gate of the fence, listening to the sound of cars getting closer and closer in the distance, knowing that it was the convoy that delivered the food, and their hearts were excited.

But what Zhao Yue didn't expect was that this time the food delivery team was different from the previous times, this time, the team not only brought him food, but also sent the long-lost old man, Zhang Duan.

"Changjiao! Chang Jiao! As soon as the carriage entered the fence gate, a sturdy figure couldn't wait to jump out of the carriage and shouted loudly, attracting the surrounding Han soldiers to look around.

Zhao Yue was closing his eyes in the house to recuperate, and when he heard someone calling him, it seemed to be Zhang Duan's voice, and at first he thought he had heard it wrong, so he didn't take care of it. But Zhang Duan screamed several times, not like an auditory hallucination, the corners of Zhao Yue's mouth suddenly rose, jumped off the bed at once, opened the door and rushed out.

"Haha, Changjiao, you are really here, it really makes me think about it!"

"Big brother, it's you, it's really you!" Zhao Yue was also overjoyed, he really never expected that the eldest brother he thought about day and night would appear here.

Zhang Duan rushed over, temporarily abandoned his identity as the head of Dong Jun, and hugged Zhao Yue tightly, the two brothers have been separated for many days, and today they finally met, I have to say that it is fate.

Zhao Yue was so happy that she didn't care about eating, gave her share to Cao Ping, and entered the house with Zhang Duan's neck around her. Cao Ping was left alone, smiling silly, and then eating a meal for two.

Inside the house, Zhao Yue and Zhang Duan told each other what they had done during their respective days.

It turned out that it was Zhang Duan who told Liu Zheng that the soldiers of the Han army were trapped in the valley at the city gate.

At present, Zhang Duan has already lived in the recruit dormitory next to the school yard in the city, and receives training from a general every day with thousands of Dong Army recruits, and that general is named Xu Rong, who is Dong Zhuo's general.

Han Kui, the military marquis in charge of recruitment, was Xu Rong's subordinate.

After hearing this, Zhao Yue touched the back of her head in some confusion, and then blinked her eyes and asked, "No, big brother, are you really practicing?" Little brother, I don't have anything else to do except eat all day, let alone practice. ”

Zhang Duan looked taken for granted and said lightly: "We naturally practice hard every day. Hey, Changjiao, don't you know, I heard people in our army say that this time Dong Zhuo recruited troops in the territory under the jurisdiction of Lord Dong Zhuo, Dong Jun recruited tens of thousands of people, plus the sergeants who came over from Xiliang before, a total of more than 100,000 people, and the Han army is only more than 10,000 people, and in terms of physical strength and skill, they are not as good as us, and the most important thing is that the school field cannot accommodate so many people, so only train our Dong Jun. ”

"I see." Zhao Yue nodded after hearing this, feeling a little regretful in his heart, but he also seemed to understand what Liu Zheng's difficulties were.

Thinking that Liu Zheng is a military marquis, if the soldiers under him do not get the training they deserve, then the meaning of his existence will not be demonstrated, so there is always a sad cloud on Liu Zheng's face, Zhao Yue thinks so in his heart.

And Zhao Yue also thinks that it is necessary for him to explain Liu Zheng. Just like when he was frustrated before, Zhang Duan often dismissed him.

The Han soldiers outside seemed to have finished eating, and the noisy sound gradually became quieter, but Cao Ping did not return to the house, Zhao Yue disagreed, he thought that Cao Ping should have gone to play in the woods next to the barracks.

Zhang Duan sat on Zhao Yue's bed, carefully looked at the house where his brother lived, his eyes seemed to be full of disgust, he asked Zhao Yue about the things along the way, Zhao Yue told the truth, after learning that Xing Yi was killed, Zhang Duan shook his head again and again, very regretful: "Alas, I saw that man knows a lot, as well as the craft of winemaking, and there are two children at home, but it is a pity that his life is not long." But I can't care so much about others, brother, it's okay if you're okay. ”

Zhao Yue nodded again and again, and said happily: "Thanks to the care of my eldest brother this way, it is really good that you and my brother have arrived in Luoyang safely." ”

The more the two chatted, the happier they became, but they didn't realize that it was getting late, but Cao Ping hadn't come back yet.

Zhao Yue patted her thigh and exclaimed: "It's not good, earlier today, Cao Ping invited me to go to the city to play, but I stopped him, now he hasn't returned for so long, I'm afraid that he will sneak away to the city alone, will something happen?" ”

Zhang Duan persuaded: "Alas, Changjiao, you are too worried, at the moment in the entire Han Dynasty, Luoyang City is the safest, besides, anyway, your Han army does not practice, and there is no major event on weekdays, he is willing to play, and it will be good for him." But your eldest brother and I, as the chief, there are a few people below, tomorrow to practice, I have to show up on the school field early, and I have to return overnight tonight. ”

When Zhao Yue heard this, she stood up and blew out the faint candle flame, and the room suddenly fell into darkness. ”

Seeing that Zhao Yue was so anxious, Zhang Duan shook his head helplessly.

After nightfall, the barracks were unusually empty, and there was silence in the four fields, which highlighted the negligence of the Han army's barracks in management, and there were only two torches at the door of the fence, and no one else was looking for the night.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Duan frowned tightly, and said in his heart that everything was as the military marquis Han Kui said, the Han army was incompetent, and the recruits had not yet been assigned various tasks.

Of course, Zhang Duan would not tell Zhao Yue about this, he didn't want Zhao Yue to regret his choice, and Zhang Duan thought that with him, Zhao Yue would not be treated badly.

The two brothers wore the stars and the moon, walked out of the fence gate, and hurried all the way to the city.