Chapter 16: The Recruit's Egg
The moon is bright and the stars are scarce. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
A wolf howl spread far away from the cliff, echoing in the empty night sky.
On the night meadow in autumn, the leaves are stained with crystal dewdrops, reflecting the white moonlight, translucent and dripping.
More than a dozen black shadows swished by, heading northwest, and the foot wind brought up the dewdrops, falling into the yellow earth, and hitting the fragrance of the earth.
The direction of the black shadow is more than thirty miles, and the bonfires are repeated, and the horses are humming.
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“…… Alas...... My head really hurts......" Chang Yu lay flat on the ground, opened his confused eyes, and squeezed into two big black faces in front of him.
"Ahh Zhao Lichang, what do you want to do! Chang Yu sat up in shock.
Only then did I find that there were two teenagers of the same age as me on the opposite side, where was there any Zhao Lichang.
The young man on the left is born with clear eyebrows, a pair of bright eyes, as if he can speak, and he feels smart at first glance. His skin is white and red, a small number of left-sided bangs are placed on his forehead, he is wearing an old brocade robe, his figure is medium and lean, and he looks a little handsome at a glance. However, it is not very clean, both on the face and on the clothes, there is a kind of mud and stains that the child king often has.
The young man on the right was dark-skinned and as strong as an ox, thicker than the man on the left. Although he was dressed in coarse linen, he was very clean, and I don't know if anyone often helped him to change his clothes. The black young man was smiling at Chang Yu with a simple face at this time, revealing a row of big white teeth.
The young man on the left jumped back dexterously, squatted on the ground, and asked lightly, "You have slept for a day and a night, and when you wake up, your name is Zhao Lichang, who is this Zhao Lichang?" ”
"One day and one night?!" Chang Yu suppressed the shock in his heart, and responded indiscriminately, saying, "No...... No, I just recognized the wrong person. What is this place? ”
The black young man on the right smiled and said a little shyly, "Hehe, this is Xiao Weiguo's military camp, I don't know where it is, and it's the first time I've walked so far." Hehe. ”
"Barracks?!" Chang Yu looked around in surprise, and found that he was in an open space, under the night sky, more than twenty bonfires were burning in strings, and at each bonfire, there were forty or fifty teenagers of the same age as himself, adding up to more than a thousand people, and the firelight illuminated everyone's faces red. The teenagers either gathered to talk, or they were silent, and their expressions were different.
Further out, the wooden fence was closed, the war horses neighed, and dozens of soldiers held torches, shuttling between the tents, routinely patrolling back and forth, just like a military camp.
The young man in the old brocade robe turned his head and glanced at the black strong young man with disdain, and said slowly, "Fellow man, this is Guanze County, where the Great Wei Kingdom and the Northern Xiaowei Kingdom meet......" The old brocade man paused, and sighed again, "The suburban military camp ......"
After that, the young man glanced at Chang Yu with a puzzled face again, and asked, "Why, don't you even know why you came here?" ”
Chang Yu smiled bitterly, "I...... I don't really know ......."
"We are doing military service, but we are assigned to the Great Wei Kingdom, and we will go to the military camp of the Great Wei tomorrow. Hehe! The black young man came over and said Hanhan.
"Military service?!" When Chang Yu heard this, he recalled Zhao Lichang, Commander Zhang and Commander Lu, as well as the empty luxurious room next to Zhao Lichang's main courtyard, and understood most of them in his heart, this Zhao Lichang actually framed himself! It's no wonder that he was hospitable to himself at the beginning, and he took the initiative to advance his salary, just to tie himself up for a while, so that he could design himself to take on this military service errand.
Chang Yu touched the sore spot on the back of his head, and secretly scolded Zhao Lichang for his sinister intentions and ruthlessness, only blaming himself for being lax for a while, although he had a premonition, but he never expected that the day after he arrived at Zhao Lichang's house, he fell into the other party's way, hey!
Now I don't know how long and how far I have been walking, and I have been sent to this barracks, which is even more difficult to argue.
Chang Yu thought about it and felt angry in his heart, touching his arms with his hand, glad that the roll of animal skins and bamboo slips were still there, but things had developed to this point, not to mention that he had broken the appointment with the old man of the green sheep, and it was a problem how to go back later. I couldn't help but feel a sense of loss and regret in my heart.
"Countryman, how many times have I told you, not to be a soldier, but to die." The lean boy said dissatisfiedly.
The black young man touched his head and smiled.
Chang Yu was still digesting the fact of military service, and asked the lean young man again, "I am from Yewang Town, Yewang Town belongs to Xiaoweiguo, it stands to reason that I should also serve Xiaoweiguo's military service, why do I have to serve the military service of Dawei State instead?" And, what does this saying about sending to death mean? ”
The lean young man glanced at Chang Yu, and said angrily, "You and this black-faced man are both villagers, and you don't even know that our Xiaowei Kingdom has to send troops to Dawei every year." Of course, this is the most economical way to save national strength, so isn't it possible to send the Praetorian Guards and generals over? ”
He moved his buttocks, rubbed a few more pieces of mud, and continued, "Besides, you said that we, the soldiers of the Little Wei Kingdom, were assigned to the Great Wei Kingdom, and every time we fought, we were driven in front by the Great Wei people, and we were beaten into a sieve by the enemy's bows and arrows, and we were trampled into the mud by the enemy's cavalry. ”
Chang Yu remembered the scene of the battle with the Wei cavalry after escaping from the hands of the Bone Witch Master, and he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.
The black young man came over, stretched out two big hands to the two, and said with a smile, "Hehe, my name is Ma Ping'an, my mother said that I can make more friends outside and take care of each other." Let's be friends, I have a lot of strength, I can help you, hehe, help you...... Grace ......"
"Hmph, can you help us collect the body?" The lean young man sneered, "You carry the two alone? ”
Chang Yu was speechless for a while, this black-faced man is also kind-hearted, when he goes out, it is not wrong to help each other, this thin man looks good, and his mouth is really unforgiving.
Chang Yu grabbed Ma Ping'an's big hand and said with a smile, "My name is Chang Yu, take care of me in the future." ”
After that, he turned to the lean young man and asked with a smile, "I don't know if you have a great name?" ”
The young man was a little embarrassed, patted Ma Ping'an's big hand, and said lightly, "Zhan Nao (zhí)!" ”
"Me, hehe." Ma Ping'an was very happy, and he didn't know what to say, so he smiled at Chang Yuhan with a little gratitude.
Spread? I haven't heard of it, and it doesn't seem to be a big person, Chang Yu thought about it in his heart, but asked on his lips, "Why did you come to serve in the military?" ”
"I was requisitioned, the village said that there was a quota, I must go, I didn't want to go, I was tied up." Ma Ping'an was the first to say angrily, "However, I heard that being a soldier can pay a lot of money, so that you can make more money, hehe." ”
"Why, countryman, you have to hoard money to buy a daughter-in-law, haha!" Zhan Zhi laughed and said, "Then you also have to have money to earn, and you have to spend your life." ”
"It's not! No! I still have my sister and blind mother at home, and I want to make more money......" Ma Ping'an said urgently.
Chang Yu's eyes turned red when he saw this Ma Ping'an, and he thought that he was really an honest man, and patted him on the shoulder to show that he understood what he was thinking.
After a few small talks, Chang Yu learned that this Ma Ping'an turned out to be a person in a village called Taiping in the east of the country, and an old mother in the family pulled him and his sister up with hard work, and now he is sick and blind. This exhibition is very tight-lipped, except for saying some cool words, he does not reveal any information.
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"What?! You two don't even know about the Patriotic Assassination Golden Gate?! You, you...... Alas, even if you are a countryman, you will not grow up in the soil, will you? Zhan Xuan was surprised, and his jaw was about to fall to the ground.
Chang Yu looked at Zhan Nao's face like a monster, and glanced at Ma Ping'an, obviously this black man knew nothing like himself, and said helplessly, "I really don't know, what's the matter, is this Piercing Golden Gate very famous?" ”
Zhan Zhen looked left and right, opened his eyes wide, and leaned over and said, "Brother Chang, Ma Xianghan, don't tell me, you are really here to be a soldier, right?" ”
(Author's note: Today I found out that this book has been on the third place on the new book list, and I got the contract signed by the editor, which is really a double happiness, everything is everyone's support!) Thanks again! )