Fujing County is a small county seat, located in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, on the border between Shandong and Henan.

As soon as dawn broke, the sky was pale blue and inlaid with remnant stars, and the doorman Lao Wang leaned against the wall with Changge in his arms, yawning weakly.

The order he received last night to open the city gate half an hour earlier as soon as possible was equivalent to half an hour less sleep for him. This is true not only of him, but of almost every doorman.

His head sank and he was sleepy, and when he felt confused, suddenly a rapid sound of horses' hooves came from a distance and quickly approached.

The sound of hurried horses' hooves woke up many of the guards, and they looked out of the city one by one.

Fifty soldiers in armor appeared in the distance, and in a matter of moments they galloped through the doorway and into the city.

"I was ordered by General Xue to go to the city on business!"

In the stunned eyes of the doorman, he dropped this sentence and disappeared into the city in the blink of an eye.

Entering the city, the fifty cavalry divided into groups of five and scattered in different directions.

In the morning light, in the mist, the sound of horses' hooves echoed crisply, and the people woke up from their sleep.

"Open the door, open the door!"

"Open the door!"

The ten groups of cavalry had a clear purpose, went straight to the large and small restaurants in the city, slammed the door and shouted loudly.

To the south of the city is a dilapidated tavern with an old and stained front door, and two holes.

Five cavalrymen galloped up and stopped at the door, and the captain stretched out his hand and pointed, "This one!" ”

Immediately, a soldier turned over and dismounted, walked quickly to the door, and slammed the door with all his might: "Open the door, open the door quickly!" ”

Not long after, the leaky wooden door of the tavern opened from the inside, and a young man in his twenties walked out of it with sleepy eyes: "A few guest officers, the small shop has not yet opened, if you want to have breakfast, there is a stall over there." ”

"Bastard!" The soldier who smashed the door scolded and made the young man sober up: "You guys...... Who are you? ”

"Shut up!" The soldier scolded again, "You're a cook? ”

"Uh......"

"Since you're a cook, come with us!" The soldier thought the young man would admit it, reached out and grabbed the latter by the shoulder, and dragged him out.

"Wait a minute!" The captain on the horse suddenly spoke, staring at the young man for a long time, "Are you really a cook?" Not a reader? ”

Most of the chefs come from taverns, but a person with a handsome appearance and a long body, especially with a unique smell of a scholar, will be a cook?

The young man rolled his eyes and replied, "I am and I am not, cook." ”

"What did you say?" Wu Chang changed color.

The young man seemed to see something, and immediately denied it: "I said that I am not a cook, I am a reader." ”

Wu Chang smiled: "Ha, what a cunning Diao Min, do you think Lao Tzu can't see it!" Still reading people, I bah, you are a cunning scoundrel! Dawa, escort him away, if he dares to escape, he will be killed on the spot! ”

"Why! I didn't steal it, I didn't rob it, why catch me! The young man panicked and hurriedly shouted loudly, and before the voice could fall, there was an echo, and it was from different directions.

He looked around in surprise, but found that the taverns in the distance were exactly the same as his place, all of them were a few sergeants who wanted to arrest the people in the taverns, even Lao Fan, the stall owner who had eaten the stall early, was trapped by a sergeant, and it was useless to let his daughter-in-law kneel on the ground and beg for mercy.

Wu Chang whipped the young man beside him and said angrily: "Shut up! What a system to shout and shout about! Lao Tzu is not arresting you, but on the orders of the general, urgently conscription! ”

Conscription? So how do you catch the tavern cook? That's weird, isn't it? As soon as the young man was distracted, the soldier named Dawa had already removed the rope from his horse, tied the young man's hands at one end, tied the other end to the saddle, and pushed the young man and said, "Be honest." If you dare to run, you will be a deserter, and you will be killed! ”

The young man panicked and hurriedly explained: "I'm not a cook, I'm really not a cook, I'm just running the hall to do chores!" Boss, you're here just in time, tell them quickly, say I'm not a cook! ”

The commotion outside the door had already woken up the tavern owner. Seeing the soldier trying to arrest the cook, the boss was so frightened that he was silent, because he was the only cook in the tavern.

Hearing the young man's cry for help, worried that it would affect him, he hurriedly said: "Several military masters have sharp eyes, he is indeed a chef in a small shop, and his cooking skills are profound. It's just that I don't know what he committed, why did several military masters arrest him? ”

Wu Chang ignored the boss at all, and turned around with the remaining three horsemen to find other taverns. Dawa replied in a rough voice: "It's not to arrest him, but to urgently recruit!" If you talk nonsense, be careful that even you will be captured! ”

The boss didn't dare to say anything, but looked at the young man with pleading eyes, and when the big baby turned around, he made a pleading face.

The young man was not dissatisfied with the boss framing him, but seeing the boss behaving like this, he finally sighed, followed the big baby horse, and walked lazily towards the city gate.

At first, he wanted to take the opportunity to escape, but along the way, he saw that many cooks in restaurants in the city were dragged behind their horses by a soldier like him, and walked towards the city gate, and there were dozens of them one after another. There were eyes everywhere, and dozens of soldiers were still cavalry, and the young man sighed, finally dispelling the idea of escaping.

Nima, why is this life so miserable, buddy! Dude just wants to get some back to the Yanshi's entanglement, why is it so difficult!

This young man is none other than Yang Ping'an.

When he said that he had fallen into a deep stream, he wanted to swim to the shallows downstream to shore with his water surname, but he was hit in the head by a stone thrown by someone in mid-air and fainted, and fell straight into the river. When he woke up again, he was already in Fujing.

Fujing County is not too far from Yanshi, but due to the influence of the rebellion of soldiers in Shandong, the waterway is limited, in order to prevent the rebels from attacking Luoyang from Shandong by water, the water fall from east to west is blocked, so Yang Ping'an can only consider taking the land route.

However, the land route required a lot of entanglement, and he didn't dare to be too showy here, so as not to be targeted by the rebels or suspected by the official army, so he could only honestly find a tavern to do chores and accumulate money.

Now that the accumulation is almost over, I said that I would leave in a few days, but I didn't know that I was recruited by the official army today, and Nima was recruited as a chef!

The owner of the tavern was not easy, and the couple supported the tavern, so they hired him to run errands and do chores, support four children and an old lady. It's not good for him usually, so he can only be named a chef for him and taken away by the official army.

followed Da Yu to an open place outside the city, and Yang Ping'an realized that the number of people who had been arrested was more than 300 people. It turned out that not only Fujing County, but also the officials and soldiers of the surrounding counties went to recruit Ding, and then gathered here and rushed to the military camp together.

There are many rules in the official army, and when they see the barracks from afar, they are blindfolded and killed on the spot if anyone dares to peek.

When the blindfold on Yang Ping'an's head was removed, he found that he was already in the barracks, and there were only a dozen people left around him, all of them with frightened faces, and they didn't know what the officials and soldiers were going to do when they were arrested.

More than a dozen people whispered to each other and asked each other, trying to find out the reason for the matter, but suddenly there was a loud shout from behind him: "Shut up Lao Tzu!" ”

A man in a firehead military uniform stepped out from behind the crowd. This man is thin and tall, which reminds Yang Ping'an of the fat head Tuo who became extremely thin due to taking the poison of the Shenlong Sect Master in "The Legend of the Deer and Ding".

The tall and thin man was followed by a few people, some fat and some thin, all dressed in fire-headed military uniforms, and they only followed behind the tall and thin man.

"You have heard clearly to Lao Tzu, from today on, you are Lao Tzu's soldiers, Lao Tzu asked you to chase dogs, you are not allowed to chase chickens, let you go east, you are not allowed to go west. Let's be smart to Lao Tzu one by one, otherwise don't blame Lao Tzu for being unkind to you! ”

Throwing out these words that seemed to be a declaration of sovereignty, the thin and tall man glanced coldly, and saw that everyone was low-eyed, and no one dared to refute it, so he nodded with satisfaction: "It's about the same." Ann fatty, you go and tell them the rules. ”

The tall and thin man left, taking the people behind him with him, leaving only a fat man, who should be the "Ann Fat Man" in his mouth.

An Fat Man is as his name suggests, fat and strong, broad and round, full of beards, and a bearded bun on his head, so he is not Han at first glance.

He respectfully watched the thin and tall man lead the person away, until the other party disappeared from sight, he straightened his waist, and when he turned to Yang Ping'an and the others, no one was seen on his face, and he was replaced by a high-spirited look.

"Ahem!" Clear his throat first, and then An Fatzi said: "Lao Tzu, no matter what you did before, from today onwards, you will be the head of our forward battalion Yuezi!" ”

Forward Battalion, Moon Number, Fire Head Army...... Why does it sound so familiar? Yang Ping'an was stunned, he always felt that he had heard these words somewhere.

An Fatzi didn't care whether he was distracted or not, and continued to tell. The forward battalion had a total of 3,000 soldiers and horses, of which 500 were responsible for their daily diet, and more than 20 of them were responsible for their daily diet. The tall and thin man before was called Xie Ming, and he was the general of the Huotou of the month, that is, the head of these two dozen Huotou troops.

There are only about 20 people in the Huotou Army in a month, of which more than a dozen are newly arrested. Thinking of this, some people immediately started talking and wanted to leave.

Rather be a peace dog than a troubled world. Few people are willing to migrate with the army, who doesn't want to guard the hot kang head of their wives and children?

An Fat Man had the means, and first threatened them, saying that they were now soldiers, and as long as they dared to escape from the barracks, they would be regarded as deserters. When the time comes, not only will you not be protected, but your family will also be affected.

Moreover, 30,000 soldiers and horses are stationed here, and the military camp is vast, and they don't know the way out and have no password, so they are afraid that they will be arrested before they can escape from the barracks.

The firehead army did not have to go into battle to fight, the danger was not great, and although they were temporarily recruited to serve in the barracks, their food and salary were the same as that of regular soldiers. To put it bluntly, it is the barracks with food and lodging, and there is a salary, and there is no danger to life, and after the rebellion is quelled in the future, maybe it will be commended by the imperial court.

Give a few red dates in the face, this fat man also has some ability. Seeing that Fat An easily dealt with others, Yang Ping'an secretly praised in his heart.

After the distribution of military uniforms, when everyone went to the camp tent to change, Yang Ping'an waved at An Fat Man and whispered, "Fat Man, come here." ”