Liu Ye heard the sound and opened his eyes, and a dark shadow bent down in front of him. In the past, whenever she opened her eyes, there was always a pair of star-studded phoenix eyes looking at her with a smile. She sighed a little embarrassed.

Seeing that she was awake, Ishio lit the lamp and began to wash. After Shi Xiong got up, the willow leaf quilt on the opposite side was tightly covered.

Sleeping quietly and decently, it is the first time I have seen a big man sleeping so honestly. He should also be decent and meticulous in doing things, and Shi Xiong summed up a sentence of sleeping posture like his person.

Shi Xiong is more serious in training, easy-going in daily life, and very good at thinking about others. He can do it himself to prevent Willow Leaf from serving him.

The tip of the nose and face are cold, and the willow leaves burrow out of the warm quilt, although it is a bed made on several layers of felt planks. Liu Ye hugged his feet with both hands, stretched his muscles and bones, and jumped off the ground neatly.

There was a sound of fighting and beating outside, smelling the chickens and dancing, and in the early spring of the fourth watch, the candles were all weak.

Liu Ye dressed neatly and cleaned up neatly, and followed Shi Xiong out of the camp.

Fortunately for Liu Ye, she was left by Shi Xiong as soon as she entered the barracks. Avoid the inconvenience and embarrassment caused by mixing with your brothers, and more importantly, reduce the risk of identity exposure.

Stepping out of the camp, the chill came to his face, the spirit of the willow leaves was 'vibrant', and a little sleepiness was swept away by the cold.

The sky was full of stars, and the camp's torches were not extinguished all night. The soldiers on duty at night blew their horns to get up.

One after another, the soldiers gathered at the field, and after a few moments, the trumpet sounded a second time, and scattered soldiers rushed out of the tents.

Shi Xiong waited patiently for each team to report the number of people, and all the personnel arrived.

Shi Xiong: "I will give you three chances, and on the fourth day, before the second trumpet is blown, those who are on standby will be punished with twenty rods." ”

The body carried thirty pounds of armor and ran ten miles, and the cold air choked into the lungs, and the lungs were about to explode.

Halfway through the run, many people slowed down, and the more they ran, the heavier their feet became, and then they dragged their feet.

Liu Ye is also tired, and when she is at home, she has sandbags tied to her legs to increase her strength, and she walks and runs in the mountains.

Thirty pounds of weight running is still tired. At first, if you can't run, you have to walk down. Ten miles down, white smoke rose above his head, and white frost hung on the corners of his eyes and eyebrows.

When the last person returned to the team, Shi Xiong announced the end of the morning exercise. The soldiers applauded and dragged back to the camp with heavy steps.

Breakfast was followed by mounted archery training. The cavalry training team pulled out of Tiande City. The field is wide, the horses run open, and several teams train at the same time.

Mounted archery training tests soldiers' riding and archery skills. Man, horse, heart, hand, and eye are one.

When Liu Ye arrived at the barracks, he became more and more grateful to Jiang Yao for the foundation he had laid for himself back then. Thousands of times a day, the ability to swing the sword, the ability to capture the opportunity, the reaction sensitivity is particularly high.

Liu Ye and Yue Ying cooperate tacitly, and every time one person rides on the field. The willow leaves open their bows and arrows, the horses are as fast as meteors, and the sharp arrows shoot out like the wind, often without missing arrows. I always get applause and cheers from my teammates.

In the battle training, two, three, four people until a group of people, Liu Ye was not afraid, a sword flew up and down, rushed left and right, until everyone was knocked to the ground.

Liu Ye's performance was remarkable, and it was only then that Shi Xiong really understood Liu Ye's strength. If it was a one-on-one match, he would not be able to bargain under Liu Ye.

Shi Xiong was even more puzzled, such a brilliant and glamorous figure joined the military camp and was willing to start from an unknown soldier.

Shi Xiong firmly believes that in time, Datang will add another fierce general. As the saying goes, it is difficult to hide luck when the opponent meets in chess, and it is good to work hard when it meets the good.

At the end of April 840, the imperial edict finally arrived. Wen Weisi led his subordinates to 2,200 accounts to attach to the Tang Dynasty.

The imperial court canonized Wen Weisi as the general of Zuo Jinwu, the king of Huaihua County, and gave the country the surname Li Sizhong.

In addition, there was a secret edict ordering Shi Xiong to lead his subordinates to cooperate with the Youzhou garrison to annihilate the Najie Si troops.

After a month and a half of rectification and training, the team is not the same as when it first set off from Chang'an.

In mid-May, there was no morning exercise in the morning. Breakfast is a hard meal, slaughtered three fat pigs, all stewed in a pot with bitter herbs.

The soldiers were well fed and drunk, and the camps were raised, and the grain and grass were loaded into trucks. The team is ready to go,

"We must be fast and steady in this trip, and meet with Youzhou as soon as possible without disturbing the enemy. If there is a person who acts without permission, cut it. Shi Xiong spoke briefly about the marching requirements.

The team headed south. There are a few groups of unkempt pedestrians on the road. The earth was shaking, smoke and dust were billowing in the distance, and these people did not bother to wrap their luggage, and the adults made their children cry and fled to the grass by the roadside.

Shi Xiong and Liu Ye were at the front of the team, and when they saw the pedestrians fleeing in all directions, the team did not stop to reassure them. Smoke and dust billowed all the way, and the team went away.

It wasn't until the smoke and dust cleared that the people huddled in the grass dared to stand up, and these soldiers and horses should be the Tang Dynasty. I thought I would die here today.

In the evening of the second day of the march, they found a mountain valley and prepared to make a fire for cooking, and the troops rested for a while.

The valley is surrounded by mountains, and there are more than 10 families scattered here. It was just evening, and the roosters and dogs could not be heard, nor could the smoke rise. The village fell silent.

It's like an abandoned village. Shi Xiong took a few people to check.

When they reached the first house, a stench of corpses came to their noses, and several carrion-eating vultures rose into the air. The mosquitoes and flies in the courtyard were like a black mist, scattering in all directions.

A baby hangs from a tree, a female corpse is naked, and a man has his hands and feet cut off, and his skin is rotten.

The old man and the old woman were still in a struggling position, one kneeling under the tree, and the other falling at the door of the house. Maggots wriggle in the eye sockets of the black holes.

Except for Shi Xiong, who has ever seen such a tragic situation! Some couldn't bear to look at it anymore and quietly turned their faces away.

There is no fear except shock, anger, physical and mental discomfort. Their meaning and responsibility to protect the frontier is not to let the tragedy in front of them repeat itself.

They went from house to house, and Rao is Shixiong, who was accustomed to life and death on the battlefield, and such cruel methods aimed at civilians made him angry.

There is not a single survivor in a village, and the perpetrators are brutal and sensational.

The dead were buried on the spot, and the crowd sat around the campfire in silence. The deceased's father, brother and son, like them, were stationed in some area.

During the march, every time it was time to eat, the soup was boiling in Diao Dou, and people would be in a hurry to scoop the hot soup into the bowl.

No one stepped forward today, although tired and hungry, the scene just now lingered like a nightmare.

People fleeing on the road, massacring mountain villages... Najie slurred all the way south, plundering all the way.

Shi Xiong broke the silence, he took the lead in serving a bowl of soup, took out the Hu cake and ate it in a big gulp. "Listen, everybody, cheer me up, eat well, feed the horses. Two hours later, we set off overnight. ”

Liu Ye swallowed this meal with tears. At this time, she understood why her father had always regretted that she was not a man, her father was a loyal martyr, and the huge empire needed talents.

And if he is a man in the eyes of his father, he is expected to become a pillar of talent. Now for these tragic villagers, for the safety of the border side, she is willing to give everything.