The border city, the yellow sand, and the rolling dust obscured the sky and the sun, blocking the sun that wanted to break through the clouds but seemed unwilling to come out......

The gray color of the sight, the low houses are jagged and crowded next to each other, and the tallest of the city is a tower of indescribable age, peerless and isolated, standing and silent, adding a special scenery to this inconspicuous border city.

And the diametrically opposite of all these dilapidated scenery is the tall and strong city wall in the distance, the cyan bricks and tiles, the solid foundation, and even the newly fired line of small characters on the city bricks "Chu Jiaxi three years, Ancheng", I think it was the latest repair, not only added but also heightened.

The sun finally poked its head out reluctantly, and stingily sprinkled a little sunlight on the barren land, and before the warm light could reach the land, it was swept away by the howling of the harsh north wind.

"Ahh......h

"Open your head, open your head......" someone called him, and he kept shaking.

"Grandma's bear, let me not let Lao Tzu sleep!" Zhang was shaken so that the sleepy insects fled in all directions, and they couldn't help jumping up and scolding.

"Zhang Tou, it's me, Sanzai! It's time to change your post. The three boys of the changing of the guard grinned with white teeth, and his swarthy and simple face overflowed with a big smile, which was a little brighter than the wilting sun in the sky.

Zhang came back to his senses, wiped his face indiscriminately, the dust on his face fell down, and he couldn't help but curse the ghost weather.

"A change of guard? So early?! Damn, it's only September, why is it so cold, it's still good to be home. At this time, the sun is still scorching in my hometown...... "Zhang Touwang slapped a few times on his body, and there was a burst of dust and mist, he slapped a few times indiscriminately, looking at the soldier's uniform on his body that had long been unable to see the color, and wanted to scold again.

Sanzai, who was on the side, suddenly took out two baked cakes from his arms and handed them over: "Give!" Open your head! I've been hungry all night. I passed by Ma Zi Li's baked cake stall and bought two more, take them to eat, and treat them as a junior's filial piety to you. ”

The complaint in his stomach was swallowed immediately, and he quickly took it, tore off a large piece with the hand that had just slapped the soil, and ate it in a big gulp. He was hungry all night, chewing in his mouth, and he didn't forget to smile and pat Sanzai's shoulder.

The two pieces of baked cakes went down, and Zhang Tou took out the small wine jug in his arms and took a sip, and then smiled at her Sanzai and said, "Good boy!" I know that I respect the old and respect the virtuous, and I have a great future in the future! How old are you? Have you started a family? ”

He looked like an old god, looked at the sky, and knew that the time for the change of guard had not yet arrived, but Sanzai came early, and the military discipline in the army was strict, no matter how old the fritter was, he didn't dare to leave the post easily, so he had to pull around, knock his teeth with this recruit, and pass the time.

"I'm eighteen years old this year, and I haven't thought about starting a family." Sanzai was thin-skinned, and after the last sentence was finished, he couldn't help blushing, but fortunately, his face was black, and he couldn't see it.

"Yo, I'm eighteen, Lao Tzu came out to be a soldier at sixteen, and I've been away from home for twenty years. Tsk, most of you like you have been in battle and killed the enemy. Zhang Tou shook his hair as messy as a weed, and suddenly said proudly: "When Lao Tzu was in his twenties, he crossed the Yuanjiang River with the current emperor to destroy the Hua Kingdom!" Tsk, I think that's why it was called sand licking blood back then......" he said as he took out the small wine jug in his arms and took another sip.

Sanzai was fascinated when he heard this, and hurriedly pulled him and asked: "Zhang Tou, you really fought with the current emperor, it's really amazing, I heard that the Huaguo was beaten by our emperor for a year and a half before it was defeated." I really didn't expect our emperor to be so powerful in war. Zhang Tou, tell me about it, is it our emperor who is powerful in the war, or is the current commander of the Su Dynasty powerful? ......" He asked plainly, but the last sentence couldn't help lowering his voice, thinking that he was not stupid, and knew that he should avoid it.

Zhang Tou shrank his head and looked around, there was not a single pedestrian on the street, and only a few soldiers guarding the city were wandering around the city gate. He patted Sanzai's head and said in a low voice: "You stinky boy, isn't this asking nonsense?" Today's first-class hussar commander, the emperor's imperial 'Grand Commander King' used to fight with the emperor. Do you say that the emperor is powerful or is he powerful? ”

He couldn't question this conclusion, but he didn't expect the honest and simple Sanzai to show disagreement on his face, and snorted twice: "Zhang Tou, this is not necessarily, now the commander of Su is very powerful, this time we are fighting with Liang Guo, and it is not him who personally leads the troops...... only to be repulsed. Now the Liang State is forced to negotiate peace with our Chu State...... You say, isn't this the first credit for him? The emperor has not fought for many years, and he will be rusty when he thinks about it. ”

He stammered, but the infinite adoration in his eyes could not be concealed. Zhang Tou sighed, took another sip of wine, and then said: "The young people of your generation have taken a fancy to Commander Su, so naturally they all regard him as a god. I think that at that time, we followed the emperor to fight in the east and west, and the emperor was called the real 'god of war' and was recognized by the four countries. Children's families, know a fart! ”

Sanzai touched a soft nail, smiled, and stopped talking. Zhang Tou saw that he didn't talk much, and wanted to provoke him to tease him.

At this moment, suddenly there was a sound of thunder in the distance, the ground under his feet was trembling slightly, his face changed, and he hurriedly fell to the ground to listen. Several soldiers defending the city also returned to their posts with their guns on nervous faces.

"It's okay, it's our cavalry!!" After listening for a while, he jumped up from the ground and shouted loudly to the soldiers next to him. The old eyes, which are cloudy from drinking too much wine, are now bright, shining like a leopard discovering its prey.

Sanzai on the side looked at the boss with his mouth wide open, and wondered if the sloppy veteran in front of him was the scolding old man.

"Zhangtou, isn't this coming from outside the city? In case ......" Sanzai didn't finish speaking, he opened his head and smiled, straightened the straight but dilapidated streets on both sides and smiled: "Look, here, it must be Commander Su who suddenly pulled the 'Xiaoyun Ride' out to practice again." ”

Before he could finish speaking, a thick cloud of smoke and dust appeared in front of him, the ground roared and trembled, and the smoke and dust swept over the sky, and even the sun in the sky dimmed a little.