Chapter 14: Vitality
At noon one day, a soldier ran to the gang room to inform the gang boss that he would immediately pack up his belongings, load the grain and grass, and the thunderbolt battalion was about to leave the city, and the situation was urgent, and he would be ready to set off within half an hour. The boss of the gang didn't ask where to go, he directly took a few brothers in the gang room to get busy, there are rules in the camp, and the subordinate soldiers are not allowed to inquire about the military affairs above, and in less than half an hour, everyone has been ready, and the row of the gang is filled with a whole donkey cart, and the rest of the grain and grass are loaded by the soldiers in the camp.
There are five battalions set off together this time, with a total of 2,000 people, there are many familiar faces of Ma Xiao, there are strong men who were captured with him, at this time all of them have straight waists, and the complexion on their faces has become like a person, and the word "soldier" is written on the chest of the khaki military uniform, but Ma Xiao's body is a "guy" word, Zhang Tong also took his Tongzi battalion to go with him this time, and there is still a black yaksha dressed as a man standing next to him, not seen for a few days, more like a man, holding the knife that split the horse last time, very majestic.
When the assembly was ready, a large flag was erected with the words ' Mo Yun's two words, an order under the five battalions of soldiers out of the city, Ma Xiao has seen thousands of people fleeing the famine together, or the first time to see more than 2,000 people marching in full gear, as one of them, the heart is also a little proud, along the way breakfast and dinner is to stop and carefully prepare, but at noon just to the soldiers to distribute dry food, cook a pot of vegetable soup on it, the march seems to be very urgent, along the way there are constantly urging people, at night to go to a watch before camping and resting, in the morning five watch will pull out the camp and set off, so the army has been traveling for many days, the military camp has also spread the purpose of this expedition, it turned out that the important town of Taizhou City has just been retracted not long after the siege, this time I went to rescue Taizhou City.
Ma Xiao didn't care about the rumors in the camp at all, he should eat and drink, and on the fifth day of the march, he set up camp near a small uninhabited village, and several military camps all set up camp on the edge of the village, where the terrain was higher, the vision was broad, and it was conducive to mobility, only the houses of each battalion were placed in a few small huts on the edge of the village.
At night, Ma Xiao, who should have been asleep, was woken up by hunger in the middle of the night, after leaving the city, in order to save food and grass, everyone's military rations were reduced, Ma Xiao's stomach was like a bottomless pit, never fed, hungry could not stand it, tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, simply sneaked out of the tent, ran to the donkey cart with the house's belongings and touched around, he deliberately hid half a cake here after dinner, but he couldn't find it at this time, when he was in a hurry, he saw the gang boss sitting cross-legged in the corner of the wall not far from the house, Ma Xiao wondered very much, this gang of bosses thighs have been taught to cut people, and they can also cross their legsI didn't sleep in the middle of the night, did I steal the cake I hid and ate it, the more I thought about it, the more I felt that my reasoning was reasonable, and cautiously walked towards the gang boss.
When I got closer, I found that the boss was not eating, but inhaled and exhaled heavily with his eyes closed, it was summer now, and it was very hot at night, but the breath exhaled by the boss could see the white mist, as if panting in winter, seeing this scene Ma Xiao suddenly came to curiosity, and sat down cross-legged opposite the boss of the gang, but his legs were hard, and he couldn't cross it, so he just sat casually, and folded his hands on his abdomen, learning to breathe in and out of the boss.
After a few exhalations, Ma Xiao gave up, because he found that the inhalation and exhalation of this gang boss were not normal people's breathing rate at all, and he learned that either he inhaled for too long and couldn't stand it, or he exhaled for too long, and his brain was almost dizzy.
After a quarter of an hour, the boss finally stopped breathing heavily, changed his hands a few times, and slowly opened his eyes after a few slight gasps, and was not surprised to see Ma Xiao opposite, obviously he had already known that he was sitting opposite him, "Hmph!
Ma Xiao smiled and didn't match him at all, stared at him with bright eyes and asked, "Boss, what were you doing just now, are you practicing any magic skills?"
"What kind of practice of divine skills, this is the method of exhaling vitality, you little doll knows a fart. ”
"What is Genki?"
"Hmph, this vitality is the original power of all things in the world, you can't see it or touch it, but in this world, the sun and moon alternate, the stars move, the wind and clouds surge, and the rivers and seas all rely on the vitality of this heaven and earth, and even the withering of plants and trees, and the reproduction of people and animals depend on the vitality of this heaven and earth.
"Oh!oh!I know, guy boss, you are cultivating immortals" Ma Xiaoyi was immediately interested when he heard this, and looked eagerly at the guy boss with bright eyes.
"Hahahaha, cultivating immortals, you little doll really doesn't know the height of the sky, those who can cultivate into immortals are all legendary masters outside the world, we mortals in the flesh don't talk about cultivating immortals, we can't even see the shadow of immortals"
"Oh!" Ma Xiao wanted to tell the boss about the streamer he saw that night, but he still didn't say it, who would believe the nonsense of a ten-year-old child.
Seeing that the doll was a little lost, the boss said, " If you want to learn this method of vomiting, I can teach you, although you can't cultivate into immortals, but you can still strengthen your body, I heard that in some rivers and lakes, some people with high qualifications, is through this method of vomiting to practice as light as a swallow, can fly eaves and walk on the wall, and some can release this vitality to the outside of the body, hurt people in the air, even if you have not practiced kung fu, you will be strong after practicing the method of breathing, there are people in our army who practice, with foreign kung fu, practice as powerful as an ox, play a hundred and ten pounds of weapons like playing with a feather fan, how about it, starving ghosts, do you want to learn?”
Ma Xiao, who said this time, was interested again: "Learn, learn, hehe, then I want to apprentice?"
"Hehe, you don't need to apprentice, I also learned this shallow Tunaku kung fu by chance, and I also promised to teach me the person who Tuna, I won't accept apprentices outside, I like your doll's temperament, I can eat and sleep, no heart and no lungs, so I taught you, you just call me a senior brother when no one is around, and you can't say it when outsiders are there" The guy boss is very interested tonight, and he usually scolds and scolds, but today he looks like an elder.
"Okay, senior brother, please accept the worship of junior brother" Ma Xiao quickly stood up, looked like a scholar, and made a gesture to the boss, and then hurriedly sat on the ground to learn from him.
At that moment, a scream pierced the silent night.
The boss hurriedly pressed Ma Xiao to the ground and whispered, "Don't make a sound!" Ma Xiao quickly covered his mouth with both hands, because at this time he saw that not far from their walls, a group of Chu soldiers dressed in black quickly approached the Peijun camp, they seemed to be surprised by the screams, and when they heard an order, countless fires lit up in the small village.
This scream was issued by the secret whistle of the Pei army, apparently the night attack of the Chu army was discovered, the whole military camp suddenly sounded the horn, all the soldiers rushed out of their tents to get weapons, a large part of them were not clothed, even the military clothes and armor were not put on, but the Chu army would not give them time, countless fires rose into the sky, with flaming arrows shot at the camp one after another, and in a moment the wailing and screaming were everywhere, and the strong men who had just become soldiers for a long time once again exposed their homeless nature at this time, and even the weapons were not taken to the camp and ran around with their heads, and the barracks were on fire in many placesIn a hurry, only a small number of veterans prepared and defended the first wave of arrows, and then the second wave arrived, with the first wave of lighting, the targets of this wave of arrows were more concentrated, half of the hundreds of tents in the camp were on fire, and there were rolling soldiers everywhere, and they were all on fire, and there were many soldiers around them with clothes and sand to fight these people, and the whole camp was in chaos.
After two waves of arrows, the Chu army launched a charge, the cavalry in front, the foot behind, rushed out of the small village, survived the arrow rain of the Pei army quickly organized, under the leadership of several generals, to meet the Chu army rushed out in the dark, the two armies of the war is about to break out. At this time, Ma Xiao has been taken back to the room by the boss of the gang, and the door of the small hut is closed, and the other people in the house are also wearing military uniforms at this time, each putting on simple leather armor, copying out the weapons that are not usually used, and waiting for the battle, Ma Xiao put on a red scarf around his forehead, put on a shabby leather armor, holding a sharp knife for removing meat in his hand, leaning against the corner, nervously looking at the chaotic light and shadow reflected in the window, listening to the sound of fighting outside, the battlefield is getting closer and closer to their hut, Ma Xiao's heart is slowly pulling up, he has seen a war, but he is even more afraid of war, holding the sharp knife with his hands trembling, and his breathing has become unsmooth。
"Starving ghost!" This is the nickname given to him by the people in the gang, and the person who called him is the gang boss, "Our gang leader doesn't have to go out to fight, but once someone rushes through this door, it's time for us to fight hard, do you hear" The gang boss tried his best to keep his voice low, but there was still majesty in his tone, Ma Xiao took a deep breath and nodded heavily. The rest of the room clutched their weapons, leaning against the corner or leaning against the window, not saying a word, as if waiting for a certain moment to come.
The sound of fighting was getting closer and closer, and soon the sound of weapons connecting weapons sounded on the edge of the hut, and then the roar and screams also sounded, Ma Xiao felt that these voices were beside him, only separated by a wall, and it was indeed the two worlds of life and death.
With a loud bang, the door of the thatched hut was slammed open, and the entire door frame fell into the house together, and there were two people who were scuffling together, and the dazzling fire outside suddenly shone into the thatched hut, and the earth-shattering shouts of killing also poured in, and the two independent worlds were connected together at this time.
The blind man who had been a soldier reacted very quickly, and immediately identified which of the two people twisted together was Chu Jun, and pounced on it, and the waist knife that had already been unsheathed stabbed and stabbed, and neatly cut off the head of Chu Bing and threw it into a basket for vegetables, "This head is mine, and I sent a reward to invite my brother to drink."
The other person who fell in hurriedly squatted up, bowed his hand to the blind man, and saw this person's face clearly through the fire light that penetrated through Ma Xiao, it was Wei Chao, who had several relationships with him. Just when Ma Xiaozheng was stunned, two spears stabbed in from outside the door.