After a while, a few people panted and carried more than a dozen dry branches back to the river, Ma Xiao put down the firewood and suddenly found a familiar figure in the crowd, it was none other than today's "pull out the mountain and cover the world" of the black night fork, at this moment she was carrying a heavy bag, and was talking to General Zhang Tong, the two of them met for the first time today, but now they seem to have been familiar for a long time.

"Why did she come along" Thinking like this, Ma Xiao hurriedly hid behind others to help light the fire, for fear that Yaksha would notice him.

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In this way, the team of five or six hundred people marched slowly, the homeless people could eat a steamed bun or dried sweet potatoes every day, drink a bowl of broth with salt, and those who helped to work could also eat meat, and there was something to eat, and then the homeless people on the road no longer made trouble and ran away, and there were people who actively helped the soldiers to fight, and the soldiers rarely beat the homeless people again, and everyone began to become familiar, and passed through many villages and towns along the way, but unfortunately all of them were dilapidated, only collapsed houses and barren grass all over the ground, ten rooms and nine emptiness, ghosts could not be seen, Zhang Tong had the "great cause of recovering the country" in his heart Every time I go to a village or town, I must dig three feet into the ground to catch the strong men, and when I see the grain and livestock, all of them are left behind, and they are all loaded and taken away, and the strong men and the grain and grass continue to increase.

Day and night, rain or shine, along the way, the horse avoids the Yaksha everywhere to do things, from time to time to order steamed buns and meat to secretly add meals, and the Yaksha seems to have become Zhang Tong's personal bodyguard, has been saddled before and after the horse followed, the strong men are also very rare, the first time to see the Yaksha so obedient, it is really an eye-opener, the Yaksha has also become the only "strong man" in the small town who does not use ropes.

Eight days after departure, everyone finally arrived at the boundary of Suizhou, and then one day's journey can enter the city, the soldiers all look smiling, come out to eat and sleep for so long and finally be able to go back to the city to rest, when the lunch break and dinner, two soldiers galloped back on horseback, the sound of horses' hooves was hurried, and they came to the near place only to find that the two were hung up, one of them had a broken arrow on his back, these two people Ma Xiao recognized, I heard the strong men say that they are scouts in the army, specifically to inquire about the news, but this morning there were obviously four people out, and now only two of them came back with injuries, it seems that something happened。

"Report the ......" two scouts rushed into the crowd, turned over and dismounted, and came to Zhang Tong with an arch hand, Zhang Tong and several lieutenants immediately helped the two into the makeshift tent, this scene was seen by the soldiers and the "strong men", they stopped their work and stared at the tent, Ma Xiaoke didn't care so much, seeing that others were chattering, he secretly followed a few dried sweet potatoes to the bottom of the carriage and chewed and swallowed, everything is fake, filling the stomach is real. After only a few days of eating, you will have such useless things as idleness.

After a while, several lieutenants came out of the tent, all put on earthy yellow armor and got on their horses, and the leaders of their subordinates lined up to receive the task, and the atmosphere became tense for a while, a deputy general led a group of soldiers to leave the crowd and ran in the direction where the scouts came, and several other lieutenants lined up with their own soldiers, and the captured strong men began to be restless, not knowing what was happening, some people began to shout, and as a result, they were whipped again.

Ma Xiao also sensed that something was wrong, and quickly stuffed the remaining dried sweet potatoes into his mouth, and returned to the team of the strong men, several soldiers ripped open the rain cloths on the two carriages, revealing the spears and wooden shields inside, there were hundreds of pairs, all of which were newly made, and the other soldiers took out short knives to cut the ropes that tied the strong men, and the strong men were blinded, and they were tied for so many days, and their arms were strangled marks, and the rope was much more comfortable when they were untied, but they always felt that something was wrong, and they asked what was going on, and only the whip answered them.

A team of soldiers escorted the strong men to the side of the carriage to send weapons, the strong men also gradually realized that this is afraid of a war, they are crowded forward to grab weapons, Ma Xiao originally lined up in front of the also received a spear, but was robbed by a strong man behind, starting from the small town all the way to here, the strong men have more than 600 people, but the weapons are only enough for more than 100 people, the people who get the spear are a little calm, the people who did not grab the spear have a pair of wooden shields in their hearts, and the people who have not grabbed anything are psychologically hairy, and they don't know what to do, so they began to search for the objects around them, wooden sticks, bamboo poles, stones, hammers, and even people grabbed the spatula for cooking, anyway, it is better than nothing to have something in his hand, Ma Xiao didn't have anything to grab, so he ran to grab the grain bag with dried sweet potatoes, and was whipped several times before letting go.

After the weapons were issued, the soldiers shook their whips and shouted loudly at this group of "rabble" to line up, and it took a long time for this group of people to reluctantly form a phalanx, the soldiers and strong men with weapons stood in front, and those with "eighteen kinds of weapons" stood behind, and the young men who did not grow such hair as Ma Xiao were ranked last, and the cavalry riding war horses were divided into two wings of the team, and the phalanx was backed by a steep mountain, facing the open mountain road, and from a distance, the phalanx of more than 700 people was quite scary.

After the formation was completed, Zhang Tong and several lieutenant generals rode tall war horses to the front of the battle and shouted, "Sons, the opportunity to make meritorious contributions has arrived! Untie the rope and pick up the spear, you are General Moyun's soldiers" Zhang Tong's voice was particularly loud today, and the voice hit the high mountain and swung back to form an equally loud echo, everyone held their breath and did not speak, the scorching sun was in the sky, but a killing aura emanated from everyone.

"In this battle, only victory is allowed, not defeat!" Zhang Tong paused, waited for the echo to reverberate, and then continued, "Whoever bravely moves forward, reward! Those who retreat and flee, kill!" The voice of the word "kill" was particularly loud, and the strong men felt a chill in their hearts, and the entire army was silent.

An adjutant general also came out at this time and shouted, "General Zhang has already set the rules, those who kill one enemy will be rewarded with two coins of silver, a pot of wine, and a meal of meat, and those who kill ten enemies will be promoted to the rank of captain, and they will have silver every month, and the promotion of officials to knighthood is all based on their military merits, and the more enemies they kill, the greater their combat achievements!" The timid and cowardly hearts were frightened, thinking about the scene of being beheaded for money, and the teenagers at the end of the line were afraid, because after hearing this, they all felt that their heads were used for silver by the enemy.

A few teenagers were frightened and cried, this cry didn't matter, a group of timid teenagers next to them were scared, I didn't expect to come to die just after a few days of full food, one of the bald teenagers wiped his tears and looked at the people next to him, but found that there was a thin monkey next to him not only not scared, but desperately stuffed dried sweet potatoes into his mouth, and suddenly cried out "Wow...... Why are you still eating, we're all going to die......"

This person is none other than Ma Xiao, looking at the bald head next to him with his mouth wide open and crying, he hurriedly spoke to comfort, but his mouth was full, and he couldn't hear it clearly, so he simply gave up and continued to chew desperately, his teeth and mouth were not ordinarily good,

In less than a quarter of an hour, the team of soldiers who went out turned back, and the adjutant general who led the team came to the front of the formation to restrain his horse, whispered a few words beside Zhang Tong and led the team into the phalanx, Zhang Tong and the other lieutenants said a few words and suddenly shouted at the phalanx, "Prepare to meet the enemy!"

"Roar, roar, roar, roar......" The soldiers stomped their spears and roared, the rhythm was compact, very imposing, and the strong men followed the rhythm, and also followed the rhythm to beat the "eighteen weapons" and let out a low roar, and their morale was greatly boosted for a while.

Just when everyone was cheering and cheering, a puff of smoke and dust drifted on the mountain road in the distance, and I saw a group of cavalry dressed in black armor rushing towards this side, there were many of them, not to mention three or four hundred people, Ma Xiao stood at the end of the team, and he couldn't see the situation in front clearly, but he also heard the dense sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and his psychology began to get nervous.

The sound of horses' hooves was getting closer and closer, and the killing shouts of the charge also sounded on the opposite side, Ma Xiao's heart felt like it was pressed by something, and it was so heavy that he even forgot to chew the dried sweet potatoes in his mouth. At this time, an adjutant general shouted "Kill!".

It seemed that he had been waiting for a long time, and the people in the phalanx also followed the long roar of "kill", and the entire phalanx began to move forward, and Ma Xiao didn't know why he also roared loudly, as if he had become part of the military array at this moment.