The autumn rain continued for several days.

Jianyuan is on the border of the Great Zhou, and further southeast of it is the range of southern Xinjiang.

The southern Xinjiang and the Great Zhou are separated by an extremely vast river, the Luo River.

Southern Xinjiang does not refer to a specific place, on this plain, it is extremely vast and has many forces.

And the barbarian soldiers who went north were in the southwest direction, and there was a pass here, and the Xiongguan was like a city, which was the Mawei Mountain Pass.

The defender of Jiayuguan was General Ning Yuan.

General Ning Yuan was originally a subordinate of Ma Chongju, and it had been five years since he was assigned to the border. With him here, the soldiers of the Southern Barbarians did not dare to cross the thunder pool by half a step.

But the horse re-lifted and died.

This was something that even Ning Yuan didn't know, and he didn't know why the barbarian soldiers were the first to know, and they crossed the Luo River almost that day.

The fighting in the border area was already tense a month ago.

The current Son of Heaven Zhou Xing sent reinforcements, without the slightest timidity, and as early as a few days ago, the reinforcements had arrived.

Ning Yuan, the general who led the team, didn't know him because he was a young man.

His style of doing things is extremely strange, even he has to carefully write down every word he says, and he is meticulous in doing things.

The day after he arrived at Mawei Pass, he memorized the names of most of the people in the barracks.

He did not first set out to go to the frontier, nor did he study the soldiers of the Southern Barbarians, so he ordered the retreat.

The Nanban soldiers charged several times, but they could not enter because of the obstruction of the tall wall.

Although General Ning Yuan was puzzled, he was a general sent by the Holy Lord after all. Although he is young, he can only obey him.

Then General Ning Yuan's subordinates were also dissatisfied, because they were a little upset when they listened to the daily shouting and scolding under the city, but looking back at the new general, they were still concerned about the well-being of the soldiers every day.

It seems that he is not interested in the war, or that he has forgotten what he came here for.

So the rumors began in the barracks that the newly appointed general did not know how to soldier, so he delayed sending troops, but the general only smiled at this.

And so it was not until the autumn rain fell.

The general finally made a move and began to recruit troops.

He recruited militia on a large scale, because it was on the border, many people were poor, but the military pay he gave was very rich, so many people rushed to come.

Many people have heard that this general was generous and could give one or two lines of silver a month.

So these people, not looking at the recruitment notices, whether they met or not, rushed one after another.

The general sat under the pergola temporarily built by the recruits, watching the autumn rain with the autumn breeze and looking at the endless crowd in front of him.

In addition to many young strong men, there are also children of seven or eight years old, old and decrepit, and even women.

He looked at these people, his brow unfurrowed, extremely quiet.

The adjutant standing next to him was about to widen his eyes.

"General, you accept any kind of soldiers, isn't it chaotic, how can these people fight? Those barbarian soldiers are extremely brave, how can we recruit these soldiers to fight?"

The general lowered his head and took a sip of Biansai's unique flower tea, his brows furrowed slightly.

"No nonsense. ”

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The adjutant stepped back and said no more.

After a short time, the soldier in charge of recruiting next to him brought an old man with a bitter face, the old man was hobbling and looked like he was even sixty or seventy years old.

"General, he has reached such an age, and he still wants to join the army, you say this ......"

The general put down the teacup, a little displeased, and said lightly, "Move." ”

The old man looked at the general's face, and suddenly knelt down, with tears on his face, "General, my son died in the army, leaving behind a foolish son, I am old, there is really no way, I can't fight, but I can follow the fire......"

The general hurriedly stood up, helped the old man up, looked at the sergeant next to him and said, "Go and give him a salary or two, don't ask again in the future, just recruit him." ”

The sergeant looked bitter and stopped talking.

The old man was about to kowtow and thank him, but was stopped by the general.

The old man burst into tears, "The old man's surname is Huang, and his name is Chuanhe." I've been in Biansai for all these years, and I've never seen such a righteous person as the general, and I want to ask the general's name. ”

The general smiled slightly, "My surname is Li, Li Fengliang." ”

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Huang Chuanhe looked at the young man in front of him, thanked him again, and then left.

Li Fengliang looked at the sergeant next to him and asked lightly, "How many have you recruited today?"

The sergeant said with a bitter face, "More than 3,000 people, 3,000 taels of silver were given out. And the food is even more innumerable. ”

Li Fengliang frowned slightly.

The sergeant said that the general was distressed and was about to add.

Li Fengliang continued, "Tomorrow, send more people to spread the news around Guancheng, as far as I know, there are at least tens of thousands of residents near this Mawei Pass, how can these people be?"

The sergeant cried bitterly, "My general, these people are all old, weak, sick and disabled, and they have been in the border for all these years and heard that the barbarians are so frightened that their legs are weak, if it weren't for the poor people in the family who can't open the pot, who will come? The fools can see that they are for the silver tael." ”

Li Fengliang said, "Since it's for silver, then just give it, I still have tens of thousands of taels of silver out of these foundations in Da Zhou." ”

The sergeant was speechless in a hurry, and seeing that the sky was getting darker today, another man came from the other side of the long street.

It was the most normal person they had seen in an afternoon.

It was a man.

He was tall and a little delicate, but the breath between his eyebrows and eyes was very tired.

Li Fengliang felt as if he had seen this person somewhere.

The clothes he was wearing were all mud, but the original color was no longer clear.

He came to the recruiting office and shouted, "I'm going to be a soldier." ”

The sergeant was overjoyed, because looking at this figure, this kid must have some strength.

He was just about to speak, but Li Fengliang suddenly shouted, "Come here." ”

The man was startled, and turned his head to look at Li Fengliang, his face was a little muddy, and he looked a little scared.

Li Fengliang carefully looked at his face.

The man's eyes were a little nervous, but his face remained calm.

"What's it called?"

"Surname Tu ......"

"What?"

The man said nervously, "Tuzhou." ”

Li Fengliang looked into his eyes and said, "Actually, I know that you are actually ......."

The man's expression remained the same, but his hand, hidden in the sleeve of his dirty robe, grasped a dagger.

If he says his name, then he will kill him as quickly as he can.

Li Fengliang glanced at his cuffs.

said lightly, "It's a poor man......"

The man breathed a sigh of relief, then bowed down and thanked him, "Exactly, I am a poor man, and I came here for the salary of one or two soldiers." ”

Li Fengliang asked, "Have you ever seen a brute?"

The man said, "I have never seen it, but I heard that the barbarians are cruel and kill the people of our Great Zhou without mercy." ”

Li Fengliang said, "You are different from other poor people. ”

The man's face changed slightly.

"You have a lot of courage and a lot of guts. ”

Li Fengliang said lightly, I don't know if this sentence is a pun.

"From now on, you will stay with me and be my horse boy. ”

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Zhou Tu bowed his head, and the sweat behind his back had soaked through his clothes.

But fortunately, he stood in the light autumn rain, and no one could tell whether he was sweat or rain.

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