Shanshan Wangcheng, the weather is very hot, on the old Longkou training ground, everyone is enjoying the shade under the tree, this is a group of young female soldiers newly recruited by Luxiang. In order not to affect agricultural production, Xiangxiang adopted the method of rotation every three years, and in three years, the women of Shanshanguo between the ages of 15 and 20 were trained intensively, and each batch of about 1,500 people formed a women's barracks, and the soldiers of the intensive training were the national standing army. Retired female soldiers form militias from their villages, where they do not have to fight at home, but when they do war, they guard their homes.

In recent years, under the guidance of Ban Chao, Shanshan has dug a large number of qanats, the area of the oasis has been expanding, and there has been no major war for many years, redundant troops have been reduced, and military expenditures have been greatly reduced. At this time, Tianzhu Buddhism has been introduced to the Western Regions, and the common people worship the statue of Ban Chao with the Buddha as a god.

This newly recruited group of female soldiers basically grew up in peacetime, and they couldn't endure hardships when they started military training, and they often scolded Chun Ruyi so angrily.

Sha Xue learned a lot of skills in Khotan, and saw that the female barracks also needed Langzhong, so he also stayed in Shanshan, recruited a few smart and clever female soldiers, formed a clinic, treated the injuries and diseases for the female soldiers, and helped Hao Xiang and Ruyi train recruits.

If you think that the sun is rising, and you have been training for almost an hour, you can see that all the female soldiers are sweating one by one, and you can't bear it, so you will order the officer on duty to order you to take a break from the exercises. When the female soldiers heard the rest, they hula and dispersed into the shade of the trees.

Xiangxiang approached the resting female soldiers, and when the female soldiers saw that they were going to get up and salute, Xiangxiang waved her hand to signal everyone to rest. After taking a few steps forward, I heard four or five female soldiers whispering around me, and only one female soldier laughed: "Look at the big black brothers, they were shorter than the eldest prince and Tian Gongzi last year, and they are taller than them this year." Another female soldier quipped, "Ouch! How can our little sister observe so carefully, does she fancy his brothers? The women laughed. The female soldier who spoke first said: "They are the sons of General Gan, tiger fathers and tiger sons, how dare I think about them?" After saying that, he sighed. Only the audience girl smiled: "Ye Lisha, if you want to go to whoever you want, be brave, don't forget to invite us to drink wedding wine when the time comes." The female soldiers laughed again.

Lu Xiang gently approached the group of female soldiers, and suddenly recalled the past. It's been almost ten years, and when he was just eighteen years old, he was snatched away by the bandit Kutuji, and was later rescued by Ban Chao. Ah! How handsome and brave Ban Chao was, so far away from me, he shot the bandits who held me hostage with a knife with just one arrow, and then picked up a sword and slashed, killed several bandits, rescued me from the tiger's mouth, and was seriously injured himself. I thought of getting along with him day and night in the more than a month since I treated Ban Chao's injury, and I loved him, but Ban Chao didn't know it. I thought that this female soldier named Ye Lisha was in a similar mood to myself at the time, and the hearts of women were the same, and I didn't feel secretly funny.

Xiangxiang was contemplating the memories of the past, only to hear Sha Xue loudly reprimanding a few female soldiers: "You are tired during training!" I chattered during the break, and I talked about the man coming, I really don't know how to be shy! Luxury Xiang looked back and saw that Sha Xue was reprimanding Ye Lisha and a group of people. I saw Ye Lisha and several female soldiers with red faces, bowing their heads and saying nothing. Seeing this, Hao Xiang hurriedly walked over and said, "Okay, okay, General Sha Xue don't say it." He also said to the women: "There is a famous saying in the Central Plains called Guan Guan Ju Dove, in the river island, my fair lady, gentleman is good, why should boys and girls admire each other?" Don't look at General Sha Xue so seriously, he was brave when he chased General Gan Ying. ”

The female soldiers laughed when they heard this. Sha Xue was also amused by Xiangxiang's words and said, "Eldest sister, how can you expose my old bottom in front of these little girls." Xiangxiang said softly: "It's normal for girls to be a little thoughtful, we have to guide them correctly and don't hurt their self-esteem." Saying that, Lashaxue sat down with the women and said, "It is not embarrassing for men and women to respect each other, it is a human nature. But now that you are a soldier and a standing army, you are not allowed to engage in personal affairs, let alone fall in love and find a boyfriend. It is necessary to concentrate on hard training in the ability to kill the enemy. Last month, a small group of thieves entered our country's border and were trying to rob in Longkou, and we led a large team to encircle and suppress them, because some female soldiers were not vigilant and did not train strictly, and they fell behind more than 30 people after running 50 miles. These thieves are all fierce, we used three talent formations, three to fight one, only to eliminate fifteen, and a few bandits rushed out of the encirclement, we also have ten sisters sacrificed, more sweat in peacetime to shed less blood in war. General Sha Xue is strict with you and loves you. General Ban Chao often said that strictness is love, and looseness is harm, this is the maxim of governing the army, and it is confusing to say and understand. Hope that the sisters should remember. Ye Lisha and the others were moved in their hearts when they saw Luxiang's patient teaching, and said in unison: "Don't worry, princess, we must not want to do private things in the past three years, concentrate on practicing martial arts, killing the enemy and defending the country." Luxiang nodded in approval, and Sha Xue got up to leave.

Sha Xue said to Hao Xiang: "Sister, you are really good, I am annoyed when I see them chattering." Xiangxiang said solemnly: "We want to train the women's barracks into a school, not only to teach them to practice martial arts, but also to teach them to be human beings, this is the long-term solution." Sha Xue nodded thoughtfully. Due to the super luxury incense in Shanshan, the water conservancy and agriculture and business, morality teaches people, and cultivates integrity and people's customs. Therefore, many countries in the Western Regions have changed with the times, some have disappeared, some have migrated, and only Shanshan has not fallen for thousands of years, until modern times, Shanshan is still a famous city in the west, and the cantaloupe produced by Banchao wine is famous all over the world.

On this day, Xiangxiang, Chun Ruyi, and Sha Xue were training female soldiers, and received a battle report from Ban Chao in Shule. It is said that Douti has been destroyed, Shule is completely settled, and the first stage of the battle for stability has ended. Now he is preparing to face Shache with the Khotanese army. Qiuzi and other countries raised a large army to attack Shule, in a vain attempt to flank our army on both sides, and the war was about to begin.