Chapter 4 Joining the Army
When I woke up again, I found myself lying on a warm bed, my sister gently shaking my arm, and a woman in white leisurely drinking tea beside me.
"Are you awake?"
"Where is this?"
"This is the camp of the heavy army, and after you fainted, the marshal himself carried you back. ”
Why should I be here? As soon as I wanted to get up, I felt pain on my body, and when I looked closely, my whole body was bandaged.
By the way, it seems that before fainting, he promised some nasty guy that he would come to join the army in exchange for ruining the Colosseum.
Lu Ji saw that I was awake, so he called the soldiers outside the door to inform the marshal, and after a while, I heard a hearty laughter, and a strong and handsome middle-aged man opened the curtain and came in, and patted me on the shoulder unceremoniously: "Little shadow, are you awake?
I grinned in pain, and I had to slap this slap badly when I got better.
"I don't really want to join the army, and of course I won't break my promise, I will be an ordinary soldier under you for ten years, and I will leave when my military service is completed. ”
"Ordinary soldiers, go?" Yu Qianpan's eyes widened wider than the copper bell: "If you don't give Lao Tzu the position of general all the way in ten years, Lao Tzu will break your legs!"
I glared back coldly: "I didn't violate the agreement between us, you ruined the Colosseum, I will join your barracks, as for the other things you want to impose on me, there is no agreement, I don't agree." ”
Yu Qianpan was so angry that he stomped his feet, but he had no choice but to look at Lu Ji.
It is the responsibility of the strategist to share the worries of the marshal, Lu Ji did not start from my side first, but smiled at the Sun and Moon Concubine: "Concubine, do you want your brother Junying to be a hero?"
"Hero...... What is it?"
"He is a man who is handsome and dashing in appearance, extremely powerful, full of scriptures, talented and physical, and even more rare, he will guard all the weak, drive out terrible enemies, and fight constantly for a better life for people. ”
"Wow, heroes are so great. ”
"En, does the concubine want Brother Junying to be such a person?"
"Hopefully, my brother has always loved my concubine, and my concubine has always loved my brother, and I hope that others can love my brother too...... But you can't rob with concubines. ”
"No, Brother Junying will always be a concubine. ”
After inducing the Sun and Moon Concubine, Lu Jipi looked at me with a smile, which made my heart tremble.
"Junying, how old are you now?"
“...... Nine years old. ”
"Ten years later, you are nineteen years old, you have achieved nothing, you have not yet had a skill, but you tell me, how do you support your flowery sister?"
"I ......"
"Hard work? A soldier earns less than thirty silver coins a year, a farmer earns less than twenty silver coins a year, even if you work hard, you can afford five hundred gold coins for a house in the city?
"......"
"A house in an ordinary town costs ten gold coins, but how high is the quality of the people there? Do you want your sister to marry a man with athlete's foot, vulgar speech, and drinking alcohol? Do you want your sister to wash her face with tears all day long and call her brother?"
"No ......"
"Now the marshal has taken a fancy to your talent, it is a blessing that others can't cultivate in several lifetimes, but you don't cherish it well, you haven't thought about your sister's future at all, girls have to socialize and make up, this is all an expense, a lot of dowry, a good background will not be bullied, think about it yourself, will Junying be a good brother in the future if you give up your sister?"
After a wild bombardment, Lu Ji pulled the marshal who was snickering on the side, and walked out quickly, for fear that Jun Ying would see the marshal's unbeaten appearance later, and then he would have to spend another tongue.
I opened my mouth several times in a row and was strongly interrupted by Lu Ji, and the words spoken by the other party were sharp and pointed to the point, until I was speechless at the end, my face was red and white for a while, and my heart was shaken.
It's just a weakness to catch me for being good to my sister, shameless!
But she was right, and her sister's expenses in the future were indeed like this.
At this time, Yu Qianpan, who was about to leave the tent, said intentionally or unintentionally: "By the way, my salary is 5,000 gold a year." ”
Five thousand gold?
Five thousand gold!
"Brother......
Concubine Sun and Moon seemed to be a little worried about me, pulled my sleeve, and called me softly. I looked at the concubine's thin little face, and thought with envy in my heart, if only there was such a sum of money for the concubine to spend, I like to see her laugh the most, but I don't like to watch her smile when she eats stinky steamed buns.
Maybe being a general is also a good way to go?
Five days later, Yu Qianpan and many generals in the army were gathering in front of the sand table, developing tactics, but a shout came from outside the tent: "Lord Marshal! When can I go to the battlefield!"
After this shout, there was a lot of noise, as if someone was trying to break into the tent.
Listening to the child's voice and this posture, Yu Qianpan instantly understood who was coming, and slowly ordered the removal of the sand table, allowing the generals to sit at will, and then waited for someone to come in.
I saw two heavily armed soldiers flying in from outside the door, falling to the ground, with blue noses and swollen faces, which was really ugly.
A child lifted the curtain, walked into the big tent and patted the ashes on his hands, it seemed that it was really simple for him to break into the camp, he hugged his fists very sincerely to Yu Qianpan and said: "Marshal, I have asked to see you for three days, the injury has long been healed, I don't want to eat rice here, waste time, and because I have asked you for a long time, you refuse to see me, so I broke in, I hope not to blame, I just want to ask, when can I go to the battlefield?"
That's right, this kid is me, since I have decided to stay and work in the barracks, then I also hope to do things as soon as possible, and earn money to support my sister as soon as possible, but no one will assign me a job after two days, so I thought to myself, if you don't give me a job, I can ask for it myself. I found the marshal's big tent, and wanted to see the marshal was actually rejected by the one outside the door, I didn't give up on asking to see outside the big tent for three days to no avail, and I was in a hurry, and today I couldn't help but call in.
Yu Qianpan didn't look at me, but just looked at a general on the right with a smile: "General Dashi, it seems that the training of the soldiers has not been enough recently?"
General Oishi was a little ashamed, and arched his hand: "General don't worry, the training volume will be increased by three times in the future, and now please let me atone for my sins and throw the rude villains out of the tent." ”
After receiving the good tea offered by Lu Ji, Yu Qianpan's eyes moved to the carving on the teacup, and he said "um" lightly.
I asked for it, glanced at Yu Qianpan who was drinking tea, and then looked at the big man who walked over with a cruel smile, and understood in my heart that this was a test given to me by the marshal, hum, is it just a big person, to be honest, I am not afraid at all.
"Does defeating this man put me on the battlefield? If I defeat him, I want his sword as a reward. ”
Yu Qianpan put down the teacup and said casually, "Yes." ”
Being looked down upon by a child like this, he didn't follow the marshal to the Colosseum that day, even if he had been listening to the praise of other generals and marshals about him, General Oishi couldn't help but roar at this moment: "Little rabbit cub, defeat me and talk about it! Don't be ashamed, let me try how many pounds and taels you have!"
The big hand attacked, I didn't retreat but advanced, slapped his palm from above, let the palm pass under my crotch, with this countershock I successfully turned over his neck, two fingers to make a sword, and wanted to insert it into his eye socket, the fierce and decisive appearance made the other generals present widen their eyes slightly.
Just when I thought I had succeeded, a centrifugal force caught me off guard, hitting my head on the ground and rolling off the opponent's neck.
"Bastard!"
I clenched my fists and cursed, this guy reacted too quickly, he hit the ground with his head, and even hit me with me, my forehead was worn out, but the other party's forehead was not even red, and the skin was rough and tight.
General Dashi laughed, and Yu Qianpan laughed loudly when he saw that I was deflated, deafening: "Dashi, how is it, underestimate the enemy, right? The kid I brought back is amazing, be careful to plant your head." ”
I saw that the opponent's chin was slightly lowered, and I understood that the opponent had become serious, so it would be more difficult for me to fight with him.
Next, the two of us began to fight in close quarters, the other party used his hands and feet longer than me to launch a fierce attack on me, did not give me the slightest chance to get close to me, dodged for a long time, one was not careful I actually grabbed a claw, was thrown out of the big tent, rolled on the ground outside for more than ten meters, embarrassed.
I stood up, heard the laughter in the tent, and a surge of blood rushed into the tent, striking my opponent with all my might. Although Dashi put his hands on his chest, he still couldn't stop me, a brute bull, and he retreated all the way, but he couldn't stop me when he retreated in front of Yu Qianpan's eyes.
Yu Qianpan stretched out a hand against Dashi's back, and he stopped abruptly as if he had hit a wall, and then General Dashi had the extra energy to lift me up, slam it on the ground, and step on me with his big feet, making me unable to move, even if he didn't use his cultivation, but he still couldn't help but be shocked in his heart.
What brute strength this kid is!
Yu Qianpan saw me gritting his teeth and asked, "What, don't accept it?"
“...... Served, but unwilling. ”
"Do you know where you lost?"
"I used to fight beasts without spirit, but now I fight people who can fight. ”
"It's good to understand, even if you are given twice as much strength as you are now, you will still not survive on the battlefield, why am I reluctant to summon you? Because you are too young, I will take you to the march to fight, but you have to start with the firehead army. ”
"What are you doing?"
"It's just cooking for the soldiers. ”
My eyes widened: "Being a cook? Isn't that not that you can't go on the field to kill the enemy? I've heard that only by killing the enemy can you have combat merits that can be calculated, and where can you have combat merits as a firehead army? No, I want to be a soldier!"
Yu Qianpan held his forehead and said helplessly: "But you are too young, if you really let this little child go to the battlefield, everyone thinks that there is no one in our Shiyan Dynasty." ”
"I don't care, you have to make me a soldier anyway, if you dare to make me a firehead, I'll take my sister away. ”
Yu Qianpan pondered for a moment: "Then you go to the Douwu area to try it first, when you don't defeat the opponent with brute force, I will allow you to enter the team, although your age is not enough to join the army, but I can give you a special case, and then let you start as a front-line soldier." ”
Yu Qianpan glanced to the side, and after General Dashi got the order, he grabbed me by the back collar, lifted me from the ground and clamped me in his hand, and took me out of the tent, and after passing through many tents, I came to a sandy place with a large space, where many people were fighting each other, and a ring was set up in the middle, and a person was beaten down after a while, and the cycle continued.
"Boy, don't be depressed, you're still young, Lao Tzu is not as strong as you when you were so young, it's rare for the marshal to take a good look at you, mix well with everyone in the barracks, and take care of you on the battlefield, don't just know that you will be the first to die when the time comes. ”
Seeing that I didn't speak, General Oishi touched my head, patted me on the back, and left. I stacked two large rocks on top of each other, jumped on them to look out over the room, and lazily touched the back of my head.
How could I be depressed? My soul doesn't know how many hundred years longer than you mortals, and actually treats me like a child, but just the art of fighting between people, learn it from you!
On the first day, when the generalissimo was having lunch, he suddenly had no head and no brains and asked, "How is that kid Junying?"
Lu Ji paused for a moment, thought about it, and said with a smile: "I watched the Douwu area all day yesterday, maybe I was afraid of the generals, and I decided to study hard." ”
Yu Qianpan nodded with satisfaction.
The next day, the generalissimo specially called Lu Ji before going to bed: "What did Junying do today?"
Lu Jila lowered the brim of his hat to avoid showing the faces of the soldiers at the door, and was afraid of gossip in the middle of the night: "I still just stand at the door and watch others fight." ”
The generalissimo asked strangely: "It's been almost three days, why is he still watching? Can't he learn? Tomorrow I will call him to my venue, and I will teach him the moves myself." ”
To be honest, he also has a heart for talent, if I wasn't too young, I wouldn't have to spend so much work, and I would have to go to Douwutai to learn slowly.
Lu Ji was a little embarrassed: "Duke Yu, don't be too anxious, maybe he has his own ideas?"
The generalissimo was faintly angry in his words: "It's been three days, what's the use of watching others fight, how can you know your mistakes if you don't practice yourself? If he doesn't play again tomorrow, Lao Tzu will kick him out." ”
Lu Ji retired.
On the third day, the generalissimo's face was a little gloomy early in the morning, and the generals were so frightened that they all stood up straight, and the voice of the report was loud, for fear of being caught and criticized by the pigtails. When Lu Ji was notified to be there, the generals looked at her as if they had met a savior.
"How's it going?"
This time, he didn't even say his name, and Lu Ji immediately said respectfully: "Back to the marshal's words, Jun Ying has already gone down to fight with the soldiers, and has suffered twenty defeats so far, and is wandering around, with no intention of attacking the ring." ”
"What are the physical injuries of the soldiers who fought with them?"
"There are light and severe, the light ones break the skin, and the heavy ones break the bones. ”
"Well...... The power control is still not perfect. ”
Although he criticized Jun Ying, the curvature of the corners of his mouth was quite large, and the generals were finally relieved, but from this point of view, the generalissimo seemed to be extremely interested in that child?
All the generals thought of this word in unison.
The poor generalissimo suddenly had a chill on his back, and looked up at his generals with some dazedness.
On the fourth day, the generalissimo was chatting with General Oishi.
"Dashi, how long do you think Jun Ying will be able to come out of the Douwu District?"
"Three years, he had to learn how to fight with brute force, which was very difficult, and it took me four years to get into the ring and go undefeated. ”
The generalissimo laughed and shook his head.
"How many years do you think the doll will take, marshal?"
The generalissimo stretched out a finger and said categorically: "One year!"
Dashi smiled bitterly: "Marshal, you are too embarrassed for him, I admit that he is very explosive, but playing in the ring is not just relying on explosiveness, you also need endurance, and endurance is not something that can be practiced in a day or two, unless you ......"
The generalissimo smiled: "Unless what?"
"Unless you teach him to absorb the essence of the sun and embark on the path of cultivating immortals. ”
The generalissimo laughed and patted Dashi's shoulder vigorously, and the sound of a stone falling to the ground kept "banging", and Dashi's face was pale, but it was not easy to dodge.
"That's right, I just want to teach him to cultivate immortals, so that he can stand in the ring in half a year, and be undefeated in the ring in a year! Hey, Lu Ji, you came just in time, let's talk about this kid Jun Ying, he should still be wandering outside the Douwu District today, right?
The generalissimo's sharp eyes saw Lu Ji walking by, beckoned her to come over, and asked about Jun Ying's situation. It's just that Lu Ji's eyes are a little evasive, and he is a little hesitant in the face of questions, which makes the generalissimo feel strange.
"Back to my lord's words, yesterday Junying lost forty games and twenty defeats. ”
"Oh, winning and losing is a common thing, although it's a bit strange to lose twenty games in a row, maybe like you said, he has his own ideas. ”
"Then today I fought all the way to the ring, and after half a day, I beat people down, a hundred games, and one defeat......"
General Oishi and the Generalissimo opened their mouths wide in unison: "Huh?"
The two of them were just discussing how many years Jun Ying could be in the ring, but they had already played while they were talking, this was the third day to throw him to the Douwu District, right?
On the fourth day, I didn't go to the Douwu area on the grounds that I was injured, and I digested the experience of fighting in the past few days. And I feel that the ultimate battle can make the body better absorb the essence of the sun and the moon, and today, my body will produce a qualitative change.
I hid from everyone and carried my sister to a cave outside the barracks, and from the morning to the evening of the essence of the moon, the original untouchable brilliance flowed into my body like water, like swimming in the ocean, I felt very comfortable.
When the sun rose again, I opened my eyes and saw that every inch of skin on my body emitted the light of the sun, and when I concentrated, I could see that there was an inner pill in the dantian in my body, which was wonderful.
I wanted to test my strength, so I picked up a stone bigger than the marshal's tent and threw it upward, throwing it to a height of about five meters, and when the stone fell to the ground, the ground trembled.
Shocking!
"Sister, let's go back. ”
I smiled, in these ten days of worry-free food and clothing, I finally broke through my own realm, learned all kinds of fighting experience, and as long as I can become a soldier and work hard to kill the enemy, I will definitely make my sister live a good life!