It was an empty but not lonely field, the green earth mixed with a hint of yellow, and the pine-covered mountains blocked the cold wind blowing from the north. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoThe autumn sun is mild but not harsh, with a lazy warmth. The sky is high, the weeds are low, and the whole world seems to be taking a nap peacefully.

Tuotuo River is a tributary of the Blue River, but it flows in the opposite direction of the Blue River that flows into the sea in the east, flows from east to west through the vast Xingjun grassland in the northeast, and then passes through the Fengyan Mountains, rubbing against the vast wilderness in the north, like a child who has left home to run to his mother's arms, all the way to the birthplace of the Blue River, at the foot of the distant Tianzhu Mountain in Zhongzhou.

It seemed to love this little but warm land, flowing beautifully and quietly, tiptoeing across a bluestone bridge to the west, and there were two men on the bridge looking down at it.

They were two soldiers on the border, but they did not perform their duties seriously, but sat on the bridge with a big grin, and in front of them they also set up a fire with pine branches, and a large clay pot was set up on the fire, and the water in the jar had begun to bubble slightly.

"The bridge under our feet was a very important place 20 years ago, a trade road connecting Zhongzhou and Xingjun, and it has been lively for hundreds of years. But now, only a dozen of us are here, and we are not too crowded to walk side by side. The speaker was a weather-colored veteran, unarmoured, covered in coarse cloth and stained, sitting cross-legged on his knees, holding a long brass cigarette stick in his hand, and looking to the side with a smile.

Surprisingly, sitting next to the veteran was just a boy who looked to be fifteen or sixteen years old, with a heavy brown iron leaf cuirass that he used to pad his buttocks, staring straight at the half-boiled water in the clay pot, while throwing thin strips of pine wood into the fire, hearing what the veteran said, he raised his hand to wipe the sweat that was steamed by the fire, tilted his head slightly and asked, "Why don't you use this bridge now?"

The veteran pressed the boy back. "The water is boiling, the firewood is enough, Lao Yue hasn't packed the rabbit yet, it's useless for you to be anxious. Then he said: "I don't need this bridge, naturally because this world is no longer called the Great Zhou, there are wars everywhere, and after 20 years of fighting, there is still no fixed number of chaotic people, and there are more and more roads that cannot be taken." The veteran took a deep breath on his cigarette stick and exhaled a long smoke.

"Lao Luo, why do you always hide and cover Xuanxuan when you speak, to make it clear. The boy pursed his lips.

"What are you covering Xuan Xuan! You kid don't always mess up words, hey, but don't say it, this word has a lot of meaning when you think about it carefully. The veteran who called Lao Luo laughed, shaking his head as if he was savoring.

At this time, another boy ran up to the bridge, ran over quickly, stomped on the stone bridge, held a large basin in his hand, and shouted: "Pack up! After saying that, he rushed to the crockpot where the water was just boiling, and a pot of rabbit meat fluttered down the pot. The two of them, who were overjoyed when they heard this, hurriedly raised their arms to block the water droplets that burst out of the crockpot. When the young man finished his work, Lao Luo hurriedly put down his hand, first looked down at the cigarette bag pot in his hand, no water splashed into it, and then raised his head to look at the pot. After seeing it, the beard curled up and put on an angry face.

"Jiang Daqi, you're in a hurry to get into the pot, aren't you? Go back to your barracks and get salt!"

The young man holding the big basin sighed aggrievedly, just turned around, and saw that a few soldiers had walked out of the barracks not far from the opposite side, and they were talking and laughing and walking towards the bridge. When Lao Luo saw it, he put down the cigarette stick with a smile, turned around and waved to the west. Two hundred steps to the west of the bridge, there were also two barracks, and the people watching in front of the room saw Lao Luo, turned around and shouted, and a few soldiers rushed out of the room, holding the guy who was eating, and hurried over. In the blink of an eye, there was a circle around the fire. More than a dozen big men took turns to glance at the pot, let out an exclamation, and then sat down together, and the guys put them on the ground. Looking closely, the clothes and armor on the two groups gathered together were actually of different formats, the clothes and armor of the few people behind Jiang Daqi were the same as the clothes and armor of the boy who boiled water on the bridge, and the iron leaves made a slight friction sound as they walked, and the few people who came over from the west were wearing black armor made of iron sheets, and the tandem was tied with a cowhide belt. The people who sat down also sat in two semicircles around the two of them according to the position where the two people were sitting on the bridge just now, but there was no strangeness between the words, and the chatting was full of knowing the roots.

Lao Luo spit out a puff of cigarette and said to the soldier who came over with a salt shaker on the opposite side: "Lao Yue, have you sent someone over from your Beishan camp in Dayan these days?"

The soldier named Lao Yue is also middle-aged, far less sloppy than Lao Luo, his clothes and armor are very neat, but the frost color on his face is inevitable, and his two thick eyebrows seem to be locked. Wen Yan said: "The Beishan camp is also coming before the winter, and it is still early. Besides, if someone had come, the big-eyed thief among you would have seen it. ”

A young man sitting next to Lao Luo snorted haha. "Lao Yue, look at what you said, I have looked at those faces and this piece of land every day for the past two years, what is there to see, if the people you sent by the Beishan battalion to check the post are big girls, then I will keep an eye on you every day. The crowd laughed.

Lao Luo waved his hand to stop laughing, spit out another puff of cigarette, and said: "I don't know what's going on, in the past, the days when people from our camp came to deliver food were also before winter, but the night before yesterday, the people from the Daye Pass camp suddenly arrived, and they didn't bring anything with them, but they just checked the number of people, and they got on the horse and left immediately." ”

Lao Yue's two eyebrows squeezed into the middle again. "Do you want to transfer troops in your battalion?"

"It's hard to say, at worst, Emperor Ye may be going to use troops again. Lao Luo's tone also sank.

Another guy on the side grabbed the conversation: "People will come, and we have to go wherever the flag goes." These two groups of us gathered together to drink wine and eat meat, and talked about the secrets of the two countries, and if the higher authorities saw it, they would definitely cut us off, and they might hang our heads in front of the camp to show the public. ”

Lao Yue laughed: "In this place, it's good that the camp above hasn't forgotten that these people have cut off our food, and maybe one day this whistle will be removed, you see, even General Qiu's crows don't come here." ”

When a big man had just taken off half of his armor, his hand stopped in front of him, trembling as if he wanted to put his armor on it again, and shouted: "Lao Yue, are you deliberately trying to scare people!

When the few people here saw the actions of the other side, they were laughing comfortably, and they all laughed when they heard the words of the big man. Lao Luo saw it in his eyes, but he shouted. "Whether it's General Qiu's crow, or our war king, what does it have to do with us when they fight them, look at you, just like a frightened rabbit. ”

Another person in the crowd grinned. "Lao Luo, don't talk about rabbits, the rabbits are stewing here. ”

Lao Luo scolded with a smile, and then looked at Lao Yue with a straight face. "I also said that just now, if Emperor Ye really wants to transfer troops, it will be a war against the Northern Wilderness. And you Dayan must also do something, it is estimated that Zhun Xin'er already knows in your camp, if it is really as I said, then your Beishan camp will also have to send someone over in the next few days. ”

"Check people?" Lao Yue lowered his head, his brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

"I know what you're thinking, it's these two kids, right? They don't have military status, and they can go to us to hide in the past, but after this inspection, once our post is really withdrawn, let's go back to our respective battalions, what should they do?" Everyone's eyes were on the two teenagers in front of the crockpot.

"Well, if it's true that the camp is coming this time, I can only report them to the two of them, and the people in the Beishan camp are quite easy to talk to. ”

"Xiao Jiang and I falsely reported that we were one year old, which is enough for Dayan's military age, and they don't know how old we are anyway. The boy who was tending the fire looked up. Xiao Jiang on the side looked dazed, and nodded vigorously when he heard this.

"The point is that the place where you two joined the army is not right, how can anyone join the army in this wasteland realm. One said.

Lao Luo also took a long puff of cigarette. "Everyone in the world knows the military system of our Daye, even if we are such a dispensable sentry, the roster pressed in the battalion is clearly remembered, we are in the military, and we have served for 30 years, and this inspection is just to confirm it. Otherwise, I would have liked to take these two children back to my hometown and become my teacher again. ”

Lao Yue raised his head and sighed. "In fact, even if you are in the military, in this world, what is the good end for our people, but their lives are not good, since the big guys have taken care of these two little guys for many years, they can no longer be asked to wander all over the world, if someone in the Beishan camp really comes to check, then I, who is the captain of the army, will also record their names in the camp if I kneel down and be demoted, Dayan's military system is not so strict, I hope that the people who will be in the camp at that time will not be General Liang Zhen'a's subordinates. He turned his head and smiled at the young man who was burning the fire. "And a seedling like a pheasant, if he is not allowed to be a soldier, he is blind. ”

When the people with worried faces heard Lao Yue's words, they immediately became more excited. "That's right, just rely on the pheasant's ability to find rabbits, and go to the camp for two years to practice, that is the most clever scout. The big man who had just taken off his armor laughed and said, "This kid can hear the sound of rabbits digging out their nests within five miles." ”

The boy who was called a pheasant rolled his eyes. "It's not heard, it's here. After saying that, he patted his chest heavily.

Lao Luo looked at him for a long time and said, "Maybe this kid really has something in his body." ”

Lao Yue's eyes showed a solemn meaning, and said, "Are you saying that he really has that so-called ...... Soul?"

Lao Luo shook his head. "I can't say, according to what he said, I don't rely on my ears to feel things on the ground, I haven't heard of such a soul existing. ”

Lao Yue also thought for a moment when he heard this, and suddenly smiled: "The movement of pheasants on the ground and underground within five miles can be perceived, this is no longer something that ordinary people can do, I will report this matter to the camp, and the warlocks in the camp will definitely be able to figure it out." Maybe our little pheasant is really a soul-possessed body, but that's a talent to be a general!" Everyone burst into laughter. The little dullness in the air gradually faded as the more and more intense aroma of rabbit meat diffused in the air, and the aroma entered the nostrils, and it was fluffy and soft in the chest and abdomen, causing the big guys to swallow their saliva. Xiao Jiang looked around and shouted, "Is the meat stewed?"

Lao Yue waved his hand and said, "Take the big bowl and open it!"

The crowd was jubilant, and the big-eyed guy in Daye's camp rushed over and grabbed the wooden spoon first, waved the handle of the spoon triumphantly, and said, "Come on, come on! As he spoke, he was already filling more than a dozen large bowls with his hands and feet.

Lao Luo couldn't bear it anymore, picked up a piece of rabbit meat and put it in his mouth, chewed it slightly, raised his head with a smile, and his old face was full of intoxication and comfort. Lao Yue also tasted it and said, "Don't say it, Lao Luo, you have two strokes, and the flavor is really good." After that, he touched his waist and shook his head with some regret. "It's a pity that there is no wine, did you Daye Pingcheng, the old Ji who sold wine to Xingjun, still pass by here this year. ”

"Phew!" Lao Luo took a sip and said: "I also passed by an egg!" Last year, Lao Tzu told him not to think about taking the road from Langping Pass to Xishankou in the future, and to ship from Wangbei City instead. Lao Yue and Dayan's soldiers were also sorry, they had meat but no wine, which really made people feel bored.

While speaking, everyone's bowls were empty, and even the pheasant and Xiao Jiang had cleaned up the meat pieces. After laughing for a long time, everyone was just about to get up and clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and carried them to the bridge to clean, when they suddenly saw the pheasant's expression move, and shouted: "Wait!"

"What's wrong?" Lao Yue stopped and asked. The soldiers who were about to walk off the bridge also stood still.

The pheasant didn't answer, his expression was focused, and after a while he spread his hand and stuck it on the bridge deck.

"There's movement in the mountains to the south, and something is coming!" The pheasant turned his head and said loudly.

"What is it in the mountains?"

"I don't know, but ...... It's huge! It's coming very fast!"

Lao Yue and Lao Luo were stunned, the mountains in the south were a hundred miles in radius, and if the big camp in the north of Dayan Mountain came to take a detour, what could be the things that could come directly from the mountains?

Lao Yue was the first to react and shouted, "Listen carefully!

The pheasant shook his head quickly. "No, there are no footsteps!

Ordinary people's ears can already faintly hear some sounds, a series of crackling sounds faintly came from the mountain, like a faint thunder, under careful thought, it was actually the sound of the big trees breaking in the mountain, and then there was a subtle and long shout, louder and louder, closer and closer, it was the sound of the wind, and suddenly it came to this mountain!