As the fat man said, the knights who came to the village were indeed ordered by the lord of the city of Habi to come to the village to recruit soldiers.

Moreover, at noon on the same day, each family had to send a strong man to leave with them.

The conscription order issued by the city lord, if you don't go, you will definitely be arrested and imprisoned. Zhou Chang had no choice but to entrust Aunt Wang next door to help take care of the old woman. He took the iron sword that the old woman had given him, looked at the empty room, and there was nothing to bring, and sighed silently in his heart.

After Zhou Chang and the old woman parted reluctantly, they went to find the fat man, and met the fat man halfway through.

Compared with Zhou Chang, who only carried an iron sword, the fat man's equipment was amazing. I saw that the fat man was carrying a bulging burden behind him, and his left and right hands were not idle, each carrying a large package.

The fat man was overjoyed when he saw Zhou Chang, "Come over and help." ”

Zhou Chang heard the fat man say this, walked over quickly, took one of the fat man's packages, and pouted, "Fat man, we are going to fight, not to play, what are you bringing so many things for?"

The fat man rolled his eyes angrily at Zhou Chang, "It's full of dried meat and cake noodles, all of which were sent to Grandma Han." After you leave, Grandma Han's life will definitely be difficult. Just caught up with the old man's generosity for a while, if you don't take advantage of this time to get more, you won't have this opportunity in the future. ”

Hearing the fat man say this, Zhou Chang almost burst into tears, patted the fat man on the shoulder, and wanted to say something, but his throat was a little choked, and he said nothing.

The fat man saw Zhou Chang looking grateful, and said with a smile, "You don't have to be grateful to Lao Tzu, I heard that the monsters in Xishan can eat people, Lao Tzu has so much meat, he will definitely be targeted by those monsters, just remember to take care of Lao Tzu when the time comes." ”

Zhou Chang knew that the fat man was laughing with him, so he punched the fat man, and also laughed and said, "With me, there is you." ”

The two of them soon arrived at Zhou Chang's house while talking, the fat man only left the bulging burden on his back, and the other two packages were given to the old woman, after saying a few words, it was almost noon, the two did not dare to delay any longer, and hurriedly said goodbye to the old woman and rushed to the threshing floor in the east of the village.

When Zhou Chang and the fat man arrived at the threshing floor, there were already seventy or eighty people in the venue, they all simply carried some luggage, and some of them also wore swords around their waists.

Before noon, the people in the village were basically all there, and there were a total of 123 households in Zhouchang's village, so there must be 123 people to answer the call.

The knights from the city took out the roster given to them by the village chief, counted the number of people first, and then asked the villagers to report their names one by one. After confirming that the name on the roster was correct, he stepped on his horse to lead the way, beckoning the people of the village to follow on foot.

There were five knights who came to Zhouchang Village, and they wore white armor and black swords, all of them were majestic.

The fat man bumped Zhou Chang with his shoulder, and pouted in front of him, "Look, how majestic they are, Lao Tzu will also be a knight in the future." ”

Zhou Chang glanced at the fat man and said with a smile, "Aren't you going to be a god mage or a talisman master?

When the fat man saw Zhou Chang exposing his old background, he didn't refute it, but replied triumphantly: "Isn't Lao Tzu looking for another spare career, in case the seminary and the monastery don't accept me, and I don't have to take the old man's class, I deal with vegetables all day long." ”

There is still a long way to go to the city, Zhou Chang has not drunk a sip of water since the morning, and the more he talks about it, the more outrageous he is, he has no strength to talk nonsense with him, so he gives him a blank look, and he no longer pays attention to him.

It didn't take long for the bored fat man to suddenly notice the unscabbarded iron sword tied to Zhou Chang's back, "Hey, where did you get this broken sword?"

"This sword was placed next to me when my grandmother picked it up for me, and my grandmother said that it was probably left to me by my parents. Zhou Chang didn't plan to pay attention to the fat man, but the fat man kept talking in his ear, so he had to explain to the fat man.

The fat man pouted, "This thing your parents left you is quite special. He couldn't help but laugh out loud as he spoke.

Zhou Chang knew that the fat man was a broken mouth who would say whatever he thought, and he was already surprised, so naturally he didn't go to his heart, but just glanced at the fat man.

The fat man's laughter attracted the attention of many people, and a knight also galloped over.

When the fat man saw the knight coming, he secretly screamed badly, and hurriedly covered his mouth with his hand.

The knight walked up to the fat man, pointed his whip at him, and rebuked: "This is a march, and it is not allowed to make a sound, let alone laugh." Let me hear you make a noise again, and be careful that I suck you to death. ”

The fat man nodded to the knight busily, "Don't dare, don't dare." ”

The knight snorted coldly, and returned to the front of the group on his horse.

After such a fright, the fat man was much more honest and didn't dare to laugh anymore.

The procession made its dreary march towards the city, and in the evening, it finally reached the outside of the city.

Instead of leading Zhou Chang and them into the city, the five knights led them to a makeshift camp to the west of the city.

When they arrived at the camp, the knight counted the number and names again, and then brought them into the camp.

Because the camp was temporary and inhabited by recruits from various villages, they had no knowledge of military discipline, so it was very chaotic.

The five knights handed over the roster and the recruits to the officers in the camp, and rode back to the city.

The officer led Zhou Chang and his party through the lined tents and came to a clearing.

There were fires burning in the clearing, and several cooks were cooking.

The officer called over a cook and asked him to prepare some food for Zhou Chang and his party.

After eating, the officer took Zhou Chang and the others to the south of the barracks, divided them into twelve tents, and asked someone to give each of them a set of bedding to sleep in the tents, and ordered that they were not allowed to go out of the tents at night except when it was convenient.

The officer said some more military discipline and rules, and left early when he saw that it was dark.

The fat man and Zhou Chang naturally lived in the same tent, and their bedding was also spread together.

The tent where Zhou Chang lived was slightly larger than the other eleven tents, so there were a little more people, a total of thirteen people, while the other tents only lived ten people.

Most of the recruits who came out of the village this time were no more than 20 years old, and it was the first time for everyone to spend the night in the shop, so they couldn't help but be very excited, and naturally there were endless topics to talk about.

I don't know who shifted the topic to the matter of the Xishan monsters, a teenager said, "I heard that the monsters in the West Mountains will soar through the clouds, so they are so powerful." ”

The fat man also said this, Zhou Chang didn't believe it at all, and now someone said that the fat man suddenly came to his senses, and patted Zhou Chang's shoulder a few times with his backhand, "Look, you see, Lao Tzu said that you still don't believe it, and everyone says so." ”

Before the words fell, someone suddenly let out a sneer, "Hmph, don't talk nonsense if you don't have knowledge." ”

The fat man, who had been lying down, heard the man's words, and got up with a bone, wanting to see who the person who did not know who he was lifting. When I saw it, I was startled, "Isn't this Young Master Taizhang, why are you here too?"

It turned out that the person who sneered was Taizhang, the youngest son of Minister Taihe, who had just retired from the royal capital and returned home to retire, and he was only sixteen years old this year.

Originally, according to the identity and status of Taizhang's family, there was no need to be strong, but Taizhang, this kid, had to insist, and Taihe couldn't resist his son, so he had to agree.

Taizhang clasped his hands in front of his chest, looking like he was rejecting people thousands of miles away. When he heard the fat man say this, he glanced at him lightly and asked, "Why can't I come?"

Without waiting for the fat man to answer, the young man who spoke just now grabbed the conversation, "Young Master Taizhang, why is what I said wrong?

Taizhang glanced at the young man and said coldly, "First of all, what we want to exterminate is not the monster, but the demon of the demon clan." The demon race is a race as powerful as our human race, and there is no difference between the demon race and our human race. Only the demon clan with noble bloodlines can have spells and transformations. Compared with the human race, the ordinary demon race just has one more tail and more strength. Besides, this is as easy as you say. I have not heard of anyone who can travel the sky through his own power without the help of external forces. ”

These people have all grown up in the ravines, so naturally they have never heard of these things, and when they heard them, they all showed a look of surprise, and they all said in their hearts, 'So that's what happened'.

"People who have seen the world are not the same, when Lao Tzu is the same as this kid, I don't worry about Xiaowei ignoring Lao Tzu. The fat man squinted at Taizhang, his face full of envy and jealousy.

Zhou Chang, who was originally recuperating with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes when he heard Taizhang say this, wondering if he would tell the strange things he encountered on the mountain yesterday, and see if Young Master Taizhang knew the origin of the six-legged strange birds, strange people, and the eight black-robed knights.

However, after thinking about it, what happened to me was too bizarre, and no one would believe it, but it made others laugh at me like a fat man. So, Zhou Changqiang held back the curiosity in his heart and turned over to sleep.

After talking for a while, they were all sleepy, so they blew out the lamps and covered them with quilts and fell asleep.

This night, Zhou Chang did not have a layer of hoarfrost all over his body like last night. Maybe it was because of the day's journey, everyone was very tired, and soon they were snoring, and they were obviously sleeping deeply.

As soon as it was dawn the next day, several officers and soldiers in black uniforms called Zhou Chang and his party to get dressed and go to the open space where they had dinner yesterday to have breakfast.

There was no water to wash their faces, so everyone had to pull the eye droppings in their eyes a few times with their hands, and went to the open space with a low scolding.

After the officers had eaten breakfast, all the men were called to assemble in the open space to the west outside the barracks.

The city is a remote town in the Yanxia Kingdom, with a total population of less than 100,000 and a regular army of less than 1,000 people. The lord of the city had to pull people from various villages, and it was only with great difficulty that he could gather an army of 3,000 people.

After the troops were assembled, the officers in the army issued each of the new soldiers a spear and a wooden shield, and the material of the spear and shield seemed to be inferior to the iron sword behind Zhou Chang's back.

After handing out the weapon, a burly middle-aged man in silver-white armor, wearing a long sword, and a large beard walked to the front of the army, surrounded by a group of soldiers in white armor.

"It's the city lord Lianghu. The fat man's third uncle once took the fat man to the city lord's mansion once, so the fat man knew Lianghu.

"Don't make a sound, be careful to get caught and eat the board. Zhou Chang was afraid that the fat man's voice would attract the officer, so he couldn't help but remind him in a whisper.

The fat man was reprimanded once on the way to Lubi City, and the shadow in his heart had not yet dispersed, and when he heard Zhou Chang say this, he quickly shut his mouth.

After Lianghu stood still, he looked at the sky, and then looked around, and saw that he seemed to be waiting for someone.

It didn't take long for an eagle's roar to suddenly sound in the sky, and Lianghu touched his big mustache and scolded in his mouth: "Damn, it's finally here." ”

As the call of the eagle disappeared, a figure appeared in the distance.

It didn't take long for the man to come closer, a young girl, who seemed to be fourteen or fifteen years old.

The girl has brown hair, and her facial features are very delicate and pretty, which makes people want to look at it twice. Wearing a set of divine robes outside, she is holding a staff in her hand, and the staff is embedded with a cyan gem the size of an egg, looking at her outfit, she should be a goddess mage.

She walked to Lianghu's side, crossed her hands on her chest, and then bowed her head and saluted Lianghu, "I'm a student of Araisa of the Twin Sacred Mountain Seminary, the mage Angelina, and the Pope asked me to assist the city lord in completing this mission. ”

Seeing that Angelina was only fourteen or fifteen years old, Lianghu couldn't help but look her up and down, and couldn't see anything magical, so he couldn't help but pout, thinking to himself, why did Shuangsheng Mountain send me a little girl?

However, after all, Angelina was a person who came down from the Twin Holy Mountain, the sacred place of human mages, and Lianghu did not dare to slack off, and returned a salute, "Hello, Miss Angelina"