Chapter 1: The Great War Begins and Falls into a Lonely City
Mobei, smoke and wind are intertwined, yellow sand and sunset reflect each other, eagles overlook thousands of miles, and at the end of the vast is a lonely small city.
Anxi military town.
The dilapidated city was empty, the houses were dead, and the streets were deserted.
Only occasionally was the heavy sound of military boots stomping on the ground.
In a small building, Song Yun was cooking soup on a fire in front of a big stove.
The oil soup is boiling and the aroma is overflowing.
Seeing that there was no one around, Song Yun couldn't help but read in pieces:
"Alas, it's been a year, and I'm wearing a loneliness."
"System, magic weapon, old man...... Why is there nothing? β
"Could it be that I crossed over here to cook for a group of old men?"
Pedaling ...... Hurried footsteps suddenly came from outside.
A gray-haired septuagenarian, with sparse eyebrows and a dark face, dressed in faded leather armor, held the war knife at his waist with his left hand, and ran into the small building panting.
Song Yun raised his head from the pots and pans and scolded with a smile:
"You old plum, come to steal chicken legs to eat again? It's too early, and the meat hasn't been cooked yet. β
Lao Li said hurriedly: "I don't have time to eat chicken legs, the enemy is coming." β
"Enemies? Sand bandits or rogue soldiers? Song Yun was interested.
"Why don't I go up and join in the fun? I've been practicing martial arts for a year, and I haven't been on the battlefield yet. β
Lao Li Tou glared: "You last fart, it's the regular army of the Qin State that came, at least 50,000!" β
"Five, fifty thousand!"
Song Yun was directly stupid, "You old soldiers, there are less than three thousand in total, right?" How can this be beaten? β
"You kid doesn't care about us, let's run."
Lao Li Tou took out a document and a letter from his arms and stuffed them to Song Yun.
"Go from the south gate, go southeast, and go to the national capital."
"Present General Guo's letter to the Tang King and tell the court that the Anxi Military Town has not been lost."
"The Beiting Army has been guarding the border for 50 years, and has been guarding Anxi to repay the king's kindness!"
"It's chaotic in the south, you pay attention to safety."
Song Yun took the document and the letter in a daze, "Old Li Tou, it's all like this, you run with me." β
"Fart again, Lao Tzu still has to follow General Guo to defend the city, I don't have time to accompany you to talk nonsense." Lao Li straightened his helmet, turned around and ran out again.
"Then let General Guo run with everyone." Song Yun shouted at his back.
"The Beiting Army is the first iron army of the Tang Dynasty, how can there be a reason to flee without a fight?"
Lao Li Tou waved his hand, walked away, and disappeared into the empty streets.
Song Yun was stunned for a moment, looked down at the letter in his hand, and muttered:
"Return King Tang, King Tang has forgotten you a long time ago, right?"
"What a fool."
He shook his head helplessly, dried his hands with a rag, looked at the room full of food, and couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
"Well, this is going away all of a sudden."
"I haven't cooked my meat yet."
Now Song Yun feels that this ghost place is quite good to stay in.
Although it's a little harder, it's comfortable, noisy with a group of old guys every day, cooking and practicing martial arts, and the days are carefree.
"That's it, it's important to save your life."
"My realm is only in the early stage of martial arts, don't you wait for death like this?"
He took a bag of dry food and copper coins, and hurried out of the city through the south gate.
Outside the city, the dust was flying, and the wind was pulling at the sleeves of the clothes violently, as if to drag people to the sky.
Song Yun narrowed his eyes, and he hadn't walked a few steps against the wind and sand, but he heard a dense sound of horses' hooves.
Looking up, a cavalry was making a detour from the north, as if to besiege the south gate.
Song Yun looked down at his two legs, and then at the four legs of others.
I suddenly wanted to cry without tears.
"This can't run."
The cavalry who rushed in front also saw Song Yun, revealing a pair of murderous eyes under the black iron mask.
They drew their arrows in unison, drew their bows, and took aim.
Seeing this, Song Yun's scalp was numb, so he could only turn around and run back.
The terrible sound of breaking the air sounded in my ears.
"Be careful!" An old voice shouted at the head of the city.
Puff puff...... Seven or eight sharp arrows almost grazed Song Yun's heels and fell deep into the yellow sand.
Song Yun broke out in a cold sweat and hurriedly flashed into the city gate.
Boom, the south gate slowly closed.
Song Yun's face behind the door was like ashes.
Now the calf is finished, and I can't run away.
An old soldier at the head of the city poked his head down and said regretfully:
"It's good to inform you early, the people of the Qin State are coming too quickly."
Song Yun sighed: "They have cavalry, there is no way. β
It is said that the Beiting Army also had cavalry back then.
But the city has not been replenished for decades, and the war horses are all castrated stallions, and in the end they all die of old age.
Otherwise, he would still be able to run away on horseback.
The old man at the head of the city comforted: "Xiao Song don't panic, several buildings in the city have cellars. β
"Bring enough dry food and water, and go inside to hide."
Saying that, the old pawn smiled heartily, "Maybe we will win this battle, and I will call you out when the time comes." β
"Okay, old man, be careful." Song Yun walked back to the city.
The city of Anxi was still empty and silent.
The eaves of the houses on both sides were covered with dust, and the cobwebs were blown away by the wind.
Walking down the street, only the sound of the wind and one's own footsteps sounded nearby.
But in the distance, shouts were heard from time to time, and there was an unknown sound of violent impact.
The fighting seems to be particularly intense.
Thinking of many familiar old faces, Song Yun suddenly wanted to help.
After a moment's hesitation, he continued to walk towards the center of the city.
Although the three thousand guards in Anxi Military Town are all seventy or eighty, the martial arts realm is not low.
At least they are all second-order martial artists.
There are also not a few third-order samurai and fourth-order martial artists.
Guo Xin is even more powerful fifth-order innate martial artist.
If even they can't stop Qin Jun, he is a first-order martial artist in the early stage, and he is just getting started, so he will send it.
"Now that the city is not broken, I am not in a hurry to hide, it is better to eat food and send it to them on the hour."
"A bunch of old guys, if you go hungry and fight again, it's really over."
Song Yun hurried back to the small building.
Because of the tight schedule, I don't have time to cook.
Add some pickles to the cooked rice and pour it into a wooden barrel.
Plus a few boxes of dry food and water, and stacked them on a four-wheeled wooden cart.
Listen to the sound, the North Gate is the most intense, go to the vicinity of the North Gate first.
Song Yun pushed the wooden cart, and before he had walked a few streets, he heard a commotion ahead.
Dozens of bloodied veterans staggered back.
Seeing Song Yun, they were all stunned.
Lao Li walked out holding his stomach, glared at his eyes and said angrily: "Let you run away quickly, what the hell are you doing here?" β
"I ran away, there were cavalry interceptors at the south gate, and I didn't run away." Song Yun said helplessly.
Lao Li Tou sighed when he heard this: "Alas, that's it, you hurry up and hide, the city gate has been broken, and we have to fight in the streets." β
Song Yun was shocked, "Why did it break so quickly?" β
"Hmph, the other side came prepared and brought new equipment...... Anyway, you should hide quickly. β
"Okay, I've already made the meal, you guys hurry up and eat two bites and drink some rice soup."
The old soldiers stared at the wheelbarrow full of food and water, and they were all a little moved.
"Good boy, that's interesting."
"I didn't expect to be able to pad my stomach before I died in battle."
"It's just a pity that this kid ......"
Song Yun didn't hear their whispers clearly, only noticed that Old Li Tou's face was pale.
Pulling away his hand that was holding his stomach, he was startled.
"Your intestines are about to flow out, and you still want to fight in the streets? Come back and sew it with me. β
"Sew a fart...... "Old Li Tou muttered and refused to leave.
But the old Li Tou, a second-order martial artist, was not as strong as Song Yun, a first-order martial artist, at this time, and was directly dragged away.
The other old soldiers didn't stop it, grabbed a few pieces of dry food and devoured them, and watched the backs of the two go away.
"Our Beiting Army is different, the guys who have just come here for a year are all good guys!"
"The guy appointed by General Guo himself, how bad can it be?"
Wow! The neighing of the war horse interrupted the conversation of the old soldiers.
Smoke and dust rose in front of him, hooves sounded like drums, and black shadows rushed out of the yellow sand.
The wide-backed, thin-bladed riding knife was raised in the wind, and the smooth surface of the blade reflected a dazzling light in the orange-red sun.
The old men quickly dispersed into the houses on both sides of the street, and through the windows, they stretched out their bows and arrows.
"Heh, Qin State Gale Ride? When Lao Tzu was young, one could fight two! β
The sword light and the shadow of the arrow were instantly intertwined, and the bright red blood bloomed like a flower between the wind and sand.
β¦β¦
Song Yun dragged Lao Li Tou back to the humble home of the two.
More than a year ago, Lao Li Tou found Song Yun unconscious outside the city, drove away the nearby vultures that were about to move, and rescued him back to the city.
Seeing that Song Yun didn't know anything, he thought that the young man had been sacked by the sand bandits, and he was injured and had lost his memory.
With General Guo's consent, Lao Li Tou took Song Yun into his home.
Song Yun was able to live in a safe environment, slowly adapt to the new world, slowly learn martial arts, and become a partner by the way.
In the desert and lonely city, the peaceful life is like the wind rising and falling day after day, as if it will go on like this forever......
To this day, the sound of horses' hooves sounds, and suddenly everything has changed.
At this time, Lao Li Tou heard the faint sound of battle outside the house, and urged: "You kid hurry up, I have to go back to kill the Qin soldiers." β
Song Yun ignored him, hurriedly turned out the needle and thread, disinfected it with soju, and then sewed up the wound.
Lao Li grinned with a headache, grabbed the soju and poured a big sip, his face flushed abnormally.
Staring at the young man who was busy working, his eyes were in a trance, as if he saw himself when he was young.
"I said, boy, you're not an official soldier of the Beiting Army now, are you?"
"Nonsense, I'm a fellow, not a soldier like you." Song Yun rolled his eyes.
"The guy is also a soldier, boy, do you want to join our Beiting Army? The first iron army of the Tang Dynasty. β
"Originally, according to General Guo's intentions, I would have to train you for another two years, but now that the situation has changed, this is a good opportunity for you!"
Song Yun couldn't cry or laugh when he heard this, what else is there to join a remnant army that has been forgotten by the world for decades and is about to be destroyed?
Looking up and wanting to argue, he hesitated when he saw Old Man Li's expectant eyes.
If you join, you can join, I don't know if I can survive today, just as a commemoration of my short career.
"Okay, I'll join."
"Hahaha!" Lao Li Tou laughed loudly, and the wound in his abdomen spilled blood one after another.
"From today on, you are a soldier of the Beiting Mansion, a member of the Infantry Knife Battalion, and you will obey my orders under the Sixth Shi!"
"What kind of old man are you?"
Before Song Yun finished speaking, his expression suddenly froze.
A piece of information came to mind out of thin air-
[A lonely city for thousands of miles, full of white-haired soldiers]
[Beiting Mansion soldiers, unswerving for 50 years, would rather die than give in]
[Do you accept the identity inheritance of guarding Anxi Military Town? ] γ
Song Yun never imagined that the crossing system that he had been waiting for for a year would be activated in such a way.
"Do you want to protect Anzai's identity?"
Song Yun thought about it for a while, and then glanced at the still happy old Li Tou.
"Anxi is a shabby place, poor is a little poor, but it is also very comfortable to live in."
"I heard that there is a lot of chaos outside, the countries are fighting, the white bones are exposed in the wilderness, and there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles."
"In this comparison, it's better to be Anxi."
"I accept."
γLoading Identity Legacy: Takeo Zhenshiroγ
[One husband is a heroic city, and ten thousand people can't enter! ] γ
[Talent: When you are in Anxi City, you can get martial arts cultivation points by killing enemies]