Tian Shichang dragged his tired body, casually put his spear in the corner of the wall, and was about to relieve his hands, when he saw an old soldier passing by with a large bundle of firewood.

"What's going to eat tonight?" Tian Shichang asked casually.

The old soldier lacked teeth in his mouth, and said with a smile: "I found a snake nest outside the dock wall two days ago, and made a trap, and I went to see it today, and sure enough, I caught a fat and big snake, and when I boiled the water, I stewed a pot of snake soup to warm everyone's body." ”

Tian Shi reluctantly squeezed out a smile, this old soldier is a local citizen, it is said that a few decades ago, the Jiuli barbarians invited countless big snakes to plague the people, and there were many casualties.

Even if the imperial court later asked the immortal master to get rid of the big snake, the local people hated the snake and the insect genus, if they encountered the snake and insect infested, it was still not enough to kill it, and they had to cook it to show their hatred.

Over time, there is a tradition of cooking snake soup around Pujiaguan, as for the taste, Tian Shichang really dare not compliment.

After the latrine was solved, Tian Shichang was just about to lift the waistband of his trousers, when he looked down and saw a big centipede with a black back and red feet in the pit, he jumped up in fright and hurriedly rushed back to the fort.

Waiting for Tian Shichang to come to the toilet with a spear in his hand and two flint guards, he teased for a long time, but he didn't find any big centipedes.

"What's the chief, aren't you mistaken?" A flint asked.

"That's right!" Tian Shichang had palpitations in his heart, and gestured with his hand: "That big centipede is four or five feet long, and its head is about the size of my fist!" If I get up slowly, the roots of my offspring will be bitten off by it! ”

"Our bunker is facing the mountain, maybe it came out of the mountain."

Tian Shichang said: "Such a big centipede, I'm afraid it's unusual, maybe it's going to be a monster." You two, go fetch some buckets of water and clean the pit. When you see a big centipede, kill it directly! ”

The flint's face was full of reluctance, and when Tian Shichang saw them like this, he had no choice but to say, "There is stewed snake soup tonight, you can eat more." ”

"Alas, who told us to be sent to this remote Bunker!" The flint pinched his nose and shook his head and sighed.

"Alright, don't complain so much." Tian Shichang said: "Have you been missing your food and salary in the past few months? Do the work well, I will add one more stroke to the daily work book, I can't say that Zhao Changshi will take a fancy to you, and I will choose you to be athletes, and I will get twice as much as now! ”

Although Tian Shichang said this, he also knew that Zhao Changshi was a busy man, and he might not have time to pay attention to such a remote flint.

After a few more words of reassurance, Tian Shichang returned to the castle tower, and another flint was sharpening his saber, Tian Shichang saw this and asked, "What about the bow I asked you to repair before?" ”

"Don't mention, it's raining every day these days, and it's torn off as soon as the winding is on. There is no extra bowstring at the moment, so you have to take it from above. ”

Tian Shichang was a little helpless, so he could only write down one item in the book, and his handwriting was crooked. These soldiers stationed in the fort were not allowed to leave without permission, but if they needed anything, they could only wait for the officers to inspect and report at this time.

"It's not just a bowstring." The flint pointed upstairs and said, "The two at the watchtower are sick with rotten crotches, and they bleed at night." Do you think you want to send them back? ”

"Crotch disease?" Tian Shichang had goosebumps: "It's okay, I listened to Zhao Changshi's class for a few days, this rotten crotch disease is infected with miasma, or I won't die, apply some yellow cedar oil, and get better in the sun." I heard that the immortal chief of the Jinding Division has refined several cylinders, and I will see if I can get some in two days. ”

Because he knew a few words, Tian Shichang was selected to become the chief and assigned to the Suibao to manage more than a dozen people. Although it is not a high-level position, it is also entangled in everything.

In such a flint fort, in addition to the daily waiting for the beacon fire and alerting the enemy, there are also all kinds of miscellaneous work, ranging from repairing the walls and armor of the flint to collecting firewood and reeds for beacon cooking.

The military officials sent by Pujiaguan would come to Fengsui every three or five days to inspect and confirm whether all military affairs were appropriate. As the commander of the Suibao Fort, Tian Shi also undertook the responsibility of counting the inventory and recording the daily affairs of the soldiers.

The daily cooking is a big item, and most of the millet transported from above has not been shelled, and the soldiers need to cook it by themselves. In order not to have coarse bran bean rice with salty sauce every day, it is necessary to set up a vegetable garden and grow vegetables and melons in the fort.

As for meat, Tian Shichang is looking forward to no more big snakes and centipedes in the future, just let a rabbit crash and die in front of the Suibao gate, if there is a wild boar to satisfy everyone's hunger, Tian Shichang said that he will not give Zhao Changshi a longevity tablet, and bow day and night.

"Wild boar! There's a wild boar! ”

Tian Shichang was still fantasizing there, so he listened to the shouts of the flint guards upstairs who were in charge of waiting for the enemy.

"What wild boar? Are there really wild boars?! Tian Shichang was also about to go crazy, ran up to the lookout, followed the flint, and really saw a fat and strong wild boar, arching in the grass in the distance.

"What is it doing?" The flint whispered

"Shave, huh?"

"What's the length, do you want to do it?"

"What for?" Tian Shi was stunned.

"Wild boar! Kill and eat meat! ”

Tian Shichang hesitated, and the flint persuaded repeatedly: "What are you afraid of? The top just sent people yesterday, and there will be no one to patrol today. ”

"Wild boars are not easy to kill, and three or five people are afraid that they will not succeed." Tian Shichang said.

"Call everyone up, and leave one or two people in the bunker to keep an eye on! I used to hunt with adults and knew how to hunt wild boars! ”

"Let's do it! While the wild boar didn't go far! ”

Tian Shichang faced the eager eyes of the flints and nodded heavily: "Then do it!" ”

With the support of Tian Shichang, the flint soldiers immediately became excited, and left the old servants in charge of the cooking, and everyone left the flint with spears and bows and arrows without armor, and divided into two columns on the left and right, and surrounded the wild boars.

The boar didn't know what it was looking for, its front hooves were digging into the ground, its entire head was almost stuffed into the dirt pit, and it was oblivious to the outside world.

Tian Shichang clenched the spear in his hand and carefully pushed away the branches in front of him, lest he make a noise under his feet. He raised his eyes to look at the flint on the opposite side, signaled one or two with his eyes, looked at the distance, and stabbed down with three spears!

But listening to the muffled pop, the three spears seemed to have pierced the ironwood cutting board, and they couldn't pierce it at all. The boar's back swayed, and its head was pulled out of the pit, revealing a hideous and vicious face, with a mane rising on its back, and its eyes glowing a strange red.

Tian Shichang was the first to notice that something was wrong, but before he could speak, the wild boar's body was like electricity, and it flew out and crashed directly into his arms, a pair of fangs pierced through his chest, his ribs were broken, and his organs were shattered.

Suddenly, the rest of the flint guards were frightened and hurried, and some turned around to escape, but they were swept by a swift figure of unknown origin, and there was immediately a huge wound in the throat, and a large canopy of blood splashed out.

"Enemy—"

Some flints reacted quickly, and were about to shout warnings, when a cold light flashed behind them, and the sharp blades that could not be seen clearly with the naked eye harvested their heads. Before the head hit the ground, the cold light danced around, and the flints were like trapped in a knife net, killing in the blink of an eye.

In a rain of blood mixed with stumps, he saw a tall and thin figure, holding two knives and slowly standing up, his person was slightly rickety, his legs and tibia joints were reflexed and inhuman, and a wolfdog head was exposed under the broken cloak.

At this time, there were several other wolf-headed monsters who also looked similar, and they couldn't wait to lie on the corpse, tear open their bellies, chew their internal organs, and eat their faces covered with blood.

"Tsk, it's really a dog can't change eating."

A woman's voice came from the side, and her tone did not hide her contempt: "There are still soldiers in the Flint, if you don't deal with it, you will know that you will eat meat and drink blood here." ”

The nose of the wolf-headed monster holding the double knife twitched slightly, and the woman's voice came again: "Hmph! I've already released the iron-backed centipede, am I like you, and I need someone to remind me to understand? In case the people in the Flint noticed something unusual and directly lit a beacon fire, how could they launch a surprise attack? ”

The wolf-headed monster turned his head to look away and roared, "Myosara, don't hide! ”

At this time, I saw the grass and trees swaying not far away, and a huge scorpion like a millstone slowly walked out, and on its back sat a bewitching woman, wearing a colorful skirt, showing the snow and smooth feet under her neck without care. Her slender legs and shin were coiled with poisonous snakes, and a colorful butterfly fell from her fingertips, flapping its wings and flying up large patches of light and dust, blurring and distorting the surrounding scenery.

The wolf-headed monster's sensitive sense of smell smelled a faint fragrance, and the muscles and bones around his body seemed to sink into a warm soup spring, which made people unconsciously relax.

Surprised by his own changes, the wolf-headed monster jumped away violently, wrapped his cloak tightly to cover his mouth and nose: "Enough! This is on the battlefield, where is there any poison on comrades-in-arms? ”

Miao Suo Luo smiled contemptuously: "Meng Qu, after eating that Lu Zhuang Bone Pill, he became this half-human and half-wolf ghost, and even his brain became stupid?" Just like you, it's not worth my use of Gu. It took me many years to refine the Hundred Flowers Heavenly Fragrance, and if you can smell it, you are lucky in this life. ”

"The two countries are fighting each other, if you don't take the enemy seriously and waste your mind on these things, it's no wonder that your Hundred Flowers Valley is not a climate!" Meng Qu showed malice: "I want to know, how many men do you, this Gu lady, have to open your thighs to flatter in order to protect the Hundred Flowers Valley?" If you'd like to, I'm looking forward to trying you! ”

The other wolf-headed monsters around them gnawed on their bloody faces, and when they heard this, they all looked towards Miao Suoluo, and their eyes were more hungry for seeing their prey.

"Yo, has General Mengqu forgotten the fiasco in the Saint Valley?" Miao Sara was also not polite: "Who thought that he could seize the horn of the Holy Priest and become the Lord of Destiny, but he was defeated and lost, and wanted to kneel in front of the high priest and lick his feet?" Who dragged the children of the tribe into war slaves, and their wives and daughters were sent to be goddesses to atone for their sins, serving them night and night? ”

Meng Qu's anger rose, and the double knives in his hands were covered with a layer of sharpness, and Miao Suo Luo never restrained his mouth: "In order to be strong for a while, go and eat the Danglu Bone Pill, which others look down on, and let your own people work for others, you Meng Qu really lost the face of your ancestors." ”

Just as Meng Qu was about to make a move, a wild boar came between the two, twisted his body, and turned into a tall man wearing a wild boar's skin on the spot, shouting: "Enough! This is not the occasion for bickering, you hurry up to the front to explore the way, the soldiers and horses in the rear must pass through this area within today, and the scouts of Huaxu State must not be noticed! ”

Meng Qu snorted coldly and waved his hand, and the other wolf-headed monsters left. Miao Sara sat on the back of the big scorpion and teased the snake and insect in a graceful manner: "Alas, let's go, don't talk nonsense with these stinky men." If you're lucky enough, maybe you'll really be able to meet that Zhao Xiaolangjun. After so many years, I don't know what it has become? Don't let your sister down. ”

……

"Ahh Ahh ”

Zhao Huang sneezed continuously, and the whole person was inexplicably excited.

"Is the Marquis of Zhenming okay?"

In the main hall of the mansion, everyone looked at each other, and Xuzhouzi took the initiative to ask.

"It's fine." Zhao Xiao waved his hand, and he didn't know why, but suddenly recalled a terrifying experience in his childhood.

"Let's move on to the matter of Fang Cai." Zhao Xiao looked at Cao Zuo and the monks who joined the army in the hall, picked up the book and said: "Recently, many soldiers in the army have found symptoms such as dysentery, high fever, itching and bleeding. And not only in Pujia Pass, but also in many surrounding forts, fortresses, and post stations. ”

There is a master book below that says: "The area around Pujiaguan has always been plagued by miasma, but fortunately we have prepared sufficient medicines, so it is not a problem." ”

One of the Yunzhu Pavilion monks shook his head and said, "This time is unusual, we have already given medicine to the soldiers in the battalion, and found that the effect is less than the usual thirty percent. Some soldiers had a fever and it was difficult to swallow their diet, so they vomited in a blink of an eye after drinking the decoction. What's worse is some itchy skin, some people have scratched until the muscles and ulcers and can't stop moving, it's really ...... It's unsightly. ”

The ordinary people present didn't dare to speak, and Xuzhouzi, as the head of the Descending True Pavilion, was well-informed, and said, "Could it be the plague and evil spirit?" ”

Zhao Xiao nodded: "I suspect that there is such a possibility, and before I came, I had already summoned soldiers to the mountains and forests outside the pass to investigate the direction of qi maneuvering." Jiuli Wuzhu does have the ability to sacrifice the plague, but this kind of magic is launched quietly, and the flow of qi is not obvious, and when the reaction comes, ordinary people have already been sick and difficult to get up due to the plague. ”

"What a sinister method!" Xuzhouzi frowned and snorted coldly: "To be able to exert such a scale of plague evil qi, it can only be one of the ten witches who are frustrated." I'm afraid there is more than one! ”

"I have asked the Jinding Division to step up the test of drugs, and the current plan is to prepare incense medicine and use fumigation to recuperate sick soldiers." Zhao Xiao looked at a soldier who had joined the army: "Is the camp properly arranged?" ”

"It has been largely completed, and as instructed, it is to be separated from the rest of the barracks."

Zhao Xiao nodded: "In addition, prepare more firewood, and the cloth towels used by the soldiers in the battalion must be boiled in boiling water." Later, when the incense was made, every tent in the camp was to be fumigated thoroughly. ”

"Order!"

"The first seat of the Void Boat, the soldiers who are not sick also need to drive away the plague, and they also bother you to cast more spell water." Zhao Xiao said.

"I'll do it right away, you don't have to worry." Xuzhouzi immediately agreed: "It's just that Jiuli Kingdom uses this method against Pujiaguan at any cost, I'm afraid there are other plans." ”

"I have sent someone to contact General Wei and ask him to find out if there is any plague infection in the army." Zhao Huang said: "But if the Jiuli Kingdom is planning to attack and harass Pujia Pass, then please prepare for it, the big war is coming!" ”