When he first came to the barracks, Situ Jingchun was somewhat uncomfortable, first of all, he was fat and big and his military uniform did not fit at all, and secondly, when he came to the Huotou Army to report, he thought that the Huotou Army was a place to cook in the barracks, at least he would not be wronged in eating, but when he saw the food of the defenders of Zhennan Pass, he couldn't help frowning.

Because of Zhou Bingye, the military expenditure of the entire Zhennan Pass garrison could not reach the normal level at all, which led to extremely poor food, each soldier at each meal was only a bowl of gruel, two nests, two vegetarian dishes with almost no oil and water, either Chinese cabbage or green vegetables, this is still the Chinese cabbage under the care of Cheng Yuan, otherwise even the Chinese cabbage could not be eaten.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Situ Jingchun couldn't help but sigh that these soldiers were really powerful, they could hold on to the border pass for so long under such conditions, if they were ordinary people, they would run away on the first day.

"Ahem."

Just when Situ Jingchun sighed, a cough interrupted his thoughts, and he saw that in the grass shed not far away, a middle-aged man with a fat body and a cute posture walked slowly with his upper body naked.

The man seemed to have just woken up, and when he saw Situ Jingchun, he rubbed his eyes, then stretched his waist, and said disapprerovingly, "New here, my name is Yao Chitian, the captain of the Huotou Army, I will be your head in the future, just tell me anything." ”

"Hello Captain Yao, in Xia Situ Jingchun, General Zhou asked me to come to ......"

Just as Situ Jingchun was about to introduce himself, he was directly interrupted by Yao Chitian in the middle of speaking, "Okay, I know, you will be a member of the Huotou Army in the future, our Huotou Army doesn't have to go to the battlefield, it's relatively relaxed, but you can't be too relaxed, you know?" ”

"Yes, I see." Situ Jingchun said helplessly.

Yao Chitian came to Situ Jingchun's side, glanced at Situ Jingchun lightly, and then pointed to the bucket and the empty water tank next to him and said, "Don't be idle when you come, go fill these tanks of water." ”

"Okay."

Situ Jingchun put down the clothes and swords in his hand, got up and went to fetch water, and to carry the water had to go to the stream outside the gate to pick it up, this back and forth plus the bumpy road, the full bucket of water and so on to the Huotou Army camp There was not much left, and by the time Situ Jingchun filled the seven or eight vats in front of him, it was almost afternoon.

If it weren't for the true qi to protect the body, Situ Jingchun would have been tired and paralyzed by carrying water like this.

Yao Chitian dragged his limping body to the water tank, looked at the full water, and bowed slightly, "It's not bad, let's go to the barracks and rest for a while." ”

Situ Jingchun dragged his tired body to the barracks, and casually found an empty bed and lay down.

I sighed in my heart, when did I suffer from this kind of tiredness, soon, there was a fire outside, the sound of cooking, it was almost time to eat, and after a short rest, Situ Jingchun slipped out of the barracks.

Although the scale of Zhennan Pass is not very large, it is indeed difficult to walk inside, and Situ Jingchun went around several times in succession before he came to the courtyard where Su Su lived under the guidance of the patrol soldiers along the way.

Walking to the gate of the courtyard, Situ Jingchun was just about to knock on the door, but stopped halfway through his hand.

He doesn't know if Su Su will dislike himself if he sees his current appearance, and his current identity is a firehead soldier, will Su Su despise himself when he sees him, or will he reveal his true identity to give Su Su an accident?

Just when Situ Jingchun was thinking nonsense, Su Su's courtyard door opened directly without warning.

"Ah......h

As soon as Su Su opened the door, she saw a soldier standing at her door, but she was startled, and she subconsciously shouted out.

"Don't shout, sister, it's my ......," Situ Jingchun hurriedly took off his helmet and shouted.

Su Su saw that it was Situ Jingchun, and he slowed down for a long time before he calmed down, and then pulled Situ Jingchun into the courtyard, and said angrily, "You are really bold, Zhennanguan dares to come, where did you get this dress, quickly put it back for others, everyone should be eating at this time, you go out quickly, no one should find out......"

Su Su also thought that Situ Jingchun had sneaked into Zhennanguan, and this word was full of worry.

Situ Jingchun reluctantly let go of Su Su's hand, and then said with a long sigh, "Sister Su Su, don't get excited, listen to me, I didn't come in secretly, I went to General Zhou, he asked me to stay, from today on, I am a member of the Zhennan Pass guards, and I will always stay in Zhennan Pass in the future." ”

"What?" Su Su looked at Situ Jingchun incredulously, "You...... You joined the army? Why? ”

In Su Su's opinion, as far as Situ Jingchun's identity as a swordsman, he would never come to the barracks unless he had to.

Because no matter who you are, as long as you go to the barracks, you are an ordinary person, if you want to get ahead and make a name for yourself, you need to work the battlefield and prove yourself with military skills.

Situ Jingchun spread his hands, "What's the point of dangling outside the customs all the time, and what you said, I thought about it seriously, I definitely can't get out of the customs now, instead of wandering around all day long, it's better to come to the barracks to hone and practice, and besides, I can be closer to you." ”

"Huh?"

It's okay to listen to the front, when I heard Situ Jingchun say the four words closer to you, Su Su was stunned, and then laughed, "Little brat." ”

"Alright, now that you've made up your mind to come here, I won't say anything more."

Su Su looked at Situ Jingchun, and then at Situ Jingchun's military uniform, which was several sizes older than herself, and sighed, "Take off your clothes first, I'll change them for you, it's not shameful enough to wear out these clothes." ”

Situ Jingchun smiled and took off his clothes obediently, while Su Su took a needle and thread from the room and sat in the courtyard to mend it, this skillful technique made Situ Jingchun sigh with emotion, "Sister, I see that General Zhou was so polite to you, and he called you Miss, why are you so skilled in doing the work of these subordinates." ”

Su Su smiled while sewing clothes, "What is Miss not Miss, I never thought I was Miss." ”

When Situ Jingchun returned to the barracks in plain clothes, it was already night, and Situ Jingchun, who was thinking of sneaking in, was directly arrested by Yao Chitian.

"Stop."

Yao Chitian came out of the corner and looked at Situ Jingchun with a serious face.

Situ Jingchun stood up obediently, said with a smile, "Captain Yao, it's so late, you haven't slept yet." ”

"Little rabbit cub, you just ran around for me on the first day you came, and you were too undisciplined, what do you think of this place?

This is a barracks, there are strict rules of work and rest, when you go out, you will be allowed to go out, today is the first time, see that you are new here, you can be forgiven if you don't understand the rules, if there is a next time, don't blame me for military law. Yao Chitian said with a serious face.

was said like this, Situ Jingchun naturally felt uncomfortable in his heart, "Yes, I understand it in the next, and I don't take it as an example." ”

Yao Chitian took out two nest heads and handed them to Situ Jingchun, Situ Jingchun was stunned when he saw these two nest heads, "Duwei, you are ......?"

"Dinner, make do with something, next time it will be gone." Yao Chitian said helplessly.

Situ Jingchun smiled, hurriedly took the wowotou, and shouted, "Thank you, Captain." ”

Yao Chitian waved his hand and motioned for Situ Jingchun to go back to the barracks to rest, while he turned around and went back to his grass hut to rest.

This is Situ Jingchun's first day in the army, and a few years later, when someone asks Situ Jingchun how he feels on his first day as a soldier, he will say with emotion on his face that he is lucky to come to the Huotou Army and is also lucky to meet Captain Yao.

……

In the golden autumn of September, in this golden season of guizi, Ning Xiaochuan and others embarked on the road to Miaojiang.

Miaojiang is located in the southwest of Shuzhou, from Jiaozhou to Miaojiang is a long way, first of all, through Liuzhou, according to the normal route, from Liuzhou to continue north to Bazhou, and then to the west directly to Shuzhou.

However, because of the war in Sichuan and Shu, now that the road in Bazhou has been blocked by the army, Ning Xiaochuan and their way to Bazhou will inevitably be a waste of time.

So after some discussion, Ning Xiaochuan and the others decided to go west from Liuzhou, pass through Dian Zhou, and then go north from Dian Prefecture to Miaojiang directly.

After Jiaozhou, the road was easier, and Ning Xiaochuan also received a letter from home, which not only explained the death of Cheng Zhongxian, but also wrote that the court is now in chaos, and the power of the King of the East China Sea has a faint tendency to fight against His Majesty.

Ning Xiaochuan frowned slightly, he was not surprised at all by the situation of the court now, without Guan Zhongxian, any bulls, ghosts, snakes and gods would come out, and this is only the tip of the iceberg, the so-called internal and external troubles, now it is only internal worries, according to his estimates, this external trouble is also coming soon.

Liuzhou, the most obscure state in Dafeng's territory.

Because of the small size of the place, some people proposed to divide Liuzhou into two and assign it to Dian Prefecture and Jiaozhou a long time ago, but it was opposed by Cui Yi, the prime minister at the time.

Although Liuzhou is small, it is indispensable, Yunnan and Jiaozhou are close to the border, one side is Nanrong, the other is Nandi, if there is no Liuzhou this strategic buffer area.

Once the war breaks out, the war can affect Sichuan and Shu for a long time, which will not only be inconvenient to transfer troops, but also bring great pressure to Sichuan and Shu.

As a result, at the insistence of Prime Minister Cui Yi, Liuzhou was preserved.

Yixing City, Liuzhou.

A gray-haired old man was sitting on the city wall, looking ahead, and the two children behind him were shaking a fan and holding an incense burner. ”

The old man is no one else, but the second person in Liuzhou besides Liuzhou Mu, Li Changhe, the head of Liuzhou Huishan Mound.