The phoenix blows the desert, the tornado sand, and the frost falls all over the pear blossoms.

The whining north wind, swept through with a biting chill, like a hand, raising a cloud of dust and sand, forming a dust storm, like a fierce beast, swallowing those withered trees in one gulp.

The dust monster roared in all directions, sweeping through everything in sight, trees, houses, towns, and the river that flowed endlessly.

The warmth of early spring has not yet arrived on this land, the frost of the early morning has left a silver-white tree hanging on the tree, as beautiful as a Christmas tree, at the end of the eastern sky, on the horizon, the red morning sun slowly rises.

Unlike Chuzhou, where the temperature has begun to warm up in March, and new tree buds and grass stems have taken off their old clothes and are thriving, this town is still immersed in the cold wind of that winter.

In such weather, such temperature, it may be the most beautiful enjoyment to stay in a warm room, and then nest in the quilt and hug your mother-in-law, but when the first light illuminates this town, the whimpering horn sounded above the town with the whistling wind.

The melodiousness of the horn could not be concealed even by the roar of the wind beast, and in the north of the town, in a place ravaged by dust storms, from the low earth hole, a heavily armed warrior suddenly emerged, wearing only armor It was thick enough, but in order to resist the cold wind, each warrior wore a fur coat in addition to his armor.

The thick horn helmet covered every face, and the thick goggles made a rustling sound from time to time in the wind and sand, and more than 400 people filled this spacious school field, lined up horizontally and vertically, and looked like hundreds of stone piles from a distance, allowing the wind and dust storm to rampage, but they didn't move.

The cold and biting cold wind stirred, lifting the heavy cowhide bar, and then seeing the stitches blowing into the big bar, tearing the heavy diamond iron armor.

At the forefront of these hundreds of soldiers, on the Zhangxu earthen platform made of earth and stones...... A sturdy man in the same costume stood on the high earthen platform, perhaps too standing out from the crowd, and he became the main target of the cold wind and sandstorm, and the wind was like the claws of a demonic beast, piercing like a knife swept over and over again. The dust storm was like a spell attack, countless tiny grains of sand crackling on his armor.

Standing silently, without any instructions, is the best practice in this harsh environment.

As the morning sun rises, completely out of the horizon, the fiery light seems to be the nemesis of this raging cold wind and dust storm, gradually tamed with its pacification.

At last the first shop opened in the town, which rose later than the sun, and the children rushed out of the house dressed like a stocky ball, gathered together, and chased to the schoolyard to the north.

A simple fence seemed to divide the schoolyard from the surrounding open space, and the children lined up with the fence and looked at the hundreds of standing warriors in the schoolyard, as if this gaze had become their new habit.

The cold wind finally subsided, and as the sun rose, the temperature was finally no longer so cold and unbearable, and the generals standing on the stone platform finally moved, and at the joints on the armor, a few thin ice crystals fell, untying the tethers of the big shackles, revealing the heavy armor that shimmered in the sunlight.

Jumping, a straight horn broadsword was pulled out of its scabbard, and the cold blade made people feel cold: "The drill begins! Raise the shield! Hold the knife!"

The whistle like a bell sounded over the entire school field, hundreds of large pieces of armor were taken off, revealing the whole body of steel heavy armor, on the back, the shield that could protect most of the body was put on the arm, holding from the top of the shield, the protruding horn wing in the center of the handle, jumping, hundreds of cold light flashed in the sun.

The temperature that had risen fell to the bottom in an instant.

"One by one,"

Hundreds of soldiers raised the shield in their hands, this whole shield weighed thirty kilograms, made of stainless steel, unless it was shot with a heavy crossbow, otherwise ordinary swords, bows and arrows were difficult to hurt in the slightest, with that order, more than 400 people raised the shields in their hands, the movements were uniform, giving people a sense of impact like a landslide and tsunami.

"One-two!"

Hundreds of warriors stepped forward in a neat manner, and then fiercely raised their shields forward.

"One-three!"

The waist twisted, the shield blocked, and at the same time raised the war knife in the right hand, this war knife is also a heavy soldier, far from the scimitar used by the cavalry, but similar to the Mo knife of the Tang Dynasty, the heavy back of the knife, two fingers wide, five feet three inches long, weighing thirty kilograms. Swinging, this Da Mo knife fell fiercely, and the air seemed to be torn apart by this blade, and a penetrating chill made people shudder.

This kind of exercise, every move made the eyes of the children around them widen, although they had seen it countless times, but still could not stop their hearts from trembling, a yearning look bloomed in a pair of simple eyes.

The only high-rise building in the town, the top of a small fortress-like building made of bluestone from a giant dog. The window was open, and when I looked down from this window, I could just see the school field less than 200 meters away.

"Miss, you're looking at General Gao again!" a maid in a sheepskin jacket walked in with a tray, although the dress looked a little bloated, but the figure wrapped in the thick clothes could not be concealed.

"I want you to talk more!" The young lady was slightly red cheeks, but she didn't have too much shyness: "My father's nickname, I didn't let him go and propose marriage to me, why hasn't there been any movement yet!"

The maid sneered and said, "My young lady, even if you are in a hurry to get married, you can't be urged like this, the master has already asked people to check the details of this general, but you are the pearl of our master's palm, you can't just marry someone from an unknown source!"

"What do you mean by unknown origin, but he is a military general appointed by the empire, what else can he do, my father is really!"

"Okay, Miss, come and have a Q meal, you're afraid that he will run away!"

"Hmph, Miss Ben is really afraid that he will run away, since the last time the person surnamed Fan came, my eyelids have been jumping, with her personality, there is a chance that she will rob me!"

"That's right, Miss Cousin and you have grabbed it since childhood, but the master didn't plan to let it over there this time, so the master has prepared some food, supplies or something, and will be sent to the barracks later, Miss, if you don't eat quickly, you won't be able to catch up!"

"Ah, you Nizi, why didn't you say it earlier!"

On an official road, a carriage staggered on the road, and the wind blew the bells at the corners of the carriage, making a crisp sound.

"Bai Weng, where are we!" In the carriage, a small stove emitted scorching heat, and on the seats on both sides, the poison Jia Xu put down the book in his hand, rubbed his somewhat sour eyes, and said outside.

Outside the carriage, a rough man drove the carriage, and next to this big man, a dying old man was wrapped in a heavy leather coat and wore a hat on his head, so that people could not see his face clearly.

"Back to the master, we just passed Tongchuan County, and we are about to arrive at the Mustang Ferry!"

"Oh!" Jia Xu sighed, muttering in a low voice, after the Mustang Ferry, it is the boundary of Yumen Mansion. On the opposite side of the Mustang Ferry, there is Guanping Town, where it seems that General Gao Shun was appointed, and judging from the news sent by Bao Xiaodan, Gao Shun has laid a foundation here.

Since a few months ago, the separation of the imperial capital, it has been four months, and Zhang Liang and the two traveled to Yunzhou, and then in the imperial capital to look through the books of the past month, to understand the mainland through the clip, after the history of the empire, the two combined with the information sent by Bao Xiaotian continuously, and finally decided to separate, Zhang Liang went south to Qingzhou, and Jia Xu chose to go west to Liangzhou.

All the way through Yunzhou, through Youzhou, to Liangzhou, Jia Xu while familiarizing himself with the customs and customs of the empire, understanding the current situation of the empire, while purposefully marching westward, and his purpose is the five princes of the empire living in Liangzhou, Situ Feng.

"In the land of Liangzhou, there are General Gao Shun, General Zhang Liao and General Li Guang, I have met General Zhang, only General Gao in Yumen is left with General Li in Qinchuan, who wants to assist the young master to occupy this country, but the five princes Situ Feng is the most important one among them!"

"But before I meet him, I also have to come up with some gifts, otherwise it will be easy and difficult to reuse!" Jia Xu leaned back in his chair, but he was thinking in his mind.

"Three years! I don't know who you and I are going to win this bet. Jia Xu remembered the gambling contract with Zhang Liang, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but purse his lips and smile!

The Qinluo River has been quietly unfrozen, the largest river in the north, can be said to be one of the two dragon veins of the Tianlong Empire, but every spring, it is also the time when the Qinluo River is flooding.

The channel of the Qinluo River forms a big zigzag, so every spring, the ice of the zigzag river will melt with the upstream and downstream, and the congested ice will cause floods to break out in the upstream, so soon, the Qinluo River will enter the breaking period.

Jia Xu hurried all the way, that is, to cross the Qinluo River before this Lingxun, of course, he did not have so much time to delay, the border between Youzhou and Zhongzhou, a war has broken out, and next, a larger war will break out.

Just when Jia Xu rushed to Guanping Town, the mayor of Guanping Town, who is also the head of the Fan family, the largest gate valve in the town, came to the barracks with his baby daughter and more than a dozen cars of condolences.

Speaking of this Fan family, it is one of the nine surnames in Xiliang, in Yumen Mansion, there is a saying that there are ten surnames and five Fan, although the Guanping Fan family is only one of the many branches of the Fan family, but in this Guanping town, it is said to be the same.

And this time the Fan family entered this barracks, but it was not just that their daughter took a fancy to the general, but had another purpose.

(To be continued.)