Northland, the city of rejection.

This is a city built by the former king of the Northland, the location of the city is extremely remote, and it is extremely northern, which can be said to be the frontier of the Great Apocalypse. Similar to such cities, the three kings of Anxi, Beidi, and Dingliao built about 100 at the northern border of Daqi, the purpose of which was to prevent the Beiyi people from plundering southward and increase the depth of the battlefield on the border of Daqi.

As long as the Beiyi people go south, the three kings can organize troops to fight and retreat around these cities, and when they retreat to the three kings' domain, the strength and morale of the Beiyi people will be almost consumed. In this way, it can ensure that the people in the territory of the Great Apocalypse and the land of the three feudal lands will not be harassed. It can be described as well-intentioned.

In fact, the Beiyi people did not think of destroying these cities directly, but the front foot had just destroyed and leveled the city, once they retreated, the soldiers and civilians of the land of the three feudatories were burdened with soil and sand, or in a few days, they could build a Xiongguan city that could resist the cavalry. Beiyi is overwhelmed with annoyance and inexhaustible destruction.

One side is just for money, food, and wealth, but the other side is for defending the land and settling down, and Beiyi naturally can't consume Daqi.

In the city of rejection, the king of Beidi has just recruited a group of people, together with the Beidi army, to step up the reinforcement of the city defense, dig deep trenches, and always guard against the arrival of the Beiyi people.

Two strong young men are picking iron pickaxes and shovels, pouting their butts outside the city, digging trenches, which are used to resist the impact of Beiyi's war horses, and can also block Beiyi's shoddy siege vehicles.

"Duke Wu Ding, you are also a dignified grandfather, why are we doing such rough work here?"

"Is it coarse? It's not rough! You see, this trench is also exquisite, it can't be too wide, it's too wide, not to mention the time and effort, once the Beiyi people hide in the trench, they can also use it to avoid the arrows of our army! It can't be too narrow, it's too narrow to not dig, and if you jump over, it won't work..."

These two strong young men are Yi Xiaodao and Bai Xinglong, who left Taiyi Peak, and somehow they were "caught" here.

Bai Xinglong looked at Yi Xiaodao with a bitter face: "Didn't you say that you came here in the North to find out about the movements of the Three Kings of the North?" But we're doing this now, aren't we... Could it be that Wu Dinggong has other plans? ”

"No, I'm just idle... Shhh An overseer soldier walked over the ground, and Yi Xiaodao hurriedly signaled and whispered: "How many times have you said it, don't call me Wu Dinggong, you can't do it if your identity is exposed!" ”

Bai Xinglong was full of helplessness, but he could only wield his pickaxe and dig hard. To say that Yi Xiaodao is looking for trouble here to help repair the city for no reason, he doesn't believe it. During this period of time, he also knew a little about Yi Xiaodao, this person seemed absurd, but he never did meaningless things.

It's just that Bai Xinglong doesn't understand, what kind of plan does he have, to work so hard here, is it for the sake of three meals a day and that little salary?

"Hey, stop! Stop it! It's time to eat, everyone did a good job in the morning, at this rate, in less than three days, we'll be done! General Wang has an order, in order to reward everyone, two meat buns will be distributed to each person at noon! Lamb stuffing! ”

"Two each, don't you listen? If anyone dares to rob it, don't blame me for being ruthless! Laugh, laugh at what? I'll pull you to be a daredevil! ”

A slightly chubby, iron-clad general waved a whip and shouted to the people to stop work and eat. But his fat figure and somewhat funny mustache made him look a little funny, and the people around him were not afraid of him, and some people even joked with him boldly.

"I said General Fat, did General Wang give each of us three, and you deducted one?"

"Yes, the warrior who marches and fights, why is he fatter than my mother-in-law?"

"Don't mention the mother-in-law, when I see these two buns, I miss my mother-in-law... Alas, I'm a little worried, and I don't know what happened to her..."

"You can pull it down, you've only been out for four days and you're missing your mother-in-law? The men from a village are here, and your mother-in-law can't steal even if she wants to! Hahahaha..."

The people present were all ordinary croppers, rough men, and jokes endlessly. Fortunately, there are no women here, they are all big men who don't care.

The chubby general raised his whip and shouted, "I repeat! My surname is Pei! Pei Shuozhang! Not fat! Which one just laughed at me? Which one! ”

Yi Xiaodao and Bai Xinglong received their own meat buns and stood aside to eat them slowly. Yi Xiaodao noticed that since he came here, this General Pei's whip has often been raised high, but it has never fallen.

"General Pei, you say, the Beiyi people haven't been here for a few days? It's half a year after counting. Half a year ago, there were only about 100 people, at most 1,000 people, and there were not many of them, so what are we doing with so much effort to strengthen this city? A fair-skinned man asked, and his fair skin stood out in the crowd.

Pei Shuozhang shook his head and played: "You don't understand this, right?" Soldiers, treacherous! It is precisely because there are so few people who come every time that it is unreasonable, that they want us to let our guard down first, and then invade in a big way. Lord Wang, this is a precaution! ”

The surrounding people nodded thoughtfully, but in fact, after listening to these words, no one studied the truth in Pei Shuozhang's words. However, the sentence "soldiers, treacherous ways" sounds like a very powerful and cultured sentence. There are few people here who have read the book, and the rugged men are all wondering when this sentence will be taken out and put on display.

"Poof, these five words are probably learned from the life of this General Pei." Yi Xiaodao couldn't help but bow his head and laugh with Bai Xinglong.

A "proud soldier's strategy" can be summed up, and it is so crude and straightforward, it is necessary to pretend in front of these ordinary people who don't know a single word.

Pei Shuozhang's ear power seemed to be very good, Yi Xiaodao had just snickered, he noticed it, and walked over: "I said, you two have to stop working hard!" It's been a morning, I haven't drunk this sip of water, and my body is sturdy! To give! As he spoke, he dropped a leather water bag, bulging, and it seemed that he hadn't drunk much.

Yi Xiaodao took the leather water bag, and he was not polite, pulled out the wooden stopper and poured it in a big gulp, and drank it comfortably before handing it to Bai Xinglong, and it was another fierce pour.

Pei Shuozhang licked his dry lips: "I said, you're not locals, right?" Look at you people with fine skin and tender meat, from Donglu? ”

"The general guesses again." Yi Xiaodao sold Guanzi.

"Chu Xiang? Can't, isn't Chu Xiang fighting with the imperial court? Seeing that you are not small, you can't be from Sichuan and Shu... Nanhuai? That's far away..."Pei Shuozhang said to himself, but he didn't feel bored, and guessed one by one.

"General, we are all from Dingliao! Why can't you guess? However, we are also close to Donglu, Tangcheng people! Doesn't look like a Northlander, huh? Yi Xiaodao learned the accent of Qin Xiangqian's cousin, Han Shi.

Pei Shuozhang raised his eyebrows slightly, and said with a smile: "Oh, yes?" My mother is also from Nagada! Fellow, let's go, go to the tent with me to have two drinks, I haven't been to my grandmother's for five or six years. ”

Bai Xinglong handed back the water bag, and when the two saw that General Pei was really invited, they didn't refuse, and followed him to the military tent.

As soon as they entered the tent, before the two of them could speak, they saw this General Pei turn around in a spun step, and retreated, his movements so light that they did not match his chubby size.

"Humph! Dare to lie to me? You obviously have a Donglu accent, but you say that you are from Tangcheng? Although Tang Cheng is sandwiched between Donglu and Dingliao, his accent is not like either side. Say, "What are you doing here?" Who sent you? As soon as Pei Shuozhang's words fell, dozens of soldiers flashed on both sides of the surroundings, all with shields, guns and crossbows. It seems that he is confident that the two of them will confess.

Bai Xinglong turned a blind eye to the soldiers around him, and looked at Yi Xiaodao with interest, he also wanted to see what kind of medicine was sold in Yi Xiaodao's gourd.

"General, you can unjustly die to me! It's true that I'm from Tangcheng, but I also grew up at my grandmother's house! It's not a Beiyi person, what is it to do, my mother said that I am weak and boneless, let me participate, but I am afraid of fighting, I want to die, so I and my brother..."Yi Xiaodao looked aggrieved and chattered endlessly about his origin.

Pei Shuozhang gently pulled his mustache, he was used to looking at people, and he thought that he was very accurate in recognizing people. He instinctively felt that the kid in front of him was not a good stubble, and if one of the ten sentences in his mouth was true, he forgot to make it up. But it's true that it's not from Beiyi, and there is nothing wrong with rushing to work these days, and it's quite hard...

"Maybe he also has something unspeakable, maybe he will be punished if he just conceals his origin, he will be punished, it is a little hasty..."Pei Shuozhang thought secretly in his heart, and after a while, he waved his hand and signaled the soldiers to retreat.

"I'm just trying to scare you, so that you know that nothing can be hidden from my eyes! Only by working hard can you have food and money, but don't be cautious for me! Pei Shuozhang had a tiger face, and he lost the good voice just now.

Yi Xiaodao nodded again and again: "General Xie, General Xie." Then let's go back to work! ”

Pei Shuozhang nodded and said, "Well, let's go." ”

Before the two turned around and left, Pei Shuozhang rushed over with an arrow, raised his knife in his hand, and swept the necks of the two, as if he was going to cut off the heads of the two of them.

Bai Xinglong paused slightly, and was about to turn around to fight, but he was grabbed by Yi Xiaodao's shoulders and forcefully pulled him forward: "Brother, I can tell you." After two days, I received my salary and went to Xiu'er's house to propose marriage, so I had to dress better! I still have a pair of shoes..."

Pei Shuozhang's sword blade stopped about six or seven inches away from Yi Xiaodao's neck, his technique could only be controlled here, if he stopped any longer, he would not be able to get his strength.

"It seems that I am indeed too careful..."Pei Shuozhang looked at the back of Yi Xiaodao and the two leaving, and laughed at himself.

A small colonel ran out from the middle military tent: "General Pei, General Wang is invited." ”