Chapter 32: Starlight
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At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, twelve border passes were set up to guard the territory.
However, Yizhou, which is vast and sparsely populated, accounts for as much as half of the total number of border passes, and has six border passes inside.
The six border passes stretch for thousands of miles, like a copper wall and an iron wall blocking the great wilderness, and six of them are the wing passes, which are the dangerous places of the great wilderness.
It has become the land of the Great Wilderness because the Wing Pass is located in the center of the six passes, the area is vast and flat, there is no danger to defend, and it is most suitable for the cavalry impact of the Great Wilderness people.
Therefore, in the early years, when the foundation of the founding of the Tang Dynasty was not stable, that is, there were no less than 1,000 large and small battles in Yiguan every year, and countless border troops had thrown their heads and dyed their robes, and countless people died here. So much so that now, as long as you stand on the simple and sturdy city wall of Jiyiguan, you can see the endless wilderness, and the soil does not have the original natural color, but the color of brick red.
No one knows if this strange soil color was caused by too much blood spilled over the years, but every frontier soldier always had an inexplicable sense of responsibility thriving when he stepped on the brick-red soil.
In the past fifteen years, as the Tang Dynasty became stronger, the friction of the border passes became less and less, but the Tang Dynasty did not stop the pace of building border passes.
As early as the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the Yiguan built with an earthen wall is no longer there, and it is replaced by the first Xiongguan in the world that stretches for hundreds of miles and towers like a mountain range.
And Zhang Xiaodao, as a native of Yizhou, naturally couldn't have known about the existence of Yiguan, so when he saw Yiguan for the first time, he looked very carefully.
But from the perspective from which he looked up, he could only see a corner of the main pass of the Wing Pass.
This corner is already obscured by Zhang Xiaodao, he can see the mottled and broken traces on the surface of the bluestone city wall through the bright starlight tonight, and this trace is extremely strange, it will not make people feel defeated, but give people a sense of historical heaviness.
It was also on this starry night that Zhang Xiaodao, who was appointed by General Li Yi to join the army, did not receive any special treatment and was directly still in the barracks.
That is, there are countless military camps in Yiguan, not to mention the 100,000 male troops stationed there, but only to say that there are four or five military camps that make the people of the border pass famous.
It's a pity that Zhang Xiaodao did not enter the 'Tiger Camp' that he longed for, nor did he step into the 'Wind Chasing Battalion' where he had repeatedly performed miraculous feats, but entered the infantry army.
That's right, this is without any special treatment, and in Zhang Xiaodao's eyes, it symbolizes 'cannon fodder', but it is an indispensable infantry in the army. More precisely, into the armored battalion of the infantry battalion.
The captain of the first battalion is called Wu Daxiong, and when Zhang Xiaodao was about to leave a good impression on his top boss, this captain called Nobita, who looks similar to Daxiong, directly entered the 2nd team.
In the Tang Army, the system is clear, 10,000 people are the army, 1,000 people are the battalion, 100 people are the team, and 10 people are the team.
2 Battalion, apparently one of the hundred infantry units of the Armored Battalion,
Zhang Xiaodao, led by a border soldier with an extremely stern face, entered the 2nd Brigade, which he didn't understand why the name was so funny, and entered a wooden house in the Jiyiguan military camp.
Pushing open the door of the wooden house, Yan SΓΉ's little brother of the border army only said: "New here." Then he walked out of the hut. Left behind Zhang Xiaodao, who was wearing a plain cotton jacket and had a weathered face.
There were nine strong men in the hut, all of whom were burly and had a complexion like charcoal.
Zhang Xiaodao showed a mouthful of white teeth, and wanted to say hello to these brothers as bright as the stars tonight, but he was greeted by a pile of shabby clothes.
Under the dim candlelight, the flying clothes fluttered one after another, and before they landed, a smell of sweat came to the face.
Immediately afterward, someone shouted: "New here, put down your baggage, go out with these clothes, turn left into the water room, and come back after washing." β
The voice was flat, but it smacked of command.
Zhang Xiaodao's smile was half overflowing, and he froze there, and then squinted his narrow eyes and looked at the person who gave the order.
This person was half-sitting on the old bed at this time, the muscles of the upper body of ** bulged like a grave bag, his face was not angular, and his unsmiling expression gave people a kind of cold energy.
At this time, the man raised his eyes and met Zhang Xiaodao's eyes, and the atmosphere in the wooden house became extremely solemn.
"New here, let you do it, you can go, what's the matter? Do you have to let us beat you up, and you will be comfortable?"
I don't know who was sneering on the side, Zhang Xiaodao still looked at the man and didn't pay any attention.
At this time, someone spoke again, it was a middle-aged man with gray temples, he spoke: "The border army has the rules of the border army, and it is a must for recruits to kill the stick, I advise you to pick up the clothes to be washed, and then go out and turn left." β
Zhang Xiaodao heard the deep meaning of the white man's words, it seemed that the recruits were going to be treated like this, but he scoffed at the rules of killing the mighty stick, and then he said: "If you don't wash it, you won't wash it!"
Saying that, Zhang Xiaodao still put down his burden and said: "This place is too small, if you want to beat me, come out and try." β
For some reason, everyone laughed, and then the man who looked at Zhang Xiaodao stood up and said, "My name is Yang Pinglin." β
"My name is Zhang Xiaodao. Zhang Xiaodao replied.
However, this seemingly friendly greeting was actually full of gunpowder, and with Yang Pinglin's movements, the other eight people all stood up and pressed in the direction of Zhang Xiaodao step by step.
Zhang Xiaodao threw out the burden casually, landed on the empty bed, pushed open the wooden door, and walked straight to the empty yellow sand in front of the wooden house.
Yang Pinglin walked to the door of the wooden house with eight people, showing a playful smile.
Zhang Xiaodao's expression was flat, but at some point, countless people walked out of the rows of wooden houses around here, and it became very noisy for a while.
The Tang Dynasty border army is known to the world, they worship the strong, and at the same time despise the weak, this is not discrimination, because for the border army to survive on the battlefield, one has to rely on themselves, and the other has to rely on brothers who are stronger than themselves.
Although the border army with strong folk customs forbade armed fighting, it was not uncommon to fight with bare hands.
When recruits enter the border army, there are three killing sticks, rotation, groceries, and beatings.
Most recruits will choose to give in because they are new to the environment, unfamiliar with people, and unfamiliar with people.
But for Zhang Xiaodao, this involves the issue of human rights, and the issue of human rights naturally involves such a thing as dignity.
Therefore, he chose to resist, although he knew that he was more likely to be beaten, but he did not hesitate.
This speculation stems from Zhang Xiaodao's comparison with Wang Da Niu with the nine people in front of him, presumably Su Zhan of the border army must be stronger than Wang Da Niu, and the nine Wang Da Niu can definitely beat him all over the ground to find teeth.
No one knew that Zhang Xiaodao made an extremely objective analysis at this time.
Most of the old border soldiers think that Zhang Xiaodao is a stunned young man, who doesn't know how thick the sky is.
But after Zhang Xiaodao made a brazen move, all the old border soldiers who watched the excitement subconsciously felt that they were going to change their views on this stunned young man.
Before taking a breath, after the two sides stood still, the noise around them became louder and louder.
Zhang Xiaodao didn't move like a wooden stake, but when Yang Pinglin and the nine people strode three feet in front of him, he suddenly made a move.
This punch was aimed at Yang Pinglin, who was standing at the forefront, Zhang Xiaodao knew the truth that the thief captured the king first, so the cyclone in his body was already running wildly, and he did it with all his might.
At this moment, Zhang Xiaodao's padded jacket sleeve burst open, approaching Yang Pinglin's front door.
Yang Pinglin never thought that Zhang Xiaodao would suddenly use cold arrows, let alone that Zhang Xiaodao's punch was like lightning.
But after all, he was a border soldier who had been on the battlefield, and he raised his arms in a very short time, and at the same time he had a tacit understanding with the eight people around him and shouted very much: "Drink." β
This is the tacit understanding in the bones of the border soldiers, although there are only nine people, but the shouting is deafening, and the momentum is instantly reversed.
But in the next moment, the expected Yang Pinglin successfully blocked the punch, but the picture of Zhang Xiaodao being pressed to the ground and beaten wildly did not appear.
Instead, Zhang Xiaodao knocked over Yang Pinglin with one punch, and knocked over several border brothers behind him.
There was an uproar.
At this time, Zhang Xiaodao's legs were extremely divided, and in the face of the border troops attacking from both sides, he made a standard boxing swing dodge action, and between the lightning and flint, his heavy punch struck again.
On the left is the middle-aged border soldier with gray temples, his fist was flashed by Zhang Xiaodao, and before he could react, he felt the sound of wind in his ears!
With a loud bang, his left cheek was flattened, and the whole person flew out spitting blood, smashing into the sand and kicking up a cloud of dust.
"Wow!" Seeing the excitement of the people in unison, it was really rare for the recruits to have such a look.
It's just that everyone also knows that Zhang Xiaodao can do the same, because Yang Pinglin and a few others have already rushed up, no matter how much he can fight, his two fists are definitely no match for four hands, not to mention that now he is facing nine people and eighteen hands.
Zhang Xiaodao put his arms in front of his face, and quickly drowned in the midst of the nine.
The old border army saw the dust flying, and listened to the muffled sound of the fist in an endless stream, and as for who won and who lost, he already knew in his heart. I just hope they can play more and watch more lively.
This one did not disappoint the old border soldiers who walked out of the wooden house, and they fought for a quarter of an hour.
The final result was naturally that Zhang Xiaodao fell into the dust with his arms crossed, but he was not ashamed to lose, because there was nothing unpainted on the faces of the few people who were standing.
may have thought that this excitement was too good-looking, but I don't know who took the lead in applauding, and there was a thunderous applause in the Jiawu military camp.
There were some bruises on his face Yang Pinglin looked angry, he understood that this applause was for Zhang Xiaodao, and the shame was naturally their 2 team.
"Carry it back, I'm cleaning it up tomorrow!"
Several 2 Wu Bianjun with colors on their bodies chattered: "This kid is really ruthless." While lifting Zhang Xiaodao, who could no longer stand up, he walked towards the wooden house, but behind him was full of whistles and ** sounds.
After finally returning to the wooden house, everyone took Zhang Xiaodao to the wooden collapse, and picked up the clothes they had just thrown out one by one.
But I didn't want to, at this time, Zhang Xiaodao, who was covered with injuries, said as if he was nothing: "It's really a shame to bully children, I thought that the border army was a hero, today I put the words here, I will not be soft since I was a child, if I don't obey, we will continue to do it." β
This is shameless enough, and what he said is also extraordinarily arrogant, although Zhang Xiaodao is a loser at this time, but no one in the wooden house dares to say that he can beat this guy alone.
Yang Pinglin suddenly stood up with a 'poof', and the man with white temples grabbed him and said: "Wu Chang, a fight is a fight, you can't hurt the child's muscles and bones, I think it's okay today, and if you don't accept it tomorrow, we will continue to masturbate him." β
The white man with sideburns said and looked at Zhang Xiaodao lying on the wooden couch, hoping that this recruit would be more interesting and soft.
And at this time, Zhang Xiaodao, who was grinning in pain, said to himself without care: "The stars are shining tonight, and Lao Tzu is also a little starry tonight, and my cΔo egg's border army career has begun!"
There was no resentment and anger after being beaten in his words, full of expectations for the future, Yang Pinglin glanced at his brother, and said, "Sick!"