(This volume is called "Black Crows", three thousand black crows carry knives at night, and how many of them are dressed in purple robes?)

The northern frontier of the Great Zhou Dynasty, from the north of the Gongwei Zhongzhou to the north, the south of the prairie where Hei Di lives, there are four majestic border states of sword, secluded, thistle and green, the city is strong and the army is strong, and the north has been seen for thousands of years.

Liu Tugou went north from Xi'an Mansion, crossed a small area of Beiding Mansion, and went straight to Jianzhou. According to the Great Zhou calendar, it is already early spring at this time, but Jianzhou is in the north, and it is still as cold as a needle when the wind blows on people's faces.

The west of Jianzhou is one of the military states in the northwest of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the east is Youzhou, which is also the northern military state, and the Shuofang where the second master is going is in the northernmost part of Youzhou.

The territory of Jianzhou is not large, but the location is extremely important, because it borders Bairong and Heidi in the north at the same time, and it is very easy to be affected by the war, and it is a place where soldiers must fight.

The Great Zhou army stationed in Jianzhou often took care of itself, forcing the powerful in the state to only hold together to protect themselves, because the state was full of fortresses and green forests, and although the authority of the Son of Heaven was heavy, the imperial decrees could not be completely unimpeded.

On this day, there was a crowd of people outside the south gate of Jianzhou City.

A huge list was posted on the city wall, with iron hooks and silver strokes, and the pen was strong.

Under the list, ten border soldiers in fiery red robes lined up, standing with their swords and not squinting.

In front of the ten people, stood side by side a border army commander and a military clerk.

The commander of the border army, also known as the armor soldier, is mostly the armor man who builds the foundation realm, and his position is the same as that of the nine products.

The scribe wore a green robe that could only be worn by a civilian official of the seventh rank or above, and the robe was covered with light armor.

He looked at the people gathered in front of him, cleared his throat and said: "Deacon Zhu Yi military machine, general of the forbidden army, doctor of the sixth division, prime minister Jian, You, Ji, Qing four prefectures Pingdi, Cao Gongjun order......"

At this point, the soldier paused, bowed his hand to the north in respect, and then began to read the report aloud.

"The Son of Heaven has mercy on the poor and the foolish, and has not been killed, and the thieves are becoming more and more rampant, killing and plundering, and turbulent in the north. Today, the thunder descends from the sky, the kings gather, the stubbornness is eliminated, and the demonic atmosphere is swept away. The foolishness of the constitution, flattering the grace of heaven and going out to unify the six divisions, dreaming of sleeping at night, is afraid of it. Specially played the Son of Heaven, and was allowed by grace, and on the same day, he gathered volunteers, recruited talents, enriched the shogunate, and Sasuke soldiers. On the day of success, the Son of Heaven will reward the marquis......"

The words are sonorous, and I don't know how many northland boys are excited.

Liu Tugou stood in the crowd, stretched out his hand and stabbed a young man with a red face who looked like a scholar next to him, and asked, "This is to recruit soldiers, right?

The scholar immediately glared angrily at the second master, waved his sleeve to block Liu Tugou's hand, and reprimanded: "What do you know?

The second master shook his head very dryly, and grinned: "You can't be a centurion." ”

He thought of Zhang Kite, who had been separated for many days, but he didn't know what was going on with the hundred horsemen who were deep and did not lose their true colors.

The scholar's face was even more gloomy, but after he caught a glimpse of the Xueliang blade hanging from Liu Tugou's waist, he wisely did not fight the second master to the end.

He snorted lightly and said disdainfully: "Listening to your accent, it is obvious that you are not from this state, but you should have heard of the reputation of a good sword man in Jianzhou. ”

Liu Tugou couldn't help but be interested, and bowed his hand to this scholar who was obviously powerless, and praised: "Brother Tai is arrogant, the younger brother has long heard that the martial arts in Jianzhou are extremely prosperous, and everyone knows how to use swordsmanship with both hands, so that they can resist the intrusion of Bai Rong Heidi in turns." Brother Taihe, can you tell my junior brother about the famous swordsmanship in this sword state?"

The scholar's face was slightly gloomy when he heard the words, and his face showed pride, such as a few family treasures and said: "You really asked the right person, if you want to say that the swordsmanship master, the most famous is naturally the two adults of Lu Gong and Luo Chunting, the chief soldier of the state herdsman, Lu and Luo, are the famous and wealthy families of the book and sword heirloom in Benzhou, and the children of the clan are full of county yamen and county army, and there are many masters. In the next Bucai, it is the side branch of the Lu family. ”

This Lu disciple was quite proud of his surname, and couldn't help showing off, and sure enough, the foreigner in front of him showed an admiring look on his face, he smiled reservedly, and continued: "As for the Jianzhou Green Forest, it is called the Sword Forest in the rivers and lakes, with mountains and thousands of peaks competing for shows, and I can't finish talking about it for a while, I only mention one, Gongsun Long, the leader of the alliance of the Green Forest in the Northern Four Prefectures, is from Jianzhou." It's just that Cao Xianzhi's Cao Gong's heroic article is probably in the wrong place, Jianlin has always been xenophobic, and it may be possible to join the county army, and I am afraid that there are very few people who are willing to join the border army of the imperial court. ”

Liu Tugou nodded, and thanked the scholar surnamed Lu again and again, but he was a little disapproving.

The names of the leaders of the Lu and Luo families are all crepe, without the grandeur of the men in the north, and the people in the green forest are also complacent, and they are really not atmospheric at all, and it is no wonder that the reputation of the so-called "Sword Forest" is far inferior to the West Lake Sword Palace in the south. But Gongsun Long, who refused to sit in a state, was a little interesting.

The scholar surnamed Lu talked about it more and more, pointed to the list on the city wall, and said: "Cao Gong is fast enough, the people are still in Zhongzhou, and the recruitment list has already arrived first." It is said that Bai Rong in the northwest has also raised troops on a large scale, and the military plane of the Prime Minister Teng, Gan, Liang, and the four prefectures of Pingrong has not moved so far, but the Gongxi clan of Ganzhou has already fought with Bai Rong. ”

Jianzhou is close to Bingzhou, and the news about the northwest is naturally well-informed, Liu Tugou heard about it along the way, but he didn't know the details, so he hurriedly asked: "Brother Tai, do you know how the battle situation in Ganzhou is?"

The scholar surnamed Lu is just a sidebranch, where does he know what is in it, so he naturally doesn't want to talk about it, and said perfunctorily: "The soldiers are dangerous and fierce, and the rumors are also difficult to distinguish between true and false......"

At this time, the soldier and horse engaged in just finished reading the list and sat behind the bookcase on the side, waiting for the person who registered for the draft, and the scholar surnamed Lu also took the opportunity to keep silent.

Although there were many people crowding under the city wall to watch the list, no one stepped forward for a while.

Liu Tugou hesitated slightly, gave up the idea of joining the army in Jianzhou, and still decided to rush to Shuofang City in Youzhou.

It's not that he doesn't know how to respond to the situation, nor does he have any thoughts about the benefits promised by Wei Da in the edict, but the station of Zhang Yuan's Yuncai Guard is in the northernmost city of Wolf Xu in Jianzhou, and joining the army from Jianzhou will inevitably face the anger of the captain of the cloud cavalry and even the general of Wolf Xu.

Therefore, the sinister place of the official name called Xiandengwei, which can write off the previous debt as long as it enters, is still Liu Tugou's first choice. As for the dangerous life and death, Liu Tugou didn't care.

Youzhou naturally also has Cao Xianzhi's conscription list, and it seems that he may not necessarily have to go to the guard first. However, as long as those with a little insight should understand that the stragglers recruited from the people can be described as a mixture of dragons and snakes, and how can they really be transformed into a person who is on a par with the extremely strict selection of the imperial court's forbidden army? Since it is the same everywhere, of course, it is necessary to choose a more "good" background.

As for the local county army, which was mostly composed of the children of Benzhou, the second master didn't consider it at all.

It's just that most of the things committed by the second master are not outsiders, helping Gongxi Xiaobai and killing the grandmaster Xu Xun are absolutely unadmitted, and there are very few witnesses to the battle with Pei Dongting, and no one will publicize it everywhere, and it is destined to only spread in a very small range. The edict Wei Daneng knew that it was revealed to him by Murong Chunxiao, and other records such as killing a few horse bandits in Tianshui, where could he suppress the fierce gods and evil gods there?

Liu Tugou rubbed the slaughtering knife on his waist, glanced at the scholar surnamed Lu, and said in his heart: "It seems that there are a few more big cases that should be done before entering the Shuo Fang?"