Zhang Xiaoshan is an ordinary city defense guard in ancient Xiangyang, and he can be regarded as a veteran, he has been a soldier for ten years, how can he be qualified to be called a veteran.

The year when Zhang Xiaoshan first joined the army was the year when the war in Guxiangyang was the fiercest, and then, there was no more......

That year, Zhang Xiaoshan, who had not yet been sent to the battlefield, witnessed the historical moment when the two divine soldiers of Heaven and Dragon were separated from the Tianyuan Rift, and he was deeply shocked.

Although the soldiers were in danger, although they had never been on the battlefield, Zhang Xiaoshan still remembered that the whole family was nested in the cellar to avoid Meng Yuan's throwing arrows.

Flying arrows are like locusts, and endless arrows shoot out in volleys, covering the sky, like a black rainstorm that has fallen, crossing the high wall of more than 20 zhang, rotating rapidly, with huge potential energy and kinetic energy, penetrating the roof and courtyard wall, and still tearing the flesh.

That was the nightmare of the people of ancient Xiangyang!

So, after enlisting in the army, he stood on the city wall more than once, looking at the Tianyuan Rift, looking at the magnificent mountains and rivers outside the city, imagining the scene of Meng Yuan's iron cavalry rushing through the rift.

Even though there was always only a vast and desolate land in sight, Zhang Xiaoshan knew that in that farther place, there was a strong army stationed at them.

In his heart, there is an unstoppable impulse and spirit rushing out!

Perhaps, the war was so tragic that he would die on a sharp arrow that came at some point, and perhaps, he would continue to accumulate meritorious deeds and make meritorious contributions from an unknown soldier, and from then on he would become a famous general of the dynasty and be remembered in history.

However, the days of city defense are always boring and boring, there is always a deep gap between fantasy and reality, and there are too many and boring days of the same, and they gradually become a kind of numbness......

Numbly patrolling, numb on duty, numbly living their lives......

I don't know when Zhang Xiaoshan never looked at the Tianyuan Rift again, even if it was all close at hand, he could "hold it" with his hand, but Zhang Xiaoshan no longer tried to grasp those lost illusions, just like he had lost the urge to secretly pull out the stubble when he was restless in his youth.

Ten years have passed!

Zhang Xiaoshan sighed, but he loved and hated the existence of the Heavenly Abyss Rift.

Love it and keep one side safe, hate it and let him spend his whole life.

Although ten years have passed, Zhang Xiaoshan is still an ordinary city guard, at most, there are a few more naughty guys under his command, but he is always angry.

"Mo Xiaochi, it's you again, hurry up, give Lao Tzu slowly, Lao Tzu will let you eat military sticks......"

The patrol team suddenly heard an uncoordinated footstep, and Zhang Xiaobing didn't need to look back to know that it must be the new recruit in the team - Mo Xiaochi.

There is almost no need to think about the reason why Mo Xiaochi didn't keep up with the team, Zhang Xiaoshan also guessed that it must be because he was greedy for the scenery outside the city that he walked slowly, and he could no longer keep pace with the team.

The reason why there is no need to look back is the "experience" accumulated by Zhang Xiaoshan for ten years, and every once in a while, the new recruits always "like" to make this mistake.

"Hehehe......"

"Mo Xiaochi, you're unlucky!"

There were suddenly a few whispers and unclear laughter in the team, Zhang Xiaoshan glared at his subordinates hard, coughed lightly, and when he looked at Mo Xiaochi again, he suddenly sighed in his heart, and he couldn't say any more scolding words.

Perhaps, it was Mo Xiaochi and Zhang Xiaoshan's names that had something in common; perhaps, it was Mo Xiaochi's helpless appearance that was somewhat similar to his own back then, which made him feel emotional.

The city is an important place for the defense of the city, and unless the war is critical, the people are usually forbidden to climb the tower.

Of course, those high-flying martial arts masters are not under the jurisdiction of the city defense.

A child like Mo Xiaochi, who was born into an ordinary family, was bound to be shocked by this huge city wall that was more than 20 zhang high when he went up to the city wall, which was a perspective that they had never experienced.

When you look up from below, you can't feel the same as when you look down from above......

Even back then, Zhang Xiaoshan often secretly peeked down, sometimes, he looked inside the city, looking at the crowd like ants, and more often, he looked outside, looking at the magnificent world.

But after getting used to it, it becomes normal.

Even if he made a promise to cross the sky for nine days, not everyone has the opportunity to fly through the sky, not everyone can become a martial arts master, and more can only walk silently on the earth, waste their lives, and bury themselves in the loess when they are old.

Their lives are inseparable from the land.

This is the reality, the reality of ordinary people, and the reality of Zhang Xiaoshan and Mo Xiaochi.

Although he may not be a few years older than Mo Xiaochi, Zhang Xiaojiao can see more clearly, more thoroughly, and more heartlessly than him, accept the reality, endure it silently, and gradually become numb......

"That's it, that's it, why should I break his illusions...... In a few days, he will understand. Zhang Xiaoshan sighed in his heart, not knowing whether it was sour or bitter.

"Captain, don't you think the starlight is a little bright tonight?" Seeing that today's Zhang Xiaoshan seemed to be a little easy to talk to, and didn't give himself a brain, Mo Xiaochi's eyes turned slyly, pointing to the vast night, and he was a little "inch inch".

"What if you are bright, what does it have to do with you? Could it be that you think you are a great martial arts sect? No matter how bright you are, you don't have a share. As soon as Zhang Xiaoshan heard this, the emotion in his heart was immediately thrown behind, and he strode over, and finally slapped Mo Xiaochi's head with a slap, beating him to the point that he almost fell down.

Even if it is a martial arts sect, it may not be able to catch the stars and the moon, so what do they compare with the martial arts sect?

Zhang Xiaoshan, who is deeply in harmony with "world affairs", knows that although people in the world yearn for freedom, pursue breaking old customs and breaking shackles, the world is also the most conservative and stubborn - no one wants to break the shackles.

This is not contradictory, because it is always one's own shackles that are broken, and it is someone else's that is blocked.

Although there are thousands of people in the world, there will always be only a handful of masters, and that handful of them hold huge resources, and they are afraid that others will divide their cakes, and try their best to block the attack from the lower levels.

This is the source of many high-ranking valves in the world.

Zhang Xiaoshan knows that unless you are really a person of great opportunity, otherwise, you are fighting with your life, and you may not be able to fight for a future in the rivers and lakes.

Anyway, it's a waste of time anywhere, so it's better to be a veteran in peace.

This is Zhang Xiaoshan's outlook on life, and it is also the reason why he is willing to be a nameless soldier, at least, he has lived peacefully for ten years, but few people in the rivers and lakes can still maintain their integrity within ten years.

"However, captain, tonight's starlight is indeed a little weird?" was reminded by Mo Xiaochi, and several other people in the team also secretly observed and did find an abnormality.

The starlight tonight is indeed a little abnormally bright.

"Fifteen, ten, fifteen, twenty......"

Zhang Xiaoshan hadn't come to his senses yet, but he heard Mo Xiaochi's words in his mouth, and counted them "very seriously", so angry that Zhang Xiaoshan almost didn't catch his breath, but his heart suddenly moved, remembering an old incident two months ago.

That night, it happened to be Zhang Xiaoshan's team to be responsible for the city defense, and the night was so strange, the stars were shining brightly, at that time, there were countless starlights descending on the southwest of Gu Xiangyang, but it alarmed the young and old.

It's a pity that Zhang Xiaoshan, who still wanted to inquire about the news on the second day, happened to receive a gag order from an upper-level officer, and a major event that could make countless ordinary people talk about it was finally over.

Knowing that if you want to live for a long time, you have to know many things as if you don't know, Zhang Xiaoshan buried this matter deeply in his heart and never talked about it.

But at the same time, he remembered it......

What's more, tonight's anomaly does bear some resemblance to that night.

It's just similar, not the same, but it is said that the starry sky vision that night happened a hundred miles away from the ancient Xiangyang Giant City, although the starlight is brilliant, but it is too far away from Zhang Xiaoshan, so as not to shock him. But at this time, the vision happened in the sky above the giant city, indicating that things were about to fall, and he could not escape it.

"Isn't it, something big is finally going to happen?" Zhang Xiaoshan's hands and feet suddenly trembled, with both fear and an indescribable sense of excitement.

It is the uneasiness and excitement of the peaceful life that is about to be broken.

"It's one hundred and six!" At this moment, Zhang Xiaoshan happened to hear Mo Xiaochi's words, and he finally finished counting.

Unfortunately, the count is wrong.

Hearing the number one hundred and six, Zhang Xiaoshan reacted almost instinctively, it must have been Mo Xiaochi's wrong count, and the star points that showed a vision must be one hundred and eight.

For it was so that night, and he counted it.

"Wait, that night!" Zhang Xiaoshan's heart was shocked, and he finally reacted, and ran away, shouting: "Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

The silent night was finally broken by Zhang Xiaoshan's shouting, that is, Mo Xiaochi and a few people, and some of them looked at each other, wondering what their captain was crazy about?

Could Zhang Xiaoshan be wrong? Perhaps, but at most he would be dismissed from his military position, and he would not be able to bear to defend the city anyway; if he was right, it would be a great achievement.

At this moment, Zhang Xiaoshan's heart was hot, as if he had regained his youthful youth.

"Bell, bell, bell......" ran to the city tower, and before he could catch his breath, Zhang Xiaoshan hurriedly rang the alarm bell, and the sound wave gradually dispersed, and was heard by other city defense teams, and in a short time, more alarm bells were sounded and spread throughout the city.

But at this moment, the starlight that had been brewing for a long time finally burst out, and suddenly shot down, intersecting at one point, tiny, a small point that seemed to break the barrier of time and space.

A starry sky gate with starlight as the eaves and starlight as the threshold was suddenly opened by a small dot, and with a bang, it was located outside the city.

At the same time, a long roar like a dragon also came from all over the city, accompanied by a majestic momentum rising one after another.

The martial arts masters of various families and factions finally reacted......

"Boom ......"

The earth shook suddenly, and even the high wall couldn't help but tremble slightly, as if it was about to overturn, and the city defense team with a small handle was shocked to hold on to the wall stone, and his face turned pale.