I don't know how long it took, but Jian Chen finally woke up slowly. When he opened his eyes, he found himself in a strange place, surrounded by several people.

"He woke up. "Someone is talking.

With a splitting headache, Chen Jian endured the tingling pain in the back of his head and struggled to get up, but found that he was weak and immediately collapsed on the bed.

"Hurry up and report it!" A middle-aged man beside the bed, seeing Jian Chen wake up, was ordering a young man standing beside him.

"Uncle, where am I?" Chen Jian pressed his head, which was still aching, and looked around.

"This is General Shen Zhengshen's camp. The middle-aged man helped Jian Chen to sit up.

"Shen Zheng?", Chen Jian had a slight impression.

Isn't it Shen Zheng, who is stationed at the border pass, brave and good at fighting, and has been praised by the people as a "victorious general" for his proud achievements in defeating the enemy army eleven times in a row?

How did you get to the barracks? Did Lord Lu really send himself to the army?

As soon as he thought of Lu Qingsong, all the things in Pingyang Mansion came to his heart, Chen Jian only felt a sullen breath in his chest, and he staggered, and the middle-aged man hurriedly supported him.

"Young man, what's wrong with you, is there anything wrong with your body?"

Jian Chen froze and sighed deeply, "It's okay." ”

Lord Lu really broke away from his past feelings like this, just for the sake of those so-called false names? Chen Jian was sad in his heart.

Seeing Jian Chen, the man sighed and said, "It's okay." You were sent here and fell asleep for three days and three nights. The military doctor came to see you and said that you were in good health, but you were poured too much decoction on the way to the escort, and the medicinal properties did not dissipate, so you will fall unconscious. ”

Chen Jian smiled bitterly. It seems that Lord Lu is determined to send himself to the border.

"My name is Jiang Xingzong, and I was sent here because I committed the crime of hurting people, are you, young man?" the middle-aged man first introduced himself.

Jian Chen sat up, "Senior Jian Chen, it's-"

As soon as the words came out, Jian Chen didn't know how to continue.

Should I say or not say this trumped-up crime?

Jiang Xingzong looked at Jian Chen and stopped talking, sighed and said, "Young man, they are all hard-working people, don't say it." ”

Chen Jian looked at Jiang Xingzong's expression, hesitant in his heart, he looked around, in addition to Jiang Xingzong, there were three young people beside him, each skinny as wood, but his eyes were strange.

Jian Chen was puzzled, what crime did these people commit to come here?

While he was hesitating, the young man who had just gone out walked in with a sturdy man.

"Jian Chen listens to orders!" As soon as the man entered the door, he walked up viciously to Jian Chen and looked at him condescendingly.

Chen Jian was still hesitating, Jiang Xingzong hurriedly grabbed him and pushed him to his knees.

The man bowed his head, seemed to be very satisfied with Jian Chen's appearance, cleared his throat and said, "The sinner Chen Jian, who committed the felony of murder, was assigned to our battalion by Pingyang Prefecture, and is now assigned to the vanguard army, number 46. ”

Chen Jian had never heard of these unwarranted names.

Seeing that Jian Chen didn't react, the man said loudly, "No. 46, did you hear it!"

Jian Chen was stunned for a moment, and then responded softly.

The man frowned, bent down and leaned in front of Jian Chen, "No matter who you were before or what you did, here you are, my words are orders!

Patting Jian Chen's shoulder, the man straightened up and turned his head to look at Jiang Xingzong who was standing beside Jian Chen, "No. 41, this person is handed over to you, teach him the rules here!"

Jian Chen watched the man finish speaking and turned his head away, confused.

Jiang Xingzong helped up Jian Chen, who looked confused, "Young man, let me introduce you first." He pulled the four young men behind him and introduced them one by one.

"This is Qian Shouzheng, he is Chen Zhongliang, this is Zheng Zhixiong, and Lu Haojie. Like you and me, they were sent to the army and sent to this death row camp. ”

Except for Jiang Xingzong, the remaining four are all young people who are no more than twenty-seven or eighteen years old, all of them have slanted eyebrows and sharp eyes, although they are dressed in tattered clothes, they can't stop the faint leakage of heroic spirit.

These people are all death row inmates? Chen Jian was suspicious.

"What is the death row?" asked Jian Chen.

"It's the one that sent us to death when we were fighting. Jiang Xingzong didn't speak, and Qian Shouzheng, who was numbered 42 on his chest, stepped forward, his face full of resentment and injustice.

Jiang Xingzong sighed, "The person who just came is our battalion commander, his name is Tang Ling, and whenever a sinner who has been assigned to the army comes over, he will report to our death row camp first." For these people, he will select them one by one. Those who know how to honor him, or some people from a good background, he will integrate them into the logistics army, and some people who have no money to honor him, or who have little to do with their background, will be incorporated into the Chinese army, and those prisoners who will resist him and disobey his control will be incorporated into the vanguard army, and the death row prisoners of the vanguard army will not only be deducted from food and salary on weekdays, but they will also be targeted everywhere, and they will also rush to the forefront when they go to the battlefield, as a shield. ”

"I heard that General Shen's command is extremely strict in governing the army, how can it be?" Jiang Xingzong's words, Chen Jian was a little puzzled, whether he was in the Tianshan faction or in Pingyang Mansion, he had heard of Shen Zheng's prestige, how could there be such a dirty thing in his military camp.

"General Shen does manage the army well, but we are a death row camp here, stationed outside General Shen's camp all the year round, and here are some prisoners who have been assigned to the army, not his cronies. Lu Haojie, who was standing next to Jiang Xingzong, stepped forward to explain.

"There is another reason, Tang Ling deceived his superiors and subordinates, and his first-class methods of acting in front of General Shen, General Shen was busy with military affairs on weekdays, and he didn't come here much, so he was easy to be deceived by him. Chen Zhongliang, who had been standing at the end, stepped forward at this time.

"According to what you said, what Tang Ling did in the death row camp is not a day or two, if General Shen is really kept in the dark, it can only mean that he has no way to control him, and it is equally difficult to escape the blame. I don't know why, Jian Chen was suddenly excited.

When everyone saw Jian Chen's expression, they all fell silent.

What Jian Chen said was right, they had also wanted to complain about Shen Zheng countless times in their hearts, why didn't they manage the death row camp well, but Shen Zheng was a famous general after all, so everyone subconsciously didn't want to blame him, so they had to blame Tang Ling for all the sins.

"Little brother, I heard that Lord Lu of Pingyang Mansion has always judged cases fairly and cleared his name, I don't know what murder you committed under his jurisdiction?" Hearing Chen Jian accuse Shen Zheng, Chen Zhongliang seemed to be displeased.

Speaking of Lu Qingsong, Chen Jian's mood was low again.

"I made a mistake and killed a bully. Lord Lu was extrajudicially merciful, exempted me from the death penalty, and sent me to the frontier. Since he couldn't explain the truth, Jian Chen decided to admit this trumped-up crime, he didn't want to destroy Lu Qingsong's reputation outside.

"We're all the same, we all don't like the local bullies running rampant in the township. Zheng Zhixiong, who was standing beside Chen Zhongliang, showed a bitter smile helplessly.

Chen Jian looked at these people standing in front of him, and he had already made up his mind that these people were not heinous people, their words and deeds, their uprightness, and their righteousness were revealed everywhere.

"Since everyone has come here for some unavoidable reasons, let's forget about the past qiē. If you can kill a few enemies on the battlefield, you won't lose anything in this life. Jiang Xingzong saw that everyone was a little sad, and hurriedly interjected.

Everyone eased their minds and nodded in agreement.

Jian Chen looked at everyone's resolute faces and lowered his head.

Anyway, Pingyang Mansion can't go back, and the entanglements between Lu Qingsong and himself can't be sorted out for a while.

Soon, the night passed.

In the early morning of the second day, Chen Jian followed everyone out of the residence and came to the training ground of the death row camp.

After living in the Tianshan Mountains for more than ten years, and after leaving the Tianshan Mountains and entering Pingyang Mansion, Chen Jian really rarely had the opportunity to see the frontier military camp.

The barracks sit at the foot of a hill and are surrounded on all sides by mountains, with dozens of tents standing in an orderly valley.

In an open space in front of the tent, the soldiers were practicing in groups of three or five, but their movements were not neat, and some simply sat on the ground and chatted loudly.

Chen Jian looked at this scene with doubts in his heart.

The location of the barracks first made him a little puzzled, this is surrounded by mountains, the people of the entire barracks are like turtles in an urn, as long as the enemy army is ambushed on the mountain, a few boulders can wipe out the entire camp.

Looking at the drills of these soldiers, they are weak and brave, and they are brave and brave, without the slightest discipline at all.

This, it turned out to be Shen Zheng's military camp?

"You guys, you don't have to practice today, go to the armory room to wipe your weapons. While Jian Chen was pondering, Tang Ling saw them coming from a distance, and ordered without raising his head.

Jiang Xingzong shook his head, sighed, and beckoned the five people of the vanguard army to go to the armory room together.

"How can this be reasonable, don't let us practice every day, this battle to kill the enemy really wants us to die. Zheng Zhixiong was resentful.

"What goes into battle to kill the enemy, we are here to send them to death, if we have the opportunity to go into battle to kill the enemy, we won't be able to afford it!" Qian Shouzheng looked angry.

"It's not a matter of one or two days, why are you two still so invisible, if you are free, we can practice and practice by ourselves. Jiang Xingzong persuaded.

"When we go into battle to kill the enemy, we pay attention to tactics and strategy, teamwork, we don't practice with the big army, how can we fight?" The conversation between the three made Chen Jian very puzzled.

He didn't understand, why did he say that he didn't have the opportunity to go into battle and kill the enemy, and why could he do whatever he wanted in practice?

Seeing Chen Jian's puzzled expression, Chen Zhongliang explained, "The soldiers in the death row camp basically have no chance to go into battle to kill the enemy. General Shen has his own troops, and he will not call in the soldiers of our death row camp unless it is absolutely necessary. The main task of the death row camp is to be the vanguard of the enemy, responsible for listening to the movements of the enemy army. ”

"What kind of probing the enemy, it sounds good, is actually taking us as victims. Qian Shouzheng disagreed with Chen Zhongliang's statement, "Even if it is to listen to the enemy's situation, it needs the cooperation and cooperation of many parties." And Tang Ling, every time the enemy army moves, he will be in the advance team

"As a general, how can you be so disregarding the lives of your soldiers!" Jian Chen raised his voice in annoyance.