The frontier has always been the fortress of an empire, its importance can be imagined, if the frontier is lost, then the enemy can be like entering the no-man's land to chase the Central Plains, so the defense of a country is important in the border defense, the army guarding the frontier is the weapon of the country, the Northern Wei Xuanyuan Hongtu under the iron cavalry is so, the soldiers under the command of Xue Pingchuan of Western Chu are even more so, compared to the Western Regions to the Northern Wei Dynasty with the same water and fire, the two armies will clash with the slightest carelessness, although the Western Chu border defense is not a major trouble but the trouble is constant, although the army of the Western Regions is pressing, but the victory is organized and disciplined, the two armies see the battle is just the battlefield life and death, although the enemy on the battlefield is terrible, but far less than the Western Chu border Liukou so elusiveFor comparison, the lion of the Western Regions is almost the difference between a gentleman and a villain compared to the border rogues of Western Chu, the regular army is far less ferocious than the rogue, Western Chu is adjacent to Xixia, Xixia is a barren land, there is a way to be a poor country out of the people, barren land out of the people, robbers and thieves do chaos, burning, killing and looting are all evil, the border people are panicked, if there is not a strong Xue Zi army such as the national pillar Xue Pingchuan garrison, the border of Western Chu is probably no one's land.

The general and the young man have a long way, and it is indispensable to talk about the border along the way, the Xue Zijun has been stationed at the border for many years, and countless soldiers have not been allowed to return to their hometowns for one or two decades.

"This world says that I, Xue Pingchuan, am a great hero of Western Chu, and I Xue Pingchuan does not agree, only the people who die in battle and die in this land are true heroes, true heroes, and it is precisely because of these soldiers who shed their blood that my Western Chu can survive so well. ”

"You went with me to join the army, since you set foot on this land, you are no longer living for yourself, Zhang Mingyue, are you ready to die?"

Going to death with his body, the four words that clearly mean some depression, somehow the young man inexplicably felt that there was a flame burning in his chest.

Good boys are born to join the army, and good men are born to fight.

"Only by stepping on this land where countless people have gone to Huangquan one after another can we truly see the heroes of the world. ”

Two horses into the pass, this pass becomes the tiger and wolf pass, into the eye is a bleak, even if there is already a strong such as Xue Zijun guard, the border people are still panicked, just because the border line is too long, Xue Pingchuan under the command of 100,000 soldiers is difficult to fill the border defense line, Xue Zijun every day in addition to the drill defense time, really left to eat, drink and rest time is only three hours, bandits are everywhere, it is even more elusive, the border guards to work and relax is a taboo for soldiers, but there is nothing to do about it, according to Xue Pingchuan, this pass was not called Tiger Wolf Pass before, but Tiger Prison Pass, because the border guards have been practicing for so many years regardless of the severe cold and heat, only to train this army into a division of tigers and wolves, and the tiger wolf pass was also named after it.

Most of the people left behind in the customs are unwilling to leave their native land because they are old, or because they want to leave but can no longer walk widows and lonely old people.

Zhang Mingyue knew that most of the soldiers guarding the pass were short-tempered, and they even added their fists and feet if they didn't agree with each other, which was the most taboo thing in the disciplined army, but it had become a tradition to this Xue Zijun here, just because this army had just been stationed in the Tiger Wolf Pass when there were a lot of soft-hearted incidents in the face of bandits, and it was rumored that a recruit had a soft ear and couldn't hear what the robber said about his own family, so he let the robber go privately, so as to let the tiger return to the mountain and suffer disaster, a battalion of 500 people was wiped out, and there was rarely a complete body, since then Xue Pingchuan has made up his mind to train an army without mercyOnly the cold army can truly deal with these equally inhuman bandits.

When the recruits come, they will be beaten if they don't listen, and the soldiers will be beaten out of anger and bloody, and as long as these anger accumulates to a certain extent, and then these young soldiers will be exterminated, and the combat effectiveness that will break out will not only be multiplied? After killing two battles, they will become veterans, and the veterans will torture the new soldiers, so repeatedly to create such a war machine, which is said to be an army, but I am afraid that it is not far from the real tiger wolf, this is the difference between the Western Chu border and the Northern Wei border, and different places have different methods of leading troops.

The essence of the Xue Zi Army is a killing army without humanity. Don't talk about any tactics, don't have any combat formations, kill the enemy when you see it, either you die or I die.

Zhang Mingyue has deeply understood the rules here since she entered the camp here.

The place where the Xue Zijun garrison is twenty miles away from the town of Tiger Wolf Pass is on the hillside, West Chu is surrounded by mountains on both sides, one side is desert, one side is the vast Gobi, Tiger Wolf Pass is facing this Gobi, it is dusk, the red sun is hanging low, there are few trees on the Gobi, the temperature difference between night and day is very large, wear thin clothes during the day, and need to wrap cotton jackets at night to keep out the cold, but the soldiers guarding the pass are all coarse linen clothes, not that Xichu does not have enough money to configure iron armor for these soldiers, just because of the long years of fighting, wearing iron armor these soldiers feel a little unaccustomed, it is not as good as a light fight to the pleasure, wearing iron armor is also troublesome, bandits are everywhere, all the time happens, wearing iron armor is a waste of time, and even in the middle of the night, I get up naked and go up to fight hard, one side of the water and soil to raise one person, and what comes out of the border pass is this group of war machines that no longer know how many injuries they have suffered, and their body perception has been paralyzed and they only have the instinct to kill.

The 100,000 army is divided into 200 battalions, a battalion of 500 people, stationed in various areas of the border, there is a beacon tower every ten miles on the border, if there is a defense army can not hold it, the beacon tower will be lit, and the troops will come to help.

The camp where the general Xue Pingchuan is located is built on the hillside, and the field of vision is wide, if the general of the first army enters the camp, it should be hugged from the front to the back, but when Zhang Mingyue followed Xue Pingchuan into this camp, what he saw was not what he imagined, not only did the soldiers under his command come to answer, even if the two of them passed by a school field that attracted twenty or thirty people to applaud in hand-to-hand combat with their bare hands, the soldiers just glanced at Xue Pingchuan in surprise and ignored it.

Zhang Mingyue smiled dumbly, it was obviously sunset, and a cold wind was blowing in the Gobi, these barbarians who seemed to have come from ancient times did not feel cold at all, and their upper bodies were naked, and they were so cold to the general in front of them, Xue Pingchuan, he really didn't look like a general.

"I know what you're thinking. ”

Xue Pingchuan slowly walked into the tent, and he smiled.

"Come to my Xue Zi camp, there is absolutely no rank from top to bottom, even if I am a general, the only thing to compare is to kill more horse thieves than anyone. ”

The camp tent was extremely simple, an old wooden table was filled with copywriting, a cold wind blew, and the tent was full of wind, Zhang Mingyue couldn't help but get goosebumps. It's really cold.

The general in front of him, who was clearly the national pillar of Western Chu, but did not look like the national pillar at all, said next.

"You come to my Xue Zi camp, don't expect me to give you any special rights, in my Tiger Wolf Pass, everything has to be fought for by yourself, want to drink? Want to eat meat? It's all right, as long as you can defeat those guys outside who also want to eat meat and drink alcohol, the same, as long as you want, you can grab my main account, but the premise is that you have to have that ability, in other words, you have to be able to withstand the beating, you are now to the fourth grade of martial arts, it is really rare to have this strength at your age, but in my Tiger Wolf Pass, others will not care how old you are, I have to give you a warning in advance. In my Xue Zi battalion, the guy who looks down on surrender the most, if you are beaten to surrender one day, I am afraid that you will become the laughing stock of my 100,000 border guards. ”

All this is really too far from what Zhang Mingyue thought, there is no grandeur of thousands of soldiers and dusty armor, and there is no shock of tens of thousands of troops pouring out of the horn, Tiger and Wolf Pass, and some are just a group of outliers who drink blood and don't know what people's hearts are.

Xue Pingchuan didn't arrange his residence, and he didn't even explain how to eat, drink, and live, and what this Guozhu general did along the way was just to take a journey, and he brought him Zhang Mingyue into Xue Zijun's army and completely ignored it.

Zhang Mingyue found a simple tent that looked like a soldier's accommodation tent and walked in, intending to rest and wash the dust on the road, who knew that as soon as the tent was opened, he bumped into a tall man with his chest and breasts, and a hideous scar on the sweat's chest went from his shoulder to his chest.

Such a knife failed to kill this guy, which is really a miracle in the world.

"New here?" The man was not only majestic, but even when he spoke, his voice was very loud, and Zhang Mingyue, who was only a stone's throw away in front of him, was buzzing in his ears.

"That's right, newcomer, looking for a place to rest. ”

Zhang Mingyue patted her ears and said lightly when she was sure that her ears were no longer buzzing.

The man smiled and said, "Didn't anyone tell you that the newcomer should go to sleep in Fengyue Residence?"

"Fengyue Residence?"

The young man was surprised, but he didn't expect that there was a place named Fengyue in such a humble place, and the name of elegance must have an elegant atmosphere, could it be that it was no different from the Rouge House in Bianjing City? Or there was a military prostitute like the Rouge House girl?

If this is the case, then this Xue Zijun is not without fun, but when he really followed the direction pointed by the man, he knew why the man had a joke on his face.

It's really windy and moony.

The young man looked at the stable in front of him, which fed one or two hundred war horses, and smiled bitterly.

The stables were ventilated in all directions, and the bright moon that only revealed a head above the nine heavens could be faintly seen.

There are no quilts or cotton clothes, only stacks of hay piled up, how should this night be spent?

Zhang Mingyue wrapped up some thin clothes from Bianjing City, took some forage to cover her body at random, and sheltered herself from the wind with haystacks, although she still couldn't resist the cold, but she was really tired all the way, so she fell asleep in a groggy sleep, there was still the sound of the wind in her ears and the bursts of laughter at the bonfire party not far away, Zhang Mingyue remembered that she was talking and laughing with the old man Sima Yun in the Bianjing City Ning Zhiyuan Farewell Garden.

It is forgivable to do sins in heaven, but you can't live for your own sins.

I don't know how long it took, but I felt that there seemed to be many people pointing around, Zhang Mingyue got up with her head, and this sleep went directly to dawn, and the long knife next to her was still there, and she finally put her mind at ease.

In a strange place and an unfamiliar environment, only your own knife can bring you some sense of security.

The haystack has been surrounded by at least twenty or thirty soldiers and pointed at it, and even laughed, although he already knew the traditions of this army, Zhang Mingyue couldn't help frowning, so laughing at a new soldier who didn't know anything, he was really a little uneducated, took off a few sticks of dry grass stuck in his hair, and glanced at the twenty or thirty soldiers coldly.

"Funny?"

Twenty or thirty soldiers were silent, just because the recruits who came in the past were almost reluctant to speak loudly when they saw this kind of battle, how could there be a person who looked at him coldly in front of so many of his brothers today?

"How's it going? Do you feel a little dizzy and chilly?"

Among the soldiers, there was a man with a naked upper body as always, a man with hideous scars, although the words that seemed to care about Zhang Mingyue were extremely cold from his mouth, but they finally had a little more human touch than these soldiers who watched the hilarious jokes.

"Yes, there are some. ”

Zhang Mingyue answered truthfully, either she was not accustomed to the water and soil, or it was windy last night, but she did feel a little dizzy and sweating.

"Is there a medic?" he asked.

"The medic didn't. The man touched Zhang Mingyue's forehead, and after confirming that he had a fever, he shook his head.

"But I have a better way to cure you. ”

I don't know where it came from, a bucket of cold and biting water was directly splashed on Zhang Mingyue and the man. The young man's clothes were soaked, and the water droplets of his hair were dripping and falling.

Zhang Mingyue clenched her fists, her knuckles turned white, and her nails were embedded in the flesh, and her body couldn't stop trembling.

"You're fooling me. ”

The young man's voice was cold, a bit like when he first killed someone with a knife.

"Trick you, I'm really good for you, I don't believe you will see that your kid will definitely not get cold later, and it will be very warm, just as fucking warm as a woman's breasts, haha. ”

The man was also covered in cold water, but he opened his mouth and laughed as if he didn't feel the coldness of the Gobi water. He patted Zhang Mingyue on the shoulder, and his powerful arm almost pushed her to a stumbling side.

"Boy, this is the first lesson you have learned when you join my Xue Zi Army, remember, show a little respect in the future, especially for us veterans, if you have a little rules, you can suffer a little less, if you don't understand the rules, I guarantee that you will not be able to stay in this Xue Zi Army for half a month. ”

The man turned and laughed and left, but only three steps later he heard the sound of a knife coming out of its sheath.

"I don't know if I can stay for half a month, but I know that you are afraid that you will be over today. ”

The young man, who had just been caught in the cold and was wet with cold water, suddenly pulled out the treasure knife in the box and slashed at the man's back, if the knife could be successful, the man would definitely be killed on the spot.

Zhang Mingyue has never been a timid person, just like when he faced the masters of the Western Regions Tantric Sect on Jiuhua Mountain, although there was an old man sitting in the Guiyuan Temple, even if there was no old man, Zhang Mingyue would also take action on the spot.

Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, but I, Zhang Mingyue, have not been calves since the day I walked the rivers and lakes with a knife, so how can I be afraid of you tigers going down the mountain?

This knife has a murderous intent.

The man was not in a hurry, although his body was strong and the speed was not slow at all, he turned his body sideways to avoid this first knife, who knew that the sudden change in the knife momentum actually slashed obliquely towards his waist, the man moved three feet on one foot, and Zhang Mingyue followed closely behind the knife and added.

"Good kung fu. ”

The man laughed, and a soldier threw his knife and clasped it in his hand.

"But just with your little effort, if you want to stand out in the Xue Zi Army, it's still too beautiful. ”

The two knives were close to each other, and there was a clanging sound, and the long knife in the man's hand had cracks in the past knife.

"Good knives. The man's eyes lit up.

"Such a good knife, you kid really don't deserve it, confiscate it. ”

However, a volley turned over, a man weighing at least 200 pounds pointed at the blade of the knife like a dragonfly, although it seemed a little unremarkable, Zhang Mingyue's wrist felt a thousand forces in an instant, the long knife was out of his hand, Zhang Mingyue was kicked in the shoulder and flew upside down to the hay pile, and the shoulder turned out to be dislocated.

"Seeing that you are only fifteen or sixteen years old, it is already rare to be able to use a knife to such a point, and there are even martial arts four grade cultivation, but even so, this knife is just a tyrannical thing for you to use, so I will keep it for you for the time being, and I will take it myself when you have the ability." ”

The man carried the famous knife on his shoulder and left laughing. The onlookers dispersed, and no one paid attention to the soaking wet young man with a dislocated shoulder.

Zhang Mingyue endured the severe pain, gritted her teeth, supported her dislocated arm on the ground, connected it in one breath, and took a deep breath of cold air in pain.

"I remember you, you waited for me. ”

Xue Zijun is not only a living camp, even if it is a meal, it is on a first-come, first-served basis, there are many people who can eat, and there are few who can't eat, and when Zhang Mingyue groped his way to the canteen, it was already empty, not to mention that it was wine and meat, even if it was a white-flour bun, there was no left, and the old soldier who looked like he was in charge of the soldiers' food was embarrassed when he saw the young man coming.

"There was no food. ”

"Do you have leftovers?"

The young man gritted his teeth.

"No, the leftovers are all used to feed the pigs, where is your share, my Xue Zijun has never raised idlers. ”

"I'm not an idler, I'm here to join the army and kill the enemy to defend the territory. ”

"Oh, yes, where is the enemy you killed? Can you cut off your head and show it to me?"

“......”

"I haven't eaten yet, and when I'm full, I'll kill you. ”

"It's better to wait until you kill it first and then come to eat, you are not the only one who can talk big. ”

"Okay, you show me a place, and I'll kill you. ”

The young man forcibly swallowed a mouthful of saliva from extreme hunger, and glanced at the old man with burning eyes.

"By the way, lend me another weapon that you have in hand, my sword is gone. ”

......

Xue Zijun fried the pot today.

When Xue Pingchuan, the pillar of the dynasty, heard the news in the camp tent, he was also a little surprised, and there was an old pawn standing in front of him.

"You said he only came to the barracks and went out alone on a mission the next day?"

That's right, Zhang Mingyue set off, enduring the pain of hunger, the young man set off with the knife that he borrowed from the old pawn because he had been killing the enemy for many years, this knife is called Chu Knife, the blade is slender, and there is a blood groove to bleed, it is really a killing weapon, although it is not as heavy as the famous knife of the previous year, Saint Luo Zhiqiu's famous knife, but it is extremely comfortable and light to start.

If you are excluded from a place and are repeatedly ostracized, what you have to do is not to retreat, but even to prove that you are qualified to live in that place.

And the only way to prove that you are qualified to stay in Xue Zijun is to kill people.