"Who is it?" Tian Jun opened the door with red eyes.
Last night, because he was familiar with the country's sentiments, he was called by Du Man to ask questions, and he didn't come back until after midnight.
Seeing how hard he was working, Zhang Chong gave him special permission to take a rest today. He was just catching up on his sleep when this annoying sound disturbed his dreams.
He opened the door angrily, but because of his height, as soon as he opened the door he saw a pair of thick, hairy black legs, which the tattered single clothes could not cover at all.
Tian Jun's ears felt hot and he spat, then he raised his head and saw the person coming.
This person is none other than Li Damu who just left home. He and Tian Jun are on good terms with each other. To be more precise, his younger brother is on good terms with Tian Jun.
His younger brother's equestrian skills were taught by Tian Jun, although it was also because of his riding skills that his younger brother would recklessly ride the Xue family's horse.
But he is not a person who does not distinguish between grudges and grudges. He knows who is the murderer of his brother.
That was Xue Yu, the original leader of the Xue clan, the knight who was killed by Zhang Chong.
Therefore, Li Damu was very grateful to Zhang Chong.
It turned out that Zhang Chong was selecting soldiers from the Xue clan. If he hadn't wanted to marry his aunt and spread the name of the Li family, he would have joined the army long ago.
He thought about what Que said before and felt that it was not simple.
He couldn't sit back and watch others have bad thoughts towards his benefactor, but he didn't know anyone from the Shi Jiajun, so he came to find Tian Jun.
"It's Damu, come on, come in and talk."
Seeing that it was Li Damu who was visiting, Tian Jun warmly welcomed him in. He grabbed Li Damu's belt and wanted to lead him to visit his new house.
Tian Jun's new house is not big, but it is refreshing, with a single courtyard, loess walls, new thatch, and a well.
This place was originally the residence of a family member of the Xue family. Later, when Zhang Chong's team broke through the wall of the Xue family, this man died protecting the master, and the place became vacant.
Later, Duman reported his achievements during this period, and Tian Jun came out on top, and Zhang Chong rewarded him with this house.
Li Damu followed Tian Jun to visit the house, and he became more determined to follow Zhang Chong.
"Huh, pay me back eight buckets of rice, bah!"
Thinking of this, Li Damu despised Mr. Xue and that bird.
The two sat down, and before Tian Jun asked, Li Damu said:
"Dayong, I came here this time because I heard something that may be harmful to General Shi. Therefore, I came to discuss with you to see if I can give General Shi a warning."
Tian Jun immediately became alert. Now he and Shi Jiajun share weal and woe. He brought his two younger brothers to join the army, and he himself is a member of Zhang Clash Cavalry.
So when Li Damu said this, he immediately paid attention to it.
Then Li Damu told Tian Jun exactly what happened in the morning.
Tian Jun frowned and kept listening. He was also thinking about the seriousness of this matter.
He knew that this person was called a bird. Just like his name, he had a pair of bird eyes, and he was always sneaking around and doing nothing.
But because I was wandering around and not engaged in production, I got to know a lot of people.
Then was this thing ordered by the surviving Xue family members? If so, what did they plan to do and to what extent did they achieve it.
What's more serious is that the people guarding them are Zhang Chong's people. Does this mean that someone has colluded with the Xue family?
Thinking of this, Tian Jun became more and more frightened as he thought about it. He stood up suddenly, grabbed Li Damu's waist rope and wanted to leave.
Fortunately, Li Damu paid attention and had already tied the waist rope tightly before, otherwise he might have made a joke.
When Tian Jun and Li Damu found Zhang Chong, Zhang Chong was watching the team perform joint exercises.
He stipulated that Goshi and his tribe must practice together every three days, and Goshi would practice alone the rest of the time.
Today is another time for them to have sex together.
Tian Jun and Li Damu did not dare to disturb the training, so they just stayed in a corner of the wheat field and watched.
Seventy people on the field, all wearing hakama pleats and wearing yellow scarves on their heads, were arranged in five wide rows, hunting for flags.
The first row is the archer team. The leader of the team, Chen Huan, is carrying the team flag with the word "A" on his back. Everyone is holding a bow and fifty arrows.
The second row is the Halberd Team, with Zhang Dan, the leader of the team, carrying the T-shaped flag on his back.
The third row is the Daozhen A team. The team leader Hei Fu is at the head of the team carrying the team flag with the word C on his back.
The fourth row is the Daozhen B team. The team leader Ding Sheng is at the head of the team carrying the B flag.
Finally, the garrison headquarters is listed at the end, with a big man in the middle carrying a flag with the word "Chong" and a bugler under it. On the left are the cavalry, and on the right are elite soldiers wearing armor.
At this time, the trumpeter at the end of the formation blew the swan sound.
All the soldiers shouted "Charge~Charge~Charge" three times.
After the sound, there was another crisp sound of copper pulling, and all the soldiers sat on the ground to rest.
And when the conch blew, all the soldiers stood up and lined up in formation.
After that, the marching drums came from the rear group, and the queue became a little confused.
Some of them just left with their heads down, while others stared at the leader of the team and hesitated. The formation was now spread out, but fortunately, after being scolded by the leaders of their respective teams, everyone took five steps forward and reorganized their formation.
Then, the rear team raised the A flag and pressed forward.
Chen Huan, who had been standing sideways at the head of the team, immediately set up the team flag and shouted to the archers of his unit:
"The enemy is at 200 steps~The enemy is at 150 steps~The enemy is at 120 steps~Sanya!!!"
The archers who had been bending their bows to draw the shot immediately drew the string, and then shot it into the air three times.
After three arrows, Chen Huan put down the team flag and shouted:
"withdraw"
Then he led his troops to the gap between the second row of Changge troops.
Then the rear team raised the T-shaped flag again, also pressing forward.
Zhang Dan, who had been looking nervously at the command flag behind him, received the signal, immediately picked up his team flag, lowered it, and shouted to the township party members:
"Enter"
Everyone listened to the order and took a step forward in unison, raising their banners and flags.
"Array"
Everyone listened to the order and put down their upright long swords together, with the heads of the swords tilted upward and the tails of the swords tilted to the ground, forming a formation to block the horses.
"kill"
Everyone obeyed the order, held long swords in their hands, and moved forward to stab.
"Kill, kill, kill"
poke ~ poke ~ poke
Although there were no enemies, everyone in Zhang Dan's team was sweating profusely and shouting frantically to kill.
"Array"
Everyone suddenly understood, hurriedly put away their weapons, and set up the formation to resist the horses again.
Zhang Dan, the leader of the team, was relieved after seeing how skillfully his brothers performed.
At this time, the rear team set up two flags, "B and C", and pressed down the two flags simultaneously.
Then the black man, Ding Sheng, led his troops, one on the left and the other on the right, from the left and right sides of the formation, ran to the front of the formation, laid down and started making noises and killing.
Finally, there was another rapid sound of copper pulling from behind the formation, which was the withdrawal of troops by Ming Jin.
When the scattered soldiers heard the sound of gold, they gathered back together and reorganized behind the formation.
Just like that, a stumbling but complete exercise ended.
Zhang Chong watched from the beginning to the end on the wooden platform, nodding from time to time.
Seeing that the drill was over, Zhang Chong ordered the Huotou team to kill pigs and steam millet as a reward for their hard work. Then, he ordered everyone to go out for dinner.
Seeing that Zhang Chong was satisfied, everyone stood up and shouted, "Chong~Chong~Chong" and started to cheer.
At this time, Tian Jun and Li Damu recovered from their daze.
Zhang Chong felt that the formation was ordinary, but to Tian Jun and the others, this kind of maneuver could only be performed by the soldiers in the county. How had they, country men, ever seen such a military exercise before?
However, Tian Jun always remembered that incident. When he saw Zhang Chong was about to get off the platform, he immediately pulled Li Damu to follow him.
After Tian Jun finished everything, he didn't forget to add one last sentence. Seeing Zhang Chong's intention to explore, Tian Jun hurriedly waved his hand and said:
"I don't know what's wrong, I just feel something is wrong." After saying that, he smiled shyly.
Then he slapped his forehead again, turned around, grabbed Li Damu's waist rope, and pushed him in front of Zhang Chong:
"Qu Kui, let me introduce to you, this is Li Damu, he is the one who brought this news. Moreover, this Li Damu is a good man, and his strength is well-known in our area."
As he said this, he also greeted Li Damu:
"Come and show us your skills."
Li Damu looked at Zhang Chong nervously. Seeing that he agreed, he walked to a corner of the wheat field. That place was the fence of the baggage team, where the whole team's large animals were kept.
Li Damu took out a strong ox, patted its head, and then he put his shoulder on the tripe and lifted the entire ox.
The cow was so frightened that it kicked its hooves wildly, but it was still carried by Li Damu and walked step by step to Zhang Chong.
Then before it was over, Li Damu put the cow down again.
The cow was frightened and was about to run away as soon as its hoof hit the ground. But Li Damu held it down and knocked it over to the ground.
The cow struggled wildly, but was held down by Li Damu. Even its hooves were broken and it could not move.
A child rushed out of the baggage train, hugging the cow and crying there. Tian Jun was a little embarrassed, because this child was his younger brother, Tian Xiaoyong.
When he brought his two younger brothers to join the army, because the younger brother was still too young to be a regular soldier, he joined the baggage team and became a coot.
Tian Xiaoyong is a farmer and loves these cattle and horses the most.
The cow's hoof was broken and it couldn't walk. It was considered useless. He felt heartbroken when he saw it.
And because before his father Zhang Bingnan left, he specifically asked him to take care of this scalper.
Now that scalper is injured like this, how will he explain it to his little dad?
Thinking of this, Tian Xiaoyong burst into tears.
Li Damu was even more embarrassed now, and he muttered:
"The cow was injured, I can compensate. But I have no money now."
After saying this, Li Damu's face turned red with embarrassment.
When Tian Jun saw his younger brother acting like this, he was so angry that he wanted to kick Tian Xiaoyong.
Tian Xiaoyong scratched his neck, crying and refusing to accept:
"Just beat me to death. Anyway, my little brother is dead and my father is dead too. I simply don't want to live anymore. Beat me to death, beat me to death."
At this time, Tian Jun couldn't fight anymore and just looked at Zhang Chong awkwardly, at a loss.
Zhang Chong laughed and ordered someone:
"Hu Er, come and divide the cow. Tonight we will have a bonfire, roast the cow and eat its meat. Congratulations on the addition of another warrior."
Then he picked up Tian Xiaoyong and scratched his nose:
"Why are you crying? From now on, when you become a full-time soldier, you will bleed and sweat, but you cannot shed tears. You must be like your brother and become a warrior."
Tian Xiaoyong stopped sobbing, looked at Zhang Chong, then at Tian Jun and the helpless Li Damu, and nodded vigorously.
"Haha, okay, let's go, let's kill the cow. Let me tell you, this cow blood is also a treasure. If you find someone who knows how to manipulate it, it's no worse than beef."
Just as Zhang Chong was about to leave, Tian Jun asked hurriedly:
"What should we do with this thief?"
"Of course I'll do it, haha. Don't think too much, let's eat beef tonight. You must know that only warriors eat beef, and young people can only eat cow heads, haha!"
"Hey, I want to eat beef too."
When Tian Xiaoyong heard that there was beef to eat, Tian Xiaoyong stopped crying and the cow didn't feel sad anymore. He clapped his hands and rushed away with Zhang, but was stopped by his brother.
"Are you worthy of eating beef? Go and boil some water."