Another half month passed, and Ren Ning led ten people towards the east city gate.
The spirits were about to be sent back to their hometowns. According to the soldiers' last wishes, they collected the bones and prepared to send them back to their hometowns.
To put it bluntly, it's just digging a grave.
Gu Datou couldn't get a leave, so he begged him hard and hard, and finally got his wish and followed Ren Ning out of the fortress.
"Old Ren," he asked Ren Ning haha, "how long can you take this vacation?"
"Starting from the Qingming Festival, six months."
"Fuck, it's actually been half a year!" Gu Datou's eyes turned red with envy.
He has been in the army for six years, but has never been able to take a vacation.
"Datou," Gu Datou is a celebrity in the fortress, and the soldiers of the Starfall Legion next to him also recognize him. "Work hard to earn military merit and get promoted. It will be easier to apply for leave when you become a personal guard or even a general like Ren Ning.
"
"That's right." Others agreed with a smile.
Hold!
It’s really a matter of which pot should not be opened.
Gu Datou cursed angrily, "A bunch of bastards!"
hehe!
Ren Ning comforted him: "There is nothing to envy. Six months sounds like a long time, but most of it is spent on the road, and the time I can stay at home will probably not exceed five days."
The fortress is stingy.
The vacation days for the soldiers, including Ren Ning, coincided with the time when the fortress sent the spirits back to their hometowns. They had to escort the fallen heroes and their families back together.
By then, a long procession of horse-drawn carriages would be carrying women, children, and ashes in coffins. Even a thousand-mile horse chasing the wind would be of no use.
Starting from the fortress and heading from west to east, the time spent on the road is almost two months.
In addition, the women and ashes must be sent to their hometowns all over the world one by one. Half a year is actually not long at all.
"This is still the smoothest situation." A veteran next to him had experience in sending souls back to their hometowns before.
"Many brothers are illiterate, and there are differences in dialects in different places. When I enlisted in the army, my hometown address was all messed up, or there was no such place at all."
"When I send my brothers back, it's not easy to find someone to send them back to their roots."
While chatting, the group of people rode out of the fortress and headed southeast.
The eastern part of the fortress is still an open area, which is dotted with large and small military villages and five large mass burial grounds.
Among them, four burials are of the garrison soldiers who died here for more than 600 years, and another burial is of the invading Xiliang soldiers.
In just one meal, Ren Ning and his party arrived at their destination.
Xiao Tianyuan.
When he heard this place name for the first time, Ren Ning had a strange look on his face.
Later, when I inquired about it, I found out that this was the earliest martyrs’ cemetery established near the fortress.
The terrain near the cemetery is unique, and the wind always makes loud whistling sounds when it blows here.
The veterans guarding the mausoleum unanimously said that this was not the roar of the wind, but the roar of the soldiers buried here who were unwilling to die and wanted to get up and continue fighting.
Ren Ning raised his eyes and looked.
Xiaotian Garden occupies a vast area.
Wherever you look, there are densely packed tombs, arranged in circles.
Some of the tombs have tombstones, but most of them are just nameless small mounds of soil.
The cemetery is composed of several low hills, and there is also a low hill in the middle.
There are dozens of huts on the top of the mountain, which are the residences of the veterans who guard the tomb.
Ren Ning and his group walked along a path to the hut.
After walking a few steps, a gust of wind blew from behind.
Even though it was already spring, the wind blowing nearby was still chilly.
However
Woo~woo~
A sharp howl suddenly sounded from around the cemetery.
It oscillates back and forth among the tombs, which is breathtaking.
Chai Feng has always been fearless. Now the black horse couldn't help but hesitate to slow down and look around. It wasn't until Ren Ning made a sound that it started running again.
Not long after, Ren Ning and the others reached the top of the mountain.
Many soldiers from the fortress had already arrived in front of the hut on the top of the mountain. Many of them were like him, carrying tools such as hoes, shovels or pickaxes in their hands.
Ren Ning got off his horse, told the others to wait aside, and walked obediently to the crowd and lined up.
The queue is not too long.
For every person in front who enters, someone will come out of the house of the veteran guarding the mausoleum.
Everyone who went in was scratching their necks as curiously as Ren Ning, but those who came out looked confused.
The people behind were even more curious.
"Brother, what happened in the house?" Someone in front couldn't help but grab a senior who had just come out of the house.
The man's face was complicated: "What's the rush? You'll know after you go in."
After speaking, he summoned his subordinates, recognized the direction, and walked away shaking his head.
Ren Ning listened attentively.
Although the stone house in front is simple and simple, its sound insulation effect is first-class. He has sharp ears and eyesight, but he can't hear anything clearly.
Since he couldn't hear clearly, Ren Ning didn't listen.
He looked around at the environment and people on the top of the mountain.
Unknowingly, another team came in front of the hut, and a middle-aged captain with a kind face lined up behind Ren Ning.
"Yingchuan County, Gu Qishui." He cupped his hands towards Ren Ning, stretched his neck and looked at the hut in front of him: "Brother, do you know what's going on inside?"
"Xingluo County, Ren Ning." Ren Ning introduced himself.
He shook his head regretfully: "I don't know, everyone who came out of it said nothing."
Huh!
Gu Qishui was stunned, "Are you that super marksman Ren Ning?"
He looked at Ren Ning laughingly and said, "I have admired his name for a long time."
Ren Ning smiled.
He glanced at Gu Datou not far away.
If this guy hadn't been on the martial arts competition stage every day and bragging about his prowess every day, he wouldn't be so famous.
"It seems that Brother Ren has also taken a vacation?" Gu Qishui asked.
Ren Ning smiled and said, "I have been working on it since before the Chinese New Year. Some time ago, he saw that I was pitiful, so he approved it."
"That's great." Gu Qishui said with a smile on his face, "Your Xingluo County and our Yingchuan County are neighbors. Maybe we can go together when we go back."
After saying that, he reached out his hand and patted Ren Ning's shoulder affectionately.
However, Ren Ning's eyes flashed fiercely, and there was already a dark saber in his right hand.
call out!
The saber penetrated the opponent's long leather armor in one stroke, and the arm he slapped was destroyed.
boom!
Before Gu Qishui could react, Ren Ning's left elbow hit his chin hard like lightning.
flutter!
The sound of teeth grinding was heard, and Gu Qishui looked up to the sky and spat out a mouthful of blood, which contained several teeth.
"You..." He didn't say a word, fell to the ground and passed out.
"Fuck you!"
Gu Datou was the first to react and roared angrily.
call!
A fist the size of a sandbag punched hard on the neck of the horse beside him.
Bah!
The war horse screamed.
The soldier brought over by Gu Qishui was knocked to the ground by his punch, including his man and his horse, and was knocked unconscious.
Wow!
"Don't move, I'll kill you if you do."
The Xingluo soldiers brought over by Ren Ning did not hesitate to drop their hoes and draw their swords, and quickly controlled the people brought by Gu Qishui.
"what's the situation."
The top of the mountain fell silent and suddenly became chaotic.
The commanders of each corps and the subordinates brought by the personal guards gathered together, drawing their swords with a noisy sound, and watching each other.