Today, my wife came back from visiting relatives at her parents' home. She has to pick up the plane and clean up the house. I can't update more. I will make up for it tomorrow.
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After the two veterans from the county army camp left, Lei Xingkong returned to the playground.
Looking at the new soldiers arriving at the outpost in front of him, he thought for a moment and said, "My surname is Lei, my name is Lei Xingkong, and I am the camp commander here."
"I've met Master Yingzheng."
The newcomers came to greet each other one after another, and because of the lack of order, the scene seemed a bit chaotic.
Lei Xingkong didn't take it seriously, waved his hand to signal silence, and then asked: "How many of you have enlisted in the army this year? Come forward."
In the team, there were four or five people scattered here and there, they were this year's new recruits.
Lei Xingkong looked at them several times.
It's okay, I have a strong body, but I'm a little short.
"Do you recognize me?"
Lei Xingkong pointed at himself and asked.
When the new recruits entered the camp, Lei Xingkong was also a figure, so the new recruits nodded, and one of them also said: "My name is Yu Tianhua, and I am also from Anhuai Township. I live in the same hometown as eldest brother Yu Tiancheng."
"Oh, it turns out to be the hometown of Brother Yu Tianhua."
Lei Xingkong nodded towards the man and saluted again.
Na Yu Tianhua quickly returned the gift.
After letting these people return to the team, Lei Xingkong glanced at the soldier with a broken arm and asked: "Brother, how many years did you join the army? Why were you injured? Well, let me tell you your name first."
The soldier looked quite strong, but his arm was broken, so his physical strength was naturally half disabled.
"Don't dare!"
The soldier could not give up his hand, so he could only bow and said: "My name is Meng Dezhou. I joined the army in the ninth year of Tianhong's reign. I broke my arm when I joined the army in the battle at Gelong Mountain three years ago."
"oh?"
Tianhong is the reign name of the current Dayong Emperor.
Emperor Dayong, as usual, changed the Yuan Dynasty every twelve years. Tianhong is the third Yuan Dynasty. It has been more than ten years ago.
In other words, this armless soldier named Meng Dezhou is an old soldier with more than ten years of military service.
Lei Xingkong noticed that Meng Dezhou's brows were a little gloomy. It was obvious that life in the army was not easy after he lost his arm.
Turning his eyes, Lei Xingkong looked at the other soldiers, selected a few and continued to ask a few questions, already having some thoughts in his mind.
There are only a few new recruits, and the rest are veterans drawn from various places.
Just by looking at the appearance of these people, you can tell that they are the old, weak and disabled who have been eliminated, and now they are all crowded here. No one believes that there is nothing fishy among them.
After thinking about it, Lei Xingkong turned around, called Xie Jin over, and said, "Brother Xie, go and invite Han Juncheng over and put them on the roster."
"Yes, battalion commander..."
Xie Jin turned his head and looked at the new soldiers, hesitant to speak.
When Lei Xingkong asked a question just now, he had been watching from the side. The more he looked at it, the angrier he got in his heart: What kind of people are being sent here?
If the outpost hadn't been too far away from the county army camp, he would have wanted to rush over immediately, grab the officer in charge and ask him what was going on.
Now that I see Lei Xingkong actually accepting someone like this, I can't help but feel emotional and reluctant in my heart.
Lei Xingkong waved his hand, signaling Xie Jin not to say more, and said: "Since it is a military order from the county army camp, let's go ahead and ask Han Juncheng to come over and enter the roster first, and we will talk about the rest later."
"Here!"
Xie Jin received the order and turned around to find Han Juncheng.
Lei Xingkong waved again and asked the old corps commander to come over and said: "Uncle, if Han Juncheng has recorded all the names later, you can arrange them first."
The old corpsman immediately responded.
"Brother Li!"
Lei Xingkong called out, and Li Dahai came over quickly.
"Brother Li, you and your brothers should continue to practice swordsmanship. Don't relax at all. We have to go to Demon Mountain tomorrow!"
"Here!"
Li Dahai agreed loudly.
After doing all this, Lei Xingkong turned around and left, continuing to go back to his room to accumulate interest.
Not long after he left, Han Juncheng came over with Xie Jin.
Xie Jin said: "These are the people, there are twenty-eight of them in total. Master Ying Zheng asked Jun Cheng to enter them all into the list."
"I see!"
Han Juncheng nodded and cooperated very well. He immediately started asking questions one by one and entering everyone into the roster.
While taking the roster, he sneered secretly.
During this period of time, he had been patient. No matter what Lei Xingkong ordered him to do, he obeyed them one by one without any obstruction.
Seeing Lei Xingkong training with the battalion sergeants every day, tightening people's hearts more and more, he gritted his teeth privately.
A while ago, he secretly sent a private message to his fellow villager Zuo Shenquan, proposing a plan to ask the county army camp to send a group of old, weak and disabled soldiers. Today, he finally got the clever plan, and he couldn't help but feel a "big revenge will be revenged" in his heart.
"I was so happy, I wanted to see how Lei Xingkong would fall.
However, when he was secretly watching in the room just now, Lei Xingkong's calm reaction really made him a little unsatisfied. He couldn't help thinking angrily: "Boy, just hold on, let's see how you hold on in the future!"
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Beiyan Mountain.
It is the only pass at the junction of Wuyuan Desert and Dayong.
As long as you pass here, you can enter the rich hinterland of Yong State and the vast plains in less than half a day's journey.
Therefore, Beiyan Mountain is of vital importance. The Yong Dynasty has always sent heavy troops to guard it and did not dare to relax in the slightest.
On the North Yanshan Mountain Road, there is a military fortress called Yanyun Fortress.
There are many beacon towers near Yanyun Fortress to serve as warnings.
Among them, the sentry tower at the northern foot of Beiyan Mountain has always been the coldest.
There are two people living on the sentry tower, an old soldier and a new soldier. They have been staying here for more than two months.
The recruit, while gnawing on the dry biscuits that had been roasted for a while, said with longing: "Old Cangtou, there are still a few days before we can go back. Then we must have a good meal with good wine and meat."
, I have been eating dry pancakes with water every day for the past three months, and there is too little oil and water in my stomach."
The old man sat in a corner with his head folded and his hands folded.
Listening to the howling north wind outside, I felt even colder in my heart, as if no matter how hard I tried to hide, the wind could still get through my clothes.
When the recruit saw that the old man was silent, he couldn't help but urged: "Old Cangtou, you are good at talking. What do you like to eat? Let's talk about it. When we go to the restaurant, we can just order it without thinking about it.
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The old man said angrily: "What are you talking about? I just want to go back safely. Then I can let the mother-in-law at home do whatever she wants and have a drink. How about going to a restaurant?"
"How can you live without going to a restaurant? You have to eat and drink well to live a happy life!"
The recruit raised his eyes and looked outside. There was heavy snowfall and a vast expanse of white. He then said, "I've been here for almost three months and can't even see a living thing. How can I be unsafe as long as I don't freeze to death?"
"You kid knows nothing!"
The old man snorted coldly, and raised his eyes to look outside, saying: "Those barbarians are not afraid of winter the most. How come they don't come here when the wind is cold and the snow is freezing? Why don't you just pray to God to bless us? We can’t see anything, and if we could see it, we wouldn’t be able to go back!”
While the two were talking, the recruit suddenly felt his eyelids twitching, and looked up again, only to see a line of black dots coming very quickly from the mountain road covered by the university in the distance.
He was stunned for a moment, and quickly said to Old Cangtou: "Old Cangtou, what do you think that is?"
The old man only took one look, and suddenly there was no color on his face. He just scolded "You are such a mouthful" and went straight over to light the beacon.
The recruit looked dumbly at the old man's movements, and then at the wisp of black smoke rising slowly into the sky. His body suddenly trembled, and he jumped up uncontrollably. He said in horror: "Yes... it's barbaric..."
After lighting the beacon, the old man turned his head to look at the black dot that was getting closer and closer, and said with a sad smile: "You and I... will wait here to die!"