There's a saying that's brilliantly said.

Where in this world is there any quiet time, but someone is carrying the weight for you.

Just when the people of Wuyi, Zhenzhou, Zhaozhou and even Shuozhou and Fuzhou were reuniting and celebrating with their families, there was a team, but they were huddled in a dilapidated fortress and shivered by the cold wind.

There is a big pot on the fire, the mutton and bones that have been chopped into seven or eight large pieces are rising and falling in the boiling pot, the fragrance is gradually diffuse, and there is no special seasoning in the mutton soup, just a large handful of ginger and peppercorns thrown in, and then sprinkled with some pepper, in such a cold winter night, a steaming bowl of soup itself has a great attraction.

Everyone lined up in front of the cauldron with a thin tin bowl, and the men would pick up a large spoonful of mutton soup from the cauldron, no more, no less, just enough to hold a bowl. The master's craftsmanship is very good, and he always brings a piece of meat with a spoonful of it.

The guys who served the hot soup found a sheltered place to squat down, took out a hard naan from their arms, and vigorously tore the naan into small pieces and soaked them into the soup.

This team of more than 1,000 people was the advance team sent by Li Ze to the Western Regions. After the last addition in Shuozhou, they officially left Li Ze's area of rule and stepped under the rule of the Tiande army first.

The Tiande army led by Peng Fang, although symbolically expressed allegiance to the Zhenzhou court, did not really surrender to Li Ze's feet, of course, under the threat of Zhang Jia's army, Peng Fang was also polite to this team.

A day earlier, they had officially left the last city under the rule of the Celestial Army, and since then, they had placed themselves in an extremely vast but extremely dangerous area.

There was no backup, no supplies, just hordes of beasts and bandits who were more ferocious than the beasts.

In this land, the winner is king, and the strong take all.

"Brethren, it's New Year's Day today." A team member was carrying a wine bag, walking in front of his subordinates, and laughed: "Half a bowl of wine per person, one is to warm the body, and the other is the New Year." ”

"It's the New Year today, fuck, forget about it." Someone laughed and cursed.

"I only rewarded half a bowl of wine for the New Year, the leader is too stingy, right?" Someone yelled, "At least a bowl!" ”

"Bowl by bowl! It has to be burned knives, and other wine is not recognized! ”

In the wind and snow, the sound of laughter is not unpleasant.

"Think beautifully. Just order such a wine, you have to do it for a long time, and drink it clean, what will you do in the future? Keep a thought. The team was laughing, carrying the wine bag, and pouring half of the iron bowls that stretched out high.

"Brothers, it's the New Year, Happy New Year!" Yuan Chang stood on the high place of Fengbao and raised the wine bowl in his hand high.

"Happy New Year!" In a wild roar, half a bowl of burnt knives was drunk in one gulp.

When there was a bang, someone was excited, and as soon as the wine was drunk, he threw the bowl in his hand to the ground, but it caused a lot of laughter. The man picked up his bowl that was still bouncing on the floor with some writ, "I'm used to it." ”

Many people's iron bowls are not so thoughtful. It's been a scene like the one just now, and it's been played out countless times along the way. It is also an iron bowl, if it is a ceramic bowl, I don't know how many bowls and plates will be lost.

This advance team has a total of 1,000 people, of which 500 are the elite selected from the Wuwei army, and the other 500 are dead soldiers recruited by Yuan Chang. The composition of these 500 people is complicated, there are the Yuan family's own family members, there are swordsmen on the rivers and lakes, and there are also death row prisoners in the prison, but if there are some skills that Yuan Chang likes, as long as he is willing to sell his life, the settlement fee of 500 yuan will be paid first, and then there will be another 200 yuan of salary every year, if he dies on the road, the family can get a compensation of 1,000 yuan, and this money will be subsidized by Yuan Chang himself.

Such a large amount of money for selling his life made Yuan Chang's recruitment team suitable for Yun Cong, and also allowed Yuan Zhou to select the best group of people. What bothered Yuan Chang the most was to find a qualified leader for these people, and Tang Ji happened to be such a person.

All the way from Wuyi, almost half of the five hundred people had already been beaten by Tang Ji. To deal with such people, Tang Ji has never said much, and he always greets them with his fists.

All the way, all the way, until now, the unconvinced people no longer exist.

It was only at this time that Tang Ji began to organize them according to the military formation, and finally had some appearance. Li Hai walked all the way, looked all the way, at the beginning, he thought that this plate of five hundred scattered people, he and his subordinates could easily clean them up, when he went to Shuozhou, he thought that he would probably lose half of his subordinates after cleaning them up, and after coming here, Li Hai understood that if he really did it, his five hundred people would definitely not be the opponent of Tang Ji's five hundred people.

I am not afraid that hooligans are ruthless, ruthless, lifeless, and shameless, but I am afraid that these people are not only ruthless and shameless, but also have strict discipline and division of labor like the army.

Of course, when such a shameless and powerful team is your own allies, it feels very different.

Walking in such a place where everyone doesn't know whether they are friends or foes, Li Hai just wants to say, such teammates, give me a few more.

This group of people reveres the strong.

Li Hai is still highly respected by them.

The key lies in Li Hai's superb archery.

There are many good bowers and arrows in this group, but compared with Li Hai, they are not on the same level.

"Tang Ji, it's all your fault, otherwise we could have celebrated the New Year in Muyu City today. How can you also have a whole meal and drink a few drinks. Li Hai leaned on the blanket, holding half a bowl of wine in his hand, and took a sip. Like the soldiers below, he only had half a bowl of wine, but he didn't dare to drink it all in one gulp.

"Hmph, I'm afraid that I won't be able to eat the noodles at the table, so Peng Shuangmu invites you to eat the noodles." Tang Ji sneered, "That kid looks very enthusiastic about us, but the green light that comes out of those eyes is not good for all." If I was in Muyu City, I was just guessing, but in the past two days, I am sure. ”

"He really has bad intentions, isn't it good to attack Muyu City? Why did you let us go two days before we started? Yuan Chang also asked with some puzzlement.

"If he wants to do it in Muyu City, he won't be able to get out of it, unless he can kill us all, and besides, we won't even stay for a night, obviously suspecting them, so it's even more impossible for him to do this. As long as we get rid of one of them, then Zhang Jia's army will pounce and destroy Ya's. ”

"Now he's sure he's going to destroy us all?" Li Hai snorted.

"Now that we are out of the control of the Tiande Army, at this time, Peng Shuangmu will do it, and we can push it all out afterwards." Don Ji Dao. "In the past two days, several groups of sentinels have overtaken us."

"I didn't see them come back."

"I'm back, but I've changed my clothes and horses. Peng Shuangmu of the dog day must have something to do with those horse bandits here. Tang Ji said fiercely. We have done this kind of work before. ”

Yuan Chang and Li Hai glanced at each other, the two of them, one was born in an official family and was a scholar, and the other was a military attache from a court class, even if Li Hai had been a grass coward for a while, but compared with the real thief, it was not a little worse.

"Are you sure it's today?"

"Based on how often they appear, it's probably today. That's why last night I forced everyone to travel all night, just to make the opponent miscalculate our journey, so that we could get to this beacon castle. Tang Ji said: "There is nothing to think about next, let's get ready to fight!" ”

"Peng Shuangmu, who was raised by a son of a bitch, Lao Tzu is going to cut off his head and let someone send it to Peng Fang." Li Hai said viciously.

"Captain Li, this beacon fort is too damaged, there are loopholes everywhere, your subordinates are professional, you take them to work hard, repair the places that have to be repaired, and the work of defending the city can only be done by you." Tang Ji looked at Li Haidao. "Those under my command can't come to these things."

Li Hai nodded.

"How long do I have?"

"In the middle of the night!" Tang Ji said: "When the enemy attacks, it should be when the sky is about to dawn. We have time in the middle of the night to prepare, and then we rest and get ready for the fight. ”

"Understood."

"My men and I will go out and give them some little surprises!" Tang Ji stood up and said.

"So what am I doing?" Yuan Chang pointed to himself.

"Chief, you might as well get some sleep!" Tang Ji glanced at Yuan Chang, dropped a sentence, turned around and left.

Yuan Changleng was stunned for a moment, and said angrily: "Is Lao Tzu so useless? ”

Li Hai smiled: "If the leader can't sleep, why don't you go and help me build a wall?" ”

"Build a wall, build a wall!" The more Yuan Chang thought about it, the more angry he became, and he pulled out his knife and slashed all over the world, "Lao Tzu has to chop the heads of a few bandits today." ”

Li Hai smiled but did not speak.

More than 1,000 people, on a snowy night, got busy.

The livestock were all brought into the fort, the goods on the carriages were also moved in, and the shelves on the carriages were used, and these shelves were connected by angle irons and iron rods, and at the beginning of the construction, the needs of the war were taken into account, to be specific, it was tailored for this team. In the shortest possible time, you can use these car frames to build a fortress.

No one could have imagined that these carriages, which looked harmless to humans and animals in the daytime, would turn into guys with sharp spear blades in the blink of an eye. The walls of the carriage became a shield, and the carriage turned at an angle and attached to the bowstring became a powerful crossbow.

In the middle of the night, the dilapidated beacon castle blinked, and the old hen turned into a duck, and became a giant beast ready to devour flesh and blood with its mouth open.

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