The grass is growing, the flowers are red and the willows are green, and the weather is gradually turning from warm to slightly hot.,

Liguo County in Nanyang County is also gradually becoming more lively.

Although this county town is very lively, as long as you walk on the street, you can feel that whether it is passers-by passing by in a hurry or shop assistants soliciting customers on both sides, there is something subtle hidden under the energetic face.

uneasiness and doubts.

Ever since the Jingzhou Army raided the Bingzhou Army, the situation in Nanyang changed drastically overnight due to the bravery of Gan Ning and his Jinfan bandits and the negligence of Zhang Ji, the Nanyang prefect of the Bingzhou Army. No one has come to manage this county for some time.

No matter when the Han Dynasty was at its peak, or when Dong Zhuo came to power and the world was in chaos, as the largest force around Liguo County, the Mianshui Barbarians had always shown great restraint, because among their tribes, there had always been rumors

The legend of the powerful Han army that shocked the world in the early Eastern Han Dynasty.

However, as time passed, with the collapse of imperial power and the separation of princes, the Mianshui tribes, which had always been cautious and extremely restrained even under the pressure of the greedy officials of the Eastern Han Dynasty, finally gradually peeled off the labels of cowardice on their bodies and became

The people here and in several nearby counties have been living in fear. The many merchants who originally came here to buy various mountain herbal medicines have gradually become more and more violent.

No trace left.

But Mianshui Man doesn't seem to care whether their behavior is a waste of money.

If the princes have stronger control here, they will rely on the geographical advantage to continuously harass it. But if those princes do not have much power to involve here, they will naturally choose to directly attack the villages and counties and return home with a full load.

Especially with the battle between the Bingzhou Army and the Jingzhou Army, there was a period of power vacuum, which made the Mianshui barbarians even more unscrupulous. News of villages and towns being breached would come every three days, and the thick smoke that appeared from time to time was even more disturbing.

Can't sleep well at night.

But something seems to be going wrong lately.

Not only did the merchants who came and go seem to have never been intruded by the Mianshui barbarians, even the billowing black smoke that appeared from time to time was gone. Moreover, such days were not just one or two days, but had lasted for ten days.

.

This should be great news.

But unfortunately for the people of Liguo County who have been tortured to the point of trembling... Well, it seems a little bad to say so. But it is like the second boot that has not yet fallen in Mr. Su Wenmao's stand-up comedy "Throwing the Boot"

In that way, when the originally peaceful life has been broken, facing the sudden and causal peace, my heart will always be full of anxiety.

"This place... is really interesting."

"Well, although it looks calm on the surface, there is actually an undercurrent surging. I don't know what kind of force it is. There are so many soldiers and people in the world in this small county. Could it be that the Jingzhou Army deployed

A secret chess game? With that being said, it’s no wonder that Gan Xingba has disappeared so far. He probably hid somewhere because he sensed the danger.”

"No, these people should be Gan Xingba's men. According to the news, Gan Xingba's men have at least a thousand people who dare to die. It may be difficult to find these people hiding in the mountains, but they are bound to have trouble with the Mianshui barbarians.

Conflict. Gan Xingba is a

A cunning and habitual bandit, otherwise he would not be able to get from Yizhou to Nanyang. Although he kept causing trouble along the way, no one could stop him. If these people were his subordinates, then the current situation might be able to have a reasonable solution.

explain."

"But if these people are Gan Ning's men, where is Gan Ning?"

"Didn't you hear it from the locals before? The Mianshui Man who originally came here to do evil every three days has not appeared for several days. This must be related to the hidden Gan Xingba. Do you think the Mianshui Man will change for no reason?

How to act?"

"Then we got here in vain, didn't we?"

"Not necessarily. Although I don't know where Gan Xingba is hiding, he will eventually return to Liguo County, otherwise he will not infiltrate his subordinates here in advance. But the only thing I don't know is this

Is there any other reason for doing this?"

"Sure enough, this task is really troublesome."

"Humph~ Rather than whether this task is troublesome, I'm more concerned about whether Gan Ning is really as powerful as the rumors say."

"What? Are you happy after hearing what General Shoucheng said?"

"Why not?"

"It's up to you, but the master's important matters cannot be delayed."

"Of course I know this."

In this small county town, the five strangers who chatted there for a long time soon after entering the town always seemed very noticeable. Even if they each wore bamboo hats that were big enough to cover their faces.

, it is also worn on the body to cover the figure.

Of course, it will not be like a certain Longxi governor who always likes to wear an outdated style sewn by one of his wives. Although it is not a fashionable item, at least it looks handsome no matter what era it is.

And it won't be out of date.

Of course, the most important thing is that compared to someone who looks like an ordinary person, wears an ordinary person's body, and has the ordinary person's aura, all kinds of clothes on his body become ordinary people's.

level.

Unlike this group of people, especially a large iron tower and a big bear that is nearly two meters tall. Although it looks a bit scary, the cape fluttering in the wind makes it look like a charge captain of the British Sea Knights.

Feel.

Okay, let's not mention these for now, because they realized that the target of this trip was temporarily out of contact, so the group had no choice but to wander around the county town, which can be seen at a glance if they have good eyesight, to see if they can collect some interesting information.

news.

After all, they all come from prosperous metropolises, and such a small county town really cannot arouse their interest in visiting.

Even the so-called "country game" has lost its due appeal because of a certain hobby of their master.

"As expected, I'd better finish the task quickly, but I really don't like it here."

So, it didn't take long for such a wailing sound to be heard from the five people, and it obviously aroused everyone's approval.

It is naturally impossible for these outsiders wandering around Liguo County to know that the dislocated jaw changes that took place in the mountains not far from Liguo were surprising to the locals.

Draw the gun, put the gun away; draw the sword, put the sword away; draw the sword, put the sword away...

Amidst the chants one after another, phalanxes composed of soldiers continued to repeat the above actions as the instructor said.

They were sweating profusely. Their faces were resolute, and most importantly, they were slightly different from the Han people living in Li State.

Yes, they are the Mianshui barbarians living in the mountains... I don't know if they are an alliance composed of one tribe or several tribes.

This is a rare valley in the mountains. Although it is not very wide, it is enough to accommodate thousands of people training at the same time. Halfway up the mountain in the distance, several young girls are looking into the distance with serious faces. Silently watching those sweating profusely.

Every move of the soldiers was followed, and occasionally they would whisper to each other, or have a brief and restrained argument about some issue.

However, their attention was more focused on the soldiers who were training.

None of them would have thought that the soldiers in front of them, whose movements were uniform and who obeyed the orders without any violation, could be the fierce soldiers of the Mian Shui Barbarians who, although they were extremely brave in individual battles, lacked discipline?

Of course, perhaps what is more surprising than this is the girls who are standing together now.

"Sister, do you think this incident is a blessing or a misfortune for our tribe?"

"You are already his, so what's the point of talking about these things anymore?"

"No, it's just once...a few times. In the past, it was just a spring bathing ceremony. In the second year, won't we be free? Why, why bother, risk the lives of the entire family for him.

Woolen cloth."

"But several of the bravest warriors in each tribe have died in his hands. We...have no reason to resist him."

"And..." A woman who looked to be the oldest among several young girls said with a slightly fanatical expression: "Thanks to him, we finally defeated King Yi Lei Gang who has been pressing on us.

, can’t you still trust his ability? Moreover, he is so versatile and powerful, whether on the battlefield or...in other places. I have been conquered by him, and I will follow him all my life.

Compared with him, those men before were, huh~ a bunch of losers!"

Licking her rosy and even slightly moist lips, the woman, who was full of wild feelings, showed a little arrogance in her eyes, and suddenly her face turned red. She changed from the original Amazon female warrior to a pregnant girl.

Isn’t this image changed a little bit sharper?

But it is not incomprehensible, after all, in the eyes of the Han people, these barbarians are a strange combination of openness and conservatism.

These barbarians have a strange custom of "spring bathing" - that is, in March of spring, boys and girls of the right age come naked to the stream. On the one hand, they get familiar with the body of the opposite sex, and on the other hand, they look for their favorite spouse. Once the relationship between the two parties

When they were all satisfied, they entered into a one-year mating career, oh no, marriage life.

Of course, if you are dissatisfied with your married life this year, and there are no unexpected situations like rotten radishes in the field caused by being pulled out late, you can naturally continue to participate in this activity in the spring of the next year.

It is equivalent to getting divorced - this is of course a qualification that only certain privileged people have. Anyway, even if there is no such loophole, there are still other loopholes to exploit.

The air in the mountains is always slightly colder than that in the flatlands. Although summer has gradually begun to feel in the flatlands, for the mountains, you can still occasionally feel the slightest chill in the wind.

Looking into the distance halfway up the mountain, you can still see the thin mist that looks like a sea of ​​clouds, making the distant scenery blurry and shadowy.

It's exactly like the inner feeling of these Mianshui barbarians who were unified by someone.

They can feel their own changes, but they don't know whether such changes are good or bad.

Or they are like homebodies who have stayed at home for too long. Maybe they don’t know that the outside world is wonderful, but most of the time they still think that the outside world is too helpless, so they are timid and dare not go too far.

In contact with the outside world, it only occasionally stretches out a tentacle in a panic, and then quickly retracts it once it senses any disturbance.

Okay, I always feel that the otaku has really turned into some strange creature!

It's just that the man who made Mian Shuiman undergo a change that he didn't know was good or bad, disappeared from everyone's sight again. He came and went without a trace, just like a gust of wind, no one

You can really capture it completely.

How can we restrain the wind?
To be continued...