Geng Quan was a very ordinary member of the Chang'an City garrison.
He is less than forty years old, but he has a face that even if he is called a fifty-year-old grandfather, it is full of ravines and vicissitudes - in this era, people like him are not an exception.
He began to live a life constantly accompanied by the sun and wind and sand, which made him realize the hardship of life very early, and the face without the opportunity and ability to maintain was the footnote of those difficult years. In comparison, these years of military service
On the contrary, my life feels much happier.
After all, various problems often arise in Chang'an City, and it is always difficult to achieve long-term peace. However, for a pawn like him, as long as he pays a little attention, it is easier to maintain than those soldiers in the field army.
life.
Because of this, he always took the trouble to say to those young people who were always restless, such as, "It is a blessing to be able to survive in this era. Those guys who can make a name for themselves are all from the dead."
"The lucky guy who climbed out", or "You don't know how many people were taller, stronger than me, and better at fighting than me back then, but they all died on the battlefield, leaving only me who seemed to be the weakest.
Because I cherish myself, I am alive now.”
Young people always show disdain for such words.
Yes, he is indeed a guy that young people cannot respect. After all, he has been in the army for several years, and now he has not even been able to become a corps commander. He has been his top soldier until now, as if the officers are considering
When it comes to promotion issues, he is always left out unconsciously, as if he should have stayed in his current position and there is no need to consider moving at all.
In fact, what is even more surprising is that even though he is so greedy for life and afraid of death, he has not become the soul of the law enforcement team - as I said just now, Chang'an has never been peaceful in these years. Even if he is responsible for guarding the city gate
The city guards and the government officials responsible for managing the markets and workshops were often involved in various battles. The battles may not be as brutal as the field armies fighting in the wild, but in terms of their numbers, they were definitely more victorious.
After so many battles, this guy who is greedy for life and fear of death has not deserted even once. In other words, when that guy became a deserter, the army was probably completely collapsed and the law enforcement team had too much to take care of itself. Naturally, it was not allowed to be among the generals.
Someone in the army, maybe this should be considered a skill?
Of course, for young people who want to make great achievements, they naturally despise rather than admire this ability.
Only those new recruits who don't know his details will think that a veteran like him has some abilities, hope to learn some experience from him, and even let him cheat him into a few meals. But usually people with this idea
Most of the young people were ambitious, so after understanding what kind of person he was, they cursed and left, never wanting to go with him again.
Perhaps he felt it was a shame to travel with a guy with no ambition like him, or maybe he was just angry after being deceived.
All in all, because he is relatively short and stocky, the nickname "Shudunzi" has almost replaced his real name as the official name for him - because no matter how tall the trees are, they have been cut down and removed to become various pillars.
At the same time, the tree stump remained in place, unable to move at all, as if this short "little old man" could never become a corps commander.
Probably because he was worried that the soldiers he led would become as decadent as he was.
But no matter what others think, "Shudunzi" remains the same as before. He has no intention of changing his life principles.
He's on duty tonight.
In fact, due to the strange wind that has blocked the sky and the sun for several months, the work of him and his colleagues has become much easier recently.
Compared with the countryside, the production and life of all towns and cities in Chang'an City and even the entire Guanzhong region have been greatly affected by this continuous strange wind. It is basically difficult to see business travel to and from Guanzhong.
Various shops in the city will no longer set up stalls outside unless necessary.
, residents in the city will naturally not go out to hang out, which will cause the bustling markets and wine shops to become deserted - no one is willing to brave the wind and sand to enjoy delicious food, and then have a bite on the way back after enjoying the delicious food.
The smelly sand is definitely the most unappetizing memory.
Naturally, the patrolling officers and the city guards who guard the city will not go out to work unless necessary. In addition to the usual opening and closing of doors every day, only nighttime patrols are not affected by the strange wind.
This has also caused many people's biological clocks to become reversed day and night.
"Hey, 'Shudunzi', have you heard that it is said that there is a huge underground palace near Chang'an City. It is said that the kings of the previous dynasties prepared armies for themselves to conquer the underworld. But some people say
That was when the emperors of the previous dynasty hid their troops in the underground palace to temporarily avoid the limelight, waiting for the right time to open the underground palace again and rule the world.
Others say that the terrible Overlord of Western Chu discovered the passage leading to the underground palace when the Pass was burned, so he led his troops to attack. As a result, guess what, the so-called invincible Overlord of Western Chu was beaten to pieces. Haha~ The last one of Xi Chu
King Chu Ba could only hastily set a fire in the underground palace, then ran away in despair, and never dared to set foot there again."
Geng Lu is a fellow villager of Geng Quan and also a descendant of Geng Quan. She is younger than Geng Quan and more ambitious. She is a young and energetic young man. Although she is no more than ten years older than Geng Quan, she also has a charming personality full of rural character.
Although the two people stand together, others will always think that Geng Quan is Geng Lu's father figure.
Although Geng Lu is a very motivated young man, and it seems that he should stay away from a mediocre "tree pillar" like Geng Quan, but the relationship between the two has not been affected by these factors, and they have always been relatively close. Even because of Geng Quan
Lu is a doer
A person who takes the initiative in everything, while Geng Quan is a very passive guy. To outsiders, it looks more like Geng Lu took the initiative to make friends with Geng Quan in order not to neglect her fellow villager, and some friends even persuaded Geng for this.
Lu, I hope he can stay away from "trouble" like Geng Quan.
Geng Lu always just smiled at her friend's advice. In fact, the close relationship between the two was not only due to the friendship between fellow villagers, but more importantly, as one of the recruits Danzi who had contributed a lot of food and drinks to Geng Quan.
, Geng Lu is a rare person who thinks that Geng Quan has taught her many valuable experiences, so she has always been grateful to Geng Quan.
Of course, Geng Lu, who has been in the military for several years, will not be as stupid as before and give most of her filial piety to her seniors as soon as she has money, but Geng Quan probably won't care about this gap in treatment. In Geng Lu's case,
Occasionally, when I am in a good mood and invite him to drink with me, I will happily nod and agree to have a banquet among little people where the guest and host can enjoy themselves.
Geng Lu likes to make friends, and one of her great tools for making friends is that she can always find some weird things, and then process them by herself to make the stories even more bizarre. But because Geng Lu's stories are always
It is ethereal, so this gossip man has not been targeted by anyone, so this ability can be regarded as his exclusive skill.
Geng Lu also happens to be on duty today.
Although the areas patrolled by the two men are not the same, given the current situation, as long as there are no major problems, the superiors will not really investigate too hard, even if the person in charge of Chang'an City is Huangfu Song, a famous general who was once famous in Xiliang.
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Oh, by the way, he is now the executive principal of Jinyang Military Academy. In terms of administrative level, he is at the same level as the governor of the state.
So as long as there are no enemy troops outside the city attacking the city, it doesn't matter if they desert. But in this weird weather, who would make themselves uncomfortable?
In fact, if Huangfusong hadn't been in charge, everyone would have forgotten that they still had patrol duties.
Only a "stump" like Geng Quan could listen to Geng Lu talking about the real and fake things, and at the same time check carefully to see if there were any problems along the way.
Notice.
Of course, although Geng Lu told the story very happily, she did not complain that Geng Quan did not listen to his story attentively. In other words, she actually admired Geng Quan very much and even felt that Geng Quan was not promoted for a long time.
It's really a bit unfair.
"Even if your story is true, hundreds of years have passed and those people are still dead."
Geng Lu talked for a long time. Then Geng Quan replied with this sentence, but with just this sentence, Geng Lu was choked and speechless.
But Geng Lu was Geng Lu after all. She turned her eyes and once again showed a mysterious expression.
"Hey, you must have never heard of 'Shudunzi'. Let me tell you, do you know that our Bingzhou Army has been fighting against the Xianbei people in the past few years...Okay, I know you are very fond of these things.
You know, two years ago you almost followed General Guan into a fight with the Xianbei people. But there are things you don’t know about me, let me tell you..."
As if to increase the mystery of her message, Geng Lu not only lowered her voice, but also put her head next to Geng Quan's ear. The hot breath she breathed went straight into Geng Quan's ear, making the dark ears tremble.
There was a slight red color - fortunately it was dark at this time and there were no pedestrians on the street, so nothing unusual could be seen.
"I'll tell you quietly, I wouldn't talk to ordinary people. In fact, the main force of our Bingzhou Army is the army commanded by Li Zhoumu. In recent years, the Xianbei Army has been facing Daijun, Yanmen and other places.
There are basically no living people inside. I heard
Those Xianbei people, even if you cut off their heads and use them as footballs today, they will still appear on the battlefield and chop them with you tomorrow. Most people don't know about this, and even I can't say it casually, otherwise I will definitely be punished.
A name that disrupts military discipline..."
"Don't lie, how can you die..."
"Shh, keep your voice down! It's good to know, but don't say it out loud, let alone me saying it."
Seeing that Geng Quan seemed to be about to say something again, Geng Lu quickly covered his mouth again, pulled his head that was constantly trying to stay away from her, and pulled his head to her ear. After giving some instructions, she finally pulled Geng Quan's head
open.
As for why Geng Quan stayed three steps away from her, Geng Lu said that she was very pure and didn't understand anything.
Geng Lu told many stories, and most of them later proved that they were indeed just stories. Even though those stories sounded thrilling and exciting, they were just stories and could not become real things that happened in reality.
But if Geng Lu could only tell stories, then he might have more prospects in developing teahouses in Chang'an City or even Jinyang City, instead of like now, there will always be people around him. Because everyone not only wants to listen
story, and I hope he can find out some inside information - just like the similar things he has done before.
Perhaps some of the stories sounded bizarre. But in the end, it turned out that they were at least groundless. Even though the ratio of this number to the stories told by Geng Lu was really appalling, for such a grassroots soldier, it was possible to get some of the things that were originally reported.
The information that is very concealed is sealed, even if it is only a scale claw, it can be considered to be somewhat capable.
Even those commanders and team leaders probably don’t have the ability like Geng Lu.
Even Geng Quan couldn't help feeling sorry for Geng Lu when he was drinking, thinking that he was too humble to be a soldier.
Of course, Geng Quan hopes that Geng Lu can find a job like a storyteller, which is safe and has a high salary. Maybe a certain joke will touch the heartstrings of the young lady, and then put on a show that can also be written into a story.
……story.
For a long stretch of the journey that followed, the atmosphere between the two parties seemed a little awkward - this was not because Geng Lu's actions just now made the real uncle feel a huge danger in a certain part of his body, but because the person whom Geng Lu had moved
The impact of ghost stories about the dead that seem to be true is too great.
Don't say whether this kind of thing really exists. Even if you just think about it in your mind, you will feel shuddering, especially in this era when prophecy is prevalent, people are even more willing to hang this kind of thing in various ways.
The second line draws some conclusions that are unbelievable but that most people of this era firmly believe.
If that's true, if that's true...
"Um?"
Geng Quan suddenly stopped, and under Geng Lu's doubtful gaze, he quickly lay down on the ground and raised his hips high - this was not because someone had awakened some extraordinary attribute, nor was he seeing the extremely attractive figure on the ground.
Human soap. At least judging from Geng Quan's solemn look at this moment, Geng Lu will never have a wrong understanding of his actions at this moment.
"What's going on?"
"The earth seems to be shaking. Either the earth dragon is moving, or a large group of cavalry is marching this way. All in all, the situation is not good!"
Although what he said was true, Geng Quan's expression actually showed that he was more inclined to the latter possibility. After all, if it were the former possibility, such a shaking would not cause much damage. But now this shock
Not only does it last for a long time, but it also has a sense of rhythm, and it clearly has the feeling of moving from far to near. Even if the frequency is not completely consistent with the vibrations caused by the cavalry moving at high speed, the biological instinct makes Geng Quan
There's a creepy feeling.
It was a kind of vibration that came closer and closer to here. The entire backbone from the tail vertebra to the cervical vertebra was first poured into it with charcoal fire, and then was thrown into the biting ice water. Between the two heavens of ice and fire, there was endless
The terror almost made him unable to move at all.
It was Geng Lu who noticed something was wrong with his condition and helped him up from the ground. Only then did he calm down and finally be able to speak clearly:
"You go and inform the general on duty that there may be enemy conditions outside the city. I'll go find General Huangfu!"
Although it was possible that friendly forces were mobilizing under the cover of night, Geng Quan could clearly hear that that kind of vibration was definitely not something that thousands of troops could send out. As for the specific input, Geng Quan felt that even guessing was of no use.
The only thing he knew was that if the news was not notified to most people as soon as possible, Chang'an City would definitely be caught off guard and fall into huge trouble. And if that happened, as a member of the city guard, he would
Lives will definitely be under greater threat.
Although in the final analysis, Geng Quan's code of conduct is safety first, but compared to the passive and escaping idea of becoming a deserter, Geng Quan's attitude is undoubtedly much more proactive.
And this is probably the biggest reason why he has never been killed by the law enforcement team.
Chang'an City, which was originally very peaceful, soon experienced small-scale commotion, and then the commotion became larger and wider.
What brought this commotion to its climax was the sound of the bell that alerted the defenders to an urgent military situation.
Some panicked soldiers had to crawl out of bed. Most of them were still sleepy. Some forgot to wear armor, and some forgot to bring the weapons that should be their best comrades. As for things like wearing the wrong shoes
There is no shortage either.
For this city, which had encountered many strange things, but seemed to be far away from the war, such sudden alarm bells frightened them rather than waking them up.
Even though various orders are continuously issued in an orderly manner from the highest decision-making body in the war zone, no matter how orderly the orders are, if the executors who receive the orders cannot calm down their mentality and remain panicked, the degree of execution of those orders still needs to be
Big discount.
The sage's military book "Sima Fa" says: "No matter how big a country is, if it likes war, it will perish, and if it forgets to fight, it will be in danger."
Although it is not good for health to tighten your heartstrings all the time, when people are confused by bizarre things and forget to prepare for possible disasters, or think that the disaster is still far away from them, they often end up in sudden changes.
Become panicked.
The chaotic scenes taking place before our eyes may be the best portrayal of all this.
And those legions that came out of another world are still hidden in the darkness. Only the increasingly obvious tremors coming from the earth seem to be announcing to the world that a certain legion that once swept the world is returning. (Unfinished)
