When the sun was setting in the evening, a huge army slowly passed by the barren and desolate brown field. The line of tens of thousands of people was endlessly long, and the figures in the line were set off by the towering sky, making them look like ants.

The marching road was boring and tiring. The soldiers kept walking forward with the team. The wind blowing in front of them was slightly cold, but the inner shirts of their clothes were soaked with sweat.

"I'm so tired..." Zhu Feng wiped off the sweat that was about to drip from the tip of his nose, squinted his eyes and looked forward, trying to see how far he could go to the county town, but he only saw a overlapping shadow of people.

He walked with one foot deep and one foot shallow, his stomach growling with hunger. He was obviously too tired to lift his legs, but his feet were walking on their own.

"There is still a long way to go." Lu Bo, who was in the same army with a small beard on his chin, sighed suddenly, with a trace of weariness and exhaustion in his tone, "I heard that General Duan volunteered for the army this time. For what reason, I really don't understand."

Zhu Feng wanted to speak in agreement, but found that he was almost exhausted even speaking, so he just nodded.

Soldiers like them who were refugees were the least fond of princes and noble relatives like the King of Southwest. Naturally, they didn't understand why Duan Yingxiong went to Lingzhou to serve the King.

Back then, their begging army occupied most of the territory in Lingzhou. If the King of Southwest hadn't stepped in, how could they have been forced to switch to Yongzhou.

"You can't blame General Duan," Yu Xiaolang, who was walking behind, seemed to have heard their conversation, and said in a low voice, "It's Xunzhou Governor Jiang who borrowed troops from General Xun, and I will go out later. Jiang Governor has a kindness to General Xun Well, we are helping Xunzhou to fight this time, which is equivalent to repaying the general's kindness, and then even General Duan will have to obey the arrangements of the leading infantry general."

The marching road was really dull and boring, so the soldiers occasionally chatted with the people around them, and the officers didn't care, as long as they didn't make too much noise and delayed the journey.

However, most soldiers usually choose to keep quiet in order to preserve their strength.

While panting heavily, Lu Bo spoke slowly: "Speaking of this general, have you heard of his legendary deeds?"

"I've heard," Yu Xiaolang said after all, he was young and strong, and he spoke without panting after driving for a day. After being appreciated by the official Jiang Shishi, he began to rise to the top and was promoted all the way to a fourth-rank general."

Speaking of this topic, several soldiers around seemed a little excited.

"The Infantry General is a mighty general. He beat those Hu Gou's to abandon their armor and drag their soldiers back to their hometown. With his record, if not limited by his background, he would not be more than a rank four!"

"How did I hear that this infantry general fought so hard because he brought a special army under his command?"

"You mean the masked black-robed army?"

"It is said that the black-robed soldiers are all immortal ghosts. If they die today, they will be resurrected tomorrow. Is this true or false?"

"No, no, I heard people say that it is actually an army of ghosts with human skin. After the ghosts kill people, they peel off the skins and put them on themselves, so that they can move around during the day, but Ghosts are still ghosts after all, their eyes cannot see the sun, otherwise they will be blind, so they have to wear masks..."

"Don't think so evil," Lu Bo couldn't listen anymore, and interjected, "Why are there ghosts that can't die? In my opinion, it is an army of dead soldiers. Dead soldiers are naturally not afraid of death. The army has fewer people. Just choose another person to fill in, all wearing the same mask, who can see it?"

This explanation is the most reasonable, but everyone is a little bit unconvinced in their hearts. People's hearts are always biased towards gossip. They prefer those mysterious rumors, and no one cares about the truth.

"Anyway, we'll be fighting with the Xunzhou Army soon, and we'll know if it's a human or a ghost."

Speaking of this, the atmosphere became gloomy again. Lu Bo looked at the gradually dimming mountain ridge in the distance, and sighed: "It's almost dark today, why haven't you stopped to rest?"

After a while, Zhu Feng answered weakly: "You forgot, the general has an order to stop and set up camp until you arrive in Lingmin County today."

Lu Bo also thought of this when he heard it.

The place where the Yongzhou Army and the Xunzhou Army agreed to meet was Lingmin County in Xianhe County. Since they were all near Lingmin County, the general definitely wanted to meet up as soon as possible.

It's just that they suffer from the infantry who use their feet to travel.

Lu Bo squinted his eyes and looked ahead, and found that the shadow of the county town had not yet appeared in his vision, so he couldn't help sighing again.

After continuing on for a while, the sky completely darkened.

The daytime in early spring is still warm, but at night, the wind that blows is extremely cold, and the sharp cold moisture in the wind seems to be able to penetrate the flesh and penetrate into the bones.

The soldiers walked for a day, and the inside of their clothes and headscarves were soaked with sweat. At this time, when they were blown by the cold wind, their heads felt sore like needles.

But none of us complained. The conditions on the march were already so difficult.

Most of the soldiers grew up in poor families who couldn't afford to eat or wear clothes, and they had long been numb to such pain.

Half an hour later, the army finally arrived outside Lingmin County.

The Xunzhou army who arrived earlier had already set up camp outside the city. Even though it was night, they could still see the neat tents by the light of the torches, which was very spectacular.

Zhu Feng arrived a little earlier because he was in the right army.

They should have lined up and waited for the rear team to arrive, but before the forward team could stand in formation, an officer from the Xunzhou Army came to order them to line up and go to the kitchen to get food, saying that this was the arrangement of the general infantry.

The soldiers were tired and hungry, and when they heard that there was food, they followed without much thought.

Zhu Feng was so hungry that his mind was muddled, he would only follow the people in front, and only regained his energy when he entered the Xunzhou army camp.

He noticed that the Xunzhou soldiers passing by were all wearing strange green thick robes and hats with drop ears on their heads. He felt puzzled, leaned over and asked Lu Bo beside him, "These people are really Xunzhou soldiers? Why are they dressed like this?"

"The clothes are a bit weird. I haven't seen them before. Maybe they are unique to the Northland." Lu Bo guessed, "But it looks quite warm, and the hat looks very thick."

Zhu Feng had never been to the north, so he acquiesced to his answer.

But apart from the clothes, there was a strange feeling everywhere in this army. He couldn't explain that strange feeling, but he just felt that these soldiers were very different from the soldiers in his impression.

But he soon ran out of time to think about it.

After queuing up to the kitchen, Zhu Feng smelled the strong aroma of food, his mouth began to salivate crazily, and the hunger in his stomach became very clear, as if there was air swimming in his stomach, making him gush feel empty.

He felt so hungry that he could swallow a cow.

What is eating, so delicious!

Zhu Feng swallowed his saliva, and stretched his neck to look at the brothers who had already received the food, but most of them were eating with their heads buried in the bowls, and with the dim sky, he really couldn't see clearly.

Fortunately, it wasn't long before it was his turn.

Standing in front of the dining table, a wooden bowl was stuffed into Zhu Feng's hand, and then the cook scooped a large spoonful of thick pimple soup into his bowl, and gave him a thick white flour steamed cake, and then and let him go.

The steamed cake was obviously just out of the pan, and it was still steaming hot. Fortunately, its skin was rough and the meat was thick, so it didn't feel hot when holding it.

Finally got the food, Zhu Feng hastily took a sip of hot soup first.

Feeling the rich taste in his mouth, he couldn't help showing a smile, quickened his pace and walked outside the barracks to eat with his brothers in the same army.

"It's so delicious. This soup is the first time I have had such a thick soup, and there are shredded pork in it."

"There are a lot of ingredients in it that I can't even eat. I don't know what they are made of."

"It doesn't matter what you do, as long as it tastes good."

"The steamed cakes are also delicious. It's the first time I have eaten such thick and fluffy steamed cakes."

"The Xunzhou army is really kind. They took out this good thing to entertain me."

"I don't think so. Look at what kind of tents they live in and what kind of clothes they wear. Those patrolling soldiers, which ones are as dirty as us, maybe they eat better than this!"

"Is Xunzhou very rich?" Someone asked this question, but no one answered.

The little soldier who came out of the kitchen shouted, "If you are not full, you can have a second bowl of pimple soup."

For a while, everyone just lowered their heads to eat, fearing that they would not be able to get the second bowl.

Zhu Feng also gulped down the soup, turning a deaf ear to everything around him, it was rare for him to eat such a good food, he had to eat two big bowls to eat until he was full!

·

"Finally back to the organization."

Walking into the large tent of the Xunzhou Army, and seeing the players wearing black masks sitting inside, Duan Yingxiong couldn't help but feel moved as if he had returned home.

Regardless of the presence of other NPC officers around him, he saluted Bu Jingyun and said in a solemn tone: "General Bu, thanks to your remote guidance these years, I can persist until now. Thank you for your hard work, thank you Organizational cultivation, I'm back."

Hearing what he said, the members of the Flying Eagles sitting next to him became addicted to the show.

Lan Long got up and went over to shake hands with him, saying, "Comrade Duan, you have worked hard on the mission outside!"

Ning Chengzhen also teased: "Welcome back to the team, brothers are thinking of you!"

Duan Yingxiong: "Thank you brothers for your encouragement, for Brother Shu, for the camp, I am willing to give my youth."

In this expedition, Lu Qing, who joined the army as a recorder, also went with the army.

Seeing this scene, he was full of doubts and asked Wei Xi who was sitting next to him: "What is the origin of this hero?"

Wei Xi joined the military mansion later, but at least he was earlier than Lu Qing, and knew a little more than him. Hearing this, he replied: "I only know that Duan Yingxiong is from Xunzhou, and he is loyal to the lord."

Lu Qing raised his eyebrows and understood what was going on.

Presumably this hero is also like the spies sent out from Crouching Dragon Pavilion, a pawn inserted outside the Lord's office, but this pawn is so capable that it turned out to be a general.

Recalling the time when the Qihuojun appeared, this chess piece should have been active outside at least three years ago.

Thinking of this, Lu Qing couldn't help sighing again about the profundity of the protagonist. How many hidden forces like Hero Duan are there in this world that he doesn't know about?

"Okay, stop making trouble and get ready for a meeting." Bu Jingyun interrupted the players' conversation.

After everyone calmed down and took their seats, he said in a deep voice: "From tomorrow, we need to change the marching route."

Lu Qing withdrew his thoughts and asked, "Why?"

"I just received the news today that Jiangqing City has fallen, and the King of Southwest fled the city with the Son of Heaven," Bu Jingyun said in a steady tone. If the capital Hengchuan is attacking, we don't need to go to Lingzhou, but go directly to Hengchuan."

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