My years as a soldier

After Wang Zheng finished speaking, Hu Jiuzhang really regretted agreeing.

What people are most afraid of is competing with themselves, and they have just settled down, so why bother to take on such a deadly job.Tongguan is a vast area, Tang Jun, who can't see the end at a glance, whoever goes, can run faster than him, a half-cripple?It's not that Hu Jiuzhang doesn't think about Datang in his heart, and doesn't want to sacrifice his life for the country. It's really not the time to put his life and death into it!

When I was in Beiting, there were only about [-] people guarding the entire Beacon Fortress, and no one would be able to do without anyone.If it was at that time, I would have fought hard, but now... If I died because of this matter, it would really be worth the loss.

"No, Captain Wang, I have an old wound on my leg..." Hu Jiuzhang really didn't have the confidence to say this.Yesterday he just swears in front of everyone, boasting to Gan Ruoshan that his leg injury was wrong and he fought wrongly, but now that something comes up, he really doesn't dare to go up.

When Wang Zheng heard this, he also frowned.

"Little Hu, you are a smart person. No matter how many things there are, I don't need to tell you? If you don't go this time, this task will not be our group's turn."

"I didn't say no, Lieutenant Wang." Hu Jiuzhang hurriedly opened his mouth to defend, "I just think that if we want to capture the prisoners and bring them back, it's... too risky."

"It's not that I told you to go alone, didn't they all say that they would add some helpers to you?"

"Then...if they are all veterans, it's okay..."

"You want to be beautiful--"

Wang Zheng knocked Hu Jiuzhang hard on the head, and Hu Jiuzhang could only stare silently.The two stood in silence for almost a quarter of an hour, and finally, it was Wang Zheng who let go first.

"That... the fifth team is Zhang Zhi, I asked him to go with you. He is an eight-year veteran of the Hedong Army, and he has more seniority than you. I asked him to cooperate with you, is the head office okay?"

"Uh..." Hu Jiuzhang raised his head suddenly, opened his mouth, but still didn't make a sound.

Wang Zheng stared at him for a long while, but saw a burst of hot air suddenly spewed out from his nasal cavity, and when he opened his mouth again, he was not very angry.

"Hey, there is also Zhao Xiaoyang from the ninth team. He was originally a hunter from Tongjin County. He is agile and knows the terrain within a hundred miles of Tongguan. Everyone calls him Shanwazi, and the boy enters the mountain. The speed of night travel is much faster than you veterans. How about I ask him to lead you to find the way?"

"Uh...is there any more?"

Hu Jiuzhang finally made a sound.

"Don't push yourself too hard, Xiao Hu. These two are the treasures of our regiment, and I won't send them out easily." Wang Zheng's brows were about to wrinkle deeply.

"Hey... good good good good good good good good good good good good good good! Then these two people, dressed lightly, but equipped with weapons..." Hu Jiuzhang couldn't stop the corners of his mouth from rising.He doesn't often negotiate conditions with people like this, but this is a matter of life and death, and it's impossible not to learn to be smart.

"You can take whatever you want from the sixth regiment's warehouse! But since we've reached this point, this time, you have to catch me alive, the kind that's alive and kicking!"

Hu Jiuzhang swallowed hard, clenched his fists, and nodded vigorously, "Lieutenant Wang, I'm going to fight it out! I feel a lot more at ease when I have an old soldier by my side."

"Hmph, that's the best." Wang Zheng turned his head, as if he still had lingering fears, "There are only five veterans in our regiment including me, and you and Lao Zhang will send out two at once. Make something famous for me!"

"Here!"

After finalizing the candidate, Hu Jiuzhang immediately found Zhang Zhi from the fifth team and Zhao Xiaoyang from the ninth team, and the three of them gathered together in Wang Zheng's barracks to discuss the details of the mission under the supervision of the captain, which is really rare solemnly.

Needless to say, Captain Zhang Zhi of the fifth team was a much more mature man than Hu Jiuzhang.He was about thirty or so years old, with a strong build, and like Wang Zheng, he also had a beard.However, Wang Zheng's beard is curly, while Zhang Zhi's is straight, with a long beard hanging down his chest, and his gestures are dignified.

Zhao Xiaoyang, who was born in Orion, is completely different from Zhang Zhi.This young man has just turned [-], and his body is thin and sinewy. His skin has been tanned due to hunting outside all the year round, but with such a black face, he always has a smiling face, like a little sun, Very lively.

The three of them got together and worked hard all morning, and finally planned out a general outline of this seemingly impossible task.

"Hey, Xiao Yang, aren't you an Orion? Why did you name it Xiao Yang? It doesn't sound like an Orion at all."

When the three of them had dinner together at noon, Hu Jiuzhang asked casually.

He had a good impression of his two new colleagues.Brother Zhang Zhi naturally didn't say much, he was calm and reliable, although he said less, but he could hit the point when he spoke, and his vision was very crafty and unique.And Zhao Xiaoyang obviously knows Tongguan and the mountains and rivers around Tongguan very well.Just half an hour after meeting, he marked several mountain trails for the three of them to sneak into on Wang Zheng's map, and instantly solved the biggest problem in this mission.I am afraid that even the rebels are not more familiar with the area where they are stationed than Zhao Xiaoyang.

"Hey, this one, I have to start with my father."

Zhao Xiaoyang was chewing on the cake, his eyes were bright, and he was completely free from the tension before the battle.

"My father said that when I was young, I was saved by a goat on this mountain. Later, people in the village said that the goat that saved me was actually a fairy, because there were no sheep in that area. Thanks to the Great Immortal Yang, he changed my name to 'Xiao Yang', saying that as long as this is the case, I can continue to be under the care of the Great Immortal Yang."

"Oh? So, this time, we still have a sheep behind us?" Hu Jiuzhang joked with a smile.

"That's not right!" Zhao Xiaoyang said, with a smug smile on his face, his eyes narrowed like crescent moons, very festive.

"It's hard to get a chance to show our face. We can't lose the chain. Not only must we be safe and sound, but we must also catch the unlucky guy back smoothly, so that we can be majestic in front of those generals."

"Haha..." Hu Jiuzhang couldn't help being amused by Zhao Xiaoyang's words.This kid dares to think!

Even Zhang Zhi, who had been silent all this time, showed a smile.He picked up the kettle on the ground and poured a few mouthfuls into his mouth, looking far away, as if he was looking into the distance.

"Hey, Team Zhang, what are you thinking? Don't make fun of yourself!"

Zhao Xiaoyang stretched out his hand and waved it in front of Zhang Zhi, causing Zhang Zhi to wave his hand, and the smile on his face became more and more obvious.

"It's nothing."

His voice is low and muffled, but if you listen carefully, you can hear a slight smile in that voice.

"Does Brother Zhang have a family?" Hu Jiuzhang sized Zhang Zhi up.He really wanted to know what kind of past such a tall man who was restrained and low-key, and often even a little shy, had.

"Have."

Speaking of this, there was a hint of pink on Zhang Zhi's calm face that had not changed for thousands of years.

"In Gaoping, Zezhou, my wife, a son and a daughter."

"Oh! That big brother must be homesick, right?" Hu Jiuzhang asked along the way.

"Well, I really want to."

Zhang Zhi said lightly, and turned his eyes to the north again, looking at the clouds in the sky, peaceful and serene.

In the afternoon, the three of them got together again to make final preparations for departure.Lu Sheng's task came suddenly, but the time was very tight.He had just received his order in the morning, and in the afternoon, he learned that the team was going to leave early tomorrow morning.Hu Jiuzhang worked hard all day, and he wasn't tired, but the pressure in his heart became heavier as time went by.

At night, he was finally able to go back to rest, but Hu Jiuzhang never expected that Li Muyun would appear in front of the gate of his barracks.He quickly walked a few steps, and pulled Li Muyun to a corner where no one was around.

"Xiaobai, what are you doing here?"

There was surprise in Hu Jiuzhang's voice, but Li Muyun's face remained calm.He stared at Hu Jiuzhang for a long while, but the tender white brows were locked more and more tightly.

"Didn't you say you were going to bring your luggage over last night, why didn't you come?"

Li Muyun's voice was also like his expression, full of complaints.

"Oh... last night... I was a little tired, so I went to bed directly." Seeing his appearance, Hu Jiuzhang quickly lowered his head, even his voice was muffled.

"Sleeping? Then why don't you come today? Are you busy all day?"

"Today..." Although Hu Jiuzhang lowered his head, his brows were also tightened, "Didn't General Lu tell you? He gave me a mission to be a scout, and I have been preparing for it all day today. Tomorrow We're leaving early in the morning."

"I know that." Li Muyun said in a deep voice.

For some reason, upon hearing his affirmative answer, Hu Jiuzhang felt rather disappointed.Because doesn't that mean that on this day, Lu Sheng was also with Li Muyun?

"But why didn't you come and tell me?" Li Muyun's voice became more and more urgent, "Aren't you guys busy all day?"

"I'm not... now I'm free, and I'm going to find you..."

"Now? I don't think you look like you are going to go out again." Li Muyun had a gloomy face, and there was already a hint of reprimand in his tone.

"..."

Hu Jiuzhang was speechless, his eyes were lowered, and he didn't want to face Li Muyun face to face.

"Why do you do this every time?" Li Muyun's voice was filled with anger, and the more he spoke, the more anxious his tone became.

"It was the same when I was in the palace before. If you didn't say anything, you would just be bored. Am I just not welcoming you? Is it because I can't understand your thoughts, or do you think I am unworthy? Why can't you put Are you saying what you think in your heart?"

Li Muyun almost stared at Hu Jiuzhang's head with his eyes, but Hu Jiuzhang still lowered his head and didn't say a word.

So what?Could it be that speaking out can change the disproportionate bloodlines and identities of the two, and can erase all the disproportion?

Who is unworthy-

Hu Jiuzhang suddenly raised his head, but his face, which was extremely depressed, suddenly relaxed.The corners of his mouth moved back and forth on his cheeks a few times, but in the end he put on a seemingly relaxed and indifferent smile.

"Xiaobai, I'm going to leave tomorrow at Maoshi. This time is the fastest, and it will take seven or eight days to come back. If I succeed this time, Lu Sheng will also say something nice for you in front of the generals in Tongguan, right? "

"……Correct."

Li Muyun was so angry that he was choked by Hu Jiuzhang's indifferent smile.This was the first time, and he suddenly felt that he couldn't see through Hu Jiuzhang.

"That's fine. I will definitely succeed this time. You can just wait in Tongguan with peace of mind."

After Hu Jiuzhang finished speaking, he smiled slyly again, and Li Muyun couldn't help being a little dazed.

"You... wait, I came to you to talk about luggage, and, are you trying to alienate me these days?"

Li Muyun frowned and looked at Hu Jiuzhang, his cheeks swelled up.

"No way!"

Hu Jiuzhang shook his hands again and again, and the atmosphere between the two of them eased down just like that.

"Then why didn't you come to me?" Li Muyun grabbed Hu Jiuzhang's wrist.

"Hey, my lord, you think too much! Today is really because of something in the team, so I can't get away. When I return in triumph tomorrow, I will honestly go to help you carry your luggage, will it work? ?”

"It's not enough to just carry the luggage. Since you are my retainer, you have to live with the lord!"

"Okay, okay, as long as I come back, it's easy to talk about." Hu Jiuzhang smiled, and there was a little bit of pleading as he spoke, "Okay, Xiaobai, I have to set off with the whole team tomorrow morning, leave some spare parts for me. It's time to sleep."

When Li Muyun heard this, his heart softened.He sighed softly, and let go of the hand that was holding Hu Jiuzhang's wrist.

"Well, go in and rest quickly. Remember, don't worry about anything in the future. You have to tell me what you think, I want to know."

"Success! Then I'll go back first." Hu Jiuzhang cupped his hands to Li Muyun repeatedly, he covered his face with both hands, Li Muyun couldn't see his expression, and he couldn't see Li Muyun's appearance either.