My years as a soldier

The moment of eternity is the most peaceful and quiet moment of the night.

Hu Jiuzhang straightened up from the quilt. This night, he was full of calculations and only slept for an hour.For some reason, after Li Muyun left, he lay on the bunk, the more he wanted to sleep, the more he couldn't sleep.

He woke up as soon as the gong sounded for the watch outside the barracks.After waiting for a while, and finally waiting until it was time to set off, Hu Jiuzhang got up lightly, packed his luggage, put on a patched cloth bunt, hid the short knife under his clothes, carried a cloth bag on his back, and went to Tongguan City Gate to meet with him. Zhang Zhi and Zhao Xiaoyang meet up.

Obviously, these three ordinary Tang soldiers who were about to embark on an unknown path, no matter whether they had enough sleep that night or not, when it was time to set off, they all adjusted their spirits to the best state as if they had been injected with chicken blood.

The three of them were all dressed as refugees, and each carried a bulging linen bag on their backs.They even prepared fake biography for themselves in this short period of time. Although the goods were not the right ones, as long as they were not questioned carefully, it was still easy to pass the test.

When the guards on the city opened the switch, the three of them got out of the gap in the middle of the gate one by one, and sneaked into the mountains outside the pass silently along the dark edge of the closed city wall.

With the veteran Zhao Xiaoyang leading the way, the journey of the three of them was quite smooth.Both Hu Jiuzhang and Zhang Zhi are veterans, so they can handle this mountain road with ease, and Zhao Xiaoyang is even faster, like a mountain monkey, as soon as he enters the mountain, he throws Hu Jiuzhang and Zhang Zhi seven or eight meters away.

The three of them left the customs at Maoshi, from dark to dawn, and by noon that day, they had already walked more than 30 li toward the east.

At noon, the sun was high, and the three of them sat around to rest in a hidden small mountain depression. Both Hu Jiuzhang and Zhang Zhi had recovered from the excitement they had just set off, and only Zhao Xiaoyang was still eager to try. He even eats military rations much faster than the two of them.

"At this speed, we might be able to touch the edge of the enemy's camp tonight."

Hearing his words, Hu Jiuzhang couldn't help shivering.

"Tonight? In this afternoon, we can travel forty miles?"

"maybe."

The corners of Zhao Xiaoyang's eyes were crooked, as if he was sure of everything.

Hu Jiuzhang didn't answer his fault, Zhang Zhi looked at the two of them, and then stopped his gaze on Hu Jiuzhang.

"Jiu Zhang, how is your leg?"

It turned out that when the three of them discussed the countermeasures together yesterday, Hu Jiuzhang mentioned that he had an old injury on his leg.But he really didn't expect that Zhang Zhi would care about himself.He was taken aback when he heard Zhang Zhi's question at first.

"Oh... It's okay, it's okay, as long as you have time to rest, you can slow down."

Hu Jiuzhang smiled gratefully at Zhang Zhi, while Zhao Xiaoyang looked at Hu Jiuzhang's lap, but didn't say much.

After resting for half an hour at noon, the three of them didn't dare to delay, so they packed up their things and set off.And then on the road, Hu Jiuzhang's speed slowed down significantly.After walking a few miles, he couldn't keep up with the speed of the two of them. He had to ask the whole team to slow down so that he could barely keep up.The mountain road was difficult to walk, and in order to hide, the three had to choose a remote place in the mountain to make a detour.The place where there was no road, was stunned by these three people, and Hu Jiuzhang, a lame man, walked on this kind of road, and it was even more miserable.

Before it got dark, his calves were already swollen an inch high, and every step he took would hurt his head and sweat, but he was the captain of the entire team, so it was really unreasonable for him to lose the chain first.

"Shall we rest?"

As the sun was setting, Zhang Zhi stopped walking while looking at the clouds in the sky that were dyed red by the sunset.Zhao Xiaoyang was still opening the way seven or eight meters in front of him, while Hu Jiuzhang had already landed more than ten meters behind Zhang Zhi.

Seeing Zhang Zhi stop, Hu Jiuzhang hurriedly quickened his pace, reluctantly chasing after him.

"Why don't you go?"

"Take a break."

Zhang Zhi didn't talk much, but every word he uttered was full of determination.Hu Jiuzhang felt his heart warm when he saw him, but Zhao Xiaoyang, who was waving a machete in front, ran back with a displeased face, as if he was not very satisfied with the two of them.

"Why don't you leave?"

"Take a break."

Zhang Zhi repeated that, regardless of Zhao Xiaoyang's reaction, he walked a few steps towards the bushes on one side, found an open space under a tree, and sat down directly.

"It's late, it's no good to go too fast."

"Hey-team Zhang, the sooner we get to the place, the better we can deploy this mission. There is still nearly half of the distance ahead, and it is already much slower than what we planned. Now it is going to be dark, It's hard to walk at night, Hu Dui's legs... I'm afraid they can't travel overnight, right?"

What Zhao Xiaoyang said was reasonable, and when Hu Jiuzhang heard it, he was too embarrassed to speak, and just stood on the side with his head sullen, with sweat dripping from his forehead.

"Tasks don't matter sooner or later."

Zhang Zhi did not give in, his face was calm and his tone was neither hasty nor impatient, but it was this rare calm that made people wonder how to refute for a while.Zhao Xiaoyang stared at Zhang Zhi for a while, but didn't say a word.

"But...but..."

"Take a break first."

Zhang Zhi had already taken out the water bottle on his waist and poured water into his mouth.Hu Jiuzhang looked at him, feeling extremely grateful.It's just that Zhao Xiaoyang didn't express his opinion for a long time, and he felt ashamed in his heart.After hesitating again and again, Hu Jiuzhang finally succumbed to the pain in his leg, walked towards Zhang Zhi, and sat down on the ground relieved.

"Take off the leggings."

As soon as Zhang Zhi saw him sitting down, she turned to him.He put the kettle aside, untied the burden on his back, and took out a small black porcelain bottle from inside.As soon as the bottle cap was opened, Hu Jiuzhang smelled a pungent medicinal smell.

Seeing Zhang Zhi taking the medicine, he hastily removed the straps from his legs and rolled up his trousers.

"Brother Zhang, did you bring medicine?"

"Well. It's sent by my family. It can relax the tendons and activate the blood. I just don't know if it will work for your injury."

Zhang Zhi said that he was going to apply medicine to Hu Jiuzhang's legs, but when he saw Hu Jiuzhang's legs, he was stunned.

Hu Jiuzhang's calves, how can you tell that they are calves?He was missing a few large pieces of flesh on his calf. Although the joints of the broken bones were connected with flesh, the flesh was stitched together with needles and threads. Now Hu Jiuzhang's leg was severely swollen, and the pitted The flesh was stretched brightly, and blood could still be seen gushing from the stitches.

Even a veteran like Zhang Zhi couldn't help but gasp when he saw these two legs.

But he was astonished, and his hands didn't stop. After a while, he evenly spread the liquid medicine on Hu Jiuzhang's two calves, and in accordance with the curvature of his legs, he gently pressed his fingers to ease it.

When Zhao Xiaoyang saw the two people moving, he also came over to look at them. Seeing Hu Jiuzhang's legs, he couldn't help but exclaimed.

"Captain Hu, you also..."

He stared at the wound and opened his mouth, but he didn't speak for a long time.Zhang Zhi showed a gentle smile on the contrary, after applying the medicine, he patted Hu Jiuzhang's knee again.

"You are supernatural. You can heal such injuries."

"Hey, a moment of luck. I happened to meet a friend who was willing to help..."

As soon as Hu Jiuzhang saw his leg injury, he remembered the days when he was treated in Chang'an Su Wang's Mansion, and his face turned red for no reason.He hastily lowered his head and only focused on putting down the trousers.

"Don't worry."

Zhang Zhi put away the medicine bottle, just looked at the sunset glow in the sky, sat quietly, not at all nervous about marching outside.

"The three of us, if any one is missing, the task will not be completed. Why don't you stop and rest, and recharge your energy. Lamb, you also sit down and rest for a while, you have to hurry, it will take a while."

Zhang Zhi's words were gentle and calm, Zhao Xiaoyang couldn't help curling his lips, as if he was still a little dissatisfied, but he still sat down next to the two of them.

After a while of rest, the sky was completely dark.

In the barren mountains and wild ridges, even the moonlight was mostly blocked by the contiguous trees.The three of them simply stopped rushing, but set up a bonfire on the spot, preparing to spend the night.

Of course Zhao Xiaoyang had some complaints about this decision, but he alone could not hold back Zhang Zhi and Hu Jiuzhang.

Early the next morning, when the team set off again, Hu Jiuzhang's legs improved a lot.He was very grateful to Zhang Zhi, and because of Zhang Zhi's persistence, Zhao Xiaoyang slowed down to accommodate Hu Jiuzhang's speed all the way.

Obviously, here, Zhang Zhicai is more like the captain, while Hu Jiuzhang, the real captain, is already a bit misnamed.Even he himself is very convinced of Zhang Zhi, not to mention Zhao Xiaoyang.

Originally, Zhao Xiaoyang treated the two veterans with general respect, but after this day and night, he became a little impatient with Hu Jiuzhang's attitude.

It was not until the afternoon of the next day that the three finally arrived in Shan County.

On the official road of Shan County, traces of a large number of carriages and horses could already be seen, but the three of them still picked up the path and meandered on the sparsely populated wild path.None of the three of them knew how many rebel soldiers were stationed in Shan County, perhaps a large army of tens of thousands of people, or they couldn't find any of them.

Once they entered Shan County, the three of them were obviously a lot more careful than before.Even Zhao Xiaoyang, who had always been domineering, suddenly cooperated a lot. The three of them did not seek speed, but only sought to conceal their whereabouts. Every time they walked a certain distance, the three of them would leave confusing footprints to get rid of any possible traces .

Fortunately, Zhao Xiaoyang knew the terrain of this area very well. Although the three of them walked extremely slowly, their direction of progress was very clear.The terrain of the entire Shan County is flat and unobstructed. Although it is much more convenient for traveling, such terrain is not suitable for stationing large troops.Only by heading east and entering the hilly area at the junction of Luoyang and Shan County, can we find a few low valley bottoms suitable for garrisoning troops to hide the traces of the brigade.

The back and forth ruts on the official road in Shan County have already exposed the traces of the rebels' actions here.So Zhao Xiaoyang concluded that if there are soldiers in Shan County, they must be in the easternmost part of the village.

In this regard, Hu Jiuzhang and Zhang Zhi had no disagreement, and they followed Zhao Xiaoyang's instructions and moved forward steadily.Sure enough, it actually made them touch the camp where the rebels were stationed in the evening of that day——

In the night, the rebel camp was lit with whirling flames, while Hu Jiuzhang and his party held their breath and lurked on the hill about 50 meters away from the rebel camp.There was a distance of more than two meters between the three of them, and each of them used the bushes around them, and even the soil on the ground, to do everything possible to integrate themselves with the night.

Hu Jiuzhang was lying on the solid ground, and the night in late winter was still extremely cold.But at this moment, he has no intention to devote his energy to caring about the cold air soaking through his whole body.He only stared at the military tent not far away, and the patrol soldiers who occasionally walked past the barrier.

It is completely different from the foreigners in the Western Regions that Hu Jiuzhang fought against in the northwest.Those soldiers were dressed in Tang army armor. In fact, their attire was even more like Tang soldiers than the Tongguan garrison.

His heart was beating violently in his chest, his clothes were soaked in sweat, and the hair on his forehead was also stained with sweat.Hu Jiuzhang couldn't help but took a deep breath, but no matter how he comforted himself, his heart still couldn't stop the panic.

Something doesn't seem quite right.

he thought to himself.But exactly what was wrong, he couldn't say.Maybe it's just because the task this time has gone so smoothly so far.But...isn't it good to be smooth?

Hu Jiuzhang turned his head sideways, his eyes swept over Zhang Zhi and Zhao Xiaoyang one by one.

Zhang Zhi quietly made an affirmative gesture at him.Hu Jiuzhang swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and then responded with gestures.Zhao Xiaoyang also gave an affirmative answer after the two.

Their plans in advance were detailed enough, and the three of them are now ready.The most critical part of this mission starts here.

Just start like this, is it really okay?

Hu Jiuzhang's ears were ringing, and the only thing that was stirring all over his body was the sound of his heart beating more and more violently.

Bang, bang, bang, bang...

The author says:

This article will enter V around the end of August and the beginning of September. After entering V, it will change from every Wednesday to every Thursday.Even so... In fact, I was quite flustered /(ㄒoㄒ)/~~ Will it become a passionate stand-alone after joining V?Panic (;′д｀)ゞ