My years as a soldier

Hu Jiuzhang never thought that he would be able to eat meat at such a desperate time.Still tender and juicy, evenly fat and lean goat meat!He was still unconscious at first, just relying on drinking water to survive, but when he smelled the fragrant meat, he was actually refreshed.

After the meat was roasted, He Yingtian cut the whole lamb chop into small pieces with a knife and handed it to him with felt cloth.

"Hey, you said our fate, if it's not good, it's really bad, but if it's good, it seems to be pretty good." He Yingtian said with emotion.The three of them sat around together under the warm light of the fire, and the fire was full of mutton.

"Of course it's good to be able to eat meat. I won't be able to eat it during the Chinese New Year." Hu Jiuzhang sighed. He was still running a fever, but now that he had something to eat, he took a few bites, and there was something in his stomach, and his body warmed up. .And as the pieces of meat continued to eat, he began to feel strong in his body, so he sat up from the haystack he had leaned on before, took a long breath, and then cast his gaze on Zhao Xiaoyang's face.

"Little Yang, didn't you say before that you have been protected by the Great Immortal Yang since you were a child? You said this time, is it a manifestation of the Great Immortal?"

"This?" Zhao Xiaoyang couldn't help shrinking his neck. For some reason, he was obviously the biggest hero behind the meal, but he didn't eat much. After eating a few bites, he picked up a branch on the side and grilled the steak up.

"This... should be counted?"

He wasn't quite sure yet, but He Yingtian kept saying, "Forget it, it definitely counts! The Great Immortal Yang even took out his descendants to save our lives. That's not counted, what else can be counted?"

"But if you want to talk about future generations... this... an immortal who is willing to take out his own descendants to be eaten by others is cruel enough." Hu Jiuzhang sighed softly by the side, while Zhao Xiaoyang never answered the words, just with a smile on his face. With a smile, he took a twig and turned the meat for the two of them.

"This is not something we should think about." He Yingtian shook his hand.

"Hey... You said it would be great if you could eat meat every day? Not to mention every day, but once a month, that would be great! In the past, in Longxi, our group ate meat once a month .”

He Yingtian held the lamb chops in his hand, but looked to the sky, only sighed at the sky full of stars.

"If you want to talk about the past, isn't that even more incomparable? In the past, when it was our Beiting army's turn to rest in the guard, we could drink broth every few days. That's all in our guard People, trade the food grown in the farmland with border merchants. At that time, you can still drink goat milk and eat milk cakes!"

"Hey! Stop, stop!" He Yingtian has already made a pause gesture to Hu Jiuzhang, "Let's not talk about the past, let's talk about the present, just this meal! Let's talk about whether it is delicious or not!"

"good to eat."

Hu Jiuzhang responded cooperatively.

"That's all right! Come on, Brother Lamb, you can eat too, and eat more. Let's roast the leftovers into jerky and take them away. You can still eat them for several days!"

He Yingtian said, and joined the ranks of barbecue.

In the dead of night, the three of them had enough to eat and drink, and their faces had a rare red light, not to mention how moist they were.

He Yingtian ate the most meat and was the first to fall asleep.Hu Jiuzhang finally helped Zhao Xiaoyang to dispose of the remaining pieces of meat, and by the time the two of them got down to sleep, it was almost early morning.

"Little sheep... You said you just caught a sheep like this, aren't you afraid of offending your great sheep fairy who saved your life?"

While speaking, Hu Jiuzhang's voice was still full of sleepiness.He hadn't felt so comfortable and relaxed in several nights.

"Not afraid." Zhao Xiaoyang said softly, but her voice was firm and unusual.

"It's important to fill your stomach. And..."

"And what?"

"Hey, it's okay. Brother Hu."

As Zhao Xiaoyang said, he opened his eyes instead, put his hands under the back of his head, and looked up at the starry sky in front of him.

"...If I said, I want to run away, you won't blame me, right?" After a while, he suddenly spoke softly.

"Run away..." Hu Jiuzhang's voice was a little fuzzy, and he was about to fall asleep.

"You are not suitable for fighting..." he said faintly, "It might be better not to fight..."

Hu Jiuzhang fell asleep quietly.Although he was still wounded, he slept well that night.

Early the next morning, He Yingtian was the first to get up to pack the mutton roasted last night.He packed three big bags of jerky. Although the meat was a little burnt and the skin was black with charcoal, he was still very excited to be able to carry such a luxurious ration.

"Come, come, the three of us each have a bag. Lamb, your..."

He Yingtian probably wanted to ask Zhao Xiaoyang about his escape.Zhao Xiaoyang didn't eat much last night, and he didn't talk much.Obviously, he has something on his mind, and He Yingtian speculates that this young man is probably going to run away.

Zhao Xiaoyang didn't go to pick up the jerky, but looked at his own knife, frowning.

"Uh...Brother Hu, let me use my dagger for you."

He pulled out the short knife from his waist and handed it to Hu Jiuzhang who was sitting on the ground.

"What? You two are very strange." Hu Jiuzhang took the dagger and looked at the faces of the two of them respectively, "What's the matter? Is there anything else I don't know?"

He Yingtian shrugged his shoulders, while Zhao Xiaoyang looked solemn, and he stood there silent for a long time before finally opening his mouth.

"Brother Hu...I don't want to continue fighting."

He turned his head to one side, avoiding Hu Jiuzhang's gaze.

"I've been in Tongguan for the past six months... you and Brother Zhang Zhi, I will never forget you. But Brother Zhang... I'm afraid I won't have the face to see him again. If there is a chance in the future, you can go and have a meal with Brother Zhang Zhi for me Let's slice the noodles."

As he spoke, there was already a tear in his voice.Immediately afterwards, Zhao Xiaoyang began to take off the light armor on his body.He also took off the horizontal knife.He took off everything on his body that could prove that he was Tang Bing.All that was left was a piece of commoner clothes, wrapping the body that was supposed to be strong, but now it was as thin as a stick.

Seeing this scene, Hu Jiuzhang couldn't help being stunned. He wanted to say more, but before he could speak, He Yingtian suddenly lowered his body.

"Shh...someone."

Before He Yingtian finished speaking, he heard a sudden noise in the grass not far behind the three of them.It was too late, but it was so fast, almost at the moment when Hu Jiuzhang looked back, he was pushed down by Zhao Xiaoyang and fell to the ground.

Hu Jiuzhang was in pain, and he couldn't help howling, but when he came back to look at Zhao Xiaoyang again, he saw that Zhao Xiaoyang's right chest was rightly shot into an arrow cluster.

Before Hu Jiu showed his surprised face.With one hand Zhao Xiaoyang was covering the chest hit by the arrow, and with the other hand he had already drawn out the horizontal knife he had just thrown on the ground.

"Old He! Take Brother Hu away!!"

He shouted angrily.Hu Jiuzhang didn't know Zhao Xiaoyang at this moment.

Is this still the recruit who couldn't even hold a knife?April ago, in Shan County, the boy who was crying bitterly by the cliff on a moonlit night and kept calling his mother, had transformed into a qualified soldier unknowingly, a man who was stronger than him. This veteran, the reaction is several times faster than the soldiers.But now...

Not allowing Hu Jiuzhang to react, He Yingtian jumped up from the ground like a carp, and pulled Hu Jiuzhang onto his back.He only yelled "Hold on firmly!", then supported Hu Jiuzhang's body with one hand, drew out the horizontal knife with the other hand, and ran towards the west in strides.

"Little lamb...Little lamb!"

Only then did Hu Jiuzhang open his mouth, and shouted loudly.

"He Yingtian, he hasn't run away yet! The lamb is still there!"

Hu Jiuzhang hissed with all his strength, and he was a little dazed for a while.All he knew was that Zhao Xiaoyang had been shot in the chest by an arrow, and the size and number of enemies lurking in the grass was unknown.If it can be saved, maybe...

He Yingtian didn't answer, but Zhao Xiaoyang, who was gradually surrounded by rebels in Hu Jiuzhang's field of vision, turned his head and yelled hoarsely towards the direction they were fleeing.

"escape!!!"

Zhao Xiaoyang's figure disappeared from sight, and what followed closely behind him was the sound of footsteps that could not be shaken off.

A dozen people followed behind them, their knives were stained with blood, and Zhao Xiaoyang's hot blood was stained.

It took Hu Jiuzhang a long time before he gradually regained his composure.He suddenly realized that he was not used to this kind of high-intensity battlefield life. He just wanted to cry, but the rationality he had honed for a long time, forcibly blocked his emotions at that moment, and told him to give up decisively. Let go of any trace of grief and anger that is not conducive to escape.

"There are thirteen people..."

Hu Jiuzhang grabbed He Yingtian's shoulders, and listened carefully to the ghostly chaotic footsteps behind him with an unreasonable calmness.

"Are you okay?"

He Yingtian's voice was just like Hu Jiuzhang's.The two of them seemed to have never seen Zhao Xiaoyang's sacrifice at all, and they only focused on the front.

"It's bearable. But if you really want to be caught up, you throw me off."

Hu Jiuzhang said this sentence in an extremely indifferent tone.Because he knew that once they were caught up, even if He Yingtian had three heads and six arms, it would be useless.

"Hmph... what you said..."

He Yingtian's voice was calm, but there was a bit of a sneer in his words.

"If I throw you away here, Brother Xiaoyang will chase after me even if he turns into a ghost. Brother Hu, I advise you not to think so much. You and I... haven't arrived yet. When it’s time to say goodbye to life and death.”

He Yingtian's voice was hoarse, but his running speed did not slow down at all.

Without Zhao Xiaoyang to guide the way, He Yingtian could only rely on the position of the sun to identify the direction.And considering that the pursuers still had bows and arrows in their hands, he didn't dare to run straight all the way, so he could only go around in circles at the bottom of the valley in a different way.

There were always cold arrows chasing after him. The most recent time, the arrow pierced through Hu Jiuzhang's clothes, and just barely touched his flesh, and it all depended on He Yingtian who led him to dodge and escape at the critical moment.

During the entire running process, He Yingtian seemed to be possessed by divine power. He continued to run tirelessly. Even though he was already out of breath, his face was flushed red, and he couldn't even speak, but he never had a moment. Stand still.At this moment, Hu Jiuzhang only hated that his body was too heavy, and he wished to have a few more limbs amputated. As long as He Yingtian's burden could be lightened, that would be good.

But in the end, the distance between the two of them and the pursuers became closer and closer.

Seeing that the rebel's knife was about to hit Hu Jiuzhang's back, He Yingtian turned around abruptly, swung the knife to block the oncoming blow.

Suddenly, there were loud shouts from the hillside not far away.

Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen arrows pierced the blue sky and flew out from a high place.

Hu Jiuzhang couldn't help staring blankly.

On the high hillside, a Tang army squad of more than a dozen people was shouting at them.The four Tang army archers shot arrows continuously and confronted the rebels behind them. Why Yingtian opened a continuous forward path.