books44 Chapter 306: Words before Departure
Chapter 306: Words before Departure
Chu Xiaomu had never heard of the "Innate Qi Sea" before. He thought that it would take five years to know if he had made any progress. This time was too long. What if this technique was not suitable for him? Wouldn't these five years be wasted? He was worried. Suddenly, he thought that you, Yang Zhongjun, could use the "Returning Star Technique" to cultivate to the fifth level of Force. This technique must be very effective. Since you can do it, maybe I can too. He was inexplicably excited. He even imagined that he would trample Bai Yixing and Chang Lun under his feet.
Yang Luo added: "Teacher once said that the 'Return to the Stars Technique' is rather radical and mysterious, and not suitable for everyone to practice, so it cannot be spread too widely. You have a talent for martial arts, so you can practice it, but you must not teach it to others at will, otherwise you will not be able to help others but will harm them instead."
Chu Xiaomu nodded and said, "Thank you, Yang Zhongjun. I'll remember it."
Yang Luo said: "To improve the Force, you need great perseverance. In the future, you must practice diligently during the gaps in military affairs and not slack off. Otherwise, even if you open the Force, but only stay in the first or second realm, it will be useless. It is far from enough for you to use it to deal with Chang Lun."
Chu Xiaomu didn't expect that Yang Luo had already guessed the purpose of his practice of the Force, and his face turned red. He said, "Don't worry, General Yang. After driving away all the people of Sha, I will go find Chang Lun to avenge Xiao Meng."
Yang Luo looked at the sky and said, "I should go back to Humu Pass. The world is going to be in chaos again. Brother Chu, take care of yourself in the future."
Chu Xiaomu thanked Yang Luo and suddenly remembered something. He asked, "Yang Zhongjun, where is the 'Busting Peak' in the Beast Mountain?"
Yang Luo asked in confusion: "'Bu Jian Feng'? I have never heard of it. Why are you asking about it?"
Chu Xiaomu thought that this place was found by Huang Jieshi. Although you are very good to me, it is not clear whether this is a good thing or a bad thing, so it is better not to let you know. He hesitated and said, "No...nothing, I just asked casually."
Yang Luo didn't take it seriously and said, "There are beast spirits in the Beast Mountain. It's very dangerous. I think you've heard about it. If it's not something very important, it's best not to go in."
Chu Xiaomu nodded in response, thinking that we have been to the Beast Mountain before, and as long as we don’t go too deep, it is not as dangerous as you say. The beast spirits are not completely unreasonable evil spirits. For example, the elephant power, one of the seven beast spirits, is actually quite interesting.
Yang Luo stopped talking, called over a few guards, said goodbye to Zuo Heng, Yang Sui and others, and turned his horse back to Humu Pass. The mountain road was rugged, but he and his party were as fast as the wind.
A sergeant reported to Zuo Heng that he had just received a message from Zhou Zhongjun's army via an eagle, and asked the two officers from Zuoying and Yangying to check it out.
Zuo Heng opened the letter, read it twice carefully, and said to the soldiers, "Zhou and Xiao, the two commanders, will lead their troops to the camp in three days. They order us to quickly deploy scouts along the foot of the Beast Mountain without delay."
Yang Sui gathered the fifty captains together and explained the contents of the letter in detail, saying: "Zhou Zhongjun also sent a letter urging us. We will follow the previous agreement and arrange scout teams at intervals of forty miles from the lonely pine ridge of Shoushan Mountain in the northeast to the western end of Leiling Cliff in the southwest. We will set out immediately and must reach the designated location within ten days. When we arrive at the designated location, we will use beacons as a signal and send it back to our Nan Dui camp."
The soldiers shouted loudly: "Follow the orders of the Central Army General!"
Zuo Heng explained in detail the various details that should be paid attention to when standing guard, generally how to choose a stronghold, how to patrol back and forth, how to obtain food, water and other supplies, how to pass messages, etc. When the Nanding camp was still there, the soldiers often went out to patrol the border and were not unfamiliar with things like standing guard. Yang Sui just emphasized it more, or just said it for the new soldiers to hear.
After Zuo Heng finished his instructions, Yang Sui arranged the specific sentry locations for each team. After explaining them one by one, it was finally Chu Xiaomu's team's turn, and they were assigned to the foot of the farthest Lone Pine Ridge.
Chu Xiaomu originally thought that Wu Sheng, Zhou Weide and others would be extremely dissatisfied and would secretly curse the two battalion officers for being unfair and deliberately making things difficult for the nine recruits. However, Wu Sheng did not say a word, and Zhou Weide even loudly said the word "good" several times.
Everyone hurriedly asked him why he said yes. Zhou Weide sneered and said, "The farther apart, the better. I wish they would send us to Yutuo City. Far away from them, out of sight, out of mind!" Everyone laughed when they heard it.
After the distribution was completed, it was time for dinner. Zuo Heng raised the sheepskin water bag in his hand and said loudly: "Brothers, the wild dogs of the Claw Tribe suddenly attacked our Bicheng. As soldiers of Bicheng, we should fight them to the end and never give up until we defeat them completely!"
"My Nanding Army was originally as close as a family, and we have never been separated like this. However, the general and several soldiers in the central army thought far ahead. For the sake of the future events, they had to divide us into dozens of small teams and string us together at the foot of the Beast Mountain like shell coins. It is hard to say when we will meet again in the future..." Although Zuo Heng did not read much, he was not bad at speaking, and he spoke a lot of words. The soldiers were silent and listened to him quietly.
"As soldiers of Bicheng, we fight and bleed for the general and the people of Bicheng, and even lose our heads and lives. That's what we should do and it's our duty! The wild dogs of the Claw Tribe are very fierce. If you encounter one, you must be careful! But if you die on the battlefield, as long as you don't pee your pants from being scared, it's not shameful. On the contrary, it can bring honor to our ancestors and bring great glory to our family! But I still don't want anyone to get hurt. After this is over, I hope everyone can still return to our Nan Dui Camp, return to Nan Ding Army, and return to Bicheng..."
Zuo Heng looked at the hundreds of Nan Dui camp soldiers in front of him with serious expressions. He was excited and turned around to search in the bag on his horse. After a while, he took out two sheepskin water bags and handed one to Yang Sui. He smiled and said, "These are the two bags of Biyuan Diao that I secretly brought out. Let's each take a bite and finish it!"
He tilted his head back and took a sip, then passed it to a soldier beside him. The soldier took a sip and passed it to the next soldier, and so on... Yang Sui also took a sip and passed the wine bag down one by one.
Everyone cheered and shouted. The Biyuan Diao was spicy and strong. Some soldiers who were not good at drinking took a sip and immediately started coughing loudly, causing everyone around them to laugh.
Zuo Heng added, "After we have driven away those wild dogs from the Sand Country, we will return to the Nan Dui Camp. I, Zuo Heng, will treat all of you brothers to some of Bicheng's finest Biyuandiao, and we must drink to your heart's content!"
The soldiers cheered loudly, echoing through the sky.