After the world collapsed

Chapter 43 War is approaching
Looking at the noisy scene in the enlistment office in Fengping City, Zhang Sheng asked a little puzzled: "Da Zhuang, why do you think this Izumo country is going to war with us?"

"I don't know. They have been living in peace before." Da Zhuang scratched his head. He only knew that defending his home and country was justified. As for why they fought, that was beyond his comprehension.

At this time, the conscription office was overcrowded, all of them were passionate young people from Fengping City and the surrounding villages, and they seemed to be impatient to go to the battlefield.

Just when Zhang and Sheng were about to line up to sign up for the army, the sound of galloping horses came from outside the conscription office.

"Report!! There is an urgent battle!"

A man in blue cloth who looked like a scout stumbled off his horse, and then galloped into the compound of the conscription office.At the same time, a commander in armor walked out of the house.

"My lord, the Izumo Kingdom sent troops to attack the border of our country last night, and now the large troops are almost coming to Fengping City."

"what??"

Whether it was the commander present or those who were queuing up to join the army, they were all stunned by this news.

The commander strode forward, lifted the scout into the air with one hand, and said sharply:

"Do you know the consequences of lying about military information?"

"I know that every sentence is true. The border guards have been defeated. The general ordered me to pass on the message. Everyone who signs up to join the army will be given out weapons and armor. Let's go directly to the battlefield!"

Hearing this, the commander let him go and asked the two to detain him first.

Then he looked around at the young people present and said:
"You have heard what he said. If you are afraid of death, let me go, and if you are not afraid, stay. Come, prepare to distribute weapons and equipment."

As soon as the words fell, no one escaped from the yard, some people's eyes were red, and even Da Zhuang beside Zhang Sheng had already clenched his fists.

The general seemed quite satisfied with the reaction of the people in the courtyard, nodded, and began to command in an orderly manner.

The atmosphere in the originally noisy courtyard became a little tense for a while. The soldiers began to perform their duties, and they also carried suits of armor and weapons into the courtyard.

"Put your luggage aside. After signing your name, go up to get a set of things and gather outside the courtyard!" After finishing speaking, the leader strode out of the courtyard.

Everything happened so suddenly, without giving them any time to think about it, Zhang Sheng gave a big push and went straight up to sign his name.

"Da Zhuang, what kind of weapon do you want to use?"

After signing their names, Zhang Sheng and Zhen Xiaofan came to the weapon storage area. Due to the emergency, all the weapons used by the recruits were moved and piled together.

Seeing all kinds of weapons all of a sudden, Zhen Xiaofan was also a little dazed. This was not the same as joining the army as he had imagined. Without any training, without any guidance, he just picked weapons when he came up, and he might be on the battlefield the next moment.

Zhang Sheng's eyes quickly searched among the pile of weapons that were placed randomly. He didn't know what kind of weapon he was suitable for, but he stepped forward by a strange coincidence, and pulled out a slender "hatchet" from the bottom.

Different from ordinary broadswords, the blade of this hatchet is much narrower, about as wide as Zhang Sheng's arm, and the scabbard is also a very old wooden scabbard with some dirty white cloth wrapped around it.

"Why does this look like the butcher's knife in the back kitchen?"

The soldier who supervised them saw Zhang Sheng pull out the knife from the pile of weapons and suddenly felt a little familiar. He didn’t have time to think about why the back kitchen’s knife was here. The battle was urgent, so he hurriedly continued:
"The butcher's knife is also a knife, so you can use it with your hand. After picking it up, hurry up and get a set of armor."

"Da Zhuang, are you ready?" Zhang Sheng looked at Da Zhuang sideways.

The latter still didn't make a move, it seemed that there were so many weapons that he didn't like any of them.

Seeing that Zhen Xiaofan hadn't moved for a long time, the soldier at the side became a little impatient, so he casually picked up a big knife and slapped him directly on the shoulder.

"That's all. You're a big guy, you should be good at it."

Zhen Xiaofan could only accept the sword helplessly, he really didn't see the weapon in his hand.

Regardless of his size, he used crossbows and arrows to hunt in the mountains since he was a child, and usually used traps and the like, and rarely had the opportunity to fight fierce guns at close range.

So he doesn't know what he is good at among this pile of melee weapons.

When the two of them came to the gate of the courtyard with their own weapons and put on simple armor, they found that the first commander was no longer here, and some recruits who came out before them were also gone.

Only a soldier in iron armor and a silver helmet is waiting here. From the red feathers on his helmet, it can be seen that he is a battle-hardened veteran.

The red feather order is the symbol of the centurion.

At this time, the centurion stood there with a long knife pinned to his waist, a longbow on his back, and a light flag in his hand.

Seeing Zhang Sheng and the others come out, he pointed to the open space in front of him with the end of the flag to signal them to wait here.

As recruits, Zhang and Sheng stood there obediently following the order, while at the same time they kept guessing in their hearts.

It seems that the war has become so urgent, and the commander seems to have taken some recruits to the front line.And the centurion who stayed behind seemed to be their chief in the future.

"Get out of the way!" Just as Zhang Sheng and the others lined up and waited for the recruits to come out one after another.

There were a lot of hoofbeats from behind, and the centurion immediately asked them to move aside to make way for them after seeing the people coming.

As soon as they got out of the way, they saw war horses in silver armor galloping past, and the ground trembled a little.

The knights on them also have the same silver-white armor. The difference from Zhang Sheng and the others is that their armor looks very thick, and it is armed from head to toe.

"It's the Breaking Dawn Army!" Someone beside him exclaimed.

Zhang Sheng always felt that this name was very familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere.

"Look at their armor, it's probably not bad if we can leave a mark on it with our knife."

"Here we come, look at those people in the back..."

After galloping past dozens of silver and white knights, Zhang Sheng and the others saw five horses in blood-red armor slowly following behind the team. The knights on the horses were also tightly protected by dark red blood armor. Can't see the face at all.

Among them, the two burly-looking knights in blood armor on the left and right flanked the slightly thinner knight in the middle, and they kept this formation and moved forward slowly.

The cavalry unit in front had gradually receded, but the three knights were not in a hurry, and even slowed down as they passed by their train of recruits.

The knights on both sides kept looking straight ahead, while the knight in the middle whispered something, and then they patted the horses under their crotches and stopped in front of the centurion.

At this time, the latter no longer had the majestic appearance before, but he looked straight and greeted loudly:
"Subordinate Liu Bo has seen the General!"

Hearing this, someone in the recruit queue immediately exclaimed, so this is the commander of the famous Dawn Army of Dongyang Kingdom?

The knight in the middle rolled over and dismounted lightly, and slowly took off his helmet as he walked towards them.

Taking off the dark red helmet and holding it in his hands, the army commander flicked his coiled hair under the extremely surprised eyes of the centurion and the recruits.

The long brown shawl hair is slowly spreading out, probably because it has been braided for too long, and the long hair is slightly curly.

High nose bridge, thin lips, eyebrows slanted into the edge of the brown hair on the graceful temples like a sword's edge, eyes like water but with a little coldness.

It turned out to be a heroic female general, judging by her appearance, she was about 23 or [-] years old. No one thought that the commander of the Poxiao Army would be so young even if she was a woman.

"Hi, I'm Dugu Zhaorong."

As the leader of the dawn army, the supreme commander, she prefers to be called general rather than commander.Her voice sounded like a beautiful qin, neither fast nor slow, but there was a chill in her beautiful voice that ordinary women did not have.

The female general was standing opposite the centurion at this time, and the centurion mustered up all his courage to look directly into her bright eyes. Zhang Sheng, who was closest to them, found that the female general was actually taller than the centurion. .

The centurion is about 1.7 meters tall, and this female general is obviously a part taller than him.

"I don't know what's the matter with General Dugu?" The centurion slightly looked up at the rumored No. [-] female general of Dongyang Kingdom, and asked aloud.

Dugu Zhaorong didn't answer immediately, but turned his head slightly to look at the queue of recruits here, and then said lightly:

"I'm going to take a few recruits away, no problem."

Hearing this, the centurion quickly said yes, it was not easy for him to maintain a normal demeanor to talk to the general, how dare he question her words, how many recruits have to leave in such a critical situation Nothing at all.

Seeing that the centurion was very cooperative, Dugu Zhaorong nodded slightly, then turned around and walked towards Zhang Sheng and the others.

One step, two steps, three steps, each step closer, Zhang Sheng could feel the fierce aura of this female general more.

"She did it on purpose!" He thought in his heart, obviously, those who can behave in such an aura without being too rude will be picked away by the general.

The Dawn Army is the strongest cavalry army in Dongyang Kingdom. After joining them, the probability of surviving the war will naturally be much higher than other troops.

It is absolutely impossible for recruits to join this kind of army at any time in normal times, and most of the recruits are stumped by riding horses.

But the battle is urgent at this time, although they don't know why the dawn army temporarily selects a few recruits to join, but there must be her reason.

Zhang Sheng met Dugu Zhaorong's eyes, and he didn't back down at all, perhaps affected by the chill in the other's eyes, his left hand subconsciously put on the hatchet scabbard that was tied around his waist not long ago.

Dugu Zhaorong noticed his little move right away, but she didn't take any precautions because of it, as if she wasn't afraid of Zhang Sheng's sudden draw of the knife.

"Crack!" Zhang Sheng only felt a heavy hand on his shoulder at this moment.

It turned out that Zhen Xiaofan who was behind him also noticed Zhang Sheng's small movements, afraid that he would do something strange, so he reminded him.

Dugu Zhaorong moved his gaze from Zhang Sheng to Zhen Xiaofan behind him curiously.

She came here for Zhen Xiaofan from the very beginning, Dugu Zhaorong saw this tall young man like a tiger in a flock of sheep from a long distance away.

If you say that he has no kung fu or brute force, you will not believe such a tall and strong figure, and there are very few young people who can make her look up to him like this.

Stretching her long legs, she walked forward and stopped about half a foot away from Zhen Xiaofan, slightly raised her head to look at the young man who was nearly a head and a half taller than her.

The latter withdrew his arm on Zhang Sheng's shoulder and smiled silly at the approaching female general.

The corners of Dugu Zhaorong's mouth also raised slightly and asked:
"What's your name?"

"Zhen Xiaofan." Da Zhuang has never seen such a handsome girl since he was a child, and he has never been so close to a strange woman. At this time, he is inevitably at a loss. sideways or occasionally scratching his head.

From Zhen Xiaofan's actions just now, Dugu Zhaorong also probably guessed that Zhang Sheng and Zhen Xiaofan knew each other, and the former's performance was just okay, two people were enough.

After thinking about it, she turned and walked towards the horse without even asking Zhang Sheng's name.

As he walked, he said, "It's just you two, keep up."

Zhang Sheng looked at the centurion with a look of questioning in his eyes, and the latter hurriedly tried to make fun of them, meaning hurry up and follow him, what are you waiting for?

After seeing this, the other recruits in the recruit queue were like discouraged gourds, regretting why they didn't come out a little earlier, standing in front might also be picked up by the dawn army.

At this moment, a lot of hoofbeats came from behind them again.

It turned out to be another team of silver and white knights.

(End of this chapter)