The Reincarnation of Lu Bu at the End of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 51 Recruits and Veterans
As dusk fell, the night covered the sky, the bright moon climbed up the branches, and the cold moonlight reflected on the tired faces of the soldiers and shone into their hearts.

The remaining hundred or so Bingzhou guards had already been arranged to rest. Instead of guarding the city and watching the night, they were soldiers from the Wolf Riding Battalion who galloped thousands of miles away.

Also exhausted, the Wolf Cavalry Battalion still had the strength to fight at least.

The probability of the Xianbei people attacking at night is very small, but Jiang Jiong still made two rounds of inspections, which took him nearly two hours.

Yanmen Pass is very long, much longer than Jiang Jiong imagined. Growing up in Xiliang, he saw the most desolate Gobi and vast yellow sand. He rarely saw the real majestic pass. In other words, Tongguan on the way to Chang'an can be counted as one.

Another half an hour is the time for the changing of the guard. Jiang Jiong found a wall and sat down. He wiped his helmet into a new look with his sleeves and put it beside him. He leaned his back lightly against the wall and arched his knees slightly. The head began to doze off.

The blood on the wall was stained, many of which were still wet, sliding down extremely slowly, and under the reflection of the moonlight, it was particularly permeating.

After about half a stick of incense, a middle-aged man walked up to the top of the city, with an ordinary appearance, about 40 years old, with a bandage around his neck, his left arm wrapped around his chest, and a drape over his body. Wearing a thin long coat unique to military camps.

Chen Changshan, an inconspicuous centurion in the Yanmen Pass Guards.

The reason why he came to the city was not because he didn't trust the soldiers of the Wolf Riding Battalion, but because he couldn't sleep because of tossing and turning, so he just got up and closed it to have a look.

After walking two steps on the city gate, Chen Changshan stopped. In front of him, there was a young man leaning against the city wall, sleeping soundly, holding a six-foot-long knife in his arms.

May is coming to an end, and the nights in the north are still cold.

Chen Changshan tore off the long robe with his right hand, and lightly placed it on the young man's body.

"If they hadn't arrived in time this afternoon and fought hard, I'm afraid Yanmen Pass would have fallen into the hands of the Xianbei people by now."

Thinking so, Chen Changshan saw that the young man was soundly asleep, so he simply sat down on the ground, imitating the young man's sitting posture, arching his legs and leaning against the wall.

The only difference is that the young man lowered his head slightly, while Chen Changshan looked up.

The moon in the sky is so beautiful!
But, after tonight, can I see such a beautiful moon again...

Chen Changshan sighed faintly.

"How can a big man sigh like a woman!"

There was a bit of coldness in the voice from the side, like the cold moon in the sky.

Chen Changshan turned his head to the side, and saw that the young man who was still asleep just now had opened his eyes at some point, and his bright peach blossom pupils were truly beautiful.

Thinking that he woke up the young man's sleep, Chen Changshan quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, little brother, I woke you up." He has always been kind to others, and he was famous for his good temper in the army. He has been in the army for more than [-] years. I have never had a red face with anyone.

Jiang Xiong picked up the clothes hanging on his body, and handed them back to Chen Changshan, with no emotion in his tone, "If you were the enemy, you would have died just now."

Hearing this, Chen Changshan shrank his neck, subconsciously moved his butt to the side, and moved away from Jiang Jiong from one foot to three feet.

Jiang Xiong saw Chen Changshan's small actions in his eyes, and asked with some disdain: "Why, are you afraid of death?"

"Well, it's pretty scary."

Chen Changshan nodded self-deprecatingly, and there was not much emotion in his tone.

People live a face, and trees live a skin.

Chen Changshan's answer made Jiang Jiong unexpected, and at the same time, he became even more disdainful. There are too many people in the army who are afraid of death, so they keep losing to the Xianbei people.

"Since you are afraid of death, why don't you run for your life before the Xianbei people enter the pass." This is the only thing Jiang Jiong doesn't understand.

"Escape? Three generals and seven school lieutenants were beheaded on the spot, who would dare to escape."

Chen Changshan shook his head, and said in a firm tone: "And this time, I will not run away again."

Hearing this, Jiang Jiong couldn't figure it out even more, but aroused the curiosity in his heart, and asked: "Why is this?"

Chen Changshan did not hide anything, looked at the high cold moon, sighed and said: "In the wars before, I always rushed to the rear, so many people died in the war, but I have lived until now. Although the price is Being treated as a joke by everyone, but I never cared."

"Is it different this time?" Jiang Jiong immediately asked back.

"The mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law are all in Yanmen County. If these bastards from Xianbei are allowed to enter the customs, will there be a way out?"

"Then take your mother-in-law and daughter to run together, to the Central Plains, to Jizhou, at worst, to the most remote Yizhou." Jiang Jiong seemed to have forgotten the contempt for Chen Changshan just now, and instead took the initiative to serve as a dog-headed military advisor for him. , Planning a route to escape south.

"None of the [-] Paoze brothers escaped, and they defended the Yanmen Pass with their lives. If I, Chen Changshan, slipped away at this time, I would be no different from a beast with no conscience."

"Also, my daughter has regarded me as a father as a hero since she was a child. If I go back, the girl asks me, Dad, why did you come back? Do you want me to say, girl, your father became a deserter in order to survive. ..."

"Being greedy for life and fearing death for so many years, this time, I want to fight the Xianbei people in a dignified way!"

"People from Bingzhou are not born with cowards who are afraid of death!"

Chen Changshan uttered all his suppressed feelings for many years, and his tone gradually became higher.

Jiang Xiong couldn't help feeling a little fond of this man who was nearly forty years old, and gave a thumbs up: "Brother, he's a man!"

Hearing this, Chen Changshan smiled, showing the most down-to-earth and honest smile, and then asked Jiang Jiong: "Little brother, your accent doesn't look like that of Bingzhou, but it looks a bit like that of Liangzhou." accent."

Jiang Jiong said 'hmm', "My hometown is in Tianshui, Xiliang."

"Then why did you come to Bingzhou to join the army?" This time it was Chen Changshan's turn to be confused.

Jiang Jiong scratched his head and said with a headache: "My father arranged a marriage for me, but I refused."

"Why don't you refuse, it's a good thing!"

Chen Changshan slapped his thigh suddenly, a little anxious for Jiang Jiong, but he thought of Jiang Jiong's expression just now, so he asked tentatively: "Could it be that the girl is too ugly to be seen?"

Jiang Jiong shook his head, he had never even met the girl, and he was not talking about beauty or ugliness, besides, he was not an ordinary person who judges people by their appearance.

It’s just that his father was too entitlement-minded, and he wanted to hold power in Xiliang. For this reason, he even took Jiang Jiong’s marriage as the cornerstone, and went to the door several times to ask for marriage. Clinging to curry favor.

In the Longxi Dong family, even the powerful Qiang people bowed their heads to worship, especially the father of the young lady of the Dong family, who had the shape of a bear and the face of a jackal, tyrannical and ferocious.

Jiang Jiong went to see that man once, and wanted to try to dissolve the marriage, but after only looking at each other, cold sweat broke out and his back was drenched.

Therefore, he can only escape.

Seeing that Jiang Jiong remained silent, Chen Changshan thought it was a stab at his heart, put his left hand on Jiang Jiong's shoulder, and comforted him like a big brother: "Brother, don't be afraid, we have a lot of good girls in Bingzhou, Just be the son-in-law of Bingzhou, and with your appearance and ability, you won't have to worry about not being able to marry a good girl."

As soon as Jiang Xie heard Chen Changshan's words, he knew that he would be wrong, so he didn't wake up. He simply shrank back and rubbed his hands back and forth, showing a bit of wretchedness on his cold face: "Brother, you seemed to say that you have A girl is here, hehe, look...hehehe..."

"If you dare to hit my daughter's idea, I will never end with you boy!"

Seeing Jiang Jiong's sinister smile, Chen Changshan's whole body trembled, his heart 'thumped', a bad premonition arose, his face was tense, and he seemed to be guarding against the wolf.

Jiang Jiong shrugged his shoulders, and stopped provoking this kind man who regarded his daughter as his precious heart and soul.

The atmosphere fell silent for a while.

After a while, Chen Changshan stood up, seemed to be sleepy, and after saying goodbye to Jiang Jiong, he shuffled towards the gate.

Just as Jiang Xiong was about to squint for a while, he saw Chen Changshan limping back, and then put a cold object in his palm.

"If I die in battle tomorrow, brother, can you go to Yanmen Lucheng and give this to my daughter. Tell her that I was sent to a far away place to guard the border, and it will take a long time before I can go back to see him."

After Chen Changshan finished speaking, he took a deep breath, his eyes full of expectation.

Jiang Jiong looked down at the small thing in his hand. It was a smooth and cool oval stone with a small hole artificially drilled on it. It was only a quarter of the size of a palm, and there were two crooked engraved on the front and back. Small print, ugly handwriting,

'Chen Yu' and 'Ping An'.

Looking at Chen Changshan's expectant gaze, Jiang Jiong put the small stone into his arms, and said from the bottom of his heart: "Brother, you are a hero."

Chen Changshan, who has always been called a 'rat', has moist eyes. He never thought that one day he would be called a hero, and he was a young man who was many times better than himself, so that his voice trembled. :"real?"

"Well, really."

Jiang Jiong nodded solemnly, and then looked forward to it, "When the world is peaceful in the future and I have a son, I will give him the word 'Wei'. Tell him that this peace is the result of countless soldiers who sacrificed their lives for them. Come, keep going.”

Chen Changshan seemed to suddenly think of something, his expression changed, and he laughed loudly: "After you marry our daughter-in-law from Bingzhou, let's talk about having a son!"

"Who said I don't have a wife?"

Jiang Jiong gently hugged Lu Jiadao in his arms, with a gentle tone.

It is my daughter-in-law.

Article [-] of the Wolf Riding Battalion Order states that during combat, the sword should never leave the body, and the armor should not be removed while sleeping.

(End of this chapter)