"Novel Series" Long-Haired Female Warrior (Chapter 9: Zhao Kuo)

The market began to disperse, and Shen Mengxi, dejectedly, collected a few of his black powder balls, carefully packed them in a box, separated them from each other, covered them with a layer of toncloth, and then closed the lid, and put the box flat in his cloth bag and carried it on his shoulder.

He picked up the broken table with one hand, and the few pieces of wood and stones remained in place, although no one had asked for this position.

In his arms were half a family tree fragment and a small rope pocket containing a little savings he had saved from working in the liquor store, saving a little money that should be enough for him to maintain his livelihood for a while, but he also wanted to continue to improve his black powder, but it was too expensive.

At least make his goods look more attractive, and the way they look now is simply not noticed.

The sun was like blood, the chaotic clouds were stained red, and Shen Mengxi walked aimlessly, looking for a place to stay tonight. The downfall made him resent the instructor who turned him away.

"One day, I will become the Great Wall Garrison!" Shen Mengxi cheered himself up and said loudly.

"It seems that you are very yearning for the Great Wall?" A gentle voice sounded in the background.

Shen Mengxi looked back, and at some point, behind him stood a man with slender phoenix eyes, pale cheeks, a head full of silver wire, no messy hair, exquisite clothing that was out of place, embroidered with peony flower-style dark lines, and he carried a pot of wine with slender fingers.

"Who are you?" When did you come over? Shen Mengxi was a little surprised, how come he didn't notice that there was still someone behind him just now, how did this person not make any sound at all?

"I once had an old friend who was also very good at black powder." The visitor squinted his eyes and looked at the Great Wall not far away.

"Ben was the last memorial, I didn't expect... I'm afraid it's also a kind of fate. Would you like to go with me to Chang'an?" ”

"No." Shen Mengxi immediately refused. Just came out of there, how can you go back immediately? Besides, when he discovered the family tree, he decided that the Great Wall was the destination.

The man smiled gracefully, not minding being categorically rejected. He looked at Shen Mengxi, but the flickering light in his pupils seemed to have penetrated Shen Mengxi and reached the distant other side.

"So you must join the Great Wall Guards?"　

"Yes!"

"Well, do as I say, and you'll get what you want." The man said casually.

……

"What a cold air."

Shen Mengxi sniffed his nose, and his thoughts returned to the marching state in front of him.

Everything that happened afterwards was exactly as the man expected, Shen Mengxi obeyed his guidance (the man had a mysterious power, making people involuntarily want to follow his instructions), and indeed successfully joined the Great Wall garrison, the man later appeared again, and also helped Shen Mengxi improve his black powder making method, and also taught him how to curb the growth of hair (how does he know everything!? ）。 In this way, he will not show his feet in the barracks and avoid being treated like a monster by others.

Shen Mengxi felt that he had met a nobleman, he did not know how to thank the man, the man just smiled faintly, saying that maybe one day, he might trouble Shen Mengxi to help him deal with some small things, Shen Mengxi nodded eagerly and agreed, and the man smiled and disappeared, just like his mysterious appearance.

Although he was a little shorter, he had seen a lot in Chang'an City, and he could tell the brothers of the squad about the wild history anecdotes in the city, and the brothers also loved to listen, and every time they laughed, he had already melted into this squad, and he was originally the son of the Great Wall, Shen Mengxi thought happily.

Tonight he will fight with his brothers for the first time, nervous and excited.

This mission should be a victorious battle, they have to ambush a group of sneaky shadow bandits in the guardhouse, the enemy is in the light and I am in the dark, and we have a large number of people, we have the victory.

Before the action, the brothers were very relaxed, the battle that must be won, the opportunity to be rewarded for meritorious service, only the captain He An (to be precise, the vice captain) had a solemn look, looking a little nervous and heavy.

Hey, he's always been a pretty boring guy, always frowning, and having him in front of you makes people happy.

But the former captain, the tall woman, looked even more angry. It is that he is frightened by her, and such a woman should not be married! Shen Mengxi thought with a sense of revenge.

When they reached the bottom of the guardhouse, He An led the members of the squad along the rotating steps in the building, and when they reached the top, He An ordered everyone to lean down and not to expose their bodies to the sentry window of the guardhouse, there may be shadow bandits in the distance who are using telescopes to spy on the guard of the guardhouse, the sentry window position has the light of torches, it is easy to expose the number of people, so He An led the squad all the way to extinguish the fire and enter the guardhouse in the dark.

After climbing to the top floor, the crowd sat down against the wall, and only two or three soldiers on duty were revealed in front of the sentry window.

He An sat down against the wall and looked around, seeing that the members of the squad were already in place, he began to instruct everyone: "In two hours, around the ugly time, the horse thieves will come to sneak attack." The brothers on duty should pay attention to try to show up in front of the sentry window as little as possible, and beware of the surprise attack of the dark arrows. What you should pay special attention to is that..."

He An swallowed his spit, paused for a moment and continued: "Don't leave the guard tower after we have succeeded in the ambush, and we must continue to maintain combat vigilance." ”

Tian Qi, puzzled, asked, "The bandits have been eliminated, isn't the battle over, so why should we continue to be vigilant?" ”

"The bandits are cunning, and maybe they still have a back hand." He An answered in a low voice.

Bandits are nothing, the real test is behind it, He Anxin thought, but this cannot be told to everyone.

At this moment, he couldn't help but think of the scene in General Li Xin's barracks not long before his departure.

General Li Xin actually modified the order he had previously issued, and the garrison ambushed by the guardhouse was reduced from two small detachments to one, and this small detachment had to carry three times the crossbow and arrows, which was obviously a task of perseverance.

General Li Xin praised He An's squad as the best of the squads, and then asked He An to lead the team on the task of ambushing the guardhouse.

Military orders are like mountains.

He An had to take the order, and then tentatively asked if carrying a triple crossbow arrow was still a task of perseverance after an ambush.

Li Xin turned around, his eyes were like torches, he could see He Anxin's hair, he felt that he was going to collapse in this gaze, Li Xin finally nodded: "Tell the brothers, hold on!" ”

Li Xin held out his right hand and pressed it on He An's shoulder: "After this mission, you are the squad leader." ”

The promotion meant that it would be a bitter battle, and He Anxin certainly understood.

Thinking of the tip given by Mulan, He An couldn't help but wonder: the shadow sneaked into the guard house in order to cut off the connection between the Great Wall and the Capital Protectorate, and the real highlight was in the Capital Protectorate.

General Lee's first deployment also focused on the capital and ordered me to dispatch and deploy. Why didn't the capital go to the capital again this time?

Could it be that the Protectorate has other arrangements, not to let me know, only to arrange for me to ambush and hold on to the guardhouse, ambushing a small group of shadows should not be a big problem, so who will insist on facing?

Could it be that shadow's large army is going to come to attack the guardhouse? It doesn't make sense, a guard tower in the health center, is not worth the action of a large number of troops?

He An couldn't figure it out, the soldiers took it as their duty to carry out orders, don't bother their brains, and obey the orders.

The relaxed performance of the squad brothers actually aggravated the heaviness of He An's head, which was not an easy errand! How to tell the brethren, we can't always tell everyone about the speculation about the deployment of the commander, the army is most afraid of the unstable heart before the action, let everyone play drums in their hearts like themselves, seven up and eight down, everyone's heart will be timid.

I have repeatedly urged everyone to be on full alert, and this operation was not so easy.

But everyone obviously felt that I was overly anxious again, and obviously did not take my words to heart.

Alas, if captain Mulan is in command, everyone is obedient and scrappy, and I just can't learn the strength of Captain Mulan no matter what. He An sighed all the way.

Captain Mulan said she would come and pick us up, hoping she would show up at the most critical moment. He An prayed silently in his heart.

He glanced again at the members of the squad: Da Zhuang was already sitting asleep;

Tian Qi's position was opposite a sentry window, and he was looking at the night sky outside the sentry window, not knowing what he was thinking;

Zhao Kuo lowered his head and swung a large number of crossbow arrows underground;

Shen Mengxi, the cucumber egg, chewed something in his mouth, and fiddled with a black ball in his hand. The rest of the team members were snoozing on the shoulders of the people next to them, and some were just dazed, and the night was already deep, and no one was talking in a low voice.

All you can hear is the purring of the sleeping team members and the non-stop sound of the wind outside the window.