A cold moon shines on the sand dunes in the sky, and the wind roars. In the Mo City, there are only three hundred households and only two thousand mouths, and an oasis hanging alone in the hinterland of the rapids. The city is small, and the 7th Battalion of Chengying can only camp outside the city. The soldiers travel thousands of miles and finally reach the ground. That night, a month of fatigue was emitted. After the night was late, the barracks were snoring everywhere in the military camp.

Zhou Yuanzhong, the commander of the Chengying Army, carefully looked at the march along the way written by the three marching Simas. While he was looking, he thought about it. He stood up until late at night, stretched his waist and stepped out of the camp. Whenever he camped, he would patrol twice in person, which was a habit that he developed when he was a centurion.

Zhao Xingde heard several lines of footsteps coming from far away. When he turned around, he looked at him, but Zhou Yuanzhong walked towards him.

"Zhao De." Zhou Yuanzhong recognized this sergeant who had been unexpected at first glance.

"General." Zhao Xingde saluted neither humble nor arrogantly.

"You did a good job in this marching training." Zhou Yuanzhong asked with a smile, "Where can you learn how to watch Tianyi?"

"My friend is a scholar from the Tianji Academy of the Bachelor's Mansion."

"Well," Zhou Yuanzhong nodded and suddenly asked, "When Pu Changze was discussing the road, why didn't you insist on convincing other ten-men?"

Zhao Xingde hesitated for a moment and replied, "I have a shallow experience. Even if I force persuasion, it will only make the tenth princes even more unhelpful."

"So you gave up?" Zhou Yuanzhong's face became serious and said in a deep voice, "The military battle is dangerous, but if it is wrong, it will kill people. In the future, will you watch them die?"

"This..." Zhao Xingde was stunned, and Zhou Yuanzhong said slowly again: "A general has five virtues: wisdom, trustworthiness, benevolence, courage and strictness. What you lack now is the word "courage".

The wind and sand were still roaring, and Zhao Xingde was speechless. Zhou Yuanzhong patted his shoulder and said in a deep voice: "If you are right, even if thousands of people disagree, you must drag millions of people to the right path. Not only should you be brave to kill the enemy, but you should be brave to save people, but you should be brave to have opinions." After that, he turned around and left, leaving Zhao De alone in the local area.

Zhao Xingde looked at Zhou Yuanzhong's back and felt mixed emotions. The sound of the wind was like a ghost crying, and the iron armor jingled,

In the early morning of the next day, Zhou Yuanzhong arranged for the sergeant of the 7th Battalion of Chengying to elect a centurion. Because Chengying tomb usually performs military detachment, each 100-man team has no limit on the number of other troops, and in the future, everyone will have to master all combat skills. In the words of the lieutenant, "Don't expect reinforcements, nor do you expect friendly forces, and fight whatever battle you encounter."

Zhao Xingde was unexpectedly elected as the centurion, and there were also four people, Wang Tongdeng, Deng Xi, Liu Shangyou and Ding Dayong. What was even more surprising was that Du Chujiao not only elected Zhao Xingde as the centurion, but also was willing to be under his command.

In addition to the general with real power, the military system of the Xia State has two special identities: General Quan and General Quan. General Quan refers to those who independently command troops to fight, but the troops they lead are less than one army. General Quan is not a general. General Quan refers to officers who do not independently command troops to fight, but are regarded as the general level because of their important status. Usually, the captain of the Longya Army is the general. When Chengying Camp performs military detention affairs outside the country, the captain of the Chengying Army is General Quan who independently leads troops to fight.

The general must be appointed by the General's Office, and the National Guardian agreed, and the emperor used the seal to worship the general. Therefore, the captain of the 7th Battalion of Chengying could not be elected by these fledgling centurions, but an experienced officer appointed by the General's Office, named Duan Huaixian.

The banquet was held that night to celebrate the new officers' appointment. Ran's army brought musicians to play the musical music. The singer danced in front and toasted the couple below. Zhao Xingde and four other centuries went to pay tribute to Zhou Yuanzhong, Luo Zongmeng, and then to General Duan Huaixianquan. Then they fought several battles with several centuries of the army. Wang Tongdeng, Deng Xi was drunk, Liu Shangyou and Ding Dayong were also shaking. Zhao Xingde swayed back to his seat, but was grabbed by Jian Cheng. Jian Cheng's face was flushed and he also held a wine glass to Zhao Xingde: "Old Zhao, today's wine, the five centuries fought with the enemy several times. You can only survive. Let us Minghong have a face. Come and drink again."

Zhao Xingde refused, but could only kill the full cup with him. Jian Cheng passed by, and several other dozen chiefs came over one after another. The ten chiefs respected him. Chen Yongqi, Liu Zheng and other soldiers came up again, and Zhao Xingde could not refuse one by one. Finally, he felt dizzy and sat on the ground holding the corner of the table, stroking his stomach and burping. Suddenly, a wine glass reached in front. Zhao Xingde looked up and saw that it was the old ten chief Du Chuijiao.

Du Chuijiao's face was also flushed, and he looked like a good man more and more. He said with his tongue: "Zhao Dutou, I was at the post station that day, so I didn't let you talk too much, don't be surprised." Zhao Xingde was drunk and became annoyed when he heard it. He pushed him and said angrily: "Am I such a petty villain?"

Du Chujiao smiled and came forward and said, "Old Du is still old and doesn't say anything. I know that among the five, you are the only one who knows how to respect the elderly and the wise." After that, he and Zhao Xingde touched the cup, and both of them tilted their necks and drank them.

Zhao Xingde only felt that Du Chujiao's head seemed to have become two. He reached out and waved his hand in front of him, and said with his tongue: "Old Du, I don't understand one thing, and I still want you to solve the problem?" "What, say!" Du Chujiao slapped the table and said loudly in a thick voice.

"You think most of the people who are applying for the Chengying Camp are young men. Why are you, an old man, joining in the fun?"

Du Chujiao was also drunken, not disgusted, but sighed, "People say that they don't work hard when they are young, but they will only be sad. I, Du Chujiao, started to recognize words at the age of seven and pulled bows and arrows at the age of eight. In this life, I sweat no less than others, but I just stuck on a ten-master." He patted Zhao Xingde's shoulder and said, "How many people have risen from me, and you are not alone."

Zhao Xingde smiled and said, "Then you are a lucky general. You haven't said how to return to Chengying Army to apply for the recruitment."

Du Chujiao sighed, "It's not for my second, third, fourth, fifth, and fifth, either literary or martial arts. He can only be a good husband. Chengying Camp has a lot of extra money, so the old man saved more money and sent them to Shishan to get a land and start a family and start a business." After saying that, he squeezed out two tears and started a sob: "It's neither literary nor martial arts. But he sweats no less than others." Because of his seniority, he temporarily became the convener of the Tenth Chief Army Consortium. He originally thought he had the opportunity to be elected as a centurion, but when it came time to recommend, almost no one obeyed him.

Zhao Xingde was drunk. Seeing that he was crying sadly, he patted his shoulder and said, "Old Du, if I retire from the future, I will do big business." He burped, emphasized his tone, stretched out his hands and gestured, "Big business!" Du Chujiao widened his eyes and looked at Zhao Xingde drawing a big cake in the air, and then heard him say, "At that time, I will ask your family, the eldest, the second, the third, the fourth, the fifth, and come to help me do things together!" His words were so passionate that Du Chujiao burst into tears and said, "Zhao Du, my life is sold to you!" The two of them said nonsense, and fell asleep unknowingly.

The next day, the sun was three o'clock, and the five hundred heroes from the 7th Battalion of Chengying woke up. The captain Duan Huaixian smiled and said, "Everyone, if you wake up, put on your armor first and run ten laps around Qiemo City. Those who haven't woken up will run ten laps more." Zhao Xingde and others complained that they had to put on dozens of kilograms of iron armor and run around Qiemo City. Not long after, many people spit out the drunken wine and bile that they had last night.

Duan Huaixian's smile-faced nature was fully demonstrated in the next two months. Because everyone in the Chengying Army might encounter any way of fighting, he asked archers to know how to fight in close combat and rush on horseback. Zhao Xingde, who was weak in this regard, became the target of killing chickens and scaring monkeys. Zhao Xingde was the target of every swordsmanship course. After being struck countless times, he was barely able to use dozens of moves. Then, Duan Huaixian asked him to run around the city wall alone, saying, "People with poor close combat should at least learn to escape." He also said that Zhao Xingde's strength was amazing, but his waist and abdomen were insufficient, his lower plate was not stable, and his arms could not use all their strength in the fight, so he hung upside down on the head of the city to hold his belly up. The soldiers all said that because Zhao Xingde had insufficient qualifications, he suddenly became the centurion, and Captain Duan was tormenting him like this, and he was also venting his anger for those who did not accept him.

In addition to personal skills, the ten-men must learn the command of the 10-man team and the ten-man team to ensure that they understand the orders of the centurion. Zhao Xingde and other centurions must also learn the command of the ten-man team, the hundred-man team and the entire battalion.

Later, Duan Huaixian found more than 20 prisoners of Ross, Dashi and Turkic prisoners from unknown sources and asked them to catch each other and fight. He guided the Chengying Army's skills in close combat and distinguished the fighting habits, defects and strengths of people of different races. Later, Duan Huaixian personally played the enemy and asked Zhao Xingde and others to fight with him. Zhao Xingde always lost more and won less. Duan Huaixian said that it was because he had too few moves and was unable to be ruthless.

The three-month training passed by quickly. Under the supervision of General Zhou Yuanzhong and the torture of the captain Duan Huaixian, the 500 soldiers of the 7th Battalion of Chengying became more and more hatred for the enemy, and their friendship became deeper and deeper. The final training was another long-distance marching, returning to Puchangze against the Qiemo River, then turned north, crossed the Great Salt along the north-south business road, marched to Yanqi Town, and then crossed the Tianshan Mountains to Gaochang.

There is a very deep lake in Gaochang, which is said to be the closest place to the underworld in Xia, called Moonlight Lake. Its northwest is a towering snow-capped mountain and a vast desert to the east. There are no fish in the lake, and there are often mirages around it. However, there are swamps here, and it is impossible for other creatures to enter the center of the lake. At the deepest point of the lake are Turks, Ross, Dashi, Khitans, and the Song Dynasty's unsuccessful secrets. There are hundreds of small white bottles lying here, covered with mud and sand and moss.

These porcelain bottles are made of the ashes of the best Dayuan horse, and are filled with the ashes of heroes. They can still ride horses in the underworld and kill enemies. The exquisite words on the bottles record the names, hometowns and positions of the deceased. This is where the cloak of the Chengying Army who died in previous battles is buried.

On the banks of this Moonlight Lake, Zhou Yuanzhong and Duan Huaixian held a military ceremony for the 7th Battalion of Chengying and awarded the flag of Chengying Army. This was a blue flag with no words. Only under the sunset, a faint white sword shadow appeared.
Chapter completed!