One Thousand Sixty Four, Shepherd

"You're clearly looking at me too relaxed and unbalanced," Ren Xiaosu said with a dark face, "How can you be so narrow-minded as a commanding officer of the Northwest Army?"

Zhang Jinglin said as a matter of course: "This is not being narrow-minded. Since it is a walking tour to hone the next commander, it is natural for you to feel how difficult it is here. Think about it, the sentinels here are not supernatural beings. How hard they are every day, if you don't add weight to yourself, can you feel deeply?"

Zhang Jinglin continued: "If you don't feel deeply, how will you know how miserable the sentinels here are in the future? I don't ask you to overload, just let you experience the life of ordinary people again."

"The commander is the commander. It's the same thing when it comes to the truth," Ren Xiaosu curled his lips: "Which stone do you want to carry?"

"How much weight can you carry now?" Zhang Jinglin asked.

"One hundred catties?" Ren Xiaosu asked tentatively.

"Tell me the truth!" Zhang Jinglin said angrily.

"I haven't tested it specifically," Ren Xiaosu said, and went to the side of the road to find a stone the size of a wax gourd and carried it on his shoulders: "Is this okay?"

"No, I don't think you are struggling at all!" Zhang Jinglin searched around for a long time, and finally found a stone half the height of a person: "That's it."

Ren Xiaosu walked to the side of the stone, and Zhang Jinglin was not satisfied until he saw that he was struggling to lift the stone up: "Okay, keep going!"

However, after walking for another two hours, Zhang Jinglin felt that his knees could no longer bear it, but when he turned his head to look at Ren Xiaosu, he didn't even sweat a single drop on his forehead.

It's early summer now, the northwest is hot during the day and cold at night, Ren Xiaosu is carrying such a big rock when the sun is in the sky this afternoon, if he is really tired, how can he not even sweat?

Zhang Jinglin asked suspiciously, "Aren't you tired?"

Ren Xiaosu said with a painful face: "I'm tired, I'm exhausted!"

"Really?" Zhang Jinglin asked.

"Of course it's true," Ren Xiaosu roared angrily, "Try carrying such a big rock, and you'll be tired even if you carry it!"

Zhang Jinglin said with emotion: "Aside from other things, the acting skills are really good..."

"Where did I reveal my secrets?" Ren Xiaosu asked doubtfully.

As soon as the words were finished, Zhang Jinglin pressed Ren Xiaosu's shoulder directly and jumped onto Ren Xiaosu's back.

So the scene became, Ren Xiaosu was carrying the stone on his back, and Zhang Jinglin was sitting leisurely on the stone, Ren Xiaosu was not happy: "You are a majestic commander of the Northwest Army, why do you like to be lazy so much?"

"This is a journey to experience you, not mine," Zhang Jinglin said nonchalantly, "I'm pretty good. My previous commander said that when his old commander took him to the outpost, he drove the car." car."

Ren Xiaosu complained: "How are you better than him? I thought you might as well just drive!"

Zhang Jinglin glanced at his watch: "Okay, there is just over an hour left before the estimated arrival time, let's go!"

The two of them went back on the road like this, Zhang Jinglin sat on the rock and enjoyed the scenery, the rolling hills in the distance, the sheep were grazing with their heads down, and occasionally yaks could be seen passing by not far away.

Zhang Jinglin suddenly said: "I have never been so relaxed before coming to a place other than the fortress, and I have not had time to appreciate the scenery here. But, thinking that if the war breaks out again one day, there will be corpses lying here again, so I feel that this place is ruined." scenery."

"Haven't you ever thought about counterattacking those wizards?" Ren Xiaosu asked curiously, "Wouldn't this be done once and for all?"

"I've thought about it," Zhang Jinglin said, "but the opponent's strength is too mysterious, which makes us fearful. Before we know what the enemy's strength is,

We cannot gamble with the lives of the people behind us. "

Ren Xiaosu nodded, just like the war between Tinder and the Expeditionary Corps, if you don't fully understand how many troops the Barbarians have, rashly pursuing and counterattacking will only lead to failure.

"I heard from Big Huyou that they sent someone to infiltrate, isn't it going well?" Ren Xiaosu asked.

"It's not going well," Zhang Jinglin said shaking his head.

"Is it because of a language barrier? Different skin color?" Ren Xiaosu asked curiously.

"No," Zhang Jinglin said, "Because they have plundered a large number of our compatriots in the past two hundred years, in fact, 80% of the people there are no different from us, and the language is the same. I guess the earliest batch When the wizards plundered the population to develop themselves, they did not expect this result. Of course, we also need to be vigilant, this situation not only makes it easier for our people to mix into their society, it also means that they can also mix into us."

"Then why can't we infiltrate?" Ren Xiaosu asked.

"Because we can't make wizards," Zhang Jinglin explained: "The wizard organization is the power structure above everything in that country, and this organizational structure is extremely strict. As long as you are not a wizard, you can't really understand them. What is the means."

"We have no way of knowing the exact number and rank of these wizards, nor where their power comes from, and how to check and balance," Zhang Jinglin continued: "Maybe when a wizard really appears among our people, this kind of The situation can be changed, but we don't know how to become wizards."

"Didn't you find any clues about the source of their power? Are they awakened like us?" Ren Xiaosu asked.

"No," Zhang Jinglin said firmly: "Their power has a whole system and inheritance, which is different from awakening by luck, and these wizards appeared before the catastrophe. In fact, they don't have any hatred for us, they just act as a civilization. When it rises, it must be exclusive to other civilizations, and a progressive society must have great demands on resources. We believe that there will be a battle between Fort 178 and the other side sooner or later, because the land they are on is not considered Wealthy."

However, at this moment, Ren Xiaosu suddenly turned his head to look at the distant hillside, and Zhang Jinglin asked, "What's wrong?"

Ren Xiaosu looked at the two sheep on the hillside and said, "I always feel that those two sheep are watching us."

Zhang Jinglin smiled and squeezed his shoulder: "It's just two sheep, let's move on, the soldiers at the outpost are still waiting for us."

"Well, maybe I was thinking too much," Ren Xiaosu nodded, "After leaving the northwest, I always felt that the enemy might be nearby, so my nerves were a little tense."

When the figures of the two gradually disappeared on the horizon, the two sheep on the hillside, who were grazing with their heads down, turned around and ran, not knowing where they were going.

A shepherd dog saw them leaving the team and wanted to stop them, but the shepherd dog had just approached, but it retreated back as if seeing something very scary. .

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There is another chapter tonight, but it will be very late, I suggest you read it tomorrow morning