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Chapter 38
In the early morning of this day, the sky looked even darker, the north wind was as sharp as a knife, and it hurt people's cheeks, and the sky was full of goose feathers and heavy snow.

In such bad weather, ordinary people will not go out again, and they all stay at home to avoid the cold.

However, the pier on the river bank was full of people at this time, and many people had already gathered. Most of these people were big and thick, and everyone had weapons on their backs.

In addition to these strong men on the pier, there were hundreds of soldiers in red armor holding long soldiers lined up, guarding several passages from the pier to the big ship behind.

On the water behind the pier, there were several large black ships with large brown sails.

In front of every channel leading to the big ship, there is a long queue, and the guards carefully check the customs clearance documents of every big man who wants to take a boat to the other side.

Wu'an City is an important military town, in order to prevent a large number of spies from entering, the investigation of the identity of outsiders is naturally very strict.

Li Kang abandoned the fast horse that was about to lose strength, and stood behind one of the long lines, quietly waiting to board the boat and head to the other side.

……

It was already an hour later when Li Kang passed the inspection of the soldiers and boarded the big ship.

He was sitting in the corner of a big boathouse, closing his eyes and meditating, while the little white fox was standing on his shoulders. The leg covered the mouth and nose, and the other small front leg flapped constantly, as if to drive away some kind of unpleasant smell.

Indeed, there were close to a hundred people squeezed into one cabin, and most of these people were thick-skinned men with an unpleasant smell of grease from time to time.

Facing the stench, Li Kang also frowned slightly, and the cabin was full of noisy voices.

The next moment, he was attracted by the conversations of several people.

"Hey, have you heard that Zhao Guo has increased the rations and rewards of the soldiers in the past few days?"

"Oh... it's increased again. The previous rations have not been increased. A warrior has ten taels of silver a month. The lowest level of an astral warrior is two plants of low-grade green star grass for 40 taels of silver. The second rank is four plants of low-grade green star grass for 60 taels of silver. Wenyin, and so on. Astral warriors above the fifth rank can still receive a low-rank star stone every month. I wonder how much it has increased now?"

"Hey, just double it, it's really time for us to come!"

"That's right, it's better to come early than coincidentally. This time, I have to make a lot of money!"

"What about the reward for killing the enemy and completing the mission?"

"Well, I'm not very clear about it, it should be doubled if I think about it."

"Do you think it's a good thing to double the pay?"

"Hey, didn't we come here just for food and salary, is it possible that double the food and salary is a bad thing?"

"Of course it's a bad thing. This shows that the war in Wu'an City is very serious, and it's very serious. Otherwise, Zhao Wangting would not be able to spend so much money and recruit us!"

"Hey, whoever comes to Wu'an doesn't put his head on his waistband. Since he wants to make a fortune, he must be prepared to take risks. Wealth and wealth are in danger, kid, don't you understand?"

"What this brother said is really reasonable. Wu'an City is not a place for cowards and cowards to come to!"

"Being kind as a donkey's liver and lungs, don't talk about it, don't talk about it."

……

Li Kang closed his eyes and listened to the discussion of the crowd, and he was even more impressed by the wealth of the Zhao country. No wonder the Qin Congress first chose the Zhao country as the target.

If it successfully annexed the Zhao Kingdom, the land of the Nine Kingdoms would have no rivals, and it was only a matter of time before the Great Unification was completed.

……

The big gray-brown sail of the big ship was blown by the strong wind, like a strong man with a full belly.

On the pier on the other side of the river, there are several groups of soldiers wearing red armor with solemn expressions. Each group has ten soldiers and is led by a Shizhu.

These soldiers standing on the pier, holding long guns, expressionless, like a nail pierced into the ground, despite the wind and snow raging in the sky, staring at the front without blinking, like the living dead.

At this moment, three big black boats sailed slowly into the pier with their bulging sails upright. The big boats came to a stop, and groups of people wearing cotton clothes, animal skin coats, and thick robes came down from the big boats one by one. They are all strong men, there are a few strong old men and a few young men, it is roughly estimated that there are thousands of people, most of them have curious eyes.

"Haha, I finally came to Wu'an. I want to kill the Qin thieves and cut off their heads in exchange for real money."

"Hey, I also want to kill more Qin people, and make military achievements in exchange for money."

"Wu'an City, I will definitely make a name for myself here."

……

As soon as these big men who joined the army got off the boat, they shouted loudly, as if only in this way could they show their bravery.

The noisy voices of the big men who came to join the army on the same boat from all around continued to reach Li Kang's ears. Hearing these meaningless words, he couldn't help frowning slightly, and looked up at the city-state several miles away. , the rough black outline of the city came into his eyes.

"Everyone who joins the army comes with me!"

At this moment, a soldier wearing a black epaulette on his left arm stepped out from a group of sergeants standing in front of Li Kang's big ship. After speaking in a cold and emotionless tone, he turned and strode towards Wu'an City behind. Walking away, the rest of the soldiers followed closely behind in silence.

"Hey, Master Shi, are we going directly to the barracks?" One of the big men asked loudly. Obviously, he had already identified the identity of "Lord Shi" from the black epaulettes worn by the soldier.

Lord Shi and the other soldiers who were walking in front didn't reply when they heard the words, they still strode forward silently.

"Hey, isn't he just a little Shizhu, what's the big deal!" The big man who had just shouted, saw that the other party ignored him, so he muttered softly.

However, this sentence still clearly penetrated into the ears of the people around.

However, the soldiers leading the way in front, as if they didn't hear it, still strode forward silently like wooden figures.

Li Kang looked at the figures of the soldiers, and there was a strange color in his eyes. He knew that these soldiers must have heard all the words clearly. According to common sense, soldiers are arrogant and unreasonable, and they will definitely get angry.However, why are they indifferent, are their hearts numb, too lazy to explain, too lazy to get angry?
The people following behind the pawns saw that the pawns ignored them, and some men who couldn't rest for a moment started talking while walking, while Li Kang followed silently.

……

Half an hour passed, and the sky was still full of wind and snow.

Under the guidance of soldiers, Li Kang and his party have already arrived at the foot of Wu'an City.

Li Kang looked up, and saw a majestic city wall that was ten feet high and four feet thick, made of strips of boulders about ten feet in size. The flag fluttered in the wind, and above the flag were low, silver-gray thick clouds floating. He felt an extremely oppressive aura rushing towards his face, which made his heart feel extremely heavy. The sound, the painful wailing of the soldiers, smelled the bloody smell floating in the air.

At this moment, there was no sound in the crowd, and even those talkative men seemed to suddenly become dumb, silent and quiet...

A large group of people, following the soldiers responsible for leading the way, silently entered Wu'an City through the thick bronze gate.

Li Kang and others walked through the long bluestone street and walked towards the northwest corner. Along the way, he found that there were groups of soldiers in armor on the street, patrolling back and forth non-stop, dilapidated houses on both sides of the street From time to time, the painful wailing of the wounded soldiers came, and donkey carts dragged the blood-stained wounded soldiers and the bodies of the dead soldiers, in the snowstorm, from the east of Wu'an City along the street westward .

He did not meet ordinary civilians.

In his previous life, Li Kang knew the terrain of the Nine Kingdoms very well, and he was no stranger to Wu'an City. He knew that the east side of Wu'an City was the core of the battlefield, and the east side of Wu'an City was directly connected to the Qin Kingdom.

At the same time, a few miles away from Wu'an City, there are two acropolis attached to Wu'an City, and the fighting there must be fierce.

The west side of Wu'an City is actually a safer place, so all the wounded soldiers were sent here.As for the bodies of the soldiers who died in battle, they were sent directly outside the city for burial to prevent the outbreak of the plague.

The silent soldiers leading the way in front of Li Kang saw several donkey carts piled up with the corpses of dead soldiers coming from the front, and voluntarily gave way to the road.

"Please get out of the way and let the donkey cart pass first!" Shizhu, who was silent all the way wearing a black epaulet, said the second sentence, his tone was no longer cold, but sad.

Hearing the words, the crowd following them retreated silently to both sides, making way for an open passage.

Soon dragging the donkey carts of the dead soldiers into the passage made by the crowd, "Keng" "Keng" "Keng"... Li Kang suddenly heard the sharp sound of metal hitting the bluestone slab, which made the eardrums It hurts.

He followed the sound and found that the ten soldiers in charge of leading the way were holding the long soldiers in their hands tightly, striking the bluestone slab with the tail end of their weapons, and their eyes were full of respect as they looked at the donkey cart The soldiers who died in the battle had a solemn and focused expression.

Li Kang knew that it was a respectful etiquette for soldiers to strike the ground with their weapons, and it was the highest respect for soldiers who died in battle.

Thinking of this, he unconsciously drew the broadsword on his back, leaned down and hit the ground with the hilt of the sword, making "clang", "clang" and "clang" sounds.

Others in the crowd also understood the significance of the weapons hitting the ground, and unconsciously hit the bluestone slabs with the weapons in their hands.

These soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country are worthy of them, although most of them are not from Zhao.

When the donkey cart passed by, the army leader and several other soldiers who were leading the way turned around, fisted at Li Kang and the others to express their thanks, then turned and walked forward in silence.

……

After half an hour.

Li Kang followed the crowd to the northwest corner of Wu'an City, where there was a square that could accommodate 10 people. Most of the square was covered with snow. At the forefront of the hall are four halls lined up in a row.

(End of this chapter)