Wang Erpang really didn't lie.

He is indeed talented. Although he has lost weight, he can still be seen to have a strong build and bones, which are stronger than those of ordinary people.

"Brother He, I finally understand. If you don't practice martial arts, you will only be cannon fodder when you go to the battlefield!"

"I'm still a virgin. I don't even have a wife. I can't die!"

Xia He knew that the Wolf Guard barbarian might have left a trauma on his mind.

But he said,

"Look at what you have accomplished..."

Wang Erpang glanced at him with a resentful look.

Xia He has a beautiful daughter-in-law at home. A full man does not know the hunger of a hungry man.

After Wang Erpang finished his set of boxing moves, Xia He threw him an oil-paper bag containing a few steaming meat buns.

"Thank you, godfather!"

When Wang Erpang smiled, his eyes narrowed into slits. He grabbed a meat bun and started eating it. He finished it in just two or three gulps without worrying about choking.

"Brother He, it seems that the higher-ups have sent someone down from the capital, and their presence is even greater than our Qian Hu Lord's!"

"Someone from the capital?"

Xia He looked surprised.

A vassal state had several garrisons, each of which was commanded by a thousand households and hundreds of military households.

"He is not here to serve in our garrison. It seems he is going to the town to be the town magistrate."

"Ah, I remember the previous town commander was killed by barbarians while he was out. He's been in vacancy for so long, and now there's another one?"

Strangely enough, in their small town, three mayors have died in succession.

Therefore, the town’s security has always been taken over by the garrison, and no major disturbances have occurred.

"How strong is the person coming?"

"It seems that he is much weaker than our Qianhu Lord..."

Xia He didn't understand the twists and turns involved.

But just when he was daydreaming.

There was a sudden noise in the distance. Captain Fan strode over and stood on the high platform in front of the parade ground. Soon someone came over and ordered them to line up.

From a distance of several dozen meters, Xia He saw a handsome young man with no white beard standing next to Captain Fan.

Judging from his clothing and temperament, this person must be the town magistrate sent from the capital.

The whispers of the surrounding military households were all heard.

The Qin Dynasty established military governorates on the border to resist foreign invaders, but was also afraid that the generals of the military governorates would become self-reliant.

If the vassal state is smaller, it would be fine, as the commander of the vassal state would usually be someone in the military.

If it was a small town like theirs, where the refugees and ordinary people combined numbered into several thousand, they would need to send additional people over to keep each other in check.

The large military strongholds were usually staffed by nobles in the imperial court, while the border troops in small places were either from families that had fallen on hard times or from noble families that were not valued and wanted to establish military merit from the bottom.

Xia He stared at the arrogant young man on the podium. Is this man the former or the latter?

"Everyone."

Captain Fan looked at everyone and suddenly spoke.

"This is Chai He from the capital. Sir Chai, you will take up the post of town magistrate from today."

After the introduction, the reactions of many military households seemed quite cold.

All the previous town magistrates relied on their noble status and were arrogant, and were not easy to deal with, so there has always been a bad relationship between the two sides.

The town magistrate is a person sent by the imperial court and has the right to manage some military and political affairs. But now the Ministry of Revenue in the court often withholds military pay. Who will listen to you?

Thinking of this, Xia He couldn't help but look strange, and thought to himself: "Whether the deceased town magistrate was really killed by the Nanman, it may be hard to say!"

However, the military households have always been unruly. Withholding military pay is like seeking death.

I'm afraid those military households in the military station will eat him alive!

At this moment, Captain Fan suddenly changed the subject and said solemnly, "Brothers, in recent days, the southern barbarians have frequently launched attacks, destroyed our houses and fields, killed women and children, and even committed the beastly act of slaughtering the whole village!"

"The court is furious about this. Unfortunately, the border war is tense right now, and they are unable to withdraw troops to reinforce us."

"The governor sent us to resist the invasion of the southern barbarians and protect this territory!"

"We will march out immediately after spring arrives and wipe out all the barbarian tribes of Liangshan in one fell swoop!"

"It's time for the court and the people to test us!"

"In the next few days, you must train with all your strength so that you can kill the enemy on the battlefield!"

"By then, accumulating military merits, it may be possible to be granted a title of nobility or a position of prime minister!"

Wow! Is there really going to be a war?

"From today on, your monthly salary will be doubled."

"If anyone reports the traces of the Nanman and finds them valid, the reward will be issued immediately without any delay!"

The Qin Dynasty was not as powerful as it had been decades ago, but Wanyan Bi appeared in the southern barbarians.

Similar things happen in many small towns along the border.

…

"After the spring?"

Xia He muttered to himself, but was thinking in his heart.

Fortunately, it’s not that urgent yet.

The war lasted a very long time, but fortunately the core battle situation was not on their side.

"Brother He, the selection for the Four Guards Warrior Battalion will be held after the spring. It seems we can't avoid it?"

After Wang Erpang reminded him, Xia He then remembered that there was a selection for the Four Guards Warrior Battalion.

In other words, if nothing unexpected happens, they will definitely participate in this battle.

"It's okay... It can't be that all the people here are Wolf Guards, right?"

The Wolf Guards are fierce, and almost all of them have mastered blood refining!

If a hundred people came, their garrison with only a few hundred people would not be able to stop them at all.

"How can this little strength be enough now?"

Xia He was able to kill the Wolf Guard because the other party was seriously injured and attacked by surprise.

"We must cultivate our Qi and blood as soon as possible. We can't delay any longer."

The fighting capacity of the barbarians is unknown. If they cannot be stopped, they will not be able to get reinforcements.

Doesn't this mean that their army is an isolated one?

If the army is defeated, the town will inevitably be massacred, and then none of the people in the town will be able to escape!

"Er Pang, do you know where the black market is in town?"

"Black market? What do you want to buy, brother He?"

"Blood-replenishing soup. The soup in the camp is too expensive."

"Brother He, have you already started preparing for blood refining!?"

Erpang was stunned.

Thanks to his hard work during this period, and his good physical foundation, he has only advanced his boxing skills to twenty movements.

But Xia He has only been refining his skin for a short time, and he is already going to start refining his blood?

This speed is simply too exaggerated.

"Come on, Brother He, I'll take you there!"

…

Xia He went to the black market under the guidance of Wang Erpang.

Of the three hundred taels of silver notes, one hundred and eighty taels were exchanged for the medicinal materials for the blood-replenishing soup. At six taels of silver per bowl, that would be a total of thirty bowls.

As for the remaining 120 taels, he found Zhou Bo privately, told him his needs, and then went to the craftsman's forge in the military camp, ready to use the red gold he received as a reward to forge two powerful javelins.

"Javelin? That's rare."

"Why not use a bow?"

“The bow is too expensive.”

A strong bow, this little bit of red gold is not enough.

"Well, these five ounces of red gold should be enough to make a few arrowheads."

"But red gold is heavier than iron. For the gun body, ordinary wood won't work."

"I suggest you look for a mutant black gold wood that is over thirty years old, two fingers thick, at least three of them, that can break through iron armor!"