The sixth lap, the seventh lap...

When He Yan finished the last lap, he felt like he had been pulled out of the water.

Xiao Mai trotted over and handed him the water bottle, "Brother He, drink something quickly."

He Yan raised his head and drank the water.

While she was drinking water, Coach Liang walked by, looked her up and down, shook his head and walked away. The look in his eyes clearly showed that He Yan could only be a soldier.

"How did you finish running?" Hong Shan said, "You are so stubborn. I saw someone else running less. They are smarter than you!"

He Yan was too tired to talk, so he just said, "I don't want to be a soldier."

"What's wrong with being a soldier? Don't underestimate soldiers. They may live longer than any of us." Hong Shan disagreed.

"I think so too," Xiao Mai said with a face full of longing, "If I become a team leader, I can cook for everyone and make more delicious food!"

He Yan: "...If you want to cook, you should be a chef, not join the army."

Xiao Mai looked at Shitou aggrievedly, "Big brother asked me to come."

What kind of people are these? He Yan sighed in his heart.

She was so tired that her legs felt weak. Hong Shan and Xiao Mai each supported her and walked forward, sighing, "It's only the first day. How long can you hold on?"

I'll just hold on as long as I can, He Yan thought.

This day was spent in exhaustion. Coach Shen was cold and ruthless. Those soldiers who were lazy and skipped the laps at noon were caught and beaten with military sticks in front of everyone. They screamed louder than chickens. This was to serve as a warning to others. At least during the afternoon training, no one dared to be lazy and idle.

As He Yan expected, the first half of the month was spent on physical training, which was nothing more than running with weights, standing in the sun, and lining up. After half a month, they started to do skill training. When the skill training lasted for a certain period of time, they would start to split into camps.

He Yan was in the Vanguard Camp in her previous life, and now she still wants to join the Vanguard Camp. But the problem is that if she continues to train with Xiao Jue's method, she will be eliminated if she doesn't join the Vanguard Camp. After all, her physical strength is her weakness now.

She thought while drinking the porridge in the bowl.

The porridge is thick rice porridge with various wild vegetables, fruits, beans, etc. in it. Half a bowl of rice in the morning and one-third of millet in the evening, with some dough balls occasionally. If it's good, there will also be soup cakes, meat, etc.

But at the beginning, there was only porridge.

The food was bland, but I was so tired today that I was already hungry. There was almost no one talking in the dining area, everyone was just eating.

"It would be nice if there was some wine." Hong Shan smacked his lips. "Now I finally understand why people don't join the army until they are desperate. This is not something a human being would do."

"I want to go hunting," Xiao Mai pouted at the stone bitterly, "Brother, I want to eat roasted rabbit."

Stone: “…wait a few days.”

He Yan found it funny. If they waited a few days, or even a month, there would be no chance to hunt. If they wanted to escape after entering the military camp, they would be deserters, and deserters would be killed.

After dinner, everyone went to take a shower. Hong Shan hesitated for a moment and asked, "Ah He, you really don't want to go?"

After being in the sun all day, I was sweating all over. My whole body was sticky and smelled of sweat. The river was already crowded with people like dumplings. Hong Shan said, "Don't be afraid. I'll hold you and I guarantee you won't fall in."

He Yan looked embarrassed, "Forget it, Brother Shan, when it's late at night, I'll go to the river to get a few buckets of water and wash on the shallow beach."

"Okay then." Hong Shan didn't force it, "You should rest first."

After Hong Shan and his men left, He Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

This is probably the inconvenience of joining the army. Soldiers do not have separate rooms in the guardhouse, nor do they have separate tents in the wild, so bathing becomes a big problem. She once lived a life of restraint because of this, and she was always careful not to expose herself when she went to bed every night. But later, she was promoted to deputy general, then chief general, and had her own separate tent room, so these were no longer a problem.

I didn't expect that I would have to go back to my old ways all over again.

He Yan lay on the bed and rested for a while. When the people who went to the river to bathe came back one after another and everyone rested, she woke up when she heard Hong Shan's snoring. She looked at the moon outside the window and estimated that it was midnight. Then she got up from the bed, walked over Xiao Mai, rolled up her dry clothes, and sneaked out the door.

Outside the Liangzhou Guard Station, the fields were empty and the moon was bright. Perhaps it was because it was at the border, the moonlight was different from that in the capital. He Yan tiptoed to the river.

The river that flows around the guard post is at the foot of Baiyue Mountain. It has an interesting name, Wulu River. It is said that one day a fisherman who lived by the river was returning home late at night by boat and saw a fairy in plain clothes riding a five-colored deer on the river. Hence the name Wulu River came from this.

There were many huge rocks by the river. He Yan found a rock and placed his clean clothes behind it to prevent them from getting wet. Then he took off his outer clothes and walked inside.

What she said to Hongshan was true. After the incident of drowning in the pond at Xu's house, she did not dare to get close to the water. She was unwilling to go to the river unless she had to. Therefore, even if she went into the water, she only dared to stay in shallow water.

The river water was icy cold, which was just right for the hot summer. The river breeze was also refreshing. He Yan wiped his face and felt that the fatigue from carrying a sandbag on his back in the afternoon was swept away. Every part of his body felt comfortable and soothed. The bright moon here was as cold as frost and snow, shining on the boundless wilderness and the vast river, which was magnificent and elegant.

"White Moon Mountain, Wulu River..." He Yan muttered softly. The names were extremely elegant, and indeed they were. She looked at the silvery white moon and thought, all that was missing was a beautiful fairy in plain clothes and light makeup. If a fisherman passed by this place at this moment, she might be the "beautiful fairy" in the rumor.

As I thought about it, I seemed to find it funny and laughed out loud.

"Who?" A voice sounded in the silence, strange yet familiar.

He Yan almost swallowed a mouthful of river water.

No way? It's already this late, and someone is still coming?

The man's footsteps paused for a moment, and then he moved towards He Yan. He Yan was stunned at first, and then quickly hid behind a huge rock in front of her. Because she was in shallow water and not far from the river, she could see the person coming clearly.

He was a young man, wearing a dark blue flowered gown embroidered with cranes. The cranes on the gown seemed to be flying away on the wind. He was also very handsome, elegant and graceful, with beautiful eyebrows and eyes. The long sword on his waist looked like ice and snow under the moonlight, making his expression even colder.

This handsome young man was none other than the Right Army Commander Xiao Jue.

He Yan saw the man's appearance clearly and wailed in his heart.

What a narrow road the enemy meets.