It is obviously unlikely for a group of men to talk about how good their singing is.
But this song attracted many soldiers in Jianmen City because it was a song they were familiar with.
Dou Kou, the captain of the Tiger Battalion of the Western Frontier Army, was having dinner with his subordinates in a dining hall converted from a restaurant. The singing drifted to their ears on the night wind.
Dou Kou was startled, his hand holding the chopsticks stopped in mid-air, his brows slightly furrowed, and after a few breaths he continued to eat without a sound.
He came from Danyang in Chu, and the thousands of Tiger Army soldiers under his command basically came from Danyang, Yudu, Chendu and Shouchun.
In fact, among these 150,000 troops, at least 100,000 were from the former Chu land.
The so-called Chu land was the name of the previous dynasty. It used to have a very large area, but now it is divided into several districts of the Yu Dynasty.
The vast Chu territory was divided, but the cultural heritage remained largely unchanged over the millennia. The "Chu Ci" that has been passed down to this day is a testimony to Chu culture, and most Chu songs come from the Chu Ci.
The song being sung outside the city is called "Cockcrowing Song":
The stars in the east are shining brightly, and the morning roosters in Runan are crowing on the altar.
The song ends and the clock strikes, everything is ready, the moon sets and the stars become sparse, marking the dawn.
Fish keys are handed out to thousands of households, and magpies fly over the palace and the city walls.
…
The restaurant suddenly became quiet.
Dou Kou raised his eyes and glanced around. Hundreds of soldiers who were eating on this floor were now staring blankly in the direction where the singing came from.
He raised his thick eyebrows, glared with his tiger eyes, and roared loudly: "Eat!"
All the soldiers immediately lowered their heads and continued eating, but Dou Kou frowned because the way these soldiers ate was like women embroidering.
These soldiers were not like this before. If they want to do something bad, they have to be more careful!
Dou Kou withdrew his gaze and stopped looking at the soldiers. He was also eating his food, not noticing that his movements were much softer than before.
The Chariot and Cavalry Battalion, which was closer to the north city gate, was also having a meal. When the singing sounded, thousands of soldiers in the Chariot and Cavalry Battalion actually stood up. Zhang Zhengdong, the captain of the Chariot and Cavalry Battalion, just looked up. He didn't say anything, but his expression became a little serious.
That night, tens of thousands of Fei An's troops sang under Jianmen City until the hour of Hai, and the 150,000 troops in Jianmen City heard the singing.
The 100,000 Chu soldiers had different reactions, among which the Eagle Camp had the strongest reaction, because the twelve soldiers that the general drew his sword and killed on the city wall today were soldiers of the Eagle Camp!
The Eagle Battalion had a total of 3,800 men, of whom 3,000 were from Yudu. Coincidentally, the twelve soldiers killed by Xue Dingshan were also from Yudu.
After years of getting along with each other, they have become a group. They are all fellow villagers and comrades, but today those twelve brothers died for no reason!
They were already filled with resentment and had followed the general for several years. Now the general had started a rebellion and was coming all the way from the west. The brothers might have been reluctant, but they still followed him all the way.
But today, everyone just made a few jokes, and the general actually killed them!
"In my opinion, the general has lost his wife and is now trapped in Jianmen City. He must have gone crazy!"
"Lei Dapao, stop talking nonsense!"
"Boss, do you really think I'm talking nonsense? Xiaoze, Roe Zi, tell me if I'm talking nonsense." Lei Dapao took a deep breath, slammed the knife in his hand on the table, and then sat down on the table. "I'm just unhappy. Dying at the hands of the enemy is fate, but dying at the hands of my own general, what the hell is that?"
"Cannon, shut the fuck up!"
Wang Feng, the captain of the Eagle Battalion, growled, "I'm feeling uncomfortable too!"
"So what do you think we should do? Listening to this song makes me feel bad. I don't want to fight this damn war anymore. I want to go home!"
"Calm down for a minute!"
Wang Feng looked around and said, "Xiao Ze, close the door."
"I know you brothers are feeling bad. I brought you out from Yudu because I wanted you to achieve great things. Even if you can't win a title and a son, at least you can get enough money to support yourself for the rest of your life after you retire.
But now that the situation has turned out like this, I don’t want to do that anymore!”
He paused, "Now listen to me, don't talk nonsense, and don't do anything rash!"
Wang Feng let out a long sigh, his voice growing deeper. "Wait a little longer, don't ask me why. Tell my brothers not to act rashly, remember!"
Xue Dingshan led his personal guards on a night patrol for the first time.
Nothing happened that night, but he couldn't sleep all night.
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That night, something happened in a land temple more than 200 miles away from Jianmen City.
Fu Xiaoguan and the other two arrived at this abandoned land temple at the hour of Xu.
The night was too dark, the road was difficult to walk on, and there was a cold wind and rain. Fu Xiaoguan was not in a hurry, so he decided to rest here for one night and set off again tomorrow morning.
A bonfire was lit in the temple, and the blazing flames illuminated the dilapidated little temple. The poor land god's golden body had long disappeared, revealing his original appearance of a clay and wooden sculpture.
The incense table in front of the statue was still there, but it was covered with dust. In the incense burner, there was still a half-burned incense stick that had long been extinguished and even faded.
Fu Xiaoguan took a quick look and sat down in front of the campfire to dry his wet clothes.
Xu Xinyan caught two wild rabbits and roasted them skillfully over the campfire.
She had already taken off her veil, revealing her stunning face.
Peng Yuyan was looking at that face at the moment, and then looked at Fu Xiaoguan, thinking that this kid married the three beauties of Shangjing, and when he went out to fight, he actually brought such a beautiful woman with him... Could it be that this kid dared to raise a child?
So she suddenly asked, "You and Wenyun have been married for some time now, are they pregnant?"
"Wenyun is pregnant and will give birth around June or July."
"Oh... remember to send us a letter then."
Fu Xiaoguan chuckled, "You are asking Jun's sister-in-law, is this red gift..."
But he didn't finish the sentence after that.
Xu Xinyan suddenly raised his head, jumped up from the ground, and stabbed out with the sword in his hand.
A cloud of dust fell, and Fu Xiaoguan looked up and saw a hole on the top of his head, and a sword protruded from the hole!
“Clang clang clang…!”
There was a fierce sound of metal clashing, and sword energy spread in all directions. The hole became bigger and bigger, and the roof of the temple was about to collapse.
Fu Xiaoguan took out the gun and Peng Yuyan held the knife. The two rushed out of the temple gate, but Peng Yuyan did not fly. She stood in front of Fu Xiaoguan and looked at the fight on the roof.
A voice like a night owl suddenly rang out: "Hahahaha...Xu Xinyan, you bitch! You really have betrayed the Moon Worship Cult!"
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