Chapter 56 first quarter

"If one day you can become an angel, you will have wings on your back." When Xiao Ziyan was manipulating the aircraft for today's routine inspection, he looked at the square farmlands and the toy-like houses on the ground, and suddenly remembered a sentence someone said to him when he was a child. He was a child then.At that time, what he thought every day was that one day he would be able to soar freely in the blue sky like a bird.One day when he expressed his ambition to a group of adults, there was a lot of laughter, and one of them said this to him. Xiao Ziyan, the centurion of the 300th Corps of the Imperial Wind Corps, suddenly remembered this sentence when flying the plane through the white clouds.

Maybe it was a dream when he was a teenager. Whenever he flew a flying plane across the blue sky, he was always as excited as he was flying for the first time. The sky is soft blue, as transparent as a puddle of water, as if even one's own people can be dissolved in it.Xiao Ziyan skillfully manipulated the mechanism of the flying machine, letting the flying machine fly over the white clouds like a brisk bird.Every time he flies into the sky, he always has a kind of surprise. Every time he passes by the white clouds and hears the wind blowing by his ears, his heart always beats like a teenager who tasted love for the first time.Baiyun is lazy and intoxicated, and the wind is as gentle as a girl's whisper. Perhaps only here can he really find his own place.

Thinking about it, he couldn't help raising his head and looked at a higher place. The flying machine cannot fly too high, if it is too high, it will not be able to play the role of inspection.But every time he is on duty, he always involuntarily flies to high places, always hoping that the wind will blow him into the depths of the white clouds, and fly to that unknown world. His fingers slipped unconsciously, and the speed and direction of the flying machine changed subtly. Tang Wei, who was sitting in the back seat, couldn't help shouting: "Captain Xiao!" "Ok?"

Xiao Ziyan manipulated the aircraft skillfully.There is no need to strictly form a team during inspections, and everyone can play as they like, as long as the difference between the teams is not too far away.But now Xiao Ziyan's flying machine is quite far away from the others. Although he is commanding a team of less than 100 people, there are only more than 20 people who can actually fly into the sky, and there are only eleven flying machines left. It's just a rack.Now there are only five planes following him, and those five planes are trying their best to follow him, but none of them can make fancy movements like Xiao Ziyan, and they can only fly according to the rules, so the distance between them is getting closer and closer. Far.Tang Wei is one of the newcomers of the Wind Corps with the best grades, but he still can't fly alone. Today, he patrolled with Xiao Ziyan to give him more experience.

"The distance is getting farther and farther, Captain Xiao, this is not good." Xiao Ziyan put his hand on the joystick and said with a smile, "Xiaotang, are you scared?" Tommy didn't say anything.If there is no denial, then it is the default.Xiao Ziyan wanted to laugh a little. He remembered that when he flew into the sky for the first time, he surprised those veterans. I seem to be born to belong to this sky, but to the earth, I am even more unfamiliar. Xiao Ziyan thought with some self-deprecation.His flying performance has always been the champion of the Wind Legion, but his equestrian skills are extremely bad, it can only be said that he can barely fall off the horse, which also makes him only the centurion of the Wind Legion.

When the Snake Man was wiped out, the Wind Legion reached its heyday.At that time, there were 800 people and 500 flying planes, which was the smallest of the four-phase army.With such a small establishment, it can stand side by side with the huge Second Army of the Ground and the Water, and the credit is even higher than that of the Fire Army. Shao Fengguan, the leader of the Wind Army, has contributed a lot.However, as the battle situation became more and more severe, the wind army's attrition was extremely serious.However, the Wind Legion has extremely high requirements for soldiers. In the past, recruits could not go to the sky without training for more than three months. Only veterans of more than two years can fly the aircraft alone, but now they can only train for one month. Replenishment of soldiers is still difficult and difficult.There are only more than 300 people left in the Wind Corps now, and less than half of the veterans like Xiao Ziyan who have been in the Wind Corps for three years are left. There are actually only forty or so people left in the centurion, and most of them are recruits who have never had flying experience.Most of the Wind Corps followed Chu Shuai to fight fiercely with the invading Republican Army in Tianshui Province, while Xiao Ziyan and his centurion were loaned to Dongping City to help defend.

The battles were intertwined, and the outposts changed hands many times. The Republican Army that is now attacking is equal to the Imperial Army in terms of military strength and attack power. It can be said that this is destined to be a protracted tug-of-war from the very beginning.However, after seven years of war against the snake people, the empire's treasury was empty, and the hearts of the people began to abandon the empire.Although the upper-level bureaucrats of the empire are still declaring the will of the people every day, and the Republican rebels are doomed, but Xiao Ziyan knows that it is just a lie.Not only on the territory of the Republican Army south of the river, but also in the area north of the river that the Empire has always controlled, many people are secretly rumoring the benefits of the Republican Army.The Republican Army did not levy taxes or pay food. Everyone there had food to eat, everyone had clothes to wear, and lived a happy life. Even the sky there seemed to be much clearer than in the empire.

Is the Republican Army really that good now?Xiao Ziyan didn't know.But as far as he could remember, Wuyang City, the headquarters of the Republican Army, was definitely not as good as the legend said. At that time, it was still full of mourning and starvation.In order to prepare for the upcoming war with the Imperial Army, as early as the war with the Snakeman, the Republican Army also collected extremely heavy taxes, only slightly less than the Empire. It has been five years since I left Wuyang City.He sighed. He joined the Imperial Army five years ago. That year, Chu Shuai launched a devastating attack on the snake people, destroying the snake people's base camp in one fell swoop, and wiped out all the snake people.That year, he only thought that the war was over and peace had finally come, that he could disarm and return to the fields, and enjoy peace, but no one thought that the war was far from over. The Imperial Army and the Republican Army who fought side by side during the battle with the Snake Man began to fight each other again. new round of competition.

Will the battlefield never end?Xiao Ziyan felt a slight pain in his heart, and it seemed that Xiao Jing's voice sounded in his ears again. He lived in Wuyang City until he was eighteen.He is an orphan, and he doesn't even know who his parents are. He only knows that his parents died under the knife of the snake man, and he was adopted by his master when he was a baby.The master is a well-known bodyguard in Wuyang City, if according to the master's wishes, Xiao Ziyan can inherit the bodyguard after marrying Xiao Jing, and live a peaceful life—although it may not be very safe.But since he was a child, he wanted to join the army and kill all the snake people. At the age of eighteen, he secretly left home and joined the army.

His original intention was to join the Republican Army stationed in Wuyang City at that time, but by mistake, he joined the Imperial Army passing through Wuyang City.Over the years, he fought with the army, saw the relationship between the Imperial Army and the Republican Army deteriorated day by day, until they parted ways and saw each other, he often had a wry smile.He remembered what his master used to say when he was a child, "A small difference is a thousand miles away". Sometimes, a small accident in life will change the whole future.If he hadn't left home early that time, he would definitely have joined the Republican Army. Maybe he would be one of the enemy troops he had to deal with now.

"Captain Xiao, it's time for us to go back." Tang Wei said a little uneasy in the back seat. "Okay." Xiao Ziyan looked behind him, and the flying planes were already far behind, and they were flying lower and lower.It seems that those soldiers have reached their limit. After all, there are only three or four outstanding officers like Xiao Ziyan in the Wind Army.He skillfully moved the mechanism of the flying machine, and was about to turn around when he suddenly saw a little smoke in the distance from the corner of his eyes. He has seen a lot of this kind of smoke and dust, it is the dust raised by the army when it is marching.He said: "Xiao Tang, send a signal to tell them to go back, I'll go and have a look." Tang Wei has also seen the strangeness in the south, he said: "Okay." He took out two small flags from the side of the seat, raised them up and signaled a few times, and the other aircraft saw the signal, turned around and flew towards Dongping City Go, Xiao Ziyan waited for him to send the signal, and said: "Xiaotang, sit still, let's go." Although the flying machine is equipped with jets and can get secondary propulsion in the air, it cannot fly very far after all.When flying a flying machine, you must constantly catch the updraft so that you can hover in the air, otherwise it will land soon.Xiao Ziyan is extremely talented in controlling the flying machine, and can stay in the air for most of the day, but ordinary people can't do this.The smoke and dust were several miles away, and at the level of other members of the Wind Legion, they still couldn't fly there. As he flipped the mechanism, the flying machine suddenly had one side and two wings, straight up into the sky, and the speed was much faster.Although Tang Wei had been on duty with Xiao Ziyan many times, it was the first time he had seen the flying plane so fast. He tightly grasped the handles in front of the seat with both hands, not daring to move, and his face turned pale.Xiao Ziyan was daring, and the aircraft flew along the airflow rapidly, and sometimes even turned over. At that time, Tang Wei almost thought that the sky and the earth turned upside down in an instant. Seeing the mountains and rivers below became so small, his heart almost jumped out of his throat. When Tang Wei first joined the army, the veterans of the Feng Corps told their recruits that the Feng Corps had "four sons", and Xiao Ziyan was one of them.These four sons made great military exploits and were famous for their flying skills. Although Zhao Zineng, who ranked first, had already died in battle, the remaining three sons were enough to make the enemy fearful.This time, General Shao Fengguan, the commander of the Feng Corps, sent Xiao Ziyan's 100-man team to Dongping City. He naturally attached great importance to Xiao Ziyan, and hoped that Xiao Ziyan could live up to his trust and defend Dongping City.However, Xiao Ziyan himself knew how heavy the burden was.Although the imperial army was still reporting success frequently, what he saw on the faces of Chu Shuai and General Shao was another matter. Regardless of the outcome of a battle, the war must be comprehensive.Although the Four-Phase Legion has won many battles and victories, what they get after each victory is not the cheers of the people, but their cold reception.Contrary to the war, the reputation of the empire is getting worse and worse in the minds of the people.The soldiers on the front line fought bloody battles, but the imperial clan and officials, big and small, were still drunk and dreaming of death, a scene of singing and dancing.In this current situation, it is already a miracle that the Imperial Army can still fight. "Captain Xiao, we're almost here." At this time, the aircraft was approaching the top of the troops below.Looking down from the flying plane, you can see that some Republican soldiers are pointing upwards. Most of them have also seen this flying plane and are talking about it.The Wind Corps is mainly engaged in coordinated operations on the northwest side. It is still very new to the Republican Army here. Many people may have never seen a flying machine. Could there be childhood playmates among these talking republics?For some reason, Xiao Ziyan suddenly remembered this.While that's entirely possible, he'd never found anyone he knew in the Republican Army since joining the army. If he meets his companion at that time, shouldn't he also fight to the death, is he really going to kill him?Xiao Ziyan was at a loss for a while.Up to now, he has not directly killed a single person, but there are probably hundreds of enemies who died in his hands.Every time he threw a shocking thunder from the flying plane, his heart was shocked.Hearing the loud noise below, he was always calculating how many people would die in the explosion. Let's start again this time.Although more than half of the empire's income is used as military expenses, it is still less and less, and even the flying machines of the Wind Legion cannot be replenished, and there are not many Zhentianlei brought to Dongping City, but Xiao Ziyan still believes that he will be able to Repel the enemy's offensive. The flying machine circled in the air, and the scene below was already clear at a glance.This time, the troops sent by the Republican Army stretched for several miles, mighty and mighty, and filled an avenue.Xiao Ziyan frowned slightly, silently counting the number of enemies, Tang Wei suddenly said: "There are about 60,000 people." "Sixty thousand people?" Xiao Ziyan didn't want to forget about it.Tang Wei's calculation ability is also well-known in the Wind Legion. In the past, those recruits were idle and gambled with a small handful of white rice. If someone took a look at it, he would immediately report a number, and the error was within ten grains. , Tang Wei wins almost every time.Since he said it was 60,000 people, the error would not exceed one or two thousand at most.Now Dongping City has more than 20,000 troops, and the Republican Army's large troops are all competing with the Four-Phase Army in Tianshui Province. They can still send 60,000 troops to attack Dongping City. Difficult to deal with, it seems that the Republican Army is bound to win Dongping City.