"Why can't I stay? I have the best training results." The peasant soldier raised his head, showing pride.
At this time, several nearby farmers and soldiers came over.
The captain of the peasant soldier team frowned, looked at the peasant soldier in front of him and said: "Silly boy, you are still young, fighting is too dangerous. When you are older, I will take you to fight."
The peasant soldier named Hanwa was sixteen years old, dark and thin, and he was able to join the peasant soldiers. He felt sorry for the child. It was a good thing that he could stutter as a peasant soldier, and he had enough food during training.
"I won't leave. I am also a member of the peasant soldiers. If others can stay, I can stay too." Hanwa was determined to stay and resist the officers and soldiers behind him.
Someone among the peasant soldiers who came over said, "Captain, if Silly Boy is willing to stay, then let him stay. Nothing will happen if everyone takes care of him."
"I don't need you to take care of me. I can take care of myself." Hanwa glanced at the other peasant soldiers around him unhappily.
The peasant and soldier squad leader's face sank and he said: "Obey the order, Hanwa will escort the villagers to Linxian County. The first team and the third team will stay with me, that's it."
"No, I want to stay, and I want to kill the enemy with you." Hanwa started to make a fuss when he heard that he was not allowed to stay.
The peasant and soldier team leader stared at Hanwa and said coldly: "I tell you, Hanwa, if you dare to disobey orders, you will be kicked out of the peasant and soldier team. Two people will come and take him away."
Recruit two peasant soldiers from the side and ask them to take Hanwa away.
Hearing that he was going to be expelled from the peasant and soldier ranks, Hanwa suddenly shrank and did not dare to argue, but his face was full of dissatisfaction.
"Let's go, Hanwa, don't make things difficult for the captain." A peasant soldier held Hanwa's shoulders and walked forward.
Hanwa looked back at the peasant and soldier team leader behind her three times, eagerly hoping that the other party would change his mind.
Until he walked far away, the peasant and soldier team leader did not call him to stop him.
"You guys, immediately gather all the peasants and soldiers who use fire guns, and bring the squatting tiger cannon with you. It might be used this time." The peasant and soldier team leader said to the peasants and soldiers around him. Bing ordered.
After receiving the order, the peasants and soldiers ran away to prepare.
Not long after, about twenty peasant soldiers gathered in front of the peasant soldier team leader.
"I heard that the mayor ordered us farmers and soldiers to go over and rendezvous. Captain Chen, why didn't you call me." Zhang Shun, the deputy captain of the farmers and soldiers, walked over from behind the team.
Captain Chen said to him: "We can't both leave. I will take some farmers and soldiers to join the mayor. The task of escorting the villagers to Linxian County will be left to you, the deputy captain."
"No, I'm going to meet the mayor. You are the captain, and you should be responsible for escorting the villagers." Zhang Shun refused Captain Chen's request to let him leave.
Captain Chen said: "It is precisely because I am the captain that I want to stay. The most important thing is that I have been a soldier before and am more familiar with the soldiers and horses of the army. No one is more suitable to stay than me."
"What's wrong with being a soldier? I'm still the deputy captain of the Peasants' and Soldiers Team. If you want to stay, I'll stay." Zhang Shun said.
Captain Chen's face sank and he said: "Zhang Shun, obey the order. As the captain, I order you to lead the second team to escort the villagers away immediately."
"yes."
Seeing that the other party was determined to stay and deal with the army's troops, and for this reason, he did not hesitate to take on the identity of captain. Zhang Shun knew that he could not change the other party's mind, so he had to accept the task of escorting the villagers away.
Captain Chen's face softened, and he said in a soft tone: "I'll leave it to you, fellow villagers, and you have to watch out for the silly boy. This kid has been working with me for a long time, and he wants to stay regardless of anything. I don't agree, you You also know that those who stay may never come back.”
As he spoke, he glanced at the sun above his head.
"Take care." Zhang Shun protected Captain Chen and patted the opponent's back with both hands.
He didn't know what to say anymore, but he hoped Captain Chen could survive.
"Okay, let's go. The sooner you get to Linxian County, the safer it will be." Captain Chen let go of Zhang Shun's arms, pushed him with his hand, and signaled him to hurry up and get on the road.
"Be sure to take care!" Zhang Shun shouted again to the peasants and soldiers who stayed behind, and then left quickly.
Captain Chen watched Zhang Shun walk away, and then withdrew his gaze.
Turning around, he said to the two teams in front of him: "I won't hide it from you. This time we are going to intercept the pursuing imperial officers and soldiers. It is very dangerous and we may not even survive. Are you afraid?"
The scene was very quiet, no one spoke.
Seeing this situation, Captain Chen grinned and said, "I know you dogs are scared. To be honest, I'm scared too. I'm afraid I won't be able to see such a beautiful sun, and I'm afraid I won't be able to eat hot white-flour buns. I’m afraid I won’t be able to sleep with my mother-in-law who looks like a steamed bun.”
"Ha ha."
Many people in the team laughed.
Captain Chen laughed a few times along with him, then straightened up his expression and said: "No matter how scared I am, I have to stop this imperial army. Otherwise, when these officers and soldiers catch up, I won't even be able to eat white flour buns." Momo, even my mother-in-law will be harmed by them. Even if I don't tell you, you know the virtues of those guest soldiers."
Many people in the peasant and soldier team in front of them were breathing heavily.
The local soldiers may have thought about the convenience of the fellow villagers and should not go too far, but what the guest soldiers did when they arrived was even worse than the most brutal bandits on the mountain.
"Your families have divided their fields, too!" Captain Chen glanced at the faces of the peasants and soldiers in front of him one by one.
"It's divided. My family is divided into five acres of land. Although there is a lot of dry land, there are also several acres of good irrigated land. Only those gentlemen had such good land before."
"My family is the same."
"Our family is considered brother and sister-in-law, and we have been allocated more than thirty acres of land in total."
You, the peasant soldier in the team, said nothing, but when you talked about the land allocated to your family, a smile appeared on your face.
In the past, their family rented land from others, and they had to pay rent for more than half of their annual harvest, and they also had to pay various miscellaneous and minor taxes.
The harvest in one year is simply not enough to eat, and people may even starve to death in bad years.
Captain Chen said loudly: "The fields that the Tiger Character Banner took from those gentlemen have been divided among you. Now that the government troops are here, they will take back the fields that were assigned to you. They will even kill you and do something to you." Auntie, are you willing to burn your house and rob your food?"
"Kill the dog to death."
"Kill the dog to death."
The peasants and soldiers cursed one after another.
Captain Chen saw the peasant soldiers' emotions aroused. He raised his right arm and shouted loudly: "If you want to save your mother-in-law, your house, food, and your own fields, you must kill the intruders." Officers and soldiers, as long as we drive them away, we will have a good life. Brothers, are you afraid of death?"
"Don't be afraid!"
"Don't be afraid!"
"Don't be afraid!"
The twenty or so peasant soldiers in front of them were waving their weapons and shouting loudly.
