That night, classmate Xiaopaan tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. It wasn't until the sky got slightly brighter that the drums sounded, and he got up from the bed in a daze.
Subconsciously, he wanted to grab the armor under the bed, but when he was about to grab the wooden knife, his facial features gradually became distorted.
He hates.
I hate being forcibly tied here, and I hate even more that I left amid the ridicule of the old soldiers, leaving like a coward.
The more he thought about it, the more humiliated Xiaopao felt.
The other new soldiers ran out of the camp happily.
Xu Tianchen gritted his teeth and fought between heaven and man.
His skinny palm patted Xu Tianchen's shoulder three times.
Master Liu knocked on his knees and squatted down with some difficulty.
"Boy, don't think too much. Let's go. You guys from aristocratic families are not suitable for joining the army."
Looking at Mr. Liu's somewhat cloudy eyes, Xu Tianchen gritted his teeth and said, "I...I won't give in!"
"I know you're not willing to give in, but you've missed something."
"What's up?"
"You think, you think, this army will just follow what they want, that's what they think, look down on, look down on, look down on the killers, look down on us Qiu Ba, think, we are just a bunch of illiterate warriors , joining the army will disgrace your status, right?"
Xu Tianchen didn't speak, but he already acquiesced.
Liu Ye smiled and said: "So, if you want to give up, we will not look down on you because of the love of the emperor. The emperor we want is the emperor who protects the country and the people."
Master Liu stood up, sat next to Xu Tianchen, and said calmly: "Not everyone is qualified to protect the country and the people. In this life, Master Liu, I am only proud of one thing, and that is that I am a catcher." A member of the wolf army is not proud of killing, but proud of being a frontier army. Why is he proud? Because I am carefully selected. God, give me Chen Chuliu who was carefully selected to join the wolf catching army. It proves that I, Chen Chuliu, am qualified and capable, qualified to protect the country of Dachang Dynasty, and capable of protecting the people of Dachang Dynasty."
"Sixth Master..."
This was the first time that Xu Tianchen called Chen Chuliu Liu Ye, and he said very seriously: "Boy, you have a bad mouth. I know it, but boy, although my Xu family does not want people to join the army, when there is a war, I The Xu family is the first to donate food and materials. I, the Xu family, are no worse than your army. We are also loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and we will do our best."
"Yes, Mr. Liu knows. He knows that your Xu family is a good person and donates money and materials."
Liu Ye stood up, patted Xu Tianchen's shoulder again, walked out of the military tent, and left his last words.
"We are all poor people, with no money, let alone things, but we are also donating. The only thing we can donate is our lives. Donating our lives, giving our lives for the country, and dying for the country, we are the only ones. Donate your life, donate your life to the country and the people. In the future, don’t say that the Xu family, who donated materials and money, is more powerful than the border troops who donated their lives. The world praises you, but we, the fighting Hans, , will laugh and make fun of you, it’s so ridiculous.”
Master Liu left, but the last words he left lingered in Xu Tianchen's mind.
Give your life, give your life, give your life for your country, give your life for your country.
These four words, "sacrifice one's life for the country," lingered in Xu Tianchen's mind.
Xu Tianchen's lips began to tremble uncontrollably.
It is said that soldiers are cheap and their lives are cheap. If they are not reborn, they will die...
But what else does the army have? They only have their lives, their only lives.
They donated the only thing they had to the country!
At this moment, Xu Tianchen's face was red with shame, and he regretted that he had told the Xu family, donated money, and donated food and grass.
Money, food and grass, nothing compared to life, why do they matter?
It is precisely because the frontier soldiers went to die and constantly sacrificed their lives that they were regarded as a cheap life by the world. But is this life really a cheap life?
Is life cheap, or is it money, food and grass?
With a "pop" sound, Xu Tianchen slapped himself hard on the face.
At this moment, he was filled with regret, regretting that he had said something that he would regret for the rest of his life.
He could actually tell that his Xu family had also donated money!
The fat white man Hu Shenzhi ran out and shouted excitedly: "Mr. Xu, let's go, what are you waiting for? It's already midnight outside, be careful not to get out if it's too late."
Xu Tianchen looked at the armor and wooden knife under the bed again, clenching his fists tightly, trying to grab them, but he couldn't reach out no matter what.
Hu Shenzhi walked over quickly and shouted: "Brother Xu, what are you still dawdling about? Don't miss this opportunity. I'll return all your clothes to everyone."
Xu Tianchen took a deep breath: "Old soldier, have you sent it off?"
"Sent it away, it's just outside."
Xu Tianchen's expression changed slightly: "Send me off as an old soldier?"
"Oh, it's not a gift. It's a joke. It's so irritating. I call everyone deserters and cowards."
A trace of disappointment flashed across Xu Tianchen's face.
Since the old soldiers scolded and laughed at them, then... the deserters really had to run away from this camp that made people hate them.
Seeing that Xu Tianchen was still writing ink, Hu Shenzhi was also a warm-hearted person and directly grabbed the former and pulled the confused Xu Tianchen out of the account.
Sure enough, among the more than 500 people, there were more than 400 "deserters", including sons of aristocratic families, all in the queue.
There are less than a hundred people left, all sons of the common people.
There were less than a hundred new recruits left. These new recruits, who had complained endlessly about being punished on the first day, held their chests high and were hugged shoulder to shoulder by the old soldiers. They laughed together and used vicious words. , laughing at the deserters.
The new soldiers who were left behind had arrogant expressions on their faces, and their scoldings were even harsher and louder than those of the old soldiers.
Standing in the queue, Xu Tianchen turned his head and looked at the new soldiers who were already "complicit" with the old soldiers, and suddenly felt a little envious.
At this moment, he also wanted to hook up with the old soldiers and let them know that he dared to sacrifice his life for the country. He was laughing at the deserters with these Qiu Ba people!
Lowering his head, Xu Tianchen's eyes were moist and he was holding back tears.
At this moment, he was so unwilling.
He knew that after he left, he would never have the chance to come back in this life. He would never have the chance to put his arms around the shoulders of those old soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country, curse their mothers loudly, insult the new soldiers loudly, puff out his chest, and say I will also sacrifice my life for the country!
Although the deserters beside them were humiliated, they were not angry at all and were so excited that they could finally leave.
Xu Tianchen's face was flushed with shame. He no longer wanted to stand with the people around him. He felt humiliated and shameless. Tears rolled in his eyes. The shame, like a vine, crawled all over his body, corroding every inch of his body. All his pride was shattered.
He raised his head again, turned around, and looked at the new recruits who were still secretly scolding the old soldiers yesterday. Looking at the new recruits who would be able to face anyone in the future and pat their chests and say that they dared to sacrifice their lives for the country. Xu Tianchen's His nails dug into the palm of his hand.
The horses outside the camp were pulled away, and the jeers of the old soldiers still rang in my ears.
The new recruits puffed up their chests and laughed.
The queue dispersed, and outside the camp, carriages and carriages had been waiting for a long time.
The deserters ran out of the camp excitedly and ran towards the carriage.
Xu Tianchen was pushed by the surging crowd and walked out of the camp like a zombie.
Turning around, the old soldiers and new soldiers of the Wolf Catching Army are so close, so close, yet so far away, far away in the horizon, out of reach. In this life, they can't be touched. In this life, they can't say that they can do the same. He died for his country.
Those carriages were also painted with the surnames of various prefectures.
The deserters, crying with joy, rushed forward.
The carriage door was pushed open, and ugly, scarred old soldiers carrying cloth sticks stepped out of the carriage.
Everything was quiet, and every deserter was dumbfounded.
"Wahahahahaha."
Between heaven and earth, only Tao Shaozhang's wild laughter remained.
"What a fool, you still want to run away, run away like a bastard, hahahahaha."
Tao Shaozhang was like a dead pervert, laughing so proudly, so wildly, so arrogantly.
"All deserters, train twice as much and eat half as much!"
The deserters stared wide-eyed, dumbfounded, and cried. They all cried. Tears flowed down in broken lines. Many of them sat down on the ground.
They were tricked and went from hell to the gate of heaven. They only had one glance, just one glance, and then fell into hell again.
Xu Tianchen was also dumbfounded. Looking at Tao Shaozhang who was laughing wildly, his mind went blank.
"You...you...you clearly...last night..."
Tao Shaozhang smiled even more proudly, almost out of breath.
"What do you mean by being a pawn? You don't even know you are a pawn spying on you. What kind of pawn do you think you are? Hahahaha, Xu Xiaopao, you fell into the trap. The food will be halved. You are a pawn, Xu Xiaopao, hahahaha!"
Xu Tianchen was ashamed and angry, and suddenly put his foot on Hu Shenzhi's butt beside him.
"It's all your damn fault for dragging me out just now. Otherwise, how could I have fallen into the trap?"
He yelled and cursed, but Xu Tianchen's eyes inadvertently flashed a trace of inexplicable happiness.
People with such a happy look are not only Xu Tianchen, but also many, many sons of aristocratic families. These sons of aristocratic families are cursing, but they have mixed feelings in their hearts, including bitterness, helplessness, and a bit of relief and happiness. .
Chu Qing, who was watching the excitement on the flag stage, pinched his teeth and said, "Is this what dad came up with?"
"No." Fu San whispered: "Master, your uncle is too... too..."
"So damn cheap!"
Fu San was convinced and kept nodding.
"This bastard." Chu Qing started to get angry: "In order to make fun of the new recruits, he even painted the carriage with the surnames of each family. This is too... too..."
Fu San: "Too damn cheap!"
