The March sun, like a lazy beautiful girl, lazily sprinkled the light, longing for a winter earth, but infinitely hungry and greedily swallowing the sun, the warmth made the seeds that had been dormant all winter sprout quickly, moss, and burrow the weak body stems out of the soft earth again, shaking excitedly in the sun with the breeze. After the snow melted, the black earth, which was exposed in the spring breeze, seemed to be covered with green overnight, and only the wide galloping road and winding ditches were like jade belts, wrapped between the thick and heavy bodies of the earth.

Baiyang Village, dozens of miles outside Jishi City, compared with a year ago, has undergone earth-shaking changes, Baiyang Village, originally the place where Zhengdong Mansion resettled retired disabled soldiers, the architecture of this village, with a typical military style, the houses are arranged neatly, the roads in the village, divide the village into neat squares, the ditch around the whole village, much deeper than the ditches in other places, and much wider, there is only one stone bridge into the village, if a war breaks out, just demolish this stone bridge, Poplar Village is a fortified military fortress.

It is the critical moment for the crops to grow, during this period, the weeds that cannot be burned by the wildfires are much more tenacious than the more delicate crop seedlings, and their growth rate is several times that of the crop seedlings, this time, it was originally the busiest time in Poplar Village, because they have to go to the fields to pull out the weeds to ensure the growth of the crop seedlings, so as to lay a solid foundation for the autumn harvest.

In the current Jishi County, the construction of a powerful water conservancy and irrigation system has never stopped, and every winter during the agricultural slack season, the county keeper Wu Kai will gather the county residents to dig ditches, so that Jishi County is no longer affected by drought and flooding, and the county has a good harvest every year.

But in the fields outside Baiyang Village today, there is not a single figure to be seen, but in front of the stone bridge in the village. There are crowds of people, gongs and drums, and it is very lively. Almost all the people of Poplar Village are concentrated in this place.

Baiyang Village has now gathered a population of about 5,000 people, it is an out-and-out super village, and the population characteristics gathered in this village are unusually unified, basically all of them are discharged due to disability, or retired due to old age, and there are almost one-fifth of the Huns in the village, which is a large part of them. He also retired from the army, and only a very small part of them defected because they were related to the people of Baiyang Village.

The notice of the formation of the Young Guards Army of the Eastern Expeditionary Army had been posted in the village of Baiyang Village three days ago, and Baiyang Village, which was busy with farm work in the fields, immediately boiled. As a large village made up of retired personnel in the military, there is undoubtedly the largest number of people who meet this condition.

In Baiyang Village, there are nearly 500 people who have been conscripted into the army this time, and the head of the village is now crowded with people, and the elders are holding the hands of the young enlists. was telling in their mouths, and some women couldn't help wiping away their tears and became soldiers. On the battlefield, danger is always accompanied, even if the Eastern Army is invincible, but in the past few years. There are also a large number of people who died on the battlefield, and the number of disabled people is even more innumerable, how can these women not feel uncomfortable? And those young people. In the past two years, the expansion speed of the Eastern Army has not been fast, especially in the three counties of Jishi, Liaoxi and Hejian, a large number of conscripts are almost concentrated in the Zhonghetao area, which makes these young men who are eager to make meritorious contributions, but the battlefield is dominant, but now they are finally waiting for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The Young Guard, as soon as they heard the name, made people excited, this is the army under the personal command of the Governor Gao Yuan, in other words, the closest troops to the Governor.

"Okay, okay, I got it."

"Mother, don't say it, look at it, I'm crying, and I'm not afraid of people's jokes."

"Old man, I'm leaving, if the family can't do farm work, go to the village chief, don't be tired, when I become an officer and have enough military salary, I will buy the best wine from Xianyun Building for you to drink."

"Uncle, the Hun woman introduced to you by the village chief last time is good, although she has two children, but I see that people are extremely diligent and can endure hardships, you have been injured, your health is not good, you can't do heavy work, find such a mother-in-law can help you, those two boys can also help the family work in a few years, and, I went to be a soldier, maybe I will die, you also have to give birth to a few dolls to inherit our family's cigarettes, don't grind and pick three or four." Now the women of our expedition to Dongfu have a high vision, that is, the Huns who have just been attached to you are willing to marry you. ”

In a farewell sound, the village chief of Baiyang Village, He Dayou, stood in front of his two nephews with his hands behind his back, these two nephews were all he came to take refuge in Baiyang Village, their parents used to be flag-wavers in Liaoxi, but they both unfortunately died, three years have passed, the two boys have grown into eighteen-year-old boys, because of adequate nutrition, the two boys are much taller than He Dayou, and at this moment they are wearing the red uniforms of the Young Guards, looking heroic. After the two arrived at He Dayou, He Dayou, who was an officer in the army, began to demand them by the standard of a soldier, these two boys were stronger than their fellow villagers, and they were extremely clear about the requirements in the army.

"Wei Gao, Wei Yuan, when you get to the army, do a good job, start a war, don't be afraid of death, Du Du said a sentence, those who are afraid of death will always die first, only in the place of death and then live, it is possible to really survive, this is also the experience that Uncle got from the battlefield."

"Uncle, we are not afraid of death, we have to fight for the governor, fight for our Poplar Village!" He Wei said loudly, standing upright, quite a soldier.

"Uncle, look at it, we two brothers, we will be bigger officials than you in the future." He Weigao's younger brother He Weiyuan raised his head and said with a smile. "At the very least, let's come back as a company commander."

"Something that doesn't make a living." He Dayou laughed and punched He Weiyuan, but he didn't want to be pushed back by the other party's hard chest, and his wrist was sore, "When Lao Tzu was in the army, he was a sentry commander, in charge of fifty people, if you are a company commander, there are only one or two hundred people, if you want to be a company, you will come back as a general." ”

He Weiyuan stuck out his tongue, if he wants to be a general, he must at least have the rank of division commander or above, which seems to be too far away from him. But he still stubbornly said: "Uncle, I will work hard." ”

He Dayou's Xiongnu daughter-in-law came over with her son who had just learned to walk, and whispered to the two brothers in the Central Plains dialect, which was still not fluent: "Be careful, be smart." Be sure to come back alive. Her family and brothers died on the battlefield, and seeing that their relatives are now about to set foot on the battlefield again, they can't help but feel a little panicked and worried.

"Auntie, don't worry!" He Weigao reached out and pinched the little face of the child in the woman's arms, and the little doll giggled and reached out to grab He Weigao's hand. "Auntie, your uncle's legs and feet are not good, you are so tired, when our brother returns, you can enjoy it."

The woman had red circles under her eyes, nodded again and again, she was alone, wandered to Baiyang Village, and later married He Dayou, finally settled down, and rarely enjoyed the warmth of the family again, at this time hearing He Weigao's words, I couldn't help but have a sour nose.

At the head of the village, there was a loud sound in the army, He Dayou hurriedly pushed the two brothers, and said: "The assembly horn sounded, go and gather, Wei Gao, Wei Yuan, when you get to the army, brothers must take care of each other, and we people in the village, if you are together, on the battlefield, you must take care of each other, on the battlefield, you have two brothers, one is the weapon in your hand, and the other is your comrade-in-arms." ”

"Understood, uncle!" The two stood upright, gave a military salute to He Dayou, turned around, and ran towards the assembly place.

More than 500 people gathered into a phalanx after a while, the red battle jacket reflected everyone's eyes, Guo Laofu stood in front of this phalanx of 500 people, nodded with satisfaction, it is said that such a recruit is recruited, and there is no need to dispatch people of Guo Laofu's level to go out, but the status of Baiyang Village is more special in Jishi County, and this guy has been cared for by people with a heart, knowing that the soldiers in Baiyang Village, Su zhì is a lot higher than people in other places, and he can almost be directly recruited to the battlefield, He was a little cautious, and ran over in person, looking at these young people who were standing in front of them whose military appearance was almost not inferior to that of the regular army, not to mention how beautiful it was, Yang Dasha, that kid, this time he was going to be deflated.

He walked up to He Dayou and patted He Dayou's shoulder hard, "Dayou, it's amazing, if the village chief of our Zhengdong Mansion is like you, then our Zhengdong Mansion will really be invincible in the world, and you, the young people of Baiyang Village, can almost skip the link of military training."

"Lao Fu, you look down on them too much, I just got these boys together for military training when I was usually free, it's just a bit of a look, compared to the army, it's far worse, these kids, they have to go through some hardships before they can really become talents!" He Dayou said modestly.

Guo Laofu glanced back at the phalanx soldiers who were still not squinting, and nodded, "Just see the blood again, fight one or two battles, it will be a rare elite, Dayou, you guy, you are worthy of being the village chief of the first village in the world in the mouth of the governor, admire, admire." ”

"Did the Governor really say that?" He Dayou's mouth couldn't stop laughing.

"Of course." Guo Laofeng nodded and said: "Your Baiyang Village is the largest village in Jishi County, with the most grain paid every year, the best public security, and this time the conscription is also the most people, and it is so good, when the governor sees your army, there will definitely be a reward." I'm leaving, Otomo, and I'll come back to you for a drink when I'm free. ”

Seeing Guo Laofu turn around to leave, He Dayou suddenly grabbed his arm, lowered his voice, and said, "Lao Fu, I know that you are clever in battle, please take care of these young men more, so that they can come back alive as much as possible." ”

Guo Lao froze for a moment, then patted He Dayou on the shoulder heavily, turned around and strode away.

The sound of the military horn sounded again, and the phalanx of five hundred people left the village one by one, stepped on the stone bridge, and walked towards the road to Jishi City, behind them, He Dayou rubbed his eyes and muttered: "Old, I'm really old!" (To be continued......)