Dong Zhuang sat at the long table, looking at the two white-flour buns and a bowl of steaming mutton soup in front of him, he couldn't help but be a little dazed, and with the same expression as him were dozens of strong men from afar who sat with him, they were all soldiers of the standing army who were captured after the first battle in Yuyang County.

This journey is thousands of miles, the more Dong Zhuang's heart is colder, and he doesn't know where the Eastern Army is going to send them, anyway, the weather is getting colder and colder, fortunately, the Eastern Army seems to have been prepared for this, and on the way they changed into the cotton clothes of the Eastern Army, along the way, they saw more and more Hu people, and among the troops who escorted them, there were also a large number of Hu people, which made many people more worried. These people have confirmed these views.

Most of them are from the land of Yan, and they can be said to know nothing about Liaoxi and Hejian in the border areas, and they think that they are just synonymous with savages. Could it be that they were sold to the Hu people as slaves?

There are not a few people who have this idea, so on the way, there were also many accidents, and some people tried to escape.

Although they are prisoners, the Eastern Army does not strictly control them, and no one guards them, which creates opportunities for those people, but Dong Zhuang is unmoved, the general of the Eastern Army seems to be a very senior general who once told him that as long as he can go to that place for three years, he will be allowed to come and go freely, Dong Zhuang does not think that such a big man is such a small pawn to deceive him, there is no need at all. So he is still very relieved, although he is getting farther and farther away from home, he can't say that he is not afraid, but when he thinks of the three-year period, his heart is hot again, and now he has no idea of being promoted to become rich and glorifying his ancestors. I just hope that after three years, I can return to my hometown safely and serve the second elder for a hundred years, which can be regarded as fulfilling my filial piety.

So when someone colluded with him to escape, he categorically refused, not only refused, but he also tried his best to prevent the hundred soldiers he led from not participating, because Dong Zhuang was more prominent, and he had communicated with Ye Zhen on the battlefield, and all this guy was appointed to manage the task of managing a hundred prisoner of war soldiers.

It turns out. Dong Zhuang's prudence is justified.

Thirty-eight escapees, all of them, were taken back at noon the next day, nay, they must have been dragged back, they were tied behind the tail of their horses, and when they were dragged before them, they were already dying.

And then, there was no then, these people. and his head was cut off.

The dripping blood shocked everyone, and no one tried to escape anymore, in this Ma Pingchuan, there was no shelter. Even if you run for a day, the cavalry will be able to search for your tracks in a very short time and capture you back.

Dong Zhuang originally thought that he would return to his old business from now on. He became a farmer, but when he arrived in Pioneer City, he unexpectedly found out. There was an imminent war here, and it seemed that he still had to be a soldier.

However, the food here is really amazing, even when they were training in Jicheng, they ate only black bread, and they could see meat once every seven or eight days, but that was already a great treatment for them. And now, they are prisoners of war, but they have eaten white flour buns and mutton soup, such a big sea bowl, and the aroma of the bone with fat mutton in it made Dong Zhuang swallow a mouthful of saliva involuntarily.

In fact, it's not just him, in the big cafeteria, the sound of swallowing saliva one after another is endless.

They salivated, but no one dared to take it, because along the way, they had learned too many rules, and they could only move their mouths when they had eaten after the official had given an order. Otherwise, he will be whipped.

A man walked across from him, Dong Zhuang looked up, and saw an officer escorting them along the way, and he heard the soldiers of the Eastern Army call this person company commander.

He didn't know how big an officer the company commander was, but this person was assigned to the hundred-person team under his jurisdiction and was responsible for supervision, so the two of them were very familiar, and Dong Zhuang knew that this person's name was Fu Xiao.

"Company Commander Fu!" He stood up and looked at the two big bowls in Fu Xiao's hands, and couldn't help but be stunned, because the food in the other party's hands was exactly the same as the one in front of him.

"Sit, sit!" Fu Xiao sat in front of him with a smile and looked at Dong Zhuang, "Along the way, you have saved me a lot of worry, compared to other 100-person teams with continuous accidents, our company, there is no mistake, you are indispensable." ”

"This is the credit of Company Commander Fu!" Dong Zhuang said in a low voice.

"Don't be so detained." Fu Xiao smiled and waved his hand, "You have also seen that we are about to fight here, so in the future, we will no longer be managers and prisoners of war, and we will all be colleagues in the future. ”

"I'm not afraid of war!" Dong Zhuang puffed up his chest, "It's just, aren't we prisoners?" ”

"From now on, you are soldiers!" Fu Xiaodao: "It's also a soldier of our Eastern Army, oh, it's still a little different, you still have a probationary period, only if you pass the apprenticeship, you can officially become a soldier of the Eastern Expedition." ”

"Apprenticeship?" Dong Zhuang asked suspiciously.

"Hmm!" Fu Xiao nodded, "Originally, you were in a three-year probationary period, during which the food tube was full and the esophagus was warm, but there was no salary to take, but now that the war has broken out, this period will be shortened." In fact, like you, I used to be a prisoner of war, I am a native of Hejian County, I fought a battle with the Eastern Expeditionary Army, I was captured, but I was a midshipman for three years, and then I finally became an official soldier of the Eastern Expeditionary Army. ”

Dong Zhuang was shocked, can prisoners of war also become officers of the Eastern Army?

Seeing Dong Zhuang's expression, Fu Xiao smiled, "After you become an official soldier of the Eastern Army, you will understand that in this army, no matter your background, as long as you have military achievements, you can rise step by step, no one dares to make things difficult for you, there are special military judges in the army to record everyone's military exploits." With your ability, as long as you dare to work hard, you will definitely be like me in the future, maybe even stronger than me. ”

"Where do you dare to compare with Company Commander Fu!" Dong Zhuang shook his head again and again, although his face was humble, his heart was hot, he had been walking with this Fu Company Commander for more than a month, Dong Zhuang also knew him very well, if he said that he was a martial artist, the two Fu Company Commanders together were not his opponents, he could be the company commander, so could he be a little higher?

"Dong Zhuang, I have also carefully observed you along the way, you are also a simple person, I tell you a piece of news, the First Army is selecting a group of elite people, preparing to form a special brigade, I have signed up, if you are interested, I can help you sign up, if you can be selected, you will immediately become a formal soldier and get the treatment of a formal soldier."

"I'm willing to participate!" Dong Zhuang immediately said, anyway, when a soldier fights, where can't he do it, if he participates in this special brigade, he can immediately remove the two ugly words of prisoners on his body, why doesn't he do it?

Fu Xiao smiled, "You think about this first, go to the special brigade, that is to play with life, the danger is much greater than the average soldier, you prisoners of war, will first be organized in the team to defend the city to help defend the city, so that the danger of death is greatly reduced, and to participate in this special brigade, but to go out of the city to fight, facing the Donghu cavalry, death will come at any time, of course, with the risk of high returns, as long as you can come back alive, promotion, naturally is not a problem." ”

"I did it!" Dong Zhuang nodded firmly, "If you take a little risk, you can get a good future, why don't I do it, where is it not dangerous to defend the city, you really want to die, maybe you will fall to your death if you slip on the top of the city, but I am not qualified to sign up, and I ask the company commander to help." ”

"Okay, as long as you are willing, I am willing to apply for you, a guy like you, I believe the general who leads the team will definitely like it." Fu Xiao nodded and smiled.

Dong Zhuang was also about to ask about the detailed situation, in the distance of the canteen, there was a sudden short horn sound, this is the sound of the meal, Dong Zhuang immediately closed the sound, grabbed the steamed bun with one hand, and took out the bones with fat mutton from the sea bowl with the other, ate a steamed bun, nibbled on the mutton, chewed a few times, and then leaned down and went to the sea bowl to drink a mouthful of delicious mutton soup.

"Slow down!" Seeing Dong Zhuang's gobbling up, Fu Xiao couldn't help laughing, "Our food here has always been like this, in the future, if you eat like this every day, you will get tired, the soldiers stationed in this pioneer city are looking forward to eating some bloody vegetables every day, this mutton is not a good thing here."

"Isn't meat a good thing?" Dong Zhuang's eyes widened, "When I was at home, I couldn't eat meat a few times a year, do you mean that you can eat meat here every day?"

"Of course, you can eat meat every day!" Fu Xiao listened to Dong Zhuang's words, and couldn't help but feel a little sour in his heart, when he first joined the Eastern Army, why wasn't it like this, looking at Dong Zhuang, he couldn't help but think of his family in the countryside of Hejian, I heard that the new policy of Zhengdong Mansion has also begun to be implemented there, or the life of the family should be much better, counting, he hasn't been home for four years, and his parents at home don't know how much gray hair he has added, has his younger brother grown taller, and his younger sister has already married? If any of the boys who married their sisters dared to bully their sisters, when they went back, they would definitely beat him so much that their mothers wouldn't recognize him.

Fu Xiao naturally didn't know, when he thought like this in his heart, Dong Zhuang couldn't help but think of the guy, eating more and more slowly, his eyes were red, he was captured, I was afraid that his family would think he was dead, right? (To be continued......)