An Yi has spent a full 43 days since he was requisitioned by the Dian army on 28 April and has now spent a full 43 days until 10 June, which is more than three days more than double the prediction of the "20 calamities" of the old Taoist.

In the past 43 days, An Yi has only been allowed to go home three times. The third time was today's June 10 night, and like the previous two times, An Yi was followed by two "escort bodyguards" sent by Yang Ximin's Yunnan Army Guard Regiment. An Yi was very calm and relaxed, took out the two Yuan Datou rewarded by the Quartermaster of the Yunnan Army from his greasy jacket pocket, threw them to the overwhelmed Dongzi and asked him to buy two bottles of wine for a roast goose and come back, turned around and happily greeted the guard company commander Qu Dayou and another small platoon commander who "escorted" him back.

"Lao Qu, sit down, what's polite when you get to my brother? Bangzi, you also sit, and it's not in the barracks, so you don't have to talk about so many rules. ”

An Yi warmly greeted the two officers who were monitoring him, and smiled at the second aunt who served the tea: "Second aunt, is Ermao asleep?" ”

The second aunt, who came to the durian garden for more than a month, said goodbye to the suffering of sewing and mending and washing clothes for people, and took the eldest son who survived the escape to live what she thought was a paradise-like life, a relatively comfortable life and a rich diet, so that the complexion and expression of this twenty-nine-year-old woman have recovered a lot. This is the second time that the second aunt has seen An Yi, and when she heard An Yi ask about her six-year-old son, she hurriedly lowered her head and replied: "Ermao has been crazy for a day, and he just slept, eldest young master, you and the two chiefs sit down, and I will cook." ”

"Second aunt, I told you, don't call it a young master, bullshit young master, Lao Tzu is just a fucking coolie, with the same status as Ermao, understand? I don't want to hear you call me that again...... Alright, don't scare you if I'm rude, you can get busy. ”

An Yi saw the second aunt leave timidly, sighed, smiled apologetically at the two happy officers, turned to the side and smoked the old man and said dissatisfiedly: "Old Dao, you don't talk about the second aunt, is it called that?" Does Dongzi like people to call him young master because he thinks he has a high status? ”

Lao Dao shook his head helplessly: "Don't misunderstand your brother, Dongzi has also said to Ermao's mother many times, Dongzi has always taught Ermao to read and write whenever he is free, don't wronged him, it's Ermao's mother who is stubborn, she still calls me master, I don't listen to the old advice, what can I do?" ”

An Yi put his mind at ease, and turned to Company Commander Qu happily: "Two old brothers, let you see the joke, in fact, this house is my owner's courtyard, he was afraid of war and ran to Hong Kong, let us move in to help him look at the house, you also know that my brother is a country boy who knows a little technology, where can he afford the title of young master?" Lao Tzu has just been in the city for a few days? The mud on my legs hasn't been washed yet. ”

The fat-headed old Qu laughed: "Brother, Lao Tzu likes your real surname, otherwise how could he transfer you to his side to do easy work?" In the past dozens of days, you have also seen that the seven or eight thousand people who have been captured are digging trenches and moving wood all day and night, who is so comfortable with you? It's because you kid is diligent with your hands and feet, sweet mouth, and has an appetite for Lao Tzu, haha! ”

An Yi smiled and thanked him, but he was scolding his mother in his heart, if it weren't for the fact that there were more and more cars snatched from Guangzhou City, there were not enough drivers, and Lao Tzu would have been forced by your group of grandsons to use bayonets to work as coolies in the eastern suburbs.

"Boy, why am you all from other provinces? This eldest brother is extraordinary in appearance and has a fairy spirit, just now you called him an old Taoist, is it a Taoist priest? Company Commander Qu asked with interest.

Seeing An Yi smiling cheaply, Lao Dao had to take the initiative to answer, and he told the two illiterate officers in a dignified manner that he was indeed from Taoism, and he was also a branch of the southern faction of the Maoshan faction. The old man also hung up the rough appetite of the two old men who robbed their backs in a few words, and finally listened to it with a face full of respect and self-recognition of the junior, and he couldn't even care about the second aunt who came back from buying roast goose and serving a table of dishes.

An Yi was happy, took an empty bowl and picked up two fat roast goose wings and handed them to Dongzi: "Go, get to the back room, and when Ermao wakes up, he will definitely be hungry." ”

"The eldest young master can't help it, the eldest ......" The second aunt saw An Yi's puffed out two eyes like copper bells, so she quickly closed her mouth and didn't dare to say any more, and turned around to make soup for everyone.

Lao Dao is worthy of being a master who has been crisscrossing the rivers and lakes for 20 years, and a few words led the two rough people who almost drooled when they heard it to the fragrant roast goose. An Yi also grabbed the wine bottle and poured wine for the two, giggling and saluting this and that, the two officers were full of energy after eating a meal, and finally walked out of the street and climbed into the front of the car, and hotly called the filial An Yi brothers, and the words that came out of his mouth made outsiders think that the three of them were born to a mother.

Dongzi and Lao Dao walked into the courtyard gate, the second aunt hurriedly closed it, and Dongzi said worriedly: "Uncle, my eldest brother is dangerous!" A few days ago, all of our political axes were afraid of the persecution of the Yunnan Gui Army, and all fled to the Huangpu Military Academy and the Marshal's Mansion on the other side of the river, it seems that this battle is about to start, my brother and he were sent to the front line by the people, in case there is a good one, how can you let me ......"

"What are you worried about?"

Lao Dao interrupted Dongzi's words: "You are a very smart person, why don't you think about it carefully?" I think you are concerned and chaotic, although your eldest brother is black and thin, he has never suffered hardship, who is he? Even my old way can't figure out that he can't cure him, who can do anything to him? What the hell is he! Even the two officers who escorted him back called him brothers, didn't you see it? Also, all his money is in my place, and he was in a hurry and was penniless, why did he throw you two Yuan Datou as soon as he entered the door this time? When have you ever seen a captured strong man with such a high salary? Don't be foolish, think more and learn more, if you had half the cleverness of your brother, you would not be a little clerk by now......"

The dirty Chevrolet truck loaded with a wagon of old sacks drove out of the east gate, turned north, and arrived at the foot of the Skinny Dog Ridge at the southern foot of Baiyun Mountain for more than ten minutes.

An Yi obeyed the command of the guard company commander and parked the car by the dry pond at the foot of the mountain, where bright bonfires and torches illuminated the mountains and mountains within a radius of several miles, and thousands of ragged men dug pits, shoveled mud and carried stones amid the vicious shouts of Yunnan officers and soldiers.

With the order of the commander of the Qu company, more than 30 exhausted people climbed up from the dry mud pond, staggered to the side of the car to unload bundles of sacks, and then moved to the mud pond to untie and distribute, filled the bag with a shovel full of mud and sand, and carried the nearly 200 pounds of mud and sandbags up the rugged mountain road with bamboo poles and wooden sticks, and went up the mountain to build fortifications one by one.

Company Commander Qu burped, came to An Yi's side and squatted down, took out a pack of "Old Knife Brand" cigarettes full of foreign languages and gave An Yi one. Due to fatigue and boredom, An Yi has recently learned to smoke, he took out a match and skillfully lit it for the company commander, and then lit it himself and took a deep breath.

"This cigarette tastes good, and his mother's foreign cigarette is just delicately rolled and firm." An Yi spit out a circle of eyes and asked, "Brother, aren't you used to smoking ointment?" Why do you smoke this thing? ”

Company Commander Qu yawned, as if An Yi had hooked his opium addiction when he said this: "Don't mention it!" The Whampoa Army and the Cantonese Army are fighting back in three ways, and the forward has arrived in the area of Shilong Shitan in the east, and there will be a fierce battle tomorrow morning at the latest. All divisions and divisions have experienced the front line, how dare we, shrimp soldiers and crabs, slack off? Alas...... Fortunately, Lao Tzu had a good relationship with Commander Hu's brother-in-law, so he was able to get the fat shortage of escort military supplies, and he didn't have to go to the front line to block bullets like other brothers. ”

"Who is Commander Hu? The brother-in-law of the military commander you are talking about, is it Director Yang of the Quartermaster Department who usually likes to talk to you? An Yi asked casually.

Company Commander Qu patted his ass and stood up: "You don't know Commander Hu?" You've been wandering around our positions for more than a month, remember the tall general who called me to lecture at the West Camp at the end of last month? He is Captain Hu Sishun Hu. Now he has gathered the elite of the whole army of six guard regiments, there are more than 160 mountain artillery and field artillery pieces alone, 400 light and heavy machine guns, and a large number of new weapons bought from foreigners, all of which are given priority to equipping these six regiments under his command, and this morning they have all been strengthened to the strategic point of the first line in the east of the city. It is absolutely impossible to get the slightest benefit from our Commander Hu, brother, you can rest assured to follow the elder brother to enjoy happiness...... You stay here, I'll go check it out and come back, and I'll have to go to the next place later. ”

"Where to go? Went to the Shipai station again to pull ammunition? An Yi asked.

Company Commander Qu coughed and spit out thick phlegm: "The ammunition is enough, Shipai has become the southern front headquarters, it is estimated that the headquarters is also located there, we don't need to go, we have to return to the West Camp to pull a car of special military supplies, and rush to the positions of the third and fourth regiments in Longyan Cave overnight, you kid have to cheer up, Lao Tzu doesn't have time to close your eyes tonight." ”

"Understood."

An Yi sat on the ground, thinking of Company Commander Qu's words just now, and couldn't help but feel deeply worried about his group of Huangpu brothers. For more than a month, he has been pulling goods and delivering goods for the Yunnan army, An Yi knows all the major battalions of the Yunnan army and the defensive positions that have been quickly built in the past few days, and has also seen the weapons and ammunition equipped by the Yunnan officers and soldiers and some of the Gui officers and soldiers.

An Yi, who was distraught, stood up, threw away the butt of his cigarette, and looked up at the thin dog ridge with torches and shouting everywhere.

The terrain of Skinny Dog Ridge is very familiar, yesterday morning and Qu Company Commander carried two boxes of tobacco and soil to the army, knowing that this is a strategic place at the southern foot of Baiyun Mountain, Skinny Dog Ridge shape is like a skinny dog crawling facing northwest, if you stand on Baiyun Mountain and look at it, this dog is skinny and skinny, very realistic, even the ribs on the dog body composed of raised rock formations can be counted, it is very appropriate to call Skinny Dog Ridge. There is a legend in Slender Dog Ridge, during the Hongzhi period of the Ming Dynasty, Lingnan genius Lun Wen Shu won the champion, causing the jealousy of some people in the imperial court, these people then made up a ballad with suspicion and spread it everywhere, saying that "there is a sleeping dragon on the head of Slender Dog Mountain, thirteen years later, it will rush to the sky, and the golden fire will invade the empire, and the sun will shine in Guangdong", the result is broken, the imperial court is worried about the instability of the country, and every year it will spend a lot of manpower and material resources to bombard this Slender Dog Ridge to destroy the feng shui dragon vein.

At this time, the Slender Dog Ridge has become a dangerous place to hold the east of the city and enter the city of Guangzhou, and the half-moon-shaped fortifications separated by a few meters stretch from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the mountain.

Suddenly, a wave of confusion and shouting sounded at the foot of the mountain, the heavy sound of the butt of the gun hitting the person was clearly audible, and the screams were heart-rending and terrifying, and the crowd immediately became chaotic, and the people shouted loudly, and dozens of unbearable people fled for their lives. As the officer of the Yunnan army shouted the order to "shoot", the sound of "Woo Woo" immediately reverberated in the night sky, and the people who were crooked and couldn't run dozens of steps were killed one after another, so frightened that An Yi forgot to squat down to dodge.

"Stop him—"

A thin figure ran towards An Yi lifelessly, perhaps the chasing Yunnan soldiers did not dare to shoot for fear of injuring their own people by mistake, but howled for An Yi to stop, the blazing bonfire made An Yi see clearly that it was a child who escaped, and he couldn't bear to hurriedly shouted: "I'll stop him, don't shoot-"

"Uhh

The thin child's head tilted back suddenly, and he fell to An Yi's feet with a "poof", and An Yi, who had already stretched out his hands to catch the child, froze there like a log, and couldn't believe that everything in front of him was real.

The thick blood woke up An Yi, whose brain was in chaos, he suddenly knelt down and picked up the child who was shot in the head, seeing the blood and brains gushing out of his forehead, An Yi cried out loudly in pain: "He's still a child...... I don't look like I'm even fifteen years old...... Why are you so ruthless, you ......?"

The few Dian soldiers who were chasing after didn't seem to hear An Yi's cry at all, and when they saw that it was okay, they scolded and turned to leave. I don't know when Company Commander Qu, who came behind An Yi, looked at his brand-new shell gun with satisfaction, gently blew into the smoking muzzle, and said happily: "Sure enough, it's an authentic German product, my boss is really interesting, such a good gun, the battalion commander can't get it, haha......"

"You...... Why did you kill him...... You know I can stop him, why do you want to kill him? Why are you so ruthless? ”

An Yi raised his head and looked up at the triumphant Qu Company Commander, his originally kind eyes were full of anger.

Company Commander Qu was stunned for a moment, gave An Yi two kicks suddenly, kicked An Yi on the back and made a dull sound of "bang": "You dare to teach me a fucking lesson?" Annoyed Lao Tzu and shot you, believe it or not? Put the body down, it's not your son, what are you sad about? Get up! Go now, if it weren't for the fact that you could drive, you would be like those thousands of cheap people, who died and no one would bury them! Still staring at Lao Tzu with a snort, living impatient with you? Yes? Stand up for Lao Tzu! ”

An Yi gently put down the child who was still hot in his arms, walked to the car door step by step with no expression on his face, mechanically boarded the front of the car and lit the fire, and carried Company Commander Qu back to the city without saying a word......