At 5 o'clock in the morning of the 18th, it was almost dawn, Zhang Wei released the 29th Division from the system, and Li Zhaoshui began to arrange tasks for the troops. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The 1st Regiment went north along the road to Anju to assist the 28th Division in destroying the Japanese army in Anju, and from here it was about 30 kilometers to Anju, which could be reached in the afternoon by a rapid march.

The remaining troops of the 29th Division went to occupy Pyongwon-gun, and then moved south to besiege the Japanese defenders in Pyongyang.

The division commander discussed with the chief of staff and the deputy division commander of the division a little, and sent a cavalry regiment to raid Pingyuan County; After occupying Pyongwon-gun, the troops moved south to attack the city of Pyongyang.

Zhang Wei and Li Zhaoshui rode horses to follow the troops.

Along the way, I saw several villages with low grass houses, and at dawn in the morning, the local residents got up one after another, and bursts of cooking smoke rose from the villages; The autumn crops in the fields have been harvested, and only a field of whitish corn stubble remains, and the industrious families have begun to plough the ground and prepare to plant winter wheat; The leaves of the large trees on the hills in the distance are starting to turn yellow, indicating that the weather is getting cooler and winter is coming.

When the large army of Zhang Wei and others arrived at Pingyuan County, the main cavalry force had already moved south, leaving only one platoon of cavalry to maintain order.

Although Pingyuan County is a county town, located in the plain area, the land is fertile, the water source is abundant, it should be a very rich small town, entering the city, Zhang Wei feels very disappointed, just a main street, not even a big town, and very dirty, full of garbage, the air is filled with a musty smell.

Because a large army passed by, all the houses were so frightened that they closed their doors, and there was not a single local on the street.

Without stopping, the troops turned south.

When I got out of the city, the sun had already risen, and the sun was shining on my body, and I felt a lot warmer.

At this time, Zhang Wei could already see the faces of the locals in the villages passing by, and the villagers could also see the troops on the march.

The villagers turned a blind eye to the passing troops, probably after years of war, they had become accustomed to passing troops, and besides, they really had nothing to grab. All of them are yellow and thin, children are skinny and bone-like, with a big head, high forehead, obvious malnutrition, adults are hollow-eyed, no look, can only be regarded as a walking corpse, clothing can be described as unclothed, most of the children are barefoot**.

Zhang Wei really couldn't stand it anymore, so he loudly gave an order to the baggage team behind him, leaving 1,000 catties of food for the village to save the emergency. Some of the villagers could understand Chinese, knew that this adult was Han Chinese, and wanted to send food to the village, so they told Zhang Wei's words to the other villagers, and the excited villagers stopped what they were doing, and collectively came to Zhang Wei to kneel and kowtow, and muttered: "Thank you for saving your life!" Many people were moved to tears.

The people who followed behind shouted as they ran:

"It's the Han compatriots who have come to rescue everyone."

"Finally, I hope that the army of the Celestial Empire is coming."

"Master Wang is here!"

"Everyone, come and greet Master Wang!"

When the baggage team caught up, they first distributed a piece of marching dry food to each villager, and watching them gobble up, all the soldiers felt that they had a heavy responsibility on their shoulders, and they must rescue these simple villagers from the sea of suffering.

The village chief knew that even if there were 1,000 catties of food, it would not be able to alleviate the predicament for a few days, if there was no new way out, the whole village would be starved to death sooner or later, in order for the young descendants in the village to have a way to live, the village chief knelt down in front of Zhang Wei, and asked to take in the descendants of their village and give them a way to live, and those young people also knew that the village chief was for their good, and the whole village knelt down again.

Zhang Wei got off the horse and helped the old man, after understanding, the old man is a Han nationality, his ancestors moved here from Shandong, a small half of the people in this village are Han people, and there are many Han people in many villages around, no wonder so many people can speak Chinese.

Zhang Wei looked at the surrounding scene, his heart was dripping blood, the Japanese are doing evil, this is a relatively wealthy area in northern Korea, this is just the autumn harvest, the people here are already unable to eat, so how can they survive the winter?

Zhang Wei said to the old man: "Old man, I am a Han Chinese, if you join us, you must have a bald head like us, so that you can be bandaged after being injured in the war, if you don't want to, we can't have your people, you have also seen, including me and all the people are bald." ”

The old man thought to himself, this adult himself is bald, and all those who follow him are also bald, this is a requirement, and must be complied with, rather than being starved to death, there will be no pressure on Ricohtou, and the old man will agree instead of all the descendants.

Zhang Wei thought that the army would form mercenaries in the future, so take in some people, which is equivalent to early selection, Zhang Wei required that he must be able to speak Chinese, have great strength, run fast, be able to shoot guns, and have a skill, and finally selected more than 20 young people from the village, even the cook, carpenter and veterinarian were each accepted 1, and all of them were temporarily placed in the militia division as baggage soldiers, and all of these people selected were Han, and at least 1 member of each Han family in the village was selected.

Zhang Wei means that only Han Chinese are selected now, and they are trained first, and when the North Korean mercenaries are formed in the future, these people will be squad leaders or deputy squad leaders, because they know Chinese and Korean, they can easily upload and distribute, which is convenient for command and management.

First of all, the baggage team asked the selected people to give each of them a set of spring and autumn uniforms of the Beiyang Army, and a pair of cloth shoes for each person, so that they could quickly change the torn clothes on their bodies.

He also arranged for the baggage team to leave 200 catties of grain and 4 catties of salt for the families of the selected people, telling them that this was to pay the selected people 2 months' salary in advance. If you perform well in the army, you will have 100 catties of grain and 2 catties of salt every month in the future, and you will be able to release horses and cotton at the end of the year.

At the same time, he gave the village chief 500 catties of grain alone, expressing his respect for the old man, and instructing him to take good care of the families of these descendants, and the army would often send people to check on them, and if these family members were bullied, the troops would not ignore them.

This makes the families in the village who have children feel proud and happy.

This made the families in the village who did not have children selected feel red and jealous.

Left 1,000 catties of grain for the village, believing that it could temporarily alleviate the famine for a period of time, and when the Japanese were defeated, their lives would be better.

For the people who were selected, they were happier than the New Year, and told the children to listen to the words of the commander in the army, work hard, and if they were driven back by the army, the family would not recognize the child, and so on are all simple words, which make people feel warm in their hearts after listening to them, which is the virtue of China that has been inherited for thousands of years.

Several old Koreans are still kneeling on the ground, grabbing Zhang Wei's trouser legs, and they have to accept their grandsons, their feelings are understandable, and their actions make Zhang Wei very annoying.

Zhang Wei had to promise them that within 1 month, he would come back to recruit people, and more people would be recruited at that time, and more people would be selected, and the treatment would be the same at that time.

After getting Zhang Wei's promise, these old people were reluctant to let go of the hand holding Zhang Wei's trouser legs.

Zhang Wei let the large army go first, and he took the baggage team to select soldiers from the villages he passed by.

In order to thank Zhang Wei for taking them in, but also to thank Zhang Wei for the food left for their families, and also to prevent more young people like themselves from starving to death, and to behave well in front of Zhang Wei, these selected young people took the initiative to explain and publicize to the villagers when they met the village, this is Wang Shi to rescue everyone, Wang Shi recruited soldiers, there are 100 catties of food and 2 catties of salt every month, and they will be paid 2 months' salary first, and they will be given new clothes and new shoes.

With the soldiers recruited before to explain and do propaganda, basically every Han family in every village came out to sign up for the army under the instigation of the soldiers, and as long as there were suitable people from these families to join the army, Zhang Wei stayed all of them, leaving them with some food, enough for their families to live for a while.

These people have been living in the local area for a long time, many people know each other, and the explanation is more reassuring to them than outsiders, so the efficiency is much improved, and then Zhang Wei did not need to come forward, all these young people did the work for them, and Zhang Wei was only responsible for arranging the distribution of food.

Through Zhang Wei's slow observation and observation in the back, several of these people had strong organizational skills, and they were immediately promoted to team leaders, and the recruited people were divided into multiple teams according to their skills and specialties, and each team had a team leader, which was also easy to manage.

And told them that the team leader can give out an extra 100 catties of food every month, and if they don't do a good job, they will be disqualified from the team leader next month, which makes the enthusiasm of these selected team leaders even higher. He hurriedly shouted: "Thank you, sir!" Thank you, sir! I'm going to do a good job! ”

Because Zhang Wei is not very old, he quickly became familiar with these people, and through understanding, these people are really versatile, and the masters are not fake in the folk at all. What interests Zhang Wei the most is that in the Orion Group, there is a young man who can disguise, dig traps, and catch more prey with gadgets than with a shotgun every time, which is really a good seedling to be a scout. There are also those who have special marksmanship and are hunting experts; Some have very strong hands; Some thieves run fast; Some have great swimming skills; Some climb trees on the wall like Superman; Anyway, he is versatile, even Zhang Wei can't compare.

Among the villages passing by, some villages were selected for more than 20 villages, some villages were selected for more than 10, and before they reached Pyongyang, Zhang Wei's mercenary team already had more than 500 people.

These young people feel that they have a good future, that their families are no longer hungry, that the smiles on their faces have increased, and that their eyes are no longer as empty as before.

It seems that it is the environment that makes people.

Zhang Wei feels a special sense of accomplishment to be able to change the fate of these people, and hopes to help more Chinese people live a good life in the future. (To be continued.) )

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