The Five Hundred Army went all the way north, and the further north it went, the more desolate the scene on the road became. It is an exaggeration to say that there are no people for thousands of miles, but it is an indisputable fact that the fields are barren and the people live a hard life.

As the army passed, it was not uncommon to see ragged locals staggering through the cracked fields. When I first heard that this time I was transferred back to Tongbai, several women were quite excited, especially Tang Wenjuan, who was even more clamoring to take pictures of the scenery along the way. How do you know that as soon as you cross the Yangtze River and walk less than 200 miles to the north of the river, a barren scene will slowly appear in the fields.

The 500 troops have provided disaster relief and also opened porridge farms, but the victims at that time were basically harmed by the Japanese army or uprooted or had no livelihood. This road to the north makes people feel heavier and heavier the more they walk.

"Stop!" Tang Wenjuan suddenly screamed, and Gao Quan hurriedly braked, "Crunch!" "The inertia of the sudden stop caused the people sitting in the car to collectively move forward.

Gao Quan sat up straight and didn't speak, looking sideways at Reporter Tang. Women always have more problems, when they are in the car, they may have numb legs, and they want to go down to move their legs and feet, or they may be in a hurry to get out of the car to find a convenient place, and it is not convenient to ask some things, so let's wait and see.

An hour ago, Tang Wenjuan pulled Hong Yingying and Huiqin out of the car and ran behind the mound, and that time she was really urgent. This time, the Tang reporter did not rush to find a mound of soil where he could hide, but stood by the car and looked into the distance. Gao Quan looked forward along Tang Wenjuan's body, and saw two or three people in the field two or three hundred meters away, one standing and one sitting, and there seemed to be one lying on the ground.

The villagers generally saw a large number of troops passing by, either hiding far away or Ai Ai came to ask for something to eat, but these three people neither hid, nor did they come up to beg for food, they just stayed motionless in the same place like a wood carving, and they did look a little strange.

"What's going on with the people over there? Sister Hong, Sister Qin, let's go over and have a look. As she spoke, Tang Wenjuan held the camera and pulled Hong Yingying and Huiqin over there.

It seems that these three people are not going to be convenient, it is the Tang reporter who found the material and wanted to get out of the car to take pictures. Seeing that this was the case, Gao Quan didn't care about it, stretched out his hand and pulled out the formal rifle inserted next to the seat, filled the magazine with five bullets, and got out of the car and stood by the door with the gun. With Hong Yingying following, and a large army of 500 troops next to her, it is said that there will be no danger, but there are accidents in everything, Gao Quan took a rifle and watched from afar, that is, an extra layer of insurance.

I took out the binoculars from the car and looked over there, and sure enough, there were three villagers. There was a man standing, a woman was sitting, and there was a child lying on the ground, and the woman was sitting with the child's head on her lap, looking like a family. Tang Wenjuan and the three of them walked over and lowered their heads and said something to the family of three, and the woman sitting raised her face and wiped her tears while answering. The distance was too far to hear what they were saying, it was estimated that the child of that family had a sudden illness or something, anyway, after seeing a few people say a few words, Huiqin hurriedly squatted on the ground and began to roll the child's eyelids and try to breathe.

After saying a few more words, Hui Qin had already begun to test her mother's pulse while she was sitting. Hong Yingying was still standing next to her, and after Tang Wenjuan took two photos, she quickly ran back with the camera.

"Brother Quan, hurry up and get some food and water, and give me Sister Qin's medicine box!" There were still forty or fifty meters away, and Tang Wenjuan began to shout loudly. Now as long as he is not in the command headquarters, Tang Wenjuan will call Gao Quan Brother Quan. Since Hong Yingying and Huiqin did not object, others naturally would not have objections to this, and Gao Quan protested twice and then let it go, but now it is natural to get used to it.

"These women are indiscriminately kind-hearted again!" Gao Quan muttered in a low voice, then turned around and went back to the car to get the kettle and flatbread, and put it in the medicine box. Biao Zi naturally led two guards to protect him from afar, and several people came to the family of three again.

"How's these guys?" Gao Quan asked Hong Yingying. Tang Wenjuan handed the food to the man who was standing, and was busy feeding the woman sitting on the ground with a kettle. Huiqin opened the medicine box, took out the syringe and the medicine bottle, quickly took a tube of potion, and stabbed the woman's arm.

"The child is gone." Hong Yingying's tone was the same as usual when she spoke, but her pretty face was so heavy that she could drip water. "For several years, the water did not fall, no crops could grow in the fields, and the little grain stored at home was collected by the government as a tax. This family of three originally wanted to dig something in the ground to eat today, but they didn't expect that the food had not been found, but the child couldn't do it first. Huiqin had already checked it just now, and the child's pulse and breathing had stopped, and he was already dead. ”

Gao Quan's heart trembled, and he looked down, the child's face that should have been smooth was sunken, his skin was dull, his skin was covered with bones, and his eyes were closed and he was lying on the ground like a dry branch. The same thin mother clasped the child's head tightly in her hands, staring at her child with blank eyes.

The man devoured a cake and handed it to his wife. The woman first shook her head and refused to eat, and after her husband put a small piece in his mouth and stuffed it, he may have been aroused by the food and involuntarily chewed it.

After each of them ate two cakes and drank a pot of water, the husband and wife both knelt down and kowtowed to Gao Quan and others to express their gratitude. In addition to kneeling and bowing, the two of them didn't know how to thank them for saving their lives. As for the child, the two have accepted this cruel fact, long-term poverty and hunger have long made the villagers nervously numb, and the reason why they still guard the dead child is just the nature of mother and son, and they are reluctant to abandon their relatives and relatives.

"Let's go." Gao Quan was the first to turn around and leave. He has never been accustomed to other people's bows, not to mention that he is powerless to change the tragedy in front of him.

What if he took in the couple? How many people in China have suffered from natural disasters due to successive droughts, and how many people are struggling with hunger and death? How much can a Gaoquan and a 500 army relieve? The 500 Army is a combat force, not a charity, their task is to fight the aggressor, to defend the country! Gao Quan can't and shouldn't, he did his best to help the victims before the troops arrived at the station, he must ensure the combat effectiveness of the army under his command, he can't run out of military food in advance because of the relief of the victims, and he can't let the soldiers go to the front line hungry!

The journey was difficult, and there were always people along the way who couldn't help but want to stop and help the victims, and Gao Quan always hardened his heart and ordered the troops to hurry as soon as possible. Only when I really can't stand it, will I help individual victims to a limited extent, and in this stop-and-go, inner torment, the 500 army finally approached the Tongbai Mountains.