Fushun is recruiting guards under the hot sun, Li Yongzhong, who is far away in Bijiewei, Guizhou, picked an early morning, except for those who are seriously injured and can't move, even those who are missing hands and broken feet are also all taken by him, this team of quite a large number of people has been walking outside the city, until a secluded place that has been found a long time ago before stopping. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Throughout the process, no one questioned Lee's decision. These silent and simple men sat down neatly after hearing the command, their hands on their knees, their waists straight, and they looked too similar to an army with which Li Yongzhong was familiar except for the difference in color and hairstyle, although Li Yongzhong thought that it was only barely a resemblance now.

Li Yongzhong stood in the middle of the field, his gaze slowly sliding over the familiar faces. This group of men of different ages was brought out by him from the small town of Fushun, some of whom had experienced terrible battles, some of whom had faced the shadow of death, and all those present, who had seen more scenery than the vast majority of people on this land had seen and heard.

This realization suddenly gave Li Yongzhong some courage and made him feel that what he was going to say next was not so difficult to say. The young man took a deep breath, as if he wanted to vent all his recent depression, and he said happily: "Bringing you here today, there is nothing to do, but I, Li Yongzhong, want to talk to everyone." ”

"The new brothers must also know that some time ago, we collided with the barbarians, and together with the officers and soldiers, we fought a fierce battle!" He said loudly: "The result is now known to everyone, we won!" Hundreds of barbarians told us to be defeated! Drop dozens of heads, the brute runs away! ”

"In this battle, the brothers fought hard to support with fewer enemies, and none of them escaped! All fight to the death! Even if the barbarians surround it, they will not be discouraged or give up! Li Yongzhong noticed that the faces of some of the guards in the field began to change, and he shouted hoarsely, but he still chose to hissed and tried his best to say: "Our brothers, don't disgrace yourself!" Didn't disgrace me Li Yongzhong! ”

He was so hot that he couldn't stand anymore, so he simply walked to the middle of the guards and pointed at a certain guard with his arm hanging, "Everyone knows Zhou Gou'er, and his training on weekdays is not top-notch, but in the last battle, he single-handedly killed two barbarians!" ”

The guards suddenly looked at him in unison, envy, jealousy, unconvinced, admiration in their sight, all kinds of complex emotions were intertwined, making the sight scary, Zhou Gou'er's face was suddenly red and swollen, and there was faint sweat on his forehead, Li Yongzhong glanced at him and shouted: "Dog, straighten my waist for me!" Didn't you kill the barbarian?! ”

Zhou Gou'er immediately said loudly without thinking: "It was killed by his subordinates!" ”

"Then why are you blushing!" Bowing his head and scolding, Li Yongzhong raised his head and looked around, and said neatly: "Don't feel embarrassed!" We are well-known men, such a few words of praise, or we will die! ”

This sentence made the guards all let out a chuckle, and at the same time, their faces faintly revealed a little pride: Zhong Guan'er is right, the credit is earned desperately, there is no embarrassment, it is unacceptable! Thinking so, he straightened his waist bar a little straighter!

When the laughter was quiet, Li Yongzhong pointed to the other people, and explained clearly what their merits were and how they were injured. He was not sensational, just a matter-of-fact tone, but the tragic aura that could not be hidden still quietly spread. After saying this for a long time, Li Yongzhong's tongue was dry, he returned to the original position, and said seriously in front of the guards: "I said that just now, but I just want to tell the brothers that I remember your achievements!" ”

"In this battle, we have lost almost thirty people, and there are a few brothers, and we will not be able to fight again, and we will not be able to kill the enemy! As I said before, no matter whether I am killed or injured in battle, I will raise my brothers for the rest of my life! However, later on, I also wondered, if there were more people that day, would the brothers have died a few less? His voice was low, "If we hadn't been held up at that time, let's go on the road together, would these barbarians be our opponents?!" ”

He smiled bitterly and shook his head first: "But it won't work!" We are just caravan guards, if we are in Fushun, we can still have the merit of defending the land, but in this Guizhou Province, we are all households! Even if we kill the barbarians, we won't be able to get military merit! can only watch the credit being taken away by the officials and soldiers! ”

The guards who followed He Tai widened their eyes, looked at Li Yongzhong in amazement, and then turned their heads to look at their companions, but whether it was Zhong Guan'er or the previous group of guards, their ugly faces showed that this was the truth. Everyone knows that among all the merits, the military merit is the heaviest, and the companions fought bloodily, but because they are not official and military status, they have to give up their gains, how can this make people willing!

The guards were still silent, but there was no more calm on their faces, and many of them were full of anger and just forced themselves to do so. Li Yongzhong took a deep breath, broke the deathly silence and spoke calmly, but what he said this time made many people stunned: "Brothers, I asked you to come here today, and I have something to tell you." ”

"I'm ......," Li Yongzhong paused, "I decided to join the army." ”

"For the sake of the war with the barbarians, the official army is now building a battalion. This battle is bound to be fought! Some people may ask, in this case, we are just people, why do we still take the initiative to jump into the fire pit? Why don't you just go back to Fushun and live a stable life? ”

His remarks expressed the true thoughts of many people -- since hearing the news that Li Yongzhong was going to join the army, even though some people have a firm temperament, most people will still be weak and shaken by some news. Many people now think the same as Li Yongzhong said: why do they want to join the army when they have already fought a battle and killed and wounded so many brothers?

In the eyes of many people who were puzzled and unconvinced, Li Yongzhong said in a deep voice: "In this world, where is there stability? Our men and horses are considered to be strong, but they are still not worth anything compared to the officers and soldiers, so that the brothers must give up the credit to protect themselves! His voice began to quicken, and his voice grew louder and louder: "But I feel unfair!" In this world, if we don't rely on ourselves, where can anyone rely on? ”

Li Yongzhong said with a straight face: "Therefore, I decided to join the army!" The deed signed by the brothers was to be the guard of my Li family, but now I want to take you on a broad and wealthy road! But I don't want to force this! If you don't want to, continue to be a guard, and you will never be disadvantaged! ”

The guards were stunned.

"Now, those who are willing to follow me in the army will stand by my side, and those who are willing to continue to be guards will stay where they are." Li Yongzhong said in a soothing tone: "Of course, no matter what kind it is, it is my Li Yongzhong's good brother in this life!" He took a step back, spread his hands, and calmly looked at the guards, who were at a loss for what was faintly commotioning.

Cao Jinliang and He Tai stood by his side first, followed by Liu Xiaoqi, Zhou Daniu and others, and the survivors who participated in the battle that day almost did not hesitate to stand up. Next, this time, among the people who followed He Tai to Bijie also began to walk towards them scattered--the expressions of these people were far less firm than those in the front, and many of them had a little hesitation on their faces, and even the look of being open after breaking the jar, but even so, they moved their legs and chose to follow Li Yongzhong.

At this point, there are more than a dozen people standing still.

Li Yongzhong's gaze slid over the faces of the people who stood there but looked terrified—he knew all these people, and he could call them by name one by one, and even why they would refuse to continue to follow him today, Li Yongzhong could guess the reason. Thinking of this, he smiled gently and looked at one of the captains: "Tao Fugui, are you still willing to be a guard?" ”

Tao Fugui felt that his legs were weak under his gaze, and his palms were damp, and he suddenly couldn't stand up and fell to the ground. He swallowed his saliva and said nervously: "Zhongguan'er...... I still have a widowed mother at home, and I am the only ......one in my family."

He seemed to have turned on a switch, and one after another people knelt down, some people said dryly that they couldn't serve their grandmother if they became soldiers, and some people cried and said that there were parents and children below, and some people just trembled and didn't dare to speak. The guards standing beside Li Yongzhong were disappointed at first, and now they were trembling with anger from these people. At that moment, someone jumped out in anger, rushed out towards the opposite Bai brother, grabbed his collar, and scolded: "Who patted his chest and said that this life was sold to Zhong Guan'er?" Who said that Zhong Guan'er will go wherever he is called? And now you're making a fuss about this!? "I don't want to think about it, and I swing my fist at the other side's door!

It's just that as soon as he swung his fist, he grabbed a powerful big hand, and when he looked up in astonishment and anger, it was Cao Jinliang who was frowning and glaring at him. The reckless man immediately jumped up and stood up straight, and shouted in his mouth: "Cao Teamzheng!" And he said no more.

"Zhong Guan'er just said, even if you don't join the army with him, you are the Li family's guards, and they are all your own brothers, what are you doing to beat people?" Cao Jinliang threw away the man's hand and said with a straight face: "You have such a temperament, hurry up and restrain me!" Later, when you go to the army, you want to beat people in front of your superiors?! It's a military law right away! ”

After training the other party to a red face, he turned around again, sighed, pulled up the person who was spread on the ground, patted him with dust on his body, he took a deep look at this guard who had been the best guard he had trained, and said lightly: "Be an errand in the future, Zhongguan'er is generous, and he can't treat you badly." ”

The farce-like conflict quickly subsided, and Mr. Lee remained silent, standing with his arms folded and looking back and forth at the guards. In a short period of time, there was a subtle rift in the middle of the originally intimate comrades because of different choices. He asked himself if he was a saint, if he was willing to follow him today, he would definitely look at it differently in the future, and these people who just wanted to stay in place, although the treatment remained the same, but in Li Yongzhong's heart, although he would not be cold-eyed, if he hoped to be as kind as before, in a short period of time, I am afraid it would also be delusional.

He smiled bitterly, people's hearts are fickle, and in this matter, it can be said that it is vividly embodied. (To be continued.) )