The soldiers and ruffians didn't dare to speak when they saw An Yi coming in, and the seven deserters who had just wiped away their tears also stood up respectfully, their eyes full of expectation.

An Yi didn't even look at the seven people, walked to the side of the yellow-faced man's bed, pulled a square stool and sat down: "Brother, I heard that you are the leader of you, please say anything if you have anything to say." ”

The yellow-faced man who clamped his left calf with three old planks struggled to stand up, An Yi took half a step forward, supported his strong body, and pulled a pillow over his waist.

This very natural action made the yellow-faced man a little surprised, and after An Yi sat down, he sighed: "Sir, I, Wu Liheng, have lost my eyes, you are ruthless enough, you three are ruthless enough!" ”

An Yi nodded: "Yes, if we weren't ruthless enough, it would be the three of us lying here now, but I want to ask, Lao Wu, if Lao Tzu is lying here now, please talk to me, will you also help me up and find a pillow to cushion my waist?" ”

"This ......"

Wu Liheng was stunned and didn't know how to answer, looked at the brothers around him, and found that they were all full of lament and guilt, Wu Liheng sighed again: "Sir, you are a real person, I have never seen you in my life such a sincere and deceitful sir, and you are still so young...... To tell you from the heart, I didn't look at you at all before I fought this fight, thinking that Chief Lin was the enemy, but I was blind, I was convinced, and I will never complain about you. ”

"Say it, I'll listen."

An Yi looked at him noncommittally.

Wu Liheng pointed to the brothers standing in a circle and the brothers lying down, with a rather desolate and sad expression: "Sir, these brothers are all homeless bitter brothers, half of them have been soldiers for at least six years like me, they have been in the Yunnan army, they have been in the Hunan army, they have fought for the revolutionary army and helped others fight in the revolutionary army, and some have been Chen Jiongming's Guangdong army. But who ever asked about the warmth? The countless brothers who served in the army with the brothers died, and many of them were not even buried......

"Don't talk about that."

Wu Liheng, who was five big and three thick, wiped away the tears overflowing from the corners of his eyes, and then said: "Sir, I am lying here in the middle of the night and thinking carefully, from the time you came in to the present, everything you have done is impeccable, you have not complained to the chiefs, nor have you abandoned us, you are willing to send fifty yuan for the passage after you say that you have driven away the seven brothers, which makes the brothers feel very uncomfortable, and whether you are at ease with our hearts or are really willing to give, just by virtue of your words, our brothers are willing to mix with you." Sir, I know that I can't eat the bowl of rice of being a soldier after I am cured, but I only ask the chief to accept this group of bitter brothers who have nowhere to go, brothers will not suffer if they follow a chief like you, and I Wu will put a hundred hearts. ”

"Gone?"

An Yi asked, seeing Wu Liheng nodded, An Yi pointed to his broken leg: "Put the others aside first, Lao Wu, let me ask you, you said that you can't eat the bowl of rice of being a soldier when your leg is cured, I want to ask if you don't want to be a soldier anymore, or do you have something else?" ”

Wu Liheng looked at his broken leg: "I, Wu, am twenty-eight years old this year, I have been wandering for 17 years, I only know that my hometown is Xinyang, Henan Province and I don't know what the specific location is, I have no relatives and no reason in this world, except for shooting and working hard, my only friends are these brothers in front of me, how can I want to leave this place?" But no, this leg is broken and can't walk for three or five months, and after three or five months, it's half a wasted person, I've seen a lot of this kind of thing in the past eight years, even if it's not lame, the army doesn't want to leave a person to eat rice, I can't help but let me go! ”

An Yi smiled slightly: "This matter is simple, the old horse who gave you the splint just now said, I will send you to our general hospital for treatment early tomorrow morning, I have some ways, I will find someone for you in advance to say hello to the president, you will get the best treatment, if the general hospital with the surname of the broken fracture is not sure, I will immediately send you to the hospital opened by the British in Shamian in the concession for treatment." One thing I am afraid you don't know, General Bai Chongxi, chief of staff of the Seventh Army of our Revolutionary Army, broke his thigh in Guangxi back then, and it was the most difficult part to treat close to the main axis, and it was delayed all the way for dozens of days before he was sent to the British hospital in the Shamian concession I just mentioned. In mid-April, Lao Bai visited our Huangpu and shook hands with him when he visited the training of our engineer brigade, so what is your broken leg? It is conservatively estimated that it will only take three months, and then he will definitely be discharged from the hospital alive. Lao Tzu can do what he says, don't disbelieve it. But Lao Tzu also has a request, unless you Wu Liheng really don't want to be a soldier in this life, Lao Tzu will not delay your future, if you still want to come back and eat this bowl of rice with these brothers at that time, you have to come back for me, honestly work under Lao Tzu, and when Lao Tzu is lucky that day, maybe you Wu someone can also get an official and a half-job, how about it? Say yes or no? ”

"Sir, I'm ...... Wu"

"Don't be grateful to me yet, it's too late for you to be grateful when it's done."

After An Yi finished speaking, he stretched out two fingers: "Now Lao Tzu will explain the second thing to you, you just said that whether I give these seven people fifty yuan for the passage or not, let them get out, you have this sentence and you are relieved, right?" Then I'll tell you the truth now, every word that Lao Tzu promised is a nail! Look...... I don't have much money on me, this Hong Kong dollar must be known to you, it's not much different from the ocean, it's better than the new money of Minister Song Ziwen at the moment, there are nearly a thousand yuan here, if any of you want to leave now, Lao Tzu can count the money for you immediately, if you all leave, the money is not enough, Lao Tzu went to knock on the door of those battalion commanders and company commanders overnight, many of them are either my senior brother in Huangpu or my instructor, Lao Tzu swears in the name of a Huangpu soldier today, and will never lose a penny of you...... Excited about what? What do you cry about? Why didn't you cry to greet me when Lao Tzu first entered the barracks in the afternoon? At the beginning, you dogs stared at the boss one by one, and they couldn't wait to kill Lao Tzu and drink when they saw the posture......"

An Yi continued to speak, sometimes with a loud voice, sometimes with a drizzle, moving a group of soldiers to the point that sometimes they secretly wiped their tears, sometimes laughed, and saw Hu Jialin and Yin Jinan, who were leaning against the door smoking, stunned and amazed, the two knew that this group of soldiers would definitely obey in the future, and they would never be able to fly out of An Yi's palm.

The next time, Hu Jialin and Yin Jinan sat leisurely under the big banyan tree drinking tea and chatting, watching the seven deserters and the six or seven soldiers who were slightly injured and could not get out of the line of fire in a hot manner cleaning and building stoves, and several soldiers with broken ribs also seemed to have a second youth, struggling to get out of bed, grinning and rushing to do some work within their ability, and those who really couldn't do it pointed and supervised and inspected on the side, and could hear the shouts and shouts of Yiya for half a mile, and also came up from time to time to add hot water to the two new commanders.

And An Yi personally accompanied Wu Liheng, who had a broken leg, to the General Hospital early in the morning, and flirted with two nurses along the way, which made Wu Da admire him so much.