"Guozhen, why are you staying at the door, why don't you go in!" Early one morning in August, Adjutant Zhou Wenruo of the regiment headquarters had just returned from washing clothes by the Shahe River when he saw from a distance Wang Guozhen, deputy of the Ninth Company of the Third Battalion, walking around in front of the gate of the regiment headquarters with his brows locked.

"Brother Yupu, get up so early." Wang Guozhen squeezed a smile on his face and said, "I'm here to ask to see the head of the regiment!" ”

"Asking to see the head of the regiment? Then just go in and you're good to go. Zhou Wenruo said in surprise, although he was also a student of Tang Zhidao at the Baoding Military Academy, Wang Guozhen was much shy, and generally would not take the initiative to find Commander Tang.

"I'm afraid that the head of the regiment hasn't used it yet, so he will rush in...... Wang Guozhen said hesitantly: "Brother Yupu can you help me out." "These two days coincided with the turn of the monthly rest day, and many officers in the regiment went to the capital yesterday.

"Haha, the head of the regiment has already gotten up." Zhou Wenruo laughed and said: "At this time, I'm afraid that the whole set of punches is over, come in with me, the head of the regiment doesn't pay attention to these rules." ”

"Let's ask Brother Yupu to help report it first." Wang Guozhen still insisted that he was an extremely rule-conscious person, and he abided by the etiquette of a subordinate to meet his superiors.

"Okay, then please be nice." Zhou Wenruo reluctantly picked up the wooden barrel and walked inside, at this time Tang Zhidao had finished exercising and was struggling with his hair.

"Yupu, you're back just in time. Help me bring the towels from the room. Seeing Zhou Wenruo coming back, Tang Zhidao commanded.

"Where's that little ghost Li Dazhu?" Generally, Tang Daodao washes his hair, and Li Dazhu will wait on the side.

"I gave him a day off and let him go around town." Tang Zhidao took the towel and wiped his wet hair and said, "Why didn't you go out for a walk, there are only these two days in a month." ”

"Except for a few classmates, I don't have any local acquaintances, and I don't have any other hobbies, so I just stay at the regiment headquarters to clean up and clean personal hygiene." Zhou Wenruo said with a smile, in fact, he thought about it again in his heart, the regiment commander is still working in the regiment headquarters, how can you be an adjutant running out and chic?

"Then accompany me to play a few games of chess, and then go to each company in the afternoon, a few of them are well and I don't know how they are recovering." Tang Zhidao said approvingly, he was quite satisfied with this adjutant.

"I'm afraid I can't do it now, there are people waiting outside to see you." Zhou Wenruo saw that Tang Zhidao had finished washing and said, "Wang Guozhen was waiting outside early in the morning, and he seemed to have something on his mind. ”

"Wang Guozhen?" Tang Zhidao had the appearance of a tall and thin young officer in his mind. Since taking office for more than a month, he has become very familiar with even the above officers, and several other officers from Baoding have often entered and left the regiment headquarters to become Tang Zhidao's henchmen. Only this Wang Guozhen has always been strict in abiding by the rules, and rarely comes to the regiment headquarters to meet him, even if he is summoned, he just says a few words as simple as a routine.

"If you don't want to see me, I'll find a reason to send him away." To be a good adjutant, it is a necessary skill to observe words and feelings.

"Bring him in!" Tang Zhidao shook his head and said, he didn't hate this Wang Guozhen, on the contrary, he was trying to win him over, but he was a little curious about the purpose of his coming today.

"Meet the Captain." followed Zhou Wenruo in, and as soon as he saw Tang Zhidao, Wang Guozhen stepped forward and saluted, at this time, Tang Zhidao was already neatly wearing a spotless military uniform and was sitting there.

"Guozhen doesn't have to be polite, you don't have to call me the head of the regiment in private, just call me an instructor like Yupu." Tang Zhidao said very casually: "I'm relatively simple here, find a place to sit by myself." ”

"Thank you, Captain!" After hesitating, Wang Guozhen still did not change his name.

"Yupu poured a glass of water for Guozhen." Tang Zhidao said disapprerovingly: "I don't know what important thing Guozhen came to see me early in the morning?" ”…,

"Regiment Commander, I—I don't want to stay in the third battalion anymore!" Wang Guozhen took the water that Zhou Wenruo had poured over, took a shallow sip and said, "Please also ask the regiment commander to transfer me to other battalions." ”

"Oh? Explain why. Tang Zhidao just said lightly, the right to deploy officers below the company commander is completely in his hands, but he still needs to communicate with the battalion commanders.

"I can't stay there anymore, I can't even command a small soldier in a company of a deputy company, and no one pays attention to what I say." Wang Guozhen said indignantly: "They just want to squeeze me out. ”

"Guozhen, how long have you been in the third camp?" Of course, Tang Zhidao knew who "they" were in Wang Guozhen's mouth.

"It's been more than half a year, and soon after I arrived in the regiment, I was assigned to the third battalion." Wang Guozhen was stunned for a moment and replied, not quite understanding how the head of the regiment asked him this question.

"Half a year? It's hard for you. Tang Zhidao comforted and said, for these students who came out of the military academy, it is not easy to be an official of the third battalion. The same battalion and the second battalion of the new army have different old backgrounds, and the third battalion is adapted from the patrol battalion, and the old-style army is an out-and-out old army, except for Wang Guozhen, the rest of the officers are all from reckless backgrounds.

"In half a year, how many soldiers can you control in the eleventh company." Tang Zhidao asked again.

"Don't dare to say anything else, there should be no problem with a platoon." Speaking of this, Wang Guozhen has regained some self-confidence, and he has put a lot of effort into leading troops for more than half a year, eating and living with the soldiers, and greeting them on weekdays, which is rare in the old-style army.

"Then you're going to give up?" Tang Zhidao nodded with satisfaction and asked, this Wang Guozhen is still good in addition to being a little introverted and outward, and if Wang Guozhen is squeezed out, the third battalion will really become the Chen family army completely.

"Regiment commander, they are really bullying, the squad leaders and soldiers who are closer to me have been ping-punked, and there is no one who talks to me now, you better transfer me away, even if I am a platoon commander and squad leader, I am willing." Wang Guozhen was full of grievances and said that if he wasn't cornered, he really wouldn't have come to ask for Tang's way.

"Guozhen, if I let you continue to stay in the third camp to help me keep an eye on Chen Daofeng's movements, would you be willing?" Tang Zhidao thought for a while and said: "If you really don't want to, I will transfer you to the first battalion and still be the company deputy, which is Yupu's original position." ”

"I, I'm ......" Wang Guozhen hesitated, and Zhou Wenruo next to him kept giving him a look.

"Don't force it, you've already suffered a lot of grievances." Tang Zhidao also made up his mind, if Wang Guozhen really didn't want to, he would transfer over to enrich the first battalion, and lay the foundation first.

"Instructor, I do!" Wang Guozhen finally made up his mind and said: "It's just that I'm afraid that I won't be able to take on this big responsibility." "The disagreement between the head of the regiment and Chen Daofeng is a secret that almost everyone in the entire mixed group knows, and he is shrewd enough to hide far away for fear that the fight between the two will hurt him by mistake.

"I don't want you to do anything, just stick to where you are." Tang Zhidao patted him on the shoulder and comforted, "I'll arrange other things." ”

"Brother Guozhen, don't worry, there are instructors who take care of you, and Chen Daofeng and they don't dare to deal with you." Zhou Wenruo also helped on the side and said: "If you really go back and leave the third battalion, you will fulfill their thoughts." ”

"Okay, I, Wang Guo, really follow the instructor." Wang Guozhen also let go, patted his chest and promised: "Instructor, if you have anything to do, just give orders." He may have also figured out that if you want to mix in the army, you can't not be attached to the strong. What's more, with the teacher-student relationship between him and Tang Zhidao (although not very close), he has long been classified as a fellow by others.

"Good!" Tang Zhidao was in a good mood, and said happily: "Don't go back at noon, I'll have a treat, the three of us plus Runsheng will go out and find a place to have two drinks." ”…,

Saying that Cao Cao Cao arrived, Du Shijie, the new lieutenant staff officer of the regimental headquarters with the word Runsheng, hurriedly ran in.

"Brother Runsheng, your nose is really smart!" Seeing Du Shijie come in, Zhou Wenruo said with a smile: "Instructor, I just mentioned that I wanted to treat you kid and came out." ”

But Du Shijie ignored Zhou Wenruo and walked straight to Tang Zhidao and whispered a few words, Tang Zhidao frowned and said in a low voice: "There is still this matter?" The three of you come with me to go out and have a look. ”

Since it was Xiu Mu's turn in the past two days, the level of vigilance in the regiment was not high, but there were still necessary sentry posts, and the people inside could go out casually, but those who came in still needed to verify their identities.

"Who's in the lead?" Seeing that the gate of the camp was surrounded by more than a dozen villagers, Zhou Wenruo asked loudly.

"The contemptible Wu Muzhi is the village chief of Shanggang Village." In the crowd, an old man in a long shirt and white beard in his sixties arched his hand and said, "Dare to ask what the military master is called!" "Who dares to offend these Qiu Ba these days, if it weren't for the fact that they didn't know how to deal with it this time, they wouldn't have been sent to the barracks with great fanfare.

"In the way of the Tang Dynasty, he is the head of the second mixed regiment." Tang Zhidao also said politely: "How about the old man go in and talk?" ”

"Captain Tang is so young, he is really a hero." Wu Muzhi smiled slightly and saluted: "Don't bother, people should go back when they are sent to old decay." "Wu Muzhi has lived for such a long time, and he has never seen anything at his age, don't look at the politeness of people now, I promise to treat you as the best trespass in the barracks after a while.

"My husband bothered, and Tang knew everything." Tang Zhidao said with a sincere face: "Don't worry, I will severely punish the parties and compensate for the losses of your village." ”

"The compensation will be exempted, if the head of the Tang regiment can restrain his subordinates, the old man will be grateful on behalf of the whole village." Wu Muzhi hurriedly saluted and said.

"How can this work?" Tang Zhidao waved his hand and said, "Yupu, hand over the fifty oceans to Village Chief Wu." ”

"How can this be collected." Wu Muzhi hurriedly refused: "Besides, two or three villagers were slightly injured. ”

"The extra is regarded as spiritual compensation for the people in the village. In the past six months, it has disturbed the peace of your village. Tang Zhidao said undoubtedly: "Please also ask the old man to accept it." ”

In the case of repeated pushbacks to no avail, Wu Muzhi had no choice but to order someone to accept it, but in the evening, he sent someone to send a cart of fresh fruits and vegetables and two fat pigs.

"Bring me these two bastards!" Sent to the villagers of Gang Village, Tang Zhidao coldly ordered: "I will interrogate me personally." ”