At the Hankou railway station, most of the military families who rushed to pick up the station have already left, but only a very small number of these military families have received their relatives, and the vast majority of them have received a small note from the commander of their relatives' unit, a small note asking them to go to the local government to receive a pension, and many elderly mothers cried to death on the spot after receiving this small note, which also made the atmosphere at the railway station more and more sad and depressed.

Only the military dependents of the 19th Brigade were still tiptoeing towards the entrance.

The staff at the station came out several times to persuade these military families to leave, repeatedly telling them that there were no military trains entering the station today, and there would be no more military trains in the future, so that they should not wait any longer, but the anxious military families did not listen at all, and still lingered outside the entrance, hesitating, expecting, and fearing.

Shu's mother stroked Shu Mohan's chest and persuaded: "Old Shu, let's go, let's go back." ”

Shu Mohan waved his hand to refuse, the heart-rending cough just now seemed to have been drawn to his strength, he didn't even have the strength to speak now, but his expression was very resolute, and he had already thought in his heart, he wanted to see people in life, and he wanted to see corpses in death, and he stayed here before he got the exact news of his son.

On the other side, Ye Ruxue was softly persuading Yu Huan, although she was also sad, but Ye Ruxue was older after all, she was more rational than Yu Huan, and she had to be calmer: "Xiao Huan, let's go, you really don't have to worry, I don't believe that something will happen to the 19th Brigade, if you want to say that it is dangerous, they have all broken through such a dangerous pass as the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Nanjing, and this time it will definitely be fine." ”

Ye Ruxue's words gave Yu Huan some confidence and courage, she held her cousin's hand tightly, and asked repeatedly, cousin, the nineteenth team is really fine, can Awen really come back alive? Between the words, as if Ye Ruxue had just returned from the front line and had seen the officers and soldiers of the 19th Brigade with her own eyes, seeing Ye Ruxue nodding, Yu Huan burst into tears and laughed.

The word love, when it comes to the depths, it can really make people fascinated, because of the injury, Yu Huan has even lost the most basic thinking ability, this situation and this scene, this makes Ye Ruxue worry for a while, she can't help but be a little worried, in case, in case the nineteenth team has a good relationship with Shu Tongwen, what can my cousin do?

However, who would know that when she thought that the 19th Brigade might never come back, and then thought that Xu 19, the officer of the security team in her memory, would never come back, Ye Ruxue's heart was actually aching for a while, and this pain was so strong that Ye Ruxue's white and red delicate spirit no longer had a trace of blood.

Thousands of miles away in northern Henan, Shu Tongwen was only trudging alone in the wilderness.

After all, the surging flood did not stop Shu Tongwen's pace towards Yan'an, hunger, bandits, and epidemics also failed to defeat this thin young man, sometimes, I really have to sigh the liliang of faith, once there is faith, many things that seem absolutely impossible will become easy and natural.

Shu Tongwen has found his belief -- Marxism

Looking at the gray dirt road ahead, Shu Tongwen's state of mind felt unprecedentedly bright, and the resentment, depression, and confusion when he stayed in the national army had been swept away, although he had not yet arrived in Yan'an, although he had not yet contacted the Communists, Shu Tongwen had a considerable understanding of the Communists and their ideas.

Shu Tongwen firmly believes that if China wants to be strong, if it wants to get rid of the enslavement of the Western powers, if it wants to let every compatriot live with dignity and no longer be discriminated against by the Western powers as the sick man of East Asia, it must not rely on the Nationalist Government, which is essentially a foreign comprador who looks up to foreigners, and that China's future must and can only be pinned on the Communist Party.

Because the Communist Party is essentially a bunch of mud-legged people, and they have nothing to lose, their determination to overthrow the old shijie and establish a new order is stronger and firmer than anyone else

Two children with bamboo shuttle sticks suddenly rushed out of the bud valley on the side of the road, blocking Shu Tongwen's way, and one of the tiger-headed children pointed at Shu Tongwen with a shuttle mark, and shouted and asked: "Who is it?" ”

Shu Tongwen smiled and asked rhetorically: "Who are you, weishenme standing in my way?" ”

Another younger child straightened up his small chest and said proudly: "We are members of the children's regiment of the Lizhuang District Squad of the Yuanyang County Brigade, and we have been ordered by Captain Li to stand guard here. ”

"Guerrillas?" Shu Tongwen couldn't help but be happy, isn't this exactly what he was looking for? smiled and said, "I'm not a spy, I'm a national army, I want to see you Captain Li." ”

"You're a national army?" The two children's regiments distinguished that Shu Tongwen was indeed wearing the military uniform of the national army, and their little faces immediately showed respect, probably among the people they came into contact with, the evaluation of the national army was quite high, and the younger one even asked eagerly, "Then have you participated in the Battle of Songhu, the Battle of Nanjing, and the Battle of Xuzhou?" ”

The little children knew about the battles in Songhu, Nanjing, Xuzhou and other places, and someone must have told them in detail.

"I've participated in them all." Shu Tongwen nodded slightly, he knew what these two children wanted, and said with a smile at the moment, "I promise you, when I see your Captain Li, I will tell you the story of the Battle of Songhu, I want to tell you a hero, and the story of the heroic army he led." ”

The young children cheered, jumped three feet high, and the older ones were a little calmer, estimating that Shu Tongwen was alone, and the thin and weak could not be a threat, so they took him into the village, Shu Tongwen did not guess wrong, this so-called district team was indeed an anti-Japanese armed force behind enemy lines led by the Communist Party.

Shu Tongwen was warmly welcomed by the Lizhuang District squad of the Yuanyang County Brigade of the Eighth Route Army of the Southern Hebei Military Region, but the remnants of Xu 19 and the 19th Brigade were blinded in western Henan, and the fathers and villagers in western Henan even regarded them as enemies, just like guarding against little Japan.

Cao Jiao came back with red eyes, obviously just cried, in addition to tear stains on her fair-skinned delicate face, there were still a few black greens, and her military uniform was also full of filth, seeing Xu Nineteen and the black blind man, Cao Jiao flattened her mouth, and cried again, she not only felt wronged, but also sad.

The black blind man just hugged Cao Jiao and comforted him silently.

Xu Shijiu just shook his head and sighed, and was silent.

A few days ago, the nineteenth brigade finally walked out of the monstrous Ze country, however, what was waiting for them was the white eyes of the old folks from western Henan, the old camel took silver dollars to buy grain in the village, and the villagers were blasted out several times before and after, they couldn't buy food, and they couldn't grab it, Xu Shijiu could only hope for Cao Jiao and Gu Yaqin, hoping that they could buy grain.

At the beginning, Cao Jiao and the others did buy food, but soon this trick didn't work, once Gu Yaqin went to buy food, and almost let a few half-old children push them into the pond outside the village, and today Cao Jiao went, but not only did she return empty-handed, but it seemed that the villagers were splashed with filth, no wonder she cried so sadly.

Of course, the fathers and villagers in western Henan would not treat the national army like this for no reason.

The cause of the matter has to start from the Battle of Lanfeng, the Battle of Lanfeng was lost, more than 300,000 national troops were defeated, many officers and soldiers were separated from the large army, and the military supplies were lost, so they began to rob, the discipline of the national army is still generally haode, but it will inevitably be a black sheep, on the way to the rout, if the restraint of the officers is lost, military discipline is especially easy to corrupt.

As a result, the relationship between the national army and the old folks in western Henan took a sharp turn for the worse.

Xu Shijiu didn't say anything, but Zhang Youquan exploded all at once, rolling his sleeves and shouting: "These Diao people, are they really against the sky?" We don't eat him for nothing and rob him for nothing, we have good things to say and take Guangyang to buy from them, so it's not okay? After that, Zhang Youquan shouted angrily at the dozen or so remnants behind him, "Brothers, go with Lao Tzu."

Xu Shijiu turned around and asked coldly: "Zhang Youquan, do you want to Yu?" ”

Zhang Youquan gasped and replied angrily: "Don't these Diao people guard us like anti-bandits, today Lao Tzu will really be a bandit and rob his mother, Lao Tzu still doesn't believe it, what's the matter?" ”

Xu Jiujiu didn't speak, just took out his box cannon from the holster, and then opened the nose.

Zhang Youquan and the dozen remnants behind him immediately wilted, although the captain's expression was not stern, but his eyes were very cold, they had no doubt that as long as they took this step, the captain would definitely not hesitate to shoot, for the violation of military discipline and the act of shooting and plundering the people, the captain has always hated it.

On the other side, the black blind man took a towel dipped in water to wipe the black blue on Cao Jiao's face, and asked in a low voice, "Does it hurt?" ”

Don't look at the black blind man, he looks tall and big, his body is more than two meters like a black bear, but his temperament is more docile than the old cow, and even Cao Jiao will feel embarrassed when he is gentle, but at this moment, Cao Jiao only has sweetness in her heart, and the grievances and sadness she suffered just now seem to be not so strong.

Xu Shijiu took the filthy cloth bag from Cao Jiao's hand, saw if he still threw it away, and took another cloth bag from the old camel's hand, and then turned around and walked towards the small village not far away.

Only half an hour later, Xu Nineteen also came back, although there was no filth on his body, but the black blue on his face was much more than Cao Jiao, the corners of his mouth were even broken, and they were bleeding, Gao Shenxing asked the officers and soldiers, Xu Nineteen didn't say anything, only ordered the troops to start immediately, and Xu Nineteen didn't want to stay longer for a moment.

Cao Jiao came over to treat the wound at the corner of Xu Shijiu's mouth, but Xu Shijiu refused.

What is this small wound at the corner of his mouth, thinking that when he went to Jiangwan to blow up the small Japanese artillery position, he let the fragments tear open a gap a few feet long on his back, and didn't he survive? The wound at the corner of the mouth is easy to heal, but the wound in the heart is not so easy to heal, at this moment, not only Xu Shijiu's heart is dripping blood, but the hearts of the old folks in western Henan are bleeding, and the bursting of the embankment at the mouth of the garden and the ensuing looting by the national army have completely chilled the people of western Henan.

Lao Jiang dug up not only the Yellow River at the mouth of the garden, but also the blood of the entire nation, and from this gap flowed not only the flood, but also the blood of the entire nation.