After listening to Jia Rong's words, Old Man Li didn't express any opinions, just sighed vigorously.

"If I unfortunately die on the battlefield and the horse leather shrouds, please ask the old man to choose another good son-in-law for Xiu'er. I have made an agreement with Xiu'er that after three years, if there is no news from me, I will let her marry someone else. Jia Rong continued.

Old man Li said: "Actually, my Guan Gongzi is very human, and his words and deeds have a unique style, and if Xiu'er follows you, it is actually a good choice." ”

"But for my own sake, I don't want you to be a soldier. I didn't tell you that Xiu'er's brother died on the battlefield, and I thought that you and Xiu'er lived in peace and contentment in the village and lived an ordinary life. Old man Li continued.

"The old man's words are wrong, in my opinion, today will be chaotic. Now that the eunuchs are in power, deceiving the imperial power, and the people's livelihood is withering, within a few years, the world will be in chaos. Even if you don't go to the army, you won't have a dull life as the old man said. Jia Rong said.

Old man Li's face changed suddenly after hearing Jia Rong's words, and he hurriedly said: "In the future, Gongzi's remarks can't be said in front of people, this is going to cause death." In fact, I also know that the way of the world has changed today, but I just love my daughter and don't want you to be a soldier. ”

After that, Old Man Li and Jia Rong talked about some issues to be paid attention to on the battlefield, although Old Man Li has not personally been on the battlefield, but he has lived for most of his life, and he still knows many things on the battlefield.

Jia Rong has always been grateful to Old Man Li, when he first came to the Han Dynasty, he took him in, taught him to behave like his elders, and cared about himself like his elders. Now, listening to his tone, he planned to let Xiu'er follow him, and Jia Rong secretly swore in his heart that he would definitely win fame on the battlefield and let Old Man Li and Xiu'er live a stable and happy life.

Early the next morning, the adults in the village had already taken the initiative to gather at the usual training ground with their children, and it seemed that Old Man Li had done a good job in going to each household to do his work yesterday.

There are about sixty or seventy families in the village, and some of them have no male families, so there are more than fifty young men of fourteen or fifteen years old in total, which is so many more than expected yesterday, and even Li Xi, who has escaped several conscriptions, is also in the ranks, maybe Jia Rong's words yesterday touched him.

Seeing that the people had arrived, Old Man Li stepped forward and said: "This time you go to be a soldier, there will be Jia Gongzi, who usually trains you, to lead the way, I hope you will follow Jia Gongzi's instructions on the road, don't cause trouble, and listen to Jia Gongzi's arrangements in everything." ”

Listening to Old Man Li's words, the young men were very excited, because Jia Rong's skills were recognized by everyone as good, and they usually admired him, and everyone thought that it was most suitable for Jia Rong to be the leader.

Next, Old Man Li instructed Jia Rong on some issues to pay attention to on the road, and the parents also said some parting words to their children. Xiu'er hid behind the big tree behind the usual training ground, looked at Jia Rong with tears in her eyes, and whispered in her mouth, pouring out her reluctance to Jia Rong.

About half an hour later, Jia Rong ordered the team, a total of fifty-four people, under the reluctant eyes of the parents, led a group of young men to leave, and the parents followed the team and sent several miles, still unwilling to go back.

Jia Rong persuaded them for a long time before persuading them all to go back. Seeing their reluctance towards their children, and some even shed tears all the way, Jia Rong felt that the burden on his shoulders became heavier in an instant, and he was their leader.

Jia Rong didn't go to Xiu'er to say goodbye before leaving, he was afraid that it would be even more reluctant.

When he came to a flat place to rest, Jia Rong asked the children to gather together and sit down, and then said: "From today onwards, you must remember that you are no longer children, but soldiers; What a soldier is, a soldier just knows how to obey orders and do what is forbidden. This is especially true on the battlefield. ”

"Maybe you are respected at home, but in the army, you are just a soldier, and it is your duty to defend the frontier and kill the enemy on the battlefield. Do you understand? Jia Rong continued.

"Understood." A group of children replied in unison.

Jia Rong shook his head dissatisfiedly after hearing this, and said, "Be louder, isn't it a shame for a group of big men to shout so loudly?" Re-answered, understood? ”

"Got it!" The children replied with all their might, and in the distance there was the sound of fluttering birds in a small forest.

Seeing this, Jia Rong nodded with satisfaction.

Now I will divide you into two columns, and you should be careful when you walk in the future, you are soldiers, not hooligans, so you must come out of your temperament, and you must hold your head high when you walk. In the next few days, Li Xilai will be the team leader, and Li Li will be the deputy team leader, cooperating with me in command. Do you have any comments? Jia Rong said.

"Nope!" The children replied, but the voice was not as loud as just now, everyone was confused, didn't Jia Rong and Li Xi get along, how could they let him be the captain.

As if seeing the children's questions, Jia Rong continued: "After all, Li Xi has trained everyone for a long time, and he is also very clear about everyone's situation, so it is very suitable for him to be the captain of this team." ”

At this time, Li Xi cast a grateful glance at Jia Rong.

Next, Jia Rong handed the children how the two columns stood and walked neatly, which looked much better.

Jia Rong also emphasized military discipline to the children, that is, not to leave the team without permission, not to destroy the people's crops, and so on. After that, it marched "vigorously" to the county seat.

On the way, Jia Rong met "soldiers" selected from several nearby villages. Several leaders who were responsible for these "soldiers" going to the county seat, seeing that Jia Rong and they were doing a good job, they found Jia Rong to discuss it, and they rushed together, and there were more than 300 people from several villages, which seemed to be quite the case.

This time, Jia Rong divided the team into five columns, and selected five squad leaders, with Li Xi, the leader of the squad leaders, and Li Xi's original position was replaced by Li Li.

After a few days of running, Jia Rong and his party finally came to the local county seat of Hechi County, the team also walked in style, several village "soldiers" were still more convinced of Jia Rong, passers-by saw such a group of neat young soldiers also pointed.

Jia Rong looked at the vicissitudes of the city wall in Hechi County, Jia Rong really doubted that once a battle started, could this withstand a charge from the enemy.

Outside the city there was a special place for the reception of "soldiers" from all over the city, in a large open-air square, where each village gathered. They all lived in makeshift thatched houses, and watched them crumble in the wind, as if a gust of wind could blow them down.

Jia Rong and the leaders of several villages he met on the road chose an adjacent place to stay so that they could take care of each other.

Since there are still many village "soldiers" who have not yet arrived, they will have to wait a few more days.

After settling these "soldiers" and having nothing to do, Jia Rong took Li Xi, Li Li, Li Shun and Li Hu to the county seat to have fun.

The county town is bustling with people coming and going, which is not at all comparable to the small town where Jia Rong is in the countryside. The shouting and selling voices are all in one piece, but there is also a bit of a peaceful and prosperous atmosphere.

A few days later, "soldiers from all walks of life" arrived one after another, and some of the "soldiers" from the villages came in a complete coa, without any organizational discipline.

At this time, the county government will send a leader, and unlike the leaders of the villages, everyone will call him a general.

This general's surname is Zhu, as his name suggests, he has a fat head and big ears, a big belly, and he doesn't have a general's jiashi at all, but looks like a rich man, and it is said that he is the brother-in-law of the county commander.

On the first day of his tenure, the general, surnamed Zhu, took a few entourages and walked to the high platform of the training ground.

From behind General Zhu came a long man in a long crepe and a long robe, reading out the regulations for the army.

Jia Rong listened very carefully, because he was the leader of the No. 54 people in Lijia Village, and he was responsible for them. The rules in the army are very strict, probably because I know that almost all the soldiers this time are young soldiers, so they are even stricter.

One of them is that if there is a escape, the escapee will be beheaded, and the leader will be fined 20 boards; The two fled, the fugitive was beheaded, and the leader was fined 40 boards; If three of them escape, they are to be beheaded along with their leaders. Jia Rong shuddered when he heard this, here, there is no humanitarianism, there are just military orders.

In the days that followed, the young soldiers were to be trained for a month, and they were said to be sent to the county town after a month.

Every day, the task of Jia Rong and these young soldiers is to train, the training project is very boring and boring, there is a soldier with a gun standing in front of the team, every time he teaches, the soldiers below will learn. In fact, he is holding a wooden spear and fork and stabbing it, there is nothing new at all, and he doesn't care whether you learn it or not, anyway, he will be sent away in a month.

The soldier's meal is a bowl of porridge with two steamed buns per meal, there is no nutrition at all, and the steamed buns are also gray in color, according to a soldier who fled from other places said that this food is still haode, and now many natural disasters continue in many places, and many people have died of hunger.

A few days later, not to mention other young soldiers, even Jia Rong was impatient with being tortured by this training mode, not to mention the efficiency of training.

After eating, Jia Rong thought about it for a long time and decided to go to General Zhu, he came to General Zhu's barracks, which was actually a relatively high-end house built of wood compared to Jia Rong's house, let's call it a barracks.

As soon as he approached the barracks, a soldier with a sword hanging from his waist blocked the way and said, "The barracks are heavy, and you must not trespass." ”

Hearing this roar, Jia Rong was taken aback Jia Rong knew this person, he was one of the several entourages brought by General Zhu when he took office......