Chapter 156: The Eleventh Regiment
Zhang Qingming and the three of them, under the leadership of a veteran of the Song army, shuttled through the barracks, at this time Luoyun City was an important place of concern for the entire Great Song Dynasty, and almost a quarter of the country's troops gathered here.
"Little Leader, I really envy you! The ability is very big, I don't know how many times stronger than us ordinary people!" The old veteran said with a smile.
Zhang Qingming looked at the veteran and said with a smile, "How can there be? Everyone in this world is different, as the saying goes, the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility, uncle, you protect the family and defend the country, and we will defend the common people, isn't it the same reason?"
"We're all heroes of this world!"
Li Changqing asked seriously, "Uncle, I want to ask, where is our 11th regiment?"
"Our 11th Regiment is a rear unit, so the garrison is relatively backward, and we can get there after walking, don't worry!"
Li Changqing scratched and asked curiously, "Uncle, you came to pick us up, your status should not be low, right?" Isn't it the level of a thousand-commander?"
"Oops! Don't exalt me like that, I'm a thousand-legged commander, I'm just a cook."
Cooking class!? As soon as these words came out, Zhang Qingming and the three of them were all surprised, and they couldn't help but say in unison: "Cooking class?"
Li Changqing was a little annoyed, and asked suspiciously, "This General Yang Tianyu is too unkind, right?!" I actually asked the cooking class to pick us up! In any case, we are also the leaders of the Eleventh Regiment."
Hearing this, the old soldier slowly raised his head, a faint tear flickered in his eyes, and there was a little more vicissitudes on his old face.
"Harm! You don't know that the brothers in the regiment have their own difficulties, and I am an idle person who has nothing to do, so I recommended myself to pick you up."
"No matter how much he does, wait a minute, I will definitely ask the new officials to take up three fires, give them a dismount, and burst their arrogance." Li Changqing was suddenly furious.
"Harm! The three of them will find out when they see each other." The veteran wiped tears from the corners of his eyes
Li Changqing came to the place where the 11th Regiment was stationed with a belly of fire, and before he could enter it, he was already dumbfounded, because he saw the soldiers here.
Most of them were wounded people covered in bandages, and they could only do what they could in front of them.
At this moment, a big man with dark skin with a broken arm was carrying a bag of rice, because one hand was inconvenient, his center of gravity was unstable, and he fell to the ground hard, screaming in pain.
Seeing this, Zhang Qingming hurriedly got up and went up to help him, the big man with the broken arm was in severe pain, barely stood still, looked at Zhang Qingming's appearance, and hurriedly bowed his head and apologized: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, head of the regiment, it's me who is holding everyone back."
"No, you are all warriors of the Great Song Dynasty, heroes who protect your hometown."
"What's your name?" Why are you here?"
The big man hurriedly replied, "Head Hui, my name is Li Erniu, I am in my early twenties this year, and I have two children at home, so I have to come for them. I could have gone back because of my broken arm, but I felt that just leaving like this would be like a bad seed, I couldn't let others look down on me, and these brothers are here, how could I run away alone?"
Zhang Qingming patted Li Erniu's shoulder and smiled slightly: "You are great! I admire you! You have a wound on your body, follow me in the future!"
Li Erniu only felt a warm current in his body injected into the meridians of his body, spreading to his whole body, and that unprecedented feeling suddenly hit, he felt that his whole body had a little more strength, and his spirit was much better.
This was done by Zhang Qingming behind his back, and he injected spiritual power into Li Erniu's body to help him dissipate the blood in his body and heal the injuries on his body.
At this moment, the officers and men of the entire 11th Regiment gathered in front of Zhang Qingming and them, these people were all wounded, there were not many people here, it didn't look like a regiment at all, only a few hundred old, weak, sick and disabled.
"I seem to be sure that Yang Tianyu is indeed playing tricks on us!"
Looking at the solemn expressions of Su Mo and Li Changqing, Li Erniu hurriedly explained, "Don't get me wrong, we are not a wounded regiment, we were originally the garrison of the city wall of Luoyun City at the beginning, no
After several resistances, the former regimental commander was severely wounded and died, and the brothers suffered heavy losses, so the prince withdrew us."
Zhang Qingming sighed lightly, it is difficult for these soldiers to protect themselves one by one, do you still expect them to do some heavy work?
"Let's all do our own thing, let's all disperse!"
Li Changqing and Su Mo glanced at each other, smiled bitterly, hurriedly retreated a few steps, and said, "Brother Qingming, I just remembered that I still have some things to deal with, so I'll go first."
Su Mo's acting skills are not so low-end, he said very calmly: "Before, the prince also asked you to have time to discuss the formation with him, Qingming Xiaoyou, I won't accompany you."
Zhang Qingming didn't keep them, because he knew that what they took over at the moment was nothing more than a mess, and it would be useless to keep them here, rather than letting them stand here, it was better to let them do something meaningful.
Suddenly, Zhang Qingming's eyes lit up, and he saw the huge war crossbow in the barracks, this thing was extremely powerful, and once it was shot, it would either be killed or injured.
He stepped forward and patted the crossbow, observing the exquisite mechanism structure, the technology of the Great Song Kingdom is indeed good, and it does have his uniqueness compared to other countries.
"This crossbow is the same as ours, it is no longer of great use, this crossbow is not very lethal, and it can't even fly far." Li Erniu explained.
Zhang Qingming looked disappointed, got up and led Li Erniu, and walked towards Luo Yun City, he needed to be quiet now, to relax.
Li Erniu had Zhang Qingming's help before, so he was very enthusiastic about this newly appointed kind-hearted leader.
"Commander Zhang, this is our Luoyun City, I live here, I originally wanted to live here for a lifetime, who knows? These guys from the Great Sui are here, we were originally some farmers with hoes, but the enemy is going to trample on our hometown, this breath can't be bearable! I'm on it!" Li Erniu described the sound and color, and the whole person was dancing with his hands, very excited.
Zhang Qingming looked at the dilapidated streets around him, full of gunsmoke and the smell of war, and said helplessly, "It's a pity, such a good place."
Li Erniu echoed, "It's not! Although our Luoyun City is a border city, it is also prosperous under the governance of the old city lord, and it is said that it is also known as Tokyo outside the city! It's not much weaker than that capital. It's a pity that such an incident has happened, and all of a sudden the accumulation of our ancestors over the years has been ruined."
"Who's that old city lord? Why have I never seen him?" Zhang Qingming asked curiously, did he just remember that this Luoyun City was so big, and there was only one Zhao Tianyou prince guarding it? And what about their city lords?
Speaking of this, Li Erniu couldn't help wiping away his tears and complained bitterly: "The old city lord is such a good person! At the beginning, the Great Sui raided Luoyun City, seeing that the city was broken, the old city lord blocked thousands of troops and horses with the strength of one person, and ended up running out of oil and forcing the Great Sui army to retreat, winning time for the prince to support, but in the end, it was the immortal who fell outside the city gate."
"The old city lord deserves to be a hero!" Zhang Qingming said with emotion.
In this world, how many people can sacrifice themselves? For the dawn of Luoyun City, the old city lord would rather disperse his cultivation and block thousands of troops in front of the city, and his cultivation of immortals is not to selfishly take the immortal road to become an immortal, but to protect the most important people in his heart.
Zhang Qingming suddenly remembered something and asked, "Brother Erniu, how long has it been?" Are you homesick?"
"I want to, why don't I want to!" Li Erniu suddenly lowered his head in disbelief and said, "It's just that how can I see them with my current appearance!" I'm afraid they'll worry about me, I'm a wreck now, and there's so much going on in the barracks that I don't have time to get out."
Zhang Qingming hugged him and said with a smile, "Now there is time!"
"Can ......"
"I'm the head of the regiment now, do you listen to the orders of the commander?"
Although Li Erniu was born as a farmer, he was now standing up straight and replied, "Listen!"
"Soldier Li Erniu obeyed the order, now follow me home, this is an order!"
Li Erniu was blindfolded all of a sudden, and wanted to say something, but swallowed it back in his throat and scratched
Scratching his head, he smiled, "Thank you, Commander!"
Li Erniu's place of residence is very remote, almost on the outskirts of Luoyun City, the two of them walked for a long time to arrive, Zhang Qingming saw the green field from a long distance, only to see a very simple thatched house, a wisp of green smoke slowly rose on it, and the time was now considered to be a meal.
"Little Chief, your subordinates' home is in front, don't dislike it if it's a little shabby."
"Brother Erniu, look at what you said!" Zhang Qingming said with a grin.
Walking to the door of the thatched house, Li Erniu hesitated, Zhang Qingming bumped into it directly, and asked suspiciously, "Brother Erniu, why did you stop?"
"I'm afraid!"
"What are you afraid of?"
Zhang Qingming stepped forward and knocked on the door, and a shout came from inside: "Come on, come on! Wait a minute!"
The door was opened by a woman, dressed in the most rudimentary linen garments, with many patches, and I don't know how long she wore them, and how many times she had patched them.
The woman looked at Zhang Qingming, and then at Li Erniu behind her, and couldn't help but be shocked: "Erniu......
When Sister-in-law Li saw Li Erniu's broken arm, she couldn't help but burst into tears, and directly threw herself on Li Erniu's body and cried bitterly.
At this moment, the howling and crying attracted the little boy in the family, who was Li Erniu's son, and when he saw his parents hugging each other and crying bitterly, the little guy also rubbed his eyes and cried.
Zhang Qingming looked at their family like this, this is the epitome of countless soldiers like Li Erniu, their families are all at home waiting for their triumphant return.
When they stopped, Sister-in-law Li looked at Zhang Qingming and asked Li Erniu, "Erniu, who is this little brother?"
"Daughter-in-law, this is our new head of the regiment, and he is good to me!"
"It's the little leader! What a faux pas!" Although Sister-in-law Li is a peasant woman, she is still polite.
"There are a few dishes made at home, if the little head doesn't dislike it, come in and sit down and eat!" Sister-in-law Li warmly invited.
"Don't dislike it! Don't dislike it!"
Zhang Qingming looked at a table of vegetarian dishes, this table could not be described as rich at all, only said that it was simple, compared to the delicacies and seas he ate on weekdays, I don't know how much worse, but he didn't dislike it and still ate it in a big gulp, although there was no meat foam, but he still ate it with relish.
He was used to such days when he was at the Taoist Temple in Changbai Mountain, when no one came to offer incense, and they also lived such a poor life. And now that the war is in chaos, how can there be so much food to eat? What's more, it's a family like Li Erniu?
After a while, it was raining heavily outside, and Li Erniu's child took the umbrella that Zhang Qingming had just brought and gestured.
Zhang Qingming looked at the little boy with a smile, hugged him into his arms, and said with a smile, "What's your name?"
"Brother, my name is Li Xingfu!"
"Happiness?" Zhang Qingming smiled.
Li Erniu blushed, scratched his head, and explained, "It's nothing if our generation works hard, as long as the children are happy and happy!"
Yes, what parent doesn't want to see their child happy in the future?
Li Xingfu, the little guy, probably saw something new, and opened the umbrella to walk away in the rain, and the little guy happily held the umbrella handle and rotated it vigorously.
The umbrella spun rapidly, and even the pouring rain couldn't get close to him at the moment, and the rain that had just touched it was scattered in an instant, turning into countless splashes. The faster the umbrella rotates, the farther the rain will fly.
Zhang Qingming looked at this scene, he couldn't help but have a flash of inspiration, he picked up the umbrella on the side and walked into the heavy rain, he followed the appearance of the little guy, and rotated the umbrella together, this time the rain was dispersed, and no drop touched his body.
When Li Erniu and his wife saw this scene, they thought that Zhang Qingming had eaten and started to have convulsions.
"Hahahaha, I see! Thank you! Little one!" Zhang Qingming picked up Li Xingfu and rubbed his eyes
Eyeball.
When the two returned to the house, Zhang Qingming looked at Li Erniu and said slowly, "Brother Erniu, we may have to go back."
Li Erniu was mentally prepared, and didn't say anything, just helped Sister-in-law Li clean up, Zhang Qingming couldn't help but feel sad when he saw that the family was happy.
Before leaving, Zhang Qingming secretly put a piece of silver on the dining table, and Sister-in-law Li chased it out in the rain and shouted, "Little leader! You've left something behind!"
"Sister-in-law, this is Brother Erniu's military salary during this time, you can accept it!"
Li Erniu looked at the shiny silver in his daughter-in-law's hand, and couldn't help but be dumbfounded, and hurriedly said, "Little Chief, what do you mean by this?"
"Xiao Xingfu did me a big favor just now, this is my little meaning, you can take it!" Zhang Qingming said with a smile.
Sister-in-law Li reluctantly accepted the silver, and shouted towards Li Erniu's distant figure, "Erniu, you must go home safely!" I've been waiting for you at home!"
"Definitely! My daughter-in-law is waiting for me!"