Li Tiezhu's Longwei battalion amazed the entire Tuyuhun for the first time, and also made Fu Yun very satisfied with this business, even more precious these mercenaries, every day is good wine and meat are served, if it is not for their regulations, it is estimated that the beauties will be sent in person, because these strong men, Tuyuhun women do not want to, especially in the grassland, strong men will always be the object of women's worship and courtship, but it is a pity that Luohua is ruthless, these mercenaries stay in the camp every day and do not go anywhere. When they stabbed the first enemy who pounced on them, the enemy's hot blood sprayed on their faces, the tension disappeared, and the blood in the body began to boil, under the command of the veterans, they suppressed the inexplicable restlessness in their hearts, and calmly killed an enemy with an enemy, such a feeling happened to all the recruits, and returned to the camp to replace the bloodstained armor, After washing off the sweat and blood stains on the body, I began to feel a feeling that it was difficult to speak, everyone was excited at the beginning to talk about the battle that day, but they couldn't talk about it, for these people, the small one is like Cheng Chu Hei Du He, not yet the crown, the big one has just reached the crown, the first time to kill people, and kill so many people, saying that there is no pressure in the heart, it is impossible, just when Cheng Chu and Du He were sitting together thinking about their hearts, Li Tiezhu also saw his brothers when he was patrolling the camp, He knew what was going on at a glance, so he walked over, the scabbard of the long knife around his waist, the crisp sound of Jin Ge colliding, the heavy armor walked on the grass and made a thumping sound like a drum, when he saw Li Tiezhu's armor for the first time, Cheng Zhiji and all the recruits of Du He were envious, but they now saw Li Tiezhu wearing it and sitting beside him, but they no longer paid attention to the armor, Li Tiezhu took off his helmet and put it aside, Enjoying the evening breeze of the prairie comfortably, and then said quietly.

"It's so hot, it's so cool."

And Cheng Chusi and Du He are not in the mood to blow the evening breeze like him, they seem to have something blocked in their hearts, what is it, they don't know, for them, a few months ago, they were still rampant and domineering children in Chang'an City, with fine clothes and jade food at home, beautiful concubines warm beds, and usually fight or something at most, but today they are holding spears and steel knives, and they really killed people, and it is not one, they don't know how many they killed, and no one told them, Li Tiezhu didn't say anything, Just sitting quietly enjoying the evening breeze and looking at the night sky, Cheng Zhisi glanced at him, in fact, he and Du He were older than Li Tiezhu, but they saw from Li Tiezhu's face that they were mature at different ages, Cheng Zhisi asked softly.

"Instructor, why do you feel so uncomfortable after killing someone? We know they're enemies, but we just don't feel comfortable in our hearts. ”

Cheng Chuhei had too many questions to ask, but he didn't know how to ask, he just asked this brainless words, he originally thought that Li Tiezhu would be unhappy, because they entered the Longwei Battalion and became real soldiers, how ridiculous it was to ask this kind of question, but Li Tiezhu behaved very plainly, he didn't look at the two of them, but continued to look at the stars in the sky and said.

"Let me tell you my story, you know? In the second year of Zhenguan, a locust plague broke out in Guanzhong, and the people had no harvest, and the same was true for my family, what should I do if there were no crops and food? My family of four and the villagers left their hometown and thought of Chang'an, hoping that the saint and the court could save us, we went all the way north, I don't know how long we walked, and the villagers who fled with us fell on the road one after another, do you know what it feels like to be hungry? Especially the feeling of having nothing to eat for five days, like the stomach being burned by fire, the limbs are weak, these feelings you must not know, you are born in a good family, protected by your father's shade, food and clothing are worry-free, when you can't look at a meal that you think is not delicious and throw it away, and my family and I are hungry can only peel the bark to eat, dig up the grass roots, and then there are more and more refugees, the bark has been gnawed away, and there is no weed, my father fell on the road, and you can see people who have been starved to death everywhere along the way, You have never seen that scene in your life, it was so miserable, just when we thought we were going to starve to death, the boss and they appeared, and pulled me and my mother and sister back from the edge of death, it can be said that the life of my whole family was given by the boss, including the villagers who were saved by him, he treated us like relatives, at that time the boss was also an ordinary person like us, but he did what even the court could not do, he gave us a new home, brought us hope, yes, hope, My sister is now studying in Nishiyama, and my mother is working in the workshop, and the business of the workshop is getting better and better, and all of us are getting wages that we never dared to think of in our lives, and later, I joined the Boss's Guard, and he taught us knowledge, and I was promoted to the rank of Captain of the Guard, and this is my story. ”

After Li Tiezhu finished telling his story, he stopped talking about it, and Cheng Zhiji and Du He already had mixed feelings in their hearts, Cheng Zhiji didn't dare to look at the young man next to him anymore, and said softly.

"Yes, our life and family background are indeed better than many, not like the instructor you have such a miserable experience, but I can think of the picture at that time from what you said, it may be different from what you saw, but I know that our people in Datang are not easy, the feeling of hunger you said, although we have also tried in training, as long as we don't eat, the taste of hunger is really too uncomfortable, I can't imagine how much the people who starve to death suffer, we don't know how to cherish these before, However, since we joined the Longwei Battalion, we have gradually begun to understand every time we train so hard. ”

"You have to remember, you are soldiers, and it is our mission to protect the people behind us, why did we come here thousands of miles away, eat not as good as Chang'an, sleep on a marching bed, and still have to kill people, and worry about being killed by the enemy, for what? In order to let the people of the Tang Dynasty behind us, so that they will no longer suffer from the war, even if we exchange our lives for the peace of the people, it is worth it, as a soldier, to protect the family and defend the country, even if we die on the battlefield, it is worth it, this is the responsibility and responsibility of a real soldier, do you understand? ”

Li Tiezhu's words were deeply imprinted in their hearts, and they also made these two former gentlemen finally understand what the responsibility and responsibility of a soldier is, and the depressed mood in their hearts was slowly resolved, Li Tiezhu continued.

"You feel uncomfortable in order to kill those Tibetan people, this can't be blamed on you, human nature, but you have to remember, you are now soldiers, on the battlefield, but anyone who violates our Han, kill, you don't kill them on the battlefield, their iron horses will one day step on the body of your relatives, slaughter your family and friends, they destroy everything we cherish, so in order to protect our relatives and families, we will take the spears and steel knives in our hands and send them all to hell, the boss said, Only dead enemies are good enemies, get it? ”

"Well, I understand the instructor, thank you."

"I understand, thank you, instructor, but I still have a question, instructor, how did you feel about killing someone for the first time?"

Li Tiezhu was silent, frowning and trying to recall, and thought for a while before speaking.

"Fear, and then emptiness, it's complicated, and I can't say how it feels."

The three of them were not talking, but sat quietly, Cheng Chusi and Du He no longer had the feeling of being blocked in their hearts before, as if everything had returned to the same as before, but the shoulders were heavy, not the weight of the armor on the shoulders, but the heavy responsibility to bear as soldiers, they were also like Li Tiezhu, looking up at the stars in the night sky, enjoying the refreshing evening breeze, which felt very quiet and comfortable, which was a feeling they had never felt before.

"Instructor, it's so comfortable, I like this feeling, I like the feeling of being with my comrades, I like the feeling of being with everyone again, the taste of the grassland is so good."

In an instant, the two of them grew up, and Li Tiezhu looked at them with a smile, which is why he likes to stay in the barracks.

"Instructor, what is your dream?"

"My dream is to realize the dream of the boss, and I should say that his dream is our dream."

The two of them were very curious about what Li Tiezhu was talking about.

"What is a dream?"

"Dreams? Dream is what you want to do most in your heart, some people want to be wealthy, some people want to be promoted and make a fortune, and my dream is that the people of the world live and work in peace and contentment, no longer suffer from war, everyone can eat enough, and there is the dragon flag of our Tang Dynasty planted all over the world, and the long knife refers to the land, no matter at any time, the sun in the sky can always shine on our dragon flag and become an empire on which the sun never sets. ”

Li Tiezhu said proudly, Cheng Chuhei and Du He were also excited by Li Tiezhu's dream, the sun never sets on the empire, what a great dream.

"Can we do it?"

"I don't know, but if we don't do it, then this dream will never come true, as long as we do it, there is hope, even if I fall on the road to chasing my dream, I have no regrets."

The three of them were silent again, as Li Tiezhu said, dreams, everyone has their own dreams, but there are not many people who really do it, but you don't even have the courage to try, what kind of dreams do you talk about, only if you do it, you know, success or failure, lies in whether you really have a firm belief, the night on the grassland is really quiet, the evening breeze blows, like a lover is stroking the weeds and making a rustling sound, the two teenagers under the night sky planted the seeds of dreams in their hearts.