Chapter 153: The Final Battle (14)
Following the farmer's instructions, the group came to the thatched hut.
The thatched hut was very simple, every corner of the room had collapsed, even the roof was in tatters because it had not been repaired for a long time, and the sunlight peeked through the cracks in the room, and the table was very clear.
Of course, in front of this thatched hut, there were more than a dozen people lined up, and they should also be the people who came here and planned to join the Red Phoenix Army.
Seeing that there were still more than a dozen people queuing up in front of him, Wang Xiaodeng was stunned for a moment, but he thought: "I didn't expect so many people to plan to join the Red Phoenix Army?" looked back at Guo Kan, but saw that Guo Kan's face was extremely ugly at the moment.
After all, the Red Phoenix Army is so powerful that it has attracted many civilians to join it, which naturally makes Guo Kan, as an enemy, extremely hateful.
That Guo Kan also noticed Wang Xiao's expression, and said with a tread in his eyebrows: "Don't hesitate, get things done quickly." ”
"Marshal, I see. Wang Xiao's body trembled, and he hurriedly bowed his head to show his understanding, and he couldn't bear the fear in his heart, so he hurriedly crossed over to everyone and prepared to go through the formalities of entering the camp.
"Hey, what are you doing? Don't you know the queue?"
One person intervened from the side, but stopped Wang Xiao and made it difficult for him to step into the thatched house. The rest of the people were also quite annoyed when they saw Wang Xiao's behavior, and they also scolded loudly.
In order to be able to join the Red Phoenix Army, they really wasted a lot of effort, naturally they didn't want someone to insert themselves into the queue for no reason and ruin their efforts.
Wang Xiao was nervous for a while, and explained again and again: "I'm sorry, I don't know the situation here, and please don't blame you." But even though he apologized again and again, those people never gave up at all, and still shouted loudly.
And in the thatched house, the official in charge of handling the matter also frowned, showing a little displeasure.
"What are you doing? Do you want to join our Red Phoenix Army?"
A shout of anger immediately made those people shut up, and their legs trembled and stood in place.
The man snorted lightly and said, "If you continue to quarrel, you will not be hired." ”
This statement immediately shocked those people, and they quickly knelt on the ground and begged: "My lord, I was just joking before, please forgive me, forgive me." "And look at their words and deeds, they are all flattering.
In this Sichuan and Shu, who doesn't know the prestige of the Red Phoenix Army?
And the treatment of the sergeant of the Red Phoenix Army was also widely spread because of his entry into Sichuan.
Regardless of the many benefits after retirement, his military salary alone reached 50 yuan a year, which was more than three times the treatment of soldiers in the Song Dynasty, and it was still paid. And the most important thing is that if a soldier who retires after three years of military service, he can directly serve as a village official in the countryside, responsible for matters such as liaison between the villagers and the government, which can be described as honorable.
It is precisely because of this that the people who want to join the Red Phoenix Army can be said to be like fish and crucian carp crossing the river, innumerable.
It's just that the Red Phoenix Army has a limited number of places and wants to be strict with its soldiers, so few people can directly join it.
Seeing that the person in front of him was soft, the man looked at Guo Kan and his party again, and shouted: "What is the matter with you coming here?"
Wang Xiao immediately bowed his head and replied: "I came here today so that I can ask for a letter of introduction from my lord, so that I can enter the Red Phoenix Army and fight against the Tartars together. ”
"Hmph. That's what everyone who comes here says. The clerk seemed to be tired of listening, and after snorting lightly, he glanced Wang Xiao up and down, and then crossed over Wang Xiao and looked at the people who came with him.
There are more than 30 people in total, all of whom are wide and fat, and full of energy.
This saw this person immediately made him a little suspicious, and asked, "Then tell me, where do you come from?"
"We are the people of Wu'an. Because of the slaughter of the Tartars, my heart was not angry, so I came here. Wang Xiao immediately took out the words he had discussed before and prevaricated.
The clerk snorted lightly, looked at a few people in his eyebrows, but his doubts deepened, and he asked: "So that's the case?" Fu You's eyes shone sharply, and he shouted: "But I see that you and others are not stout and steady, and they are obviously all practitioners." In that case, why don't you look for Song Jun, but for us?"
Wang Xiao shook his head and said helplessly: "Isn't it because the Song army is weak and unable to resist the Mongol army?" Otherwise, how could our hometown be trampled by iron hooves?" ”
"So that's the case? If that's the case, then wouldn't it be a little lazy if I pushed back and held back? ”
The clerk nodded thoughtfully, then took a brush from the pen holder next to him, and took a stack of rice paper from the side.
When the brush was covered with thick ink, he waved it for a while, and soon dozens of letters of introduction were completed.
After the ink dried, the clerk put these letters of introduction into Wang Xiao's hand and said, "These are the letters of introduction." And when you wait until you enter the Red Phoenix Army, remember to keep it with you. Otherwise, you will be treated as a spy and directly caught. When the time comes, even if I am present, it will be irretrievable. Got it?"
Wang Xiao bowed his head repeatedly, and the rest of the people also bowed their heads together and replied, "I know." ”
With these letters of introduction, everyone also left the thatched hut and walked towards the Chifeng Army camp on the top of the hill. After walking for about half an hour, everyone also came to the front of the barracks.
In the past, it was just Yaoyao looking out, so I really didn't know much about the layout of this military camp.
But when I looked closer today, I saw a circle of barbed wire outside the barracks. In order to prevent people from crossing the barbed wire, many spikes were deliberately made out of the barbed wire, and the skin would be cut if you were not careful, and some feces and blood were splashed on it, which was specially designed to increase the infection of infectious diseases.
Through the barbed wire, you can see that the barracks are full of sentries standing guard.
The barracks of Nuoda were also neatly divided into different units by the barbed wire, which was enough to support tens of thousands of people to live in it.
"Are you just volunteers who are going to join our army?"
The sergeants in charge of guarding the gate were also heavily armed, staring at everyone as if they were enemies.
In the midst of it, Wang Xiao also felt very stressed, and always felt that these people would aim their guns at themselves anytime and anywhere, and then destroy themselves.
It's just that Wang Xiao thought that there was Guo Kan's support behind him, and he also felt a little confident, so he replied stubbornly: "Yes." Then he took out the letter of introduction and put it in the hand of the sergeant who had walked up to him.
The sergeant glanced at the letter of introduction, and looked at the rank with a suspicious face, presumably confirming the identity of these people.
"Alright, you can go in. ”
By the time it was decided, a quarter of an hour had passed.
Wang Xiao's figure suddenly relaxed, and his heart was full of luck: "I finally got in." ”
Along the way, he didn't know how much scrutiny he faced, he was already exhausted, and he just wanted to rest for a while.