Chapter 719: The Young Phoenix’s Cry Shakes the World (22)

The sunshine in March is like a lazy beautiful girl, lazily spreading the light down. The earth, which has been thirsty for a winter, is greedily swallowing the sunshine. The warmth makes the seeds that have been dormant for the whole winter sprout quickly, sprout, and drill out the weak stems from the soft soil again. As the breeze shakes excitedly in the sunshine, the black earth exposed in the spring breeze after the snow melts seems to be covered with green in the morning. Only the wide road and the winding ditch are like jade belts, winding around the thick and heavy body of the earth.

Baiyang Village, dozens of miles outside Jishi City, has undergone earth-shaking changes compared to a year ago. Baiyang Village was originally a place where Zhengdong Prefecture resettled retired disabled soldiers. The architecture of this village has a typical military style. The houses are neatly arranged. The roads in the village divide the village into neat squares. The ditches surrounding the entire village are much deeper and wider than those in other places. There is only one stone bridge to enter the village. If a war breaks out, just demolish this stone bridge and Baiyang Village will become a solid military fortress.

It is the critical moment for crops to grow. During this period, the weeds that cannot be burned by wildfires are much more tenacious than the more delicate seedlings of crops. Their growth rate is several times that of seedlings. This time was originally the busiest time for Baiyang Village, because they had to go to the fields to pull out weeds to ensure the growth of seedlings and lay a solid foundation for the autumn harvest.

In the current Jishi County, the powerful water conservancy and irrigation system has never stopped being built. Every winter when the farming season is slack, the county governor Wu Kai will call on the county people to dig ditches, which has made Jishi County no longer suffer from drought and flood disasters, and has a bumper harvest every year.

But today, there is no one in the fields outside Baiyang Village. Instead, there are crowds of people in front of the stone bridge in the village, beating gongs and drums, and it is very lively. Almost all the people in Baiyang Village are concentrated in this place.

Baiyang Village now has a population of about 5,000 people. It is an absolute super village, and the population characteristics gathered in this village are extremely uniform. Basically, they are composed of soldiers who retired due to disability or old age. There are almost one-fifth of the Xiongnu people in the village. A large part of them are also retired from the army. Only a very small part of them are related to the people in Baiyang Village and defected here.

The notice of the East Expedition Army forming a youth guard was posted in Baiyang Village three days ago. The villagers, who were busy with farm work in the fields, immediately became excited. As a large village composed of retired military personnel, there are undoubtedly the most people who meet this condition. Powerful Literature Network

In Baiyang Village, there are nearly 500 people who have enlisted in the army this time. The village is now crowded with people. The elders are holding the hands of the young recruits and are giving them instructions. Some women can't help but wipe away their tears. Being a soldier and going to the battlefield is always accompanied by danger. Even if the East Expedition Army is invincible, there are also many people who died on the battlefield in the past few years, and the number of disabled people is countless. How can these women not feel uncomfortable? The faces of the young men were full of excitement. In the past two years, the expansion of the Eastern Expedition Army was not fast, especially in the three counties of Jishi, Liaoxi and Hejian. A large number of recruits were almost concentrated in the Zhonghetao area, which made these young men who were eager to make achievements and dominate the battlefield anxious. Now they finally waited for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The name of the Young Guards made people excited. This was the army commanded by the governor Gao Yuan himself. In other words, it was the closest army to the governor.

"Okay, okay, I got it."

"Mother, please stop talking. Look, you're crying.

Aren't you afraid of being laughed at?"

"Old man, I'm leaving. If you can't do farm work at home, go to the village chief. Don't get tired. When I become an officer and have enough military pay, I'll buy you the best wine from Xianyun Tower."

"Uncle, the Xiongnu woman the village chief introduced to you last time is not bad. Although she has two children, I think she is very hardworking and can endure hardships. You have been injured and your body is not good. You can't do heavy work. Find such a woman to help you. The two boys can help the family in a few years. Also, I'm going to the army. I might die, so you have to work hard. Several kids are inheriting our family's cigarettes, don't be so picky. Now the women in our Zhengdong Mansion have high standards, and only the Xiongnu who just surrendered are willing to marry you. "

Amidst the farewells, He Dayou, the village chief of Baiyang Village, stood in front of his two nephews with his hands behind his back. These two nephews came to him after he arrived in Baiyang Village. Their parents were also Liaoxi flag-waving people before, but unfortunately they all died. Three years later, the two boys grew into eighteen-year-old boys. Because of sufficient nutrition, the two boys are much taller than He Dayou. At this moment, they are wearing the red uniforms of the Young Guards, looking heroic. After the two came to He Dayou, He Dayou, who was an officer in the army, began to require them to meet the standards of a soldier. Compared with the people in the same village, these two boys seemed to be stronger and were very clear about the requirements in the army.

"Wei Gao, Wei Yuan, when you get to the army, work hard and don't be afraid of death when fighting. The governor said that those who are afraid of death will always die first. Only by putting yourself to death and living later can you truly survive. This is also my uncle’s experience on the battlefield.”

"Uncle, we are not afraid of death. We want to fight for the governor and for our Baiyang Village!" He Wei said loudly, standing upright and looking like a soldier.

"Uncle, just look at it, we two brothers will definitely be bigger officials than you in the future." He Weiyuan, the younger brother next to He Weigao, said with his head held high and a smile. "At least, we will come back as a company commander."

"Good-for-nothing." He Dayou laughed and punched He Weiyuan, but was pushed back by the opponent's breast. His wrist was sore and numb, "When I was in the army, I was the commander of the sentry, in charge of There are fifty people. If you become a company commander, you can only have one or two hundred people. If you want to be a company commander, come back as a general for me."

He Weiyuan stuck out his tongue. If he wanted to become a general, he would have to be at least a division commander or above. It seemed too far away from him. But he still bit the bullet and said, "Uncle, I will work hard."

He Dayou's Hun daughter-in-law came over with her son who had just learned to walk, and whispered to the two brothers in the Central Plains dialect that was still not fluent: "Be careful and be smart. You must come back alive." Her family and brothers , was the one who died on the battlefield. Seeing that his relatives were about to set foot on the battlefield again, he couldn't help but feel a little panicked and worried.

"Don't worry, Auntie!" He Weigao reached out and pinched the little face of the child in the woman's arms. The little baby giggled and reached out to grab He Weigao's hand. "Auntie, uncle's legs and feet are not good. You are very tired. When our brothers come back, you can enjoy the blessings."

The woman had red eyes and nodded repeatedly. She was alone and lived in Baiyang Village. Later, she married He Dayou and finally settled down. It was rare for her to enjoy the warmth of her family again. When she heard He Weigao's words, her nose felt sour.

At the head of the village, loud shouts of support from the army rang out. He Dayou quickly pushed the two brothers and said: "The rally call has sounded. Go and assemble quickly. Wei Gao and Wei Yuan are on top of the army. Brothers should fight each other." Take care of each other, and those of us in the village. If you are together on the battlefield, you must take care of each other. On the battlefield, you have two brothers, one is the weapon in your hand, and the other is your comrade-in-arms. "

"Understood, uncle!" The two stood at attention, gave He Dayou a military salute, turned around, and ran towards the gathering place.

More than five hundred people gathered into a square formation in a moment. The red jacket dazzled everyone's eyes. Guo Laowen stood in front of the square formation of five hundred people and nodded with satisfaction. It is expected that such a recruitment of new soldiers would , there is no need to dispatch people of Guo Laowen's level, but the status of Baiyang Village is quite special in Jishi County, and this guy has received the care of caring people, knowing that the quality of the people who join the army in Baiyang Village is higher than that of people from other places. A large portion, almost ready for recruitment, he could be dragged directly to the battlefield, so he had some thoughts and hurriedly ran over in person. At this moment, he looked at these young people standing in front of their military appearance, which was almost as good as that of the regular army. , Don't mention how beautiful it is in my heart, Yang Dasha, that kid, is going to be deflated this time.

He walked up to He Dayou and patted He Dayou hard on the shoulder, "Dayou, this is incredible. If the village chiefs of our Zhengdong Mansion were like you, then our Zhengdong Mansion would really be invincible. You Almost all the young people in Baiyang Village can skip military training.

"Old Wei, you think too highly of them. I just brought these boys together for military training in my free time. It's just a bit of a look. Compared to the army, it's far behind. These boys are still... You have to go through some hardships before you can truly become a talent!" He Dayou said modestly.

Guo Laowen looked back at the phalanx soldiers who were still looking intently, and nodded, "As long as we see blood again and fight one or two battles, we will be a rare elite force. Dayou, you are worthy of being the best in the world according to the governor." The head of a village, I admire you, I admire you.”

"Did the Governor really say that?" He Dayou smiled so hard that he couldn't close his mouth.

"Of course." Guo Laowen nodded and said: "Your Baiyang Village is the largest village in Jishi County. It pays the most food every year and has the best public security. This time it recruits the most people, and it is so good. When the governor sees it, There will definitely be rewards for this team of yours. I’m leaving Dayou, and I’ll come see you for a drink when I have time.”

Seeing Guo Laowen turning around to leave, He Dayou suddenly held his arm, lowered his voice and said: "Old Wanderer, I know you are smart in fighting. Please take care of these young men so that they can come back alive as much as possible."

Mr. Guo hesitated for a moment, then patted He Dayou heavily on the shoulder, turned around and strode away.

The sound of the bugle sounded again, and the phalanx of 500 people left the village one by one, stepped on the stone bridge, and walked towards the road to Jishi City. Behind them, He Dayou rubbed his eyes and murmured: " I’m old, I’m really old!”P