Defend the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 41
Most of the soldiers stationed in the army city did not marry and have children in Yele.

Qian Chonghou didn't have a wife or children in his hometown, and he was not an ordinary soldier who couldn't afford to marry or afford a woman. As a brigade commander, he always felt that he should lead by example, and he is still a bachelor to this day.

His "home" in Juncheng is actually a very small barracks. A bed and two boxes are all his belongings. When people come, they sit on the bed. When there are too many people, they can only sit on the ground.

There are too many people coming tonight, and there is not even a place to set foot in the house.

He didn't want his brothers to stand outside and wait, squeezed out of the low earthen house, looked at the familiar faces that had experienced vicissitudes, and faced the anxious eyes of his subordinates, he didn't know how to speak for a while.

Liu Sangen had a bad temper and asked eagerly, "Brother, what's the matter?"

"Qian Shuai, what did Kang Canjun say?"

"Qian Shuai, we all listen to you. We are already living like ghosts. No matter how bad it is, how bad can it be!"

Qian Chonghou didn't expect things to turn out like this, he took a few deep breaths, looked around everyone and scolded: "Everyone go back to rest, it's none of your business here!"

"Why don't we have any business?" Liu Sangen was anxious, and turned around and said, "Brothers, how does Qian Shuai treat us?"

"Is it worth asking?"

"Qian Shuai, you are also for our big fellow, if anything happens, you will die together!"

"That's right, Qian Shuai, don't try to drive us away and carry it on our own!"

What the old soldiers said to each other alarmed the soldiers in the nearby barracks.

Some ran over and asked together, some hid in the barracks and dared not come out, and some brigade commanders and team leaders even closed the door to prevent their subordinates from interfering.

Knowing that he couldn't delay any longer, Qian Chonghou hesitated and said, "To tell you the truth, Sangen and I have an affair, and there is no way out."

"There is no way out... We have no way out for a long time!"

"That's right, it's better to die than to live like this."

"Qian Shuai, what's the matter anyway, if you say something, we will only follow your lead!"

"Rebel? Who can be rebelled against in this ghost place, and what can be rebelled against?"

Qian Chonghou asked a rhetorical question, raised his arms and pointed to the rows of barracks opposite: "If we really rebel, those brothers who have suffered together for so many years will put down the rebellion. If we fight against each other, I am I can't bear it, and I can't let go of that hand."

An old pawn with a scar on his face asked, "What should I do then?"

Before Qian Chonghou could speak, a short soldier shouted, "Go to the vast sea, I don't believe that the living can be suffocated by urine."

"Go to Hanhai to be a horse thief, thank you for thinking about it."

"What's wrong with being a horse thief? It's not like no one has done it before."

"Someone has been a horse thief, but he has been doing it for a few days? It's just like this. If I can survive a year in the vast sea, I will write Yang in reverse."

"Sooner or later it will be a death, it is better to go to the vast sea and kill it happily."

Qian Chonghou said solemnly: "If we really go to Hanhai, not only will we have to fight against the sky and the earth, but we will also be besieged by horse thieves and hunted down by night watchmen. I estimate that we will last for three months at most."

Liu Sangen roared: "Three months is three months, it's dead anyway, so there's nothing to be afraid of!"

"Yeah, if you die, you die. What's there to be afraid of?"

"Qian Shuai, if it weren't for you, I would have died long ago, and I am willing to die with you!"

"Aren't you afraid of death?"

"Not afraid!"

"We are not afraid of death, we are afraid that life is better than death!"

"A person who stays here is not as good as a ghost, and he is a lonely ghost after death. It is better to die vigorously!"

It's better to die vigorously...

This sentence made Qian Chonghou's eyes light up, and he raised his head and shouted: "Since we are not afraid of death, then let's go and kill to our heart's content, and die with vigor and vigor."

"kill!"

"Kill kill!"

"kill!"

"Brother, where to kill?"

"Didn't the general look down on us? Let's kill him. If you want to go to the south and meet Tubo, stand here. If you want to go to Congling, you will stand here. We will kill whichever side has more people." !"

"Kill Tubo, kill the hardest one!"

"Okay, let's kill Tubo. Anyway, he is destined to be a lonely ghost, and he is not dead wherever he dies."

"Qian Shuai, since we are going to have a good time killing, can we also have a good time?"

"can."

Qian Chonghou's heart was broken, he turned around and shouted: "Liu Sangen, go and slaughter all the sheep in the pen, let the brothers eat to their heart's content."

"promise!"

Liu Sangen bowed to accept the order, called a few brothers, and went straight to the sheep pen.

Qian Chonghou continued with a gloomy face, "Jiang Huai listened to the order and took a few brothers to open a warehouse to release grain, and let the brothers who are willing to kill a happy one together pack ten days' grain."

"promise!"

"Zhang Si, lead someone to guard the stable."

"promise!"

"The rest of the brothers quickly go to Jia to get weapons, and when they are full of food and drink, they will go out with the brigade commander!"

First, the shouts of killing were loud.

Immediately afterwards, groups of people ran in the city holding torches, and the rapid footsteps sounded like drums on people's hearts.

They blatantly turned against each other. They wanted to kill sheep, open warehouses to store grain, and rob horses.

But more soldiers not only didn't come out to stop them as if they didn't hear them, but hid in the dark barracks and wept silently.

Several elderly and frail veterans clasped their hands together and muttered prayers for them, praying to the Taishang Laojun, the Jade Emperor and the Tathagata Buddha to bless them invincible.

……

At the same time, Han Ping'an, Yinniang and Li Yu led their horses up a hill and saw their father whom they hadn't seen for more than ten days.

"father!"

"Sanlang, hurry up and let Dad take a look."

"Father, I'm fine." Han Ping'an felt sore, and even spoke with sobs.

With the help of the faint starlight, Han Shimei looked at his almost dead son, and he was no longer as calm as before. He gripped his hand tightly and complained: "You will gain wisdom by eating a pit, and you can't run around anymore. If you make a mistake , how can father explain to your dead mother."

"I know."

"Yinniang, it's hard for you, come to father and let father have a look."

Yinniang didn't expect her father to call her, so her heart felt hot and she said with tears in her eyes, "Father, I'm fine."

In the past ten or so days, Han Shimei really didn't know how to get through it, and nodded repeatedly: "It's good to be fine, it's best to be fine."

Li Yu was waiting expectantly for Mr. Ruyi to tell his future father-in-law about proposing marriage, when a familiar voice suddenly came from not far away.

"Yu'er, is that you?"

"Father, why are you here too!"

"Father is about to ask you, why don't you stay at home and come here?"

"me……"

Running around with Crazy Saburo at night, he was caught by his father. Li Yu was nervous and incoherent, not knowing how to explain it.

Han Pingan hurried over and saluted respectfully, then took Li Yu's hand and said embarrassedly, "Uncle Six, I brought Yu'er here."

"Who is your sixth uncle, let go of your hand, tugging, what a shame!"

Li Chengye was already angry, but seeing Han Pingan holding his daughter's hand made him even more angry.

(End of this chapter)