People in the Three Kingdoms: Starting from Preaching

Chapter 481 Awareness and Courage

"Soldiers! It's time for the organization and the people to test us. Follow me."

The three of them sat together on the steps outside the house. Lu Meng and Li Zheng listened quietly to Ma Yan's story about his experience in fighting the flood a year ago. Ma Yan seemed completely immersed in his memories, with an expression full of emotion and regret.

"This is what the leader shouted in front of us, and then he went up to carry sandbags. The water was too fast in those days. We tried our best to build dikes and dams, but we couldn't stop the water from rising. In the end, we had no choice but to jump into the water one by one. More than a hundred brothers died just like that."

When he said this, Ma Yan smiled helplessly and self-deprecatingly: "Even so, flesh and blood are still too powerless in the face of natural disasters. We tried our best, but we don't know how many people we saved in the end."

After hearing these words, Lu Meng and Li Zheng were both shocked. After hearing this, they remembered that it seemed to be true.

There had indeed been reports of floods in newspapers a year ago, but they had not expected such a story to be told behind the scenes.

Even the Prime Minister Xu Chen went to the front line to move sandbags in person. The elite soldiers of the Yellow Turbans did not die on the battlefield, but instead jumped into the rapids one after another without fear of death, just to erect a few more stakes and lay more sandbags.

No one complained, no one backed down, and even if they jumped to their death, they would not frown.

At that time, even the victims could not bear to watch it and knelt before the Yellow Turbans and begged them not to do it again, but they still could not stop them. The victims felt more distressed when they saw the soldiers disappear one by one in the rapids than when they saw their homes being washed away by the flood.

Lu Meng and Li Zheng looked at each other. It turned out that behind the cold words on the newspaper was such a tragic and difficult story.

It turns out that after a natural disaster, people do not have to point weapons at the people, but instead face the disaster head-on and bravely fight for the danger. With Xu Chen's words "Follow me", people continue to rush forward to quell the disaster for the people.

Lu Meng suddenly woke up, and at that moment he truly understood the meaning of the sentence "The Yellow Turbans belong to the people."

The previous understanding was just a superficial understanding, a kind of dogmatic slogan.

But now, he suddenly realized the weight of this sentence, which meant that when the people were really in danger, every member of the Yellow Turbans must have the courage to shout "Follow me" and be prepared to jump into the rapids.

This kind of courage cannot be possessed by an army that fights for a single family or clan. Only an army that truly belongs to the people has this kind of soul.

Is this the Lord's deep meaning?
Lu Meng was actually a very smart person. Although he did not fully understand the intention of Xu Chen's arrangement at the moment, he also vaguely felt something.

He knew that what Xu Chen wanted to tell him was perhaps "The Yellow Turbans are the people's Yellow Turbans."

What he didn't know was what Xu Chen's intention was.

It was not until the end of the trip, when Ma Yan sent him and Li Zheng out of the military headquarters, that Li Zheng told him about something and he finally came to his senses and understood why this arrangement was made.

"Tomorrow, the leader will formally receive you. There is something I don't know whether I should say it or not." After walking out of the military headquarters, Li Zheng stopped and looked at Lu Meng. Although he said that he didn't know whether he should say it or not, the expression on his face showed that he really wanted to say it.

Naturally, Lu Meng would not refuse, and he stopped to listen attentively. From Li Zheng's subtle expression, he felt that what he was going to say next might not be an ordinary matter.

Li Zheng cleared his throat, first pretended to look around, then came close to Lu Meng and whispered: "When I was in the military, I heard some rumors that the court seemed to be planning to reorganize the Huainan Army. After you take up your post and return, perhaps the military will directly assign a large number of officers to serve in the Huainan Army, and some of the original soldiers in the Huainan Army will also have to be re-evaluated and reassigned, and there will be a lot of job changes." "Hmm"

When Lu Meng heard this, his first reaction was surprise. When he was about to speak, he suddenly froze and then fell into deep thought.

When he came to his senses again, the look he gave Li Zheng was somewhat meaningful.

When he suddenly heard about this, combined with some of the profound meanings he had realized in the military in the past few days, Lu Meng finally reacted.

So this is what the leader meant.
After figuring this out, he of course realized that the rumors Li Zheng had heard were mostly cover-ups. This guy must have known what the higher-ups meant and was just trying to inform himself in this way.

The two of them looked at each other, just staring at each other.

You know what I'm thinking, I know you know what I'm thinking, you know I know
In the delicate atmosphere, Lu Meng finally chose not to play dumb, but smiled and shook his head: "Actually, I have no opinion on this matter. The Yellow Turbans belong to the people. I think what the leader said is right. The Huainan Army is still far from being good enough and really needs to be reorganized."

Li Zheng was not surprised by such an answer because he knew Lu Meng well enough.

Facts have proved that it is unnecessary for me to do ideological work for Lu Meng, as this young man has a very high level of awareness.

Watching Lu Meng walking forward, Li Zheng smiled bitterly and followed him.

Lu Meng did not take this matter seriously.

He respected Xu Chen who could say "Follow me", and he admired the Yellow Turban who could jump into the rapids without blinking. Based on these, he was willing to accept all arrangements of the organization.

After all, the Yellow Turbans belong to the people, so the Huainan Army that is about to be incorporated into the Yellow Turbans is naturally no exception.

As Lu Meng walked, he did not even turn his head back: "What do you think the Prime Minister will talk about when he sees me tomorrow?"

Li Zheng raised his eyebrows: "How should I know this? The Prime Minister is a god-like figure. I am just a mortal and cannot speculate."

Lu Meng glanced at him and sneered, "You can hear the rumor about the reorganization of the Huainan Army, but you can't hear any other rumors?"

Li Zheng's face froze immediately, and he cleared his throat awkwardly. He said, "I guess the leader will tell you something about military matters. After all, we have confirmed in the military department these days that the court is about to march south. This is a decisive battle, and the Huainan Army will inevitably have to contribute."

"Is that so?" This guess was similar to what Lü Meng was thinking. He was looking forward to it very much: "The war has come to this point today. If we don't seize this opportunity to march south, I'm afraid there won't be many opportunities to establish military merit in the future. I, Lü Meng, really need to make good use of it."

After that, Lü Meng began to mutter to himself: "From now on, it is not appropriate to call this Huainan Army. We should call it Yuzhou Army."

(End of this chapter)