More than 2,000 recruits stood in the middle of the school yard, and the veterans around them held whips and looked at the recruits with bad intentions. Lin Erhu looked at the stage, waiting for the instructor to arrive. Soon a tall officer came to count the numbers, and he was armed with a leather whip and pointed to his head from left to right.

"It's all here! Start now! The officer shouted, "I am your instructor, named Chen Shuigen!" You should feel honored! A good night officer will be your instructor! From today onwards, I will train you to the hardest! ”

Lin Erhu looked at the tall officer, and he could see at a glance that this officer was a veteran who had been on the battlefield for a long time, and he had a feeling of not being angry and arrogant, and there was a murderous aura all over his body. Suddenly finding that the officer's gaze fell on his face, Lin Erhu couldn't help but tremble.

"Lin Erhu! Dequeue! Chen Shuigen yelled.

Lin Erhu's mind buzzed, what he was most worried about finally happened, but because of the majesty of the instructor, he had to honestly walk out of the queue.

"Lin Erhu! Don't think you're great if you've been a soldier! Once you get here, everything has to start from scratch! You, come later than others, no matter what the reason is, anyway, you came late to sign up! Give me an honest run for ten laps! Let me see you're not here to mess around! Chen Shuigen rebuked loudly.

"My lord, why did you punish me? At first, I didn't know that our captives could sign up for the army! Lin Erhu looked at Chen Shuigen with an aggrieved expression.

Chen Shuigen sneered: "Still quibbling? Ten more laps! If you can't finish running, you can't eat at night! ”

"Run!" A veteran with a whip walked up.

After Lin Erhu ran out, Chen Shuigen turned his head to look at Xu Ming again: "Xu Ming, get out of the ranks!" ”

"Me? My lord, what did I do wrong? Xu Ming asked dumbfounded.

"You're not wrong! But I didn't let you speak, you talk too much! That's making mistakes! Chen Shuigen smiled, "You also give me ten laps of the playground!" After running, jump 500 more with weights! ”

The so-called weight-bearing jump is to let the recruits carry a large log and jump on the spot, and the instructor has the final say on how many jumps.

Seeing Xu Ming run out, Chen Shuigen ordered a temporary dissolution and free movement.

When the recruits dispersed, a veteran who didn't accept them at night came up and whispered in Chen Shuigen's ear: "My lord, this recruit doesn't seem to have made a mistake, right?" Why should he be punished? ”

Chen Shuigen said with a smile: "This Xu Ming and Lin Erhu are both good seedlings!" They need to be honed a lot! You've all memorized it, usually add more spice to them! I'm sure they can pass the test! If I can't even pass this test, it only means that I am looking at the wrong person! ”

"I think back then, when we were in Qiongzhou, we also trained like this." The veteran said.

Two people, one finally ran 20 laps, and the other ran 10 laps, and jumped with weight. At this time, the recruits on the school field are training in a queue. Lin Erhu and Xu Ming returned to the team, stood in the middle, and conducted queue training under the supervision of the instructors.

Maintain formation, do boring movements, and one stop is two hours.

"Compared to the punishment just now, this queue is still much easier." Xu Ming said secretly in his heart. Although he was punished inexplicably, it also made him understand a truth: in the army, the orders of superior officers only need to be carried out, and there is no need to question them, let alone talk back.

"Let's go! Forecast, sing! A veteran led everyone to sing a military song.

"Ninety-nine with a steel knife, kill all Hu Erfang!" On the school ground, a loud military song sounded, which made every recruit feel enthusiastic. But most of the people didn't know how to sing, they just yelled along.

Lin Erhu also roared with everyone, and his neck was thickened.

The team walked into the cafeteria, and two veterans stood in front, whips in their hands, looking at the recruits with expressionless faces. Instructor Chen Shuigen walked into the restaurant, looked around, took out the pocket watch from his arms, and shouted: "Open dinner!" ”

The restaurant resounded with the sound of "clanging" dishes and chopsticks, and each recruit picked up their rice bowls, desperately picked up the vegetables, and quickly sent sweet potato rice noodles into their mouths.

"It's almost time to eat!" Looking at Lin Erhu, who was stunned, Xu Ming gently pushed him.

"Jingle Bell" a recruit has finished eating, puts the dishes and chopsticks on the table, stands up and leaves the restaurant. After a while, another recruit finished eating.

"Wait, why are you all eating so fast?" Lin Erhu looked at Xu Ming, who was burying his head in cooking, and asked anxiously.

Xu Ming didn't speak, but he poured rice into his mouth like crazy. After a while, he finished eating, put down his rice bowl and stood up. Looking at poor Lin Erhu, Xu Ming wanted to speak and stopped.

Everyone finished their dinner and got up and left the restaurant, leaving only one Lin Erhu still sitting in it to eat, and most of his bowl still had half of the sweet potato rice left. Looking at the already empty vegetable basin, Lin Erhu shook his head helplessly, picked up an empty basin, and wanted to pour the little vegetable soup left in it into the rice bowl.

"It's time!" Chen Shuigen put away his pocket watch, didn't say a word of nonsense, and turned his head and walked out of the restaurant.

The two veterans immediately stepped forward, like an eagle catching a chicken, and pulled up Lin Erhu, who was still pouring rice into his mouth, and forcibly dragged him out of the restaurant. One of the veterans said, "You're running out of time!" ”

"I haven't finished my meal yet, have I?" Lin Erhu looked innocent.

"Ten laps of the playground! Plus a hundred push-ups! "The veteran was not polite to him at all.

Lin Erhu ran away helplessly, still muttering, "This meal time is too short, right?" It's not even time for this half pillar of incense, so it's over? ”

On the first day of entering the barracks, he was punished twice in a row, Lin Erhu returned to the dormitory, his arms were sore, his legs were weak, and his whole body was in pain, he didn't even want to move, so he just lay on the bed to sleep. As soon as his head touched the pillow, Xu Ming came to the side and shouted: "Erhu, you can't sleep!" Classes are still available in the evenings! ”

"What class? Exhausted! Let me sleep. Lin Erhu lay on the bed with his arms and legs stretched out in a large shape.

"Woo-" The horn of assembly sounded outside the dormitory, and except for Lin Erhu, all the recruits jumped up and rushed to the outside of the dormitory.

"Hurry up! Assembled! Xu Ming pulled Lin Erhu up.

The dining room was brightly lit, oil lamps were lit all around, and a large blackboard was placed in front of it. My name is Zhao Pengju, and I am your military cadet! I'm here to teach you how to read! ”

"My lord, we are here to be soldiers, as long as we can kill the Tartars, why should we be literate?" Xu Ming stood up boldly and asked.

This military cadet officer is relatively kind, unlike Chen Shuigen, who is afraid of him, so when he comes to class, the atmosphere of the recruits is still relatively active.

Zhao Pengju stroked his beard, shook his head and said, "That's a good question!" Why should you be literate as a soldier? First of all, I ask why you are here to be soldiers? I'll answer you when you've answered my questions first. ”

"My lord, I came out to be a soldier just to eat." A recruit said.

Another recruit said: "My lord, there is no one in my family, and I am left alone, and I am full of food and the whole family is not hungry, and I have nothing to worry about, so I came to be a soldier." ”

In this era, more people come to the army for a bite to eat, and this cannot be blamed. Many people are, as long as you feed him, he can sell his life to you. So Zhao Peng said: "Don't you want to eat better food and receive more military salaries?" ”

"Yes!" Everyone spoke in unison.

"Since in order to eat better food and receive more military salaries, you have to make great contributions and be promoted! If you want to make meritorious service and get promoted, you must be literate! Otherwise, when you become officers, you can't even read the map, you can't even read the battle report, how can you command the battle? Zhao Pengju said with a smile.

"We get it!" The recruits replied to be in the army for food.

Zhao Pengju's gaze fell on Lin Erhu's face again: "Tell me, why did you come to be a soldier?" ”

Lin Erhu said: "My lord, the villain was originally a green battalion soldier, and he came here after being a prisoner, but he hasn't married a daughter-in-law until now, so I married a daughter-in-law for military merit, so I came to be a soldier!" ”

"Hahaha!" Everyone laughed.

"Don't laugh, it's a good thing to marry a daughter-in-law! We all have to pass on our ancestry, we all have to continue our bloodline, we have to marry a daughter-in-law, we have to have children! In order to marry a daughter-in-law as soon as possible, you have to make military merits, don't you say? Zhao Pengju smiled and asked all the recruits.

"That's right! If you want to make greater military achievements, you must be literate. Everyone agreed.

Zhao Pengju looked at Xu Ming: "And you, tell me, why did you come to be a soldier?" ”

"My lord! The villain's family does not need the villain to farm, the parents are strong, and the younger sister can also do farm work. The villain has nothing to do, and secondly, the villain is unwilling to be robbed by the Tartars of the land that is easy to be shared, and he does not want his parents and sister to flee into the mountains to hide from the Tartars, so he comes to be a soldier. Xu Ming replied.

"Can you read?" Zhao Pengju asked.

Xu Ming replied: "Adult, the villain went to a little Mengxue when he was a child. Later, when the Tartars came, Wen Inspector (Wen Anzhi) lost Sichuan, was defeated and died, and the villain's family had to hide in the mountains. Now that the king is back, the villain doesn't want to lose all this that he has lost, so he comes to be a soldier. ”

"Yes!" Zhao Pengju nodded, "That's right!" After all, it's someone who has read a book! In order not to be robbed of the land that was easily allocated! For the sake of our families not to hide in Tibet, we must defeat the Tartars! This is the root! You can eat and dress warmly today, all of this is given by our master! If we are defeated and the Tartars come back, and you have to live the old days again, will you do it? ”

"I don't want to!" All the recruits shouted in unison.

Lin Erhu also said: "My lord, when the villain was originally in the green camp, he couldn't even eat enough, and he couldn't see a little meat for half a year. The villain doesn't want to go back and live that kind of life! ”

Thousands of miles away, Zhejiang: The recruits in the boot camp shouted in unison: "We don't want to go back and live like that!" (To be continued.) )