"You kid went out early in the morning, where did you go? I've sent several waves of people to look for you, and if this wave of people still can't find you, I'm going to release your entire company out of the city to find you. When Tang Cheng returned to the barracks, he was grabbed by Liu Goat, who was waiting at the gate of the barracks, and was reprimanded. Tang Cheng, who didn't know anything, was stunned and tried to find the answer from Lao Xu, but Lao Xu shook his head and said nothing.

Liu Goat's very bad mood comes from the upcoming vanguard company belonging to the 173rd Division, according to the news that Ge Kunshan told him, today is the day when this expected vanguard company arrives, since the morning, Liu Goat's face has not been good-looking. Giving up the barracks to the troops of the 173rd Division, not only Lao Xu and Jiujin were unhappy, but Liu Goat himself was also very angry, but he knew what the 173rd Division would bring to the garrison, so he tried his best to persuade Lao Xu and Jiujin, but he himself scolded Zhou Yuan, the deputy commander of the 173rd Division, who had not yet seen him, more than once.

Although he has been persuading Lao Xu and Jiujin, Liu Goat himself is not happy, so he will be pale after getting up early today, Tang Cheng just happened to bump into his gun, and he became Liu Goat's punching bag. "Go ahead and change into your military uniform, Lai is already a company commander, look at what you look like, the one who lost Lao Tzu." Liu Goat, who had already taught Tang Cheng a lesson, obviously didn't want to let him go so easily, and then pulled Tang Cheng's civilian clothes to talk about things, completely forgetting that he had promised Tang Cheng that he could go out this morning.

"You are now a company commander, a second lieutenant officer, what you need to do is to train the soldiers under your command well, always see what is the use of these irrelevant things, the next time Lao Tzu finds you with these birds and things, Lao Tzu will give you a fire to clean up." Tang Cheng was so aggrieved that he was about to cry, today was really his own Good Friday. Tang Cheng, who was reprimanded by Liu Goat one after another, wanted to change his military uniform immediately, but was accidentally found by Liu Goat The English book in the saddle bag.

It's a pity that today is indeed not a good time, Liu Goat, who is faintly angry, doesn't seem to like anything, and Tang Cheng, who has high hopes for himself, naturally becomes the place where Liu Goat vents his anger. Maybe he had almost vented the anger in his heart, or maybe he suddenly realized that his tone might be a little heavy, and in the onlookers of Lao Xu and Jiujin snickering in their hearts, Liu Goat finally let Tang Cheng go and let him go back to the barracks to change his military uniform.

"Oh, I knew that Lu Dao would be like this, and I shouldn't have gone to the old man's place today." The English book taken out of the saddle bag was carefully pressed under his quilt, and Tang Cheng, who had changed into a military uniform, still carried his two shell guns cross-body, and then went straight to the gate of the barracks to stand behind Liu Goat. Although I don't know what's wrong with Liu Goat, Tang Cheng knows that this seemingly angry guy is really good to himself, and besides, Liu Goat's accusations just now are not all wrong, at least he didn't tell the location to his subordinate star platoon commander when he went out, which is indeed wrong.

"According to the news given by County Magistrate Ge, the vanguard of the 173rd Division will arrive in Mengcheng today, and County Magistrate Ge has already come to me yesterday and asked our garrison regiment to go out of the city to greet him, of course, County Magistrate Ge is also going to go." Seeing that Tang Cheng had already changed into a military uniform and came out, Liu Goat threw the cigarette butt in his hand and stepped on it at his feet, and then beckoned Tang Cheng and the other three company commanders to go out of the city to pick up people. The group showed that they rode to the county capital, and after meeting Ge Kunshan, they went out of the city together and stopped at Shuangjing Pavilion, which was 2 miles away from the city.

"Alright, let's just wait here, I guess it's almost time." Ge Kunshan took out his pocket watch and looked at the time, then pulled Liu Goat into the pavilion to sit and chat. The cronies brought by Ge Kunshan also unloaded the food and tea from the carriage and placed them in the pavilion, and if there were no Tang Cheng and their loaded guys in the Shuangjing Pavilion at this time, let the passers-by see it, they would definitely regard Ge Kunshan as a rich man who came out for an outing.

"Brother Liu, I know that you and the garrison have been wronged this time, and I apologize for replacing wine with tea." When his cronies put the things they brought on the table, Ge Kunshan picked up the teapot and filled a cup for Liu Goat, and then raised his teacup to express his apologies to Liu Goat. Ge Kunshan was not the first day to be a county magistrate, nor was it the first day to be in a power game, choosing between the 173rd Division and the garrison regiment, he could only choose Liu Shanyang and the garrison regiment, because most of the garrison regiment were Mengcheng natives, and he was the county magistrate of Mengcheng.

"The county magistrate is polite, do it." For the kindness released by Ge Kunshan, Liu Goat has no possibility of refusing, as long as he still takes Tang Cheng and them to stay in Mengcheng, he needs Ge Kunshan's support and help. Tilting his neck and drinking the tea in the cup, Liu Goat's boldness and interest made Ge Kunshan very satisfied, as long as the garrison regiment was firmly grasped by his side, what Li Linge and what 713 divisions were not as good as the garrison regiment in Ge Kunshan's opinion.

Time passed minute by minute, but the expected vanguard of the 173rd Division never appeared, Liu Shanyang also arranged for his two company commanders to ride horses to the checkpoint a few miles away to inquire, but the reported news said that no troops of the 173rd Division appeared. Anyway, the matter has become a foregone conclusion, even if Ge Kunshan and Liu Goat are angry in their hearts, it is impossible to drive the 173rd Division back to their station and refuse them to enter Mengcheng, so Ge Kunshan and Liu Goat, who were sitting in the pavilion, simply regarded this trip out of the city as an outing.

Liu Goat is illiterate, but he has been to many places when he travels from south to north, coupled with Ge Kunshan's intentional friendship and pandering, these two unrelated people sit together and chat very happily. Liu Goat and Ge Kunshan chatted very happily, but Tang Cheng, who had poured a stomach full of tea, was depressed, knowing that Lu Dao would be like this, he should have brought the English book, just take this opportunity to read it for a while. Tang Cheng, who was muttering in his heart, paced out of the pavilion and looked into the distance of Beishan, but Beishan was too far away from here, and Tang Cheng could only see the general outline of the tip of Beishan at most.

"Okay, if you can't stay, go around by yourself, but you can't go far." Liu Goat, who was chatting with Ge Kunshan, took out a match and was lighting a cigarette, but suddenly found that his company commanders were all absent-minded, so he laughed and scolded and drove them all out of the pavilion. The company commanders who were allowed to move freely immediately dispersed, and it was too embarrassing to sit with Liu Shantian and Ge Kunshan, and besides, the tea was really not enough to drink, so it was better to find a place to sleep.

Tang Cheng didn't take them together, and refused Liang Dahu's invitation to gamble on the dice, and Tang Cheng rode into a woodland not far from here with nine catties. It's April now, although everyone still needs to wear coats, but the thick cotton clothes have been replaced by single clothes, and birds and beasts have begun to appear in the forest. Liu Goat and the county magistrate Ge Kunshan were still nearby, so Tang Cheng and Jiujin couldn't use their guns, and the bow and crossbow and Jiujin self-made slingshot stolen from the Beishan bandits' den were their hunting tools.

This forest is not Beishan, it is too close to Mengcheng, so Tang Cheng and Jiujin who are walking in the forest can only target birds, pheasants and hares, and slightly larger wild animals will not appear here. Shifting the holster of the shell gun slightly behind him, Tang Cheng carried the crossbow arrow made for himself by the blacksmith in the city in front of him, and the arrow that was specially made into a triangular shape flashed with cold light, if it was shot into the body by such a thing, the blood arrow that rushed out of the wound would definitely be like a fountain.

"Can we hit something here? I can't even hear a bird's cry except for the trees. When Tang Cheng was concentrating on finding prey in the forest with a bow and crossbow, Jiu Jin, who was carrying a slingshot behind him, kept looking around and muttering. There was no other sound in the forest except for the sound made by Tang Cheng and Jiujin, and Jiujin's muttering made Tang Cheng, who was walking in front, regret that he had brought this guy who had made a mistake with him, but after more than ten seconds, Tang Cheng began to congratulate himself for bringing Jiujin into the forest.

"No birds?" The last sentence of the nine catties made Tang Cheng stop in his tracks, indeed, not only could you not see the birds that could be seen everywhere outside the city in this forest, but you couldn't even hear the birds' calls. This was too abnormal, Tang Cheng suddenly remembered a record in Xie Bo's notebook, there were few animals in the wild where ambushes were hiding. Jiujin, who was following behind, saw Tang Cheng suddenly stop, and thought that Tang Cheng had found that there was prey in front of him, so he casually raised the slingshot in his hand.

"Damn, Xie Laosan, this bastard, dares to lie to Lao Tzu that there are hares here, and when I meet them later, Lao Tzu will smack him in the face, except for the tree, it is still a tree, how can there be any hare." Without waiting for Jiujin to react, Tang Cheng, who was walking in front, suddenly turned around with a curse. In Jiujin's memory, Tang Cheng had never said anything dirty, and there didn't seem to be a person named Xie Laosan among the people they knew, and it was Tang Cheng's own idea to go into this forest to hunt.

Jiujin sometimes thinks about things very slowly, but this doesn't mean that Jiujin is stupid, and he can't understand Tang Cheng's words, but he can understand the look that Tang Cheng is giving him at this time. Tang Cheng made his eyes have only one meaning, something is wrong here, go, leave this forest. Although there was no explanation from Tang Cheng, Jiujin, who trusted him extremely much, didn't ask anything, and followed Jiujin with the same reaction as usual, but his right hand was quietly placed on the bullet pouch on his chest, and the back cover of one of the grenades had been gently unscrewed by him.