The woman who put down the bowl of water walked out of the room, and after a short time, a man who looked like an old peasant in his sixties walked in quickly, and his hands were full of calluses with red dates and millet porridge, like the hands of Liu Goat. The heartfelt smile on his face made Tang Cheng's heart warm, this man was too much like Liu Goat, especially the cunning hidden in his seemingly honest eyes. Tang Cheng couldn't help but look forward to the conversation with this old man, he hoped to get an accurate answer from this old man, when people are in a desperate situation, they always want to grab a few more life-saving straws in their hands, and the current Tang Cheng is this kind of psychology.

"Thank goodness you're awake, and those two of your men are driving me crazy." The old man, who claimed to be surnamed Han, carefully examined the wounds on Tang Cheng's body and laughed that Tang Cheng's wounds were recovering well. Tang Cheng vaguely saw some military spirit from Old Man Han's words and demeanor, but the other party had been checking his injuries, and he was always bad at interrupting the other party's kindness, and when Old Man Han had checked all the wounds on his body, Tang Cheng found an opportunity to speak.

"Uncle, where is this? How far is it from Wuhan? Tang Cheng tried to stabilize his slightly trembling pronunciation. Tang Cheng didn't ask where Old Man Han saved him, he was just anxious to know the specific location of this Yongxing Village, he had the trust of Liu Goat and Xie Bo floating on his body, he couldn't let the second company become a deserter company in his mouth.

"Our place is called Yongxing Village, which is under the jurisdiction of Xishui County, and I happened to return to the village from selling medicine from the county seat, and when I found you, the three of you were floating in the Maxi River." Regarding Tang Cheng's inquiry, Uncle Han was good-tempered, and carefully told Tang Cheng about the location of Yongxing Village. "If you want to talk about Wuhan, it's far away, we are closer to Ezhou and Huanggang, but if you go to Ezhou and Huanggang, you have to cross the river first."

"What? You say I've been in a coma for 5 days? Listening to Uncle Han's words, Tang Cheng couldn't help but glance at his arm that had recovered a little white complexion, no wonder his hands and feet were sore, it turned out to be caused by a coma. Tang Cheng didn't know where Xishui County was, but he knew the location of Ezhou, and he looked across the river from Ezhou, thinking that this Xishui County should be south of Macheng. Tang Cheng didn't believe it, and Robert was also an immortal person, and he didn't die in the hands of the Japanese.

"I'm used to it, I can't sleep well without a gun under my pillow." Tang Cheng's movements were a little bigger, and he exposed a piece of the barrel of the shell gun pressed under the pillow, and seeing that Uncle Han stared at the barrel of the gun, Tang Cheng took the initiative to take the shell gun out from under the pillow, and explained with a smile, and Uncle Han dissipated the vigilance in his eyes. As Tang Cheng guessed, Uncle Han, who saved the three of them, was a soldier in his early years, and since he was a soldier, he naturally wanted to play with the gun for a while.

"Old man, I also used to kill people with guns in my early years, but our meeting is not your current national army, and the weapons are not as good as they are now, and we still use British rifles." Han Laocheng and Tang Cheng chatted endlessly about the war, without the slightest intention of stopping, Tang Cheng also listened to it with relish, and the old and young couple chatted hotly in the room. "If it weren't for the old man, I'm old, and I can't even pick up a knife and gun to fight with the little devil, we Xishui people just don't bow their heads in our bones."

Suddenly listening to Uncle Han talk about the Japanese army, Tang Cheng came back to his senses, since he was rescued by Han Laocheng when he returned from the county seat, then he must be able to hear the battle on the front line in the county seat. "Uncle Han, have you been to the county seat, have you heard about the war on the front line? Are there any Japanese troops here in Xishui County? Tang Cheng's inquiry made Uncle Han, who was still in high spirits, lose interest, and the excitement on his face dissipated little by little.

"How could it not be, there are a lot of routs of your national army in the county, either robbing food or slamming the door in the middle of the night to extort money, I think this Xishui County should be in chaos, if it weren't for the more routs, maybe I would stay in the county for two more days." Uncle Han's unintentional words made Tang Cheng frightened, the battle with the Japanese army was in full swing on the side of Xiaojieling, but Xishui County, which was located south of Macheng, was full of routs, and these routs could not have been withdrawn from the defense line of Xiaojieling, the only possibility was that they came from elsewhere.

Recalling the large operational map he had seen at the headquarters of the 71st Army that day, Tang Cheng still remembered that many of the black arrows on the map representing the march of the Japanese army were from east to west. If the Japanese army wants to take Wuhan, it will inevitably clear the area around Wuhan first, whether it is Ezhou or Huanggang, it is around Wuhan, and if it is its own command of the Japanese army, it may not turn a blind eye to Ezhou and Huanggang. It's bad, Tang Cheng secretly shouted in his heart that it was not good, if the rout in Xishui County was from the direction of Guangji, then Xishui County would not be guaranteed.

The national army deployed so many troops in Xiaojieling, but they were all suppressed by the Japanese army and were almost unable to fight back, and in a place like Xishui, there was no advantage in the terrain, Tang Cheng couldn't imagine what Xishui would do to meet the Japanese army when the Japanese army attacked. "Uncle Han, when you met those defeated soldiers in the county seat, did you hear them say the number of the unit they belonged to?" Tang Cheng, who was flustered in his heart, asked Uncle Han a question that even ordinary defeated soldiers couldn't answer, the defeated soldiers were rampant and domineering in Xishui County, and normal people would lean on to inquire about things.

The panic in Tang Cheng's eyes was seen by Uncle Han, he knew that the young man in front of him was an officer, how could a person who could command a company to fight against the Japanese be a coward, the only explanation could only be that the situation in Xishui was not good. Years of experience in the army made the old man's heart also hang, although the area of Xishui County is not large, the population is not much, but it is also a place where soldiers must fight, once there is a military disaster, it can only be the common people who suffer and suffer, and they have a family of old and young.

Tang Cheng's continuous questions, Uncle Han couldn't answer any of them, the atmosphere in the room was dull, and Xiaolian, who had been chattering in the courtyard, was also watched by her mother, and the entire Han family was silent. "Hehe, maybe it's just that I'm blindly worried, the national army has so many troops in Hubei, and the little devil won't be able to fight here for a while. Besides, if the little devil comes, where can you save the three of us back to this Yongxing Village, a traitor has already come to the door with Japanese soldiers. ”

Tang Cheng pretended to be calm and wanted to relieve the dullness that was scattered in the Han family, but unfortunately his words were a little incompatible, but listening to them made Uncle Han even more suspicious. "Tang Housheng, I know that you are a company commander of the national army, people like you who dare to fight hard with little devils are not willing to deceive people, you tell me the truth, is Xishui County unable to be saved?" Uncle Han stared at Tang Cheng's eyes, and the back of his hands clenched into fists was already bursting with green tendons.

Facing Uncle Han's questioning, Tang Cheng, who was sitting at the head of the bed, was expressionless for a while, and then slowly spoke, "To be honest, I don't know, but the current war is obviously not good for the national army. The Japanese soldiers wanted to defeat Wuhan and move south, and we still had tens of thousands of troops on the Macheng side to confront the Japanese army, but that could only defend the Macheng side. If the Japanese army came from Guangji, I think Xishui County would definitely not be able to hold it, the Japanese soldiers have warships, they can directly go to the waterway to kill them, but just the naval guns, the troops on the ground will not be able to hold it. ”

"What then? There are still ordinary people in Xishui County, doesn't the government care? Uncle Han finally roared out the anger that he tried his best to suppress, Xiaolian's mother and daughter didn't dare to enter the house, they could only look in from the window, and Xiaolian was even more frightened, her face turned pale and her eyes were full of tears. Don't you soldiers want to take care of it? With military salaries and such good weapons but retreating again and again, is it just throwing us ordinary people to little devils? ”

Facing Uncle Han in a rage, Tang Cheng knew that whatever he said at this time would be useless, so he could only listen to Uncle Han's angry words silently, and only after Uncle Han's mood calmed down a little, Tang Cheng slowly said about his military service. "That's it, I entered the army in a daze, that's how it is to fight, either you kill or be killed, I don't want to die, so I can only kill my enemies. This time it was a night battle to sneak attack a field hospital of the Japanese army, and I didn't want to lose my hand because the number was too small, so I was rescued by you. ”

Unexpectedly, Tang Cheng, who was scarred on his body, was actually just a 20-year-old child, and Uncle Han, who was still angry, was dumbfounded, and the woman who was standing outside the window and eavesdropping had already burst into tears. The 20-year-old is a poor family in Xishui County, and he is just farming early to support his family, who can be like Tang Cheng who has been fighting to kill the enemy for a year. Tang Cheng's orphanage is even more sympathetic, if it weren't for this damn war, maybe this stubborn young man would still be living a carefree life in Shanghai.

Uncle Han, who was sitting opposite Tang Cheng, opened his mouth, but he didn't say anything, it was a little inappropriate to say those angry words to Tang Cheng, who was still a child, he didn't know what to say now, compared to the rout of the national army that fled into Xishui County, Tang Cheng had done a good job. "Daddy, daddy, come on, grandpa is angry in the house, he scolded so loudly just now, Xiaolian and her mother were scared to cry." There was movement in the courtyard, and Xiaolian's crying voice sounded, and it was an adult man's voice that responded to him.

"Company commander, you finally woke up, if you don't wake up, Lao Dongbei will go to the county seat to ask you for a doctor." Liu Shishi, who had just entered the yard, threw down the hunted pheasant and rushed into the house in a hurry. Liu Shishi's face full of joy appeared in sight, Tang Cheng's heart calmed down a little, and then saw Lao Dongbei's black face full of sweat, Tang Cheng curled the corners of his mouth to show a smile.