A hand lightly touched his forehead, and Tang Cheng, who was lying on his back on the hay, did not open his eyes, but he knew who the owner of that hand was. Although he had been thinking about Robert and had hoped that such thoughts would bring him to sleep, he still couldn't do it. What saddened him even more was that he found that Robert's impression had begun to blur, even more so than the last time; Except for Robert's priest's attire, which was still so clear, Robert's face had gradually blurred.

The more Tang Cheng tried to recall Robert's appearance, the more blurred the memories that appeared in his mind, even though he had been lying here for more than three hours with his eyes closed, he still couldn't clearly recall Robert's face. When his hand touched Tang Cheng's forehead, Tang Cheng didn't move, he just wanted to be alone, after losing Liu Goat, Tang Cheng didn't want to deal with anyone, just like when he lost Robert in Shanghai.

Cao Xiaomin didn't move, he knew that if he still reacted to the touch, the "Northeast Yankee" would be very worried—he had been suffering from insomnia since he woke up from a coma, and he didn't fall asleep all night last night.

Leaving the battlefield filled with gunpowder smoke and those days of life and death struggle with the Japanese army, Tang Cheng suddenly found that he seemed to have nothing. Tang Cheng, who was raised by Robert, originally had a lot of pursuits and dreams, but Robert did not impose anything on Tang Cheng, he hoped that Tang Cheng's future path would be decided by himself. But Tang Cheng knew that Robert wanted to be a lawyer or a doctor, maybe it was the rebellion of young people, but Tang Cheng was not interested in these two professions, he just wanted to be a rich man who did nothing.

Tang always fantasized about traveling the world, at least to see where Robert was born, so he studied English. Later, he moved to Shanghai and made a lot of friends, and Tang Cheng felt that it was not bad to live like this, and he could play with his friends in the streets and alleys every day. After a long time in Shanghai, Tang Cheng gradually lost his true nature and began to become a little cynical, and he even thought that he would wander around day after day, year after year, and Robert didn't ask him for anything anyway.

Tang Cheng wanted to live a leisurely life like this, but the world was unpredictable, the Japanese went to war in Shanghai, and Robert also died. In order to survive, he wanted to escape the military command, and he had to choose to temporarily join the second company commanded by Xie Bo, but what happened next was something Tang Cheng never expected. The national army was defeated in Shanghai, Tang Cheng withdrew from Shanghai with the second company and temporarily stationed in Qiandeng Town, also in order to survive, Tang Cheng received careful teaching from Xie Bo and Liu Goat in Qiandeng Town, and was officially filled in by Xie Bo in the roster of the second company.

Tang Cheng, who temporarily stayed in the second company, finally got tired of the life of guarding the checkpoint with the regiment every day, and he chose to leave alone, not wanting to reunite with the second company in Nanjing. Then there was the never-ending battle, the constant movement from corpse to corpse, the constant acquaintance of new brothers and the loss of their days. Unlike Liu and the goats, Tang Cheng, who received a Western-style education from Robert since he was a child, did not fight for the country, and the only purpose of his joining the army was to avenge Robert by the Japanese.

Liu Goat and the people of the Second Company were so small in such a national battle, but Tang Cheng felt that they had done a good job, and they did their best in so many bloody battles and killed so many Japanese soldiers. Although Nanjing still fell, the national army was still defeated, although he followed Liu Goat as a deserter, but he did not regret it, because he had regarded Liu Goat as his mentor and relative. But now, Liu Goat, the only relative, has also left him, recalling the bits and pieces after leaving Shanghai, Tang Cheng's eyes began to ooze tears.

What will happen in the future, Tang Cheng didn't think about it carefully, but his heart to kill the Japanese did not cool down, but became more and more intense, because his revenge list added Liu Goat's name to it. The wound on his body has always been very painful, it is the kind of pain that trembles rhythmically, but from the withdrawal of the Shanghai firing line to the present, there is no day when the body is not in pain, and Tang Cheng has long been used to the pain. After thinking about it so much, Tang Cheng still hadn't decided what to do in the future, so he didn't think about it, and it was better to walk one day at a time.

It's time to open your eyes and pretend to be unconscious for three hours, maybe Jiujin and Liu Shishi should be worried. Tang Cheng slowly opened his eyes, pretending to have just woken up and stretched out his hand to rub his eyes, this time forgetting the injury on his body, when he raised his hand, the left half of his body suddenly throbbed, and Tang Cheng, who was in pain, couldn't help but bared his teeth and groaned softly. Tilting his head slightly, the scene that appeared in his sight made Tang Cheng forget the pain of the wound, a bird whose name he didn't know was resting on a tree branch not far from Tang Cheng, a breeze blew, and the bird with emerald green feathers made a crisp chirp, making Tang Cheng, a listener, forget the pain on his body for a while.

"Are you awake?" Tang Cheng tried hard to sit up, and Jiujin, who was guarding him to doze off, was immediately awakened, and when he saw that Tang Cheng finally woke up, Jiujin was still grinning at Tang Cheng honestly. Liu Goat's death was no less sad than Tang Cheng for Jiujin, and Lao Xu, who was good friends with him, also died at the same time, if this honest man hadn't been asked to protect Tang Cheng before Liu Goat lost his breath, maybe there would be two people lying here in a coma.

Seeing that Tang Cheng finally woke up, his haggard face was red and his eyes were red, and he also knew that it would be very dangerous to stay in Beishan all the time, but he was just a farmer, and he didn't know anything about marching and fighting, and now Tang Cheng finally woke up, and the big stone hanging in his heart could finally land. Those soldiers of the garrison regiment who were only slightly injured kept clamoring for nine catties to divide the money, and then everyone went their separate ways, and a reorganized regiment of the 173rd Division failed to stop the Japanese army from attacking the county seat, these guys who were lucky enough to survive had already been frightened, and they would not follow Tangcheng to die in vain.

Helped Tang Cheng to sit up, and Jiujin hurriedly talked to Tang Cheng a lot, told them about their current weapons and ammunition and food stocks, and also said that those guys were going to part ways. "Help me up, I'll go see these guys who are bolder than the sky." These things are not difficult for Tang Cheng at all, he only believes in one principle now, whoever holds the gun handle will have the final say.

After Tang Cheng fell unconscious again, Jiujin, who felt that it was no longer safe here, took the wounded in the cave to the depths of the North Mountain, where they were now hiding in a clearing by a stream, and they only needed to walk a few more times to transfer all the wounded and supplies. The first person Tang Cheng saw when he got out of the grass hut was Kuroko, the young master of the bandit became more and more silent, even when he met Tang Cheng's inquiring gaze, Kuroko only nodded slightly even if he had said hello.

In the battle of Mengcheng, the bandits who were recruited by Liu Goat also suffered heavy casualties, and there were only three people sitting next to Heizi, counting Heizi himself, only four of them were left from the more than 30 people who came out of Qingyun Village. Nodding with Heizi, Tang Cheng, who was still weak, walked slowly towards the stream, and the guys who wanted to part ways and force Jiujin to divide the money were all by the stream at the moment.

Seeing the unconscious Tang Cheng appear, some of the guys sitting by the stream with long eyes automatically stood up, after all, the bravery of Tang Cheng in the battle of Beishan Checkpoint was by no means something that they could ignore. Seeing more than a dozen people standing up by the stream, Heizi, who had been sitting idly on the ground, also came over with his people, and slowly looked around at these guys by the stream, Tang Cheng, who didn't speak, looked at the guys who were still sitting cross-legged with big thorns, if they didn't guess wrong, these should be the guys who stirred up trouble and wanted to share the money.

"Our regiment commander died in battle, the county town may have been lost, and the garrison regiment is now left with our people." Saying this, Tang Cheng paused and continued to look around. "I counted just now, the garrison regiment is still alive, including myself, there are still 32 people left, according to the establishment of the national army, it can be counted as the strength of two squads." Everyone who listened to Tang Cheng's brainless words was confused, only Jiujin and Liu Shishi stared at the few guys who were still sitting by the stream with an unkind face.

"Our garrison regiment originally had 800 people, but now there are only 32 people left, which shows that the Japanese army is indeed difficult to defeat. But we are dead and our brothers are dead, is that all? Do you want to bend over and bow your head to live? Maybe you can, but I can't do it in Tang Cheng, unless I am also killed in battle or the little devil is completely driven out of China, otherwise I Tang Cheng will kill the devil for a day if I live. Tang Cheng himself knew that no matter how much he said to these big bosses, it would be in vain, but these words had always been hidden in his heart, and if he didn't say them, he was afraid that he would go crazy.

"It's easy to say, who can't say big things, and it's not us who lose our lives in the end haha. Lao Tzu still said the same thing, since the money belongs to the garrison regiment, then those of us who can still breathe should all have a share, give Lao Tzu's share to Lao Tzu, this bullshit garrison regiment Lao Tzu doesn't want to stay for a day. As soon as Tang Cheng's words fell, a bald man with his arms hung stood up among the few people sitting by the stream.

Jiujin subconsciously wanted to block in front of Tang Cheng, but was pushed away by Tang Cheng, "I know you, your name is Xie Laosan, and you are a bandit captured when I attacked Erwang Mountain with 1 company." Although Tang Cheng said these words with a smile, a trace of killing intent flashed in his eyes. At that time, if it weren't for the fact that this Xie Laosan's marksmanship was not bad, with his triangular eyes and a gangster's spirit, Tang Cheng would not have left him into his 1st company, but he didn't think that it was this Xie Laosan who was the first to stir up trouble.