Tang Cheng originally wanted to stop for a while after rushing to Xiushui, on the one hand, it was convenient for Mu Lianshan to buy equipment and medicinal materials, and on the other hand, it also made the brothers who were nervous all the way brisk and brisk, but things didn't happen as he thought, and when they were only 2 miles away from Xiushui, Tang Cheng and they were stopped by a checkpoint set up by the national army. "Stop, who are you? We're going to check the cart, and the people in the cart are coming down, right away. The light machine gun on the checkpoint had already turned its muzzle to aim at Lao Dongbei on the cart, and the sergeant, who was still cross-legged just now, was now hiding behind the wooden horse rejection.

Tang Cheng on the cart was a little crying and laughing, Lao Dongbei just stretched out his hand and moved the light machine gun next to him to the side, and made such a formation for convenience, if these people really have bad intentions, can they still show the machine gun openly? "Put down all the guns, it's all the national army, don't hurt the peace." Tang Cheng jumped out of the cart, turned around first and told Liu Shishi to put down the guns, and when the other party turned the machine gun just now, Hou San, who was following behind, had already picked up the guns.

Tang Cheng opened his hands and slowly walked towards the rejected horse, opening his hands just to indicate that he had no weapon in his hand, Tang Cheng was ready to reveal his identity to the other party in the past. Tang Cheng's certificate was sent to Sanli Town by the 88th Division when he was resting in Wuhan. The moment the document was opened, Tang Cheng clearly saw a hint of surprise between the sergeant's eyebrows, and Tang Cheng enjoyed the other party's reaction.

The difference between having a certificate and not having a certificate can be said to be the difference between heaven and earth, especially the certificate of Tangcheng is from the 88th Division, which is an authentic lineage of the national army. If there were no documents, Tang Cheng and the others would have become a rout who could be reorganized and collected by other troops, and could even be characterized as deserters. But Tangcheng they have this certificate, they are stragglers who have been separated from the original unit, as long as they can contact the original unit, they are people who can return to the 88th Division, and even if they can't, they will not be said to be deserters and convicted.

"You wait first" The sergeant opened Tang Cheng's documents and looked at them a few times, and then looked at Tang Cheng with a suspicious face, then Shi Shiran put Tang Cheng's documents into his pocket, turned around and went to the thatched house on the edge of the checkpoint. The document was taken away by the other party, Tang Cheng, who was standing on the side of the rejection horse, was not in a hurry, but took out a cigarette to smoke according to the rejection of the horse, and the sergeant let himself wait here and entered the thatched house by himself, nothing more than to go to their superiors to verify the authenticity of the certificate, no matter what, Tang Cheng just had to wait.

"Platoon commander, do you think this thing is real? If a bunch of little devils are put in, it will be a big trouble for us. Tang Cheng waited leisurely outside the rejection horse, he didn't know that in the thatched hut next to the checkpoint, there were two people looking at himself smoking through the window. The sergeant, who couldn't get his idea, looked at his platoon commander, and Ren Xizi, the platoon commander who was holding the certificate of Tang Cheng, was also undecided, and asked them to set up a card here to intercept passers-by and strictly check them, but they didn't say what to do with the rout soldiers passing here, Ren Xizi was a little embarrassed.

"The documents must be true, it's true that those guys outside are from the national army, but I don't think those guys outside are necessarily from the 88th Division." After observing through the crack in the window for a long time, Ren Xizi, who was at a loss, finally saw some suspicions from Tang Cheng and the others and Huang Chengzhong's appearance. Although Tang Cheng and the others are all wearing the national army uniforms made by local tailors at the moment, only Tang Cheng and Lao Northeast are wearing German-style steel helmets on their heads, and Huang Chengzhong and the soldiers of the Yunnan army under him are still wearing soft military hats of the national army, but from this point, Ren Xizi can see the difference between Huang Chengzhong and Tang Cheng and others.

The sergeant with his ID went into the thatched hut on the edge of the checkpoint and didn't come out for a long time, saying that Tang Cheng was not in a hurry, it was a lie, seeing that the sky was getting darker, and being delayed like this, Tang Cheng and they could only stay overnight in Xiushui tonight. After Mo You's tea, the sergeant who took Tang Cheng's ID slowly walked out of the thatched hut, turned his head to look at Tang Cheng and couldn't help but squint his eyes, and the sergeant was followed by a black-faced ensign.

Tang Cheng didn't know that the unit that stopped him belonged to the 20th Army of the National Army, and the 20th Army was subordinate to the National Army, but it was an authentic Sichuan Army. The predecessor of the 20th Army was the Sichuan Army Yang Sen Military Group, and after several reorganizations until the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the army was subordinate to the 19th Group Army and participated in the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Xuzhou. Later, due to heavy casualties and other reasons, the 20th Army had to abandon the number of the 135th Division, only retained the numbers of the 133rd Division and the 134th Division, and participated in the Battle of Wuhan in June 38.

After the Battle of Wuhan, Yang Sen resigned from the post of commander of the army, and Yang Hancheng took over the post of commander, and in accordance with the intention of the Ministry of Military Affairs, he was deployed in Zhajin Town, which was more than 40 kilometers west of Xiushui, and the military headquarters was located in Baishaling. Tang Cheng and the others happened to meet the 20th Army just stationed in Zhajin, otherwise they would not have encountered the checkpoint set up by the 20th Army 2 miles outside Xiushui, and the sergeant who stopped Tang Cheng just now did not reveal his unit number, no wonder Tang Cheng didn't know.

Ren Xizi didn't talk much to Tang Cheng, just returned the documents to Tang Cheng, and asked Tang Cheng their destination seemingly casually, and then got out of the way and let Tang Cheng and them pass. "Platoon commander, didn't you just say that these people are not in a gang? Why do you want to let them all go? If this is asked, what should we do? Seeing Tang Cheng and them leave, the sergeant looked at Ren Xizi with some puzzlement, he couldn't figure out why his platoon commander let these guys who were obviously defeated go over.

"Say you're a brainless person, you still don't recognize it." Ren Xizi angrily rewarded his subordinates with a chestnut blow, "You didn't look at the weapons on their carts?" It was all Japanese weapons, and when our 20th Army surrounded Wuhan, the 88th Division had been nailed to Xiaojieling and resisted the devils face to face. These 88th Division's people were able to run from Xiaojieling to Xiushui and brought so many Japanese weapons, and the little devils killed along the way were absolutely indispensable, and they had a grudge against such a person, I think you have lived enough. ”

"Or how can you say that you are the platoon commander, and I am a small soldier under you." The sergeant who was reprimanded by Ren Xizi was not annoyed, but just said with a smile that he was not. Xiushui is a county seat in the end, it is much more lively than Sandu Town, after entering Xiushui County, Tang Cheng and the others' eyes are no longer busy, just those small stalls selling food on the street have already made Liu Shishi on the cart saliva a few long times and can't take his eyes off.

"It's almost dark, let's stay here today, let's find an inn first." Then Hou San accompanied Doctor Mu to buy some medicinal materials for the treatment of trauma, and Shi and a few of you will also go around the county, these days are not light, even if it is your vacation. Tang Cheng turned his head to look at Lao Northeast, who shook his head slightly, and Tang Cheng didn't say anything to let Lao Northeast go out with him.

Naturally, I am happy to be allowed to go out, but the people who stay still have a lot of things to do, Huang Chengzhong and their wounded people need to be taken care of, and the weapons and ammunition on the cart also need to be taken care of by a safe person, Tang Cheng can't do all these things alone, and it is the duty of Lao Northeast to stay. "Don't make trouble in the county, remember to bring us some food when you come back, see if there are any horses sold in the county, sell two horses back, Hou San and they can use it when they explore the road again." Although he hadn't found the inn yet, Tang Cheng was already telling Liu Shishi and a few of them.

After all, the county seat is the county seat, although it is now a war year, but the inn or something is still open to welcome guests, after finding a passerby to ask carefully, Tangcheng they found an inn called to welcome guests to stay. Like most inns, the courtyard where guests came was also at the back, which made Tang Cheng secretly relieved, at least when carrying those weapons and ammunition, he would not be stared at by others.

The army in the war years was very ordinary, but I didn't hear that there were people from the national army who lived in the store and would give money, and the shopkeeper who welcomed the guests thought that he was going to lose all his money this time, but he didn't think that Liu Shishi directly slapped a stack of oceans on the cabinet, saying that these were the money pressed on the cabinet, and when he checked out, he would refund more and make up for less. "We are serious people of the 800 National Army, and we will never do anything to bully people." Xu saw the doubts of the innkeeper, and Liu Shishi was rarely justified.

"With the medical officer, your injuries will be healed faster, and now that it is a national control area, we don't have to rush every day, there are many places suitable for temporary stop and rest after repairing the water, just wait for us to rush to Changsha, and it will be better as soon as we arrive." Huang Chengzhong's expression has not been very good, unlike Tang Cheng and them, Huang Chengzhong and their Yunnan army are really defeated defeated soldiers, once they encounter the reorganization and rout of the national army on the way, Huang Chengzhong and they will bear the brunt of the reorganization.

"Actually, I would like my injuries to heal more slowly" When he was alone with Tang Cheng, Huang Chengzhong didn't have so many worries when he spoke, "We lost the battle, and it is definitely not possible to run home like this, maybe we will be detained and integrated into other troops on the way, I am now thinking that I can meet our troops of the Yunnan army in Changsha, no matter how I say it, they are all Yunnan troops, so as not to do things that make us cannon fodder." ”

Huang Chengzhong's thoughts are incomprehensible to Tang Cheng, so naturally there is no way to continue to persuade Huang Chengzhong, in Tang Cheng's understanding, it doesn't matter what kind of unit is reorganized, as long as that unit is fighting the Japanese army, it doesn't matter, as long as there is a gun in his hand to fight devils, as for other things, people with low positions like himself don't have to think about it at all, and they can't actually think about it.