When Tang Cheng and his party arrived at Gujiao Town, the sky was still bright, but a large number of local people had already gathered outside the broken courtyard where the routed soldiers gathered. Of course, these people did not come here when they were full of food and had nothing to do, and a few young people who looked like students were the organizers of these people, and the people shouted slogans for the defeated soldiers to get out of the town at the foot of the valley, and threw stones, sticks and other objects into the courtyard.

Most of the routs in the courtyard were wounded, and almost all of their energy had been exhausted to be able to return to Gujiao Town all the way from Wuhan, although a few rout soldiers held on to the gate of the courtyard, but as the number of people gathered increased, it was only a matter of time before the courtyard was breached. Tang Cheng had no choice but to order Hou San and the others to shoot at the sky, these people gathered here may dare to embarrass the wounded soldiers in the courtyard, but they don't have the courage to confront Tang Cheng with their dozens of guns.

"I don't care if they are deserters or routs, in fact, deserters and routs mean the same thing, but there is one thing you need to pay attention to, these deserters you despise are all fighting against the Japanese army. They may be afraid of a strong enemy, but that doesn't make it a reason for you to drive them away, it's human nature to be afraid, and everyone is afraid, including you, and when you're hiding in the trenches and facing endless artillery fire, you're probably going to do the same thing they do. ”

At first, the students who organized the people to gather here looked at Tang Cheng silently, but when the surrounding crowd gradually dispersed, these students had to leave with them, because they couldn't do it at all. They were all wearing military uniforms in Tang City, and most of the soldiers who jumped out of the cart spoke their hometown, so the few defeated soldiers who were guarding the gate of the courtyard easily opened the gate and let Tang Cheng and them in.

Unlike the noise of the outside world, the dilapidated courtyard was a little eerie and silent, and there was not a single medical officer in the courtyard, only hundreds of wounded soldiers lying on the hay with dull faces. The wails of the sick and wounded filled the air, and the smell of rancid smell filled the air. There was pus, blood and dirt all over the place, as well as the carcasses of rats and cockroaches, and it could be seen that the yard had not been cleaned at all for a long time. Just as Tang Cheng had worried along the way, this courtyard full of wounded soldiers was simply a human field and a mass grave, and just standing in it, Tang Cheng felt that his life had been shortened a lot.

The civilians who followed all the way were all panicked when they saw the situation, and pleaded with Tang Cheng, "Sir, you can't leave us here, we're fine, we can catch the car, we can walk, take us there!" It's all dead people who can't be saved......"

"Who said that?" Tang Cheng's voice raised inexplicably, interrupting the pleas of the civilians, "As long as you take care of yourself, except for those who are too seriously injured, who can't save them?!" Tang Cheng's voice alarmed the wounded soldiers in the courtyard, who raised their heads one by one and looked at these strangers who had come to the camp inexplicably, their eyes full of questions: what exactly do they want to do? Tang Cheng straightened his waist and met hundreds of puzzled glances, and his voice was a little louder, "Who said that you are waiting for death here!" ”

"Sir, are we really going to stay in this place?" Tang Cheng and the others had been in this courtyard full of death for the night, and Mu Lianshan commanded them to clean the courtyard together, cleaning the wounds of the wounded soldiers one by one. But he still couldn't figure out why Tang Cheng was doing so much.

"This is the third time you've asked this!" Tang Cheng didn't look back, and concentrated on changing the bandages of a wounded soldier who was hit by an arrow in the shoulder, although Tang Cheng's movements were still very clumsy, but after a night, the eyes of the wounded soldiers had changed, although the doubts were not reduced, but there was a lot more gratitude, "My answer is still the same." Now that I have seen it, how can I walk with peace of mind? ”

Ignoring the angry eyes of the wounded soldiers around him, Mu Lianshan still persuaded Tang Cheng bitterly: "This is really not your errand, you said that you want to take us people to Kunming, have you forgotten?" ”

Tang Cheng turned around, and a slightly tired smile appeared on his face after not sleeping all night: "You must help others first and others help them." If you help others, they will help you in the future. Besides, they are also soldiers of the Yunnan army, and our task is to escort the wounded soldiers of the Yunnan army back to their hometowns. Tang Cheng did not avoid filth, he cleaned the wounds of the wounded soldiers with salt water with his own hands, sprinkled some Mu Lianshan's homemade medicinal powder, and then carefully bandaged it with a clean fine linen cloth, "Everything but ask for a benevolent heart, as for anything else, there is no need to care." ”

For a long time, Tang Cheng left Mu Lianshan with the impression of a resolute and ruthless temperament, a brilliant mind, a bold and generous distribution of money, and a very irritable temper when humiliated. But all along, Mu Lianshan never thought that Tang Cheng still had a mother-in-law's mother-in-law's heart when he was benevolent - in the words of the literati, it was the benevolence of women. Mu Lianshan didn't know if it was right to describe Tang Cheng like this, but in his mind, it should be a good thing to be able to save some injured and sick deserters, Mu Lianshan was also saved by Tang Cheng, of course he didn't think it was a bad thing to save people, but why bother to put himself in it.

Mu Lianshan grabbed his head irritably, and carefully checked the injuries of these wounded soldiers according to Tang Cheng's instructions, but he always felt that something was not quite right in his heart. It's not that he hasn't guessed whether Tang Cheng has another intention like this, but Mu Lianshan can't figure it out when he thinks about it left and right. Of course, Mu Lianshan didn't understand Tang Cheng's intentions, the destination of their trip was Kunming, which was the hometown of these Yunnan soldiers, so befriending these Yunnan soldiers, Tang Cheng was for the sake of being able to live well in Kunming in the future, and they would have a lot of trouble if they didn't have the help of the locals.

After changing the bandages of another wounded soldier, Mu Lianshan slowly straightened up and beat his waist with his backhand. As the night passed, he bent over to change the bandages of the wounded many times, and walked around the camp again, barely feeling his waist and legs. He washed his hands with clean water from the basin and washed away the pus and blood on the palms of the wounded soldiers when they changed their bandages. A civilian came over and took out the dirty water and poured it out, and replaced it with a basin of clean water. Not only is the clean water used constantly replaced, but even the original dirty and filthy ground has been cleaned by these civilians.

"The bandages that have been used in this way must be boiled in boiling water before they can be used again." Mu Lianshan picked up the sackcloth belt that had been thrown on the ground, stained with pus and blood, and handed it to another civilian. Then he loudly reminded everyone in the interior of the barracks, "Every piece of bedding and clothing, as well as the bandages that have been replaced, must be boiled in boiling water and dried in the sun before they can be used again. ”

With the arrival of more than 200 of them in Tang Cheng, the originally dirty courtyard gradually regained some vitality, and in just one night, Tang Cheng had already established a prestige in this courtyard. Most of the wounded soldiers were still a little puzzled by Tang Cheng and the others who suddenly came to take care of them, but they were indeed grateful from the bottom of their hearts for the treatment they couldn't wait for. At the same time, what Mu Lianshan said was also echoed by everyone, and everyone shouted 'Mr. Mu', and all nodded their heads.

The civilians who followed all the way were left behind by Tang Chengqiang, and the bandits encountered on the way have made these civilians realize that the road ahead is not very peaceful, if there is no escort from Tang Cheng, civilians like them will definitely not rush to Kunming safely, Tang Cheng does not want to go, these civilians dare not leave alone. Although it is a little pickled to take care of the wounded here, it is better than the suffering of eating skin and flesh when encountering bandits on the way.

In just one night, the garbage that had accumulated in the yard for many years had been transported out and burned, and all the filth that should have been cleaned up had been cleaned. Tang Cheng didn't care where Hou San got these planks from, what he was concerned about now was where he could get enough gauze and medicine, Mu Lianshan had complained about this several times.

There were more than 200 newcomers living in the courtyard where those deserters lived outside the town, and the whole town of Gujiao had been rumored since yesterday evening, and the town was already close to the courtyard, and early in the morning, the people of Gujiao Town began to wander around outside the courtyard, and some people stood on tiptoe and looked into the courtyard. "What's going on?" The people who were looking into the courtyard by the wall were stunned, how did this originally dilapidated courtyard change in just one night?

In the huge courtyard, the filthy garbage everywhere is gone, revealing the lime-sprinkled yellow earth. The rancid smell that originally filled the yard was much lighter, and the constant wailing could not be heard, and there were even laughter and laughter. "Is this still the same courtyard as it used to be?" The local people who came to look were stunned, they couldn't believe their eyes and ears, and even felt that they were in the wrong place.

"Who?" The local people who were holding the wall were still stunned, and suddenly heard someone in the courtyard shouting and running towards them, so they hurriedly jumped off the wall and rushed back to the town. With the return of these people, the news quickly spread in the town of Gujiao, and in the time of breakfast, everyone in Gujiao Town knew that the dilapidated courtyard outside the town had completely changed.

More and more people ran around the outside of the courtyard when they had nothing to do, and some even looked inside through the crack in the door, but unfortunately they didn't see anything. However, the people who were circling outside the courtyard really heard the laughter coming from the courtyard, and they also smelled the aroma of broth and the smell of rice. So the people began to wonder whose family had lost the chickens and ducks, and if not, where the smell of meat came from in the yard.