The defeated soldiers are the most disadvantaged soldiers in the army, and it is okay to say that they are defeated soldiers, and it is okay to say that they are chaotic soldiers. They are armed with weapons, so to speak, they are soldiers, and many more of them have no money, food, no weapons, and even their uniforms are torn to cover their bodies. It stands to reason that they should be a group of stragglers, vulnerable to attack, but Tang Cheng knows that when they are really in a hurry on the battlefield, they will be more ferocious than wolves. Compared with those recruits, although the defeated soldiers only want to save their own lives, if they are really in a hurry, the various methods they have learned from the battlefield will be revealed.

Unlike the defeated soldiers, most of them are the children of the common people, although most of them are illiterate, but they are the most basic military force in the army. There are also those who volunteer to join the army, and those who volunteer to join the army seem to have more ambitions than those who do not seek military merit. However, there are also people who are purely hot-brained, and want to fight a rich road with their blood, and finally return to the glorious lintel of their home with wealth.

The years of war since the fall of the Manchu Qing Dynasty have created a large number of poor people who only know how to take this hoe, and the output in the fields cannot support a large family. Some men who refuse to suffer poverty at home, for the sake of their younger siblings and elderly parents, may secretly run to the recruiting point, give themselves to the officers at the recruitment point for a few yuan or even a piece of ocean, and then start their most cruel military journey. They are the first cannon fodder candidates considered by the generals in the army, life and death are commonplace, this is their own view of life, indifferent and helpless.

Now there were two hundred and seventy-four defeated soldiers standing in front of him, some of them were over forty years old with gray hair on their sideburns, and some looked less than twenty years old with their eyes flashing. Tang Cheng suddenly remembered Niu Laogui, the first defeated soldier he saw when he first arrived in Macheng, honest and bold, strong and kind. He still remembers it vividly. When the bandit cavalry attacked, he protected Tang Cheng and Liu Shishi behind him, but unfortunately the good old man was dead.

Tang Cheng just stood but didn't say a word, and the two hundred and seventy-four defeated soldiers in the audience also stood straight, and the cold wind drilled through the holes in their clothes, but no one paid attention. Because, in front of them stood an officer younger than any of them, a young officer whom they had never seen before, but who had only heard of killing many little devils. The commander hadn't spoken yet, and the routs in the audience didn't dare to move, maybe it wasn't Tang Cheng who put more pressure on them, but the old Northeast and the light machine guns and rifles in their hands standing behind Tang Cheng and the light machine guns and rifles in their hands, as well as the short guns pinned to their belts and the ring of grenades hanging on their belts, this is a group of tough people armed to the teeth.

When did a rout like them that no one wanted to deal with be led by a serious officer of eight hundred? Those with brains in the rout feel that a big deal is coming, but a big deal often means death and maiming. There are also those defeated soldiers who are not dead in their hearts, but they are secretly rubbing their hands, for them life and death are ordinary matters, as long as there is an opportunity to earn military merits and get rewards, life is not worth much.

"From today onwards, I will be your battalion commander, that is, from today onwards, your two hundred and seventy-four people will be under my command. My name is Tang Cheng, and I want you to know my name, not to be in awe, but to sue you that you are in trouble and come to me. This is very fair, you come to me when you are in trouble, and I will come to you when I am in trouble, because only I and these brothers around me cannot kill the little devils who are fighting against us, and it depends on all of you to work together on the battlefield, so you must rely on you on the battlefield, and you can rely on me when you go to the battlefield. ”

Looking around at the two hundred and seventy-four people standing under the stage, Tang Cheng nodded with some satisfaction, at least when he was speaking, the defeated soldiers below were listening attentively. "I found you a deputy battalion commander, he will manage you on weekdays, if any of you are not convinced, as long as you have the courage, you can find him to try, I am not good at martial arts, just look for him."

Tang Cheng said very casually, as if he was doing a homely job, and he was telling the truth, so that the defeated soldiers in the audience looked at each other and didn't know what to say. It's just that I have a question in my heart, is this an officer? Wearing a straight military uniform, he yawned a lot when he spoke, as if he hadn't woken up, let alone being so young, that the audience suddenly buzzed. Lao Dongbei, who had been standing beside Tang Cheng, stood up and shouted: "Silence! Which of you is the head? ”

A voice rang out from the crowd in the audience, "We are not from the same army, there is no leader as you say." "Well, Lao Tzu is now the deputy battalion commander, and the one who replied just now is also the deputy battalion commander. The rest of you are your own choice, and every 50 people will form a team, and you will be given a pillar of incense to choose your own team leader. The loud voice of the old northeast echoed in the barracks, and the guys who were unsuccessful were around the open space and looked enviously.

If you manage these two hundred and seventy-four people, Tang Cheng has already taught Lao Dongbei, and seeing how things are going, Tang Cheng is about to get on the horse and leave, he was annoyed by Lao Northeast all night last night, he is so sleepy now, he just wants to go back to the inn and sleep well. Tang Cheng had just walked a few steps, but before he could get close to his horse, he suddenly stopped, stared at the routs on his side for a while, Tang Cheng stepped into the crowd, and stretched out his hand from behind several routs to pull out a small soldier out.

Seeing this, a few defeated soldiers who deliberately blocked in front of the little soldier immediately rushed over, and before they could reach the front, they were forced back by Hou San and the dice with the rifles in their hands. "Let go of me, let go of me." The little soldier who was holding Tang Cheng's arm struggled hard, and even opened his mouth like a little beast to bite Tang Cheng's arm, but Tan Fei, who came later, stretched out his hand and stuck his neck. Tang Cheng, who was full of curiosity, asked Tan Fei to let go of this little soldier, only to see that he was wearing a fat military uniform, his hair was messy, and his face was full of mud.

Tang Cheng just smiled but still looked at the stubborn soldier in front of him, the military uniform on the soldier obviously did not fit, it was now January, but the soldier's feet were still a pair of straw sandals, and the black feet were full of blood that had been frozen by the cold wind, like a small mouth. Tang Cheng was staring at his feet, and the stubborn little soldier lowered his head helplessly, embarrassed to retract his feet, but he didn't know what he was going to do.

"Stone, your feet are as big as his, give him a pair of your shoes." Tang Cheng knew that Liu Shishi had surplus shoes, and Liu Shishi's shoes were added to the bottom with coarse twine by the women of Longgang Town, which were very strong. Although Liu Shishi was a little reluctant, he still took out a pair of military shoes from his backpack and handed them over, Tang Cheng took the pair of military shoes with cowhide soles, and then slowly put them in front of the little soldier. "Shoes for you to wear, but you have to heal your feet first, you follow us in a while, there is a medical officer where I live, let him give you some medicinal herbs, you can't wear shoes with feet like this."

People's kindness knows no class, even the most humble people give you kindness should be cherished carefully, because this is the greatest gift God gives to everyone, and there are not many opportunities to accept the kindness of others in a person's life. Correspondingly, the same is true of the opportunity to show kindness to others, and Tang Cheng will never miss such an opportunity. The brand-new military shoes made the little soldier who was still thinking about whether he should retract his feet look dumbfounded, and he couldn't care about glaring at Tang Cheng anymore, the little soldier grinned, and wiped his hand on the military uniform a few times while laughing, and then hugged the pair of military shoes tightly in his arms.

Carefully holding his shoes in his arms, the little soldier looked up at Tang Cheng and said very seriously, "I'll help you kill the devil soldiers on the battlefield!" His words made Lao Dongbei laugh at the others, they didn't think that Tang Cheng would need the help of such a small soldier, for those of them who knew Tang Cheng, it was a joke. Of course, not only Lao Dongbei was laughing, most of the two hundred and seventy-four routs were laughing, Tang Cheng didn't laugh, he walked straight to the front row of the most laughing rout, and raised his hand to be a loud slap.

The defeated soldier who was slapped was a little dazed, and he didn't know why Tang Cheng slapped himself, "Next time you encounter something like this, if you still laugh, I will let you choose to bury you alive or shoot yourself." Tang Cheng's voice was as cold as ice ballast, making the rout shiver, shrinking his head, covering his face and not saying anything again.

After looking around at the defeated soldiers in front of him with eyes full of coldness, Tang Cheng shouted angrily, "You are all raised by your father's mother, and you have all been on the battlefield, so you should know the dangers on the battlefield." On the battlefield, everyone can only survive if they form a group, and if you help him today, maybe he will save your life tomorrow. I don't dare to calculate this kind of account, and I can't afford it, I just hope that everyone will go home with their lives in a beautiful way, and don't throw their lives in a place where they don't know what to do. ”

On the way back to the inn after leaving the barracks, Tang Cheng on horseback was still cold, Liu Shishi was very familiar with the little soldier named Lin Ying, and the two of them were very happy to chat with me in the car. "Damn the world, this is not for the poor to live." Among the people who followed Tang Cheng to the barracks, only the always marginalized Ma Fat Man saw his suspicions, but Tang Cheng didn't point it out, and Ma Fat didn't dare to say more.

"Wood, let him follow you, it's like finding a helper for you, show him his feet first, and you can do the rest yourself." Back at the inn, Tang Cheng called Mu Lianshan into the room and muttered for a while, I don't know what Tang Cheng said, when Mu Lianshan came out, his face was extremely strange.