At this time, the Rujiang Gate had already been completely blocked by the 36th Division of the National Army in accordance with the order of Tang Shengzhi, commander of Nanjing's urban defense, saying that it was for operational needs and forbade soldiers and civilians to cross the river, while shaking the morale of the army, but in fact, Tang Shengzhi, commander of Nanjing's urban defense, had already passed through the river to the relatively safe Jiangbei. Tang Shengzhi, the commander of Nanjing's city defense, had already ordered to live and die with Nanjing, so many ferries on the Yangtze River were burned, because he wanted to show his determination to live and die with Nanjing. But he himself fled, and after he fled for his life, there was only a dead end left for most of the soldiers and almost all the citizens of Nanjing who wanted to escape.

But now, because of Lu Yuan's birth, coupled with the bloody battle of Lu Yuan and others in the city for several days, they successfully annihilated most of the Japanese troops who infiltrated the city, and while stabilizing the city's defense, it also bought time for the refugees in the city to enter the safe zone or rush to Rujiangmen. But Lu Yuan had to start this only beginning, with the loss of various city fortifications and the continuous attack of the Japanese army, those civilians in the city who watched the situation would also join the ranks of refugees, although because of Lu Yuan's appearance increased the refugee camp of the women's college, but the number of civilians in Nanjing was too much.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Lu Yuan changed his original plan, and now he needs to open a passage to Jiangbei to make a way out for those civilians stranded in the city. So he needs soldiers, a large number of soldiers, which is also the purpose of Lu Yuan's coming to Rujiangmen, because the 36th Division of the National Army guarding here not only stopped a large number of refugees, but also many routs who took off their uniforms.

Lu Yuan came here to persuade these routs of the national army who fled to Rujiangmen to return to the city to fight street battles, or to go to the riverside to fight blockades, and many of the routs who escaped to Rujiangmen were veterans. They are now Lu Yuan's only option. Most of the people who went with him would die in battle, just like Yan Zhengqing and them who were fighting in the city now, but Lu Yuan had no choice, he couldn't give these soldiers who fled into the refugee camp a way out, he could only let them die a heroic death, more like a soldier. Because they used to be soldiers, Chinese soldiers.

A group of heavily armed soldiers of the national army appeared behind the refugees, which was a shock to every one of the refugees, especially Lu Yuan, each of whom was covered in blood and dust. Most of the defeated soldiers of the national army who had mixed in with the refugees were dressed in civilian clothes, and now, in front of them, stood a group of soldiers in military uniforms. Where did this group of soldiers with blood-soaked uniforms, gunpowder smoke, and faces also stained with blood and dust come from? What are you here for? Could it be that the devil has already entered the city, this is the national army that broke in with guns and took refuge, right? Lu Yuan's arrival immediately conveyed a panic to the refugees.

"The Japanese army is about to enter the city, and the Japanese troops who enter the city may spare some of the old and weak women and children among the civilians in the city, but they will definitely screen all the civilians they see, because they will hunt down and kill all the soldiers who are mixed with the civilians." Lu Yuan, who looked lonely, stood on the roof of the sedan and shouted loudly to the refugees who had gathered.

"The Japanese army has been familiar with this set as early as the Northeast, and they will check those strong men wearing ordinary people's clothes, look at their hands, and see if there are any calluses that pull the trigger." With Lu Yuan's voice, among the refugees, many veterans of the national army who had lost their rifles unconsciously looked down at the calluses on their hands that were sharpened by the trigger, and many recruits also unconsciously looked at the red marks on their hands that were sharpened by the trigger.

"If the Japanese don't notice that you have calluses on your fingers, they will ask those strong men to take off their clothes and look at their shoulders to see if there are any signs of grinding on the butts of their guns." In the refugee group, many of the national army routs who were already dressed as civilians began to unconsciously touch their chest sockets supporting the handle of their guns with their hands, and some people had already unbuttoned their shirts and secretly glanced at them with their eyes.

"When the Japanese see people with marks on their chests and shoulders, and people with calluses on their fingers, they will kill them whether you are a soldier or not." Lu Yuan's words made more and more people in the refugee group look at each other's expressions, and their faces were full of panic. "If the Japanese found out that there were so many Chinese soldiers mixed in the refugees, do you think they would still let the refugees live in peace? We can't have an attitude of wagging our tails and begging for mercy towards the devils, and we can't hope that they will spare us. If you don't want to be picked to death by the devil's bayonet, you can only fight, even if you die in battle. The devils are about to enter the city, and we have to protect these refugees, because they are all our brothers and sisters, parents, wives and children."

Lu Yuan paused slightly, then took off the steel helmet on his head, and slowly knelt down on the roof of the car. "I want to open a passage to Jiangbei to ensure that most of the refugees have time and opportunity to evacuate. I need someone to fight with me in the streets, I need someone to go to the river to fight and block, I need everyone's help. ”

"I, Lu Yuan, am not here to give everyone a way to live, I am here to take everyone to die, to take everyone to die with dignity like a real soldier, to die in battle, because you are soldiers, Chinese soldiers. I hated the Japanese, but I didn't have the ability to destroy them. If I could, I would never be reborn, and I would destroy Japan. But I don't, I only have this little strength now, so I beg everyone to join me in this process. ”

The refugees, who were originally full of noise, became quiet with Lu Yuan's voice, and some women and children even cried out because of Lu Yuan's age, they really couldn't think of how such an adult child could be willing to take risks for someone they didn't know, and go face to face with the ferocious Japanese soldiers.

Huang Haishan, who was accustomed to looking at the eyes, saw that there were already people in the rout mixed with the refugees, so he gritted his teeth and knelt down, and the soldiers under him even knocked their heads full of blood and dust on the ground. "Brothers, Brother Lu is only 18 years old this year, and he has been fighting in the city with us for three days. We have a lot of weapons now, but we have less than 200 of them, and we just don't have enough people, so I beg the brethren to help us. Huang Haishan's crying voice sounded in the crowd, and with a "boom", the crowd exploded, not only soldiers, but also many civilians stood up.

An 18-year-old boy dared to lead a group of soldiers to fight in the war-torn city of Nanjing. The refugees standing in the distance even stood on tiptoe, hoping to see Lu Yuan and see this 18-year-old boy with their own eyes. "Let's go, go to the death, fight to the death, fight with the devil" The angry voices sounded in unison, and the refugees who were blocked here made the strongest roar of the Chinese!

Finally someone took the initiative to stand up, one, two, more people came forward, and all of them who stood up at first were the defeated soldiers of the national army who had taken off their uniforms, but then some young men in the city also stood up, and many of them were not soldiers at all. But Lu Yuan can't take care of so much, he needs people, and he needs a lot of people who can die at any time. Lu Yuan got what he wanted here, he got 1,000 defeated soldiers and more than 300 young people. Lu Yuan couldn't bear to let them go to death, but there was no way, there were always people to go. More than 1,300 lives in exchange for the safe evacuation of a large number of refugees, Lu Yuan believes that it is worth it.

It's just that this number of people is still far from enough, Lu Yuan asked a soldier under Huang Haishan to return to Gaoqi with these defeated soldiers and young men first, but he took Huang Haishan and the others to continue to move forward, until he reached the front of the Rujiang Gate. Nanjing Rujiang Gate, located on the bank of the Yangtze River, north of the stone city, connected with the beautiful scenery of Lion Mountain, Bazi Mountain, the city tower has a two-storey palace-style gatehouse that imitates the style of the Ming Palace, the black tile carved door, the flying pavilion Liudan, the painting beam carved building, the antique and elegant.

There used to be only one door hole in Rujiang Gate, which was originally called Hailing Gate. In 1929, in order to make Sun Yat-sen's corpse smoothly sent to the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, it was expanded into three arches and renamed Rujiang Gate. There was no trace of blue in the sky, and the defeated soldiers and refugees flocked to Rujiangmen like locusts, they had no order, but just flocked to Rujiangmen with expressionless faces. Tang Shengzhi's order to retreat was printed and hurriedly issued before he left. Many of the soldiers were dispersed when they learned that Commander Tang had fled, rather than being ordered to retreat.

When many officers and men of the country received the order to retreat, they were already mixed with the Japanese army and could not withdraw. The abandoned soldiers were naturally resentful in their hearts, they had now taken off their uniforms and were no longer soldiers. They are now dressed as refugees and flock with the refugees to Rujiangmen, the only place where they can live. On the eve of the Battle of Nanjing, in order to prevent the attack of the Japanese army from the Yangtze River, the three city gate holes of Rujiang Gate were blocked with sandbags, and now only the left door hole has been opened in half.

Now the front of the Rujiang Gate is crowded with people, and there are shouts, screams, the voices of the elderly, and the crying of children. When they could already see Rujiangmen from afar, Lu Yuan's speed slowed down, because there were too many people, and the car couldn't pass. The appearance of Lu Yuan and the others made the front of the Rujiang Gate, which was originally full of crying sounds, instantly silent, especially Lu Yuan and the others, unlike other rout soldiers who were still wearing military uniforms, they moved forward in line.

They had a neat queue, neat equipment and high fighting spirit, and the crowded crowd took the initiative to separate, giving Lu Yuan and them a passage to the city gate. Because they can't help it, the momentum of this group of soldiers is too strong, so strong that no one dares to look at them a second time.