Rise From Eight Hundred

Originally, it was just a relaxing stroll, but Tang Dao unexpectedly caught the "big fish" of Teacher Xiao He, which made him feel very happy.

After leaving the teahouse, he met the old servant who brought Yue Yiman and Shitou to the shop, and the always arrogant Hammer was also with him.

Seeing Tang Dao, Hammer was perhaps a little surprised, and even his high tail drooped down. When Tang Dao went out, he wanted to follow him, but was driven back to guard the door by Tang Dao. Was it considered a violation of military orders?

The three little brats ran over and bowed to Tang Dao respectfully, and then playfully asked Tang Dao to take them to play, especially the three-year-old Ximei, who rushed over and hugged Tang Dao's thigh.

"Uncle, Ximei wants to eat cakes!" Ximei, who was picked up by Tang Dao with a laugh, put her fingers in her mouth, staring at the shops on the street, and saliva overflowed from the corners of her mouth.

Ximei was originally dark and thin due to malnutrition, but in the past month, she has been following the independent camp. In addition to drinking the milk of the big black sheep, she also has white rice porridge and minced meat to nourish her body. Although she has not become much whiter, her little face has become visibly plump.

The tattered cotton-padded clothes she wore when she followed the army had been thrown away long ago. The cotton-padded clothes she bought temporarily at the market town when she passed by were a bit too big. Later, after Yue Yiman and his mother arrived, the clever woman spent two nights to make the little girl's cotton-padded clothes fit her. She also braided two pigtails for her every day, and paired them with a pair of big watery eyes. Not to mention that several female nurses couldn't help but want to kiss her when they saw her, even a group of rough men couldn't help but pinch her little face when they saw her. The little girl is now definitely the darling of the entire Four-Line Group.

Otherwise, why would Hammer not even look at the gate of the regiment headquarters and follow this little guy happily.

As for her hugging Tang Dao's thigh to buy cakes, it was probably because the poor little girl was afraid of being hungry before, and she wanted to eat when she smelled the fragrance, even though she had already put a lot of milk candies in the small pocket on her chest.

That was the ration that many soldiers themselves were reluctant to eat, but they willingly stuffed it into her hands just because the little girl shouted thank you "uncle" in a baby voice.

Although Tang Dao was usually strict with officers and soldiers, he was very gentle in private and loved the three children who marched with the troops. Not only did he order Leng Feng to send the Shitou siblings and the black sheep that had given birth to a lamb to the camp, but he also specially asked the baggage company to vacate a cart to transport the three children and Yue Yiman's mother. The cart was covered with quilts, and the three children and a lamb were not frozen at all on the march in the cold winter.

Even Lei Xiong said that if Tang Dao got married in the future, he would be a very gentle father, saying that he, a father, was not as careful as Tang Dao, which made Tan Tai Ming Yue blush and glance at Tang Dao.

So much so that the two of them talked privately in the woods behind everyone's back at night. Tan Tai asked shyly, "Do you like sons or daughters?" Tang Dao said casually, "It's best if the daughter is as cute as you and the son is as rogue as me!" Then, the pure love of the head of the Tang group took a step closer.

From holding hands to hugging waists.

That waist is really thin! For several nights, when the head of the Tang group closed his eyes, he would recall the feeling of hugging that slender waist for the first time. Then, the 22-year-old young man woke up in the morning and it was a tragedy.

The firepower of a young body is really not something that can be controlled by an old soul.

The three children who have become playmates are already very familiar with Tang Dao, who they often meet. Except for Shitou, who is a little afraid because he saw Tang Dao's rage that night, Yue Yiman, a five-year-old boy, and Ximei, who is only three years old, are very close to Tang Dao, who often gives them milk candies.

"Haha, good! Let Uncle Erya buy it for you." Tang Dao laughed. "Erya, go and use my military pay to buy some delicious food for the three little guys, but you can't compete with the big guys. It's best to have some braised meat. Call Tantai tonight and we will have an extra meal at the regiment."

"Okay!" Erya agreed, and walked up to pinch Ximei's chubby little face. "Ximei, Uncle Erya bought you delicious food, why don't you thank Uncle Erya?"

"That's Uncle Tang's money!" Ximei blinked and answered in a baby voice.

This little girl is so cunning that both Tang Dao and Erya laughed.

"Captain Tang, congratulations on your promotion!" The old servant who followed the three little kids came over and smiled and bowed to Tang Dao to congratulate him.

"Uncle Han, you have helped take care of Shitou and Ximei during this period. Tang Dao has not had the opportunity to thank you yet!" Tang Dao looked at the old servant, his eyes flickered slightly, and his face was full of smiles.

"It's okay, it's okay. Shitou is honest and Ximei is cute. Master Yue is much happier with them. The old servant is also very comforted!" The old servant surnamed Han waved his hand, and his eyes were very kind and gentle when he looked at Shitou and his sister.

What he said was the truth.

Although Yue Yiman was only five years old, he might have been brought up in a strict family since he was a child, and he had just experienced the pain of losing his father not long ago. He was very polite and well-behaved when he met anyone. Compared with his age, he was a little too mature, and lost a lot of the innocence and liveliness that a five-year-old child should have.

When Shitou and Ximei saw Tang Dao, they hurried over and bowed to him together with Yue Yiman. I'm afraid it was this little guy who taught them, otherwise the two little guys who grew up in the mountains would not understand these.

However, the effect is always mutual. After the two "wild kids" from the village and the child who grew up in a scholarly family have been together for half a month, Yue Yiman has become more naughty than when Tang Dao first met him.

Once after the garrison in the wild, Yue Yiman, instigated by Shitou, went to a small ditch outside the garrison to catch fish in order to make a bowl of fish soup for his weak mother.

Going fishing in the cold weather, even if it is a small ditch with water no deeper than the knees, is definitely not a good idea. It would be fine if they didn't catch many fish, but the two little guys' hands, feet, and faces were frozen red, and they caught a cold the next day. The independent camp's military doctor's office had few such medicines, and it was the old servant named Han who found a few herbs in the mountains and boiled them to cure the two naughty guys.

For this reason, the woman wanted to punish her son according to the family rules after he recovered from his illness, on the grounds that he was ignorant of the general situation and caused trouble for the army during the march. It was the old servant named Han who found Tan Tai Ming Yue and moved Tang Dao. Tang Dao said that it was normal for children to be naughty at their age, and the five-year-old child was spared from being fried with bamboo strips and shredded pork.

"Uncle Tang, the weather is so good today, can I take my brother Man to hunt rabbits in the wild? Hammer and Uncle Han will follow us, we will definitely be able to catch them. My brother Man and I will treat the uncles and uncles to rabbit meat in the evening." Shitou, who was standing on the side, saw that Tang Dao was in a good mood today, so he came over to ask for help.

"Is there any meat to eat?" The little girl, who was drooling at the various foods in the shops around her, couldn't help but put another finger into her mouth.

That greedy little look is not only cute, but also makes people feel distressed.

If it were in the future, when hearing about hunting rabbits for meat at this age, the most likely thing would be to say: "Rabbits are so cute, why do we have to eat them?"

But in this era, as long as they can fill their stomachs, young children will never have such useless thoughts.

"Hunting rabbits!" Tang Dao looked up at the sky, it was still early before night, and then looked at Yue Yiman who didn't say anything but was full of expectation, and the little girl who was already drooling at the delicious rabbit meat, and couldn't help laughing. "Okay! Anyway, your uncle Tang has nothing to do today, so I will go out hunting with you little guys!"

The little guys cheered when they saw that Tang Dao not only agreed, but even wanted to go with them.

Shitou is a mountain man, and it's not a whim to say that he wants to take Yue Yiman to hunt rabbits in the wild, but now is indeed a good time to hunt rabbits.

Winter is the season with the least food. In order to survive the winter safely, wild rabbits usually use the fat they eat in autumn to grow strong, so wild rabbits are the fattest in winter and their fur is also the thickest.

"Wait a moment, I'll make some arrangements and ask them to bring a few horses. Since we're going to hunt, let's hunt more. We'll have a feast together tonight." Tang Dao put Ximei down, patted her little face, and signaled him to go to his brothers first.

Then he looked around and saw Potato, sweating profusely, squeezed out of a store with a lot of bags hanging on his body. He said to the old servant named Han, "Uncle Han, wait a moment!", and then strode over.

The old servant named Han nodded and said nothing more.

This is normal. For a colonel like Tang Dao who commands more than 2,000 troops, it would be abnormal to leave the army and take a few children to hunt without saying a word. Besides, there might be guns used! More than 2,000 people of the Four Lines Regiment were stationed around the town. If the sentinels were alarmed, hundreds of people rushed over and saw that it was their own regiment leader who was hunting rabbits for fun. Wouldn't that be a joke!

Potato was naturally here to purchase, but he might be the only soldier who didn't have to say goodbye to anyone.

Those who can breathe in his infantry company are basically still in the hospital beds of the medical team!

It has been almost a month since the Battle of Mouse Mountain. Most of the brothers who were seriously injured in that battle have recovered. Even those who lost their legs and arms can eat, sleep and curse after going through the difficult time of seeking death. Potato, who received a part of the bonus, thought of taking this opportunity to buy some delicious food to satisfy the cravings of these old brothers in the medical team. He even secretly bought a small jar of wine and waited for the evening to give each of the greedy old brothers a sip.

Who knew that he was stopped by someone in the street just after violating military discipline. When he looked closely, he found that it was Tang Dao in casual clothes. Poor Potato's face was almost scared to potato color.

It was not until Tang Dao grabbed him and asked him to help notify the regiment headquarters that he recovered.

Gu Kan

"Did you remember everything I said?" Tang Dao told Potato more than he thought. He repeated Tang Dao's words several times in his mind before nodding his head.

"Okay, go! Also, remember to ask Lv Sanjiang to bring me two carbines when he sends three war horses." Tang Dao patted Potato's shoulder and sniffed slightly. "Also, the wine you bought is not very good. Tell your brothers that when we get to Xuzhou, I will buy good wine for them to drink."

Potato ran away without looking back.

If he didn't run, he was afraid of being whipped. That was the ruthless leader who whipped himself. It didn't matter if he was whipped, but if the half-lying brothers and uncles were whipped, they would be dead.

Potato, who was eager to escape Tang Dao's sight, reported the news very quickly. Within a quarter of an hour, Lü Sanjiang and two cavalrymen came trotting over on their war horses. They dismounted and saluted Tang Dao, then handed him the reins and said, "Commander, do you want a cavalry company to escort you?"

"There are no Japanese here. Why should I guard my eggs when I go to hunt rabbits? What? There are tigers here!" Tang Dao waved his hand.

Lv Sanjiang glanced at the old servant named Han who took over the reins on the other side, "But"

Obviously, Lv Sanjiang, the cavalry company commander, felt that the old man named Han was an outsider and it was okay to stay in the garrison, but Tang Dao was going to leave the garrison, and he was still worried.

"But what but? I say it's okay!" Tang Dao glared.

Lv Sanjiang could only put his legs together: "Yes!"

He turned around and left with two soldiers under his command.

"Uncle Han, don't blame me. These soldiers under my command are just straightforward." Tang Dao smiled at the old servant named Han who was suspected by the cavalry company commander.

"Captain Tang is too serious. I can only say that Captain Tang is very loved by officers and soldiers in the army. With such a unity of officers and soldiers, it is no wonder that he can repeatedly achieve great feats!" The old servant named Han had a warm face and was not surprised at all.

"Is there any problem with riding a horse, Uncle Han?"

"I rode a horse when I was young, but I haven't ridden a warhorse much!" The old servant surnamed Han answered.

"Then let's go!" Tang Dao leaned over and hugged Ximei, put one hand on the saddle, stepped on the stirrup with one foot, and sat on the warhorse with a little effort.

He put Ximei in front of him, squeezed his legs slightly, and the warhorse took small steps along the long street to the outside of the town.

"Ride a big horse! Brother, Brother Man, come quickly!" Ximei clapped her hands happily when she rode a big horse for the first time.

Erya had never ridden a horse before, but since she became Tang Dao's orderly, she has ridden this horse a lot. Although she can't charge at full speed like the cavalry, it's okay to ride a horse at a medium speed. First, put Shitou on the saddle, and then sit on it. Once she let go of the reins, one horse and two people ran after Tang Dao.

"Grandpa Han, please hurry up! Brother Shitou and Ximei have run far away." Seeing that the two war horses had already run more than 20 meters away, Yue Yiman, who had not yet mounted the horse, could not help but urge them anxiously.

The old servant surnamed Han smiled slightly, held the child in his arms, put his feet in the stirrups, and sat on the horse with a little effort. The ease was not at all matched with his age of fifty or sixty.

If you look closely at his body that rises and falls with the trotting war horse, you should also know that his knowledge of horsemanship is definitely not just riding when he was young as he said.

At least, he is better than the half-baked Erya in front and even Tang Dao who is quite proficient in horsemanship.

However, Tang Dao, who was riding in the lead, seemed to turn a blind eye to this phenomenon.

The topography of Lingbi County is commonly known as "large flat and small uneven", which means that the overall topography is a plain, but in fact there are many isolated hills and slopes inside. The famous Battle of Haixia took place here.

This place has not been affected by the war, and the crops in the fields have been harvested. It looks empty and desolate. But only when you get close to these fertile lands, you will know that there will be green hope here in spring.

However, Tang Dao knows that the Japanese army will soon point its spearhead here. In less than a month, this place will become a battlefield, and another battle will be launched here.

The war will sweep most of China's most fertile land in these two years.

After all, the three children have no experience of riding horses, so Tang Dao and his three men slowed down the speed of the war horses and advanced in the fields at a medium and low speed, but that was the first time for the three children, and they didn't even feel cold in the cold wind.

Hammer also seemed very excited, jumping into the fields for a while, and then jumping onto the ridges of the fields. Since joining the army, Hammer may have rarely had such a relaxing moment!

After running for nearly 40 minutes, Tang Dao stopped at the foot of a small hill.

They said they were hunting, but in fact, they were just watching Hammer's performance. Hammer, who had experience in hunting in the mountains, quickly found a rabbit hole in a wasteland. Erya held Ximei, and Yue Yiman, under the command of Shitou, began to pull hay and burn fire to fill the two rabbit holes they found with smoke, while Hammer watched eagerly.

Sure enough, within a quarter of an hour, a fat rabbit jumped out of another hole more than ten meters away, and Hammer, who had been ready for battle, chased it wildly.

Hammer, who could kill a wolf-blue dog, was not only strong enough, but also had amazing running ability. He bit the rabbit in one bite before chasing it for 30 meters, and came back happily to ask for credit from the three children.

"Hammer is great!"

"Long live Hammer!"

"Reward rabbit legs tonight!"

The three children happily rushed over to praise Hammer, and Ximei even took her little hand to stroke Hammer's neck.

Hammer was so beautiful, grinning with a dog's mouth and sticking out a long tongue.

Tang Dao couldn't help but laugh.

No wonder Hammer gets along so well with these three little ones. It turns out that even the most awesome dogs need someone to pet them!

The Four-Line Group is full of iron-blooded soldiers. The way to express their love is to give them food. At most, they will rub the dog's head like Li Jiujin did. Unlike these three little ones, they not only praise them crazily, but also pet the dogs with their little hands. I'm afraid that Tibetan mastiffs will become gentle in front of them!

In less than a quarter of an hour, they got the first trophy. Naturally, the three children were more confident. After hanging the dead hare on the horse's back, they followed Hammer to find a farther place.

With Erya following and Hammer there, Tang Dao was naturally not worried. He led the three war horses to a slope with some green grass and let them graze on the hillside. He turned around and said to the old servant named Han who was looking at the children from afar: "Uncle Han, don't worry. Let them play here for a while, and you can take a break."

Hearing this, the old servant surnamed Han smiled slightly, and retracted his gaze from afar to look at Tang Dao, with a half-smile on his face.

"Captain Tang, what do you want to know? You might as well say it directly. It's still quite quiet here." ...

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