My years as a soldier

He Yingtian is worthy of being an elite soldier of the former army. After tossing and turning, he rushed into the relatively safe open space behind the Tang army squad. Then he stopped, bent over and gasped heavily. Hu Jiuzhang's whole body trembled up and down on his back.

Hu Jiuzhang naturally feels sorry for He Yingtian's hard work, but even if he wants to get off of He Yingtian, the situation they are facing does not allow He Yingtian to take a breather.

The commander of the team shouted loudly, but he was calling for everyone to retreat.

He Yingtian had no choice but to carry Hu Jiuzhang on his back and continue to run with the team towards the col in front. In a trance, Hu Jiuzhang only felt that the sound of retreating was very familiar.He looked in the direction of the voice, and unexpectedly saw Gan Ruoshan's figure in the crowd.

It turned out that what they met was Gan Ruoshan's brigade!

The group of people ran for nearly half an hour in the river valley with lush vegetation but overgrown with gravel, before finally throwing off the pursuers behind them completely.When they stopped to rest, almost all of them were flushed and out of breath.He Yingtian even collapsed on the ground, his chest was heaving up and down, and it took a long time to recover.

"The closer you get to Tongguan, the denser the number of rebels..."

Someone in the team sighed.

"Then what can I do?" Another person responded.

"Hey... stop shouting! The closer you get to Tongguan, the more Tang troops will be there! There is nothing to complain about!" Gan Ruoshan, the brigade commander, suddenly roared angrily, as if he wanted everyone else to shut up It seemed that the voice was full of boredom.

"Hehe, let's hope that we can meet the brigade as soon as possible, otherwise we will be wiped out sooner or later."

Gan Ruoshan's prestige in the team was obviously not enough, and before he finished speaking, there were soldiers booing beside him.Gan Ruoshan didn't seem to be surprised either, he glared at that side, didn't say much, took a short rest, and walked towards Hu Jiuzhang.

Seeing Gan Ruoshan again, Hu Jiuzhang was at a loss for what to do.The previous promise to Gan Ruoshan may be difficult to fulfill.He didn't know how to explain this to Gan Ruoshan. In just two days, too many things had happened that made him feel terrified.

But Hu Jiuzhang soon realized that his worries were probably unnecessary, because when Gan Ruoshan came up to him, he showed him a big smile.

"Old Hu, I didn't expect you to be alive!"

He bent down in surprise and sat opposite Hu Jiuzhang.

"Hey..." Hu Jiuzhang couldn't help but let out a long sigh in response to Gan Ruoshan's smiling face.

"Zhao Xiaoyang saved me, otherwise I would not be able to leave the position on the north bank." He sighed, his eyes were a little moist. "The lamb died, that's what happened this morning."

Hu Jiuzhang said indifferently, his voice was involuntarily choked with sobs.Gan Ruoshan opened his eyes wide, but his astonishment was only for a moment.

"Hey, let's just say that the brigade I brought had a hundred people when it set out, and now I saw only thirty or so dead." Gan Ruoshan sighed, "I don't know if the rest are alive or dead. , may also be a deserter."

"..."

Hu Jiuzhang couldn't bear to answer.

He found that since the amputation, he has become more and more sensitive.Normally, when someone died in battle, he wouldn't cry at all.No matter how sad and regretful, tears seem to be insulated from him, but now he can't hold back anymore. He had a tough and resolute face, but now just to hold back the tears has already consumed all of him. effort.

"...This is He Yingtian, a soldier under General Wang Sili's command, I met last night."

Hu Jiuzhang suddenly raised his hand and introduced He Yingtian beside him to Gan Ruoshan, as if to divert attention.He didn't dare to remember Zhao Xiaoyang, and he didn't dare to think about it further.He was afraid that if he thought about it one step further, he would burst into tears suddenly.That would be too embarrassing...

Compared to Hu Jiuzhang, Gan Ruoshan didn't seem to be affected much.He turned his face and exchanged a few words with He Yingtian, he only sighed while speaking, but there were no tears.

"Old Hu, that Master Li...do you have any news about him?"

"I still want to ask you..." Hu Jiuzhang sighed softly.Speaking of Li Muyun, his heart skipped a beat again.

"Did you see what happened when Lu Sheng and the others retreated when you were in the team?" Hu Jiuzhang looked blank. He lowered his head to look at his bleeding legs, not at Gan Ruoshan.

"I don't know about Lu Sheng, but at last I saw old General Lu leading his troops along the main road. There were about a thousand of them, all of whom were soldiers of the Lu family. Even if the sky fell, they would continue to follow the father and son .”

"That's good..." Hu Jiuzhang let out a long sigh as if he was relieved.With the protection of those thousands of soldiers, Li Muyun, who was traveling with Lu Kuang and his son, should be able to escape...

He thought about it silently, but his heart felt like a big rock was pressing down on him, and he couldn't relax no matter what.Just kept low, restless, helpless.

The group rested for a while in a hidden corner at the bottom of the valley. Seeing that it was getting late, Gan Ruoshan got up again and called the soldiers to set off on their way.As usual, He Yingtian came to carry Hu Jiuzhang, and Hu Jiuzhang felt very sorry, but he didn't know how to say something if he was asked to speak.Because besides being carried on his back, he has no other way to go.He doesn't want to be a burden to others, the more they take care of him, the more uncomfortable he is, the less he knows what to do.

Fate also seemed to be against Hu Jiuzhang.Less than an hour after the team walked out, they encountered the enemy's pursuit again.

The archers were running out of arrows, so everyone had to form a formation, cover each other, and retreat while fighting.He Yingtian, who was carrying Hu Jiuzhang on his back, was the hardest to bear. Not only did he have to take care of the wounded on his back, but he also had to free up one hand to hold a knife and chop, and cooperate with the soldiers beside him to meet the enemy.The team fought for half an hour, and finally killed the attacking enemy soldiers, but they also suffered heavy losses.

Three members of the squad were killed and four others were wounded.He Yingtian's arm was also facing the enemy, and the enemy scraped a big gash about three inches long. The wound was bleeding profusely, but everyone had little medicine left.A few soldiers who knew how to identify herbs temporarily picked some green leaves to stop the bleeding in the field. After a simple treatment, they finally stopped the blood flow on the four of them.During the whole process, Hu Jiuzhang remained silent.

"Hey, Hu, the wound on your body should have been changed long ago. Why didn't you speak just now?"

He Yingtian hung his injured arm and looked at Hu Jiuzhang with concern.

"Hey... I don't need it..." Hu Jiuzhang said in a low voice, "It's okay, it's not a day or two for me, so let's keep up with you first."

"You're wrong. They're all wounded, so why come first?" He Yingtian couldn't help but frowned, "Old Hu, aren't you thinking too much? Didn't you get through the difficult hurdles of the past two days? Why are you getting more and more depressed?"

He Yingtian couldn't figure it out.

It is true that every time they encountered an enemy attack, someone died.Zhao Xiaoyang, who died in the morning, was the three unlucky soldiers in the squad in the afternoon.So as long as he didn't die, in He Yingtian's view, he was lucky.What's more, Hu Jiuzhang is still a wounded soldier with a broken leg. It is his great luck that he can survive till now.

But Hu Jiuzhang didn't answer He Yingtian's words.He just lowered his eyes and shook his head silently with a wry smile on his face.He Yingtian stared at him for a long while, then let out a long sigh helplessly, he simply turned to the crowd and spoke loudly.

"Hey! Is there any medicine left? We need some medicine here."

Everyone couldn't help looking in the direction of He Yingtian's voice, and their final gazes fell on Hu Jiuzhang.

The sudden gazes made Hu Jiuzhang anxious, he turned his head and looked at the corner where no one was around.

"Uh... not much left."

After a long time, someone finally answered.

"That's fine, take it and use it!" He Yingtian had already taken a step forward and walked straight towards the man.

The person who took the medicine was holding a small cloth bag in his hand, until He Yingtian walked in front of him, he still held it in his hand and refused to hand it out.

"This... the herbal medicine is all about this, who will use it if they can't keep it all in the future."

"Someone wants to use it now." He Yingtian said in a deep voice, with a little impatience on his face, staring at the face of the person in front of him, and didn't say much.The man was startled by He Yingtian's stare, probably out of fear, so he reached out and handed out the medicine package, but his face was still very reluctant, even a little disgusted.

But He Yingtian ignored this, he came back with a small medicine bag, and sat down to help Hu Jiuzhang change the medicine without saying a word.

"Brother Hu, this medicine is not enough. Wherever you are in severe pain, we will pick up the serious part and replace it for you."

He Yingtian treated him as usual, but Hu Jiuzhang became more and more ashamed.In fact, he also understood the attitude of those soldiers.They have no legs and can't travel, but what they need most now is speed.Hu Jiuzhang also didn't want to be a burden to the team, and he didn't want to see healthy young men die under the siege of the enemy.But he couldn't do it, and it was this sense of powerlessness that made him feel guilty the most.

"Then... the shoulder blades, and the legs."

Hu Jiuzhang's voice was very soft, as if he didn't dare to speak loudly.He Yingtian looked at him and sighed, and didn't say anything else, just started to help him change the medicine.

After a while, the team was about to set off again. He Yingtian's arm was injured, and everyone could see it.But he still came over and stood beside Hu Jiuzhang.

"Brother Hu, I'm afraid I won't be able to recite you. I'll ask other people for you."

As he said that, he really opened his mouth and asked the uninjured people around him, but it was better if he didn't ask, the whole team seemed to explode with this question, and everyone's face was full of anger .

"Anyway, I can't, whoever you want to look for!" One person responded dissatisfied, "You are an elite soldier, but we are all ordinary pawns, and it is difficult to save our own lives. soldier?"

The man didn't shy away from it, he spoke so loudly that Hu Jiuzhang might not be able to hear him.

"That's right, our top priority now is to speed up our journey. Let me see... wounded soldiers can go if they can, and those who can't... Let's find a way to survive. We can't make our team just to accommodate one person Wounded soldiers, put their lives on the line." Another person said loudly beside him.

He Yingtian couldn't help clenching his fists, his brows were tightened, and fire seemed to burst out of his eyes.

"I didn't ask you to carry him all the way! I'll just ask you to carry him for a while, and you'll die of exhaustion!"

Following He Yingtian's angry reprimand, the anger in the eyes of both sides also rose higher and higher, and no one was willing to back down a step.Hu Jiuzhang sat on the ground, even more ashamed to face the people around him.He lowered his head, his face was pale, and there was no expression on his face.

The squad that was already ready to go, stood still in place at this moment, no one was going to leave.

But at this moment, Gan Ruoshan suddenly let out a loud roar, which shocked everyone.

"Give me a break!"

He suddenly walked quickly from the front of the team to Hu Jiuzhang.

"Listen to me, all of you! It's not easy for anyone to get to this point. I'll carry Lao Hu back! Okay? If you have this time to quarrel, how far can you go!"

As Gan Ruoshan said, he already bent down and grabbed Hu Jiuzhang's wrist.

"Old Hu, I'll carry you on my back. Let me declare in advance that this is not to climb your high branch. I am as willing as a mountain. I have been in the army for eight years and have not made a single friend. But now I want to make you this friend. You just treat it as if you don't want to fight." I don't know you, so your leg injury has something to do with me. It's not a loss if I carry you. "

As Gan Ruoshan spoke, he had already pulled Hu Jiuzhang onto his back.

Seeing this scene, He Yingtian laughed at Gan Ruoshan, and waved his hand at the little soldier who had just quarreled with him.

"Come on, let's go!"

The team of more than a dozen people embarked on the journey again, but Hu Jiuzhang kept his head down.

Although he was on Gan Ruoshan's back, the whole team was so far away from him.It is true that since he lost these two legs, there is no place for him in the army.He probably shouldn't be here at all...

Hu Jiuzhang was thinking silently, and he suddenly felt that he was the most damned one.