Death is not a terrible thing to Lantian soldiers, or in this troubled world, death is not a terrible thing to anyone.

Since Chongzhen ascended the throne, the world of Ming Dynasty has been in turmoil. Even Chongzhen, the emperor, wears patched clothes. What are the days like for ordinary people?

Rogue bandits, slave slaves, bandits and bandits, and even the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were all the troublemakers for the people.

Many people lost their lives because of this. After so many years of development, the people of the Ming Dynasty have become almost numb and indifferent to life and death.

Nowadays, if you walk on the land of the Central Plains and see a corpse on the ground, you will definitely be startled. Some people who avoid it will walk around or recite some Amitabha and the like. Anyway, you can't stay calm.

But what is the state of the people of the Ming Dynasty now? When they see a corpse on the road, their expression is indifferent. After all, they see this thing every day, and it is just that. Apart from the smell, it is not a big deal.

If you meet someone who is brave, not only will you not be afraid, you will even walk over and pick at it with a stick to see if there is anything he can use. If he can use it, he will definitely pick it up and take it away.

This is a normal thing in the Ming Dynasty. It is not difficult to understand such things as stripping dead people of their clothes.

Therefore, in such a big environment, even though it was a paradise on earth for two days, people who had come out of the catastrophe had already had a better understanding of life and death than those in the peaceful world.

But Lan Tian didn't just die indiscriminately. Lan Tian also had his own principles, and Lan Tian's principle was that death must be worthwhile.

Under the governance of Li Chaosheng, Lantian reached the level of peace and prosperity, and the people of Lantian lived a happy life. Under this premise, under the ideological propaganda of Lantian's political commissar Yang Shubai.

Dedication and loyalty to the county magistrate have become the main theme of Lantian. Here parents will encourage their children to join the army, and after joining the army, they will encourage their children to serve as good soldiers for the county magistrate. We don’t have to worry at home, the township chief will take good care of it.

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As long as you fight bravely to fight the enemy and defend your home and country, don't do anything embarrassing, otherwise I will never close my eyes until I die.

This kind of conversation happens in almost every house in Lantian.

In the military system of Lantian, except for the main force converted by the earliest batch of bandits, all other soldiers are voluntary. There has never been such a thing in Lantian recruiting strong men to serve as soldiers.

On the contrary, as soon as the Lantian Army recruits troops, countless young men and women will immediately sign up, because they know that if one person serves as a soldier, the whole family will be honored.

This sentence is not a joke. People who serve as soldiers in Lantian all have slogans on their doors that say "House of Honor." Anyone in the countryside or even in the county who sees such a slogan will not give a thumbs up.

Say: "Well done."

Therefore, the soldiers of Lantian are not afraid of death. If they die, they will be regarded as martyrs. Their families, parents, wives and children will receive the best care of Lantian.

Parents can receive a silver dollar pension from Lantian Bank every month. With this money, the old man and old woman have no problem having enough to eat in Lantian, and if they get sick, they can also receive free medical treatment at Lantian People's Hospital.

With these two points, even if the state supports your parents in their old age.

As for the wife and children, as a family member of a martyr, as long as the wife is willing to go out to work, she can directly go to work in a state-owned factory in the county, and the salary is very considerable. As for the children, they can go to the local academy for free.

No matter whether they are studying in elementary school, middle school, or finally Lam Tin College, there is no tuition fee, and in the future, they will be given priority when selecting scholarships and awards for outstanding students.

It can be said that when Lantian's soldiers fight, they don't need to consider other things except the battle itself. The county official has already considered it for them, allowing them to safely protect their home and country.

Moreover, by becoming a martyr, not only can his parents, wife, and children be taken care of, but he himself can also be treated as a martyr, and will be recorded in the history of the Lantian Army, so that future generations can often see their heroic deeds.

And I heard that the county magistrate is planning to build a monument to the heroes of Lantian in Lantian City, and their names will be engraved on it for future generations to admire.

It can be said that it is worth it to serve as a soldier, protect your family and country, do it for righteousness during your lifetime, and receive the incense of the entire country after your death. Li Chaosheng has arranged everything clearly, so the only thing left for these soldiers is to serve Lantian.

It's a fight to the death.

Lantian people are not afraid of death, as long as the death is worthwhile, just like now, when the cavalry squad leader asked, everyone was willing to stay. The cavalry squad leader was very moved after hearing this, but they can't all die here.

The reason why they want to stay is to protect one person and send the information out. As long as one person sends the information out, their death will not be in vain.

Thinking of this, the cavalry squad leader said: "Cao Xiaojun, you are responsible for delivering the information to the regiment commander, and the rest will fight to the death with me!"

After listening to the squad leader's words, Cao Xiaojun shouted loudly: "Why, why should you let me go? I want to stay."

The cavalry squad leader shouted: "Cao Xiaojun is nineteen years old this year, and he is still the only son in the family. He is not married and has no heirs, so I let him go first. Who has any objections?"

"No comment."

"No comment."

As soon as the cavalry squad leader finished speaking, everyone expressed their opinions and said they had no objection.

"I have an opinion!"

Cao Xiaojun roared loudly at this time, and tears in his eyes could not help but flow down while roaring.

He knew that in the army, obeying orders was a bounden duty. Even if the squad leader had spoken, there was nothing he could do even if he didn't want to.

The squad leader looked at the tears in Cao Xiaojun's eyes, raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said: "Northwestern Cavalry Regiment, Third Battalion, Second Company, First Platoon, Third Squadron, Cao Xiaojun, obey the order."

"Woo~"

Cao Xiaojun bit his lip and burst into tears. He didn't want to obey orders. At this time, the cavalry squad leader shouted again: "Cao Xiaojun obeys orders!"

Cao Xiaojun said helplessly: "Yes."

"Run, take the information back and bring it to the head of the regiment. Don't let down everyone's expectations of you. Go ahead."

"yes."

After hearing this, Cao Xiaojun burst into tears and took it as a sign, speeding up and riding away, facing the roaring wind, but it could not hide the sadness in his heart.

At this time, the cavalry squad leader slowed down the horse, followed by the other five cavalrymen who also slowed down the horse. The six men turned their horses' heads together and looked at the oncoming Tatar cavalry.

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The squad leader of the cavalry took out the saber hanging on the horse.

With cold eyes, he looked at the fifty cavalrymen rushing towards him from the opposite side as if he were dead.

Seeing the state of the Lantian cavalry, the Tatar eagle shooter Gulitai, who was bending his bow and setting an arrow, took back the long bow in his hand, then drew out the scimitar hanging on his horse and shouted: "Kill, give it to me.

Kill these Han people, kill them!"

After hearing this, all the Tatar cavalry unsheathed their scimitars and accelerated their charge. The cavalry squad leader looked at the charging cavalry with sharp eyes like an eagle and shouted: "Brothers, I'm afraid we are going to suffer from this today.

Are you afraid, brothers?"

"Don't be afraid. I was prepared the day I joined the army."

"Yes, I'm afraid of a ball. My parents, wife, children, and county magistrates will take good care of me. If I die and become a martyr, I can also give my son a great future. It's worth it."

"Yes, it's worth it."

“It’s worth it.”

"Okay, in that case, brothers, fight to the death!"

"Fight to the death!"

Tap tap tap...

The Tatar cavalry charged, and the ground was shaking with it. The pebbles on the ground were beating constantly. The cavalry squad leader saw this and roared: "Everyone, the first charge formation is ready, kill!"

"kill!"

With a roar, the charge of the Lantian cavalry also began. The saber was unsheathed, reflecting a dazzling silver light in the sun. This sword is going to see blood today, kill!

The cavalry charge is definitely the most primitive and cruel. When two teams of cavalry charge, there is no sound of the collision of weapons, or even any noise. It is just a simple face-to-face, and when the two teams of cavalry separate.

Of the seven cavalrymen in Lantian, only the cavalry squad leader was left. At this time, the cavalry squad leader's right hand holding the sword was cut off by the root. He looked extremely miserable. The cavalry squad leader looked at a few empty horses running after him, and a horse.

The body was lying on the ground, with tears in his eyes.

However, his eyes were still firm. At this time, he looked at his lost right hand, used his left hand to pull out another saber hanging on the saddle, and shouted: "All the third squad, the first charging formation, kill!"

The next moment, he rushed towards the Tatar cavalry without hesitation. This battle was a life-or-death battle.

The scene freezes on the final charge of the cavalry squad leader. Heroes will not die, at least in people's hearts. The cavalry squad leader is no different from his cavalry squad, but no one knows about this hero until his death.

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Gulitai looked at the hero's corpse, with a hint of respect on his face full of disdain: "I didn't expect that there were such men among the Han people."

As he spoke, Gulitai scratched his chest, bowed slightly to show respect, then waved and said: "Let's go, chase, there is another one, don't let him run away."

"Don't worry, no one can escape from the palm of our hands on this grassland, driver!"

After saying that, the Tatar cavalry chased out again. Don't think that the battle just took a long time. In fact, it didn't. The battle just lasted only two or three minutes at most. The six lives of the entire cavalry squad gave Cao Xiaojun two minutes to escape.

Drive, drive, drive!

Cao Xiaojun was urging the war horse under his crotch like crazy. Normally, he would never treat the war horse like this. You must know that for cavalry, the horses that get along day and night are actually their best brothers.

Normally, you have to take care of them as much as you can, but not now. Now is the time when life is really critical. At this time, the war horse under Cao Xiaojun's crotch also started running wildly. Because Lantian occupied Guihua City on the fortress and occupied a large area of ​​​​the horse farm, the livestock

They bought a lot of horses, so the Lantian cavalry did not lack horses, nor did they shoddy horses.

The horses of the Lantian Cavalry are all high-end horses, belonging to the war horse level with sufficient endurance and explosive power. As for the horses of the next level, all of these horses have become Lantian civilian horses.

Lantian Horse Racing is a very profitable state-owned enterprise. Among the unqualified horses produced for the market every year, they will be sent to the horse racing company to be sold and become the horses used by the people of Lantian every day.

This also greatly increased Lantian's transportation capacity, thus helping Lantian's business develop rapidly.

After all, one of the core competitiveness of business is transportation. Our fathers have already summarized this law into a slogan.

If you want to be rich, build roads first.

After the road is built, people cannot pull it, so mules and horses are very important, and the usage rate of horses in Lantian is much higher than that of oxen and mules.

Cao Xiaojun ran wildly, but even so, he still couldn't get out of the pursuit range of the Tatars, and the sound of pursuit behind him became more and more intense.

Cao Xiaojun didn't dare to look back, but even so, he still felt that the distance between the Tatars and him was only about a hundred meters.
To be continued...