"Damn it, it's been raining lately, and there's never been a good day." The frowning Huang Hanju shook the mud on his feet and cursed reluctantly, only to be doused by the falling rain.
With a look on his face, he hurriedly rushed into the house. The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and it seemed that he had no intention of stopping. Huang Hanju in the house was pacing back and forth restlessly, and his mood was as bad as the weather outside.
"Master, the housekeeper is back." Just when Huang Hanju was frowning, the voice of a servant came from outside the door. Huang Hanju was overjoyed and quickly called the housekeeper Huang San to come in and talk. Huang San is a son of the Huang family, and three generations of Huang Hanju have been Huangs.
Although his title as the housekeeper of his family meant so, in reality Huang Hanju never regarded Huang San as a servant in the family.
"Master, I'm back." We haven't seen each other for only three months. Huang San, who was not fat at all, has lost his human form. He struggled to get away from the support of the servant next to him. Huang San, who looked guilty, knelt down to Huang Han.
Come down. "Master, Huang San is incompetent. I didn't get any news about the second master when I went out this time. After the battle of Xiaojieling, I heard that the troops of the 88th Division had withdrawn to rest, but I asked around, but couldn't find out anything.
The news about the 88th Division is that when I heard about Xiaojieling, the 88th Division suffered a lot of casualties."
After Huang San said his last words, there was already a cry in his voice. Huang Hanju knew that Huang San still didn't mean to say anything, but he shook his head repeatedly. "No, my brother is a man who knows how to fight, like Shanghai and Nanjing.
There is no place that can trap him. How can a small boundary ridge still trap him? It will definitely not happen like you think." It has been more than a year since I lost contact with Tangcheng and my family moved to Kunming.
Huang Hanju was always worried about the safety of Tang City, and the steward Huang San was the person he sent to inquire about the news of Tang City.
"That's what I said. The second master is good at fighting. Back in Macheng, only a hundred people around the second master were able to defeat hundreds of bandits and horse thieves. There were more than ten thousand people in Xiaojie Ridge. Besides,
The 88th Division is also the elite of the army. I think the second master will not be in danger. He may have withdrawn to the rear to rest." Seeing his master acting like this, Huang San had no choice but to follow Huang Hanju's words and talk about him.
The information he got was all hearsay, and he had not seen it with his own eyes.
"What did Huang San say?" Mrs. Huang in the backyard also knew the news of Huang San's return, so she hurried to Huang Hanju's study to ask. Huang Hanju didn't even need to say anything when he got up. Just looking at the expression on his face, Mrs. Huang could already guess.
The news that Huang San brought back was not very optimistic. "Hanju, it's okay. Huang San also said that the news was just what he heard from others. How can the rumors spread by rumors be taken seriously? Tangcheng is not under your command.
Recruit, he has seen the world and fought in big battles. If he didn't have the ability to protect himself, how could he have escaped from Nanjing alive in the first place."
Mrs. Huang's persuasion made Huang Hanju feel better, but the worry in his heart did not dissipate at all. "The current situation is very bad. I just got the news today that the Japanese army failed to take advantage of the attack on Changsha in September. I heard that they were attacking Changsha again."
We are deploying our troops to prepare for the attack on Changsha. Looking at the current momentum, Changsha may not be able to be defended." Huang Hanju is now a medium-sized lieutenant colonel in the Southwest Administration. Although he is not an officer with real power, he still has a way to get in touch with some people who are not wanted.
Documents and files known to the outside world, so his words also worried Mrs. Huang.
"I think I'd better go to Chongqing again. Last time, that foreign devil priest had agreed to give us an appointment with the American consul. If you hadn't been in a hurry to return to Kunming, maybe our affairs would have been done." Mrs. Huang glared.
After taking a look at Huang Hanju, the latter, who felt guilty, had no choice but to hold back and let Mrs. Huang punch her. The purpose of going to Chongqing was to get acquainted with the American consul, and also to find a way out for the future of the Huang family. If they had not been stranded last time,
Huang Hanju from Chongqing was urgently recalled to the administrative office, and the Huang family's immigration to the United States may have really begun to take shape.
"Okay, okay, I just promise you. It just so happens that I have nothing to do these days, so I will accompany you to Chongqing. It just so happens that the old chief in Tangcheng has not been found yet, so I want to go there myself."
The only person Huang Hanju fears in this world may be the woman next to him, not only because this woman has given him a pair of children, but also because this woman is truly good to him and the Huang family.
The Huang couple who had been worried about Tangcheng did not know that the person they had been worried about was rushing towards Kunming. Besides, going from Kunming to Chongqing and Guiyang were not in the same direction. Just when the Huang couple was preparing to go to Chongqing
, a group of people from the dusty Tangcheng City have arrived in Qujing, which is only more than 100 kilometers away from Kunming. Qujing borders Guizhou and Guangxi to the east, the provincial capital Kunming to the west, Wenshan and Honghe to the south, and Zhaotong and Liupanshui of Guizhou to the north.
It is an important land passage connecting Yunnan to the mainland, which means that Qujing is destined to be a place where dragons and snakes are mixed.
After rushing to Qujing in a hurry, Tang Cheng and others had no intention of going out for a walk. Instead, they went directly to the local county government with the warrant issued by the Yunnan Army. Among the wounded people of the Yunnan Army escorted by Tang Cheng and others, more than a dozen were from Qujing.
The return of disabled soldiers to their hometowns naturally requires the assistance of the local government. Otherwise, Tangcheng and the others would not be able to send these disabled soldiers back to their respective homes even if they were exhausted. Qujing is a county town, and the largest official is naturally here.
County magistrate, but Tangcheng and the others came at the wrong time. The county magistrate here has been called to Kunming for a meeting.
"It's okay, we can wait. You can also check the household registration first to see if the list of people we provided is from your county." The county magistrate was not here, and the county staff did not dare to promise Tangcheng everything.
, but the county government still placed Tang Cheng and the others in the camp of the local militia group to rest and recuperate. For this reason, Tang Cheng was quite satisfied. After all, someone was responsible for food and accommodation, so they didn't have to search the streets for inns.
A group of wounded soldiers who had been withdrawn from the front line came to the county town. The news soon spread in Qujing. People whose children were soldiers began to gather outside the militia camp. They just wanted to know about these soldiers who had been withdrawn from the front line.
Are there any of my own children among the wounded soldiers? "Company Commander Tang, this is really going to trouble you. There are many children in our county who serve as soldiers in the 60th Army and the 58th Army. Although I don't know what the rules are in your army, but you see
, can you post a list of these people you brought back, so that the people outside can feel at ease."
When Tang Cheng agreed to stay temporarily in Qujing, he did not expect that such a thing would happen. The Yunnan soldiers who were escorted all the way back were also told by him not to reveal the war ahead casually, but the military camp was surrounded by so many people. This was absolutely
It is not something that can be solved by posting a list. Tang Cheng is not a member of the Yunnan Army, but he cannot tell the people in the local government. Since he is not a member of the Yunnan Army, there is no way to mention the war ahead.
If Tang Cheng told him, he would definitely be accused of disturbing the morale of the army.
"Post it, but you can only post the list of those who live in Qujing. Others cannot appear on this list." Tangcheng's answer made the people in the county secretly breathe a sigh of relief. As long as the list is posted, it can be regarded as a response to the gathering.
The people outside the military camp had an explanation. As Tang Cheng had guessed, the list had been posted, but the people gathered outside the military camp had no intention of dispersing. On the contrary, the number of people was constantly increasing. Tang Cheng
I had no choice but to hide in the military camp and couldn't go anywhere.
"This is not an option. If we continue to be blocked like this, what will we do when we leave?" Tang Cheng is not the only one who is worried. Mu Lianshan has come to see him several times, and each time he asks the same question.
But Tangcheng really couldn't answer Mulianshan's question. Could it be possible that they could directly send troops to drive away the people gathered outside the military camp? If that were the case, they wouldn't have been ordered to return home and become a standard rout.
soldiers.
"Let's wait a little longer. Maybe there will be a solution when the county magistrate here comes back. We can't keep blocking us and prevent us from leaving. If that's the case, at least we people can find a place where we don't have to spend money to eat.
, someone is in charge of free food and accommodation, this is not what a fairy life is like." Tang Cheng did not forget to joke at this moment, making Mu Lianshan bluntly say that Tang Cheng is a heartless guy.
The speed of the county magistrate's return was obviously beyond Tang Cheng's expectation. Tang Cheng and the others only stayed in the military camp of the militia for two nights. The tired county magistrate returned from Kunming and learned that Tang Cheng and the others were wounded soldiers who had been ordered to return home.
Bing, the county chief was overjoyed, and insisted on hosting a banquet in honor of Tangcheng and the others despite Tangcheng's refusal. "Everyone, you are all good men who serve the country and the people. Although Qujing is not as big a place as a provincial capital, we are not incompetent."
People who know etiquette. Since you shed blood and were injured for the country, those of us at the rear cannot ignore your achievements."
Seeing the impassioned and indignant look on the face of the gray-haired county magistrate, something seemed to burst in Tang Cheng's heart. Tang Cheng, who had a sour nose, resisted the moisture in his eyes and still refused the grey-haired county magistrate's hospitality.
"You shouldn't be like this, it's too cruel." Looking at the white hair in the wind from a distance, Mu Lianshan's eyes also had moisture. Although he knew the reason why Tang Cheng rejected the county magistrate, he still felt that Tang Cheng
It would be cruel to refuse such an old man.
"Then what do you want me to do? Do you want me to tell him that those of us traveled all the way to escort these wounded soldiers to Yunnan in order to escape the war? In this case, I have no shame to say it. I am afraid that I will be sorry for those brothers Paoze who died in the war.
I'm sorry for Uncle Liu who died in Mengcheng, and I'm sorry for Jiujin and the others who don't know whether they are alive or dead." Tang Cheng rarely yelled at Mu Lianshan and others, until he spurted out the blood in his throat, Tang Cheng