frightfiction Chapter 143 Why Join the Army?
Chapter 143 Why Join the Army?
In the main tent of the camp, General Donglin, Ling Yunxiao, about twenty-three or twenty-four years old, was leaning on the bed, squinting his eyes, his face pale without a trace of blood.
Beside him, his guard Qin Yu also had a bleak expression on his face.
Every city is guarded by a general and has a camp outside.
This is Linzhou City, where General Xia originally fought against the Japanese.
Originally, Linzhou was not a state. It originally belonged to Youlanzhou and was a county, formerly known as Yong'an County.
It was precisely because Youlan was lost that the enemy attacked this place.
The city was saved thanks to the heroic resistance of the generals of Former Xia, and was renamed Linzhou City, meaning that this was the land they bordered to the east.
But just two months ago, General Xia and the local chief general died in battle.
And Ling Yunxiao was also sent here.
but,
The enemy was outnumbered and we were outnumbered. Ling Yunxiao was defeated yesterday.
The Linzhou defender died for his country!
Linzhou City fell!
Who made him take over the mess as soon as he arrived?
That's why he is in this situation at the moment.
Yesterday morning, the few people in Linzhou City were crying and wailing. Some died, some fled, and some scattered.
Just two months ago, Youlan Province was lost, and the local camp was also engulfed in flames.
The counties were lost along with them, and now Linzhou has been lost, which is even worse.
Suddenly, a report was heard from outside the tent, "General, the person has been brought here."
Ling Yunxiao stood up and sat upright.
"Come in!"
Although he was seriously injured, his voice still carried authority.
Jiang Yue entered the tent, clasped his fists, knelt on one knee and said:
"See General."
When she raised her eyes, she saw an ancient general for the first time in her life, and she paid some attention to him.
The man looked tall and mighty, with clear facial features and an aura of superiority. However, because he had just suffered a defeat, his face was as gloomy as water.
His military tent was very simple, with only a bed, a table, a sword rack and a sand table.
Ling Yunxiao fixed his eyes and looked at Jiang Yue seriously, then waved his hand to signal her to stand up, and asked knowingly:
"how old?"
He had some suspicions that the list was fake.
"General, I'm thirteen years old." Jiang Yue replied truthfully.
"Thirteen." Ling Yunxiao looked at Jiang Yue carefully again. She was thin and short, which was appropriate for her age.
"It was you who single-handedly took the heads of enemy generals and captains last night?" Ling Yunxiao was a little unconvinced, but Wang Quan would not lie.
"It's me." Jiang Yue replied with a bow.
"Young people are to be feared!" Ling Yunxiao said in a very mature manner.
“Why did you join the army?”
Why did you join the army? Suddenly, Jiang Yue thought of the words of her mentor, Wei Changsheng.
“What is the meaning of reading?”
At first, her reply was not liked by her husband, who even criticized her for it.
"I joined the army to defend national defense, strengthen our military power, and bring peace and prosperity to the people."
"This is what I, the general, like to hear." Ling Yunxiao thought to himself, a small soldier actually had the heart of a general like him.
"Who recruited you into the camp?"
"It's Captain Wang."
When Jiang Yue said this, Wang Quan outside the tent couldn't help but shudder.
The weather is getting colder day by day, and it is about to snow. They don’t know if they can still defend the camp.
Ling Yunxiao thought to himself, Wang Quan, you are in trouble, but it has nothing to do with me.
Ordinary farmers' sons joined the army only because they had no choice.
In his opinion, Jiang Yue was very puzzled.
Just now, he had read all the information about Jiang Yue's household registration.
I thought he was from a military family, but he turned out to be just an ordinary farmer's boy.
She was a farmer's daughter, for sure. But it was precisely because of Jiang Yue's ability to kill enemies and generals that Ling Yunxiao became very interested in her and couldn't help but check her family line for three generations.
The results of the investigation showed that her father and uncle both died on the battlefield, so there was nothing special about them.
However, there was another identity that shocked him quite a bit.
A few days ago, before the new recruits entered the camp, Ling Yunxiao received a handwritten letter from the new magistrate of Chuanshui County.
At that time, he ignored it.
Two days later, he received another handwritten letter from the Magistrate of Huai'an County, but he still ignored it.
He thought it was about conscription, but he was busy with war affairs and had been busy training the army before this battle, so those letters were put aside.
Who would have thought that just this morning, what was thought to be two letters, turned out to be three?
The third letter was a handwritten letter from Xie Yuanzhi, the newly appointed governor of Qingyun.
This time, he had to take it seriously.
Why else could these people have written to him one after another, except for conscription?
When he opened it, he found that the contents were surprisingly consistent, all about Jiang Yue, which was... too unexpected for him.
What is even more unexpected is that this person is the same person as the brave soldier reported by Wang Quan.
What if he didn't want to let her go? If she wanted to leave, he couldn't keep her because of her identity.
Wen Neng can bring peace to the world with his pen, but Wan Neng can use his horse to settle the world!
No, that was a time of peace and prosperity.
In his opinion as a military general, if the country is destroyed, how can we talk about imperial examinations?
"You signed up first, and now you're registered. You can't change it. Now that you're here, make the best of it."
Jiang Yue: Can’t be changed? It’s just a matter of your words.
She was wondering what the general meant by asking this question. Did he know that she was a scholar?
As for studying or joining the army, it is nothing more than a crime of deceiving the emperor.
It's a risk anyway, and she doesn't mind taking the extra risk.
Compared with studying, she prefers to join the army.
When Ling Yunxiao said this, he carefully checked Jiang Yue's face and saw that she did not feel uncomfortable because of what he said. He paused and asked again:
"Why did you join the army?"
He didn't want to ask Jiang Yue whether she wanted to continue to join the army or take the imperial examination, so he just beat around the bush.
Isn't it the best answer to defend the country? Since the general asked again, Jiang Yue said bluntly,
"For fame."
"Merit?" He said it directly.
Wealth and honor come from hard work, and a man should study hard. Ling Yunxiao thought so, but then shook his head.
"Kill the enemy general and you will quickly gain merit. Jiang Yue, do you dare to participate in a real battle?"
"Dare!" Jiang Yue's firm tone was not at all proportional to her age.
Ling Yunxiao was increasingly reluctant to let the person go, and the questions that he had been wanting to ask were forcefully suppressed.
I can only pretend to be deaf and dumb.
Anyway, it wasn't him who recruited Jiang Yue into the army.
"Tell me, what reward do you want?"
Jiang Yue: "Killing the enemy is my duty, I dare not ask for a reward."
Ling Yunxiao: Didn't she say that she did it for fame? She actually didn't ask for a reward?
"Train well these days, and wait for the military camp competition. This general is looking forward to your performance."
Jiang Yue: "I will definitely do my best!"
When I left the general's tent, a cold wind blew over me. It was really cold.
Jiang Yue ran into Wang Quan as soon as she came out of the tent.
"Xiaobing, what's your name, Jiang?"
And it wasn't just Wang Quan, the deputy general Zhang Yan, as well as the captain and military advisor were waiting in the main tent to discuss matters.
Jiang Yue clasped her fists and said, "Jiang Yue."
The others only glanced at her briefly before entering the tent.
Only Wang Quan said, "Jiang Yue, heroes have always emerged from youth. From now on, follow me..."
"Wang Quan!" Ling Yunxiao shouted sternly inside the tent, and Wang Quan hurriedly lifted the curtain and entered the main tent.
Several generals began to analyze the next battle plan.
Thinking of taking back the Linzhou City that belonged to them.