frightfiction Chapter 137 Compromise
Chapter 137 Compromise
"Deputy General Zhang."
Captain Wang said to the generals on the other side, "You can turn back now. Our people have spread the word that the people from the villages that are recruiting soldiers have gathered."
Coincidentally, his horse and the horse of the young general beside him were taken away by the newly dispatched general and his guards, because the general's horse died on the road.
Therefore, Captain Wang only wanted to gather the soldiers as quickly as possible and send them to the border to share the worries of the country and the general.
His life was so difficult that he just thought of arresting people everywhere, because he had this privilege.
Now, because of his rapid recruitment speed, he has solved many urgent problems in the army.
"Follow me!" Lieutenant General Zhang nodded and rode forward.
Jiang Yue took a step forward, thinking about the address Captain Wang had just given him, and clasped his fists and said, "Sir Deputy General, we two have meritorious service, so we can be exempted from joining the army."
As she spoke, she glanced at Lieutenant General Zhang and the motley crowd of recruits behind him, about a thousand people.
The mess of new recruits beside Lieutenant General Zhang were also recruited not long ago and were now wearing plain clothes.
At this moment, the recruits were staring at the two of them, wondering who would dare to refuse conscription with such a reason.
"Merit?" Lieutenant General Zhang lowered his eyes and cast a puzzled look at Captain Wang.
Those who have made achievements naturally have reasons not to join the army.
After hearing this, Captain Wang didn't believe it at all.
Among these men who have joined the army, how many of them want to go to the battlefield?
"Yes, we all made the list of the imperial examination this autumn. We are juren." Ye Chen added hastily. His bitter cheeks showed no trace of his previous arrogance, but his words were spoken with confidence.
"Junren? Produce the evidence." Lieutenant General Zhang spoke. After all, he didn't want to be blamed by his superiors.
Jiang Yue took out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone that she was carrying behind her back. However, the pen, ink, paper and inkstone alone could only prove that she had read some books of sages.
"We are really juren."
Ye Chen didn't bring any writing brush, ink, paper or inkstone with him, so he had his servants take care of everything.
"You two are riding horses and walking around casually. It's obvious that you want to avoid conscription. You must have just escaped from the nearby county town. You even thought of an excuse." Captain Wang has encountered many such things, so at this moment, his impression of Jiang Yue and Ye Chen is really bad.
"You are lucky today because you met me. If you had met a conscription officer, I would have taken you two to see the officer long ago."
Wang Duwei thought that what he said was very reasonable. It was not easy to meet a scholar, and these two people were younger than each other, so they must be lying.
Jiang Yue: "We are from Chuanshui County, which is more than a hundred miles away from here. We are not from nearby."
Captain Wang: "They have escaped for more than a hundred miles? It seems that the officials there need to be strictly controlled."
Jiang Yue: When a scholar meets a soldier, he can't explain his reason clearly.
After hearing this, Deputy General Zhang began to instruct the young general beside him, "Go to Huai'an County, Chuanshui and other places to recruit soldiers later. You must treat them strictly and we will meet tomorrow."
Then he said to Jiang Yue:
"Register and sign!"
"After registration, is it set in stone?" Ye Chen asked cautiously. Captain Wang asked back.
"if not?"
Ye Chen's heart was pounding. Jiang Yue thought to herself, she was careless. If she had known that she would encounter this difficult captain, she should have been careful at all times and taken a detour.
How could she know that someone would intercept and capture her halfway, and she happened to encounter such a thing.
Ye Chen kept shaking his head. He didn't want to join the army, absolutely not!
He looked at Jiang Yue and asked her, do you want to escape?
If he were to join the army, he would surely die.
Jiang Yue glanced into the sky.
I don't know how strong these generals are.
Ye Chen couldn't keep calm, looking around.
Seeing the soldier beside the captain approaching him,
His breathing became heavier, his face became paler, he stopped talking, and his fists became tighter and tighter.
Seeing him like this, Jiang Yue was afraid that he would vomit blood the next moment.
At their side, Deputy General Zhang frowned, "Is that all you have the guts to do?"
Jiang Yue knew that it was not a question of courage, but a scholar's thirst for fame and his expectation of being named on the list of successful candidates.
Ye Chen has been deeply involved in the imperial examination over the years.
"My classmate has been in poor health since childhood, and has been taking medicine all day long. He is really not suitable for joining the army." Jiang Yue thought about it and felt that Ye Chen was indeed not suitable for joining the army.
Captain Wang: "Don't try to be cunning!"
"Look, his face is pale, his lips are bloodless, and his hands are still shaking. This shows that there is something wrong with him." Jiang Yue said while pointing to his heart.
Isn’t this exactly what Ye Chen is doing at this moment?
"If something unusual happened halfway through, wouldn't it be like killing someone in vain?"
When Ye Chen heard this, his mind went blank. Then he covered his chest, feeling indeed uncomfortable.
Deputy General Zhang: "Captain Wang, forget it. What's the point of having such a person here?"
He looked at Jiang Yue, "He doesn't have to go. You, register and sign the signature!"
Every extra soldier you can recruit means a better chance of winning on the battlefield.
Jiang Yue's right hand trembled.
For a moment, my mind recalled various scenes from my past life.
Who says that fame and fortune can only be achieved by becoming an official?
Then I thought of what the deputy general had just said.
If I don't go, my brother-in-law will have to go.
She wrote her name and address details with her right hand and pressed her fingerprints.
Grandma, I'm sorry, Xiaoliu broke his promise.
Ye Chen’s face couldn’t be paler, but he couldn’t stop it.
Finally, Jiang Yue's registration was given special treatment by the young general who was preparing to go to Huai'an County.
All people from different places met along the way will be treated specially to ensure that the conscription records are accurately sent to the local areas.
…the team started moving forward.
Jiang Yue waved at Ye Chen, and saw him retching and collapsing to the ground.
"No, Jiang Yue!"
Ye Chen lay on the ground, unable to get up, and no one cared about him.
He looked at Jiang Yue's receding back and said, "Wait for me to save you, and then we can go on the scientific expedition together."
Jiang Yue turned around and shook her head.
Seeing that his horse was taken away by Captain Wang, he could only walk.
"Jiang Yue, aren't you usually very powerful? Why are you so cowardly today?"
In the team, a sudden word came out. Jiang Yue turned around abruptly, and it turned out to be Xue Wen.
"why you?"
"That's what I wanted to ask. I've been observing you for a long time and thought you would get away with it."
"I want to join the army, is that not allowed?" Jiang Yue glared at Xue Wen unhappily.
"Strange, you don't live in Qinghe Town? Why are you here?"
Xue Wen: "Same as you."
Then, I heard someone whispering,
"Alas, don't put up with your fearless resistance. Your arms are no match for your thighs."
The speaker's name is Donglai, a young man of about seventeen or eighteen years old.
Jiang Yue turned her eyes and asked: "Were you also captured?"
"I was captured by my family, so I guess. The conscription this time came more urgently because they were afraid that we would have to avoid the war."
"Who says it isn't?"
Jiang Yue was certain that the Jiang family could not avoid the conscription this time, and she only hoped that by joining the army she could bring peace to her family.
In the past, there were people from Taoyuan Village who went out to join the army every year. Since their family had no eldest son, they only had to pay money.
Later, she passed the imperial examination and no longer had to hand over money, and her family was exempted from conscription.
But I didn't expect that I would meet such a confused captain today.
"Little brother, you look so thin and small, so you'd better be careful in the future." Donglai wanted to make friends.
Xue Wen stepped forward and interrupted:
"Fortunately, we are close to the border. We don't know how long we can walk. I heard that there are 100,000 troops guarding the border."
On the way, the soldiers' steps became heavier and heavier.
There were many newlyweds who were forcibly separated by conscription.
Jiang Yue followed the army at a fast pace, hoping that the army would stop by Chuanshui County or Qinghe Town.
But unexpectedly, the direction turned to the north.