area51novel Chapter 664 The choice of the elderly
Chapter 664 The choice of the elderly
The soldiers followed the old man's order and tied up several commanders.
The commander was very disappointed and asked the old man: "Mr. Hong, why is this?"
Mr. Hong looked at the commanders and then let out a long sigh.
"Actually, we don't want to either. It's just that you guys are too 'dead-headed', so we can only do this!"
"We are all old guys. It is too dangerous to evacuate with the army, which wastes the energy of the army and holds everyone back."
"So, we old guys discussed it and decided to stay and give you more time to retreat, so that we can feel better!"
The commander still wanted to struggle and persuaded the soldiers with sincere words.
"You are soldiers, and I am your commander. It is a violation of military discipline for you to tie me up like this!"
Then, before the commanders could finish speaking, the old man said:
"The soldiers are all young men from our family. Although they have been reorganized, they have not yet clearly carried the banner of the Han Army and cannot be considered a regular army."
"So don't waste your breath. At least as long as we are not dead, they will still listen to us!"
The commander felt a little uncomfortable, but looked very solemn and explained to the old people:
"Mr. Hong, once you are a soldier of the Han army, you will always be a soldier of the Han army. Our Han army has no habit of leaving behind the old, weak, women and children and running away!"
"And Mr. Hong, although what you said is good, it does not mean that what they did is right. You should let me go and evacuate with the large army!"
The old man shook his head, and then smiled: "You said it yourself, you are a soldier of the Han Army day by day, and you will be a soldier of the Han Army all your life."
"During this period, we have fought many battles with the Han army, and we are also seen on the battlefield. Can you say that we are not warriors?"
The old man looked at the somewhat speechless commanders, "Look, you all regard us as colleagues, so we are also soldiers. Since we are soldiers, why do you discriminate against veterans?"
"We are old, not dead. We can still fight. As commanders, you shouldn't look down on veterans like this!"
"You are the commander, and you also know that when the large army retreats, it is necessary to break up the rear!"
"Generally speaking, the troops that cut off the rear must be elite, otherwise they will be discovered by the enemy and cause the entire army to be defeated. Therefore, we veterans are older and have more experience, so wouldn't we be the most suitable army for cutting off the rear?"
When the commanders heard this, their eyes widened and their mouths opened with disbelief on their faces.
"You are sophistry, this is sophistry, this is not valid, we won't allow it!"
However, the old man ignored them and gave them all the reasons. What else could he say to these "deadheads"?
So he said to the soldiers: "Remember, follow the retreat route quickly, and put them down when they are far away."
The soldiers said solemnly: "We know, Grandpa Patriarch!"
The old man nodded, took one of the young men, who was only seventeen or eighteen years old, and explained to him:
"Remember, you listen to me now, but after leaving, you have to listen to the commander, remember!"
With tears in his eyes, the young man nodded, "I understand, Grandpa!"
The old man was very pleased and said, "Remember, you must follow the big army, join the Han army, and then overthrow Dagan and avenge your father and mother!"
The boy nodded again: "Yes!"
"There is no need to avenge us. We old guys are old, but we still have the ability to fight. So even if we die, we will drag some Daqian soldiers to pay with our lives!"
"Ok!"
"You have to study hard. If you don't study, you will be stuck in the field. If you don't have enough food from farming, you will starve to death or be bullied to death!"
"Ok!"
"You have to lead everyone to escape and lead everyone to survive. My Hong's incense cannot be cut off!"
"Ok!"
"If you win one day, come back and take a look. This is our family's ancestral land. Don't forget it!"
"Ok!"
"If you are still alive and come here to build a grave for us old men, I guess these bastards will leave us alone!"
"Ok!"
"You, you have to train hard, study hard, and practice martial arts well. You must not let me down!"
"Ok!"
"Remember to wear more clothes when the weather gets cold!"
"Ok!"
“When you go out, be sure to bring dry food and clothes with you!”
"Ok!"
"Also...forget it, it's time for you to go, I won't say more. From today on, you will grow up!!"
"Ok!"
The tears in the young man's eyes were completely uncontrollable and flowed down.
"Let's go, let's go quickly!"
Seeing this, the old people waved their hands and urged everyone to go faster.
In this way, in the dark night, a group of people passed through the trail, bypassed Daqian's army, and began to set off towards their destination.
Arriving at a safe place, Captain Zhang persuaded in a low voice:
"Xiao Hong, I know you are sad, and I feel bad too!"
"How about you let me go and I'll take people to the village to bring your grandfather and the others back?"
Under the illumination of the torch, the young man had already shed all his tears, so he was completely unmoved by Captain Zhang's temptation.
"Grandpa said that we have to walk for a while before we can loosen the captains. At least we have to wait until dawn the next day. In this way, we will have gone further, and you will not want to go back!"
As soon as these words came out, Captain Zhang was so angry that he had nowhere to vent his anger.
"I tell you Xiao Hong, you are a soldier and I am the commander. You should obey orders. Now I order you to put me down!"
The young man shook his head, "No, grandpa said, you are a good person. If I let you go, you will definitely go back. Only if you go far, you will not go back for everyone!"
"So, don't let go!!"
These words made Captain Zhang almost gasp, "You must understand that I am going to save your grandpa!"
The young man nodded: "I know, but my grandpa said, they don't need you to save them!"
"Well, Xiaohong, you are still young now, and you may not understand that this parting may be the farewell between you and your grandfather forever, so put me down, be good, ah..."
"My grandpa said that I have grown up today, so I have to listen to grandpa and never let go!"
"you......"
"Well, Xiaohong, you see you have grown up, do you want to have your own opinion? What your grandpa said may not be right, so how about letting me go?"
"Captain, what you said is contradictory. Since I have grown up, I naturally know whether my grandfather's words are correct, so..."
"Don't let it go!"
"I........."
Captain Zhang is so angry, who is so stupid these days?
As long as this child's head is not sold, it is considered a good thing! !
However, he was also discouraged. It was impossible for commanders like them to be put down.
Without him, this was the last order issued by the elders of these warriors' families with their own lives and the family's incense inheritance. There was no way they could resist.
In this regard, Captain Zhang could only let out a long sigh!
"Ugh!!!"