Wu Qianli jumped up from the ship's board reflexively. He didn't even have time to put on his clothes. He grabbed his gun and ran out quickly. Before Xu Qing could react, the figure disappeared from his eyes.

Almost the next moment, his bomb-like voice responded from outside:

"——Arrived five thousand miles away!!!"

Xu Qing quickly got up and followed out.

Outside the cabin.

As long as you are on the deck, you can just see circles of fire moving across the lake, which are particularly clear in the dark night, and the sound of horse hooves can be heard in all directions.

Xu Qing looked carefully:

A few hundred meters away, a small group of unfamiliar cavalrymen were galloping up the mountain road. They all wore high-carrying torches and carried guns on their backs, full of murderous spirit.

Upon hearing the response, the cavalrymen reined in their reins and started spinning in circles.

Later.

The leading officer stood on his horse, saw the person clearly, and responded with the same roar:

"Ninth Corps Wu Qianli obeys the order!"

"The division headquarters ordered that if there is an emergency, stop visiting the family and return to the team at dawn!"

"Repeat! If there is an emergency, stop visiting the family and return to the team at dawn!"

"Quickly——"

"yes!"

The two sides roared at each other, and the sound shook both sides of the lake.

There was an echo in the depression, and the roar was like a thunder exploding around the lake, waking up most of the fishing village on the river bank.

soon.

The light of fire and the sound of hooves went away as quickly as they came. The cavalry bypassed the winding Hugu Mountain Road and continued to turn to another nearby settlement without stopping.

The only sounds left in the valley were dogs barking, birds chirping, adults coughing, children crying, some who were awakened from light sleep cursing, and some curious fishermen stretching their heads inside the boat to watch.

...A blind man could tell that something serious was going on.

"elder brother?"

The light of the torch gradually faded away on the mountainside. Xu Qing saw that Wu Qianli was still standing upright at the bow of the ship, his face was serious and his brows were furrowed.

He approached: "Is this going to be a war?"

"……should be."

Qianli came back to his senses.

He has been in the army for five or six years and has experienced dozens of battles with the army, so he knows what this kind of emergency order probably means.

"The battle in the south has just ended. This time we may go to the other side of the strait."

He held the handle of the gun tightly with his big hands, paused for a moment, and seemed to be thinking: "...Liberate all of China."

Xu Qing shook his head. It couldn't be that easy. It will be difficult even after seventy years.

We can only find another way to get ashore.

"Do you still want to fight?"

Wu Qianli didn't know what he was thinking, so he put the gun in his holster and turned around to ask.

Xu Qing didn't speak, just looked into the distance.

"War is not that simple. Have you seen it? This is a soldier. This is war. There is no room for delay. No one can be left behind! War is fought for the country. Guns and artillery fire are going to kill people. It is not a joke!"

He pointed in the direction of the mountainside cavalry's departure.

Finished.

Maybe he felt that his tone was harsh, so he turned around and said, "Stop talking, go back to bed first, our eldest brother and I are enough to deal with the war. Just stay at home and don't cause trouble, you know?"

Xu Qing understood what he meant and did not answer or resist.

But he knew in his heart that his wish of "five thousand miles" forced him to join the army, whether he wanted to or not.

This is an unsolvable question.

The two of them returned to the cabin side by side. As soon as they opened the door curtain, they suddenly stopped unconsciously——

Under the dim moonlight, two old people were sitting behind a compartment on the other side of the ship, looking at them. The old mother covered her heart with a sad look on her face, staring straight at Wu Qianli:

"...You still want to leave and fight?"

Qianli's mouth moved a few times, as if he was explaining:

"If there is no war going on, then there is still fighting going on. Maybe there is something going on in the army..."

As he spoke, his voice became smaller and smaller, and finally fell silent.

Wu Shili just stayed there, the old mother didn't say anything but her tears fell straight down, and the atmosphere in the boat suddenly became inexplicably heavy.

Return to the ship.

Xu Qing and Wu Qianli looked at each other without saying anything and lay down straight.

"Go to sleep."

"Can't sleep."

"You can always fall asleep."

"Then move your feet to the side, the smell is too strong."

"...It's just such a small amount of land, it can't be moved."

"when are we leaving?"

"Leave at dawn."

"Then when will you come back?"

"Wait for the beginning of spring. I will come back at the beginning of spring and build you a new house..."

Can you really come back?

Xu Qing shook his head.

Just as he was about to talk to Wu Qianli again, he found that the tough man next to him was sleeping on the bed, snoring loudly.

He looked at the moon, then at the figures around him, and suddenly smiled.

What a simple era, what a good soldier...

The peaceful and peaceful life in the future will be built by these people one battle at a time.

In just a day or two, he had a spontaneous admiration for this famous man, as well as the inherent admiration of flesh and blood in this body. In addition, knowing the ending of the tragic sacrifice in the original movie, he felt even more so now.

Mixed emotions.

Sighing, something in his heart slowly began to harden.

Don’t worry anymore…

If a person dies, a bird will look up to the sky, and he will not die for tens of thousands of years.

Now that we have come to this era.

You can't enjoy a peaceful life for decades and then just give up when you need to make a contribution, right?

Give it a try.

For myself...and for more people.

After thinking about this, Xu Qing's mood became clear and he was no longer so depressed.

Sometimes, as long as you make up your mind, no matter how difficult or out-of-reach you are, things will no longer feel so daunting and scary in an instant.

He turned over, his shiny black eyes opened in the darkness.

"How happy should we be if we are born in the future?"

Looking at this cramped and crowded awning boat, with four or five members of the family sleeping together, and thinking about the new house Wu Qianli mentioned, I sighed in my heart.

How big is the Wu family now?

Anyway, it is a big awning boat.

A family of four or five were all crammed into this boat, which had broken rails and was very poor. The boat served as everything the family needed. Almost everything they ate, drank, and had food was on this small boat.

When it's time to sleep, a coir raincoat mat is spread out on the spot and it becomes a bed. When you lie on it, you can see the stars in the faint night sky. Just like now, parents are on one side, and the brothers are on the other side, with only a thin curtain in between.

It is extremely poor, small and dilapidated, but its greatest advantage is tranquility.

This is the most true portrayal of this era.

A cool night breeze blows across the lake.

The wind blows up the curtain at the door of the ship, the osprey standing on the stern turns its gray eyes and flutters its feathers, the paddles beat by its ears, the water flows, the insects chirp, and the moon is silent. Everything is quiet.

I felt the fishing boat slowly swaying with the waves beneath me, and there were fireflies flying in the sky, swimming in the night, flickering.

Xu Qing inexplicably wanted to reach out and grab it, but failed.

He yawned and closed his eyes:

Fight, fight, and soon, life will be better.
Chapter completed!