Chapter 29: Those on Horses and Those on Foot

Wei Jichen, who knew nothing about his child bride's difficult situation, had a good night's sleep. After many days of fatigue, he seemed energetic in the morning. After many days of worry, he was finally able to have a peaceful sleep last night.

It wasn't that he didn't know that Wei Jichen had a young wife waiting for him at home, but he didn't even know how to deal with it for a while, so he selectively forgot about it.

After washing his face and tidying up his clothes, Wei Jichen took steps, led by a soldier, to the station where his sentry troops were stationed.

Hu Dianjia's camp was the Yongzi camp, and the men and horses led by Wei Jichen were the outposts of the Yongzi camp. Because they were replenished, except for the twenty or so prisoners brought back by Wei Jichen, the other personnel were all newly recruited soldiers.

When Wei Jichen arrived at the camp, all the soldiers had already gathered and stood neatly in front of him.

But Wei Jichen still saw indifference in the eyes of most of the soldiers, as if what was standing here was not a person, but an object.

The morale was not very high. Wei Jichen couldn't help but feel anxious when he saw such a situation. He knew that most of these soldiers came from Ye Zhichao's men. Ye Zhichao was captured by the imperial court, and these people were more or less affected.

Fortunately, all the prisoners who escaped with him were looking straight ahead and standing straight.

Wei Jichen followed suit, and every time he walked in front of a soldier, he stopped for a moment. He did not speak, but looked at the soldiers carefully. More than a hundred soldiers felt uncomfortable being stared at by Wei Jichen.

Doesn’t this new sentry have any special hobbies?

Wei Jichen spent half an hour looking at his soldiers before returning to the front, and then slowly said: "Everyone, I am your new sentry officer Wei Jichen. Maybe you have not heard of my name before, but In the future, you will definitely remember this name.”

"Now, I order all the troops to run from here to the hilltop over there, and then run back." Wei Jichen raised his hand, pointed to a hilltop in the distance and said with a smile.

The mountain top is far away from here, I'm afraid it will take a long morning to run.

While some soldiers hesitated for a moment, the captive soldiers who had escaped with Wei Jichen heard the order, but without saying a word, they picked up their rifles, raised their feet, and ran in that direction.

Among them, Mengzi and Huzi ran at the front.

When the other soldiers saw it, they had no choice but to follow him.

"What do you think this new sentry officer is thinking about letting us run early in the morning?"

"Who knows? I heard that this sentry officer escaped from Jiulian City."

"He was a prisoner."

"It seems so, but he was very powerful. Not only did he escape, he also killed several high-ranking Japanese officials."

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Wei Jichen watched the soldiers go away, then smiled slightly and told the soldiers: "Go find me a horse."

The soldiers were a little confused, but they didn't dare to say anything about Wei Jichen's orders. Fortunately, Yongzi camp itself was a horse camp, and not long after, a horse was delivered to Wei Jichen's hands.

At this time, the soldiers had already run a third of the way, and the team was not as neat as before, and seemed a little sparse.

Wei Jichen got on the horse, clamped his legs on the horse's back, raised the whip in his hand, and shouted: "Drive!"

The horse was like a whirlwind, and it didn't take long to catch up with the last soldier.

Hearing the noise, most of the running soldiers turned around to watch, only to see their sentry approaching with an arrogant face.

After Wei Jichen caught up with the soldiers, he did not stop. Instead, he accelerated his speed and passed by the soldiers like lightning. Waves of dust were raised, making the soldiers look disgraced and embarrassed.

When Wei Jichen left, some soldiers began to curse.

"Damn it, what a bullshit sentry. He only knows how to ride a horse, but he makes us run."

"That's right, it's probably because he was young and successful, and his mouth is as high as the sky."

Li Yunfei, who was running in front, couldn't help but smile when he heard the soldiers' discussion.

"Brother Yunfei, what do you think Wei Shao is thinking? Doesn't this arouse the resentment of those people?" Xiaosi glanced around and asked with some worry.

"Don't worry, Zijie must have deep intentions behind what he did." Li Yunfei said with a relaxed look.

After Wei Jichen reached the top of the mountain, he got off his horse and sat leisurely on a big stone with his head down and counting ants.

Half an hour later, one or two of the soldiers came over panting.

Some soldiers even lost their hats on the way. The entire team looked less like an army and more like ordinary people who had just fled from the front line.

Wei Jichen stood up, walked to the front, and shouted with a dark face: "Stand down for me, you guys take a piss and take a look at yourselves. Do you still act like a soldier now? If you encounter a Japanese, you probably won't even be able to escape." There’s no way to escape, let alone fight them.”

All the soldiers looked at Wei Jichen with some indignation and thought to themselves: This sentry officer said it quite easily. You were not afraid of being tired, so you came here on horseback.

Wei Jichen knew what the soldiers were thinking, and this was the result of his deliberate actions.

"Why, you're unhappy, you have a problem with me?" Wei Jichen sneered, and then said: "Yes, I came on horseback. Why, because I am a sentry officer, and you are just a soldier."

Wei Jichen's words were like adding fuel to the fire, igniting everyone's anger.

"Can a sentry officer bully people?"

"That's right, how come the soldiers are not human beings?"

"Shut up!" Wei Jichen roared, then took off his clothes fiercely, revealing his bronze skin.

"Did you see it? This is the scar left in the Battle of Pyongyang, this is the scar left in the Battle of Hushan,..." Wei Jichen pointed at the scars on his body and said sternly: "I survived a lot of dangers and fought hand-to-hand with the Japanese on the battlefield, so I became a sentry officer, so I can ride a horse."

After a pause, Wei Jichen glanced at the soldiers who were frightened by the scars on his body, and continued: "You can? You have no balls, and you were chased by the Japanese and ran away everywhere. How many Japanese did you kill? What qualifications do you have to accuse me of riding a horse? If one day you kill too many Japanese, you will also become a sentry officer. Sentry officer, I, Wei Jichen, will only envy in my heart, and secretly make up my mind that I must get a day to ride a horse. I, Wei Jichen, will not be jealous, will not resent, and will only blame myself for not making enough achievements. "

"Think about it carefully, whether to be a soldier forever, walk on your feet, and envy others riding horses and commanding from behind, or to seek wealth and honor in danger, and fight against the Japanese without flinching, so that even if you fall on the way to charge, others will give you a thumbs up and call you a hero." Wei Jichen's voice became higher and higher, and the soldiers all lowered their heads slowly with shame.

Wei Jichen knew that in extraordinary times, extraordinary things should be done. You are now talking to these soldiers about loyalty to the country, talking about sacrificing for the country, and doing ideological education. That is nonsense, playing the lute to a cow, and there is no time.

The soldiers of this era do not have such a high level of consciousness. The reason why they come to the army is just to get a meal, and they think about promotion, wealth, and glory.

What Wei Jichen had to do was to stimulate the desires of these soldiers to the maximum extent, so that they would understand how to get promoted and make money. It was not okay to be afraid of death. Only by holding on to the heart of risking one's life could one survive on the battlefield and get promoted and make money.

When the soldiers heard these words, they all stood there stupidly as if they were under a spell of immobilization. The scene fell silent for a while.