Chapter 947: Swearing to the Battle (2)
"Today, all the soldiers on the front line of my Independent Group went to fight against the Black Hawk Empire are about to embark on their journey. Here, I don't want to talk about any big principles. I just miss two books for everyone." Liu Lang didn't use a microphone, and walked to the edge of the ceremonial platform built by the logs, scanning the audience with his eyes.
"One is a list of generals who have died in battle since the war began. Just over ten days after the war started, four generals of our army died on the front line. Although I, Liu Lang, are not a general, I will not let the generals be beautiful in the past, and be prepared to be a good man, live up to the Qiong Tongzhou, live up to the expectations of the elders of Andongcheng, and live up to the instructions of my parents and parents."
Liu Lang's decisive oath made the whole audience silent and even forgot to applaud. Especially when Liu Lang's parents asked him to instruct, the officers and soldiers in the audience were silent.
Although they have the ambition to defend their country, their parents, wives and children are also the softest corners in their hearts. It is hard not to be sad when thinking about them.
"Another book was written by my father who asked someone to bring a letter from home to Liu Lang a few days ago. Whenever Liu Lang was with him, he would shed tears in his clothes. However, as a soldier of the country, it is his duty to protect his family and the country. When his heart was cut by a knife, he could only look southwest. May my blood protect his parents and parents. I am now reading my father's home books to everyone and share the thoughts of his parents with my brothers." Liu Lang took out a letter from his chest pocket and chanted loudly: "My son Liu Lang, seeing the letter is like a face. Since the iron hooves of the Black Eagle Empire Army entered my border, he often couldn't sleep in the middle of the night. Since the recent month, my mother has also become a little thin.
At first you joined the army in Haicheng, neither my mother nor you opposed it. I miss you, and you can do what you want, either promotion, fame and fortune, or spend your life with the woman you love. However, I am most afraid of it, that my only son, who has not yet enjoyed life, was lost in bullets.
However, after being unable to sleep for several days, you will eventually understand. If the country is destroyed, the family will be destroyed. Who can do it alone when the mountains and rivers are broken? How can you enjoy life? As a soldier in my kingdom, you must set foot on the forefront of the war to defend the nation. That is also the life you love. Of course, I will help you achieve your wish and must not forget the nation of the kingdom because of the love of raising your calf.
It's apart, Langwai. The army is about to go out to fight. If your father and your mother don't come to see you off, it will not only make you feel sad and useless. That is, on the front line, you should put national affairs first and not think of your parents. Your mother and I should train the village bravery at home and prepare for the national backbone of our country and nation. We will never let down my son and all the officers and soldiers' blood stains on the battlefield."
After reading a letter from home, the whole audience was filled with sadness.
Many women covered their mouths and tried hard not to let themselves speak sadly, and men also looked like water, trying hard not to let tears roll.
That parent doesn't love his children? But when the country was destroyed and the family was destroyed, he endured the pain of his heart and sent his son to the battlefield. In order to avoid tears from hurting morale, he could not even see it for the last glance. The letter from Liu Shunhe to his son Liu Lang was definitely a heavy tear gas for parents.
Facing the tears of the soldiers and the people, Liu Lang's sonorous and powerful voice did not stop: "Looking at my entire kingdom, the entire Qiutongzhou, not only my father is so wise, but this flag "death" given to his son by the old man in the Wang family is also a representative of my parents. If we don't defend such parents, who will protect such a home? If we don't protect such a home, who will protect this place? Here are two thousand martyrs who sacrificed their country for my Independent Corps, and tens of thousands of people in Andong City. I, Liu Lang, vowed here that the Black Hawk Empire will not be destroyed, and I will vow not to return home."
"The Black Hawk Empire is immortal and I will never return home."
"The Black Hawk Empire is immortal and I will never return home."
Not only were all the officers and soldiers of the Independent Regiment shouting, but the people around were also infected by Liu Lang being passionately influenced by the passionate officers and soldiers on the field, most of whom were crying and waving their arms and shouting slogans.
The sound of thundering and thundering in the mountains caused a burst of rumbling echoes among the mountains. Even if Liu Lang followed the sign down and could stop, the rumbling echoes still rippled among the mountains. It seemed that the ancient Ningling was also shouting from the mountains for this army that was sworn in.
"Now, please invite County Magistrate Wang, Andongcheng County, to speak on behalf of the people." Zhang Ruhao took a step forward and invited County Magistrate Wang, who was standing in the audience, to speak on the stage.
County Magistrate Wang did not wear his usual suit, but stood in front of the stage in a long robe. The old official who had been hanging in the officialdom for decades was choked up and calmed for a while before hissing: "The soldiers who are about to go to the expedition are mostly for me. Wang promises that on any day, he will treat his parents and relatives well to make them have no worries about food and clothing. Wang did a lot of mistakes in the past, but today Wang wants to correct his mistakes. More than 100,000 people from our Qiu Tong Army went out of Qiu Tongzhou to go to the front line. Wang wants to build a donation platform to raise military funds and military supplies, and Wang donates 10,000 of his family's funds first."
After saying that, the county magistrate Andongcheng, who was speaking simply to the point, waved to the audience. Four big men carried a large wooden box and placed it on the platform. County magistrate Wang took an axe handed to him by his servant and slashed towards the wooden box. White silver coins rolled out, and it was shiny.
Ten thousand silver coins are not a lot. Many families who have been operating for hundreds of years and decades have much more silver coins than this hidden in the cellars, but this silver coins are definitely a considerable amount for County Mayor Wang, who has not had much money to make in recent years.
Even Liu Lang didn’t expect that this old official would come here today. This is just the rhythm of life!
Obviously, County Mayor Wang thought more resolutely than Liu Lang. He didn't count by splitting the silver box, but he threw his gold watch and gold ring onto the silver coins.
With his demonstration, a group of gentry watching the ceremony in the audience followed suit, and took the money to prepare for the military to take the money. Those who didn't bring the money also threw the gold jewelry they carried on the stage. The man took out the gold watch and the woman took off the gold bracelet on his wrist.
What Liu Lang and the officers and soldiers of the Independent Regiment did not expect was that not only these rich people were acting. The onlookers spontaneously lined up in two rows and walked past the rostrum. Everyone took out the money and put it on the stage, including silver coins and copper coins.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! But what is most unexpected is that an old beggar with a cane holding a broken rice bowl and tremblingly placed the three copper coins hidden in his arms on the pile of money. That may be his last property, and perhaps the money he reserved for survival to prevent him from not being able to get food for several days. However, he was unhappy and resolute.
Looking at the trembling and hunched back, at that moment, everyone was silent and everyone's eyes were wet, regardless of officers, soldiers and civilians.
That scene, countless years later, remains in the minds of everyone who once stood in this school ground.
The moment a group of disabled veterans who had no arms, legs or eyes placed their saved military pay on the stage without any nostalgia, ignited the last tear point in the venue that desperately held back.
Whether it was as strong as Liu Lang or as weak as the young nurse in a field hospital, they all burst into tears, and the whole audience burst into tears.
Not counting the promises of the gentry, just on-site inventory, the entire audience donated more than 250,000 silver coins and more than 400 taels of gold. However, Liu Lang refused to accept it, believing that since the money was donated to Qiu Tongjun by the people of Andongcheng, the Independent Regiment should not be enjoyed exclusively.
Liu Langtai knew the dilemma that Qiu Tongjun was facing at this time. Because of his own emergence, Qiu Tongjun's weapons are now better than the singles in time and space, and there are not many machine guns in a battalion. I don't know where to go. In terms of battalion-level light firepower, Qiu Tongjun is not even weaker than the Black Hawk Army.
However, Qiu Tongjun was really poor and had given rubber shoes, but when they left Qiu Tongzhou, most of the rubber shoes were still in their backpacks and were wearing straw sandals they had already used to. According to people from Ancheng, the 22nd Army that were preparing to go north to fight against the Black Hawk Empire, each of them prepared rations for ten days, hoping to find the old man in Ling Pizhou to ask for supplies when he arrived in Ling Pizhou.
However, Liu Lang knew very well that the old man from Ling Pizhou in the play was extremely disgusted with this group of Qiu Tongjun and did not allocate a penny of military pay to supplies.
In the end, the batch of property was decided to be transported back to the county town by the Andongcheng County Government first, and then handed over to Gao Jianming's 22nd Army, who would immediately leave Qiu Tongzhou along the two prefectures highways as military funds.
Xiao Yangniuer donated 50,000 silver coins separately to the independent group. After pondering, Liu Lang briefly discussed with Zhang Ruhao and Chi Dakui and handed the money over to the old couple who originally opened a mutton shop in Yamaguchi and the mayor of Shuguang Town, hoping that they would build a large herbal tea shop on the side of the road.
The roads of the two states will become the main roads for Qiu Tongzhou to contact each state, and a large number of supplies and personnel will pass by here. If such a herbal tea shop provides free tea and rice cakes, it will also be a support for them from the whole county of Andongcheng.
The boss and his wife accepted the request that was not a military order in tears. They patted their chests and said that they would definitely live up to Liu Lang's entrusted to hold the herbal tea shop. They would run as long as the war lasts, even if they were exhausted from their family wealth.
The mayor of the "Shuguang" town - a retired second lieutenant of an independent regiment due to disability, also said that he would do his best to assist the boss and his wife in getting the matter done well, and the town finance association ensured all the money and grain supply.
After everything was done, everything was said, and with Liu Lang shouting loudly, "going to the battle."
All the personnel from the Independent Regiment turned around collectively, and at the gala of people's attention and the military salute of their left-behind comrades, they headed to the Sanbengzi convoy that had already assembled three miles away.
Liu Lang looked around and never found the familiar shadow. The woman who loved him the most, the comrade who had lived and died with him, did not appear in the crowd who saw him off.
With Liu Lang's free and easy life, he couldn't help but feel sad. When he parted this day, he didn't know when he would meet.
However, just as Liu Lang was about to move, his eyes suddenly narrowed and his steps could not help but stop.
Chapter completed!