Chapter 69: Nie Cairong Leaves After Leaving a Letter
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Wei Jichen wiped the tea off his face in frustration. He couldn't understand why Nie Shicheng reacted so strongly. Since your nephew Nie Rongcai came to the army to gild himself, wouldn't it be just what you want to let him be a sentry officer?
"Zijie, are you sure you are talking about Rongcai just now?" Nie Shicheng stared at Wei Jichen with a strange expression.
Wei Jichen was so scared by his look that he said, "It is Brother Rongcai. Brother Rongcai saved my life. In addition, Brother Rongcai's marksmanship and military tactics are good. Besides, he is the nephew of General Nie. If he comes to my Weizi Camp, it will definitely be convenient for me to ask General Nie for supplies in the future."
At this point, Wei Jichen blinked.
"Okay, Wei Zijie, you have this idea. I said that my nephew's martial arts skills are ordinary and she is a bit effeminate. I have never understood why you like her. Today, it seems that you have other intentions." Nie Shicheng stroked his beard and laughed.
Nie Shicheng was not annoyed when Wei Jichen said frankly that it would be convenient to ask for supplies with his nephew. If Wei Jichen kept it secret, he would be unhappy.
As soon as Nie Shicheng finished speaking, a crisp voice came from outside the big tent.
"Who said my martial arts skills are ordinary?" A man in a brand new military uniform walked in with small steps and an angry face.
This person was Nie Cairong. It turned out that when she walked to the door of the general's tent just now, she happened to meet Nie Shicheng and Wei Jichen talking about her, so Nie Cairong quietly lurked outside, ready to see what the two said about her.
Who would have thought that his grandfather would talk more and more outrageously, and belittle him to the point of being worthless.
This was too much, Nie Cairong, who thought she was invincible, immediately got angry and blurted out that sentence.
"Rongcai, you are here, sit down, sit down." Nie Shicheng's old face was embarrassed, and he quickly picked up the teacup to drink tea to cover it up.
It seems that I have to find a place where no one is around to say bad things about people behind their backs in the future. This time, he was caught by the real person. Even Nie Shicheng, who was used to seeing big storms, retreated under Nie Cairong's angry look.
"Grandpa... Uncle, why do you say that about my nephew? The day before yesterday, you said that I was a martial arts expert and rare in the world. Why do you change your mind when you turn around?" Nie Cairong put her hands on her waist, pouted her lips, and her big eyes were filled with tears.
"I'm just saying this casually!" Nie Shicheng said, "Rongcai, have you recovered?"
"Of course, I can fight a tiger with my bare hands now. If you don't believe me, go catch a tiger and let me try." Nie Cairong waved his fist with confidence, showing his two tiger teeth and said with his teeth bared.
Catch a tiger and let him try. Only Nie Rongcai can say such childish words. Wei Jichen saw the uncle and nephew playing tricks on each other, and couldn't help thinking of himself and his sister in the past. Family affection is priceless, but it's a pity that everything has become a thing of the past.
Wei Jichen's face darkened, and Nie Cairong saw it in her heart. She couldn't help wondering why Brother Wei, who had a smiling face just now, now looked like a little old man who had experienced vicissitudes of life, depressed and silent there alone.
"Brother Wei, did you just say that your Wei camp is still short of a sentry officer? Rongcai is willing to take up the post." Nie Cairong mentioned what happened just now, trying to make Wei Jichen get out of his lost look.
Wei Jichen really recovered, buried the slight sadness in his heart, and said with a smile: "Yes, I just mentioned this to Marshal Nie, but Marshal Nie hasn't agreed yet."
Nie Cairong immediately looked at Nie Shicheng with a pair of innocent big eyes, with a look of pleading and expectation. If it were in modern times, there would be a special word to describe this expression - acting cute.
Nie Shicheng shook his head and said seriously: "This is impossible, Zijie, you must not mention it again in the future."
Wei Jichen had to make a helpless expression to Nie Cairong.
Nie Cairong was not happy when she heard what Nie Shicheng said. She said righteously, "Marshal Nie, there is no joking in the army. You told me that day that if I recovered and could jump, you would promote me to be an officer. Now is the time for you to fulfill your promise. As the commander-in-chief, you should be fair and promote people regardless of their relationship. Tell me yourself, can I not be qualified to be a sentry officer just because I fought for my life and killed two Japanese assassins and saved Brother Wei's life?"
Nie Shicheng was speechless when asked. He glanced at Wei Jichen who seemed to be enjoying the show, and said angrily, "Rongcai, if you talk nonsense again, I will send you home."
Nie Cairong's mouth was raised high, but she was afraid that Nie Shicheng would send her home, so she had to snort and said, "Marshal Nie is unfair. I will never believe what Marshal Nie said again."
After Nie Cairong finished speaking, she turned her head away, and even did not say a word, and rushed out angrily.
"My nephew has been spoiled since he was a child." Nie Shicheng looked at the direction where Nie Cairong left and shook his head helplessly.
Wei Jichen said in confusion: "Since Brother Rongcai has been spoiled since he was a child, why not let him go down and polish it?"
Nie Shicheng just shook his head and said you don't understand.
The next day, Wei Jichen met Cheng Buzhi, the officer of the rear camp of the Fengtian Army who had just been assigned to his command. Cheng Buzhi was in his fifties, with a gray beard, neither tall nor short. He had been exposed to the wind and sun for many years, which made his skin slightly darker. What impressed people was his deep eyes that seemed to see through everything.
"Your subordinate has met Lord Wei!" Cheng Buzhi's expression did not change at all, and it was hard to guess what he was thinking.
"Mr. Cheng, thank you for your courtesy. I am very nervous and feel great pressure when I first took over the Fengtian Army. The Fengtian Army is the elite division under Zuo Baogui who sacrificed his life for the country. I can only do my best to live up to the reputation of Admiral Zuo." Wei Jichen hurried over, took Cheng Buzhi's arms, and treated him with the courtesy of a junior.
When Cheng Buzhi heard Wei Jichen talking about Zuo Baogui, his expression dimmed, and he accepted his courtesy as a junior.
"Sir Wei, the troops are ready and can set off at any time." After a slight mood swing, Cheng Buzhi returned to his original state of neither joy nor sorrow.
Wei Jichen felt like he was being scratched by a cat. What did Cheng Buzhi think of him?
Thinking of this, Wei Jichen suddenly felt something in his heart. He really didn't know that he was in a treasure mountain. He had the observation technique in his hand, so why did he almost forget it?
Wei Jichen closed his eyes slightly, then looked at Cheng Buzhi and silently chanted "observation".
A green light shot up into the sky, and a line of numbers appeared above Cheng Buzhi's head.
"Friendliness 50, it seems that Cheng Buzhi has a good or bad impression of me, but this look of keeping strangers away really makes me think that he is deeply dissatisfied with me." Wei Jichen breathed a sigh of relief and said to himself.
Cheng Buzhi didn't know that he had exposed himself in front of Wei Jichen. He still maintained his indignant expression and said, "Sir, when will the army set out?"
Wei Jichen came back to his senses and said with a smile, "We will set out at noon. Let the soldiers get to know each other first."
Having said this, Wei Jichen asked someone to call Li Yunfei. He first introduced the two to each other, and then asked the two to merge the soldiers of Weizi Camp with the soldiers of Cheng Buzhi's camp. They would fight side by side in the future, so at least the generals in the camp had to get familiar with each other first.
The army was full of straightforward warriors. It didn't take long for the soldiers of the two camps to start talking and laughing. There was no longer any original estrangement, and time passed slowly in this chat.
When it was noon, Ma Jinxu also led his three camps to come slowly. The two armies joined together, with about 2,500 people.
For a while, flags were waving and war horses were roaring.
Nie Shicheng appeared in time, bringing a group of trusted staff and other generals to bid farewell to Wei Jichen.
Ma Jinxu and Wei Jichen rode on horses, both looking at Nie Shicheng below.
"Lisheng, Zijie, this time to reinforce, it must be dangerous. I hope you two can work together to fight against the Japanese." Nie Shicheng gave the final instructions with a serious tone.
"Don't worry, Marshal Nie. Lord Ma has experienced hundreds of battles, and Zijie will definitely follow his lead." Wei Jichen smiled and glanced at Ma Jinxu, then clasped his fists and said to him.
"Okay, okay, Lord Wei's name as the god of death is not a false name. When the time comes, we will have to rely on Lord Wei a lot." Ma Jinxu also replied with a smile.
Seeing that the two were respectful to each other, Nie Shicheng couldn't help but feel relieved. If the generals were to do dirty things to each other, it would only make the enemy happy and the loved ones hurt.
"I have long seen that you, Zijie, have many extraordinary qualities. I never thought that you can be independent now." Hu Dianjia said with deep emotion.
The other generals nodded in agreement after hearing this. Wei Jichen's promotion speed is really jaw-dropping.
Especially Feng Guozhang behind Nie Shicheng, he looked envious. When Wei Jichen was still a small sentry officer, he didn't feel anything. If Wei Jichen had been promoted to a general, he Feng Guozhang would still be a staff member.
Feng Guozhang was envious, jealous, and hateful. All kinds of feelings mixed together, it was really bitter.
Wei Jichen glanced at the crowd and didn't see Nie Rongcai coming to see him off. He couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.
"So, Marshal Nie, everyone, I, Wei Jichen, Wei Zijie, will take my leave. See you on the day of victory!" Wei Jichen clasped his fists on the horse and said solemnly.
On the battlefield, life is so fragile. Maybe the person who is still talking and laughing with you today will become a cold corpse tomorrow.
I hope that when we meet again in the future, all those who came to see him off will be safe and sound.
After Ma Jinxu said goodbye, Nie Shicheng nodded and waved to the whole army.
Wei Jichen turned his horse's head, whipped the horse whip forward, and shouted loudly: "Let's go!"
More than 2,000 troops slowly started to move. Soon, the soldiers sped up when they set foot on the road to go far away.
In an instant, these soldiers who were going far away had become small black dots in the eyes of Nie Shicheng and others.
"Marshal Nie, it's time to go back." Feng Guozhang persuaded on the side.
Nie Shicheng nodded with some melancholy, and then resolutely turned around and walked towards the general's tent.
But when he was halfway there, he saw Liu Liu walking quickly with an anxious look on his face.
"General Nie, something terrible has happened." Liu Liu walked quickly to Nie Shicheng's side and whispered in his ear.
The other staff and generals understood that Nie Shicheng had something to do, so they stepped forward and said goodbye.
After everyone left, Nie Shicheng looked at Liu Liu's nervous face and asked, "What happened?"
"The eldest lady is missing, leaving only this letter." Liu Liu hurriedly took out a letter from her arms and handed it to Nie Shicheng in a panic.
Nie Shicheng opened the letter without changing his expression, and saw only a few lines of words on it: Cairong followed Wei Jichen to Xiuyan to fight the enemy, I hope grandpa will not worry about me, unfilial granddaughter: Nie Cairong stays.
"Master, are you going to chase the eldest lady back?" Liu Liu also saw those big words, and was stunned for a while before asking.
Nie Shicheng sighed and said with some relief: "Some birds can't be caged after all, just let them go."
"But the eldest lady seems to be too close to Wei Jichen." Liu Liu said while trying to figure out the words.
"Girls can't stay at home when they grow up. Forget it. We old people shouldn't care about the affairs of young people." Nie Shicheng flicked his sleeves and said helplessly. As an experienced person, how could he not see that Nie Cairong had already fallen deeply in love with Wei Jichen.
Not to mention that Nie Shicheng was extremely depressed here, but after Nie Cairong left a letter and left, she felt like a fish swimming in the sea and a bird flying in the sky, and she felt extremely happy.
Nie Cairong was afraid that Nie Shicheng would send someone to chase her, so she had already made plans in her mind. She would not join the army first, but would go ahead alone and wait in a small town where the army was going to pass.
Nie Cairong was happy in her heart, and she hummed a little song unconsciously. From time to time, she whipped the horse and galloped for a while. When she was tired, she let the horse walk slowly. For a moment, she felt that there was nothing happier than this.
There were few people on the trail. If it weren't for the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, it would be estimated that this road would be sparsely populated.
At that time, the population of Northeast China was very small. In order to have a retreat, the Qing Dynasty implemented a closed-door policy on Northeast China, strictly prohibiting people from pouring into Northeast China. Unexpectedly, it benefited the Japanese in the end.
Matsuda Yeren lay motionless in a ditch beside the road, staring at the front without blinking, as if afraid of missing something.
Matsuda Yeren was a deserter from the 10th Brigade. That night, when Wei Jichen rushed towards him, he turned around and ran away without hesitation.
Matsuda Yeren thought to himself: I am just a small vendor in Osaka. I joined the army just to make money in China. I don’t have to give my life for making money.
The fleeing Matsuda Yeren lost his way at night and didn’t know where he was. What’s more terrible is that he hasn’t eaten anything for two days.
Although he had a rifle in his hand and he had encountered wild boars several times, Matsuda Yeren’s ordinary shooting skills did not catch any prey.
Therefore, this cowardly Japanese soldier finally decided to take up the ancient profession of robbery.
His requirements were not high, as long as he could rob a full meal.
When he saw Nie Cairong slowly appear in his sight, he smiled.
A woman, even a woman riding a horse, is still a woman, who dared to go on the road alone. Today, I, Matsuda Yeren, will let you see why the flowers of the empire are so red.