Selaginella has witnessed countless people falling to the ground. Yunyang is not as corrupt as Tiancheng, but in bad harvest years, it is common for some people to freeze to death and starve to death.
Selaginella had seen a neighbor’s elder brother who looked rather strong and was used as hard labor before. One day, he suddenly vomited blood and slowly fell to his knees on the ground, and never got up again. There was no trauma on his body, but he died suddenly. Later, the person who carried the corpse said that he had a lot of muscles on his body, but years of hard work had made his internal organs as brittle as paper, and he was already an empty shell.
There are also some miners who dig underground all night without sleep. Some people often fall asleep lightly, and the blood vessels in their heads suddenly burst silently, and they will never wake up. Those workers have also been overused to the point of almost numbness. Sometimes a person dies in a corner, and no one will find out for several days. They will be carried out and buried when they start to rot.
Although I have seen many similar situations, when someone around me fell down, Selaginella immediately reached out to him, wanting to give him a hand. At this moment, Li Neng turned his head, saw this scene, and walked over frowning.
Selaginella didn't notice Li Neng's approach, and quickly helped the man take off his helmet, only to find that all his black hair had stuck to his face, and it looked like a steamer under the helmet, steaming hot water was coming out when he opened it. This soldier was a middle-aged man in his thirties. He was obviously skinny, but his complexion was abnormally rosy, and he was already unconscious.
"What's the matter, what happened?"
Li Neng asked a question coldly, and Selaginella hurriedly replied:
"My lord, someone has passed out, he must be sent to a cool place immediately, and feed him some water, otherwise..."
"No!"
Li Neng interrupted him, speaking in an official tone with a serious face:
"A soldier must look like a soldier. Not to mention that he is still alive and well, even if he has only one breath left, he must obey the general's order first! If this is the first of its kind, dozens of people will faint in the next day. We Is this team still practicing? Hold him up and stand up! Our men in Yunyang are not so fragile yet!"
At that moment, Selaginella only felt the energy and blood rushing up all over his body, and wanted to question Li Neng loudly: It's not you who can't eat enough, and it's not you who wear armor and stand for a long time under the scorching sun! What qualifications do you have to say such high-sounding words? People are not made of iron, do you want us all to die in this wilderness before you change your mind
But when the words came to his lips, Selaginella still swallowed with difficulty.
He slowly calmed down his breathing, put his hands under the armpits of the fainted soldier, helped him stand up, and used his body to help him block the scorching sun. Li Neng glanced at him, followed by the maid, and left. Before leaving, he did not forget to give a warning:
"Don't let me catch you being lazy!"
Naturally, Selaginella would not be lazy, he stood silently in the sun, listening to other school officials pointing at him. Ordinary ones probably mean that he wanted to show off in front of Li Neng, but he was unsuccessful, and more serious ones mean that he intends to use this to buy people's hearts. Anyway, most of the comments are not positive, which is also in line with the consistent truth in this world. When black becomes the main color, a little bit of white looks a bit dazzling, so all people voluntarily mobilized and made contributions for the same own contribution.
After the training, Selaginella helped the unconscious man to rest. Just barely walking under the shade of a tree, Selaginella passed out himself.
He was awakened by the cold water. When he turned over and sat up, he found that he was surrounded by ordinary soldiers under his command, and everyone gathered around him without saying a word. The person who fainted before was also there, and he woke up earlier, and now he lowered his head with a face of self-blame, and said:
"It's hurting the officer-in-charge."
Selaginella shook his head and replied:
"I am the person you elected, and I have to lead you to live."
The expressions on the faces of the thirty or so people around did not change much. The man who had fainted before said with a wry smile:
"But Colonel, what is the purpose of living? When I fell down, I thought I would never get up again. I don't know how to put it... At that time, I actually felt a sense of relief Yes. There is no end to such a life, it is almost like being locked in a prison, and tortures and tortures and tortures until we die in pain—”
Selaginella clenched his fists tightly and said:
"Don't say such things in the future! Since you are in the army, you must find a way to earn some military merit no matter what. As long as we can make meritorious service, everyone will look at us highly."
Another person in the crowd said:
"Really? Colonel Officer, I heard from the soldiers outside that the drill this afternoon is actually preparing for the future siege of the city. That [first team] is the core combat power from the beginning. We people, just It's just a scapegoat who rushed to the front."
Selaginella was silent for a while, not knowing how to answer.
There was a voice in his heart telling him, don't say anything to justify him, he wouldn't even believe it if he said it.
But in the end he still showed a bitter smile and said a few words for Linon. Not because he believes in Li Neng, but because if he falls into despair, these people will collapse completely:
"It's not that serious, don't worry. I have accurate information from my side. Who will take the lead at that time should be decided by lottery. Although I am not very lucky, I have survived after so many years of life and death. Explanation My luck is not that bad. I can't guarantee anything else, if there is a day when life and death really happen, I, Selaginella, will definitely die before you all."
The soldiers all bowed their heads and said nothing to show their loyalty, but no one left either.
After a long time, someone sighed softly:
"Actually, would anyone care if ants like us are alive or dead?"
Selaginella stood up, wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand, and looked up at the venomous sun.
"some."
He paused and continued:
"Don't care what other people say, living by yourself is the most important thing. Every time I want to die, I will tell myself that it is too useless to die like this in this life. I don’t know if there is anything I can look forward to in my next life, but if I don’t, my life will be a loss to my grandma’s family. So I keep this life, and I don’t want to throw it away easily. The same is true for you! If we say that the previous world No one in the world cares about your life or death, so from now on, at least I care about you... so don't die."
Seeing the soldiers under him nodding slowly, Selaginella hid the tiredness on his face and regained his energy.
What awaited him was a seemingly fair draw. Selaginella was the first to walk into the military tent, and drew out a lottery that would determine his own destiny. A few small characters were clearly engraved on it. The moment he saw it, Selaginella's face didn't change. He just put the sign back into the box silently, and walked out alone under the gaze of other school officials.
The front row, the position of life and death.
Selaginella, who came out of the military tent, raised his head, and the sunlight took away all his vision in an instant. He couldn't help but think of the rumor circulating among the soldiers. It is said that the enemy general in Yuxi City cherishes his soldiers very much, and can fill them up with every meal. But this rumor only flashed in Selaginella's mind for a short moment, and he soon shook his head with a wry smile.
How could there be such a person, it was just a clumsy strategy to shake the morale of the army.
No matter how many crows you have seen in this world, they are all of the same color in the end.