Looking at the fallen soldiers, each of them looking extremely peaceful, some even with smiles on their lips, General Yan showed a bitter smile at the corner of his lips.
Some of the people who were sent out finally came back, but only one person came back.
"General, the general and deputy general we sent out all fainted on the way. I and others wanted to carry the general back, but the brothers who were carrying him also fainted. Now I am the only one left!"
The soldier wanted to repeat General Zuo Yi's words "request support", but he swallowed the words when they came to his lips, because he found that there were only a handful of people standing on the playground.
"Why didn't you faint?"
The soldier immediately knelt and clasped his fists, saying, "General, please understand. I have a heat stroke today. After the afternoon drill, I went back to bed and didn't drink any water or eat anything. I was woken up by my comrades just now and went to carry out the mission. I am not a spy!"
Seeing the guard's anxious expression, General Yan smiled and said, "If you were really a spy, you wouldn't have come back after you left. Now that you're back, you're definitely not a spy."
Upon hearing this, the soldier scratched his head, chuckled, and said embarrassedly, "I scared you. I thought the general was suspicious of me."
General Yan also smiled: "I asked you this just because I wanted you to talk to me."
"General..." The soldier looked at General Yan, then looked at his comrades lying on the ground, his eyes a little moist.
"What's your name?" General Yan asked.
"My mother calls me Ergou," the soldier said, blushing. It was a truly unpleasant name, but even though he'd learned to read and write during his 19 years in the army, he hadn't changed it. It was his mother who had chosen it.
"Ergou?" General Yan glanced at the soldier and said with a smile, "What a nice name!"
"Huh?" Ergou was surprised to hear someone praise his name for being good. Normally, his comrades would laugh at his name because it sounded so unrefined.
"To be honest, my name is also Ergou, Yan Ergou."
"Ah?" The soldier was so surprised that his jaw almost dislocated.
"My mother is illiterate, so she named me Ergou when I was born. My father's surname is Yan, so I used to be called Yan Ergou. However, when I was a child, I was sold to the Murong family. I was fortunate to become the master's companion, and later I followed the master to school and practiced martial arts together.
After I learned to read, I named myself Yan Yan. I thought it was a simple, pleasant, majestic, and domineering name, suitable for someone like me who stays by the master's side.
I haven't been home for 20 years now. Whenever night falls, I remember the loving look on my mother's face when she called me Ergou. Ergou, to me, is truly a warm and wonderful name!
General Yan's words made Ergou's eyes red.
"Ergou, how old were you when you joined the Murong family army?"
"General, I joined the Murong family army when I was 14 years old."
"That's great. I've wasted 19 years here and I'm only 33. Unlike me, I'm already 48."
"General, 48 is just the prime of life, not old at all." General Yan is his role model and a legend in his heart. Ergou will never admit that he is old.
General Yan smiled, shook his head, and sighed: "I'm old..."
After he finished speaking, he stopped talking.
"General, more and more people are falling down. Even the military doctor has collapsed. Are we...are we defeated?"
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