Chapter Thirty-Eight: Psychotherapy

  Around three o'clock in the morning, on the vast land of North China, the moon had already hung on the northwest corner of the treetops. The diligent rooster began to sing the dawn. On a road from Tianjin to Baying, a strange procession was marching forward with a mighty momentum.

  It's strange because in the marching team, the highest-ranking officer is not riding a horse. If it were an insider, they could clearly point out that among those riding horses, except for one who was a company commander, the others were all low-ranking soldiers, and one of them was even the orderly of the highest-ranking officer.

  Someone must have asked: Who is this officer? He really loves his soldiers like his own sons!

  Does Ouyang Yun love soldiers like his sons? This question is hard to answer, how old is he anyway? Besides, is he that noble?

  The answer is affirmative, so why does he have a horse but not ride it?

  This answer is ridiculous - "No!"

  When Liu Zhe Liang invited the team to get on the horse for the nth time, Ouyang Yun, who was forced to do so, could only viciously spit out these two words that greatly damaged his reputation.

  Wow! Even dimension travelers can't do everything?!

  "Hmph!" Among the students, someone immediately couldn't help but laugh - in their opinion, this was indeed quite funny. It seemed that the all-powerful Captain actually didn't know how to ride a horse; if they hadn't heard it with their own ears, probably not many people would have believed this fact.

  Ouyang Yun also laughed, what's wrong with not knowing how to ride a horse? In the future, I'll be driving a jeep. Before that, he had been running back and forth in front of and behind the troops, seeing which recruit looked particularly miserable, going up to chat with them about their family or telling a joke until they showed some color on their face before leaving. He was physically strong and didn't feel tired from running around, but Liu Zhe Liang following him couldn't take it anymore, he still had to hold onto the horse. Really exhausted, so he kept asking the team leader to get on the horse. Ouyang Yun initially just said he didn't want to ride, finally being provoked by him, "can't" came out.

  Only a few people started laughing, most of them were forcing themselves to hold back. After all, Ouyang Yun was their captain, and officials always loved to save face, otherwise he wouldn't have endured until now to blurt out those two embarrassing words. Moreover, this captain was a killing god. Along the way, the recruits had exchanged stories about Captain's glorious deeds. At first, it was the "426 Tragedy" where the number of Japanese killed went from 26 to over 100. Then, someone who was well-informed revealed that the "Hebei Incident" was also done by him. As a result, the two Han traitors who were killed suddenly increased to over 20, and the number of Japanese military police killed went from several to over 100...

  Now, everyone saw that the person involved also smiled, seemingly without any blame, and the laughter that had been suppressed in their throat began to stir, finally bursting out like bamboo shoots after a spring rain - "Hehe, haha, heehee..."

  Ouyang Yun shook his head, seeing everyone's face filled with smiles and their footsteps becoming lighter, couldn't help but smile wryly, thinking to himself "I should have known this earlier, why bother running back and forth?" He might as well just put on a clown suit! Before, he had only heard that laughing could make you look ten years younger, but it seemed that laughter also had such an effect. It seems that in the future, after new recruits' first battle, they should organize some kind of comedy night or something, the effect would definitely be even better.

  Li Tieshu rode a horse behind the troops. He could have taken a car, but out of curiosity about Ouyang Yun's so-called "certain son, psychological treatment", he chose to follow the infantry forward to explore the truth.

  All the way, he quietly took in all of Ouyang Yun's words and actions, carefully pondering them, and figured out why he had these new recruits march on foot.

  People's attention is always limited, and when someone over-focuses on something, they can't help but have an excessive reaction. For example, these new recruits are all going to the battlefield for the first time, suddenly facing a bloody and cruel scene, they will definitely be stimulated and leave a deep impression, most people after the war vomit profusely, which proves this point, if not handled properly, it may even leave a permanent shadow in their hearts. At this time, Ouyang Yun lets them follow him running, undoubtedly able to transfer part of their attention through intense exercise, and then assist with his chatter and jokes after running, although the specific effect is still unknown, but from the recruits' gradually calm faces and slowly enlivened eyes, Li Tieshu feels that the effect is indeed not bad.

  In other words, "psychotherapy" is successful.

  He didn't expect Ouyang Yun to not know how to ride a horse. When he saw him say "I don't know" with an evil expression, the corner of his mouth twitched and revealed a hint of a smile. He thought that after all, he was still young, and the proud boy's temperament hadn't changed at all. However, Ouyang Yun's subsequent performance immediately overturned this conclusion. Originally, he was worried that his little official would be so angry in front of the soldiers' teasing laughter that he wouldn't be able to get off the stage. But unexpectedly, not only did he not get angry, but he also smiled brightly. Could it be? The evil expression he had just now was fake?

  The officer's magnanimity immediately made the recruits become insolent, and a few people's laughter turned into large-scale ridicule.

  The soldiers on the truck were drowsy and sleepy, startled by the laughter, and didn't know what was happening, one by one turning their heads to look around.

  Liu Zhe Liang still couldn't believe that his captain couldn't ride a horse. Having followed Ouyang Yun for several days, he had always thought that the captain was all-powerful and asked again: "Captain, you really can't ride a horse?"

  Ouyang Yun's bitter smile turned into a scowl. This Liu Zhe Liang, such a clever young man, why did he have to bring up the worst possible topic? He said irritably, "Can't I pretend not to know?"

  Everyone has only heard of "false bravado", but not "good at pretending to be bad", the first time they hear this new phrase, many people immediately understand that Tuanzuo is speaking in reverse, and can't help but laugh.

  Liu Zhe Liang didn't catch the tone, and with a stunned expression, stuttered: "Tuan... Tuan Zuo, n-no way?!"

  "You just won't, will you?"

  "I will."

  "Alright," said Ouyang Yun, his face rising, but except for Liu Zhe Liang, no one believed he was really angry. He said in a very stern tone: "Get on the horse for me!"

  "No, no, this horse is prepared for you."

  Ouyang Yun was annoyed by his verbosity and waved her hand saying: "Then you ride for me."

  Got it, if you can't even pretend, then just forget it, and now you're even asking others to ride a horse for you.

  Poor Liu Zhe Liang, this honest kid, when has he ever experienced such a scene? His mouth was wide open, his chin almost dropped off, how shocking!

  The recruits saw him in such a predicament, and many people couldn't help but burst out laughing. Some people secretly glanced at Ouyang Yun and saw that he had a faint smile on his face, silently relieved for Liu Zhe, thinking: Our captain is really not even a bit of an official.

  Li Tie Shu quietly watched all this, and from the gradually brightening smiles of the recruits, he vaguely understood the meaning of "psychological treatment" - Ou Yang Yun was really good at this, silently letting the recruits walk out of their initial fear. This kind of skill was clearly something that only a veteran officer who had been in command for many years could possess. But how old was he? Twenty-one or twenty-two, shouldn't have much military experience, right? Was it because he received guidance from a superior? Was it Song Zhe Yuan?

  Li Tie Shu was thinking hard, but the more he thought about it, the more he couldn't grasp it. However, for some reason, he found himself somewhat enchanted by this little squad leader of his.

  Is Ou Yang Yun being guided by someone behind the scenes?

  The answer is affirmative. In the 21st century, troops are generally equipped with psychologists. The special forces brigade where Ouyang Yun is located has a psychological intervention team composed of five master's and doctoral students in psychology. As mentioned earlier, after Ouyang Yun killed for the first time, he was intervened, and the experience of commanding troops that he showed now was accumulated during that period.

  So-called long illness turns into a doctor, being intervened many times, also learned to intervene others.

  Ouyang Yun saw that the team's atmosphere had become lively, and he added a fire to it at the right time. He asked loudly: "Comrades, are you all tired?"

  "Not tired!"

  "Aren't you tired?" Ouyang Yun asked loudly, looking at the few recruits closest to him who were already struggling to keep up.

  Those several students felt a bit embarrassed, one of them whispered: "Still a bit tired."

  "Then let's take a break and sing a song! Everyone is here, attention! At ease, sit down on the spot!"

  Everyone sat down as they were told, and the vehicle team in front also stopped. Someone responded: "Good!"

  "What should I sing? How about 'Returning from a Target Practice'?"

  "I've never heard of it." "Captain, why don't you sing one first and if it's good, teach us?" The recruits started making random comments, then someone, no one knew who, started the chant: "Captain, go ahead!" "Captain, go ahead!" It was a bit like when Ouyang Yun was in military school and they had a singing competition between classes.

  Dòu gē, duō me wēn xīn de huí yì a! ōuyáng yún mō le mō xià bā, liě zuǐ yī xiào, shuō: "Nà wǒ jiù xiān chàng yī biàn, wǒ xuān zhèng ā, běn rén tiān shēng wǔ yīn bù quán, yào shì hòng dào le shuí kě bù yào huài wǒ."

  Everyone burst out laughing, and some said: "Director, just let loose and sing, we're brave enough."

  Ouyang Yun burst out laughing and said: "Courage isn't something that can be mustered up just by saying so, heh heh, don't forget who was vomiting not long ago."

  "This is our first time killing someone, Captain," many of the recruits thought to themselves, feeling a bit ashamed of their previous performance.

  Ouyang Yun saw a good opportunity and cleared his throat, saying: "Everyone, perk up your ears, I'm starting to sing!"

  Everyone was looking at him with an expectant expression.

  However, Ouyang Yun wanted to liven up the atmosphere a bit more, so although his mouth opened as if he was about to sing, but after opening it for half a day, in the end, not a single note came out, and instead closed again. He shook his head and said: "No good, need to drink some water to moisten my throat." After taking out the water bottle and drinking two mouthfuls, he finally cleared his throat and shouted loudly amidst everyone's eager gaze: "The sunset on the western mountain is red and flying"

  Warriors hit the target, return to camp, return to camp

  A red flower in front of the chest reflects colorful clouds

  Joyful songs fill the sky

  Joyful songs fill the sky

  The song flew to Beijing

  The common people were delighted when they heard this.

  Our song is sung well

  Our marksmanship is second to none

  Our marksmanship is second to none

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