The Lone Eagle Returns North

A boy from the northwest buried his uncle who was beaten to death by a landlord on a rainy night in Suixian County, Hubei Province. He stopped a Red Army troop and asked, "Can I take revenge if I become a Red Army soldier?" From an orphan fleeing famine in Huanxian County, Gansu Province to the youngest cavalry scout of the 25th Red Army, he learned to read, ride a horse, and protect and kill people on the battlefield in the military camp. After Huining joined forces, he fell off a cliff and "died" during the blocking battle, and woke up alone at the bottom of the cliff. Two ribs were broken and one leg was twisted. Carrying the whistles of his comrades and the bark of the squad leader, he dragged his injured leg northward. Outside Guyuan City, a Muslim cobbler's apprentice who was kicked down by a tax policeman caught up with him and asked, "Do you want any more members of the Red Army?" The two teenagers walked side by side through the Ningxia desert, silent under the terror of Baojia Lianzuo, shoveling salt in the salt lake for food. From Huining to Yanchi, from "killed in battle" to returning to the team, he walked for more than a month. There was a red flag at the city gate. He straightened his tattered collar, straightened the whistle on his chest, saluted a military salute, and said in a hoarse voice: "Soldier of the 25th Red Army Reconnaissance Company, Yang Quan. Please return to the team."