After Zheng Yuan heard Li Qiufan's words, he did not reply immediately, but fell into deep thought.
When Zhao Gang talked to him before, he had already guessed the reason.
But at first he couldn't listen at all, because there was always a knot in his heart, that is, he was from the Jinsui Army.
But after being in contact with the Eighth Route Army for a long time, Zheng Yuan found that the knots in his heart were gradually smoothed away.
He no longer resisted as before, but chose to accept it.
Now that he heard Li Qiufan's invitation, he even felt a little excited.
This was the reason for his silence. He was not thinking, but he couldn't believe his heart.
"What? Brother Zheng doesn't agree?"
Li Qiufan saw Zheng Yuan silent for a long time and replied that he did not want to join the Eighth Route Army.
"No, can I?"
Zheng Yuan raised his head suddenly when he heard Li Qiufan's voice and asked him with a trembling voice.
After all, he was once a member of the Jinsui Army, and Zheng Yuan was afraid that that history would have an impact.
"Haha, of course you can do it, Brother Zheng. I've invited you personally, so why not?"
Seeing Zheng Yuan's look, Li Qiufan realized that he had misunderstood and immediately said with a smile.
"I am willing, I am willing to join the Eighth Route Army!"
Zheng Yuan nodded heavily and gave Li Qiufan a positive reply.
"In that case, we will be our own from now on!"
Li Qiufan reached out and patted Zheng Yuan on the shoulder. He was very happy with this result. He would have another general under his command in the future.
"Qiu Fan, since we are all our own, do you think you can ask Brother Zheng to help with the work of those prisoners?"
Zhao Gang was also overjoyed when he saw this result. After all, this was also the result of his hard work.
Then he thought about another thing, which was to ask Zheng Yuan to help him with the prisoner work.
After all, half of the prisoners were from the Jinsui Army. Letting their old superiors do the work would be more effective with half the effort.
"I can if you need me!"
Zheng Yuan agreed without hesitation. After all, they were his former brothers. It would be better if they could continue to be together.
In this way, Zhao Gang took Zheng Yuan directly to do the work of capturing prisoners, but the effect was unexpectedly good.
The soldiers of the Jinsui Army who had been captured with Zheng Yuan had actually given up the idea of continuing to fight.
Like Zheng Yuan, they had long been attracted by the atmosphere of the Eighth Route Army.
Now that his old boss was doing the work himself, he just followed their thoughts and joined the Eighth Route Army directly.
And with the addition of these prisoners of the Jinsui Army, it directly caused a chain reaction.
Those newly captured National Army soldiers stayed with these Jinsui Army prisoners.
Listening to them talk about the Eighth Route Army all day long, a seed was planted in my heart.
Now that they are seeing the prisoners of the Jinsui Army being turned into regular soldiers, the captured soldiers of the National Army are also a little moved, and within a short time, dozens of them have applied.
In this situation, Zhao Gang naturally refused to accept anyone who came, but he still carefully examined these surrendering soldiers.
If there is a black sheep hidden inside, it will easily ruin the reputation of the entire unit.
Li Qiufan didn't know all this yet. At this time, he was in contact with the headquarters and wanted to know the headquarters' next arrangements for him.
Unexpectedly, the boss actually asked him to stay there first. The two parties were negotiating at the moment, and it was unclear what the outcome would be.
Reluctantly, Li Qiufan could only obey the orders from the headquarters. After all, this matter had something to do with him, and he also made his boss very angry.
Several days passed in this way, and there was no new notification from the headquarters. Li Qiufan could only wait boredly.
But he discovered one thing in the past few days, that is, he never saw Zhao Gang.
Because there was nothing going on recently, he didn't pay attention to this situation.
But the political commissar couldn't remain invisible, so he asked a few soldiers to inquire.
The unexpected news made him widen his eyes. Zhao Gang had been living in the prisoner's camp recently.
After knowing the situation, Li Qiufan went directly to the camp where the prisoners lived, and found Zhao Gang under the leadership of a soldier.
"I said, Lao Zhao, what tricks are you playing? Why are you still living here!"
As soon as he saw Zhao Gang, Li Qiufan frowned and started preaching.
"Haha, Qiu Fan, you are here, just in time for me to tell you some good news!"
Seeing Li Qiufan coming, Zhao Gang immediately said with joy on his face.
"Good news? What good news?"
Li Dao couldn't help but be a little confused when he heard that Zhao Gang had good news for him.
How can there be any good news in this deserted mountain forest?
"I tell you, in three days, I can turn all the prisoners into soldiers of our Eighth Route Army. Do you believe it?"
Looking at the confused Li Qiufan, Zhao Gang said with the corners of his mouth raised slightly.
"What? Three days? Did you drink, Lao Zhao?"
After Li Qiufan heard Zhao Gang's words, he thought he was drunk secretly.
"What are you drinking? Where did the wine come from here? I'm telling you business!"
Zhao Gang rolled his eyes angrily and punched Li Qiufan directly on the shoulder.
"No, why are you talking nonsense when you haven't drunk? Do you know how many prisoners there are!"
Li Qiufan shook his head. He would not believe it even to death that he could finish all the prisoners' tasks in three days.
"Hmph, do you know how many prisoners there are like me? You must know that I am always in charge of these prisoners!"
Hearing Li Qiufan's words, Zhao Gang immediately became unhappy. Li Qiufan didn't understand these prisoners as well as he did.
"Well, there was a slip of the tongue, but Lao Zhao, please stop joking, I'm really upset!"
Li Qiufan realized that he had said the wrong thing, and immediately slapped his face in a pretentious manner.
"Who are you kidding? After the hard work of Zheng Yuan and I in the past few days, less than one-third of the prisoners are still hesitant!"
Zhao Gang directly dropped an explosive news, which shocked Li Qiufan.
"What are you talking about, Old Zhao? I seem to have heard you wrong. Say it again!"
Li Qiufan couldn't believe this was true. Less than a third of it was left, which meant that his independent first column had not only replenished its troops, but was also a lot richer.
"You heard it right! There are less than a third of the prisoners left and we haven't finished it yet. Give me three more days and we will definitely do it!"
Zhao Gang said to Li Qiufan with a serious expression, letting him know that he was not joking.
"Trojan horse~"
After getting Zhao Gang's approval, Li Qiufan excitedly hugged Zhao Gang and kissed him. Zhao Gang was stunned by the kiss at that time.
"Fuck! Li Qiufan, you are crazy!"
Zhao Gang covered one side of his face and pointed at Li Qiufan in shock.
"Old Zhao, I love you to death!"
Li Qiufan didn't pay attention to Zhao Gang's reaction and rushed towards him with another bear hug.
