Lao Meng gathered together the soldiers who had just been laid off. After the meeting, the soldiers were drinking porridge in the yard and preparing to find a place to sleep after breakfast.
The task of standing guard during the day was given to the bandaged Tian Sanqi. Tang Dagou and Banxian led the group of remnants to act as patrols, running around outside the village. One of their men happened to run away from the same class and went out to look for someone. Park Buhuan hasn't come back yet.
Chen Chong was putting leggings on Ma Liang and listening to Lao Meng sullenly complaining to the female militiamen.
"Can you blame me for this? Who knew they were shameless in sneak attacks." The female militiaman said to Lao Meng fiercely: "If it falls into the hands of my aunt, I will make them look good."
Xu Xiao was busy in the morning light next to him, carefully wiping the brass horn in his hand.
"Xu Xiao, you're not allowed to play the trumpet here. There's no point in polishing it so brightly." Chen Chong raised his head and smiled at Xu Xiao.
"It's useful. I just blew it the day before yesterday and killed dozens of Japanese." Xu Xiao stopped what he was doing and straightened up, looked at the few people who were muttering, and asked Lao Meng casually: "Are you going to dig graves today? "
Lao Meng squatted under the eaves, lit a cigarette and took a long puff. He was very polite to everyone in the Jiulian Company. When he asked Xu Xiao, he weakly answered: "I won't dig anymore. I guess... those few villages outside The grave bags are almost the same."
"There's not a soul here. If you stay here all day, you might as well go back to the wine station." Chen Chong helped Ma Liang, who had trouble with his hands, put on his leggings, picked up the rifle next to him and prepared to walk out of the hospital.
Ma Liang moved his body and said to Chen Chong: "Thank you."
"You have so many people, why do you have to ask me to tie you up?" Chen Chong did not look back.
"They are still sleeping, why don't you get up early?" Ma Liang moved a little and felt very uncomfortable. This guy didn't know how to beat him with two pairs of leggings.
After finishing their meal, the soldiers listened to the words of the platoon leader. As expected, there should be nothing to do today. Some went back to their rooms to sleep, while those who went out to help dig wells carried baskets out of the courtyard.
The door of the wing creaked, and He Gensheng walked out of the room where Su Qing lived, carrying a medicine box on his back, followed by the little girl, and next to him was a dark-faced Hu Yi.
He Gensheng said hello to several people in the yard, and then ran into the nearby yard.
Chen Chong, who was walking to the door, heard the voice and turned around and came back: "Girl, how is Director Su doing?"
"I don't have a fever, so I should be fine." The girl yawned and ran to the kitchen.
"Brother, how did you meet Director Su?" Ma Liang asked Hu Yi.
Hu Yi glanced at Ma Liang and did not answer: "Where is Pu Buhuan?"
"I haven't come back yet. I don't know if they have caught up with Monkey and Big Yang." Lao Meng, who was squatting next to him, quickly replied that the team he led was on duty yesterday.
The girl came out of the kitchen with a big bowl in her arms, followed by the guerrilla captain from the headquarters.
The group of people stopped talking and looked at Hu Yi sitting at the table.
The guerrilla captain placed a bowl of porridge in front of Hu Yi, carried another bowl and walked into the house where Su Qing lived, followed by the girl.
Everyone's eyes fell on the guerrilla captain, and they watched the two people enter the house, then turned back to look at Hu Yi. Hu Yi wiped his mouth, drank all the porridge in front of him, got up and walked out of the courtyard.
Then, followed by a large group of people, he left the yard in a mess.
The yard became quiet again.
A large group of people came out of the yard, apparently to go to the hut where Hu Yi lived, but they found that Tang Dagou was walking towards the village with a group of his men. He had an unlucky look on his face and cursed at the half-immortal: "Why the hell are they two brats so cowardly?" It’s really big, I think it’s unlikely that you’ll become a deserter.”
Ma Liang, who was behind Hu Yi, couldn't help but chat: "Everyone has run away, and you still say it's impossible?"
Fan Erniu turned out of another alley in the village with a look of hatred on her face. Tang Dagou quickly changed the subject: "Sister Erniu, have you got up yet?"
Erniu, who had just returned from a long walk around the village, found a large group of people standing in front of her. Her dark face turned red and she yelled at Tang Dagou in embarrassment: "None of your business."
Tang Dagou was not angry, and asked with a smile: "Um...don't say you didn't find the mule, right?"
"Who knows where the killer went? He disappeared early in the morning." After Erniu finished speaking, she lowered her head, holding a basket in her hand, and ran away from everyone.
Everyone watched the small body disappear and turned around numbly. Everyone knew that during this period, Luo Fugui would sneak to a nearby village to sleep in the middle of the night. Sometimes he would stay with the sentry, and sometimes he would find a sheepfold to deal with.
Everyone shook their heads, thinking that Erniu was not worth it.
Tang Dagou and others followed him. The direction they went to was the kitchen. They had been out all morning and still had an empty stomach.
Hu Yi entered his hut and opened the door. A tall and thick man was lying behind the door. Heavy breathing came from his nose. The man had a ball of rag stuffed in his mouth, so no snoring could be heard.
"What are you guys doing here?"
"Hey, Captain Hu, tell me, there are two deserters here, should we move them?" Lao Meng was the first to speak.
"Brother, what should we do next?" Ma Liang also asked quickly.
After Ma Liang finished speaking, he saw that everyone was staring at him, and he quickly looked at himself up and down, as if there was nothing strange, right? It's not wrong to ask yourself, he was confused: "Why are you staring at me?"
"I thought Company Commander Chen was back again." Chen Chong said with a smile.
"What is Company Commander Chen?" Ma Liang was stunned.
Meixian County also had to dig a blockade ditch, and the person in charge of this matter turned out to be Li Youcai.
The county town was not a friend, and the news soon reached Captain Shen's ears. He suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. He had to deal with those poor people, and he might be shot by someone at any time. His mood immediately improved. few.
"Captain, are we just giving up on digging a blockade trench?" the traitor in black who was delivering the news quickly asked.
"You know nothing. Do you think digging a trench can stop the Eighth Route Army?"
"I mean after the ditch is dug, a checkpoint must be set up. That's a big job." The traitor came closer and expressed his thoughts.
"So what if you're fat? If you want to get shot, you can follow Li Youcai. I have no objection." Captain Shen was in a good mood.
"Otherwise, let's put a few people in. We can't let a man named Li get all the money, right?" the traitor suggested again.
"Well, that's a good idea. You can make arrangements." Captain Shen waved his hand and prepared to go back to sleep.
Mei County Police Department.
"Second brother, this is a great event." Taiwei stood on the side of his desk, and the traitor sat in his place.
"I'm so happy, why don't you do it?"
"I would like to go, but I'm not lucky enough."
"By the way, how many people are in the prison?" Li Youcai said seriously.
"More than two hundred people have been locked up."
"Why are there so many people?"
"The imperial army conducted a sweep some time ago, and many people fled from all over the countryside. I couldn't tell them apart for a while, so they were all arrested and locked up."
"More than two hundred is not enough!" Li Youcai couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.
"Don't worry, there have been many people fleeing from the east in the past few days, and they have all been stopped outside the city by the security forces. I think the imperial army decided to dig a blockade trench because they were afraid that these people would go west into the mountains. .”
"How many people are there? Why didn't I know?"
"There are thousands of people! You have been in the gambling shop every day during this period, and you don't go to the detective team to order a number."
"Thousands, so many people? It's not easy to deal with. How many of those who are fleeing are strong?"
"Don't forget, there are also those security forces. They can't do anything else. They dig ditches for some villagers, so there shouldn't be any problem."
"Think about it, if you really want to dig a blockade ditch, you will definitely have to build a turret. We have the people, but how can we do it if we don't have enough food?"
"In our place, due to the inconvenience of transportation, most of the grain collected by the imperial army is still in the county. Why don't you go find Maeda?"
"No, we can't do this. We have to let that guy from Shangchuan come forward." Li Youcai thought of this and picked up the hat on the table. Just as he was about to go out, two military policemen came upstairs.
Li Youcai knew these two military policemen, and when he was about to speak, one of the military policemen made a polite gesture of invitation: "Li Sang, please come with us to the military police station."
