The war horse galloped and stopped in front of Lao Yang, and a warrior jumped down from it.

"Report, letter from the commander of the column."

Lao Yang took it and looked at it, there were four contents on it, one was to let Lao Yang help set up a new government after liberating the county; the second is to lead Lu Gang, who is familiar with the surrounding situation of Yiyang, Yuanjiang, and Nanxian, as well as Geng Zitang, to assist the guerrillas there to eliminate the Japanese puppet army stationed in Yiyang and the surrounding areas; the third is to order Lu Wei to report to the column and have important tasks to arrange; Fourth, return to the team as soon as possible after completing the task.

After Lao Yang was silent for a while, when he wanted to find Lu Gang to tell him about it, they had already gone to the forest to Geng Zitang. He rushed to the forest, and when he saw Lu Gang and Xiao Lin carrying Geng Zitang and the sacrificed soldiers out of the forest and walking along the river, Lu Wei followed behind with tears on his face and cried Geng Zitang.

Lao Yang didn't speak, silently walked behind, and soon they came to the grass on the side of the mountain where the bodies of the old man, Tianhao, and the fat man and the dwarf man were placed.

Wheat ran towards him and asked Lao Yang what was the matter?

Look at this. Lao Yang said and gave him the piece of paper in his hand, and Mai looked at it and asked Lao Yang: "Did you tell us to go to Nanxian again?" ”

Lao Yang looked at him, then at Lu Gang, frowned, and said, "Don't talk about it, let's deal with the matter here first." ”

Lao Yang didn't want to say it, because although the county seat was liberated today and all the devils were eliminated, the price today was also huge. A lot of soldiers died, sacrificing his close comrade-in-arms Geng Zitang and Lu Gang, as well as some ordinary people, at this time, I was afraid that this would not make them happy, so he told Mai not to tell Lu Gang and them first, after dealing with the affairs of the old man and Geng Zitang, let the soldiers rest for two days, and then tell Lu Gang and them after the establishment of the institutions in the county town It is not too late.

"Fourth master, fourth master, go slowly." As soon as Lao Yang finished speaking, there was a shout from behind, and Lao Yang turned his head and saw a person running over. He said: "Fourth master, this is my mind, people have three souls and seven spirits, people are dead, the soul is not separated, restless, and the spirit is still there, it always has to be lively and lively, let these heroes who fight the Japanese devils go with peace of mind." ”

Lao Yang saw that he was holding a few firecrackers in his hands, and the guys next to him were holding a wad of money paper and a banner, looking at him, but Lao Yang refused.

Where was the man willing to agree, he said, "Fourth master." ”

Lao Yang stopped him and said, "Don't call the fourth master, we are the New Fourth Army." ”

"That's right, that's what we call you here. Fourth master, you have beaten away the devil for us, this little bit of heart is nothing? You have to take it, and if you don't, you have to take it. ”

Lao Yang was moved in his heart, and his kindness was irresistible, and he said thank you and asked the soldiers around him to accept it.

After saying goodbye to the firecracker boss, Lao Yang caught up with the team carrying Lu Gang, who sacrificed his life to fight devils. When they came to the outer village, they saw that there were already people standing in front of them.

It turned out that when Lu Gang and Lao Yang led the New Fourth Army to chase after Takeshita, some people in the city had spontaneously come to the vicinity of the outer village to dig some pits, just waiting for them to carry the body over.

Lao Yang silently recited in his heart: "What a good people." ”

Lu Gang and Xiao Lin also saw this scene, their hearts were moved, their eyes were moist, their Adam's apple was rolling under their chins, their hearts were heavy, and they slowly walked towards that side with solid steps.

Just when they were burying all the bodies, there was a sudden noise of gongs and drums, and the suona was deafening. Everyone looked in the direction where the sound came from, and a band was coming this way.

"These are our people." Lao Yang didn't know if he was talking to Lu Gang beside him or sighing to himself. Lu Gang, who was beside him, also seemed to be talking to himself: "Master, Brother Geng, Tianhao, my comrades-in-arms, so many people are sending you off, you can go with confidence." After speaking, he closed his eyes, and saw two lines of clear tears welling up from the corners of his eyes.

After solemnly handling these things, Lao Yang ordered all the people not to enter the county seat, and to stand by in the outer villages for two days of rest.

However, in the past two days, Lu Gang has not even seen the shadow of Lao Yang, as well as wheat and the soldier who came to deliver the letter, and the war horse is gone. He didn't have the heart to ask, thinking that Mr. Yang and they might have something to do and didn't need to be themselves, so he sat in front of Geng Zitang's grave with Xiao Lin and Lu Wei in the past two days.

The three of them have their own thoughts, Lu Gang thinks about the years with Geng Zitang, Xiao Lin thinks about the situation when he went to his position when he first went to his hometown, thinking about Lu Wei's love for Geng Zitang, his heart is full of indescribable feelings, he doesn't know how to comfort Lu Wei, and at this time Lu Wei's heart is still in grief, her love is given to Geng Zitang, she thinks about giving him her life in the future, but her lover leaves her alone, Lu Wei's heart is dripping blood, why not grief and sadness?

It wasn't until the third day that Lao Yang came back on a war horse.

It turned out that he went to the county seat, and according to the instructions of his superiors, Lao Yang went to the county seat to set up a temporary government agency. After two days, no real people came out to do these things, so Lao Yang named the firecracker boss and a young man who played suona, and asked them to come out and do something for the people in the city, but they were unwilling, and they were unwilling to do some work.

Lao Yang didn't have a problem, and when he was eating in the teahouse in the evening, he suddenly remembered that these people might just be some philistines, and they had to go through the channels of democratic elections, sign up freely, and vote democratically. The next day, he announced it, and everyone supported it. However, after these people were elected, none of them knew what to do, and although a government office was set up in the teahouse, and a government sign was erected, no one came here in the afternoon to perform official duties.

Lao Yang suddenly smiled bitterly and laughed at himself: "I was really carried away by the victory. He called Wheat and the soldiers who delivered the letter, analyzed the situation here for them, and said: "Wheat, since Sister Hong died, the previous underground party here has been destroyed, and there has been no organization of ours here, this is my negligence and my fault, the column has come to instruct to establish a party government here, and these elected people are not too actively involved, except for the firecracker boss, everyone else is illiterate, Wheat, you stay, stay with him, and cooperate with their work." He knew that Wheat had read a lot in the army.

Wheat excused himself and said that he couldn't do this well, and Lao Yang asked the soldier again: "Are you a member of the Communist Party?" ”

The warrior replied, "Yes." ”

Lao Yang was happy when he heard this: "Okay, I order you to be in charge of the work here, and let the wheat assist you." ”

Under Lao Yang's serious gaze, Wheat had no choice but to agree.

On the morning of the third day, Lao Yang came back on a war horse, and when he saw Lu Gang on the grave, he reined in his horse and jumped down.

When Lu Gang saw Lao Yang, he stood up and lowered his head.

Lao Yang looked at Geng Zitang's tomb for a while, then turned his head and said to Lu Gang: "They are heroes and good sons." Lu Gang, those who have sacrificed have been sacrificed, and those who are alive still have to fight. And you, Xiao Lin, Lu Wei, if you are always in a state of grief and sadness, how can you raise the spirit to continue the mission in the future? All cheer me up. ”

Lu Gang, Xiao Lin, and Lu Wei raised their heads one by one.

"Wipe away your tears." Lao Yang shouted again. They quickly wiped it off their faces with their hands. Only then did Lao Yang lower his voice and said softly to Lu Gang: "Lu Gang, this place has been liberated, and the superiors have instructed us to carry out a new mission. ”

"Teacher Yang, you say, as long as there are devils, I will go." Lu Gang looked at Lao Yang and said.

"Go home." Lao Yang said with a slight smile.

"Home?" When the three teenagers heard this, they all looked at Teacher Yang in front of them suspiciously.

"If you don't go back, Brother Geng said that the devil can't go home before the fight is over." Lu Wei said.

Xiao Lin also said: "That is, the devils in my hometown have come back and have been eliminated by us, so why don't you go back without devils?" We're going to follow you, and we'll go wherever you go? Isn't it? Brother Pole. ”

"Xiao Lin is also right, Nishijima killed my relatives, he has arrived here and was killed by us, there should be no devils in my hometown, right? Teacher Yang, isn't it? What are we going to do back without the devil? My father and mother are gone, so we are ready to fight devils with you. ”

Seeing them looking at him like this, Lao Yang laughed and said, "Do you think I'll tell you to fight me for the rest of your life?" Let me tell you, there are no devils in this world who can't be beaten, as long as there are you people who are strong-blooded, devils are grasshoppers after autumn who can't jump for a few days. I'm telling you that this time I'm going back to your hometown to continue fighting devils. ”

At this moment, they all jumped for joy.

Lao Yang said again: "Don't jump yet, this time, it's just me, you, you, Geng" said that he paused for a while, and said, "Just the three of us." ”

"What about me? Teacher Yang, why not me? Lu Wei couldn't understand what was going on?

Lao Yang smiled and said to her: "Don't worry, your superiors instructed you to report to the column this time, saying that there is an important task for you." ”

Lu Wei cried anxiously and was reluctant to go.

Let Lu Gang and Xiaolin intercede, Lao Yang just refuses to let go, he can't let go, this is the order of his superiors, he must carry it out.

Lu Gang was also helpless, he had to comfort Lu Wei, saying that after fighting the devil in his hometown, he would go to the army with Teacher Yang to find her, and Xiao Lin also persuaded her, so Lu Wei didn't make any more trouble.

Lu Gang said to Lao Yang: "Teacher Yang, how to go?" Do you want to go on that bamboo raft? It took us a long time to get here. ”

Lao Yang smiled: "Walk along this river." I set off this afternoon, and when I arrived at the base of the fraternal troops, the boat would not be a problem. ”