The Jinlu-Henan base area, Puyang, Daliangzhuang on the north bank of the Yellow River, is Li Feng's new station, and after more than a month of rest and transporting materials, they have completely settled down.

Nearly 2,000 troops were scattered and stationed in several nearby villages, and they did not carry out much action, because when they first came, the new regiment had a battle with the devil and suffered a small loss, so Li Feng could not let the devil know that he was here, and he had to settle down completely.

The reason why they say this is not because they are not strong enough, but because there is a huge problem now, that is, they cannot fully develop the people in this neighborhood.

The mass base is too weak, and they have been communicating with the masses for the past month, trying to open their psychological defenses, but the effect has been so little that the old lady and Xiao Jing are very discouraged, they have never encountered this situation.

"Alas, we have run hundreds of households in the past half a month, but now the people are not willing to accept us, and the situation here is too difficult to develop."

The old lady's chin rested on the table, her body shrugged, and she looked weak and very discouraged.

Xiao Jing on the side is not much better, she has officially become the deputy of the old sister, and she just wanted to show her strength, but suddenly found that the people in this neighborhood are actually a hard bone, and they can't gnaw at all, let them talk about it, and the people in this neighborhood have an invisible barrier to them in their hearts.

When this kind of separation can be clearly perceived, it shows that the common people still have a deep prejudice against the army.

Since ancient times, the army has not had a good image in the eyes of the common people, otherwise there would not be such a thing as Qiu Ba, mainly because the army is mixed.

Moreover, in addition to the division of warlords in modern times, the army is no different from bandits, and even the day after yesterday he became a big boss of the bandits in the mountains, he became a warlord.

How can an army of this nature make ordinary people feel safe?

The people's minds are not so open-minded, they are not so far-sighted, although the Eighth Route Army is different from other armies, but the people don't know!

In the eyes of the common people, the army is not all big-headed soldiers with guns, who drink at every turn, and look very vicious.

This also led to the fact that no one was willing to trust the army, and even Li Feng discovered a terrifying fact, that is, the trust of the people in this vicinity in the Chinese army is not as good as the trust in the devil, which is a very terrifying thing, which makes Li Feng's whole person feel cold.

"Fatty, tell me, why don't the people around here want to believe us?" Xiao Wen couldn't help but look at the old brother in front of her and asked, it wasn't so difficult when I was working before!

The little fat man took a deep puff of cigarette at this time, and then the whole person replied with some seriousness:

"Because in their eyes, the army and bandits are the same, and they will bully them!"

"But our Eighth Route Army is not like this!"

"Hehe" Li Feng smiled bitterly, secretly thinking that the old lady was really still a little idealistic.

"Of course I know that the Eighth Route Army is different from other armies, but the common people don't know!"

In fact, Li Feng had already seen what the problem was, and he also made corresponding countermeasures, that is, he kept publicizing and publicizing the slogan and purpose of their Eighth Route Army, but the effect was too small.

"We've been promoting a lot lately, but there are still very few people who want to believe us." Xiao Jing also took out a notebook at this time, which recorded the number of ordinary people who were willing to help their Eighth Route Army, and Li Feng took a slight look and found that there were less than 100 people.

Damn, the people around here add up to tens of thousands, but they only receive such a little support.

"Sister, you know now, right? There are some things that can't be said on the lips, we have to do it with practical actions, so that the people can see the real benefits. ”

The common people in this neighborhood were also willing to trust the army before, such as the former Northern Expeditionary Army, but they were too disappointed by the situation later.

The most terrifying thing is that this is close to the boundary of Henan, and not far from the south is the Yellow River, which can be said to be a place of natural disasters!

I believe that many people in Henan know that there have been many disasters since ancient times, such as locust plagues, droughts, and even floods if the Yellow River floods.

If they are born in peacetime, they may have the help of the government, but in troubled times, they are often plagued by bureaucratic exploitation and natural disasters, so that in the end, no one believes in them.

It just so happens that now is the era of war, and if he wants to open a hole in their hearts, Li Feng feels that it is not a simple matter, especially now that they are surrounded by enemies, God knows if anyone will be a traitor?

"Sister, Xiao Jing, you two have recently paid attention to the rich people in this neighborhood to see if there are any hooking up with devils or bullying the common people."

"Okay, we'll be on the lookout in the near future."

The old lady and Xiao Jing went out again after resting for a while, although they had little to gain from doing work, but they couldn't help but do it!

I was still thinking about how to pry open a hole in the hearts of the people, but who knew that at this time, Song Yi suddenly walked in and shouted a little anxiously:

"Oh no, Captain, there is a village to the east of us that has been attacked by horse thieves, and now it is suffering heavy losses, and those horse thieves do not seem to be leaving."

"What?" When Li Feng heard the news, his whole person became extremely serious, are there so many devils in this bird place, and there are still horse thieves?

In fact, this is also the case, horse thieves are actually no different from bandits, especially this place is the junction of the former warlords of all stripes, and it is just a superficial statement that it is a junction, but in fact it is a place that does not matter.

No matter where it is easy to form some illegal forces, no one will come to exterminate them anyway, and no one will be held accountable for doing illegal things, so there are a lot of bandits in this vicinity, and they often bully the common people, and the souls who died tragically under the knife of the horse thief are unknown.

"I'm going to have a small squad of men to catch up with the horse thieves right now, and I'll see the heads of the horse thieves in front of me tomorrow afternoon."

"Yes!"

It's been almost a month since they came here, and seeing that the weather is getting colder and colder, they haven't completely opened up the situation, and the hearts of the soldiers are actually colder, because without the welcome of the common people, no matter how powerful the army is, they will feel uncomfortable.

So Li Feng wants to release these wolves, anyway, it's not a pity for those horse thieves to die, and cutting off their heads will cheapen them.

As for Li Feng, who has not thought about co-opting or something, he has not thought about it for the time being, anyway, he has no idea of expanding it for the time being.